User:Xymmax
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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. If you need access to a Wikipedia article that has been deleted, ask me. If it's not a copyright violation, libel, or personal information, and has not been deleted as a suspected biographies of living persons violation, I will userfy the article for you. Note that using the text to recreate any deleted article may automatically qualify them for speedy deletion, and copies of previously deleted content that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion because Wikipedia is not a free web host. We have a list of alternative sites which may be used to host your content. I maintain a sock account AVPW primarily for use on public networks. In the event of a compromised account, I specifically request any administrator to honor a request from AVPW to block this account, and absolve you in advance of any repercussions. To do list:
Add'l links
AB = Administrative Backlogs[edit]Administrative backlog[edit]AIV= Administrator intervention against vandalism Administrator intervention against vandalism
Reports[edit]
User-reported[edit]
CSD= Candidates for speedy deletion ; PROD= Proposed deletions
The following articles have been proposed for deletion for around 7 days: Deletion backlog {{CSD backlogs}} 7 backlognav + 2 + 5 single cat
Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons – No backlog currently Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons – 71 items Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old – 19 items Requested RD1 redactions – 6 items Expired proposed deletions of unsourced BLPs – No backlog currently UAA= Usernames for administrator attention ; RFPP= Requests for page protection Usernames for administrator attention
User-reported[edit]
Requests for page protection
Current requests for increase in protection level[edit]Request addition of protection to a page, or increasing the current protection level
Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Constant disruptive edits, maybe not indefinite protection, but certainly for a considerable while. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 20:25, 5 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: Currently high interest profile that has experienced vandalism on its page. I expect the vandalism will dissappear once interest has dwinled down public media. Vandalism comes from new users/ips. ~2025-31538-32 (talk) 21:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: Addition of unsourced content and high level of vandalism by anonymous users. ~2025-31570-13 (talk) 21:43, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Evidently just made a call during a game that has upset the French. LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 22:02, 5 November 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Edit warring / content dispute. SuperCode111 (talk) 23:34, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:ARBPIA. Isi96 (talk) 01:12, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. FMSky (talk) 01:23, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – WP:LTA/DTHD again. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:42, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Disruption from WP:LTA/DTHD. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Disruption from WP:LTA/DTHD. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: check the page revision history. 2 accounts have vandalized this page, with 6 vandalism edits total CyborgsWM (talk) 01:47, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: Persistent disruptive editing. Media Mender (talk) 03:04, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. HwyNerd Mike (t | c) 03:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Repeated restorations of blatant WP:BLPCRIME violations, naming minor suspects from local crime blotters alongside convicted attempted shooters and bombers. Pbritti (talk) 04:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Contentious topic and series of additions and reverts by accounts with very few edits. CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 04:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Contentious topic and series of additions and reverts by accounts with very few edits. CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 04:54, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: Contentious topic and series of additions and reverts by accounts with very few edits. CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 04:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing ~2025-31645-75 (talk) 04:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Current requests for reduction in protection level[edit]Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level
Before posting a request for unprotection, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below only if you receive no response from them. To find out which administrator protected the page, go to the page's edit history and click on the "View logs for this page" link (located underneath the page's title). The protecting administrator is listed in the protection log entry, next to the words DO NOT request a reduction in protection if...
You may request a protection reduction below if...
If you cannot locate your request, make sure to check the request archives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here. Unprotection: Name changes and retirement happened long ago, not really notable player anymore. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 06:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC) Reason: No IP requests in 3 years except one in 2025. ~2025-31436-36 (talk) 14:49, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Now that anonymous contributions are under temporary accounts, it will be easier to manage the Sockpuppets, while also facilitating the improvement of the article by a larger number of users. With this change, it's worth to remove protection. Personally, I have nothing to change in this article, not even spelling mistakes, but I don't see any. ~2025-31490-51 (talk) 20:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page[edit]Request a specific edit be made to a protected page
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Original : Zionism[a] is an ethnocultural nationalist[b] movement that emerged in late 19th-century Europe, seeking to establish and support a Jewish homeland through the colonization of Palestine.[2] This region corresponds to the Land of Israel in Judaism and is central to Jewish history.[3] Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible.[4] Change to: Zionism is a modern political and nationalist movement that arose in late 19th-century Europe among Jewish communities seeking to re-establish a homeland in their historic territory, the Land of Israel (then known as Palestine). It developed partly in reaction to growing antisemitism and within the wider context of European nationalist movements. Early figures such as Theodor Herzl promoted the creation of a sovereign Jewish state as both a safe haven for Jews and a means of restoring Jewish self-determination. After the founding of Israel in 1948, Zionism expanded into a range of political, cultural, and religious strands focused on maintaining the security, identity, and continuity of the Jewish people in Israel and across the world. Jerry Bower (talk) 16:02, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
remove "colonization of palestine" remove "with as much land, as many jews and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible" ~2025-31189-23 (talk) 18:56, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Change: seeking to establish and support a Jewish homeland through the colonization of Palestine. This region corresponds to the Land of Israel in Judaism and is central to Jewish history. Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible. To: seeking to re-establish and support the indigenous Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine. This region corresponds to the Land of Israel, in Judaism and is central to deep historical, national and religious importance for Jewish identity, history and religion. ~2025-31623-53 (talk) 04:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Change mass graves were found containing corpses with their hands tied,[155] including women and the elderly.[155] to mass graves were found containing corpses with their hands allegedly tied,[155] and allegedly including women and the elderly.[155] as per the source referenced: "among the deceased were allegedly...", which is very different; there is no source that these details were ever confirmed. I cannot edit the talk page either; maybe first place this edit request there if that is the procedure. ~2025-31297-29 (talk) 04:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Change They have killed Palestinians waving white flags.[154] to They have killed civilians waving white flags. [154] perhaps adding one Palestinian, and one Israeli.[154] as per the source which states "shot civilians waving white flags". This is correct too - the source's footnote references two instances, one an Israeli, and one a Palestinian (who btw was not the one waving the flag as per the source's source). ~2025-31297-29 (talk) 04:36, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Remove Since 7 October 2023, the IDF has been accused of extrajudicial killing of unarmed Palestinian detainees[151][152] since neither source referenced says this. The first, 151, does not mention any killing, and the second, 152, does not say anywhere that they were detainees - in fact it describes a chase, in which neither were at any point first detained. ~2025-31297-29 (talk) 04:57, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Handled requests[edit]Protected edit requests
RFA= Requests for adminship
RFP= Requests for permissions
Autopatrolled[edit]
Permission was revoked at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=169754554 . The permission was revoked four months ago before I recently returned after 14 years of absence from the project, please reinstate. Sswonk (talk) 15:03, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
top-shelf reviews; even stubs should strive for high quality, especially references within them, to help other editors find further material, to set a tone of sincerity and professionalism. Thank you again TechnoSquirrel69. Sswonk (talk) 14:17, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I am requesting Autopatrolled rights in order to reduce the backlog of articles awaiting review. I primarily create new articles on politics and law with a focus on biographies of notable individuals. I ensure that the content I add are verifiable and the articles comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. My previous request was declined in March 2025. Since then, I have strived to improve the quality of my contributions and have made substantial improvements to several existing ones, upgrading them to B-grade, e.g., [2], [3] and [4]. Regards. QEnigma 论 03:46, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
Hello! I formally request the autopatrolled user right. I'm a regular user of Wikipedia, both in English and Spanish, and I consider that, after so many years and hundreds of articles created on both wikis, i am in the position to say that I know the rules and styles. I've never cared much about user rights, but now that I've started a personal project (ambassadors of Spain and all its lists) to expand diplomatic information about my country, Spain, I'd like to avoid the workload that comes with reviewing articles that comply with our rules. Thank you. TheRichic
Hello! I formally request the Autopatrolled user right. I'm a regular user of Wikipedia, both in Turkish and English. I have contributed to the Turkish Wikipedia, particularly on the Tao-Klarjeti region. I have also started to transfer these contributions to the English Wikipedia. I think it would be good to reduce the workload involved in reviewing the items I have written. Thank you. --ႧႤႧႰႨ ႾႠႰႨ (talk) 15:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
I have been editing Wikipedia since 2006, have created numerous new articles, edited countless others, and am very familiar with its policies. Λeternus (talk) 12:46, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
I've periodically patrolled Michelangelo1992's articles, and consistently found them to be in good shape. Focused on books as a topic area and very clear familiarity with WP:NBOOK. He's created 135 articles. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:56, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
Have been creating several new articles recently, and I understand the policies and guidelines behind articles. BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 20:45, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Confirmed[edit]
Reason for requesting confirmed rights I've been here for a long time. Antoniodemaddalena (talk) 12:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Hi! Just coming here because my account hasn’t been auto-confirmed yet even though, one - I have gotten over 10 edits (exactly 100 edits as of currently) well over enough to pass the first part of the confirmation and secondly - I created my account on November 1st, 2025 which means it had been 4 days since I created my account. rave (talk) 21:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Attempting to fix a page tagged as orphaned by adding links, including one on Amelia Earhart's page (semi-protected), Listing Captain Linda Pauwels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Pauwels) as an author who published eight previously unpublished poems by Earhart in her book of aviation themed haiku. PhillipFrye (talk) 00:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Page mover[edit]
Some helpful editors over at the Wiki Discord suggested I apply for this, as I am a new page reviewer and have to draftify articles on a near-daily basis. Page mover perms would be massively helpful so that I'm not leaving redirect pages, which others would then have to delete for me. I will be fully transparent and say that I have not participated regularly in WP:RM or WP:MR, mostly because I've never given them much thought -- I really only require page mover perms to help with the cleanup process as part of NPP. I understand involvement in those 2 areas isn't a prerequisite for receiving permissions, but I feel it's important to be up front! Thanks for your consideration. Aesurias (talk) 08:52, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
Would be useful for my work as an AFC reviewer, recently got in a small disagreement (See: here) where having page mover rights could have avoided the whole thing, I've been dragging my feet on applying for them on a while but decided to bite the bullet after it. Olliefant (she/her) 15:33, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Pending changes reviewer[edit]
I'd like reviewer rights so I can help with pending changes and speed up the review process. Inu06 (talk) 07:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
I have been reverting spam and vandalism on Special:RecentChanges, and I'd like pending changes reviewer to review pending edits as they show up there. Yerlo (talk) 14:53, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
I've been editing Wikipedia for about 7 months now, and made just under 500 edits. While sometimes I make mistakes, I learn from them and try to be as understanding as possible. I've merged one article, and recently split several. I think this permission would help me improve Wikipedia,and help take some pressure of other reviewers. Tactical Falcon (talk) 22:58, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
I already make a habit of keeping an eye on Special:PendingChanges when I'm spending time on Wikipedia, and it would be great to be able to accept edits that meet the requirements rather than just reverting those that don't, especially when the backlog fills up with acceptable edits waiting for a reviewer. If I could do with any constructive criticism, please let me know. Seercat3160 (talk) 10:09, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason for requesting pending changes reviewer rights I have been on here for six months now, and recently also joined the simple Wikipedia. Have had 2 declined rollback requests in July and August but have since then, I now officially fully understand the basics of Wikipedia and how to edit, only issue I have had with my editing lately was an accidental page blanking I did due to page-move vandalism and failed move-back about a month ago, but have 2000 additional edits since then (4,100 total). I recently came across one article I was editing (Seth Curry) where the issue of not being a PC-reviewer took full effect, so I am requesting to be a PC reviewer, especially as some "Likely Have Problems" pending edits I have seen in the recent changes have actually been good. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 04:20, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
I have made over 500 edits and currently hold the extended confirmed user status. I would like to help reduce the backlog by reviewing pending changes. Thank you. BrownCanary61 (talk) 20:07, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
I have patrolled hundreds of edits for vandalism via recent changes, I am well-versed in what is vandalism and what isn't (among other reasons to deny a pending change). And would like to help with pending changes reviewing. CocaPopsRather 19:09, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
wikignome ready to do a little bit more Jaufrec (talk) 02:04, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
I'd like pending changes reviewer rights so I can do something else other than just recent changes patrolling. I have over 3,000 edits as of this comment, and while I have only been in the community for 2 months, I'm more than familiar with the relevant policies. Cheers! monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 16:19, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
I have been editing on Wikipedia for quite a while now. I have nearly a 1000 edits on the English Wikipedia and 1500+ sitewide edits. I think recieving this right will help me improve Wikipedia since many articles that i regularly edit are protected. Shubhsamant09 (talk) 23:12, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
I would like to become a pending changes reviewer to help make the process of reviewing pending changes as quick as possible. I believe I meet the requirements for the permission as I have been editing on Wikipedia since 2023,
I occasionally see pending changes when looking at Recent changes for vandalism and it would be nice to be able to review them. Kspiers (talk) 02:42, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Rollback[edit]
I spend a lot of time on recent changes, mostly using Twinkle because I find it's a much more efficient way of warning disruptive editors or vandals. With the filters I use I mostly encounter disruptive changes, unsourced BLP vios, and the like, but rollback would be helpful for the most obvious vandals. I always send editors I revert a warning, though I sometimes prefer integrated warning/welcome templates like {{welcome-unregistered-test}}. Though I occasionally make mistakes, I learn from them and tend not to repeat them, and I would only use rollback for the clear-cut cases. lp0 on fire () 21:11, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
I plan to use rollback rights to be able to quickly revert vandalism. I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 23:15, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
I believe that this tool will allow me to find and revert vandalism quicker. Assadzadeh (talk) 14:20, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
Had requested a while back, but was told I needed some more experience. I believe since then I have obtained a better understanding of Wikipedia's guidelines, and this permission would be useful for me as I could use tools such as antivandal etc. I am aware of all guidelines and always warn users with reverts. I am also a pending changes reviewer and temporary account viewer and my edit history hopefully shows how I have put them to good use. Pr0m37h3u$ 15:34, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
I have been active in AV'ing for around 2 months now. I've gained experience about guidelines, know what is and what isn't vandalism, when to revert, and when not to. I am requesting Rollback to use other tools like Huggle to make RC patrolling easier. Thanks for considering.
I have been reverting vandalism edits and monitoring recent changes via redwarn patrol for quite a while now. I have a track record of notifying editors when i revert their edits. Rollback rights would help me to do counter-vandalism tasks more efficiently. Scoria (talk) 03:08, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
I've been getting back into gnoming, and doing some recent changes patrol. I wanted to try out SWViewer, so I would like to have rollback, at least temporarily, to try the tool. I'm already an AFC reviewer, NPR and have PCR and TAIV. I already use rollback with Twinkle, so it's nothing new to me, and I have read the policies. IAmChaos 02:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
I do A LOT of AV work and would like the right for reverting Vandalism. Tankishguy 20:49, 5 November 2025 (UTC) There are no outstanding requests for template editor. Footer[edit]Policies and links
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