Wikidata:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive/2019/09

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31.46.248.131

Vandalism continues after a warning on their talk page. — Mike Novikoff 12:05, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for a day. Esteban16 (talk) 16:55, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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2600:1700:3720:3770:2924:d6d3:3e72:8afa

Vandalism on Bubble Guppies (Q850563). 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 15:58, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for a day. Esteban16 (talk) 17:32, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vuduchuy1233323

Please help me revert edits by Vuduchuy1233323. IP 62.20.170.74 (Hej!) 13:27, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Done, blocked indefinitely. Esteban16 (talk) 16:25, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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request for autoconfirmed user role for Q641676

To whom it concerns, I would like to be able to edit Q641676, which is about the organisation I am working for, to show the potential of using WikiData to describe organisations like ours. However it is autoprotected and I have not made edits before on WikiData so I do not have the autoconfirmed role yet. Can I get this role, at least for this item please.

Kind regards, Wouter

Done @Waddink: You are now confirmed and can edit Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Q641676). Regards, Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:46, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please protect Florinel Coman (Q24579254)

This Romanian football player item has become target of vandalism from IPs, along with the Romanian Wikipedia page. Requesting semiprotection. —Andrei^talk 14:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Florinel Coman (Q24579254) and Cristian Manea (Q16937047) for one week. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:32, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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editwar in Q63754420

Please either semi-protect item or block the user who is removing information with references --Ghuron (talk) 16:55, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Done 213.57.158.32 blocked for 1 month. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 17:21, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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Q23641326

Alejandro Domínguez (Q23641326): persistent IP vandalism. — Mike Novikoff 05:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Semi-protected for 3 months. Pamputt (talk) 05:51, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

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50.226.189.182

It's maybe a little late, but you should look to the edit of Special:Contributions/50.226.189.182 who vandalize Yellowstone National Park (Q351). Thanks. --Fralambert (talk) 02:22, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Only 4 edits by this IP. All have been reverted. Pamputt (talk) 05:53, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

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Possible vandalism

Hi, can an admin check 89.225.133.10's edits? 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 08:46, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Blocked for three months. Ayack (talk) 13:33, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

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IPaulMusic

Vandalism-only account. — Mike Novikoff 12:59, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. Esteban16 (talk) 17:15, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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190.211.44.235

Vandalism on Víctor Jara (Q125133). 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 13:46, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Done: IP blocked and item semi-protected. Ayack (talk) 14:57, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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Protection request for Q297510

Hello,

Someone tries to remove the only picture we have of this person. The picture is CC and it has been confirmed by a LR. There is no alternative at the moment.

Best regards

AntonierCH ^(d) 21:36, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 2 weeks. Esteban16 (talk) 00:13, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Ilovebeer999

Vandalism-only account. — Mike Novikoff 22:17, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. Esteban16 (talk) 00:15, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please block the xwiki vandal

WindowsGoogle (talk • contribs • logs). Adding nonsense to zh descriptions. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 05:42, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Blocked indef. Lymantria (talk) 05:47, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Advertising

I think Q27433521 is just advertising a business and should be deleted. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hgkuper (talk • contribs) at 13:09, 6 September 2019‎ (UTC).

Done; you can nominate items for deletion via Wikidata:Requests for deletions. —MisterSynergy (talk) 13:12, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Item protection

Q1367960 please, persisten vandalism Rastrojo (talk) 13:25, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Done for two weeks. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 14:29, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Not a translation

Can Translations:Wikidata:Data access/43/id please be deleted? Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:09, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Done —MisterSynergy (talk) 18:27, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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2001:44C8:4502:52D0:5A42:C3A5:EE22:68E3

Please block 2001:44C8:4502:52D0:5A42:C3A5:EE22:68E3, vandalism only after warning - see Special:Contributions/2001:44C8:4502:52D0:5A42:C3A5:EE22:68E3

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 05:33, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

They are probably gone, but I have blocked for 31h anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:22, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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Bubble Guppies (Q850563) again

Please protect item, excessive vandalism by IPs, do also consider blocking the 2 IPs. Thank you. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 04:58, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Done semiprotected for six months. IPs blocked for 3 days. Lymantria (talk) 05:21, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Adjusted the block to cover the whole /64 subrange. Mahir256 (talk) 05:29, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Lymantria: Item seems to be protected for 6 months. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 05:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Well done, thanks, I realized that might be the better solution. Lymantria (talk) 05:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@大诺史: Indeed. Thank you. Corrected it above. I seem to have monday morning problems ... Lymantria (talk) 05:32, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

managechangetags?

Could some please give me managechangetags rights, so I can add tags for some of my tools? Thanks! --Magnus Manske (talk) 10:18, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Magnus Manske: There isn't such standalone right, only administrator group include this. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 12:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

blocage de l'IP : 190.13.143.213

Cette IP a fait de nombreux vandalismes sur la page de Martin Goodman cf. [1]. Amicalement, --Olivier Tanguy (talk) 20:37, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

It stopped, so I think this is no more necessary now. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 00:57, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Vandal to block

Please block the user Adder98 (talk • contribs • logs) --Horcrux (talk) 22:33, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Done —MisterSynergy (talk) 22:38, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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139.180.67.225

Please block the IP 139.180.67.225 (talk • contribs • logs). The user has been removing interlinks for a year, and I warned it many times these days. --Horcrux (talk) 10:47, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

blocked for 31 hours. - yona b (talk) 10:59, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please notice user MHT Games

Promotional username. --Catherine Laurence 03:52, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Evidently, a promotion-only account. Blocked indefinitely. Esteban16 (talk) 01:15, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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PROTECTION REQUEST

Request protection of Q63245258 as it continues to be vandalized with links that do not meet notability requirements. This has been an ongoing issue. 98.191.78.198 01:35, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Please see edits by 45.133.180.130 which are only on this property. 98.191.78.198 02:24, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Done by Mahir256 Pamputt (talk) 06:17, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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Tom Holland (Q2023710)

Persistent vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 17:01, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a week. Esteban16 (talk) 17:04, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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User:NWMS2019

NWMS2019 (talk • contribs • logs)

Vandalism only account. Warned once but continues. William Graham (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Done I blocked him/her indefinitely. Pamputt (talk) 19:36, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please block user Lovemanbd

Sock of a blocked user Skh sourav halder --Ahmad Kanik (talk) 07:14, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Done @Ahmad Kanik: ও তিনটি আইপিগুলো এক সপ্তাহ ধরে বাঁধা দিয়েছি। @Ibrahim Husain Meraj: এই আইটেমটা তৈরি করেছেন কেন? Mahir256 (talk) 15:50, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

বাংলা উইকির কিশোর সম্পাদক, পারসোনাল রিকোয়েস্ট করেছিলো। -Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 17:54, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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Ebolamebola

Ebolamebola (talk • contribs • logs) vandalism on various items. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 03:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Done - Blocked indefinitely. -- Fuzheado (talk) 04:32, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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Constant vandalism at FCSB (Q179658)

I suggest semiprotection. —Andrei^talk 09:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Protected for one month. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 15:16, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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Data donation page

Please will someone permanently semi-protect Wikidata:Data donation? It seems to be regularly vandalised, or at least used for test edits. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:37, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Ayack (talk) 14:54, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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Q63754420

Apparently Wikidata:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive/2019/09#editwar in Q63754420 did not help, now I can see that User:אילון גבירצר is doing exactly the same --Ghuron (talk) 16:23, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

The erratic edits by that account don't seem to be limited to this item. --- Jura 16:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Getting Pages Protected

Hello, My name is Jakob Unruh and I am an employee at Sam Houston State University. We are in the middle of a project to use WikiData as an aggregate for our Natural History collections. We believe that data should be open and accessible for anyone to use, however, we don't want people to be able to manipulate the data that is being aggregated by our university. Is there any way that we can have a list of limited access pages associated with our University, or is there a process that we can have only registered, approved users have access to it? I am new to Wikipedia editing and would like help with figuring out the proper course of action. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by JakobUnruh1 (talk • contribs) at 16:57, September 5, 2019‎ (UTC).

No. --- Jura 17:07, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

No. Wikidata is published under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0, which allows people to copy, modify, distribute and perform the data, even for commercial purposes, without asking for permission. Esteban16 (talk) 17:11, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@JakobUnruh1: A feature related to this is in the works - see the section in the development plan here: Wikidata:Development plan#Signed statements. Basically your institution will be able to add data and "sign" it, and then if it is later modified in some way, there will be a flag indicating the signed version is different, can be restored, etc. Exactly how this will work is still somewhat in the air, but this should be close to what you need. Also note that you can add any pages you want to your watchlist, so that you will be notified of any changes. ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Also note that if you want full control of your own data, you can create your own wikibase instance, which will be running the same software as Wikidata but with your own data, user accounts, etc. See the Wikibase project page for more info. ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:35, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
  - You could also create a watchlist with the items you are using, and monitor for changes. We can't restrict editing, but that would ensure that you detect any changes. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 18:01, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
Maybe you missed "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page --- Jura 17:38, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/91.138.19.104

Vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 07:52, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

User has stopped, and vd seems to have been reverted already. —MisterSynergy (talk) 13:15, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Domingo Arena (Q5812704)

Vandalism by IPs. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 02:28, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Protected for two weeks. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:11, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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Semi-protection for Q312

Please semi-protect Apple (Q312) - persistent IP vandalism from various IP addresses, very popular theme. --Jklamo (talk) 10:16, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Done protected for two weeks by @Jasper Deng:. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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201.55.31.212

Vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 15:06, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

201.55.31.212 (talk • contribs • logs) for convenience --DannyS712 (talk) 01:11, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Done blocked by Abián --DannyS712 (talk) 01:13, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please block user Freebald

Some entities might be salvageable, but the user's activity on the whole seems to be SEO spam. Arlo Barnes (talk) 19:15, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Really, we need discuss this. 17,389 items created, all with same form: companies, some statements, ID from social networks. All without sitelinks or any reference. This account edit only Wikidata, something unnusual for new users. Items well constructed (maybe to cause impression of valid entries?). I have impression of SEO. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 23:50, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Indeed, it's suspicious. I'd be in favor of deleting everything. Yet we need to check whether Wikidata:Notability takes into account this case. If not, you should probably created a RFC to update the criteria. Pamputt (talk) 05:58, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I am not sure this is uniform, but the item I checked had a twitter username and a facebook id. I think this does satisfy our current notability requirements, but I agree an RFC would be useful to see if this is something we want to continue supporting. Also we should maybe encourage this user to supply something more authoritative as a source - Bloomberg Company id for example. Are they checking for duplicates before creating new items? ArthurPSmith (talk) 13:24, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Note this user seems to have made many useful updates to existing entries too - on August 18 at least. ArthurPSmith (talk) 13:29, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I don't know if Facebook and Twitter can supply WD:N, see: "[...] can be described using serious and publicly available references". Social networks are serious reference? Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:46, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Social network handles do not imply notability; if that was the case, anything would be notable. We usually require subject-independent listings in external databases with a Wikidata property. —MisterSynergy (talk) 17:24, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

"This account edit only Wikidata" should not be a factor in blocking. Good grief. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:39, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Is a factor to identify accounts created just for SPAM. Thounsands of itens, same structure, same links to social networks. Exist patterns about accounts arround all Wikimedia projects to identify this type of action. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 01:39, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

That's because they were all created uniformly from Quickstatements. But the user has thousands of other useful edits here. ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:17, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

37.119.11.7

This IP recently made suspicious edits: Implausible publication dates, invalid Amazon numbers, invalid quantity (P1114), .... Toni 001 (talk) 15:50, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

I spot checked some recent edits and could not find evidence of vandalism. Toni 001 (talk) 09:20, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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Interlinks remover

It seems it won't stop. May someone block 139.180.67.225 (talk • contribs • logs) and 159.117.1.11 (talk • contribs • logs) for some week? --Horcrux (talk) 07:49, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Done. Both IPs blocked. Esteban16 (talk) 01:18, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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Merge or no?

Seems like backing vocal (Q60396389) can be merged into backing vocalist (Q798487) but I'm unsure of how to do it. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 13:09, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@大诺史: No. backing vocal (Q60396389) is the profession exercised by a backing vocalist (Q798487). They are related, but different. And you can learn about merging on Help:Merge. Esteban16 (talk) 01:22, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

steam engine (Q12760)

Excessive vandalism by the IP above and 187.105.151.232. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 17:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

187.105.151.232 (talk • contribs • logs) links for convenience --DannyS712 (talk) 01:12, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Not done. IP has stopped. If they become persistent please report again. Esteban16 (talk) 01:21, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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🍌 Q67203532

What the hell is that? A banana as label and a monkey as description? Even looking at the history is not very helpful. --Wurgl (talk) 15:03, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

And now it's gone (the creator was locked). Mahir256 (talk) 15:13, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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YouTube channel ID and "possible vandalism" tag filter

Being a rollbacker and constantly watching for the recent changes with "possible vandalism" tag filter, I always observe some amount of changes to Property:P2397. I never check these, but I guess that (most of them) are marked as vandalism erroneously, just because of addition of what looks like a random string. Could this be fixed? I guess (feel free to prove me wrong) that this property could just be an exception to the filter that checks for addition of random strings and garbage. — Mike Novikoff 07:17, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

A little risky, IMHO, but could be useful. This could be tested for a while and based on results the exception can be added indefinitely. But I have poor knwoledge of filters, therefore I ask another administrator to do so. Esteban16 (talk) 01:19, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Acknowledged. I think blacklisting this and other YouTube properties is the best I can do. Please remind me if I forget to do it when it's possible. --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 18:40, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Meon elokuvat (talk • contribs • logs)

Please block Meon elokuvat (talk • contribs • logs) as a vandalism only account. They are already blocked indefinitely in fiwiki for that same reason. --Shinnin (talk) 12:42, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Done--Ymblanter (talk) 20:15, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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Harrassment

The user Republicadobrasil is harrassing me with blatant words in Spanish: he said "shitty piece of shit from Panama" in this edition and now said in my discussion page as a "deranged" and "sick". --Taichi (talk) 00:00, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

PS: The user is a sockpuppet detected by local checkuser in Spanish Wikipedia, and expelled in Wikidata by Andreasmperu. --Taichi (talk) 00:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Done User has been blocked indefinitely. Andreasm ^{háblame / just talk to me} 01:11, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vandalism from 31.46.248.0/21

All recent edits from Special:Contributions/31.46.248.0/21 have been vandalism. Warnings would probably not be seen as their IP address keeps changing. Peter James (talk) 21:55, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

The IP range seems to have stopped for now (1 day ago). But considering the high amount of vandalism it has caused, I have blocked it for a week. Esteban16 (talk) 01:21, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vandalism from vandalism-only user Alice23A305134

The user listed above slandered admins of zhwiki (including Xiplus and 蟲蟲飛), behaving like an LTA (坦帕灣光芒460) that has been globally locked. Please help. --Super Wang (talk) 00:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. Esteban16 (talk) 01:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Important information regarding User:جواد

I wanted to bring this to your attention; we have evidence that User:جواد, who is a sysop here on wikidata, has engaged in undisclosed paid editing (UPE) both on fawiki and enwiki. Indeed, given his previous blocks (for other reasons) on fawiki, I have blocked him indefinitely there. While I strongly believe that a user's contributions (and mistakes) in one project should not independetly determine their access and status in another project, I still feel obligated to let the wikidata community know. Respectfully, Huji (talk) 00:23, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

@Huji: Thanks for letting us know. Is there any evidence of either a) using multiple accounts or b) undisclosed paid editing on this wiki? --Rs chen 7754 00:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

At this time, the answer is no and no. Huji (talk) 00:41, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

@Huji: It turns out that he was desysopped for inactivity in 2014, so that resolves that part of this. Given the low activity over the last year I'm not inclined to support any further action locally. --Rs chen 7754 00:44, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I was unaware; thanks for letting me know.

I report this here only on an FYI basis, and not to request or recommend any specific actions. Huji (talk) 00:50, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Actually, may I suggest that you edit User:جواد (which is edit protected at the sysop level) so that it does not falsely advertise him as an "Admin"? Huji (talk) 00:52, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Seems this was done already. --Rs chen 7754 04:47, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I take benefit of this topic to ask you where it is written that undisclosed paid editing are forbidden? Is it a wiki rule or does it come from the WMF? Pamputt (talk) 06:04, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Comes from WMF, see foundation:Terms of Use, section 4. —MisterSynergy (talk) 07:02, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

User:Bochakbek

Bochakbek appears to be a spammer (I just rolled back their edits on WD:PC). --Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE) (talk) 10:13, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked. Thanks! --abi án 10:23, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick action :) --Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE) (talk) 10:31, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (Q4196772)

Please protect. Vandalism by IPs & users. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 16:07, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Done, for 1 month. Rzuwig^► 16:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Block of bot Edoderoobot

Sunday night my bot got blocked for a week due to an "edit war"??? and "vandalism"??? ... As the sysop also blocked all corresponding ip-addresses with it, I can only make edits with my regular account when I'm at my work, and because all talk pages are blocked with it, I can not discuss about the block either (except when at my work). On top of that, the blocking sysop is not available for any talk, which makes me feel like the whole block is a punnishment, but I don't know what for. Is this the way blocking a bot is meant to be done, and what is the purpose of blocking the user with it??? Edoderoo (talk) 11:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

PS: I sent the sysop an email yesterday afternoon, but without any response. If I could not edit on my work, I would have to wait for a full week without any communication. I'm not sure how this will help the project in general. Edoderoo (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

@ChristianKl: could you give here your opinion? Meanwhile, I remove the contrain on the latest IP address. Pamputt (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

I lifted the block for User:Edoderoobot completely, as User:Edoderoo is available and responsive. I am sure he takes care that the edits in question will not happen again. Thanks, MisterSynergy (talk) 11:37, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Edoderoo (talk) 14:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

@ChristianKl: Next time whenever you block a bot like this, please block with autoblock disabled so it doesn't affect the operator or worse, the entirety of WMF Labs. --Rs chen 7754 07:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Okay, I will remove autoblock the next time. I wasn't aware that it blocks the user account as well from acting when I block a bot. ChristianKl ❪✉❫ 10:59, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

172.96.170.31

Vandalism on Ricardo Rosselló (Q7332181). 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 15:01, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Done, though it is unlikely they are going to show up again--Ymblanter (talk) 18:35, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Protection

Request for protection Figueres (Q6839). Thanks. --Vanbasten 23 (talk) 08:50, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Done, for 1 month. --Okkn (talk) 09:59, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vandal

user:192.55.241.100 needs a block, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:42, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Done for one week by Mahir256. Nomen ad hoc (talk) 05:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC).

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please semi-protect Isaac Newton (Q935)

a lot of vandalism by IPs these last days... thanks ! --Hsarrazin (talk) 07:39, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Ayack (talk) 08:13, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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„momt dha avangeres“ Q67752893 and „mats“ Q67238381

I am sure, these two can be deleted. Both created from the same IP and both edited by just that IP. --Wurgl (talk) 14:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Done by Mahir. You can just use the "RequestDeletion" gadget from Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets to list them on Wikidata:Requests for deletions. A very short description of the problem is usually sufficient. —MisterSynergy (talk) 17:01, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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Slowking4 sockpuppets

User:Slowking4 has been making edits on Wikidata using undeclared accounts that have been confirmed at ENWP to be sockpuppets: User:Arcituno, User:Beetstraw, User:Brianfairfax, User:Gordonflack, User:Henryshirley, User:Marthacustis, User:Marthadandridge, User:Muleshoemoment, User:Nelliejellie, User:Opelroved2, User:Sherwoodhall, User:Sudowoodoo, User:Vernonchernon, User:Voidessen, User:Widowswail. (These have already been blocked on ENWP and Commons.) Seems to be a violation of WD:SOCK. --Yair rand (talk) 04:08, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I have blocked all of them, including the master.--Jasper Deng (talk) 04:38, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Slowking4 has been requesting unblock and has been contesting the block via email (as his talk page is currently broken). However, given that there is a pending investigation into another possible sock on the English Wikipedia and the number of socks here, along with his refusal to acknowledge that what he did was wrong, I strongly oppose unblocking him and urge a fellow admin to decline his request (which you can find in Category:Requests for unblock).--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:34, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- I wasn't going to review this, but I can't even open the user's talk page without getting a Flow\Exception\InvalidDataException. --Rs chen 7754 02:07, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
  - I've opened phab:T232909. --Rs chen 7754 02:11, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
    - @Rschen7754, Slowking4: Does the direct link Topic:V73q4742vi3wb49x work for you?--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:49, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
      - Yes, that link works. --Rs chen 7754 15:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

The user has already been indefblocked on the English Wikipedia and I believe on Commons, they are clearly moving towards a global ban. I do not see why we should unblock them here following a clear disregard of our policies.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: If you believe so, then you should decline his unblock request.--Jasper Deng (talk) 21:45, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

I was previously involved in my admin capacity with one of their sock on the English Wikipedia. Though it was a couple of years ago, I would better let someone uninvolved to deal with them.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:58, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit request Q34

Sweden (Q34)

I have problems editing large items with this browser, and I am not logged in if I change browser.

I would therefor like some help to change the Swedish (sv) entry in demonym (P1549). I would like to add "applies to part (P518)" as qualifier with the value "common (Q1305037)".

See P1549 in United States of America (Q30) as reference! 622 017 074 (Hej!) 11:23, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@Sextvå.tvånoll.ettsjunoll.sjufyra:,

Added, check it please. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 08:44, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

@1997kB: I maybe was a little unclear. It was the third claim, the one with Swedish text that should have this change. 622 017 074 (Hej!) 11:21, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Sextvå.tvånoll.ettsjunoll.sjufyra, done. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Request for protection

Q6498726, excessive vandalism. Tbhotch (talk) 21:52, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Done by Mahir256. --Okkn (talk) 09:56, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Two anonymous vandals

88.18.99.84 and 80.32.132.99 --Foguera (talk) 10:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

See history of Catalan-Valencian-Balear dictionary (Q3026521). 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 11:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Both IPs are blocked for now, I will protect the page if necessary. Thanks for reporting.--BRP^ever 12:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/194.239.103.54

Vandalism after warning. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 11:14, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked. Thanks for reporting.--BRP^ever 12:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Bob the Builder (Q888360)

Persistent vandalism. Please protect. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 11:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Done for one week. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 15:37, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Braille (Q79894)

Vandalism by IPs and new user. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 14:15, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Done for two weeks. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 15:41, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Chinese reading admin needed

Please see User_talk:Zyksnowy#Project_chat. --- Jura 03:41, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Permalink: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Zyksnowy&oldid=1012005769#Project_chat --- Jura 03:48, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
@Jianhui67, Lakokat: as those who might be able to help, along with @GZWDer, Liuxinyu970226: as other users who may have dealt with this person before in Mandarin, @Fuzheado, Eurodyne: as other admins with some Mandarin ability (if it may be of use), and @Ymblanter: who blocked the user for two minutes on the 29th of August. Mahir256 (talk) 04:05, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
@AT, Alexander Misel, Bencmq, Cloudcolors, Ffaarr:@Jimmy Xu, Kegns, Manchiu, Nbfreeh, Shizhao:@Stang, Wing, Wong128hk, Lanwi1, Deryck Chan:@C933103: ^^ --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 04:31, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Looks like some clearly wrong edits are reverted by @Mys 721tx:. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 04:33, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
I don't see why users who never edited get pinged following my comment here. There seems to be some tool issue that leads to the user to keep saving test edits or whatever .. Anyways, I don't think we should have test edits showing up even in languages we don't monitor. --- Jura 15:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
@Jura1: this is "I never edit" in your opinion? hehe --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 23:25, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Arifur Rahman sockpuppetry

I've noticed over the last few days that items associated with the Bangladeshi-Norwegian cartoonist who titles the name of this talk page section have made it to the list of popular items over the last few days. When looking at their edit history, however, it seems that the accounts which have edited these items exclusively edit such items and operate in very similar ways: for instance, prior to my removing it, the item for the cartoonist had "cartoonist" as an alias, and the item for a magazine edited by this cartoonist had "magazine" as an alias. I suspect that there may have been a large amount of sockpuppetry going on, not just here but possibly on other wikis, and to this end I've submitted a request on Meta to see if the accounts are indeed related. In the interim, however, opinions on further action in this regard are welcome. Mahir256 (talk) 05:18, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

plz protect Glory to Hong Kong (Q67188291)

Vandalism [2]--北極企鵝觀賞團 (talk) 05:50, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Update on Soweego bot block

Quoting Wikidata:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive/2019/08#Please_block_Soweego_bot:

It's unclear why the bot adds "stated in" to value for Twitter accounts it adds.

See updates at Topic:V6cc1thgo09otfw5.

There are three approvals for this bot, but there don't seem to be any about Twitter accounts.

All requests do point to a link with the list of target catalogs, which do include Twitter.

The link is in the Function details section, see Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Soweego_bot, Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Soweego_bot_2, and Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Soweego_bot_3.

Pasting it here: m:Grants:Project/Hjfocs/soweego/Timeline#August_2018:_big_fishes_selection

Hope this helps --Hjfocs (talk) 15:09, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

I lifted the block of the bot account, and replied over there in Topic:V6cc1thgo09otfw5. We just need to figure out how the references should actually look like. —MisterSynergy (talk) 16:57, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Block 118.254.250.187

Vandalism.Catherine Laurence 14:44, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

And also:Special:Contributions/118.254.147.44. Catherine Laurence 14:45, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Two stoped. If return, please, report again. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 15:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please block 61.187.158.207

61.187.158.207 persistent vandalism -LiberatorG (talk) 22:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for a week. Esteban16 (talk) 22:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

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184.147.50.147

Please block 184.147.50.147 - persistent vandalism. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 01:24, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Done It stopped, but blocked for 3 days by precaution, given the extent of the damage. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 16:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/184.147.50.147

Vandalism on numerous items. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 07:24, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

IP is gone. No need to block anymore. Pamputt (talk) 09:13, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Résidence Palace (talk • contribs • logs)

Unexplained change of content at Europa building (Q1375164). Reverted thrice by 1997kB and twice by me but still doesn't explain the changes in the edit summary. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 10:56, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Done, blocked for 3 days--Ymblanter (talk) 19:18, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Q63190450

Vandalism after protection expires. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 06:46, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Semi-protected for 6 additional months. Pamputt (talk) 07:03, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/195.244.186.113

Vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 07:55, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked, thanks for reporting.--BRP^ever 08:42, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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Ed Maverick Music (Q67237006)

Vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 07:07, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Semi-protected for 1 day. Pamputt (talk) 08:08, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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Block 181.53.238.199

See Special:Contributions/181.53.238.199 - continued vandalism at Camilo Torres Tenorio (Q2836330) after multiple warnings. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 01:29, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for 31 hrs. --Esteban16 (talk) 01:31, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 01:32, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

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Sapphorain (talk • contribs • logs)

Can someone explain to the user or stop him otherwise from deleting references in statements. [3][4]. --- Jura 11:05, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

It seems you already get an explanation by Sapphorain at least for one example here. So why do bring this topic here withtout talking with him/her before? Pamputt (talk) 06:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I think I did my part. Why couldn't I ask an admin to explain it to them? It's not really my function to ensure that users don't go through Wikidata deleting stuff .. we have admins who volunteer for that. --- Jura 06:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

(1) When an exact birthdate has a correct reference + Gemeinsame Normdatei, I erase the latter, since Gemeinsame Normdatei provides only the year of birth. When it has only the Gemeinsame Normdatei reference I erase the exact date and leave only the year.

(2) When a so called « reference » is a wikipedia or wikidata page I erase it: a wiki cannot be a reliable source for another wiki.

(3) When a page contains unsourced assertions I tend to erase them, especially when these unsourced assertions are directly imported through an infobox template into a wikipedia page which is also mostly unsourced. Sapphorain (talk) 07:18, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I think there may be a misunderstanding of references that are in Russian or German.

If you feel this novel approach is important, maybe you could bring it up for discussion on project chat.

In general, instead of manually adding always the same tertiary reference, adding a secondary or primary reference is preferable. That last part is my POV. --- Jura 02:50, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

"since Gemeinsame Normdatei provides only the year of birth". It should be noted that GND often has more precise dates, but they aren't necessarily shown directly in the entry on the website. In case of Edmond Boissier (Q34430), for example, the MARC 21 (Q3919686) and Turtle (Q114409) versions of the entry - linked on the right hand side of the GND entry - state "25.05.1810" and "1810-05-25" respectively as the date of birth. --Kam Solusar (talk) 17:06, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

New policy? Talk:Q123807 --- Jura 15:29, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Impossible merging

Hi,

I tried twice to merge Alain Weil (Q63079442) with Alain Weil (Q65946297), but oddly something went wrong; what about it?

Thanks for your help, 86.227.91.237 14:37, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello. I do not know what was wrong. I merged both item without any problem. Pamputt (talk) 16:43, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! It was allegedly due to conflicting labels in English... 86.227.91.237 17:10, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/5.103.13.137

Vandalism. BeatrixBelibaste (talk) 23:12, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

It stopped. I think this is not necessary anymore. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 23:46, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/184.147.50.147

Vandalism after recent block release. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 04:22, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for 1 month. Pamputt (talk) 06:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/91.138.19.104

I do not see any helpful contribution, please consider a lock. --Wurgl (talk) 09:26, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for a week. Esteban16 (talk) 10:59, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

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80.32.132.99

80.32.132.99 was blocked a week ago and today he vandalized the same page. --Foguera (talk) 17:59, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Was reblocked for a month by Ymblanter --DannyS712 (talk) 03:56, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/101.10.35.190

Vandalism. Blocked on zhwiki. --Xiplus (talk) 06:38, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Done Blocked for 1 week. Hope it will be enough. Pamputt (talk) 08:08, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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189.134.113.13

Please block 189.134.113.13 - see Special:Contributions/189.134.113.13. Vandalism continued after warning. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 03:53, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

It looks he/she stopped. I do not thnik we need to block anymore for now. Pamputt (talk) 06:02, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Menace

The member Bộ Công An 118 fakes Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and menaces Vietnamese member. Please ban him. Tamajetlua (talk) 13:16, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Lộ rồi nha Tamajetlua, trên wiki tiếng Việt chỉ có 200 sửa đổi, mà biết vô tận chỗ này nha, sao hay vậy, ka ka, quả là có âm mưu phá hoại wiki mà, bạn Tuanminh01 hãy cẩn thận, thành viên này lai lịch bất minh hành động bất chính đang có ý đồ phá hoại ngầm wiki- Bộ Công An 118 (talk) 13:19, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

The account is now globally locked--Ymblanter (talk) 20:17, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/124.228.16.147

Vandalism, by leave threatening words toward Taiwan and Tibet.---Koala0090 (talk) 18:18, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Edits from 2 days ago, already reverted. If return, please, report again. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 12:16, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vandalism of Sebastian Skallsø (Q63170282)

Can someone please delete this version of Sebastian Skallsø (Q63170282) from the history? The unsourced claims made by 93.167.121.242 are very clearly libel. While the website Redox claims that he have been convicted for violence against police i don't consider it to be a reliable source. --Trade (talk) 21:56, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Done I masked the IP edits and I semi-protected the item for 1 week. Pamputt (talk) 12:37, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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118.254.0.0/16

Please block 118.254.0.0/16 which is a range recently abused for vandalism. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 07:49, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Done for two weeks. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 14:24, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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User:DeltaBot

Can someone block it? It currently changes a series or statements as some IP changed a statement on one of the items? --- Jura 08:50, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: seems to have stopped. Never mind. Should probably try to adjust the batch --- Jura 09:10, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Thebestdatacollectorever

Vandalism-only account. — Mike Novikoff 11:11, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Done —MisterSynergy (talk) 11:38, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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Overdue deletion

An RfD closed as "delete" in June, but P2035 (P2035) has not yet been deleted. See also Property talk:P2035#P6634. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:25, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

P2035 (P2035) is still in use in 6656 statements, 6 qualifiers, and 123 references. Someone has to remove that before we can delete the property page. —MisterSynergy (talk) 19:43, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

No answer at WD:RBOT#Remove statements of P2035, unfortunately. Nomen ad hoc (talk) 21:08, 18 September 2019 (UTC).

There are 68 values left. These values need to be either converted manually with the help of Internet archive or deleted (not necessary by an admin). --Pasleim (talk) 21:21, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Help

Vandalism. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 15:03, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Probable same person auto-changing IP. 2405:6580:9620:5500:6c80:2748:6804:489 (last) blocked for 24 hours. Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 15:24, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

@Stanglavine: Always block at least a /64 subrange if IPv6 addresses are involved; the last 64 bits of the address are effectively random, so getting past a single IPv6 block is considerably easier than for IPv4. Mahir256 (talk) 06:49, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

@Mahir256: Oks, thanks for the tip! Rafael ^{(stanglavine) msg} 14:07, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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Vvk121 (talk • contribs • logs)

Edit warring: 1 2 3 -- CheloVechek (talk) 23:30, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Vvk121 and CheloVechek did you try to talk together about this modification? Pamputt (talk) 06:05, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#Property:P6482

I really, really and really need anyone of our Administrators that are not yet involved, to know that why Jura1 restarted the deletion process for more than 3 times, and to make a really final decision here. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 21:50, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Blatant defamatory accusations against me by user Wolverène

Timeline of events:

User:Wolverène changed English-language label of Q67389917 (amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov) to "Hennadiy Borysov", a romanization of Ukrainian-language version of Gennadiy Borisov's name. This version is not used in any media publications about Gennadiy Borisov and his discoveries.
I have reverted the English-language label to "Gennadiy Borisov" (and "Gennady Borisov" in the "Also known as" field).
I've also made changes to Russian-language and Ukrainian-language labels to use short versions (without patronymic) in the "Label" field, and long versions (with patronymic) in the "Also known as" field.
Because I've made multiple edits at once, the interface warned me that the maximum number of edits was exceeded and I will need to redo them after a few minutes.
At some point after this, unbeknown to me, my reverts & changes were reverted by User:Wolverène.
After a short period of time, I have returned to the browser tab with the opened Wikidata page and clicked "Publish" again to finish updating the fields. This action overwrote User:Wolverène reverts of my reverts & changes.
I have decided to look at the Revision history to find out why the changes didn't show up and saw User:Wolverène's edit comments.
I've decided to write an explanation of my initial reverts to User:Wolverène at the talk page Talk:Q67389917.
Once I've finished writing my explanation and posted, I saw that another comment was already posted at Talk:Q67389917 by User:Wolverène.

The user User:Wolverène:

Insinuates I might be an "Olgino troll" (a paid poster hired by a company suspected of close links to the Russian government).
Insinuates I might be pushing "pro-Russia POV in the situation about Crimea", even though I simply reverted his changes to Gennadiy Borisov's name to use the one that is used in the English-language news reports and academic sources.
Attempts to "prove" his defamatory claims by saying I can't believe that a newcomer user is able to effectively monitorize another users' edits. Even though the "Watch this page" checkbox is right there above the "Publish changes" button. (I'm not a complete novice as I have been editing Wikipedia anonymously for years, but I am a novice when it comes to the functions available to registered editors.)

I consider User:Wolverène's behaviour extremely aggressive, defamatory, and request a strong response. Accusing other editors of being some sort of "government-paid infiltrators" because of a few reverts is not something that should be accepted on Wikimedia projects. I also request that the defamatory accusations against me are removed from the talk page and from the revision history of the talk page.

As a separate issue (please tell me if I need to make a separate post for this), I request assistance in resolving my dispute with User:Wolverène regarding the English-language spelling of Gennadiy Borisov's name. I couldn't find a single English-language article that referred to Gennadiy Borisov as "Hennadiy Borysov", so User:Wolverène's changes from "Gennadiy Borisov" to "Hennadiy Borysov" are against COMMONNAME.

Apologies for the long post, this is the first time I'm attacked on a Wikimedia project and I'm not sure how to properly report it, so I've decided to provide the full timeline of events. — UnladenSwallow (talk) 06:35, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

I'm still wondering where did you get so many experience in knowledge of Wikimedia policies, of how to monitorize edits, and in understanding what WD:Administrators' noticeboard is if you made only ~250 edits globally in all WM projects. I've just got a certain impression about your contribution, it's suspiciousness not a consistent defamation. --Wolverène (talk) 07:21, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

1. The answer to you question is in the post above. Did you read it?

2. Your opening comment on Talk:Q67389917 is an extreme insult, a defamation, and a call for other users to distrust me and monitor me (Keep an eye on user nicknamed UnladenSwallow).

3. I value honesty and integrity above all else. Never in my life have I expressed an opinion I did not hold for a financial reimbursement. All my views are mine. Always. That is why I find your insinuations extremely insulting. You know nothing about me, and have not had any interactions with me before this incident, and yet you have immediately insinuated that I prostitute my views and my persona for money – all based on two reverts of your edits, which, by the way, were against Wikipedia/Wikimedia policy (en:WP:COMMONNAME). Also, your edit comments in the revision history of Q67389917 show that your edits are politically motivated, which is forbidden on Wikipedia/Wikimedia (en:WP:NPOV, en:WP:ADVOCACY). — UnladenSwallow (talk) 08:26, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Comment English wikipedia policies are not necessarily applicable here; for how to label items in Wikidata see Help:Label. Alternate spellings of a name should be added in the aliases box, and note "If there is something important about a particular name then that name should be in a statement as well as in the label, even if this looks like the same information is being given in two different ways - we have a lot of different properties for names of items." ArthurPSmith (talk) 12:38, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

@ArthurPSmith, Mahir256, Ymblanter, Pamputt, Esteban16, Rafael: Thanks for the link. I have no objections to the alternate spellings being added to the aliases box. The dispute is over the label. Help:Label says: Wikidata is not a forum for pushing points of view, and should try to reflect information both accurately and neutrally. Edit warring over labels is not acceptable. and further: Because the aim is to use the name that an item would be known by to the most readers, labels should reflect common usage. Thus, ADVOCACY, NPOV, EW, COMMONNAME rules apply to Wikidata as well, and my points still stand:

Q67389917 was created on September 12, 2019 and had the English-language label "Gennady Borisov".
On September 27, 2019, at 02:57, Wolverène changed the English-language label from a common name (googling "Gennady Borisov" "comet" returns 16,700 results) to a name that has 1 search result for the person in question (googling "Hennadiy Borysov" "comet" returns 1 result, an article on French Wikipedia), thus breaking COMMONNAME.
Two hours later, I changed the label back to the common name. Seven minutes after my edit, Wolverène reverted my changes, providing the following explanations in his revert comments: 1 1) Luxembourg doesn't support the annexation of Crimea, so his name transcribed from Ukrainian, 2 how often are you hearing the sound [g] in Ukrainian given/family names?, 3 I will continue undoing your edits until the civilized world recognize Crimea as Russia's terittory and that Russian is (officially) the main language there/. as well as in his comment on the talk page: 4 calling him with the Russian name is a kind of support of Russia's aggression towards Ukraine. These comments show a clear breach of ADVOCACY and NPOV by Wolverène.
I have abstained from participating in an edit war (I made the second change before I knew about Wolverène's revert) and started a discussion on the talk page, explaining my motivation for the changes. Wolverène has chosen not to participate in the discussion, instead posting an ad hominem comment at the top of the talk page, insinuating that I am a paid poster shilling for the Russian government who will push pro-Russia POV in the situation about Crimea, and calling on other users to distrust me and monitor my activities: Keep an eye on user nicknamed UnladenSwallow. This is not a simple ad hominem attack ("you're dumb"), but a defamatory comment aimed at hurting my reputation. I have done absolutely nothing to provoke such accusations, so this can't possibly be a case of honest misunderstanding. This is just unhinged, out-of-control behaviour by an editor who is him-/herself very much engaged in political activism/advocacy, yet accuses me of the same, without any basis whatsoever, merely for correcting his/her disruptive edits.

I'm not going to let this slide. I love Wikipedia, and I don't want a few bad apples to ruin the place by engaging in toxic behavior that has no consequences. I ask the administrators to: 1) explain to Wolverène that throwing grave accusations against other editors without any basis whatsoever is unacceptable, 2) delete Wolverène's defamatory insinuations about me on the talk page Talk:Q67389917, as well as from the revision history of the talk page, 3) restore Q67389917's English-language label to one that reflects common usage ("Gennady Borisov"), 4) consider limiting Wolverène's access to Q67389917 until he demonstrates a firm understanding of the principles laid out in Help:Label: no POV pushing, neutral & accurate reflection of information, no edit warring, labels reflecting common usage; as well as a firm understanding that any possible disagreements must be resolved in a respectful manner on the corresponding talk page. — UnladenSwallow (talk) 17:08, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

I warned the user, pretty clear POV edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:24, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: Thank you for resolving the issue with the English-language label. I also ask that you (or another administrator) warn Wolverène regarding his defamatory comments about me on Talk:Q67389917: Keep an eye on user nicknamed UnladenSwallow, he might be so-called "Olgino troll" who will push pro-Russia POV in the situation about Crimea. He clearly doesn't feel any remorse about accusing me of being a paid poster – without any basis whatsoever, just because he's "got a certain impression" – and calling on other users to mistrust me. Such comments are clearly abusive, and there has to be some sort of warning regarding this. — UnladenSwallow (talk) 00:28, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Repeated adding fake software version item

User:KlaasZ4usV repeatedly adds non-existing version item (3.30.0) for SQLite (Q319417), referring to a draft state of sqlite repository (which is an equivalent of master branch) while no such version was officially released, even after explanation from two wikidata users that this is not correct. See User_talk:AMDmi3#Removal_of_SQLite3's_pending_beta, Talk:Q319417.

Please semi-protect

Somehow Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/Participants keeps getting borked. --- Jura 03:58, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

@Jura1: Semi-protecting gonna have issues when new users will try join. Also semi not gonna work for @KlaasZ4usV: who also added some unexplained content. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:03, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@1997kB: thanks for looking into this. I think new users can wait a few days till they can edit semi-protected pages or request it on the talk page. In the past, they mostly messed up the page and then disappeared. KlaasZ4usV could still edit the page .. whatever they tried to do. --- Jura 05:32, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Indeed - that this NameProject is open for anonymous editors is an oxymoron :-/ Klaas `Z4␟` V: 09:37, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@KlaasZ4usV: I was talking about this edit of yours. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:21, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@Jura1: Almost all of these WikiProjects participants page have edits where uses try to add themselves but end up doing some mess, but still we should assume good faith as this is not intended vandalism. On main page we ask people to join a wikiproject and on the other hand we protect them doesn't make sense to me. IMHO an abuse filter is better way to stop those IPs editing such pages. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:21, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

The edit you refer to was not (meant to be) vandalism and here applies AGF as well, doesn't it? A smart abuse filter would indeed be more effective than protection, but what would you call abusive in these participation list? adding IP-adresses does not make sense, doesn't it so encourage people editing anonymously to register is better. Semiprotection is such an encouraging act: You want to take part in projects? Great, but at least register an accountname: it's free and makes you even more anonymous
Ave, Klaas `Z4␟` V: 07:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC) P.S. it's now 2 - 1 @Jura1: and me against @1997kB: More participants interested to play this game?

@KlaasZ4usV: It's not game and I did not said that you vandalised that page. Additional you can't force anyone to join Wikidata. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 14:40, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

If you prefer I can ask on the talk page of the WikiProject if semi-protection of the page is desired. Users are still welcome to join .. --- Jura 09:19, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@Jura1: Go for it. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 14:40, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@Jura1: Great! Klaas `Z4␟` V: 15:59, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 20:27, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum (Q69026880)

Hello, there is a little edit war there. I'm sorry but I guess you will have to block me unless the page is restored (and stay) in this state, as it is out of question that the work done by me be removed, as the informations are fully in the current scope of taxon author (P405) and of Wikidata. See also [5]. Christian Ferrer (talk) 11:44, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Note that I try to explaind why the removal of the information is not a good thing. And in the extend that the removal of the infos have direct consequences (result of querries, potential taxon boxes of external projects, ect...), and that the only damage for the other users is just "their point of view" that is not applied, I don't, and will likely not easily understand, that the informations can be removed. Therefore I will reinstall the information as many times it will be necessary, hence my senetence "I'm sorry but I guess you will have to block me". Regards, Christian Ferrer (talk) 11:55, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

For the short story: see this diff. The point is Carl (1902) described Strongylosoma nigrovirgatum (Strongylosoma nigrovirgatum (Q6444976)). A junior author C. A. W. Jeekel (1965) moved the species in the genus Pogonosternum (hence Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum (Q69026880)).

I do agree with Christian Ferrer that the way Succu introduced the data about Jeekel on the recombinated name was clumsy, however I argue that stating Carl as author for the recombination (as Christian did) was inappropriate too (see Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy#Removal of taxon author and date informations). There are different points of view here, but the good news is we all seem to show good faith and there is an actual discussion ongoing on the WikiProject Taxonomy. It wouldn't be helpful having any of you two blocked to find a solution to this case, and I do not see the point of this thread. Totodu74 (talk) 13:02, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Please see my response over there. BTW: I appreciate the work of both of you here. --Succu (talk) 15:31, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Happy if my work is appreciated, and I appreciate you and your work too, however you have found the wrong person from which you can remove the work he has done. I'm sorry but I added the exact info needed within the scope of taxon author (P405). The exact purpuse of this property is written in the property descriptions (in its proposal and in the current property page). Will I seriously have to write it here? fine, ok: "the author(s) of the first scientific description" in the property page "he author(s) that (optionally) may be cited with the scientific name" + "also know as author citation/described by".

Who have described the species Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum? you? me? No, it's Johann Carl

What is the property whose purpose is to retrieve this information?... a small clue: it is marked a bit above.

Where is there a begining of consensus? heu... no where is a begining of discussion about a potential change of the scope of the said property, e.g. "we don't use anymore this property for the taxa items that are not the original combination? as far I'm aware : nowhere.

after answering all these questions, and knowing that I expressed my disagreement with argument, and the very first time the info was removed. The fact that you both insist by ~~trying~~ removing again and again the infos, is not like you enforce your point of view?

Why this property is currently useful in this specific item or elsewhere in the taxa item?

you will remove (wrongly) one or more result(s) from this querry example, or in all other querries where this property will be involved....

and you will affect the info retrieved with c:Template:Wikidata Infobox, and maybe some box of other projects too.

@Totodu74: This is the second time that you remove infos that I added, I tried to explain why the infos were relevant, and your first answer was "Salut Christian Ferrer. Je ne compte pas livrer une bataille sur ce point, mais ça me paraît vraiment nul de faire ça.", the discussion did not finish well but at least you did not try to enforce your point of view. Now this time you did it. My advice is that the next time that you visit an item to remove some infos, is to think two time before doing it. The first time was a hazard (I hope it), the second, a coincidence (I hope it again), as for the third, let's hope it never happens... I note that you added this, ok fine. I can even support a property proposal to have a qualifier to retrieve the author of the recombination
@Succu: "I appreciate the work", ok fine. Begin by not to remove it.

For my part, it's forgets. But be careful both of you if you remove the properties that I added, whose values are good, and whose usage is not prohibited, and moreover whose usage is somewhat useful, re-read the discussion if you did not understood. Otherwise we will go to edit wars that will lead to the block of my account, or of yours, or both. Best regards, Christian Ferrer (talk) 17:55, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Dear @Christian: Do you really think this is the right place to discuss this matter? To solve Code (= nomenclature code (Q2673092)) dependent problems? Problems that more or less easily resolved by Wikipedia:Lua (Q6811431)? --Succu (talk) 19:58, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

@all: Please comment at Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy#ICZN: Recommendation 51G. Citation of person making new combination. Danke. --Succu (talk) 20:01, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

@Everyone: For the time being I have protected the item until there's a consensus between all of you. @Christan: Please don't use comments such as be careful both of you if you remove the properties that I added and we will go to edit wars that will lead to the block of my account, or of yours, or both. as such comments only gonna fuel the situation to be worse. I hope you guys reach at a consensus with mutual understanding. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:50, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@Succu: Is it the right place? you remove my work while you know I disagree, while it is done in the exact same way than in many and many other items, and your comment is "sorry, let's discuss first", so you remove my work and it is to me to discuss first? the scope of this property is very clear "the author(s) of the first scientific description", and has never be changed. Final point. If you want to reduce the scope of the property to the items that are original combinations, or to extend the scope of this property to the authors of the recombination, in order to reflect ICZN: Recommendation 51G or whatever else, fine, but gain a community consensus first, or make proposal for new properties.

@1997kB: if they remove the infos that I sometimes make several hours to find, and that the infos are stored in the exact right properties, then, yes they will have to be carefull to not to remove its. When the item will be unprotected, if someone remove the value stored within this property, whose scope is currently exactly "the author(s) of the first scientific description", then sorry but the conflict re-start. If one want to change the scope of the property, discuss it firt, that is not me who want to change the scope, and therefore that is not to me to discuss first. Note that this property is used in this way in many and many items...(how many exactly, do you know?) so I'm not sure it is a good idea to change its scope, but rather to create a new property, if it is really needed. Christian Ferrer (talk) 04:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

oh and I will not discuss about it anywhere, the value added by me have been removed without prior discussion, then I asked help in the Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy, and the answer was the removal of the same values by another (experimented) user. And it is to me to discuss fist? It that the way how one invit me to discuss? one remove my work, and if I'm not happy, I got as answer "hey discuss first dear Christion"!? that is a joke? This is bound to ruffle group feathers, now I will not talk about it anywhere. End of discussion for me, I have said all I had to, and will not answer to pings that comes from here or from Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy. Best regards, Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Christian Ferrer: the conflict does not have to re-start. We can fix it by discussing, not by claiming we are right from the beginning and no discussion is required, by whining and threatening others.

You wrote: Will I seriously have to write [the scope of taxon author (P405)] here? fine, ok: "the author(s) of the first scientific description".

Precisely, what is so hard for you to understand in these few words? Let me highlight it for you: "the first scientific description" (in French: "la première description scientifique"). The property does not concern subsequent recombinations.

You also wrote: Who have described the species Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum? you? me? No, it's Johann Carl.

Johann Carl originally described a species he named Strongylosoma nigrovirgatum. This species was subsequently moved into different genera (incl. Pogonosternum), by other authors than Carl (1902).

Additionnally, 1) Basic principles of databases curation discourage duplicate data; 2) Biological nomenclature requires to handle differently author names of original descriptions —here "Strongylosoma nigrovirgatum Carl, 1902" with no brackets— vs. those of recombinations —here "Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum (Carl, 1902)" with brackets. I cannot fathom your insistance for keeping duplicate data in the database while it is clearly the external usage (for instance the Commons Wikidata Infobox) that have to adapt to the data structure. Wikidata does not have to keep duplicate data and mess up the data structure to facilitate crappy external usages. Totodu74 (talk) 09:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

What is this??!? seriously? I'm done here. Yes Johann Carl gaves the first descrtiption of the species named Strongylosoma nigrovirgatum, that is the same as Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum, therefore Johann Carl gaves indeed the the first descrtiption of Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum, that is a fact. But sorry to have disturbed every body. Do what you want, my activity will be limited to sitelinks, Commons cat and to create a few taxa items needed. No any chance that I touch anymore to properties such as "taxon author" which I am (still) unable to understand the meaning. Christian Ferrer (talk) 10:55, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

vandalism Q749502

Issue #1910082337431: Hi, the English description of Q749502 keeps getting vandalized from "American heavy metal band" (good) to "American job site rock band" (vandalized). This has been going back and forth 5 or 6 times in the last 2 months. Can you please protect the page? Thank you!
Author and time of the request: Egermundson; 15:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
Decision: (to be filled in by an administrator); Done Mahir256 (talk) 23:39, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 18:56, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Undeletion request for Q5361241

Issue #2110102325308: Please undelete Eliot Lear (Q5361241) so I can add him as an author of RFC 6557: Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database (Q47465990) and RFC 4833: Timezone Options for DHCP (Q47456573)
Author and time of the request: William Graham; 15:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
Decision: (to be filled in by an administrator)

@William Graham:

Done Bovlb (talk) 23:59, 10 October 2021 (UTC)