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This account was previously known as JamesBWatson, but was renamed to JBW on 19 September 2019. Neither James nor Watson is my real name. Please post new sections at the bottom of the page. If you don't, there is a risk that your message may never be noticed, if other edits follow it before I get here.

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Please tag this for speedy deletion[edit]

Hi there, can you please tag this Collen Mashawana page for speedy deletion I don't think it's notable. I also think it's not written from a neutral standpoint.Bobbyshabangu _talk 16:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bobbyshabangu: I don't understand. If you think the article should be tagged for speedy deletion then why do you ask me to do it, instead of doing it yourself? JBW (talk) 16:21, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because in the past you've tagged my articles for speedy deletion, so who else to better delete the article except you?. Also, because I think the person who initially wrote this article was paid to do so.Bobbyshabangu _talk 18:07, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Imlil[edit]

A page that you have locked.

Location Consider updating the location to something more reasonable. At the moment the link suggests the town is a square metre in size 90.240.165.192 (talk) 08:30, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You must mean Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi. If so, can you clarify what you want changed, and preferably what you want it changed to? I can't see anything in the article about the size of the place, and I don't know which link you are referring to. JBW (talk) 09:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

Nyttend

Bureaucrat changes

Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe

Oversight changes

GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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UTRS appeal #88074 [edit]

Hey! Did you mean your comment of 05-02 21:15:03 for us or for the appellant? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I already recused cause I cannot be objective toward that user. Best. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:43, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Deep: I meant it for yous (as some of the people in a part of England where I once lived say, or y'all, as some of your compatriots say) but now that I think of it I can't see any reason why it shouldn't be addressed to the appellant too. JBW (talk) 13:51, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Will you?. Better coming from someone besides me. (They need to hear it.) -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@: Well, having read your message, I decided to go over and do it, but when I got there I found someone had already done it. Sigh... JBW (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OCD at work -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:21, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Logistics Corporation[edit]

Hello JBW. Hope you're well. That SEO manager (Usamanaeem31 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) is back as Hashjam (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and is again adding promo to the article. Could you please create a SPI about this group (including Maars101 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) so I can report them on the SPI in future? Thank you! 194.60.199.170 (talk) 21:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly looks as though Hashjam is likely to be working for the same organisation as the other two accounts, but the account's entire editing history to date has been restricted to the period from 23rd to 27th March, so there's no current activity to prevent. For the time being I have given warnings on conflict of interest and on possible use of multiple accounts. If the account resumes editing after that warning, or if yet another account appears, I will consider further action, including possibly blocking. Please let me know if you see any more from this account or another one which looks like the same person, and I'll look into it. I don't see much point in a Sockpuppet investigation at this stage, as I don't think it would be likely to get a CheckUser, and without one it would not have any more to go on than what I can see. JBW (talk) 21:56, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP-hopping genre warrior from Rhode Island[edit]

Hi, JB, how are you?

While patrolling Recent Changes, I came across Rhode Island IP making unsourced genre changes. Seems they've been doing this for quite a while across various IPs: 70.168.7.138, 70.168.206.141, 174.78.134.19, etc; they might be this LTA. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:24, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]