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


Admin statistics
Action Count
Edits 61530
Edits+Deleted 64893
Pages deleted 3958
Revisions deleted 14
Pages restored 30
Pages protected 80
Pages unprotected 9
Protections modified 23
Users blocked 101
Users reblocked 1
User rights modified 1

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Immediate requests Entries
Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages 0
Wikipedians looking for help 0
Requests for unblock 36
Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests 103
Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected edit requests 77
Wikipedia template-protected edit requests 15
Wikipedia fully protected edit requests 1
Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests 172
Requested RD1 redactions 5
Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations 1
Candidates for speedy deletion 8
Open sockpuppet investigations 50
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Administrative backlog

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Reports

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User-reported

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Candidates for speedy deletion Entries
Attack pages 0
Copyright violations 1
Hoaxes 0
Vandalism 0
User requested 0
Empty articles 0
Nonsense pages 1
Spam pages 3
Importance or significance not asserted 1
Possibly contested candidates 1
Other candidates 3
The following articles and files have been proposed for deletion for around 7 days:
Deletion backlog

Wikipedia files with unknown source – No backlog currently
Wikipedia files with unknown copyright status – No backlog currently
Wikipedia files missing permission – No backlog currently
Wikipedia files with no non-free use rationale – No backlog currently
Disputed non-free Wikipedia files – No backlog currently
Orphaned non-free use Wikipedia files – No backlog currently
Replaceable non-free use Wikipedia files – No backlog currently

Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons – No backlog currently

Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons – 10 items

Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old needing human review – 4 items

Requested RD1 redactions – 5 items

Proposed deletion – No backlog currently
Usernames for administrator attention


User-reported

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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level

Place requests for new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.


Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. Longhornsg (talk) 00:58, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected Ymblanter (talk) 21:47, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Donnowin1 (talk) 01:32, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Not done. It looks like things have calmed down. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:26, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – ongoing IP vandalism/false information (esp. player names) (likely IP sock). Wikipedialuva (talk) 05:04, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:52, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Constant addition of poorly sourced, promotional WP:SPAM and WP:PUFFERY by a /64 IP address. They have been trying to change the page into an WP:ADMASQ and have not listened to or responded to any warnings. cyberdog958Talk 05:32, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Since at least 2023 IPs have been adding the same content dozens of times about a YouTuber with links to their YouTube channel and Twitter. [1] Also frequent problems with adding of unsorced or poorly sourced content Moribundum (talk) 07:42, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:27, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Relevant to WP:ARBPIA. Thanks in advance!. Smallangryplanet (talk) 09:47, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Massive edit warring has presumed just a month after the last full lock. I request another full lock for a period of around four weeks, and to revert to the status quo ante version [2]. Thanks. Austronesier (talk) 10:18, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Full protection: Edit-warring / content dispute. Left guide (talk) 10:53, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Problematic IP-edits since March 5. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:59, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP keep removing talk page sections. Vestrian24Bio 13:07, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: IP vandal blocked by HJ Mitchell. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 13:12, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 13:14, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IP addresses persistently using talk page as forum since 2020. dotXK 13:17, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Annoying, but looks like it only happens a handful of times each year, and cutting off talk page access requires significant justification. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:50, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IPs keep changing the player's nationality in the short description, this has been going on for a long time. Annh07 (talk) 13:37, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. -- Least Action (talk) 14:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by at least two IPs who keeps inserting an Indian name for a Southeast Asian tournament. Probably the same user using a roaming IP service provider. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 14:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection:

Reason: putting unsourced non-notable entries to the list for PR purposes. Other articles include Installation (computer programs), Nullsoft, Windows Installer 141.136.76.43 (talk) 15:08, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 15:31, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: BLP violations and edit warring. Borgenland (talk) 15:33, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Persistent disruptive edit by IP users, reverting tables as its own delight. >Being several different IP there is no chance to talk. Riktetta (talk) 15:43, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 16:03, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Skitash (talk) 16:40, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:32, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-Protection: High level of repeated, argumentative IP edits that needed reverting for WP:BLP and WP:LEDE vios. See WP:BLPN for alert. JFHJr () 17:08, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Persistent block evasion/sockpuppetry. Waxworker (talk) 17:11, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High level of IP and new user changes/blanking revolving around the same content frequently even after multiple reverts. Persists to be the same the every other day. Hence, I request for extended confirmed user protection. 456legendtalk 17:18, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent non-neutral vandalism. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:38, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High level of vandalism from IP users, removing any mentions of (alleged) usage of LRAD during protest in Serbia. No.cilepogača (talk) 18:03, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated, ongoing addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 18:57, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Hopefully the unregistered disruptive editor can engage on the talk page. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:34, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High level of WP:SPA edit-warring and vandalism. One user was blocked only for disruptive behavior to resurface.  GuardianH  19:27, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:39, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Temporary semi-protection is needed because of persistent unconstructive editing by IP user(s) in last month, especially past 4 days. -Avantiputra7 (talk) 20:04, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Hight level of vandalism Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 20:12, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: This page should be protected under WP:GS/CASTE Mr.fakepolicy (talk) 20:29, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: This page should be protected under WP:GS/CASTE Mr.fakepolicy (talk) 20:29, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: This page should be protected under WP:GS/CASTE Mr.fakepolicy (talk) 20:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Reason: All recent IP edits have been disruptive. Declangi (talk) 20:58, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism by IP addresses. Left guide (talk) 21:04, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:41, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Constant vandalism, unlikely to stop given the Diaz EF4(+!). EF5 22:22, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Reason: Hello, I was wondering if you could help with the creation of this page for Danny Lauter. He is currently the starting quarterback for Georgetown University and holds the schools single game passing yard record. He is also generating NFL Interest. He was invited down to the Super bowl in New Orleans to meet with a lot of executives and to go to a lot of the high profile events. He also had dinner with Tom Brady and a lot of other top figures in the NFL. They were giving him a lot of good advice on how to secure his name and they mentioned that Wikipedia was a great platform. I have read the prior reasons for deletion and I understand why, nut now I am asking for some help to create a new page for him now that he has gained a lot of notoriety. 141.161.163.60 (talk) 17:37, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Without any sort of sources to back up all of these assertions your argument is doomed to fail. (Also, anyone who suggests Wikipedia as a place to get one's name out there clearly has no understanding of Wikipedia and should likely be dismissed for incompetence.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 17:48, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Unprotection: 12 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Unprotected Worth trying, 12 years is a very long time for an article to be protected. You could consider this as within WP:CT/AP, but I think that's a stretch more than a decade later. If vandalism re-occurs please ping me. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Unprotection: 12 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:36, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Unprotected Also worth trying, 12 years is a very long time for an article to be protected. If vandalism reoccurs please ping me. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:40, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Unprotection: No reason for move protection. Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to have already been unprotected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:41, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

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Handled requests

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

Protected edit requests

1 protected edit request
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Draft:Danny Lauter (request) 2025-03-16 15:55 Fully protected (log) Protected by Bishonen on 2023-08-29: "Repeatedly recreated"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 16:00, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
16 template-protected edit requests
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Template:Infobox sports league (request) 2025-01-25 22:16 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Template:Baseballstats (request) 2025-02-03 07:52 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Template:Infobox officeholder (request) 2025-02-03 08:29 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Template:Infobox martial artist (request) 2025-02-05 21:13 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Template:Designation (request) 2025-02-08 00:02 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:Infobox language (request) 2025-02-12 04:16 Template-protected (log) Modified by MusikAnimal on 2021-08-16: "Highly visible template: transclusion count now over 9,000; most recent editors are still able to edit"
Template:Designation/text (request) 2025-02-12 08:18 Template-protected (log) Modified by Samsara on 2017-09-03: "Highly visible template: via RfPP"
User:AmandaNP/UAA/Whitelist (request) 2025-02-27 17:00 Template-protected (log) Modified by AmandaNP on 2020-07-24: "Try Template editor per main blacklist page"
Template:Infobox school district (request) 2025-03-01 04:00 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Module:Authority control/config (request) 2025-03-06 17:31 Template-protected (log) Modified by Favonian on 2022-12-25: "High-risk Lua module: requested at WP:RFPP"
User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist (request) 2025-03-07 18:55 Template-protected (log) From User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist: Modified by AmandaNP on 2016-02-12: "we are going to try letting template editors edit"
Template:Infobox airport (request) 2025-03-10 14:19 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Module:WDL (request) 2025-03-13 21:14 Template-protected (log) Modified by JJMC89 on 2019-02-25: "Highly visible module: match template"
Module:Tfd links (request) 2025-03-14 10:46 Template-protected (log) From Module:TfdLinks: Protected by CambridgeBayWeather on 2017-01-25: "Highly visible template"
Template:Family name explanation (request) 2025-03-15 21:10 Template-protected (log) Protected by MusikBot II on 2023-05-18: "High-risk template or module: 76615 transclusions (more info)"
Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects (request) 2025-03-16 14:03 Title blacklist (log) Matching line: Template:Editnotices\/.* <noedit|errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-editnotice>
Updated as needed. Last updated: 20:01, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

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

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

    Templates I use often but never remember

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

    Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)

    "Do you want to take a survey?"

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

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

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

    Wikiprojects I am a member of:

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

    Short To Do list

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    Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers

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

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

    List of most of my original pictures and some maps

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

    • Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [3] does edit counts though)

    Pictures

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    Maps

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