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Revision Deletion Request

Hello Joyous again,

I found more BLP violating edits ( and ) qualifying for RD2 redaction. Khrincan (talk | contribs) 21:12, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Done. Thanks again. Joyous! Noise! 21:26, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Where do I report userpage issues?

User:Macharla shivashankar (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google · Spamcheck) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

I'm trying to report userpage for speedy deletion and/or administrator attention (WP:AIV or WP:UAA). I haven't reported or tagged for CSD yet. Also it's not in English (it's apparently in Telugu). Can you please help me out what is the best course of action? Thanks. --みんな空の下 (トーク) 04:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

First course of action should probably be to leave a message on their talk page so they know the content isn't appropriate for Wikipedia. Perhaps they'll take it down themselves, which would be ideal. Eventually, AIV would be better than UAA, because it's not the username itself that's the issue. Joyous! Noise! 13:48, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Melissa Mascara is hot

and there is no reason why she should not be included in a list of notable people from this town. It's not NYC, it's a small town, people would enjoy knowing a hot actress was from here — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-27347-36 (talk) 17:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

The reason is that Wikipedia has criteria for being included in lists like the one you edited, namely notability. The way we usually judge that is by checking to see if someone has a standalone article here. If you think Melissa Mascara fits within the guidelines at the link I just left, feel free to write an article using reliable published sources, then she can be added to the list. Joyous! Noise! 23:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

TPA yoink

I saw you blocked User:User talk:~2026-26681-94, could you revoke tpa as well? Thanks. Realtent (talk) 20:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

yep. Joyous! Noise! 22:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Media list

Hi Joyous! I saw in 2023 you added Wikilink to Fourth Estate in George Mason U's student org page. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Mason_University&action=history&offset=&limit=500

Have been trying to add one of George Mason's longest-running journals So to Speak to the list (since phoebe and Fourth Estate are already on there). Keep being denied even though plenty of outside sources. Are you able to assist?

Thanks. ~2026-27135-89 (talk) 14:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Where have you tried adding that content? I'm not seeing any attempts in the recent article history. Joyous! Noise! 16:35, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Why are you not letting me have time to place the user warning at User talk:~2026-28344-44? - SimpleObjects-9ei 🌸/🌻/🌞 20:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Family blood lines

In Wikipedia you aren't able to get your family blood lines so if i was on Wikipedia and I was trying to get information about my blood line I couldn't and lots of people that are related to noble familys like if you were related to the queen or king you could get blood line.And i find that unfair so could you put the family blood lines upon Wikipedia please. ~2026-26127-61 (talk) 11:27, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I doubt that Wikipedia will be adding information on blood lines, as they are difficult to prove reliably. Joyous! Noise! 15:15, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

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User:Jgfhgdryjbf

Can you remove TPA for Jgfhgdryjbf? They're copying articles onto their talk page (and then vandalizing them). RandomPerson238 22:02, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Sorry for the delay: actually OUTSIDE in the garden dealing with weeds and such. You're always welcome to snag another admin for things like this if I'm not around. I don't mind if someone else adjusts a block. Joyous! Noise! 01:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

About Baqyt Sultanov

Change the article's name instead of take edit back?

And most of names in infobox are different from names in article title, that's not special for Sultanov. Thanks for attention. Cheers! ~2026-31370-18 (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

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Just a heads-up

Username 痛 (维基黑鬼垃圾) (talk · contribs) contains hate speech according to Google Translate.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:28, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Comsat links

I disagree that it was inappropriate because the wiki link is relevant since it is a database on Comsat. ~2026-33775-69 (talk) 19:12, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

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Nevermind!

Another admin blocked the LTA TA! Disregard! Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 17:21, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Disregarded! Joyous! Noise! 18:06, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	For your tireless anti-vandalism work and handling the backlogs at AIV. Best, Mifter (talk) 02:53, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you!! This means a lot. Joyous! Noise! 14:25, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

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RV2 request

Hi, I found this edit on Fontaine (Genshin Impact) that contains the n word, which is offensive to black people. You can only see the word when you go to visual mode. That1ElioFan ( talk | userboxes ) 17:48, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Joyous

I'm sorry ~2026-37678-55 (talk) 02:29, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Tarlby. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Matías Galarza (Paraguayan footballer) have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. toby ^(t)(rw) 02:54, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

I think you reverted the wrong edit. Joyous! Noise! 02:56, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

yea, whoops. toby ^(t)(rw) 02:59, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

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Protection request

Could Leandro Paredes please be protected ASAP? There's a mass attack of vandalism on this page. Entranced98 (talk) 22:18, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Just did. Joyous! Noise! 22:18, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

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Lawnmower Dog temporary accounts

Not sure if you're aware or not, but those disruptive temporary accounts at this article (primarily adding completely unrelated images in the infobox) are stemming from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Agustin Sepulveda Venegas 2004 Fan. My guess is that he decided to go to this article instead since usual target The Lawnmower Man is semi-protected.

Already have an SPI case for the latest temporary account (thank you for already blocking it- though hoping for maybe a sleeper check to happen) and requested protection for Lawnmower Dog at RPPI. Magitroopa (talk) 03:24, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

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Copyvio?

Hi. What do you do when someone adds a copyrighted work to a Talk page? See this. I'd rather that it just be deleted, but I imagine you know what to do. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:25, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Normally, it's reverted and the edit is revision deleted, but I think this particular song is in the public domain, so no copyvio exists. Joyous! Noise! 20:31, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Ah, right. Sorry. I feel silly.  :) -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:38, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

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Request

Can you grant me autopatrolled for redirects, I think I qualify? In solidarity Dafootballguy Want to talk? 21:17, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

I'm only seeing 3 redirects that you've created. The informal rule is more like 100-ish. Joyous! Noise! 02:28, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Can you tell me if Draft:Elijah Culp is ready for mainspace? In solidarity, Dafootballguy [Want to talk?] 02:08, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Offhand, I'd say so. Lots of sourcing for all your statements and well-organized. Be aware that I do almost no article review, so....take my opinion for what it's worth. 😀 Joyous! Noise! 02:11, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Who can I ask? In solidarity, Dafootballguy [Want to talk?] 03:37, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

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Request unprotection for pages Gopal Patha and Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay to redirect them to Gopal Mukherjee. I don't know who is the protecting adminstrator and i see you as the last person deleting, so i messaged. Sarangem (talk) 14:23, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

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Admin privileges request

Hello Joyous.

I want to be an admin so i can delete pages, move them, edit fully-protected pages. GCRNumber1fan (talk | contribs) 15:21, 26 August 2026 (BST)

Welcome! I'm glad you want to take on more responsibility here. To start: do a lot of editing! An account must be 30+ days old and have 500+ quality edits to request adminship. That's the minimum. Really, you'd need more experience than that, because adminship isn't granted by a single person: it's through a vote, so you'll be under a bit of scrutiny to demonstrate that you understand the rules here. It's hard to get admin without at least a year of experience and a few thousand edits. A start might be to look at some of your edits that have been reverted and figure out what was wrong. I think you'd benefit from reading over this page about using the more common name for countries. Joyous! Noise! 16:03, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Ok, I got it. GCRNumber1fan (talk) 17:23, 26 August 2026 (UTC)