User:Rmhermen
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Admin
[edit]I am a Wikipedia:administrator since July 5, 2004. I first contributed to Wikipedia in April of 2001 (oldest edits lost in early software upgrades). My first edit with my username appears to be on April 26. I have been active on a number of online projects - active and passive (SETI@Home, Distributed Proofreaders, Mars crater labeling, Stardust@Home, Folding@Home on the Wikipedia team: Team page, etc.)
| Action | Count |
|---|---|
| Edits | 61558 |
| Edits+Deleted | 64924 |
| Pages deleted | 3958 |
| Revisions deleted | 14 |
| Pages restored | 30 |
| Pages protected | 80 |
| Pages unprotected | 9 |
| Protections modified | 23 |
| Users blocked | 101 |
| Users reblocked | 1 |
| User rights modified | 1 |
Administrative backlog
[edit]Reports
[edit]- Jhas50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 20:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- 68.97.141.207 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 22:28, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Khadoh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 23:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- 202.137.162.59 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 3 five times in the last 5 minutes (New user blanking articles, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 00:31, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 157.131.74.161 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 01:08, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 188.233.61.218 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 1319 (LTA 1319, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 02:05, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
User-reported
[edit]- Poopdecktheoverlord (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – On Pakdam Pakdai (diff): Adding unsourced content after final warning to not add unsourced content. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Skywatcher68
This noticeboard is for obvious vandals and spammers only. Consider taking this report to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:53, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Skywatcher68
- 98.245.158.135 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 3RR and refusal to engage in dialogue. Sweetpool50 (talk) 21:55, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- This noticeboard is for obvious vandals and spammers only. Consider taking this report to Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:59, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Downzyisaliar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – On DJ Ashba: nothere, SPA. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:28, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- 149.108.169.203/18 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Long term-abuse, see [1] Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 198.202.202.77 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – vandalism, including: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ~ Junior5a (Talk) Cont 02:00, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- EclipseExpress (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – User is not here to edit constructively. livelikemusic (TALK!) 02:20, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hcdestroyer (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "destroy" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 22:50, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Testexample896 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
- This username matched "testicles" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 02:00, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
User-reported
[edit]- Tmfaustin (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. I've nominated both of these user's articles for AfD due to notability concerns, however I wanted to also report this user to WP:UAA. Although the user has made these edits a long time ago (during the time period of 2014-2019), the user has only edited Wikipedia about themselves/their non-profit organization titled The Miracle Foundation (which suits their username, Tmfaustin). Their user page also further proves this. WormEater13 (talk • contribs) 23:19, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
Stale: This account has not been used in the last 2–3 weeks. WormEater13, we don't bother to block accounts that have not edited since 2019. Cullen328 (talk) 00:15, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Ips.delhi (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a misleading username. IPS means Indian Police Service. UNITED BLASTERS (talk) 16:26, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Valentino Massanga (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. Self-promotional user page and username. Nahida 🌷 19:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Not a blatant violation of the username policy, but it's worth keeping an eye on their edits. Real names are permitted unless they imply that the user is someone that they're not. Fathoms Below (talk) 20:43, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- LibertyStation (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username (look at their contributions page). Appears to represent Liberty Station, San Diego. ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 21:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Cartigalegalfunding (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 21:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Carooline Freeman College (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. See Caroline Freeman College. Referentis (talk) 23:54, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Amarisforstatesenate (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. Username is promoting a specific candidate for a specific US election and is also using their sandbox for promotional edits. Nahida 🌷 00:22, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for increase in protection level
[edit]Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Reason: Persistent IP vandalism BlameRuiner (talk) 21:46, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. I have already warned them once. Daniel Case (talk) 22:03, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Multiple IPs adding citation needed tag to sourced content without explanation. XxTechnicianxX (talk) 22:41, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated unhelpful IP edits. Trailblazer101 (talk) 22:41, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:46, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Page is being targeted due to a trending Reddit post [2]. Alxeedo ゐ talk 23:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated unhelpful IP edits. Trailblazer101 (talk) 23:06, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 23:41, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 23:41, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Edit-warring, multiple IPs from Greater Washington DC. Block evasion by Special:Contributions/70.183.0.0/21 and Special:Contributions/198.24.31.113. Continuing the disruption of Special:Contributions/2600:4040:207B:A700:B1B4:8050:CBC:99F, Special:Contributions/2600:4040:2885:5C00:59F9:1294:DD2E:BF2, Special:Contributions/50.144.192.106, Special:Contributions/98.160.51.12, Special:Contributions/198.24.31.86 and Special:Contributions/198.24.21.128. Binksternet (talk) 00:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Last year, I requested protection (see further discussion here); that request was ultimately denied and I let it go, believing that yes, they were frustrating edits, but that it would be better to err on the side of assuming good faith. However, once again an IP editor (from a newly-used IP) has made disruptive edits:
- Removed references
- Removed references without explanation
- Adding information that is blatantly inaccurate (i.e. "end of the 2025 NBA playoffs" wouldn't occur until June)
Recently, other IP editors have just simply caused more work to be done through edits that have:
- switched a cropped image to the uncropped version
- caused baffling grammatical errors (i.e. "marking their first [season] as..." -> "marking their name [season] as")
Also, even before the massive amounts of IP edits that have been made since 2024, there has historically been vandalizing by IP editors on this page across several years; examples include: 2017 (1); 2018 (2); 2019 (4, 5); 2022 (6, 7); 2023 (8). The nature of this list being the win-loss records of NBA teams probably attracts some NBA fans to inflate or deflate a team's win-loss record based on their feelings about that team, which is something I've seen over on the analogous NFL list from my time editing that one.
I previously nominated this list for featured list status in 2022, but withdrew the nomination at the time. I think the list is currently a lot closer to FL than it was when I withdrew that nom, but the IP edits have created a lot more work to then have to clean up. Considering that in 2024, there were more unregistered edits to this list than from 2015-2023 combined, and that already in 2025, there have been more unregistered edits than in any year prior to 2024, I do not have confidence that these unregistered edits will slow down or make things easier to maintain. So, I am once again kindly requesting any form of page protection. Soulbust (talk) 00:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 00:56, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Zinderboff (talk) 01:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Zinderboff (talk) 01:28, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
[edit]Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.
- To find out the username of the admin who protected the page, click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page," which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
- Requests to downgrade full protection to template protection on templates and modules can be directed straight here; you do not need to ask the protecting admin first.
- Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
- If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page, please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected, please use the section below.
Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Unprotection: Article was protected in 2019 for sockpuppetry/vandalism. I have found no evidence that this vandal is still active, and the article seems unlikely to become a vandalism magnet again over five years later. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:11, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
[edit]Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.
- Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among
{{Edit protected}},{{Edit template-protected}},{{Edit extended-protected}}, or{{Edit semi-protected}}to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed. - Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the
{{Edit COI}}template should be used. - Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
- If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
- This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.
Handled requests
[edit]A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.
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Template:Admin dashboard/rfarfp
I am at about 70,000 edits aross all Wiki projects.
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The Minor Barnstar | |
| Minor edits make a major difference. —Gaff ταλκ 04:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC) |
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The Minor Barnstar | |
| Ahh, a sigh of relief from IvoShandor to Rmhermen, thanks for your work on articles related to the Black Hawk War. IvoShandor 05:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is for that quick and poisonous work you did on the Ayina River. Yours sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC) |
Templates I use often but never remember
[edit]- {{NorthAmNative}} {{WikiProject Michigan}} {{WikiProject Protected areas}} {{river}}
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- {{fact}}{{no license}} {{no source}} {{or-fu-re|Image:replacementimage}} {{Orphaned fairuse not replaced or {{or-fu-nr}} *{{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} {{subst:deletedpage}} {{globalize/USA}}{{intro-missing}}
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Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)
"Do you want to take a survey?"
[edit]On Feb. 12, 2005, I did a random pages survey. Out of 100 random pages, only 1 was a U.S. town. That's progress. Three towns in the UK, 1 in Spain and 1 in Portugal also turned up. Overall biographies were the largest category at 22%, followed by geography with 15% total. Then Lists at 7%, Disambiguation pages at 6%.
On Feb. 24, 2006, I repeated the 100 random page survey, this time getting 5 U.S. towns. Overall, geography had 26%, biography 21%, fiction 9%, music 4%, colleges 4%, lists 3% and disambigs 4%. Clearly geography and biography are our largest areas. Music, science and business scored less than I expected. Non-individual History was hardly discernable.
Even by Feb. 2005, 100 out of almost 500,000 was not statistically significant but was as much as I had patience for.
Wikiprojects I am a member of:
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan
Short To Do list
[edit]- add maps to cities in Chad
- have done ten largest plus A-Biltine (plus Doba, Faya-Largeau, Goz Beïda, Guéréda, Mao, Ouara) from List of cities in Chad
- sources for Hook and Cod wars
- History of camping
- User:Rmhermen/sandbox
- reduce repetition between Chemical Weapons Convention, Chemical weapon proliferation, Destruction of chemical weapons, Chemical weapon#Disposal and Chemical warfare
- Pueblo Chemical Depot - full destruction in Sept 2016
- Joan Walsh Anglund
Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers
[edit]Up to Dec 16, 2003, all the edits at these anonymous id's were mine (59 edits):
- User:64.152.154.140
- User:64.152.153.104
- User:166.90.233.102
- User:65.25.234.xxx
- User:64.7.163.180
- User:64.152.153.139
- User:63.212.148.98
- User:64.152.159.57
- User:64.152.154.147
More recently 1,250 or so edits on 75.41.110.200 are apparently all mine. Apparently my new ID is 75.41.109.190. There are undoubtedly many others as the earliest history of many articles was not preserved by the software.
List of most of my original pictures and some maps
[edit]For copyright declaration purposes The following photographs and diagrams on Wikipedia were taken by and uploaded by me and released under GNU-FDL:
- Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [3] does edit counts though)
Pictures
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Maps
[edit]- Image:Michigan map.png
- Image:Toledo Strip.png
- Image:Les Cheneaux Islands.PNG
- Image:Blackfeet Indian Reservation map.PNG
- Image:1999_west_nile_map.png, and the others in article
- Image:US execution methods.png
- Image:Lake of Egypt.PNG - an unimproved map
- Image:Upper Peninsula of Michigan.png
Numerous locator maps for U.S. national parks like Image:LocMap Big Bend National Park.png and Image:LocMap Tongariro National Park.png - most now replaced by dynamic map system
