Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat

Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat (at Meta-Wiki only)

Meta-Wiki has a small active community. When a normal user requires the assistance of an administrator or bureaucrat for some particular task, it is not always easy to find one. This page helps users find one when they need one; asking specific admins directly via their talk pages is one way to elicit a fast response. It is only for assistance required at Meta-Wiki, help for other wikis needs to be requested at those wikis.

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Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]

General maintenance announcements:

(as of 08 December 2023)

Assistance with Meta-Wiki maintenance is always welcome.
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(as of 08 December 2023)

Proposal to amend Meta-Wiki's inactivity policy (April 11, 2023).

(Last updated: 2023-11-09)

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Deletions for "Translations Page Display Title" and CNBanner Pages[edit]

(This is more of an informational note rather than a specific request)

I noticed that "Translations Page display title" and CNBanner pages tagged with {{delete}} do not appear in the Category:Deleteme category. CNBanner:WMDE Wikidata 10-WMDE wikidata 10 button event text/kk has been tagged with {{delete}} for more than a year without getting deleted. I suggest admins also checking the following pages while handling deletion requests:

I also added a note on Category:Deleteme. Please feel free to refine the wording or propose better approaches as needed. 94rain ^Talk 23:51, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done, I intentionally don't close this section, for other admins to notice or further interact with this deletion tagging issues. --M/ (talk) 09:36, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Report concerning 109.248.149.173[edit]

109.248.149.173 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Talk page abuse —MdsShakil (talk) 19:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already done @MdsShakil: no need to report it here. Mark it for deletion and move on. Pages marked for deletion always show up in feeds. — billinghurst sDrewth 20:12, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Billinghurst You blocked them after the report. I don't think not reporting is a good idea. I have seen them before, and as I recall from my memory, they remove the delation tag. —MdsShakil (talk) 20:33, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MdsShakil: Sure they remove the deletion tag, and we see that they remove the deletion tag and we deal with it. We see them request unblock and we deal with it. It can be dealt with it solely systemically, and there is no need to report it here. I am saying that you can mark it for deletion and move on, it will be seen and addressed. — billinghurst sDrewth 20:43, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Billinghurst Why not reporting here and deal with it? You trying to say this page is not for reporting Vandalism! —MdsShakil (talk) 20:51, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MdsShakil: It is completely superfluous and unnecessary. It is getting managed. You are duplicating effort for no extra value. — billinghurst sDrewth 22:10, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Billinghurst Duplicating? I didn't see any duplication here. I didn't tag that page for deletion; clearly, that user needs to be blocked, which is why I came here. Try to understand it in very simple way and deal with it. —MdsShakil (talk) 04:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MdsShakil: The user was already blocked. The only page they were editing was their user talk page, which is pretty inconsequential, especially looking at what they were doing, So as I requested, mark it for deletion and move on. This approach perfectly handles this situation. — billinghurst sDrewth 09:50, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Report concerning User:93.125.114.16[edit]

93.125.114.16 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: LTA, abusing talk page. 今好きになる (talk) 20:11, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done — billinghurst sDrewth 20:16, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 20:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Report concerning Stadtbahn Utsunomiya[edit]

Stadtbahn Utsunomiya (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Troll. Requests for comment/user:ネイ? @ネイ: Lemonaka (talk) 23:59, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for reporting. Stadtbahn Utsunomiya is a trolling LTA from jawiki and should be blocked. ネイ (talk) 00:37, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not done Three edits on one day on an RFC is not locally trolling, and raising a legitimate RFC is an allowable process. If there is an issue with the user in general, then please report it to stewards. — billinghurst sDrewth 01:02, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 20:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

IP suggests I should commit suicide[edit]

Hello there, I'd be very pleased if you could ban the IP that suggested I should commit suicide here: [1] (talk) 19:53, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have blocked the range 2409:4081:8000:0:0:0:0:0/35 for one month as this user is regularly getting reverted.. To my fellow admins, I expect an unblock request, and prior to that happening we are going to need a culture change. Some of the commentary by the user in the IP address identifies that they often react prior to appropriate thinking, so we need some sort of cool-off and ability for that user to do things differently. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

reporting vandalism[edit]

Already done — billinghurst sDrewth 00:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 20:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Report concerning User:152.22.53.25[edit]

152.22.53.25 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Spam Leonidlednev (talk) 19:52, 7 December 2023 (UTC) DoneReply[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. — billinghurst sDrewth 02:30, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Report concerning User:24.89.232.123[edit]

24.89.232.123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Serial vandalism —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:53, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]