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Problem with 1.500 edits wrongly assigned to me in Sranantongoan Wikipedia

Status: Done

Hello, I already described my problem in German.

There are several edits in Sranantongoan Wikipedia listed under my name, all from 2008. But I never edited in this project. My Global User Account shows zero edits in "srn" (which is correct), nevertheless my user account in srn-wiki (which I didn't create) shows this history. Can this be fixed or is there any necessity to fix it at all? Thank you, User:DerHexer.--Jordi (talk) 12:22, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

The edits were imported from incubatorwiki where they have been created by incubator:User:Jordi~incubatorwiki. Unforatunately, the name conflict was not noticed. My initial thought was to rename the local account Jordi to maybe something like Jordi~srnwiki to make this more clear. However, that might cause some problems with the current global Jordi account. A second opinion, in particular from our tech experts, might make sense. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 13:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

@DerHexer Are you thinking an (a)Unmerge (b)Local rename? It seems like it would work, but I've never actually done that operation. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:17, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, a local rename should detach the local Jordi from the global one. However, I'm not sure if that would also move all these 1,500 edits away. The original user could create a new local Jordi and merge it via Special:MergeAccount. At worst case, the edits wouldn't be moved and they cannot create a new local account that could be merged. A very uncommon edge case. I think that we should discuss this import bug internally and also open a phabricator ticket. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 14:25, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

With my sysadmin hat on, a manual detach followed by a local rename seems reasonable to me too. (I don't think we should manually attach it to Special:CentralAuth/Jordi~incubatorwiki since Special:CentralAuth/Jordi currently has access to that account.)

However, this is risky enough so please coordinate it to happen when someone with shell access is around in case this breaks something in a way that needs server-side fixing. I'm also happy to take care of the entire operation by myself if you prefer it that way. Taavi (talk!) 21:25, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

I have no access to the Global Account "Jordi~incubatorwiki". I hope he has not any access to my accounts, neither. Thoough he seems to be inactive since 2008.--Jordi (talk) 21:39, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jordi: Can you please access to srnwiki, and confirm that you can create new accounts with 0 edits? --Alaa :)..! 22:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Done. Seems to work, my edit list is blank now ("Geen wijzigingen gevonden die aan de gestelde criteria voldoen"). Thank you very much.--Jordi (talk) 22:35, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Welcome Jordi! I'll ping @DerHexer, Xaosflux, and Taavi: now, that I going foreword with this request (I did such local rename several times under SRUC), so regarding "Jordi" side it was done , but now there's a need to attach/unify Jordi~incubatorwiki, and report (to phab.) the above mentioned issue of 0 edits at CA but 1500 edits in Special:Contributions. Any suggestions? --Alaa :)..! 06:10, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@علاء not having "edit in CA" counted is normal when they are "imported edits". Possibly we should just local block and glock that ~incubator account and be done here? — xaosflux ^Talk 08:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux Is there phab. ticket that "imported edits not counted", or no need? Regarding the block/lock part, is this account related to Jordi (missed during unification process), or another user? as Jordi mentioned "hope he has not any access to my accounts, neither. Thoough he seems to be inactive since 2008." We can't block/lock account for another user due to our technical shortcomings --Alaa :)..! 19:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@علاء centralauth/globaluserinfo has never counted anyone's "imported" edits towards those counters - so no need. This isn't exceptional about this case, it is standard for any import operation. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@Jordi: have your concerns been addressed? — xaosflux ^Talk 18:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, no concerns, I was only curious what had happened and why these 1,500 edits were listed under my name. This problem was resolved, thank you all again. I have no clue if there are problems or concerns left, but I think everything is o.k. now, thx.--Jordi (talk) 21:28, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Marking as done. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Wrong block at fatwiki

Status: Done

Recently, I deleted spam page at fatwiki as GS task on April 18. Please see fat:Soronko:Log/delete if you want. After that, on April 20, User:Assilidjoe blocked me due to the 'spamming links'. fat:Soronko:Log/block How can this nonsense block be possible? Well, so, I realized this on May 1, so I requested unblock as this is definitely wrong block. fat:Dwumadzinyi_nkɔmbɔdzibea:LR0725 Assilidjoe replied on May 3, "Please sorry for that." After this, Assilidjoe is just ignoring unblock request. I cannot trust this sysop anymore, so request unblock at meta. Actually, I can simply unblock myself, but I don't want to make any unnecessary controversy. --LR0725 ( Talk / Contribs ) 14:46, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Robertjamal12: ping another local sysop. Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 15:01, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I've asked for review at w:fat:Dwumadzinyi nkɔmbɔdzibea:LR0725 - lets see what is said. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

You're doing the right thing in not unblocking yourself. If the local admins don't reverse it IMO we should - there clearly is no valid reason for the block. – Ajraddatz (talk) 15:52, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I will wait for them, then. Thanks for opinion. LR0725 ( Talk / Contribs ) 16:14, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Robertjamal12 unblocked you. ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 18:36, 4 May 2024 (UTC)