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Dan Polansky

I would like to ask you to assess the behavior of Dan Polansky, who in my opinion continues to violate Etiquette, calls users who disagree with him trolls, questions their expertise, tests them, etc. This is most evident in Wikiversity:Community Review/Dan Polansky, where he has already indicated that two discussion opponents are trolls. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 08:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

The coddling of overt disruptor Harold Foppele (substantiation is in RCA above) and proven provocateur and disruptor Juandev (substantiation in CR above) must stop. The English Wikiversity must start to properly curate its content and discipline disruptive editors. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 08:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Wikiversity:Community Review/Dan Polansky is underway; outcome pending. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

It has been closed with consensus to ban him indefinitely from this project, I believe there is nothing else to do here. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 22:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Sidewide count.js

i would like something like: Template:User contrib count/count.js. i created Template:User contrib count and a user/common.js.

Loading...+This user has made over Loading... contributions to Global Wiki.

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so a "count.js" would complete it. See User:Harold Foppele/common.js.

If an Administrator could help please. Cheers Harold Foppele (discuss • contribs) 19:22, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

need to add my profile

im trying to add new profile content PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:03, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

You can edit it now. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:05, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

where can create a new one PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

i have created and its in sandbox. i would like to know when it will be approved PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 19:38, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Please don’t create spam pages as it will be deleted. Please also read WV:Scope PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 04:01, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Im trying to add new profile while add content its shows not alowed

This action has been automatically identified as potentially 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: New User Exceeded New Page Limit

This action has been automatically identified as potentially 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: New User Created Page with External Link PAGURUMURTHY (discuss • contribs) 18:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

New User: cannot create talk page

Hi, I am a new user of Wikiversity and I wanted to create a talk page for the article ChatGPT's Essay on Kohlberg's Theory: AI's Use in Academic Writing. As a new user, I was barred from performing this action. The text that I wanted to add to the talk page is:

I have doubts as to to the reliability of this essay. Take for rexample the sentence:

Due to its efficiency, AI has saved 380,000-403,000 lives per year in European healthcare as reported in a recent Deloitte and MedTech Europe report.

Reading the reference (freely available on ResearchGate), one notes:

1. that the reference is from 2021 (predating the widespread use of LLMs such as ChatGPT and the associated 'AI' boom), and
2. that the reference factually contradicts this essay.

Quoting from the reference:

There are enormous benefits of applying AI-based solutions to monitor workers’ health and prevent accidents or, currently, COVID-19 infections, and those benefits are reported with enormous potential. According to the recent Deloitte and MedTech Europe report [11], implementing AI in European healthcare systems could save up 380,000 to 403,000 lives annually or €170.9 to 212.4 billion per year.

Not that the reference says could save, not saves as in the essay.

This calls into question the reliability of the essay.

Could an administrator make this addition for me? Thank you!

Æolus (discuss • contribs) 06:53, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

@Æolus I have added it for you, you can change the header and sign it now. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 08:05, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Æolus (discuss • contribs) 12:43, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Disallowed to add a page on a course

I'm trying to populate a newly created course on Wikiversity, but it blocks me from creating more pages with "New User Exceeded New Page Limit". Could this be lifted please? Berkeleywho (discuss • contribs) 13:21, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry! Never mind. I was trying to create a new article instead of a new page. All good now. Berkeleywho (discuss • contribs) 14:03, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Harold Foppele adding LLM-generated nonsense and personal fiction

I became aware of User:Harold Foppele's editing after I deleted some of his uploads on Commons. He appears to be adding a large amount of text and images that are some combination of personal fiction and LLM-generated nonsense. This includes:

• Personal speculative fiction in an otherwise "nonfiction" article
• Uploading nonsense LLM-created diagrams and renders for nonexistent lab equipment, with fake source (on Commons, he indicated these files as having been created by him using an LLM)
• Uploading nonsense LLM-created images of equations with obvious artifacts. These images, such as File:Redfield equation (non-Markovian).png and File:Lindblad equation (Markovian).png, don't even match the text he puts them with.

Much of his writing is also of extremely poor quality, to the point where it's not clear whether it's written by him or an LLM. I'm not an active editor on this project, so I'm not as familiar with the standards here, but I believe this is worth custodian attention. Pi.1415926535 (discuss • contribs) 03:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Fake source and contradictory copyright info, claiming both public domain and CC license. Moreover, if they are indeed nearly-direct LLM output, depending on jurisdiction they may not even be eligible for copyright.

I've put speedy deletion marks for the equations, because they're obviously not coherent mathematical equations (the parentheses don't match, the symbols merge into each other the way text in image models often do, etc) Sesquilinear (discuss • contribs) 21:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Repeated removal of RFD notices by Harold Foppele

Harold Foppele (talk • email • contribs • stats • logs • global account)

This editor is appearing in multiple noticeboards for behaviour which is contentious. Ther latest adventure is the repeated removal of tye RFD notice at Quantum/Henry C. Kapteyn. You will see from their contributions record the number of times. I have warned Tham on their user tag page that this is tantaomunt to volunteering to be blocked here. They have a track record of achieving blocks on enWiki and Commons already.

They have all the appearance of shooting not to understand when given direct information about their behaviour, whichever project they are editing, and are fast becoming a time sink. Their behaviour across multiple WMF sites may well lead to a Global Lock, but I do not believe they have quite reached the threshold for that.

I believe that what is required is a preventative block to seek to ensure thatchy understand the seriousness of their behaviour, and the need to be collegial. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 23:03, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Y Done MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:45, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Blocks for sockpuppet

Please block User:Harold Foppele and User:Johnwilliamsiii for sockpuppetry based on en wiki CU and commons CU investigations. The user has also violated copyright, see the above discussion. A block is necessary to prevent further abuse. PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:30, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@MathXplore PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:31, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Y Done MathXplore (discuss • contribs) 11:44, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

CC. @Timtrent, @Sesquilinear, @Pi.1415926535 PieWriter (discuss • contribs) 11:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the ping. I concur based on behaviour. CUs appear divided. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 11:41, 8 March 2026 (UTC)