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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion

All of the currently active VFD nominations need to be closed; some of them are still open two months later. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 22:23, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Bump, still no closing actions and backlog is starting to grow. Thirteen Voting periods have ended, with twelve more ending next week. Oldest unclosed is from March 14th. Zinnober9 (talk) 19:28, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. I have been traveling but am back on duty. Other admins who want to work on this can find easy roadmap here. HouseOfChange (talk) 05:31, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

We have some more that are now weeks past their end date - can someone take a look? I would do it, but I was the nominator of some of them (and voted in others). Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 15:26, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Just closed a couple of templates and will delete/remove them just like I did in the thread below. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:37, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Bump. There are some still open past the vote close date. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 00:07, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I nominated several. If another admin could close them, I will do the work of removing the content and deletion. I just need someone else to formally close the vote per our policy. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:15, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

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Pixar articles such as Toy Story 2 and 3 have been vandalised by potential sockpuppets of Francis Whicker from over a year ago - the fact that there's a fourdigit number at the end of the name was a red flag. Apparently their MO is to add more stuff and then revert the edit. Eaglestorm (talk) 12:38, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

It looks like all the edits to those pages are pretty minor, but you're correct that these accounts look suspect:

• Abraham2204 (talk • contribs • global edits • page moves • block user • block log)
• Movie1997 (talk • contribs • global edits • page moves • block user • block log)
• YouTubeFans2002 (talk • contribs • global edits • page moves • block user • block log) (already blocked)
• FrancisWhacker2002 (talk • contribs • global edits • page moves • block user • block log) (obviously suspect, just blocked)
• Franciswhicker1996 (talk • contribs • global edits • page moves • block user • block log) (obviously suspect, just blocked)

I haven't blocked the first two yet, pending anyone else giving feedback. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:32, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Cannot use the CU tool here since the first two accounts are stale. However, the first one made an edit on English Wikipedia a month ago. So if there's enough evidence, a SPI can be filed on Wikipedia. -‎Lemonaka‎ 17:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)