Meta:Babel/Archives/2018-10

Verifying multiple accounts

A common practice when verifying multiple accounts is to add a short signed note on a user page. To do this on an account with a global page this has to be done here on Meta, but this is not possible here because of an edit filter blocking editing other user pages.

Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Prevent standard users from editing others' user pages

Seems like someone has been overly creative on what needs to be protected. — Jeblad 19:29, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello, @Jeblad: can you let me know which user id you were trying to make the edit with, and which page you were trying to edit when you got hit by that filter? — xaosflux ^Talk 19:37, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Edited with Agtbot (Agtramp is for testing vandalism at nowiki) on page Jeblad, but newer mind, its not really necessary to add a signature to the page. It is just a common idiom. — Jeblad 20:13, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

@Jeblad: filter 161 blocks this, following a community discussion here that the problems outweighed the good. Users with autopatrol access (such as yourself) are exempt. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:20, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

It will block users from self-declare and verify their alternate accounts. Wikimedia-users has newer been to keen on identification and authentication, so it does not come as a big surprise. — Jeblad 05:12, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

The logged in user can list their other accounts, if they want to 'cross-post' they can use the talk page and provide a diff link on the userpage. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:19, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Help with bot updated list

Hello! Could someone please help with Talk:List_of_Wikipedias_by_expanded_sample_of_articles#Please_help_updating_this this? -Theklan (talk) 10:04, 28 October 2018 (UTC)