Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat

Shortcut:
WM:RFH
Meta-Wiki has a small active community. When a normal user requires the assistance of an administrator or bureaucrat for some particular task, it is not always easy to find one. This page helps users find one when they need one; asking specific admins directly via their talk pages is one way to elicit a fast response. It is only for assistance required at Meta-Wiki, help for other wikis needs to be requested at those wikis.

See also: Stewards' noticeboard, Access to nonpublic personal data policy noticeboard, Category:Meta-Wiki policies, Category:Global policies

Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]
General maintenance announcements:
(as of 22 October 2025)

Discussions:
(as of 22 October 2025)

None currently.

(Last updated: 2025-08-27)
Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

Please find answered requests in the archives (this month).

SpBot archives all sections tagged with {{Section resolved|1=~~~~}} after 1 day and sections whose most recent comment is older than 10 days.

Request for help bypassing spam filter on community support fund page

edit

Hello, I'm trying to create a new grant application under the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund, but my edit was blocked by the spam filter. I'm a good-faith contributor and not adding any external links or promotional material.

I am also a Wikimedia community leader actively involved in organizing and supporting projects in my region. Kindly assist in allowing me to publish my section or advise on how best to proceed. Thank you. TessiDon (talk) 12:40, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

@TessiDon: You are currently autoconfirmed so the spam filter should not affect your account. Looking at the filter(s) you triggered, this was back in June of this year. Codename Noreste (talk) 13:13, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. * Pppery * it has begun 01:12, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Event organizer for Ellieziera J

edit

Global user: Ellieziera J (talkcontribsUser rightsglobal contributionsCentralAuthblock log)

Reason for request: [I am from Wiki Kent Club and will organize event.]

Criteria met:

--Ellieziera J (talk) 08:48, 18 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Ellieziera J Hi, just to clarify, what event will you be organising exactly? //shb (tc) 09:31, 18 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Ellieziera J pinging again. //shb (tc) 05:53, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
I am from Kent Wikimedia Club. I am the assistant secretary for the club and will organise events along 2025 to 2026. We are not planning specific events yet but I'm the one who will create the event page that we will organise. Our planned event will appeared on this page soon. Ellieziera J (talk) 12:12, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  Granted. Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 16:38, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 17:52, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

MassMessage request for new global bot status request

edit

Hello, I've made a new global bot request (Steward_requests/Bot_status#Global_bot_status_for_User:SchlurcherBot). Could someone please help me publicized this request via MassMessage as required by the Bot policy. The distribution list is here: Bot policy/New global bot discussion. Thanks. --Schlurcher (talk) 05:52, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Schlurcher, what message would be used to announce global bot requests? Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 16:29, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Codename Noreste: If there is no standard text, then, previous announcements seem to use this type of text:
== Global bot approval request for SchlurcherBot ==

<div class="plainlinks mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">
{{int:hello}}! {{#ifeq:{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}|en||I apologize for sending this message in English. {{int:please-translate}}.}}

In accordance to [[:m:Bot policy#Global bots|the policy]], this message is to notify you that there is a new approval request for a global bot.

The discussion is available at [[:m:Steward_requests/Bot_status#Global_bot_status_for_User:SchlurcherBot|Steward_requests/Bot_status#Global_bot_status_for_User:SchlurcherBot]] on Meta-Wiki. All Wikimedia community members are invited to participate.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards, ~~~~
</div>
Hope this helps. --Schlurcher (talk) 18:03, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  Done. Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 22:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 22:11, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:Willamnaismith29384

edit

Willamnaismith29384 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Vandalism-only account. 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 07:34, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

  Done Also referred to SRG for a global lock. Jianhui67 talkcontribs 07:39, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Jianhui67 talkcontribs 07:39, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

User:Spiralgang

edit

Spiralgang, whose global account was created just a few hours ago, created the following 4 pages:

The first three aren't actually written in CSS. Edit summaries are nonsensical. The contents suggest that they were generated by some kind of AI. Please delete all of them as per NOTWEBHOST. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 18:14, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Deleted. * Pppery * it has begun 01:12, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. * Pppery * it has begun 01:12, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:LTA 404 vs Moonrise, I'm Moonrise

edit

LTA 404 vs Moonrise, I'm Moonrise (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Long-term Abuse. 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 19:43, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

  Done Ternera (talk) 19:44, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Ternera (talk) 19:45, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:Buddydml

edit

Buddydml (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Self-promotion. User page already deleted once earlier this year. XReport --NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 02:52, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

  DoneDreamRimmer 03:09, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – DreamRimmer 03:09, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Abuse of account creation – Mahmoudmrdom

edit

User:Mahmoudmrdom is abusing account creation:

Both accounts created by him. He is blocked elsewhere for vandalism. Requesting block. Saroj (talk) 03:13, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Have these accounts edited recently? Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 04:16, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
This is what I'm thinking. While the account names are almost the exact same, there's no editing activity from either account for behavioral evidence, and given lack of any edits whatsoever there's nothing CheckUser would be able to find either. His block is also on mediawikiwiki for activity on Phabricator, not on a wiki. I don't see any reason to block on Meta without misconduct on Meta. EggRoll97 (talk) 04:18, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
Just to clarify, I wasn’t saying Mahmoudmrdom is using multiple accounts; I meant that this user is actually creating new accounts themselves — you can see it in the user creation log. That’s why I reported it under “Abuse of account creation,” since they seem to be using the account creation tool to make accounts like MAHMUDMARDUM and محمودمردوم, not for editing but for creating other accounts. Saroj (talk) 04:26, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply