User talk:Ymblanter/2023

Hello! I'm just leaving a message as I forgot to elaborate further in my edit summary and I understand you were the one who reverted my prior edits. MOS:PSEUDONYM should be applied on Vladlen Tatarsky in the lead section as "Vladlen Tatarsky" is not the subject's legal name but a pseudonym. I followed MOS:PSEUDONYM, which states For people who are best known by a pseudonym, the legal name should usually appear first in the article, followed closely by the pseudonym. Follow this practice even if the article itself is titled with the pseudonym, carefully in the lead, which is written: Maxim Yuryevich Fomin^[a] (25 April 1982 – 2 April 2023), better known as Vladlen Tatarsky^[b], was a Ukrainian-born Russian military blogger, convicted bank robber, and participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[1] Thanks! Estar8806 (talk) 20:22, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I see, indeed, whereas not strictly followed, I checked now a few articles and the given name indeed goes before the pseudonym, so it can be reinstated. Ymblanter (talk) 20:34, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

However, I do not understand why you put Russian and Ukrainian names in a note. This is absolutely not an established practice. Ymblanter (talk) 20:36, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I realized after the fact that it was less common than I thought it was. I was using Volodymyr Zelenskyy just for comparison while retooling the lead, and on that article the different spellings and pronunciations are in a note, so in the moment I assumed that was standard. I later realized it wasn't, but left it for the sake of keeping the lead more concise. But if you feel that it should be in the prose rather than a note then I'm indifferent either way. Estar8806 (talk) 00:26, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I am definitely used to see it in the prose. I will amend this part today. Ymblanter (talk) 05:15, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

On 5 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Vladlen Tatarsky, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 05:58, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Great, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:37, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

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On 21 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vladlen Tatarsky, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb hidden in a bust of himself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vladlen Tatarsky. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vladlen Tatarsky), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Ymblanter (talk) 05:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

In 2016, you template-protected this template. It has only 545 transclusions, so that seems a bit excessive. Would you mind reducing it to ECP? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:08, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

I do not think there is any policy which would justify ecp. I can reduce to semi, but I am not sure whether this would be a good move. Ymblanter (talk) 16:15, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 184#Should we use ECP on templates?. The reason I'm asking is that a requested the module it uses be template-protected to match the template, and the responding admin decided ECP is better (Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive/2023/04#Module:NBA team standings) * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:41, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, I reduced it to ecp. Ymblanter (talk) 16:52, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Can you please increase the protection level of this page? 103.81.213.168 continues to make disruptive/original research edits that are erroneously being accepted. Thank you. - Ram1751 (talk) 00:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

It was a week ago, and it is only one IP, so I would better not. However, if you warn them, specifically mentioning the page and what they do wrong, and they continue, I can partial-block them from the page. Ymblanter (talk) 05:15, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Today I tried to retrieve a new password (haven't used Wiki edit in a long time) and found that my IP was blocked. Since I live in the Philippines and have no fix IP but just get one assigned from my provider, this has nothing to do with me. Please help me solving this.

The IP address or range 136.158.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪Ymblanter‬ for the following reason(s):

Vandalism

This block will expire on 15:00, 24 September 2023. InfinityNik (talk) 06:24, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

It was a lot of vandalism coming from this IP address, so I think it is best if you keep contributing as a registered user. Ymblanter (talk) 06:45, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I live in Asia. I don't know who had this IP before me. We have changing IPs when we have brownouts for example InfinityNik (talk) 15:41, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

It appears you didn’t subst: the template. I thought the anonymous user added it [the template] themselves, but didn’t realize they were blocked. I had restored the previous revision with the unblock request but then got reverted with them saying for me not to revert them again. I apologize for reverting that. Tropicalkitty (talk) 17:51, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

I never substitute the template, a bot will come and do the job. The IP is not in a position to touch the template because it was me and not them who put it. (They may remove it though, but then they may not post an unblock request). Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

And now Ponyo revoke the talk page access. Not that I am surprised. Ymblanter (talk) 17:56, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

I always block this particular time suck with talk page access revoked from the get go or they'll just keep clamouring for attention.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:58, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for handling this. Tropicalkitty (talk) 18:02, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

thanks, a good idea. Ymblanter (talk) 18:05, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

I started a SPI for Jafaz and I think it is obvious those IPs belong to him. The last sock I have found from him was blocked on uk.wiki and globally locked in late April (details here). This sock was created the day after the previous sock was blocked. It looks like he is now using IPs instead. Do you think I would be safe to just revert those IPs? Mellk (talk) 05:09, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

I do not see much sense to revert edits which are not obviously disruptive. On one hand of course we give a serial POV pusher and abuser a free pass, on the other hand, a risk of a false positive becomes too big IMO. Ymblanter (talk) 05:41, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I will wait for the outcome of the SPI first before any mass-reverting. Mellk (talk) 05:43, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Хотел бы узнать: практикуется ли в анвики ручная выдача этого флага опытным участникам других разделов, не проходящим по критериям, аналогично флагам подтверждённого и автоподтверждённого? Если да, я бы запросил его получение, мне кажется я достаточно опытный участник (80к правок в рувики с 2010, 1,5М правок ботов, флаг бота в десяти разделах, включая Викисклад). Я бы хотел внести некоторые мелкие правки в статью о мятеже, а она экстендед-заблокирована. MBH (talk) 08:54, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Флаг можно выдать вручную, но только по запросу тут: Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed. Это займёт какое-то время, если дело срочное, можно оставить запрос через {{Edit extended-protected}} на странице обсуждения. Ymblanter (talk) 10:49, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

The article has had many negative changes, your revert is also a not an improvement from its original text before the edit by WikiAd0023 in Jan 2023. I tried to improve the text as per accounts and true definitions not on the basis of say say and here here. Schools in India provide books with accounts to this part of their history, your vandalism wont change the truth for them or me. I will not consider donating to Wikipedia unless you go through the text and from 1st of Jan 2023 and correct the texts removed and altered by anon and abusive people. I have clearly tried to make an effort where as you did not even include a sentence from my edit. IsTruthSweet (talk) 12:08, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

You tried and failed miserably. Sorry for you. You should have read our policies first. Ymblanter (talk) 12:32, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

From you reply I guess your not a professional and manner individual, only leading to an assumption that you are a “dude” of this part of the internet if not the old furniture of Wikipedia metaphorical at the very least. It’s not that I wish to get personal with you but contributors who make an honest effort for improvement should be treated with respect at very least, unlike you who hasn’t even contributed a single word to the article. From looking at your previous talks and contributions I only see worthless changes mostly to the annoyance to the contributors. I don’t think users on Wikipedia need your “welcome to Wikipedia” Message on their front page especially when you just made an annoying revert or removable of their contribution. IsTruthSweet (talk) 13:19, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Tbh I am not interested in your opinion. Ymblanter (talk) 14:37, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Is it possible to ECP this talk page based on the previous sock puppetry allegation raised here, here and here. and the protection history and ongoing discussion related to this merger? TheWikiholic (talk) 20:15, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

No, I do not think we can ECP a talk page. May be in a case of massive ongoing sockpuppetry with confirmed account, which does not seem to be happening here. We even try to semi-protect talk page for a shortest possible period. Ymblanter (talk) 20:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok, what are the chances of semi-protecting the page for a short period, till the ongoing move discussion is over? TheWikiholic (talk) 05:18, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

The easiest is to see whether there is a flow on non-confirmed users to the discussion and then ask at WP:RFPP. If there is ongoing disruption, we usually react quickly. Ymblanter (talk) 05:29, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

The assassinated politician cats should not have been moved; the parent category may have changed to 'Politicians in X', but changing 'Assassinated X politicians' to 'Politicians assassinated in X' to match introduces a completely different meaning. Kingsif (talk) 23:46, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

I think at this point you should just take them to a full CfD, this is the best venue to solve such issues. Ymblanter (talk) 07:01, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi there. Protection expired at André Onana, unsourced changes are back. Could you please reinstate protection? Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 09:16, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure, Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 09:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 11:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure, no problem Ymblanter (talk) 11:49, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi Ymblanter, you salted the above page in February, do you think a redirect to Syed Fardeen (Indian singer) would be possible? Nobody (talk) 11:10, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Let us wait until the page gets reviewed (before that, we are risking a speedy deletion), and afterwards I can make a redirect. Ymblanter (talk) 17:54, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, can you help me with this question? . Хоббит (talk) 05:00, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

It probably should go to AfD, this would be the best way to discuss such issues. Ymblanter (talk) 13:31, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

OK, I nominated, but someone deleted template, I already made 2 reverts. Хоббит (talk) 14:01, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

I will have a look, removing an AfD temlate is unacceptable. Ymblanter (talk) 14:04, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Good morning, I had the template removed because at the time of its publishing there was no AfD request filed. Since now it is filed, I won't make any further removals of the template. I looked at the article and its subject is clearly not a hoax; for any further information look at the AfD discussion. Janeknichell (talk) 14:09, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

The song is anonymous. How does that fit in the copyright picture?--Aristophile (talk) 19:13, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Ukraine: For works published anonymously or under a pseudonym, copyright expires 70 years after the work was released. Ymblanter (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

The part I changed was due to being non neutral wording. Even if content is sourced, its wording can be misleading or biased. Thanks for your comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordi2023 (talk • contribs) 06:14, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Wow, it seems you have me on your sights ;)

The paragraph is astutely false. Francoist treatment of Catalan was negative. If you want sources here you have:

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronologia_de_la_repressi%C3%B3_del_catal%C3%A0 (google translate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policies_of_Francoist_Spain

https://theconversation.com/the-rebirth-of-catalan-how-a-once-banned-language-is-thriving-47587

https://www.brusselstimes.com/171278/catalonias-struggle-to-defend-its-language

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/22/catalan-language-survived

https://americansforcatalonia.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/francos-suppression-of-the-catalan-language-in-1939/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326566354_Prohibition_Tolerance_Co-option_Cultural_Appropriation_and_Francoism_in_Catalonia_1939-75

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Catalonia

https://useless-catalanfacts.tumblr.com/post/150069441318/prohibitions-of-the-catalan-language-throughout

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/franco-s-facism-couldn-t-kill-catalan-peig-s-prose-couldn-t-save-irish-1.2120126

Isolately highlighting an anecdotic improvement out of context has a clear intention. Like saying (ad hitlerum, I know) that by 1945 Himmler was willing to negotiate with the allies a settlement to bring peace to Europe. I am sur you understand the point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordi2023 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

On both occasions, you removed sourced text, and on this occasion, you replaced it by your own unsourced opinion. This is at variance with our policies, in particular, WP:V. You may also want to read WP:RGW because it perfectly describes your Wikipedia activity. Ymblanter (talk) 08:01, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi!

I’ve run into Michael Z. on talk pages a couple times lately and I’ve become concerned about his long-term behavior patterns, which might be considered disruptive. I initially decided to see if there were non-binding ways to persuade him to chill out a bit. However, soon afterward I found a lengthy history of both problematic diffs and reports at ANI and elsewhere, so obviously the usual collegial mechanisms of first-instance dispute resolution are extremely unlikely to be helpful.

Now, doing a few per-article searches I see that you have had extensive dealings with him, and agreed at ANI to save it for AE or "other appropriate fora".

So my question is: did≠ that AE case ever happen? All I can find is one prior to that, which was closed on 19 Feb 22, well before much of his most egregious behavior.

There's also the issue that anciently, at a time when he was a highly active contributor to MILHIST and other areas, he was made an admin, which (as others have noted at AE) should be guiding his behavioral standards.

Furthermore, in the past few years the metrics seem to show that at least half of his edits are to talk pages, and the main topic area he edits (in all namespaces) is RUSUKR. This singularity of purpose is concerning on its own. You are probably better aware than I am of the weight of his contributions to content discussions.

As far as I’m concerned, this is a key test case for the future of the project; if blatant POV becomes acceptable so long as it’s in “the cause of righteousness”, it And as Michael recently stated himself, silence is presumed as consensus.

Second question: Have any serious attempts been made to give Michael formal warnings/censure in a way that might help him decide to edit more calmly?

(Sorry for not linking diffs; I don’t think you require most of them).

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 01:16, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

The user has been subject to arbitration enforcement sanction which already expired. Other than that I promised not to discuss this user with the exception of possible arbitration case opened against him, so unfortunately I am not going to answer the questions. Ymblanter (talk) 03:29, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Alright, if you intended to include peer-to-peer discussions in that promise, no problem.

Are there any other experienced users I could ask about this?

The more I search, the more absurdity I find.

I’m preparing to take a wikibreak because of college, but if I had the time…

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 20:29, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

I am sorry but if I continue this discussion I may run into serious trouble. Ymblanter (talk) 00:39, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

From what I can see, the articles on settlements in Ukraine always use "city" over "town" for gorod/misto regardless of the population, but for those in Belarus and Russia, we use both "town" and "city" for gorod (depending on if the population is greater or less than 100,000). Is there a reason for this difference, do you know? Thanks. Mellk (talk) 15:07, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, indeed. Some genius some time ago tried to denote all urban-type settlements in Ukraine as towns which is incorrect. Consequently, the only solution was not to use towns for Ukraine. For Russia and Belarus, we never encountered such problem, and are still using cities for big localities with the city status and town for small ones. Ymblanter (talk) 20:26, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Ah, so that's why. Thanks for the explanation. Mellk (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 20:37, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Enjoy some stroops for your tireless contributions to Wikipedia! Thank you! Top5a (talk) 23:19, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you--Ymblanter (talk) 06:28, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for informing me about this wikipedia rule. The content in Lei Jun seems to be added by another user who did not follow WP:RUSUKR either. So in this scenario you would expect the content to be removed? Lightbloom (talk) 16:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

It might be removed, but since the content is reliably sourced, and the issue is not its validity but whether it should be in the article, the best course of action is to open a talk page discussion. Ymblanter (talk) 16:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Lightbloom (talk) 16:41, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Ymblanter (talk) 16:42, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Would you kindly restore Draft:Maratha reservation agitation? It is a notable topic, I was working on it, but I stopped it, and it got deleted after six months of inactivity. It got traction again in the news, and I would like to work on it. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Ymblanter (talk) 14:08, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it is very much appreciated. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Ymblanter (talk) 14:24, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Looks like that IP that added the copyvio to Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is back. The user is IP hopping, so it might be a good idea to semi-protect the article. - ZLEA _T\^C 00:21, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done, started with 2 weeks. Ymblanter (talk) 05:24, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

further to your msg how this Dovbush (disambiguation) is about war? And please answer me the question: are films shot in Hollywood Californian or American? the Ukraine SSR was only part of CCCP, now because of war, there is new true that Ukraine SSR was independence country, and there was no Soviet Union? Why this edition was reverted? Its really a detail, but its 1984 Newspeak and Wikipedian Ministry of Truth, this propaganda is too much for me i proposed a consensus to call it Soviet Ukrainian, but in nature it was just Soviet Mlacroixxx (talk) 19:29, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

It is not necessarily about a war, it is about a conflict. And if you do not stop I will block your account since you have been sufficiently warned. Ymblanter (talk) 19:34, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

What is about a conflict? I been warned because I edit according to true that film produced in 1959 in Soviet Union was Soviet? Please tell me are movies produced in California are American or Californian? Should we edit all of the Hollywood movies pages? This page didnt even exist on enwiki and because I wrote the fact in there I been warned, wikiMinitrue at it best Mlacroixxx (talk) 19:44, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

My point is not that you are right or wrong, my point is that you may not make this edit. Ymblanter (talk) 19:47, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Is anything now about Ukraine, Soviet, Russia is one way newspeak minitrue version. Maybe it was artistically a bad movie so it should be Russian then, if movie was good it should be Ukrainian? Its really absurd, and we taking about movie about mountaineer from 18th century Poland. Movie, mountaineer, where is UKRUconflict in this? And shouldn't @Altenmann also be warned for performing an edition war? So now Ukrainian SSR was a independence country? But as i checked Chernobyl disaster happened in "Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union" and how about Reichskommissariat Ukraine? Was it independent Ukrainian country? Once again movie, that dont have even a page and its about guy who lived in Poland 4 centuries ago and you saying I am editing something about war, I am the bad guy. And this is what wikipedia is about when you see error that obvious like (1959 in Soviet is not Soviet) you edit it, or just 2+2=5? Mlacroixxx (talk) 20:12, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

If you want to discuss this, you should be discussing it at the talk page of the article, not on my user talk page. I, for one, am not interested in discussing it, but some other users might be. Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

I put my voice in discussion there, pls join if you want. The question that we are discussing here is why I am being prosecuted and witch hunt for writing that 2+2 is 4 (that Soviet Union produced Soviet things)? Mlacroixxx (talk) 21:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

I provided the reference to WP:RUSUKR, which should be enough, and I am not interested in discussing the content in this case. Ymblanter (talk) 21:13, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Exactly as i told you, it is nothing about a war and your reference and accusations were unnecessary Mlacroixxx (talk) 21:34, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

I do not get an impression you were listening to me. Ymblanter (talk) 05:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

I haven't quite figured out the "dividing line" process at WP:CFD/W, but clearly you understand it. I'm seeing you pop up quite a bit on my watchlist : )

So here's a barnstar for your efforts : ) - jc37 16:36, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		For helping out at WT:CFD/W - jc37 16:36, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:39, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello there, I was curious as to why a statement from Michigan State University wasn't a reliable source for them attempting to fire their own coach? User:KENGRIFFEY24FAN KENGRIFFEY24FAN (talk) 01:29, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Twitter is not a reliable source and is best avoided (though can be used in some situations from verified accounts). I would suggest that you discuss changes on the talk page first, especially in view of enhanced disruption IP activity which prompted me to semi-protect the article. Ymblanter (talk) 05:25, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Seems to have been solved in the meanwhile. Ymblanter (talk) 06:42, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi Ymblanter, I hope you're well.

Sorry, I didn't spot this in time, and not even sure if you're the correct person to ask, but this speedy move of numerous football national football team pages that you initiated was premature - the discussion on the article themselves is still open at Talk:Afghanistan_national_football_team#Requested move 23 September 2023 and the balance of consensus in the discussion so far seems to be very much against a mass renaming from "X national football team" to "X men's national football team". Please could you revert the category moves until the discussion is closed? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

I see, the closure was contested, and I should have checked that before moving. Could we please wait until the discussion gets closed? Tagging and listing these categories is really a lot of work, and I would prefer to exclude the possibility that I do it twice. If the discussion gets closed as oppose, I will tag them and list them for moving back. Would this be ok with you? Ymblanter (talk) 10:10, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that will be fine, thank you.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:15, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

For the record, I moved them with this diff, which will help me to find them back. Ymblanter (talk) 10:18, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

I have seen the outcome, will start working on the move tomorrow. Ymblanter (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

@Amakuru: The move back was opposed and there is unfortunately very little I can do. They should now go to CFD, and the argument that they should not have been moved is not going to be sufficient. Ymblanter (talk) 20:50, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: what? The initial move was flagged as controversial, so they must be moved back to their longterm titles. The CFD can take place from there if necessary. You assured me that this reversion would go ahead as soon as the RM was closed, and nobody is allowed to oppose it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Ok, if I get dragged to ArbCom for acting against consensus pls do not forget to make a statement supporting me. Ymblanter (talk) 21:13, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Ha, well I certainly hope it won't come to that! But to be sure, I'll use every one of my available characters at the case in your defence. I will admit that I don't know the conventions for category moves as I do for article moves, but over at WP:RM/TR there is a fairly strict BRD rule in place for page moves, and far from being considered disruptive, reverting a controversial move is expected if it turns out to be Contested. Cheers and thanks for handling the heavy lifting here and your hard work on the project in general.  — Amakuru (talk) 22:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Ymblanter (talk) 05:22, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Was checking up on the speedy renames I proposed recently, and saw that you removed the one for Category:Molecular formula set index articles from the list and added {{CfD manual}} to it without any parameters, but the page hasn't been moved. Did you forget to finish the task, or did you just set it up to be done and not get to the rest yet? Just making sure I don't need to repropose it or anything. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 14:33, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

It is listed at Cfd/manual, so someone (me or any other admin) will sometimes do it. I already looked at the template and could not immediately figure out how to modify it to account for the category move, but I might give it another try. Ymblanter (talk) 17:15, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Last edit reverted as OR in violation of RS and BLP. Please do not add unsourced and unreliable information to BLP pages. 65.88.88.56 (talk) 22:16, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

What you did was obviously NOT the revert of the last edit (and not of the IP edit). Please in the future get your story correct before accusing the others. Ymblanter (talk) 02:54, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Ymblanter. As a Russian-speaking experienced user, could you please check out this deletion request "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maida of Aukh" and give your insight on the topic? Best regards, WikiEditor1234567123 (talk) 14:10, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Superficially it looks like you are right, more detailed study would require a lot of time. The article seems to be on its way to deletion, may be this study is not even needed. Ymblanter (talk) 14:36, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Tiõrv! Is there any possible you could help out some more with the IP address editor 45.234.19.145/45.234.19.172/45.234.19.146 (and likely others) and revert the rest of their edits too? Also I have no clue how to revert all the random edits on the Skolt Sámi to get rid of all the Cyrillic additions since there have been reverts in between, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could help with that one too. Would it be possible to protect that article as well? I have no idea why they are so obsessed with adding in Cyrillic versions of Skolt words to articles here and I hope they stop. Thanks! - Yupik (talk) 01:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

This is an LTA, I will see what I can do. Ymblanter (talk) 05:25, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Skolt Sámi looks good to me for the time being. Ymblanter (talk) 05:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! If you don't mind helping me keep an eye on this, I'd be grateful. :) -Yupik (talk) 14:30, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

They made the changes again now. Mellk (talk) 05:05, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Blocked for a week, reverted all the edits, added the page to the watchlist. Ymblanter (talk) 07:03, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! While going through the history on some of the articles, I ran into the IP address 200.129.129.112 who was making the same edits. They don't seem to have changed anything for a couple of weeks now, but we should probably keep a watch on their edits too. I've reverted all their vandalism for now. - Yupik (talk) 16:45, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Yes, we probably need to add a few pages on the watchlist. Ymblanter (talk) 16:49, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Open Library links are also endorsed by Wikipedia:Offline sources and Wikipedia:Book sources.  —Michael Z. 02:31, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Are you sure you are citing a correct article? I do not see any reverts in the recent history, it is not on my watchlist, and I do not think I edited it recently. I can not recollect that I reverted your edits recently in any other article. I genuinely do not understand the context of your comment. Ymblanter (talk) 05:25, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh, I see, you are talking about this edit. Thanks, I will have a look at the pages you mention above. Ymblanter (talk) 05:33, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

I would like to oppose the speedy renaming of Category:Edmonton Eskimos and the accompanying subcats to Category:Edmonton Elks per WP:CFDS:

If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.

For reference, it seems the speedy renaming was accepted here.

Different incarnations of the same team generally have different categories. See Category:Washington Commanders players as an example. Thanks. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 12:44, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

I think the easiest is to take this to WP:CFD, it presumably requires a discussion anyway. You can also mention that it was moved recently, and a no consensus outcome should restore the original category. Ymblanter (talk) 14:41, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

It looks like talk page archives are not searchable on ru-wiki. Am I missing something? Is there a per-user setting I need to enable?

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 21:12, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

is missing a pointer to the actual discussion or what action is still needed. DMacks (talk) 17:02, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I though we have completed this one, I will have a look on what is still missing. Ymblanter (talk) 17:31, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick-check and fix. DMacks (talk) 05:02, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Sure. Ymblanter (talk) 18:21, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi, there is another IP that is making changes to transliterations on political articles. I think you may have seen this before and that this is a LTA, but I do not remember for sure. Is this the same guy? Thanks. Mellk (talk) 09:52, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I have seen this before. Thanks, blocked for 31h. Ymblanter (talk) 18:21, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

There is another. Maybe a range block for 185.79.0.0/16 would help? Mellk (talk) 20:02, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked and reverted. I am a bit vary about range blocks, since I do not have any feeling how large the range is. It is best to ask another administrator. Ymblanter (talk) 20:11, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Is this person already included in the LTA list? Mellk (talk) 19:46, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

No, at least I have not written an entry. Ymblanter (talk) 19:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Does this looks to be the same person, but in a different range? Happy holidays. Mellk (talk) 18:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

It looks indeed like the same LTA, I blocked and reverted. Thank you, happy holidays for you as well. Ymblanter (talk) 18:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I am afraid there is another one: Special:Contributions/79.139.169.66 Mellk (talk) 14:56, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

I blocked this one, thanks for noticing. Ymblanter (talk) 15:37, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Wow, that was quite a burden! Thanks for sharing the work.

When you de-listed some categories from WP:CFD/W/Large, it appears that you overlooked some links on project pages that needed updating, but I hope I have caught them all now. I tried searching insource for members] etc. If we missed a few due e.g. to there also being article alerts on the page, well, we have done our best! – Fayenatic London 11:16, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, checking links is in my workflow, but I might have missed smth. Alerts disappear after some time, I never update them. Thanks for doing the work. Ymblanter (talk) 11:34, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Sure, I never update alerts either. I meant that if a WikiProject's main page links to a category's old name, this may be due to transcluding an Alerts page, in which case it can be ignored. In other cases, backlinks on WikiProject pages generally need to be updated. – Fayenatic London 13:45, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I normally check these, but of course I could have missed a link or two. Ymblanter (talk) 14:37, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Ymblanter! Why was User:PoisonHK blocked for a time period of one month? No explanation for this decision was given on PoisonHK's talk page.--3E1I5S8B9RF7 (talk) 14:50, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

They were persistenctly removing Russian names of Ukrainian localities which are or were predominantly Russian-speaking. There is no consensus for such removal. They were warned several times before, blocked, and continued without reacting like if nothing happened. Ymblanter (talk) 16:06, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Muzzzmuzzmuzzz made a request directed at you and Number 57 to blocking me on edicting Wikipedia for one month as a punishment for inclusion of irrelevant edicts and for wrongly stating that the leader of PML-N Party on Pakistan is Nawaz Sharif , instead of Shahbaz Sharif.

I stand by my edits but wouldn't have the same attitude of Muzzzmuzzuzzz : I'm not requesting anyone to repress his self expression just because he has a different opinion on a subject . My opinion about who is the leader of PML-N is the is on coincidence with the Wikipedia Page PML-N statement on this matter : Nawaz Sharif is the Party Leader and Shahbaz Sharif is the Party President. As I explained in a note on the Page History, the letter 'N' on PML-N Party stands for NAWAZ! In the PML-N own official website on the 'Leadership Section', Nawaz Sharif holds the title of 'Quaid', Urdu for 'Emperator'.

About the relevance or no of a particular paragraph inserted on the 2023 Pakistan General Elections / Section Electoral Polls , it's a matter of view point. I wrote a comprehensive explanation to Number 57 and Muzzzmuzzuzzz , accurately justifying the relevance of my edits but they are not interested in arguments. I told them about my availability to explain my views in detail that they should specify what point they were in disagreement and why but they just expressed their peremptory conclusions albeit vague , subjective and unspecified : your edits are irrelevant.

I began working on the 2024 Pakistan General Elections Page / Section Nationwide Electoral Polls on 29 October at 18:23.

I understood that the page needed reforms and changed it thoroughly in a series of edicts.

I then , inserted a synopsis if a resent ( 1-15 October ) Academic Survey on Popularity of Political Leaders and Parties in the Federal District of Pakistan , Islamabad , from a respected Pakistan Think Tank that , I thought , bestowed a new light on the pre-electoral mood of the electorate and was highly relevant at this confusing and troubled moment for the country.

Muzzzmuzzuzzz deleted it saying that it was from a unreliable source.

I reinserted it and justified to him that , on contrary , it was from a source , by far , more reliable than the commercial pollsters firms quoted on the Polls Section , that the research was made on Islamabad , but could be projected nationwide , that it was compatible with resent by-election results throughout the country.

Muzzzmuzzuzzz , then , opened a new Section on the Electoral Polls , especially for Islamabad District and inserted part of the data of the Survey , related to Popularity of Political Parties as being a Electoral Poll but he , once again , erased my two paragraphs as text , saying that it should not be there.

I reinserted my paragraphs and clarified that this Survey was not a Electoral Poll and should be maintained as originally intended , as a introductory text to the Electoral Pool Section.

The Survey evaluated most of Electoral Polls as misleading , because they , generally , make individual research for different political leaders belonging to the same party and/or electoral coalition.

The correct methodology is to put all together in the same basket , the political parties they belong because the electorate , in Pakistan , vote , above all , in parties , they are not centered on candidates alone.

The percentage rates for each party and group of political leaders were at cross with most Electoral Polls.

As example , it can be cited the last Gallup Pakistan Poll published in the Nationwide Section of Electoral Polls on 30 June 2023 , about Popularity of Political Leaders against Republic Policy Survey ( the one that I published ) :

Gallup : Saad Rivzi, 38% / Nawaz Sharif 36% / Shahbaz Sharif, 35% / Pervaiz Elahi, 38% / Maryam 30%.

Republic Policy : Saad Rivzi, 4% / Asif Zardari + Bilawal Bhutto, 3% (altogether ) / Nawaz + Shahbaz + Maryam (altogether) 17% / Imran Khan, 67%.

About Popularity of Political Parties (the crucial factor in electors voting intentions) the Republic Policy found:

PTI : 67% , followed by PML-N : 17%.

What became evident , with such a large gape of implicit vote intentions between the mainstream political force , the PTI Party and the second political current , the PML-N Party is that Imran Khan followers have the potential of achieving even a qualified majority in Congress [ 75% of seats ] with powers to overrule the constitution in such a big country , as Pakistan , with more then 200 million people.

Muzzzmuzzuzzz found this clarification IRRELEVANT for Wikipedia readers interested in consulting the Wikipedia's 2024 Pakistan General Elections Page !

As said , I never would ask the banning of Muzzzmuzzuzzz from edicting Wikipedia.

I just ask him to think better , to give more attention to my explanatory notes , published on the Page History , to justify and specify his doubts and disagreements giving me opportunity to answer , to be more dialectical.

We all should give up temptations to be dictators , or truth will run away from us.

Dirceu Mag

Dirceu Mag (talk) 19:08, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I do not have time to read this. Please learn to express yourself in a concise way. Ymblanter (talk) 19:10, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I want to request you for adding Temporary semi-protection in the page of 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as there is being more vandalism as you can see by yourself. Nexovia (talk) 12:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done, for two weeks. Ymblanter (talk) 12:40, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Can you warn or do something to the people who done the vandalizing. Nexovia (talk) 12:44, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

No, they are dynamic IPs. Ymblanter (talk) 12:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for timely rescue mission on Commons, little user. Welcome in pocket! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 21:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC).

I am actually a big user, but thanks anyway. Ymblanter (talk) 21:48, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

[Bishzilla looks down at the cute little feisty user, who comes halfway to her kneecaps. Tolerantly:] Yes, yes. Big user. bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 22:17, 3 November 2023 (UTC).

Hi! As you may or may not be aware, there is currently an RM proposing to change the article name to "Khankendi" to reflect recent developments on the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh AO.

As a highly experienced editor noted for work on the post-Soviet countries, your thoughts would be more than welcome there.

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 14:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, but exactly my experience in the post-Soviet countries on Wikipedia shows me that I would better stay far away from that RM. Ymblanter (talk) 14:45, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I am pretty sure that 2003:D2:573C:1A56:EC3C:7FF5:3800:4774 which now made edits to Administrative divisions of Ukraine (along with the other IPs) is User:Dav2ry7. For example this edit on the same article which was restored by Dav2ry7 after you reverted the edit (within the span of 10 minutes) is in the same /32 range. I also see that all edits by 2003:D2:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 are in the same articles that Dav2ry7 used to edit and they make the same POV edits. Is this enough for a block or does it need SPI (I am not sure if this can include ranges)? Mellk (talk) 18:45, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

They will never CU IPs if a connection to registered users is needed. Probably an admin could range-block on behavioral grounds (via SPI or via ANI), but I myself would not do it. Ymblanter (talk) 18:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Mellk (talk) 18:52, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, sure Ymblanter (talk) 18:53, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

I am not too familiar with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict arbitration enforcement (sorry I don't know how to tag it) but I was wondering if the Sirhan Sirhan page falls under the said arbitration enforcement? Do you know? And if so, can you extended confirmed protect that page? Since you're an admin, I figured you would know more about it than me. Thanks. Something's Blue (talk) 12:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

It is either not related to PIA, or at best borderline. I would not extended confirmed protect it until any disruption has started. Ymblanter (talk) 12:50, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I did not understand the essence of comment, first of all, in the Ossetian wikipedia it is marked in Digor dialect of the Ossetian language like Цикола (Cikola), secondly, it is mainly Ossetians-Digors who live there, as I see you are not Ossetian admin, why do you need it? 178.35.65.112 (talk) 08:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I trust more the admins of the Ossetian Wikipedia who look after the name of the article than an unknown IP user who claims they are wrong. If they are wrong, you surely can convince them to move the article. Ymblanter (talk) 08:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

All those speedy renames are wrong. Jurist is not synonymous with legal professional. DuncanHill (talk) 19:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

You should have objected to this during the 48h nomination. Now the only reasonable option I see is the full CfD. Ymblanter (talk) 19:29, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok, it looks like we might be able to resolve it at Cfd/speedy. Ymblanter (talk) 10:55, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Just seen this. When I was looking into the remaining inconsistencies, I checked the history, and have now undone the speedy renames of Category:British legal professionals etc. – Fayenatic London 11:17, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

You recently blocked 205.186.52.209 - thanks so much! But they are now using other accounts - 165.166.87.66 and Crusader124 - to evade the block. ElKevbo (talk) 00:55, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I am not. I just got on Wiki. Please tell ElKevbo to stop harassing me and deleting relevant info. Thanks! Crusader124 (talk) 01:01, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I see that while I was sleeping the sock was blocked and the article protected. Ymblanter (talk) 06:12, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Would you reverse-process these

• Category:Caldecott Medal-winning works to Category:Caldecott Medal–winning works – C2A: Per MOS:SUFFIXDASH. Graham (talk) 04:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
• Category:Newbery Medal-winning works to Category:Newbery Medal–winning works – C2A: Per MOS:SUFFIXDASH. Graham (talk) 04:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Since 2021 MOS:SUFFIXDASH and discussion have said to keep the hyphen consistent in hyphenated category trees. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 02:36, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Since both are from April 2022, would you mind listing them for speedy? Unless there are policy-based objections, they will be processed in two days. I would have done it myself, but I can not even see the difference with my naked eyes. Ymblanter (talk) 07:25, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your constant attention to Speedy renames and merges. For info, this edit was not necessary – not only will Template:R from fictional character resolve category redirects, but (I had forgotten this!) it will automatically populate categories named with "(TV series)", "(series)" or "(franchise)" disambiguators. – Fayenatic London 11:13, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I will try to remember this the next time. Ymblanter (talk) 12:06, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

there is a good reason why we are using a template

Please explain for the uninitiated what this reason is. I am genuinely completely in the dark. Repeating the word "estimate" twice in one sentence (once in full, once abbreviated) is poor writing style. Having to copyedit the article just to fit in with a rigid template is silly and drains the fun out of writing an encyclopedia. What can we do to fix this problem? Cheers, Akakievich (talk) 18:25, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

The template is for the case the link changes, which happened in the past. It is used in several hundred articles, and if the link changes we can fix it once and not by doing several hundred edits. Furthermore, I believe it is important that 2020 was the last estimate of the population (the raion was abolished the same year, so that no newer estimates are possible), which disappeared after your edit. Concerning two times usage of the estimate, one can be removed, fine with me. Ymblanter (talk) 18:45, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry if I'm being slow here, but what link are you referring to?

Agree r.e. 2020, the question is then whether the template can be invoked without producing the annoying (est.) suffix. m.wikipedia won't let me see the template documentation, I'll check later. Akakievich (talk) 12:57, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

The template produces the link to the document stating what the population is. The template indeed also produces (est) which we can remove from the template, no problem, but then we need to edit all articles it is used on (I think for 2020 we are talking about all abolished raions, which is about a hundred articles; for 2022 there are many more). If you want to go for it, I would suggest discussing first at a broader venue than my talk page, for example at WT:WikiProject Ukraine. Ymblanter (talk) 13:01, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I really don't want to do that because it'll waste time I could spend actually writing articles. Nonetheless, it seems a shame (and resoundingly unwikipedian) to settle for a second-rate article (and editing experience; stuff like this is so god damn frustrating when you just want to write an encyclopedia) just because of template bureaucracy.

What about adding a parameter `quiet=1` which switches off the (est) output? that would make the template backwards-compatible. I don't want to just go straight in and screw the template up, but that should work, right..? Akakievich (talk) 10:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, this should work; if you know how to do it pls go ahead. Ymblanter (talk) 10:24, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't :p but I'll have a play about in the sandbox this afternoon (:

Thanks for your input. Akakievich (talk) 10:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Ymblanter (talk) 10:48, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so very much for fixing An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. I cannot stand these unsigned vandals that would abuse pages on Wikipedia. Retrosunshine2006 talk 02:11, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Ymblanter (talk) 07:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Having had some experience with this OODA loop—not in any adminstrative capacity, mind you—I am pleased to inform that it tracks, and that I have stolen it for my own userpage. Thx! kencf0618 (talk) 15:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Sure. I am not the creator anyway. Ymblanter (talk) 16:02, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Ymblanter, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, Jerium (talk) 17:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Jerium (talk) 17:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, also best wishes to you. Ymblanter (talk) 17:24, 24 December 2023 (UTC)