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An account you may know

User:ChkUsr7816 I've blocked and reverted but a couple of the pages I deleted lead me to believe that this account is known to you and you may be able to check if other are around. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 17:41, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Probably a sock of BuickCenturyDriver, but without the CheckUser magnifying glass there's little I can do. This one's just an RBI case as far as I'm concerned. BethNaught (talk) 18:24, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
Best to treat it as such now. A separate admin has concluded the SPI is not necessary, so it is best to respect that decision. --PatientZero talk 18:28, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for the quick response on protecting Chungdahm Learning! Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 12:57, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Your latest block

No sign of letting it go on the TP, FYI. Muffled Pocketed 10:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

A recent block of yours

I think denying talk page access might be in order for User:Expel all Arabs from Judea and Samaria. DuncanHill (talk) 10:39, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Acterion caught it, stand down all Muffled Pocketed 10:44, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks all. DuncanHill (talk) 10:45, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Samantha Smith

Can you give Samantha Smith a check over. Yes, it is featured, but it was made featured years ago and standards for featured articles have changed over the years. Please and thank you. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 16:11, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

I hope I am writing to BethNaught. I posted my withdrawal, I think on my page. I don't understand navigation on this site. I will email to the address you provided. Thanks for your help. Realbeamiller99 (talk) 07:45, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Spicy Boy

You missed one: Special:Contributions/TurtleNugget22 Sro23 (talk) 20:36, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. That's a new permutation for the filter... BethNaught (talk) 20:41, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Nsmutte filter

Hey, is it possible to include another target in the Nsmutte filter that you created? There's 103.42.174.111‎, 103.52.252.12 and a few others that makes the range too wide to block, socks of Kkm010 now just going on reverting my vandalism/sock/copyvio reverts in mainspace. I usually ignore it if the disruption happens only on my user/talk pages, but this time it's within articles and I'd rather that it gets prevented. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 12:51, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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Return

Hi, BethNaught. I saw you have dealt with this. May I ask you please to follow up on subsequent returns of the same individual today here, and here. Thanks in advance, and please blank them if you can. Poeticbent talk 00:54, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Stale by now; I was asleep when you sent your message. Sorry. BethNaught (talk) 22:13, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Busy admins need their well earned zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's too :-) Have a delightful weekend BethNaught. MarnetteD|Talk 22:39, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
OTOH, a little revdel doesn't go amiss. Thanks, and you too, MarnetteD. BethNaught (talk) 22:46, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

a question...

..based upon a question on my talk page and this ANI discussion....

You deleted Highfive (company) because it was started by a now-blocked sock... okay. But the ratified discussion itself only suggested deletion as an outcome "unless other editors have substantially changed or expanded the article." After the sock created the article, it was moved by User:OnionRing and then massively edited by User:CLHoyas97.

So in keeping with the suggestions of the ANI, unless CLHoyas97 is somehow determined to be a member of that sock-farm, I would think the article might properly be undeleted so he may continue his work. Thoughts? Schmidt, Michael Q. 01:05, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

@MichaelQSchmidt: This is a tricky one. It really depends on how you read the ANI. The caveat you mention was indeed proposed; people who just !voted support could be said to be in favour, but the comments of others suggested that indeed all the articles should be deleted in order to discourage the socker. In the end I was acting on the words of the closer: "There is also consensus to delete all the articles from this group". That can be debated but the proper venue to do so is DRV; I've got burned for unilaterally bypassing a deletion discussion result before so I'd rather not undelete it myself. Note at DRV you can request a temporary undeletion for review. BethNaught (talk) 08:09, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Completely understand why the articles were blasted and why you feel uncomfortable restoring any yourself. Seems though that one article was significantly improved by somebody else though and not related to the sockfarmer. How many articles get deleted? It would be good to see a list of what got deleted and if any were actually notable. Obviously any work that the sockfarmer contributed would never be restored, but if a subject is notable and meets GNG if written neutrally then we should at least assess them. I'd guess that some were notable and some not so notable.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:53, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: These are the relevant deletions that I performed. SpacemanSpiff also did some. It seems that out of those I deleted, Highfive was the only one with substantial non-socking content contributions. No comment on their notability. BethNaught (talk) 10:36, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Yeah looking at most of those they don't look notable and typical PR spam. Some will be notable though, PageCloud for starters. The Highfive one did have good faith improvement though, some of the edit summaries like "improving content accuracy and flow", that's definitely not spamming.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:43, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Lambert ofoegbu

Hello, Please what did I do wrong in my article that you want it deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stunnerggg (talk • contribs) 13:41, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

The answer to your question is on the speedy deletion tag you keep removing... BethNaught (talk) 13:50, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

"Is my homeboy" accounts

Hi again Beth, Would an edit filter be an idea to try to slow the tide of accounts that this vandal creates, or should we just play whack-a-mole? RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:15, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Probably a bad idea at this point, they're not causing any real harm – just pratting about – and easy to catch; I don't want to encourage them to diversify. BethNaught (talk) 18:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
Oki dokie. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:19, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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Editing deleted page or submitting new page - Bugcrowd

Hello BethNaught, Disclosure: I am a project manager for a cybersecurity consulting firm & online security magazine. I am not being paid to edit or write a page for Bugcrowd, doing this on my own time, but since they are a sponsor for IT Security Planet Magazine, I have a relationship with them.A BugCrowd page was written by a "sock farm" with no authorization or payment from Bugcrowd and has been deleted. I am new to Wikipedia so have been reading guidelines for days to try to do this correctly. I am requesting to either be able to edit the deleted BugCrowd page or to submit a new page (at least a Stub) for review for Bugcrowd that I believe I have written without bias and have proper citations. Bugcrowd is a significant cybersecurity company, crowdsourcing bug bounty programs including new programs that include stopping hackers from controlling cars for Tesla and Fiat, Crysler, Jeep and major companies like Mastercard & Western Union; their primary competitor, HackerOne, has a Stub page. Please let me know what is possible to add a page for Bugcrowd. I appreciate your time.Cmctexas (talk) 03:11, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

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Protection seems to be lost after I created my userpage

You semi-protected my userpage indefinitely, but right now I can't see the protection when I try to edit my user page. Previously a red box would come and say "This page is semi-protected by Bethnaught..."

I logged out and tried to IP edit, but even then I couldn't see any semi-protection message. --Marvellous Spider-Man (talk) 08:37, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

I semi create-protected it. Once you create the page, create protection is lost and is not transferred to edit protection. I will protect your page again. BethNaught (talk) 08:51, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Big Hullabaloo about Wolfowitz.

I notice my name got used in vain by the ANI filer; any way for me to insert a disclaimer now that it's closed? Anmccaff (talk) 16:39, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

If you're talking about "there are numerous people who would testify to this, such as User:Drmies, User:Anmccaff, User Talk:Cameron11598 et al.", I would suggest it's not necessary as Holanthony's antics have been well exposed at the ANI. If you want to clarify, you could just write a comment in the section but under the archive box. Please try to avoid reigniting the discussion though. BethNaught (talk) 22:18, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
On reflection, better I just let it rest. Thanks. Anmccaff (talk) 20:01, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Paul H. Irving Photo

Hi Beth!

I noticed that you deleted Paul H. Irving's photo. I was waiting for the copyright owner's response which she just sent so I forwarded the email to the Wikimedia permissions email provided. Is that email sufficient? Should I republish the image? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Informsac (talk • contribs)

I think you should wait until you hear back from the email response team. They need to confirm the permissions are all correct. BethNaught (talk) 20:28, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Olé Entertainment

Hi Beth,

I'm new to the Wiki world and want to be a respected contributor. I certainly didn't intend to break any rules or upset anyone when I posted the Ole Entertainment page yesterday. They are a wonderful company that helps individuals or small groups with the dream of making a "real" movie. So, it was intended to be a "Company" page. So, when I saw the note . . . it's about a company, I was confused. Being in Atlanta, I used the Coca-Cola Company page as my template . . . certainly a world class company. Should I have used a different format?

After receiving your note, I read more and changed the copy on the page significantly. However, Ole Entertainment is a company that produces movies.

I have re-posted the cleaned-up page for you to review. However, when I was typing the name . . . I left the "t" off the end and didn't notice that until after I hit "Send" and it appeared on my screen. So, the page appears as Ole Entertainmen . . . not t at the end. Before you take it down, please look at it and see if it now meets the Wiki guidelines for a page about a company.

Thanks very much for your guidance.

Warm regards from Atlanta, ThomasARoss (talk) 02:51, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Discussion located at Talk:Olé Entertainment. BethNaught (talk) 15:40, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Michael Hardy arbitration case opened

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My sister Liz died 4 months and 2 days ago.

My sister Liz died 4 months and 2 days ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsc1277 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry for your loss. Why are you telling me this? BethNaught (talk) 20:46, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

I really miss her. Johnsc1277 (talk) 00:15, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Can you have a look at:

Hello BethNaught. Can you have a look at This user's contribs. Are lot of vandalism is going on. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 08:41, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 08:48, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Auli'i Cravalho

I think JJMC89 believes your move was not correct. Can you please resolve? --NeilN talk to me 07:09, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@NeilN: I don't see where BethNaught moved the page. MOS:CURLY says straight quotes should be used, not curly. — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:00, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
Apologies to Beth. JJMC89, I've deleted the target page. --NeilN talk to me 21:06, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
@JJMC89: @NeilN:My concern is that the Hawaiian language appears to frequently use curly apostrophes and I suspect they may be the proper way to spell her name, although the English-speaking sources we have are inconsistent in this regard. BethNaught (talk) 21:07, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
Various apostrophe(-like) variants (’ʻ ʾ ʿ ᾿ ῾ ‘ ’ c), should generally not be used in page titles. A common exception is the apostrophe character ...WP:TSC MOS and policy indicate that curly quotes should not be used. — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:23, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Page got deleted.

Hi BethNaught,

Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. My clients page was deleted recently and I am uncertain why. I cannot understand some of the terms used in the articles and I would like a beginners explanation if you could be so kind. The link to the page that was deleted is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellect_(software_company) . Can you please let me know why it was deleted and what needs to be done to get it back up?

Thanks again.

Regards, Kim — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimberlymyrie (talk • contribs) 17:44, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

To paraphrase, the article was deleted because it was discovered that it was written by somebody who was paid to do so and who did not disclose this fact. It is not permitted to edit Wikipedia for pay without disclosing your employer. See WP:PAID. Moreover Wikipedia policy strongly discourages anyone with a conflict of interest about a topic from editing related articles. You say "my clients page": if you are being paid you must disclose it according to the instructions at WP:PAID, and you must abide by the conflict of interest rules I linked. In this situation, if you want to recreate the article, you should follow the Articles for Creation process. BethNaught (talk) 21:13, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
@Kimberlymyrie: As BethNaught has indicated, it's important for us that you disclose your relationship with the subject in question if you're planning on inquiring or editing on their behalf as per WP:COI. I should also mention that if you have any other accounts that have been blocked, you are prohibited from editing Wikipedia until those blocks are lifted under our block evasion policy. Once you confirm these two things, I can explain to you all the steps that took place including the community's consensus to ban the creator of the articles, following the sock puppet investigation, as well as why the articles were deleted under WP:TNT for undisclosed paid editing and WP:ADVERT. Mkdwtalk 22:31, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Transcrypt logo deleted

Hi Beth,

You've deleted an image file that I uploaded, since it didn't have the proper copyright notice. It was the image file called: Transcrypt_logo.png

Since this was an image created in the middle ages, the copyright tag should have been (if I understand right)

.

I'd like to restore the image with that notice, but so far I couldn't find out how to do that. Could you give me a hint, I am very new to Wikipedia editting.

Kind regards Jacques de Hooge Netherlands Jacdeh (talk) 18:45, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

After some more attempts:

Seems that the upload has now succeeded, including the tag.

Susan Neuhaus

Hi BethNaught. You deleted Susan Neuhaus under CSD A7. Could you please consider moving Draft:Susan Neuhaus into mainspace and restoring the original contributor's history edits? I think I have achieved a "credible claim of significance" in the draft, and Google provides much more material in both medical and military fields, including both cancer and health effects of war. Thank you. --Scott Davis Talk 00:06, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

I wouldn't have objected to you doing so yourself, but  Done. Thank you for writing the article. BethNaught (talk) 08:18, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. I nearly did "just do it", then remembered that admins are not generally supposed to use our powers where we are also involved, which I had become, so figured I would give you the chance to see the change and approve. Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 08:58, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

ECDIS Ltd Article Deleted

Hello BethNaught,

I had my page deleted from Wiki from you, due to me not reading the regulations correctly! I was just wondering if I could be given the content of the page back so it can be edited and revised so it can then be re-published on Wiki?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecdisgeorge (talk • contribs) 13:28, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

The page was promotional through and through and I recommend you start again from scratch. I won't undelete it as that kind of promotionalism should not be anywhere on Wikipedia. If you want the contents emailed to you, that's possible, but I prefer not to give out my email address, so please ask one of these admins. BethNaught (talk) 14:38, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Draft RfC

I made a few copyedits at your draft RfC (very minor stuff), and added a fact or two (e.g., that some wikis have tried installing flow and talk pages side-by-side for different purposes). Hope that's helpful. PS: If you check my recent contribs at Meta, there's a thread running there that may be of interest. In particular, a WMF rep is insisting that WMF has no intentions of ever pushing Flow on wikis that don't want it, yet if your draft is correct this cannot be true if they're really requiring Flow for Workflows to function, and are going to push Workflows.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  06:35, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Copyedits appreciated, I didn't realise "wound up" was a Britishism. Workflows will AFAIK rely on Flow, but I haven't seen any indication they intend to push it. If they do, it will reactivate the topic, and like Alsee wrote on MediawikiWiki, the draft is in storage in case that happens – I don't want to reignite a conflict when Flow isn't being pushed. If you have any more information about Workflows I'm not aware of I'd appreciate it since it seems to be in very early stages still. BethNaught (talk) 15:53, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

How about a block?

Andy Dingley (talk) 22:05, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Done just as you posted. BethNaught (talk) 22:06, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
And I got his other attack page. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:07, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. This is strange too, given that it has been blocked for a couple of years.
Now we just need a native Albanian speaker to check over Philip II Arena. The last couple of edits (of a long problematic series) are beyond my ability to judge. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, Rainier Enterprises is the owner of Monte Carlo Vodka, we asking to stop removing our file, several times we provide a Certificat of Registration VA 1-901-109 US Copyrights. Best Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcv369 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Random ban

It seems you have banned ip address 107.77.196.37 for "long term abuse". That address has not edited a single page. Please fix this DasGermanMoses (talk) 16:57, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

  1. I have not banned anybody. There is a difference.
  2. I did not block just that IP, I blocked the whole range 107.77.196.0/24 (i.e. 107.77.196.0 to 107.77.196.255).
  3. The reasons for the block can be seen here with relevant information here. A long-term abuser has access to the whole range (and more) through dynamic IP allocation and to stop them requires the blocking of this whole range (and indeed more). Nothing needs to be fixed.
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Gaza flotilla raid

Thanks for catching my mistake. That option in Twinkle used to default to indefinite. --NeilN talk to me 19:51, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

No problem, though it was an accident – a protection conflict, if you will. BethNaught (talk) 20:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Deleted Page

It looks like you deleted the PageCloud Wikipedia page. Just wondering if it's possible to request that it be available again, or if I can create a new one. Thanks! Schreids (talk) 19:38, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Given the circustances, it's unlikely the page would be undeleted if you made the appropriate request. It is still allowed to create a new page but since the page has been semi-protected, you yourself cannot at this time. If you wish to recreate the page, I suggest you submit a draft at Wikipedia:Articles for creation. BethNaught (talk) 22:11, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

NPOV noticeboard discussion

Hi BethNaught, there's a discussion here that you might be interested in. It was started by someone we both reverted yesterday, and is basically a rehash of that post. This is Paul (talk) 20:03, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

prism corporation

Hi bethnaught, U have deleted my page prism corporation private limited said that its been an advertising or promotion page. actually its not an advertisement or promotion, its about our organization. The information about our organization. please do let me know how to create article or to include our company in the wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rnejanthan (talk • contribs) 05:08, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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Who's on first

Uninstall? Third base. Alsee (talk) 06:06, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

I don't understand the point you're trying to make, sorry. BethNaught (talk) 07:55, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
My bad. "Who's on first"[1] is a rather old but famous comedy routine about repetitive miscommunication. I was making a joke about the repetition needed to communicate "uninstall". Alsee (talk) 10:52, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

2017 Premier League Darts

Thanks for removing the speedy delete tag I placed on this article [2]. When I came across this stub, I originally thought the Professional Darts Corporation was a commercial enterprise . The stub, on its face, doesn't have much going for it. It did not occur to me the PDC was not a commercial enterprise or I would have checked it out. After I saw that you removed the tag I checked out what is the PDC and the annual links in the template at the bottom. I had no idea this is a competitive sport with a significant following, and two of the players I checked out have hefty biographies.

So I certainly made a mistake. Also, this whole thing is a refreshing surprise compared to some of the meager and sub-par content I have encountered pretending to be notable - with people sometimes defending it!. Hopefully you understand. Anyway, perhaps this post clears things up. And whenever I come across another sports entity with "corporation" in the name I will check it out first. I guess we learn as we go along. Ciao! Steve Quinn (talk) 15:52, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Revision deletion request

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Done. BethNaught (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Beth, please help.

Beth, some weeks back you made a number of edits to my wifes page ( erin dolgan). We appreciated your help. Unfortunately, the anonymous editor continues to add slanderous and ill intentioned text. Can you help us protect ( or preferably delete) Erins page. We could really use some help here. Thank you. DB80223 (talk) 06:57, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

I am monitoring the page. BethNaught (talk) 19:32, 18 September 2016 (UTC)


Thank you Beth. Can you delete the history and the "talk" posted by the anonymous individual. Both the history and the "talk" page preserve the ill willed content. Erin Dolgan page was created by her publicist after Erin published an award winning childrens book on petsonal safety. Given the option, Erin would like the page deleted all together. Is this an option? Erin and I appreciate your consideration and advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DB80223 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

I will investigate the possibility of nominating the page for deletion. Note that this would not be because you or Erin asked for it, but because Erin would be determined insufficiently notable to have an article. BethNaught (talk) 07:55, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

thank you very much. In the mean time, is it possible for the anonymous posts to be removed from the history along with the associated "talk" page posting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.185.110 (talk • contribs)

Hello BethNaught. The Erin Dolgan article was nominated for deletion one week ago. The talk page contains unanaimous consensus supporting deletion. Can you please advise me as to the staus of the deletion process and next steps. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DB80223 (talk • contribs) 16:42, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

I would expect the AFD to be closed as delete. This will happen in due course: supposedly tomorrow, but the process is a little backlogged at the moment. BethNaught (talk) 17:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Message from Techupdate2

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Deletion of Domenick Lazzara

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi BethNaught.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

deleted page

Dear BethNaught,

I'm new on the Wikipedia and among contributors. Unfortunately I made a mistake, added a couple of things to our company's description as I've found it obsolete and wanted to update. I was not aware of the policy and rules of Wikipedia which is absolutely my fault. I've read it by know and I've understood. May I ask you to reactivate the Omixon page with the information it had before? Please ignore all my edits I've tried to made today.

Sorry for the inconvenience I've caused, I hope you can help me.

Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norinagy (talk • contribs) 19:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I will not undelete the page because it was blatant promotion, even written in the first person in parts. You would be better off writing a new article in the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. If you want to appeal to another admin for the article to be undeleted, visit WP:REFUND. BethNaught (talk) 20:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

AIV

You warned the editor as I was blocking them. Whoops! It was pretty clear a short timeout was needed I thought, but if you feel it's wrong, feel free to revert me. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:22, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

While I would personally favour a no-warning policy for blatant vandalism, it's generally considered good practice to give at least one warning. Still, no worries, and welcome to the mop team. BethNaught (talk) 21:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, BethNaught. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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Killing of Jo Cox

FYI, following a request at AN, I removed the move protection on Killing of Jo Cox that you placed there four months ago. It would have expired in January anyway, and since the case is now post-conviction, I don't think the previous problems are likely to continue. However, I wanted to let you know since I was removing a protection that you had placed. Dragons flight (talk) 13:59, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer - RfC

Hi BethNaught. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:14, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Youngprof – “hay To Zed” Prod. By Youngprof

It's back already, and also YOUNGPROF by same COI editor. Meters (talk) 08:06, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Deleted and blocked. BethNaught (talk) 08:08, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

User:Itsyoungprof

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My recent comment to EF/R

Hi BethNaught - I'd just like to clarify my comment at this filter request was not meant as a support of a complete ban of emoji through the use of an edit filter. By this sort of filter I was referring to the possible use of a filter to limit the use of emoji by IPs or at most non-confirmed editors, something which BU Rob13 mentioned above. I hope this has at least makes my view clearer, and although we may disagree on the use of emojis in edit summaries I look forward to working with you again in the future -- samtar talk or stalk 19:17, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

The filter proposal was "Disallow emoji's in edit summaries. All summaries - all users". You expressed "support of this sort of filter". If that is not what you meant, you may wish to work on your communication skills before you take up the mop which seems to be headed in your direction. BethNaught (talk) 19:22, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Why was the following page deleted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellect_(software_company)

Hello BethNaught,

We engaged a writer to create the Wikipedia page for my company. Can you advise us on why it was deleted? Is there a guideline that was not followed?

Thanks! Romeo Elias — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.119.25.62 (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes. Our policy on editing with a conflict of interest strongly discourages editing in a topic area where one has a conflict of interest (COI), financial or otherwise. COI editors are expected to disclose their conflict of interest and restrict themselves to simply discussing the topic rather than editing it. Moreover, the Terms of Use (ToS) forbid editing Wikipedia in exchange for compensation without disclosing who one is working or contracting for with respect to the editing. This is in order to protect the neutrality and reliability of Wikipedia, as Wikipedia must have a neutral point of view and not be used for promotion. Wikipedia takes strong measures against paid promotional editing: a big example of this is the Orangemoody scandal last year, although your writer does not appear to be related to this.
In your particular case, although the page was initially accepted, it was discovered that the account used to create the page was part of a "sockfarm", i.e. a group of many Wikipedia accounts operated by your writer in order to deceive the Wikipedia community and smuggle in paid promotional articles in violation of the ToS. The community voted to ban your writer from Wikipedia and delete all the articles they were known to have written, in order to help prevent further abuse from them and to deter others from taking a similar path. BethNaught (talk) 16:57, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

AfD ?

What is Afd, how to post or could you post it. The article lacks any significant contribution to be considered as notable. The primary source for Marlow awards doesn't say if it is the same person or for what it was specifically. Every postdocs would have a something specific to their fields, but a thesis alone wouldn't make a biography notable. The other one is some sort of challenge to some center to reveal their proprietary research data. Overall, it looks like WP:NOTWEBHOST profile. 162.244.81.174 (talk) 15:47, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

WP:AFD. BethNaught (talk) 15:56, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
I did the first step per WP:AFDHOWTO.162.244.81.174 (talk) 16:05, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

User:Free classified ads

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TP move

Hi BethNaught, Could you move Talk:Jakkrit Tipkanok back to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jakkrit Tipkanok and then delete the talkpage redirect please?, Some vandal had moved it and blanked the page for some bizarre reason but as you're the most recent admin on I thought I'd ask you quickly :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 14:55, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

 Done BethNaught (talk) 14:58, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Brilliant thank you :) –Davey2010Talk 15:07, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Re: RfC tag removal

Hi Beth. You removed the RfC tag at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right when you closed the first part, but the second part has remained open without the RfC tag for a while now. Consensus is fairly clear, but this has been an area of unusual disagreement, and I'm somewhat worried the lack of tag will eventually be brought up as "evidence" that this is some sort of "hidden" discussion. That claim was already made even when the tag was on the page, after all. I don't share that concern myself, since this is listed at WP:CENT, but still. Rather than re-add the tag myself, I figured you might be in a better position to decide what's best, whether that's closing the second part of the discussion, just letting it run, adding back the tag without altering the end time, or adding the tag and relisting it for a period of time. ~ Rob13Talk 07:49, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I can't close it now because I commented in the second part. The discussion is basically dead so I don't think relisting is worthwhile; if you know how to re-add the tag without extending the end date, I would suggest that to increase the legitimacy. However I wouldn't worry about the claims of "hiddenness" above what have already been made. The second proposal is failing, and therefore whether the discussion is legitimate or not, the outcome is the same, i.e. policy does not change. If anyone kicks up a fuss, I'll take the rap for mistakenly removing the tag. 🎄BethNaught (talk)🎄 22:28, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thank you for blocking the vandal IP 2601:249:601:a147:c939:4574:5892:a0fd (talk · contribs · WHOIS) vandalizing Syrian brown bear. Just to let you know, that vandal is also using 2601:249:601:A147:D886:5F99:C703:1056 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) to vandalize the page, too.--Mr Fink (talk) 21:12, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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You need to stop blocking the SOiL page

I recently had my IP address blocked by you for making changes to the soil (band) wiki page. I am IN THE BAND. The information you were providing was incorrect. For instance under discography in the single section you have "way gone" listed as a single. And it released in 2015. Both incorrect. It was put out in 2016 as a lyric video and we circulated the song around to a couple radio stations. It was NOT properly worked to radio and it was NOT released as a proper single. I appreciate the fact that you are watching pages for suspicious activity, but now you blocked my IP address and thus making it tough for me to make accurate corrections FOR MY OWN BAND. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.172.60.3 (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

I do not recall having anything to do with Soil (band). If you can give me a link to the IP address you say I blocked I would be better able to answer your questions. BethNaught (talk) 18:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

It was the IP address 24.13.182.208 and the user ROTTINGINVAIN seems to be the one in the history under singles that keeps making the changes. I went to correct it and it says Editing from 107.77.201.0/24 has been blocked(disabled) by BethNaught for the following reason(s): Vandalism: User:NinjaRobotPirate/Animation hoaxer#Copycat and others This block has been set to expire: 17:25, 17 June 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.172.60.3 (talk)

I'm sorry for the inconvenience. You were affected by an IP block which is completely unrelated to Soil. A long-term vandal has been attacking Wikipedia with false information about animated films using the Internet provider you were also using. I put the block in place to stop them. See here for more info.
You are able to edit now. If you create an account now when you are not blocked, you will not be affected if you try to edit from the blocked range. Remember there are rules about editing about yourself, see WP:COI. Alternatively, if you have problems, you could contact our email response team. BethNaught (talk) 19:03, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Request for topic ban: User:Holanthony

Nearly six months ago, following an ANI discussion, you alerted User:Holanthony to discretionary sanctions regarding BLP editing.[3] Holanthony's editing continues to be marked by substantial BLP violations and failure to conform to RS requirements. I have prepared a request for AE sanctions, with draft text at User:Hullaballoo Wolfowitz/sandtrap. The request is lengthy, and I don't see how I can cut it down enough to meet the length limits for AE. I'm therefore asking you to be a "reviewing administrator" and approve an exception to the length limits, or otherwise take action. Thank you. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). (talk) 06:03, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Please keep me posted about how this matter develops. This is a serious problem. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
@Hullaballoo Wolfowitz and Cullen328: I issued a DS topic ban from BLP. That said, I consider it likely he will appeal, in which case I would grant you an extension, but I'm not sure whether I'm now barred as involved from doing so. BethNaught (talk) 14:40, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Thank you very much. If evidence is required during an appeal, I will move the draft text to an appropriately titled subpage and link to it if length is an issue. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). (talk) 17:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Copyvio revdel

You just revdeled an edit on Modafinil (thanks for that!). The IP editor added it right back: diff. Would you please repeat? and maybe protect? Thx Jytdog (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Done and done. BethNaught (talk) 22:24, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 00:52, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Desertrose42526

Desertrose10968tu is blocked for genre warring and his block was 1 week as he was continuing with new account Desertrose42526 (was created on 11 January) 123.136.107.198 (talk) 19:23, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

User:Political Facts3

Sock. In any case, edits are purely garbage, but note that even before any edits were made (first one was at 09:02), he was using the thanks button like a pro (at 08:54). Right. O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 09:31, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't think I know this sockmaster. In any case, now blocked by another admin. BethNaught (talk) 09:43, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Me neither. But according to this delightful comment, it's account number six. Cheers! O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 09:50, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
User:Political Facts and User:Political Facts2. I don't know who the other 3 claimed socks are (if they really exist). Meters (talk) 09:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Cheers, Meters- I wanted to check those names myself, but on the Android, I don't seem to get the drop-down user list. Very helpful though, thanks. O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 09:58, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I recognized the name from the the first account (three weeks ago now but an easy one to remember). Meters (talk) 10:02, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
And Political Facts4 has appeared. --bonadea contributions talk 10:06, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

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For your steadfastness

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I'm sorry to see the ongoing harassment you've been forced to endure. I understand this is part and parcel of having a mop. Regardless, I not only appreciate your willingness to swing a mop I also abhor the foolishness you suffer because of it. The sort of cranks that do stuff like this are people who cannot contribute to Wikipedia constructively and you've done the community a service by keeping them at arm's length from the rest of us editors. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I needed that. It's good to know someone in the community at large recognises what's going on. That said, Bonadea is the fundamental target; I'm surprised at the equanimity she seems to display after having had to put up with Nsmutte for years, including almost a year of intensified harassment post Nsmutte's ban, without even having the tools to defend herself. I just got dragged in one day trying to help out at SPI. So I'll share this morally with her, if she doesn't mind. BethNaught (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Hey, thank you! I'm not always the most even-tempered person in the world and have been known to overreact severely (and childishly) to trolls, but for some reason I'm able to just sigh and roll my eyes at Nsmutte. Quite possibly because you and a couple of other admins always react really quickly to his nonsense so it feels like you have my back :-) --bonadea contributions talk 13:21, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Urban Developers Group

Hi BethNaught. Contemplating taking Urban developers to AfD, could I ask you to have a look at Urban Developers Group and see if it's the same company? If it is, would you please copy-paste the code from the latest live revision of Urban Developers Group into Sam Sailor/Temp/Urban Developers Group or email it to me. Thanks, — Sam Sailor 19:40, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Sam Sailor: Same company. Because of attribution I can't copy-paste it, and I don't want to undelete, but I'll email you the content. BethNaught (talk) 22:26, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. Could I ask you to have a brief glance at the deleted Urban Developers as well and confirm or deny that it's the same company, please? I'm asking you because the deleting admin is away these days. — Sam Sailor 16:52, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
It appears to be the same company, yes. BethNaught (talk) 17:28, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for helping here. — Sam Sailor 17:31, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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For Deleting and blocking User:Playmakerfilmhouse using my CSD request! FriyMan talk 17:37, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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User:Cfgvhbj

Is this really you ? Or have you an imposter tracking your user profile ?  Velella  Velella Talk   01:05, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

It's Nsmutte (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Socks blocked. GABgab 04:17, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks all. GAB's correct, it's Nsmutte. BethNaught (talk) 09:00, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Addition of un-redirected pages to Special:NewPages and Special:NewPagesFeed

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User:Sunergy Solar Panels

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On this day, 3 years ago...

Hey, BethNaught. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 05:29, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
I ran into the ANI discussion that you created the other day. I'm giving you this barnstar to express my sincere and upmost appreciation for your decision to ask for an uninvolved administrator to review the situation and take action - even if it was a situation where you think you had a slight possibility of being seen as involved. This is the exact kind of judgment and level-headed thinking that I look for in good administrators - those who care about the trust and respect of the community. Thank you for being an example not only to the community, but to other administrators as well. It's a simple thing to do, but so so crucial when it comes to responsible decision-making as an admin, and I feel that your decision should be recognized, appreciated, and applauded. Thank you so much, BethNaught! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Demolition

Hi Admin. User Pinkbeast, Try for deliberately destroying articles History and Asia. Please avoid user. Thanks Jacurani (talk) 04:00, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Jacurani - You're not only continuing to edit war and make disruptive edits to the articles, but you picked up right where you left and continued to do so immediately after your block for doing so expired. Now you're canvassing administrators either for a block or for them to avoid Pinkbeast for "destroying articles [sic] history". This is your final warning. Continuing to edit war and engage in disruptive behavior rather than discussing your dispute on the articles' talk pages and with the users involved will result in your account being blocked as it was before. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:09, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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