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Transwiki categories

Regarding your deletion summary: Should such categories just be removed from the transwiki pages? That would also clean up Special:WantedCategories. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@1234qwer1234qwer4: Yes, I agree with that. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 16:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I did some cleanup. As this is a task that will have to be done over and over again as new transwikis are imported, this might be a good task for a bot. @JackPotte Could you add a task to automatically remove categories from pages in the Transwiki: namespace (108)? 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 16:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I rather think that it's a human job to treat the transwiki pages instead of decorating them outside of the books (and maybe forget them a little more). JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 20:36, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Need for additional sysops

Hi, I'm part of the SWMT (Small Wiki Monitoring Team), and I see you have active editors. You do not have many active admins (6), so I was wondering if you were in need of assistance on-wiki. If so, please do tell me, and I'll be happy to help. If you are in need of additional sysops, I can get those as well, or I am happy to help out myself. You can email me at this link, reach me on IRC at #wikimedia-stewards, and on Discord at BlackWidowMovie0#8377. BlackWidowMovie0 (discuss • contribs) 20:11, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User is cross-wiki hatcollector and sockpuppeteer; see, for example, testwiki:Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions/BlackWidowMovie0. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:18, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect, I socked on enwiki, and am moving on. I had a genuine need for the testwiki perms, which were denied. So.....hatcollector: X. Sockpupeteer: X. BlackWidowMovie0 (discuss • contribs) 20:27, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The usual criteria apply for administrators here - tenure, many productive contributions and an understanding of the unique nature of Wikibooks. This is a global Sysop project so I'd recommend you pursue that route. Getting administration rights here would likely take you at least a year or two of extensive editing, not just vandal reverting. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 20:31, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QuiteUnusual, Thank you for the advice! If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to reach out. Thanks! BlackWidowMovie0 (discuss • contribs) 16:05, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser

Hi, can you run a CheckUser on the account User:Seckends? They have very similar editing patterns to an IP that I've blocked for creating nonsensical pages. Thanks in advance. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 19:36, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a duck. Blocked QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 19:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Mermaid" CheckUser

Can you run a CheckUser on the following sets of accounts:

They are creating copyvio material (remember the C++ Wikibooks book they tried to create? Turns out that they're copying it from various sources), and repeatedly creating accounts despite my blocking. It would be helpful if you could block the underlying IP range. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 12:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You got all of the accounts and autoblock is now in effect for the underlying IP addresses, so that should stop the problem. I'll keep an eye on it. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 12:57, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the assist

Thank you for pointing out how using the word "Shambles" was inappropriate on US History/Biden. I think I let my own personal experience in the pandemic color my writing, and I apologize for that. I will do better to remain neutral while editing. Thank you again, and apologies for my slip. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 22:08, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking using abusefilter

Any way we can get that to work (it seems to be absent here, unlike mediawiki)? Or do I need to file a Phabricator task? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 09:39, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Leaderboard: - a Phab task is required. Block is disabled by default on all wikis, then enabled by request on a small number. To enable it needs $wgAbuseFilterActions['block'] = true; added to the enwikibooks configuration section of abusefilter.php. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 10:43, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do it then, it's kind of urgent due to the chess spam. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 10:45, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia-1

I can't seem to post anything there, so can you do that for me? I want to post about Wikibooks:Reading_room/Proposals#Start_allowing_game_strategies because I think that this proposal will have wide-ranging changes to the entire Wikimedia community if passed, and hence want to get more consensus if possible. Thanks in advance. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:DUN config 1.png

I am not sure what you mean; it looks fine to me, with the Microsoft licensing template added...? Plus the rationale seems valid, and is no different to the fair-use images I've uploaded from Microsoft. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 11:53, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've undeleted one of them (Animated_paperclip.png); it's not "replaceable" as you claimed, because the context is not about the paperclip, but about the software that employed the paperclip, and is an example of poor usability. I might be misunderstanding something from a Wikibooks point of view however. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 11:59, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use would mean, in this context, that nothing else could be used to illustrate bad usability - including properly licensed content. That is, you would have to be discussing very specifically ONLY Microsoft poor usability and which is not what the book is about. E.g., I can't use a copyright picture from a bad movie to illustrate a book about bad movies in general. It would have to be both specifically about that movie, be absolutely necessary to illustrate why the movie was bad, etc. I think you have crossed a bright line on copyright to include it. Personally I think our EDP is legally questionable and is not rigid enough per the requirements the Foundation lays down. E.g., the Wikipedia one is extensive and precise and I don't think the stuff I deleted would comply with their policy. Ours is about three lines of text. That however is a different issue. Probably worth a discussion in one of the Reading Rooms rather than wheel warring over it. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:18, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I hate the organisation of material here. So the actual policy is at Wikibooks:Media. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:27, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can see where you're coming from, but the paperclip image is a very good example. Is it worth using an inferior image that would not convey the idea as well for the sake of ensuring free use? A similar example can be given for the network images that you deleted. (As for the EDP, that's something we can consider for the proposals section) Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 13:45, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're as qualified as me to decide. If you think it is in line with the policy, then go ahead and use it. I was actually getting round to reviewing all the unreviewed Files here (having cleared the pending changes backlog) rather than specifically targeting particular images, and these ones looked out of line with the policy - most of the changes I made were to ones with no license or FU criteria. Happy to go with your opinion rather than mine on these specific ones. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:52, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LTA

If you're already revdelling (which I don't know if it is necessary), you should also delete https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=4929610. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 21:04, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@1234qwer1234qwer4:, I undid the initial revdel (which I think was due to a concern of a user accidentally posting their IP), not sure what exactly you want us to delete (or revdel?). Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 21:11, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Right, didn't see this. Thanks! 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 21:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I started the revdel because I was going to CU the account and if I needed to subsequently warn them then I would be linking their account to an IP which is strongly discouraged. It became unnecessary when it became obvious that it's was the same user logged out and an LTA. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 22:00, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving

Hi, would you mind removing an Amazon link from a comment you wrote and helping automated archiving? [1] It looks like the link prevents my bot from archiving the surrounding text because doing so will trigger MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. [2] A quick solution would be to nowiki-fy the external link. A similar situation happened at ja.wikipedia and the same fix worked. Whym (discuss • contribs) 10:51, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just refactor it and remove the link. Thanks - QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 10:55, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think the bot works as expected now. Whym (discuss • contribs) 11:10, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Air Safety Book..

Not sure if you were focusing solely on 'mechanical' and human factors analysis, but I will note that the shift to 'fly-by-wire' systems, Airbus and Boeing being among the first to implement it in civil aviation, changed the risk profile. The earliest mention of fly-by-wire systems I can find in "The RISKS Digest" is in 1985.

You are presumably aware of the issue with certain Boeing planes ( https://www.aviationlawmonitor.com/2019/03/accident-investigation-1/the-boeing-737-max-8-controversy-explained/ ) in the last few years? (which was partly software related.)

ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 10:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The extent of the content is likely to be linked to the causes of air safety incidents, so would include software, electronic, electromechanical, human, procedural and other failures. In real life I am, amongst other things, a human behaviour and a critical systems safety specialist, so these are likely to be the area of higher focus. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 09:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Types of Electric Circuit

Hello sir. I have created a page that name is Types of Electric Circuit. But no one doesn't reviewed that page. So please check it's quality. Thank you Tanbirzx (discuss • contribs) 14:55, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We talked about this in 2019 briefly. We don't have separate pages like this at Wikibooks, instead we have textbooks. Your page needs integrating into a book - until it is, it won't be quality reviewed. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:46, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Poem of Sidi Boushaki

Hello QuiteUnusual,

Thank you for the interest you have shown in the article on the Poem of Sidi Boushaki which is one of the most studied Arabic grammar texts in the world, and of which several exegeses and comments have been published. I hope you will help me improve the presentation of the text in accordance with Wikibooks standards. Cordially. --Lofton05 (discuss • contribs) 10:14, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The main point is if this is just an article, or just a source text, then it is out of scope. If you are writing a book that explains the poem, or an annotation to the text, then that's fine. Thanks - QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:38, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some doubts

Hello, This might not be the right place to ask but I could not find any village pump like page here to communicate my doubts. So, I went on to check the Admins here and reached you. I am new here. But, I know somewhat about Wikipedia. I read some of the policies page here and I am still not sure whether we can add already published books here? Or, we are supposed to write new books only? I sent an Email also that I found from the Contact us page but got no reply. I am also confused about what will make any difference in the contents of Wikiversity and Wikibooks. Thanks in advane. And, sorry if I made a wrong move to ask you here. Lightbluerain (discuss • contribs) 18:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An already published book if it was open source would go to Wikisource, not here. Wikibooks is for writing new books QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 19:21, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Lightbluerain (discuss • contribs) 03:22, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality on a wikibooks page

Ok, I joined sometime last night/SUPER early this morning right. Ive been a wikipedia member for awile but anyways I was on pokemon fandom and started noticing multiple mistakes so I started fixing them and i ultimately ended up here. Well more accurately (wikibooks) and noticed someone had flagged a topic I was interested in for the hour and I didn't know who to tell as to working on fixing the "problem" if any at all? Lol Apologies in advance if I explain in too much detail BeatnikSnail (discuss • contribs) 09:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand the question you are asking. If you are asking "can I fix or problem, or do I need to tell someone first?", then the answer is you can just fix it. As a new editor, your edits will likely be reviewed by more experienced editors who will check you haven't made any mistakes which can happen as the Wiki editor isn't the easiest to use. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 14:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CU request

Can you run CheckUser on User:MarvinMarie90? Seeing different accounts post identical spam, and hence think a rangeblock on the underlying IPs would be needed. P.S: do you think I should run for CheckUser, given that Xania is inactive? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 20:18, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately there's no common range. Feel free to run for CU. It may take a while to get the required 25 votes but theres no problem with the request staying open as long as necessary. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 21:12, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think that it should be added to the sitenotice? Seems to be practice for past CU nominations but not sure if it's right here. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:59, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can add a sitenotice if you want. It'll probably help. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be OK to politely nudge those that are active (and that I interact with) but haven't voted? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:12, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would think so. We don't have the same focus on canvasing as at Wikipedia, but you should avoid appearing to badger people to support you. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:19, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

YGM

Kindly take a look at your email. Thanks. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 05:39, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I did thanks and that's what led to my note on the talk page of the editor in question. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:23, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like the editor doesn't want to address the issue that led to the global lock. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 15:41, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Literature and reading guides on Wikibooks

Can Wikibooks be used for books about literature such as compendiums of synopses and reading guides?--Darrelljon (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

things like a parallel text of reading guide are permitted, but I wouldn't expect to see one in Wikijunior as this is an unlikely audience for such a book. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 14:44, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation for Functionary consultation 2021

Greetings,

I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.

Thank you for your time.--BAnand (WMF) 15:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Subject: namespace and its pages

Hello, I am from Hindi Wikibooks (hiwikibooks) where I am trying to manage cataloguing. We have nearly all our templates imported from enwikibooks and follow the same structure.

I'm just curious about the future of this "Subject:" namespace here on English Wikibooks. Because, we, at Hindi project, still have a very few pages in this namespace, created following the practice here. But we have a lot of (comparable to our no. of pages) redlinks there yet to be created (and someone may create them accidentality in belief that they are actually needed, as I have done it myself).

I just want to ask if they are worth creating. If not, we can stop their creation (still being a NEW and small wikiproject).

Please suggest. --SM7 (discuss • contribs) 05:40, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We use them, and intend to continue using them, to group together books on a similar subject. If you only have a few books, you probably don't need them QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:54, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Android 2113853211

Created on 1 Apr 2021, Android 2113853211 mostly edits on simple English Wikipedia. However, Android 2113853211 was globally locked after 42 days and 800 edits. Android 2113853211 was not blocked here until 14 days after being globally locked, despite Android 2113853211 not editing here. 79.67.17.238 (discuss) 15:21, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The blocking is performed to block the underlying IP address which a global lock does not do. The account was blocked here as it was a sockpuppet of another user. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

importer permissions

Hi, I wanted to ask you something. So I realize that as an admin, I can add myself to a few user groups, one of them being importer. I'm being very careful with my administrative responsibilities and always ask first before trying something new. I've used the import tool a number of times (mainly for Wikipedia and StrategyWiki under the Wikibooks:Importers guidelines). So basically, seeing as you promoted me to temporary admin, I wanted to ask if I have permission to promote myself to importer, as I can forsee myself using import, even after three months, to transwiki some Wikipedia articles (e.g. Mario_franchise_strategy_guide/Enemies/Bob-omb -- its page history was deleted but provided to me by a Wikipedia admin upon request; more info on the guide's talk page) for the video game strategy guide wikibooks here. At the same time I feel I need to make an effort to try and be more original with my writing on some of the existing wikibook pages. 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 16:10, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

no you shouldn't give yourself permissions, as that's not what the community approved when giving you temporary admin rights. However, the admin rights includes importing and I think using this right would be acceptable to the community. If you want importer after your temp admin expires, you should request it at RFP. Thanks - QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, thank you 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 13:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Radiation Oncology

Who are those IPv6 editors there? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:59, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Does https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/69 look OK to you? Equivalent to semi-protecting the entire book. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 11:34, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Leaderboard: Yes, I was just fiddling around trying to do the same thing a different way. But yours looks okay QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:36, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/WilsonD055

Hello, you might want to globally lock and perform a sleeper check. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 18:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The editor was hopping IPs every 2 minutes... no sleepers on any of them but it is hardly definitive as they are clearly able to move around quickly. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:52, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I am pretty sure that this is not an "editor" in the strict sense by the way, since their userpage had the pattern of the ntsamr spambot. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 08:18, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

en.wiki troll has taken up residence here

(tried to post at Admin Assistance, but that's semi'd. Have to admit, it's hard for a non-autoconfirmed user to know where to ask for help. Probably true for en.wiki too, of course... Anyway, luckily I recognized your name and you seem active).

Just got notified of this editor leaving me a message: Special:Contributions/TwilightSparkleCuddleBear453. Compare to this en.wiki troll, blocked by me a few days ago (no URL because your edit filter thinks I'm spamming you; this is on en.wiki) User_talk:Twilight_Sparkle_222#I_am_blocked. An en.wiki CU said there is previous abuse on multiple accounts. I can solve my problem by turning off cross-wiki notifications. But just FYI, they're likely going to be a timesink for you folks too, unless you block and maybe CU them. Don't get tricked into thinking they are a new user making newbie mistakes (like, for example, posting to Misza13's talk page). --Floquenbeam (discuss • contribs) 21:58, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the warning. There's something odd about the account. Will look more later as I need to put my Steward hat on and delve into the details. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 23:26, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi, how are you doing? Just saw your comment on my page. I was a bit confused myself and just chose to ignore the message. The part beneath it This survey is primarily meant to get feedback.... also confused me a bit though i realise that it was originally part of another message.--ЗAНИA ^talk 09:48, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Xania: Yes I'm good, hope you're keeping well. The editor had created a bunch of "rules" he was trying to enforce on the book so I assume it was somehow related to that. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 09:52, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks! 96.18.219.55 (discuss) 16:38, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring a deleted page

Dear QuiteUnusual, you have recently deleted a page: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Anorgaaniline_Keemia/Atmosfääri_osakesed It is not spam. Please help me restore the content and move it to a proper place at Estonian wikibooks. By mistake the author entered "en" instead of "et". Me and my student would be very grateful for your assistance as we are not so proficient with wikibooks.

--Vladislav Ivaništšev 19:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olunet (talk • contribs)

More Bureaucrats

You appear to be the only bureaucrat on the English Wikibooks, so can you promote me and 3 other users to bureaucrats because I am experienced have never breached any Wikibooks policy. Faster than Thunder (discuss • contribs) 01:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No I can't. You need to be elected by the community. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 01:22, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Misconduct

Thank you for destroying the work of hours within 5 minutes! There is nothing left than to report you. --Platonykiss (discuss • contribs) 15:20, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually what would be more helpful is for you to provide a link to the original source, so that you can comply with the site license and not publish a copyright violation. Then the work can be restored. As you are clearly copying someone else's work they probably think yours is the misconduct. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 18:58, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please see..........

.....my follow up question at Discussion.--Buddpaul (discuss • contribs) 18:08, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

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Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Deleted pages

Hi, I recently got into deleted works of fiction. I understand that they are out of scope and don’t request to revive them. However, some of them are interesting and I would like to read them. Could you please email me the content of A Fiction Story About Free Fall: The 22 Million Mile Tower, The Router That Got Away Lyrics, Least Defensive Starter Pokémon, September 2020 masculine names disaster, Backpack Bear Introduces The Computer, and Natural science and technology teacher's guide?
Also, while searching in the deletion log I have found strategy guides that were deleted back when they were out of scope that are yet to be revived. Here they are: Loving an unpopular Pokémon vs loving an unpopular name, How to calculate the HP range for a species of Pokémon, Effective stats, and Pokémon Level 30.
Sorry for the very long message and thanks in advance, -Gifnk dlm 2020 From Middle English Wikipedia 📜📖💻 (talk) 13:30, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. I will request in requests for undeletion. -Gifnk dlm 2020 From Middle English Wikipedia 📜📖💻 (talk) 14:23, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of Unreviewed pages

Hello, I want to know that these pages (Wikijunior:Life, Countries A-Z/Poland, Portugal) and may be more pages are not reviewed but I can't find these pages in List of Unreviewed pages. Why? Zsohl ^{(discuss•contribs)} 16:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zsohl: The list of unreviewed pages lists pages that have never been reviewed. If they have been reviewed, but have changes that have not been reviewed, they are listed at Special:PendingChanges. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 16:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MarcGarver: Thanks for reply. But these pages are never been reviewed ( Countries A-Z/Poland, Portugal). What about these? Zsohl ^{(discuss•contribs)} 16:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a bug. If you look at Special:ValidationStatistics you can see 53 are unreviewed, but they don't appear on the list of unreviewed pages. While the unreviewed pages is cached it is updated as of 1 Feb so that can't be the cause. I'll need to raise a bug on Phabricator. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 10:51, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ,MarcGarver you had deleted page Documents on the Persian Gulf's name [3] mentioned (Source texts belong at Wikisource. I would like to translate the book from its original text of persian wiki books not in detail but in short . specially parts that explain about the the roots of the names of Iran- Oman sea- Indian ocean erythraen sea, Arabian sea and ... would you please advise me about.

--Cultural sec (discuss • contribs) 08:32, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A translation is also a source text. An annotated text is acceptable. In this case you should request an import of the original text. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 08:52, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Permission for Saint Michael: Early Anglo-Saxon Tradition

This has been submitted as Ticket:2022022210010563. It looks like you don't have access to permissions, so I can move it back to sister-projects if you'd like to take it over. Otherwise we can take a look at it in permissions and get back to you about it. Whichever you'd prefer. VernoWhitney (discuss • contribs) 19:28, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@VernoWhitney: I'm more than happy for you to look at it in permissions. I had a quick look and I don't see clear evidence that the person who sent it is related to the estate, or the copyright holder, but I'm not an expert. Thanks. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 13:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I went through the VRT help pages for additional guidance and am inclined to approve it and have noted my reasoning in the Ticket. Unless you disagree I'll let you tag the book (or whatever you do to notate permission here on wikibooks) and then I'll reply. VernoWhitney (discuss • contribs) 15:27, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@VernoWhitney: Thanks, your reasoning looks sound. I have tagged the page. Appreciate your work on this - regards. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 08:34, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Double redirect protected

See User:QU~enwikibooks and talkpage. Please fix to help clear out Special:DoubleRedirects _{L10nM4st3r/Roar at me} 15:06, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, done. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 07:59, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Plasma Fusion Preface

Hi! I wonder what you think of "my" book? I will not do anything more to it, you are free to edit as you like but I am quite satisfied with the book as it is. Knoppson (discuss • contribs) 16:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a strange name, and it isn't structured like a book - that's the structural "issue". Other than that, I have no comment on the content. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 07:58, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interlingue para principiantes

Hi, I see you left a comment in the book Interlingue para principiantes created by @Caro de Segeda: that only books in English are accepted. I think if there’s such a thing as “Interlingue Wikibooks” it should be imported to there. If not, then I would suggest maybe moving it to the user space of the user for the time being however if the policy says to delete it after a certain amount of time (7 days?), then I think it’s fair. -🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦Україні🇺🇦Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦(talk)🇺🇦 14:57, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I checked and Interlingue Wikibooks does exist and can be found here. I think the book should be imported. -🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦Україні🇺🇦Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦(talk)🇺🇦 15:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There's no point importing it because it isn't in English. Unless the editor is going to translate it to English, it'd just be deleted. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 07:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. The rule that books should be written in English is valid for English Wikibooks. I assume this book is written in Interlingue therefore I suggest importing it to Interlingue Wikibooks where it will fit in perfectly. -🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦Україні🇺🇦Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦(talk)🇺🇦 09:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think he means exporting it from here to Interlingue, not importing.--Xania

^talk 14:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's already there though, at the link above... MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 14:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Xania is correct. I meant exporting it from English Wikibooks to Interlingue Wikibooks. I’m not sure what you mean by “it’s already there”. The link above is to the main page of Interlingue Wikibooks. I tried searching “Interlingue para principiantes” and it doesn’t appear they have a book with that title or a similar one. -🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦Україні🇺🇦Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦(talk)🇺🇦 18:36, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need admin rights to Export. You may need rights on the ia project to import it - you'll need to ask there. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 10:27, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately there hasn’t been any activity in ia.wikibooks during the last 30 days except for bots leaving messages and new account creations. Also there are no admins except the anti abuse filter and no importers. P.s. is it possible to export it and upload the xml dump to commons.wikimedia? Thanks in advance, -🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦Україні🇺🇦Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦(talk)🇺🇦 13:15, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Admin request

In the middle of an edit, I somehow got logged out. Please can you hide my IP from Guide to the Godot game engine/Debugging. Thanks. ^L10nM4st3r / _{Roar at me} 11:06, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's done. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 12:09, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:2603:7080:C43D:1882:A1DD:9973:EBC1:C9C1

This user is requesting to be unblocked. Can you take care of it if you can recall why they were blocked?--Xania ^talk 00:51, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinite IP blocks

Hello. Generally, IPs shouldn't be blocked indefinitely as it will be randomly assigned to different users. Kindly review the blocks you made and adjust accordingly. Thanks. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 11:36, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They all remain appropriate. For those without talk page access, there remains CU evidence of an ongoing risk of harassment or abuse. The others can always request an unblock. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 12:50, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question about redirects

Hi @MarcGarver! I noticed that you deleted the redirect I created for Cookbook:Chili Sauce. I was wondering why, since it didn't match the criteria for speedy deletion. The term "chili sauce" is likely to be searched by users, and inexperienced users may link to Cookbook:Chili Sauce when adding links to ingredient lists, so it seems only appropriate that this redirect exists. Can you clarify your reasoning for the deletion? Thanks!! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 15:34, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Simple, we don't use "article" style redirects this way at Wikibooks. It's a style thing. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 08:33, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks! Could you point me to the wikibooks style guide or community consensus that says this so that I can reference it for the future? And, should the criteria for speedy deletion be edited to reflect the fact that even terms likely to be searched for should not be made into redirects? Also, can you point me to the better and accepted way to account for the issue of such terms that inexperienced users are likely to search for and link to? In my editing of the cookbook I frequently run across the issue of multiple terms existing for, say, one ingredient, and it actively inhibits cohesion and comprehensibility of the cookbook when there's no way to connect all the different terms people use for the same thing. Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 20:49, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the speedy deletion reason would be "Pages with no meaningful content", as a "chilly sauce" research should show every recipes mentioning it equally (and we don't want one to have the monopoly). But as Cookbook:Chili Paste don't use this exact term, it could be interesting to add it in the wikicode (visible or not), like for SEO. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 12:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel

Hello, was this intentional? 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 08:03, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I realise now the link is not particularly helpful thanks to how MW displays the action. I'm talking about https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?action=historysubmit&type=logging&revisiondelete=1&ids[5091766]=1&ids[5091765]=1. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 08:06, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your question fully, but if you mean did I intend to hide two entries in the deletion log, then yes I did. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 09:09, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Even if you hid the titles because of the propagandist wording, I don't see why hiding the username was necessary... 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:06, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because I judged it so based on CheckUser data. I won't be providing any further information per the WMF policy. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 15:16, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I replied to your deletion request...

Wikibooks:Requests for deletion#Free Energy does not Exist -- Vinyasi (discuss • contribs) 16:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibooks:Reading room/Assistance#How do I improve my wikibook, or is it impossible to improve it? -- Vinyasi (discuss • contribs) 13:42, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion is not inevitable. I don't see a problem with the book but maybe the person who tagged it for deletion can share their thoughts.--Xania ^talk 04:29, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

SHB2000

Was that person not supposed to get temporary adminship? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 15:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, we've promoted people to temp admin with 4 supports (see 2005-Fan's request). I hence find both your responses strange. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 15:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's because it's down to my judgement - e.g., on how much weight I place on the people expressing an opinion. As for temp v's perm. They requested / discussed both. Opinions were expressed both ways and I concluded the way I did. If you don't like it you are free to request it is changed or removed, although I won't be doing it for reasons that will be clear soon. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 17:25, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A quick hello

Hi, I was just poking around, seeing how WB was doing, seeing if anyone I knew from the old days was still around. It looks like you've had a handle change? I hope this not finds you well. Thenub 314 (talk) 04:03, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, not many of the "old guard" left around and it's been a sad place (for me) since Pi zero died a few years ago... Glad to hear from you. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 09:24, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello, I am the author of supplementary mathematics book. I came from another account, I wanted to ask if you can help me in writing the book. Mohammad.Hosein.J.Shia (discuss • contribs) 11:09, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed

Hi @MarcGarver! I have been encountering a user who continuously takes text from other Wiki projects (mostly Wikipedia), translates it (using an online translation tool, I'm pretty sure), and then pastes it in without attribution or linking back to the original page. I have tried on multiple occasions to tell them to stop doing this since it goes against policy and disrupts the chain of attribution, but they either don't understand or are being willfully ignorant. Do you have any advice for me here? I'm uncomfortable with letting this continue. Thanks! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 17:52, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Supplementary mathematics/Torus for the latest example post-warnings. —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 17:53, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If it looks like a copyvio, delete it immediately, then block. Keep extending the block each time... I'm afraid we've had this before (there was an infamous IP editor who came here each year after their blocked expired and would set off copy / pasting from other Wiki sites until i blocked him. Went on for 7 years). They'll either learn, or end up blocked indef. That's unfortunate but there's no excuse for continuous copyright / attribution breaking (which is also a copyright violation). MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 18:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it—thanks for the help! Cheers —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 00:27, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MarcGarver........ You are disgusting....You fool.Do you know how angry I am?😠. Firstly Why did you delete my page?You know what,You can block me and my account.You ruined my day Symbol Mosieleng (discuss • contribs) 16:51, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please help with Folkstyle Wrestling/Advanced Wrestling Strategy webpage

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Folkstyle_Wrestling/Advanced_Wrestling_Strategy The text is NOT related to folkstyle wrestling. The text is related more to some sort of backyard style of wrestling. In folkstyle wrestling, there are weight classes and the wrestlers, except for the heavyweight wrestler, wrestle opponents their weight. While the mount might be an advanced pinning hold, it's description is not appropriate for an audience interested in amateur high school or college wrestling.

I don't know how to fix this. I am a noob when it comes to editing wiki. I will only make a mess if I try. I am NOT an expert on folkstyle wrestling. Please contact an expert on the sport to get correct information for this page. I only know the information on this page is wrong and inappropriate. Ricks9001 (discuss • contribs) 23:11, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Matthew Tameirao

Hello, I suspect there might be more sockpuppets looking at the recent history. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 15:42, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

fyi, since Special:Contributions/AshtonTameirao1225 was blocked, Special:Contributions/AshtonTameirao12 and Special:Contributions/AshtonTameirao317 are at least very suspicious. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 23:26, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Advice needed

Hello @MarcGarver! There appears to be an individual rapidly and regularly contributing vast numbers of pages with health information, all unsourced. They edit from multiple IPs, and they don't seem to respond to messages left on the discussion page (probably has to do with changing IPs). I have a few main concerns that I'm not quite sure how to handle:

The sheer volume and rate of the contributions makes me wonder whether they are really writing all of it themselves and whether there could be a copyvio issue. I can't find any issues using copyvios.toolforge.org, but that still doesn't completely rule the issue out.
The fact that they are adding a large amount of biological/health-related information is somewhat concerning, as it seems to me like those topics should be robustly supported with at least basic sourcing.
The fact that they are editing significantly from an IP and aren't responsive to communication concerns me, since I'm not sure how to get in touch with them and engage in discussion about their contributions.

Any advice would be appreciated! @Xania @Atcovi @JackPotte if any of you are around and have insight, it would be welcome as well.

Cheers! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 12:39, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We have seen this before. They don't respond to talk page messages and are almost certainly copyright violating from an offline source. You don't need evidence that they are violating copyright, you just need to ask them to provide a source as the onus is on them to prove they own the material. See Chrisho952 as an example of a user I indef blocked in the end. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 12:48, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you. Would it be appropriate to delete the pages if they remain unsourced without response? —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 17:26, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Kittycataclysm:, yes (definitely). Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 17:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CU Request

Hello @MarcGarver! Can we get a CU on User:Mohammadkop1386? Based on activity and other factors, I'm concerned it may be a new account to evade a block. Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 13:51, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's no evidence of abuse. MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 15:34, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thank you! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 17:32, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]