User talk:علاء/Archive 14

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جار الله lock

hello alla san i am shocked to know, can i know why one of the highest member of Arabic community globally locked? is there a reason for that? 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 10:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello Sakura emad, unfortunately we don't have firm explanations. For more, see Office actions/December 2022 statement. Best --Alaa :)..! 14:30, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

i think i got an idea, before reading Office actions/December 2022 statement i was really scared to request CU User right 👀 thinking that they might lock my account with unknown reason(s). 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 15:32, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Autopattrolled rights

@Alaa Can I get Autopattrolled rights on here ? As of now I can understand Meta policies and guidelines. YIEWI talk 19:14, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

in my opinion this should be requested at RFH, especially when the same request got declined just a week ago [1]. Johannnes89 (talk) 10:32, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Johannnes89 for your mention of his last request, with the clarification that "any administrator can grant this right at their discretion to trusted users who have demonstrated they are familiar with Meta's policies and guidelines".

Thanks YIEWI for your constructive edits in Meta Wiki, but please be more active, and with time you'll get "autopatrol" permission.

Best --Alaa :)..! 14:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Wish

Alaa WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023. ^_^ :-D YIEWI talk 19:54, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello YIEWI, Thanks and Happy New Year to you and your family. --Alaa :)..! 14:01, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Global lock

Hi! I see that the have locked one of the accounts in this request. Could you please lock the others? reNVoy (user talk) 12:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Renvoy, locked. Thanks --Alaa :)..! 13:59, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

appeal

Hello, there is an appeal in ticket:2021113010003513 - was considering it but wanted to check with you first. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:57, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello Xaosflux, I put a comment on the ticket. Thanks on advance --Alaa :)..! 11:53, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Request

Hello, I'm writing to you because you blocked 45.151.237.89 for the reason of Open Proxy. I ask you to block the entire subnet 45.151.237.0/24 as vandalism is still going on from this VPN address range. Keneris^☎ 11:56, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Keneris Blocked --Alaa :)..! 19:22, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Keneris^☎ 21:40, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Request

hello alla san hope you be well, we requested bot flag and it's been on hold for over a week, without any reviews, would you please review it thanks. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:08, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello Sakura emad, sorry for this late reply. Is it over? --Alaa :)..! 14:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

yeah ^_^ it's ok. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 22:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism again

Hi, Alaa! I'm writing to you again about this vandal, now it's coming out of an address 194.44.182.163, see Global Contributions. He wrote insults on my talk page. IPQualityScore says its Proxy. From the old addresses 45.151.236.0/24 and 45.151.237.0/24 there is also vandalism. I'm asking you to block it. Keneris^☎ 10:01, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Keneris, blocked 45.151.236.0/23, which include both ranges. --Alaa :)..! 14:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

طلب

مرحباً علاء، نحن نريد أن أن تكون صفحة المجموعة هي (Egypt Wikimedians User Group) بالحروف الكابتل بدلاً من (Egypt Wikimedians user group) لكي يصبح الأسم موحد ومتناسق مع الاسم الرسمي الذي أتفق عليه أعضاء اليوزر جروب في مصر، ولذلك وضعت طلب بحذف الصفحة لاستكمال عملية إعادة التسمية لكني فوجئت بأنك قمت بجعلها تحويلة لكننا نريد العكس فأتمنى بصفتك إداري في الميتا بنقل الصفحة والصفحات الفرعية وشكراً لك. -Ibrahim.ID ✪ 21:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

أهلًا @Ibrahim.ID تم. تحياتي --Alaa :)..! 18:03, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

crosswiki spam?

Hi Alaa, sorry for bothering you, according to your user page you are quite busy. I just wanted to ask if you got a chance to take a look at this [2]? You seem familiar with these sockpuppets as you locked several accounts which I think are related. --Johannnes89 (talk) 15:44, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello Johannnes89, all globally locked now. As (Astroubot + Soufiyoune + Marinianse + Moscovas + Touroukiyya + Shamilouv + Volodimire) confirmed with the long term abuser Zouaoui16. In my opinion, all contributions from these accounts should be reviewed, and the promotion should be deleted. Unfortunately I don't have enough time for that, but I'll ping فيصل (arwiki sysop, bureaucrat and checkuser) who is more familiar with this LTA: ar:تصنيف:صانعو دمى جوارب/Zouaoui16). Best --Alaa :)..! 19:28, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I will take a look at their edits & page creations at small wikis. Special:CentralAuth/Soufyanov has not been confirmed? The username is quite similar to Soufiyoune and the edit pattern seems similar as well. Johannnes89 (talk) 19:31, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

@Johannnes89: Soufyanov = Iamovich and Soufiyoune = Iamovich, then Soufyanov = Iamovich = Soufiyoune. Both locked globally now. Thanks! --Alaa :)..! 19:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

2023101110007026 VRT Request

Hello. Gohkenytp999 is requesting unblock via VRT. I am informing you about this because you are the admin who blocked him. Kind regards, Kadı Message 17:25, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello Kadı, I locked this account globally based on this request. Also, this user is active LTA; Still blocked in 3 projects. Please refer to my replay here for unlock requests. --Alaa :)..! 17:37, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Question

This is a question for you in your capacity as a bureaucrat on the AR wiki. Are AR wiki admins empowered to site ban users and offer no method of appeal? I'm just curious considering this happened to someone I know without any warning from anyone before it occurred. From what I have read, it seems taking away talk page and email access is against the AR banning policy when there isn't reason for it to be done. I tried to query the blocking admin multiple times here for an explanation on the matter. He responded once to the person who was blocked and wouldn't justify his actions when I asked. He edited his userpage several times after I made comments on his talk page but wouldn't respond to me. It seems to me to be more of a punitive block (potentially politically motivated) rather than a preventative one since it was clearly stated there wouldn't be any opportunity to appeal. I would just like your thoughts on this and how things should proceed. I am unable to edit at the AR wiki due to my username being unacceptable there. The relevant discussion can be found at User_talk:باسم#Request_for_unblock_on_Arabic_Wikipedia. Hurricane Noah (talk) 19:38, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Hurricane Noah, I will review the mentioned issue soon and get back to you --Alaa :)..! 19:58, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Update: after discussion with the blocking admin, I changed the block, so user can appeal on his talk page. Note: be a bureaucrat does not give me any additional advantage, I dealt with the above topic as an admin in Arab Wikipedia --Alaa :)..! 21:14, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm sorry if it came across that I was implying a bureaucrat is superior to an admin. It wasn't intending it to be taken that way. Thank you for handling this. Hurricane Noah (talk) 14:49, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Steward requests/Global/2023-w43#Global lock 6

Hello, did this need to be hidden? I'm not sure why @WikiBayer decided to report this, but I don't think it even was a vandal. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:32, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello @1234qwer1234qwer4, thanks for this note, I unlocked the account until WikiBayer comment. If I remember correctly, this account had been stopped by several abuse filters in different projects. Maybe things related to the username "WikiBayer" and "Wikigayer". I can't remember the situation very well, as it's since around 3 months. --Alaa :)..! 17:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4@علاءThis is this idiot, [3] [4].... He has several accounts that denigrate various global sysops, administrators and stewards or even normal users. He is banned by WMF see here 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 19:15, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

@WikiBayer, I see none of GRP's patterns in any of the account's edits. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:17, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

When I started to adapt the abuse filter 300 to him, he only made a few posts for a while and created such accounts. However, he has since given this up again, presumably having noticed that I block the accounts by name in the abuse filter. 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 19:26, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

This makes no sense to me. The account was created back in February, and its "posts" have nothing to do with whatever GRP is posting. (And fwiw, I'm pretty sure you're presuming too much sanity and rational thought on their part where things can be explained by regular bursts in activity/by mental condition when it comes to your last sentence.) ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:04, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

@WikiBayer, ping ^. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 22:38, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

I have looked at the user again, I think you are right this is a different person and has nothing to do with the other accounts. 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 16:16, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. @علاء, can the lock be lifted? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:11, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4 Already done on "17:15, 15 December 2023", as mentioned before. Best --Alaa :)..! 19:07, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Oops, sorry! Thought it was only unhidden. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Membership renewal

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