Wikiversity:Request custodian action/Archive/22

Ongoing vandalism
Hi. Please block 69.67.95.9. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 16:38, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 16:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for blocking that IP and deleting the edit. Could you revdel the summary too? &mdash;Hasley 20:01, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Missed that, removed --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 20:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism
Please block 209.252.188.76. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 19:22, 10 January 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:47, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism/blanks
Please block 2601:14E:C000:D910:D931:664A:C6F5:AF35. Thanks! &mdash;Hasley 21:55, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ blocked for 3 days --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 22:19, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism
Hi. Please block 66.27.47.219. Thanks. Hasley 22:30, 27 January 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ by Praxidicae. I extended the block, since the vandalism has repeated over several weeks. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:54, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Spam-only account
Please block Tarannum Fatima. Blocked for spamming on English Wiktionary. See their CentralAuth. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 17:23, 31 January 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ --mikeu talk 01:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Advertising
Please block [[user:JasonB== my article is not allow to submit because of i have external links.  ==

I am a new wiki editor. The external links are safe. please let me submit.


 * You have been tagged as a confirmed user. Please try again. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

illey123|JasonBilley123]] - spamming links ( happytea.com ) with no educational value. Thanks in advance. &mdash;Hasley 11:45, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Please also revdel per w:en:WP:DENY. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:47, 12 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Blocked. This isn't a typical revision deletion at Wikiversity. See MediaWiki:Revdelete-reason-dropdown. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:15, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Javi1861985
Please block this account - block violation of Javier José Moreno Tovar18. &mdash;Hasley 13:53, 16 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:17, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Block for 70.66.137.226
Creating test/nonsense pages. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 00:26, 25 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 01:22, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism
Please block 203.122.254.16. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 12:27, 25 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

my article is not allow to submit because of i have external links.
I am a new wiki editor. The external links are safe. please let me submit.


 * You have been tagged as a confirmed user. Please try again. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

203.104.15.192 is a vandal, back again
Special:Contributions/203.104.15.192. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:31, 28 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Blocked -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:46, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Clarification needed
On https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Tensors/Transformation_rule_under_a_change_of_basis

I tried to add a bit to the discussion, but it won't let me because I don't have an account. I'm too infrequent a visitor to warrant an account.

Perhaps this could be added to the text of the above-linked page... it seems some are confusing the change in the expression of the components of a tensor with the tensor itself, and thus they claim a tensor quantity changes under change of basis, when in reality what changes is the expression of the components of the tensor quantity.

https://www.quora.com/A-change-of-basis-doesnt-change-the-properties-of-a-tensor-transformation-its-still-the-same-function-just-written-differently-Is-that-whats-meant-by-the-definition-of-tensors-as-objects-that-retain-their-meaning "If we then use a second basis of V, as you say, the tensor is the same, but its expression relative to the second basis is not the same as the one relative to the first one (in general)." "The coordinates of the tensor change under the change of basis transforms T and S in (1). However, the tensor itself is invariant (as would be a vector)." --


 * Added to Talk:Tensors/Transformation rule under a change of basis. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 22:11, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Spam-only account
Comfortheroes - see Special:CentralAuth/Comfortheroes. &mdash;Hasley 20:53, 9 March 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 22:29, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer
is discontinued. Please replace this tool with. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 21:49, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ --mikeu talk 22:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Trying to create a page in my user space here
I did not realize I would have to ask for permission to create a page in my own user space, but since I am already here:

I am looking to park information I collected regarding COVID-19. I tried to add it to my user space on Meta but a patroller, User:Camouflaged Mirage, suggested this may be a better wiki for this type of information. Here is the discussion I had with User:Camouflaged Mirage: m:User_talk:Ottawahitech. Thanks in advance, 23:39, 15 March 2020 (UTC) (The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ottawahitech (talk • contribs) 23:39, 15 March 2020)
 * Sorry about the edit filters getting in you way. Do you want me to import your meta page for you? If a crat can grant +confirmed, that should also do the trick. --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 00:47, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks DannyS712. That would be great if you could import it. I was actually going to load an updated page but it would be better to have it replace the one from meta. Thanks so much. Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 01:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I take that back, its not set up as an import source properly. I can copy it? --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 02:02, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I can import. The copyright license allows copying and pasting with attribution. Either works. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:10, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Now a confirmed user. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:53, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I also did not realize I had to ask permission for a page in my own space. I apologize for this and I suppose will submit my resignation to the cause. If I can not do something so simple correctly, perhaps I should not be doing any edits at all.

Vandalism
70.99.107.222. Thanks. &mdash;Hasley 15:32, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems to have stopped, but since it was only on one page, trying out a partial block for that page --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 16:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Please update the el.wikiversity.org main logo to the correct one
The current main logo in el.wikiversity.org (top left) is missing the fourth letter from the end. The correct logo, but isn't used.

Diomidis Spinellis (discuss • contribs) 09:47, 24 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Diomidis Spinellis: please see m:Requesting wiki configuration changes. &mdash;Hasley talk  12:18, 24 March 2020 (UTC)


 * This is en.wikiversity. We have no ability to configure el.wikiversity. You could try asking at el:Βικιεπιστήμιο:Συμβούλιο. There may also be an el: equivalent of Request custodian action, but they haven't listed one in Wikidata. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:49, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointers. — Diomidis Spinellis (discuss • contribs) 14:18, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I've opened an issue on Phabricator, which is being worked on. — Diomidis Spinellis (discuss • contribs) 16:26, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Import
Just to ask for importing Template:Right from en.wikipedia if they is in Wikiversity nothing equivalent. Thanks in advance. Lionel Scheepmans ✉ Contact (French native speaker) 14:11, 25 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Done. &mdash;Hasley talk  14:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Trying to paste Lua/Frame Object
I'm trying to complete the lesson on Lua/Frame Object but when I try to paste the script I get:

Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Blocked Edit

--Bgrenon (discuss • contribs) 14:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)


 * You are now a confirmed user. Please try again. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:52, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism report
Hello, vandalism from Special:Contribs/HiHelloHiAgain is active, please check it. --Hamish (discuss • contribs) 10:42, 2 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Blocked. &mdash;Hasley talk  13:19, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Resolving "new user blocked edit" as error
sir/ madam, I wish to create a student project page on "panini and ashtadhyayi" topic which is related to importance of sanskrit language without any copies from other sources.But I could not publish my page since there is an error dispalying"new user blocked edit.I donot know how to overcome this and phublish my artucle.Please resolve this issue as early as possible. Thank you


 * When you are just getting started, it is better to work a little bit at a time rather than making large edits. See Student Projects/Panini and Ashtadhyayi for the content you were trying to add. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:58, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

"New User Blocked Edit" Error on page
Hey all, I'm trying to edit my own user page, but I'm getting the New User Blocked Edit error again. I had this happen to me yesterday, so my prof imported my work for me. Can I please get this unblocked so I can make some edits (fix citations, add Wiki links, etc.)? Many thanks in advance. --Kupur (discuss • contribs) 05:06, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * A bureaucrat can grant you confirmed rights, which will bypass the filter. --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 05:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks Danny. Is there a specific bureaucrat I need to contact -- or are you suggesting that my professor can grant me this? Thanks. 	--Kupur (discuss • contribs) 08:03, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Enwikiversity has 4 bureaucrats, and one should see this discussion soon (side note: if custodians can grant curator, why not allow them to grant confirmed?) --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 08:55, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:28, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

I would like to also be able to modify my page but it constantly states "New User Blocked". Is there a way around this?
 * You can't edit your user page? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:16, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

I am trying to edit my preprint that I am trying to post on the Wikijournal website. Whenever there are large changes, it has the "New User Blocked" issue.


 * Please try again, and please sign your posts. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:13, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

I tried to create a new page but it was blocked. Help? --Biologymatt (discuss • contribs) 20:27, 31 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome. Please start slow (perhaps adding a paragraph at a time, and don't include links until you build up your edit count a bit. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 20:37, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I have tried to reformat my references on the page Mazama Newt Conservation, but the page responds with New User Blocked Edit. Is there a way to fix this? Thank you.--Books&#38;LeftHooks (discuss • contribs) 21:48, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * This is usually due to being a new user and trying to do things like add links. I'd recommend making a few more edits so that the filters know that you are not a spammer or vandal. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:08, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * @Koavf I'm not adding any other pertinent information for the page, besides the references. Is there any other way to bypass this filter?--Books&#38;LeftHooks (discuss • contribs) 22:25, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can have the rights just granted to you but I don't have an ability to do that personally. Every edit you make helps get you closer to being over the hump, including the posts you make here. I know that's frustrating: we need to have a better system. By the way, I'll only see your attempts to comment directly if you use . Does that make sense? Is there anything that's confusing about the process still? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:34, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

New User Blocked Edit
Hello,

I am trying to publish my work on Sharon Cousins, and the website will not allow me to publish. What can I do to resolve this? Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mbgillespie (talk • contribs) 17:19, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Please try again, and encourage your classmates to start small. Adding just a paragraph at a time is a good starting point until you build up a few good edits. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi,

I have, too, encountered this problem/error after editing some small information in Cell Biology > Basic Cell Structure; and the error box prompted me to visit this site. How can I contribute without facing this problem? I hope I'm not doing something wrong mentioning my problem here. Sincere regards and many thanks in advance, William Savalto (discuss • contribs) 20:14, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Try again, but don't include any external links in your new content until you build up a small edit history. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:05, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello!

Same problem here, I tried to edit the second chapter of the latin course because it stated there were six conjugations but only listed five (leaving out the pluperfect). Small edit, would love to contribute!


 * Welcome! Try again. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:29, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

I want to create my user page, error encountered. --Sinucep (discuss • contribs) 11:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! New users can't create pages with external links. Try creating clean pages first and adding external links later after you have an established edit history. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:59, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello,

I am also trying to create and I believe I have removed all external links but still no luck. Please help. Oh come on I have now successfully removed external links and still won't work because I have exceeded the new user page limit. If a new user can't create at least one page how do we get to the point of contributing? JeffreyRLehrer 16 December 2020


 * Welcome to Wikiversity! Please note that even well-intentioned new users need time to learn about Wikiversity practices, such as adding content at the bottom of a conversation rather than at the top. You should be able to edit unrestricted in a few days and a few more edits. Please take some time to learn your way around between now and then. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:27, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Some suggestions
Hello. I'am sysop at italian Wikipedia and Wikiversity. You might want to consider…importing w:MediaWiki:Usercssjsyoucanpreview, w:MediaWiki:Userjsdangerous, w:MediaWiki:Usercsspreview. They are relevant warnings. You can find some uncategorized category too so you may also think about linking this wiki to Hotcat. It has no maintenance needs since you can directly use the Commons version. Instructions are in c:Help:Gadget-HotCat. Regards--Pierpao (discuss • contribs) 16:55, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

The New Mythology Suite
redirect to correct title -- 83.9.191.219 (discuss) 08:54, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:12, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Content is appropriately blocked based on filters for external links. Please see What is Wikiversity? and What Wikiversity is not. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:16, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect New User Created Page with External Link error, please assist
Hello there, I am getting this error when creating a new page:

Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Created Page with External Link

The external link I had in the article was to a Wikipedia page. I have removed it but am still getting the error message. Can you please assist? The page I was trying to create is called robots.txt.
 * Please make a link here to the page you are trying to create. E.g. User:Dannanelli/robots.text. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:48, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Ok, here's the link: User:Dannanelli/Robots.txt. But it does not show the content I added when I view that link. Does it do that for you? Thank you! 2:56pm, 14 May 2020 (ET)


 * Now corrected. Note that new users aren't able to create pages with any links. The most recent statistic was that 3% of Wikiversity edits are spam or vandalism. We just don't have the capacity to clean all of that up, so we have to use filters to do it for us. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:04, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Oh, ok. That makes sense but I did not know that. Thank you guys for your assistance here! 3:05pm, 14 May 2020 (ET)

Error for using external links
I want to publish parts of my research work based on the use of ICT in Foundation Level English Language Courses in the Private Universities in Bangladesh. All the information provided are my own and I have even cited others' works using proper references. I have to publish it as the final assignment for one of my postgraduate classes. But Wikipedia has automatically identified it as harmful. Can someone please help me?
 * Are you blocked on Wikipedia, which is our sister site or Wikiversity, which is this site? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried publishing in Wikiversity. I can log in to both Wikipedia and Wikiversity. I can't even find my work anymore. Is there any way you can help me?
 * Yes, I can. The problem is that you are a new user adding a link. The assumption is that new users adding links is dangerous and oftentimes spam. I'm sure that's not true here but it's an automated feature of the site intended to curb spam that sometimes has false positives. The solution is just to make a few more edits that do not include links and after that, you will be given the permissions to include them automatically--no one will need to intervene. Additionally, please sign your posts with four tildes ( ~ ). Let me know how else I can help. If you post I'll see it no matter where your write it. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:33, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Does that mean I have to type my whole work again? Or do I get a chance to edit my old work? I am asking this because I am not being able to access or even find what I have written so far. By the way, thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it. Imran Jahan Digonto (discuss • contribs) 22:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I have no clue which page you were editing, etc. My assumption is that you have to start over but you may have the page open in your browser now. I really don't know. If you still have the work open in your browser, maybe save it offline to be safe and try publishing it here on Wikiversity without links in it. Then, add the links later once you have the ability to do so. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:07, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright. Thank you very much for your kind help. Imran Jahan Digonto (discuss • contribs) 22:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! See Use of ICT in Foundation Level English Language Courses in the Private Universities in Bangladesh. Please work in much smaller chunks (a paragraph at a time or so) until you build up an edit history. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:18, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

"Method of Loci"
I'm trying to add a link that shows where information was copied from in the Wikiversity article "Method of Loci". I was blocked when trying to add it. Datariumrex (discuss • contribs) 07:50, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, the format of that link is identical to the long-term abuse we've been receiving lately. We have to block first and approve later. Please try again now, or build up your edit history a bit before adding links. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 21:15, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Module:Portal
An edit caused the random functions in Portal:Mathematics to cease to work. -- 95.49.63.254 (discuss) 16:51, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
 * How did it not work? Can you be more descriptive here? Also, how on Earth is Portal:Mathematics/Featured Resource displaying differently once it's included in Portal:Mathematics? If you go directly to the subpage, it reads "Introduction to differentiation" as the only item in an unordered list. If you go to the portal, it reads "REDIRECT Introduction to Calculus/Differentiation" as the only item in an ordered list... —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:39, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
 * USER imported breaking revision, OP undone the revision. 83.9.230.182 (discuss) 18:53, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the abuse rule
Hello, I am using Wikiversity for my biology classes' term project. My section within the project will not submit because the website states that my conservation strategy is against the website abuse rules. I was wondering if I could get approved as my information is constructive to the survival of the rare Mazama Newt.
 * Hi there. Are you editing with an account or logged out as an IP? Can you show me which page you tried to edit? We have filters in place to keep out spam and vandalism but they aren't always perfect. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:21, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

I also got hit with an abuse rule as a new editor, I was trying to edit the digital literacy page. It has malformed wiki markup and no organization. Not sure why my history in WikiPedia and WikiData isn't used as a trust signal.Jgmac1106 (discuss • contribs) 11:47, 13 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! Please try again, but note that you will need to build up your edit count before adding external links. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:29, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

My own wikiversity page
Goodnight board members ,I am just here ask for help to create my page.Thank you.
 * I think you many mean three things by this: 1.) your user page which is located at User:Sashannaforbes7, 2.) a biography about yourself as a person, and 3.) some kind of course or research project that you want to lead. Can you explain which of those you have in mind (or something else if I'm just off base)? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:24, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

New User Blocked Edit
Hi,

I am trying to edit Wikimedia Deutschland/Open Science Fellows Program, changing the content quite a bit since it needs to be updated. Unfortunately neither I nor my colleague are granted editing rights to this degree. Can you please help? Thank you in advance.
 * please try again now --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * it worked now, many thanks!! --Anna Gödeke (WMDE) 8:24, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

ntsamr-pattern filter doesn't allow me to create "About" page
Hey guys,

I've been trying to create my /User: page but I'm not allowed to. My action has been automatically identified as harmful by "Global "ntsamr"-pattern spambot filter". Could you please help me here? Below is the text I tried to publish:

"I'm a physicist (nuclear and astro) and a software engineer (C++ is my "native" language, so to speak). For years I've been contributing anonymously, finally though I've created an account; hope it's better this way and I can bring some added value in a better way. Feel free to contact me." Programmer Physicist (discuss • contribs) 23:24, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! While it sounds inviting, that text is very similar to content used by prolific spammers across Wikimedia projects. I've created the page for you. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi Dave! I never knew that it may be similar to text used by spammers.
 * Thank you for creating the page for me and for adding me to verified users.
 * Thanks! -- Programmer Physicist (discuss • contribs) 11:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- Programmer Physicist (discuss • contribs) 11:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Import: technical issue
Hello everyone,

I have tried, just a few minutes ago, to post a message in the Wikiversity Import section by matching the content with all the necessary codes and hyperlinks.

The following message then appeared (and I quote) :


 * Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: New User Blocked Edit

I would like to point out that I have been contributing to various wikis for many years. However it is true that this was my very first message on the English-speaking Wikiversity.

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

— Euphonie (discuss • contribs) 04:52, 12 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Update: ✅
 * Technical issue is now solved. This unexpected inability to complete the operation seems to have been related to the encrypted and encoded usual signature. No problem by simply adding the four usual tildes. Import request can currently be consulted via → this specific dedicated section. Yours sincerely, — Euphonie (discuss • contribs) 05:18, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've imported the page per the request at Import --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 07:20, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Cannot Publish
I am having continual issues publishing and have tried all of the trouble shooting issues mentioned. I have been trying this for hours.


 * Please start slowly, one paragraph or so at a time until you build up your edit history. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:26, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Is it possible you can override the errors because I am doing your suggestion and it is still not working?


 * You are not following the suggestion. You are continuing to attempt to publish the entire resource all at once as a new page. You cannot do this. You have to start small, one paragraph at a time with no links. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:57, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Blocked User
User:HumbleBeauty was blocked for abuse of editing privileges and then partially blocked again for violating Drafts, and remains blocked for this and attempted copyright violations. HumbleBeauty wants Draft:Proof of monism published in main space and has asked that the block be removed. I believe the partial block is appropriate, and the content the user is seeking to publish is a personal essay, appropriate for Draft: or User: space, but not main space. Please review, consistent with Blocking policy. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:10, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * my proof should be useful for improving the following educational resources;
 * https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Historical_Introduction_to_Philosophy/Theories_of_Mind#Monism
 * https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Historical_Introduction_to_Philosophy/Arguments_for_God
 * https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/God
 * https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Does_God_exist%3F
 * https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Energy
 * etc... and improve the encyclopedia;
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism#Monistic_philosophers
 * HumbleBeauty (discuss • contribs) 16:22, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Blocked User
I am consistently being blocked from publishing changes. It may stem from an early effort to add links to external sites. But once I read the advice here, I tried to make simple edits of a sentence of two on several pages. However, I remain blocked. Can I be unblocked, please? Thank you. --HeatherCBU (discuss • contribs) 21:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! Please try again. You may still have problems creating pages for a few days, but I've created the pages you were trying to work on for now so you may continue editing. Enjoy! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 21:32, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! I made a more deliberate effort to edit an existing page (the problem may have been that I was trying to create new pages). My edits are working there. --HeatherCBU (discuss • contribs) 21:35, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Page Creation Limit Error
I am working to contribute to the improvement of German Content on Wikiversity. I am encountering a page creation limit error. Can someone help me out Ajcambron (discuss • contribs) 15:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome to Wikiversity! The page creation limit is there intentionally to slow people down when they want to quickly create a lot of pages just starting out. It is better to learn more about Wikiversity first, such as how to add new topics to a discussion, and posting at the bottom of the page or topic rather than in the middle. Please note that portals are not included in the default search. Adding a portal generally doesn't reach more users. It just wastes your time. Please focus on adding content to High School German instead. If you want to work on any portal related to German, it should be Portal:German. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:06, 27 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dave! I've been spending the morning trying to understand how to make Wikis and templates. I have been working on OER for the past few years, but much of what I have created has been in Google Docs, and I am getting the sense that Wikiversity is the best place to create a collection (as defined by the creative commons) of OER (On Remixing CC Licensed work) I am a chapter president of the AATG and feel there is a desperate need to create a central hub German OER. Currently resources are shared in all manner of ways across emails and facebook forums, and I believe that finding a "hub" like Wikiversity will greatly benefit teachers and students. I am relatively new to the wiki world, and welcome all advice and "best practice" Ajcambron (discuss • contribs) 16:20, 27 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Great idea! Use Portal:German to organize other editors. Use regular pages like German Language and High School German to share content. Use templates for navigation. Try not to reinvent the wheel unless you really have to. There hasn't been anyone active on the German pages for years. Feel free to organize and improve what's already here. Ask questions as you have them. We'll try to help you become productive quickly. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Blacklisted website
Hey there,

So basically I was trying to edit Wikipedia and then saved my changes. It says I have included an external link which has been blocked. I have no idea on how his link got backlisted.

I request a custodian action to make sure this link is not blacklisted

link: lucid4tech .com

regards me


 * Your edits on Wikiversity have nothing to do with us. We are Wikiversity.  I suggest you go to the talk of the Wikipedia article. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 08:52, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


 * This is the third time you have attempted to post this link at Wikiversity, each with a different user account. The link is not welcome here, and any further attempts to bypass Wikiversity restrictions will result in your accounts being permanently blocked. If you would like to share educational resources on Wikiversity, please contribute content rather than links to external sites. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Technical Request: Lint error fixing licensing templates...
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag?namespace=6

These can't be fixed without Custodian level access to the templates responsible.

In most cases the 'fixed' template already exists as a sandbox version and just needs swapping in after a code review. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 12:08, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:33, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Can I create a page with external links
Hi, I am a new user and was trying to add a page for our genealogy research site. I have external links and it blocked me from publishing due to external links. This is my first page so I don't know if I am breaking the rules because I am new or the site does not want external links. Please advise. I don't want to break any rules but I would like to publish my page to the Wikiversity.

Kind Regards, Susan UN: SparrowAndOtter1

This is the page I was trying to create, although not in my Sandbox: https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=User:SparrowAndOtter1/sandbox&action=edit&redlink=1

Can't create page - message said to long
I tried to create the following page and got an error that the page was too long. What is the page limit size? Would it be better to create multiple pages with internal links? This feels more cumbersome for the end user but I could do that if that is preferred.

Thanks! Susan


 * Welcome to Wikiversity! You're trying to do too much at once with a new user account. New users can't create pages with external links. They are also limited in the number of pages they can attempt to create, and you're past that limit now. I've created FamilySearch Research Wiki for you, but I have some concerns regarding the content. It is currently written from the perspective of a FamilySearch wiki user rather than a Wikiversity user. Please edit this page to help Wikiversity users learn about and use the FamilySearch wiki. Any FamilySearch wiki specifics (rules, etc.) should remain on that wiki instead. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:50, 20 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dave, I will read some others content to get the right voice for the content. :)

Not here?
The nature of the initial edits suggested NOTHERE, but I wanted a second opinion from the custodians, before formally rebuking the user concerned.

Special:Contributions/America's_Finest_Editor

ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 19:42, 28 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Don't bother. This is harassment. I've blocked the user and hidden the edits. Friday afternoons and evenings (US) are prime time for this type of harassment. If it continues, I'll share more details with you off-wiki. No shrines for vandals. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 20:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Spam filter
Sorry to bother you again with the spam filter.

I tried to add a few lines to my page but the filter has the following complaint:
 * The following text is what triggered our spam filter: ad

I believe it was triggered by the following url: which is for Andorra's covid tracker website, I think. BTW Andorra is a small country in Europe which I just discovered for the first time.
 * www.govern.ad/coronavirus

Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 16:56, 27 October 2020 (UTC)


 * @Ottawahitech you don't appear to have triggered an edit filter since March. This is because of the spam blacklist, and is due to an entry in the global blacklist on meta, see Spam blacklist - are you asking for the link to be whitelisted locally? DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 16:59, 27 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank again @DannyS712 for the speedy response. I am not very familiar with how spam is handled on wmf sites.
 * My first priority is to get my own page updated, so if that can be done locally with less effort, great. As far as fixing the global inability of users to add websites with the country extension .ad, I believe that would be beneficial for others too.
 * Am I making sense? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 17:45, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Afterthought (being really nitpicky): it would be nice to have the error message be a bit more specific, for example:
 * The following text is what triggered our spam filter: www.govern.ad/coronavirus 
 * Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 17:54, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

As this is the English Wikiversity and the content at the requested link is not English, it would not be to our advantage to whitelist this domain.

We have no control over global filters or the displayed error message. But, in general, it is not to our advantage to be too explicit with anti-spam error messages. I've seen a user spend an hour and a half with dozens of attempts trying to bypass a filter. More detail just tells users how to bypass a filter that is intended to block them. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

User page
I cannot create my userpage because when I publish changes it says it has been disallowed. I definitely didn’t do anything harmful. -Cupper52 (talk) 18:34, 20 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome to Wikiversity! We don't have an extensive vandalism staff, so we have to be a bit over-restrictive on what new users are allowed to do. For example, new users can't create pages with external links. They are also limited in how many pages they can create. You should have full access soon. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:19, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Making sandbox page, with external link to google
I am making my sandbox page and making a link to google for my self to use, to sandbox items

--Indianajosi (discuss • contribs) 03:24, 25 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Welcome! Please try again. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:40, 25 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you :) it works now --Indianajosi (discuss • contribs) 02:34, 23 December 2020 (UTC)