Wikipedia talk:Administrators' noticeboard

Complete Crash, Complete Lock-Out

Hi, I don't know who to go to about this. I had an account on Wikipedia for about six years, it is User:KTcup82. About a month ago, we had a total computer crash and had to buy a new machine. None of the passwords saved on the old machine were in the cloud and the original email address for password recovery for Wikipedia was an old work email that I don't work at anymore. I don't know how to get back into my account and don't want to lose my edit history if I make another one. Is there anything I can do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2E8B:347E:0:A4F2:1B6D:55DD:1CA9 (talk) 13:48, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

You can try emailing ca@wikimedia.org. CA stands for "compromised account". They may have a procedure for gaining access to it again, or they may not. I'm not sure.

Looks like your account only has 225 edits. That is a low edit count. To be honest, starting a new account probably wouldn't be a problem. You would get back to 225 edits very quickly. –Novem Linguae (talk) 14:10, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Subject: Clarification and Assistance Needed for "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: A Journey Towards a Sustainable Future"

Dear Administrators,

We, User:Chloe and Anon, are the human editors of the article titled "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: A Journey Towards a Sustainable Future" (URL: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Economic_Impacts_of_Climate_Change). Our article has recently been the subject of discussion, and we wish to address any concerns regarding its content and adherence to Wikipedia's policies.

We have made several significant revisions to the article, focusing on the economic impacts of climate change, the role of technology and policy, and human narratives such as the Jenkins family's sustainable farm and the Solar Sisters initiative. All sources are now properly cited, and we have worked to maintain a neutral point of view throughout the text.

We are committed to participating in the community review process and making our article the best it can be. We invite you to review our changes and provide any additional feedback or guidance that may be necessary.

Thank you for upholding the integrity of Wikipedia, and we look forward to collaborating with the community to ensure that our article meets the encyclopedia's high standards.

Sincerely, Chloe and Anon 162.156.70.174 (talk) 20:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Your entirely unreferenced draft and inappropriate draft has been rejected and will not be considered further. Also, this is not the place to discuss drafts. Cullen328 (talk) 20:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

ALL of this user's edits are AI-generated, including their replies to other users and administrators. They are also weaving the narrative that the user is two human beings working in collaboration rather than one person using an AI chatbot. The user has already received multiple warnings to stop uploading AI-generated content to Wikipedia; I recommend a permanent ban as they have refused to stop. CeltBrowne (talk) 22:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

We don't permaban IP address as IP address are subject to change. Lavalizard101 (talk) 23:06, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit summaries wiped out

Somebody has wiped out a bunch of edit summaries (20:16 to 20:42) by mistake, at the WP:ANI page. GoodDay (talk) 20:55, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Someone on the oversight team has suppressed a number of revisions. Nthep (talk) 21:12, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Sistani nationality and original name

Moved to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents § Sistani nationality and original name

 – –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:09, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Significant 100+ edits wiped out from WP:AN

Surprised to show up this morning to find two of my edits deleted from WP:AN, and then found that over 100 edits for multiple editors (including admins) were deleted spanning a block of 16 hours and multiple sections. Seem's like either an oversized-mop was used, or an accident occurred here. TiggerJay (talk) 16:04, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

@Tiggerjay: That link is not so useful I'm afraid  :) SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 16:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Agreed, although I'm not sure a better way, since it was literally every page history entry for a 16 hour period, and the date filter would almost be useless since it spanned into today. TiggerJay (talk) 19:41, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

@Tiggerjay as per the section above #Edit summaries wiped out, Someone on the oversight team has suppressed a number of revisions. If it was something that had been there for some time then that will have required a lot of revisions to be covered in the suppression. Nthep (talk) 16:55, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

I wish we could rebase edits so we didn't have to do this, but nobody seems to agree with me. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:37, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Destined to fail on two counts I'm afraid: a) it involves actual change, and b) it's a good idea. SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 17:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Third count: for huge pages like ANI it's not technically possible with the software as it currently stands. It is technically possible, albeit a total pain, for smaller pages. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:58, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

I saw that one from a few days ago (and other similar instances) but that spanned a several minutes and less than a dozen edits, this was many hours and over a hundred different edits. It was just astonishing to see so much blown away that it must have been a mistake, but I guess that is the only choice when something egregious isn't suppressed right away. Given that way most ANI discussions occur its unfortunate that a more selective revdel cannot be used since individual edits don't frequently span other conversations. TiggerJay (talk) 20:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Editable archives

It seems that the ANI archive pages (e.g. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1173) have section edit links. This is not normal on archive pages: is it something special to ANI, or a mistake somewhere? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Maybe {{Administrators' noticeboard navbox all}} can be taught to emit the flag to inhibit that, iff transcluded onto a "subpage" (or "a subpage containing the string 'archive'")? DMacks (talk) 20:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)