Wikinews:Admin action alerts/Archive 13

Replace redirect code at template:archive

I have made an edit request at the following: Template talk:Archived but the edit is needed at Template:Archive, which is redirected to Template:Archived. The redirect also affects the talk page. So to be clear, I'm posting here as well. Please see the full request here. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:09, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 05:18, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

129.63.91.8

Mass creation of non news related articles. BigKrow (talk) 17:49, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

129.63.91.8 (talk · contribs)... this user is currently blocked by Leaderboard I think this is all done for now. Gryllida (talk) 22:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Revdel request for special:diff/4834165 and its edit summary

Dear admins, please consider the deletion of this revision and its edit summary which includes uncivil statements. Thank you for your attention to this case. MathXplore (talk) 02:35, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 02:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Edit request related to 2024 copyright license upgrade

There is an edit request for Template:Translated Wikinews. This edit is associated with the Wikinews:2024 Copyright license upgrade. Please see Template_talk:Translated_Wikinews#Edit_request_2 for details about the request. Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:14, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 05:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Spam-only account

Wynwellness (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Wynwellness&oldid=4836109

A long term, local block would be handy. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:50, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

(Note) Account is now globally blocked as spam-only account. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:40, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

79.201.121.146

79.201.121.146 (talk · contribs) LTA:GRP, vandalism patterns. Lemonaka (talk) 06:56, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Request to archive articles

I think it is safe to archive all articles that pre-date our copyright license upgrade, which is all published articles preceding and including Actress Selena Gomez announces engagement to record producer Benny Blanco. Doing so will leave seven articles listed in our "Latest news" section on the main page. Whoever archives them, please remember to use {{Archived-cc-2.5}} to reflect the old CC version.

This will also allow us to close another action item in the Wikinews:2024 Copyright license upgrade project.

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:57, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

We now have more than ten articles published after the license upgrade project. The project occurred on December 16 and no articles were published that day. Therefore everything from Actress Selena Gomez announces engagement to record producer Benny Blanco and before, that is not already archived, can be archived using {{Archived-cc-2.5}}. After that is done, normal archiving can proceed using {{Archived}}. Please let me know if there are any questions regarding the unique archive process.

The list of "Latest news" on our main page is growing very long, with more than half the articles in the list published last year. Archiving articles will remove them from that list. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright You're OK with this being done by the bot, right? Leaderboard (talk) 04:08, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I was thinking through this just now and thought of an alternative idea. The goal at the moment is to reduce the number of articles listed in the Latest news section on the main page. Maybe we come up with an additional Wikinews:Article stage tags such as {{Current news|pub_date={{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} }} that can be managed by a bot on a scheduled basis. For example, the bot runs every 24 hours and searches for articles published pub_date=X+7D and it then adds those pages to an internal, hidden category such as Category:Past coverage or Category:Stale published and our DPL on the main page can be edited to exclude those categories in the Latest news section.

That would at least address the immediate problem of a long list of old articles in the Latest news section while we figure out our official archival procedures, for which I have an idea not-yet proposed.

What are your thoughts on that. Can that be done relatively painlessly on your side? Alternatively, I was about to recommend we archive stable-only, published articles and add them to Category:Archived-bot in order to track them for later, post-archival review.

Related, I just found we have a {{Latest news}} and there appears to be a lot of old discussions around it that might (or might not) help inform us here. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:54, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright Ultimately, it is not clear to me why all this post-processing work is needed - can't the bot just auto-archive articles after three weeks of no edits, for instance? In other words, I'm not seeing the need for "later, post-archival review". Leaderboard (talk) 17:37, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I assume the original intent was 'thoroughness' and quality of the final product. I tend to agree with you, but if we follow Chesterton's fence, we should probably work with it until we can get it formally changed. Given that so few admin enjoy or actually want to do the archival, I don't think that will be hard. Feel free to jump in here as well: Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update to archival process. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:55, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I think human doing it is because there may be technical issues like missing images or accidentally sighted vandalism. This is why this could be good to semi automate it. Like the 'make lead' gadget. List of articles which require archival, possible to tick boxes next to each of them and click 'archive'. (Then up to responsible admin to figure out how to click each article link and proofread or check). Gryllida (talk) 09:36, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Someone please give me a list of what needs to be archived, and how to do it. I can do it now. Gryllida (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

The list and procedures are both at WN:Archive. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

I archived this one. This involved me sighting my own edits. Does what I did look correct? If yes, then I will proceed to archive the others. Please let me know. Gryllida (talk) 19:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

My main reference for archiving is SVTCobra’s approach, which includes retrieving archive URLs for sources (and likely forcing an archive if needed). You can see examples here:[1], [2], [3], [4].

The changes you made to the article could be done quickly by a bot. This isn’t a critique of your work—it’s the core of the discussion. Do we want to keep a tedious, unpopular archival process, or simplify it so a bot can handle most of the work? —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 22:13, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Someone needs to agree how to do it. Manually doing several may help for this. It may also help (for now) with reducing vandalism.
• Someone can simplify it if they want. I recommended semi-automated with a list of articles with tick boxes next to them and an archive button. This would be in JavaScript and edits would be made from name of the admin who is using the gadget. Would you use such a gadget?
• Would you like to implement it, or someone else, or would you like me to do it?

Gryllida (talk) 20:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Would you like to implement it, or someone else, or would you like me to do it? If you are asking me that, I won't be able to, as I'm not an admin.

Part of what I have proposed here is to change the archive process so that after 24 hours, article are protected to a level where reviewers can still edit them and can help with the archival process. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:34, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Would be good to have a script like this for archival, but add functions: archive source URLs. Asked here. Regards, Gryllida (talk) 01:37, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Would be good to automatically archive sources after article is published. Gryllida (talk) 01:37, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

This is just depressing, no way I am archiving these URLs manually. :-( Gryllida (talk) 22:55, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

┌────────────────┘
We have some conversations about this spread around, so for anyone wanting to follow along:

• Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts#Request_to_archive_articles
• Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process
• User_talk:Leaderboard#Archiving

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:18, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I think it's fine to fully automate as long as there is a tracking category to clear manually after archival. This would solve issues with spam/vandalism to articles which were already published, while still leave human viewing archived articles for unexpected issues. Gryllida (talk) 23:24, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Request to update sitenotice

Can we update the sitenotice to the following?

Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]]

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:43, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Done, a purge of the cache may be needed on some pages. Leaderboard (talk) 04:51, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Local block for vandalism

2804:658C:2118:500:74D4:B1F2:D4A:7C56 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Removing content[5], [6], [7]

Warning placed.[8]

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:31, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

It's been two days old and this is kind of stale as a result. Ping me if this reoccurs. Leaderboard (talk) 15:44, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Recent Deletions

My apologies for the recent deletions of broken redirects. I didn't think about the local policy when deleting them and will do my best to follow the policy for global sysops in the future. Ternera (talk) 02:32, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

@Ternera I think your deletion of broken redirects were fine - don't worry. None of them had anything meaningful in them. Leaderboard (talk) 04:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Good to know – any chance the GS policy on this wiki can be updated to spam, vandalism and other uncontroversial maintenance? I would've deleted them myself saving some time for others had the policy permitted for GS deletions other than spam/vandalism. --SHB2000 (talk) 05:39, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Let's see if others comment here (pinging a few active contributors, such as @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright, @Heavy Water, @Asheiou and @BigKrow). Leaderboard (talk) 06:03, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida sorry didn't ping correctly the first time. Leaderboard (talk) 06:04, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Ternera, thanks for helping with maintenance tasks!

When we opted in, there were specific restrictions[9] mentioned by Cromium one of our local, semi-retired amins: My feeling on restrictions is that global sysops should only delete pages that clearly fall under criteria A3, A6 or R4 on Wikinews:Criteria for speedy deletion.

SHB2000, I personally fall on the side of 'more help is welcome' and tend to agree that we could expand the policy to include uncontroversial maintenance. But we'd have to define that. I propose we permit the following as uncontroversial, especially when already flagged using {{Delete}} by a Wikinews editor: A7, A9, A10, R1 (the case above), R3, G1, and G6 (all from our Wikinews:Criteria for speedy deletion policy).

It is my opinion that the more help we get for maintenance tasks the better. We have so few active admin as it is. More help from GS could also free up local admin time for other tasks such as protected edit requests and article archival, two desperately needed and often despised-by-admin tasks. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:39, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

I'd be more flexible and essentially open things up to GS discretion. It can be made clear in the rules that global sysops should not delete articles without very good reasons, but I don't think it's needed to "tie down" GS to a few set criteria. Leaderboard (talk) 18:02, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

I would assume what was originally intended was to prevent global sysops from touching existing articles, which I agree should be left to the local community. --SHB2000 (talk) 22:51, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm open to allowing GS more discretion on what they're allowed to do here. I'm probably not the best person to ask about the specifics here, I'm infinitely averse to wikipolitics, but I'd support it in principle Ash Thawley (talk) (calendar) 21:43, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello

• Deleting broken redirects is uncontroversial.
• But local admins can handle it. Unlike vandals or spammers, it doesn't pile up as quickly.
• In light of the pros and cons arguments above, I personally have neutral position about it.
• What else is the subject of this discussion?

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 00:39, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I agree with Leaderboard that we can be more trusting with the GS. I am not aware of any problems beyond the one mentioned by Cromium here. That was eight months ago and early in our acceptance of help. I mentioned specific restrictions in anticipation of others wanting the same but I'm more happy opening it up to GS discretion, as that could result in broader help. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:40, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright @SHB2000 @Gryllida @Ternera

I haven't seen any opposition to the proposal, and hence updated Wikinews:Global_permissions accordingly. I've deliberately not defined "uncontroversial maintenance", because I don't see the need to, and I believe that global sysops are capable enough of determining what should be left to local admins. Leaderboard (talk) 06:46, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Cheers, Leaderboard. :) --SHB2000 (talk) 07:03, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

FYI: Diff. -- Gryllida (talk) 08:28, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! Ternera (talk) 13:23, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

This is not a complaint, but a heads-up for Global Sysops: our date categories are intentionally created in advance and may remain empty until their date passes. They are used to track and organize published articles. On March 11, the empty category for March 31 was deleted [10]. We use User:Asked42/QuickCat at the start of each month to create all date categories, and pages are assigned via the {{Date}} template when it is added to articles.

The deleted category was easily recreated—no issue there. Just wanted to flag this for awareness. Thanks again for your support! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:38, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Local user block

City Smash (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Vandalizing published articles.[11]

Also please edit-protect all published articles per WN:Archive.

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright Can the bot do that (archiving), to be clear? I didn't get consensus the last time. Leaderboard (talk) 01:54, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I think we should proceed with archiving using the bot for now and add all bot-archived articles to the hidden, internal Category:Archived-bot so we can track them and go back and re-review them if that is the consensus.

Are you able to set it up with the following conditions?

• Maintain roughly ten articles unarchived (to keep a list in Latest news)
• Flagged revision is stable (stablepages=only)
• Article published 7+ days ago

We have some conversations about this spread around, so for anyone wanting to follow along:

• Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts#Request_to_archive_articles
• Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process
• User_talk:Leaderboard#Archiving

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright The bot is currently set up in such a way that it will archive published articles whose last edit has been three weeks or older. Would that work on its own? Leaderboard (talk) 16:22, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

It will certainly cover many articles. However, our current archival process does not require three weeks of inactivity, and that metric can be skewed by vandalism—it wouldn’t have prevented the vandalism that led to this particular discussion.

If it's too difficult to change the bot from the current configuration of 3+ weeks of no changes, then in the interest of getting something done, I say we proceed. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:29, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Leaderboard Is your goal with the 3+ weeks to be careful and mindful of the lack of consensus and the fact that it's a new process? —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:31, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright Kind of yes - setting a balance while ensuring that there's enough articles in the main page as well. I just chose the easiest technical option at that time. Leaderboard (talk) 17:26, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I think it'll do in a pinch. As long as we also add the articles to Category:Archived-bot for easy retrieval and later-review, we should be okay. I'd say we're well within the bounds of WN:IAR on this and we have a proposed alternative to the currently-dysfunctional process. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:14, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

good idea to have a tracking category thanks. can we have another cat for after human checked that archival went ok? maybe human can move from archived-bot cat to archived cat if there are no issues. Gryllida (talk) 08:29, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Human removal of the Category:Archived-bot should suffice. Adding a new category is extra work, an extra step in an already unpopular process, is something new to learn, etc. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:41, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks that works Gryllida (talk) 21:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Request to add articles to new category

I have made a number of requests to add specific articles to the newly created Category:US Department of Homeland Security. I've included a list below.

• Done Kerik nominated as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
• DoneInternally distributed DHS memo: al-Qaeda and Hezbollah may attack U.S. within three years
• DoneBush nominates Chertoff for new Secretary of Homeland Security
• U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security visit Dartmouth student over library book
• Homeland Security helps secure open-source code
• KLM flight to Mexico sent back by U.S. Homeland Security, inquiry follows
• US Transportation Security Administration "made inaccurate statements" about passenger privacy, says Department of Homeland Security report
• United States Homeland Security network monitors suspicious activity
• US Homeland Security raises transit terror alert

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:54, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

• Working on it. Please leave this list up until I finish.--Bddpaux (talk) 21:07, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Responding only as a reminder. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:58, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

@Bddpaux Gryllida (talk) 21:43, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Template edit request

I have a new edit request at Template_talk:Date#Update_to_functionality. Specifics can be found there. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:19, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Didn't parse it on first try, was not sufficiently focused. I'll try again soon. Gryllida (talk) 01:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Responding only as a reminder... —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:56, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't know what this does or why it is needed, sorry. :-( Gryllida (talk) 21:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Role account to block

AgencyPartners (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

This account has made only two contributions so far and both were deleted as spam (warning placed[12]).

The account name implies it is a role account, in violation of WN:Username, which states: "If your username implies a role account, it is in breach of this policy."

Thank you in advance! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 00:17, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

The user was globally locked. Gryllida (talk) 01:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Edit request: Sitenotice

I would like to update our sitenotice to return to displaying different messages each day. The following code will add eight messages to the list. I am asking for the current code to be replaced with the following:

{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|8}}
|0=<div class="center">Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]].</div>
|1=<div class="center">The top article for January 2025 has been identified! Read more about it [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]].</div>
|2=<div class="center">Help revitalize Wikinews. Comment and vote on the proposal to add [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Markup_for_developing_articles_and_the_review_process|markup for developing articles and the review process]].</div>
|3=<div class="center">Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>
Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!</div>
|4=<div class="center">Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?</div>
|5=<div class="center">There is a proposal to change how we archive published articles. Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process|here]].</div>
|6=<div class="center">Should Wikinews start publishing audio news? Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].</div>
|7=<div class="center">Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?</div>
}}

Each number in the switch represents a message. There appears to be a sandbox on the template but it too is edit protected.

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC); edited 01:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Many of them link to proposals water cooler. How about we replace them with 'Join discussions at proposals water cooler to help Wikinews grow', reworded and wikilinked appropriately. Gryllida (talk) 03:04, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

We can have multiple messages, and specifying topics makes them more engaging. A generic message doesn’t even indicate new conversations are happening at the water cooler. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Responding only as a reminder. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I have a few issues with the above. The "2025 Boost publication rate" is a personal project and there is no need to put it up as the end goal of the project. There is no need to "Should Wikinews start publishing audio news? Comment and vote", this is something that should just be done as soon as someone has an opportunity. I don't like the 'Help revitalize Wikinews' topic as it means the user should not read the other discussions at the water cooler and stay subscribed; it also creates a sense that the wiki is dying rather than encouraging users to contribute for the sake of engaging in news writing. I don't see a need to add any markup, there is too much markup work for newbies already. The proposal for archiving articles was already resolved as leaderbot already started doing the job.

How about we make a page like User:Gryllida/Contribute and suggest this version:

<div class="center">
{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|10}}
|0=Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]] and/or [[User:Gryllida/Contribute|contribute today]] (no prior skills required!).
|1=The top article for March 2025 has been identified! Read more about it [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]] (XXX Fix link).
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>
Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=Using social media? Follow [[Wikinews:Social_media|English Wikinews]] today.
}}
</div>

(It got scrambled in this text box, I will add an edit now.) Gryllida (talk) 21:17, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Gryllida, RockerballAustralia, George Ho, Michael.C.Wright, Bddpaux, JJLiu112 Thanks Gryllida (talk) 21:19, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

The proposal for archiving articles was already resolved as leaderbot already started doing the job. Leaderbot is not doing the job. There are currently 200 articles that are in cat:published and not in cat:archived. I believe Leaderboard is waiting to better-understand the need for a manual archival process in the first place. No archiving appears to be taking place manually or otherwise.

I don't like the 'Help revitalize Wikinews' topic as it means the user should not read the other discussions at the water... That’s not what it says at all. What it does say is: "Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at Project proposal for 2025."

[I]t also creates a sense that the wiki is dying... It is—and that’s evident from our declining publication rate, dwindling user activity, and reduced engagement from reviewers and admins alike. This has been a long-term trend, and we won’t reverse it by pretending otherwise or clinging to the status quo of "someone will get to it eventually." Given how few articles we publish each month, it’s hard to argue we’re functioning as a reliable news source.

I don't see a need to add any markup, there is too much markup work for newbies already. What markup work already exists?

The "2025 Boost publication rate" is a personal project... It’s clear that both supporters and those who contributed ideas see things differently. I’m stepping back—I’ve said my piece about the problem and offered help, but I’m no longer trying to persuade anyone that big changes are needed around here.

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Michael is correct. I am waiting for consensus on what exactly the bot is supposed to do, as some are saying that it can be fully automated (which is my preference as well), while some want a manual review. Leaderboard (talk) 17:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Where is this discussed. I think it's fine to fully automate as long as there is a tracking category to clear manually after archival. This would solve issues with spam/vandalism to articles which were already published. Gryllida (talk) 23:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright Leaderboard (talk) 17:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

1. Re-added as item 11. --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

2. Don't want to discuss it, as I left this bit in, I didn't leave it out (despite my dislike of it). --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

3. Same as 2. --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

4. Populating sources templates. --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

5. I'm happy to put it on-wiki somewhere but not in site notice, not in this revision. If we approve the initial revision, then we can discuss whether or not and how to add it. Ideally with minimum maintaining so without link to January. --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

6. Do I put "{{sitenotice/select|11}}" or "{{sitenotice/select|12}}" as the count starts with 0? --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Version 3

Please see below.

<div class="center">
{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|11}}
|0=Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]] and/or [[User:Gryllida/Contribute|contribute today]] (no prior skills required!).
|1=The top article for March 2025 has been identified! Read more about it [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]] (XXX Fix link).
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>
Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=Using social media? Follow [[Wikinews:Social_media|English Wikinews]] today.
|11=There is a proposal to change how we archive published articles. Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process|here]].
}}
</div>

Thanks, --Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Added this version to the site notice. Please let me know if any issues or edits are required. Thanks. CC @Michael.C.Wright @Leaderboard -- Gryllida (talk) 07:13, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Edit request for Main page

I have made an edit request at Template talk:Main headlines#Edit request count=10. Details can be found there. Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:29, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Global sysop or local admin edit request: Template:Main headlines and Wikinews:Social media

We have at least two pages that mention wikinews as our Twitter account, but that account now belongs to someone else. I believe our actual X account is enwikinews (https://x.com/enwikinews), to which we currently don't have access (0 followers and 0 posts).

Can a global sysop (Ternera?) or local admin remove the X link and any mention of our X account name from both Template:Main headlines and Wikinews:Social media until we sort it all out? Whoever controls wikinews can post whatever they want to X and we link to it as if it is us. This could present a liability issue.

I will look for more mentions/links to this account. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:25, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

I would be happy to update the social media links, but I'm only supposed to use sysop tools for obvious spam or vandalism as a GS. Ternera (talk) 14:46, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry. I forgot about those restrictions. This probably also doesn't fall under "other uncontroversial maintenance" either. Thanks for the quick response though! I've pinged a couple of admin who are signed in to IRC as well. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:55, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Michael.C.Wright

I've fixed something like that recently, if something wasn't fixed please let me know.

Didn't get any IRC pings.

I created template {{ping-assistance-required-sysop}} which can be placed anywhere urgent; alas, I don't get new Echo notifications when a 'Protected Page Edit Is Needed' template (whatever it is named) is placed on article talk, and for some fancy reason I don't always get notifications for this page either despite being subscribed to it.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 21:26, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Having a notification "3 new topics at AAA" is a bit stupid. In no circumstances I'm going to handle all 3 new topics at once. It would be nice to have that grouping option switched off. Added phab:T390635 and phab:T390637. Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 22:47, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I am able to click on summary notices such as "3 replies to topic X" and it will take me to topix X and highlight all three new messages. I can also click an arrow to expand the summary notice and see three individual notices of each reply, allowing me to click on each one individually, to go to the topic and see the individual reply highlighted.

I'm not sure if that is a feature I have enabled in preferences, but I don't believe so. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 00:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Wow. (Thanks for pointing it out.) Genuinely uncomfortable and not accessible to anyone who has even slightest visual impairment. At least the Special:Notifications page has it not tiny. Gryllida (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Edit request

I have made a new edit request at talk:U.S._Congress_confirms_electoral_college_vote_for_Trump_presidency#Edit

This request is in regards to a broken correction template in a published article and therefore somewhat of a priority. Further details at the talk page. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 21:01, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

typo fixed Gryllida (talk) 21:21, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Please Make Me Cum

User:Please Make Me Cum, please block, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 21:23, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

2600:100e:a120:2b52:ac0c:967d:5c88:803d BigKrow (talk) 21:25, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

User:Plz Make Me Cum BigKrow (talk) 21:28, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

All 3 were globally blocked as I can see. Please consider using the {{user}} template on this page, as it helps to avoid manual copy paste of the username. Thank you for the report! Gryllida (talk) 10:21, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow These kind of users are the ones that should be reported to metawiki:SRG instead, so they can be globally locked. Leaderboard (talk) 08:51, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Request to update Sitenotice

There are three parts to this request.

1. Remove the following: (XXX Fix link). It’s unclear why it was added, but it should not appear in the production version.

2. Update message 1 to congratulate contributing editors of monthly top article, by name.

3. Remove the recommendation to follow us on social media. We are not currently active on any platforms and may not have access to the accounts being promoted.

I have implemented these changes below.

Note: The select count should be 11 because the first message starts at 0.

<div class="center">
{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|11}}
|0=Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]] and/or [[User:Gryllida/Contribute|contribute today]] (no prior skills required!).
|1=Congrats to [[User:Bddpaux|]] and [[User:BigKrow|]] for writing the top 
 article of March! Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>
Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a proposal to change how we archive published articles. Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process|here]].
}}
</div>

Let me know if you have any questions and thank you in advance for helping! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:11, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 17:32, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

About not being active on social media, who has access to the 'enwikinews' account on twitter?

I can add account for bluesky but I keep meaning to check that feeding news articles into an account there is allowed, and keep delaying this task; if someone can confirm that this is allowed then I can write an utility for this. Gryllida (talk) 20:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

BigKrow2 and Gryllida2

They are imposter accounts. Thank you. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 18:40, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Gryllida2 (talk · contribs)

BigKrow2 (talk · contribs) Gryllida (talk) 21:08, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes those two. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 21:12, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

i used the "user" template to get easier link to their talk and contribs; blocked now, thanks for the report. (GryllidaTester are indeed my socks but this one is not) Gryllida (talk) 21:17, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I knew tester was you. BigKrow (talk) 21:19, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

97.211.131.207

Pure vandalism IP. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 18:52, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

97.211.131.207 (talk · contribs) Gryllida (talk) 21:18, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

97.210.67.6

pure vandalism IP, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 18:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

97.210.67.6 (talk · contribs) Gryllida (talk) 21:18, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for recent changes frequently but this person is on my nerves

BigKrow (talk) 19:30, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow2 BigKrow (talk) 19:31, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Done blocked thanks Gryllida (talk) 21:18, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

IP:2600:387:15:1d1b::2

disruptive edits, thanks, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 23:23, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for the report.

Please use the {{user}} template when reporting a disruptive user. It helps me click to their contributions straight away.

• 2600:387:15:1d1b::2 (talk · contribs)

I've blocked this IP now.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 00:50, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Offof)l talk contribs

put my name in their bio. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 23:45, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 23:46, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

User:Offof)l BigKrow (talk) 23:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

vandalism on user:galahad. BigKrow (talk) 23:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Offof)l (talk · contribs) I issued this user a warning, going to delete their test pages shortly

galahad (talk · contribs) User page was fixed and protected by global sysops

Thanks Gryllida (talk) 00:20, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 00:21, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

FYI, @Offof)l, editing pages in another user's namespace like

User:Gryllida

or

User:Gryllida/*

is not allowed. Only in yours. Gryllida (talk) 00:26, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Or

User:karate because don’t exist Offof)l (talk) 00:30, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

H Offof)l (talk) 01:56, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

What? Imakeflagsthe2nd (talk) 18:51, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

2600:387:C:7215:0:0:0:1

Disruptive edits BigKrow (talk) 20:39, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @BigKrow

Thank you for the report.

When reporting a user that needs to be blocked, please use the {{user}} template. This makes it easier for the administrator to view the user's contributions without needing to copy/paste the name of the user into a search box. Example: 2600:387:C:7215:0:0:0:1 (talk · contribs)

I've warned the user and will keep monitoring their edits.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 21:20, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

The Seal F1 2

Hello. I'm the Seal F1, and I would like to ask ban for «The Seal F1 2» The Seal F1 2 (talk · contribs). This is the same person who attacked me on several Wikimedia projects. See this, this, discussions. And he intentionally created an account with almost the same name as mine. The Seal F1 (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Also see his answers — very friendly reply — another very friendly reply — The Seal F1 (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@The Seal F1, @The Seal F1 2 please block The Seal F2. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 16:05, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@Ternera: — I pinging first Administrator I saw here, I apologize in advance, but this is just a ridiculous situation. The Seal F1 (talk) 16:18, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @The Seal F1, I have blocked the user here and hopefully the stewards deal with them on a global level. Thanks. Ternera (talk) 16:26, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much!!! - It was the stupidest situation I've ever found myself in on Wikimedia projects. The Seal F1 (talk) 16:29, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Ternera. Gryllida (talk) 19:31, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@Ternera: im sorry to bother you again, but this person... again. Now He is 75.166.77.98 — diff —[13] — also serious vandalism. The Seal F1 (talk) 11:44, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

And for the second time — https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:The_Seal_F1&diff=next&oldid=4854054 — The Seal F1 (talk) 11:54, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

And now he is User:Mrs. Doubt Fire 1. The Seal F1 (talk) 11:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

I blocked their IP for a week and the account was blocked by Leaderboard. Thank you. Ternera (talk) 21:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

User:NavidKenzul

Biography says "hacker". Be aware, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 21:46, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Lofi Gurl

Please background check this account, thank you.

@Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 21:09, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @BigKrow

our only checkuser @Acagastya is away for months now, would you like to nominate another? and/or find out how to request from global checkusers.

and what policy/motivation as the user appears constructive? is there a concern about their contributions?

thanks Gryllida (talk) 21:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll pass for now but I always keep my eyes open. Thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 21:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

BigKrow has been posting spammy crap on my talk page last few days. Now they are accusing me of being User:Me Da Wikipedian, as well as User:BigKrow2. I asked BigKrow several times to provide evidence, or a basis, and they gave me nothing. BigKrow asked me to "prove my innocence," but I don't know how to do that. The allegations are severe -- I'm concerned. Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

me too, something needs to be done. @Gryllida, @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 21:33, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Nothing will be done unless you have like, actual evidence I'm this user. You're wasting everyone's time otherwise. Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:36, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

there is 'ignore groundless accusations' guideline at this site, so if accusations are pointless, they may be left without reply or removed from a talk page as a first response; if they repeat and continue to be a time waste then further action may be taken. this may help whoever is being accused. as to whoever is accusing: please don't add groundless accusations. hope it helps. Gryllida (talk) 21:39, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Instead of just asking for the troll/impersonator accounts to be checked, this user instantly escalated the situation and caused disruption by trying to tie these accounts to me, and then backed out when asked to present evidence or a basis. This user has been severely irritating me lately and has been making contributing here slightly toxic. But the baseless socking allegations crossed a line in my book. Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:59, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Lofi Gurl please post here if the baseless socking allegations resume. i think it is pretty clear from the discussion above that these baseless socking allegations need to stop, in a hope that this request will succeed and the discussions will go back to normal. does/did this help? Gryllida (talk) 23:12, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

thank you so much. yes -- this was very helpful. Lofi Gurl (talk) 23:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Traveling at the moment, I will look this soon. 171.76.214.223 (talk) 07:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

I have done a CU for User:BigKrow2 and all the linked accounts from the two IPs are either locally, or globally blocked indefinitely. CC@Gryllida, BigKrow: •–• 08:37, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Acagastya Thanks. Looks like nothing more to do about that one.

Do you think anything should be done about the so-called 'groundless accusations' between 'Lofi Gurl' and 'BigKrow' involving implied sockpuppeting from a user who was blocked last year?

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 10:06, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

┌─────────────┘
I have no stake in this, but it’s worth noting that the two appear to have resolved their differences: User_talk:Lofi_Gurl#I_suffer_from_bad_mental_health_issues. In the absence of formal guidance on en.WN, our first step before considering action for "groundless accusations" should be to define a clear SPI process. Also, some grounds were presented at User_talk:Lofi_Gurl—I’m not assessing their merit, only noting that they exist.

BigKrow, for future reference, we do have a page with guidance on how to request CheckUser functions here: Wikinews:Requests for CheckUser. A CheckUser has the ability to estimate if an account is likely a sock puppet. In a request such as yours above, that is likely your best course of action. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:32, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Request to update Sitenotice

I would like to add a statement to our Sitenotice informing users of an open request for reviewer.

I have implemented the change below (item 11, the last entry):

<div class="center">
{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|12}}
|0=Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]] and/or [[User:Gryllida/Contribute|contribute today]] (no prior skills required!).
|1=Congrats to [[User:Bddpaux|]] and [[User:BigKrow|]] for writing the top 
 article of March! Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>
Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a proposal to change how we archive published articles. Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process|here]].
|11=There is a request from [[User:Darkfrog24|]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Darkfrog24|here]]
}}
</div>

Thank you in advance, Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:12, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

In this edit[14] a carriage return was added to message 1. The leading whitespace after a new line is interpreted as a code block in Wikitext[15]. Therefore when message 1 appears in Sitenotice, it is formatted incorrectly. The correct format for message 1 is the following:

|1=Congrats to [[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] and [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] for writing the top article of March! Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]]

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:10, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

This error has been corrected[16]. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:24, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

IP 107.0.69.180

Disruptive edits BigKrow (talk) 15:44, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

User:Gryllida

Blocking users for false reasons! --2601:243:D01:1F20:98E6:F9F5:6608:73D9 (talk) 23:21, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

2601:IP:243:D01:1F20:98E6:F9F5:6608:73D9

Disruptive edits BigKrow (talk) 23:26, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

User:Theserbianembassy

Please block vandalism account BigKrow (talk) 14:59, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow Please use {{user}} template each time you are reporting a vandal It helps to save time as I don't need to copy paste their username in URL bar

Theserbianembassy (talk · contribs)

Thanks for the report, I see the user was warned, replied wit a bit of noise, and then stopped for a few hours. I will monitor their future edits and attempt to respond quickly if needed. Gryllida (talk) 21:38, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Im getting into ur head watchout THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS THEY'RE IN THE WALLS Theserbianembassy (talk) 04:27, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, @Theserbianembassy BigKrow (talk) 10:55, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Leaderboard for the block. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:09, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Retraction needed for copyvio

The published and protected article "Lion mauls, kills teenage girl in Kenya" is almost entirely copied and pasted content from another source[17] and should therefore be retracted. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:20, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

After reviewing the Gazeta Express article, it appears they copied content from Wikinews, not the other way around. Their links point to Wiki content, as ours do. Republishing our content under their own copyright violates our WN:Copyright policy. I will notify legal to see if they want to pursue it further. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:25, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

yay thanks Gryllida (talk) 23:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Removing templates on India article

Template:IP:103.179.196.225 BigKrow (talk) 20:56, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

75.166.72.242

Reverting edits to bad language BigKrow (talk) 16:53, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

71.33.178.70

71.33.178.70, vandal. BigKrow (talk) 23:05, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Requested edit to SiteNotice

I would like to make the following changes to the SiteNotice:

• Update message 1: Congrats to Lofi Gurl, BigKrow, Dsuke1998AEOS, and ForTheGrammar for writing the top article of April!
• Add the message: WN:Plagiarism is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: Wikinews talk:Plagiarism

Both changes have been implemented in the code below:

<div class="center">
{{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|13}}
|0=Help revitalize Wikinews. Join the discussion at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Project_proposal_for_2025|Project proposal for 2025]] and/or [[User:Gryllida/Contribute|contribute today]] (no prior skills required!).
|1=Congrats to [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], [[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998AEOS]], and [[User:ForTheGrammar|ForTheGrammar]] for writing the top article of April!<br/>Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a proposal to change how we archive published articles. Comment and vote [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Update_to_archival_process|here]].
|11=There is a request from [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Darkfrog24|here]]
|12=[[WN:Plagiarism]] is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: [[Wikinews talk:Plagiarism]]
}}
</div>

Thank you in advance! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 06:46, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Archived page not protected

"International Asteroid Warning Network issues alert on asteroid 2024 YR4 impact risk in 2032" is published and marked as archived but not edit-protected. It was recently vandalized.[18]

Can an admin protect it please? Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 06:45, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

User: [[19]]

Repeatly making pages with an f-word…

User:Imbackjjj

Please Block Imbackjjj (talk · contribs), Vandalism and LTA. See Special:CentralAuth/Imbackjjj Thanks Samuele2002 (talk) 15:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Why? Imbackjjj (talk) 15:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 15:38, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Copyvio correction needed in edit protected article

The article "Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman" includes multiple instances of verbatim and near-verbatim copying from sources, including an entire sentence. As the article is edit-protected, an administrator will need to correct the issue.

These problems were identified several days before the review and were even explicitly highlighted by the publishing reviewer [20]; however, neither the article's contributors nor the reviewer addressed them, and the copied content the reviewer highlighted was published.

This is not an isolated case. I previously removed copied content from the published article "Explosion in Iran's largest port, Shahid Rajaee, heard 50 km away, leaves dozens killed, thousands injured" [21] before it too was edit-protected. This follows the explicit publication of plagiarized content in "Competitive local elections held in England."

As noted at Water cooler: Reaffirming Core Policies, these actions violate core policies and undermine our credibility.

All three articles were published by the same reviewer, who has stated they "do not verify everything in all instances" and that this "may or may not be problematic." [22] It is now safe to say it is demonstrably problematic.

The same reviewer has also recently posted to Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance asking, "What is acceptable copyvio % for article to be legally accepted as CC licence which is used at Wikinews?" [23], which reflects either a concerning lack of understanding of, or a disregard for core reviewer responsibilities and long-standing Wikinews policies, guidelines, and norms.

Plagiarism is an existential threat to our legitimacy as a news project. If we do not address this clearly and decisively, we risk further erosion of trust from contributors, readers, and the Wikimedia movement at large. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 21:39, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Michael.C.Wright

1. I am looking at the copyvio report with a confused face. Several quotes, and the "Araghchi had said ahead of the discussions that his country wanted a "fair agreement". said his country is not seeking war, nor a nuclear bomb. Representatives of both countries described the meeting as "constructive" and confirmed a second round of discussions will take place next week" part, are flagged as plagiarism. I can either remove these two sentences completely, or reword them, and add a correction. I chose the "reword and add a correction". You're now welcome to sight the edit.

2. I identified these issues and asked another contributor to fix them. I would appreciate if you figured out who that contributor was, and left them a message at their talk page. (This does not diminish responsibility of reviewer to be vigilant, but it is an important additional action I am suggesting.) I think it would be appropriate given that you are highly concerned about the outcome, that not only the reviewer, but also the user also knows.

3. No further action required.

4. No further action required.

5. No further action required (short of aiming to avoid it in future). I'm noting that the review was done two days before I added earwig copyvio checker to the 'review' and 'developing' templates. While in 'developing' template this works consistently and the link shows, I find that in the 'review' template the link is missing half of the time. This means that, to review, I click 'edit', change 'review' to 'develop', click 'Publish changes', click 'Show Preview' (please, find that person who made it two clicks to Preview instead of one, and ask them to be sentences to clicking two clicks instead of one click for every click remaining in their life - this is a disastrous UI decision), click the earwig link, close the 'save edit' dialog, press Esc, confirm i wanna discard the edit, and then proceed to read the copyvio report in new tab. At least the link should show in the 'review' template every time consistently, not half of the time. It would be nice to get that fixed. The link helps me a lot and would help even more if it worked. [Not that I am avoiding using it if it's missing, now, but reducing this pain would be nice.]

6. Discussion caused result 'reword and quote brightest part of the quote, not whole thing'. I have put it in my notes for what to request for requested revisions. No further action required from there currently, other than fixing the technical issue from item 5, as it makes it harder to provide such feedback. Still it is much better than on April 21 and earlier, when the copyvio checker link wasn't there!

7. That's not an actionable sentence, no action required.

Please let me know if there is anything else remaining in the to-do. Gryllida (talk) 11:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

The full list of articles I have added edit requests to for copyvio is below. I only checked the articles published in April. There may be more. One suggested action by the reviewer would be to check the articles they have published so far this month as well.

• Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman
• Explosion in Iran's largest port, Shahid Rajaee, heard 50 km away, leaves dozens killed, thousands injured
• Competitive local elections held in England
• Sandstorm in Iraq leaves thousands hospitalised
• South African Civil Aviation Authority attributes helicopter crash to 'unsecured' penguin in the cabin
• Researchers film colossal squid in its natural habitat for the first time

Please also note that since they are edit-protected, only an admin can sight changes. Whoever corrects the copyvio, re-checks with Earwig, and issues the correction should self-sight their changes to immediately remove the copyvio/plagiarism from the published article. Otherwise it remains intact. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:29, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright which of articles are still in need of action? some are already tagged Gryllida (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Found 3 that still don't have a correction on them. Took the oldest and revised it. Despite the software limitation not allowing you to sight the edits, I propose that you read them anyway and leave a note here to the effect of 'Yay' or 'Nay', then I will sight them. I hope it is OK. I will proceed to edit the other articles when I have a next moment at the computer as I am currently busy. I will keep you updated. Thank you for your time and attention to this. Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 21:09, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

[W]hich of articles are still in need of action? I recommend that you begin by reviewing all the articles you published in April for possible copyright violations and unsupported content. I’ve already identified six above. You can use tools like Earwig’s Copyvio Detector, as I did, and also perform a second full review to ensure the articles meet our sourcing and attribution standards.

Given that these issues arose from a decision to perform partial reviews—despite encouraging others to conduct full ones—I believe it's appropriate that you take the lead in addressing them. This is also a valuable opportunity to align practice with policy and help restore confidence in our review process. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

There was a context why it happened and measures taken to avoid copyvios so it is not a current issue. I can elaborate at my talk page if needed.

All, please check for copyvio at time of archival, esp. content prior to April 22 when copyvio checker link was added to templates.

Meanwhile I will tag with Category:Archived by Gryllida at time of archival and aim to clear this tracking category of unchecked edits and copyvios.

Hope it helps. Gryllida (talk) 15:41, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

┌────────────────┘
Thanks for the progress so far. Of the six flagged articles, two have been fully corrected and sighted, one remains unedited, and another still has issues. Four total still contain publicly accessible plagiarism.

Since all are archived, admin sighting is required. Until then, any unresolved plagiarism remains publicly visible.

This reflects a broader process gap in how we handle copyvio and plagiarism in published articles. It’s not about blame, but about strengthening our standards and systems.

I am happy to help draft solutions, whether technical or procedural.

Feel free to edit the following table as progress is made. In many cases, I have updated the Talk page of the articles below. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:39, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Why did this message not include a highlight of my nick? Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:24, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Some of these pages have over 2 pending edits, which is too much for me to handle; or have an edit which was done by me, which I do not wish to self sight. So I unprotected the listed pages for up to two weeks as a measure to allow editing to address copyright issues.

Hi @George Ho @Wikiwide @BigKrow @Lofi Gurl @Back ache @Md Mobashir Hossain @Almondo2025, @Dsuke1998AEOS, @Ternera, @Monsieur2137 @Asked42, @Sheminghui.WU, @excelblue (if you want yourself removed or someone else added to this list, please inquire here) A revision has been requested. Here is a list of what to do. (If/when you intend to start working on it, please Subscribe to this section and to this talk page, and post reply messages here when you started and finished editing) See below:

1) read task description below:

• move my messages appropriately so they are under the table and not above it
• as i have unprotected the pages temporarily, check the pending edits in the pages from the table
  • if they were significant content edits over 24 hours after publishing, and did not have a correction, undo them
  • if plagiarism is remaining or was not solved properly, fix it up
  • if you are reviewer: if edits are satisfactory, sight them, or otherwise leave a note both here and at article talk with specific instructions about what needs to be done

2) when you are ready to do something and/or did something, leave a message both here and at article talk page

(you do not have to do them all, if you do something with one page, it helps a lot)

thanks! Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:36, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Status	Article
Admin assist needed. See talk page.	Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman
Done	Explosion in Iran's largest port, Shahid Rajaee, heard 50 km away, leaves dozens killed, thousands injured
Done	Competitive local elections held in England
Done	Sandstorm in Iraq leaves thousands hospitalised
Edited, still problematic, not sighted	South African Civil Aviation Authority attributes helicopter crash to 'unsecured' penguin in the cabin
Done	Researchers film colossal squid in its natural habitat for the first time

While I appreciate the effort to organize cleanup, I want to emphasize that per policy, it remains the reviewer's responsibility to ensure articles do not contain plagiarism at the time of publication. Delegating the cleanup of problems introduced by an incomplete review, especially when all changes to a published article must still be sighted by a reviewer or admin, doesn’t resolve the issue; it multiplies the work. Unprotecting archived articles and asking others to fix them simply spreads the consequences of a poor review wider, rather than preventing them in the first place. If we want to reduce workload, the most effective step is to ensure full and proper reviews before publication. The amount of time spent on this has already become disruptive to the project. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:01, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

User:Italian vanda!ism only

User:Italian vanda!ism only needs blocking. BigKrow (talk) 22:01, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

does this still require action

was the user asked to stop

please post {{user}} note

thanks @BigKrow

regards, Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:20, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

GreekApple123

They keep wasting their time creating incomplete categories, please ask them to stop. Thank you. @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 17:58, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

initiated a discussion thanks Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:20, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

The peruvian consulat in moscow

putting in bad information in news articles previously blocked with another account or accounts, thank you. @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

does this still require action

was the user asked to stop

please post {{user}} note

thanks @BigKrow

regards, Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:18, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

109.187.7.93

Removing deletion tags. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 18:08, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

does this still require action

was the user asked to stop

please post {{user}} note here to add link to their user account

thanks @BigKrow

regards, Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:19, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

2603:3006:1801:C800:DCD:245:9D99:B148

IP is disruptive. BigKrow (talk) 21:25, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Template:Verify in published articles

The following published articles contain {{verify}} which should be removed prior to publishing. The template is not rendering any text to the published article (by design) but is still present and should be removed. All articles are also edit protected so an admin must remove the template. Alternatively, if edit protection is lowered, I will make the necessary changes.

I have also created User:Michael.C.Wright/MarkupManager to make it easier to manage article markup. It is javascript and will need to be installed. Installation and usage instructions are available.

I will also add proper edit requests to the following articles:

• Done Authorities identify Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney CBD, Australia
• Done New York county clerk says Texas cannot fine abortion doctor
• Done United States sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East, extends ''Truman'' deployment
• Done NASA revises asteroid 2024 YR4 threat, near-zero chance of Earth impact

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:04, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@Leaderboard Gryllida 10:52, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Isn't it more of the fact that visibility is hidden? Leaderboard (talk) 11:50, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow your question. The template doesn't render any visible markup unless the article is in draft, so while it's not explicitly using visibility=hidden, it's effectively hidden on published articles. That said, it shouldn't be present in published articles at all.

If you want to reduce protection on those pages, I can remove the template. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:14, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

I've reduced the protection. Leaderboard (talk) 16:35, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:02, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Requested edit to Sitenotice

Please update the sitenotice to incorporate the following changes

• Updated the second message (msg #1) to include this month's top article contributors.
• Removed mention of proposal to update to archive process, as it has been archived.

Changes have already been made in the code below:

Thank you in advance!

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|1=Congrats to [[User:Oleg Yunakov|Oleg Yunakov]], [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]], [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] for writing the top article of April!<br/>Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article/Updates|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a request from [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Darkfrog24|here]]
|11=[[WN:Plagiarism]] is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: [[Wikinews talk:Plagiarism]]
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Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 21:41, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 05:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

My apologies. I failed to change the month in message 1 from April to May. Below is the corrected code. Thanks again for the assist (and sorry for the oversight):

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|1=Congrats to [[User:Oleg Yunakov|Oleg Yunakov]], [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]], [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] for writing the top article of May!<br/>Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article/Updates|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a request from [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Darkfrog24|here]]
|11=[[WN:Plagiarism]] is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: [[Wikinews talk:Plagiarism]]
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Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:19, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 16:34, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Edit request for template:source

I have a new edit request at Template_talk:Source#Edit_request regarding {{Source}}.

It's a minor issue for sure, but I've provided the fix already so (hopefully) it's a quick turn-around.

As always, thank you in advance. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:02, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 05:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Copyvio widget broken?

The copyvio checker won't work for me, @Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida

Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:23, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Link please? Gryllida 10:52, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&title=Malone_Bus_Crash_Involving_New_York_National_Guard_Members&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0 BigKrow (talk) 11:40, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

That link worked for me just now. Maybe it was a temporary hiccup? Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:05, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 11:40, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Is it working for you now Gryllida 18:56, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright thank you both. BigKrow (talk) 19:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

it Fixed itself :-)... if happens again, please note which page name was requested for assessment. Gryllida 10:55, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&title=Iran_attacks_U.S._airbase_in_Qatar_in_retaliation_after_American_air_strikes&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0

Not correctly showing percent at least for me... @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 17:59, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

It shows 0% for me and no red, highlighted passages. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

That's bad though, right it needs red highlighting i thought, thanks. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:41, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah something is definitely wrong because before their were red highlights and the copyvio never always stood at 0%. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 21:49, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────────┘
0% similarity is not a bad thing, unless there is definitely similarity with another article. Earwig's percent similarity should also not be taken as an absolute. Human judgement is still required. Things such as article titles in our Sources section can increase similarity, but are not an example of Plagiarism and therefore not something to worry about or address. I have added some screenshots to Help:Earwig's copyvio detector to help clarify how to use the tool. Bottom line; I would recommend focussing more on writing articles in your own language. If Earwig is identifying text as similar to a source, it may or may not be a case of plagiarism. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:43, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Kevinkohute39

Perceived legal threat. There is no local version of this policy so for all i know it's not against the rules --Trade (talk) 12:19, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

What legal threat? Where? Gryllida 15:40, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

User:Rumble Ads

Seems like advertisement/promotional? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 15:44, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Another one is User:TimesofDubai BigKrow (talk) 15:46, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

User contributions for 2601:243:D01:1F20:DC45:8D86:2288:7C55

User contributions for 2601:243:D01:1F20:DC45:8D86:2288:7C55 BigKrow (talk) 22:25, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Request to update Sitenotice

I would like to make the following changes to the SiteNotice:

1. Update top monthly article congrats (message number 1 below)
2. Announce another request for privileges (message number 11 below)

Thank you in advance.

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|1=Congrats to [[User:Darkfrog24|]], [[User:Gryllida|]], [[User:BigKrow|]] for writing the top article of June!<br/>Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article/Updates|here]]
|2=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|3=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|4=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|5=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|6=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|7=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|8=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|9=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|10=There is a request from [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Darkfrog24|here]]
|11=There is a request from [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Lofi Gurl|here]]
|12=[[WN:Plagiarism]] is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: [[Wikinews talk:Plagiarism]]
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Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 09:10, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Active unblock request

There is an active unblock request at User talk:Ineur.technology. Thanks @BigKrow for pointing it out.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

The abuse filter action fired correctly, but I've removed the block under WN:AGI. If they edit again, great! If they re-upload the promotional content verbatim, another administrator can re-issue the block manually. Microchip08 (talk) 22:54, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

User:JawsSharkWeekTime

Vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 22:38, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Done. Microchip08 (talk) 22:55, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Robots.txt

For some reason, several of our published articles have the following meta tag:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow,max-image-preview:standard">

This tag instructs search engines and crawlers not to index the articles or follow any links in the article. This is a pretty big SEO mistake and could be a contributing factor in our reduced page views.

This appears to be placed even with __INDEX__ placed at the top of the article, as I've tried with "UK voting age to be lowered to 16, among other reforms."

I don't know what is overriding the magic word, even when explicitly placed at the top of our article, and assigning 'noindex' to article pages.

This definitely has a negative impact on our articles being listed by search engines such as Google.

Is this something an admin can take a look at or something we need to go to Phabricator to get resolved?Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:42, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

User:AllMyFriendsAreHere2

Self-admitted vandal. VinderV (talk) 11:17, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

AllMyFriendsAreHere2 (talk · contribs) Gryllida 20:14, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Was globally locked. Thanks for the report, VinderV. Gryllida 20:16, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

User:Yummie1207 sucks, QuangQuy323 is better

Vandal VinderV (talk) 12:55, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Yummie1207 (talk · contribs) Gryllida 20:15, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

USER NOT REGISTERED Gryllida 20:17, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

QuangQuy323 (talk · contribs) Gryllida 20:15, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Yummie1207 sucks, QuangQuy323 is better (talk · contribs) Gryllida 20:17, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Was globally locked. Thanks for the report, VinderV. Gryllida 20:18, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Request to update Sitenotice

I would like to make the following changes to the SiteNotice:

1. Update top monthly article congrats (message number 0 below)
   
2. Announce another request for privileges (message number 11 below)
   
3. Announce Scoop@wn-reporters.org is currently dysfunctional (message number 14 below) (removed)
4. Remove link to archived proposal

Thank you in advance.

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|0=Congrats to [[User:Frodo Maximus|Frodo Maximus]], [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]], [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], [[User:Ternera|Ternera]], [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] for writing the top article of July!<br/>Read more [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article/Updates|here]]
|1=Want to know how Wikinews works?<br/>Walk into our '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Newsroom|action=purge}}|Newsroom}}'''!
|2=Have you read about [[Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell|'''how you write a ''Wikinews'' article''']]?
|3=Would you like to help with audio news? Get started [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Audio_news|here]].
|4=Have you read about the [[Wikinews:Pillars of writing|'''basic principles we follow in writing our articles''']]?
|5=Found an interesting event today, but no time to write a full story? Share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:Requested articles|write a news tip]] now!
|6=Fancy editing a draft of a news story? Check out our drafts in the [[Newsroom]]!
|7=Are you an avid forum user? Visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler]], pick your favorite forum, and 'subscribe' today.
|8=Fancy a chat? Join our [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and meet a citizen journalist or two.
|9=There is a request from [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] for reviewer permissions. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Lofi Gurl|here]]
|10=[[WN:Plagiarism]] is a proposed guideline. We'd love your opinion on it here: [[Wikinews talk:Plagiarism]]
|11=There is a request from [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] for admin privileges. Please comment and vote [[Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Michael.C.Wright|here]]
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Thank you as always in advance.

Updated to include message about Scoop. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:04, 4 August 2025 (UTC); edited 15:30, 7 August 2025 (UTC); edited 13:51, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Why, scoop works now? Gryllida 20:14, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

I fixed it to remove the statement about Scoop. The other changes are still requested. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:29, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks i will check it out asap Gryllida 19:41, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

The Sitenotice has not yet been updated. And how about adding a message about Wikinews Pulse, for example:

|12=Have you heard of [[meta:Wikinews Pulse|'''Wikinews Pulse''']], a proposed multilingual news portal integrating data from Wikidata? Please check it out, and give your opinion [[meta:Wikinews Pulse#Endorsements|here]]!
}}

@Gryllida:, @Leaderboard:, @Michael.C.Wright: Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 17:56, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Done (not the Wikinews Pulse one - can do it if there's agreement) Leaderboard (talk) 18:35, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

thanks :-) Gryllida 22:39, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

IP 152.22.75.23

152.22.75.23 (talk · contribs) has been spamming on articles lately. They appear to have been warned multiple times before. randomdude121    15:11, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Blocked for one week. Microchip08 (talk) 17:52, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, much appreciated. randomdude121    02:54, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

User:Cowicide4758

Vandalism hoaxer BigKrow (talk) 23:48, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

hi @BigKrow

Here is a checklist:

• See a vandal - 100% done
• Warn the user to stop - was 0% done, I do not see this, I just did it now - now 100% done.
• Report the vandal here - 50% done - Please use {{User}} template, it is causing me big discomfort as i do not have a clickable link to the user's contribs. please do this in the future. like this "Cowicide4758 (talk · contribs) is vandalism hoaxer" now this is 100% done.

Hope it helps. Regards, -- Gryllida 02:07, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again but I won't get involved next time. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 02:09, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Multiple spam pages about persons and new accounts created

See Tobiloba Korede, OLADUNJOYE OLAMIDE DAVID, Abdul baki, Abdul quadri. I flagged them as advertising and nominated for deletion, but it can also be AI created pages. Anyway that should be deleted and accounts blocked. BilboBeggins (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Two are already deleted, one more: Oke abdulmuiz. BilboBeggins (talk) 17:10, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

@BilboBeggins: when you see a spam page here, please also report it at meta:GSR. I have done this for you. Matrix (talk) 17:11, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

I wrote here so that English Wikinews admins would see it. I am admin in Russian Wikinews, but here I don't have any flags. BilboBeggins (talk) 17:37, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

@BilboBeggins: there aren't many admins here. Your request will get dealt with a lot faster if you put it at the above page. Matrix (talk) 18:24, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

IP 152.22.75.23 at it again

152.22.75.23 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) was previously blocked for 1 week (about >10 days ago) and they have started vandalism again. randomdude121    16:06, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Blocked; one month. Microchip08 (talk) 17:58, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Should be longer just saying @Microchip08 BigKrow (talk) 18:19, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. randomdude121    03:33, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Please protect

Kareem faruq Abefe page BigKrow (talk) 00:25, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 00:25, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

15 pages

There are 15 pages in the Category:Speedy deletion. Please take a look at those, @Gryllida: Affe2011 (talk) 07:53, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Let's see if @Leaderboard can help. @Affe2011 BigKrow (talk) 12:24, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Done Leaderboard (talk) 12:57, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

User:Madkine

Vandalism only account BigKrow (talk) 20:52, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Done Globally blocked. Sophocrat (talk) 22:10, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you @The Sophocrat

@Tegel BigKrow (talk) 22:13, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

46.211.102.9

Spamming BigKrow (talk) 15:12, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Also 46.211.125.224 BigKrow (talk) 18:35, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Blocked both for 48 hours:

46.211.102.9 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

46.211.125.224 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:37, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

62.16.3.149

Creating nonsense pages. BigKrow (talk) 17:59, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:32, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

62.16.3.149 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I have marked the page for deletion and requested a global block: m:Steward requests/Global#Global block for 62.16.3.149.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:27, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Still vandalizing @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 16:13, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Done globally.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:40, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

47.223.248.78 talk block log logs global block log abuse log global contributions

47.223.248.78 talk block log logs glob

Vandalism only IP. block log abuse log global contributions @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:05, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

47.223.248.78 @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 22:32, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

User links for admin convenience: 47.223.248.78 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) randomdude121    09:33, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Done globally.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:38, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

User contributions for 62.16.3.149 Help

Vandalism only IP BigKrow (talk) 17:54, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

User links for admin convenience: 62.16.3.149 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) randomdude121    05:11, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Done globallyMichael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:39, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

User:Miss Hu and Smurfs

Pure vandalism. BigKrow (talk) 22:51, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

I’ve warned the user and blanked the page once more. Please also be careful not to get drawn into an edit war, especially over a user page. While user pages are given a bit more leeway than articles, that leeway is limited. In cases of blatant vandalism, it’s better to report it and step back rather than engage in back-and-forth reverts. Repeated reverts can themselves become blockable behavior.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 23:41, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 00:09, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

It's just hard not to intervene ya know, talk about suicide isn't cool! But putting that aside i will try extra hard not to edit war with vandals, thank you for understanding! @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 00:15, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, BigKrow: Hello. I've blocked the user in my capacity as a global sysop as the user is an LTA. Minorax (talk) 05:08, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

👍Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 12:18, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

User contributions for 204.111.165.198

Vandalism IP? BigKrow (talk) 23:01, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

So far, yes. But nothing after the first and only edit.

204.111.165.198 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 12:22, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

152.22.74.22

Needs blocking possibly indef? Thanks! @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 17:57, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

152.22.74.22 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Blocked for 24 hours.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 21:12, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Some exit sign sneaks up to pages

User:Some exit sign sneaks up to pages

Vandalism account BigKrow (talk) 23:42, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Some exit sign sneaks up to pages (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) Account already globally locked. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:23, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

IP 152.22.74.22

Vandalism only account @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:20, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

152.22.74.22 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) already blocked by Ternera (thank you).Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 00:09, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 00:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

User:SkibidiVondalSigmaToilet

Vandalism only account BigKrow (talk) 21:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 00:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

SkibidiVondalSigmaToilet (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) already globally blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 00:13, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Michael! Sorry for being a pest. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 00:14, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Not at all. I was just noting the work had been done in case others came along and thought it was an open request.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 00:30, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

BigKrow

• BigKrow (talk · contribs)

This user keeps on reverting my valid and helpful edits on a talk page: [24] [25].
I consider such behavior as an intentional vandalism: if made once, it could've been "made occasionally", but here's twice! — 2A00:1370:8186:BB3:A30C:5EA3:D6AA:40E6 (talk) 21:56, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm a good user so you won't get anywhere making users feel bad thank you @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 21:59, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

There not helpful calling a admin/user names. You don't seem to care. @ BigKrow (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

If you really not gettin' it, then you are a useless administrator; sorry, nothing personal.)

You told @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 22:13, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@2A00:1370:8186:BB3:A30C:5EA3:D6AA:40E6 BigKrow (talk) 22:02, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

This appears to have been a communication breakdown.

There has been ongoing vandalism at WN:VD. The “skibidi” and related LTA accounts responsible for it now appear to be globally blocked. I applied minimal protection (autoconfirmed users) to the redirect. This was not intended to override Bddpaux’s work; I simply saw the request and the dispute and acted on it.

@BigKrow, user pages are generally left to their owners unless there is clear vandalism or other serious abuse. The IP editor’s suggestion to protect the page was reasonable, though their delivery could have been more constructive.

@2A00:1370:8186:BB3:A30C:5EA3:D6AA:40E6, thank you for reporting the issue; the page has been protected. A few notes: if you create an account, your IP address will no longer be publicly visible, and your requests may receive more positive responses. Also, please be aware that we do not have a policy to “assume good faith.” Comments such as “If you really not gettin' it, then you are a useless administrator” are taken at face value and can come across as hostile. Not exactly a recipe for success when asking someone for assistance.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 22:53, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Apologies @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 23:02, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

77.100.251.218

Adding not news articles. BigKrow (talk) 19:13, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

77.100.251.218 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Warned user and deleted encyclopedic pages.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:18, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you BigKrow (talk) 16:16, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Michael.C.Wright, they've continued on creating non-news articles; please nuke and block them. Thanks. Codename Noreste (talk) 18:26, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

72-hour block done—Bddpaux (talk) 17:42, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

46.211.122.255

Keeps reverting non news related material. BigKrow (talk) 19:30, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

46.211.122.255 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

It looks like the abuse was short-term and has been reverted. No action to take at this time.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:52, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Echo H1 talk contribs (→Imakeflagsthe3rd

these 2 accounts are vandalism only, Echo H1

Imakeflagsthe3rd BigKrow (talk) 23:04, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Note; both of the following are currently blocked.

• Echo H1 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• Imakeflagsthe3rd (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:47, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Earwig's Copyvio Detector

It is down or not working at the moment. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:30, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/src/app.py", line 41, in inner

return func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/src/app.py", line 112, in index

query = do_check()

File "./copyvios/checker.py", line 49, in do_check

_get_results(query, follow=not _coerce_bool(query.noredirect))

File "./copyvios/checker.py", line 91, in _get_results

_perform_check(query, page, use_engine, use_links)

File "./copyvios/checker.py", line 140, in _perform_check

conn = get_db()

File "./copyvios/misc.py", line 64, in get_db

g._db = _connect_to_db(engine, args)

File "./copyvios/misc.py", line 52, in _connect_to_db

return oursql.connect(**args)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 1546, in connect

return self.get_pool(*args, **kw).connect()

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 414, in connect

return _ConnectionFairy._checkout(self)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 811, in _checkout

fairy = _ConnectionRecord.checkout(pool)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 543, in checkout

rec = pool._do_get()

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 1239, in _do_get

self._dec_overflow()

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 67, in __exit__

compat.reraise(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 1236, in _do_get

return self._create_connection()

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 361, in _create_connection

return _ConnectionRecord(self)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 488, in __init__

self.__connect(first_connect_check=True)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 690, in __connect

connection = pool._invoke_creator(self)

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 320, in <lambda>

return lambda crec: creator()

File "/data/project/copyvios/www/python/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py", line 1523, in <lambda>

lambda: self.module.connect(*args, **kw), **self.kw

File "oursqlx/connection.pyx", line 150, in oursql.Connection.__cinit__ (oursqlx/oursql.c:6455)

File "oursqlx/connection.pyx", line 183, in oursql.Connection._raise_error (oursqlx/oursql.c:6984)

InterfaceError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'tools.db.svc.wikimedia.cloud' (111)", None) BigKrow (talk) 13:31, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Working now BigKrow (talk) 14:04, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Glad its back up!Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:05, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Please hide the revisions Special:Diff/4928942 and Special:Diff/4928943

They contained copyrighted text from "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/18/cloudflare-outage-causes-error-messages-across-the-internet" before i removed it. Trash Taco (talk) 17:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure that's something we usually do or is necessary. The material has been removed, and the article now appears largely free of copyvio.

The next concern is making sure it isn’t scuffed up.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:42, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

(non-admin comment) It could possibly qualify for oversight, but usually only "on the advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel." per WN:OVERSIGHT. I don't think these edits need to be hidden. Ternera (talk) 17:53, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Would it be acceptable for me to hide these revisions if i wanted? As well as for any other copyright violated revisions in future? Are older revisions indexed by search engines? Gryllida 12:07, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Winter playz

Winter playz, has spam accounts? BigKrow (talk) 01:22, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Winter playz113 talk contribs was created Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

User creation log 00:29 User account Winter playz119 talk??? BigKrow (talk) 01:22, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Missing link via {{user}}. Please provide. Gryllida 12:08, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

I see where all three were created today, but have not contributed anything yet. What are you seeing that is spam?Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 23:30, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

User:BigKrow is repeatedly vandalizing pages by reverting them.

can you block this user for marking template shortcuts for deletion and repeated vandalism? 74.195.77.161 (talk) 01:53, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Who are you??—-Bddpaux (talk)

User:BigKrow (block user) recently marked template redirects for deletion. This is not a coherent speedy deletion request. 74.195.77.161 (talk) 01:59, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

But…who are you? —-Bddpaux (talk) 02:02, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

And: Big Krow’s actions are not really vandalism… please clarify your edits. —Bddpaux (talk) 02:04, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

These edits used to be good faith, but now they are vandalism. I reverted the edit that removed the edit request. 74.195.77.161 (talk) 02:05, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

How are you applying ‘good faith’ here??—Bddpaux (talk) 02:24, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

User 74.195.77.161

1) Please do not add templates like 'stop vandalism'. They are not helpful. They must be accompanied by a comment.

2) When making a request here, please include links to the concerned diffs.

3) You have done too many warnings to "User talk", please stop editing 'User talk' for the next 12 hours or so. Please keep your contributions specific and constructive.

Thanks. Gryllida 02:30, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Bro what did you mean ☠️☠️☠️ 74.195.77.161 (talk) 03:15, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Your use of ‘Vandalism’ templates is confusing and erratic. What is your purpose for applying them? We need a coherent explanation if we are to assume you are acting in good faith.—-Bddpaux (talk) 03:21, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Bro this is a wiki, so like you can just discuss with him, then everything becomes better. He rolled back some of my edits as well, but the final result was good; this is a wiki, collaborate and discussion is everything here. Sheminghui.WU (talk) 05:47, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

92.238.193.33 talk

Keeps writing non news related articles, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 13:21, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

IP blocked and pages deleted. Ternera (talk) 14:33, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

backlog clearing meet 1

Hi All @Koavf @Michael.C.Wright @Bddpaux @Acagastya @Cromium @RockerballAustralia @Leaderboard @LivelyRatification @Microchip08 @SVTCobra @William S. Saturn

Needed to clear backlog, I suggest setting up a chat on IRC in real time + a list of things to go through

Item 1. conversations tagged with {{flag}}

Item 2. User:Asked42/Taglet - installation and testing

Item 3. protected article edit requests

Item 4. add your item here

Item N+1. setup date and time for next meeting

Please enter your nick and time here https://timeful.app/e/96aCf (open source app like Doodle)

Regards, -- Gryllida 23:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Not an admin, but another backlog you might want to consider processing regularly is Special:PendingChanges, which currently has a backlog over a year long. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:08, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

(Reviewers meetup forked off)

Hi all Gryllida, RockerballAustralia, Michael.C.Wright, Bddpaux, JJLiu112 @Wikiwide @Acagastya

Needed to clear backlog, I suggest setting up a chat on IRC in real time + a list of things to go through

Item 1. Special:PendingChanges

Item 2. Current review queue

Item 3. add your item here

Item N+1. setup date and time for next meeting

Please enter your nick and time here https://timeful.app/e/9DfDC (open source app like Doodle)

Regards, -- Gryllida 00:33, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

You pinged yourself in several of the pings above, rather than the target users.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:39, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

For some reason, edits from admins are showing up in the pending changes. Shouldn't admins bypass that? Ternera (talk) 03:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Both admins and reviewers can self-sight their changes. In some cases they may be explicitly asking for a second opinion in the talk page, for example with corrections. I've also noticed that scripts, such as archive scripts may not be configured properly to self-sight changes, in which case the admin using the script needs to double-check their changes are sighted (myself included).Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:41, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I usually don't self sight my changes. Gryllida 18:51, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Between the holiday and the fact that I've been having a difficult time at work, the only times I can commit to in the near term is on Sundays. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:24, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, what time on Sunday and what time zone please. Thanks Gryllida 02:28, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I already filled out the form. I'm just providing some explanation here as to why I have said availability. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:29, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Ta Gryllida 03:36, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I am not available during the proposed window.

With the holiday in the US, I think it's better to try this at another time, possibly the first or second week of December. I see User:Bddpaux commented elsewhere that the proposed time window is not convenient for him either.

Other items:

1. Archiving articles

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

There are several weeks in the proposed window. Are you away during all of them? Gryllida 18:52, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I only see one week of the following: Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu

I assumed it started this Saturday.

If I click "edit event" it asks what days I'm availalble and there are only seven choices and the actual dates are not provided.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:19, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Revoke talk page access for 74.195.77.161

They're continuing to make unconstructive nonsense edits to their talk page. Thanks. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:23, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 19:27, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

74.195.77.161 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I'm not sure I agree with removing talk page access at this time. What was the offending, unconstructive nonsense? I see they placed an unblock request today with a short (and unhelpful) reason, but I don't see that as a reason to remove TPA.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:31, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

They were using it as a playground for purposes other than requesting unblock. And this, while technically before the block, is very telling. Maybe I'm just harsher than you are, though. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:30, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I wouldn’t describe it as being “harsher,” just a difference in how we’re reading the situation. I’m still new to handling vandalism at this level, so I’m sure my tolerance for letting an IP ramble on a talk page is higher than it probably will be with more experience. There’s also an element of judgment here that comes with time, and you have more of that than I do. I appreciate the clarification and the context.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:40, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Feel free to override me since you are a local sysop on the project if you think it was too harsh of a block. Ternera (talk) 14:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

It's all good. I was trying to say to Pppery above that I'll defer to you both on this one. You had revoked TPA just as I posted my question and I just left the question to learn.

I might have had a different opinion altogether if it was a registered/named account with some collaborative history, but since it was an IP account and the revocation seems to be temporary, I think it's fine.

Thanks for the continued support as a global sysop! You guys are much appreciated.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 17:37, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

User:MrBeast crashed his Lamborghini into an Orphanage, talk contribs

Vandal username BigKrow (talk) 02:03, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

MrBeast crashed his Lamborghini into an Orphanage (talk · contribs) Gryllida 03:21, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

this? Gryllida 03:21, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes. BigKrow (talk) 12:56, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

It's an long-term abuse account so I blocked it and also reported it to the stewards. Ternera (talk) 14:58, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Wow -- that one is special.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:18, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

User:SpamtonGSpamtonBigShotAutosCEO

Spam account BigKrow (talk) 18:39, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:03, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

User:USA-Business12

promotional account? BigKrow (talk) 18:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:04, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

abuse filter mismathch for new user youtube, &c.

Hi

I am trying to submit our company (Panevo), but I keep receiving irrelevant errors. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Panevo (talk • contribs)

@Panevo: I have hidden most of your text above as it is long and distracting. This website is Wikinews: we publish news stories and are a sister site to Wikipedia, which is an encyclopedia. We cannot locally help you with issues with Wikipedia and I am personally not a member of the English language Wikipedia at the moemnt. I would recommend that you take a look at w:en:WP:COI and w:en:WP:TEAHOUSE. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:09, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

@Koavf, User is spamming there User page. BigKrow (talk) 01:23, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Panevo

Is spamming. BigKrow (talk) 01:26, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Ugh. Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:26, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, @Koavf BigKrow (talk) 01:26, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, BK. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:28, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Welcome, anytime. BigKrow (talk) 01:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Restoration of deleteed work

I was told to post here requesting the restoration to sandbox of Dancer Yoshiko Chuma performs at the Children’s Magical Garden in New York City which was outright deleted for reasons I am unaware of. Tduk (talk) 12:17, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

(by @Gryllida) Tduk (talk) 12:17, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Bddpaux i undeleted it, seems first hand report.

Hi @Tduk as it was undeleted, please rename the page to your user space within next 5 days.

Regards, -- Gryllida 12:04, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

I have moved the article to Tduk's userspace as a temporary restoration so the original author can retrieve their content. This approach is not explicitly set out in policy or guidelines that I’m aware of, but Wikinews:Admin action alerts/Archive 11#Undeletion request reflects it as a past practice for unpublished OR, on a temporary basis.

This article is now outside the publication window, so further debate over its WN:Freshness is unlikely to be helpful. The broader issues have recently been discussed at length at Wikinews talk:Newsworthiness#Re-evalutation, without an actionable consensus being reached.

@Tduk, please copy any content you’d like to retain for off-wiki storage within the next two days. I have marked the page as abandoned and scheduled it for deletion after that period.

Going forward, discussion about possible changes to freshness or review practices is probably best focused at Wikinews talk:Newsworthiness and related policy and/or Water cooler pages, where concrete proposals can be developed.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:26, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Why does @Gryllida's comment say 5 days and you said 2? 5 is what I was going by. Though I see both have passed anyway. I guess I won't be gatwicking it. Would something have prevented me from copying it to another userspace page? Where is the policy on userspace pages? Tduk (talk) 04:00, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

2601:206:8200:520:F067:6091:A667:205F

Vandalism only account BigKrow (talk) 23:24, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 23:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Note that the IP was previously blocked, which is great, but I mass deleted the pages he added as well. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:21, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 09:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

202.86.32.122

spammer. BigKrow (talk) 01:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Globally blocked by AntiCompositeNumber (after I reported their edits to the stewards for oversighting) * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:57, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

thanks how do i mass delete pages, '%' returns no result in Special:Nuke. i tried %% and * and .* no use. that unhelpfulness of documentation is a COMPLETE FAIL. i am not satisfied. Gryllida 05:37, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Leave the "SQL LIKE pattern" field blank to nuke all changes. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 06:23, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Tried that, said no pages found. Gryllida 10:06, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

You can mass delete page creations at https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Nuke&target=202.86.32.122 you cannot mass delete standard edits. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:22, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Hitting an abuse filter when posting on Wikinews:Migration

Can someone advise why so I can post my reply? RhinosF1 (talk) 06:41, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

+1 on this, I suspect it's because we're relatively new accounts using links? --NotAracham (talk) 07:51, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

2601:206:8200:520:6800:9BC0:6E2B:C2D3

Vandalism BigKrow (talk) 22:21, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

2601:206:8200:520:6800:9BC0:6E2B:C2D3

Needs more than a 24-hour block, please. BigKrow (talk) 01:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 01:09, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Done globally. I am working on deleting their pages. Ternera (talk) 02:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Is everyone gone from English Wikinews?

No one is around, seems like people have given up hope for the project. Sad really. BigKrow (talk) 16:40, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Guess I am done writing articles here? BigKrow (talk) 16:41, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

I was away for the holiday weekend.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:55, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, im sorry for fighting with @Lofi Gurl, but things around here seem to be coming to an end unfortunately. BigKrow (talk) 13:48, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

It's fixed. BigKrow (talk) 18:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

False positive from bot attack filter

Hi there! I tried to comment "I personally oppose the usage of Miraheze because it contains trackers that are hard for users to disable" on Wikinews talk:Migration, but the bot attack filter stopped me. Would someone please help fix this? GrinningIodize (talk) 15:07, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

This was trigged because your account has fewer than ten edits and you posted the word "Miraheze" in the edit summary (included automatically, as it's the section name in which you tried to reply). The rule you triggered is a Bot attack filter. Once you have made more than ten edits, you should not trigger that rule again.

Feel free to contribute to any of the articles in our developing queue to reach your first ten edits. ツMichael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:33, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks so much @Michael.C.Wright! GrinningIodize (talk) 15:46, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Recent changes articles meter is broken?

Articles: 22,212 seems not to be right. @Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 12:25, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Seems like we should have more. BigKrow (talk) 12:50, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Where are you seeing this statistic and how is "recent" being defined?

I use this page for many statistics and you can define the time range for many of the stats.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:53, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright,

BigKrow (talk) 18:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Articles: 22,213 Users: 2,914,444 (183 edited in the last month) Reviewers: 20 Administrators: 20

Articles needing review: 1 Developing articles: 3 of ≤ 35 Prepared articles: 1 Articles under review: 0

Help requests: 1 Flagged discussions: 19 Requests for permissions: 1 Flagged revs requests: 1 Deletion discussions: 2 Bot requests: 1 Accreditation requests: 0 FA candidates: 0 Edit

Categories to be populated: 12 Protected edit requests: 4 Protection BigKrow (talk) 18:13, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

In bold it says articles. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 18:14, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

That number is generated from the magic word {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}. Details on how MediaWiki determines that number are here

Given that up to November of this year, we've published fewer than 200 articles, I'd say that number likely isn't low.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:32, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Pjhpharma

Pharmacy sounds like pharma could be promotional. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Pjhpharma (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

We'll have to wait and see how they contribute. So far the account has no contributions.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Iwanttoedit1234

Check user please, there was a flag user here before called I make flags now blocked. Thank you. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:27, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Note that CheckUser requires elevated privileges that admins do not have by default.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this: "...there was a flag user here before called I make flags now blocked."

To request a check, use Wikinews:Requests for CheckUser. If no one responds there, you can then escalate the request to m:Steward requests/Checkuser.

I don't see any vandalism in the edits so far and none of their edits have been deleted by another admin. I'm not sure any admin action is necessary at this time.

Iwanttoedit1234 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:43, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Do you want to contribute here?

Latest comment: just now

7 comments

2 people in discussion

@Iwanttoedit1234 BigKrow (talk) 23:59, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

yes Iwanttoedit1234 (talk) 19:06, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Good, start writing, good luck! @Iwanttoedit1234 BigKrow (talk) 19:07, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Are you just going to make flags or actually contribute to the project? @Iwanttoedit1234 BigKrow (talk) 19:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

flag Iwanttoedit1234 (talk) 19:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

You are user I make flags, you will be blocked @Iwanttoedit1234 BigKrow (talk) 19:16, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 19:17, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

This page was last edited on 12 December 2025, at 19:17.

@Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:19, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

@Iwanttoedit1234 BigKrow (talk) 19:19, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

The account is locked globally, so no local action is needed. @BigKrow, thank you for keeping an eye out for vandals and other bad-faith actors.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:22, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

User:I drink my own piss

Vulgar username @Michael.C.Wright @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 22:33, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I drink my own piss (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:18, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Dreamy Jazz blocked my IP address after I called her fat

Bad username BigKrow (talk) 22:58, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Dreamy Jazz blocked my IP address after I called her fat (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Blocked locally.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:27, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

User:I drink 6741 litres of Prime Hydration drink on vvheels

Wheels is bad account BigKrow (talk) 22:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I drink 6741 litres of Prime Hydration drink on vvheels (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally locked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:27, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Elockid banned all my open proxy made accounts

Bad account BigKrow (talk) 23:00, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Elockid banned all my open proxy made accounts (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally locked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

User: I got an article semi-protected for persistent disruptive editing

Bad username BigKrow (talk) 23:00, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I got an article semi-protected for persistent disruptive editing (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally locked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Bruce Marshall Matters

Saying they are the real Eminem, i think not. Anyways can someone do something please? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 18:28, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

@Bruce Marshall Matters BigKrow (talk) 18:28, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I personally don't think we need to worry too much about this one at the moment.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:10, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

yeh I'll write like why worry I don't even know you yet I know I got thy flow fool clown watch your tongue I love to fire left to right son think I don't own your asssss done fool you signed a contract yeh test Don your problem ! Wait I'm trying to write stop disturbing em shxt x what did I just spit oh an Venom service X Luke tweet thy tweet down .who still wants to be Eminem 😉 Bruce Marshall Matters (talk) 21:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Definitely not the real Eminem.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 21:40, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I gots floats of boats

if got how old hip thy flow you all sould know I'm as old as your vampire you know I'm still Don I am vampire extraterrestrial extra oh wait Stan you don't have to worry about em balling I'm just walking this talk down who needs a crown when you already round about what time is this oh to Em it's just still an hour ago old gold old gold what you all know sick of success diss track this working fools under my rap career what is em trying to explain look my profit is sky hight Like a plan flight knock knock lights out em at the letter Stan im still the real I Am ! Upstream upside upstairs I don't even use commas ...,, Point ending cut slicing dammmm fools I'm the fake one you count I'm upside down ! I be the fake you all can stand you suckers get Em😂🤣 I'm the Don't want to King sitting ! You all be standing on my dammm  will the real Slimshady please stand up f it let's all stand up except em flip just e to m me sit my assssss down . Oh wait wiki what spelling I did not mean that ssddd what is that anyway ? Look I sign with a blank pen . Bruce Marshall Matters (talk) 20:26, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Pentarch ventures india

Spam account? BigKrow (talk) 13:45, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Pentarch ventures india (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:42, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

~2025-42192-76

~2025-42192-76 spamming @Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 19:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

~2025-42192-76 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) blocked for 24 hours.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:31, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Yellow Thursday 2016: Reserved folder names

The article Yellow Thursday 2016: Reserved folder names has already been tagged for deletion for four days. It is inappropriate for Wikinews in multiple ways, as it is an unsourced story, which supposedly takes place in 2016, about a teacher forcing a schoolboy to urinate in his pants, what kind of names can be used for folders in Windows XP, and a paragraph about a different person not involved in the main story.

Please delete the article and block the user who created it: 192.0.2X.16 (talk · contribs)

I could be wrong, but the "X" in the name implies that this is not really an IP address but a username. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:16, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Deleted. Ternera (talk) 14:22, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Kevfrikkyhero

Spamming, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 21:15, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked. Ternera (talk) 21:59, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Middle finger up

F your delete war you are boring waiting on em to drop something wait out I think you need attention researching Eminem and still can't find him ha ha ha think it's about a white dude with tattoos no son my agency knows so I play along your little game ! Delete this message or the account see but fool you don't get it do you still you do as it please me wait up and see 🖕🏻 or should I bling it this way 🖕🏽 .delete block I don't give a flip you outdated clock playing delete games . Still I say suck my finger Stan I know you a female if not let me the fxck be I'm a straight male loving woman so please play in the sand boy . Message send ...

🖕🏻 Bruce Marshall Matters (talk) 04:23, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

User has been re-blocked. Gryllida 04:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-32018

Spammer BigKrow (talk) 15:22, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ternera BigKrow (talk) 15:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

~2025-43866-88

Spammer BigKrow (talk) 15:23, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked. Ternera (talk) 15:31, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 15:33, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Requested change to Special:AbuseFilter/45

Please modify the filter conditions, because Wikinews does not have {{unlocked userpage}} (the filter code was imported directly from English Wikipedia to here).

page_namespace == 2 &
!('/' in page_title) &
page_title != user_name &
!('autoconfirmed' in user_groups) &
global_user_editcount < 500

Thanks. Codename Noreste (talk) 01:45, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Given the limited admin resources on English Wikinews, I think we should keep it as is -- I went to modify the filter for you, but if the code breaks we don't really have the resources to amend it. The bug here doesn't really affect anyone, as the runtime is short and anyone can use {{unlocked userpage}} even though the template doesn't exist. Someone's welcome to create that template – it might be an easier option. Microchip08 (talk) 00:31, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I created the template. 👍Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:09, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Dusk Forest

Spamming @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked by SHB2000. Ternera (talk) 14:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-79248

Japanese spammer. BigKrow (talk) 01:48, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Block updated. Ternera (talk) 14:02, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Moway334

This user is long-term-abuse on Japanese Wikipedia. This user is spammer. 沢庵柚希 (talk) 10:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Moway334 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:08, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright Thankyou! 沢庵柚希 (talk) 06:12, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Block updated to indefinite for continued vandalism.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:48, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

User talk page protection request

An LTA has been vandalizing my talk page across multiple projects and has started on here as well. They have also targeted User talk:Quxyz, User talk:EF5, and User talk:Hurricane Clyde. I'd like protection for my talk page and consideration for protection of the others. TornadoLGS (talk) 18:09, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Our protection policy does not discuss user talk pages specifically, so there is no guidance on how to proceed.

Done I have semi-protected your talk page to auto-confirmed users only.

Both accounts involved in the vandalism have already been blocked as well.

Wikipedia recommends the following for protected user talk pages (w:WP:UTPROT), which you might consider:

Users whose talk pages are protected may wish to have an unprotected user talk subpage linked conspicuously from their main talk page to allow good-faith comments from users that the protection restricts editing from.

Since you aren't active on this project, I don't anticipate the protection being much of an issue. I've subscribed to your talk page (and the others) to passively keep an eye on it.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 03:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

See below sections. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:37, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Tornado 2025

Another Natural disaster troll. BigKrow (talk) 19:03, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked. Ternera (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! @Ternera BigKrow (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Any way you can semi-protect my user talk page at least temporarily? Because I just had to revert another round of vandalism (I was logged out of Wikinews but logged into another project, technical difficulties is why you see another TA reverting a TA edit). Ive had probably a half dozen fake block messages on here and other wikis. I just had my talk page on EN-Wiki protected for three days over it. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 21:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I'd like to ping @Michael.C.Wright since they just handled another request for TornadoLGS in the section immediately above. If I had known that section was there, I would have posted it there. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 21:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Protection to my Userpage and talk.

Could someone please protect my user and talk pages please? Trolls and such do bother me. BigKrow (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Kannotlogin

Roblox troll? BigKrow (talk) 19:12, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-25750-4

Putting unessicery block tags. BigKrow (talk) 21:54, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

See above. I'd like my user talk protected if possible. There has been a pattern of fake block tags for about a week on various wikis. I had two of my UT pages protected, one on English Wikipedia (3 days) and the other on Simple English Wikipedia (a month) for the same reason. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:13, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

1) Ps, that TA (~2026-25750-4) is the one that posted the most recent round of fake block tags on my talk page.

2) Also, please DO NOT block the TA that reverted said tag (~2026-25397-9), as the second edit was from me, I was accidentally logged out. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:20, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I've just taken down fake block messages from a bunch of other talk pages that the TA of concern has placed. Including at least one from @BigKrow (you're welcome). Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:28, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Ok i am mistaken, it was someone else I reverted. But you were one of the ones I checked. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:36, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-25750-4 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:05, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Asddsfkdjduihduddjdj

Username seems spam like it's nonsensical.

Another language spammer? I don't know... BigKrow (talk) 22:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Asddsfkdjduihduddjdj (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I deleted the only page created by the account as spam.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:13, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Fake block tagger back

User:Strambosis9229 BigKrow (talk) 23:37, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Is there a way to link the contribution page for Strambosis9229? Hurricane Clyde (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Just FYI for everyone else. The folks at Meta seem to be one step ahead on this one. They've already globally blocked Strambosis9229. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 01:05, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Strambosis9229 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Globally blocked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:06, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-26206-5

Troll. BigKrow (talk) 12:22, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Add ~2026-26747-4 as well. They seem to be adding more spam. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 13:03, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Also blocked. Ternera (talk) 19:40, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Globally locked. Ternera (talk) 19:40, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Kannotlogin

user check on possible advertising BigKrow (talk) 12:57, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Mentalwolf30

Keeps advertising. BigKrow (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Mentalwolf30 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)blockedMichael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:42, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Two Hundred Fifty

Spamming. BigKrow (talk) 20:26, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked and deleted. Ternera (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Ternera BigKrow (talk) 20:32, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Kannotlogin edit warring with me

im trying to not feed into their behavior but they struck a nerve. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:09, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 13:10, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

I would like to block you both for 24 hours for edit warring but I'm not since there is a deadline for the Roblox article.

The project is already in disarray due to possible closure, lack of activity, and broad disagreement about how to move forward. We need to find our way back to article development and publication.

Please don't respond about who started it or who's right and who's wrong. It doesn't matter. Both of you should have stopped and stepped back and neither of you should have continued to edit war.

I believe you both had good intentions but got caught up in the moment.

Thank you both for continuing to contribute constructively to the project.

@Kannotlogin, you don't have much more time for that article before it is stale. I don't have time this morning but may have time later today to take a good look at it (unless someone else does before me). Please go over it and button it up and make sure that all of the issues identified on the talk page by reviewers gets addressed.

That article now should be classified as WN:OR, which changes the rules for it. Please familiarize yourself with that policy and start working to get the article compliant. You should probably place a COI statement on the article talk page as well.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:53, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Dear @Michael.C.Wright,

Thank you for your patience and for the chance to correct the article. I apologize for the earlier disruption; I will not engage with the other user again.

I have completed the steps you requested to make the article compliant with WN:OR:

1. Original Reporting: I added the {{Original reporting}} template to the top of the article.
2. COI Declaration: I posted the formal COI and Original Reporting declaration on the article's Talk Page.
3. Stale status: To address the timing concern: The story is currently trending (major sources from Jan 6-9), and the French Wikinews validated and published the article yesterday (Jan 12), confirming its current relevance.

The article is now ready for your review. Thank you. Kannotlogin (talk) 14:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Suspicious Delaere and Declare similarities. BigKrow (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Check User

User:Tefepit and User:Kannotlogin. Sock of Quienton Declare. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Tefepit (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)Kannotlogin (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)I am not a check user and this isn't the proper location for check user requests. See Wikinews:CHECK.
However, I will say that WN:CHECK states "Obvious sockpuppets may be treated as such without using CheckUser." and in this case, it seems obvious.
I will also say I don't believe the sockpuppets were maliciously used or created with malicious intent.
I think a reasonable solution is for @Kannotlogin to either clearly and ambiguously unambiguously declare the socks on both user pages, or request one of the accounts be deleted.
Unfortunately, we have very little guidance locally regarding socks. In the absence of local guidance, we could reference w:WP:SOCK, which I don't believe has been violated here (no misuse, disruption, etc).
Others are of course free to weigh in if they feel differently.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:42, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

I'am just suspicious, read ChatGPT links I gave you please? Thank you Michael @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:44, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

So nothing will be done about this? Evidence?

It's stale anyway... BigKrow (talk) 19:52, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry i submitted to Check User correct page. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:04, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries, things are are not^(corrected) documented as well as they could be around here and we don't use CU often...Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:13, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Both ChatGPT links you provided generate an error "Unable to load conversation..." for me. I'm not sure how AI could help here. The legitimacy of the record is established[26] and its newsworthiness is also established by the sources used by the article.

I understand it looks fishy that the main subject wrote the article. But they provided a COI as requested by another reviewer and in the review process, it was made sure that only verifiable facts were published.

I also agree that the socks should be openly declared or even remedied (by requesting one be deleted). @Kannotlogin, there could be sock issues on other projects, who's policies I'm not familiar with. You should be aware of m:Sock puppetry.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:23, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Tefepit is removing deletion tag on Quinton Declare empty category.

@Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:03, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

I think we need to pause here and let the existing process run its course.

We have already asked @Tefepit and @Kannotlogin to weigh in, and until they respond, there is no benefit to continuing to escalate this across multiple pages.

At this point the discussion is fragmented between my talk page, Tefepit's talk page, deletion requests, and category pages. That fragmentation itself is becoming disruptive. Please refrain from opening additional threads or monitoring individual edits related to this issue.

Once the involved users have responded, we can evaluate next steps calmly and based on policy rather than suspicion or speculation.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Tefepit, @Kannotlogin, based on the CheckUser findings at d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kannotlogin and the resulting block for misuse of multiple accounts on Wikidata, you are advised to discontinue use of the Tefepit account on Wikinews and to ensure that all future contributions are made solely through the Kannotlogin account, in full compliance with local policies and guidelines.

At this time, I am not aware of any violations of Wikinews policy associated with your activity here. However, if other editors believe there are local policy concerns that should be examined, they are welcome to raise them for review.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Michael here's another one, ~2026-29099-8 in history they said it was phenomenal suspicious activity. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:27, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-29099-8 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

That account may not be related, based on the IP information I have access to and the nature of the edit. If the behavior changes though, further action may be needed.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

BigKrow (talk) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Pre Review ==

{{Pre-review :::|evaluated-url=https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Roblox_player_exposes_fraud_to_claim_Guinness_World_Record&oldid=4973611 :::|status=pass :::|updated= :::|copyright= :::|earwig-permalink= :::|newsworthy=pass :::|verifiable=pass :::|npov=pass :::|style=pass :::|author-notes= :::|reviewer-notes= :::|updated-notes= :::}}

--~2026-29099-8 (talk) 10:16, 14 January 2026 (UTC) BigKrow (talk) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Suksesisidua71, ~2026-58911-4, HaloBCA24jam

Spambots. Tenshi Hinanawi (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

All three accounts were blocked by M7.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:05, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Reverting damage from the EF5 tornado

Adding unnecessary blocked to user pages. BigKrow (talk) 02:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Reverting damage from the EF5 tornado (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally locked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

WN:Template messages/User talk namespace

Please expand this with Category:User talk templates. HKLionel TALK 07:58, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

What is that page even for? I am seeing no documentation. 🤔 Gryllida 09:47, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

What do you mean? The Template messages page is a useful collection of templates to use on user talk pages, such as when warning them, as I did at User talk:Soul1362. Many templates in the category aren't documented on the WN page. HKLionel TALK 09:54, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Oh it is for documentation not for wiki operation. I will just unprotect it for a couple days for you to add, too much effort for me to do on this device... Gryllida 10:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

All yours to edit now for around two days, hope this helps, thanks. Gryllida 10:24, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

I think having a comprehensive warning system for different issues is important to combat anti-vandalism and improve user behavior. I'll get started. HKLionel TALK 10:24, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks mate. In this wiki unlike Wikipedia there is no "assume good faith" policy. Instead there is "never assume", so if someone was seen being a fool, the block may be much earlier done because there is no time (in time constrained environment for working on news) to warn a user three or five times. Just a FYI as the long bulky ugly looking templates from Wikipedia are not that necessarily often used here. I often just write 3-5 words for a warning depending on context and then block on next occurrence. For obvious spam there may be zero warnings. Not using twinkle here nor seeing anyone else with it. See WN:Never assume... Gryllida 10:31, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah, got it. On the other hand, sometimes it just saves time to have templates ready than to have to type out warnings every time, and seeing as others already made the templates, might as well help editors who are interested in spending time on using them. It's good for future reference as well, so I'm willing to do it. HKLionel TALK 10:48, 13 February 2026 (UTC)