Talk Archive 1, Talk Archive 2, Talk Archive 3, Talk Archive 4, Talk Archive 5, Talk Archive 6, Talk Archive 7, Talk Archive 8, Talk Archive 9, Talk Archive 10, Talk Archive 11, Talk Archive 12, Talk Archive 13, Talk Archive 14,Talk Archive 15, Talk Archive 16, Talk Archive 17, Talk Archive 18, Talk Archive 19, Talk Archive 20

Silly and funny stuff can be found here

I prefer to keep communications on-wiki if possible, but if you need to discuss something in private, please send me an email.

Hello! I am trying to get the company I work for on Wikipedia. Do you know how I can accomplish this? --Daniellealgo (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Daniellealgo:. Ir will be difficult. As you work for the company, you have a conflict of interest and per the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use, you need to disclose it. Also see WP:NCORP; the requirements for companies and corporations to have an article on Wikipedia are stricter then the usual requirements. You would also need to find reliable sources which are independent from the company you work for, for that take a look at WP:Finding sources. To read the linked articles/pages, click on the words in blue. Lectonar (talk) 08:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am Daniela and I am an executive at Synkronized, a 22 years old film and series studio based in the US. We have a lot of mentions from our previous films and history on wiki, and we feel it is time to create a page about this company. Hope you can help in any ways and glad to connect with you and this community. --Synkronizedfilms (talk) 15:08, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Synkronizedfilms: The first problem is your username: Please read our username policy, and act accordingly. Then: I suppose you are being paid by your company to make the page? If so, you are required to disclose it, and then follow the instructions at our guide for managing conflicts of interest and WP:PAID. When these hurdles are overcome, please keep the following in mind: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, which means that it is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. More info can be found here. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I shall answer to your e-mail here, as I like to keep things as open as possible. Wikipedia is, with very little exceptions, run by volunteers. So there is no contributor I would know where you could make an order for an article to be written; the nearest we got is this, but if (supposing the studio is notable or when an article can or will be written I can not say. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:11, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So I see you have taken the knee jerk reaction to indefinitely stop all IP editing P&O Ferries because of a bit of hoo har after the decision by its owner, a Dubai equity company, to sack 800 staff (many of which have been with the ferry company longer than you have edited this site). Wow considering the only people who ever make any meaningful contributions on this site are IPs (leaving the rest of you to have your edit wars and nonsense arguments) banning IPs forever from editing that page shows a great deal of short-sightedness and ham-fistedness. In six months this issue would have all blown over but since don't seem to be able to conceive that, you unimaginatively ban IPs forever is incredibly lazy and pathetic.146.200.202.126 (talk) 20:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I just did an honest mistake...I wanted to protectect for 3 days (as has been mentioned in the response to the request for protection), but it came out as infinite. This has been remedied now, just 3 more days and the article is free to edit again. There is no need to rant off, a polite query would have had the same effect. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:17, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Lectonar. Thanks for unprotecting Cheri DiNovo! I think you may have forgotten to unprotect its talk page, however. Graham (talk) 05:15, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham11: Indeed I did, thx for the heads-up. I somehow seem to remember that in olden times talk-pages were automatically unprotected when one lifted the article-protection. It's done now. Lectonar (talk) 08:04, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham11: The icon for protection would have been removed automagically, of that I am sure now :). Lectonar (talk) 08:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I assumed it would be! I was getting rid of the custom semi-protection banner they had on the page, so I figured I might as well delete the lock icon while I was at it. Graham (talk) 08:41, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Hoping you can help me with my question. I am a new user and edited about 30 articled before having a go at writing one myself! I have put up the Handmade Canberra Market page and it's been flagged with "NPOV", which I totally understand given the comments left in the talk (use of the words 'successfully' and 'encouraged'). My question now is, how do I go about getting that NPOV removed? I have reviewed it and don't believe there are any further non-neutral words, but I am not sure how I get *permission* to do so, because it kind of feels like it wouldn't be right to remove it myself. Keen to find out how to do it before looking if there are any other articles I could contribute. Thanks so much. Michelle --MichelleBoehm (talk) 06:09, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @MichelleBoehm:, nice to have you as an editor here on Wikipedia, and brave of you to try your hand at writing articles. Actually you need no permission to take out anything; every page is essentially editable by everyone. But I agree with the user who put up the NPOV template, even going so far as calling the tone of the article "marketing speechy" . I have endeavoured to cut the article down to what I think makes it neutral. The parts I took out read indeed like they were advertising the market and other things in relation to the market :). I also have taken out the Award section, as we should ideally only include awards which have Wikipedia articles themselves. Please also read our policy regarding conflict of interest, and act accordingly if necessary. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources.. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 14:02, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. I guess I didn't realise that the article could be so short! I tried fleshing it out a bit (based on how long the articles I was editing were) and I wonder if maybe I did myself a disservice by setting a personal goal of editing 30 pages before writing one, because most of the articles I edited had been flagged for sounding like an advertisement. So maybe I will go and spend some time reading articles that have no problems so I can hear more of what a neutral article sounds like, before I have a go at writing another. Thanks so much! MichelleBoehm (talk) 18:32, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please also take a look at this edit as I believe that also contains defamatory BLP content. Thanks. 10mmsocket (talk) 08:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This one has already been suppressed. Cheers. Lectonar (talk) 09:16, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing thanks. 10mmsocket (talk) 09:17, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Im an artist/Singer trying to build my knowledge panel on Google which requires info about me on Wikipedia. Could you please assist. --Skys a Blu (talk) 17:39, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, please read this for starters. So you shouldn't write about yourself :). Also Wikipedia is not a platform for advertising and the like, it is an encyclopedia. So, it is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 10:09, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As I'm up to my hip in it, I cannot have an opinion. Just gonna AGF. You can speak up for me at my trial. Cheers, --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:20, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the AGF part, so didn't block. As for the trial, we shall see. Lectonar (talk) 15:25, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was editing this page. And someone removed their birthplace and middle name. I explained to them that it was their birthplace and middle name. And they deleted it and I put it back. I don’t think it’s gonna harm anything. But this editor thought it was unsourced but the sources tell you her middle name and birthplace. --Beatlemania2002 (talk) 11:59, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seems stale now. Lectonar (talk) 12:35, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This editor FMSky is changing all my edits I did on Wikipedia which I’m really upset about. Every article I have edited, they changed it. Tell them to stop changing my changes please. --Beatlemania2002 (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seems stale now. Lectonar (talk) 12:35, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For starters, there should never be the need to move a page on enwiki to somehow match Wikidata. In this case, you seem to have merged two distinctly different persons (some years apart), making a mess at Wikidata and linking the enwiki article to the wrong Wikidata person. Can you please undo your changes (here and there)? Fram (talk) 10:56, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that, message and fixing parts of it...I knew something was wrong, but spent the last days in hospital. Funny enough, when I did the interlanguage link, it went to the right page. I will try to fix that now. Lectonar (talk) 07:27, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And I can't publish changes in Wikidata now, it seems, so I am lost. Sorry about that. Lectonar (talk) 07:32, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Only managed to delete the false interwiki. Lectonar (talk) 07:34, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how do you create a wiki page? --Dosxic (talk) 23:36, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Answered on your talkpage. Lectonar (talk) 06:59, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requisitos para entrar a la corporacion policial --Trevino27 (talk) 19:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is the English language Wikipedia; perhaps you want the Spanish language one? Lectonar (talk) 06:37, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that most edits on the page are vandalism, perhaps it should be protected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:E706:8872:4D81:BE1F:D327:8D31 (talk) 22:34, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have pending-changes protected for some months; not enough disruption for a semi-protection. Thanks for the heads-up :). Lectonar (talk) 06:39, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The New York Times Best Seller list .. I don't think this user cares about autoconfirm, they only care about getting it on record how they see it and causing disruption. Are we to be left continually reverting forever? The only thing that has worked is article protection. -- GreenC 14:15, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is pending changes protected now...so it's not a question of reverting tbh, but just of accepting or not accepting an edit. The great plus is that the dits do not go "live". Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 06:46, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mukesh Lilawat --Mukesh Kumar Lilawat (talk) 16:20, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And what is your question? Lectonar (talk) 06:46, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mukesh Lilawat --Mukesh Kumar Lilawat (talk) 16:20, 12 June 2022 (UTC) @Mukesh Kumar Lilawat 91.186.232.144 (talk) 10:36, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Again: what is the question please? Lectonar (talk) 11:10, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I wanted to request for another protection for the article of The Voice (franchise) to avoid vandalism and unwanted edits to the page, hopefully it will be total locked where confirmed users were able to edit the page.

Cheers!

Thanks, Ayeespino (talk) 12:12, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The usual place to request something like that would be here. That said, after having looked at the article, there is not enough recent disruption to warrant another page-protection. Please read our protection policy if you haven't done so already. In short: the aim of protection is to prevent and stop recent vandalism/disruption, but not to permanently restrict the editing of articles (there are exceptions of course; some rare pages will never go beneath an ecp-protection). Wikipedia still is the encyclopedia that every one can and should edit, even non-confirmed editors/IPs. So protection is the exception, not the rule. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 12:36, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How do you move a long then? No one disagreed with my edit besides you only my previous changes were overturned no one disagreed with the survey edit I made besides you as you said I needed a consensus I said I would edit point my point look at the edit history thats when I made the sirvey edit which ypu kept on undoing LionAjk (talk) 14:43, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2 more users reverted your edits before I did so, so you need someone to actually say they think your edit(s) are an inprovement, more or less. Consensus doesn't build in just some days, and discussion is already underway. Just be patient. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 06:26, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lectonar, in this edit I changed PLA to PLA (disambiguation) because of WP:INTDABLINK - intentional links to disambiguation pages should always go through a title including (disambiguation), even if that title is a redirect. Leschnei (talk) 18:24, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Well, that is something I will bring up on the village pump then. It seems a bit like form being more important than usefulness. Lectonar (talk) 06:41, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How can I edit dates of 'Battle of Karbala' --Peczulfiqar (talk) 07:37, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We have 4 articles about a Battle of Karbala. Which one do you mean? Lectonar (talk) 07:27, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

HI, I'm trying to help a page that seems needs references and I want to make sure i help. I represent this person and would like to make sure his wikipedia is in good standing. --Msbrandcurator (talk) 18:21, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:PAID and WP:COI, and make the declarations accordingly. If you have more questions afterwards, feel free to ask. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 06:24, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's constructive to point out the obvious. If White Pride is a problem, then Black Power is. It's discrimination, and it will always stay discrimination. Just because I point that out doesn't mean I'm not being constructive. I am constructive because I am pointing out the obvious... Or are you picking a side and deciding what gets shown on Wikipedia and what doesn't get shown? NPOV is completely thrown under the rug when it concerns social issues and political jargon.

My question is, why do you have authority over what's constructive? Why did you revert the discrimination article in the Black Power article? 500problems (talk) 20:18, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I said it would be nice to have a constructive discussion, that's all. concsensus is what we strive to achieve; the whole is laid down under WP:BRD. See also discussion at the talk-page. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 06:27, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heyy. How do I publish a page abt something? --Pir Izzatullah Shah Al-Rashidi (talk) 16:10, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See here. Lectonar (talk) 08:00, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You denied a request (here [1] for semi-protection on the My Son Hunter page and you advised me to "Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue." Well, I wish it were only 1 wiki account, but it's not. Just in the last 24 hours, the below listed Wiki users (IPs) have caused a high amount of disruptive editing & several wiki editors have been having to revert their edits & giving them warnings on their talk pages. But, the disruptive editing doesn't seem to be letting up. Since so many IPs (or people) are involved, what do you advise I do to help protect that page from continual disruption?

Here's the list of disruptors from just the last 24 hours:

• Middle Passage1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Middle_Passage1
• EthanE74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:EthanE74
• Factsnotfeelings666 here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Factsnotfeelings666
• 2600:8800:4198:B200:6499:5AF1:8902:2C49 [2]
• 2603:7000:6ff0:7fb0:7cfa:5e13:b99f:eb2b here [3]
• 129.222.7.183 [4]
• 97.103.114.255 [5]
• 69.147.219.78 [6]
• Wiki061995 [7]
• 2600:1700:36A0:D2C0:D3A0:8A0B:A11A:A321 [8]
• 2600:8804:8683:400:31d9:f264:cd90:92e4 [9]
• Maxbmogs [10]

Please advise me on if there's anything I can do to mitigate any disruption. Thanks BetsyRMadison (talk) 20:56, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When I looked at it, there was just one perpetetrator which stuck out, hence the decline with pointing to AIV. The article has been protected in the meantime. Lectonar (talk) 07:05, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Lectonar: thank you for getting to my request! I have a question since I'm still learning the ropes of AfC. Since edit protection should only be lifted after I accept an AfC submission, what's the best way for me to accept an AfC submission that is currently edit protected? I don't want to accept drafts and move them to mainspace under a different page title, since that just creates an unnecessary redirect. BuySomeApples (talk) 20:01, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Afaics, the draft isn't edit protected at all, so the submisson can be accepted when deemed ready for mainspace. Once that is done, ping me or make a new request for unprotection. Lectonar (talk) 07:13, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your page protection at 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. There is currently an editor User:Jirka who is reverting against multiple editors in order to force his version on an edit into the article. He appears to be dedicating himself to making serial reverts to force his edit into the article even though Talk page discussion is still unresolved. He has been contacted on his Talk page by multiple editors and seems not to stop reverting. Could you look at this when you have a chance. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:43, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's already being processed at the edit-warring noticeboard; let's see if this will bear fruit. At need, the article can be fully protected unless consensus is found. Lectonar (talk) 14:48, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing Lectonar a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 13:59, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a long time, but a good time has been had by all :). Lectonar (talk) 13:59, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Lectonar! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:04, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a long time, but a good time has been had by all :). Lectonar (talk) 13:59, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you semi protect this page please? Extreme IP vandalism going on right now. Viewsridge (talk) 12:05, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done; with most current events, I am rather loath to protect as they are usually well watched, but here the disruption is too heavy to ignore. Lectonar (talk) 12:11, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you are my mentor and you are administrator: I request your action for a neutral version of article Josip Broz Tito. I discussed this problem in Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Broz Tito dictator but it is not good page for this case. I explain: during last four years I put reliable sources which affirm crimes made by dictator Josip Broz but always sources were removed by accounts which make disruption and recently sources added by me were removed by an administrator who was in contact with me using related article's discussion, messages on personal discussion and email. The admin is user:Peacemaker67 and I have problem for understand what he wants by me and I don't understand his reasons for disruption against reliable sources added by me. I request your intervention as mediator between me and that Australian guy. Ciao Forza bruta (talk) 17:35, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Just engage on the talk page, explain why your sources are reliable, and we will work out appropriate wording. This is just forum-shopping, and it isn’t going to end well if you keep edit-warring your preferred wording into the article. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:20, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

done, I start section in Talk:Josip Broz Tito#Agan disruption. I request your inervention as mediator in that page because I can write bad names versus somebody in my own Italian language. Ciao--Forza bruta (talk) 05:57, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Forza bruta: "I have problem for understand what he wants by me" even though I believe you exactly know what they want from you, competence is required to edit Wikipedia. "I can write bad names versus somebody in my own Italian language." if you're suggesting you're looking forward to making more personal attacks, that's a great way to get yourself blocked from editing even quicker. -Vipz (talk) 00:21, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Forza bruta: Hi...being your mentor doesn't necessarily mean I must always be on your side :). You did well in bringing this to the appropriate talk-page. If you can't come to a consensus in discussing with the other party and there is a standstill...try getting a third opinion. If this fails also: dispute resolution has steps beyond the talk-page discussion to be tried. Lectonar (talk) 13:04, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Probably an agreement between me and that Australian admin is impossible because he pretends to decide reliable sources only under his opinion and honestly I don't understand other revert after my edit.--Forza bruta (talk) 17:41, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Kioumarsi (talk) 14:56, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have already reported the provoking behaviour of user:Vipz in ANI but no result! Obviously he continues to revert at sight my contributions: you can see other provocation and other provocation. He does not know Yugoslav history and he is blatant POV because always removes contents that claim crimes of dictator Josip Broz: he removed even image of Josip Broz in article dictatorship! That guy damages the articles and someone has to make him understand, besides he provokes me all the time: I didn't put the image of the dictator Broz in focussed article, but that guy is a disruptor versus sources and versus images! Someone has to intervene for defend this project against disruption by him. Forza bruta. (talk) 11:45, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would like add interwiki link of article it:Capo Promontore with Premantura and in wikidata I did edits but I don't understand the correct manner and probably you are valid to do it. I think that those are two different locations and Cape Premantura is related correct article in English language. Regards Forza bruta (talk) 08:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Wikidata[reply]

Try Aiuto:Wikidata [it] ; the procedure is the same for all Wikipedias. Lectonar (talk) 09:28, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will try--Forza bruta (talk) 09:34, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, you setting pending changes on Brazil made 11 years' worth of pending edits, at least from my end. I made triple sure the edits up until then were accepted. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contribs)} 10:57, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@LilianaUwU: Thank you for that! I seem to remember that this somehow gets sorted auomatically some minutes after implementing the protection. Lectonar (talk) 11:00, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lectonar, your opinion would be welcome at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Increase#Brazil. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:53, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lectonar. Thanks for replying to my protection request for FC Schalke 04. You rejected the request. That's fair enough, I guess we can handle it manually, but I'm confused about your reasoning. You wrote that "two or so disruptive edits per day are enough disruption to warrant protection". There have been six such edits in three days; that makes two per day. Could you explain then why that led you to reject it? Renerpho (talk) 02:03, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you mean to say "are not enough disruption"? (Not that I necessarily agree with it, but it would make sense semantically...) Renerpho (talk) 02:09, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Renerpho: Yes, aren't enough of course. Sorry about that. Lectonar (talk) 07:28, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks. Renerpho (talk) 13:54, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Lectonar! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 20:08, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

How do I create an info page ? --Golflover6969 (talk) 13:44, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Lectonar,

I came across your talk page by searching for translators. You seem to be listed as a german <-> English translator. Ive successfully built my first article about the Berky company in Germany (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berky) and want to translate it or convert it to the english wikipedia platform. Ive already tried the wiki translation tool but it seems I am not experienced enough to use the tool and to convert the german article. Can you give some advice on translating the article to the english encyclopedia? Maybe you could help me by using the translation tool yourself? Or can I simply copy and paste the source code from the german article to create a new one and translate the text myself?

Thanks in advance! Kind regards

Wassersalat

@Wassersalat: Sorry for the belated reply; this will be use then of I think. Help:Translation. If you choose to translate said article... keep in mind that you must declare your conflict of interest. Just follow the links. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 09:07, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Wassersalat (talk) 14:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I had to fiddle about a bit with the templates and your userpage, sorry for that. The "paid connector" goes on the relevant article talk-page. Lectonar (talk) 14:53, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article is still being moved despite your protection edit - GizzyCatBella🍁 15:56, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be sorted now. Lectonar (talk) 08:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC))) [reply]

Donner60 (talk) 05:13, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello mentor Lectonar, I want to ask you, what should I edit, like I know a lot about computer but I don't know what to edit. --Raendomcat (talk) 09:38, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Raendomcat: I have left some info on your talk-page. Lectonar (talk) 09:49, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for answering my questions! Komorijuno (talk) 12:24, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I understand you semi-protected the ChatGPT talk page due to persistent disruptive editing. Since I'm not an established registered user, this means I cannot edit it. However, there has been one suggestion that I have been wanting to make for a fairly. Could you please put this in the talk page, on my behalf maybe?

"Since ChatGPT was created, the world has found hundreds of use cases for it. Although a few of the prominent ones are mentioned in the ChatGPT article, I think it would be very useful if there could be a separate wikipedia page titled "Well-known use cases of ChatGPT" to summarise the information — in say a list form. This information is currently spread out across the internet and thus not very accessible to people."

Thank you! Socialworker2022 (talk) 17:19, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Socialworker2022: Sure, I could do that, but I think I have another idea, not necessarily better, but something for you to work upon...so you get autoconfirmed yourself after some more editing. I have created a draft page at Draft:Well-known use cases of ChatGPT...edit away :). Lectonar (talk) 08:58, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia talk:Using neural network language models on Wikipedia/List of uses of ChatGPT at Wikipedia. Definitely a work in progress. Mathglot (talk) 21:51, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. How do I upload a photograph onto a Wikipedia page? I've been updating my authors page, and I can't find out how to upload a photo. Thanks --Holly Flynn (talk) 14:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Holly Flynn: Hello, this might be of help then: Help:Creation and usage of media files. Please also read our policy about having a conflict of interest. Lectonar (talk) 15:14, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When and why do I follow 1RR instead of 3RR? On some pages, it says that ArbCom sanctions require editors to follow WP:1RR. Explain this. Mast303 (talk) 02:53, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is in the link to 1RR you provided...if there is an indication that the page is under 1RR restrictions (usually on the talk-page), then don't do more than 1 revert. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 10:30, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

please text me the translation ,I forgot to save in my desktop STORM091 (talk) 16:44, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please enable email, then I will send it to you. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Morning. COuld you check the protection i placed? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:11, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Deepfriedokra: Good afternoon :)...well, I probably would have placed warnings about edit-warring and hints about the use of article-talk for forming consensus on the participants talk-pages, and only fully protected when they don't stop, but full protection is cutting straight to the core, and will have the same effect. Well within admin's discretion. Lectonar (talk) 13:17, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. There was some discussion on my talk. I was afraid of exacerbating their exasperation. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:55, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I see you've put a temporary protection on the Aivazovsky page. Seems like the Armenian non-consensus edit snuck in before that. Could you edit that back as well? Thanks. ZivDero (talk) 14:00, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ZivDero: See the article talk-page please. Lectonar (talk) 14:03, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did. Until a consensus is reached though, shouldn't it be left in its original state? ZivDero (talk) 14:06, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, the article is frozen in the moment of protection. The protecting admin is not an arbiter as to what constitutes the "original" state or the "correct" version, and changing it to another version might make him involved. Lectonar (talk) 14:12, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I have made the required 10 edits, When will I be hearing back about my auto-confirmed status? --DiverseWorks (talk) 20:15, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi...see WP:AUTOCONFIRMED...once you try to perform an action which only autoconfirmed users can perform, you are checked automatically. There will be no message as such. Lectonar (talk) 08:01, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I made an edit request there, but was told my request would be better at other locations, so I'll be discussing with you. Copying the comment I left:

This should be restored to an article and never should have been protected in the first place. We have now 1 (Lachlan Carr) 2 (ChampsRT) 3 (Local Potentate) and 4 (myself) editors disputing the repeated redirection by one user (Onel5969), which should never have happened - when a redirect is contested it needs to be discussed at AFD or similar venues unless there is a major issue immediately requiring it to be removed from mainspace, which there is not here. Onel5969 cited the previous AFD as the reason to restore the redirect; however, something that is very important to note is that the "delete" result there as well as the ensuing declines of this in draftspace are because of TOOSOON issues, i.e. because the season had not happened yet. The season is currently underway, with Canberra having played several games already, and so this redirect should be restored into an article. If anyone believes it is non-notable, it must be taken to AFD again as the original AFD's concern no longer applies.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:30, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Protection has been lowered to semi. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 11:54, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that although you semiprotected Lithuania a few weeks ago there is no gray lock topicon on it. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 02:54, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I manually added it. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 19:32, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that; normally it should be added by a bot, that's why I never bother with it manually. Lectonar (talk) 06:18, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lectonar, I was wondering if you would be able to translate part of a sentence from German to English for me. (I found your name at WP:TRLA.) It is, Sonst verlieren sich ein paar iranische Geschäftsleute in der „Homa“-Kabine,... The sentence is in this article.

I am researching this flight for the Iran Air article. I didn't understand the Google translation of the above sentence; it says that those passengers "got lost"? Thank you for your time. Sunnya343 (talk) 02:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sunnya343: This is idiomatic german for "to vanish" in the sense of a space is so big/wast that you vanish in it/you cannot be seen. I would go for something like:"Some Iranian business people are scattered in the "Homa-cabin". Lectonar (talk) 06:17, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Sunnya343 (talk) 14:41, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hello Lectonar i have a request for protection of my article i have done two time but i got declined please can you check it article name Our lady of Lourdes church kalyan MICHAEL 942006 (talk) 16:50, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MICHAEL 942006: The article can be found under the title: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kalyan. There was no vandalism to the article so far, so there is no need for protection; please have a look at our protection policy. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 07:34, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anecdote alert. On 14 June 2014, as I was on a bicycle ride, I saw two German backpackers (how did I know this? because they had the Schwarz-Rot-Gold flag on their backpacks) walking down Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. I decided to eavesdrop on their conversation, to see if I could pick up what they were talking about with my rudimentary German. Turned out that I understood exactly what they were talking about. They decided a tour of Australia wouldn't be complete without a visit to Uluru, but was fully in accordance with the traditional owners' wishes for people not to climb "Ayers Rock" and more complexities. Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 12:12, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tambja verconis--Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 12:16, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh pants, I forgot to mention why I understood their conversation. Because these two German backpacker dudes were talking to each other in English.--Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 11:23, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Shirt58:...lol, I was puzzling about that, and tried to find a hidden meaning I had missed :). Lectonar (talk) 06:39, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I also forgot to mention that both of these dudes had mullets (the hairstyle, not the fish Ordo) way, way before it became popular again in Australia.--Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:35, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lectonar, I saw you changed the visibility of that vandalism at Talk:David Caron, but for some reason it didn't seem to take. I reverted the page to before the vandalism and the IP's addition is still visible. Also, considering that the previous protection was for 1 month, and the same vandal returned to add the same libelous claims, would a longer period of protection be appropriate this time? Wes sideman (talk) 12:07, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up...I tend to forget that the protection itself counts as edit too...so the visibility problem should be fixed now. I am looking into a rangeblock to solve the problem, as I am rather loath to kind of perma-protect talk-pages of any kind. Lectonar (talk) 12:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copy that, whatever you think is best. Just wanted to give you a heads-up. Wes sideman (talk) 12:23, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

With some serious help from zzuuzz I was able to do the rangeblock myself; I will let the protection stand, though, in case they get ideas. I have watchlisted, too. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 12:29, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to drop by and leave a message. I wanted to thank you for signing my guestbook, as well as a more belated thanks for helping with some of the unprotection requests that I filed a while back. So yeah, this is kind of a short message, but I really appreciate your help. Thanks! 47.227.95.73 (talk) 21:19, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As the "thank" function doens't work for IP edits: thank YOU for your work, and it's my pleasure. Lectonar (talk) 06:06, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for protecting Lauda Air Flight 004, there’s currently a sockpuppet investigation involving users editing that page, along with some others, that you might be interested in. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iran Turkey war for more details. Thanks, Fork99 (talk) 19:20, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, were you intending to say something to me? I see that the revision was deleted due to the username in question, so I am here to ask if you had anything you intended to tell me. aeschylus (talk) 14:44, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, it was a feeble attempt at a joke, nothing to do with you at all. Lectonar (talk) 14:55, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article Liberté chérie (association) has been proposed for deletion. The proposed deletion notice added to the article should explain why.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the ((proposed deletion/dated)) notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing ((proposed deletion/dated)) will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Fourmidable (talk) 15:28, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the prod, as no reason for the proposed deletion was given. Lectonar (talk) 15:34, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lectonar. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Well-known use cases of ChatGPT, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 09:03, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I always look for us of commas and semicolons. --Danielhuntington23 (talk) 18:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And what is your question? Lectonar (talk) 08:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aplod --Bku samrat (talk) 12:34, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And what is your question? Lectonar (talk) 08:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1167395795

Please here are numerous articles and its sources proving against vandal user, he should be stopped somehow 93.140.103.186 (talk) 16:29, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Want to locate my delayed bag --Manalegypt (talk) 09:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd advise to use their official website. Lectonar (talk) 09:26, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You recently deleted this page. I added the template source exists recently. He has recently won a indian realty show Bigg Boss. He got 280 million votes to win this show in just 15 minutes. [11]

He easily paases the general notability guidelines. He was covered in all mojor Indian media including tv & news. Can you undelete it so i can add reliable sources and additional details. 103.39.128.89 (talk) 13:59, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have undeleted the draft at Draft:Elvish Yadav; you can work on that and run it through WP:AFC; the article itself went through articles for deletion, so I will not unilaterally unprotect or reinstate the mainspace-page. Lectonar (talk) 14:05, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks 103.39.128.89 (talk) 14:06, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lectonar, is this ready or what can be improved? Can you review it. 103.241.226.169 (talk) 05:03, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It needs to be submitted for review now. I will not review it. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 07:07, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is it ready for review? Or can be improved? Can you give some pointers? 103.241.226.169 (talk) 07:24, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's outside my area of expertise, tbh. A review doesn't normally lead to deletion ,though, so you can submit. Lectonar (talk) 11:12, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lectonar, where to make request to a review this page..here Draft_talk:Elvish_Yadav#Review it didn't reviewed because it is a protected and only administrator can do it. 103.251.217.233 (talk) 20:48, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please help to restructure this whole article, named BAF Shaheen College Dhaka, to solve all the problems as soon as possible. 2400:C600:337C:56D6:67EA:6E70:9B75:9B1E (talk) 08:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your request, but I will have no time for this. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Lectonar! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:05, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See your 2007 edit: does it really still need move protection? See User_talk:SilverLocust#Ombersley where I queried why that editor had today added a move protection template. PamD 14:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@PamD: I can't really remember why I didn't lift the move protection about 16 years ago, but at the time we had a famous vandal moving pages around haphazardly and randomly, so this might be an attempt at an explanation. Anyway, it is fully unprotected now. Lectonar (talk) 07:53, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. @SilverLocust for info. PamD 08:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I had mentioned you on Draft talk:Elvish Yadav. Perhaps you might not have seen it or ignored it. please see –– 𝚅𝚁𝙹𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚑𝚞 05:11, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned before I will not review drafts; I don't think me protecting the article does have any influence on prospective reviewers...AfC just takes time, and many drafts await assessment. Lectonar (talk) 06:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am former legal counsel to The Superior Oil Company (“TSOC”). omission of “The” was a common error during the company’s operating years. I have corrected the article by inserting the omitted “The” everywhere I spotted the omission, but cannot see how to correct it on the title of the page itself? --AnnMacnaughton (talk) 08:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AnnMacnaughton:. For that, you would have to request a move on the article talk-page; keep in mind that you will need sources to back up your request. Then, have a thorough read of our rules for conflict of interest which has a specific meaning here on Wikipedia. Further, concerning your question about your username, see Wikipedia:Changing username. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 13:21, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you reconsider protection for the page Battle of Rahon? The proxy 207* has reverted 4 times now and is a sock of HaughtonBrit who since April of this year has been constantly hampering my edits through IPs and occasionally sock puppet accounts like Rivanawam, Jaagit, and Elifanta23. I have also filed a report on the ANI noticeboard-[12] yet he continues to disrupt. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 14:43, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One of my colleagues has protected. Cheers. Lectonar (talk) 10:21, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sir I recently seen that some people edit this page wrongly and add harmful and unusual statement and remove some important data from the page so I request you for increase page protection. Musicalartist071 (talk) 03:34, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article is already semiprotected. So my reason for not upping the protection still stands; if I would up the protection, you couldn't edit the article either. As a sidenote: you would be well advised to at least acknowledge and take to heart what experienced users tell you on your talk-page. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:43, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I recently checked that I can only edit no protection or semi protected pages I want to increase my ability to extra secured pages. Musicalartist071 (talk) 03:46, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It happens automatically; see WP:EXTENDEDCONFIRMED. Lectonar (talk) 07:29, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ما هو ال Malt powder --3mk saif (talk) 22:02, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'd like to accept Draft:Elvish Yadav but I see you have salted it. He's had a lot of coverage for winning a reality competition and for his youtube channels. Ive tried to make it less promotional. Could you please consider unsalting it, or give suggestions for improving it for unsalting,regards Atlantic306 (talk) 19:47, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have downgraded to ec-protection; I still do not get why it isn't possible to formally accept a draft, and then ask for unprotection. Lectonar (talk) 13:13, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, perhaps there'll fix that in the future, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 22:28, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Lectonar! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Ezra Cricket (talk) 04:25, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ezra Cricket (talk) 04:25, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

Hello, im 9 years old and i want to make wikipedia articles --Olek123123 (talk) 15:55, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, not to curb your enthusiasm, but I would advise against it. The dangers to yourself are quite high, and I also would take into account what we wrote at WP:MINORS. 14:22, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lectonar, a bot archived my page protection request [13] for Divya Dwivedi before I could finish typing my response to your comment; I also had to sleep in the interim, so I apologize for the delay. But for whatever it is worth: there has been an article talk page discussion, and the disputed content had remained in the article because I am abiding by 3RR, even though I think my reverts are covered by a BLP exception, due to the unsourced contentious content.

The IP's talk page participation includes calling me "obtuse" [14], [15], and using bold font to emphasize [16] what from my view shows the text they added is not supported. I tried to explain how the material appears to generally be covered in the same section, and what from my view are significant BLP considerations due to the context based on multiple sources.

From my view, this does not seem unusual in CTOP articles - another article I recently asked to be protected has ongoing IP and new editor activity on the article talk page behaving somewhat similarly, but they are unable to add poorly sourced and unsourced contentious content to the BLP article because the article is protected. From my view, misrepresentation of Dwivedi seems fairly routine in the article history, because she is a subject of controversy and harassment (according to multiple sources), and my hope was the recent persistent attempts to add unsourced contentious content, and other IP activity in the article since PP expired, would support a request to continue protecting this article.

As an epilogue, another IP editor has started participating, and based on one of their edit summaries and edits, seems to recognize the complexity of the content issue [17]. If the first IP continues to revert unsourced contentious content into the article, I will plan on making a report to AN3. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 19:23, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I see your point. But I prefer to interfere as little as possible with people being able to edit, even editing by IPs. So yes, reporting people/IPs to noticeboards is a better solution than protecting whole pages. It's a bit like shooting at sparrows with cannon. Lectonar (talk) 13:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Lectonar, and I appreciate your approach. Previously, the disruption in this and the other article I referred to had been more widespread and persistent, but in this latest episode, the circumstances were different. I realize now that my involvement in the article, including the past and recent content issues, shifted my focus to a more proactive request than for what page protection is intended, so I very much appreciate your uninvolved perspective and your suggestion of an alternative more tailored for the situation. Thanks again, Beccaynr (talk) 16:54, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]