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Section sizes in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard

Section size for Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	961	961
Open tasks	230	230
ZebulonMorn	16,340	16,340
Invitation to a bit of RCP	11,959	11,959
RfC closure review request at :Talk:Rajiv Dixit#RFC can we say he peddaled false hoods in the lede	2,557	13,172
Closer (Rajiv Dixit)	28	28
Non-participants(Rajiv Dixit)	6,011	6,011
Participants(Rajiv Dixit)	598	598
Discussion(Rajiv Dixit)	3,978	3,978
Appeal of my topic ban	2,700	17,105
Comments by uninvolved editors	6,251	6,251
Why I use alts	8,154	8,154
Disruptive IP returns	898	898
Creation of a protected article	2,434	2,434
Sudden spate of userspace school essays with AI art	5,287	5,287
Close challenge for Talk:1948 Arab–Israeli War#RFC for Jewish exodus	3,854	9,605
Closer (Jewish Exodus)	1,936	1,936
Non-participants (Jewish Exodus)	2,006	2,006
Participants (Jewish Exodus)	641	641
Discussion (Jewish Exodus)	1,168	1,168
Chicdat ban appeal	9,809	9,809
Should I collapse, delete, or leave alone, some WP:ARBECR-breaking additions?	2,461	2,461
RM on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather	1,246	1,246
Help to Unblock	1,584	1,584
Sander.v.Ginkel unblock request	11,178	11,178
Notification of RfC: Voluntary RfA after resignation	343	343
Several admins just standing by interrogating a user who was the subject of an obviously bad block.	21,266	21,266
Tripleye	930	930
History	871	871
Technology	651	651
Impact	505	505
References	30,888	92,531
Broader discussion on reporting users and blocking/unblocking	31,323	61,643
Examples: HJ Mitchell	6,975	6,975
Examples: 331dot	23,345	23,345
Request for closure review	8,283	8,283
Derogatory comments and sockpuppetry	1,156	1,156
Request removing creation block at Alpha Beta Chi	3,144	3,144
Request to create the 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑 redirect to Shavian alphabet	1,989	1,989
Call for decisive admins to clear backlog	29,307	29,307
Self-requested RM relist review	1,452	1,452
"Early" closes at AfD	16,389	16,389
On replacing crap lead image for Sophia Loren	3,338	3,338
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#{{subst:Admin recall notice/Liz}}\|{{subst:Admin recall notice/Liz}}]]	903	903
Add these Romani articles to Wikidata.	2,467	2,467
Blatant vandalism	14,352	14,352
Obsession with ENSEMBLE CAST	1,029	1,029
Mass rollbacking my bot	1,327	1,327
Question about Wikipedia:General sanctions/Armenia and Azerbaijan	1,219	1,219
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luigi Mangione	872	872
Small technical question	3,725	3,725
Total	312,318	312,318

Section sizes in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Section size for Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents (37 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	711	711
User:Ahmad Shazlan	3,143	3,143
Muhammad Yunus article	3,798	3,798
Globallycz	11,346	11,346
Chronic semi-automated editing trouble	3,285	3,285
Obvious sock threatening to take legal action	5,214	5,214
Disruptive editing and WP:TALKNO by User:AnonMoos	12,107	12,107
IP constantly removing WP:G1 template	2,225	2,225
Danielle Bradbery	5,100	5,100
User:Vazulvonal of Stockholm	4,869	4,869
Unsourced LLM additions and ABF	5,371	5,371
User Pyramoe - Mass Reversions, WP:Not Here	21,744	21,744
Ashutoshpaul	2,922	2,922
Disruptive editing by User talk:185.146.112.192	1,300	1,300
IP 49.207.180.140	886	886
User engaged in edit warring to remove disputed content prior to consensus	33,982	33,982
IP 208.95.233.155	1,330	1,330
User talk:FIROZBABUFIROSBABUP violating WP:SOAP	1,040	1,040
Alba Party, discussion, personal attack on user by AntiDionysius on contributor, statements that were clearly exaggerations, apology requirted	11,633	11,633
Disruptive editing and attacks by IP 174.202.100.165	13,646	13,646
107.129.97.80: continued disruptive editing pattern after 3-month block	2,012	2,012
Hide this racist edit summary.	1,770	1,770
user Stan1900 and the films of Shannon Alexander	32,729	32,729
Gender-related arbitration issue?	1,746	1,746
User:PhenixRhyder	734	734
Luffaloaf	4,246	4,246
Mgtow definition	2,516	2,516
Creating the need to make 400,000 unnecessary edits	4,797	4,797
Unsolicited revelations from Policynerd3212	4,028	4,028
User:Augmented Seventh	7,240	7,240
Excessive range block	6,053	6,053
Unblock request of Rereiw82wi2j	1,067	1,067
User:ZanderAlbatraz1145 Civility and Content #2	3,609	3,609
there is wrong information on the article shia in iraq	3,783	3,783
MumbaiGlenPaesViolinStudent	1,424	1,424
Consistent unsourced changes by IP 2604:2D80:E283:4400:6966:1764:DC7C:6329	1,769	1,769
SPA User:Tikitorch2 back at it on Martin Kulldorff	1,880	1,880
Total	227,055	227,055

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Significant 100+ edits wiped out from WP:AN

Surprised to show up this morning to find two of my edits deleted from WP:AN, and then found that over 100 edits for multiple editors (including admins) were deleted spanning a block of 16 hours and multiple sections. Seem's like either an oversized-mop was used, or an accident occurred here. TiggerJay (talk) 16:04, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tiggerjay: That link is not so useful I'm afraid :) SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 16:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, although I'm not sure a better way, since it was literally every page history entry for a 16 hour period, and the date filter would almost be useless since it spanned into today. TiggerJay (talk) 19:41, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tiggerjay as per the section above #Edit summaries wiped out, Someone on the oversight team has suppressed a number of revisions. If it was something that had been there for some time then that will have required a lot of revisions to be covered in the suppression. Nthep (talk) 16:55, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wish we could rebase edits so we didn't have to do this, but nobody seems to agree with me. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:37, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Destined to fail on two counts I'm afraid: a) it involves actual change, and b) it's a good idea. SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 17:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Third count: for huge pages like ANI it's not technically possible with the software as it currently stands. It is technically possible, albeit a total pain, for smaller pages. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:58, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that one from a few days ago (and other similar instances) but that spanned a several minutes and less than a dozen edits, this was many hours and over a hundred different edits. It was just astonishing to see so much blown away that it must have been a mistake, but I guess that is the only choice when something egregious isn't suppressed right away. Given that way most ANI discussions occur its unfortunate that a more selective revdel cannot be used since individual edits don't frequently span other conversations. TiggerJay (talk) 20:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editable archives

It seems that the ANI archive pages (e.g. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1173) have section edit links. This is not normal on archive pages: is it something special to ANI, or a mistake somewhere? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe {{Administrators' noticeboard navbox all}} can be taught to emit the flag to inhibit that, iff transcluded onto a "subpage" (or "a subpage containing the string 'archive'")? DMacks (talk) 20:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't too hard.[1] Which means I probably broke something as a side-effect. Trouts of various sizes welcome as appropriate. DMacks (talk) 16:01, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's suppressed the edit links, so

Thank you for that. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:05, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Broken code in blue "Administrators' Noticeboard/Incidents" box

At the bottom of it:

Closed discussions are usually not archived for at least 24 hours. Routine matters might be archived more quickly; complex or controversial matters should remain longer. Sections inactive for 72 hours are archived automatically by Lowercase sigmabot III. Editors unable to edit here are sent to the /Non-autoconfirmed posts subpage.

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Pretty sure the "|- | class= " etc. bit isn't supposed to be there. -The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:51, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The Bushranger: I think I fixed it. Jip Orlando (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedia:REPORT" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Wikipedia:REPORT to the page Wikipedia:Wikipedia only reports what the sources say has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 19 § Wikipedia:REPORT until a consensus is reached. 67.209.129.48 (talk) 10:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]