Wikipedia talk:Administrators' noticeboard - Wikipedia

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but someone needs to note in the section User:Monbot that the user’s username is inappropriate for use on Wikipedia because it is misleading (wikipedia:MISLEADNAME). This is not a bot account, it’s a person, and the name needs to reflect that. (Apologies for posting this here, I’m locked out of the primary page for reasons I can not discern but assume to be due to either trolling or lta related vandalism control.) 2600:1011:B324:1E02:B940:65B6:E5B4:9665 (talk) 08:20, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The account in question was soft blocked back in March 2021 for username violation, I don't think there is much to do here. Ratnahastin (talk) 08:25, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is also the wrong board, but... shrugs. Agree with the above, they're already blocked so there's not much for us to do. Primefac (talk) 15:57, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Primefac: I believe the IP is referring to this thread , where Monbot67's actions are being discussed.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:51, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

In just under 24 hours, this discussion on ABRPIA collected 50 comments and counting. Some of the replies are indented on the same level and difficult to read. It is mostly a linear discussion. Can someone uninvolved indent the replies when two people are indented on the same level? It would make it easier for everyone to read. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:14, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've been following the discussion and I haven't noticed any obvious threading problems or easy fixes. One trick that I like is to add a subheading every once in awhile to keep any one section from getting too big, and to help label the topic of that area of conversation. –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:58, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

In eight cases indenting and replies to those linked Diffs would help for clarity. The fixes are a matter of adding colons correctly to the comments (including whether it's a new paragraph or sub-indented reply). But I will live either way. The length of it, might make it worthwhile to ease reading for future closer

• Indenting (my comment)
• Indenting SFR
• Levivich and 3 replies underneath
• SelfStudier and 3 replies underneath
• BilledMammal and 2 replies underneath (along with Nableezy's non-indented reply in same thread)
• Nableezy and 3 replies
• Tamzin's longer reply to an above 1 line comment
• Tamzin's longer reply to an above 1 line comment

QED ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 01:51, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The "Editor calling other editors who reject a source as racists and claiming religious discrimination" thread (for example here) appears to have vanished. At the time I saw it last, there was evident consensus that a long-time problem editor should receive a TBAN. I received no notice about it closing. What happened here? :bloodofox: (talk) 20:34, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

It's archived here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1166. -- asilvering (talk) 22:54, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

So, it was automatically archived without action? :bloodofox: (talk) 00:17, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, looks like. Unless I'm missing someone, the only administrator who responded was Liz, and she explained why it was difficult for the topic to be actioned. -- asilvering (talk) 00:22, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is an aside to any code-smart editors reviewing this page but could you add a header to the mandatory code that is to be listed on participant's User talk page? I often check to see if these notices are posted and the messages are often buried in other discussions and go unseen. They need to be highlighted and separated by a header like ==[[WP:ANI]]== above the code but I'm not sure about adding it to the edit notice. What do you think? Any one brave enough to change the unchangeable? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

There is no requirement to use a specific template to notify an editor of a discussion at AN, only that the user must be notified. If someone's started a discussion on a user's talk page, and then the issue shows up at AN, there is nothing wrong with adding a "by the way, this is now at AN, see [link]" to the existing discussion. Primefac (talk) 11:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Why does the "reply" link often not work on this page? I expect it to open a text box where I can directly add a response to another comment. Instead, it does nothing: no box, on pop up with an error, no indication of what might be wrong. -- mikeblas (talk) 17:13, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Well, it just worked for this. Did you mean the main noticeboard page? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:49, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I didn't notice the sub-page. I was at Wikipedia talk:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. -- mikeblas (talk) 21:11, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Mikeblas, is it at all possible that you have previously opened a reply on the page anywhere else? It doesn't even have to be in this particular load of the page - if you started writing a reply before, and then navigated away from the page and returned, a cached version of your unfinished reply will open up, which prevents you from starting any other replies until you've found it and hit "cancel". -- asilvering (talk) 20:45, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't think so. If another textbox is open, the "Reply" link changes from blue to white. When the link isn't working, it's blue. -- mikeblas (talk) 21:10, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply