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I’ve started a discussion at WP:ANI#UtherSRG explaining why I think you no longer can be trusted with advanced permissions. Your input there is welcome. Fram (talk) 15:26, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Roger that. – UtherSRG (talk) 15:58, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@UtherSRG, I’m really heartened by your response to Hammersoft‘s comment in that thread. I do, however, agree with Extraordinary Writ: this is too many missteps, too close to one another, for us to let this thread close without action. I ask that you consider handing in the tools, or running a voluntary WP:RRFA. — asilvering (talk) 02:17, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Asilvering: I don’t suppose this could be allowed to wait until the next election, eh? – UtherSRG (talk) 14:47, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Provided no one certifies a recall petition against you in the next 12 days, it certainly could. My advice would be to avoid making any blocks in the next two weeks, lest someone get itchy fingers. — asilvering (talk) 17:44, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. – UtherSRG (talk) 23:37, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Asilvering: Can you take a look at African pygmy mouse and the IP I reverted. They have a history on this article and I’ve previously blocked them for similar edits. Thanks! – UtherSRG (talk) 14:52, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I lifted that one, it’s just the one IP and we could handle that with blocks if necessary. If they come back I can pblock them from main and see if we can drive them to a talk page. It’s possible they have no idea why their edits keep disappearing. — asilvering (talk) 19:11, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, makes sense. – UtherSRG (talk) 19:22, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I hadn’t checked before, but I’d previously blocked them twice, and they have several warnings. I don’t know that they can be driven to a talk page. – UtherSRG (talk) 19:25, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Part of avoiding bad blocks is doing one’s best to avoid that kind of assumption. — asilvering (talk) 19:58, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, other than having others do the successive blocks, how does one bring IPs like this into the fold of the community? – UtherSRG (talk) 20:57, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, sometimes we can’t. But in the case of a really stable IP who keeps trying to make the same changes that aren’t obviously vandalism, I want to try to get them into a conversation with them and see if we can’t convert them to at least middling-helpful editors. — asilvering (talk) 21:14, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will you engage them on their talk page or on the article’s? You can see that others have given warnings on their talk page. How do you otherwise get them into a conversation? – UtherSRG (talk) 21:54, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

p-blocks from main are your friend. And I feel less bad about setting them for a longer time, since affected editors can still use edit requests if they get caught in one after the IP has cycled. — asilvering (talk) 22:39, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that, but I won’t do it since I’m not doing any blocks these days, eh? Given the current state of the IP, will you put the p-block in? – UtherSRG (talk) 23:31, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If they come back again soon, let me know and I can handle it. But really, someone who only needs to be reverted once every few months is doing pretty well, all things considered. — asilvering (talk) 00:09, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thank you for being my mentor! I was wondering how and when I am allowed to create a new page for an Artist who does not yet have a wikipedia entry. Is there information on required formatting or good tips for my first new page? Thank you ! —Lchaim613 (talk) 14:03, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lchaim613: I’ve given you the standard mentee welcome on your talk page. After you’ve started on the tutorial, you can check out My First Article which guides you through the article drafting process. Please note that writing an article from scratch is the hardest thing to do here. You will also want to be familiar WP:NARTIST, our notability support policy that augments our general notability policy; articles are only accepted from draft to main article space if they pass our notability policies. – UtherSRG (talk) 15:03, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have addressed the issues mentioned by the copyedit tag you placed, but I’m not sure. Could you help check what else needs to be done in that article? Just a generic username (talk) 03:37, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a petition at Wikipedia:Administrator recall/UtherSRG for you to initiate a re-request for adminship (RRfA).

You can provide a statement by editing the page’s code and removing the comment markup around the Response section above the Discussion section. Should the petition reach 25 extended confirmed signatories within 30 days, you may initiate an RRfA during the next 30 days, and if you do not initiate an RRfA within a reasonable time frame, bureaucrats will have the discretion to remove your administrator privileges.

An RRfA has a threshold of 60% for an automatic reconfirmation and 50% for a bureaucrat discussion. Before the RRfA begins, you may opt to run in an administrator election with a 55% threshold if one is occurring within 30 days. For further information, please consult the administrator recall process page.

Staraction (talk | contribs) 09:13, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The petition at Wikipedia:Administrator recall/UtherSRG has reached 25 extended confirmed signatories within 30 days. To retain your administrative tools, you must initiate an RRfA or take part in an administrator election within the next 30 days. If you do not, bureaucrats will have the discretion to remove your administrator privileges. An RRfA has a threshold of 60% for an automatic reconfirmation and 50% for a bureaucrat discussion whereas a reconfirmation administrator election has a 55% threshold for automatic reconfirmation. For further information, please consult Wikipedia:Administrator recall. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:15, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I do intend to stand for AELECT, as it seems I wasn’t clear with those intentions. – UtherSRG (talk) 14:26, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please be sure to enter the candidacy when it opens, here: Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Candidates. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:00, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:AELECT3 Call for Candidates opens November 25th. Genuinely interested to see how this goes as it’s a first. fanfanboy (block_talk) 15:08, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sad to see this happen. I wish you best with this. Guettarda (talk) 15:04, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, super quick question – I trust that Recon Rabbit is ultimately in the right as far as the taxonomy goes, but the USFWS (as an Alaskan, I trust the FWS over my own flesh and blood) still has these listed as a member of Brachylagus [1], as does stuff like GBIF[2], so the IP’s edits aren’t vandal like in the slightest & I’m happy to describe this as a ROTM content dispute.

With that in mind, I’m curious as to why you thought protecting the page is OK under WP:INVOLVED , given that you have reverted the IP editor several times [3][4][5] – and cited those reverts as the basis for your protection?[6] GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 17:23, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]