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Module:AIA Guide

Hi, this module has been superseded by Module:IA Citation. It's a better design, it can be used with any number of specific-source templates with the data definitions separate from the engine. I would like to delete Module:AIA Guide, but it still many links in "What links here" and I am not sure of the procedure for deleting Modules. Since it's a brand new Module no longer invoked and you and I are the only editors I was hoping you might be able to quickly delete it without going through the deletion process. Thanks for any help of guidance. -- GreenC 02:13, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Deleted. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:53, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Permission Request Pileup

I know you as the main RfP admin, usually accepting or declining requests for permissions. The RfP has been piling up, with over 50 requests, with over 40 not answered yet. The new page reviewer right has over 20 (exactly 22) requests, with 0 being answered. Some requests still unanswered were from February 12.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:09, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I do not consider myself to be qualified to review requests for autopatrolled or new page reviewer due to lack of content creation experience. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:28, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh. There's still TAIV, ROLL, and PCR requests that are starting to pile up.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 22:55, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for merge!

Hi @Pppery:: Thank you for the diff merge on Revolutionary Communists of America! In the future, is there a better place than Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests to ask for diff merges? :) SocDoneLeft (talk) 06:52, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Using {{histmerge}} is probably the right venue for history merge requests. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 06:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Vandalism of a Wikipage for Norwegian newspaper

The Wikipedia page of the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen has, over time, been altered and edited in ways that appear to be malicious. I am the Editor-in-Chief of the paper, and I see how this misrepresentation has serious consequences both for the reliability of Wikipedia and for our newspaper. In Norway, Klassekampen is widely read and well known. However, the misleading editing of our Wikipedia page affects our ability to secure interviews with international sources and undermines our journalistic credibility and freedom. The editor responsible for what we regard as slander and false information uses the name “Svantetos.” You can review the edit log to see this individual’s editing history. Svantetos misrepresents debates that have taken place in the newspaper, making it appear as though the paper consistently takes one particular side. As a result, Svantetos includes references and links, but they do not actually support the claims being made. Consequently, our coverage of highly sensitive topics such as transgender rights, antisemitism, and Russia is not accurately represented on our Wikipedia page. One recent example: Svantetos’ latest edits imply that we had a commentator who wrote antisemitic columns for years, when in fact he was dismissed immediately after publishing an article that we considered antisemitic. Similarly, a book by Torkel Brekke is cited as evidence that we have printed several antisemitic articles over the years, whereas the book discusses a single article from the 1970s that might be considered antisemitic. Brekke’s interpretation has been debated in our newspaper—and few others have agreed with him. We are a serious news outlet, and this campaign by Svantetos is damaging our reputation. We consider it an attack on both our brand and our ability to carry out our work properly. It is also a significant problem for Wikipedia, which risks misrepresenting one of Norway’s major and well-established newspapers. Please let me know how to address this matter and how we can protect both our reputation and the integrity of our Wikipedia page. Best regards,

Mari Skurdal
Editor-in-Chief
Klassekampen ~2026-13961-03 (talk) 13:19, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Svantetos. Aydoh8^{[what have I done now?]} 13:22, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I have no interest in involving myself further with this. Please take it elsewhere. My protection in June 2025 may have been a mistake, but even if it was it expired long ago. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:25, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

What does this mean exactly? Where do I take this now? ~2026-15272-21 (talk) 12:47, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

"Accra International Airport (AIA)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Accra International Airport (AIA) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 March 8 § Accra International Airport (AIA) until a consensus is reached. Electricmemory (talk) 05:25, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Qualis RfD

Opinion was split on the Qualis RfD nomination. Can you justify going with the Qualis (CAPES) to Qualis move outcome? Jay 💬 08:47, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Looks like I totally misread that discussion. I've reopened. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:46, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

mirani (clan)

the edits i had done on mirani clan are sourced can you please tell me the reason you removed and add them back? Mir yosuf (talk) 11:38, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

I reverted because you aren't allowed to edit in this topic area. And I decline to proxy edit for you. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:37, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

I just wanted to say thank you for whitelisting that azurefd.net site I requested for Grain Majors. The new article is now published, and I appreciate your assistance. JBrenn (talk) 14:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

THANK YOU!

Well, that was embarrassing... You are correct; I meant to add this to my common.css page instead of MediaWiki:Group-sysop.css. Thanks for reverting and for fixing that... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:36, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

"Haroonur Rashid (disambigation)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Haroonur Rashid (disambigation) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 March 12 § Haroonur Rashid (disambigation) until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 17:15, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

User infobox broken.

I noticed you added a Reddit link to the user infobox, however it appears it is causing issues with the infobox displaying correctly, would you be able to help? Laredo312-Oviedo512 (talk) 18:57, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Example of what is broken? I looked at your userpage and the template testcases and nothing is obviously displaying incorrectly to me. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:36, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Robert Pollock

I edited the page for Robert Pollock to put his legitmate birthday and youve changed it two days ago. Funny how you seem to think you know more than his legitmate SON. Wow. But okay bro, great job mate. ~2026-15133-97 (talk) 01:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. Is there any way I could have known at the time who you were? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:15, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Clarification Re AutoWikiBrowser "Approval"

Hello!

I wanted to get some clarification from you regarding the AutoWikiBrowser request I submitted. You marked it as "done," which I assume means it was approved, but it's not showing up in the approved log. Could you please clarify what that meant?

Thank you in advance for your response :) Losipov (talk) 17:37, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

The canonical list of who can use AWB is at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON, where I added your name. I'm not sure what you mean by "approved log". * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:38, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah ok. Makes sense. There's a log that shows request approvals by month, and I didn't see my name on there. That's why I asked.

In any event, thank you very much again for the approval :) Losipov (talk) 16:39, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks for granting me rollback permissions! I've noticed that clicking rollback undoes edits automatically, without having to save changes with undo. Can I do rollback for only a single, vandalistic edit (instead of undo) to speed up the process by valuable seconds, or should I only use it for multiple vandalistic edits? VidanaliK (talk to me) (contributions) 00:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Rollback always reverts all edits by the most recent user to edit the page. It works just fine even if there is only one such edit. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Your protection of File:Question book-new.svg

Hi, re your prot of File:Question book-new.svg: I've deliberately not been protecting it, along with a number of other pages. There's a LTA who creates lots of accounts when able to, then leaves them dormant with no edits. Months later, they start using them; make ten or so innocent edits to gain autoconfirmed, then spam that youtube link to as many pages as possible before they get blocked. See for example Special:Contributions/Aintnontoboss, Special:Contributions/ABDURAHIM OLLOXNING QULI, Special:Contributions/PotatoChipas, Special:Contributions/マヨツナ, Special:Contributions/Liam lin1. There is no pattern to the usernames that they created; I guess that a bunch of them will be logged by the same IP address, but by leaving them as sleepers for several months, any CU info goes stale.

There are several pages that they target, not just that file; if you protect one of them then at best they'll spam just the others, at worst will select a different group of pages to spam, which makes them all the more difficult to spot.

What I would like to do if possible is blacklist the full URL for that youtube link. If this isn't possible, set up an edit filter to detect it. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:28, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

It is possible to blacklist that link via MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. But the maintainers of that page seem to think doing so would be futile - MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Russian YouTube spam. Anyway, if you want to unprotect then do so; you seem to know better than I do. Context for my protection is Special:GoToComment/c-Salvidrim!-20260314063100-File:Question_book-new.svg. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:31, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Pppery, Salvidrim! - the semi-prot was ineffective anyway, since (as I noted above) the LTA gains autoconfirmed status before they start spamming, in order to avoid the CAPTCHA that is required for an unconfirmed user who tries to add an EL. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:10, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Got it. I guess I should have checked if the accounts were actually autoconfirmed, I didn't even consider that option when seeing a bunch of redlinks spamming youtube vandalism. Thanks for the insight, Redrose. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 11:25, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

I have unprotected. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:41, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Please help me?

Hello Pppery, I was wondering if you had the WP:TPE right? If so, would you please help me? I'm looking for an editor who has the WP:TPE who would be willing to look over my proposed color code changes for the Tennessee Titans over at Module:Gridiron color/data. My request is found at Module talk:Gridiron color. Would you be willing to please help me implement my proposed color code changes for the Titans over at Module:Gridiron color/data? My edit diff for these proposed changes at Module:Gridiron color/data/sandbox is found here. CharlesEditor23 (talk) 01:35, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm an admin (which includes template editor) so I could implement the request, but you've already put it in the queue for someone to look at and I don't appreciate you trying to draw special attention to it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:40, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

OK. How do I check the status of where it is in the queue? Also, I left a talk page message for Paine Ellsworth, but they have yet to respond back to me. If you have time, would you please just do it for me? CharlesEditor23 (talk) 20:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) The relevant queue is at User:AnomieBOT/TPERTable but that's just one part of the full queue at User:AnomieBOT/Edit requests table. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:24, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@CharlesEditor23: Re your comment about Paine Ellsworth, I see that over the last six months you have left similar messages at: User talk:Gonzo fan2007/Archive 2025#Please help me?; User talk:Xaosflux#I need help!; User talk:Dissident93#Edit requests over at Module talk:Gridiron color; User talk:Jonesey95/Archive2025#I need help!; User talk:Zackmann08/Archive 16#Please help me at Module talk:Gridiron color?; User talk:Paine Ellsworth#Please help me?; and now here at User talk:Gonzo fan2007#Please help me?; User talk:Pppery#Please help me?. This is tantamount to WP:FORUMSHOP. Some of them have advised you that it's in the TPERTable queue. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:45, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

XFDcloser at CfD

I'm having trouble with XFDcloser on this discussion which you listed at WP:CR; when I select multiple results and try to type in the fields presented, that results in the dropdown options changing and no text appearing. Is that happening for you too? I'd like to gain familiarity with the tool. Iseult ^Δx talk to me 16:47, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

I can reproduce the problem that typing in the "multiple results" fields doesn't seem to work as it should, and it doesn't seem to be specific to CfD. This bug should probably be reported at Wikipedia talk:XFDcloser. Personally I tend to eschew the use of most scripts and prefer to close manually, but that's obviously an idiosyncratic position. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:50, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

For patience and for showing me the CfD ropes. Iseult Δx talk to me 00:47, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:00, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Question

Hi, you stated that you blocked those users who added unconstructive edits in this article, but I'm not sure if you really blocked them or not, as I found nothing that they're blocked (Maybe I've never seen those unregistered users being blocked?). Camilasdandelions (✉️) 03:02, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I blocked the underlying IP range they were using. This doesn't show up as a block on the temp account. You can't see what the IP range is (other than by looking at my block logs) since you're not a WP:TAIV. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		For cleaning up the trash at Spore (2008 video game) and ensuring that the revision history is usable – thank you! nil nz 22:30, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. History merging/cleanup is so often thankless tedium, so it's really nice to see someone care for a change. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:43, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

File:Survivor 47 Cast.png

Hello again(?). You closed the FFD discussion about this image as "deleted". In the light of the closing rationale on the following discussion, i.e. use of a cast photo reality TV series is (kinda?) acceptable only if it is NFCC-compliant—Wikipedia talk:Non-free content#RfC: cast photos of reality TV shows (even asked its closer Beland about some clarity)—have you considered un-deleting the image and then re-nominating it at FFD? George Ho (talk) 03:07, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't understand this comment entirely? Why do you want me to relist a discussion you initiated which had a unanimous consensus to delete because of a discussion deciding that certain non-free images weren't allowed. That doesn't make any sense, and I decline. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

I initiated the FFD discussion solely, if not primarily, due to my concerns about WP:GETTY/WP:NFCC#2, not WP:NFCC#1/WP:FREER and WP:NFCC#8/WP:NFC#CS, which I addressed at the broader discussion. George Ho (talk) 03:45, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

I still have no idea what you are trying to accomplish here. Take it to DRV if you really insist. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:48, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Deletion now reviewed at this discussion: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2026 March 25#File:Survivor 47 Cast.png. George Ho (talk) 05:21, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

George (archbishop of Cyprus) move request.

Hello Pppery. Earlier today you have closed the move discussion on George (archbishop of Cyprus) with no consensus. I value your rationale and I will respect your final decision on this matter, but I still want to make a last appeal for you to reconsider your decision. Per WP:TALKDONTREVERT, arguments that are rooted in Wikipedia policy are valued more in determining consensus than personal opinions. In my move request, I cited three Wikipedia policies in support of the move and neither of the two objections really addressed these policies. The first objection simply stated that the original name would be more appropriate without referencing any policies and the second objection concurred. When I asked them about the policies the first user did not explain their rationale while the second user never responded. I think that WP:TALKDONTREVERT would give a greater to my arguments when determining consensus as no one explained why the three policies do not apply, but I am not an expert in wikipedia policies and if you ultimately decide that there is still no consensus, I will accept that and try to reintroduce the move request in three months as suggested in WP:THREEOUTCOMES. I am grateful for your attention and I would like to reiterate my trust in whatever decision you will eventually make. John Adams 362 (talk) 21:45, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

You've made your case and failed to convince anyone else other than a drive-by temp account. Wikipedia policies and guidelines are interpeted by participants of the discussion, not by just you. And evidently they don't see things that way. Nor do I, honestly; the form {name} of {place} is often used is a really weak sentence to rely on for guideline support - the things this is supposed to be consistent with are different in a significant way, and WP:NC() does not actually say what you claim it says there. And the fact that people with dozens of times more experience that you don't see things your way is also telling. I decline. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:51, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, and thank you for providing an opinion regarding these policies. I still stand by my opinion, but I will not contest your decision. Again, thank you for your time reviewing the discussion. John Adams 362 (talk) 22:03, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Merge draft revisions 1340825648 through 1341522170 on to arcicle MacBook Neo

Hi, can you merge the Draft:MacBook Neo revisions 1340825648 through 1341522170 onto the main article: MacBook Neo since I initially created it as Draft:12.9-inch MacBook first before I moved it to Draft:MacBook Neo, after that the mainspace article was already created by User:Vistadan. see logs for Draft:12.9-inch MacBook and MacBook Neo, and the page history of Draft:MacBook Neo and the oldest revision: 1341516699 on MacBook Neo. Also, after the merge, can you also delete Draft:12.9-inch MacBook (redirecting to MacBook Neo) since it is not needed, and keep Draft:MacBook Neo as a redirect to MacBook Neo. ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 16:35, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Fcom1212, we have already discussed this on the MacBook Neo talk page. The MacBook Neo article was already created before you moved the Draft:12.9-inch MacBook draft to Draft:MacBook Neo. Nothing from your draft was used on the MacBook Neo article, so again, nothing needs to be merged. I hope this is the last time I have to explain this. Thanks, vistadan 21:49, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree with vistadan, and there are also (admittedly minor) WP:Parallel histories problems here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:37, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Draft: Susan Barbour

Hi Perry,

Thank you so much for your attention to my draft and moving it to the right place. (Accidentally moved it) I really appreciate it. I have been trying to fix two issues with two references that have errors in them (Date/Title). But when I’m adding dates and title it doesn’t seem to work.

I would love any help on this, and any feedback you might have would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance.

Best,

MWikiforce Mwikiforce (talk) 21:56, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I have fixed the date error (the problem is that "DD-MM-YYYY" isn't a recognized date format on Wikipedia). I don't see any title errors. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:28, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you SO much Perry! You have NO idea how much I appreciate that! I’ve been struggling with it for days now! Did you see any other issues with the bio I should be looking to fix?

Thank you again! Feels good to be back writing!

Best,

MWikiforce Mwikiforce (talk) 13:59, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Happy April Fool's Day!

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

- So sorry for angering you. - SimpleObjects-9ei ❄️/☃️/🥶 15:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Awarded for your incredible work on Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2001–2003, specifically for digging up two pranks from April Fools' Day 2001. I didn't think anything would actually be found for that year, so I was very happy to see your contributions to the page. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:49, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Template:Buddhism topics/doc

Please restore the categories from this deleted page onto the parent page per the instructions at WP:T5, which EdwardUK forgot to do. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:41, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

There is nothing to do here - the only category on the doc page was Category:Buddhism templates which has already been added to the non-doc page. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:03, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Question

Apologies but I am ignorant and I have to ask. You said that I am an involved participant in closure of Rhomaioi, which was reverted (I understand the logic, no issues here). However, given that we had reached a consensus for some time now what are the available options? Is this just a waiting process or some other action is required of us? Thank you. A.Cython(talk) 18:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

You don't need to do anything - your request is already on the list at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Backlog and a closer will get to it in due time. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:04, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, your response was very helpful. A.Cython(talk) 21:18, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

File:Harry Potter character poster.jpg

Hi, regarding the deletion of the above file; as WP:G4 states, “This applies to sufficiently identical copies, having any title, of a page deleted via its most recent deletion discussion.”, does this indicate that the deletion is solely due to the file's name being identical to the one deleted in the previous discussion? In other words, if the same file were uploaded under a different name, would the policy still apply? Could you please clarify? Thanks. QuestFour (talk) 23:29, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @QuestFour: if the same file were uploaded under a different name, would the policy still apply? Yes. As you mentioned above, the policy includes the phrase having any title. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Understood. One more question; in Talk:Harry Potter (character), an editor suggested starting an WP:RFC as a next step if the discussion(s) result in the file's deletion. If an RFC was started, and the result was in favor of using the non-free file, will that consensus replace the file's FFD discussion? QuestFour (talk) 23:58, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

It is my opinion that the two FfDs have already established a consensus not to use a non-free image here, only WP:Deletion review could overturn that consensus, and hence there's nothing more for a RfC to discuss (and hence the hypothetical RfC would fail point 2 of WP:RFCNOT). But that may not be the way others see things; I'm on the autism spectrum and hence am more prone to wikilawyering and likely to insist on strict adherence to procedure than the rest of the community. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:06, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

As the editor who brought up the hypothetical rfc, I think such an rfc could, but likely won't, result in "ok, let's use a non-free pic (which one we will not specifically decide or suggest in this rfc)."

Following that, if QuestFour/whoever wants to use the twice-deleted pic again, it could then be procedurally correct to first ask Pppery "Hey, I have an rfc backing me, will you please un-delete"? If Pppery says no, a deletion review can be tried, arguing "see rfc", and if unsuccessful, it's definitively time to drop this.

If QuestFour/whoever instead inserts a different non-free pic after the rfc "victory", I guess the way to challenge that (if anyone wants, might not happen) would be a new xfd, where the keep argument would be "see rfc". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:34, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

And I would probably begrudgingly oblige in such a hypothetical situation, were a closed RfC presented to my desk. But I still would think the wrong process was followed and be unhappy about it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:36, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Spoken like a true Wikipedian! Glad Påsk! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:40, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

For the interested, this case is a little, but not very, similar: Talk:Asquith_Xavier#Request_for_comment_on_images_in_this_article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:46, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Just started the RFC. I used the deleted screenshot only as an example, and I agree with the scenario concerning its restoration. As an RFC is more likely to receive wider input than a deletion review discussion, presenting said RFC there seems like a viable option. QuestFour (talk) 01:29, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Requesting a neutral party to an EEP article

Hi Pppery, i wanted to edit an article about my hometown in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangal but it was put into an EEP since i did not have a credible source, which was fair. Now i do have a credible source and i have added it, but the person i am talking with is refusing to use the direct citation from a book, they have used a citation from 2014, and i have found a book from the exact same person who published an article later in 2019, but they are refusing to add it per my request and keep closing my edit request for this article. Could you be a neutral party here and decide what the final decision is? Thank you for your time Sivasliman (talk) 20:05, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

You are very confused. The page was protected because editing of places related to Kurdistan is restricted to extended-confirmed users, which has nothing to do with what sources you provided. And I'm not interested in helping you here, as the edit notice says: "Please do not ask me to intervene in social matters that I have had no prior involvement in". * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:07, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your time Sivasliman (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Request to reduce protection on 2026 Iran war fuel crisis

Hello, I noticed that you have placed extended-confirmed protection on 2026 Iran war fuel crisis per WP:CT/A-I. However, this article does not strictly fall under the Arab-Israeli conflict, and mainly discusses the effects of fuel shortage on various countries. As far as I know, there has not been any vandalism on the article. I believe WP:NO-PREEMPT should apply here. Please remove protection on the article or make it semi-protected. Thank you for your time. Mxzkqklt (talk) 06:35, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Having taken a closer look on second thought you're totally right that it's not actually within scope and I was overreaching there so I've unprotected. However were the topic truly within scope then WP:NO-PREEMPT would have been expressly superseded by Wikipedia:Contentious_topics/Arab–Israeli_conflict#ECP by default. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:41, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Noinclude

FYI I think you should revert Special:Diff/1347830486 as it is absolutely breaking numerous pages... See Aritzo for example... Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 03:07, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Fine. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:08, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 9

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos season, a link pointing to the disambiguation page Kota Watanabe was added.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:03, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Not my fault - all I did is copy content from elsewhere. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:04, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Requesting CU on unblock requests

Hi Pppery, when you are handling CU unblock requests for a block that wasn't in the past 90 days, can you ask the editor at least one question and wait for their answer before you tag for CU attention? The specific reason is kinda beansy, but in broad terms: we're highly unlikely to find anything at all, whether they're still socking or not, if all they've done is made the unblock request. -- asilvering (talk) 07:25, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Noted. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:03, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Four Wheel Drive RNLI Tractor

@Pppery

Whilst I understand that brackets may not necessarily be correct, it might have been constructive to discuss on the talk page, before you took it upon yourself to rename the page, so that we can properly represent the name of the company.

Martin Ojsyork (talk) 08:42, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

WP:BOLD actions are normally encouraged on Wikipedia. You are still welcome to start a discussion if you want to propose the title be changed again - see WP:RM#Requesting potentially controversial moves. And please see WP:Name (acronym) for why I moved. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:09, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Temporary Account Viewer

Hi! I am writing to you, to ask for the temporary account IP viewer rights. I requested it at WP:PERM/TAIV, but it looks like there is no administrator currently who is looking into that section of RFP. Please do the needful sir. Itcouldbepossible ^Talk 04:27, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Please be patient. Someone will handle your request there in due time. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:55, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Move request

@Pppery: Can you please move Avon (cosmetic company) back to Avon Products, I mistakenly moved the page on March 3, 2026, due to being confused at how the article was written. California Perfume Company changed its name to Avon Products in 1939, I did not know this since the article only said that it changed its name to Avon. I found some two reliable references that said that the California Perfume Company changed its name to Avon Products in 1939. I also found some other stories on the internet that also were using the name Avon Products, and I added them to the article. After you move the page back to Avon Products, can you please delete my Avon (cosmetic company) mistake. Catfurball (talk) 15:07, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Please go through proper processes and don't ask me to intervene in situations I have had nothing to do with outside of my areas of interest. If you want to request a page move use WP:RMTR. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:49, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@Pppery: If you have lost interest in moving pages then you should remove Category:Wikipedia page movers from your userpage. Catfurball (talk) 15:31, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

What? That user category is for people with the WP:Page mover advanced permission, not any specific interest. And I still make regular page moves, but have never been interested in implementing requests specifically directed to me rather than going through proper processes. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:32, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:John F. Kennedy receiving honorary doctorate from Lord Beaverbrook at University of New Brunswick, 1957.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:John F. Kennedy receiving honorary doctorate from Lord Beaverbrook at University of New Brunswick, 1957.jpg. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Tinterest (talk) 22:20, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Request for Userfication of Draft:Kalirao

Hi Pppery, I noticed you deleted Draft:Kalirao and protected the title under G5 sanctions. I understand that as a newer editor, I don't yet have Extended Confirmed status. Would you be willing to move the deleted content to User:YourUsername/KaliraoLegacy so I can continue to improve the sources privately? I am a member of this group and want to ensure I follow Conflict of Interest guidelines while I work on it. Thanks! KaliraoLegacy (talk) 09:36, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

That would still be a violation of general sanctions. What I can do, though, and have done, is email you a copy of the deleted text. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:31, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Pppery. I appreciate you emailing me the text. I understand that General Sanctions prevent this topic from being hosted as a draft right now. I will keep the research offline for now and focus on improving my edit count and finding academic, third-party sources before revisitng this topic in the future KaliraoLegacy (talk) 09:20, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Ana hatnote

I can understand using AWB to add hatnote for disambiguated similarly named articles. From my cursory review of those edits, they are make sense and the few lists you added hatnotes too where bulleted or paragraph lists where you put the hatnote on the top of the section, not the whole article. I don't get how a hatnote for 1 lake in a list of thousands of lakes can belong at the top of the article, instead of a far more similarly named, specific article like the Virginia lake example I mentioned. Additioanlly, the list of MN lakes article is a table, not separated by sections where the hatnote can be specifically placed above the name to disambiguate. It was a simple and seemingly AWB mistake and I mean nothing personal by undoing it, clearly the vast majority of your other uses are above reproach. Thanks SamuelNelsonGISP (talk) 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

You corrected this while I was writing this, thanks! SamuelNelsonGISP (talk)

File:HambonesMeditations.jpg

Hi,

I'm trying to prepare File:HambonesMeditations.jpg for a move to Commons and cannot undelete the version of the file in the history. It looks like you also tried to prepare it for a move to Commons and reverted yourself. Do you understand what is going on? Is the file corrupted? -- Whpq (talk) 00:02, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

phab:T423065. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:02, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Whpq (talk) 00:04, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Listing for discussion of Template:Shortcut-style further links

Template:Shortcut-style further links has been listed for discussion, which may result in the template being merged or deleted by consensus. You are invited to comment on the proposed action at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Pink Bee (talk) 01:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Pppery, thank you for taking the time to mark articles unreviewed that were reviewed by UPE socks. S0091 (talk) 16:57, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:58, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for the very efficient clearing of the WP:RMT queue :) Squawk7700 (talk) 21:03, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	Thank you very much for fixing WP:REFILL. Clearly I had a weird blind spot for Webpack, which you saw through with ease. Appreciate it! –Novem Linguae (talk) 12:07, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Template:2026 FIFA World Cup sidebar

You've deleted this template but not closed the TFD discussion... GiantSnowman 21:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

When closing uncontroversial deletion discussions as delete I prefer to let AnomieBOT handle the mechanics of the closure. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:21, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. GiantSnowman 10:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Protection level @ Aix Group

Hey Pppery, thanks for working through the requests at WP:BATCH. It seems like you accidentally protected Aix Group with template-editor access. Is it meant to be ECP instead? Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 18:29, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Indeed, now fixed. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:30, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

A Recently Delete page

Hello

I was looking at the page for B Major (producer) because I saw a link on media.. When I got to the page I found out that the article was gone. Can you please tell me why the article for B Major (producer) was deleted? I also want to know what I need to do if I want to make an article for B Major (producer). Was the old article for B Major (producer) deleted because it was not important enough or because it did not have sources or because the writing was not good enough for Wikipedia? I want to make sure that if I make an article for B Major (producer) it will be good enough, for Wikipedia. I will make sure to follow the rules like being neutral using sources and making sure B Major (producer) is important enough.

Thank you. LucianoMatan (talk) 14:40, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

this is the link currently on social medias - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Major_(producer) LucianoMatan (talk) 14:42, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

It was deleted for exactly the reason I said in the deletion log: because the person who created it was evading a block. If you're not also evading a block, then any article you write won't be subject to deletion for that reason. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:15, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

oh so if it wasn't notability i will draft a new article for it but, Is it possible to block the person evading the block so that they don't edit the the topic again? Or is there a way we can create the article and have it protected so that only extended confirmed users can edit it? How can i go about this exactly? Thank you for the input LucianoMatan (talk) 17:00, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

By definition the person who was evading a block is already blocked and we're doing everything we can to stop them from coming back using a new account. And we don't protect pages preemptively. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:02, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

I really appreciate you clarifying this. I understand now. The page was deleted because the original creator of the article was attempting to circumvent a block. It was not deleted due to the topic's insignificance.

Let me be clear; I am not the user who was blocked, and I do not know who the original creator of the deleted article was. I reside in Cape Town, South Africa and the subject is relatively well-known in the African deep house music scene. I follow the scene actively. After seeing the page continually shared on media, I decided that I wanted to find out what was happening and the correct way for things to be structured.

I will not attempt to recreate the deleted article nor will I incorporate information from the old page. If I choose to create an article I will create a new one from scratch in the draft space and use reliable, independent sources to gather information and I will format it appropriately, then submit it to Articles for Creation. Thus, the subject can be documented appropriately by experienced editors.

Thank you again for clearing things up regarding the topic and the article. LucianoMatan (talk) 17:36, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey there , So i've decided to start with a new article but i've just realised. How will i know if the article is the same as the previously deleted one?

Since you saw the old article i was just curious if you could take a look at my version and compare please? i dont want to be publishing the same as deleted article. Because i currently don't know the difference between the previously deleted and the new one. Is there a way to see the old one so that i'm certain i'm not doing anything similar?

you can check it in my sandbox here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LucianoMatan/sandbox LucianoMatan (talk) 09:02, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Pppery, I don't know if you're familiar with this person, but the above request is from a confirmed sockpuppet. Their insistence they are not the same person is routine. The sandbox has been deleted as well as their draft at Draft:Bjorn Martin. Just a game of whackamole at this point. I used to try to convince them to operate in a beneficial way here, but I've given up trying. They simply refuse to listen. Trying to talk them out of their behaviors is a waste of time at this point, as they are waaaay past WP:AGF. Dozens of sockpuppets, dozens of attempts to create this article about themselves. All failed. It's long term abuse, spanning many years now. --Hammersoft (talk) 20:49, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I was not familiar but honestly quelle surprise. Let's title blacklist now. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

... and done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:24, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Pre-2025 FFD noms lacking replies

When you made WP:G4 request inappicable by interpreting one FFD close as "soft delete", does this mean ones deleted in 2024 or beforehand are also soft-deleted and can be also exempt from G4? George Ho (talk) 19:09, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

The date the FFD in question was made is entirely irrelevant in determining whether G4 applies as I see it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:11, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Would G4 still apply if the same file was nominated twice and then deleted twice, despite no replies in both FFD listing? E.g. European artwork of Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song) (latest FFD nom). George Ho (talk) 05:58, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

The reply you made below is also meant for the twice-deleted cover art, right? George Ho (talk) 17:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Then what do you think of the G4 application on this file made last year?: File:Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (single cover).jpg? George Ho (talk) 21:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

It's not one I would have done for that reason, but of course other admins can think differently from me and I wouldn't have challenged the deletion if I saw another admin do it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

I guess I'll discuss the inconsistency of G4 application some time at WT:CSD in the future then. George Ho (talk) 21:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Even a dfu-tagged file becoming deleted (deleted file, diff) still doesn't affect the "soft delete" result (of the FFD discussion on another image)? George Ho (talk) 05:58, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion it would still not apply. And I see the dfu process as independent of G4; you're welcome to go through DFU again though. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:14, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at AfD

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iran–United States war. –Gluonz ^{talk contribs} 05:05, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Reply: Speedy deletion nomination of Suhel Karram

Hello Pppery,

Thank you for your message regarding the speedy deletion nomination of the article "Suhel Karram". I completely understand and respect the strict rules surrounding the ARBPIA topic area to prevent disruption.

However, I respectfully contest the nomination because this article is a straightforward biography of a business executive and media professional. Suhel Karram is the founder of a commercial radio station (Radio Ashams). The article focuses purely on his career, media management, and civil society work in broadcasting, rather than the Arab-Israeli conflict itself. It does not discuss geopolitical disputes or military events.

If you still believe that this biographical article falls under the "broadly construed" ARBPIA restrictions due to my current editing permissions, I kindly request that instead of outright deletion, the page be moved to the Draft space. This would allow an extended-confirmed editor to review the work, verify the reliable sources (Forbes, Haaretz, etc.), and potentially move it to the mainspace.

Thank you for your time and understanding.-بلال الدويك (talk) 10:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

No thanks on both counts. It does not discuss geopolitical disputes or military events. You began a paragraph with In 2002, following the October 2000 events, which clearly is a discussion of geopolitical disputes. And in my view of the rules creating it in draft space would still have been a violation of the rules so I can't return it to draft space either. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

La Resistance (Medley)

Hi Pppery. You are within your rights to move an article back into mainspace from a draft if you believe sufficient sources exist to warrant a standalone article, but your rationale here is very strange. NPP have the responsibility to ensure that articles are correctly sourced, and if they aren't, one of the things we do is move them to draft so the author can add them. Articles that have come through AfC don't get any special treatment, and I've seen several in the last few months deleted at AfD due to poor sourcing. Currently, none of the sources on the article give significant coverage to the song. If you've seen better sources, it would be great if you could either add them to the article or use the sources exist tag to save my colleagues at NPP some work. If you haven't seen those sources, your action was mistaken here. Boynamedsue (talk) 05:56, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Evidently whoever accepted it at AfC thought said sources existed. Why don't you berate them over it? And you added a template including a "submit for review" button saying to submit at AfC - knowingly doing so when the page had already been accepted at AfC is absurd and circular. Hence, I don't agree that my action was mistaken and I doubt either of us will convince the other, so I'm not going to bother arguing any further. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

My intention wasn't to berate, but to check if you had checked the sourcing. That would save time prior to the before that will now be necessary. I will check with the AfC who approved as well and see if they have seen anything not on the page.Boynamedsue (talk) 17:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Request for Arbitration: Michael Jackson

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Michael Jackson and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted on most arbitration pages, please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.

Thanks, BilledMammal (talk) 02:19, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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Ed Gallrein Redirect

Why did you make his article a redirect again? Ed Gallrein has actual notability, he is a semi high ranking retired Navy Seal, and a two time political candidate, the second of which is the most expensive Us House Primary to date. He also carries endorsements from Donald Trump, Andy Barr, and Nate Morris. Even more so, his primary is two days away and is expected to be extremely close, so thats also noteworthy, as he would be upsetting an incumbent if he were to win. Not trying to be rude, it just seems that he has notability that he didn't have when the AFD proposal was settled Waffleiron692 (talk) 22:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Waffleiron692 (talk) 22:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

The mere fact that the election is closer to now does not establish notability. Unelected political candidates are rarely notable per WP:NPOL (and he will remain an unelected political candidate until the general election). And the community already decided this at AfD, which you don't have the authority to overrule. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:36, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Waffleiron692 reinstated the article, which I have reverted. It's a high-profile election, but the candidate is still a candidate. the Stefen 𝕋ower 19:10, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Update: Ed Gallrein has been created yet again as a regular article. The subject has, of course, won their primary, but they still have not been elected. the Stefen 𝕋ower 00:14, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You're consistently around everywhere there's a need with your high-quality and precise judgement: at CfD/FfD/RfD, BATCH/RfPP, WP:PERM/AWB, in the weeds in the backend, and more. Thank you so much for all the work that you do. Staraction (talk · contribs) 03:53, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

+1 GoldRomean (talk) 22:50, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, both of you. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:08, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Some protections...

Hi Pppery, from the recent BATCH run, I noticed you marked Motti Ashkenazi & Amal Syam as done but didn't protect the pages. Also it looks like Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies is template-protected instead of ECP. Were these intentional? Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 22:48, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Not intentional. Fixed all three. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:07, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Batch Page Protections Request

Hi,

I saw your edit summary and just wanted to apologize if I'm overdoing the batch page protection requests. There are just a lot of articles that haven't been protected yet that are PIA.

The "ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement" tag was on the talk pages for Yunis Al Astal, Wael Al Zard, Adly Yaish, Amos Kenan, Levi Eshkol, Abraham Isaac Kook, Moshe Sharett, Joseph Klausner, Joseph Schechtman, which is why I requested protection for those pages (Which is still pending). Completely understand if it's too much at this time. EaglesFan37 (talk) 15:07, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

I think you are a little more zealous than warranted with these batch protection requests, but more than that I think I'm getting tired of doing them and as a consequence viewing them more skeptically than I should. So partly your fault, and partly mine. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Just saying hi

Saw this while I was patrolling RFPP. *big hugs* (if you want them) :P. Also.... --slakr^\ talk / 20:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

RFPP Predator Award

Slakr's RFPP Predator Award For your work in helping to tear apart backlogs at requests for page protection by pouncing on requests, I hereby award you this deluxe, camouflaged, tiger-like padlock. Not sure why you'd necessarily need a deluxe, camouflaged, tiger-like padlock, but at least it's a nice conversation piece. :P Keep up the great work. =) Cheers, --slakr\ talk / 20:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC) Thank you. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:47, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Please remove rollback of Ajheindel

Please review his Talk page. He's already abusing the privilege. ~2026-21446-99 (talk) 07:38, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

All I see there is you being on some sort of WP:RGW quest. You will need, at the bare minimum, to point to specific diffs in which Ajheindel has allegedly abused rollback. I've spot-checked several of them and am not seeing the issues you are reporting. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:07, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

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