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Report concerning User:Petrik Eijou

Petrik Eijou (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)) — Reasons: Sockpuppet of Jecika Smith (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)). Both users made items about Lance Bachmann  – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trade (talk • contribs) at 11:47, 8 July 2021 (UTC).

Adding page to wikidata

Hello

Kindly add: Salah_Zulfikar to wikidata id Q7403450

Thank you  – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Masry684 (talk • contribs) at 20:52, 25 July 2021 (UTC).

Tomiii 11

User @MusicologoVzla: insists on adding a clearly copyrighted image. I've tried to undo his edits, but he doesn't seem like he wants to stop.Bradford (talk) 21:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Your statement is false, the image is not my own and I have not uploaded it. I am only restoring since it is in force.--MusicologoVzla (talk) 21:31, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

The relevant item is Q108333125, apparently.

Technically this is not going to be solved in Wikidata since the image is hosted at Commons. However, if it is clearly a copyvio, there is no reason to keep it here in the meantime. —MisterSynergy (talk) 22:18, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

@MisterSynergy: Other users have reverted his editing ([1]). The user does not want to stop.Bradford (talk) 01:47, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Q56236334

Q56236334

Moved from Wikidata:Project chat#Q56236334: Lockal (talk) 10:01, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi, guys, and sorry if the question is in a wrong place or stupid one: not an active and experienced contributor here. We have this item Q56236334 that is used a source of the place of living of some people in Russia. It is highly used as @Marat-avgust linked it to lots of people as a proof of their address. Eventually, it is used as a source in Wikipedia via lists of people generated by @ListeriaBot, but it is not a reliable or even allowable source, as I think. I tried nominating it for deletion but @Emu suggested to discuss it here first. So, if you look to the history of this item, you would see frequent edits of the source address (zhytil.rosfirm.info, jutel.rosfirm.info, gytely.rosfirm.info and so on), the site is migrating and it is not an official source: it is based on the leakages of personal data of people living in Russia (we have various sites with telephone numbers, addresses, names and so on) and in my opinion it should have been even blacklisted (though it is migrated and the block wouldn't be sufficient). I am not unlinking this item myself as it would be a big set of changes. I want to hear the feedback, please. Rubin16 (talk) 12:21, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Wipe it with a fire. But I think we need an assistance from admins to RevisionDelete (instead of just removing statements). It applies to 503 statements. --Lockal (talk) 10:01, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Related court decisions: https://ruzapret.com/?text=rosfirm --Lockal (talk) 13:26, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

I deleted this, clearly non-notable. Please let me know if they recreate the item.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

@Ymblanter thanks a lot. @Lockal do you know how to unlink 500 items here without manually editing, please? Rubin16 (talk) 05:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

@Rubin16: Done, I used the query above and submitted a bunch of "-STATEMENT" lines to QuickStatements. --Lockal (talk) 09:56, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protection for Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland (Q28967995) is for some reason currently being vandalized by many different IP accounts.--Hjart (talk) 04:34, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done for a year--Ymblanter (talk) 11:27, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. —Hasley+ 03:10, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Backlog at RFD - more admins?

Hi everyone. Please note that Wikidata:Requests for deletions has once again reached the point that it exceeds the template include size, so new entries at the bottom aren't rendered properly and thus harder to process. If admins have a few extra minutes to lend a hand it would be great - currently at 237 requests. I know that I had been neglecting RFD, and just processed a few requests myself after hearing about the backlog on IRC.

More generally, I think it might be helpful if wikidata got a few more admins? I know that an RFA can seem scary, and that if there are multiple going on that its slightly less scary, from what I understand - if anyone would like me to consider nominating them please send me an email, hopefully we can do a few at once. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 06:18, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

+1; there is easily enough to do for some more admins. —MisterSynergy (talk) 10:17, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

I’ve decided on dozens of RfD items in the last days, but it’s still not enough, so I agree: We need more admins. However, I think that the problem with WD:RFD is more complicated:

1. On problem is the sheer volume of cases, that can be solved with more admins alone.
2. Another challenge are some WD:N #2 cases. It can be really hard to decide if something is a “serious and publicly available reference” in some subject matters or geographic regions. People in connection with the film industry and the regions of India, Turkey and Nigeria spring to mind. More admins (or at least more experienced users) with a background in those areas would be ideal.
3. Another challenge are streaks of similar RfD discussions where community consensus on notability is unclear or where admins are hesitant to decide for some other reason. Gymnicus often brings up those items, be it Wikimedians or single newspaper articles. While those are legitimate RfD, it often takes very long for them to be decided upon. More new admins won’t really help here, we need to find a way to discuss those topics more efficiently even though we don’t really want to discuss them.
4. Then there are discussions that for some reason go on forever like this or this or this. One idea would be to have some sort of regular but informal hackathons where two or more admins (and other users) meet online and decide on the hard cases that are stuck in RfD limbo for too long.

--Emu (talk) 11:05, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

• • Yes, Nollywood and Bollywood are not that well covered in enwiki, so items about these tend to lack sitelinks there. OTH, they could easily be covered in other languages.
    Odd that some may insist on merging items in violation of Help:Merge. --- Jura 11:29, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

• I think the backlog on protected edit requests is worse .. Just noticed that MediaWiki_talk:Wikibase-SortedProperties/Archive_2 had the request template as MediaWiki_talk:Wikibase-SortedProperties got archived too quickly. Seems we lack admins interested in doing these requests. I suppose we need a few more interface admins. --- Jura 11:25, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

  sorted properties are updated by normal admins, not interface admins - I've been taking care of keeping the list updated as new properties are created or labels changed, because I wrote a script for that. --DannyS712 (talk) 19:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

• Perhaps we can use no consensus to delete for requests that are over a certain duration (1 month? 3?) automatically, just because it seems they would never get dealt with otherwise --DannyS712 (talk) 19:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

  I do not think this is a good idea. There are reasons why some discussions are not being closed quickly:

  • Quite some cases are easy to close, but there is shortage of admins to look after them. Once they are not fresh any longer (1 or 2 days), barely anyone looks after them.
  • Rather few cases are complicated because the nominated item(s) should be deleted, but it needs some form of additional effort to close the case, such as for instance edits.
  • Some cases also need a more detailed closing remark, because they are special cases in some form.

  None of these cases should be archived just because some time has passed since the nomination (or since last comment in the section), as they indicate that there is an actual problem to solve.

  I personally do not find it difficult to close many of the cases that are sitting on the WD:RfD page for longer times. Roughly a year ago we had a similar situation with ~300 (or so) open cases, and I was able to bring the backlog down to effectively barely any open cases. Administrative experience (particularly in the deletion biz) definitely helps here, of course. —MisterSynergy (talk) 20:10, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Add archive links into entry

I would like to add de:Wikipedia:Adminkandidaturen/Archiv/2005 to Q17404785, but got rejected by the system. This is a legit archive page, please help add the page into the entry. —— Eric Liu_{（留言．百科用戶頁）} 07:40, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

• And de:Wikipedia:Adminkandidaturen/Archiv/2003 into Q29588231. —— Eric Liu_{（留言．百科用戶頁）} 07:46, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
•  Done I did not encounter any problem. Cannot see what it might have been. Lymantria (talk) 05:27, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. Lymantria (talk) 05:27, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Amazon (Q3884)

Excessive spammers activity and vandalism. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done for a month--Ymblanter (talk) 17:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. —Hasley+ 03:10, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Jill Valentine (Q840368)

After the last semi-protection, nothing has changed, the vandals are back again. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 11:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done semi for another three months, but @Kirilloparma: the exact birthday isn’t mentioned on PT.WP as the reference indicated. --Emu (talk) 18:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Jheremy De León

Jheremy De León (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)) — Reasons: Persistent vandalism Ruy (talk) 22:50, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Done. —Hasley+ 22:56, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. —Hasley+ 03:10, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Violent term added in French concerning gay men

I saw this https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q104969456&diff=1450046302&oldid=1450046222 indicating in French "doivent mourir" as description, which means all gays "must die".Nattes à chat (talk) 13:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Texte en gras

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 18:55, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Pornhub (Q936394)

Highly visible page, long history of vandalism and spam. Please make the protection permanent this time --Trade (talk) 20:31, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done Hazard-SJ (talk) 05:54, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. Hazard-SJ (talk) 05:54, 7 September 2021 (UTC)