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Invitation to participate in research

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Hello,

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Restriction and IBAN appeal

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Hello Callanecc. It has been a little over a year since I was given sanctions and I wanted to appeal directly to you, as you said I could do. In the time since, I sought consensus and reverted changes only when necessary (1RR). And I will continue to avoid edit warring in the future. As for the interaction ban, I have not interacted with Aredoros87 from the time it was given, and because the user has been inactive for almost a year I believe this is no longer needed. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 10:46, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi KhndzorUtogh. Based on your editing I'm comfortable removing the restriction that requires your to obtain consensus to readd content that has been reverted. Given that Aredoros87 hasn't edited for some time is there a particular reason why the IBAN needs to be removed? It seems unlikely that you'll need to interact with or about them. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:30, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. When it comes to the iban, no particular reason, just thought there is no point of it hanging on my account. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 18:41, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, let's leave it as is for now since it isn't causing an issue in case A87 returns. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:22, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just curious. Is it possible to be banned from even READING Wikipedia? I knew about editing blocks, but this is the first that I have seen a "reading block", if I am reading that right, "...the restriction that requires your to obtain consensus to readd content..." Iljhgtn (talk) 12:57, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Are you seeing "read" instead of "readd"? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:55, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History of NPR patrols

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Hello and thank you for granting me the NPR permission. I was curious if there is a way for me to track which pages I have patrolled after I start using the new permission? I haven't yet, but I'd like to bookmark that page if so. Iljhgtn (talk) 11:20, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Iljhgtn, you can see a log of pages you've marked as reviewed at [1] and a list of actions you've taken using the page curation tollbar at [2]. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Revert contentious edit

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Hello @Callanecc, this editor made this contentious edit [3], which is, as you can see, extremely exaggerated, and multiple discussions in the talk page (Talk:Maratha Empire/Archive 2#Neutrality) decided on this neutrally worded passage as present in this version [4]. Please restore that version as the changes were made without consensus. PadFoot (talk) 02:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored the consensus version. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:32, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request on Masha and the Bear

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Numberjacks is NOT related to Masha and the Bear, please delete. 82.77.77.96 (talk) 11:43, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I suggest you make an edit request on the talk page with your change. You need to include a reliable source that supports your change. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:51, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maratha Empire

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I think administrative pp was not warranted. Can you please decrease it to semi protection? I had to work further in the article which I'm unable to do. Shakakarta (talk) 13:51, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Shakakarta: There was an edit war between multiple editors so full protection was needed to stop the edit war and instead focus editors on communicating with each other to form a consensus. If your changes are related to the edit war you should discuss them on the article talk page before making them. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:28, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Topic restriction query

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Kind regards. I thought about expanding the Atalanta (1883) article from SMS Gazelle. The former was previously known as the Restaurador and was a Venezuelan gunboat seized during the 1902-1903 naval blockade of Venezuela, which in turn was a result of international tensions and disputes with Europe.

I wanted to ask if it was possible for me to edit in said article with my current topic restriction on Latin American politics, or if on the contrary if it could be considered a breach in order to avoid it. Best wishes, NoonIcarus (talk) 14:24, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generally a good approach to broadly construed restrictions is that if there is any doubt about whether something is covered, assume it is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:09, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing. Thank you kindly, --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:25, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Wikipedia proposals request for comment

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Shakakarta

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Is back to edit warring on Maratha Empire to impose his version. Last time, the article ended up getting protected due to his edit warring and now as well, he is still making reverts even after your warning.[5] This edit summary clearly speaks of the uncollaborative approach which this user has embraced until now. Previously, this user was edit warring to redirect articles such as Battle of Bhagalpur (1745).[6][7]

Also see his nomination: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anglo-Mughal war (1686–1690). It was so bad that one editor wondered "if this is a bad-faith nomination or a competence issue".[8]

This user is certainly creating lots of problems. I believe a topic ban would do good. CharlesWain (talk) 16:27, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the background information. I've gone with a block for now but I'll keep an eye on it. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

added Rusalkii
readded NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)
removed

Interface administrator changes

removed Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

Miscellaneous

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Question about Contentious topics/India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

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I was hoping to make some factual edits on the weapon systems used in the recent India-Pakistan conflict. Is it just not possible for people with my permission levels to edit anything around India/Pakistan/and Afghanistan ? Sukosuko1 (talk) 07:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Sukosuko1, you can make those sorts of edits as long as you cite reliable sources. I've left a message on your talk page with some information about Contentious Topics. Sometimes articles are protected from editing due to a history of disruption, you won't be able to edit these articles. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History of Vietnam

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This article has a very long history of persistent vandalism by multiple accounts and IP addresses (sock puppets of Phạm Văn Rạng). It is currently temporarily semi-protected, but I would like to request permanent semi-protection as it is an important article. 2401:D800:2B2:353F:7358:BDF5:EF6B:8B56 (talk) 08:24, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, the article has been semi-protected until October this year. We tend to lean towards temporary protections due to sockpuppetry since the premise of Wikipedia is that everyone can edit and sockpuppetry is an isolated (to one person) form of disruption rather than being a long term history of lots of different people causing problems. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:41, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I fear that this important article will be vandalized as soon as the protection expires. At the very least I think we need to have edit moderation for accounts with less than 4 days and 10 edits as well as IP addresses, like in History of the United States article. 2402:800:BAA1:1E45:FEEA:EE89:E02D:62C8 (talk) 09:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is a very important article like the article about history of China, and there have been many vandalisms by many different people, Phạm Văn Rạng is just a recent prominent vandal. A proper protection is deserved. 2402:800:BAA1:1E45:FEEA:EE89:E02D:62C8 (talk) 10:00, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are probably right, but as I didn't add the protection I'll wait until the semi-protection has run out before doing anything further. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:16, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! 2401:D800:224:EB34:F1A8:4531:BCD7:6B9 (talk) 03:27, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Phạm Văn Rạng came back, my requests make sense. 2401:D800:262:188A:F854:4FB2:F87B:55E2 (talk) 08:41, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Léa

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An IP address of Pham Van Rang is vandalizing this article, I hope you will revert this IP's edits and install proper protection for this article. 2401:D800:267:CD60:7031:32B8:6B70:501F (talk) 11:32, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phạm Văn Rạng's edits were reverted👍. 2401:D800:2C:9B08:7564:DE9E:821D:F3EE (talk) 13:52, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The rest was done by Sir Sputnik👍. The article has been semi-protected. 2402:800:5EDF:BEFF:25EC:BC71:E9F5:8C5C (talk) 18:15, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Veilguard edit warring

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Hello @Callanecc, I'm contacting you because you applied the most recent protection to the Veilguard article due to edit warring. The situation still hasn't improved, and there's one point where your input might help. An editor mentioned the WP:STABLE essay, which says that only an uninvolved administrator can decide to keep the stable version to help calm a dispute. Based on the history of the article, a clarification and action would be helpful to reduce the edit warring. Most of the reverts are just about this and probably won’t stop without some clarification.

Since you've protected the page twice, does that mean you're now considered involved, and that another admin would need to make that call? Vestigium Leonis (talk) 17:51, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that you are very concerned about having your preferred version in the short term, but this is a long running dispute so there isn't a clear stable version.[9] The solution is to work toward a consensus rather than asking an admin to pick your preferred version. BMWF (talk) 19:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am simply asking the last involved admin how to handle this situation. The dispute ended months ago, and the article remained stable until May 15. I am fine with whatever the admin answers or decides here; I just don't believe that this can be resolved at the editor level anymore. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 20:20, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've replied on the article talk page. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I figured not everyone would be happy (it is a dispute, after all), but at least the focus is back on the talk page. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 09:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Continued edit warring on an article you previously protected

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You recently gave a 24 full protection to Sabu (wrestler) due to edit warring over his birth and death dates. Since the article opened back up, the edit warring has only intensified. Now they’re also arguing about whether his real name was Terrence or Terry and at least one established editor has ignored a 3RR warning and continued to do so. I did file another protection request but it seems to have been ignored for the last day or so. Would you mind looking into the situation again? Thanks. NJZombie (talk) 15:19, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-21

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • The Editing Team and the Machine Learning Team are working on a new check for newcomers: Peacock check. Using a prediction model, this check will encourage editors to improve the tone of their edits, using artificial intelligence. We invite volunteers to review the first version of the Peacock language model for the following languages: Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Japanese. Users from these wikis interested in reviewing this model are invited to sign up at MediaWiki.org. The deadline to sign up is on May 23, which will be the start date of the test.

Updates for editors

  • From May 20, 2025, oversighters and checkusers will need to have their accounts secured with two-factor authentication (2FA) to be able to use their advanced rights. All users who belong to these two groups and do not have 2FA enabled have been informed. In the future, this requirement may be extended to other users with advanced rights. Learn more.
  • Wishlist item Multiblocks will begin mass deployment by the end of the month: all non-Wikipedia projects plus Catalan Wikipedia will adopt Multiblocks in the week of May 26, while all other Wikipedias will adopt it in the week of June 2. Please contact the team if you have concerns. Administrators can test the new user interface now on your own wiki by browsing to Special:Block?usecodex=1, and can test the full multiblocks functionality on testwiki. Multiblocks is the feature that makes it possible for administrators to impose different types of blocks on the same user at the same time. See the help page for more information. [10]
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