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Regarding User:~2026-39761-35

I have reason to believe that they are same user as User:~2026-46057-28 who made several unsourced edits regarding Juggalo Championship Wrestling wrestlers being "signed" to the promotion despite it being explicitly said multiple times that JCW does not sign wrestlers. I think considering their persistent unsourced edits that they should be given the indefinite block. Unknownuser45266 (talk) 05:15, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 05:28, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for helping. Also, may want to look at Arik Cannon's article. There were some derogatory edits (which had to be removed by me and a few other users) one of the IP editors. They made some troll edits regarding his controversy with AJ Styles' son Avery along with making derogatory edits including him being a "backyard wrestler" when there wasn't exactly any proof that he was. Unknownuser45266 (talk) 06:20, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Update: Found who was making the troll edits on Cannon's article. It's User:~2026-44149-87 and a possible sock account (User:~2026-37841-88) Unknownuser45266 (talk) 06:23, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Update regarding User:~2026-46057-28/~2026-39761-35: I have found another potential sock. (User:~2026-46078-25) Unknownuser45266 (talk) 06:25, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you and some kittens!

Hi, @PhilKnight!

I am giving you another barnstar and some kittens! 😊

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I'm impressed that you have continued to block vandalism only accounts! Highly appreciated! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 05:38, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Zahrazamedahmedi has given you some kittens! Kittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Kittens must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companions forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else some kittens, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Spread the goodness of kittens by adding {{subst:Kittens}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message.

Happy editing and have a good morning as a Administrator, CheckUser and an Oversighter! 😊 Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 05:38, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Create protection question

Hi! I would like to accept Draft:Will Hyde at AFC but it looks like the target page has been create-protected since 2008 bc of recreated attack pages. The AFCH script suggested I reach out to you or post at WP:RFUP. Would you mind taking a look and seeing if it can be unprotected? Thank you, Zzz plant (talk) 03:29, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi Zzz plant, I have unprotected the page. PhilKnight (talk) 04:46, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Bo Bo Ship

Hello, see here. Regards Serols (talk) 14:32, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I have reverted and revoked talk page access. PhilKnight (talk) 14:37, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Can you please also help revoke TPA from all of the other accounts listed in this report to prevent any more similar flooding ccomments such as Special:Diff/1371634574? Thanks. ~SG5536B 15:00, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 15:13, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

User talk:Bovus Fence

Phil--thanks for checking and blocking, but please also deny TPA and email. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:39, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

• I see he's using accounts you blocked earlier. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 15:45, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for revoking talk page access and email on those accounts. I'll be sure to do that from now on. PhilKnight (talk) 21:32, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Good Afternoon, @PhilKnight!

Congratulations, you received another barnstar! In addition, a goldfish for you! 😊

		The Working Administrator's Barnstar
		Today, I looked in Special:BlockList and I have seen you have blocked more sockpuppets, congratulations! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 16:31, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Zahrazamedahmedi has given you a goldfish! Goldfish promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day much better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a goldfish, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. For blocking multiple temporary accounts used for unconstructive editing! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 16:31, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Give someone a goldfish by adding {{subst:Goldfish}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Happy editing! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 16:31, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

A WikiDollar for you!

Good morning, @PhilKnight!

Congratulations, you received a WikiDollar! In addition, some balloons!

		WikiDollar
		Again, I took a quick look in Special:BlockList and I see that you have did such a great job here! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 04:33, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) has given you balloons! Balloons are meant to uplift the morale of people with an illness, and has hopefully made your day a little better. Spread good health by giving someone else who is a bit ill a balloon.

Spread the good health by adding {{subst:Balloons}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Happy editing and have a good morning as an Administrator, CheckUser and an Oversighter! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 04:33, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Good afternoon, @PhilKnight! 😊

Congratulations, you received another barnstar! Keep up the good work!

		The Excellent Userpage Barnstar
		Your userpage is really cool! I think it's special! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 14:41, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

Happy editing! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 14:41, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

1RR restriction

Hi PhilKnight,

I'm writing to ask whether you would consider lifting the 1RR restriction you imposed when you unblocked me on 8 January 2026.

It has now been almost nine months since the restriction was imposed, and I have continued editing without any further block or apparent issues. I believe my editing since then demonstrates that I have taken the concerns that led to the original block seriously and have changed my approach.

I understand and accept why the restriction was imposed at the time, but I would be grateful if you could review whether it is still necessary.

Thank you for considering it.

Rockycape Rockycape (t • c •g) 11:16, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Rockycape, you haven't edited that much since your restriction was imposed, but I agree you haven't got into difficulties. @Star Mississippi: - what do you think? PhilKnight (talk) 11:25, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

My on wiki time has been extremely limited of late and I do not have the time to look into their edits unfortunately @PhilKnight. I fully support any action you or another admin takes. @Rockycape thank you for your willingness to listen to feedback and improve as an editor based on your comments here and ours in the unblock earlier this year. Star Mississippi 16:12, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

In which case, I lift the 1RR restriction. I will post on User talk:Rockycape so there is something in the history for admins to find. PhilKnight (talk) 16:36, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Rockycape (t • c •g) 19:42, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the unblock and for taking the time to review my request. I have read the conflict of interest guideline properly now and will keep to what I said, staying away from articles connected to my business. Divine A (talk) 16:44, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Shamsul Haque (Mymensingh politician)

This article contains incorrect information. Md. Shamsul Huda won the Gafargaon constituency in Mymensingh in 1970. Md. Shamsul Haque won the Muktagacha constituency in 1973. Md. Shamsul Huda and Md. Shamsul Haque are two different individual person. Md. Shamsul Haque an organizer and freedom fighter in 1971 and he was a member of parliament in 1973 and he was an advocate and he was a professor and he was a politician and he was a homeopathic doctor and he was a social activists and he was born in 1 January 1937 and he was died in 6 July 2004 and he was also joined 1966 six point movement and 1969 and 1990 revolution. This article was preserved in Bengali and English Wikipedia for a long time. I may not be able to add everything about my personal life as evidence. Because even though all this information is in the documents, it is not available on the internet. I think that the Wikipedia article is evidence. In cases where this information is there for many years and no one changes it, this belief is greater than evidence. And that he fought the liberation war in 1971. He was an MP in 1973. He was a politician. He was an advocate. The evidence of these is online. You are making one mistake. You are creating confusion by mixing Md. Shamsul Haque with Md. Shamsul Huda, who won the current Mymensingh-10 constituency, that is Gafargaon constituency, in the 1970 Pakistan Constituent Assembly elections. Md. Shamsul Haque was elected from the then Mymensingh-10 constituency, that is Muktagacha constituency, in the 1973 elections. Please check and correct your incorrect information immediately and correct this article with the correct information I gave in the previous article on Bangla Wikipedia and English Wikipedia. Otherwise, the wrong message will reach people. So, please do this quickly. I hope you understand what I mean. ~2026-48185-55 (talk) 17:56, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

You need to cite sources for your information. PhilKnight (talk) 18:12, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi PhilKnight, Please consider semi-protecting Shamsul Haque (Mymensingh politician), as the TA continues to disrupt the page and shows no sign of stopping. Worldbruce has also requested protection due to the same issue. AriuCH (talk) 19:37, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the article for two weeks. PhilKnight (talk) 19:49, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

PhilKnight, Thank you. AriuCH (talk) 19:50, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%83_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95_(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6) ~2026-48185-55 (talk) 13:02, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Reporting FranéRogoz

Could you please review the edits of @FranéRogoz ? He didn't provide any reliable sources in Albanian revolt of 1911 and he changed the result without sources. I am concerned that some of the content appears to have been generated and assisted with AI,and that some of edits do not provide any reliable sources or citations.Could you please check the relevant edits and,if the concerns are confirmed, issue an appropriate warning or take whatever action is necessary under Wikipedia's policies ? K1ngP3kka (talk) 13:36, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

The block message I got

This image shows the block message I got from Wikipedia

RedBanditPH (talk) 02:04, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. That block does not affect logged in users, so as long as you are logged in, you should be okay. PhilKnight (talk) 09:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

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Reporting SleepyRedHair

undid edits done to suicide squad page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suicide_Squad&diff=1375011039&oldid=1374953751 ~2026-49805-98 (talk) 14:59, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

SleepyRedHair reverted you with an edit summary. I don't see a problem. You need a reliable source for your edit. PhilKnight (talk) 15:04, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Congratulations, @PhilKnight!

You just received another barnstar! ⭐

		The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar
		You thought of an extraordinary idea to catch sockpuppets! Great Job, PhilKnight! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 08:50, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Happy editing! 😊 Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 08:50, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

IP range block and edit war

Hi PhilKnight. I wonder if I could get your opinion on what appears to be an emerging edit war on the article The Doe Network, and an IP editor who claims to have edited under an account name that I don't think exists, and is currently under a range block that you issued.

The editor HBelusky changed the organization's official URL from www.doenetwork.org to www.thedoenetwork.org. That was reverted by Fathoms Below but restored by HBelusky almost immediately. The account DoeNetwork then reverted it partly before being blocked by Mfield for WP:ORGNAME; a couple of TAs from the same IP then finished the reverts. Another TA (~2026-50120-93) under the IP rangeblock you issued for 148.170.96.0/19 commented on the activity in the article. They claim to be the organization's executive director, and were blocked when editing as the account "LAMatthews" (which doesn't exist).

There's not much information on what is going on with this organization other than this Reddit thread (not WP:RS, but that's all I got). It looks like there is an internal fracture within the organization after the death of the original executive director. On one side is his widow, the new executive director with a pending trademark. On the other side, there is a breakaway faction of former volunteers and managers, who cloned the original website under a new domain name.

I'm still a fairly newly-minted admin, and I've never waded into a dispute where two factions are wrestling for control of an article. I've already left messages with both parties, but should more be done? I am not sure if enough has happened to consider semi-protection for the article. What do you think? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:08, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Drm310, sorry for not responding earlier. I think you have handled this well. I am inclined to the view that those editors wanting to change the title and url (adding a "the") should provide a reliable source backing this change. The edit war seems to have stopped for now, so I don't think we need to semi-protect just yet. PhilKnight (talk) 15:02, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

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BhikhariInformer‬ 📮 ^{(Ping me or else I won't see it)} 11:35, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

@PhilKnight Hi! It appears that sockmaster Halud Foressa is back again from ~2026-48881-46....same pattern of edits like their previous blocked accounts and TAs. BhikhariInformer‬ 📮 ^{(Ping me or else I won't see it)} 05:45, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Block evasion

It appears that HadleyBeautyQueen was created after the block you made in connection with SPI/DevilBlack69. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:14, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 01:51, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Request for more checkuser

Can you checkuser again or/and send first checkuser to double check the case. Someone just making chaos bigger. Thanks Governmentshutdown2026 (talk) 07:08, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

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User:Cheeka 09

Thanks for your message. I don't think they should be unblocked, and will explain the reasons on their Talk page. Deb (talk) 06:12, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Deb. I have declined their unblock request. PhilKnight (talk) 11:31, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:31, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks

That was quick! :) DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:38, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

You're amazing!

Thank you for your dedication to keeping Wikipedia a reliable encyclopedia!! Your hard work is definitely nothing to sneeze at, you're an inspiration! <3 TobyKohlhagen (talk) 13:35, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! PhilKnight (talk) 13:48, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

WP:SPI

Hi PhilKnight, you know this case: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oalmasri09. If you have time, please take a look. Thank you. AriuCH (talk) 02:54, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

CS1 error on Nana Patekar

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Re: Protection of the page Deaths in August 2026

Hi. Thank you for what you have done regarding the persistent IP editor trying to add a non-notable Wikipedian in that month's list. Sadly, the talk page is open to anyone, and the IP range has been listing pointless requests for the same Wikipedian to be added, which I have been reverting on the basis of your rationale. Take a look at the revision history if you will. I will soon be at 3RR so I cannot proceed much further on this. Has an IP range block on the editor been considered? Thank you. Ref ^(chew)(do) 07:25, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi Refsworldlee, thanks for your efforts. I have now range blocked the IP. Thanks again. PhilKnight (talk) 09:58, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

FYI: although the person then appeared to create an account (紅白歌合戦 ちいかわ 出演) and requested the entry be added yet again on the talk page, this was reverted by another kind editor and the account blocked by another admin. Thanks. Ref ^(chew)(do) 21:10, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for helping out at my talkpage and subsequently unblocking me, PhilKnight! Your help is much appreciated and you're an awesome admin. GrinningIodize (you just lost the game) (talk) 12:25, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 12:39, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

Happy to help! GrinningIodize (you just lost the game) (talk) 12:51, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

Oops

This gave me a chuckle. Almost did the same an hour before you. Nice to see I'm not the only one. :P Paradoctor (talk) 18:50, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

WP:TRYUNPROT

I noticed that you indefinitely protected Four (One Direction album) over a decade ago, and I think that it would be okay for it to be unprotected at this point given that it wasn't protected prior to the indefinite protection. dualcerbtalk 17:51, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 10:49, 17 October 2026 (UTC)

Boo!

Happy Halloween!

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Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 23:13, 17 October 2026 (UTC)

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Question about a block

Hi, I wanted to ask about your block of Workingtomato. The edits look pretty typical of a new editor trying things out and I was wondering what the offending edit was for indef without warning, to see if I missed anything or if there are any edits that don't show up on the contributions page. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:53, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi Thebiguglyalien, I'll unblock. They were making rapid edits as I went to warn them, so I blocked. Could have been a bit bitey. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 01:23, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good! Just thought I'd check in. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 02:28, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Neanderthal

A few days ago you did a revert on a problem editor on the Neanderthal page; thanks for looking after things. At present, User:Dunkleosteus77 and myself have been doing pre-FAC edits to the article for get it ready for co-nomination and promotion at FAC from its current GA-status. I've listed it for Peer review at present for improvements, and was in the process of bringing in useful edits by agreement with User:Chidgk1. However, another user Mausfield has started reverting. Normally, Dunkleosteus would support in this situation however he's been busy the last week in RL. Mausfield has taken the position that he is a grad student with little time for following MOS, while another editor Noleander has called his wall-of-text edits on the Peer review page as being "incomprehensible". Could you look at this; Mausfield appears to wish to follow his own rules and not follow MOS. Can the peer review edits made by agreement with Chidgk1 be restored to the point of my last edit on that page? ErnestKrause (talk) 11:28, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

I think you need an editor knowledgeable on the topic, not an admin. PhilKnight (talk) 12:25, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back on this. Both myself and Dunkleosteus are concerned with the edit misconduct issues by Mausfield. He appears to wish to use Talk pages and Peer reviews for publishing long wall-of-text forum discussions against Wikipedia policy; he has been told that Talk pages are not for long forum discussions and he has stated that he does not care. He is currently tag-bombing and edit warring to force his edits into the main space of the article, and again states that he does not care and will not restore the edits he is sequentially reverting here , and here , and here . Neither myself nor Dunkleosteus can get involved in edit warring of any kind since we are both opposed to edit warring on Wikipedia. Otherwise, I'm imagining that the Peer review for the article upgrades can be closed, and the pre-FAC upgrades might need to be dropped at this time unless the edit misconduct issues with User:Mausfield can be returned to normal. A restore of his sequential reverts might send the right type of message to User:Mausfield for him to stop edit warring; could you assist in trying to control these edit misconduct issue with User:Mausfield? ErnestKrause (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

IP User vandal has returned

An unregistered IP user ~2026-57133-71 is making ridiculous edits to Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast and a few other pages that include random references to Disney and Universal properties. The behavior is nearly identical to IP users whom you have blocked in the past.—JlACEer (talk) 18:11, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Nice spot. The IP originates from a school, probably shared Internet. Recommend a range block. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk / Uploads} 18:34, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2026

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

Administrator changes

• A412
• Bridget
• Bsherr
• Dreamyshade
• Ethmostigmus
• Iseult
• R Prazeres
• Tenshi Hinanawi
• TonySt
• Vermont

• Dennis Brown
• Queen of Hearts

• Ckatz
• SQL

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, election to ArbCom now requires at least 60% support. Successful candidates normally serve two-year terms, with one-year terms retained for filling vacancies. Proposals to change the election rules may now be added throughout the year and discussed on the talk page; formal discussion remains in September.
• Following an RfC, first-time reviewers’ reviews require an experienced reviewer’s check, and GA requirements now include alt text and accessible tables. Featured articles may receive GA status during removal discussions if they meet GA criteria. Backlog drives will run every five months, with a points leaderboard and awards for the top five participants.

Miscellaneous

• Self-nominations for the Arbitration Committee are open until 11 November 2026.
• Ongoing backlog drives: Copy editing, Unreference articles

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