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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. See also: Stewards' noticeboard, Access to nonpublic information policy noticeboard, Category:Meta-Wiki policies, Category:Global policies

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Spambots[edit]

Recent spambot generated accounts:

Best, --Achim (talk) 21:02, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

@Achim55: Generally better to drop them to the stewards at SRG as they have a tool that can take a username paste (one per line) lock them all as a group, where we can block them one-by-one as per any other wiki.  — billinghurst sDrewth 23:38, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
billinghurst, even if they are not x-wiki but meta-only spammers like these? Thanks for notifying! --Achim (talk) 13:42, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
@Achim55: I'm not seeing edits or deleted edits for any of these users, nor any global edits. Can you elaborate on what evidence of misuse you are seeing? — xaosflux Talk 14:14, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
xaosflux, that's right. It's just my experience after 8000+ spam blocks on Commons that there are spam heroes who come back after some weeks or so. I know of wikis outside wm foundation where spammers created stocks of 50,000 still unused accounts. So on Commons I use the fly swat as soon as I detect them. Best, --Achim (talk) 15:08, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Edit: I'm fine with keeping these accounts alive. The spam level on meta is quite low and User:Abuse filter does a good job. Btw: one should fix the typo in Special:AbuseFilter/96 "ferragmo" → "ferragamo". --Achim (talk) 15:52, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done (spelling fix) and X mark.svg Not done account blocking, not without some "proof" that they are bad accounts. — xaosflux Talk 18:01, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Penny to a pound that they are spambots; they proliferate, read any and many small wiki RCs. @Achim55 and Xaosflux: often you will only find some of these accounts in Special:log/spamblacklist as we have got ahead of the game. And I cannot tell you why sometimes they leak through and hit abuse filters, and spamblacklists, despite the spamblacklist extension being called first and meant to be the earlier defence.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:06, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
@Billinghurst: thanks for the note, I wasn't loading all the logs fully when I first checked these. @Achim55: I've blocked the ones that have log hits; but following up as billinghurst suggested for locks may still be warranted. If you see a log for one that I missed, please let me know exactly what you are seeing. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 02:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@Xaosflux:, thank you, next time I'll provide detailed evidence like this:

Cheers, --Achim (talk) 14:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC)


Request to send mass message for AWossink[edit]

Hi, I would like to have massmessage right to send out a message to the mailing list for users interested in writing weeks on Dutch Wikipedia. This mailing list is used 2-4 times per year. I work at Wikimedia Nederland. Thank you! --AWossink - WMNL (talk) 09:21, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@AWossink: would you point to an sample of your created mailing list? — xaosflux Talk 11:05, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
@Xaosflux: Sure! The mail would be sent from this page; the user names in that list are drawn from this list on the Dutch Wikipedia where people can sign in to be notified of future writing weeks. Wikimedia Nederland usually (co)organises 2 writing weeks per year. --AWossink - WMNL (talk) 11:36, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Meta:Patrollers[edit]

Hello,
I translate pages (from English to French). Can I get the translation tool for this page ? I believe that only translation administrators can designate which pages to translate. Thanks Face-smile.svg. Rome2 (talk) 12:03, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

I have fixed the mark-up and marked the page for translation. It is translatable now. :-) --Vogone (talk) 12:57, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Vogone Face-smile.svg. Rome2 (talk) 12:58, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Meta:CheckUsers[edit]

Hello, Sorry it's me again Face-grin.svg. Can I get the translation tool for this page ? It will be everything normally Face-grin.svg. Still sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks Face-smile.svg. Rome2 (talk) 13:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Rome2:, you don't need an admin to set up the translation markup (see example in Special:Diff/18441439 for your other request). Once the page is marked up, at that point any of the translation admins can hit the "go" button for enabling it. The directions at Translation_requests#How_to_request_a_translation can help you. Feel free to ping here when it is ready to have the button pushed. — xaosflux Talk 13:50, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello @Xaosflux:
I didn't see this page for translations. I modified taking into consideration your remarks and Vogone's diff. Thank you for your help Face-smile.svg.
Rome2 (talk) 15:19, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
It is not properly marked, yet. For instance, a <languages /> tag should be added to the top of the page, section titles should be separated (can be achieved by adding an empty line right above and below a section title), long lists in one translate section should be avoided, internal links should make use of {{ll}}, and static content like user lists not be added to a translatable section. There is documentation available at mw:Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration, if needed. I currently don't have the time to fix these issues, but if nobody shows up willing to do this I can do it tomorrow or so. --Vogone (talk) 15:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
I tried Face-smile.svg. I hope I havn't made too many errors. Thank you for the information Face-smile.svg. Rome2 (talk) 16:23, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for a removal of {{User wikipedia/Rollbacker|[[:da:Wikipedia|Danish Wikipedia]]}}[edit]

{{User wikipedia/Rollbacker|[[:da:Wikipedia|Danish Wikipedia]]}} should be removed from User:Rodejong because he has been banished from da.wikipedia a result of this vote which make him no longer a rollbacker. --Asger (talk) 22:14, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:07, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Report concerning 190.94.3.165[edit]

190.94.3.165 (talk · contribs. · moves · block · block log) — Reasons: Nonsense content added in translated pages by this anon. IP. 109.102.105.223 05:11, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done  — billinghurst sDrewth 08:44, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect link on User:Redirect fixer[edit]

The link to the mail archive post on User:Redirect fixer is incorrect, and should point to mailarchive:wikitech-l/2008-July/038735.html. 「ディノ奴千？！」☎ Dinoguy1000 21:05, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 14:57, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Block for vandalism only account on Template:Reply to[edit]

Mypasswordisdefinitelynotpassword needs a block. --Izno (talk) 13:33, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Locked by Rxy. – Ajraddatz (talk) 22:51, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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