User:Xymmax
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I first registered this account - my first - April 20, 2007. Since then, I've gotten involved pretty deeply in AfD work. I see it as a chance to triage articles that are flawed, but may yet have potential. If you need access to a Wikipedia article that has been deleted, ask me. If it's not a copyright violation, libel, or personal information, and has not been deleted as a suspected biographies of living persons violation, I will userfy the article for you. Note that using the text to recreate any deleted article may automatically qualify them for speedy deletion, and copies of previously deleted content that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion because Wikipedia is not a free web host. We have a list of alternative sites which may be used to host your content. I maintain a sock account AVPW primarily for use on public networks. In the event of a compromised account, I specifically request any administrator to honor a request from AVPW to block this account, and absolve you in advance of any repercussions. To do list:
Add'l links
AB = Administrative Backlogs[edit]Administrative backlog[edit]AIV= Administrator intervention against vandalism Administrator intervention against vandalism
Reports[edit]
User-reported[edit]
CSD= Candidates for speedy deletion ; PROD= Proposed deletions
The following articles have been proposed for deletion for around 7 days: Deletion backlog {{CSD backlogs}} 7 backlognav + 2 + 5 single cat
Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons – 1 item Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons – 218 items Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old – 195 items Requested RD1 redactions – 9 items Expired proposed deletions of unsourced BLPs – No backlog currently UAA= Usernames for administrator attention ; RFPP= Requests for page protection Usernames for administrator attention
User-reported[edit]
Requests for page protection
Current requests for increase in protection level[edit]Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level
Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Adding unsourced contents, edit warring, apparently involving IP and creating multiple accounts. CharlesWain (talk) 13:51, 1 August 2025 (UTC) Reason: IP removes formatting even after having it explained to them, multiple reverts from different IPs, requesting semi-protection. —Locke Cole • t • c 14:06, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Frequent vandalism by unidentified editors unrelated to, and unknown by the subject. Please see examples of vandalism in April '25, someone in France removed facts and reorganized the whole page as well as other banker figures. CharlotteBarrett (talk) 17:25, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – PBS is currently an ongoing issue with defunding. Nichin32 (talk) 22:30, 1 August 2025 (UTC) Reason: Persistent disruptive editing. Ccai2053 (talk) 00:47, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Reason: IP vandalism. Same thing that happened in the article two weeks ago. Those edits had been reverted due to the weaponization of selective commentary. Edits that are happening this time around are the same as the ones two weeks ago. EchoLuminary (talk) 02:02, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dmytrootamanenko. Mellk (talk) 08:14, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Reason: IP users keep reverting/removing changes particularly relating to layoffs by Bending Spoons. That specific example has happened three times now, is that enough to protect? Apologies if this is not the right process, I’m new to this Zegnar (talk) 09:59, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Disruptive edits by IP, violation of WP:FUTURE. Media Mender (talk) 10:15, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – This article has been continually edited by banned editor Etcnoel1 and multiple sockpuppets over the last four months, resulting in the community continually undoing his Assyrian nationalist edits. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 13:55, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistent addition of unsourced content by various users and IPs. Danners430 tweaks made 14:25, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Contentious topic restriction. WP:CASTE edit warring and likely sockpuppetry 10mmsocket (talk) 17:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Long term abuse. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 19:42, 2 August 2025 (UTC) Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism due to recent ArbCom case. Request ECP under WP:CT/GG. Raladic (talk) 21:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Edit war, other editor refuses to read relevant citations. Keeps trying to find excuses to engage in vandalism. 188.65.190.67 (talk) 01:43, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Repeated introduction of material alleging sexual abuse via inappropriate WP:ABOUTSELFviolating sources. Rambling Rambler (talk) 01:48, 3 August 2025 (UTC) Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Repeated introduction of material alleging sexual abuse via inappropriate WP:ABOUTSELF violating sources. Rambling Rambler (talk) 01:49, 3 August 2025 (UTC) Current requests for reduction in protection level[edit]Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.
Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Reason: Semi-protected indefinitely over a year. Can they be downed to WP:PCPP? Also, one of the users who protected the pages does not seem to be an administrator anymore. Meanwhile, the other appears to have been notified about the matter about a month ago but no response had been taken.154.107.12.95 (talk) 00:45, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page[edit]Request a specific edit to a protected page
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.
Handled requests[edit]Protected edit requests
RFA= Requests for adminship RFP= Requests for permissions
Account creator[edit]
Per the discussion at Overriding spoof checks. Thank you. - FlightTime (open channel) 00:27, 31 July 2025 (UTC) - FlightTime (open channel) 00:27, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
Autopatrolled[edit]
Requested this permission ~2 months ago, denied because I was mostly creating auto-notable stubs. I think I have expanded the types of articles I create, including well-sourced local pages or biographical entries where I take time to source subjects that do not inherently meet a generic notability criteria. (I still do create auto-notable pages sometimes, but those no longer make up the majority of pages I create.) As a new page reviewer, I got good experience with the notability guidelines reviewing articles during the backlog drive WP:MAY25, and also participating in AfD. Thought about requesting again as I have run into a few of my own pages while reviewing pages that are in topics I contribute to/am interested in. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 02:15, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
I have been on Wikipedia for more than a decade, and I truly feel that it is one of my great passions in life. I have more than 30,000 edits, and I am credited with more than 300 articles that are not Redirects or Disambiguation pages. (I personally take credit for more than 100 of these, which did not originate as Redirect pages.) Although I continue to propose Draft pages to this day when I am not 100% confident myself about notability, I frequently go straight to the mainspace and have made a number of articles that have been significant in some form or field, with my particular focus being on film industry and electoral politics pages. Recently, I redirected a few thousand Supreme Court of the United States cases to the case volumes in which they were listed. It was a large-scale project for me, but in the end it was decided that redlinks would be better for promoting caseload knowledge, something that I agreed to and I believe will continue to service our Wikipedia community. For this reason, it might appear that I have a large number of deleted pages, but this is almost exclusively due to this particular project; I had an edit deletion rate of less than 2%, and I had not had a page that I created taken down in years, not since I was a far more novice editor. (You can read more about that SCOTUS discussion here.) I believe that being autopatrolled will continue to allow me to contribute to the Wikipedia community, and that is why I am reaching out to ask for permissions. I am happy to answer any questions or improve any articles that I have created if there is anything noticeable that needs help. Although I have long been looking to increase my permissions and role in the community, I quite frankly have always had impostor syndrome stop me from asking, but a bit of encouragement from Liz made me try. Thank you so much! PickleG13 (talk) 20:27, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
I was granted a two month trial for this. Have created 100+ articles with 10K+ edits and will continue to do so. CherryPie94 🍒🥧 (talk) 23:19, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
I have created over 25 new articles that meet notability guidelines and follow Wikipedia standards and guideliness. I am familiar with Wikipedia’s core content policies (NPOV, V, NOR) and believe that being autopatrolled will reduce the workload on new page patrollers, my ittention for contributing to Wikipedia, i have mention to my talk page, also to be noted i am reviewer and patroller at Albanian wiki with all articles, neither deleted, and noone of edits are reverted. Thank you in advance. Lanceloth345 (talk) 12:43, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Been an active user for a few years, created 25+ articles with the only two deletions being mistakenly created redirects (due to a script error). Multiple GAs and FLs. I understand enwiki notability guidelines thoroughly.ULPS (talk • contribs) 22:51, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
As part of the Women in Red project, I create pages about women by translating, adapting, and improving articles from the Spanish Wikipedia. Onatic (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Slightly below the recommended 25 creations before nomination, but this editor has a track record of writing quality content that I don't believe NPP needs to continue reviewing. No issues found spot-checking their recent creations. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:26, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Demonstrates understanding of the notability guidelines on a variety of subjects. The articles are fairly well-written and -formatted; a few are also now GAs. I marked a couple of her newer creations as reviewed and found no major issues. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:31, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
I have created more than 25 non redirect articles within the past few weeks and 53 non redirects overall. The two mainspace ones that have been deleted were by my own request, thanks to a slip of the "Publish changes" button. Aside from those, all have been approved by the adminteam. I would greatly be thankful to receive this permission. Luxtaythe2nd (Talk to me...) 17:56, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
I have created over 650 new articles and hope to continue contributing to Wikipedia and knowledge sharing. TinaLees-Jones (talk) 03:38, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request the autopatrolled user right. I have created around 30 well-sourced, policy-compliant articles on the English Wikipedia. In addition to my contributions here, I am an administrator (sysop) on the Persian Wikipedia (fa.wikipedia), where I have been active for many years, focusing on content creation, vandalism control, and community support. Granting this right would help reduce the workload of new page patrollers, as my article creations usually meet Wikipedia’s quality standards. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Best regards, Shahnamk (talk) 19:08, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request the autopatrolled user right. I’ve created several articles, many of which are currently live and meet Wikipedia’s guidelines on notability and reliable sourcing. I’m familiar with the key content policies such as WP:N, WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:NPOV, and consistently apply them when creating or editing articles. I understand that this permission is intended to reduce the workload of new page reviewers by marking trusted users’ pages as reviewed automatically, and I believe my contributions demonstrate the consistency and policy alignment expected for this role. I have not received any blocks or serious warnings, and I’m committed to continuing constructive, policy-compliant editing. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sweetabena (talk) 23:39, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
As a part of Wikipedia: Tambayan Philippines and the Music Task Force, I would like to request the autopatrolled user right. I have created over 25 articles, most of which are currently live and have been built with careful attention to WP:N, WP:V, and reliable sourcing. And also I understand that the autopatrolled right is meant to ease the workload of new page reviewrs by automatically marking new pages from trusted users as reviewed. Thank you! AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 04:21, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
Had my first AP request declined due to my poor judgement with notability of railway stations. I've learned from that mistake (and cleaned up after myself), and I've created articles like Expo 2025 pavilions (Although this was a collaboration with Epicgenius) and Magical Girl Witch Trials since my request was declined. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 01:06, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
I have been an active contributor to Wikipedia for over two years, and I truly feel that it is one of my greatest passions in life. I have made more than 4,000 edits and am credited with creating over 100 articles, excluding redirects and disambiguation pages. Additionally, I have expanded and improved numerous stub articles, enhancing their content and quality. I have also translated several articles into local languages, making Wikipedia more accessible to a broader audience. By becoming autopatrolled, I believe I can not only continue contributing effectively to the Wikipedia community based on my vast knowledge of WP:N, WP:V, and reliable sourcing but also help ease the burden on administrators in assessing quality content. That's why I'm requesting this permission. I'm happy to answer any questions or improve any articles I've created if there's anything noticeable that needs attention. Royalesignature (talk). 11:16, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
Created hundreds of articles, new creations do not appear to require patrolling. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:11, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello. I would like to get an automatic patrol permission. Sincerely, Umarxon III (talk) 21:58, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Page mover[edit]
Mainly requesting so I can bold move pages to multi-revision redirects, but I may cautiously move into closing RMs one day. I think I have decent experience from participating at WP:RMC and understand the guidelines reasonably well. Thanks, Kowal2701 (talk) 10:58, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Hi, I recently began helping in clearing out requested moves at RMC. Usually, most of the requests would require me request at the technical request section as page already exist at moves desired location. With this right, I would be able to avoid this and move the pages directly. I have read the page mover page as well. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:13, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
I attempt whenever possible to correct article titles to sentence case when necessary, but am frequently unable to do so because of the existence of a single-edit redirect. I've been advised at "Requested moves" just to ask for the pagemover right already after 75,000 edits in nearly 11 years. A perfect current example: Sweet and Sour Pork, which I can't move to Sweet and sour pork without requesting the move and making someone else do my work for me. Thanks for your consideration! Julietdeltalima (talk) 23:52, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Mass message sender[edit]
Just proposed a large WikiProject merge here, and intend to propose more in the future of similar scale. I would rather prefer avoiding the trouble of sending individual notifications (in this case to 55 WikiProject talk pages) and don't want to be a bother constantly spamming the talk page with requests. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:50, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
Pending changes reviewer[edit]
I am a (relatively) long time contributor to Wikipedia, primarily active in content creation. However, following a recent and rather vexing experience involving a user introducing potentially harmful changes to articles en masse without any sort of satisfactory communication with other editors, I have decided I want to become active in dealing with vandalism as well. ✠ Saltymagnolia ✠ 15:36, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
I have been editing for over a year and one of the pages that I recently requested protection is now at PC protection. I also have some experience with reverting vandalism, some via Special:RecentChanges. JuniperChill (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Rollback[edit]
Hello, I'd like to get rollback rights to fight vandalism more effectively. While I don't patrol recent pages often, I do patrol new pages and short pages, where I frequently undo obvious vandalism (as seen in [2]). I'd like rollback to more easily undo edits, as well as access huggle and other tools. Yelps ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ critique me 08:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I want to receive a rollback right because there are a lot of editors who add informations but not citing sources. Usually, they do not add unsourced informations at once, but they add them by multiple times. There are also edits violating MoS or Wikipedia policies. And I have struggled with reverting all of them one by one, so I decided to request a right for rollback. Thank you. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 03:56, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I am requesting Rollback rights to help stop vandalism. I have made more than 2000 edits on Wikipedia since 2021. I understand how rollback works and will use it only when needed. Thank you Panda 🐼 Arun (Talk) 07:10, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
I am a budding copyeditor with a growing number of watched pages to police for vandalism. Unfortunately, some vandals use multiple revisions, making it tedious and time-consuming to fix without a rollback permission. Thank you for your considerations. OceanLoop (talk) 13:19, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Template editor[edit]
I would like to make a comparatively minor change to Template:TERYT as requested by Altenmann on the template's talk page. However, even though I created this template, it has had its protection level set. Kiwipete (talk) 04:04, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Howdy. I'm an active participant over at WP:DYK, and recently ran in WP:AELECT but did not pass the threshold. Discussion centered around lack of experience on WP:AIV, an area I expressed interest in getting involved in. A decent part of my running for adminship was wanting to help with processing WP:DYK queues, which are template-protected. In my election discussion there were no concerns raised about my professionalism, content creation or reviewing competency, which are the primary things needed with processing DYK queues. I do not meet some of the standard template editor guidelines (e.g. sandbox/significant template edits, etc), but I also do not plan on using the role outside of DYK queue processing. Thanks for your consideration. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 16:46, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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