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I first registered this account - my first - April 20, 2007. Since then, I've gotten involved pretty deeply in AfD work. I see it as a chance to triage articles that are flawed, but may yet have potential.
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Userhas been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. Mfield (Oi!) 01:22, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Warned user. Yue🌙 (talk) 01:34, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
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Reason: Daily unproductive editing from TAs which resumed almost immediately following the expiration of a month-long block imposed in late February. A repeated pattern is the unexplained removal of article content—one of the most common forms of vandalism—and the addition of unsourced/undue information. Realistically, I can't imagine a future where this page ceases being a target for childish trolls, given the sensitive subject matter at hand. The fact that no tin-foil hat has yet tried to insert their own agenda is a miracle, since as most of you reading this may know, Sandy Hook theories are unfortunately prominent in conspiracy spaces. Giovanni Potage (talk) 07:23, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism IP Always Change The Article Without Sources. Masare012 (talk) 10:33, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Warned the user who made disruptive edits today. Yue🌙 (talk) 01:35, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Reason: I request semi-protection for Apsara because there has been repeated removal of significant content by new users over the past month. Despite multiple reverts, the disruptive behavior continues.
Reason: The page 2026 Pakistan Super League has been targeted by frequent IP vandalism and occasionally receives unverified edits. Applying semi-protection will help maintain reliability and prevent disruptive changes. Elison Pokhrel (talk) 14:59, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Death rumors across multiple articles and sources will cause confusion, also can cause poor or unsourced edits. xxᴄʀᴏꜱꜱxx (talk) 22:11, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. No such rumors have been added to the article. - The BushrangerOne ping only 22:16, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
And do note that we don't proactively protect pages. Pages are protected in response to unsourced content and vandalism. Not out of speculation that it will happen. Servite et contribuere (talk) 00:21, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Reason: High level of temporary account vandalism: a specific user, on multiple temporary accounts, has repeatedly been adding a detail in this article without engaging in talk page discussions (even though I have) and is giving no reason for their edits/reverts whatsoever. I propose semi-protection or extended-confirmed protection since this individual is extremely persistent (you can see the page history). Even another user, Ajheindel, has taken issue with this and has reverted the temp account's edits, but the account has reverted their revision as well. It doesn't seem like this individual is going to give up hence my protection request. Thank you for your attention to this matter. HarvardJock (talk) 01:17, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Yue🌙 (talk) 01:32, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
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Has created 156 articles, mainly video game subjects. I have reviewed many and not noticed any problems with them. Mika1h (talk) 11:46, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Think I've created 30ish articles, most of those have been stubs, but some long (too long) ones in there as well. Thanks for considering Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 21:32, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
@Kowal2701: Thank you for your work on improving our coverage of African topics! I spot-checked a few of your creations and found no major issues. My only question was related to Zimbabwean Plateau, where I was able to verify all of the statements against the sources... except for the article title. None of the books cited seemed to use the name Zimbabwean Plateau, so I was wondering how you chose that title. (Non-administrator comment) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:44, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
@TechnoSquirrel69 I can find sources (some dating back to 1994) that mentions this name as is, although the P in Plateau should be p, methinks. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:20, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind words. You're right the sources in the article don't use that name, Beach calls it the "Plateau", Mudenge "plateau", and Pikirayi "Zimbabwe plateau", though Beach and Pikirayi call it "Zimbabwean plateau" elsewhere [5][6]. There are 729 hits on Google Scholar for "Zimbabwean Plateau", and 902 for "Zimbabwe Plateau", I think I found the former more natural. VWF is right that the amount of capitalisation doesn't reach the threshold for WP:NCCAPS though Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 06:44, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Thanks, both of you, that makes sense to me! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:12, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've created 55 articles dating back to 2010. In that time, five have been deleted, but only one since 2017. Another one was recreated, so only four deletions overall. One of my fairly recent articles, Hymns from the Rig Veda, was selected a few months ago for the Main Page 'Did You Know' column. Hoping you will consider me for AP, cheers. merlinVtwelve (talk) 06:09, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
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Reason for requesting confirmed rights: I have made my 10th edit, reached 3 days, and i also have experience on the hungarian Wikipedia. Balintkaistryingediting (talk) 12:28, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
Not doneAutoconfirmed will be automatically assigned. voorts (talk/contributions) 12:47, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
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Comment: I'm only seeing 1 technical request, and while there's decent participation at requested moves, I don't see any activity in closing move requests. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 14:08, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
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I’m requesting pending changes reviewer rights.
I edit regularly, often fix BLP issues, and I’m familiar with the reviewing guidelines. AriuCH (talk) 00:50, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
Automated comment This user has had an account for 17 days. — MusikBottalk 00:50, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
Not an admin but would remind you that applicants who are new (read: 17 days) to wikipedia will not be granted this right. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 13:54, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
Hi! I primarily work within the CVU, but I also work on Copyvio issues as well. I am a rollbacker, and use tools such as Wikishield and Interceptor often. I would like to be granted pending changes reviewer so that I may assist with the pending changes backlog, and be able to work more to help improve the quality of the wiki. Thanks in advance :) 「NuggFrog」 (talk) 02:13, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Automated comment This user has had 1 request for pending changes reviewer declined or withdrawn in the past 90 days ([7]). — MusikBottalk 02:20, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
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Hello! I am Phlogiston Enthusiast. I would like a moment of your time to request rollback rights. I believe that I could use rollback permissions to assist in anti-vandalism in the recent changes tab. There are multiple reasons for this.
For one, it would streamline reverts on articles that need them, and be a useful tool against vandalism. This is because if a user is making edits of a vandalistic nature, they are likely to have made multiple. Rollback would assist with these issues and prevent long and drawn-out revert wars by vandals.
Second, I believe that I meet the qualifications for the role. I possess experience patrolling the recent changes section, and have reverted many vandalous edits. If need be, I can attempt to provide a comprehensive list of the articles on which I have combatted vandalism.
Finally, I understand that it looks bad to have had two arguments over vandalism-related subjects in the past. However, I would argue that this is almost the opposite, as having a clean record with no mistakes would mean that I had no mistakes to learn from, and as well I have apologized to all parties involved in both.
In summary, I believe that I should possess rollback rights as to better combat vandalism, and if need be there can be elaboration. If not, I completely understand.
Ammending: this was written roughly a month ago. I was told that I would need one month's experience more before I should re-apply. I have since aqquired more than this. I have been the cause for scores of blocks and have better since de-vandalized the Wiki. Following my embarrasing mishap recently reguarding confusion over the tool, I have better researched it and now believe I would be more fit to utilize this. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 20:22, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
Automated comment This user has had 1 request for rollback declined in the past 90 days ([8]). — MusikBottalk 20:30, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
After doing both again today I'm up to 1093. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:25, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
(Non-administrator comment) That isn't really relevant to rollback though; admins will check your edits when they review this, and reverts and counter-vandalism is what matters for rollback. HurricaneZetaC 16:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
Okay, sorry. Just trying to say I understand to an extent what does and does not break syntax. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:51, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
Also worth ammending is that it would provide access to interceptor, which is a useful tool I believe I could do a great deal of antivandalism with in a way that is more efficient than the typical recent changes page. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:33, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
Also of note: I am now a Pending Changes Reviewer. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 14:49, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
(Non-administrator comment) Phlogiston Enthusiast, an admin will review the needed information. I don't see how a lot of these notes are relevant to rollback; pending changes requires some overlapping skills with rollback (such as the ability to effectively determine what is vandalism), but it is an entirely different right for good reason, and does require different skills. Rollback's primary purpose is to assist with recent changes patrolling. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page)(contributions) 21:53, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
Okay, sorry. Just trying to put everything on the table here. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 02:25, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
Adding comment so it is clear this is still open and so it doesn't get archived from inactivity. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Not to sound picky, just wanted to make sure two weeks of inactivity and lack of approval/denial wouldn't make this stagnate and die. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 19:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Adding another comment, since it has now been 22 without this being responded too and I don't want this to get archived. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:03, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
It has been twenty-seven days and there has been no administrator response, or even so much as a comment. In the most respectful way possible, I would like to know why, as other people have recieved responses in that time. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 13:12, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
Not an admin, but happy to answer this. There is no specific set amount of time from requesting a permission to being granted it. Administrators review these boards in their own time and at their own discretion. There is nothing personal, don't worry. An administrator will respond eventually! 11WB (talk) 02:22, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
I'm a little disappointed by this interaction, which is a clear failure to deny recognition, and to a lesser extent this edit summary [9]. However, I'm not sure what the norms are for granting rollback, so I'll leave this for another admin to decide. Toadspike[Talk] 21:00, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Alright, sorry. That's definitely my bad on that. I'll withdraw if you think I should. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 13:37, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Hello! I am already doing antivandal/recent change patrol work, and am alredy familiar with Twinkle, but wish for rollbacker permissions to be able to use more powerful tools, such as AntiVandal. Thank you for your consideration in advance! Legendbird (talk) 19:35, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
This editor only has 148 non-automated mainspace edits, --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 14:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
@Legendbird I don't see any reason not to grant you rollback, but I'm concerned about your really sporadic activity levels. Do you intend to regularly edit Wikipedia in the foreseeable future? Toadspike[Talk] 21:18, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Yes. I'm only currently off for a while because of Easter break (ope, didn't update my Wikibreak switch), but after that, full force! Thanks for your understanding! Legendbird (talk) 14:39, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Done for a 3-month trial period. Toadspike[Talk] 15:12, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Rollback permissions would be incredibly useful for what i do, which is mostly patrolling recent changes. I have a history of making good edits and while redwarn rollback is useful, actual rollback rights would be much more useful since i could actually use proper tools. Kadermonkey (She/Her) (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
@Kadermonkey I've deleted the revision you reverted at Darin Burns as a serious BLP violation (WP:RD2). Next time you see something like that, you can ask an admin for revdel. You should also familiarize yourself with the other revdel criteria as you get more involved with recent changes patrolling. Toadspike[Talk] 00:00, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Done for a 3 month trial period. Toadspike[Talk] 00:03, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
I would like rollbacker rights to revert vandalism. I have several months of reverting vandalism, and I almost always notify users when reverting their edits. I'm a pending changes reviewer, so I also have some experience reviewing an edit and checking to see if it should be reverted or not. Thanks! BlueStaticHorse (talk)(they/them) 18:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
@BlueStaticHorse This edit [10] is not necessarily vandalism. It looks like it changed old spelling or transliteration variants to modern ones. While in contravention of WP:KYIV and related guidance, this was likely done in good faith. Toadspike[Talk] 00:33, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Done for a 3-month trial period. Toadspike[Talk] 00:35, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
I am requesting rollback because I would like to use tools like WikiShield and try other anti-vandalism tools. I understand that I don't yet have a month of experience but I am hoping that my contributions speak for themselves. Thank you for considering. AllegedlyAPhotographer (talk) 13:19, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Done for a 3-month trial period. Toadspike[Talk] 01:08, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
I have recently returned to Wikipedia after not editing for a while and have been patrolling recent changes as well as pending changes. I have been consistently using Twinkle and have given warnings to notify users of potential problematic editing. Therefore I feel rollbacking would allow me to better combat vandalism. Thank you! Oshawott 12 ==()== Talk to me! 09:37, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
(Non-administrator comment) This user has not done 1 month of recent changes patrolling. It was about 2 weeks total (the earliest I see is from march 27). Dafootballguy (talk) Dafootballguy (talk) 01:48, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Hi, I am Elison Pokhrel and I am writing this to request rollback rights. I have been an active editor on Wikipedia for 11 months and have contributed more than 3,000 times to improve articles. I regularly patrol new pages, review recent changes, and revert vandalism when needed. I understand the responsibilities of rollback access and will use it responsibly according to Wikipedia’s policies.
I work on combating vandalism via WikiMonitor, but sometimes a user has multiple edits on a page, and I need to revert them all at once. I believe the rollback permission would help me. Regards-- Gerges(Talk) 16:44, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
Automated comment This user has 117 edits in the mainspace. — MusikBottalk 18:20, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
Not done. @Gerges, I'd like to see you gain more experience first. I notice that this recent reversion, while correct, did not use an edit summary explaining the reversion, nor did you warn the user who made the edit. Please remember to always warn after reverting. Toadspike[Talk] 15:07, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
The user is trustworthy and compliant, so I'd like to suggest granting them the permission to give them more tools and make the experience more engaging. Thank you. Henrydat (talk) 08:08, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Not done. If this user would like to be granted rollback, they should request it themselves. The rationale you have provided here ("make the experience more engaging") is not convincing, as it has nothing to do with the purpose of the rollback tool. Toadspike[Talk] 15:10, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
What I mean is they'll love the editing because it'll be more convenient. I saw they were using Twinkle. Henrydat (talk) 16:52, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
I have experience with undoing, so perhaps I should ask for it myself. I use RedWarn to get a summary of reverting, the rollback tool will help me undo faster in clear cases (vandalism). Henrydat (talk) 18:55, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
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