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"It was a contest I was taking part."

I just unblocked a new account I had blocked for repeated and rapid edits to "SheSaid" pages -- all of these edits were replacing English language text of the quotes and summary with what Google Translate tells me was the Twi language. The editor said these edits were part of "a contest." All were tagged in the summary with #SheSaid.

If contests bring inexperienced though well-meaning editors here to make rapidfire edits, let's keep an eye out for contests in Recent Changes, possibly by looking for edit-summary tags aimed at the contest. HouseOfChange (talk) 14:24, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

User:BOT0000019

Vandalism at Zanan Ahmad. Kuzzim (talk) 08:57, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Y Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:48, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Deletion

Dear adms: I would appreciate if you can review these requests for deletion of spam articles.

• Noah D'castellano
• Andrés Blanco Ferro

Thank you. Madamebiblio (talk) 16:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)