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Aleyamma38 SPI

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Thanks for the check and block. Is there a way to see if this is linked to the Arshifakhan61 SPI case page? I noted the connection in the SPI but I now see (I had forgotten when filing the SPI) that I had reported them back in early December as a Arshifakhan61 sock with asilvering doing a check. With their admission to being a SOCK and now with the technical evidence here, I think it is more than likely connected and may wind up with merging these two farms. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:43, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the logs from the two SPIs; based on that information I would hesitate to use anything more than Likely but they're definitely all operating on the same range. Primefac (talk) 22:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I just noted it in my own logs. I'm sure they've already created another account and will eventually leave a clear trail. Thanks again. --CNMall41 (talk) 03:39, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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Just wanted to say thank you for fixing the div issue on all of my holiday cards yesterday! I hadn't noticed the div issue with copying the template, but I really appreciate you taking the time to fix all of them!

Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 18:42, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem! I figured it was faster/easier for me to just hit those pages than to tell you and have them sit around until you saw my message. I will say, though, thank goodness you're not one of those folks that leaves hundreds of greetings! Primefac (talk) 10:58, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Request for bot to clear empty deprecated parameter from Infobox musical artist

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See this discussion please. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, thanks. Primefac (talk) 23:11, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


card

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thank you very much ~2025-44154-11 (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


A barnstar for you!

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The Technical Barnstar
See you've been cleaning out the lengthy backlog at the holding cell. Thanks for taking some of the ones that have been sitting for ages! Happy New Year! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 23:36, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Always happy to help out, especially since I've got some time now to do it! Primefac (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2026

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2025).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeBOT reordering banners as part of banner removal following a TFD

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Hello Primefac. I am writing to you hear your opinion on PrimeBOT reordering banners as it did in Special:Diff/1330376050 and Special:Diff/1330388380, in a way which is less consistent with WP:TALKORDER. It appears to have its preferences for order, and these preferences do not seem to match TALKORDER. Is this due to some limitation or was it simply never designed with TALKORDER in mind? I partially reverted the first of those two diffs. —Alalch E. 19:32, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, much like this discussion from late last year, that this is an AWB issue (though that issue was because I was using an outdated AWB build, which was rectified by 31 Dec). I have a funny feeling that changes made to TALKORDER are happening much more frequently than changes to AWB's builds. Primefac (talk) 22:08, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Right, an AWB issue. I'll think about investigating this a little and bringing it up with ... AWB people. —Alalch E. 14:57, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:WebGap

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Hi Primefac. Would you mind taking a look at User talk:WebGap? This user has posted on their user talk page that they're a digital agency that and has been given permission to update the article Amarula. I've been trying for a couple of months to explain WP:COIDISCLOSEPAY to them, but they keep putting it off for some reason. They say they understand what Wikipedia wants them to do and seem to have no problem with it; however, they always come back to try and directly edit again the article again. Is what they've declared so far is sufficient for Wikipedia's purposes or do the need to be more specific and actually name their employer? -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:27, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Paid editing is one thing, sharing an account is another. I've blocked them until they can sort the latter part out. Primefac (talk) 04:28, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for taking a look at this. Perhaps they'll sort things out now. FWIW, I just assumed they were speaking about themselves using "we"; It didn't cross my mind that the account might be shared. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:47, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Logo size

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You beat me by about 20 seconds... Thank you. Went to fix it then was confused to find it was already fixed. Appreciate it! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:49, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, just happened to have it pop in my feed right as I was checking new changes. Primefac (talk) 20:52, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Primefac (talk) 10:55, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Steward Health Care

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Good day! I was curious about something I think you did but can't be sure of because I don't know how it works.

I'm a big contributor to this article and monitor it for vandalism, which has happened on occasion. Checking it today, I noticed that all edits prior to your recent contributions and going back to May '24 have been "suppressed". I'm curious if you did this and/or have any insight into why it was done - I've never seen that happen and so am curious what goes into that decision. After looking into reasons an article's history may be suppressed, I figure it had something to do with the insertion of references to legal documents. It would be good to know in case it resulted from something I did that I can avoid in the future.

Thank you for your assistance and contributions! Mangocove (talk) 20:01, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You have figured correctly; some of the text you added was not appropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia itself. Primefac (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

yo please let me yap on random stuff in my userpage

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i just want to yap and do everything wrong ok Nerd-in-history (talk) 20:17, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nerd-in-history, did you read through the links I sent you? I removed that content for a good reason. Primefac (talk) 20:21, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
sorry dude it didnt even told me but ok i guess Nerd-in-history (talk) 20:41, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
oh my god im so sorry my brain just clicked in and i realise what i just did, Nerd-in-history (talk) 20:43, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, just wanted to double-check. Primefac (talk) 20:50, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete bot action

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This edit removed the utm_* but left the gad_*. DMacks (talk) 02:14, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. I think I need to re-code the bot, because it seems like every time I run it there are new sets of trackers that weren't there before... thanks. Primefac (talk) 09:15, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for wrangling da bot! DMacks (talk) 16:40, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Providing block reasons

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Hello Primefac. I'm some procedural concerns about how you blocked Eastmain following this SPI. Admins are required to provide a clear and specific reason why a user was blocked. In this case, the block log refers to the SPI. The SPI says nothing beyond "a connection" and "Technically indistinguishable", neither of which is a blockable offense on its own. Another issue is described as "unrelated"; nowhere is this marked as a CU block.

I assume that something you saw in your analysis of these accounts' behaviors or the CheckUser data justified the course of action you took, but as I cannot read your mind and do not have access to that data, I can't be sure. The subsequent LLM issues raised arguably make this a case of avoiding scrutiny, which could justify the block retroactively, but normally we expect admins to state a reason for their blocks up front. Please be mindful of how this appears to outside observers, like myself, and especially how this appears to the blocked user, whose initial appeal expressed frustration at exactly this issue.

A secondary concern, not grounded in policy but in community practice, is that we normally do not block editors indefinitely for a first-time sockpuppetry violation; normally the block on the "master" account ranges from a week to a month. I was surprised to see that the block of Eastmain was indefinite. Depending on the reason, an indef of the master may be justified, but again, I don't have the reason for the block.

Apologies if this comes across as harsh or overly critical; I only intend it as a gentle reminder of what's expected of us as admins, something I think we all could use from time to time. Toadspike [Talk] 13:07, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note, you have some fair points. I've also thought about a few other ways this could have been achieved more reasonably, so consider this "lesson learned". Primefac (talk) 10:04, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeBOT run

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Any chance I can get you to do a PrimeBOT run on Category:Pages using infobox school with deprecated parameters (30,603)? Still populating, but would be awesome to get your assistance with this one as it could involve over 40,000 pages. Hope you are well! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 01:46, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Primefac (talk) 12:09, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Is there anything you need from me to facilitate this or is the code at the bottom of {{Infobox school}} sufficient? Let me know what I can do to expedite this one. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 01:56, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I will let you know if I run into any issues. Primefac (talk) 10:25, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting interaction

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Do you have an opinion? I had originally considering not responding at all, since this is not atypical of interactions between this editor and me. If I am out of line, then perhaps I should not be contributing to this template. —Quondum 14:44, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I was waiting for you to reply, as you were the one to set the values, but I haven't had a chance yet to read through your reply or subsequent discussion. Primefac (talk) 01:31, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I had engaged in debate, but as you might notice, this editor is just reasserting their perspective (that articles must blindly reflect the references used, as opposed to that reliable sources should be found to support the chosen content, keeping in mind context), with no interest in considering the reasoning that is presented; I find this recurrent behaviour frustrating. You'll notice that they proceeded without any support or consensus in a contested case. There is no point replying further, so I will not. Never mind; I tend to simply step away from anything where this editor becomes assertive/obstinate, which now includes regular updates of the template as the new CODATA values are published. —Quondum 12:08, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I still haven't had a good chance to read through the discussion. Primefac (talk) 12:12, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2026

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2026).

Arbitration

  • Due to the result of a recent motion, a rough consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may impose an expanded topic ban on Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Palestine, Palestinians, Islam, and/or Arabs, if an editor's Arab-Israeli conflict topic ban is determined to be insufficient to prevent disruption. At least one diff per area expanded into should be cited.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:09, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeBOT run request

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Hi Primefac! I was wondering if you'd be able to knock out a quick parameter removal run on Category:Pages using infobox football tournament season with unknown parameters, removing |defending champions= which was removed per discussion. phuzion (talk) 13:40, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Either someone's already working on it or the cat is still populating; I only see ~400 pages which is a bit small for my bot. I'll check it out this weekend and see if the numbers have grown any. Primefac (talk) 10:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it was ~2600 last I checked. Someone must be working on it, thanks anyways! phuzion (talk) 11:43, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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