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Help to neutralise the article

Hello there! “All encyclopedic content on Misplaced Pages must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), which means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic.” Now in the ‘Tiger versus Lion’ article on wiki, a lot of accounts for the tiger killing lion have been added by a user named BritishTiger, and he also removed some accounts of the lion killing tiger without any explanation. That “In captivity” section in ‘Observed fights’ is completely vandalised. Some unreliable accounts are there too, please help mate! KejuFuru (talk) 06:35, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi KejuFuru, so for starters, as a few talk page watchers know, I think that Tiger versus lion is the single worst article on the English Misplaced Pages and that it should be deleted outright as being a WP:NOT violation. That being said, I don't really see this as a neutrality problem, but rather that the sourcing isn't up to Misplaced Pages's standards. I'm perfectly happy to help remove crap sourcing, which will ideally make the article sound more neutral to you. TonyBallioni (talk) 06:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

"I think that Tiger versus lion is the single worst article on the English Misplaced Pages" ... and it's up against some stiff competition Ritchie333 11:52, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Ritchie333, do you have an opinion on who would win in a fight? We can add it to the article and reference it to your diff here if you want :) TonyBallioni (talk) 01:28, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

I completely agree with you! Look at this account in the ‘Observed fights: in captivity“ section for example, “In 1924 a tiger owned by Mabel Stark killed 2 lions and 2 tigers.” This is crap sourcing, and there are so many accounts like this. Also the user who added this (BritishTiger) removed some reliable accounts from the section without any explanation in the edit summary. He even got blocked for it earlier but he didn’t learn. I’ll give you more accounts like this when I get some time, till then please remove the account I mentioned and maybe remove some other ones you find as unreliable or badly sourced. Thanks for understanding! KejuFuru (talk) 06:55, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:07, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Block

I had this user's talkpage on my watchlist after having reported them to ANEW a few months ago. Am I correct in guessing this is a BKFIP-related block? Grandpallama (talk) 18:02, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

User revealing personal information

Hi Tony! I hope you are doing well. I just had a quick question regarding a user revealing their personal email account in a talk page thread (specifically here). What should I do if I notice a user do this under such circumstances? Is contacting an administrator to get the information wiped as soon as possible the proper course of action? If so, is there a proper noticeboard for such things? Thanks, Tyrone Madera (talk) 17:35, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Tyrone Madera, I have redacted the email address and suppressed the relevant diffs. Generally speaking, the best thing to do in a situation like this is to request oversight per the instructions at WP:RFO. – bradv 17:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@Bradv: Thank you! I'm sure that user will come to appreciate random people online not having access to their IP address and email. I will try to remember RFO if such a situation arrises again. Best, Tyrone Madera (talk) 17:55, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Io, Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:10, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

You caught me.

Look. I'll be completely honest. I'm a serial troll and sock pepper master. I've created over 200 accounts over the past 10 years. I do want to ask. How are you guys able to catch us sockpuppets so fast? I know that this IP address will likely be blocked since I'm admitting this. But yeah you admins have probably blocked about 85% of the accounts I created. Bangkok Rider's Club (talk) 02:30, 19 December 2021 (UTC)