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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
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Edits 61558
Edits+Deleted 64925
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 1
Requests for unblock 82
Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests 95
Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected edit requests 74
Wikipedia template-protected edit requests 10
Wikipedia fully protected edit requests 1
Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests 180
Requested RD1 redactions 1
Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations 1
Candidates for speedy deletion 4
Open sockpuppet investigations 42
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Candidates for speedy deletion Entries
Attack pages 0
Copyright violations 1
Hoaxes 0
Vandalism 0
User requested 1
Empty articles 0
Nonsense pages 0
Spam pages 0
Importance or significance not asserted 0
Possibly contested candidates 1
Other candidates 2
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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Indefinite extended protection: Arbitration Enforcement. falls within WP:ARBPIA5 as there is one of those main characters is a joke about bombing children in Gaza 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes, ECP should be enforced. Italian brainrot is biased. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 18:18, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – IP range (likely the same person) keeps on adding unsourced figures [4] [5] [6]. The article was protected for the very reason (along with IP socking) in the past, multiple times. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Have a look at the edits before the article got PPed by El C here in Feb 2024 ([7] [8] [9] [10] [11]). - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Repeated unexplained removal of sourced content Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – IP sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Caspidarya returned a day after its protection expired. HistoryofIran (talk) 15:38, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:21, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 15:56, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 5.213.0.0/17 (talk · contribs). Favonian (talk) 16:40, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: There is an anonymous user changing the birthdate, while there is no source mentioning it (see her official page). It happens on both nlwiki and enwiki. My warning has received no response and it appears useless to continue warning if there is a new IP every time. Dajasj (talk) 16:38, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:13, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 16:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Restore full move protection that was lost in 2018 CreatorTheWikipedian2009 (talk) 17:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated unhelpful IP edits. Trailblazer101 (talk) 18:39, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:14, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 18:56, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Chronic and ongoing addition of unsourced content. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 19:07, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:17, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Karl 334 Talk--Contribs 19:29, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

  • I was going to make the same request. The disruption has been going on for a long time now. Ktrimi991 (talk) 21:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:10, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Remsense ‥  19:34, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Materialscientist (talk) 01:11, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: IP accounts keep adding Gene Hackman's retirement and death to the lead graf, which is not relevant to the film. Nevermore27 (talk) 19:41, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Materialscientist (talk) 01:19, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP hopper hijacking redirect to create unsourced stub article. Jalen Barks (Woof) 19:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:09, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Every couple weeks, some IP editor comes in to remove that it is a conservative Never-Trump news site and call it leftist, Democrat, etc, despite reliable sourcing. Seems to be an ongoing issue that could use more indefinite protection. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 20:32, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Edit warring. Gommeh (t/c) 21:04, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:23, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:37, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated vandalism from new accounts. Wburrow (talk) 21:13, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:23, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:35, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Sustained level of vandalism, typically from IP's. The subject has gained online notoriety and too many repeated memes. Most commonly is adding a picture of an unrelated male worshipping figure as his lead image. Juwan (talk) 21:22, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Materialscientist (talk) 01:20, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite extended protection: WP:GS/RUSUKR TylerBurden (talk) 21:50, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. EndzoneEnthusiast 22:11, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Materialscientist (talk) 01:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruption immediately continues after protection expired. Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 22:55, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 23:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent sock editing, it's adding unreferenced info (I did look for refs). Knitsey (talk) 23:00, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Persistent WP:CT/A-I violations. Jfire (talk) 00:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:29, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:06, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:07, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Box office vandalism has resumed.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:34, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:05, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:07, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Constant unexplained removal of infobox image by IPs despite numerous reverts and requests to stop. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 00:56, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 01:07, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:07, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Dispute over citations in progres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#P%C4%81keh%C4%81

Edits being carried out during the dispute make it difficult to resolve if editors are making changes in the middle of the discussion. This should be resolved very soon. Chrisdevelop (talk) 01:27, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Remsense ‥  01:57, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Reason: This protection is no longer necessary because this article has no IP edits for over a year ago, and this type of protection is stale. Plus, there has not been any vandalism in over couple years. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

No IP edits for over a year ago is self-evident given it's semi-protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 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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Wikipedia:Contact us (request) 2025-04-29 01:25 Fully protected (log) Modified by Cyberpower678 on 2017-03-12: "Remove cascading protection per request"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 14:34, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
11 template-protected edit requests
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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:Video game reviews (request) 2025-03-28 10:58 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:Copied (request) 2025-04-02 02:34 Template-protected (log) Modified by Callanecc on 2015-02-17: "Highly visible template: More than 7500 transclusions"
Template:Merged-from (request) 2025-04-02 03:42 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Module:Copied (request) 2025-04-02 03:43 Template-protected (log) Protected by Newslinger on 2020-06-14: "Highly visible template"
Template:Rail-interchange (request) 2025-04-02 23:47 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox station (request) 2025-04-20 20:01 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Wikipedia:WikiProject/Popular pages config.json (request) 2025-04-27 22:56 Template-protected (log) Protected by Izno on 2024-09-28: "protect at TE level"
Template:Single chart (request) 2025-04-28 17:35 Template-protected (log) Protected by Ymblanter on 2016-05-15: "Highly visible template: RFPP request"
Template:Infobox event (request) 2025-04-29 05:28 Template-protected (log) Protected by RenamedUser jaskldjslak901 on 2013-12-17: "Highly visible template"
Module:Political party (request) 2025-04-30 01:57 Template-protected (log) Protected by MusikBot II on 2021-11-18: "High-risk template or module: 13487 transclusions (more info)"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 01:58, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Template:Admin dashboard/rfarfp

    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 - [12] 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