Bishonen

Missing it.

More than I thought I would. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:12, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Oh my goodness! You've preserved the goddess though, thanks. - Walter Ego 08:16, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, Roxy. Bishonen | tålk 08:21, 21 January 2026 (UTC).

(edit conflict) And you can't look at revdel'd stuff, right? I remember that was very annoying, the time I handed in my tools. Maybe what you really want is semi-desysopped status? Bishonen | tålk 08:21, 21 January 2026 (UTC).

What's that? You'll always be a Goddess to me. Blessed be. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:17, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

A goddess yes, but a giant flaming monstrous one! Paul August ☎ 14:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

The best kind, Paul! Bishonen | tålk 15:08, 21 January 2026 (UTC).

Yup! Paul August ☎ 15:00, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

A somewhat alarming comment on a friend's TP

See . Apparently, the Human Diversity Foundation is offering a bounty for information that could be used to dox a Wikimedia Commons editor. Not sure what, exactly, I'm asking you to do here, but I thought making an admin aware of this would be a good idea. And I know you have a bunch of fellow admins as stalkers here. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:01, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) alarming indeed. i put it in at ANI -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 16:21, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, peeps. Looks like it's been dealt with. Bishonen | tålk 19:55, 23 January 2026 (UTC).

That "foundation" sure has an Orwell-esque name. The Unz Review is neck-deep in that too. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:21, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

The Unz Review is definitely a neo-nazi rag, but it legit sounds like a sophomoric fanzine for house music edited by a 17-year-old. Unz tiss unz tiss unz tiss unz tiss. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:41, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Losing it

While reviewing your wonderful list of images, for a split-second I truly expected this entry to be a picture of this guy. Perhaps I should crawl back into your pocket for a wee nap. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 14:44, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Welcome in homey Bishzilla pocket, little JoJo Anthrax! Catflap open! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 20:11, 26 January 2026 (UTC).

Is it just me, or does he (Bat Boy, not JoJo) look a little like Rudy Giuliani? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Legend has it that Bat Boy is actually Giulliani's illegitimate child, and the secret heir to the throne of New York. Prophecy tells us that the great hero, Zohran Mamdani will do battle with him to determine the fate of Midtown. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:30, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Where can I buy tickets? Donald Albury 00:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Here. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:20, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

My eyes are burning. Donald Albury 00:50, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Three of my souls are, as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

What the what?!

Does this from an editor with one other edit need reverting? Kinda looks like gravedancing; kinda looks not here. Thanks. Best. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:48, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

(watching) I reverted the other comment. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Uh, you reverted what, Gerda? The edit DeepFried links to hasn't been reverted. I suggest you do it, Deep, and I'll ask them why they're posting anything on the page of a blocked user who last edited 9 months ago. Bishonen | tålk 20:07, 28 January 2026 (UTC).

I thought I was so clear: I reverted the other comment ("one other edit"). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

ps: you archive so fast, or I post too rarely, no January pic anymore ... - on vacation, so I missed going around yesterday when the main page was graced with a Bach cantata (300 years), Mozart (270 years, family pictured) and Verdi mentioned (125 years). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I reverted the comment. it's really WP:DEADHORSE. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 20:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

I have a suspicion it's a sock based on the edit to the talk page and to Talk:Christian conditionalism, but i don't think there's enough for an Investigation yet, and it could be entirely coincidental -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 20:57, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Marjorie Taylor Green

Thanks for the edit on that. I hadn'noticed what I'd done to the "See also" Spinney Hill (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Fine. I agree with the rest of your edit. Bishonen | tålk 11:45, 2 February 2026 (UTC).

ChitoCastillo1234

user has been trying to use the talk pages to get around the article block you placed on them. reported at ANI -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 18:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Aunva6. Now they've edited their talkpage, but not in a meaningful/responsive way. Blocked as NOTHERE. Bishonen | tålk 18:22, 3 February 2026 (UTC).

Persistent violation of WP:ECRCASTE

Hi Bishonen, hope you are doing great! A user Antor2004 is persistently violating WP:ECRCASTE in spite of being informed and warned! Would request you to have a look at the revision history of the article on Suvarna Banik and User talk:Antor2004. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 14:49, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

They clearly have difficulty taking our rules on board, Ekdalian. Telling you in an edit summary that "you are not Banik" unfortunately seems to speak volumes about their attitude.🙁 I've tried again to explain the rules (not that there was anything wrong with your own explanation) and given them a final warning. Bishonen | tålk 15:18, 4 February 2026 (UTC).

You have covered all the points including their attitude and I completely agree with you, Bishonen. Thank you so much for your prompt action! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 17:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Bushranger protected the page after i put in an RPP. all caste/SE asia social group pages can and probably should be indef ECP. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 01:31, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

You'll be blocked next time

Meh, I'd've blocked already. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Wow, you've become a much tougher admin since you stopped being one, Fritter! Bishonen | tålk 14:02, 7 February 2026 (UTC).

Ah calls 'em as Ah sees 'em -- the former admin Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:08, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Only a little block. Just to let them know -- the former admin Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:09, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Epstein closer to home

If you haven't seen Relationship of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Jeffrey Epstein, it's kinda interesting, for a certain value of "interesting". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

At least the Norwegian royal family isn't as dull as the Swedish. Remember the Shaman? Bishonen | tålk 21:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC).

That I missed. Didn't one of our King's sisters talk to angels and sell magical magnetic bracelets years ago, 80:s-90:s or so? But as royal families go, ours is pretty well behaved. Also, generally well liked. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

One of the Hagasessorna? Not to my knowledge. But Märtha Louise of Norway is .. er, well, being a self-described clairvoyant and talking to angels seems to be the least of it. Never mind, let's not talk about those people any more. Bishonen | tålk 22:58, 8 February 2026 (UTC).

February music

story · music · places

Today some 1510 carving from St. Valentin. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Today something new: a 100th birthday of someone alive, György Kurtág! In 2004 I was there when he and his wife played for the Rheingau Musik Festival where he was the featured composer. They played as the 2019 DYK said, on an upright piano, - listen, the last piece was the same. - More pics uploaded, enjoy. And Rosiestep shows the latest cat! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Beautiful, Gerda. Bishonen | tålk 21:15, 19 February 2026 (UTC).

Thank you! - Today's main page features four biographies I helped to bring there, two women and two men, three opera singers (one pictured) and an actor, - a record for me, I believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Unable to access regular username: Melroross

@(Bishonen|talk), there is an issue with my Melroross profile. I forgot my password and sent a re-set request to my Gmail address for this username - no password ever arrived. However, today my duplicate username 'Melrorross' which you deactivated at my request in 2024 (it was created by a typo mistake leading to an unintended duplicate profile), did allow a password change request from Wikipedia to the same Gmail address. The issue now being, that the two different usernames now appear to be blocked. I need a password re-set for Melroross which I have been using for 11 years.Can you please investigate and advise? Many thanks TempMelroross (talk) 02:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC) TempMelroross (talk) 02:47, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hello Melroross. What about Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#How do I recover a password I have forgotten?. Or have you tried that already? The account User:Melroross is still in good standing and is not blocked. EdJohnston (talk) 04:43, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Indeed, Ed. And the other name, Melrorross, is both blocked and redirected to User:Melroross, which seems right to me. Or, Ed, do you think a blocked redirect could somehow interfere with the unblocked status of the target? Bishonen | tålk 09:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC).

@Bishonen,@EdJohnston it appears that the blocked redirect is interfering, creating a 'blocked loop' with the unblocked profile, Melroross and treats BOTH the blocked profile Melrorross (unwanted) and the in principle, unblocked profile Melroross as one. I believe I had created the Melroross profile with the same Gmail account but maybe there is no email linked- hence the never receiving a temporary password code. Does this mean I may have lost my oldest profile? Any other suggestions you can give me? Many thanks ~2026-10853-57 (talk) 12:57, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

No, surely not. (I hope you still have the password you received for Melrorross..?) It seems odd that this only happens now and not before, but who understand these things (not me, for sure). We can try breaking the loop, either by unblocking Melrorross, or by deleting the redirect. I've tried unblocking, as I feel somebody might more easily, and in good faith, recreate the redirect. So there is now no block on either of the accounts. Now try, Melroross. If it works, of course the downside is that you'd better be really careful not to use Melrorross again. And if it doesn't work, I'll try undoing the redirect. Any comment, Ed? Or any other clever talkpage stalker? (Ed doesn't seem to be editing.) Bishonen | tålk 13:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC).

Very odd, no idea how or why but good news is: I now can login with Melroross AFTER login in with Melrorross and changing a small detail on my Melroross profile. I have different passwords for the 2 profiles and happy to go back to Melroross again. I don't need or want Melrorross so, if you/another administrator can disable it once more, I'd be grateful. Again, many thanks for your help... peculiar occurrence Melroross (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) might not be the worst idea to have a backup account. or one for public computers. plenty of reasons to have socks. some of my favorite wikipedians are socks. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 18:45, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Special:EmailUser/Melroross doesn't work so it must not have Wikipedia email set up. This may explain why Melroross couldn't reset the password. However Special:EmailUser/Melrorross *does* work. If you can now log back in to Melroross that is good news, but you should right away go to Special:Preferences and enable an email address, so you can recover the password in the future. EdJohnston (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Will do, many thanks for the advice. Melroross (talk) 23:59, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry to Bother You...

Is a great movie. I don't know if you've seen it, but I highly recommend it.

It's also a sentiment I have right now.

A new user is upset about getting some pushback on adding OR to Glyphosate and decided to blatantly attack Tryp over it. When I left a sternly worded warning (I admit, I jumped a few levels, but the sheer childishness of the attack justified it, IMO) they decided to lash out at me, too.

I think a sterner warning from someone who can make them behave if they can't see their way to doing so on their own might be appropriate. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:41, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks MPants for this, and thanks Bish for reading it, but I'm a step ahead of MPants. I'm just about to post a report at WP:AE. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:47, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Well, now you've got an extra diff to add to the pile. I had hopes Bish would work her charm on the fellow and wring a more congenial attitude out of them, but a topic ban (that would almost certainly function as a site ban) would settle the matter, as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:58, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

An extra diff to go the extra mile on the pile! For what it's worth, I don't intend TBAN = CBAN. Rather, I hope it would result in getting some experience in safer topic areas, but then again, I'm the eternal optimist. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:02, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

But then again: the excellent Asilvering has just indeffed him, so I guess that's that. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:05, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Sometimes, when people flounce, the best move is to let them. -- asilvering (talk) 01:50, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Although the account is new, according to the user page it’s somebody’s special-purpose alt dedicated to “political conflicts in science-focused articles”. So in this case TBAN = CBAN probably would be true, depending on the scope of T.—Odysseus1479 02:03, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you all, but time zones, y'know. Bishonen | tålk 09:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC).

Odysseus' comment about the "alt account" got me thinking, and wondering if there is a risk of block evasion. But I think the mention of alt account on the user page may just be a clumsy reference to opening a named account after editing as a temporary account. A common sense reading of the start of Talk:Glyphosate#Section "Misinformation campaigns" makes it very clear that the temp account that started the discussion thread actually is CistronSSF. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:33, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

I saw some indications of prior editing under an anon account. Nothing definitive and I'm not a CU in any event. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:26, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Music in March

story · music · places

Aribert Reimann's 90th birthday, with a hook mentioning his 80ths, the opera played by Oper Frankfurt after he died, see video, and I was there. - Ruta de los Volcanes is among the latest places. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Great, Gerda. I can see the peacock on the blackthorn! (But am now hopelessly stuck reading March music.) Bishonen | tålk 19:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC).

Sorry about that, - if I remember next year I'll say März, or Spring. if ... - Of the four topics I helped to bring to the main page, I'm most proud of a woman's work, so made it my story. As it happens, last year's story OTD was about the woman. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy - I changed the header to less military --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Beautiful, Gerda, and what a good idea to change the header! I love the new unmilitary header. Bishonen | tålk 16:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC).

we agree! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:06, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

more Bach in story and music on Palm Sunday, imagine: four Easter cantatas in today's concert, and more places in Cyprus! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for more unmilitary music, Gerda! Bishonen | tålk 20:22, 29 March 2026 (UTC).

Violation of the restriction on CT/SASG and personal attack

Hi Bishonen.. hope you are doing well! I informed the new user Mona4320 regarding the new rules on contentious topics, but they continue to ignore the same. Moreover, they are abusing me (assuming I am from West Bengal) in this particular edit, 'Hijra' meaning enuch, 'Bhikiri baap' meaning beggar father in Bengali! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 13:06, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

The user has deleted the warning message from their talk page! Thanks. Ekdalian (talk) 13:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Warned again. Doug Weller talk 14:43, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, Doug Weller. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Doug. This edit — several insults actually in an article — is really appalling behaviour, so I've warned them about that as well. Bishonen | tålk 16:57, 6 March 2026 (UTC).

Thank you so much, Bishonen! Thanks again for the correct interpretation of that particular edit. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 17:38, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

• The user GeneralfromDalmatia has been persistently violating WP:ECRCASTE in spite of multiple warnings! I would request you to have a look at their talk page; the user seems to be least bothered about our policies. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 07:54, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks for the alert, Ekdalian. This could easily be a user who hasn't found their own talkpage. I've blocked them from mainspace with a note they won't be able to help finding (in the block log). Let's hope that takes care of the problem. Bishonen | tålk 15:55, 8 March 2026 (UTC).

  Great! Thanks for your prompt action. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 16:05, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

• Sorry to bother you, I would like to bring to your attention another case of violation, this time by the user MY Gohad! You may have a look at my latest warning on their talk page; please see [this]. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 13:08, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

They have now offered the excuse of having forgotten. That's a bit too much like saying 'I didn't take it seriously', so I've blocked for a month, which I hope will help them to remember in the future. (Your reminder was fairly long ago, which is the reason I didn't indef.) Bishonen | tålk 13:36, 13 March 2026 (UTC).

Yes, right. Thank you so much for your prompt action! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 17:24, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

• Would request you to have a look at the comments of the user in response to my warning for violation; kindly check User talk:Hehdbf! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 19:30, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

  48 hours. I see they think you don't get to warn them because you're not an admin, Ekdalian. That's a new one. Bishonen | tålk 19:49, 27 March 2026 (UTC).

  I also put in a request for ECP at RPP, it seems like the article itself is likely within scope for SASG restriction. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 22:39, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

  Yes, exactly; that's really a new one, Bishonen! Thanks a lot. Ekdalian (talk) 01:53, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks aunva6. Ekdalian (talk) 01:57, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Urgent request for admin action...

I need you, specifically, to tell me how you've been.

I've been far too 'business oriented' here for someone I'm as fond of as you. It's time for chit-chat. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:24, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

[Bishzilla is pleased to see the little user.] Hello young Hammerpants! Little Shonen has been lazy, as is typical! Welcome in pocket, chat with Bishzilla! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 17:12, 6 March 2026 (UTC).

Howdy, 'Zilla. Flatten any coastal cities lately? I'd invite you to go after the capital of my state, Tallahassee, but it's pretty flat already, I'm not sure there's much you can do to it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:13, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

[Bishonen is confused.] Uh, what? You have been blocked and locked and edit conflicted, MjolnirPants! Is that all right? My scripts weren't working, but now they are! () Bishonen | tålk 17:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC).

No, nothing's wrong, just making chit-chat.

This was my first learning about that attack. All I can say about that is that I'm glad it was handled and to shake my head sadly at people who choose poor passwords and don't use VMs, VPNs and test accounts when doing tech work on web sites. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:46, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

[Virtuously:] Bishzilla always use all of those! All and some more! [Goes to hastily change her password from 123456.] bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 19:30, 6 March 2026 (UTC).

"That's the stupidest combination I ever heard in my life! It's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"

I'm heading back to the golf course, to work on my putts. [accidentally turns off everything].

Note to self: change the combination on your luggage. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:36, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I would say it's a failure in process controls, or in good sense lol. "hey, lets load a bunch of random userscripts, with no review, into the live environment. what's the worst that could happen?" hopefully it results in better controls and processes, as well as perhaps security measure regarding userscripts. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 20:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

One of the sad truths of the modern web-based industry is that doing things the proper way is expensive, and that matter for both non-profits and for-profit entities on the web. The only systems where I've ever seen what I would describe as a flawless security process were all systems maintained by very small groups of volunteers who were doing it as a hobby and didn't mind losing money on it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:29, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Little fish very confused. (Nothing new about that...) What happened while I was logged out? No Java for anyone? How awful! And what's this about PEBKAK? Is there something wrong between my keyboard and my chair? Looks very nervously at caudal fin. And who did that insignificant child call a "putz"? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:01, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

PEKBAK is a fundamental truth of the universe. Almost all computer problems are PEBKAK problems. The only difference is timing. Did the PEBKAK issue happen during development, deployment or use, or did it happen elsewhere and just cause the problem at hand?

And I'm a very significant child, I thought we established this already? (And I don't call people putzes). ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 03:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

A perfectly understandable mistake, considering a woody putter’s no more unusual than a woody hammer. OTOH putzes is awfully tiny, I mean tinny.—Odysseus1479 03:44, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

How many putts would a wood putz putt if a wood putz could putt putts? And I thought the hammer was tiny. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Cross-wiki COI edits.

Greetings to the hero of Wikipedia! I was suspecting an instance of an editor performing UPE cross-wiki; I've never dealt with / alledged anyone with cross-wiki abuse before and 'd like to know where should I start the discussion at (e.g., metawiki)? Or is it just fine to post cross-wiki findings on ANI thread and entrust the rest to the mop-wielding superheros? 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 11:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi there! How nice to be properly addressed for a change. (Though User:Bishzilla probably thinks she's the hero of Wikipedia.) There's a special group that deals with suspected undisclosed COI editing on Wikipedia; they'll know what to do about suspected cross-wiki UPE too, I'm sure. See Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports. You can report to them via paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org. Bishonen | tålk 16:11, 8 March 2026 (UTC).

Blocking Krish! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Krish!#Page_block

I have seen that administrators developed bias in favour of editors who are seen as anti-Hindus. Trangabellam never got blocked for multiple times biting new editors.

Krish! is not even a political editor.

He edits movie articles. Trangabellam will jump into a movie article and do drama with his political edits.

But you blocked Krish! Krish! wrote so many featured articles.

After your block he left Wikipedia. Because of your wrong decision Wikipedia lost a content creator.

The article has highest edits from Trangabellam, Tayi Arjakate, Kautilya, fowler, daxserver all are politically religious editors. I think you saw someone opposing your favorite gang of political editors and got angry.

https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/The_Kashmir_Files

Krish! writes movie articles, they will come and enter their political trash into film article which he objected and you got angry.

I think you dont see who is correct. You will see who will oppose your friends, then just go block them. ~2026-14949-00 (talk) 06:53, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I see you are complaining about a time-limited page block (a block from one Wikipedia page) from four years ago. (TrangaBellam left more than a year ago, unfortunately.) And ridiculously claiming that Krish! (that's you, obviously, because who else cares?) wrote "many featured articles" (no, not even one). All very sensible, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Bishonen | tålk 10:04, 9 March 2026 (UTC).

I have a friend- 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 14:28, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Krish! (who is probably you) called the block a blessing before making only 3 more edits in August before disppearing off the face of the Earth. He was welcome to wait it out and go edit other pages. He chose to retire or stop or whatever, which he's welcome to. 🚂ThatTrainGuy1945 ^{Peep peep!} 03:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Thinking better of it

I was going to ask you and your jaguars a likely fatal question along the lines of "What's all the hoo-hah about castes?", but thanks to my recent spa treatments I've decided instead to indulge in something slightly less (or is it more?) psychedelic. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 18:36, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

It's a newish ArbCom contentious topics rule, whereby only extended confirmed users (500 edits + one month's residence) may edit caste articles (WP:CT/CASTE). It's a good rule, which helps admins in the area, but of course brand new users don't know about it. Hence the hoo-hah. Glad the pocket spa was helpful, young JoJo! Bishonen | tålk 19:59, 13 March 2026 (UTC).

What I'm hearing is that they decided to caste out the riffraff and bring a little class back to the topic.

[runs away before the rotten tomatoes start flying] ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:16, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Have GM (another CTOP) tomatoes grown wings? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:26, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	I strongly believe that you deserve this for taking the most appropriate and prompt action as an admin! Thanks for being here. Ekdalian (talk) 07:27, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Ekdalian, how kind! Bishonen | tålk 09:34, 14 March 2026 (UTC).

Concerns regarding the conduct of an editor

Hello! I'd like to bring the conduct of JokerDurden to your attention. In this edit, JokerDurden attacked others as "loser Editors". When told in their talk page not to engage in personal attacks by Zalaraz, JokerDurden replied with "Was intentional though. Wanted everyone to read. Sometimes, it's necessary." A few days earlier, the editor had engaged in an edit dispute at Jasprit Bumrah which eventually led to them attacking another editor (who had raised BLP concerns) with "So lazy. Leave Wikipedia." JokerDurden subsequently added back the disputed content and called its removal vandalism. WP:CIVILITY is required. I believe they need to be sanctioned. — EarthDude (Talk) 07:05, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, @EarthDude:. None of the worst stuff is very recent. But I really don't like what I see on their page, and have given them a pretty sharp warning. Bishonen | tålk 22:06, 22 March 2026 (UTC).

You're so good at warning messages, Bish; I don't even know a warning can be written this way before reading yours. It reads stern and clear yet not pointy (aka. does not read like implied ad hominem - the form of passive aggressiveness yet so common in heated WP discussions).

And mo matter how formal-natured these messages get, some very human emotions / reactions are sprinkled between the lines. The emotional part makes these messages feel genuine and... "typed by a human mind instead of a prescripted template". It makes the reader feel like they're not being belittled, and that the sender is communicating with them as a person instead of from a position of power.

tl;dr - Wikipedia noob discovering the art of writing a warning message. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 08:41, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Haha, thank you, 海盐沙冰! I actually enjoyed writing that one. Bishonen | tålk 09:17, 23 March 2026 (UTC).

I'll second IrisChronomia's comment about that being a very well-written warning :) — EarthDude (Talk) 13:41, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) he's CUblocked now, apparently he was socking on that page. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 15:20, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Amazing, right? Thanks, Aunva6. Bishonen | tålk 15:50, 26 March 2026 (UTC).

oof. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 09:45, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Not sure about a block

Doug Weller talk 19:46, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Evaluating the block itself is above my pay-grade (a convenient cop-out anyway), but I will point out that the article in question was Quebec sovereignty movement, not Quebec.—Odysseus1479 20:24, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Odysseus. I've written a comment now, explaining that I got the wrong article. That doesn't make Saffyr's aspersions any more true, though. Did you see this edit summary, Doug? I don't think we should put up with such conduct. But if they write a proper unblock request, I'll think about it. Bishonen | tålk 20:55, 25 March 2026 (UTC).

Yes, I saw that. I still think it's a good block and you should leave it for another Admin to deal with. But of course I'm prejudiced. Doug Weller talk 10:20, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Wondering about my block

I want to ask you a question regarding my block. Did you carefully read the discussion on the fascism talk page? I was debating with a couple of other editors with regard to the correct interpretation of the Staudenmaier source. My interpretation could be called a ´´literal reading´´ of the source, while the other editors seemed to be going for a ´´reading between the lines´´ approach. You might notice that unlike some of the other editors, especially MjolnirPants, I did not assume bad faith. I take the assume good faith guideline extremely seriously. I don´t think anyone who participated in the discussion was acting in bad faith. Also, if my proposal to remove the Staudenmaier source had been accepted it wouldn´t have changed the article at all. So I think this block was quite out of proportion. I want to emphasize that if I have been violating Wikipedia policies or guidelines, it has NOT been intentionally. Liberty5000 (talk) 00:20, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

@Liberty5000 You're focusing on a single topic too much for your edit count; just put the stick down and walk away and see if any other article interests you. Judging from the length of discussion, most constructive arguments should already be delivered and continuing the argument might not change anyone's mind. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 03:34, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

My expertise is in politics, so that is why I edit most in that area. Liberty5000 (talk) 07:28, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I get it, but there are also no shortages of articles on politics in need of improvement - if you're getting into content disputes or feeling heated, try look around and there might be other articles that interest you.

You can even play the Wiki Game to look for interesting articles - choose two random politics-related article in your watchlist and try to warp between them, and half-way doing that you might've stumbled across another interesting politics-related stub. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 10:20, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I mean, your block has long since expired. I'm not sure why you're focusing on on a block that expired more than two months ago, from a discussion that was also nearly 6 months ago. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 04:43, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Liberty5000. You were page blocked per WP:BLUDGEON. Please read that explanatory essay and also read Doug Weller's rationale for closing the Staudenmeier discussion (the editor he's referring to is obviously you) and I think my block reason will become clearer to you. Bishonen | tålk 10:14, 27 March 2026 (UTC).

I think I should have been given a warning first. Liberty5000 (talk) 23:17, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

A whole bunch of people warned you that your actions could result in an indefinite block. Bish was being quite lenient in only blocking you from that single article and talkpage. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:36, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

I meant a formal warning from an admin, not a threat on my talk page from an editor who is clearly mentally unstable. Liberty5000 (talk) 00:25, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

You're getting yourself into further trouble when you refer to other users who left warning messages to you as dealing with mental illnesses. Even if the warnings are not justified, this remark is personal attack. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 01:17, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I was referring to a single user, MjolnirPants. It was not meant as a personal attack. MjolnirPants is not an admin and it wasn't a formal warning. That is the core of my reply. Liberty5000 (talk) 06:29, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

'Bish was being quite lenient in only blocking you from that single article and talkpage.' This seems to be merely your personal opinion, based on emotion. Can you back it up with an argument? Liberty5000 (talk) 06:52, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

You should take warnings as warnings. If you think it doesn't count because the sender isn't an admin and/or the warning is not "formal" (e.g., a template, I presume?), now you know it counts. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 07:31, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

• Liberty5000, this conversation keeps popping up on my watchlist, so I took a look at your edit history, and it's clear to me that you are WP:NOTHERE on Wikipedia to build an encyclopedia, but merely to argue with others indefinitely (as exemplified by this WP:BLUDGEONingly endless attempt to re-litigate a page-block that expired over four months ago) and to force your own beliefs rather than to act collaboratively and accept consensus. Of your 35 article edits, 25 of them have been reverted. The rest of your edits (111 of them) have been spent arguing with experienced editors and failing to hear or heed what they are saying. If you continue this line of behavior on Wikipedia, your days will be numbered on this site, because you seem to lack the competence to edit collaboratively. I'm writing this message as a word to the wise; if you aspire to remain on Wikipedia you will stop arguing and start learning how Wikipedia actually works and how fringe and minority viewpoints, no matter how forcefully presented, do not fly here if not supported by community consensus. Please stop before you dig yourself into longer and more severe blocks. Softlavender (talk) 07:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

  You are simply wrong that I am not here to build an encyclopedia. I´m not sure how I can prove that to you. Not that I have to. The burden of proof is on you to prove that I am a bad faith editor, which you have not come close to doing. Liberty5000 (talk) 23:24, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  Read WP:SATISFY, and stop badgering editors - it just reinforces the perception that you're more interested in argument than constructive editing. Acroterion (talk) 23:32, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  You may think you're here to build an encyclopedia, but your editing style is counterproductive. Go do something in the main space, and just leave this here. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 03:05, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

  I don't think it, I know it. I know the contents of my own mind, thank you very much. I am determined to help with this project in any way I can. If you have any questions about politics, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Liberty5000 (talk) 13:44, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

• I have blocked Liberty5000 for 72 hours for their egregious personal attack above against MjolnirPants. Bishonen | tålk 09:10, 3 June 2026 (UTC).

Categorization of AE protection actions needed (3 April 2026)

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But you already wrote sasg in the log, Mr Bot? I guess it's wanted as a link as well? OK, done. Bishonen | tålk 08:51, 4 April 2026 (UTC).

April music

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Happy Easter! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:02, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Beautiful, Gerda. Bishonen | tålk 20:00, 5 April 2026 (UTC).

Thank you! - Today's FA is Bridge, - a broad topic by many. My father loved bridges, and I wrote a few articles with that in mind (Empress Elisabeth Bridge, adding to Chain bridge and Müngsten Bridge, the latter for childhood memory), and also thinking of bridges between people. - I brought two bios to the same page, Christian Schwarz-Schilling and Bill Ramsey whose regular Swingtime I used to hear in the car driving to choir rehearsals ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:52, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Ah. Bridges always make me think of Poohsticks. Bishonen | tålk 19:58, 17 April 2026 (UTC).

good connection ;) - today's story is about one of three bios I brought to today's main page: look and listen, an extraordinary woman in many respects. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

The Relapse at FAR

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Category:Marvel Comics video game characters

Is it possible to remove the protection from this so I can recreate it? I'm trying to tidy up the categorization on the comics end of things, and I have three articles that can fit under it, with a few more in the oven. Kung Fu Man (talk) 13:20, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Kung Fu Man: OK, it's been salted for 6 years, so let's try unprotection. Bishonen | tålk 19:25, 14 April 2026 (UTC).

Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Bishonen and Darwinbish are invited? Interesting combination, Dr. Blofeld! Bishonen | tålk 17:22, 15 April 2026 (UTC).

Ha! It's just a filtered list of active WikiProject editors I have. I'm sure you're busy! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:27, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

It's not so much that I'm busy, it's more that I wouldn't invite the naughty Darwinbish to anything! Bishonen | tålk 17:41, 15 April 2026 (UTC).

you'll just have to invite Bishzilla. I'm sure she can keep Darwinbish in line. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 18:05, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

A really odd conversation

User talk:Garden39 you might actually get a chuckle out of this one, but it's starting to smell like trolling or a really odd LLM. I'm honestly not sure what to make of it otherwise. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 20:54, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

An LLM that has been instructed to write in Early Modern English? Donald Albury 21:23, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hmmm. Pretty poor command of thou ("that thy explain thy demand for clarity"). Surely an LLM could manage that better? You want to warn him for the "imbecility" bit, perchance, Aunva6? Bishonen | tålk 21:51, 15 April 2026 (UTC).

I wonder how much Elizabethan-era literature LLMs have been trained on. Donald Albury 22:31, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

the thought occurred to me, but it's a little too creative for an LLM unless they're deliberately prompting for it. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 22:53, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

i might. Im not really one to care about personal attacks from some random editor, but it may be a good idea on principle. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 22:52, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

User:Ajaysingh Mer Rajput

new user's Userpage is a hindi-language caste-related draft. would you mind doing the needful? I already gave them the CT first alert after i noticed it. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 21:04, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Aunva6. There's a problem with your speedy nomination on the user talkpage, which I had trouble figuring out; please take a look and see if you can fix it. Bishonen | tålk 21:44, 23 April 2026 (UTC).

fixed. it's very particular about the formatting, and i don't think twinkle quite supports it effectively. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 21:59, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

seen you blocked them. looks like there's a probable loutsock -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 16:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Aunva6. I've blocked the related /64 range for a month. Bishonen | tålk 19:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC).

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Self-requested block

Please block me for 3 months (including email and talkpage) per User:Bishonen/Self-requested blocks. Note that I have PolygnotusTest and PolygnotusBot, please block those as well. I have some things to do in the outernet. I do reserve the right to rant on Discord/IRC. Thanks! Polygnotus (talk) 03:35, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

OK, Polygnotus. I'll block you in about 10 hours from now (the usual 24-hour quarantine being inconvenient for me). Bishonen | tålk 09:39, 12 May 2026 (UTC).

@Polygnotus hope you have a nice and peaceful wikibreak, broski. stay hydrated. — DVRTed (Talk) 10:10, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

@DVRTed An idiot like me having actual responsibilities irl is just bad world design. Major plothole. @Bishonen Thanks, I love cosy pockets! Polygnotus (talk) 10:32, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

World design can hardly be badder, just take a look at its bug report page!

Seriously though, I wish you a peaceful Wikibreak :) 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 11:21, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

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Blocked user using TA

Hi Bishonen, I'm not sure if SPI is the more appropriate venue, but I thought I would reach out to you as the blocking admin. You blocked User:Angelita Linares on 19 April as they were not responding to feedback (). A temporary account has appeared, making the same type of edits that Angelita did.

• User:~2026-29530-39:
• User:Angelita Linares: similar edit summaries and edits (e.g., ,

Thanks for your assistance, Wracking ^talk! 20:12, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

That looks obvious indeed, Wracking. I've indeffed the TA and blocked the related IP range for a month. Thanks for your vigilance. Bishonen | tålk 21:35, 16 May 2026 (UTC).

WP:UPNOT

Hi Bishonen, can I get your opinion on the user BondiComic2's userpage content? I blanked the first version because I felt it violated WP:UPNOT. They partly restored it, reasoning that "I do not see any explicit rule that a user cannot place a joke on their user page." I like satire as much as anyone, but it still looks like poor taste to post jokes that reference the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:03, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Wow, what a jewel, Drm310. I've blocked BC2 as a sock, removed any remaining "jokes" and written fairly stern notes to both accounts. I wonder if I should really block 'em both for offensive usernames? The names suggest their sole purpose here is to be "funny" about the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting. Disgusting. And, you know, no, that stuff bloody well is not 'satire'. Bishonen | tålk 16:01, 19 May 2026 (UTC).

Oh, I definitely believe that their content crossed the line into offensive territory. I just needed some reassurance in case there had been any pushback regarding the deletion of "humourous" userpage content before. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I didn't realize you were just about to become an admin, Drm310. Congratulations, and maybe I should have left those blocks and threats warnings for you to perform as your very first, and pretty cool, admin actions. Bishonen | tålk 15:53, 20 May 2026 (UTC).

Haha, well since I was already WP:INVOLVED, I thought it would be better to defer to a more experienced admin. I am going to tread lightly at first with these new tools; I need to be confident in my decisions! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:27, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

May music

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Paid Editor

I know many some editors who do undisclosed paid editing on Wikipedia. If I want, I can tell you everyone's ID...They edit so neatly, you will never know whether it is a paid or a volunteer. ~2026-30525-86 (talk) 03:59, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) that's an odd way to put it, but if you have evidence that cannot be publicly shared, you can email paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 04:14, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

ok noted ✅️ ~2026-30525-86 (talk) 04:59, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Persisitent violation of WP:ECRCASTE in spite of multiple warnings

Hi Bishonen.. the user PandeyGanpathRai has been persistently editing Srivastava, a surname and a sub-caste of Kayastha caste in spite of all possible warnings; you may please check their talk page. Another new user Montyyh677 seems to be interested in Marathi Brahmin related caste articles only and deleted my notice from their talk page so that they can comfortably continue with their violations. I reverted all such edits of this user yesterday along with proper edit summaries; you may check the revision history of one such article Marathi Brahmin as well as my edit summary apart from their talk page history. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 11:11, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

PGR has also been persistently editing Indian military history, another forbidden subject for them. Their username is actually a name in Indian military history - see the article they have copied on to their userpage. Indeffed. Bishonen | tålk 12:54, 1 June 2026 (UTC).

Yes exactly, I have checked their user page! Thanks for your prompt action. Ekdalian (talk) 16:22, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

I gave Montyyh677 two weeks off. They showed they were aware of your warning by removing it. Bishonen | tålk 13:16, 1 June 2026 (UTC).

Thanks for the appropriate action. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 16:25, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

• This user is not only violating our policies, after removing my notice from their talk page, but taking Wikipedia for granted! Please look at this response, 'LOL'; kindly check this. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 13:11, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

  Hi Bishonen, would like to keep you informed (in case you haven't already noticed) that the user has been blocked. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 09:51, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

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

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dispute clarification

Hi Bishonen, your name was at the top of the list of recently active administrators . I would be grateful if you could clarify a dispute with another editor.

Jjazz76 removed a sourced paragraph from an article that had been in place for over a year, with edits since (for example, here and here). Jjazz76's reasoning for this change was that entire paragraph sort of says nothing to me. she reviewed the senate. ok. and? did anything change. I think unless anything changed this is one of those NOT news sort of deals—which appears to be based on their personal opinion, not any specific policy. On the talk page, they then mischaracterized my revert of their removal as recent additions when in fact is was a restoration of the status quo.

If they seek to change the status quo and remove sourced material, is it not their responsibility to build consensus for such a change, and should they not self-revert to the status quo until they are able to build such consensus?

Thanks. إيان (talk) 21:17, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Just presenting my side @Bishonen given that the page in question is a fairly niche area, I would contest that there really was a status quo that was established. In any case, there is really no discussion of the topic on the talk page, which is where I think the discussion would best occur. Jjazz76 (talk) 21:27, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) honestly, I'm with jjazz on this one. it seems more like trivia on the article about the journalist. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 01:09, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Aunva6, if you have input regarding the content, I recommend voicing your opinion on the talk page of the article. My request for clarification from the administrator is about conduct and procedure regarding edit warring. إيان (talk) 02:23, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Im also not sure i see any edit warring. 1RR was not violated, and i don't see any prior reverts. for what it's worth, while perhaps framing it as a recent addition may not be entirely correct, I don't see any bad faith in it. he is supported by policies and guidlines WP:NOTNEWS and WP:ONUS. IMO, this looks like a content dispute that should be discussed on the talk page.

my $0.02 as an uninvolved editor... make of it what you will. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 04:45, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

• Hi, إيان. You had some bad luck in selecting me as the admin to ask for advice; I had just gone offline, as it was late in my timezone. Anyway, this is the situation: Jjazz76 did nothing wrong in removing the paragraph with an explanatory edit summary. They merely followed the important guideline Wikipedia:Be bold. You then did nothing wrong in reverting them, but your edit summary in doing so was poor. It should have explained why the paragraph was a useful part of the article. Instead, you complained, mistakenly, about Jjazz76's action on procedural grounds. Then, Jjazz76, after إيان|إيان's revert, it was in any case time for discussion on talk; not for you to revert back. I don't understand your edit summary, when you did so, either; the onus is not on إيان|إيان, you're wrong about that. And what's "Don't violate the one revert rule" about? إيان|إيان had not done that. So, neither of you acted perfectly in the article history; you would both have done better to follow BRD (the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle). But neither of you did anything terrible, either. Anyway, I see Jjazz76 has now opened a discussion on talk. That's great. People should try to use that discussion to get consensus for one of the versions and, please, not revert again until consensus has been reached. (Whether or not Jjazz76 meanwhile self-reverts their latest revert is really not important, إيان|إيان.) Please discuss there rather than here, Aunva6. Bishonen | tålk 09:31, 2 June 2026 (UTC).

  Thanks @Bishonen. Very much appreciate your input. Might loop back if I have addiitonal questions but this is helpful for now! Jjazz76 (talk) 16:00, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

  Thank you very much for the thoughtful response, Bishonen. One last question—in the event of a dispute over content, isn't the expectation that the material in question should be reverted to status quo ante while there is discussion? Because it's what's been said to me over and over and over. إيان (talk) 19:35, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

  Read the part above where it says that Jjazz76 shouldn't have reverted, and that nobody else should revert at this point, unless it's a self-revert. Just discuss it. If you make a more-compelling argument, you'll get your preferred text back, and if you don't, it's already the way it would be. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:57, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

  Ok, thank you. I appreciate it. إيان (talk) 04:48, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Raaar!

The monster you consumed has had their RfA reopened. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 02:46, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Huh? What RfA is that? Bishonen | tålk 09:43, 2 June 2026 (UTC).

'zilla RfA -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 14:07, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

But... but... who consumed Zilla? That doesn't make sense. Maybe young Wikipedian12512 meant confused? Bishonen | tålk 14:22, 2 June 2026 (UTC).

I removed the notice, but before (I think) it said something about Bishonen consuming ‘Zilla. _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:15, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Other way around, Zilla consumed Bishonen! Paul August ☎ 12:57, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

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Please revoke their TPA. This is Salebot1. --Prothe1st (leave me a message)-- 23:55, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Got it. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:04, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Prothe1st. Bishonen | tålk 08:22, 4 June 2026 (UTC).

Problem castewarrior

Hi, it is regarding violation of WP:ECRCASTE WP:CASTEID and WP:OR by User:Ravina0612 (again) in this article. Previous case page here. Have a look. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:05, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

User:Ravina0612 seems to be relentless . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:17, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree. Indeffed. Bishonen | tålk 20:32, 8 June 2026 (UTC).

Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:38, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Sad

I saw an angry comment somewhere on-wiki and thought "that's gonna reignite a personal feud (that's just about to cool down)", tried to hide it and prevent things from escalating, and failed. All I'm thinking now is "I should've / could've requested a revdel and all this wouldn't have started", with some feeling of nihilistic sadness._{[Crawls into pocket and weeps].} 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 15:20, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Yeah. OTOH, admins are quite fussy about what they will/won't revdel, so your request might have bombed in any case. Criteria here. Bishonen | tålk 17:35, 13 June 2026 (UTC).

I hate seeing anyone who means well feeling sad about stuff here, and it sure seems to me like it's rampant. Anyway, I know what this is about, and if it helps, I'll point out that the editor who reacted angrily is a good person who self-identifies as being on the autism spectrum, so I suspect that there was some misunderstanding/misreading of your intent. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:12, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Reading this genuinely makes me feel better. Thank you, Tryptofish. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 03:11, 14 June 2026 (UTC)