Wikiversity:Request custodian action/Archive/25

New User Created Page with External Link
I am a collaborator of the country of Chile of the global audiology project and I am trying to modify the page to be able to publish it, being a new user, it does not allow me to create it Eduardo Umanzor Silva (discuss • contribs) 14:34, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Global Audiology/Americas/Chile has no protection settings. Do you still have the same issue? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:07, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

New User Created Page with External Link
While I am a new user, the external link that I used (YouTube video), is instructional and has a Creative Commons license for reuse. I am also a teacher for Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Economics), and noticed that there is very little information on this site pertaining to that subject. There was originally no information on buttons before I edited the page. KTripplett41 (discuss • contribs) 14:10, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Please clarify what kind of custodian action is needed for you. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:05, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Import request for MediaWiki namespace
At User_talk:MathXplore, I learned that an import of de:MediaWiki:Gadget-dropdownMenu.css is needed to make Template:Navigation list lectures work properly as expected by the author. The gadget includes the definition of div classes used in that template. Since curators cannot make changes to this namespace, I suggest custodian action for this case. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:50, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

A related request is (or a replacement for) de:MediaWiki:ItemIterator.js, which allows a randomized list of concepts (as a learning aid), like de:Kurs:Mathematik für Anwender (Osnabrück 2023-2024)/Teil I/Definitionsabfrage  (Weiter means next) Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs)


 * The options for "import" are quite limited. There are only about seven English projects we can import from (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, etc.). This is really just a copy and paste with references.
 * Addking JavaScript and CSS requires Interface administrators rights. We don't currently have anyone with these rights. Due to the inherent security risks associated with these rights, they are added on demand and either with community support or at least without a lack of objection.
 * I recommend discussing this request in the Colloquium, and then finding someone who is willing and able to translate the content to English, knows how to code gadgets, and is a trusted Wikiversity user. I can grant them temporary Interface administrators rights once these requirements are met.
 * Another approach would be to find similar navigation solutions that are already implemented at Wikiversity.
 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:14, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. I would be happy with similar navigation solutions, but I was so far unable to find similar things here. (translation would be no problem, only three german words occur).Bocardodarapti (discuss • contribs)
 * I noticed that there used to be an IA section at WV:CFC. It seems to be commented out for some reason. Is there a reason we cannot use this place for IA discussion? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:08, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I noticed that there used to be an IA section at WV:CFC. It seems to be commented out for some reason. Is there a reason we cannot use this place for IA discussion? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:08, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Things that I noticed when deleting pages
When deleting pages, I thought there was always an auto-generated explanation message like "content was XXX (, and the only contributor was USERNAME)". These can be seen at my earlier deletion logs. From several weeks ago, I noticed that this auto-generated explanation message doesn't appear at desktop (I'm using Windows 11) and only works at mobile mode (I use Android). Could this be an error, or is it a planned change that was discussed at somewhere? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:08, 6 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @MathXplore: It should include an auto-generated message by default, but there is a gadget to turn this off. Check your Special:Preferences settings. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 16:17, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the information. I checked my personal preferences but I'm not using such gadget. Are there any other reasons that can be considered? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:10, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Can files be deleted as spam?
I already know that spam is a generic deletion criteria that applies to all namespaces, but I'm asking this for clarification because MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown does not have a criteria about spam. Currently, file uploads from Special:Contributions/Lswpua are listed up to CAT:CSD per spam. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:37, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * (Note) The pages were deleted per GS action. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:08, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

New User Exceeded New Page Limit
I was trying to make my userpage with a link to Impersonator Account, when I got edit-filtered by the rule "New User Exceeded New Page Limit". How do I fix this? Crawwah (discuss • contribs) 13:47, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
 * As a new user, this should resolve over time. However, I've manually confirmed your account, so hopefully you can now add that link? Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 05:24, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

New User Created Page with External Link
I would like to begin by developing a page for Business valuation, which over time will grow to include links to published research, course offerings at various universities (as information for comparison), and a core body of knowledge to be made freely available (something similar, at least in spirit, to what Dr. Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at NYU, has built on his faculty page: https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/, which makes much of his cumulative content, data, and spreadsheets, publicly available). My initial action was to provide a cross-link to the wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_valuation, but the edit was flagged as "potentially harmful." DoctorJCFA (discuss • contribs) 14:49, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * User:DoctorJCFA start by adding content without links, then the system will learn to trust you, and then you'll be able to add links once your account is autoconfirmed. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:19, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll follow your suggestion. DoctorJCFA (discuss • contribs) 21:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Pknakum2
Possible spam, should the link be blacklisted? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:47, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Blocked, and if the spamming continues, I will blacklist the domain. Best, &mdash;Hasley talk  12:44, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Please add WV:CC discussion notices on MediaWiki:Sitenotice
There is a new Custodianship request (Candidates for Custodianship/Koavf 2) and I think this should be notified via MediaWiki namespace. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:18, 3 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Done. &mdash;Hasley talk  13:34, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/WebsiteBuilderFacts
Possible spam, all edits are link additions, and username implies role account. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 10:36, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thankyou User:MathXplore - I've removed the latest addition of spam link and added warning to user page. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:16, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The user has restarted link additions, so I set a 5-day semi-protection to the page. Please consider URL blacklisting. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:35, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for keeping an eye on this. I've blocked indefinitely for advertising. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:36, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

University advertisements on Wikiversity
In my understanding, I believe that university pages would be needed if the school is related to a Wikiversity school project, but do we have policies/guidelines or related discussions about university pages? I recently found some university pages not connected to any Wikiversity school projects. For example, University of Science, Technology and Arts seems to be related to w:Draft:University_of_Science,_Technology_and_Arts. User:Fadlu12 is another university page that I found in userspace (username implies the school, related to n:User:Fadlunews and User:Chgiland). Should these be handled with WV:CSD (as spam) or should we take them to PROD or RFD if needed? Since custodian action may be needed for these cases, I decided to take them to the RCA page. I'm looking forward to hear from our custodians. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:07, 8 September 2023 (UTC) (Added another page related to this case, MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC))


 * Proposed deletion, IMO. I wouldn't consider these pages "spam", but they're still encyclopedia articles and don't belong on this site. Consider using advise to redirect to Wikipedia pages if any exist. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 18:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Thanks for the pickup and useful suggestions. University of Science, Technology and Arts has been deleted and an explanation provided to the creator: User talk:EDUiea. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:15, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I used PROD as advised, thank you for the suggestions. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:16, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

I recently found another xwiki university advertisement (Institut Teknologi PLN), already deleted from English Wikibooks and Indonesian Wikisource. On the other hand, I found a Wikipedia article at idwiki. Is there any way to redirect pages to non-English Wikipedias? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:14, 19 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Standard interwiki syntax should work, e.g. . Or just delete them; redirection is only needed for page titles that visitors are likely to look for. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 06:28, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The page was deleted per GS action. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 01:07, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Lemy20
Seems to be spamming, all edits are already reverted, block or blacklisting needed? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:17, 12 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Revdeled and blocked for a month. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Technology360in
Xwiki spam, already blocked at MediaWiki. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 06:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ and reporting at m:. Obviously not here for anything constructive. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:49, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks like you already reported, MX. Thanks. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:51, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

MediaWiki talk:Protectedpagetext
We have an open edit request at this talk page, I request custodians to review this case. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:18, 15 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:11, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Zulfikarsamiaaddrian
Possible xwiki spam, detected as "Globally Banned Editor" by abuse filter. Please also see w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alizulfikarzahedi. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Spam deleted and user warned. Seems like he's headed toward being globally locked. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:18, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/2405:4802:907A:C710:19C7:553D:D1BF:1CD0
Possible spam, already reverted and targeted page is currently semi-protected. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:18, 21 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I put welcome on his talk page, hoping that will dissuade spam. I think that's enough for now, but if more happens, let me know. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:51, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Jaja1217
We may need to check their contributions, all of them are external link additions (including blogs), are they all acceptable? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Pasted userpage content to Sandbox, did not allow me to publish.
Action matched "New User Created Page with External Link". I'm new to this and am not sure if it's because I pasted my whole user page to the sandbox or if it's the fact that external links themselves are not allowed? I'm trying to get the hang of how table formatting works here so i thought instead of constantly editing then publishing to my actual user page, the sandbox would be a more appropriate place to draft things. ScooterDooter (discuss • contribs) 20:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)


 * External links are allowed. Without looking up the literal numbers, you have to be a user for [x] days with [y] edits (as I recall) in order to add links. Just stick around for a bit and edit a little more and the restriction will automatically go away. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:22, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Educator biographies by new users
I understand that biographies will not be kept at Wikiversity unless they are a part of educational resources. On the other hand, I know that teachers at our project have their own biographies at this project (usually as user page). My question is, do we have guidelines or related discussions about teacher biographies who aren't teaching things at this project? I recently found PlanetPhysics/Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, this is a BLP possibly in wrong directory (relations with PlanetPhysics is unclear). I also checked the author's global contributions (Special:CentralAuth/Versitioh) and they match to a xwiki spam and single-purpose edit pattern. Dear custodians, how should we deal with this page? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree that there doesn't seem to be a clear relation between PlanetPhysics and Mustapha Ishak Boushaki & there is little to no educational value provided by this BLP. From looking at this user's global edits, it indeed hints to cross-wiki spam. Since the page doesn't seem to be a part of PlanetPhysics (since the website went down before/around 2015 and the BLP on en.WP was created in 2021) nor does it align with Wikiversity's mission for educational & interactive learning resources, I've gone ahead and deleted the page--citing "Wikiversity is not Wikipedia". If any objections would like to be raised, they can be raised here or on my talk page. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 14:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166
Xwiki abuse including this project, see deleted contributions, abuse log and global contributions. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ for 1 month. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 14:37, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Pending deletions
Two issues:


 * There are a bunch of articles in Category:Pending deletions which should be deleted, but which haven't been handled. These include some images which have been tagged for deletion for missing licensing information since May.

Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 05:19, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Something is wrong with proposed deletion templates. Files in Category:Proposed deletions aren't showing up in Category:60-day proposed deletions or Category:Pending deletions at the appropriate time, even though the 60-day category is showing up on the pages. (An example is Draft:Linktomaterial.)


 * On the first issue, I have begun to delete pages.
 * I did not delete Ithkuil/Terminology because subsequent edits were made.
 * User:Dan Polansky is a productive editor, so I did him the courtesy of informing him of the pending deletion of Lexical unit
 * Instead of deleting Theatre/Musical Direction, I put a prod templage on the root page, Theatre, which looks like a well-designed skeleton (outline) of an abandoned project. I presume our policy is to delete such entities... I will be happy to delete now if that is the policy.
 * I am not ready to delete File:Bayesian.png because it is in a WikiJournal preprint. A google search of the image failed to find it.  It was posted by a user whose sole contributions to WV revolve around this preprint.  I seems plausible that it is the work of that author.  I only skimmed the referees' reviews of that submission, but it appears that the article is legitimate.  I think we should give the WikiJournal a chance to contact the author before we delete the image. (The WikiJournal has the author's contact information)
 * All the other prod image files are affiliated with WikiJournal preprints. I have little knowledge (or interest) in copyright laws. I also consider the WikiJournals to so essential that their editorial board should be in the loop on how to deal with these images.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 23:46, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * For the record, I'll be going through Category:Proposed deletions on a [hopefully] daily basis. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 01:33, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Should we allow demo pages in main namespace?
I already understand that test pages may be deleted per WV:CSD. In general, I recognize that experimenting pages are only allowed in sandboxes (including userspace, template/module sandboxes) at Wikimedia projects. Recently I found a demo page in main namespace, it says "This is a page to demonstrate" with one section heading and a short sentence, therefore I think this is a test page and may not avoid deletion. On the other hand, the author's edit history (Special:Contributions/Bkresch) suggests that this demo page was made as part of some kind of educational activity, so simply deleting the page may affect the respective project. Should the demo page be renamed to specify the project (such as, "PROJECTNAME/Demo page", "Demo page for PROJECTNAME", "Demo page (PROJECTNAME)" etc.), or should it be moved to userspace? Dear custodians, what would be the best option in this case, how can we control experimenting venues without affecting ongoing projects? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:02, 13 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Not a custodian but: Standard practice on Wikiversity is for projects to be organized hierarchically. The resources created by this user should probably all be moved to subpages of Open Science literacy in EAP, which appears to be the top-level page for the course. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 20:33, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, I was wondering how these should be sorted, and your comment should have made things clear. The thread would be kept open for a while for others to join the discussion, but if there are no further comments then the standard practice would be a reasonable option. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:13, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, sent notice to the author. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:48, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Pawni_white
Spam or spambot, I have already deleted their user page. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 13:11, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Global abuse filter activated at Accounting and financial services
As global rollbacker and Wikiversity curator, I do not need to question the importance of automated anti-spam procedures. On the other hand, I also believe that user's trying to teach something academic/technical should not be discouraged. I have checked the current version of Accounting and financial services, the only problem seems to be the external link, the other context seems to be neutral (no promotion of specific products/companies). Should we just throw out the link and blacklist it if needed, or does this case require deletion of all revisions? If we should bring this agenda to Meta-Wiki (since this is a global abuse filter case), where would be the right place to report (m:SN, or talk page of the developers etc.)? What kind of action should be taken for this? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:41, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The abuse filter was correct to identify this edit as suspicious. The external link was to a post on a spam blog created no more than a few hours before the wiki page; there's no way a legitimate editor would have found that link and used it as a reference.
 * I've removed the link for now, but the whole page should probably be deleted. (I strongly suspect that the content on both the Wikiversity page and the blog it linked to was generated by a large language model; it's got a particular feel of "using a lot of words without saying anything" that's characteristic of LLM content.) Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 05:19, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I added PROD per this suggestion. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:16, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Closing the Help desk
Per a discussion on Colloquium, the help desk has been closed.

Can an interface editor please remove the help desk from MediaWiki:Sidebar? Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 05:06, 4 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅. Thanks. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:53, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Does userpage User:MandiDav comply to WV:EL?
The user's only Wikimedia contribution is their own user page, though I thought that the external link might be educational, what do others think about this? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:24, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * (Note) The link was removed after I started this thread. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:52, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Student biographies without specifying school projects
I recently found User:RashedulHaqueRasel via abuse filter, labelled as "globally banned editor" (I'm not sure about which user is being referred), the userpage includes possibly promotional intro and several contacts. On the other hand, I recognize that some student userpages belonging to other school projects also have their own contacts on their userpage. Once their respective school project is specified, should we allow this page to remain in userspace (by removing promotional content, and make the userpage to be contacts only)? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:29, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * (Report) Since there were no objections at here for days, and the page was tagged as spam by another editor, I have proceeded the deletion. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 06:26, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/TwilaBlue6553
Per edit patterns (especially language), I believe this account is related to Special:Contributions/TylerSourn. Dear custodians, please compare their deleted contrbutions and consider to take action. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:22, 22 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Even if it's not sockpuppetry, it's non-English spam and doesn't belong here. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:24, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/80.70.109.177
xwiki spam and possible open proxy, I have already deleted their creations, please also see the abuse filter log of this IP. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:04, 22 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Wow, weird. It's stopping him for now, but I'll block to be on the safe side. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:05, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166 (again)
Dear custodians, this IP was recently released from their recent block (Special:redirect/logid/3371198), but has no recent English creations at this project (Special:Log/177.44.228.166). A longer block may be needed. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:23, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much (I added a disambiguation to the section heading to avoid duplicate sections at here). MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:32, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Log/Samyriss and Special:Log/Samyriis
I usually report one user per one thread, but since I believe these accounts have similar actions, I will report both at once. As can be seen at there logs and deleted edits, these accounts are just producing same non-English content that don't belong to here. Another non-English creation was found after recent notice at User talk:Samyriis. Dear custodians, if non-English edits continue from these accounts or their alternatives, please take care of all involved accounts, thank you very much for your attention. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:45, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * The former account has been welcomed and given instructions, the latter blocked as a sockpuppet. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:16, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:CentralAuth/RichardMarple
Xwiki spam/spambot. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:07, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅. Thanks also for posting him to m:SRG. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:15, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I would like to note that there is an IP that is using a same URL, do we need blacklisting at here? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 07:59, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. If you need me to blocklist it, let me know. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:33, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/CITY_SQUARE_MALL
Spam/spambot, I already deleted their creations. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:04, 29 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:07, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Delete JavaScript Programming redirects in the Draft space
Draft:Index shows JavaScript Programming redirects in the Draft spaces, in italics. Deleting them would cause little or no harm, I think, and it would make the index page more useful (less cluttered, and because of a cutoff on the list length, showing more pages). JavaScript Programming was moved from Draft space to mainspace years ago (in April 2019). --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 08:46, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * All redirects in Draft space should routinely be deleted, IMO - they're usually leftovers from drafts being renamed or promoted to resources, they provide no value to editors or visitors, and they make it more difficult to review the actual contents of the Draft space. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 17:26, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Kkmodischool
Is this an acceptable username? I'm raising this concern because it implies a role account, and the author's creation (KK Modi University, added PROD per related discussion above) looks promotional, where w:KK Modi University needs admin access. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:39, 5 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Blocked and deleted. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 03:31, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Reactions to ongoing film-related creations
Recently we have seen many creators (possibly students of a school project) in cinematic themes, but some of their creations require cleanup etc., for example some pages have been deleted per policy or tagged with PROD. I already added PROD to some resources that didn't have any sentences, adjusted category positions (I assume that category positions go to the bottom of the page as same as Wikipedia and other projects), and fixed malformed categories made around this movement. Should we contact the teacher to tell their students about our policies (such as WV:MOS, WV:CSD), or should we communicate with each participants individually? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:51, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/64.114.197.200
(Xwiki) vandal, please consider deletion of their incivil edit summaries. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 01:03, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked but I don't think revision deletion of the edit summaries is needed --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 02:30, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/2603:9004:AF0:8EC0:DC42:32A9:F556:F89
Vandalism-only IP. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:12, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:28, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/24.89.232.123
Xwiki abuser, vandalism-only IP. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 08:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:28, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/MENGTola
Talk page disruptions, I have already protected an archive page targeted by this user. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:15, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


 * They seem to be trying to write java tutorial. Perhaps they're unaware of how to create their own page and so they've decided to set up shop upon an old talk page archive. Very strange. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 02:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * FWIW, the content they were posting on those pages was almost entirely copied from outside sources (mostly this one), so it would have been unsuitable for Wikiversity even if it were in a more appropriate location. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 05:30, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If there are revs that should be deleted, please let me know. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:44, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I suppose someone should let them know on their talk page that it's not allowed, though really it's common sense. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 00:14, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked for several days. Per above, it's possible that he's just somehow very confused, which is a curable thing. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:56, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Ongoing vandalism at Animal Phyla since early October
Seems like a job for someone with rollback. Some of the edit summaries claim to be typo fixes, but the actual edits are unfunny Michael Jackson references and other such schlock. Middle school humor. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 20:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅? Reverted the changes. Probably don't need to bother with an IP block unless it happens again. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 21:40, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Not quite: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Animal_Phyla#Annelida_HE_HE_im_Michal_Jackson. You may want to protect the page. You think our man perhaps got to know Michael Jackson a bit too well? He's lost his wit. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 21:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Ugh, you're right. Looks like I missed that on a previous round of vandalism. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 21:57, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, semi-protected, this will be longer if it comes back. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 00:07, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * IPs involved in this case are Special:Contributions/165.199.181.9 and Special:Contributions/165.199.181.15. Some kind of range block would be needed. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 00:10, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The vandalism that we are talking about in this thread has now moved to Animal Phyla/Table (now semi-protected), where Special:Contributions/165.199.181.10 and Special:Contributions/165.199.181.2 are involved. A range block may be needed including the IPs already reported above. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:59, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Maiduchaiphongthuy
Xwiki spam/spambot. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Page is deleted and user has no other edits, so I personally didn't block him. He seems like across the WMF, he just seems to make user pages and move on. Let me know if he does any more nonsense. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:33, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ User is already locked. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:53, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

IP editor weirdness
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiMainPage

Perhaps something to keep an eye on. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 16:24, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * That was not worth keeping for any reason, so I deleted it. The IP has yet to edit anywhere else, so please ping me if you see anything weird yourself. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:26, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Will do. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 16:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Unrelated, but I assume there's a reason for all this mess: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User_talk:VeronicaJeanAnderson ? They've been at it for a long time. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 17:07, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Wow. Well, that content is not someone's talk page and is instead a sandbox, so I guess I'll move it there, but this person has been gone for years, so I think I'll just note this for future nonsense. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:32, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Leave it alone. This group of users is all operated by the same person and has been doing this for a while. It's weird but harmless. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 17:55, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * It looks like a software-generated mess, maybe some LLM project. Why would anyone go to the trouble of writing all that by hand? They update it every so often and have always wondered what in the world they're doing. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 20:44, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Renamed tracking categories being re-populated
Category:Wikipedia semi-protected templates, Category:Wikipedia fully protected templates, Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates were previously renamed/deleted, but for some reason they are populated again and appear in the top of Special:WantedCategories. How can we have this fixed? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 04:14, 15 December 2023 (UTC)


 * It's getting added by Module:Protection banner/config, which gets invoked by documentation on template pages. We have a lot of Wikipedia-specific templates like these which got imported to make some other template work, but which were never fully "localized" to Wikiversity. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 04:29, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I wasn't able to figure out which module is being involved in the automated categorizations, thank you for the information. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:32, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/2402:800:63A4:DD2B:D05B:C5A5:AFD4:20D
Possible vandalism at here and enwiki. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:19, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/106.249.152.115
Vandalism at multiple projects including Wikiversity. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 09:40, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Log/TCCLavern9469880
Possible non-English spam, please check the translation results of their creations (already deleted). MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:25, 23 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Just based on what I can see in the deletion log (page title ≈ "Buy Mattress To Relieve Back Pain", text talking about product features of mattresses), that's definitely spam. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 02:32, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Already ✅, locked by a Wikimedia steward. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 01:52, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

User:50.118.222.66 has been flooding our abuse filter log with spam
This IP has been flooding our abuse filter log with spam for several days. I suggest to our custodians to consider about how to stop this IP. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:14, 24 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ❌ Stale now. :/ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:47, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The IP is being active again, please check recent filter results. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:21, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Sent talkback. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sweet Heaven, that's a lot of stupid spam. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Special:CentralAuth/Fadlu8
Xwiki spam including Wikiversity, I have already deleted their userpage. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * This seems to be related to my report at special:PermaLink/2591586. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:56, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ Since it's marked for locking at m: and should be soon. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:45, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * (Note) Already locked. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Hooglimkt
Non-English spam. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 26 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Welcomed/warned on talk. Please let me know if there are further issues. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:43, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Gethnical and Special:Contributions/Gethnical_ethnic
Possible username policy violations (users named after existing business), and their account creation log is being used as an advertisement (special:redirect/logid/3381712). MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 03:52, 28 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Call me a romantic, but I'm hopeful that a welcome message will reach a person (not a bot) and encourage constructive additions of educational material (not spam). :/ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I would like to note that a very similar account (Special:CentralAuth/Ethnic_gethnical) has appeared on our abuse filter and being blocked at several projects. I will report further if they come back with same actions. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 05:23, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Please consider to close Colloquium
There are no objections to this discussion. I think an uninvolved custodian may close this RFC. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 12:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I will collapse it with . it.Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the closure. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 02:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

A prolific contributor of pages that belong in userspace
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

User:Bocardodarapti has contributed a lot of pages that should be deleted or moved to his userspace. I can move up to 100 subpages, but don't have the power to delete subpages. What should we do? See User talk:Bocardodarapti. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:43, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I suggest to provide a summarized reason for mainspace removal with more details, this would be really helpful for the discussion. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 14:49, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * They write lots of short pages using proper mathematical grammar. Some of them look accurate but trivial, others look to me like nonsense.  But keep in mind that all math seems nonsensical until you understand it.  A trivial example is using the Taylor series to prove that the cosine function has only one zero between 0 and 2.  Unless it is a novel way to prove something, it is trivial at best.  But it might be nonsense.  I moved that one, but will post others shortly.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 14:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the explanation. This is just my opinion, but I think being trivial or not will depend on the learner's grade. For scientific graduate students and relevant experts, topics about Taylor series will be trivial, but for younger students like freshman this may not be trivial. I previously assisted the categorization of the user's creations and I had a look on some of them, I thought they were aimed for undergraduate education rather than research. Due to the educational objectives, I'm not sure if they should be declared as trivial. What would you think about this? MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 15:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I hope I'm not intruding, but here are some of my thoughts.
 * There might be other ways to prove that the cosine has only one zero between 0 and 2. However, one of the mathematically easiest ways to define the cosine function is by simply using the Taylor series (rather than the familiar definition by the unit circle, which from a foundations perspective can be more complicated).  If this is what @Bocardodarapti has in mind, then it makes sense to use the Taylor series for this proof.
 * Also, from a personal perspective, I would think that Wikiversity (as opposed to Wikipedia) isn't just a repository for knowledge and reference. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think of Wikiversity as a repository for presentations of topics.  Sometimes that means stating things which seem trivial to an expert, but require a bit of "getting used to" for a novice.
 * I glanced over a small percent of what Bocardodarapti has written and haven't seen anything objectionable to me. If it would be useful, I could read maybe 5,000 words and give more assessment.
 * Tagging @Guy vandegrift too.
 * Addemf (discuss • contribs) 01:34, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I am one who supported move to user space, but perhaps I fail to appreciate the intended design. The material consists of peculiarly structured often rather small pages; these could make sense if they were transcluded in another resource.
 * This started with me marking the page Pi, a copy of Wikipedia page, for deletion; at that point, I did not notice there were subpages that were supposed to be part of that peculiarly structured system of pages of definitions, facts, proofs, etc. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 15:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * See MDLD. I think he made all the subpages.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I did not notice that one. What I had in mind were e.g. the pages in Category:Mathematical fact and Category:Mathematical definition. I have never seen material structured/organized like that; maybe it is a novel good idea, maybe not. In any case, seeing how much there is and how systematic the approach is, this is perhaps suited for Colloquium. I apologize for starting this difficult issue; this was not really my intention and I was only originally concerned about the Wikipedia copy in Pi. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 15:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The two linked subpages for mathematical fact and mathematical definition look a bit like what they are doing at ProofWiki. Basically a database of important definitions, theorems, and proofs.  I would personally leave that job to ProofWiki since they already have so much of that project already implemented, and relatively well.  But the only reasons I can see for removing it here, is either for storage space or UI clutter considerations.  Addemf (discuss • contribs) 01:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Dan's suggestion that we go to the colloquium sounds reasonable. Meanwhile I will start a list of the most concerning pages here:Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 15:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Real sequence/Tending to infinity/+/Definition This is a subpage of a page that does not exist.
 * Invertible matrix/Field/Definition neither Invertible matrix/Field nor Invertible matrix exist. Statement is true but well known, except I have never seen the symbol E_n being used for the identity matrix.-


 * The discussion has moved outside the RCA page, and the page moves are being reverted. If any other custodian action is not needed now, then I think we can close this thread and continue discussions at the colloquium if needed. MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 00:03, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, please close. Sorry to bother you all with a mistake that was ultimately mine. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 00:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, please close. Sorry to bother you all with a mistake that was ultimately mine. Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 00:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)