User talk:Alachuckthebuck/Archive 1

 Self-trout You have been self trouted for: not knowing about the email a Wikipedian page. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 05:08, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

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Welcome!

Hi, Alachuckthebuck. Whose sock are you, please? Is your main account blocked? Bishonen | tålk 23:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC).

I am not a sock Alachuckthebuck (talk) 01:18, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

This is my main. What makes you think I’m a sock? My ip? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 01:23, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

No. I don't have access to your IP. It was the nature of your edits, most especially this one. PS, you have to spell the username right if you want a ping to work. Bishonen | tålk 12:21, 21 February 2021 (UTC).

Forgot the stinking capital letters lol. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 16:41, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

And um can you have someone oversight the edit thank asked for my block and get me unblocked? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 16:43, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

"Oversight"..? No. And it was your edit that got you blocked, not Serial Number's. As for getting you unblocked, an uninvolved admin is going to evaluate your request for unblock. See the category at the bottom of the page. Quite a few admins follow the category, so I hope one will get around to you soon. Bishonen | tålk 16:52, 21 February 2021 (UTC).

would check user checking my logs for any links to accounts suffice to you as evidence that this a users primary account or would a sockpuppet investigation be the better idea? ps: do you know why they removed my statement? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 16:57, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't think a CU would be relevant, no. Or that you could get a CU to look at it. For the removal, see the edit summary by Beeblebrox: . There, now I've pinged Beeblebrox for you. He's a CU, he can tell you about your logs etc. if he likes. Bishonen | tålk 22:00, 22 February 2021 (UTC).

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for editing project space without disclosing your main account. Undisclosed alternative accounts are not to be used in discussions internal to the project.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:08, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Alachuckthebuck (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

I am not a sock, this is my main account.

Decline reason:

Below this, you immediately declare you have edited before. Please appeal from your original account. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:57, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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Alachuckthebuck (talk) 01:44, 21 February 2021 (UTC)}

Have you edited before? PhilKnight (talk) 10:46, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes I have (UPDATE: this was a mistake that I tried to fix but got reverted, so trying to clear it up, and that is not true, I misunderstood the question). Alachuckthebuck (talk) 16:40, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

So here's the thing. You created a Wikipedia account, went straight for an arb's talk page, and have displayed a good deal of knowledge of the behind-the-scenes parts of Wikipedia, so much so that it's pretty obvious you're not new here. Usually, that combination of factors means troll or sockpuppet. You said you've edited before...would you be willing to share the name of your previous account(s)? If you are not willing to do so publicly (such as if this is a new account for privacy reasons), I think it would be reasonable for you to email the Arbitration Committee with the name(s) and they can confirm publicly that you've disclosed them. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:13, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:Clean_start#Contentious and scrutinized topics, I'd refuse any non-public disclosure in this case. It's either proper disclosure or the block. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:11, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Um I meant I edited before on this account and before I ever made this account I read the policy pages and a large amount of arb com cases (including both the lightbreather case and brownhairedgirl.) I can see your points though. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 20:45, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: I will if all other options fail out myself to arb com. I will willingly do a sockpuppet investigation or have a checkuser look at my IP logins. Will any of those options work to your satisfaction and/or be available in this case? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 17:12, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom does not deal with these regular blocks. Checkuser is not done on self-request. I simply don't believe you and would be surprised if anyone else does. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:04, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: I've been watching this whole situation play out. For anything it's worth, I don't entirely see any obvious indicators here. Sure, they seem to have an advanced knowledge of the behind-the-scenes. But that doesn't mean that every single person who reads up on the policies and familiarizes themselves with the project is immediately a sock. I wouldn't be surprised if, as a hypothetical, the editor finds an arbitration case being discussed in a venue they run across, and decide to take a look at the current cases. They find the page, see that statements are allowed to be made, and then decide to chime in. The only suspicious edit I can see, is their first edit to make a section on Worm That Turned's talk page. This isn't to say that there's no possibility of sockpuppetry, it simply would seem to me that everyone is a bit too fast to call sock based on account age alone. So I ask, with the full assumption that the block was made in good faith, and per WP:ADMINACCT, what evidence remains of sockpuppetry that is sufficient enough to warrant a block? EggRoll97 ^(talk) 21:17, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

EggRoll97, there are two possible scenarios here:

• The case references at the end of Special:Diff/1007961231 are the culmination of a trolling attempt by someone who is not here to build an encyclopedia, and whose previous attempts to gain attention were not successful enough;
• This is a helpful new contributor who has taken the time to read through ArbCom cases including over 5 year old ones, familiarized themselves with functionary usergroups (CU, OS), all in absolute silence, before becoming active in a suddenly awakened interest to participate in highly controversial areas behind the scenes. They will, if unblocked, suddenly make helpful contributions to the encyclopedia, because their interest in stirring up attention behind the scenes has suddenly gone away with the block.

A commonly applied principle when dealing with such accounts is "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck", as cited at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Administrators_instructions#Non-CheckUser_cases. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

ToBeFree Thank you for the quick response, and my apologies for questioning it. It actually took me a while to figure out which case references they were referring to, before it very suddenly dawned on me. This now leads me to the same camp as you and GeneralNotability, wondering which account they previously contributed on. In my case, simply out of pure curiosity to see what kind of...I suppose the only word would likely be unsavory, contributions they made before this account. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 22:20, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

No worries – assuming good faith is normally correct, and I'm always disappointed when the principle fails. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:28, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

As you have said, I have read large amounts of arb com cases. Why do you think I want attention? And to give you the reason I made that first edit was to ask about adoption (ask him if you want to) and not seem like an idiot by talking about it on his talk page. And I’m just saying it can’t hurt to check as checkuser is mainly used in sockpuppet investigations. @ToBeFree: I gave my consent (as if it matters anymore) and I regularly check the arb com cases list and that’s how I found it and thought it would be a good idea to add my 2 cents to that case. One last thing, can you give me one single piece of concrete evidence that I am not telling the truth? Alachuckthebuck (talk) 23:28, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

You have been whaled for: Getting your self banned for making a statement to arbcom great job Chuck, great job. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 01:55, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

put the code in the userbox on the right.

please let me know if that isn't allowed. thank you. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 00:01, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I've added it to the page where it usually goes, at the top. Bishonen | tålk 09:47, 23 February 2021 (UTC).

Thank you. Ps: sorry about this whole mess but I want to improve Wikipedia and definitely made some mistakes but I stand by what I said aside from my first response witch was a mistake on my part Alachuckthebuck (talk) 16:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE Georgegod245 (talk) 19:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)sad

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Happy editing! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:38, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello Alachuckthebuck, due to your experience with reviewing files and Commons, and with Wikipedia's internal processes, I've added the "pending changes reviewer" userright to your account. It doesn't do much; its main purpose is to allow you to declare something as "not vandalism" (as you can already revert vandalism without this privilege). Please read WP:RPC for details about this process, and ask (instead of taking action) if anything is unclear. Focus on clear cases, stay away where you're unsure.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes#Requirements to accept an edit, when to accept an edit

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the user right, I'm planning on taking a few days to read up on en-wiki CV policies and tools, and patrolling here when I can. I understand your concerns about my lack of uploads on commons, and will probably take a while to feel comfortable making reports to anything other than UAA. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 23:30, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

The membership in the reviewer group is intentionally not time-limited. You are not required to review pages, especially as you hadn't asked for the permission, and you are not required to do so before any deadline. Take your time. I just know how difficult it could have been for you to request this rather simple and un-dangerous userright after a years-long block. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:56, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Alachuckthebuck (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

I Have contributed over 100,000 edits to wikimedia commons, and would like to have the block removed. I think the block has served its purpose, and is only making more difficult for me to help fight vandalism from commons that spills onto en-wiki. When I was blocked, WTT recomended I work on another project for at least 6 months before requesting unblocks. I wound up waiting 2 years before starting to edit on commons, and have become a patroller, helping to fight vandalism. Looking back on this incident, I was really stupid, and applaud everyone involved for staying civil and answering my questions. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 19:15, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Welcome back, see below for details ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:37, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Well, can you clear up whether you've had previous accounts? New users don't usually wander into the areas where you did. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I have not had any accounts other than this account, and I never edited as an IP. The way I found Wikipedia's underbelly was due to Sam Denby, and his channel HAI (half as interesting). The older videos started with directions to navigate to wp:ua the long way (Wikipedia:Unusual Articles). On the top of that page is a note: "Not to be confused with wp:uaa". After numerous visits, I got curious and clicked the link. From there I looked around using the handy navigation templates at the bottom of the page, in addition to inline links. from UAA, I went to the admin page, then to WP:User access levels. Then I found the Arbitration committee, and read through most of the archives. For context, the current ongoing case was JYTDOG2, and I started reading UA 6 months before that. Then I (eventually) created an account, and realizing I didn't know a lot about wikitext or citations, I put my name on the mentor list, and made a few edits (they were not good edits). Then the Rexx case showed up, and I thought I should make a statement. After I got blocked, I quickly appealed. I got a quick question about editing wikipedia before, witch I interpreted as "before you made a statement at Arbcom, had you made any edits to wikipedia?" As I had a whole 8ish edits, I (very stupidly) said yes. You can see the rest on wiki, other than the emails to Worm that Turned. In those emails, he suggested I work on another project for at least 6 months, and avoid dispute resolution as long as I can if/when I get unblocked. I continued to read cases, and look through archives, rfas, and FRAM. Thats when I realized who I had been dealing with, and realized how bad my situation was. So I kept reading, saw the whole JSS/Bleeblebrox mess play out, Estorix, Hog Farm's RFA, The Lordes saga (you can't make this stuff up), and even more recently the tropical cyclones and Mazjac. I want to reiterate, I did not edit any Wikimedia page other than my EN-Wiki talk page from the time of my block until January 2024

In January, I logged into commons for the first time. I used what I learned from en-wiki to be a good contributor. I patrolled new pages, helped at DR, and helped a massive font categorization project. As I got more experience in fighting vandalism and copyright, I found myself needing the tools of license reviewers (NPP for images). So I applied, the first time, I failed due to concerns of hat collecting. A few months later, I passed, but it was close, as someone brought up my EN-wiki block, and it caused a lot of drama that eventually caused an admin to warn people about bringing en-wiki drama to commons, and would eventually close as successful with a reminder to leave en-wiki drama at En-wiki. I really appreciated the intervention and support. But it made me realize this would continue to haunt me until I cleared it up. By this point someone had dragged me to AN about it in march, but the issue was resolved after we realized something had been mistranslated.

Sorry for the wall of text, I hope this clears everything up. I'm happy to answer any additional questions.

All the Best,

Alachuckthebuck (talk) 02:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy ping @NinjaRobotPirate. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 00:41, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

You have an open unblock request. You don't need to ping individual admins. I guess if you're curious why it's taking so long, it's because you seem to be someone's undisclosed alternate account and to have a morbid fascination with English Wikipedia's drama, yet you've apparently contributed constructively to another project. So passing admins probably don't know to do. I suspect what will eventually happen is that you'll get unblocked when someone takes a leap of faith on you. I guess we can try to speed up the process a bit. @ToBeFree: what do you think? Do the edits on Commons convince you this isn't an undisclosed alternate account? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

170,843 of these 173,748 contributions are from the Cat-a-lot tool for performing mass actions on categories, such as moving hundreds of single-letter SVG files from commons:Category:IBM Plex Sans Hebrew to one of its subcategories, or replacing all occurrences of commons:Category:Sheeps by commons:Category:Sheep. Of the remaining contributions, 606 are from semi-automated file (speedy) deletion nominations, 570 are from mass actions such as text replacements and deletion nominations using VisualFileChange, and 174 are from category changes made using HotCat. Zero contributions are from file uploads... on Commons. There's a relatively recent block for edit warring which consisted of restoring inapplicable speedy deletion tags against the uploader of the file, which, uh, is excused at least by the response to the block and could have been one of the few types of edit wars I might have performed in Alachuckthebuck's situation as well. On the English Wikipedia, an edit filter would have prevented the uploader's inappropriate removals.

I'll unblock primarily because the existence of this request shows that Alachuckthebuck's primary (or only) activity is to perform maintenance work, with a credible-enough story provided for the history behind this. While a focus on maintenance can quickly become disruptive due to a lack of contribution experience (again, zero images on Commons), it's not evidence of sockpuppetry. If Alachuckthebuck's contributions are disruptive, that can be dealt with, of course, but then please explicitly because of actual disruptive behavior, not because of my 2021 suspicion. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:36, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response, As I'm interested in CV work, CV academy seems like a good place to start, but I have a hunch that I'll get rejected on edit count basis dispite my work on commons. Any tips or recommendations? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 23:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the appeal. I share your concern, but I think the list of questions usually asked in counter-vandalism academy trainings can be a good way to find things you might not yet be aware of and could easily look up without a trainer. If something does remain confusing, please let me know on my talk page and I'll happily explain. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:58, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello Alachuckthebuck, due to your experience with reviewing files and Commons, and with Wikipedia's internal processes, I've added the "pending changes reviewer" userright to your account. It doesn't do much; its main purpose is to allow you to declare something as "not vandalism" (as you can already revert vandalism without this privilege). Please read WP:RPC for details about this process, and ask (instead of taking action) if anything is unclear. Focus on clear cases, stay away where you're unsure.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes#Requirements to accept an edit, when to accept an edit

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the user right, I'm planning on taking a few days to read up on en-wiki CV policies and tools, and patrolling here when I can. I understand your concerns about my lack of uploads on commons, and will probably take a while to feel comfortable making reports to anything other than UAA. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 23:30, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

The membership in the reviewer group is intentionally not time-limited. You are not required to review pages, especially as you hadn't asked for the permission, and you are not required to do so before any deadline. Take your time. I just know how difficult it could have been for you to request this rather simple and un-dangerous userright after a years-long block. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:56, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Alachuckthebuck (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

I Have contributed over 100,000 edits to wikimedia commons, and would like to have the block removed. I think the block has served its purpose, and is only making more difficult for me to help fight vandalism from commons that spills onto en-wiki. When I was blocked, WTT recomended I work on another project for at least 6 months before requesting unblocks. I wound up waiting 2 years before starting to edit on commons, and have become a patroller, helping to fight vandalism. Looking back on this incident, I was really stupid, and applaud everyone involved for staying civil and answering my questions. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 19:15, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Welcome back, see below for details ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:37, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Well, can you clear up whether you've had previous accounts? New users don't usually wander into the areas where you did. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I have not had any accounts other than this account, and I never edited as an IP. The way I found Wikipedia's underbelly was due to Sam Denby, and his channel HAI (half as interesting). The older videos started with directions to navigate to wp:ua the long way (Wikipedia:Unusual Articles). On the top of that page is a note: "Not to be confused with wp:uaa". After numerous visits, I got curious and clicked the link. From there I looked around using the handy navigation templates at the bottom of the page, in addition to inline links. from UAA, I went to the admin page, then to WP:User access levels. Then I found the Arbitration committee, and read through most of the archives. For context, the current ongoing case was JYTDOG2, and I started reading UA 6 months before that. Then I (eventually) created an account, and realizing I didn't know a lot about wikitext or citations, I put my name on the mentor list, and made a few edits (they were not good edits). Then the Rexx case showed up, and I thought I should make a statement. After I got blocked, I quickly appealed. I got a quick question about editing wikipedia before, witch I interpreted as "before you made a statement at Arbcom, had you made any edits to wikipedia?" As I had a whole 8ish edits, I (very stupidly) said yes. You can see the rest on wiki, other than the emails to Worm that Turned. In those emails, he suggested I work on another project for at least 6 months, and avoid dispute resolution as long as I can if/when I get unblocked. I continued to read cases, and look through archives, rfas, and FRAM. Thats when I realized who I had been dealing with, and realized how bad my situation was. So I kept reading, saw the whole JSS/Bleeblebrox mess play out, Estorix, Hog Farm's RFA, The Lordes saga (you can't make this stuff up), and even more recently the tropical cyclones and Mazjac. I want to reiterate, I did not edit any Wikimedia page other than my EN-Wiki talk page from the time of my block until January 2024

In January, I logged into commons for the first time. I used what I learned from en-wiki to be a good contributor. I patrolled new pages, helped at DR, and helped a massive font categorization project. As I got more experience in fighting vandalism and copyright, I found myself needing the tools of license reviewers (NPP for images). So I applied, the first time, I failed due to concerns of hat collecting. A few months later, I passed, but it was close, as someone brought up my EN-wiki block, and it caused a lot of drama that eventually caused an admin to warn people about bringing en-wiki drama to commons, and would eventually close as successful with a reminder to leave en-wiki drama at En-wiki. I really appreciated the intervention and support. But it made me realize this would continue to haunt me until I cleared it up. By this point someone had dragged me to AN about it in march, but the issue was resolved after we realized something had been mistranslated.

Sorry for the wall of text, I hope this clears everything up. I'm happy to answer any additional questions.

All the Best,

Alachuckthebuck (talk) 02:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy ping @NinjaRobotPirate. Alachuckthebuck (talk) 00:41, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

You have an open unblock request. You don't need to ping individual admins. I guess if you're curious why it's taking so long, it's because you seem to be someone's undisclosed alternate account and to have a morbid fascination with English Wikipedia's drama, yet you've apparently contributed constructively to another project. So passing admins probably don't know to do. I suspect what will eventually happen is that you'll get unblocked when someone takes a leap of faith on you. I guess we can try to speed up the process a bit. @ToBeFree: what do you think? Do the edits on Commons convince you this isn't an undisclosed alternate account? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

170,843 of these 173,748 contributions are from the Cat-a-lot tool for performing mass actions on categories, such as moving hundreds of single-letter SVG files from commons:Category:IBM Plex Sans Hebrew to one of its subcategories, or replacing all occurrences of commons:Category:Sheeps by commons:Category:Sheep. Of the remaining contributions, 606 are from semi-automated file (speedy) deletion nominations, 570 are from mass actions such as text replacements and deletion nominations using VisualFileChange, and 174 are from category changes made using HotCat. Zero contributions are from file uploads... on Commons. There's a relatively recent block for edit warring which consisted of restoring inapplicable speedy deletion tags against the uploader of the file, which, uh, is excused at least by the response to the block and could have been one of the few types of edit wars I might have performed in Alachuckthebuck's situation as well. On the English Wikipedia, an edit filter would have prevented the uploader's inappropriate removals.

I'll unblock primarily because the existence of this request shows that Alachuckthebuck's primary (or only) activity is to perform maintenance work, with a credible-enough story provided for the history behind this. While a focus on maintenance can quickly become disruptive due to a lack of contribution experience (again, zero images on Commons), it's not evidence of sockpuppetry. If Alachuckthebuck's contributions are disruptive, that can be dealt with, of course, but then please explicitly because of actual disruptive behavior, not because of my 2021 suspicion. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:36, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response, As I'm interested in CV work, CV academy seems like a good place to start, but I have a hunch that I'll get rejected on edit count basis dispite my work on commons. Any tips or recommendations? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 23:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the appeal. I share your concern, but I think the list of questions usually asked in counter-vandalism academy trainings can be a good way to find things you might not yet be aware of and could easily look up without a trainer. If something does remain confusing, please let me know on my talk page and I'll happily explain. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:58, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, please don't tag brand-new articles for speedy deletion. Give editors at least an hour to keep working, since the reason for deletion may no longer hold up by the time they're done working on it. -- asilvering (talk) 17:56, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Reverting a good faith request on Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects YOUR REASON HERE Drdr150 (talk) 18:53, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Whoops! Looks like I misread the markup. Sorry! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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Can you check my attributions? pics have reference with resharing policies that allow reuse Consuls.feints (talk) 04:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, But the images don't have a declaration that the copyright owner is releasing them under a free license (you also marked them with CC0, a public domain equivalent license) for everyone to use. A facebook post from a corporate account saying "reuse allowed" isn't enough. If you are not the copyright owner, then sending an email with proof of permission to VRT is requred. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to reach out. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 04:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi thanks for the reply. How about the news article with resharing policy on their website? 2001:44C8:4050:197A:C13A:5D25:7577:B5F7 (talk) 04:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Please edit while logged in to your account. Editing while logged out is not a good look, especially on the English Wikipedia (aka enwiki). All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 04:18, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, please answer the previous question Consuls.feints (talk) 04:43, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Unless the policy explicitly says that it is released under a creative commons attribution share alike license (or less restrictive!) it cannot be used. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 05:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

• Daniel
• Hog Farm

• BozMo
• Ferret
• John M Wolfson
• MaxSem
• Panyd
• Tide rolls
• Titoxd

CheckUser changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).

Administrator changes

• Arcticocean
• Wugapodes

Euryalus

CheckUser changes

• Firefly
• L235

Oversighter changes

• Firefly
• Guerillero
• L235
• Moneytrees

Technical news

• Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
• A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Battle of Doiran (1917): you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Shadow311 (talk) 18:30, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

There were none Grand Prix races in Merano. 1953 was a sport car race won by Fangio in 6C 3000 Spider. Xampredotto (talk) 21:50, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

I thought I nominated that . Oops. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:56, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Lego Batman, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:47, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

I didn't made any editions on Lego Batman. Xampredotto (talk) 19:27, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

this is my talk page, I accidentally warned myself. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 19:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

I have sent edit waring notices before but have never submitted someone to the Admin Board. (Since the editor in question does not have an account, I cannot sent the usual notices). Pretty sure you know how to do submit to the edit waring board. Can you take care of this? I have dealt with this issue in the past with this article, but never with someone who is so persistent. Thanks. Rublamb (talk) 18:41, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

What user? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:42, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

User @172.56.71.134. I think they are up to 8 edits. You and I have both reversed their edit twice. However, they have already been blocked. Thanks anyway. Rublamb (talk) 19:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

No problem! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 19:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi im am Lance Ozanix the sole proprietor of the american metal band SKITZO since 1981 - sorry I removed your article that was mixed with a Rap-band Skitzo and I removed it from my page so there is no mix up thanks, Lance 70.36.131.45 (talk) 17:24, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

That isn't my article, but thanks for fixing it. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 17:26, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Why did you revert my edit at Mbegane Ndour like you did her here when I'm still expanding the article and adding sources? You didn't even state a rationale at the edit summary, or better, open a dialogue on the article's talkpage! Please desist from doing that or you'll be reported. You have been reverted, as I'm still expanding and sourcing the article.2A00:23C7:E55F:4600:7D5E:84C2:9B18:59AF (talk) 19:15, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Apologies, I accidentally targeted the wrong diff! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 19:17, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

• Jarry1250
• Lethe

CheckUser changes

• AmandaNP
• Drmies

Oversighter changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
• A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
• A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

Technical news

• A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Raghuvaṃśa_(dynasty) about them, but you might find I myself belongs to the raghuvanshi community and we are jats not rajput. thus, please don't make any further revertions. Thank you Yashraghuwanshi00 (talk) 17:47, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Please remember to use citations of reliable sources for information like Caste information. I'm not an expert on the system, I apologize for the misunderstanding. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 17:50, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

why did you change my edit, she was known as Tom Gabel until 2012, why tf I need a source for that? 97.65.138.166 (talk) 18:48, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Because a source is needed for information about Biographies of living people. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:51, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

i need a source for somebody's name of birth? I'm not really that experienced as a Wikipedia editor 97.65.138.166 (talk) 18:53, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Yes, please read our Biographies of living people policy, as well as our policy regarding gender identification All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:57, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello, you reverted all of my edits to page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Parker_(artist)&action=history All of the edits were factual and cited. Can you provide me with some additional information about why you are categorizing them as vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LiminalThread (talk • contribs) 20:46, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you made a mistake. The information was not removed, it was better sourced than previously with more detail. Can it be brought back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filmedits2245 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, with the revert button. (but beware of 3RR. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:18, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, can I ask why my edits to The Thunder Rolls were reverted? The cover image is properly sourced and includes a rationale, studio is sourced in the body and the next title can be verified here or here. If it's due to the song title, completely understandable that it may've seemed like vandalism. Thanks! IYoni (talk) 21:34, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Definitely the song title, sorry for the mistake. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:36, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to pop into your talk and give you a quick reminder on antivandalism tools since you made this revert. You can see the discussion on the talkpage for more details as to what changes I made to the article, but to sum it up: your revert was probably okay given that it introduced unsourced information, but quickly glancing at the source would have been a good idea to confirm that the information you were restoring was true. Additionally, rollback and antivandalism tools are for vandalism. If you're going to use them to revert good-faith changes, there's an expectation on enWiki that you provide an explanation to the other editor. Normally I just sort of sigh when I see people doing this, unless they're edit warring over things, but given the BLP aspect (Cipywnyk's son Paul probably doesn't want people thinking he's lying about who his mother is), and given that I recognize you from all the work you do on Commons (and your participation in the battle against Flickrbot last month lol), I thought you wouldn't mind the message! GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 02:46, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the message, I appreciate the reminder about the policy, especially considering it's different from commons. I glad some joy was had over that incident, it feels like forever ago, not last month! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 04:25, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi there,

I reverted the edit of user User:Thehelpingfriendlybook, the user is constantly adding a unreferenced info on the page ( the link added as source is 403 forbidden) and i couldn't find any other reference for it..

It will be good if you can sort this out. Thanks and regards Tereraheel (talk) 16:37, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

The link works for me, and the prose is supported by the source. This isn't Libel. I'll respond on the article talk page, but please don't revert the removal of sourced information. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 16:49, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

ZBASIC page: You know, I was there at ZEDCOR when I purchase and gave a cheque to the ZEDCOR folks for the MS-DOS version. You're wrong to revert it. When I wrote ZEDCOR years ago, it was true, and it remains true today. You are making a lie live in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.144.77 (talk) 00:33, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't allow original research. If you can find evidence of the purchase or of the companies name at that time, then the claim can stand. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 01:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

All I did was update the template. Several legislators had the wrong party stripe (there were legislators who had a D next to their name with a red stripe and legislators who had an R next to their name with a blue stripe). 2600:1700:7558:1890:44BF:FFB0:40A4:DC74 (talk) 20:47, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I've restored the edit. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 20:54, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I wrote to you last night and I just wanted to clarify something. Can I ask you why my edit to U + Ur Hand was reverted? The studio was sourced in the body. If it's due to the song title, I absolutely understand that it may have seemed like vandalism to you, but if it's a mistake you made, could you be able to fix it? I hope you don't think I'm committing vandalism by adding proper sources to pages like this. Thanks! 108.26.172.49 (talk) 19:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

• Giraffer
• Goldsztajn

Dennis Brown

• Cyclonebiskit
• Nohat
• Someguy1221

Bureaucrat changes

Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

GB fan

Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

• Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.

Hey there. Thanks for signing up for the May 2025 GAN backlog drive! Just to let you know that considering that you are a newbie, you should list your future reviews first at #Reviews that need an experienced reviewer so that experienced reviewers can take a look at the review before you promote/fail the article. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 16:22, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

I just wanted to pop by as I know you reached out to me personally through discord, and I don't want to discredit your efforts to have an experienced reviewer involved in the process. I also don't want this review to go to waste. May I suggest that you revert the passing of the article and allow me to guide you a bit more with wrapping up the review? As an experienced reviewer, sometimes the articles with the least issues can be some of the hardest to do because it is very difficult to show that you have done your job. I hope that you can continue with reviews and that this doesn't discourage you! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 16:49, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, and thanks for the offer, I'd apreciate the help, as there isn't much guidance on wraping up a review. I'll revert the close. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 01:58, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

Rusalkii

NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)

• Master Jay
• Orderinchaos
• Roger Davies
• Tinucherian

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
• An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

Many thanks for your collaboration on the GA, great to work with you! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 05:42, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, the same to you! All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:32, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Can you watch the Fareway wiki page, there is an editor that seems to be inputting information about a "scandal". Although it's true, I don't see a need to put it on the Fareway Wiki page. 3d1t0r82975 (talk) 18:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

Administrator changes

• DDima
• Gimmetrow
• Huon
• Johan Elisson
• Spangineer
• The Land

Interface administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

CheckUser changes

L235

Oversight changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

• A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
• An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

NuclearWarfare

Interface administrator changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
• Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!