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ticket to see

Hi EPIC, please take a look at ticket:2025123010002943 regarding a block of yours. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 23:36, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: I responded in the ticket. I wasn't the initial blocker, my block was only a modification as part of me running a script to fix global block reasons. EPIC (talk) 23:47, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Well ok then, expect others to bug you on blocks you have modified :D @Johannnes89: this is for you then. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:29, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Re-lock request

Hello dear EPIC, since the uruspation is done, could you please re-lock this account? Thank you and happy new year! 浅村しき (talk) 01:46, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 10:01, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Block information

Hi, can you explain to me the grounds of my block? Otto Sheva2 (talk) 10:35, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Your account is not blocked. Are you affected by a global hardblock of some kind? EPIC (talk) 10:36, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Lock request

Can you help me to globally lock this account: Yoruhiru (reason: long term abuse)? As this is the sock of 古拉不是德古拉. ~2026-27281-9 (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Regarding my permissions

Dear EPIC,You have removed my permissions on the Arabic Wikipedia without being fully informed of the circumstances of the matter. The reason I did not carry out the required level of administrative work is that I live in Iran, where the internet was cut off for more than twenty days, and internet service remains unstable. Therefore, my lack of activity is not due to laziness or negligence. There is currently an ongoing discussion on Wikipedia regarding this matter. I kindly request that you reconsider.Thank you very much. أسامة الساعدي (talk) 20:55, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

@أسامة الساعدي: Hello, I haven't questioned your inactivity or the reasoning behind it, I simply processed a removal on request of a local bureaucrat per arwiki's local inactivity policy. Since the policy was met in this case, the rights were removed, as the stewards can only abide by local consensus and policies when processing requests regardless of the circumstances. Stewards do not restore removed permissions, so that I leave to the local arwiki bureaucrats if they find it appropriate to do so. @فيصل: Courtesy ping to you. EPIC (talk) 21:01, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi EPIC, The permission was removed based on the local Arabic Wikipedia policy, which does not provide for any exceptions in this regard. Accordingly, the removal of the permission was the correct and proper action under the policy, and this has already been carried out. The permission cannot be restored unless there is a clear community decision to do so or by opening a new admin nomination, after which the local bureaucrats would implement that decision. As local bureaucrats, we are committed to enforcing the policies and to implementing any subsequent community decisions should they arise.--Faisal ^talk 11:49, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

I have to say thank you. You are very active steward and you are helping Wikimedia projects. Always when I am here: I can see your name everywhere. That is very well job, and thank you! Have a nice week! Julius 12345 (talk) 18:28, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much! EPIC (talk) 21:43, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

ticket to check

Hi EPIC, can you take a look at ticket:2026020410009664? Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:28, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Commented in there. EPIC (talk) 19:40, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

utrs to check

Hello, would you please take a look at utrs:92902, if not actioning please leave any relevant notes for others to review. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:33, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: I unlocked the account and closed the appeal, as the lock likely isn't needed and the original reason probably doesn't apply. EPIC (talk) 19:40, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks (x2)! — xaosflux ^Talk 19:41, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your outstanding efforts. Best wishes from Istanbul! Kadı Message 10:06, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome! EPIC (talk) 10:32, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Global lock for الحمدالله

• الحمدالله (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^{(alt • mw)} • CA • gblock • ST • SC • lwcheckuser)

Long-term abuse. ~2026-97069-9 (talk) 20:59, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@EPIC Global locks ~2026-10869-03 (talk) 04:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@EPIC Global locks ~2026-11333-82 (talk) 02:33, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Any evidence? No contributions or logs indicating abuse. EPIC (talk) 02:34, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

SI

Hi. When I write here, is it clear what I mean by "SI 284ec607"? Is that useful for you? Cheers. --Lewisiscrazy (talk) 13:05, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

I didn't fully get it, but I understood enough to be able to lock the accounts. EPIC (talk) 13:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

happy lunar new year :3

yeah :p .nhals8 (talk) 10:47, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

user:RForster

See w:Richard Forster (photographer), who died a year ago. JayCubby (talk) 16:05, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Help

Hello, I requested to have my user account unlocked through UTRS, but I subsequently lost the access key for my unlock request. I emailed the administrators to report the loss of my UTRS access key, but they haven't responded. I wanted to know if my UTRS unlock had any special conditions. While translating articles for the Catalan Wikipedia, I accidentally activated an IP block, so I'd like to know if a global unlock is possible. Imperator-Kaiser (talk) 20:41, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't see any current autoblocks at cawiki, but your global lock was converted to a global block by the stewards per the UTRS ticket. There aren't any special conditions, just that your block has been exempted at cawiki and Meta to offer you a chance to prove that you have learned for the better. EPIC (talk) 00:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

1. 3438728

Another automatic IP blocking. I'm sending you a screenshot. For now, I've written the article in meta and will upload it to the Catalan Wikipedia later. Imperator-Kaiser (talk) 19:43, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

https://ibb.co/8gM3PwJn

I've uploaded a screenshot. The block is on my IP address. I copied information from the English Wikipedia, and since it's blocked, the automatic block on my IP is triggered. Imperator-Kaiser (talk) 19:46, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

I realized I had mistakenly turned on autoblock. I've turned that off, please try again now. EPIC (talk) 19:48, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Solved, thank you very much Imperator-Kaiser (talk) 19:59, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Ysmael Azulino

That account hasn't locked globally. Please lock that account for vandalism and sockpuppets. Thanks ~2026-11601-69 (talk) 01:08, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

User:Qhari is another sockpuppet of Ysmael Azulino ~2026-11847-46 (talk) 23:09, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Attention need

Hey Epic!
Can you please review this request at WM:RFH. Warm regards Cptabhiimanyuseven•(@píng mє) 09:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Block Response

Hello,When I try to edit a Japanese Wikipedia page It says "No open proxies" and that I've been blocked by EPIC. I don't remember doing anything What should I do? Also, since I am translating and writing the sentences, there may be some strange parts...thank you ラッポ (talk) 12:49, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@ラッポ: No open proxies/ja might help. lp0 on fire () 12:51, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I'm not very familiar with Wikipedia's features so I'm not sure, but could that be the cause? ラッポ (talk) 08:33, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

@ラッポ: almost certainly. lp0 on fire () 08:54, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Potentially incorrectly undeleted page

Hi,

I was reviewing the log of changes after the cleanup yesterday to make sure no data had been accidentally lost and I ran into 2 potential mistakes out of thousands. You deleted this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Community+Wishlist%2FW517%2FVotes and it was later undeleted as part of the later mass recovery. This is low priority, but wanted to notify you, in case it should be deleted again.

Thank you for your help yesterday, have a good day. --JCrespo (WMF) (talk) 13:52, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Block request

Hello @EPIC, the account that was blocked (User:Sameforyou) has simply created a new account (User:ScionofFreedom) to continue their disruption, see: vs MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 21:10, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Tickets to check

Hi EPIC, please see the following tickets:

• ticket:2026031210010368
• ticket:2026031210006622
• ticket:2026031110006204

Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 09:17, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Responded in one of the tickets. EPIC (talk) 09:29, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm going to lower to anononly for now. If you see a future problem, feel free to change again. — xaosflux ^Talk 09:32, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

tickets to check

Hello EPIC, please take a look at the following tickets related to blocks or locks you have placed:

• utrs:111105
• utrs:111180

Thank you! — xaosflux ^Talk 20:08, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Responded to both. EPIC (talk) 20:26, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Viwiki CU request

Hi EPIC, regarding this CU request in viwiki, could you forward me by email any messages you received from this user accusing another user so that I can have a basis for performing a CU?

Thanks! DHN (talk) 18:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@DHN: Sure, I reached out just now with the info I have. EPIC (talk) 18:36, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Information about the recent security incident

Hello, we are sending this message to inform you that your account was one of 97 registered Wikimedia accounts affected by malicious code as part of a recent security incident. This occurred only because you visited Meta-Wiki at a specific time.

This incident was caused by a malicious user script "worm" that was unintentionally activated during a security review by the Wikimedia Foundation staff. The worm modified MediaWiki:Common.js, causing Meta-Wiki visitors to edit or delete various pages during the approximately 23 minutes that this worm was operational.

We have analyzed the malicious user script and reviewed our internal and public logs. We have found no evidence that your account credentials were compromised, or that your account was used to conduct any other actions on Wikimedia projects besides editing or deleting random pages. We have no reason to believe that Wikipedia was under attack, or that any information about your account was breached as part of this incident.

All edits caused by the script have been reverted, and the deleted pages have been restored.

We apologize for any disruption this incident caused you, and are working to prevent this kind of incident from happening again. You can learn more about that security work, and further details about this incident, on our project page.

Regards, on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Product Safety and Integrity team, SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

My account has been blocked

Hi, I am User:Not without text (notwithouttext on both Gmail and Discord) and I was globally locked in January. If you have previously seen my tickets, I am sorry if this is disruptive; it is just that I haven't gotten a response yet from the stewards on why my account was blocked. This isn't specifically to you; I just thought that you would be the best person to discuss with on this matter. I believe what had happened was that I carelessly signed into my account on a school network, which was definitely a mistake on my part, and I would assume it probably connected me to other accounts signed on that had been abusive. I will not do this again, and I will continue to never do any abuse or vandalism when editing Wikipedia. You can check that I have only made 14 edits, all of which were valid contributions to the articles that have stayed.

If you still find my account to be suspicious, I fully understand that. I haven't been making a good case for myself, especially since I sent my first two appeals in a relatively short time span, since I hadn't realized the two pages for making appeals went to the same source. I would just like to understand if I can edit any longer or if there is some way I can prove myself. I am very sorry for the carelessness that I've done, and I will make sure to be more diligent. ~2026-19315-44 (talk) 17:26, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Request to close two accounts globally

Hello @EPIC i hope you're doing well,

Could you please ban these two vandals(here, and here globally, just like you did with this one? وسيم (talk) 18:08, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Steward requests/Global Darrrrmilk (talk) 05:14, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Global lock request for Peztronauta l

Hello, EPIC.

I make a request of global lock account of Peztronauta l.

Reason: Global lock evasion of Exactamente.

Also, currently I can't send a Global lock request in the Global lock requests page. This page is protected. Rodrikius12 (talk) 22:38, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Trust

I can actually speak basic French I am not using machine translation fully for translating pages, I only use some to help me but I do most of my knowledge. Darrrrmilk (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Reminder: global rename policy requirement

You are receiving this message because you are either a Steward or a global renamer. If you are steward and don't perform global rename, you can safely ignore this message.

Did you save the CU entries of Yoruhiru?

There is a CU Request from zhwiki: Steward_requests/Checkuser#TwistyTongue@zh.wikipedia, which is about the user Yoruhiru, whose data seems to be staled about 12 hours ago. Therefore, I want to check if you saved the CU entries of Yoruhiru while doing CU check for Yoruhiru in the global lock request for Yoruhiru. Taiwanese Elephant🐘(talk|contribs) 15:35, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Please see this edit

You locked a prior user globally earlier Special:CentralAuth/We are sugar tax, with god we will reach Komodo. Please consider where the poster om my enwiki user talk page is evading your lock Timtrent (talk) 21:45, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Section 1.4 of the U4C Charter

We have realized that Section 1.4 of the U4C Charter is not explicitly mentioned in the requirements for candidates. We therefore kindly ask all candidates to read and sign the statement provided on this page. Thank you.
On behalf of the U4C Electcom, Civvì (talk) 13:11, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Done, thank you! EPIC (talk) 13:14, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

About SRG#Global lock for Absolutiva

You may be interested to know that Absolutiva is (verified on enwiki) SwissArmyGuy, who was globally locked 6 years ago for harassment, I believe (must be w:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1034 § User:SwissArmyGuy keeps asking for my social media accounts and refuses to tell me why) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:54, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Global lock for Tomcost

I have a Global Lock due to Open Proxy/webhost. I have had an account with Wikipedia for 14 years and just recently added security measures to insure my safety from hackers including, Iobit, Webroot, WARP and Cloudflare. I have never and nor do I have interest in editing Wikipedia. I only use it for searches and info. I found your username as the blocker. Could you please unblock me. Tomcost (talk) 14:51, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Lock request

Please lock User:Bubble Marin1h, its a Salebot sock. JustSaySeven (talk) 15:12, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

2FA

Hi, EPIC. I am an interface administrator on kaa, ky wiki and on kaa wikt.

My old phone with the authenticator app is broken, so I no longer have access to my 2FA codes. I am still logged into my account, but I cannot perform interface-admin actions because 2FA confirmation is required.

Could you please help me reset/remove my two-factor authentication so I can set it up again on my new device?

Thank you. --Kvazimodo (talk) 09:54, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Please sign these documents

Dear U4C Candidate,
To streamline the onboarding process and ensure all formalities are completed promptly once the results are announced, we kindly ask you to sign the following two documents required of all committee members:

• (L37) General Confidentiality Agreement – Nonpublic Information
• (L45) VRTS Users Confidentiality Agreement – Nonpublic Information

To sign these documents, please log in to Phabricator using your Wikimedia account, then visit the following pages: (L37) and (L45). Review the documents and sign them. (Note: All documents are available in multiple languages.)

If you have already signed these agreements, no further action is needed.

We kindly request that the documents be signed by June 14, 2026, the expected date for the announcement of results.

On behalf of U4C Election Committee, Civvì (talk) 12:59, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Blocked

Hi, may I know the reason behind being blocked by you? I cannot edit anything, and I wanted to go back to editing Polish Wikipedia. I haven’t used it in a long time and I don’t remember doing anything to get locked out of editing for 4!!! years. Lenaaa0 (talk) 15:11, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Your account is not blocked anywhere. Are you affected by an IP hardblock? EPIC (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Inactivity of the stewards

@EPIC: Hi. It’s been about two weeks since I asked for a bot flag in the ckbwiki village pump. I also posted my request on Meta a while ago, but out of 40 stewards, not even one has replied to me. I even pinged them, but nothing happened. Are all 40 stewards really that busy that they can't give a bot flag? ‎‏‎ʜᴀʀʏᴀᴅ _ᴛᴀʟᴋ 12:01, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

I noticed the request but refrained from actioning on it as I got the impression that it was supposed to be an Lsjbot clone (which I personally have bad experiences with) and tried initiating some discussion in private, which didn't go too far. Happy to look into it when I do get the time. EPIC (talk) 12:04, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

@EPIC: Please tag another steward to help with this. Our work on Wikipedia is stopped right now because of these bots. We have already waited a long time. ‎‏‎ʜᴀʀʏᴀᴅ _ᴛᴀʟᴋ 12:13, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

@-Haryad: I've tried bringing this up for discussion. For the future, you could consider electing local bureaucrats to allow the community to approve your own bots and admins. EPIC (talk) 12:24, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

@EPIC: Look dear EPIC, the CKBWIKI community is not very active. We cannot get 15 or 20 votes for a bureaucrat. I am talking about the bot. If you can, just ask one of the 40 stewards to give the permission. That’s all. I would thank you if you can do it quickly. ‎‏‎ʜᴀʀʏᴀᴅ _ᴛᴀʟᴋ 12:35, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Request archived prematurely

Hello, I noticed that my unsolved (or at least not fully solved) request has now been automatically archived by a bot. I would assume that was not intentional, could you please look into it? --V0lkanic (talk) 08:35, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Translation administrator lengths

Hello! I'm a little confused as to why you granted User:Theki translation adminstrator for one year, but Minorax (log) and Tanbiruzzaman (log) indefinitely, especially since Theki's request occured later. Personally, I think the community is too small for an indefinite translation administrator, and the terms of the latter two should be shortened. Feeglgeef (talk) 01:00, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

The community is quite small, but provided they meet MVR, TA isn't a big deal. That being said, this is also largely up to individual stewards. EPIC (talk) 06:30, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

You happen to be the individual steward who granted all three. So I'm a little confused as to why you decided to institute a double standard. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:35, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

ticket to check

Please see ticket:2026061710010424. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 20:07, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Responded there. EPIC (talk) 20:08, 17 June 2026 (UTC)