User talk:SHB2000/2025

Implement my suggestion to filter 384

In addition to opting out dewiki, could you implement my update to the repeating characters filter? I opted out some wikis that have their own filters, including the English Wikivoyage, and have done some optimizations:

equals_to_any(page_namespace, 0, 1, 4, 5, 1198) &
!("autoconfirmed" in user_rights) &
( 
    characters := "[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz]{6,}";
    consonants := "([^_:.,*'|=#}{0 -]{1,9})\1{7}";
    match := characters + "|" + consonants;
    
    (
        (
            added_lines rlike characters &
            !(removed_lines rlike characters)
        ) | (
            rmwhitespace(added_lines) rlike consonants &
            !(rmwhitespace(removed_lines) rlike consonants)
        )
    ) &
    !(added_lines rlike ("<\s*(?:code|source|syntaxhighlight)|(?:data\s*:|https?:\/\/)\S*?(?:" + match + ")")) &
    !(rcount("(?:^|\n)[!|]|<br>", added_lines) > rcount("(?:^|\n)[!|]|<br>", removed_lines)) &
    !(equals_to_any(wiki_name, "cawiki", "ckbwiki", "cswiki", "dewiki", "enwikibooks", "enwikivoyage", "eswiki", "etwiki", "fawiki", "fawikivoyage", "frwiki", "frwikibooks", "frwikiquote", "frwikiversity", "glwiki", "itwiki", "nlwiki", "simplewiki", "wikidatawiki"))
) &
global_user_editcount < 50

Codename Noreste (talk) 03:20, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste: Done --SHB (t • c) 03:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Edited it again to fix the regex part of the rcount exclusion part. Codename Noreste (talk) 04:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Done – fixed. --SHB (t • c) 04:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion requirement

SHB2000, Hello, I happy to see you with sysop privileges at metawiki but I here to telling you something Today I nominated two page as spam on metawiki but in present time they are not deleted by any sysop please see my today's contributions and you're contributions are Valuable for us.Happy editing! --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 13:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

If you're talking about User:Obiorabesttoll and Salman Farsi, I think they were eventually deleted? Is that what you meant? --SHB (t • c) 21:39, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that is what I meant and was asking for these two articles to be removed, which were later deleted by Xaosflux then you replied to me.Happy editing! --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 05:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Ah, righto – yeah Meta admins aren't nearly as active as say enwiki or Commons, so it might take some time for CSD-related deletion requests to be processed. --SHB (t • c) 07:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for you're reply but I have few concern releated to global rollback, I think to nominate self for global rollback to easy to remove vandalism on multiple wikis in minutes via SWViewer and I have rollback on multiple wikis, can you give me you're opinion I'm eligible for global rollback? my previously username is Aviram7 I use SWViewer from 3 year when I got rollback permission on hiwiki wiki but after renaming my username I've restart reverting vandalism from O edits at SWViewer.Happy editing --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 07:26, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hmm I'd probably say neutral for now – purely due to your edit matrix being the way it is right now, but I reckon you can give it a shot once you've got a more extensive edit matrix tbh. --SHB (t • c) 07:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for reply but I thought you're means is crosswiki activity is not enough of mine for requesting global rollback,I have need to more reverts vandal and antispam from several wikis Via SWViewer for 1 months or more. Happy editing --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 07:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I'd say there's no hard and fast rule, feel free to take my opinion with a grain of salt – but do request GR when you feel you have a decent cross-wiki matrix and trust your judgment. :) --SHB (t • c) 07:53, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hmmm;Thanks a lot for given you're important opinion of me as global sysop and global rollbacker.  :)--- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 07:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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Request

Hi @SHB2000: just that your thought appeared at the top of my head, could you please delete all of the /2025/ redirects from Special:Contributions/RamzyM_(WMF) (AffCom health report). This is because the spaces need to be entirely clean for 2025 reports when submitted. /2025/ should not redirect to /2024/ as such it is a broken/implausible redirect. A more detailed reason is at here in myn response to Ramzy. _signed, Aafi (DCW) ^(talk) 08:27, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Done – I think I deleted all the /2025/ redirects, though I don't know if I missed any. --SHB (t • c) 09:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

all perfect. Thank you. _signed, Aafi (DCW) ^(talk) 14:55, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Forum

Thanks for the housekeeping at Wikimedia Forum. I'd shorten the protection, as I doubt most users are autoconfirmed here. e 10:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Most users who have a need to edit the page will be autoconfirmed. --SHB (t • c) 10:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Possibly. The barrier at Meta:Autoconfirmed users is fairly low and would have saved us some of the recent stuff.

I recall first wanting to comment on the steward request page to notice that this wasn't possible. I noticed since, that I could have used the talk page of that, but then responded at the user's page. e 10:43, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Most genuinely new users aren't gonna spend their first few edits editing pages like SRG or Wikimedia Forum (though it might not be the case for "new" users). Thus the chances of a user actually being hit by the protection is very low, and even then there are workarounds to it. --SHB (t • c) 11:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

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You've got mail!

Best regards, BZPN (talk) 11:26, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Answer

Hi, on behalf of NPP patrollers, thanks a lot! Take care, Karol739 (talk) 23:15, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

No worries, mate! :) //shb (t • c) 23:44, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

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Special:Diff/25032458/28227718

Hi, I'm not endorsing the request or criticizing your revert, but just wanted to note that this looks like a legitimate unblock request (though written in Roman-transliterated Hindi) related to the poster's block by SM7 on Hindi Wikipedia (their use of {{unblock}} was obviously not correct). That said, it does seem that SM7 doesn't generally entertain messages related to other wikis here on his Meta talk page. Svārtava (tɕ) 05:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Oh whoops, my bad – I've reverted my edit. //shb (t • c) 06:55, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

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"United Kuki State Council" (UKSC) စာမျက်နှာကို Spam ဟု သတ်မှတ်ပြီးဖျက်သိမ်းခဲ့ခြင်း၏ အကြောင်းရင်းများကိုရှင်းပါ

"United Kuki State Council" (UKSC) စာမျက်နှာကို Spam ဟု သတ်မှတ်ပြီးဖျက်သိမ်းခဲ့ခြင်း၏ အကြောင်းရင်းများကိုရှင်းပါ 2A01:799:5D8:A300:8C25:4ABD:C8B6:4A48 15:51, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Because it wasn't an encyclopedia article. At the time of deletion, it read more like the state council's personal website rather than an encyclopedia article. //shb (t • c) 20:16, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

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You've got mail!

BZPN (talk) 22:05, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

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Vandalismo? Es el que tu cometes contra mi!

me han blokeado también de esta página,por vandalismo? Las injusticias que se cometen contra mi,son un abuso descarado y una foema de mantener el delito como una manera o costumbre,que me asombra,ya que un robot no deberia de tomar deciciones de este tipo,por no pertenwcer a la sociedad de la humanod ! Potrostar (talk) 08:59, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

"robot" – bahahahaha. //shb (t • c) 09:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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Hello!!!

I was wondering how many reverts you need for patroller? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:10, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

French: Je me demandais combien de reverts vous avez besoin pour patrouilleur ? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:10, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

I would say the answer is it depends and there is no hard and fast rule. What sysops do look out for is, though, is a clear history of reverts, autopatroller (which you already have), generally no active blocks and someone who knows what the scope of this project is. Having rollbacker on other projects will also strengthen your case. If you do feel you meet this criteria, feel free to request at WM:RFH (I'll leave it for another sysop since I gave you autopatroller). //shb (t • c) 10:30, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

@SHB2000 Okay!! Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:31, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

@SHB2000 do you thunk I am ready Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:05, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Well you do meet my criteria at least. //shb (t • c) 11:08, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

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Translation page

What do you think of this? User:Cactusisme/Simple Administrators Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:26, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't get involved with translations, sorry. //shb (t • c) 12:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Anyone you know who does? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:35, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme, a translation admin here. if you are looking to learn how to be a translation administrator (TA), there are some stuff to follow. What you did was a start, but there is still some way to go. In addition to the Translate extension’s guidelines about marking a page for translation:, on Meta here as well there is also Meta:Internationalization guidelines.

In your work above, there are stuff that you don't need to do, i.e. putting that <!-- T1 --> tags as this will be generated automatically by the extension when a TA marks the page for translation. This is important as you do not want old translated strings to appear out of place. There are some other issues as well in your work, i.e. placement of <translate>, etc.

Here's the diff of a page that I recently tagged up which you can take as reference, and the next revision after all that work is what the extension does when I mark the page for translation. Robertsky (talk) 01:08, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 02:52, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@Robertsky I made some changes, can you take a look? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:09, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@Robertsky also created User:Cactusisme/Simple English Wikipedia Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:08, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

How do you mark {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROF|articles|simple}}}} for translation Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:09, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme again, please read the internationalisation guidelines. i have corrected some of the stuff there. also please make that for each paragraph or separate line item, the tvar names are unique. for formatnum, you can wrap it in a tvar. Robertsky (talk) 08:49, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

I see, okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:10, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

@Robertsky Do you think I got better with User:Cactusisme/Northern Sami Wikipedia? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:32, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

FTR the rest of this discussion has been moved to User talk:Cactusisme#Translation page. //shb (t • c) 08:09, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Cooperation

Thank you for your help on afwikt. We shall cross our paths more common in the future!

Best regards, A09|(pogovor) 21:46, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Honestly it really was quite the work! Thanks for your help too. //shb (t • c) 04:24, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

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Block action in wuuwiki

Looks like you forgot to add the suffix (global sysop action) in your block. ⋆˚｡⋆୨✧୧˚ 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙃 ˚୨✧୧⋆｡˚⋆🎀 𝑪𝑼𝑻𝑬 🎀 02:33, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

oh whoops – will try and remember in the future (though I don't think it's mandatory to include it?). //shb (t • c) 02:37, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Yeah it's mandatory. There are some scripts I know that add commonly used reason and that suffix. ⋆˚｡⋆୨✧୧˚ 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙃 ˚୨✧୧⋆｡˚⋆🎀 𝑪𝑼𝑻𝑬 🎀 02:41, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

@Hide on Rosé "it's mandatory" - where does it say that? As far as I'm aware, there is no such rule for global sysops and stewards. Leaderboard (talk) 04:34, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't remember where I read this. I only know that when g.sysops and stewards perform actions on gswiki, usually include a note at the end. ⋆˚｡⋆୨✧୧˚ 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙃 ˚୨✧୧⋆｡˚⋆🎀 𝑪𝑼𝑻𝑬 🎀 04:39, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

I believe those will only appear if you use certain userscripts (which aren't mandatory to add). //shb (t • c) 05:01, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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Question?

What do you mean by this? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:06, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Username policies are left up to local wikis; we cannot enforce non-existent policies. //shb (t • c) 10:13, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:31, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

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Delete question - Extremaduran Wikipedia

Hello

This article, [1], refered to the country of Liechtenstein. But Lístestain was a free translation made by one of the first users of the wiki of the country's name to how it would sound in Extremaduran. Actually, in the published spelling rules of extremaduran languge, the name of the country is Liechtenstein ([2]) and the Lístestain form does not appear in any source, so I decided to delete the redirect Sa~eswiki (talk) 23:19, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

@Sa~eswiki: Perfect, I've gone ahead and deleted that redirect. //shb (t • c) 23:21, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

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Glitch

Glitched Notification

I have this notification but it doesn’t have any content and even if I mark it as read it reappears immediately. Any idea? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cactusisme (talk) 03:34, April 1, 2025 (UTC)

No. //shb (t • c) 05:18, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Its gone now Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:51, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Mkay; good to know. //shb (t • c) 09:52, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hello

• Hello global sysop, regarding the GSR request about broken redirects, I have confirmed the redirect targets. Some were deleted by local sysops, and some were deleted by global sysops at the request of users. You can confirm again. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you.~~Sid~~ 01:02, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

  Hi, I'm pretty sure I deleted them all, if that's what you're asking? //shb (t • c) 01:58, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

  Hello, I already know, thank you. Actually, this is the comment I was planning to leave on GSR to provide additional details about my request. However, just as I was about to do so, I noticed that my request had already been completed. Even so, I decided to leave this message for you because I always make it a point to ensure my requests are communicated clearly. Thank you for your help! ː ) ~~Sid~~ 02:25, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

  Thanks for the clarification and not a problem. :) //shb (t • c) 03:19, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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How can I demand to be an administrator in Ido Wiktionary?

Hi, global Sysop, how are you? My name is João Xavier Mendes, io:User:Joao Xavier, and one of the few administrators of Ido Wikipedia and a frequent collaborator in Ido Wiktionary. Til recently, we had a (sole but persistant and dedicated) administrator in Ido Wiktionary, but he's not collaborating anymore since a few months. We urgent need another administrator to perform tasks, i.e., block vandals, erase mistakenly written pages, and so on.

How and where can I demand to be an administrator for Ido Wiktionary? (forgive me if this text has grammatical errors, because English is not my native language).

Best regards from São Paulo, Brazil. Joao Xavier (talk) 12:07, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Joao Xavier, no need to apologise. First you'd need to post a request for sysop at a certain venue – usually a Requests for adminship page if you have one, or your community portal (such as w:io:Wikipedio:Portalo di la komunitato). After then you've just got to wait for a community response and after 7 days, you can make a request at SRP. Most likely you'll have to renew your sysop bit every so often given the size of iowiki, but that shouldn't pose too much of an issue so long as you remember to renew it before it expires. Hope that helps! //shb (t • c) 12:17, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

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Cut and Paste mistakes

Thanks a lot for fixing that on archives. Have nice Easter holidays! --M/ (talk) 10:26, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Not a problem, M/ :). Enjoy your Easter break, too! //shb (t • c) 12:09, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

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am:መለጠፊያ:NowCommons

Hi! Thanks for clearing the category. But you also deleted the template. Can you undelete? Then I will remove it from the category so it does not happen again :-) MGA73 (talk) 09:59, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

I thought I undeleted the template along with it earlier, but it seems I accidentally redeleted it again (facepalm on me). Thanks for letting me know haha. :) //shb (t • c) 10:05, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I but it clearly shows that you are very good at deleting stuff. So perhaps you can delete a few more files from am:መደብ:ለማጥፋት የቀረቡ ገጾች? Unused and no license. :-) I fixed the NowCommons so now it is no longer in the category. --MGA73 (talk) 10:14, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Done. //shb (t • c) 10:31, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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Vandalism

[ⰔⰁⰠⰉⰂⰖⰂ] delete please.

Трєбо иꙁничтожити сиѭ страницѫ ибо нє по словѣнскоѵ писано ѥстъ : Ясамойла (talk) 17:59, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

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Vandalism

[Николаи Плꙗскинъ] delete please.

Трєбо иꙁничтожити сиѭ страницѫ ибо нє по словѣнскоѵ писано ѥстъ : Ясамойла (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hello, GSR exists for requests like these. You can submit your requests there next time instead. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 18:02, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Done both. I do echo what Jianhui said (though ofc I'm happy for you to make requests here). //shb (t • c) 23:10, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

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Global sysops/Requests

Hi SHB2000,

I noticed that you cleared the request at Global sysops/Requests at 06:42, 18 May 2025, but there’s no indication whether the linked deletion request for napwiki was actually processed.

Could you kindly confirm whether the action was handled (i.e., the page was deleted), or was the request cleared unintentionally? Just trying to make sure nothing was missed.

Thanks in advance! 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 10:18, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sakura emad: It was deleted, but later recreated. I have deleted the page again. Consider this request as done :) Best regards,--A09|(pogovor) 10:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing, Sakura, and thanks for deleting the recreated page, A09. :) //shb (t • c) 10:58, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Cheers mate, can always count on me. A09|(pogovor) 14:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

you're welcome. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 01:27, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

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Is there any reason why the RfC was closed?

Requests for comment/I feel disgusted by Wikimedia and Wikipedia was closed when I was about to explain. Unless it's about technicality in which I should've mentioned concerned people, which in that case may amount to >25 individuals, and I feel like it's like I'm challenging some perpetrators. RXerself (talk) 10:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Including high-ranking individuals. RXerself (talk) 11:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

It's completely outside the scope of what Requests for comment is for. You may use it for conflict resolution (however, if it includes UCoC violations, please file a U4C case), but that's not what your RfC was about. //shb (t • c) 10:35, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

How does it is outside the scope? It says, "... processes by which broader input can be requested." What do you think that RfC was about? RXerself (talk) 11:10, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

You didn't ask for input, though, or at least not on the RfC itself. //shb (t • c) 11:21, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

"Hi. I need your input on how not to ..." RXerself (talk) 11:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

And literally nobody understood what you were asking input for – which is pretty much the equivalent of not asking for input at all. I don't get what point you're trying to make here. //shb (t • c) 12:34, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

So when no one understood, I shouldn't explain more? RXerself (talk) 12:39, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

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U4C election guide

Hello SHB2000,
Thank you for your work on the U4C election guide. You are doing a very thorough job!
I am writing to you because I would like to share a reflection with you.
The amount of public/visible work of a U4C member is (my personal opinion) about 15 percent of the total work in the Committee. For instance we have reached an agreement that when something we have drafted together in other spaces is ready to be published the first who has time to move the content (motions, pages, tables and so on) does the job. As a result sometimes the "Meta content creators" (and so the more "visible" members) are not necessarily the most active ones but only those who had time in that moment. All this to say that judging performance based only the public work seems not completely fair to me, on the other hand I totally understand that you cannot form and express an opinion about what can't be seen.
I'm absolutely not trying to influence your opinion but I am wondering if that opinion about Luke081515 in your election guide could be expressed, or at least started, in a less categorical way? Thank you. Civvì (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Hey Civvì, thanks for an insight for what goes on internally. :) I'll admit as you say that I only know what's going on externally and I have also received an email about Luke's dewiki ArbCom work saying the same. I think I will probably change the overall colour from red to amber given what you've mentioned. //shb (t • c) 00:02, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi shb, currently being a bureaucrat is green in the table, but having served as an arb for 6 years (= working on conflict resolution) is red? Ghilt (talk) 09:07, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

I look at raw perms; personally, I'm of the belief that it's hard to know what to do with certain perms if you don't have them yourself. Luke is probably the exception to the norm here, but I'd rather not let the table get messy with creating exceptions and such. //shb (t • c) 09:22, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

I understand. But the key qualification 'handling conflict' is imo heavily undervaluated in comparison to current B perms, which have very little overlap with our job. Ghilt (talk) 10:25, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Maybe I'll add a hatnote about Luke's dewiki ArbCom bit. //shb (t • c) 10:32, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Ghilt (talk) 10:59, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Luke is not arb anymore, so Denis would not be the 3. but the 2. DeArb in the u4c, if elected. He would be the 3. person from de.wp. Ghilt (talk) 14:47, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Luke was still a member of dewiki's ArbCom, though, and he left on good terms, meaning the COI issues don't exactly vanish. //shb (t • c) 00:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Where do you think the COI occurs, because we haven't had a dewiki case yet in the u4c? And hopefully we will have enough members without COI, so that recusal doesn't cause procedural issues anymore. Ghilt (talk) 08:14, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

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The administrative limits of the name of my city and governorate are incorrect and accurate in the open maps, and the notes were placed, but they were not dealt with correctly and accurately.

The administrative limits of the name of my city and governorate are incorrect and accurate in the open maps, and the notes were placed, but they were not dealt with correctly and accurately.Please, I need help in correcting the administrative boundaries of the Jazan province, as the drawing of its borders in the open maps came based on a file from the Ministry of Health in the occurrence of a pandemic and the Corona pandemic. This file is incorrect and accurate. Please help in correcting and drawing the boundaries of Harub Governorate due to problems in delivering all public and private requests. The reason is that mapping Harub Governorate in open maps is incorrect. Please help and update the border drawing in the maps to appear correctly and accurately. Best regards, Dear MOHAMMED0707 (talk) 21:03, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Sorry I've got no idea what you're asking mate. //shb (t • c) 00:10, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

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The math ...

Hi SHB2000, thanks for your consideration on my candidacy in your guide. While I understand your thoughts about too many Germans, I think there is something wrong in the numbers: "a committee that consists of 8–9 members (meaning 33–38% of the committee would be dewiki ArbCom/ex-ArbCom members)" The percentage you calculate would only be possible in the case, that I would be the sole non-incumbent candidate to succeed and replacing either Civvi or Barkeep49. Though the current U4C indeed consists of only 8 members, the least outcome of these elections will hopefully be growth, maybe even up to the full 16 seats. It is tough to do math in a rather unpredictable enviroment, thus it might help to drop the percentage and to clarify the statement on the size of the U4C. Especially as your basic thought does not need it. Thanks and all the best, Denis Barthel (talk) 18:40, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

The maths here isn't super relevant, but even if we're being super generous, that's still 30 per cent of U4C. I don't get what you mean by "Especially as your basic thought does not need it.", because being the third member (or ex-member) of dewiki ArbCom is precisely the point. //shb (t • c) 03:43, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Yep, being a third member is the point. It was just about that the U4C having up to 16 seats, not 8-9 (resulting in a spread of 19-38%). Best, Denis Barthel (talk) 08:54, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

I suppose, but realistically I can't see more than 10 members for the next election based on how current candidates with similar experience have fared in previous years. //shb (t • c) 09:36, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

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Could you please delete my ill RfA from 3 years ago

Since my ill-considered RfA from 3 years ago, I have learned not to be power-hungry or to make adminship my primary goal on Wikimedia, and have acquired so many other good contributions, especially to ENWP, TAWY, and Meta, that my global edit count totals just over 3,000. So basically, that flunked RfA isn't necessary to keep on Meta anymore, is it? While I'm still definitely not ready for Meta sysop now, I've gained much more experience since my flunked request. So is it possible you could delete Meta:Requests for adminship/Faster than Thunder? P.S. It's scary for me to look at now that I've gained a lot more experience. Faster than Thunder (talk) 06:30, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

@Faster than Thunder: Hey, I definitely get where you're coming from (secondhand embarrassment from old mistakes is not something we want to see), but I don't think Meta admins are allowed to delete past RfAs – both as per WM:CSD and because RfA territory lies within bureaucrat territory. Pinging @M7, Sotiale, and Xaosflux: for their thoughts on this, but my instinct is it probably shouldn't be deleted for archival reasons. //shb (t • c) 08:22, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

(non-bureaucrats comment) RFA/B/CU/OS-(e)s are kept for archival and historical, so they cannot be deleted. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 08:29, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Agree, this is a community discussion, it certainly doesn't qualify for speedy deletion. Being able to point to an old request during a new request allows an applicant to be able to show that they have become more experienced. If the OP really wants to push this, they could engage the community via Meta:Requests for deletion - though I expect it would (a) fail, and (b) show a lack of experience. — xaosflux ^Talk 08:55, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Same as Xaosflux, RfA's are archived. I also notice that the closing bureaucrat @MF-Warburg has not been pinged, it seems to me that she should be informed about this request. --M/ (talk) 11:07, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Whoops, seems I've forgotten to include her – my apologies. //shb (t • c) 11:26, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

No worries, I have nothing to add - the request shouldn't be deleted. -- MF-W 12:29, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Late to the party, but I agree with the above. There is a beginning for everyone. All the first pages I created on Wikipedia had to go through deletion discussions.. --Sotiale (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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U4C case

Hello SHB2000,
You are named in a recently filed request to the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). Please review the request at Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Cases/2025/Wikimedia Discord Block (BZPN).

You are requested to enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit, so that the U4C can get a better overview of the situation. All writing should be complete, but also as concise as possible. Please ensure that you make all comments in your own section and in the discussion section only. If the U4C makes a decision, this will be binding for you and so your participation is recommended.

Please do not reply here, but on the linked case page, or on the associated talk page. If you would like to contact the U4C directly, you will find an e-mail address here. Please use the email only if privacy is necessary (e.g. personal information).

BZPN (talk) 21:57, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

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Autopatrol

Hi SHB2000, I would like to kindly request autopatrolled rights on Meta-Wiki. I’ve had my account since 2022 and have been active mainly in translation work and reporting vandals for global locks. I believe having the autopatrolled flag would help reduce the workload for patrollers and make my contributions smoother. Thanks in advance for considering my request! Best regards, Igor123121 (talk) 21:22, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Hmm, a bit hesitant on this one primarily due to your plwiki block (which seems to be for low-quality edits). I'd preferably leave this to a Polish speaker (cc @AramilFeraxa:). //shb (t • c) 01:58, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Cześć @Igor123121! Wykonałeś bardzo mało edycji tutaj, aby stwierdzić, czy można bez obaw przyznać Ci uprawnienia. Patrząc jedynie na ogólne zaufanie (warunek "trusted users"), to tutaj niestety wyklucza Cię wspomniana blokada permanentna na plwiki :( Pozdrawiam, AramilFeraxa (talk) 20:04, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

en:

Hi, you've done very little edits here on meta to determine if you can be granted this rights without concern. Looking only at the overall good standing ("trusted users" condition), you are unfortunately excluded by the mentioned permanent block on plwiki :( AramilFeraxa (talk) 20:04, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

@AramilFeraxa jasne rozumiem popracuje na Meta jeszcze trochę aby zdobyć większe zaufanie. PS od tamtego feralnego stycznia 25 buduje swoje zaufanie, zdobyłem wiele uprawnień w innych projektach https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Zarz%C4%85dzanie_kontem_uniwersalnym/Igor123121 (ale to tylko ciekawostkowo informuje). Pozdrawiam serdecznie, Igor123121 (talk) 20:08, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

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Your userpage

Hi, I'm so sorry for this, I did this from mobile and did not even notice it :-( The heatwave does not help (clumsy attempt to blame the weather...). Civvì (talk) 16:52, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

@Civvì: Oh don't even worry about that haha – it happens, I've made so many accidental fingerslips before. (and do enjoy the summer; heatwave mustn't be fun, though) //shb (t • c) 21:38, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

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YGM

– PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 21:18, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

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YGM again

– PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 23:47, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

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Lint errors

I have cleaned up many lint errors across several projects, but there's one protected page with a very simple error that I can't access. Would it be possible for you to delete the empty heading (code: == == only ) on the page at Wikivoyage:User:(WT-en) Lao seeker. There's no content associated with that empty heading. This will empty another error category. -- 92.21.137.132 12:39, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

I don't feel comfortable editing imported Wikitravel userpages, sorry. //shb (t • c) 10:40, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

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Request for Comment

Hello User:SHB2000,

I hope you're doing well. I’m reaching out to kindly invite you to review and, if possible, comment on a recently opened Request for Comment (RfC) regarding my indefinite block on the Uzbek Wikipedia.

The RfC provides detailed context, including newly surfaced evidence, concerns about procedural fairness, and potential abuse of power within the local community.

RfC title: **“Appeal to Reconsider the Indefinite Block of User:Baxtiyorov Laziz on Uzbek Wikipedia”** 🔗 Link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comment/Appeal_to_Reconsider_the_Indefinite_Block_of_User:Baxtiyorov_Laziz_on_Uzbek_Wikipedia

Your feedback, review, or any advice would mean a lot to me — especially as local appeal mechanisms have proven ineffective or inactive.

Thank you very much in advance for your time and attention.

Warm regards,

Laziz Baxtiyorov (talk) 11:22, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

@Laziz Baxtiyorov: Hi, I probably won't comment given I'm not well versed with the situation, but wouldn't U4C be a better venue to take this to rather than a Meta RfC? //shb (t • c) 11:28, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your response and for your thoughtful suggestion.

You're absolutely right — several other experienced users have also advised me to bring the case to the U4C. I have now prepared a formal appeal and plan to submit it to the U4C team as well.

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond, even if you’re not deeply involved in the case. It means a lot.

Best regards,

Laziz Baxtiyorov (talk) 11:52, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Glad I could help. //shb (t • c) 11:53, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

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My condition

As an autistic [removed], I interpret things literally by default, so I have unfortunately gotten into blocks on multiple wikis and even ended up returning to three years ago due to repeatedly failing to get what the community has been trying to tell me. My blocks on Wikivoyage and Wikipedia show this as well. As a result, I have created User:Faster than Thunder#What I've learned from my mistakes throughout Wikimedia where I list my lessons in my own, generalized words so that I and others like me are less likely to get into the same place I currently am since these are in simpler words. Faster than Thunder (talk) 20:36, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Not sure what you're trying to tell me with this message. //shb (t • c) 23:53, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

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Maps

The map of my governorate is still showing incorrect and accurate food. I need to correct the map of the governorate as it appears incorrectly and accurately and the cause of many problems in the appearance of the governorate map incorrectly. Best regards to you. MOHAMMED0707 (talk) 11:46, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Which map are you talking about? //shb (t • c) 11:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

How to correct and modify the map of Hurub Governorate? Thank you very much. MOHAMMED0707 (talk) 16:46, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Where is the map you're referring to. //shb (t • c) 22:44, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8_(%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9)#/map/0

This is the map of the incorrect Harub governorate map, where the borders are placed incorrectly and the borders were drawn on an incorrect imported file. Please correct all maps and take the boundaries of the governorate from a reliable source such as the centers of the emirate of the governorate. Thank you very much. MOHAMMED0707 (talk) 22:48, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't help you with that one, especially as it involves RTL script. //shb (t • c) 22:51, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

What is the way to solve the map problem and update it correctly and accurately? Best regards MOHAMMED0707 (talk) 22:58, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

You'd have to contact an ar speaking OSM editor. //shb (t • c) 22:59, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

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user:AllMyFriendsAreHere2

Please delete their userpage as well. VinderV (talk) 13:03, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Done; btw in the future, if you can't place a {{speedy}} tag on the userpage, place it on the talk page noting it's for the userpage. :) //shb (t • c) 13:47, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

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Your conduct

Please do not make personal attacks on other people as you did in: your latest "ban nomination" on Wikivoyage this "RFC". Wikimedia Meta-Wiki has a strict policy against personal attacks. Attack pages are not tolerated on Meta and will be speedily deleted. Users who continue to create or repost such pages will be blocked from editing Meta. You were asked on 2025-07-29 to substantiate the numerous and visibly unfounded accusations you made in #2, yet still haven’t managed to provide any substance. An apology would be in order for: your comment(s) about the global ban policy and your comment about autopatrollers …which do not respect our code of conduct, which expects constructiveness: “ Assume good faith, and engage in constructive edits; your contributions should improve the quality of the project or work. Provide and receive feedback kindly and in good faith. Criticism should be delivered in a sensitive and constructive manner. ” — Wikimedia Foundation, Universal Code of Conduct, section 2.1 Remember: “ In line with the Wikimedia mission, all who participate in Wikimedia projects and spaces will: […] Strive towards accuracy and verifiability in all its work ” — Idem, Why we have a Universal Code of Conduct Your failure to assume good faith, recognize the work of those who disagree with you and gratuitous attacks, well embodied in this comment, are also serious violations: “ Assume good faith, and engage in constructive edits; your contributions should improve the quality of the project or work. Provide and receive feedback kindly and in good faith. ” — Idem, section 2.1 “ Recognize and credit the work done by contributors: Thank them for their help and work. Appreciate their efforts and give credit where it is due. ” — Idem, section 2.2 “ Threats: Explicitly or implicitly suggesting the possibility of physical violence, unfair embarrassment, unfair and unjustified reputational harm, or intimidation by suggesting gratuitous legal action to win an argument or force someone to behave the way you want. ” — Idem, section 3.1 Furthermore, your interventions in Talk:Global bans and Meta talk:Autopatrollers seem to constitute additional harassment: “ Hounding: following a person across the project(s) and repeatedly critiquing their work mainly with the intent to upset or discourage them. ” — Idem, section 3.1 #1 and #2 may also constitute an abuse of privileges: “ Abuse of seniority and connections: Using one's position and reputation to intimidate others. We expect people with significant experience and connections in the movement to behave with special care because hostile comments from them may carry an unintended backlash. People with community authority have a particular privilege to be viewed as reliable and should not abuse this to attack others who disagree with them. ” — Idem, section 3.2 Finally, intentionally writing/leaving misrepresentations of your colleagues’ actions does not respect our expectations: “ Collegiality is the friendly support that people engaged in a common effort extend to each other. Mutual support and good citizenship means taking active responsibility for ensuring that the Wikimedia projects are productive, pleasant and safe spaces, and contribute to the Wikimedia mission. ” — Idem, section 2.2 I ask you to immediately retract #2 and pay attention to your future behavior on our projects. Thank you --Chealer (talk) 01:31, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Chealer, this warning of yours precisely highlights why your global ban discussion is going the way it is. Nothing that needs to be done from me. //shb (t • c) 05:54, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

This reply of yours largely highlights why you requested such a ban: reacting without reading (and cooling down) leads to escalation. The above is not merely a "warning", but a request/demand reminding you of your obligations when participating to Wikimedia projects. Chealer (talk) 06:57, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

I did read what you said – it's just that I see nothing that needs to happen. Now unless you have something meaningful to say instead of non-sequiteur warnings, please back off from my talk page. //shb (t • c) 07:07, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

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SHB2000’s behavior

After SHB2000 gained global sysop permissions, made a frivolous request to ban myself, and refused to retract it despite the above report, I have started a summary review of his activity. If you experienced or witnessed other unresolved and worrying difficulties involving SHB2000 such as other violations of policy or the code of conduct, your contribution would be welcome.

I have yet to review this other ban request from him. Chealer (talk) 06:53, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Chealer, I find it ironic that despite overwhelming consensus that your behaviour overall is piss poor with strong consensus to globally ban you, the best you could do was turn that into a discussion about me? Absolutely comical. //shb (t • c) 06:57, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Please watch your language. And once again, stop misrepresenting reality. Thank you for complying with the above before making further unconstructive comments. Chealer (talk) 07:10, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Some reading would be nice. //shb (t • c) 07:11, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

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You have been awarded this Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to SHB2000, for taking the time to do the thankless task of preparing a user sanctions nomination along with all the evidence required in order to protect projects from the disruptive influence of a now globally banned user, and seeing it through to completion. And for taking it on, despite being aware that the user's behavior pattern meant they likely would be setting themself up a target of abuse—which did in fact occur, as this page and the nomination bear witness. The community owes you their thanks and appreciation. This barnstar is the very least it can do. Thank you! Mathglot (talk) 20:36, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

I don't know if Meta even has barnstars really, but this talk page was wildly out of whack with the two abusive comment sections above it, and something had to be done to restore balance. There; that's better, now. Mathglot (talk) 20:36, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

@Mathglot: Thank you, I really do appreciate it :). It certainly was one of the nastiest users I've ever come across and I'm glad their time on-wiki is finally over. It helped that Chealer did a very good job of alienating those who were indifferent at first, too (making this a much easier task than my last one) :P. //shb (t • c) 23:46, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

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Wikisporadic Newsletter: September 2025

Wikispore gets shout-out on list of "Ideas originated from Wikimania" this past month in Nairobi, Kenya.

Wikisporadic, an Occasional Newsletter for our Germinating Community.

• Sister Projects Task Force and RFC After the recent consultation about Wikispore, an RFC has been launched on Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps#Approve Wikispore as Incubator-like project? and related questions. See also Wikinews Pulse proposal.
• Canadian art project Parallel: The History and Archives of Artist-Run Centres in Canada (Q135767262) has been funded and will publish material to wikispore:Art Spore, alongside other GLAM-type initiatives. See also Wikispore Basic proposal.
• Wikimania Watch Keep Wiki Weird session in Nairobi, as well as Wikispore meetup and a continuing regional interest in better representing oral knowledge on-wiki.
• Next strategic call After Wikispore Day celebrations in July and August, help pick a date for our follow-up September Strategy Spectacular for the first week of the month.

Participate: Comment on stories and ideas in this Newsletter, Join Wikispore on Telegram, Join Wikispore mailing list --Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:50, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

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Problems with the abuse filters

Hi! I think there are big problems with the abuse filters for the moment at meta.wikimedia.org and also on many different language versions of Wikipedia. Before temporary accounts were introduced it was like this for non-logged in users: user_age was 0, user_editcount was null, global_user_editcount was 0. Now they all have values, which means that many filters that use these variables do not work anymore. It is common with checks whether a user is logged in or not with the code 'user_age == 0'. Those checks do not work anymore since user_age has a value also for non-logged in users from now on. Another thing, if you in a filter not do like this: '! "autoconfirmed" in user_groups', you cannot do like this anymore: 'user_editcount < 50'. You have to write like this: '(user_type == "temp" | user_editcount < 50)'. Otherwise the expression can be false for a non-logged in user even though the original intention was that the expression should always be true for such a user. At least these filters need to be changed on meta.wikimedia.org because of the problem with user_editcount/global_user_editcount: 6, 34, 36, 79, 80, 87, 88, 161, 282, 291, 349, 353, 384 (and not activated 206). And at least these filters need to be changed on meta.wikimedia.org because of the problem with user_age: 131 and maybe 150. I can only see very few of the filters on meta.wikimedia.org. So it is probably many more that need to be changed. Svensson1 (talk) 20:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hmm @Codename Noreste:, could you perhaps handle this? //shb (t • c) 22:37, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Svensson1 So are you explaining that user_editcount < 50 will eventually become false if a temporary account has more than 50 edits? I can do this. Codename Noreste (talk) 23:33, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Now implemented. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:04, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Good, but I only mentioned the filters that are public (that I can see). Most filters on Meta-Wiki are private, so I think some people should look through all filters on Meta-Wiki for this type of errors. Quite a big job. Maybe too big a job for one person to do. Svensson1 (talk) 10:52, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

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s:sr:Бој на Чокешини

You missed one: s:sr:Special:Contribs/~2025-65597-6. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 23:32, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Done. //shb (t • c) 23:34, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

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ug:Youtuber

This page hasn't been deleted. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 00:45, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

facepalm...I had the tab open but just didn't click delete for some reason. Thanks for picking it up. //shb (t • c) 00:53, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

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Courtesy vanishing

Hello, I would like to request a courtesy vanishing of my account as I don't plan to use it again. Many thanks! Michaelneosapi (talk) 01:48, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I believe Special:GlobalVanishRequest is the correct place to request that your account should be vanished. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 02:13, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@Michaelneosapi: What CN said, essentially. //shb (t • c) 07:48, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

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Wikinews deletion

Hi there. Over on Wikinews, I noticed you had deleted "Weapons manufacturing plant in Tennessee explodes" as 'Duplicate page', but I was unable to locate where the duplicated page was located. Any idea what happened here? — Huntster (t • @ • c) 00:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Whoops, I was looking at the wrong page (was looking at n:Karem Tadros, Entrepreneur in USA Unlawful Arrest Status and n:Karem Tadros, Entrepreneur In The USA Unlawfully Detained). Thanks for picking up on that – I've gone ahead and undeleted it. //shb (t • c) 03:13, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! — Huntster (t • @ • c) 06:47, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

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Ping

Hey, did you get my ping a little while back at Steward requests/Miscellaneous#Global locking, checkusering, and nuking needed for socks of Thiscouldbeauser/Te Reo Ahitereiria? Graham87 (talk) 12:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

I did indeed get it, but I'm quite unsure what to do of the situation – ideally all the confirmed Te Reo socks should be globally locked IMO (for lock evasion), but I'm not a steward. //shb (t • c) 12:42, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Also I do think some of the content matters (esp for some of the larger GS wikis like ukwiki) should ideally be left to the local wikis to decide. //shb (t • c) 12:44, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

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Category:Documents de Wikimedia and Category:Document historique

These two are used only in file description pages (1, 2) that have since been deleted. Plus, judging by its description, the second is OOS. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 07:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

I've deleted the second one as out of scope, but I think the first can wait for another 6 days (I'll keep this open and delete it in 6 days time, however). //shb (t • c) 07:56, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm 4 days late (sorry, a lot of stress IRL :/), but Done the first. //shb (t • c) 08:09, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

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TAIV at RFH

Some users (GR, GS, checkuser etc) can get global access automatically, but if you don't have access through that, you need to request it locally - and if you're interested, admins can't go around granting it either, users interested in having it have to go and make a request. --Ferien (talk) 11:37, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Interesting – I remember sometime when it was automatically assigned to everyone who reached the criteria (last year I think), so I was somewhat under te impression that this had changed just without assigning a specific usergroup. Good to know it's changed, though, and thanks for the explanation. :) //shb (t • c) 11:56, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I wasn't even aware of that part but yeah it looks like it changed back in May – Special:Diff/28811433. Thanks :D Ferien (talk) 12:25, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

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Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello SHB2000/2025,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages

• Date: December 6, 2025
• Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
• Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)

Register for the Event here

If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.

Strengthen your collaboration through CapX

We invite you and your community to join the Capacity Exchange (CapX), a Wikimedia community-built platform for connecting, collaborating, and exchanging skills with peers across the movement.

CapX helps Wikimedians and organizations find each other, share expertise, and build stronger, more connected communities.

Whether you’re an individual contributor, a user group, a community initiative or an affiliate, CapX helps you grow through knowledge exchange.

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More information

→ Explore the CapX platform: capx.toolforge.org
→ Read: User Guide & FAQ
→ Watch: Meet the Capacity Exchange video
→ Join our Telegram community chat: CapX Telegram Group

If your community, usergroup or affiliate would like to have a CapX organization profile, please reach out at capx@wmnobrasil.org, and we’d be delighted to support you.

With warm regards,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
Outreach Facilitator,
Capacity Exchange Project – Wikimedia Brasil

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

@Joris Darlington Quarshie: Why was I sent this? //shb (t • c) 11:52, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

@SHB2000, My apologies, this list was taken from the all language users category and I noticed that approvals was not requested earlier before it was sent out. So it caused a lot errors which flooded the mass message list. This will not be happening again. After noticing the damage it caused. My apologies for this. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 11:54, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

right... //shb (t • c) 11:55, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: shb (t • c) 09:49, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey...

From what I've seen, you're a good global sysop. If you ran for Steward, I'd vote for you if I could. High five, Another Wiki User the 3rd (talk) 16:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, Another Wiki User the 3rd! :). I'll definitely consider it for sure. //shb (t • c) 21:15, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: shb (t • c) 04:55, 7 December 2025 (UTC)