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Request for Event Organizer Rights for Mboa Forward May 20 Community Days
[edit]I am requesting event organizer rights to support a new Wikimedia community initiative called Mboa Forward May 20 Community Days. My username is Essa237. I currently have approximately 133 contributions globally and no active blocks. Although I am still early in my Wikimedia journey, I recently started organizing a local community initiative at my school focused on increasing Cameroonian representation across Wikimedia projects. The campaign includes onboarding new contributors, article creation training, translation activities, edit-a-thons, and Wikidata contributions. The goal is to improve coverage of underrepresented Cameroonian history, culture, women, languages, geography, and public figures on Wikimedia platforms. Organizer rights would help participants properly register their contributions and allow the event to be tracked effectively as the community grows. I hope this initiative can serve as a foundation for long-term Wikimedia engagement within my local community. The event dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wiki_Alliance_for_Open_Knowledge/Mboa_Forward_May_20_Community_Days the meta link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Mboa_Forward_May_20_Community_Days --Essa237 (talk) 08:55, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
Requests for comment/The WMF needs to support dialectal Arabic more actively
[edit]I need a second pair of eyes at this RfC, as I was personally attacked. CU is already requested here. NDG (talk) 07:00, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
Done Blocked the TA user indefinitely (all 4 accounts) for making death threats and for creating illusion of support. @NDG: On the other hand, they were right in that RfCs are not votes, and editors don't need to log in to participate. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 10:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 10:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC) Global user: Jan-Bart (talk • contribs • User rights • global contributions • CentralAuth • block log)
Reason for request: I organize Wikimedia Europe and Friends conference calls and monthly Chairpersons calls for affiliates.
Criteria met:
- No active blocks: No active blocks
- Global edits: 597
- Additional Criteria: Board Chair WMNL
Jan-Bart (talk) 07:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Granted Cool, done. signed, Aafi (talk) 08:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. signed, Aafi (talk) 08:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC) Disruptive harassment by Dan Polansky
[edit]Hello!
I'm reporting User:Dan Polansky for disruptive harassment. For the last month, Dan has repeatedly been leaving me walls of texts on my talk page regarding his indefinite ban from the English Wikiversity for racism and disruptive editing (enforced by community consensus), which I've refused to engage due to the user's history of trolling behavior (hence his indefinite block on the English Wiktionary and block on Meta a few years ago).
I've recently put in an archive bot on my talk page to remove the walls of text, but Dan has been removing it multiple times with no legitimate reason. Even after I have asked him to stop interacting with me, he continues to leave messages on my talk page.
I ask either for a short-term block or an administrator to issue a verbal warning as well, as this is a larger campaign by Dan to harass/annoy users who he's had issues with on other projects. See examples here, here, and this blog clearly demonstrating his lack of interest in contributing to Meta-Wiki productively. Thank you! —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 12:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Done – blocked. //shb (t • c) 12:40, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:24, 20 May 2026 (UTC) Report concerning User:Olezhka3280
[edit]Olezhka3280 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --Tenshi! (Talk page) 21:08, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Locked by EPIC. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 22:19, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
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