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Deletable global groups?

• Special:GlobalUsers/Indic_Bots
• Special:GlobalUsers/Foundation_and_Chapters_Staff

The first one was created for a very specific purpose a couple of years ago and was never used again. The second one seems to have been created for testing. Is it safe to delete them? Thanks. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 14:34, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I would think so. MBisanz ^talk 18:28, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Doesn't look like those are needed anymore. -Barras talk 19:54, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Yep. Agreed. Trijnstel_talk 22:38, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

• I deleted the first group. The second one is not unused. Ruslik (talk) 06:58, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Check with Vituzzu. I think we was doing some tests with the "Foundation and Chapters Staff"-group. -- Tegel _(Talk) 11:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, the second one should remain. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 22:44, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Resignation of Luckas Blade

It should be noted that Luckas Blade has removed all rights from his account. Is his confirmation therefore considered withdrawn? πr² (t • c) 12:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

I would say so. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 12:28, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Collingwood@en.wikiversity

A recently archived checkuser request for Collingwood / Poetlister was closed as positive. The IP trace for Poetlister IP was stale. How was this CU confirmed? Steward requests/Checkuser/2013-02#Collingwood@en.wikiversity -- Jtneill - Talk 20:17, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I would suggest that you try contacting the steward that handled the case. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 20:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - I've followed up here: User talk:Millosh#Collingwood CU/lock -- Jtneill - Talk 03:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Millosh posted[1] to Steward requests/Checkuser/2013-02 that " Presently, I am not able to disclose the details. But, I think that the details will be presented in the next couple of weeks. --Millosh (talk) 16:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)". We looked forward to more details as appropriate as there is little to go on so far and Collingwood has requested local unlock via email for access to en.wv. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk 22:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

The Wikimedia Foundation has been monitoring the Collingwood account for some time, since suspicions were first raised. Using a combination of technical and non-technical data, we are confident (four independent staff members, analyzing independently and sharing their results at the end feel exactly the same way) that Collingwood can not possibly be independent of Poetlister. The Foundation will adamently oppose any local unblock. Poetlister represents a clear danger to our editing community, and we will not allow that. Full technical data will not be shared publicly, for a variety of confidentiality based reasons. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Something needs to be checked out

Resolved.

http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Log/newusers - its like an endless flow. sats (talk) 14:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Modify that - maybe someone with a good knowledge of what and how the automatically created accounts means - (like what is generating them, and why?)

it has been occurring since November 11 - and has beeen churning through well over 20,000 + account names

It might be an obvious process to someone - it would be great to have it explained somewhere - cheers sats (talk) 15:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, you need a good read of Help:Unified login. It will clarify everything. --Nemo 15:38, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey - thank you very much for that - appreciate your tolerance - cheers sats (talk) 16:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

added question re the same

There is a bit of reading between the lines to do though - over 100,000 user names have been automatically added (wikivoyage doesnt even have 30,000 articles yet) and it appears the addition is on going - is it that the process will not finish, and that automatically generated usernames are something that will be in the background for a considerable time to come...?

Is there a better place to ask technical questions about this process ? sats (talk) 01:25, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

When a user who is already globally logged into WMF sites visits en.wv, they get an account created for them if they don't already have one. They don't have to do anything. For example, if you're logged in globally and you go to Vietnamese Wikibooks (I'm guessing you've never been there), it will create an account automatically for you. You will be able to see it in the log here. This, that and the other (talk) 01:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

These accounts are made whenever a SUL visits the site for the first time, iirc. That's why it happens over time, because there is no automatic process. Ajraddatz (Talk) 01:41, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your answers, appreciate that - maybe over time a page/section at wikivoyage needs to have an amalgam of explanations made so far... sats (talk) 11:11, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Talk:No open proxies#Instructions on appeals and translations

Please give a look. --Nemo 12:29, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Bug 45230 – Global account log shouldn't require @global in target

I couldn't find any previous bug on this matter, but unless I'm missing something this seems obviously desirable. I'm linking the bug here in the (remote, I'd think) case this affects stewards' work in any way, in which case they may want to discuss it here and then report the conclusion on the bug. --Nemo 15:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

At-sign in usernames

I came across an interesting thing in wiki-syntax regarding usernames. There is a user by the name of "Mik@el" on the Finnish Wikipedia. As an administrator I am unable to change his user rights, because the system message (translated from Finnish) tells me that I do not have permission to change user rights in other projects. The system seems to think he is user Mik (at) el. I am not asking for any stewards to change any rights, but I am wondering if the problem is universal and if the stewards are the only resort in cases like this. --Pxos (talk) 20:56, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

In this case and similar cases you can avoid the problem by entering the user ID – in the form #user ID – instead of username to Special:Userrights. You can find instructions on how to do this in the Steward handbook (section Encoding problems). –Ejs-80 21:33, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the answer. This has been an episode of "Global problems solved locally" brought to you by the Finnish sysops. Good night! --Pxos (talk) 21:38, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Steward appointments 2013

According to the recent election results and the vote rules it is hereby resolved that the following 6 users are approved as Stewards:

1. Amqui (talk · contribs)
2. BRUTE (talk · contribs)
3. Jon Harald Søby (talk · contribs)
4. Mathonius (talk · contribs)
5. MF-Warburg (talk · contribs)
6. QuiteUnusual (talk · contribs)

The Election Committee wishes to thank the candidates for their time and interest; and the voters for the time spent reviewing the candidates and taking part in this global process.

The results of the 2013 stewards confirmation will be released in the upcoming days.

For the election committee,
Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 01:33, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Vituzzu (talk) 01:33, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
—DerHexer (Talk) 01:40, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Congrats to all the new stewards! πr² (t • c) 01:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

+1 -- Avi (talk) 04:37, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations! Laaknor (talk) 08:36, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

++ :) LeinaD (t) 09:07, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Congrats ! -- Quentinv57 ^(talk) 11:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Congrats to our new fellow stewards! -Barras talk 11:44, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Hip hip hurrah! ✒ Bennylin 16:57, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

My congratulations to all new (and not so new) stewards. Ruslik (talk) 19:00, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

And my congratulations as well. I look forward to working with you. If there's anything my team can do to be of assistance (other than just generally staying out of trouble and not making a nuisance of ourselves, which we've proven incapable of), please do ask. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 06:46, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations to all of the new stewards and good luck! :) Trijnstel_talk 19:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Sysop abuse of authority in Aceh Wikipedia by User:Si Gam

This was originally posted at Sysop abuse of authority in Aceh Wikipedia by User:Si Gam, moved here by J.delanoy^gabs_adds

User:Si Gam (formerly known as Si Gam Acèh) deleted the article Geurija Isa Jatoë (ie. the Acehnese translation of True Jesus Church) in Aceh Wikipedia on February 20, 2013.

The Acehnese article had been translated into the Acehnese language by User:Si Gam Acèh himself on November 30, 2008.

However, since July 19, 2010, User:Si Gam Acèh became angry with the Danish cartoon drawings depicting the prophet muhammad. This led him to make edits such as blanking photos on other wikipedia editions, proposing that Aceh wikipedia be closed and other related acts which led to him being blocked on certain wikipedia editions.

• On July 24, 2010 User:Si Gam tagged the TJC article on Aceh Wikipedia (Geurija Isa Jatoë) as {{delete|author request}} .
• The deleted article was restored by User:Juhko on August 8, 2010.

• On February 20, 2013 User:Si Gam (who has now been granted temporary sysop priviledges by User:Trijnstel) deleted the TJC article on Aceh wikipedia with the reasoning "le salah" (there are mistakes).

• On March 3, 2013 I restored the article today but it was deleted a few hours later by User:Si Gam with the same reason given: "le salah" ([2]).

In my opinion, the so-called 'mistakes' (if there were any) can still be fixed by other Aceh speakers later on and does not warrant a deletion. I suspect that his deletion has a religious motive in it.

I had written on his talk page a while ago but he undid the revision.

User:Si Gam is not behaving in an appropriate manner and I recommend that he be removed from his sysop priviledges should he continue his current path of conduct on Aceh Wikipedia. --Jose77 (talk) 04:54, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Moved this thread here. For myself, I don't read Achinese, so I am not entirely sure what is going on there, but the wheel warring is definitely unacceptable. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:09, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I have restored the article on 05:25 (March 3, 2013). I have no doubts that he will delete it again with the same trumped-up reasoning. --Jose77 (talk) 05:33, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

The article has been deleted again at 8.57 (March 3, 2013). I will entrust this matter to you stewards from here onwards. Goodnight. --Jose77 (talk) 09:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I have notified Si Gam of this thread; in reply to J.delanoy, I don't see any wheelwarring since the infamous case in 2010.. Am I missing something? Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 09:19, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Probably just a misunderstanding of Jose77's words. Jose77 is not a local admin, so by 'restore' he manually recreated the page, I believe. Hence not a wheelwar--Bencmq (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Just 1 comment. The article contains many mistakes. And since November 30, 2008, no one improve it. -- Si Gam (talk) 09:23, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

FYI, we have article about church (ace:Geurija), Christianity (ace:Kristen) and Judaism (ace:Yahudi). So the accusation is baseless. -- Si Gam (talk) 05:22, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

If an article has mistakes, then you can tag the mistakes with a {{fact}} tag and then bring up a discussion on the talk page. In my experience, when in doubt, start a discussion. WhisperToMe (talk) 10:40, 5 March 2013 (UTC)