User talk:Ymblanter

I am busy in real life, and, in addition, I feel that editing here has become too stressful for me. I am not retiring yet but my meta activities here are reduced.

Archives: 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Bosco Sodi

Hi Ymblanter. Hope you're well. I wanted to make some changes to the Bosco Soid page but noticed that you have put it on semi-protected. Could you please lower the protection on the article? Thanks in advance.

Donguz Formation

Hi Ymblanter! Donguz Formation was recently created and could use a couple of edits so it doesn't get speedy deleted. Do you have time to look at some Russian sources? --Tobias1984 (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look, but this is clearly not speedy deletion material. Added to the watchlist just in case.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Japan

Hi Ymblanter, in case you want to help: The Historic Sites of Japan need to be converted to use {{NHS Japan header}} and {{NHS Japan row}}. For now only the national part. I did a couple as examples. Multichill (talk) 15:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello; Is it possible to do any conversion by ?bot? as seems to have been done for these Chinese ones? The format of the Japanese lists is intended to be internally similar, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 11:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I guess this is more a question to @Multichill: than to me, but I guess if it were he would do the conversion himself without asking me. Let us wait what he answers. If the conversion is not possible, I volunteer to do at least some of the manual conversion (one-two lists per day).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I tried converting with a bot, but didn't manage to do it without too much mess so I abandoned that. Multichill (talk) 16:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Cleaning up the Belarus geographical mess

I'm getting unstuck in trying to compile a table of terminology for the Belarus geographical naming conventions. There appears to be a flood of new articles and stubs recently and it appears that English Wikipedia is now leading the way with transliteration/transcription norms (which, as we know, simply isn't Wikipedia's role). As the contributors don't seem to know what to do other than follow the current directives, we're ending up with orphaned pages and broken links absolutely everywhere.

My thoughts are to follow the Belarusian government standards for the English speaking world (which DON'T involve the irritating version of what is essentially Latinka), i.e. as laid out per this map and other official sites. What's good enough for the Belarus government should be good enough for us.

You can check the sad beginnings in my sandbox. Any constructive input from sensible Wikipedians would be appreciated.

I've left this message on Ezhiki and TaalVerbeteraar's pages as well. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

The beginning seems reasonable, thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

Greetings. Any chance you could proof/source improve my Russian translation of the history and expand it further?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:29, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Draft:Nikolay Antipov

Hi Ymblanter. Draft:Nikolay Antipov was on the verge of G13 deletion, but the man is obviously notable. It looks like a machine translation of ru:Антипов, Николай Кириллович. I have added a few English language book citations, would copy-editing be an easy task for you? Thanks, Sam Sailor 18:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for reminding me, I will be slowly working on the draft.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:34, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Great, thank you. Sam Sailor 18:46, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Global renamer

Would you consider applying? We could use another active Russian speaker. Something we’ve been working on is getting people not to handle as many requests from languages they aren’t familiar with and this has lead to a small backlog from some wikis. I know you aren’t active on ru.wikipedia now, but being able to read the requests on meta and figure out if it’s within policy would be incredibly helpful. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:17, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni:, do you have any idea how much time investmet this could be? I am operating close to the upper level limit of my abilities, and if it is enough to check some page once per day and react to pings, I could still do it, but continuously monitoring a page would probably be too much.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:06, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

I think that’d be the most, and checking once every few days would even be helpful. It’s a volunteer project and getting more volunteers from different language groups is always a plus. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:15, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:37, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Contest

Hi. I was actually thinking of organising a contest to get my old stubs expanded. Basically what I did in the early days on here was to identify notable missing articles, simply identifying them and getting them up, thinking in the long term at what is best. The problem is that a lot are really off the anglospere radar and don't get expanded but really should have decent content even if short. The idea that I mass created copyvio articles amuses me, I doubt there's more than a few dozen out of 100,000. I might see if I can get a hotlist of stubs created and run a contest to see who can expand the most. Alternatively I can request deleting them all which would mostly be negative as most can be fleshed out..♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:11, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The list is at the CCI investigation page(s). No, I do not think you should delete them, and indeed most of them (I do not know whether most is 90%, 99% or 99.9999%) do not contain any copyvio. But having them expanded would be nice. For Russian districts, I am going through them anyway, and it still could take years, but if I am still alive I will do them. I sometimes write on more exotic topics, but for example Chinese stubs typically require some understanding of Chinese sources for their expansion, and attention could be brought to them it would be great.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The task of building this encyclopedia is just so gigantic isn't it? I feel guilty in seeing so many short stubs but really should have been created with much more content but it was all done with the mindset of trying to make this encyclopedia have coverage of everywhere on the planet and really try to tackle systematic bias. I did a lot of good, a lot of them have been expanded but there's a worrying number untouched in ten years. Nobody is developing them. You know Czech and Turkish villages, German rivers etc, articles we should have but nobody is editing. We need something to get them improved. There's probablt a lot of African villages which should probably be redirected into a list, some of those villages in Burkina Faso and Benin etc are still unlikely to have anything online within the next ten years, though on a county or municipal level it seems to be gradually improving in some areas as they come online.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:56, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, this is an evergreen question what should be redirected and what should have separate articles. This is of course diffisult but I would say administrative divisions of levels 1-2-3 are probably fine, and reasonably big settlements (say above 10K) should be fine as well. For the rest, I would say we either have easily available sources or not. Once I tried to expand an article on a Czech village and could not find any information above the standard one which was already in the article. On the other hand, a Czech speaker would know what to search for and might be more successfull. African villages are probably hopeless for the time being unless there are very clear sources covering them. I created some time ago an article on a new province of Zambia (first level administrative division), English is an official language of Zambia, and it was still difficult to find any reasonable information.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:11, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I mean look at Madjoari Department (not mine). Even the bigger province is a short stub Kompienga Province. If we can't even get that right it's useless worrying about hundreds of localities within them. If all we have is a population figure I think we should redirect them all into lists by district/province like a gazetteer until there is sufficient info. I'm more embarrassed at seeing how many stubs I created which are still empty than worrying at people finding vios!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

When I was writing about districts of Mozambique, it was easier for me that articles already existed, templates were there, and I just needed to add info from my sources. I suspect Burkina Faso is similar, and I speak French. Villages could be a completely different story whatsoever.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:34, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Ulaankhus

Hi, can you find anything on this in Russian or find a way to translate Mongolian, I tried to destub it but struggled with the web sources I found. Russian wiki has some decent info on it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I will have a look. --Ymblanter (talk) 13:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I found a source for the population at here 8010, looks like there's some other facts in there in the tables. I remember about 12 years back the sums were all half liners and there was no info on the web at all about them!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:02, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Cheers. It would make a massive difference to the encyclopedia wouldn't it if we could get every article on localities up to that sort of minimum quality. Most of the districts are still one liners.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, and this is what I am systematically doing with Russia (see e.g. Firovsky District as a random example). Concerning Ulaankhus, it also borders with China (and actually its borders with Russia and China are separated), but yesterday I could not figure out how to write this properly. The article I found also contains some information on the geography (mainly relief), I will see whether there is something useful to add to the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:54, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I was just looking at that, that narrow strip to the southwest, Xinjiang I think. You and Ezhiki have done a terrific job with Russia, it's massive!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:59, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

This is definitely Xinjiang, but to add it in the list, we need to know which Mongolian sums this border separates, and I could not figure this out yesterday. Thanks for compliments for Russia, Ezhiki is unfortunately inactive but I am still around. There is still plenty of work to do there.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Firovsky District is several times more than adequate, a lot of these stubs if they even had a paragraph of text like the lead it would make a big difference, something which actually looks like something you'd see in an encyclopedia, not a crappy online database. "Life is what you make it" they say, well "The encyclopedia is what you make it" rings true too! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:07, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I added a translation from Russian wiki for Altai, Bayan-Ölgii but I couldn't access the sources. Can you see if you can source it. If not I've just remove it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I think I tried to get the sources from the Russian wikipedia yesterday and one was off-line and another one was archived but not particularly reliable. I will have one more look in the evening.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:07, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

There is only one Russian source there, [1], which has quite a lot of info about the aimak (though the reliability is questionable, but it should be ok at the end), but very little specifically about the sum.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I started Kikhchik, Russian wiki has two settlements of the same name, one a village which existed nearby long before that was set up. I think it would be best to have one article covering them both but you might disagree. Looking in Google Books the river seems the most notable. It's transwikied and if possible the source need checking and verifying. Won't keep bothering you as I know you're busy but you might want to look into it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:08, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Subdistricts of Afghanistan

Hi, can you find a list of subdistricts of Afghanistan? I can't seem to find any. Of course even the districts mostly need expanding and researching but it would still be good if there was a list somewhere.† Encyclopædius 14:12, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Mmm Kot-e Ashro looks like it is actually the town of Jalrez itself now. Falling Rain isn't reliable but is usually right on coordinates and looking on google maps it says it's Jalrez now. This source though says Kot used to be the district capital until taken by the Taliban. Odd. What do you think?† Encyclopædius 15:02, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Usually these things come out if the census, but then one of course needs to be able to read Pashto, and also I am not sure there was a census in the last 50 years. Any other statistical info would be good as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:31, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

I can't find the coordinates for Zaiwalat either. It's an educated guess for now but not sure.† Encyclopædius 15:57, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Found it I think.† Encyclopædius 16:58, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I spent some time searching, I can not find the list of subdistricts. Will try again tomorrow.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:41, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

This one says that the subdistricts were eliminated by Taliban in 1996 and are not in use anymore.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:10, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

I want to edit Seventeen page

Hi Ymblanter, I would like to add information on Seventeen page about:

Seventeen's Japanese comeback in September 2020 with mini album 24H, source: https://www.seventeen-17.jp/statics/24h

24H's achievement to top Japan Oricon chart, the first non-Japanese international male artist to achieve a fourth-consecutive win on the weekly album chart, source: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200915000374 and http://www.koreatimesus.com/seventeen-earns-fourth-consecutive-oricon-album-chart-win-with-24h/. The same album receives platinum certification from Japan Recording Industry association, source https://www.seventeen-17.jp/posts/information/cgrybe and https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html

Seventeen Joshua and DK's collaboration with US based singer, PinkSweats, source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tamarherman/2020/09/24/pink-sweat--seventeen-discuss-coming-together-on-17-remix-in-age-of-corona/#263097005519h

Unfortunately you have the page protected. Can you help to change the protection or help make edits, so the page is more enriched?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BarbaraUkulele (talk • contribs) 10:16, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

There was significant disruption going on at the page, this is why I had to apply long-term protection. At this point, I am not willing to lift this protection, since I am afraid disruption will return. However, you are welcome to ask for an edit at Talk:Seventeen (South Korean band) by using {{edit semi-protected}}.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Kovanja

User Kovanja has been making edits of questionable POV in topics around Rus' and medieval Russian history for a while, in particularly adding questionable material emphasizing that Rus' and Russia are the same and challenging in particular Ukrainian claims to descent from Rus'/the Rurikids. Do you think any of his edits have reached the level of sanctionability?--Ermenrich (talk) 15:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Edits do not look good, but I think at this point it is best if I stay away from everything related to Russian-Ukrainian conflict topics.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:59, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Is there another admin active in the area you'd recommend me to try?--Ermenrich (talk) 16:39, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

No, and this is a problem. If you feel confident enough, you can make a AE case, then someone has to close it anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:25, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Ganei Tikva ECP

Hi, can you please remove ECP from Ganei Tikva? As I pointed out on the AN, if any ARBPIA rulings should apply, you can put an edit notice for that one sentence on the article, but you should not lock down an article that has nothing to do with the conflict. Huldra has been trying to insert conflict into Israeli place names when if any conflict area applies, it is just that "one sentence" in those villages. But under "anyone can edit" and partial ECP that we can do with the edit notice, we should not be applying full protection when it's not needed. Thanks. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:03, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry but in my opinion it is needed because we just had an instance of ARBPIA edit warring in which one of the sides was not extended confirmed. However, I will be happy to have a second opinion from uninvolvred administrator. Would you mind bringing this to AN?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:37, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Block review

A user you blocked (and whom I reported to ANI, which led to said block) has had their block expire, and has immediately resumed edit warring at one of the relevant pages by reverting to their preferred version, after dropping a personal attack on the talkpage. Could you please take a look and determine whether the block should be reinstated and extended? Grandpallama (talk) 00:39, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I would prefer to wait longer. Whereas their behavior is indeed not exemplary, on South Korea they clearly get support of other users at the talk page, and blocking for one diff with borderline personal attacks for month would probably not be taken positively if someone drags me to AN for that.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:42, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look. Grandpallama (talk) 13:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

What is an LTA?

In one of your comments "One user is relatively new, one is an LTA" what is an LTA? LaceyUF (talk) 17:05, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I apologize, but (i) I am missing the context (ii) I would rather not discuss possible block evasion with a user who has 89 edits. Thank you for understanding.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:24, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for reviewing transgenerational. The sections, although separated, have significant overlap and I could not think of a non-overlapping section head for them.

If you have changes to suggest, please let me know.

== Memdmarti (talk) 23:49, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. There are no so many items anyway, so the easiest would be to put all of them next to each other so that there are no sections--Ymblanter (talk) 05:15, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Question

How do I delete an account in Wikipedia? University Gee in Claude (talk) 09:37, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

It is not possible. One can rename an account.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:41, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

71.204.53.77

Can user:71.204.53.77 please be blocked ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 14:50, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 14:53, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Stub

Hi

Could you please put this article as an Australian Road Article stub

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giinagay_Way

Thanks,

Thent1234 (talk) 21:55, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

It already has the stub template.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:04, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Help with report

I'll send a message now to Arbitrators, if that's it? Mikola22 (talk) 08:29, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but I would expect them to come back to you and either ask for more information or to explain why they are not going to deal with the case.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:32, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. When something new happens, I'll let you know. Mikola22 (talk) 08:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

I withdraw the report to arbitrator committee for false accusations against him because he admitted mistake. Thank you. Mikola22 (talk) 14:56, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

changing the name

Well, where is the place where I can change my name University Gee in Claude (talk) 15:06, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

meta:Steward requests/Username changes--Ymblanter (talk) 15:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank, the name has changed Jerry Kyoni (talk) 01:09, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 05:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Zubryckiy's activity

Dear Ymblanter, I would kindly ask you to draw your attention to the Zubryckiy's activity. He has renamed a number of articles on the history of art and culture in the Russian Empire. See: [1], [2] etc. He did it despite a number of sources contradicting his contribution. It seems to me that his activity does not have the purpose of making a valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Best regards, Ушкуйник (talk) 18:51, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

I blocked them short-term on 17 October, and they never showed up after the expiration of the block.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Please Ушкуйник do this all the time; so I don't have to correct your errors (Kharkiv is the common English name for Kharkiv for at-least the last 20 years by the way, in fact Odessa seems to be the only city left in Ukraine were the Russian name of the city is the is the common English name). — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 20:06, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

No, also Chernobyl, and Gurzuf went through a RM. Historical usage might be different though.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:09, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Well as long as the Inquirer Bandera does not go through a RM..... — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 20:49, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Oh yes...--Ymblanter (talk) 20:54, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reviewing page Manipur State Constitution Act 1947 do give suggestion to further improve it as a notable wiki article.Thank youꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ (ꯆꯥ) 08:02, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Sure. Now it is a one-line stube, I expect it can be extended to explain what the content of the act was, what was the historical backgroung, and what were the consequences, citing reliable sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:05, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Ymblanter I have added some more info but user User:ChunnuBhai is repeatedly trying to add unrelated topic and removing quote from reference,kindly review this conflict too.ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ (ꯆꯥ) 17:05, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

I have added RfC template on the talk page to keep any discussion at one place. I have explained my edits.ChunnuBhai (talk) 17:07, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Question

Could you please specify the reason for you revert at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ymblanter&oldid=986272699? There truly was a mistake so I decided to get rid of it. --217.113.241.188 (talk) 21:48, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

You are not supposed to edit other users' responses.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

How is this editing a response when I removed a broken header. Isn't this considered editing other users' responses? --217.113.241.188 (talk) 22:17, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Just do not edit anything which is signed and which is not what you have written.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:18, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Category replacement

Since you protected the page Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement, please, replace category:Treaties of Israel with category:Peace treaties of Israel on it. Also, is autoconfirmed protection not enough? Maybe protection level can be lowered now? MBH (talk) 10:52, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

 Done. The protection is arbitration enforcement per WP:ARBPIA, I am afraid there is very little I can do about it.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:20, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Case for edit warring or AE?

Hi Ymblanter, does this user look like they should first be reported for edit warring or just go straight to AE Natalia Bargel Lviv?--Ermenrich (talk) 12:52, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Let us see whether they do anything after warnings. If they resume, I can block myself.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:57, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Frequent disturb on wiki pages

Hi admin,does this userChunnuBhai and ChunnuBhai expect me or other editor to write concoted texts for articles, afterall some words from sources can't be ignored as it the sources that inspired me or other editor to contribute on wikipedia ,he reported every pages I contributed as copyright violation.He put copyright violation on pages Khagemba,Yaosang,Manipur State Constitution Act 1947,Loiyumbaetc Kindly help me in this matter,to me this seem like a personal attack by the said user violating WP:NPA or do correct my mistakes if I made thank youꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ (ꯆꯥ) 05:01, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello , Luwanglinux, many of your edits are simple copy pastes from the sources I have mentioned. I have not added copyvio notice without reason. Please read WP:COPYVIO to have a better understanding.

I have not made any WP:NPA in any of my edits. Please point out , if any.ChunnuBhai (talk) 05:19, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

@ChunnuBhai and ChunnuBhai: your way of trying so hard to find fault on articles I contributed seems a personal attack to me.If that is not the case then thank you.ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ (ꯆꯥ) 05:43, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Luwanglinux, Please read WP:WIAPA ChunnuBhai (talk) 05:50, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

CFDS processing error

It seems that you accidentally removed from Category:User apache when processing speedy renamings, because it's not in the batch you added to CFDW. Could you fix this? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:37, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done, thanks for noticing--Ymblanter (talk) 14:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

List of wars involving Russia

Hi, you protected List of wars involving Russia over the edit-war that was just two editors failing to see the obvious - one added the invalid file File:Flag of the Khanate of Khiva.svgg the other just removed the invalid file. Solution just remove the typo double g to get File:Flag of the Khanate of Khiva.svg - if you could fix all should be fine and probably no need for the protection. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 16:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 18:17, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Can you unlock the "2024 United States presidential election" namespace?

Hello Ymblanter, On the talk page of the 2024 United States presidential election draft, there is a strong consensus to move the 2024 page to the mainspace now that we know the winner of the 2020 presidential election. However, after a discussion in November 2018, you locked the "2024 United States presidential election" name until November 28, 2020. However, consensus exists to move the page now. In all past presidential elections, we typically would have the next election's page up by now. Would it be possible to unlock the name so the page can be moved? Paintspot Infez (talk) 21:50, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

I would like to see a formal closure, ideally by an administrator, who can then move the article. I unfortunately do not have time right now to review the discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:59, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Found this while wondering about closing WP:AE#Beshogur. I know almost nothing and don't want to learn about this area, but I'm wondering if this article should have 1RR. Ping me please if you reply. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 11:04, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: yes, I think it should have 1RR, clearly since there are a lot of Armenians (understandably) unhappy with the conditions of the truce we will see a lot of edit warring in the coming days.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:16, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Do you have time to add it? I'd have to search through a lot of stuff to find out the details of adding it, and don't have a lot of time. Doug Weller talk 11:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I can add it (possibly later today, I hae to teach in 20 minutes).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:54, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I have set it up--Ymblanter (talk) 12:11, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Great. The AE can be closed now but if he continues to be a problem.... Doug Weller talk 15:42, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: The whole topic now is a big mess because the situation was stable for 30 years and now has suddenly changed. Even in the normal situation, most Armenians do not count Azerbaijanis (and Turks) as human beings, and most Azerbaijanis do not count Armenians and human beings, and now this even got worse.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:03, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

I don't know what articles are affected, but at least they all need to be brought under DS and an attempt made to give alerts. I can add DS if you tell me which articles. Doug Weller talk 17:15, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: Off the top of my head, all geographic articles pertaining to Nagorno-Karabakh. Shusha and the Republic of Artsakh are urgent, others I can do before or over the weekend.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:15, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Shusha had it, I've done Artsakh. Doug Weller talk 19:31, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: Great, thanks a lot. I will try to do the others. I am sitting in the middle of an intensive teaching period, but should have a bit of time left.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Talk:List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country

Hi,

the IP is pushing recurrent edit-request's on a case that has been already raised and discussed earlier, I asked to stop and formulate only new edit requests which ignores Goodenough. This is already disruptive...the pp-semi you once set on the main page expires on 05:32, 17 July 2021, but it seems already the talk page needs similar conduct (the 11th (!), edit request I won't answer, maybe you should revert it). Thank You(KIENGIR (talk) 19:21, 13 November 2020 (UTC))

I protected for a week--Ymblanter (talk) 19:25, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the review of Artem Novikov. Best wishes from Los Angeles,   // Timothy :: talk  11:59, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:01, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Another revert warrior

[2] Ghirla^-трёп- 18:40, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done, probably one of our banned friends.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:43, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Catherine de Zegher's Wikipedia page

I am affaird that your text on the Torporosky affair on the Zegher Wikipedia page exceeds all standards of encyclopedic formats. In addition, the case is listed including the suspension, and details of the legal matter are on a separate page. Please note that this lawsuit has not been finalized. It is unethical to "take sides" on a Wikipedia page in a lawsuit, debate, or controversy, as Wikipedia wants to have a strictly neutral stance. Your text insunifies that Ms. de Zegher is guilty, although there are no conclusions on this trial yet.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Curatorslog (talk • contribs)

Well, I happen to be a little bit familiar with Wikipedia standards. What I see that you, in one edit, completely rearranged the article, and all mentions of de Zeghe being suspended and fired magically disappeared, though they clearly belong to the article. Moreover, the reliable sources talking about her suspension, disappeared as well. I strongly suspect COI editing.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:34, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

I have no interest at all, I am a simple editor and work with Wikipedia guidelines and the facts. I actually had the impression that you have a COI conflict of interest. The way you have focused on this page and topic transcends any interest in creating a balanced page. I am not saying that this case should not be mentioned (which I did by the way), but the full description of the person should still be objective and balanced. Can you explain to me why you focus so much on this one aspect of Ms de Zeghe's career and blow it up as this is the only thing this person has done in her career

Actually, I do not, you have probably seen that I have left intact all other sections of the article which talk about the rest of her career. However, understandably, in the last several years she got attention mainly due to the criminal case and the fact she was fired, and that it was related to forgery. We write Wikipedia based on reliable sources, and we give sufficient weight to the events which were more prominent in these sources. If you think I have a COI, you are welcome to open a topic at WP:COIN, I am really curious what arguments you have not to prove this (which you obviously can not) but at least to motivate this absurd proposition.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:50, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Generic IP distruption Government of National Unity (Hungary), Fascist Italy (1922–1943)

Hi,

please see the subject and respective talk pages. Now the IP are around the 7th revert each pages, starting to boomerang the policies I told him, repeating everywhere "you failed to make a case for your edit" despite everything has been demonstrated in the talk. Unfortunately I get since a time really unserious answers, at this time is already disruptive. I think it is very easy to understand what is a state article, and what is a government one...(KIENGIR (talk) 20:07, 16 November 2020 (UTC))

I configured pending changes for both articles--Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Protection reduction request

People with COI (such as User:Kalariwarrior and User:Kalari Poothara, they are practitioners, are they the same person?) are misusing the pending-changes protection of Kalari Payattu, they are tweaking, whitewashing and removing content as they wish without sourcing, also removal of sourced content. This is an encyclopedia, not a personal blog, but some are treating as such. Please remove the protection. 2409:4073:2E90:725B:588F:21B0:BEDB:7BB4 (talk) 08:55, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Sprry, but your message does not make sens to me. If there is disruption in the article, why should I reduce the protection? To give you an opportunity to edit-war in real time?--Ymblanter (talk) 09:06, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

As long as it is pending protected they are not going to participate in discussion, but misuse it. Currently this is propaganda article. BTW, I see no edit-warring going on there. Look at that article, mostly poorly sourced and half of the content is unsourced. 2409:4073:2087:C2C5:1DA2:976B:21B1:520B (talk) 10:50, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

I am not going to be involved into the content dispute related to this article, and I do not find your argument convincing. You are welcome to request unprotection at WP:RFPP. If you are sure these people have COI they must be reported, prtobably at WP:ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:04, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Your Article

How on earth could you gain the right to have an article about yourself here on the English Wikipedia? --93.78.35.45 (talk) 10:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

May be because I am encyclopedically notable? I have not touched the article, let alone written it.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:25, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

What guidelines do you meet for this? --93.78.35.45 (talk) 10:27, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

You should ask people who have actually written the article. WP:NACADEMIC I guess.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:29, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Regarding edits to this section, you have deleted multiple revisions. Why would you do this? --93.78.35.45 (talk) 10:30, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Because I do not publicly reveal my real name in relation with my Wikipedia account. It is not on my user page--Ymblanter (talk) 10:33, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking that crazy reverter! I couldn't keep up with the reverts! ~ Destroyeraa🌀 17:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:36, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Protection

Hi. Can you protect the article Ismail Kadare? An IP known for edit warring in SQwiki is vandalizing it. Thanks!--Udha (talk) 19:18, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

There is not enough disruptive activity as far as I am concerned.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:25, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

That IP just reverted me in that article after I posed this comment See here.--Udha (talk) 19:53, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry bu6t this looks like content dispute to me. Their arguments are not unreasonable. If they continue reverted they must be blocked at some point, but protecting the article is not really appropriate in this situation. Try to start a talk page discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Please do consider the user that asked for protection is a blocked user in sq.wiki along with other IP at his disposal due to continued editwarring and wikihounding along with WP:OWN, WP:I just don't like it, WP:Drama and then some. Please consider this before any of his requests. Peace --217.73.133.82 (talk) 20:08, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

I am not going to study long discussions in a language I do not speak. Thank you for understanding.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:09, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 reverts. As I pointed out earlier, that IP has caused edit warring in SQwiki for two years,( here) and it seems to behaving the same here.--Udha (talk) 20:18, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Now blocked for 31h--Ymblanter (talk) 20:21, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Much appreciated.--Udha (talk) 20:26, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Babel

IMO, from a native English-speaker, you could raise your {{Babel}} rating to en-4. Narky Blert (talk) 22:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, but I prefer keeping a low profile. I would not like people saying than I am overselling, and it does not matter so much anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:25, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

I do recommend you raising your level to 4. I do not tolerate false content. --93.78.29.3 (talk) 20:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, but I do not think this is any of your business. This is not content.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:55, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I see, you are the same IP. Time for the block.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:55, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

AfD for deaths due to COVID-19 and related RfC

Hi. Thanks for commenting at the recent AfD for the above list. There is now an ongoing discussion around the best way to split the list, if any, if you wish to comment further. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 17:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:06, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Block Request

Can user:2a02:c7f:6c2d:f300:1cf:4c0b:94d8:bd93 and user:99.153.140.102 please be blocked asap. CLCStudent (talk) 22:08, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 22:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Have a look

Hi,

Why my changes to the article Kalarippayattu are not auto accepted even if I'm an extended confirmed user? Outlander^07@talk 16:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

I do not know, your revert should have been indeed auto-accepted. Would you mind asking at WP:VP/T?--Ymblanter (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

O.K Thank you.Outlander^07@talk 17:06, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:18, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Proper name

It is recognized worldwide as the SandyGeorgia syndrome. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Is there a link somewhere I can use next time?--Ymblanter (talk) 20:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

I will write it up as soon as I publish the MEDRS paper. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:53, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Good, looking forward to it.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:55, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Recreate Our Wikipedia Page and Delete the Current Page

Dear Team,

We would like to recreate our Wikipedia page (Vellore Institute of Technology) in an innovative and professional manner and would request you to kindly delete the current page or assist us in identifying the admin of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Institute_of_Technology page as soon as possible Amuthukumar1988 (talk) 12:55, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

No, please use the Draft space or the talk page for this.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:59, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Please remove the below text in our Wikipedia page :

Gender discrimination has been a common issue raised in universities across India.[30] VIT allegedly use their restrictive rules and regressive practices to market to conservative parents of Southern India, particularly in their home state of Tamil Nadu and neighboring Andhra Pradesh. These practices include much more restrictive rules on women hostelers, moral policing, shaming by an all-round security force and special committees to look into moral paternalism.[31] The Hindu reported that often women would find themselves checked at hostel rooms and asked to stop talking on mobile phones and sleep or study. Over time, videos and articles have emerged online about the same. VIT officials, however, maintain that stricter female hostel rules are a necessary safety precaution given the rise in crimes against women.[32] VIT officials have stated that, while they agree that men and women must be treated equally, they have at times been faced by irate parents who have insisted on stricter codes of conduct.[31] VIT despite calling itself a progressive educational institution committed to excellence, still ensures strict gender segregation at official events and fests.[31]

In October 2013, two female students were suspended after they helped to organize an online opinion survey of female VIT students, focusing on issues of safety and inequality.[33] Commenting on the issue, VIT vice president Sekar Viswanathan said: "The students started a campaign based on the misplaced notion that the university discriminates against women, which is not true. They were taken home by their parents".[33]

In 2019, Indian news outlet The Print carried a story which alleged that the government was delaying according the Institute of Eminence status to VIT due to an alleged anti-Modi government stance by its Chancellor and an official Intelligence Bureau report alleging gender discrimination of students.[34]

Lack of freedom of speech VIT allegedly makes students sign an affidavit which prohibits them from speaking out against university management.[31] The university code of conduct prohibits any form of protest or action within premises or outside which may spoil repute of the institute and prohibits passing out information to any media group without prior permission of university officials.[35] In 2015, Indian stand-up comedian Papa CJ was banned from the campus for taking up issues related to gender discrimination and moral policing during his show at GraVITas. He put up a video about his ban on his Facebook page and tweeted about the same[36] describing his ban and a video recording of his show.

Amuthukumar1988 (talk) 17:01, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

I do not see why I should remove sourced information. Please raise the issue at the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

List of best selling books

Hello

Can I ask why you locked the best selling books article? this seems unfair as it privileges some editors over others.

Could you unlock it.

Happy to discuss

Thanks