Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard

This is a message board for talking about tasks on Wikipedia that only administrators can do. Please put new messages at the bottom of the talk page or click here to start a new discussion.

Please note that the messages on this page are archived periodically. A message may therefore have been archived. Note however, that the archives must not be modified, so if something needs discussing, please start a new discussion on this page.

Are you in the right place?

• This is the Simple English Wikipedia. Click here for the Administrators' Noticeboard on the regular English Wikipedia.
• Use Vandalism in progress to report serious and urgent vandalism from other users to administrators.
• Use Requests for permissions to request administrators to give you tools that can help you do things faster on Wikipedia, such as rollback.
• Use Simple talk to ask general questions about Wikipedia and how to use it.
• See meta:Steward requests/Username changes to change your user name or take another user name.
• See WP:RFCU for CheckUser requests.
• See WP:OS for oversight.

Page protection request

There has been some disruption on the page Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, just like Teen Titans Go!, which is protected indefinitely. I am requesting that Teen Titans Go! To the Movies gets protected for some time just for good measure, as this disruption has been caused likely by the same user. Thank you. NX3710 (talk) 12:51, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Request for semi-protection for Object (computer science) after 3RR

• Object (computer science) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello,

A TA is copying enWP without citing sources, and on top of that, they're using bold text throughout the page. His messages here and here are downright insulting. I suggest you revert to the original version of the article. This will give this TA time to read the help pages to learn how to participate in a community project.

Sincerely. —Eihel (talk) 16:40, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done, usually we do not add page protection unless there is severe vandalism that cannot be handled (per WP:SEMI). The TA has been warned on their talk page and we can take further action on the account if they continue. Ternera (talk) 14:07, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Protection request

Please protect Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. PieWriter (talk) 06:26, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done for one month. Ternera (talk) 17:54, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Hadith rejectors

At Hadith rejectors, the page is being edited, what appears to be exclusively, by socks of User:OkayEiko as found by sockpuppetry investigations at en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/OkayEiko/Archive. OkayEiko is not blocked on Simple. However, they're abandoning each account and moving onto another each time that account is blocked at English. So, technically, there is no block being evaded on Simple.

The English Wikipedia has this article redirect to Quranism and it is protected due to the persistent sockpuppetry. An RFD here on Simple in 2024 was no consensus, though a good amount of suggestion of redirection.

How do we approach this article and these accounts? There is no Simple block being evaded as far as I can see, but it is an undisclosed use of multiple accounts. CountryANDWestern (talk) 14:59, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

not sure about the page but I'd imagine for the users that cases like this constitute the abuse of multiple accounts, and can be acted upon accordingly.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 15:04, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

There is nothing inherently wrong with using multiple accounts. If the accounts aren't being used for abuse and there's no block being evaded, there's no wrongdoing on simple. It's pretty fair to say that WP:ONESTRIKE applies to the whole bunch though. Garsh (talk) 03:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

"Goodwikiwriter1973"

Hello all,

I have reason to believe that Goodwikiwriter1973 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) possesses a conflict of interest in the articles they have written and contributed to in a manner that puts the vast majority of contributions they have made to Wikipedia into deep question to me. This user has almost exclusively created edits related to brothers Mark and Gary Leschinsky, two college/high school aged students who, while accomplished, are not exceptionally notable. After many of their edits on English Wikipedia were reverted/deleted, they seem to have moved to Simple English Wikipedia in the hopes of receiving less attention there. This is an issue not only because they appear to be evading issues others have previously brought up with their contributions, but also because, crucially, they are not writing in Simple English.

This pattern has included, but is not limited to, creating articles for Mark and his film festival that have since been deleted, creating an article for Gary that remains up on Simple English Wikipedia, adding edits related to the brothers on other Wikipedia articles, and simple:High Tor Vineyards creating an article on Simple English Wikipedia] for a business that lists Mark as an intern in a public Instagram post.

Appreciate any attention to this situation.

(Copypasted from erroneously making this post at first on English Wikipedia's noticeboard.) ~2026-18956-93 (talk) 22:03, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) The concerns seem fair. The Gary Leschinsky article isn’t really in Simple English, uses pretty complex terms. Lots of personal achievements are very detailed. Some of which aren’t fully backed by the sources, so it tips toward WP:COI. Could be taken to RFD. Erakilos 𐤀 22:35, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

I have nominated the article for deletion and cleaned up some of their other edits as well. Right now, they are inactive, so I won't block at the time, but the COI warning on their page should help for now. CountryANDWestern (talk) 14:42, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Unconstructive editing

A new user Dy2834 has been involved in adding frictional characters images links to sensitive caste/ethnic group based pages such like this and this. The user also deliberately added wrong link on an article named Thakur. User is only engaged on ‘Ahir’ or ‘Yadav’ caste based pages, seems like a caste-based pov pusher. The pages have been reverted to their last fair version by me. Thanks MrBeardalien (talk) 16:31, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

User:User talk:My cock fell off because i vaped too much

Please ban https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:My_cock_fell_off_because_i_vaped_too_much. Wikipedia:Username. ExplorerofSpace (talk) 04:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Reported at WP:VIP. – Erakilos 𐤀 04:18, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! ExplorerofSpace (talk) 04:18, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

User:I harass Wikipedians until they commit wikisuicide

Please ban https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:I_harass_Wikipedians_until_they_commit_wikisuicide Wikipedia:Username ExplorerofSpace (talk) 04:05, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Reported at WP:VIP. – Erakilos 𐤀 04:18, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! ExplorerofSpace (talk) 04:19, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Careless user

He @Ravensfire is changing the page Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty even when there are all the proofs for the claimed information. Somebody kindly teach him that wikipedia is free for everybody to add unbiased referenced information. He is changing all reference based data on that page maybe because he is biased. Please any good admin look after this serious matter. ~2026-19768-09 (talk) 10:57, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

This is the usual Rajput caste POV push around this topic. I would encourage others to look at the versions on en wiki for some idea of the POV pushing from this temp account. Ravensfire (talk) 13:11, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Page Protection Request

Please protect the pages Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty and Nagabhata I; LTA targeted pages. – Erakilos 𐤀 11:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty  Done, but  Not done Nagabhata I as that page didn't receive as much vandalism. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 21:57, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. – Erakilos 𐤀 03:05, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Please protect Comic book

Hi! Long time no see :) A LTA keeps vandalising Comic book. Can you please semi-protect it for some time? Thank you in advance, have an amazing day!! :) ~ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done Thanks Dream Indigo! --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 21:55, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Ferien Thank you a lot! ~ Dream Indigo ✩ 22:00, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Airline hotline spambot

(Moved from Simple Talk)

Pinging @Fehufanga, @ShadowBallX and @Ferien: Does anybody have an idea of how to deal with, or more information on, the latest series of spambots that has been successfully creating new pages at a high rate? How long has this been going on and are other wikis affected? They create paragraph-long pages with a title along the lines of "How to contact a representative of [airline name]?" or "What is the toll-free number for [airline name]" and then text explaining how to do so with phone numbers, and work in multiple languages with at least German, French, Korean, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic seen so far; رقم هاتف خدمة عملاء ترانسافيا is the latest example of such a page. I was thinking that an edit filter could be used to disallow the creation of unsourced pages containing phone numbers by non-autoconfirmed users; could this be workable without excessive false positives? Passengerpigeon (talk) 23:28, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Passengerpigeon, I can see there is currently a global abuse filter, though it is not currently taking any action. At some point over the next day I am going to try and put some time into building one. Could we move this to the admins' noticeboard please? --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 23:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

It's been interesting to use the IP information tool on some of the temporary accounts that create these pages. There is seemingly no link between them, different address ranges, ASNs, and locations. It's likely a person or group is using proxies, but it's a strange thing to put so much effort into given that most of us can't read the languages they're using.

I'd be supportive of a filter blocking non-autoconfirmed from creating pages with phone numbers. There are very few constructive reasons why this would be needed anyways. Garsh (talk) 16:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

I ran a checkuser on some of the blocked users, they are all from about the same region. I do think that an editfilter might be the way forward. Eptalon (talk) 08:48, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

In these messages,, the important thing is the phone number. Dialling the number (don't) will likely get you to a call center where they will either defraud you or sell you overpriced 'solutions'. In general having an article which has a phone number in the text or the title is problematic. So recognizing a phone number is likely enough. Eptalon (talk) 17:14, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

• Special:AbuseFilter/160 created as a start. -Barras talk 20:50, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

  As I mentioned earlier I think that an effective filter should target any non-autoconfirmed page creation that has phone numbers and no citations, and it should probably be set to Disallow and not Warn, because the fact that the bots are already dismissing the "Edit Check" suggests that they might be sophisticated enough to click Save again. Have you already decided that this would create too many false positives or do you plan to expand the filter? Passengerpigeon (talk) 21:52, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

  I created the filter as a starting point, as I mentioned it. It's usually not the most clever idea to start out with disallowing edits. -Barras talk 22:05, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

  Also, the filter currently has no hits. When it is tagging fine and we see there are almost no false positives can we set it to disallow Eptalon (talk) 22:16, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

  I've made some minor tweaks so the spambots are now hitting it and their changes are being disallowed. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 22:44, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

  User:Fredaiz got disallowed on one page title but made it through with several other pages, with text in French. Passengerpigeon (talk) 04:23, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

  Likewise, User:RakkkuLaaal got through by using extra symbols in the phone numbers. Such as +##(#)#####.###/ or +#-#-#####>#### (replaced the actual numbers with #). Garsh (talk) 05:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

  @Passengerpigeon I am a bit late to this (I didn't get pinged for this) but I already made a filter for this spammer a few months ago, which still catches some but not all of their edits, this is not a new issue. Edit filters are always going to be whack-a-mole and they will always find ways around it.

  Also, to the message directly above, I'd like to note that it's sometimes best to not discuss the edits that triggered/did not trigger the filter on a public forum, WP:BEANS. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:31, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

  I have made a few adaptations to the filter, there are specific message parts that are quite typical for such messages, I have added a few checks, let's see if it improves matching Eptalon (talk) 08:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

User:RockyWikiSantali and User:FonzuHarp

• These users are  Confirmed sockpuppets per this and c:Category:Sockpuppets of FonzuWiki.
• Their username is similar to my username.
• If you look at FonzuHarp's changes, many of them are disruptive, like (undiscussed cut and paste moves) (copied from the English Wikipedia) and they keep adding empty External links sections to articles, as in .
• They are already blocked on the English Wikipedia and Commons, see w:en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#RockyWikiSantali and FonzuHarp and c:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 42#Block request: FonzuHarp.

BodhiHarp (talk) 17:46, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Spam of LLM article creations

Practically all user Lottavio did, was creations of several LLM-generated articles with zero references and one 1-to-1 copy of a disambiguation page. I think it's therefore logical, to at least give a formal warning to this user to stop this behavior. Michael21107 (talk) 15:18, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

@Michael21107: Thanks for letting us know, I've warned the user. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 18:11, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

User space is being indexed by google - are the settings on this wiki correct?

I happened to search on google for a living person - the second result is to an article in userspace - suspect the settings might not be blocking google robots which is troubling if drafts are picked up as articles: User:Djm-leighpark/Gina Coladangelo Nonsenseferret (talk) 18:44, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Can't speak to the settings, but I think it'd be a good idea to delete this particular draft as the editor whose space it is in abandoned their account three years ago. No sense is keeping the draft, which is likely non-viable anyway, here. CountryANDWestern (talk) 11:57, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

FYI to the original commenter or admins for future reference, there is a template for avoiding this called {{NOINDEX}} (it goes at the top of the page). { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 15:10, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Deleted. It was probably because the page had Category:Articles with hCards included. -Barras talk 17:21, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

nooo!!!! { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 18:35, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Mickey17 rollback req

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_17 This article needs vandalism to be reverted please (whilst preserving the image). { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 15:42, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I have reverted. You also can revert by going into the edit history, finding the last "clean" version and restoring that. CountryANDWestern (talk) 17:41, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I couldn't seem to do that, maybe a mobile problem. Thank you though. { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 18:34, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Never mind, the revert was working but I thought that it deleting the image was a mistake. { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 18:38, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

New Bautista sock

Please take a look at the contributions of Prince Zian (talk · contribs), especially Christian Bautista. It's the latest Bautista sock, needs to be blocked and all of the created pages deleted please. Thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 03:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

hello and good day, he is a Filipino Artist, kinda pls check it or research about him, thank you 🌻. Prince Zian (talk) 04:09, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

His complete name is Christian Joseph Morata Bautista, he is an artist, I swear I am not making any mess here. Prince Zian (talk) 04:14, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I've blocked and nuked their creations. Not a sock family I was familiar with, but poking around some of the deleted article histories showed obvious connections. CountryANDWestern (talk) 12:01, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Appreciate it. w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mutia_ti_la_union_updates/Archive if you really want to know more about this junk. Or just look at the history of Santol, La Union - pretty much every IP and new account that has edited that article in the past two years is a Bautista sock. It's stupid and they go from nothing for months to sock after sock after sock for a few weeks. Very annoying. Ravensfire (talk) 12:40, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Suhana Khan Actress

Suhana Khan Actress (talk · contribs) is an obvious sock from the Alakmarsaify sockfarm that's not happy that I've reported them to RFCU. They're getting a bit nasty on my talk page . Would someone mind blocking them for the personal attacks? This is somewhat typical of Alakmarsaify when they get spotted and reported. Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 19:14, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

 Blocked, thank you. Ternera (talk) 19:26, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Cite toolbar for inserting templates broken

Go to a random article. Use the 2010 wikitext editor. In the toolbar, click ^ Cite then Templates ^ then any of the 4 templates and you get

TypeError: module.title.parseDom is not a function in jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.js:100

in the webbrowser console.

Apologies if this is the wrong page to report this, I am not sure who to ask. Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 21:27, 8 April 2026 (UTC)