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Abigor@Global

Status: In progress

I would like to use my right to vanish / right to disappear.

Please rename my Account globally to a random string of numbers and letters, move all user pages and talkpages, and do not leave a redirect for privacy reasons. Many Commons images link my full name to my Wikipedia Account. After this please proceed and lock the account globally.

Please include also:

Thanks in advance. Abigor talk 06:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

@User:Abigor Renaming requests are wrong here. In addition, users are not renamed to disguise their history. Requests for global lock are handled on SRG. You can make your requests on the relevant pages, but they will most likely be rejected.--11:13, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm not looking to hide or disguise anything, I'm looking to use my right to vanish. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Right_to_vanish Abigor talk 11:37, 10 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

MediaWiki:Common.css@es.wikivoyage

Status: In progress

The document contains two errors and several other warnings. I'd appreciate if a global interface editor with experience in CSS could take a look and assist them in fixing the issues.

Also the following code:

Hide long codes 
/* CSS for black text external links / blue text on hover */
body.ns-0a.external,
body.ns-0a.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_External_linksa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_External_linksa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_External_linksa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_External_linksa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Attraction_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Attraction_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Attraction_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Attraction_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Activity_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Activity_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Activity_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Activity_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Restaurant_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Restaurant_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Restaurant_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Restaurant_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Bar_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Bar_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Bar_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Bar_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Shopping_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Shopping_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Shopping_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Shopping_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Accommodation_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Accommodation_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Accommodation_listingsa.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Accommodation_listingsa.external:visited,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Don_t_touta.external,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Don_t_touta.external:visited
{
color:black;
}
body.ns-0a.external:hover,
body.ns-0a.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_External_linksa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_External_linksa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_External_linksa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_External_linksa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Attraction_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Attraction_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Attraction_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Attraction_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Activity_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Activity_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Activity_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Activity_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Shopping_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Shopping_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Shopping_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Shopping_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Restaurant_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Restaurant_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Restaurant_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Restaurant_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Bar_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Bar_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Bar_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Bar_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Accommodation_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Accommodation_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Accommodation_listingsa.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_talk_Accommodation_listingsa.external:focus,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Don_t_touta.external:hover,
body.page-Wikivoyage_Don_t_touta.external:focus
{
color:#0645ad;
}

is not needed as those pages do not exist on es.wikivoyage (I guess this was a copy-paste from en.voy) and can be removed.

Also, something strange happens to me when visiting that page that makes my PC to freeze intermitently.

Thanks for the assistance. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by MarcoAurelio (talk) 19:36, 20 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]

As this is a GS wiki and no active IAs/'crats, I'll take a look :) --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 12:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
@MarcoAurelio: I guess it's better to replace these Project: pages with the corresponding eswikivoyage local equivalents? --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 12:47, 21 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
I don't think we have local equivalents of those so I feel it's safe to remove them. Thanks. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
I've done the removal, and reduced warnings from 130+ to 57. I'm marking this as done but feel free to double check if something can be further optimized as I only fixed 100% surely safe things. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 15:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
Firstly, I agree with WhitePhosphorus that should be replaced these references to English Wikivoyage pages with the corresponding ones from Spanish Wikivoyage titles if exist, instead of deleting them all. Secondly, It's not like there is not any bureaucrat and interface admins there. There is an active bureaucrat, just there is not activity enough to use the permission, and interface admin is mostly granted ad hoc for a specific task or group of tasks. Therefore, this task could have been asked in Spanish Wikivoyage and performed there, so the best approach could have been done (replacing when possible instead of deleting them all). --Zerabat (discusión) 16:55, 21 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
I've undid the controversial removal. Sorry for that. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 00:14, 22 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
Just left a message on local village pump. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 11:05, 25 December 2019 (UTC) [reply ]
@WhitePhosphorus: Any update? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 11:13, 20 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Cosmetic changes: Just hid the long codes. — regards, Revi 22:21, 4 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I've left a message on the AN of es.wikivoyage. The project went down to have just one sysop (and bureaucrat) now. Changes were approved in the local discussion in January. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 20:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Copyvio and other issues at siwiki

Status: In progress

Hello. Can someone have a look at si:Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Admin access please? As I have been doing on other projects, I'd like to help out with media files on siwiki. I have clearly identified longstanding mass copyvio/licensing issues, and can also understand the language up to a certain extent. But I find the response there (from the only admin) quite peculiar and troubling.

The Sinhala Wikipedia has no bureaucrats, and only 1 active admin. The other two admins should probably be removed due to inactivity, but that's not why I am here. The most active user (if not the only active user), is also the admin themselves.

I'm willing to let this go and focus on other non-siwiki work, but that latest response is not a good sign, and also a sign that other potential admins may have been shooed away in the past. Appreciate if someone knowledgeable in cross-wiki policies can comment on this situation please? Reh man 10:39, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

The bulk of the vios are from one user, though there are a LOT of them. I would think that our global copyright policy supersedes any sort of local policy. Praxidicae (talk) 13:55, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
It actually appears to have been a group of students, see also this users uploads which include stock images that are subject to copyright and even has the watermarks... Praxidicae (talk) 14:01, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Thanks for the reply, Praxidicae. I agree. Is that admin's reasoning valid though - can they stop someone (i.e. me) from going ahead, singlehandedly? And should such comments be tolerated at all from the sole admin of a project? To me IMHO, the last comment sounded like someone who wants to run a private project. Reh man 14:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I mean, no. A single admin can't stop any person from requesting rights but I think they make a good point and you probably shouldn't. It's a GS wiki and deletions can be handled that way, as well as through their admins. Praxidicae (talk) 14:12, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Alright, I will not push, in that case. For arguement sake though, considering that there are barely any active users there, a ton of bad files, and almost zero probability that the only admin can handle all that mess. What do we do in such a situation, when the only admin (and probably the only editor) comments against someone offering to help? For the sake of our brand reputation, we cannot let it run as a private wiki, can we? Reh man 14:35, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I don't think encouraging non-SI speaking editors to seek adminship is the solution here. We also have capable global sysops who can assist should it be needed. SI has managed pretty well so far. Praxidicae (talk) 14:39, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Okay. Just to clarify though, I do speak Sinhala, and currently live in Sri Lanka. I also am the founder of Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka. That being said, I also need to state that SI has not been managing that well - the bulk of the bad files dates back to 2008 (that's over a decade ago). Reh man 14:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Perhaps I should clarify. The issue appears to also be a large amount of improperly licensed non free files. If you're a speaker of the language, you should create discussions about those files. There's no need for adminship for that and NFF isn't something that should be nuked without conversation imo. If you want to become an admin there, follow their RFA procedure because stewards cannot grant admin rights in local communities without a consensus there. Praxidicae (talk) 14:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Rehman maybe another solution here is to start creating the right licensing templates? It looks like a lot of their NFF uploads (you can see in the file list and user logs) were uploaded as NFF via enwiki templates that don't exist on siwiki. You seem to be pretty good in that area, can they be imported? Praxidicae (talk) 14:57, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
(ec) Not being rude, but the RFA there is a copy of the enwiki RFA (si:WP:RFA), created by the same admin in 2010, and never used since. That is the only reason I posted at their VP - for better visibility (but that too has barely any visitors). I'm not trying to argue, Praxidicae. I just think this is not good for the health of our brand. What I exposed was just the tip of the iceberg from a single category. With the political situation of Sri Lanka, we're lucky those files are just junk and not something offensive/sensitive. Else a ban from the government would not have been too far away. I see that two volunteers from here has now commented there. Hopefully the message is passed, and things will be sorted. I'm just trying to help. Reh man 14:59, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Sure. I'm commenting from work. I will have a deeper look soon as soon as I'm done for the day. Cheers, Reh man 15:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Yes, I think I can fix at least the most used license types. Reh man 07:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
@Rehman:, There is an active admin on the wiki who is willing to act on the pages/files if you tag them, you can make the request for specific administrative actions to the admin there. This page is for requesting specific administrative actions on wikis with no active administrators, is there anything else you need help with here?-BRP ever 08:02, 11 April 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
We're talking of hundreds/thousands of files here. I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in inflating this task literally two-fold when I already clearly showed him/her a stash of bad files to start with. This user didn't allow me to help by blocking the sysop process single-handedly (for a baseless reason, FYI), and is also not interested in cleaning the mountain of copyvios themselves. The project is a mess and literally run like a private wiki due to the odd situation we have here, and sadly no one seems to be able to do anything because there is no policy or guideline covering this situation. The sole admin there is clearly not working in good faith, and I'm sure that is already clear by now. Reh man 13:25, 11 April 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
For transparency: Steward_requests/Permissions/2020-04#Rehman@siwiki. Reh man 06:25, 14 April 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

3rd month update

I think my point here is made. We've now reached the 3rd month since my initial offer to help. In the single category I've linked as an example, there are still hundreds (if not a thousand+) decade-old files which are clearly copyvio or with no source details whatsoever - no change since I reported. And this is just that one category. The only admin at siwiki succeeded in unilaterally blocking my offer to help (so that they may remain as the only poweruser), but did not bother fixing the issue which I raised. If that user could block someone like myself - an experienced admin (on Commons and enwiki) who has been here for over a decade, and who also speaks Sinhala/lives in Sri Lanka, I don't think anyone else would be able to to volunteer as an admin on that wiki, and that wiki will continue to be run as a privately-controlled wiki. I hope the people responsible reads this, and either fixes this damaging policy loophole, or escalates this to someone who can. Reh man 11:58, 27 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

I believe this thread should be treated as a personal attack on me. Please go through si:Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Admin access again.--Lee (talk) 07:40, 29 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I am not sure what we are even discussing here. By what I see you are claiming that the wiki is being privately controlled just because the only active admin there opposed your RFA. They said that they will look into the issue if you go through the local procedure so please go through that. The top of the page says, Requests can be made here for specific administrative actions (such as page deletion) to be performed by a steward or global sysop. and I see nothing like that in this request. The copyvio files have been an issue in a lot of small wikis and I am glad that you are volunteering but by what is read, this request focuses more on the RFA than files. I am involved so I won't be closing this and this is just my opinion.-BRP ever 06:32, 23 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

User problem at haw.wikipedia

Status: In progress

Hi, folks. There is an user removing valid content at haw.wikipedia, adding nonsense pictures and templates at articles. I already tried to talk, but the user answer with nonsense or ignores my messages ([1], [2], [3], [4])

They are removing pictures of Brazilian politicians for unclear reasons. Files are being used in other wikis and are properly licensed. As we can see, for instance, at "haw:Jair Bolsonaro" (President of Brazil), they removed the picture from the file and added these nonsense templates (haw:Anakuhi:Non-Wikimedia Commons, haw:Anakuhi:Non-free image copyright government ministers of Brazil), not to mention the offensive "messages" they add too. Now, they changed their mind and proposed deletion of the article for no reason. Sadly, this can be seen in many other articles and I don't even know what is the damage done to the project for not knowing local language.

Just to provide another example, this is another article about a Brazilian politician. Instead of adding the picture of the politician, they added the picture of a random store with a Hello-Kitty logo... which is something I am having a hard time trying to find any possible reason. I have reverted the user and tried to talk, but they are just ignoring me and edit warring. As there is no local admin, I am asking help here. Thanks in advance.—Teles «Talk to me ˱C L @ S ˲» 02:11, 21 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

I really don't know how to solve this, but it has to start with blocking this user or there will be too many articles to be fixed in the future. Another example: this article is filled with nonsense templates, as there are many others. We have to stop it now or it will be harder to fix.—Teles «Talk to me ˱C L @ S ˲» 02:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Yes this is abuse. I have see he make lots of Delete request with the false Reason: "Article in another language".--WikiBayer 👤💬 06:08, 24 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I have written to the user, since then the user has not been active. I would say we wait for the answer before we do anything.--WikiBayer 👤💬 07:49, 29 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I guess it's time to start deleting these gibberish "English" templates. --MF-W 07:56, 31 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I suspect that the user is now active under IP. haw:Special:Diff/93272 --16:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I am trying to find users that speak Hawaian to help. There are many articles that need to be reviewed, like haw:Edson Fachin. They are adding Disney and Nintendo characters on articles with no reason at all. In some of them, they mention those characters on article. It may be needed to delete all articles created by T8 Expresso.—Teles «Talk to me ˱C L @ S ˲» 14:54, 6 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
Maybe we should block IP Range 179.236.72.0/21. Please give a second opinion--WikiBayer 👤💬 07:17, 9 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Bosnian Wikinews inactive

Status: In progress

The communities at Meta-wiki and Bosnian Wikinews decided that n:bs:Bosnian Wikinews no longer has active community. The project currently lacks admins and crats, and the project's main page is locked. I created n:bs:Početna strana/soft, so the n:bs:Početna strana should be moved into something like n:bs:Početna strana/old or n:bs:Početna strana/archived or something like that. George Ho (talk) 04:08, 8 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

And what is in n:bs:Početna strana/soft? Ruslik (talk) 14:10, 8 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
It was translated from the English version of the notice from Norwegian Wikinews saying that the project is inactive at the moment and can be reactivated at anytime. George Ho (talk) 05:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

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