Editing Eurovision Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents (section)

== Syaz351: lack of communication and edit summaries + unsourced edits to BLPs and contentious topics ==

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@[[User:Syaz351|Syaz351]] is a long-time editor with over 16,000 contributions – I have little previous experience with them but I can only assume they have contributed positively to Wikipedia, which is why I am not pleased to discuss the three issues below.

A look at their [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/editsummary/en.wikipedia.org/Syaz351 edit summary count] shows 99% of edits are being made without an edit summary. Of their 675 contributions to Wikipedia this year, 5 used edit summaries. This is concerning due to [[WP:EDITCON]], especially given that most of the 675 edits were to articles that fall under the contentious topic of post-1992 U.S. politics. 

Syaz has received seven warnings in three months solely related to unsourced additions. All seven have been ignored completely. In my most recent warning, I stated that "{{tq|If you continually add unsourced content to a contentious topic while refusing to communicate, I will have to bring this to ANI.}}" Their first edit after this was left on their talk page was to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Nevada_gubernatorial_election&action=history add more unsourced candidates] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Nevada_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election&action=history] to various 2026 elections (all of which fall under the CTOP) without response.

Further examples:
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1322132020 Added an unsourced Arabic translation] of [[Zaha Hadid]]'s name, which @[[User:W.andrea|W.andrea]] [[User talk:Syaz351#November 2025|warned Syaz]] about
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Bangladeshi_general_election&diff=1327470243&oldid=1319936224 Added results] to the [[2024 Bangladeshi general election]] without a source, which @[[User:Number 57|Number 57]] warned Syaz about
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Nevada_Secretary_of_State_election&diff=1343768364&oldid=1343510868 This addition] to an election page that was made '''while I was typing this report'''. They actually '''added a source, then removed it''', while also removing another sourced declared candidate without explanation
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah&diff=1343442735&oldid=1343441933 This addition] to an election page – one in a cluster of 20 (all unsourced)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election&diff=1343164329&oldid=1343164169 Many more unsourced additions] to this election page
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee&diff=1343165910&oldid=1342925399 Literally dozens of unsourced candidates] added to this election page, as well as the '''removal of sourced candidates'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania&action=history Around a dozen separate edits] to this page, adding many unsourced candidates
There are literally dozens more examples of this exact behaviour.

They have not communicated at all – no acknowledgement of any warning, any contentious topic etc. They have not replied to a message on their talk page since 2021, half a decade ago. The page contains warnings going back to 2021, 2022, 2023, all about unsourced additions and a lack of edit summaries.

Editor has been [[User talk:Syaz351#ANI notice|notified of this discussion]]. [[User:Aesurias|aesurias]] <small>''(ping me in your reply, or I won't see it)''  ([[User talk:Aesurias|talk]])</small> 07:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

:I believe they should be forced to communicate here. Communication is mandatory. 🚂[[User:ThatTrainGuy1945|<span style="color:blue"><b>That</b></span><span style="color:red"><b>Train</b></span><span style="color:blue"><b>Guy</b></span><span style="color:red"><b>1945</b></span>]] <sup>[[User talk:ThatTrainGuy1945|Peep peep!]]</sup> 11:37, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
::I am concerned they will just stay silent and wait out this report to try avoid discussion or repercussions. [[User:Aesurias|aesurias]] <small>''(ping me in your reply, or I won't see it)''  ([[User talk:Aesurias|talk]])</small> 06:27, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I've indef blocked from article space to prevent that eventuality. [[User:Fences and windows|<span style="background-color:white; color:red;">Fences</span>]]<span style="background-color:white; color:#808080;">&amp;</span>[[User talk:Fences and windows|<span style="background-color:white; color:black;">Windows</span>]] 11:29, 17 March 2026 (UTC)