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Filter proposal: Disallow temporary accounts from editing IP user and user talk pages

Since temporary accounts have been rolled out since September, I believe IP user and user talk pages will no longer be very meaningful to use in the future (except for historical archival purposes).
I queried and found following 5 edits. All of them got reverted.

• 29556503 made by ~2025-30888-19 to User talk:47.155.194.159
• 29556498 made by ~2025-30888-19 to User talk:47.155.194.159
• 29556495 made by ~2025-30888-19 to User talk:47.155.194.159
• 29493750 made by ~2025-29781-87 to User talk:68.3.67.81
• 29295259 made by ~2025-65262-5 to User talk:112.157.104.102

I'm proposing a filter to prevent temporary accounts from editing IP user and user talk pages.

// Based on [[:w:vi:Special:AbuseFilter/126]]
user_type == "temp"
& (page_namespace == 2 | page_namespace == 3)
&
(
  page_title rlike '^(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}$' /* IPv4 */
  | page_title rlike '^([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}$' /* IPv6 */
)

We can also limit it to autoconfirmed only if needed. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 11:26, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

User talk:IPADDRESS pages may still be used for things like discussing IP blocks, so I'm not sure about this one. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

I would at least support temporary accounts not being allowed to edit IP userpages at the very least. //shb (t • c) 12:52, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

There's no need for them to edit user pages as IPs shouldn't even have userpages so that part of it is definitely fine. With these IP user talk pages, considering how quickly the vandalism was spotted, I'd rather these IP talk pages that no-one looks at be vandalism than say, RfH. I take quite a conservative approach to page protection based on my homewiki though, so that is just my take. --Ferien (talk) 13:20, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

A tangential problem: Should temporary accounts have user (sub)pages? There are currently 8 such pages. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 13:49, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

I mean, I guess - they can draft things in user space just like anyone else. But nonsense can be deleted just like always. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:13, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

I am noting here that English Wiktionary has a similar filter, Special:AbuseFilter/192. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 17:01, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins-data.json

Good day all. With the amount of local userright changes (LA, WMF-related, Omb, U4C). I'd like to seek the community's opinion on whether we should automate this process. DreamRimmer is willing to take up the task but the obstacle is that DreamRimmer bot does not have sysop rights and can't edit the page, and giving the bot sysop rights to edit a single page seems to be an overstretch. As suggested by DreamRimmer, I propose that we move the file to the bot's userspace and let it handle the updates automatically. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 11:01, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. The page is in JSON, so there's no security risk (not to mention the bot owner is already a sysop). @DreamRimmer: How will the bot differentiate limited and regular sysops? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 11:47, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

I have not thought about the functionality yet, but I will probably spend some time on it tomorrow. I am sure there are reliable ways to detect the differences, such as checking whether an RfA or RfLA page was created recently whenever there is a change in admin rights. – DreamRimmer ■ 12:01, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

As per our current config, we don't differentiate between limited and regular sysops, both are listed as (A). So both regular and limited admins can be categorized together under the same group in future. As for user rights with an expiry, the bot shall add in a note of the expiry and remove the username when the rights have expired. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 12:49, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

 Support See no problem here. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 10:54, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

This seems reasonable here. JSON pages are automatically fully protected so it shouldn't require additional protection, nor would it cause problems. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 17:03, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

See this en.wikibooks discussion for precedent. JJP_Master (she/they) 17:24, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Does this mean we'll modify the core module so it fetches the JSON via an HTTP request rather than importing it with require? From a technical standpoint, that sounds like a significant regression in server-side efficiency. Dragoniez (talk) 17:41, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

I've filed phab:T409617 as a possible workaround. Dragoniez (talk) 04:34, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

A page that is implicitly used by the community should not be placed in userspace if possible. DreamRimmer is trusted, so I'm fine with adding +sysop to the bot. Leaderboard (talk) 11:21, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps instead the bot can update a JSON list in their userspace, and the gadget in MediaWiki namespace can just source the names from the JSON page? This prevents even needing the +sysop or the move. EggRoll97 (talk) 02:09, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

This is how we do it on en.wikibooks. JJP_Master (she/they) 02:15, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Fay to day i jarls

Fay to day i jarls (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --NDG (talk) 12:29, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Count Count (talk) 12:54, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:栗山良太を守る会

栗山良太を守る会 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --MathXplore (talk) 12:31, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Count Count (talk) 12:52, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Bonbobonbo

Bonbobonbo (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long-term abuse. Wikinger XReport --NDG (talk) 13:33, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done TenWhile6 13:39, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:~2025-32832-08

~2025-32832-08 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Please nuke everything as non-translations. XReport --NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 16:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 16:59, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Nyimbo Nyimbo

Nyimbo Nyimbo (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Please nuke and revdel everything. XReport --NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 16:46, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done EggRoll97 (talk) 19:02, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:~2025-32872-13

~2025-32872-13 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long-term abuse XReport --NDG (talk) 17:09, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Locked. Ternera (talk) 18:07, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Johames89

Johames89 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long-term abuse XReport --NDG (talk) 17:40, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Locked. Ternera (talk) 18:07, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:(alatbantudengar)

(alatbantudengar) (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --NDG (talk) 19:13, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 21:13, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Krellran

Krellran (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --NDG (talk) 19:21, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Locked. Ternera (talk) 21:12, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Skibidi Paralastor

Skibidi Paralastor (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --NDG (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Locked. Ternera (talk) 21:12, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:~2025-32921-96

~2025-32921-96 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓪𝓷기나ㅏㄴ(T/C) 05:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Done by mtarch11. //shb (t • c) 05:34, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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Event organizer for SCP-2000

Global user: SCP-2000 (talk • contribs • User rights • global contributions • CentralAuth • block log)

Reason for request: I am the Director of the Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong (WMHKG), as well as the coordinator of the upcoming bi-annual edit-a-thon. We may use the event registration feature for the edit-a-thon / workshops in near future. Thanks.

Criteria met:

• No active blocks.
• Global edits: 46,679
• Additional Criteria: Director of WMHKG

SCP-2000 05:37, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Done --SHB2000 (talk) 05:39, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:SweepyMaids

SweepyMaids (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Spammer, see SUL XReport --NDG (talk) 11:59, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Done --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 13:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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Request deletion for Meta:Requests for limited adminship/Peterxy12

I created the page carelessly, so can you help me delete the page? Peterxy（talk） 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Done --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 13:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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