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editI saw you reverted a vandalism edit on Sara Ramirez. For future reference, {{uw-pronouns1} } (the space between two brackets was to avoid the triggering of the template) is a template for such cases. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 19:42, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hi! I was already trying to figure it out as 'vandalism' really wasn't the greatest fit. Thanks for letting me know! GiraffenCode (💬|📝) 19:53, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Otis Ferry
editWhilst reverts without an edit summary are not ideal, it is worth always checking the reason for the edit before blindly using automated tools to revert – even when it was an IP making the edit. If you don't, you end up reverting vandalism removal and leaving, for 2 days, the assertion that someone is a "public defecator" in the lede of a WP:BLP – as happened here. Please slow down and double-check in future. Thanks. 2A00:23C5:50E8:EE01:814D:E31F:1F21:33C7 (talk) 21:39, 21 March 2025 (UTC)
- Checking back on the edit, you're absolutely right, I definitely made a mistake there. From my position, it looked like the classic removal of, what seemed like, proper content because the spelling and grammar has not had been suspiciously off and references have had been present. I must have also noticed the change of the "occupation" though my language skills took all the way until now to realize its meaning. I wrongfully skipped over that.
- I apologize for the, what pretty much was, accidental addition of vandalism from my side. I will definitely, starting now, take my time and reevaluate edits on whether they actually constitute vandalism before undoing them, especially when the revert reintroduces content and even more on BLPs. Thank you very much for letting me know. GiraffenCode (💬|📝) 16:17, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
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Hi GiraffenCode. After reviewing your request, I have temporarily enabled rollback on your account until 2025-11-19. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:
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I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, and feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate use of rollback. If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin) and Wikipedia:Rollback. Good luck and thanks! Salvio giuliano 10:29, 19 August 2025 (UTC)