User:Rmhermen
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[edit]I am a Wikipedia:administrator since July 5, 2004. I first contributed to Wikipedia in April of 2001 (oldest edits lost in early software upgrades). My first edit with my username appears to be on April 26. I have been active on a number of online projects - active and passive (SETI@Home, Distributed Proofreaders, Mars crater labeling, Stardust@Home, Folding@Home on the Wikipedia team: Team page, etc.)
| Action | Count |
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| Edits | 61485 |
| Edits+Deleted | 64838 |
| Pages deleted | 3958 |
| Revisions deleted | 14 |
| Pages restored | 30 |
| Pages protected | 80 |
| Pages unprotected | 9 |
| Protections modified | 23 |
| Users blocked | 101 |
| Users reblocked | 1 |
| User rights modified | 1 |
Administrative backlog
[edit]Reports
[edit]- 207.81.246.116 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 61 five times in the last 5 minutes (New user removing references, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 22:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Warned user. Daniel Case (talk) 22:38, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
User-reported
[edit]- 209.249.71.55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) I reverted an unconstructive but fairly benign edit from this school IP. Turns out almost all contribs have been reverted, and the two recent ones that weren't are also questionable. This probably needs a short block, hopefully they'll create an account so we can actually talk to them. Toadspike [Talk] 19:04, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Insufficient recent activity to warrant a block. Two edits in the last month doesn't rise to the level of disruption that warrants a block, and they appear to have stopped editing after a second warning. Feel free to re-report if this IP continues to be a problem. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- 192.12.184.6 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) repeated disruption and warnings for the last ten years. Sweetpool50 (talk) 19:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Insufficient recent activity to warrant a block. Please sufficiently warn the user if they continue disruption and re-report to AIV if they continue past the warnings. Fathoms Below (talk) 20:30, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- 2402:4000:13F1:CE12:9C69:63E:F071:713D (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – vandalism after final warning. Continued vandalism, disruptive editing, and addition of material without proper verifiable references even after lvl 4 warning – Bradby Shield Encounter, Vidyartha College, and St. Sylvester's College. QEnigma (talk) 19:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- 149.50.164.87 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Realized after warning that all contribs are BLP vios. Toadspike [Talk] 19:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- 80.79.145.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – On Cell-mediated immunity: vandalism after final warning. Repeated vandalism after warnings and blocks; WP:NOTHERE. Zefr (talk) 19:31, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings. @Zefr: Do not warn a user and then immediately report them. You warned them 4 and a half hours after their only vandalism edit, then immediately came here after warning. It seems fairly clear this doesn't need immediate attention. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:04, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- 166.181.88.122 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Persistent disruptive editing. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:53, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r
User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. Their edits don't appear to be obvious vandalism either, so it probably warrants more than just a generic "vandalism" template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:16, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Mvcg66b3r
- Reddasfxk (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Used x instead of cks attempting to skip filter: fu*c+k. Violating string: reddasfcksk" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Instagramifunnnyuserreddittfarc3e (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzskibidi (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Franken-Loser (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- This username matched "loser" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 22:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Grieferggfff (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Theoriesaboutyourchildhood (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- My username is not "my username" (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Rubberduckyfanclub7 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Orases Marketing (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Xyilo1488 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- Imubetatta (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
User-reported
[edit]- Brandonwilliams1 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a misleading and disruptive username. The user recently edited the page for the politician, Brandon Williams. Clearly COI, however this user also can be an impersonator. (If any action is better than this please do it!). ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 17:32, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Normally I would have no issue with blocking this, but you added a username warning template to their talk page and they've not edited since, so we're kind of stuck unless and until they return. In the future, please either report or warn, not both, per WP:UAAI. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 21:33, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Jessicacandrews (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Appears to be that of a well-known person. See this user's Talk page, User_talk:Jessicacandrews, and the article referred to there, Jessica_Andrews_(writer). Geoff | Who, me? 18:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Not a blatant violation of the username policy. Given their contributions, I've seen nothing to indicate that this isn't a person using their real name. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)- That's exactly why it was reported, we routinely either block or ask such usernames to contact VRT to verify their identity, per WP:IMPERSONATE. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 22:01, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- We haven't been if it is really clear cut. Secretlondon (talk) 22:29, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- That's exactly why it was reported, we routinely either block or ask such usernames to contact VRT to verify their identity, per WP:IMPERSONATE. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 22:01, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for increase in protection level
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Reason: CTOP Hoben7599 (talk) 10:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely under WP:GS/RUSUKR. SilverLocust 💬 20:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 10:57, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: People are unhappy with the results of the US presidential election. I imagine more vandalism is coming with regard to the edit I just reverted. I recommend semi-protecting this page as a precaution. Simplediscipline (talk) 13:15, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- This may not be necessary in retrospect, but I figured I'd put the request in anyway. Deny if not applicable/required by situation. Simplediscipline (talk) 13:27, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Likely collateral damage as one or several users who are making improvements would be affected by the requested protection. Things seem to have calmed down there so I'm going to decline this for now, but please feel free to resubmit if the level of disruption becomes more significant. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:35, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 14:34, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. C F A 💬 15:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Note: I would be loath to protect a draft, tbh, but the draft as it is might well qualify for a G11 speedy deletion......"bringing together together all the initiatives in favor of..." alone rings some bells. Lectonar (talk) 15:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Extended confirmed protected for a period of 2 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. @CFA: Given the clear sockpuppetry, I think protecting for several months is reasonable, but the article needs to be deleted via MFD rather trying to delete it through some sort of backdoor method. @Lectonar: Please let me know if you have any concerns. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:46, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IP accounts annoyed that they've been blocked from editing the associated article are now filling up the talk page with claims of censorship. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes protection: Persistent vandalism. Took almost 2 months to detect it (see history), I've reverted it now TheWikipede (talk) 17:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheWikipede The only vandalism that I see was reverted within 7 minutes, not two months. Other than that one flurry of activity, it doesn't look like persistent vandalism. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:34, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – The page needs protection to stop any censorship attempts. Kalbome22 (talk) 18:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Consistent vandalism by rotating IPs. Anwegmann (talk) 19:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:23, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – would also be ok with pending changes. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:27, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Sock and proxy edit warring issues. Grayfell (talk) 19:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:50, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Already protected by administrator ScottishFinnishRadish. Thank you Cyberbot I. Yaris678 (talk) 21:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Extended confirmed protected Ymblanter (talk) 22:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 20:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:40, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Myrealnamm (💬pros · 📜cons) 21:15, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
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Unprotect: The talk page was recently semi-protected due to unregistered users using the talk page as WP:FORUM on Mohammed Deif's death. At the time, his death was in dispute. Now that his death is no longer in dispute, and the article shows him as dead, I don't think the talk page needs to be semi-protected any more. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 05:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
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- Update: the death is still in dispute. Hamas has disputed the report that it has acknowledged the death. For now, it seems that the consensus is to have the article show that he is dead, and note the dispute. Since the WP:FORUM comments were from the side that wanted to have the article show Deif as dead, I don't expect this activity to resume. I also don't expect it to now come from the other side.
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- So do we want to lift the protection or not? Daniel Case (talk) 03:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because it is not vandalized and was not being vandalized by unregistered users, I don't think the protection was necessary and should be lowered to either semi-protected or unprotected. ミラへぜ (talk) 15:25, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @ミラへぜ: The reason given for protection was Arbitration enforcement, most likely India-Pakistan. While this protection is over a year old at this point, you should have asked Courcelles (talk · contribs) if they'd be willing to unprotect first. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 16:14, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- I wouldn't object to lowering it to semiprotection. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
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My suggestion is to leave out the following 2 sentences in the "German complicity" paragraph as they seem to be based on misunderstandings:
"She also highlighted police suppression of pro-Palestine protests throughout Germany[509] as evidence of state complicity.[508] Karen Wells et al. highlight how Germany has entrenched its complicity in Israel's actions by banning use of the word "genocide" in reference to Israel.[471][better source needed]"
1. In general violent protests are not allowed in Germany. As some of the first pro-Palestine protests were violent, they were sometimes forbidden by courts, if they were expected to turn violent. But that is common policy in Gemany with all subjects and not special for pro-Palestine protests.
Meanwhile, there even is a calendar concerning pro-Palestinian protests[1] with daily up to 20 protests all over Germany. Thus, there is no general police suppression of pro-Palestine protests as is suggested by the current wording.
2. The word “genocide” is not banned in reference to Israel in Germany - maybe that was a misunderstanding: What is not allowed in Germany is to call for genocide against Jews. The slogan “From the river to the sea” is seen as such call and banned. Gilbert04 (talk) 15:34, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- @FortunateSons: A quick browse shows at least for the first part support for removal, can you add any additional incite? -- Cdjp1 (talk) 12:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I can confirm that both statements are broadly true. IMO, the best resource for this discussion (in the contemporary context) is probably Steinberg: Versammlungsfreiheit nach dem 7. Oktober - NVwZ 2024, 302. Direct citation: “Die Subsumtion unter diesen Tatbestand bereitet aber auch sonst Probleme. Die Stadt Frankfurt a. M. hatte dem Anmelder einer Versammlung „Frieden in Nahost" am 2.12.2023 untersagt, während der Versammlung zur Vernichtung Israels aufzurufen, dem Staat Israel das Existenzrecht abzusprechen, sowie die Aussagen „Israel Kindermörder", „Juden Kindermörder", „Israel bringt Kinder um" sowie „From the river to the sea" zu tätigen. Diese Beschränkungen hob das VG Frankfurt vollständig auf. Auf die Beschwerde der Stadt differenzierte der VGH Kassel Aufrufe zur Vernichtung Israels verstießen - wie gesagt - gegen § 111 StGB und die Aussage „Juden Kindermörder" erfülle den Tatbestand der Volksverhetzung (§ 130 StGB). Demgegenüber wurden andere Außerungen wie „Kindermörder Israel" oder die Bezeichnung der israelischen Militäroperationen in Gaza als „Genozid" nicht beanstandet und die Entscheidung des VG insoweit aufrechterhalten. Es sei davon auszugehen, dass bei den militärischen Verteidigungshandlungen Israels auch Kinder zu Schaden kämen. Eine solche laienhafte Zuspitzung sei im Rahmen der Meinungsfreiheit hinzunehmen. Anders hatte der VGH Mannheim am 21.10.2023 ein Verbot der Parole „Israel Kindermörder" und „Israel bringt Kinder um" durch die Versammlungsbehörde trotz bestehender Zweifel über deren Strafbarkeit aufrechterhalten; im Verfahren des vorläufigen Rechtsschutzes sei nur eine summarische Prüfung möglich; eine einmal getätigte Äußerung könne nicht rückgängig gemacht werden. Die Unterscheidung zwischen antisemitisch und antiisraelisch stellt sicherlich eine Gratwanderung dar, die hier im Einzelnen nicht beschrieben werden kann“autotranslated: “However, the subsumption under this offense also causes other problems. On December 2, 2023, the city of Frankfurt am Main had prohibited the person registering a meeting "Peace in the Middle East" from calling for the destruction of Israel during the meeting, from denying the State of Israel the right to exist, and from making the statements "Israel, child murderer," "Jews, child murderer," "Israel kills children" and "From the river to the sea." The Administrative Court of Frankfurt completely lifted these restrictions. In response to the city's complaint, the Administrative Court of Kassel differentiated that calls for the destruction of Israel violated - as mentioned - Section 111 of the Criminal Code and that the statement "Jews, child murderer" constituted incitement to hatred (Section 130 of the Criminal Code). In contrast, other statements such as "Israel, child murderer" or the description of Israeli military operations in Gaza as "genocide" were not objected to and the Administrative Court's decision was upheld in this respect. It can be assumed that children would also be harmed in Israel's military defense actions. Such a lay exaggeration must be accepted within the framework of freedom of expression. On October 21, 2023, the Mannheim Higher Administrative Court upheld a ban on the slogans "Israel, child murderer" and "Israel kills children" by the assembly authority despite existing doubts about their criminal liability; in the interim legal protection procedure, only a summary examination is possible; a statement once made cannot be reversed. The distinction between anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli is certainly a balancing act that cannot be described in detail here.” There is no broad ban on pro-Palestinian protests either, and they were even allowed to happen on Oct. 7 of this year (in some cases). While there are legal disputes on specifics for both, I’m pretty confident that no reasonable person would disagree with “broadly permitted” regarding both claims. FortunateSons (talk) 16:54, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- Bonus: there can be cases where something isn’t criminal, but can be restricted in other ways, for example due to different burdens of proof or social pressures. FortunateSons (talk) 17:11, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- I can confirm that both statements are broadly true. IMO, the best resource for this discussion (in the contemporary context) is probably Steinberg: Versammlungsfreiheit nach dem 7. Oktober - NVwZ 2024, 302. Direct citation: “Die Subsumtion unter diesen Tatbestand bereitet aber auch sonst Probleme. Die Stadt Frankfurt a. M. hatte dem Anmelder einer Versammlung „Frieden in Nahost" am 2.12.2023 untersagt, während der Versammlung zur Vernichtung Israels aufzurufen, dem Staat Israel das Existenzrecht abzusprechen, sowie die Aussagen „Israel Kindermörder", „Juden Kindermörder", „Israel bringt Kinder um" sowie „From the river to the sea" zu tätigen. Diese Beschränkungen hob das VG Frankfurt vollständig auf. Auf die Beschwerde der Stadt differenzierte der VGH Kassel Aufrufe zur Vernichtung Israels verstießen - wie gesagt - gegen § 111 StGB und die Aussage „Juden Kindermörder" erfülle den Tatbestand der Volksverhetzung (§ 130 StGB). Demgegenüber wurden andere Außerungen wie „Kindermörder Israel" oder die Bezeichnung der israelischen Militäroperationen in Gaza als „Genozid" nicht beanstandet und die Entscheidung des VG insoweit aufrechterhalten. Es sei davon auszugehen, dass bei den militärischen Verteidigungshandlungen Israels auch Kinder zu Schaden kämen. Eine solche laienhafte Zuspitzung sei im Rahmen der Meinungsfreiheit hinzunehmen. Anders hatte der VGH Mannheim am 21.10.2023 ein Verbot der Parole „Israel Kindermörder" und „Israel bringt Kinder um" durch die Versammlungsbehörde trotz bestehender Zweifel über deren Strafbarkeit aufrechterhalten; im Verfahren des vorläufigen Rechtsschutzes sei nur eine summarische Prüfung möglich; eine einmal getätigte Äußerung könne nicht rückgängig gemacht werden. Die Unterscheidung zwischen antisemitisch und antiisraelisch stellt sicherlich eine Gratwanderung dar, die hier im Einzelnen nicht beschrieben werden kann“autotranslated: “However, the subsumption under this offense also causes other problems. On December 2, 2023, the city of Frankfurt am Main had prohibited the person registering a meeting "Peace in the Middle East" from calling for the destruction of Israel during the meeting, from denying the State of Israel the right to exist, and from making the statements "Israel, child murderer," "Jews, child murderer," "Israel kills children" and "From the river to the sea." The Administrative Court of Frankfurt completely lifted these restrictions. In response to the city's complaint, the Administrative Court of Kassel differentiated that calls for the destruction of Israel violated - as mentioned - Section 111 of the Criminal Code and that the statement "Jews, child murderer" constituted incitement to hatred (Section 130 of the Criminal Code). In contrast, other statements such as "Israel, child murderer" or the description of Israeli military operations in Gaza as "genocide" were not objected to and the Administrative Court's decision was upheld in this respect. It can be assumed that children would also be harmed in Israel's military defense actions. Such a lay exaggeration must be accepted within the framework of freedom of expression. On October 21, 2023, the Mannheim Higher Administrative Court upheld a ban on the slogans "Israel, child murderer" and "Israel kills children" by the assembly authority despite existing doubts about their criminal liability; in the interim legal protection procedure, only a summary examination is possible; a statement once made cannot be reversed. The distinction between anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli is certainly a balancing act that cannot be described in detail here.” There is no broad ban on pro-Palestinian protests either, and they were even allowed to happen on Oct. 7 of this year (in some cases). While there are legal disputes on specifics for both, I’m pretty confident that no reasonable person would disagree with “broadly permitted” regarding both claims. FortunateSons (talk) 16:54, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- I've removed #2. But there does seem to be evidence that pro-Palestine protests have been banned in parts of Germany at times.[2][3][4].VR (Please ping on reply) 14:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. Maybe the following article gives a bit more clarity.[[5]] Gilbert04 (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Unfortunately that source seems incomplete. Germany has indeed suppressed peaceful criticism of Israel.[6] And Washington Post says "A planned photo exhibit in southwestern Germany was canceled as a result of social media posts by its curator, including one describing “genocide” in Gaza."[7] VR (Please ping on reply) 22:32, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. Maybe the following article gives a bit more clarity.[[5]] Gilbert04 (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Consider changing "The Israeli government rejected South Africa's allegations, and accused the court of being antisemitic, which it often does when criticised" to "The Israeli government has been accused of consistently weaponizing antisemitism against it's critics, including in the ICJ ruling." Ecco2kstan (talk) 23:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- The Weaponization of antisemitism page hyperlinked over "often done" has many sources to draw from regarding the accusations' consistency and nature.
- My main concern with the original text is that it's voiced as if it's an observation made by a Wikipedian. The benefit here is that the weaponization of antisemitism has a clearer consistency grounded outside of Wikipedia. Perhaps other ways to word this out include adding a time scale (increasingly accused since Oct. 7th) or specifying the critique (against critiques of their actions since Oct 7th).
- If a lead paragraph change is necessary, there may be reason to outline Israeli motives and conditions for the genocide, including Zionism and anti-Arab racism. Ecco2kstan (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Ecco2kstan, how about: "The Israeli government rejected South Africa's allegations. Supporters of Israel say that accusing Israel of genocide is both antisemitic[10][11] and a form of Holocaust erasure[12], but others argue antisemitism shouldn't be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations.[13][14][15][16]".VR (Please ping on reply) 00:12, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not as familiar with the Holocaust erasure claims, but I'm happy with that reworking! If that weaponization of Holocaust denial detail isn't on the weaponization of antisemitism page already, it might be a worthwhile phenomenon incorporate if there's more citations you can find. I might look into it myself. Thanks! Ecco2kstan (talk) 03:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- That does sound quite balanced. +1 from me. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 18:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Vice regent: Would you please make this change, so we can close this request? ~Anachronist (talk) 21:28, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- The text I originally wanted modified was changed to "Israel's supporters say that accusing Israel of genocide is antisemitic, but others argue antisemitism should not be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations" after other discussions on the talk page. I almost like it better, but by saying "Israel's supporters" it relieves some of the responsibility from the Israeli government in the accusations that was, to an extent, duly credited in the original modification. Maybe now, it should just say "The Israeli government and their supporters say that accusing the state for genocide antisemitic..." or something similar. Ecco2kstan (talk) 17:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Ecco2kstan, how about: "The Israeli government rejected South Africa's allegations. Supporters of Israel say that accusing Israel of genocide is both antisemitic[10][11] and a form of Holocaust erasure[12], but others argue antisemitism shouldn't be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations.[13][14][15][16]".VR (Please ping on reply) 00:12, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Stated Israeli tank losses in casualty and losses infobox are incorrect, attributed article from Business Insider states "The IDF again had problems with anti-tank missiles during the 2006 war in Lebanon, when Hezbollah employed Russian-made Kornets. Though about 50 Merkavas were damaged, only five were destroyed, according to the IDF, which also struggled with poorly maintained vehicles and ill-trained crews." Casualties and losses box states this number as if it was from current conflict. Article does, however, state that "Israel has lost nearly two dozen tanks during fighting with Hamas since October 7." I believe losses of tanks in the infobox should be fixed to reflect this. 155.225.2.98 (talk) 14:17, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Handled requests
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Autopatrolled[edit]Davidindia (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs (blocks · rights · moves) · rfar · spi · cci) He has created a remarkable total of 647 articles on English Wikipedia, with only 4 deletions. This impressive accomplishment highlights his expertise and dedication. Primarily, he focuses on biographies of sportspersons and politicians, demonstrating a strong understanding of these subjects. Additionally, he treats fellow editors with respect and professionalism. Thank you! Jannatulbaqi (talk) 14:23, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
They have created 545 clean articles, none of which have been deleted. Their creations focus on spider species articles, so I believe their articles no longer need to go through NPP review. Thanks. GrabUp - Talk 06:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
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AutoWikiBrowser[edit]
I'd like to keep using AutoWikiBrowser to better add WikiProjects to talk pages in other languages, such as those in the Vietnamese versions of Establishments in Italy by year, as well as fixing (not necessarily removing like before) unknown parameters in templates. OpalYosutebito (talk) 13:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason for requesting autowikibrowser rights: I have achieved 500 mainspace edits and I feel like this tool will be used so that I can contribute to wikipedia while expanding my knowledge of it- as well as how these tools work. This tool will be handy in my improvement of wikipedia articles no matter stub or good articles. This tool will be so handy in fixing problems that are in multiple articles! Thanks, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 13:04, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
(See rescinded previous request.) There are many tasks I undertake that AWB would make easier, but the immediate task is finding 'what redirects here' for Effective radiated power to clean its odd anchor 'Equivalent radiated power (Redirected)' in the second paragraph. I do a fair bit of redirect work, so the ability to examine database dumps without dragging out my minimal MariaDB chops would be nice. I need to dig into Pywikibot as well, but I'd like to try the GUI offered by AWB. Tule-hog (talk) 16:18, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
My main account already has access to AWB. Would like access to another account for doing edits which are not that substantial. I would like to retain AWB for my main account. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:59, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Hey there, I am looking to go through the cave articles and add categories to improve navigation within the area. This would take me literal days to do without access to this tool, as I am hoping to through most of the available articles. I will also be removing tags related to caves when they should refer to mines or quarry, and will be updating things that are manmade to accurately represent that in the articles categories. Kingsmasher678 (talk) 16:20, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Disambugation links. I really enjoy doing them and I'd like to help bring the "articles with Dab links" number into the 3 digits. If you'll look at my dab history you'll see I have dealt with everything from standard, to Vandalism, to navbox, and even had to update a module for a disambugation link that had been present for a few months. I'm currently null editing manually ~120 pages so they won't be on the dab list and slow anyone else down. I currently do the majority of my disambugation on mobile, but if granted permission I can allocate two days on desktop to disambiguate. Based on on current normal fluctuations, I'm confident that I can help get disambiguation articles down to triple digits within 3-4 months. (notwithstanding random navbox disambiguation). I am currently ranked in the top 10 DAB users although that doesn't mean much right now considering the top 2 have about ten times my number. RCSCott91 (talk) 19:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
I came across the page Kerala which has duplicate citations. So I would like to try this tool. Kumar Dayal (talk) 13:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
I want to replace these links. For example, "LGBTQ" per WP:CONSUB and "minor-planet" for "minor-planet designation" per WP:HYPHEN and Talk:Minor-planet designation#Requested move 21 September 2021. Absolutiva (talk) 01:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
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Confirmed[edit]
Hey, I would like to be confirmed as I am engaging in multiple editing already, and would like to further the discussion I have started under the UC Berkeley post. I have been providing edit on the page which has been recognized, but right now the semi-protection posed on the Berkeley wiki has stopped me from editing the post. I've done a few editings with IP address too, without recognizing the need of logging in. Thanks! 1255979u (talk) 00:57, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request for an autoconfirmed / confirmed status since I have more than 27,000 edits and my account is six years old. Thanks. WhiteStar2000 (talk) 08:39, 6 November 2024 (UTC) |
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Extended confirmed[edit]
Main account has ~2700 edits, would like this alt to also have XCON. Thanks! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:03, 29 October 2024 (UTC) |
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I'd like to request NPR rights. I have prior experience with AfC and NPP, so I'm familiar with the process of reviewing new pages. I'm confident in my understanding of notability guidelines and can easily spot paid/COI editing, as well as unreliable and branded sources. I am also familiar with WP:DP, WP:NOBITING, and CSD I understand the importance of careful, fair reviews and will do my best to uphold the quality of content on Wikipedia. Thank you! TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 06:37, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
Hey, I am currently creating articles, and in my free time, I would like to participate in reducing the backlog of NPP as well. I was previously denied this right for some reasons, and during a heated exchange with some of you guys, I was blocked from PERMS (the full details are on my user page). Now, nearly two months have passed, and I still want to help. I want to make one thing clear: anyone is completely free to decline this request, and I will wait longer. It’s all up to you. Thanks! GrabUp - Talk 06:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I have been a registered user on Wikipedia for several years, with over 500 undeleted mainspace edits. I possess a strong understanding of content policies and guidelines, supported by my experience in quality control processes. I have actively participated in deletion processes like AfD, PROD, and CSD, contributed to Articles for Creation, and written new articles. I maintain a solid track record of interacting civilly and constructively with other editors, especially newcomers. I have no active behavioral blocks or 3RR violations within the last 6 months, and I am committed to reviewing pages solely on a volunteer basis. Imad_J (talk) 19:44, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I am reaching out to formally request permanent New Page Reviewer rights on Wikipedia. I recently completed and successfully passed the New Page Patrol (NPP) School evaluation under DreamRimmer's mentorship, where I received thorough training for 3 months in Wikipedia’s guidelines, best practices, and standards for reviewing new pages. This experience has deepened my understanding of Wikipedia's content policies and strengthened my commitment to upholding the quality and reliability of Wikipedia as a valuable resource. Previously, I held temporary NPP rights, which expired on September 11, 2024. Charlie (talk) 11:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request New Page Reviewer rights as I have been actively contributing to Wikipedia for over 5 years, primarily focusing on editing and removing potential vandalism, particularly in articles related to the Indian entertainment and the beauty pageant industry. I am now eager to expand my contributions by assisting in reviewing newly created articles, ensuring they meet the necessary criteria to become stand-alone pages on Wikipedia.--Mims Mentor (talk) 17:52, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
I would like to be a reviewer and go through the backlog of politician articles in the Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reports/Easy reviews. Many of them are state-level legislators who meet the guidelines set in WP:NSUBPOL. I am still relatively new to Wikipedia and still learning a lot of the rules and guidelines, but I know I can review many of the American politicians on the easy review page. If you need additional information from me, please let me know. Bpuddin (talk) 01:30, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
I'd like to request permanent NPP rights (or an extension) after my trial period. Unfortunatly, in the seccond month, I was not able to be as active as I'd like, but I believe I would make a good NPR. Thanks, Lordseriouspig 07:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC) Lordseriouspig 07:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
I love Wikipedia! When I learned creating pages, I start to like it more. But I see many vandalism in many articles. Some hoax article are created. Also there is article cover events that not notable. To prevent those, I want to request the new page reviewer rights. BangladeshiStranger🇧🇩 (talk) 12:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
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Page mover[edit]
I'd like to be able to take care of technical requests like the one I just posted [21], instead of having to wait for someone else to do them. I've participated in several move discussions and even closed a few – having this userright would also make it easier to close RMs. As far as I can see, all of my technical requests have been performed, and none of my RM closes have been contested. Toadspike [Talk] 11:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC) Toadspike [Talk] 11:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
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Pending changes reviewer[edit]
I would like to help contribute to the Wikipedia community and help reviews happen quicker. I am passionate about unbiased true information being presented and I think this would be a good privilege for me. BittersweetParadox (talk) 07:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
I've been patrolling Recent Changes since August 28, 2024, and I helping to review pending changes. Thanks. Ampil (Ταικ • Cοnτribυτιοns) 02:25, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
The pending changes reviewer will help me improve my ability to combat vandalism on Wikipedia. I have a good understanding of the relevant policies. Wikibear47 (talk) 13:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Expand my works on Wikipedia.I want to counter vandalism and help Wikipedia by reviewing pending changes fastily and correctly. I have read all guidelines and policy I have also created some articles.Edasf (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I love helping with new edits and making sure they are 100% correct and appropriate! I would love to help even more with this permission. Avishai11 (talk) 20:46, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I am requesting Pending Changes Reviewer rights. I have been an active contributor to Wikipedia for over 5 years, with a strong focus on editing and combating vandalism. I am now keen to broaden my role by helping to review newly created articles, ensuring they meet Wikipedia's standards to qualify as stand-alone pages.--— MimsMENTOR talk 17:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC) — MimsMENTOR talk 17:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Being a recent changes patroller for a while, I am already well aware of the content polices concerned with NPOV, NOR, BLPs and CV. I have also been using Twinkle and AntiVandal tools for a while to combat especially vandalism and unsourced changes to articles. I've read about the feature and the guidelines regarding reviewing process. I think my editing history is enough to meet the criteria making me applicable to review the pending changes. MSLQr (talk) 18:32, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
I have been patrolling recent changes and reverting vandalism for some time. In addition, I have contributed to Wikipedia by creating new articles and improving existing ones. During my recent changes patrol, I have often encountered articles with a "pending review" tag. I would like to assist by accepting constructive edits that are supported by verifiable sources, or by declining edits that do not meet criteria. I would be obliged if I could be granted "Pending changes reviewer" rights to support this work. Thank you. QEnigma (talk) 04:29, 5 November 2024 (UTC) |
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Rollback[edit]
I respectfully request Rollback access to facilitate the use of Huggle, which will allow me to promptly and efficiently revert vandalism. I've been monitoring Recent Changes for the past 2-3 months, reverting disruptive edits. I'm familiar with some Wikipedia policies, including: Reporting repeated vandals after 4 talk page warnings at WP:AIV, reporting reporting sock puppet accounts at WP:SPI and following the 3-revert rule (WP:3RR). And also I'm familiar with the use of Twinkle. ®asteem Talk 20:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
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Template editor[edit]
I'm requesting template editor rights so that I can perform template mergers more easily (like the one me and Rjjiii completed over at {{Archive}}) and for moving prep areas to queues at DYK. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 21:12, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
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Templates I use often but never remember
[edit]- {{NorthAmNative}} {{WikiProject Michigan}} {{WikiProject Protected areas}} {{river}}
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Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)
"Do you want to take a survey?"
[edit]On Feb. 12, 2005, I did a random pages survey. Out of 100 random pages, only 1 was a U.S. town. That's progress. Three towns in the UK, 1 in Spain and 1 in Portugal also turned up. Overall biographies were the largest category at 22%, followed by geography with 15% total. Then Lists at 7%, Disambiguation pages at 6%.
On Feb. 24, 2006, I repeated the 100 random page survey, this time getting 5 U.S. towns. Overall, geography had 26%, biography 21%, fiction 9%, music 4%, colleges 4%, lists 3% and disambigs 4%. Clearly geography and biography are our largest areas. Music, science and business scored less than I expected. Non-individual History was hardly discernable.
Even by Feb. 2005, 100 out of almost 500,000 was not statistically significant but was as much as I had patience for.
Wikiprojects I am a member of:
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan
Short To Do list
[edit]- add maps to cities in Chad
- have done ten largest plus A-Biltine (plus Doba, Faya-Largeau, Goz Beïda, Guéréda, Mao, Ouara) from List of cities in Chad
- sources for Hook and Cod wars
- History of camping
- User:Rmhermen/sandbox
- reduce repetition between Chemical Weapons Convention, Chemical weapon proliferation, Destruction of chemical weapons, Chemical weapon#Disposal and Chemical warfare
- Pueblo Chemical Depot - full destruction in Sept 2016
- Joan Walsh Anglund
Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers
[edit]Up to Dec 16, 2003, all the edits at these anonymous id's were mine (59 edits):
- User:64.152.154.140
- User:64.152.153.104
- User:166.90.233.102
- User:65.25.234.xxx
- User:64.7.163.180
- User:64.152.153.139
- User:63.212.148.98
- User:64.152.159.57
- User:64.152.154.147
More recently 1,250 or so edits on 75.41.110.200 are apparently all mine. Apparently my new ID is 75.41.109.190. There are undoubtedly many others as the earliest history of many articles was not preserved by the software.
List of most of my original pictures and some maps
[edit]For copyright declaration purposes The following photographs and diagrams on Wikipedia were taken by and uploaded by me and released under GNU-FDL:
- Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [23] does edit counts though)
Pictures
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Maps
[edit]- Image:Michigan map.png
- Image:Toledo Strip.png
- Image:Les Cheneaux Islands.PNG
- Image:Blackfeet Indian Reservation map.PNG
- Image:1999_west_nile_map.png, and the others in article
- Image:US execution methods.png
- Image:Lake of Egypt.PNG - an unimproved map
- Image:Upper Peninsula of Michigan.png
Numerous locator maps for U.S. national parks like Image:LocMap Big Bend National Park.png and Image:LocMap Tongariro National Park.png - most now replaced by dynamic map system
