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Admin

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I am a Wikipedia:administrator since July 5, 2004. I first contributed to Wikipedia in April of 2001 (oldest edits lost in early software upgrades). My first edit with my username appears to be on April 26. I have been active on a number of online projects - active and passive (SETI@Home, Distributed Proofreaders, Mars crater labeling, Stardust@Home, Folding@Home on the Wikipedia team: Team page, etc.)


Admin statistics
Action Count
Edits 61558
Edits+Deleted 64925
Pages deleted 3958
Revisions deleted 14
Pages restored 30
Pages protected 80
Pages unprotected 9
Protections modified 23
Users blocked 101
Users reblocked 1
User rights modified 1

User:Xenocidic/dashboard/users User:Xenocidic/dashboard/users

Immediate requests Entries
Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages 0
Wikipedians looking for help 2
Requests for unblock 80
Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests 96
Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected edit requests 77
Wikipedia template-protected edit requests 6
Wikipedia fully protected edit requests 2
Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests 190
Requested RD1 redactions 3
Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations 0
Candidates for speedy deletion 4
Open sockpuppet investigations 46
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Administrative backlog

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All Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons
Copy to Wikimedia Commons with hidden file revisions
Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old needing human review
Requests for unblock
SPI cases awaiting administration
Wikipedia pages tagged for copyright problems
Template:Admin dashboard
Template:Admin dashboard/light
Template:Admin dashboard/light/sandbox
Template:Admin dashboard/uaarfpp
Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism/TB2
Wikipedia:Closure requests
Wikipedia:Copyright problems
Template:Did you know/Queue
Template:DYK queue/backlog
Wikipedia:Files for discussion
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no drafts
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no portals
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no user pages
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
Wikipedia:Requested moves
Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/New page reviewer
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion
Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Bot
Wikipedia:WikiProject History Merge

WP:AIV

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CSD / PRODs

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Candidates for speedy deletion Entries
Attack pages 0
Copyright violations 0
Hoaxes 0
Vandalism 0
User requested 0
Empty articles 0
Nonsense pages 0
Spam pages 2
Importance or significance not asserted 1
Possibly contested candidates 1
Other candidates 1
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Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons – No backlog currently

Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons – 12 items

Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old needing human review – 12 items

Requested RD1 redactions – 3 items

Proposed deletion – No backlog currently

WP:UAA / WP:RFPP

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Usernames for administrator attention


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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Yom HaZikaron

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Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – The subject is within the scope of ARBPIA. JayCubby 14:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

United States Department of Defense

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Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. •Cyberwolf•. talk? 14:47, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: This user who requested protection has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:48, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Declined I'm afraid the protection log doesn't justify indefinite anything. Chetsford (talk) 12:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

R Canis Majoris

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent disruptive edits by a series of accounts created solely for this purpose. Lithopsian (talk) 20:54, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Daagi

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Unsourced edits from ip addresses. Needs protection. Mehedi Abedin 21:44, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Note: the unsourced edits are still going on. Please someone intervene. Mehedi Abedin 06:50, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Moshe Feiglin

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Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 22:59, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Huda Fakhreddine

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Reason: Many recent edits by non-ec users to content related to IP conflict area. DMH223344 (talk) 23:25, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Netzah Yehuda Battalion

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Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Visa requirements for Chinese citizens

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Reason: High level of IP vandalism. 120.22.58.136 (talk) 00:08, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: @120.22.58.136: This request cannot be parsed. Please ensure it follows formatting consistent with the current or previous methods of submission.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 00:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Lilo & Stitch (2025 film)

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Lots of unexplained and disputed changes to the film's listed genres mainly by IP editors in the past several days. –WPA (talk) 00:20, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 00:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Granite Battalion

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Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 00:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Kovli, Iraq

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Reason: Vandalism 49.205.82.234 (talk) 00:44, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: This user who requested protection has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Mazloum Abdi

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Reason: Every two days someone is vandalizing the article 49.205.82.234 (talk) 00:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: This user who requested protection has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Template:Article templates/generic article

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Indefinite semi-protection: Requesting semi move and edit protection as I've seen multiple cases where new users will edit this page to create their article. One case even required an admin to do a histmerge (hence the request for move protection as well). ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:21, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Jezebel

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Temporary pending changes protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:26, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Prithvi

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Reason: Persistent disruptive editing by new users. Johnj1995 (talk) 02:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Freaky Tales (film)

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continuous unsourced and non-NPOV additions from multiple IPs and accounts over the last few days. Iiii I I I (talk) 05:06, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Belarus

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Reason: Move prot (highly visible). 2603:8080:600:AADE:C14D:1F87:CC42:9CD9 (talk) 05:11, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 05:22, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Miss Universe Philippines 2025

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Reason: High level of vandalism, not only with IPs but also with users with accounts. Allyriana000 (talk) 06:07, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Kurds in Palestine

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Reason: Vandalism 190.32.172.134 (talk) 06:32, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Kurds in Palestine

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Reason: Vandalism 185.74.53.18 (talk) 06:38, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Mulukhiyah

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Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Persistent violation of WP:ARBECR. Skitash (talk) 08:18, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Aaron Judge

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Full protection: Edit-warring / content dispute. Left guide (talk) 08:45, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Declined Full protection has to be used extremely sparingly and, generally, for short periods of time only. The slow cadence of the edit war means any reasonable period of protection I give would have virtually no impact. Editors who have violated WP:3RR can be reported at the appropriate noticeboard. Chetsford (talk) 12:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Tonnie Cusell

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Reason: Unjustified attempt to block due to disagreement about correct information and change of page Tonnie Cusell. KakehanMaluku (talk) 11:29, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. User:KakehanMaluku blocked for deliberate disruption. BusterD (talk) 11:39, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Full contact karate

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Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent sock puppetry by a single user trying to self-promote. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:56, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Jack Doherty (YouTuber)

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Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – There's been a lot of sock puppetry going on in which people vandalize the infobox, adding images of poop and decapitated pigs to "represent" Jack Doherty, who is a living person. I know the subject isn't a very good person, but this is going too far!. - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 12:05, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Sara James

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism, including insertion of POV commentary. ZimZalaBim talk 12:31, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Operation Barbarossa

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – edit-warring IP, adding unsourced text in part claiming to be in reffed source (which its not). IP does not stop despite my complaints. Denniss (talk) 12:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Survivor: China

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by longtime sockpuppet vandal. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:18, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Months of LTA block evasion via dynamic IPs. — MarkH21talk 13:27, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Buffalo Public Schools

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Reason: Vandalism due to ongoing scandal RowanJ LP (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

The Empire Strikes Back

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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP hopping user ignores explanations and keeps trying to brute force content insertions without references. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 13:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Nyanzi Martin Luther

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Reason: High level of vandalism and quick deletes from un experienced editors 154.227.129.160 (talk) 13:35, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level
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Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

  • To find out the username of the admin who protected the page, click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page," which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
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Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

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DVD

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Reason: This protection is no longer necessary because this article has no IP edits for over a year ago, and this type of protection is stale. Plus, there has not been any vandalism in over couple years. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

No IP edits for over a year ago is self-evident given it's semi-protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Spring-heeled Jack

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Reason: Article was protected since 2014. I think the article's protection is no longer need + the page views is low. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 00:40, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Hell

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Reason: Article was protected since 2009. The article is in very bad shape and the page views is that high. I feel like we can test this out like other unprotected articles like Devil. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:35, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

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Wikipedia talk:Source assessment/Battle for Dream Island

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Wanted to add a topic. Slimyboi500 (talk) 02:55, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Declined – This page isn't currently protected. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:00, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Handled requests

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A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.

Protected edit requests

2 protected edit requests
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Page Tagged since Protection level Last protection log entry
Wikipedia:Contact us (request) 2025-04-29 01:25 Fully protected (log) Modified by Cyberpower678 on 2017-03-12: "Remove cascading protection per request"
Template:Anontools (request) 2025-05-01 12:08 Cascade-protected from Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items/content (log) From Wikipedia/Protected templates: Protected by Rich Farmbrough on 2009-10-14: "Purpose of page - belt and braces."
Updated as needed. Last updated: 12:08, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
7 template-protected edit requests
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Template:Infobox officeholder (request) 2025-02-03 08:29 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Template:Video game reviews (request) 2025-03-28 10:58 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:Copied (request) 2025-04-02 02:34 Template-protected (log) Modified by Callanecc on 2015-02-17: "Highly visible template: More than 7500 transclusions"
Template:Merged-from (request) 2025-04-02 03:42 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Module:Copied (request) 2025-04-02 03:43 Template-protected (log) Protected by Newslinger on 2020-06-14: "Highly visible template"
Template:Rail-interchange (request) 2025-04-02 23:47 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Wikipedia:WikiProject/Popular pages config.json (request) 2025-04-27 22:56 Template-protected (log) Protected by Izno on 2024-09-28: "protect at TE level"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 11:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Template:Admin dashboard/rfarfp

    I am at about 70,000 edits aross all Wiki projects.

    I, Solipsist, hereby award you this Barnstar of Diligence for you extraordinary patience, over many years, in handling perennial Corn vs. Maize debates.
    The Minor Barnstar
    Minor edits make a major difference. —Gaff ταλκ 04:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
    The Minor Barnstar
    Ahh, a sigh of relief from IvoShandor to Rmhermen, thanks for your work on articles related to the Black Hawk War. IvoShandor 05:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar, for good deed #1 The Original Barnstar
    This barnstar is for that quick and poisonous work you did on the Ayina River. Yours sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Templates I use often but never remember

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    • {{NorthAmNative}} {{WikiProject Michigan}} {{WikiProject Protected areas}} {{river}}
    • (Wikipedia:Template_messages/Image_namespace)
    • {{fact}}{{no license}} {{no source}} {{or-fu-re|Image:replacementimage}} {{Orphaned fairuse not replaced or {{or-fu-nr}} *{{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} {{subst:deletedpage}} {{globalize/USA}}{{intro-missing}}
    		 WP:AIV
    		WP:ANI
    		WP:NPP
    		WP:RPP
    		WP:RFR
    		WP:AFD
    		WP:XFD
    		CAT:CSD
    		WP:CSD
    		WP:RM
    		WP:RAA
    		WP:DR
    		WP:TM
    		WP:TT
    		WP:RCU
    		WP:LOP
    		CAT:AB
    		WP:BS
    		WP:RD
    		WP:NFC
    		WP:IUP

    Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)

    "Do you want to take a survey?"

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    On Feb. 12, 2005, I did a random pages survey. Out of 100 random pages, only 1 was a U.S. town. That's progress. Three towns in the UK, 1 in Spain and 1 in Portugal also turned up. Overall biographies were the largest category at 22%, followed by geography with 15% total. Then Lists at 7%, Disambiguation pages at 6%.

    On Feb. 24, 2006, I repeated the 100 random page survey, this time getting 5 U.S. towns. Overall, geography had 26%, biography 21%, fiction 9%, music 4%, colleges 4%, lists 3% and disambigs 4%. Clearly geography and biography are our largest areas. Music, science and business scored less than I expected. Non-individual History was hardly discernable.

    Even by Feb. 2005, 100 out of almost 500,000 was not statistically significant but was as much as I had patience for.

    Wikiprojects I am a member of:

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    Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan

    Short To Do list

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    Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers

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    Up to Dec 16, 2003, all the edits at these anonymous id's were mine (59 edits):

    More recently 1,250 or so edits on 75.41.110.200 are apparently all mine. Apparently my new ID is 75.41.109.190. There are undoubtedly many others as the earliest history of many articles was not preserved by the software.

    List of most of my original pictures and some maps

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    For copyright declaration purposes The following photographs and diagrams on Wikipedia were taken by and uploaded by me and released under GNU-FDL:

    • Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [1] does edit counts though)

    Pictures

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    Maps

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    Numerous locator maps for U.S. national parks like Image:LocMap Big Bend National Park.png and Image:LocMap Tongariro National Park.png - most now replaced by dynamic map system

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