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[edit]Please keep in mind previous warnings when additing new warnings on user talk page. User_talk:Pro1212khalil already has 3 warnings for similar behavior. The latest edit was clear vandalism. ElENdElA (talk) 18:34, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
- Alright, I apologize. I will do so in the future. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 18:54, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
regarding your message
[edit]Can you tell me which article please?I think it was an accident because it is my 3rd day editing Wikipedia Breck0530 (talk) 19:28, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Of course, give me a second. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 20:13, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- It was Faleolo International Airport, in which you removed content without adequate explanation. It did, however, have the "newcomer task" tag, so was almost certainly a good faith edit. Have a good one! drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 20:15, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, for that one I checked the airlines website and it said that they didn't offer flights there anymore so I removed to avoid confusion. Although, I forgot to explain why in description. Sorry Breck0530 (talk) 20:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's all good. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 20:41, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, for that one I checked the airlines website and it said that they didn't offer flights there anymore so I removed to avoid confusion. Although, I forgot to explain why in description. Sorry Breck0530 (talk) 20:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- It was Faleolo International Airport, in which you removed content without adequate explanation. It did, however, have the "newcomer task" tag, so was almost certainly a good faith edit. Have a good one! drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 20:15, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello Drdr150. I noticed you warned a vandal that they were being reported to WP:AIV. This is actually unnecessary and may even be detrimental, as it introduces the vandal to a noticeboard page that they can then vandalize (in other words, don't give them ideas). At the very least, it goes against the spirit of denying recognition, as many vandals seek attention and enjoy receiving threats and warnings from others. Once a user vandalized past a Level 4 warning, it's best to report them to AIV and then leave it at that, without engaging with the vandal any further. There is consensus that alerting the vandal to AIV is counterproductive; see this April 2024 TfD, December 2023 TfD, and AIV talk page thread. Vandal fighting is a fun activity (I've been doing it for over a decade!), but at the end of the day, we don't want the vandals to find it as enjoyable as we do. :) —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:04, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
- Of course! I will improve that from now on. Thanks! I appreciate all that you do for this site. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 17:08, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
Abusive e-mails?
[edit]Hi, Drdr150. I read the section "Sending users emails for no reason" on DotesConks' page. If that user, or any user, has sent you objectionable e-mails, I recommend you to forward them to the Arbitration committee at arbcom-en@wikimedia.org with full headers and with a covering explanatory note (feel free to mention my name). This seems especially advisable since you and DotesConk seem to disagree about what was in the message(s) - DotesConk writes "So now you have resorted to lying about what I've said to make me look bad". Bishonen | tålk 13:17, 4 April 2025 (UTC).
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[edit]Please don't leave comments like this [1] at the talk pages of blocked and globally locked users. All you are doing is feeding the trolls by responding to their comments, and encouraging them to vandalize more. Please don't do that again. Fathoms Below (talk) 21:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- Alright, my mistake. Thank you for informing me, and I'll get back to editing as usual. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 21:15, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, Drdr150, I can understand why you posted what you did, especially after going through a hard time of your own. I worked with Dotes when they were starting out here and I am shocked at how they changed over the past two months. I never guessed they would be so bitter and offensive. Even seeing them as a vandal and troll, it's hard to read harsh words, especially when you're going through a difficult period. But I wanted to affirm what Fathoms Below said, our general attitude towards trolls like them is "RBI", Revert, Block and Ignore. I hope that things are looking up for you now. Liz Read! Talk! 04:42, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:
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Please stop sending me messages.
[edit]I wasn't intending to vandalize the Blacklist page. I played Blacklist years ago. All I did was point out that we don't see Majid Sadiq get tortured. People make mistakes, you know. --Megiddo87 (talk) 15:34, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
- We also don't see Sam's daughter get in a car accident at the start of Double Agent. It doesn't mean it didn't happen. Thank you for acknowledging that you made a mistake, I was just following Wikipedia protocol. drdr150 Yell at me Spy on me 15:36, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
any other subject that could be abbreviated as TMBD?
[edit]any other subject that could be abbreviated as TMBD?
search: TMBD -tmdb -imdb -murderbot
2601:646:203:E7B0:B04C:8DEC:25DB:7E11 (talk) 19:05, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
- Don't know why you commented this here. I sided with you on that thread. drdr150 (they/she) (Yell at me Spy on me) 19:51, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 20 October 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Board shuffles, LLM blocks increase, IPs are going away
And the "Global Resource Distribution Committee" emerges.
- Special report: The election that isn't
Two shortlisted WMF Board candidates removed from the ballot.
- Interview: The BoT bump
Who was bumped and why?
- In the media: An incident at WikiConference North America; WMF reports AI-related traffic drop and explains Wikipedia to US conservatives
...while Musk prepares to launch "Grokipedia".
- Traffic report: One click after another
Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.
- Humour: Wikipedia pay rates
Don't get too excited before you read this.
WikiCup 2025 November newsletter
[edit]The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points
Our high scorers in the final round were:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.
Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total
A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!
On behalf of the judges, Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email):
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The Signpost: 10 November 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Temporary accounts go live and WMF board member self-suspends
ArbCom elections draw close, and Wikimania '27 in Santiago.
- Community view: Six Wikipedians' thoughts on Grokipedia, and the humanity of it all
It ain't a five course meal, according to one of our interviewees.
- Wikicup report: BeanieFan11, WikiCup victor of 2025, covers the results
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- In the media: Jimbo's book, an argument about genocide, and a train of shame
Wikipedia's new rival, political controversy in Italy and other Wiki-reports.
- Recent research: Taking stock of the 2024–2025 research grants
$400,000 USD in total funding: what did we get?
- Opinion: With Grokipedia, top-down control of knowledge is new again
Does it shed any light on particular topics that are better suited to LLM-generation than others?
- Obituary: Struway
Rest in peace.
- Traffic report: The documentaried, the disowned, the deceased, Diwali and the Dodgers
You know your man is working hard, he's worth a deuce.
- Comix: Head of steam
'Sblood!
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The Signpost: 1 December 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Election cycles come and go, and Wikimedia Foundation achieves record revenue in 2024–2025!
Admin and ArbCom elections upcoming, BoT elects two new members, task force advises to close Wikinews and keep Wikispore, and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- In the media: Wales walk-off, antisemitism, supernatural powers, feminism turmoil, saints, and sex
Plus mammoth mummy sex-change operation completed!
- Recent research: At least 80 million inconsistent facts on Wikipedia – can AI help find them?
And other recent publications about contradictions and retractions.
- Disinformation report: Epstein email exchanges planned strategy, edits and reported progress
At work on Wikipedia whitewashing. How much should they be paid?
- Traffic report: It's a family affair
Even in these times there is something to be thankful for!
- Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
Jimmy Wales and Dan Gardner write a book inspired by Wikipedia. What's in it?
- From the archives: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein ..."
The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.
- Humour: An interview with Wikipe-tan
A conversation about being the mascot of Wikipedia.
- Opinion: AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles
Using ChatGPT to fact-check a month's worth of Today's featured articles.
- Serendipity: Highlights from the itWikiCon 2025
A recap of the latest convention of the Italian Wiki-community, held in Catania from 7–9 November.
- Comix: Madness
It could happen to anyone.
Approved redirect
[edit]Hello! Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to approve/create my redirect submission a few months back, I really appreciate that. Frallan1 (talk) 15:59, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've approved so many; could you remind me which one? drdr150 (they/she) (Yell at me Spy on me) 19:29, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- It was the redirect from Super Mario Bros. Special (and some alternate spellings) to the main super mario bros article, made it while logged out so it doesn't really show up anywhere. Still though, huge thanks! Frallan1 (talk) 06:21, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
- Oh yeah, you're very welcome! drdr150 (they/she) (Yell at me Spy on me) 15:25, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
- It was the redirect from Super Mario Bros. Special (and some alternate spellings) to the main super mario bros article, made it while logged out so it doesn't really show up anywhere. Still though, huge thanks! Frallan1 (talk) 06:21, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]- Interview: Part 1: Bernadette Meehan
Say hello to the new WMF CEO.
- News and notes: We're gonna have a party!
And a new WMF CEO!
- In the media: The "bigg" bosses: Robertsky and the Pope
Pay up, big guys!
- Traffic report: Death and stranger things
And going for the FIFA prize!
- Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
Something old and something new!
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Rest in peace.
- Concept: List of xxtreme sports (redirected from Electrojousting)
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Welcome to the 2026 WikiCup!
[edit]Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2026 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here, and a bot will set up your submissions page within one day, ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.
For the 2026 WikiCup, the highest-ranking contestants will receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. This is the same scoring system that we had last year. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants are no longer eliminated at the end of each round.
The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 January 2026
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia's 25th anniversary is here!
Where does the time go?
- Special report: Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call
The internet is booming. We are not.
- Serendipity: The WMF wants to buy you books!
Really! A major triumph.
- WikiProject report: Time for a health check: the Vital Signs 2026 campaign
The campaign to get all of our top-importance medical articles up to B-class or above.
- In the media: Fake Acting President Trump and a Wikipedia infobox
D.J.T. assumes a new position.
- Community view: The inbox behind Wikipedia
What the Volunteer Response Team actually does!
- Recent research: Art museums on Wikidata; comparing three comparisons of Grokipedia and Wikipedia
And other research.
- Traffic report: Tonight I'm gonna rock you
A world in white gets underway.
- Comix: Oh come on man.
Really?
