Wikiversity:Request custodian action

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Review changes to Special:AbuseFilter/4

@Codename Noreste: Could you review changes I made to this filter to help prevent profanity spam using obfuscated spellings? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I've adjusted the filter to prevent any potential false positives, see its conditions. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 18:10, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Please unban

I want to create a new page (a pro/contra discussion page like this one); initially it included an entry in the "== External Links ==" section, so it got blocked. I tried using a doi.org link; unfortunately that got blocked, too. Then I tried without, and it said I tried too often… Please unban my user so I can create the page (without an external link…). In general, please consider adding doi.org to a whitelist. DOI links are virtually all academic, so how bad can that possibly be? Thank you! :-) ~2026-44661-47 (talk) 11:02, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting us know. Some suggestion:

• Although you can edit anonymously, it is better to create an account and log in - that will give you more permissions
• You are hitting some spam filters, but the system will learn to trust you if you login and engage in some constructive editing (e.g., edit and improve a page before before adding external links); basically, it doesn't trust you yet. We don't have a lot of volunteer admins so it isn't perfect (there are some false positives), but it prevents a lot of clean-up.

But now for the not-so-good news. The Wikiversity community recently decide to stop Wikidebates because there were some problematic topics and responses. However, if it is a good topic, there's likely some way to do something similar that would be accepted. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:21, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

My debate question is: "Are humans monogamous or polygamous?" (In my opinion, that makes it very analogous to the diet question I liked to.) ~2026-44661-47 (talk) 11:37, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

This question is an example of a potentially educationally relevant topic to have as a learning project in debate format, but currently debates are not permitted (see Wikidebates for more info). -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:03, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

I understand. I would generally find it noteworthy that a debate club which used to pretend to be liberal would so readily admit to the opposite and shut itself down, simply because – I'm assuming – someone asked the forbidden questions of our time or questioned the truisms of our time, which stirred up some emotions in the overly sensitive. That, of course, is not what the enlightenment taught us, nor is it in line with what actually liberal academia is all about. However, it is no surprise to me at all for a socialist project of the Wikimedia realm. I'll go and find myself some better people. Thank you and have a good day, Jtneill. ~2026-44661-47 (talk) 12:10, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Request to review AbuseFilter block on a student research draft

Hello. I am a new contributor attempting to create Draft:Anti-IL-6 scFv–RDVLPGT fusion concept, a clearly labeled student research project. The draft separates cited evidence from an unvalidated design hypothesis, states the central limitation (extracellular anti-IL-6 scFv versus intracellular MyD88), includes falsifiable expectations, and uses external links only for DOI references, RCSB PDB 4DOM, and an NCBI iCn3D structural-context view. The edit was disallowed by the rule “New user creating page with external link.” Could a custodian please review the draft and allow the constructive edit, or advise the appropriate way to publish it without removing its verifiable sources? Thank you. Jayhan0302 (discuss • contribs) 08:47, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi Jayhan,

Because you're a new user, the system wants to learn to trust you, so try editing at first without including external links. Then, after a while, it will realise that you're to be trusted, and then you'll be able to add external links.

I hope that helps.

Sincerely,
James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 09:04, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

This is a little embarrassing, but I've never been an EditFilter whiz, so I just added the links myself. You will be able to add links yourself after you have made x edits in y days. I can never recall the exact numbers, but they are very small. Let me know if you need more help. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:06, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Report concerning Bśadów$ki112

Reasons: Long-term abuse. Impersonation of Bsadowski1. --Morkoz (discuss • contribs) 19:19, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Y Done ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:20, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Custodianship

proofreading and summarizing I excel in social science and current events history political science are my areas of past study. Could I be custodian of primarily pages dealing with social science and politics? I have experience editing am a advanced reader and can accept more than one point of view on almost any topic the point is to see the ethical standard and protection of people of sacred belief of food equitable relationships and not accept any point of view that includes towards a laissez faire attitude on abuse. To me it's what we can do as individuals,as community,as friends as family not what harm is possible for that is off the boards not acceptable. I'll keep a open mind and not stifle any dissent. My interest is also in assuring the complete construction of explanatory paragraphs,proper wording and generally good punctuation. ~2026-50875-97 (talk) 15:27, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

What you posted here does not require custodian action and show some poor judgement: This board is for escalated issues that a standard user can't perform. What you are basically writing here is "I would like to be a custodian". There is a process for that, but step one would be having an actual account to edit from, so do that first, then edit here as a non-custodian in a helpful manner, and then make the request if you'd still like that. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:38, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

I am trying to publish a biography

I am a beginner, I cannot succeed. Petrosa51 (discuss • contribs) 12:57, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

I posted a welcome message to your talk page that gives you an overview of Wikiversity. While a biography could be considered appropriate here if part of a larger exercise in learning but this is not an encyclopedia like our sibling project Wikipedia, so generally, we won't have much in the way of article-long biographies. Why were you trying to post a biography here and of whom? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:24, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

I am a writer I publish in Romania and USA, and I wanted to put on-line officially, the Bibliography, both in romanian and english, maybe I am not on the right topic pages, I did much work in Romania, and both in USA, and I am proud, but just maybe I didn't came out with the right issued page, I will do my best to make a bibliography, if I may. It was about my works, so far. I will try another day, if I succeed... Very much greetings Iulia, ro Where I can put the text, I have seen other Bibliographies, on wiki? Petrosa51 (discuss • contribs) 16:41, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

If you want to contribute here and you want to mention your publications on your userpage, I think that's fine. If you just want to make a user page for vanity's sake and aren't going to actually contribute here, I don't think that's useful: we don't provide free hosting. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:11, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your response, I will agree with that. I have seen book lists at other authors, and that was why, is not vanity is work, Iulia E., from Romania... (Wikipedia hosted that kind, it was not my invention), maybe I will contribute if I may with other things, with much friendship, Iulia ~2026-52080-44 (talk) 22:00, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Request for protection of User:Bobiversity

Hello.

I would like to request protection of User:Bobiversity because I would prefer that other users not edit my user page.

Thank you. Bobiversity (discuss • contribs) 04:01, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

The anonymous editor(s) have been blocked for two weeks for vandalism. Please let us know if this activity continues. mikeu ^talk 04:57, 11 October 2026 (UTC)