User talk:Cadddr

Just wanted to let you know that with your recent reversion and warning , the user had reached their 4-warning limit with the addition of your (level 1) warning but was not referred to WP:AIV for administrator attention. Just wanted to let you know so you can be aware for next time. The user in question has been blocked after I checked my notices, saw your warning and filed a report. Thank you for the work you have been doing for Wikipedia! Lflin16 - :) (talk) 06:17, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey Cadddr, yesterday you reverted a small change I made on the Caretaker (Musician) Legacy section. = You said it was for uncited info, which I understand, we strive for accurate information, but I can't find a source for something I know is true. My addition was about the connection of the Caretaker's music and online horror genres (like analog horror and The Backrooms. I can't find any articles online really talking about their connection but in the Everywhere at the End of Time article, in the top section, it says,

"The series has since retained status either as a 'dark' project or as a meme in Internet culture, inspiring several similar projects by the Caretaker fanbase. It emerged in aesthetic styles such as the analog horror genre, liminal spaces, and the Backrooms."

The excerpt I just included was left uncited in its respective article, so either, it needs to be removed or whoever wrote that portion needs to cite a source. I will say that pretty much anyone in the Caretaker or Backrooms fandom could tell you that the two are connected in meme culture.

I'm assuming that my point is moot because it's not based on an actual source but any feedback for either how to cite this or go about it would be appreciated :3 - Ace, a random autistic on the internet 14:05, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! In the Everywhere at the End of Time article, you're right that it's not cited in the lead section of the article. But it's actually normal for things in the lead section not to be cited, as long as they're cited in the article body (see MOS:LEADCITE). If you look in the "Impact and popularity" section, there are actually two citations for it. You're welcome to reuse those same citations on the other page! Let me know if you have any other questions. Cadddr (talk) 14:49, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the help, I've done a draft of what I plan to add in my user sandbox. Made sure to cite sources and all that. So I was wondering if you could please give me some feedback on my draft?

The draft is User:Ace.still.life/sandbox

Thanks! :3 - Ace, a random autistic on the internet 16:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Yup, that looks good! (If that was what you added originally, I definitely wouldn't have reverted it.) One improvement I would suggest is that it would be better to use full citations instead of bare URLs. In this case, you can copy the full citations from the Everywhere at the End of Time article. It might be easiest to do that from the visual editor (the "edit" button as opposed to the "edit source" button): click "edit" in Everywhere at the End of Time, click on "[167]", copy it, then click the "edit" button in your sandbox and paste it there. Cadddr (talk) 21:14, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Cadddr. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:

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* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:06, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Cadddr. Per your request, your account has been granted temporary-account-viewer rights. You are now able to reveal the IP addresses of individuals using temporary accounts that are not visible to the general public. This is very sensitive information that is only to be used to aid in anti-abuse workflows. Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer for more information on this user right. It is important to remember:

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Interesting that you chose not to warn radioactOlive for edit-warring. ~2026-17853-49 (talk) 02:51, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I considered it, but RadioactOlive is an experienced editor who in all likelihood already knows about Wikipedia's rules around edit warring. I was just trying to let you know that edit warring isn't allowed, since you're a new editor and might not know. Also, you had already violated WP:3RR, and RadioactOlive hadn't. Cadddr (talk) 02:55, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@Cadddr: I did not violate WP:3RR. You are lying. ~2026-17853-49 (talk) 02:56, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

You made more than three reverts on a single article within 24 hours: 1, 2, 3, 4. Cadddr (talk) 03:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@Cadddr: The first is not a revert. You lied again. ~2026-17853-49 (talk) 04:21, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Please stop accusing people of lying. If you think I'm wrong, you should assume good faith and explain why. Comment on the argument, not the person making it. See WP:Civility and WP:No personal attacks. If you're polite, other editors will be happy to collaborate with you. Cadddr (talk) 04:52, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey there, trying to find out why, when I added Jim's date of death, you removed it. I may have not done the edit properly, but I do know the info is correct. Sadly, he passed away on March 18, 2026. I've known him since 1982. FlufferfreeZone (talk) 00:33, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello. I'm sorry for your loss, and thank you for your efforts to update the Wikipedia page. On Wikipedia, any changes you make generally need to cite a reliable source. I believe you that he has passed away, but unfortunately, there are some people who add death dates as a prank, so Wikipedia's policies require us to revert the addition of death dates unless they cite a reliable source. I would recommend taking a look at Help:Referencing for beginners. You're welcome and encouraged to make the change again as long as you add a citation to go along with it.

Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions. Or alternatively, you can ask at the Teahouse, which is a place where new users can ask questions. Cadddr (talk) 01:00, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! How do you know that the paragraph you removed with this edit was AI-generated? I'm not saying you're wrong or that it should be restored, but I'm not seeing any obvious signs it was produced by a LLM. – Scyrme (talk) 03:48, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi! That paragraph was written by MediateOffice (talk · contribs), whose other contributions make it clear that they're using an LLM and not checking the results. (In particular, several of their contributions cite hallucinated sources that don't exist.) There's more context at User talk:MediateOffice#March 2026.

If I had only seen that one paragraph, I probably wouldn't have been sure that it was AI-generated. But there are a some problems in the paragraph that, when combined with the user's edit history, make me pretty sure it is. One is that I have no idea what "quiet convergence" (which is in quotes in the paragraph) is quoting; it's not in the cited source, and I can't find any instances of it being used to describe the narrative in India towards Israel. Another is that there's nothing in the second reference saying that support for Israel's actions is particularly pronounced among the urban middle class. (Though to be fair, that's certainly plausible.) Cadddr (talk) 04:11, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah. Makes sense if this user has a history with using AI to write. Regarding "quiet convergence", searching online I noticed a few articles also put it in quotes without quoting anyone specific, presumably for the same reason idioms are often in quotes: to quote something that's said in general, rather than someone/something in particular. So it could still be something a human would do, but it could also just be that the AI was trained on these articles and is copying the style.

Thanks for the answers! – Scyrme (talk) 04:29, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a fair point regarding "quiet convergence". But yeah, the edit history was the main thing. Cadddr (talk) 04:35, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

And I would like to know more information from you about where you are from and what you do... and how you can help me in my work on Wikipedia. I need a good Wikipedia editor. I want to do more work on it, so please tell me. 😊You can teach me as a teacher or guide me like a good guide. I will be happy that you could help me and I could improve my work. 😊

Thank you Mr. Cadddr Aaru Poonam Kamalwanshi (talk) 07:02, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello there! I'm a computer programmer living in the United States, and I'm of both Indian and European ancestry. If you have any specific questions about Wikipedia editing, I'm happy to help if I know the answer. Or alternatively, you can also ask questions at the Teahouse. Cadddr (talk) 07:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello why it's not possible to write that the Wii version for that game is considered cancelled/vaporware? The game was NEVER released on that platform, and support/online functionalities (i.e. digital distribution) for that platform ended several years ago. ~2026-19034-71 (talk) 09:54, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

All statements on Wikipedia need to be verifiable, which means they need to cite a reliable source. If you can find a reliable source calling it vaporware, you're welcome to add it again along with a citation. For more information on how to do that, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Cadddr (talk) 09:58, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

How can i reference something that simply doesn't exist? There are no sources that confirm that the game was ever released. It was considered vaporware years ago! Even before my edits, the Wii version was listed as "cancelled" in the list of platforms. ~2026-19034-71 (talk) 10:01, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

If you can find a news article that calls the game vaporware, that would suffice. If you have trouble finding something, I would suggest starting a new discussion on Talk:Eternity's Child so that other interested editors might see it and help.

By the way, the other reason I reverted your edit is that "vaporware" is more of a value judgement than "cancelled", so if you use the term "vaporware", it's especially important that you cite a reliable source. I see that you've now added it back, except you wrote "cancelled" instead of "vaporware." It would still be ideal if you cite a source, but I won't be reverting it now. Cadddr (talk) 10:10, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

The game is even listed as cancelled on GameFAQs, but that's not considered a reliable source. All gaming outlets stopped reporting infos about that game after 2009, and it was still unreleased at that time. ~2026-19034-71 (talk) 10:16, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't know anything about the game, so I can't really help further, unfortunately. I would recommend starting a discussion at Talk:Eternity's Child so that other editors interested in the topic can see it and help. If you don't get a response there, you could also try asking at the talk page for WikiProject Video games. Happy editing! Cadddr (talk) 10:26, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

idk why u reverted it Stanjik (talk) 19:23, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

ill look for more sources but well see Stanjik (talk) 19:24, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Im interested to know why a page like Murtadha al-Ansari cannot have ethnicity in the lead, but pages like Shaykh Tusi, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Ibn Babawayh all have it. ~2026-20328-74 (talk) 03:25, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

That's a good question. I still think it probably doesn't belong in the lead per MOS:ETHNICITY (and the other articles you listed might be in violation of that), but I'm not entirely sure. I've now reverted my own revert, since this isn't a subject area I'm super familiar with. I'll leave the decision to other editors. Cadddr (talk) 04:16, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

The issue is that the particular country he was from and the other scholars that the user had mentioned was that the name "Iran" was gradually falling out of use after the fall of the Buyids before it's definitive revival under the Safavids, hence the reason why ethnicity goes in the leading page in this case for the medival scholars but not Morteza Ansari since in his time the name "Iran" or "Iranian" had been well established. Se7enand5 (talk) 23:07, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation and for handling this.

@~2026-20328-74 If you disagree with Se7enand5's reasoning, I would suggest making your case at Talk:Murtadha al-Ansari. Cadddr (talk) 04:32, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Wikedstand (talk) 16:43, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Please see WP:CSDCONTEST: If an editor other than the creator removes a speedy deletion tag in good faith, it should be taken as a sign that the deletion is controversial and another deletion process should be used. The appropriate process to use for this case is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, not speedy deletion. Cadddr (talk) 16:49, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Also, when you add the speedy deletion tag, you should just add it at the top. Please don't delete article content while doing so. Cadddr (talk) 16:50, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, i'm sorry for making bad edits as i am new to using Wikipedia - i didn't see your message earlier and i didn't know it would actually be on the real thing. ~2026-22877-20 (talk) 02:22, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

No worries, and welcome to Wikipedia! You're welcome to experiment using the Wikipedia sandbox, and if you create an account, you'll be able to have your own personal sandbox. Cadddr (talk) 02:30, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

I've added the source of information. Most of it comes from the interview she gave to Economía y Negocios [quoted there] and the other is information available on her instagram [source I could add if needed] Tia Vidala (talk) 03:36, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Great, thanks for letting me know. Cadddr (talk) 01:32, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! Just so you know, I've reverted the change you made to the edit request module testcase page. This caused the page to appear in all of the maintenance categories for these edit requests (WP:SPER, WP:EPER, etc.). The module might need to be modified to exclude categorization for this page if they are to be included here. Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 03:39, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Oops, thank you for catching that! I was just using it to test one change I was making, and that change is done now, so I won't personally be needing it anymore. Cadddr (talk) 03:47, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

So as it turns out, there is a demo parameter I was unaware of which has the explicit purpose of suppressing categorization. I've self-reverted this and included this parameter, it hasn't reincluded the categories so the unanswered examples should be fine to stay now. Sorry for the hassle! Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 06:47, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh nice! I hadn't noticed that parameter either. Cadddr (talk) 12:55, 15 April 2026 (UTC)