User talk:PeterSymonds

Welcome to Meta!

Hello PeterSymonds, and welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Meta:Metapub (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). If you would like, feel free to ask me questions on my talk page. Happy editing!

Majorly ^talk 23:16, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Majorly. PeterSymonds 23:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Endorse...

The OTRS/volunteering page has a big disclaimer discouraging people from endorsing/supporting if they haven't got anything useful to add. Durova, Huib and Majorly has said what is needed, so I'll just add an informal endorsement here. I look forward to be able to nag you about OTRS-tickets ;) Finn Rindahl 23:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Heh, well I haven't been accepted yet, but if I do get promoted, nag away my good fellow! ;) PeterSymonds 00:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, if I thought there was a chance you wouldn't get promoted I would have added an endorsment despite that disclaimer... :) Finn Rindahl 00:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Haha, well thank you! Your trust means a lot to me. :) PeterSymonds 00:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

unblock Luigi 28 and others

Hi, you know this guy: you can read

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This guy always accuses of sockpuppetry every editor who oppose his points of view: I had account en:user:PIO but I am not en:user:Luigi 28. As well I am not en:user:Barba Nane, en:user:MacLot, en:user:Miranovic, en:user:ANTE RAKELA. May you stop this DIREKTOR's harassment against several users by false accusations of socks? I know Luigi on e-mail messages then I know his surname and his hometown; in this case DIREKTOR reported Barba Nane claiming sockpuppetry of Luigi 28 and an admin banned him but here AlasdairGreen27 asserts The initial checkuser test about you was a false positive. You are not PIO, I know that. PIO was infantry, you are officer material. Your language style is different from PIO, your contributions are different, your ability to use sources is different and here Luigi asserts PIO is a real idiot: it is shameful to be compared to him. Evidence: Luigi is not Pio and Barba Nane is other guy too! Regards,--Ducatista 15:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

resignation

Is this one those emotional resignation ? please rethink about your request , you are an asset for wiki-world--Mardetanha ^talk 18:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Nope, it's a genuine one. I'm afraid I won't have the time to devote enough activity for the foreseeable future, which is unfortunate, but it's one of those things. :-) Your kind comment is appreciated however. Best, PeterSymonds 19:11, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

We miss you, though that goes without saying. In fact, I remember even two weeks ago people were already noticing your absence and hoping you'd be back soon. But I understand that real life takes priority. Soap 23:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Tis a sad day indeed. You will be sorely missed Peter. -- OlEnglish 19:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Note

Hi PeterSymonds,
So, shouldn't I contribute on any other Wikimedia project? Tr.wikipedia is one of the Wikimedia projects and as you are aware of many other main projects are not as developed as en.wikipedia about WM policies. There is even no en:WP:AAB guideline on tr.wikipedia. Thank you. Best, —CnkALTDS 11:43, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Being blocked for sockpuppetry on any wiki is a serious cause for concern. OTRS requires a level of trust that makes any such block a relevant factor. Also, you specified a desire to work on permissions-tr, which is not possible given your block. That is why I flagged it. Best, PeterSymonds 13:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

...for beating me to posting the log for office hours today. The help is much appreciated! Steven Walling at work 22:01, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

That's quite alright. :-) PeterSymonds 20:56, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Peter,
No problem, I apologize for the unintentional error. Thanks! --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 17:41, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

And another cause for thanks. That was my point. --Abd 19:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Template:Translation/Fundraising 2010/Kartika Appeal

• English: Excuse me. Page is now ready. But the Azerbaijani is not ready. Good wikis. (I would invite you to learn Turkish.)
• Türkçe: Özür dilerim. Sayfa şimdi hazır. Fakat Azerbaycanca hazır değil. İyi vikiler. (Sizi Türkçe öğrenmeye davet ediyorum.)
• Azərbaycanca: Üzr istəyirəm. Səhifə indi hazır. Lakin Azərbaycanca hazır deyil. Yaxşı vikilər. (Sizi Türk dili öyrənməyə dəvət edirəm.) Emperyan^{ileti/message} 09:32, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

I've only published the letter in Azerbaijani. Is that incorrect? (It was marked as "ready".) The core messages still need an update but we can wait for those. Best, PeterSymonds 09:37, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Peter -

A quick note to thank you for all your wonderful help lately. It's very much appreciated. Philippe (WMF) 16:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome. :-) PeterSymonds 16:58, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for adding Galician translations. You created this page, could you remove the "$" symbol? It's unnecessary as "16 millóns de dólares" already includes it. Moreover, in Galician, currency symbols don't go before the number. Thank you again! --Toliño ^{Fala aquí comigo} 16:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem; thanks for translating. I've removed the $ symbol. I was wondering whether, in that case, it should be appended with USD? Unless it's self-evident, but I'm quite new to this area. Your advice is appreciated. Thanks! PeterSymonds 18:16, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Peter, sorry but why is here the text "Wikipedia is turning 10! Click here to find out more and learn how you can participate." in English? (ვიკიპედია 10-ის ხდება! დააჭირეთ აქ დამატებითი ინფორმაციისა და მონაწილეობის მისაღებად.) and text on all Wikipedia pages - გთხოვთ, წაიკითხეთ : A Thank You from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales

გთხოვთ, წაიკითხეთ : ვიკიპედიის დამფუძნებლის, ჯიმი უელსის მადლობა

--George M. 13:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that. I'm not entirely sure why. It's part of wmf:Template:2010/Donate-jimmy-thankyou which I don't think is translated, but I'll certainly chase up why. Thanks! PeterSymonds 13:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Now fixed thanks to Alex, who added some code to the core template. Translated now. :-) Thanks, PeterSymonds 21:26, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

he

The Hebrew version that was posted is a chapter version, not a language version. So, I've moved it to the chapter's space and pulled down the hebrew language version (exclusive of the chapter). We were advertising events in Israel to all Hebrew speakers... and pointing to WMIL's donation pages. :) Just FYI, so you know why I did what I did. Philippe (WMF) 07:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Ah, sorry about that. PeterSymonds 11:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Truly, no worries. I screw this stuff up routinely. It's a lot of variables. I just published /he, though. Philippe (WMF) 13:59, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Great. :-) PeterSymonds 14:05, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Request

Hello! I'm Albamhandae, a Ko.wiki admin. Could you replace the text from 위키미디어 창립자 to 읽어주세요: on MediaWiki:Centralnotice-2010 Jimmy trans-donate-text1/ko? It's wrong content of message. Thank you! --Albamhandae 06:27, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds 10:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Hi,

სად მიდის თქვენი ფული?

• ტექნოლოგია - სერვერები, ტრეფიკი, განვითარება. ვიკიპედია არის მსოფლიოს №5 საიტი, და მისი მუშაობისთვის ისეთივე მოწყობილობებია საჭირო, როგორც ხუთეულის სხვა საიტებისთვის.
• ხალხი - სხვა ვებ-გვერდებს ყავთ ათასობით დაქირავებული მუშაკები, ვიკიპედიაში კი ხელფასს მხოლოდ 50-მდე ადამიანი იღებს. თქვენი შემოწირულობა არის ენციკლოპედიური საქმისთვის უზარმაზარი დახმარება.

გაცემა

--George M. 19:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, P.S. Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Questions or comments? Write to

ვიკიპედია არის ფონდ ვიკიმედიას პროექტი. გაქვთ კითხვები ან კომენტარები? მოგვწერეთ - donate(at)wikimedia.org.--George M. 19:13, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Footer published. I'm not entirely sure whether the messages in the right hand box are meant to be published yet, because only Chapters are doing that at the moment. I'll check though. Thanks, PeterSymonds 21:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Landing page for mk.banners

You published Macedonian translation of the banners, Fundraising 2010/Contribution Banners/mk. Can you change the landing page to http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skopje/mk&uselang=mk (ten.wiki). Thank, --Brest 06:47, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

To be honest, I'm not sure whether the Fundraising team want any of those links altered. They haven't been altered thus far; but I'll check. Thanks, PeterSymonds 09:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Then what the hell we translate that banners? :) ok, any way thank you. --Brest 20:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

ka banners

Hello, I've translated the banners, but there are several edits in the Georgian version. I hope, they aren't too serous and won't be a problem.--George M. 17:41, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't be. I'll publish them a bit later after I've clarified which ones are actually going live. I'll catch up with you if there are any problems. :-) Best, PeterSymonds 18:28, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

congratulations

You were an admin and you are now again Mardetanha ^talk 23:24, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

+1, Congratulations indeed. Keep being awesome. Theo10011 23:25, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Congrats. Please add yourself to the adminlist. Barras 06:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks all. :-) Name added. PeterSymonds 18:06, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Congrats! --WizardOfOz ^talk 18:52, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! PeterSymonds 13:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

A personal thank you from one of those guys who made all those annoying banners

Hey Peter, I wanted to personally thank you for all the work you did during the fundraiser. I know I speak for every member of the staff who interacted with you (and probably every volunteer) when I say your help was invaluable from your IRC assistance/advice and thoughts, your help with banner and landing page translations (up until the very end), your help whenever I asked for testing or verification and your constant attempts to find more things you could help with. The only bad thing is the more you prove yourself the more likely I am to ask for your help later when I need it ;) -James/Jalexander/Jamesofur 00:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, that is certainly kind of you. I quite enjoyed doing what little I had to offer. Thank you for all the hard work you and the others put in to make it successful. I don't mind helping if I'm able. PeterSymonds 20:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Aargh...

I totally forgot about this. Thanks for fixing. Regards, Wutsje 16:23, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

OTRS Access

Hi

I'm Srikeit and I'm an admin on the English Wikipedia. I understand that you have closed my OTRS account for inactivity and probably a lack of RL verification. I have mailed my identification to secure-info@wikimedia.org and would really appreciate it if you could restore my access to OTRS. I realise that I am only intermittently active but I intend to be more involved in the future.

Thanks and Regards

Srikeit 05:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Not me, sorry; I just removed the closed accounts from the list. If you poke Cbrown1023, he'll look into reopening your account. Best, PeterSymonds 09:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you. I've moved my question to his talk page. Srikeit 16:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

No bother at all. :-) PeterSymonds 17:38, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

 :)

Hi! Could you republish this, please?--Pandukht 13:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Done, thanks! :-) PeterSymonds 13:04, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion

Hello. I proposed a project for deletion some weeks ago (see proposal here). The problem is that there is a user (User:Node_ue) there that in my opinion vandalizes the proposal. He intercalated text in the very text of the proposal, and if you see that page, you might even think that his additions are part of my proposal (because I signed the introduction). Moreover, I used sources to make the arguments in the proposal verifiable. In exchange, the user responded with texts like "that is a lie" (without providing any contrary source or such). I told him to discuss the proposal on the talk page, but not modify the very text of the proposal because that makes the proposal without object (and makes the vote on the proposal ambigous). I also asked him (see here) at least not to intercalate his text into my text, becase I signed the proposal, and by that he alterates what I wrote. Please not that I did not express opinions, I put just some referenced arguments. Here you can compare my last version with Node-ue's version. He also deleted some of the sources (?! - allthough they were not tricky). I thought about asking the protection of the page, but that will prevent other users to vote on the proposal. Please, can you suggest what I can do? Maybe putting the voting section into a new template, and include it on the proposal page, then protect the proposal page?! Please help me, because I'm stuck and I don't want to engage in edit wars. Have a nice day. --Danutz 00:11, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I've had a look now and I can't really see any vandalism, unless I'm missing something. However, splitting comments into section is probably a good idea, otherwise it looks rather confusing. I'll drop a note to that effect. Thanks, PeterSymonds 11:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, in the meantime another user stepped in and moved the tricky content to the talkpage, while adding a note to it on the main page. Thank you for your time.--Danutz 03:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Great. :-) PeterSymonds 07:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Hey!

I know I told you on IRC but wanted to officially give my congratulatory ramblings for you on here :) Everyone deserves a talk page note! Good luck. Jalexander 18:38, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Very kind; thank you. :-) PeterSymonds 18:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Hi! So, was passed two days, and no vote at my page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Permissions#Memo18.40rowikibooks . I think that a week is too much waiting. And will not be votes, most sure. Can you give the rights quickly? Thanks! Memo18^{(contribs|talk|ro.wp(t))} 08:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi. No, it should last at least a week, as this is standard practice. There is no emergency or rush here. Best, PeterSymonds 11:01, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

about fa.wiki access

Hi,I didn't understand what did you say.you mean i have to make my request in another place? in fa.wiki or in administrate part of English wikiReza1615 17:57, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Hiya. If you leave a note on your commuity noticeboard about your intentions and leave it for a day or two, so people can comment. If there's no opposition after than, we can grant the flag. Best, PeterSymonds 18:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey

First, you was see what he sayed to me? He intimidate me! Only because you're his best friend you do this? Off, off.. Memo18^{(contribs|talk|ro.wp(t))} 21:32, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

There was no such intimidation. Stop this at once. PeterSymonds 21:34, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

But you know what he said? Ok.. i stop, what to do, if you have a steward friend, it's sure, you win.. Memo18^{(contribs|talk|ro.wp(t))} 21:35, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I know what he said, and there was nothing wrong with it. Certainly nothing block-worthy. You have temporary adminship for maintenance purposes only, and this action after filing a poorly-supported SRCU after their opposition to your bureaucrat candidacy made this action even more questionable. PeterSymonds 21:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't block one for a vote.. anyway, i don't want the rights. Hey, I'll need to say here on the last of may to long the temp adminship? Because i will not be very much on meta. Thanks. Memo18^{(contribs|talk|ro.wp(t))} 21:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Here or a request at SRP in the final days would suffice. PeterSymonds 21:57, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Victim of impersonation

Thanks for correcting the mistake immediately. I think you should also mention that here and change the status to not done. Huji 21:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Hello, Peter!

Could you take a look at this?

) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 13:52, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Steward requests/Checkuser#Capitão Feiticeiro@pt.wikipedia and Steward requests/Checkuser#Maddox@pt.wikipedia :p Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 13:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Please...

Please... I want to Global IP block exempt. Thanks, Cekli829 12:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Global block for 70.224.32.115

Regarding prior global block on 70.224.32.115, the wiki abuse is continuing, again, with cross-wiki-abuse and socking on multiple projects. Could you please apply another global block, of a longer duration? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 05:15, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 08:58, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!!! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 13:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Categorical problem

Hi, in Turkish wiki a category called tr:Kategori:Uzunluk birimleri linked wrong to other languages mistakenly. I corrected them in Turkish wiki, but it also be erased in other wikis that linked. The problem is unfortunately there is no category tr:Kategori:Uzunluk which means lenght and thats why i tried to erase the tr:Kategori:Uzunluk birimleri in other wikis, but the problem is wiki thought that im doing illegal things. Could you please erase the link of tr:Kategori:Uzunluk birimleri from the other wikis that linked in the previous version. Thanks for your helps.--Onurkayabasi 12:43, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

IRC Access

Hi. I would like to have access to #wikimedia-admin on IRC. -- Tegel _(Talk) 23:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tegel. I've set access on your account. To enter, please type the command /msg ChanServ invite #wikimedia-admin because you don't yet have a cloak. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 17:52, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Tegel _(Talk) 18:08, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

mhr.wiki: CU, desysop and RfC

Would you please have a look at this RfC? Thank you, M/ 17:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

selamatkan aku

Hello, are you steward? Help me! Because I was blocked there (accusation) canvassing at Indonesian Wikipedia. And lately I've never done anything like that. Just look list contribution at there. Please (if possible) revoked the block status.

Oh ya, I also ask to release the SockPuppet I was there named id:User: Erik Evermtus at Indonesian Wikipedia because this account will be used as a substitute if the main account stolen by others such as id:User:Kenrick95Sock. Thank you --Erik Evrest 04:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Question

I just tried to edit Wikiquote anonymously, and I was blocked. Why? All edits I made to Wikiquote were good. Was my IP used by someone else? Can you check which computers were used if CheckUser can do that? I swear I didn't make a single bad edit in the past month. 173.49.140.141 18:32, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Errors

Steward_requests/Checkuser#Brox.40lt.wikipedia, Steward_requests/Checkuser#Brox.40lt.wikipedia Please Recheck lt:user:Sands, lt:user:Tik-Kon and lt:user:Passutis. it's not my (lt:user:Brox)! Please describe observations/reasoning, as specific addresses were assigned to lt:user:Brox. --Brox 14:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

please all very specifically describe the specific IP addresses and users. --Brox 15:04, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Brox, checkusers don't normally do that for privacy reasons. I've argued that with positive identification, a checkuser could, with the user's permission, disclose the information, but this was a weak ID, not positive identification, so I wouldn't expect that. I think that Peter may have stated this a bit unclearly. Peter, if the only identification was by geolocation, if there was no IP overlap and no user agent information making the identity more likely, would you mind clarifying that this is not conclusive? This checkuser report is being used to justify blocks already (on nl.wiki), Brox has been accused of lying because he hasn't admitted the accounts were his, citing the CU report of yours, and more damage could be done. --Abd 00:49, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

11 May 2011 and 25 May 2011

Please recheck User:Brox/Brox and Tik-Kon in WP LT. --Brox 07:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

This was done by User:Fr33kman who clarified the results, finding that Brox was not the other identified socks. --Abd 16:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Slakr on IRC

Peter, since you are the group contact, I wish to inform you that I had to submit yet more official complaints about Slakr's harassment on IRC. His actions are really poisonous and he is clearly ignoring the conduct standards regarding ops. His constant abuse, attacks, etc, are really out of line. We have talked about this before and it really needs to be dealt with. Right now, many people refuse to go into #wikipedia-en because he defends a really poisonous atmosphere. When I reported his outright abuse of ops in allowing his friends to use the #wikipedia-en chat room to talk about sex in graphic detail, he was supposed to be stopped but he continues to act in a highly inappropriate manner. At night, the handful of people who chat when it use to be the American time (i.e. after 1 AM GMT) have caused many people to leave because of the abuse, really nasty attacks, constant cussing, and reprehensible behavior. Simply pointing out that some of their nasty claims are wrong leads to being threaten with op use. One guy, Snard, made really nasty attacks on Chief Justice John Roberts and it was pointed out that Wikipedia contradicted him. He resorted to tossing around cuss words, nasty attacks, and saying troll over and over. The pointing out he was wrong was joined with 1. evidence and a source, 2. no cuss words or attacks, and 3. only as a way to say a really egregious BLP attack was wrong. This was met with Slakr saying that I would be banned because Snard thought I was a troll. How is that really acceptable behavior? We need ops who follow our standards and don't wave their power to threaten others like that. This is really upsetting and troubling, and the decline in the chat is evident. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:59, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Peter: There are several other ops+users supporting ottava's most recent trolling/disruption ban. Feel free to hit me up on IRC if you'd like more info. --slakr 02:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Slakr uses the term "troll" to basically push whatever fringe view he has and it has nothing to do with any of my actions. He does allow a GNAA person who was banned from Freenode to just have free access to the IRC channels while knowing they are trolls and aren't supposed to be there. All of my comments have been backed up with sources and citations, and his attacks on me, a well-known writer who is highly educated is really irresponsible and not appropriate. He allows people to be really nasty and incivil, and it has chased many people away. The one night when he was encouraging Ironholds et al to attack me, I received 4 different messages from chatters complaining about how nasty they have been lately. This really needs to stop. The only solution is to remove Slakr's ops. Then you will see a major turn around in the chat with the people acting that way no longer feeling they are protected, and people returning to chat without fear. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

• Isn't Ottava banned from Wikipedia? I am, and I wouldn't dream of trying to tell #wikipedia-en ops what to do. Like Totally Not My Business. Ottava is importing Wikipedia (and other) conflict here, someone should suggest that he stop. --Abd 23:45, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

• Peter is the IRC contact for that channel and has the ultimate authority over the ops there. He has dealt with it and the problems have stopped for what it seems. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

• Great. No problem, no problem. --Abd 15:58, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

(Comment removed by user) Snardbafulator 11:11, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

You haven't a clue about my history or anything, and you were immediately cussing, being nasty, and incivil just as you are above. Slakr's "civility" involved cussing, threats, and constantly using derogatory labels. Your claim about "right wing" is really inappropriate, because it doesn't matter what political background someone has that they are all allowed to use IRC. The IRC ToS does make it clear that you don't have the right to single people out and attack them like you did over political ideology. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

(Comment removed at the request of Ottava Rima) Snardbafulator 18:50, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

(Removed per unnecessary) Ottava Rima (talk) 16:43, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Sock puppet

This user is an obvious sock puppet of a WR user who is tossing around many incivil statements, outright trolling, and pretty much threatening to release personal information (as you can see on my user talk page). Can you please deal with this individual? Ottava Rima (talk) 22:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I have no idea who the user is, but I requested a block for harassment, and it was promptly done.[1] On the other hand, that user was not threatening outing.[2] The comment refers to what Ottava still has linked from his talk page here.[3] I requested the block because that account had no other purpose than to poke Ottava. I wouldn't tolerate that on Wikiversity, and, while I don't have buttons here, I don't believe meta should tolerate it either. And apparently we don't. --Abd 01:56, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

The user behind the account is known as to which user on WR it is, and by mentioning my real life like that he was showing his willingness to bring things up that don't belong here. I didn't say he already released personal info but his casually tossing it around like that while trying to intimidate is a threat of such. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:29, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Since the account has been blocked, there isn't a lot more I can do. I suggest keeping an eye out for more and if necessary, file an RFCU for an underlying IP block. All best, PeterSymonds (talk) 07:45, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

renaming of my username

Hello my dear friend Special thanks to you for changing my username in these five wiki projects: mznwiki, fawiktionary, hawiki, glkwiki, dvwiki. Good luck شهریار 19:07, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Ta

For moving the page. It took me 4 minutes to move my mistake, and yet you still didn't let me get away with it...! Tsch :P Jarry1250 20:46, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Election committee

Hi, I see you are on the election committee if this was an edit on EN, I'd block the editor. WereSpielChequers 15:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Unacceptable

Message received. Truman Burbank 21:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

censorship in Wikimedia Brasil

I need to ask the reverse Oversight, because it is just a ploy to no loss of privileges to certain users. Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 18:40, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

You may not post personal correspondence without consent. Do so again and you will be blocked. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Around?

If you are around, can you come to IRC? Ottava Rima (talk) 16:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

IRC

If you get on IRC, we need to chat. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:33, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Additional log for global changes

Hello Peter. I worked on the log you'd like to be done. You can see the result here, and the list should be exhaustive. Have a nice week-end ! -- Quentinv57 ^(talk) 20:37, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

S Larctia

Hi. I notice you've locked this account globally. However, I'm not the same user as Poetlister and I believe there has been an administrative mistake here. I'm trying to discuss this over at en.Wikipedia with the blocking admin, and I currently have no way of doing so. Would it be possible for you temporarily unlock me ? I have valued contributions on Commons, and I volunteered as a sysop on Wikiversity for most of September. --82.21.30.229 08:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

• I've formally requested unlocking. --82.21.30.229 22:18, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Global bot wikis

Hello Peter. You added arwikiversity and xmfwiki to the Global bot wikiset, but they got removed in the latest update because they're not listed at Bot policy/Implementation#Current implementation. I'm not sure what the details are for these additions; could you add them to the list? —Pathoschild 23:38:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Email

- Ottava Rima (talk) 05:50, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Unblock request of McAusten

Hi Peter. Could you perhaps take a look at this unblock request of McAusten? You're the one who blocked him in September. Thanks in advance. Trijnstel 17:30, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Why?

Hi Peter,

I'm Indonesian Wikipedians, and now I'm one of committee of Sundapedia 2011 ( a Writing Competition in Sundanese Wikipedia ). But you're blocking my IP when I was edited some of articles in Sundanese Wikipedia? Why?. Could you explain that?

If you blocked me, I can't do this project and it will be collaps as soon as possible because the project is still running. So please unblock my IP.

Best regards, Hendra.Prastiawan 18:28, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, can you tell me what IP or range you're editing from please? I think your IP may be part of a global block. If you let me know I can whitelist it locally (feel free to e-mail it to me). Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 18:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Please unblock me

Hi Peter, I'm an Indonesian wikipedian and active mostly in english, indonesian, and wikipedia commons. Currently just without any clear reason, I'm being blocked from editing wikipedia. I'm a genuine user and would love to continue my contribution for wikipedia to expand Indonesian topics and coverage. Usually I'm editing from two computers (IP address), one from my office and currently this one is from my laptop with IP address:

IP Information: 114.79.50.49
ISP: PT. Wireless Indonesia
Organization: PT. Wireless Indonesia
Connection: Broadband
Services: None Detected
City: Jakarta
Region: Jakarta Raya
Country: Indonesia

Would you unblock me please. Thank you.

Best regards,

Gunkarta 05:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Peter, can you shorten the 114.79.48.0/20 block, or make it more specific, because all 114.79.48.0-114.79.63.255 range will be blocked from editing, and i got reports that some Jakarta Wikipedians are affected by this block. Thanks. ✒ Bennylin 09:02, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Eriks

Hi Peter, you locked Erik Evrest [SULinfo] – [cross-wiki-contribs] in November so you may want to take a look at Erik E VestBot [SULinfo] – [cross-wiki-contribs] (whom I recently renamed to Erik FestMan on Meta). This sounds like pretty loud quacking to me especially considering the username... Jafeluv 08:25, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Heh, yeah, that's him. Blocked now. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

understood

Hello Peter, I confess I was anonymous erik discussed above. But please let me blocked as well as Erik FestMan and VestBot. I just wanted to convey something to you. Honestly I use FestMan account because I think that if the primary account is blocked forever be put on reserve account. But this problem is more acute. For Erik Evrest account can not log in on the Wikimedia. So I was talking to several users who I am and most important: I want only those accounts can log in to. Please find out why this kind. --114.79.17.247 11:05, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...

For posting the IRC logs today. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. PeterSymonds (talk) 21:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm usefull

Peter, I now understand why evrest account (and also other erik account) can not log in because I suspected that "works" only canvassing continues across Wikimedia. But try to understand once again, actually I also contribute as a normal user. Just look at the link where I make my contribution account (Wikipedia Indonesia), in Java Wikipedia, and also in Malay Wikipedia. So, please just blocked my Meta-Wiki, but please allow me to log in. --114.79.17.169 02:55, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

{{unblock|global block — im not a proxi, i dont even know what that is!}}

sabotage of Admin voting

I just would like to inform you that Americophile has deleted my request for voting to Adminship in Wikisource Farsi [4]. He has deleted the complete voting table and a vote given by user Solhosafa. Americophile has installed a banner forbidding the users to participate in voting. I request that a steward revert the page and facilitate a correct and fair voting process in fa.wikisource. In order to avoid further vandalism and manipulation of voting process, I request to block Americaphile alias Leonidas alias Hootandolati alias Razghandi alias Americaphile alias Americophile in Farsi, and 30 other alias user accounts. As you may see I am enduring a severe Wikihounding at hands of Americophile since 9 October 2011.--Bellavista1957 14:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Wrong information. I have deleted nothing but just put his RfA into a collapsible box and asked users to not vote until it becomes clear whether he made a request to change his temporary adminship to a permanent one (while he is not an admin now) or to become a temporary admin (only temporary adminship is allowed on our community). AMERICOPHILE 15:32, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

ps:You may also want to have a look at this CU on Meta. AMERICOPHILE 15:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

I want to make a complaint against Bellavista1957. At first he accused me of being hostile towards Israeli people, then he accused me of being a sockpuppet while CU had shown no relation between me and s:fa:User:hootandolati, finally he accused me of being a liar and giving you false information while User:Mehran confirmed what I had told. I hope you make him refrain from bringing nasty and unfounded accusations against me. AMERICOPHILE 17:45, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Global rename/merge of account

Hi Peter, I had my user name on en changed today but not globally - what do I have to do for the latter? Thanks for any hints. --Daniel Mietchen 21:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Daniel. Please see SRUC#Mietchen@global. I've done some and left instructions for the rest. :-) All best, PeterSymonds (talk) 21:58, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

testwiki:User:Francisco Leandro/vector.css

As you are an administrator of Test Wikipedia, please delete this page. It is no longer necessary and has been replaced by testwiki:User:Francisco Leandro/common.css. Francisco 13:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 14:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

SOPA blackout message

Hi Peter! Shall I put the title on the translation page? Perhaps we should also translate "Make your voice heard!" for the share template? Thanks, Mikołka 16:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes please, that would be fantastic. Perhaps we could have the extra translations in a hidden note at the bottom? Whichever you prefer. :-) Thank you for the speedy translations. PeterSymonds (talk) 16:39, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi, can you also publish serbian version of this text --Јованвб 23:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

En.wikipedia is currently locked. Please don't do non-urgent reverts on it.

Dear PeterSymonds. As you know, The English Wikipedia is currently locked up for 24 hours as a protest against SOPA and PIPA, so ordinary (non-steward) users cannot do any edits. It seems you have reverted an edit on w:Dwarfism on that project during this time. Even if you are a steward, please refrain from doing "normal" editing work on en.wikipedia during the blockout. Meanwhile, feel free to continue doing important edits related to the blackout itself, such as on w:Wikipedia:SOPA initiative/Actions by other communities. Thanks, – b_jonas 14:02, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your input, but all my edits have already been approved by an English Wikipedia arbitrator; the reversion of an offensive and copyrighted image is quite within policy. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 14:12, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

For your extraordinary help with setting up the 2012 Wikimedia Poland fundraising campaign and a great patience you've shown during the process, I, odder (talk), hereby and proudly award you, PeterSymonds, this Tireless Contributor Barnstar -- in hope that you will continue your extraordinary contribution to the behind-the-scenes part of the Wikimedia movement. Thank you for all your work and keep up! odder (talk) 14:25, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

In passing

Don't like disabling talk page access but it seems to be the only way to deal with this idiot - best --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:44, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Temporary adminship

Good day, How can we pass from the temporary adminship granted on a wiki to a permanent one ? I have launched a discussion on that subject on the main discussion portal of the wiki more than a week ago and there isn't any objection; see [5]. I have been granted the temporary admin status in January 2010. Thanks you, Amqui 17:36, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Amqui. Whether adminship is granted permanently or on a fixed-term basis generally depends on the size of the community. To transfer from temporary to permanent, you will need to start a new request on crwiki, and if there is enough support after a week or two, we will remove the expiry. What we're looking for in practice is about six or seven comments on your adminship from people active in the crwiki community. Hope that helps, and thanks for your work so far. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:56, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks you for your answer, I guess it doesn't change anything in practice wether I'm temporary or permanent. Amqui 18:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Evermtus

hey Peter, account user:Erik Evermtus he has agreed to release its global block by user:Vituzzu here ==> Steward requests/Global/2012-01#Global block for Erik Evermtus

But somehow until now has not opened its global block. So please be opened global block. 114.79.17.64 00:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Gblock

I think that 187.115.68.233 is likely an open/abused IP based on the users found there - gblock could be longer? --Herby ^{talk thyme} 15:23, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Как я смогу

Привет, как я смогу быть, бюрократом или администратором Википедии своей страны? Maksat

65.96.48.102

Sorry, I meant this not 65.48.96.102 in my global block request.Jasper Deng 22:53, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh sorry, thanks. I blocked him on enwiki, and will g-block him if he moves to a third project. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I think this'll be enough, unless he moves on to a sister project since it does not appear that person is multilingual.Jasper Deng 22:59, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

...and it may be a good idea to revoke his talk page access on enwiki (already has been done on simplewiki).Jasper Deng 23:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Problems in es:wiki

Sorry, but you understand nothing about the problem in spanish wikipedia. He is a problem, and he is so. I commeted no attack when I described how is him. The political machine is now against him, but they are both the problem in our wikipedia. I am blocked for always and I have almost 200 articles writed. Ecemaml, 3coma14, Petronas, Mar del Sur, Wikisilki, Ensada, etc. and alone, in another hand Magister. There are the problem in our wikipedia. Please, Magister here, will a big problem in a long time. Thor8 14:30, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I am entirely ignorant of issues that may or may not have happened on the Spanish Wikipedia; my comment was in regard to your behaviour on this wiki. I will also not converse with you on a subject that I know nothing about. Bringing relevant information to the table is fine. The way you are currently doing that is not. PeterSymonds (talk) 14:33, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

My request

Is there smoething wrong with it? --WizardOfOz ^talk 22:20, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, I won't perform your request. I would suggest against acting so rashly. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

And I wold suggest acting with eggs than hiding behind words. --WizardOfOz ^talk 22:24, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

thanks!

thanks for "no-spam"ming my talk page! Jwild 10:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome! PeterSymonds (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

BTW

I assume you will request others - many - to disengage? I know I've posted here previously and got no response but maybe it will work this time. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:53, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

If needed, though I'm particularly concerned about limiting any resentment, either to the English Wikipedia from Meta or vice versa. As far as I can see, the rest are having various discussions, and though it would be helpful for everybody involved to disengage (I wish!), it probably won't work out like that. The rest are involved, and I noticed that your use of the word "idiocy" was particularly inappropriate for such a discussion. I wasn't really intending to single anyone out; I'm just casually monitoring to ensure nothing goes too sour. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

I would love to know why the word "idiocy" is inappropriate when faced with what Meta has experienced in the past 48 hours - that seemed a measured word in practice and far milder than I was inclined to use? I refer to the general behaviour of a number of users rather than any specific user.

As a volunteer here I find myself pushed into a corner with threats and intimidation. It reflects very badly on Foundation projects which I have worked quite extensively on for many years now - maybe it is time I stopped if this is the way people are treated. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't see anyone being pushed into a corner, and I don't see why anyone would take any notice of threats or intimidation from a (very) small group of outspoken users. The user concerned was blocked (dubiously in my opinion, but that's another issue), and he was in discussion with the blocking admin. That should've been left alone. The situation was already bad, and posting such comments can only serve to make the situation worse.

After all, we aren't talking about a vandal here; FPoS is an English Wikipedia administrator and a respected user there. He is also a volunteer, and is perhaps not as familiar with Meta processes as we are. That needs education, not a reaffirmation that the English Wikipedia causes Meta some resentment. At the moment, I'm fairly sure that certain English Wikipedia users are equally resentful about Meta. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Maybe you should take a look at rather more postings than you appear to have done.

I have attempted to stay even handed in the face of a number of aggressive comments and I have attempted to ensure that Meta's work continues to be carried out - something I have done for years. I certainly would hate to think I had "caused" any of the problems. If you see it differently block me (remove my rights if you wish - some would thank you though mostly spammers and vandals) - otherwise I have to ask you to consider things more fully. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 19:02, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Plus this --Herby ^{talk thyme} 19:09, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you! Maksat Wikipedia Kyrgyzstan

Inuktitut administrators

Good day, the user groups rights list shows that the Inuktitut Wikipedia has 2 bureaucrats/administrators (see [6]), but the fact being those two are inactive since 2006 and one them clearly says on his user page that he's not really an administrator on the Inuktitut Wikipedia (see [7], [8] and [9]). I know the Inuktitut Wikipedia doesn't have a specific inactivity policy, but you can see that the local administrators policy is a big mess (basically a bad copy-and-paste of the English Wikipedia administrators policy in 2007, see [10]). I wonder what can be done to remove these two inactive users from the local bureaucrats/sysop group so it's reflected in global list that the Wiki doesn't have any admin like it's in fact the case, thanks you. Amqui 21:32, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Amqui. The easiest way is to propose a revised inactivity policy on the local community discussion page. This proposal can suggest that inactive administrators and bureaucrats will be removed after a certain period of inactivity, usually a year or six months. If there is no objection to the proposal after a few weeks, any inactive users can be removed by request to Meta-Wiki. However, I believe it is important that should such a policy pass, the users who are eligible for removal should be given sufficient notice. A good policy currently exists on the English Wikipedia which I would commend, but iuwiki can decide its own policy. Hope that helps, PeterSymonds (talk) 10:15, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks you for your answer. Amqui (talk) 05:06, 16 February 2012 (UTC)