User talk:Cabayi

In the User talk:Masharabinovich page, the user's request can't be accessed and I am shown an "Unauthorized" error page. Is this supposed to occur? Oakchris1955 (talk) 11:52, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that's how it should work. You'll need to become a global renamer in order to read it. And be prepared to be disappointed. Cabayi (talk) 14:30, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Is there any particular reason that rename requests can only be read by global renamers? I can only think of privacy reasons, but then again, everyone can see that an account has been renamed in the old account page. Oakchris1955 (talk) 14:39, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

The fact of the renaming or vanishing is publicly logged on meta and cannot in general be concealed.

The reason the user gives for requesting a rename or a courtesy vanishing is private information which, in general, given in private and kept private. It is expected that renamers should not divulge the reasons given. Cabayi (talk) 15:45, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay, I didn't know that the reason for renaming is considered private information. You can archive this section if you want to. Oakchris1955 (talk) 17:32, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

That was only one connected incident? If I could have just gotten a warning I could have WP:DROPPEDTHESTICK

shane (talk to me if you want!) 16:32, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

You declared yourself aware of the issues surrounding BLP, no further warnings necessary or welcome.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Doxxing people for a second time after it was reverted? Pfft.

If you have no concept of proper handling of personal information it's not tenable that you should continue to have access to it. Cabayi (talk) 22:42, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello- I believe that you are the one who would need to remove the COI flag on the Gianmarco Soresi page. Could you please let me know that you have seen my correction? Is there anything else you need before removing the flagged heading? KathrynMusilek (talk) 18:13, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Cabayi: You placed a {{uw-softerblock}} on User:CFS at Hcc. I take the name to stand for Columbia Film Society at Howard Community College. Given that that account created Draft:Columbia Film Society (currently tagged for G11 speedy deletion), I suggest that the block should be updated to {{uw-spamublock}} as the account is promoting itself by creating a the draft. Thanks for your consideration. I leave it to you to update the block if you see fit. — ERcheck (talk) 01:44, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping ERcheck. Let me outline my thinking.

• CFS at Hcc created a COI draft. That's allowed. It's the COI route that's encouraged. It's only once the piece is promoted to mainspace that it's absolutely not allowed.
• They declared their COI in the initial revision of the draft. Also kind-of declared on their user page. Fully compliant with the WMF's terms of use as enforced on enwiki.
• That leaves the promotional username violation as the only outstanding issue.

IMO, that's a soft-bleck (fix your username) not a hard-block (explain yourself!). I have no problem in seeing the draft deleted G11, but that's not blockable either. If you see it differently I'm not going to stand in your way. Cabayi (talk) 09:35, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

@Cabayi - Thanks for sharing your thought process. The softerblock vs spamublock often give me pause. I'm supportive of your reasoning. — ERcheck (talk) 13:08, 11 March 2026 (UTC)