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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. It is only for assistance required at Meta-Wiki, help for other wikis needs to be requested at those wikis.

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Set filter 131 to just disallow and tag?[edit]

I noticed that filter 131 is set to warn, and then disallow+tag the attempted edit(s), but do we need it to warn first then disallow? My suggestion is to remove the warning because the reason is about one or the other (disallow+tag). Thanks. Codename Noreste 🤔 talk 18:41, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The warning provides information on how to report a false positive, so may be useful. — xaosflux Talk 18:48, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Should that not be done by the disallow template? Leaderboard (talk) 20:38, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. For example, say in the English Wikibooks, a user blanks a page in the mainspace, and they see a warning about this action being unconstructive (that they may submit it again if appropriate), and when they do that action again, they are prevented from doing so.
In addition, some wikis do not have a link for reporting false positives in the abusefilter-warning and disallowed interface pages that they use. Codename Noreste 🤔 talk 21:34, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Codename Noreste: on en.wikibooks, the disallow template (wikibooks:MediaWiki:abusefilter-disallowed) explicitly tells users what to do (and we try not to have warning + disallow filters) Leaderboard (talk) 17:12, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A request for removal a template[edit]

Dear administrators and bureaucrats, please undo revision 25213946 by AlPaD (talk) because the user is globally locked due to using sock puppets, and its change apperas in all the Wikimedia Foundation projects, which were made by the Wikipedian in question. Bell Park (talk) 06:47, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't overly fuss it, while unnecessary both are locked accounts and it makes no particular difference.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:32, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report concerning User:209.239.101.78[edit]

209.239.101.78 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Abusing talk page, please remove talk page access MathXplore (talk) 02:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global ban proposal for Slowking4[edit]

Hello. This is to notify the community that there is an ongoing global ban proposal for User:Slowking4 who has been active on this wiki. You are invited to participate at m:Requests for comment/Global ban for Slowking4 (2). Thank you. Seawolf35 (talk) 19:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:125.167.56.57 is currently blocked due to 'open proxy'[edit]

Randomly every sessions, i accessing Wikimedia sites (mostly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons) for 'editing/creating/uploading a new contents' at every day based on IP address determination, but some IP address that contains 'open proxy' such as 125.167.56.57 could be 'blocked' leading to users cannot 'editing, creating and uploading' because of IP address contains 'open proxy'. I must report it about IP address with 'open proxy' was blocked to be 'unblocked' or wait for the next sessions. Firzafp (talk) 01:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Firzafp: please use SRGP and apply for Global IPBE  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read No open proxies policy, thank you. Lemonaka (talk) 11:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Organizer Rights: Bobbyshabangu[edit]

Username: Bobbyshabangu

Reason for Request: I would like to run an edit workshop with the participants from University of Venda through the SWiP Project.

Criteria Met:

Additional Information: Here is the dashboard of the participants that registered for the event. --Bobbyshabangu (talk) 15:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Organizer Rights: [Mmaua1][edit]

Username: [Mmaua1]

Reason for Request: [Organise training for Swahili Wikipedia.]

Criteria Met:

  • No active blocks: [Yes I don't have any active blocks.]
  • Global edits: [647, which can be found at Special:CentralAuth.]
  • Additional Criteria: [Affiliate staff, grant recipient, or interest in organizing.]

Additional Information:

[Any other relevant information.] Mmaua1 (talk) 16:16, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report[edit]

27.116.61.52 is constantly adding ads in mswiki. Please, block him. Karol739 (talk) 21:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The meta-wiki admins can't do anything about that. You will need to report to the mswiki admins. — xaosflux Talk 22:05, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks Karol739 (talk) 22:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. — xaosflux Talk 22:05, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report concerning User:Ughyanto[edit]

Ughyanto (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Nonsense edits XReport TenWhile6 (talk | SWMT) 20:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

drop then a welcome message or try having a polite conversation, it doesn't need an admin to intervene here at this time.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]