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Hi, that's a follow up to the exchange in [1]. Yes, ((R from nickname)) is currently a redirect to ((R from alternative name)), but it carries much more specific information and it's conceivable that someone some day may decide they need a spearate rcat category for it. So, in light of this and the usual WP:NOTBROKEN reasoning, it's a bit surprising that Sagittarius+ behaves the way it does. Is there anything I'm missing here? – Uanfala (talk) 09:46, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam! Hope all is well with you. Just wanted to let you know that CAT:MISSFILE could use an extra set of eyes, since I believe you had expressed interest previously to helping out with it. My real-life has been crazy busy these past few weeks and I haven't been able to really even log on much besides sporadically for a few minutes every several days. The only other person watching this page, KylieTastic, unfortunately seems to have sort of dropped off the face of the Earth and is no longer editing here. Anywho no pressure, just wanted to let you know in case you were interested (or know of anyone else who's interested) in helping out with that cat, as it's getting to some pretty massive levels of pages (currently ~700 as of typing this). I'll try to get back to regularly patrolling it at some point, though no idea when life will calm down unfortunately. All the best, Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 15:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
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. I trust you know to install them in Twinkle. In some cases, where there is a reason to believe that a file name may again be "spelling corrected", I have begun to add a hidden notice <!-- Do NOT change the spelling of the image file! -->
(ex. Special:Diff/857862117/857862293). Such a string can most easily be added by using TemplateScript.Hi again Sam, it appears the first round of our little project is done! There are still 8 articles left, though 6 of them are road shields. I've gone ahead and requested four, and it appears KylieTastic requested the other two back in June (not sure why they're still not done, but oh well). The other two articles we can't do anything about at the moment, given another editor is involved, which I won't say anything about other than I have no desire to communicate with them with their current hostile attitude towards us. Anywho, the reason for my message was to ask if you wanted to get started on the bot request? I'd say we certainly have enough pages documented to show that this is an ongoing issue which a bot could assist with. As I said, I guess I wouldn't know the technical lingo for how we should request the bot be programmed, but I imagine you would have some insight into this. Anyways let me know what your thoughts are. (P.S. I laughed out loud upon seeing this edit summary earlier this morning haha) Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 19:03, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Kylie, good to hear from you again! Sorry to hear about all the real-life issues, hope life improves for you soon! Despite that I've been busy, it's been busy doing relatively fun things so I would say I'm quite happy at the moment.
Anyways, from going through the ~700 articles in CAT:MISSFILE the past few days, I would say the two "categories" listed above still hold relatively true. 1) Good-faith attempts to technically link to a file that is not present on a project server - Could we request that a bot revert any edits attempting to introduce new files into an article that haven't been uploaded yet? 2) Good-faith changes of the in-text file name - Would it be possible to have a "warning" message pop up for anyone altering a file name? (Such as "You are about to alter a file name, which may break the file if it has not been properly moved. Are you sure you want to do this?") Or program a bot to revert any edit which causes a red-linked file by changing a minimal detail (spelling, punctuation, etc.) This would hopefully prevent people from changing spelling, or "correcting" the file names, since I've noticed even a lot of experienced editors do this accidentally when trying to fix a typo/punctuation, not realizing that it was a file name.
As Kylie mentioned, we do have those file-removing bots, though I've still noticed quite a few files that were deleted from Commons but not removed by the bots. Maybe this is something worth pursuing as well, as it's definitely more than just a few files that are slipping through the bots' radar.
Anywho let me know your thoughts on the bots (didn't intend to rhyme there...or maybe I did lol), don't know much about bot programming like you two do so I have no idea if these are commands which bots could perform. Best wishes, Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 20:59, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
(←) @KatnissEverdeen: Well, let's be positive, I notice that Krd has filed at BRFA, danke schön, Krd, and getting red links to locally deleted files removed from articles is a start. Where do you think we stand now, Katniss? Can we add anything to Special:Permalink/862930179#CAT:MISSFILE bot that could inspire the programmers? Best, Sam Sailor 18:57, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
ERASE AND FORGET - thank you for submitting the Erase and Forget draft. Thought I had done it! Am still not quite getting the hang of all this. If by any chance you have 5 mins would you be willing to please have a look at article for creation on the film's director Andrea Luka Zimmerman? I have been trying to get this up since Feb/March 2017 (is that normal to take so long?). I have added references to hopefully show neutrality, and have tried to make the language more neutral.
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Many thanks for your help with Meliton Clive sweeting (talk) 15:53, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam!
You had put a deletion request for this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADDA_(software). I would like to inform you that this company was rebranded to ADDA from ApartmentADDA. The old website of the company: apartmentadda.com will be shut down soon. Their new website is adda.io. For me, the article doesn't look promotional. It just explains what the company does and its history. Krishanuthe13th (talk) 06:37, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi, the article on ADDA software shouldnt be removed. The company was renamed to ADDA from apartmentADDA. Their old website will be shut down soon and their new website adda.io is already live. This article just explains what exactly ADDA does and not promotional in my view. please reconsider this. This also comes up in knowledge panel of google when we search for ADDA. Paulmaliakel (talk) 09:57, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam, Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your prompt work on my article about Ross Wylie, the Scottish racing driver. It's my first full article, and I appreciate that I have a lot to learn. If you feel able to offer any advice on where I've gone wrong, or any obvious shortcomings or errors, I'd be very grateful. I see you've assessed it as C Class, which implies either that I've left out some "important content" or it has "significant problems". If you could point out what those might be, I can avoid similar issues in the future. I also note that you've removed the Scottish flag icon from the InfoBox. Although I've never met him, I gather Ross is proud of his Scottish roots, and wondered why it had gone? Many thanks, ThumperGT (talk) 13:27, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
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Very curious your logic of deleting a talk page (Talk:CoLiving), the purpose of a talk page is to start a conversation, by you deleting the conversation feels very suppressive. Any rationale? --@Rob talk 13:38, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam. re: Redirects, yes got that on board now. Thanks! :) Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 02:54, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there Sam! thank you for your help already! I was hoping you might be able to help me start a page for an Australian singer-songwriter. I'm looking to help out but having some difficulty with every time I try to make the page stick.
Here is the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoee I don't suppose you'd be able to help me with it and get it to stay this time?
I'd really appreciate any and all help from a fellow Wiki member and creator :-)
Thanks! Sarah :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flowerblossomtravel (talk • contribs) 13:21, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Dear Sam Sailor, I made some updates to my submission and changed the wording to make it neutral, would you mind re-reviewing it? I think it's good now thanks for your advice!
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Thank you Sam for moving this to the draftspace. I wanted to get it to the mainspace already if you are able to check? I was unable to create the article page in the first place. Thank you! :) --MediaEditNZ (talk) 00:35, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hey, Sam! Could you please move Zan? to my userspace? It's currently speedied as a typo but I think deletion is unnecessary because it's just a redirect and the editor who requested it probably has an old grudge against me. "Zan?" initially appeared[2] on the track listing of Wrld on Drugs but the final track listing writes it as "7am Freestyle". Flooded with them hundreds 07:40, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
(←) @Flooded with them hundreds: You can create a new sandbox in your user space if you need one, and you know that. Given that your move ban prohibits you from moving "pages related to songs, music, or discography without first obtaining consensus"
, I don't think it is a wise idea to ask another page mover to unilaterally do what you are not allowed to do yourself. Some might argue that you are attempting to circumvent your ban by proxy. Since this request is connected to the long-term beef between you and Ss112, Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning is an essay that comes to mind, please give it your consideration. Perhaps you will also consider updating your user page and talk page with a clear notice about of your ban, cf. Wikipedia:Banning policy#User pages. Sam Sailor 13:01, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Sam, a naming convention doesn't determine what's a proper name; see MOS:CAPS and sources. Most of these lighthouses are not referred to in sources as "X Lighthouse", or where they are it's "X lighthouse". These have been stable for many years, some of them, since I fixed them to agree with sources many years ago. Your moves back to caps can't possibly be considered uncontroversial, so I don't see why you undertook them. Can you please put back? Dicklyon (talk) 06:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Please do a petscan of Category:Lighthouses by country and notice that this convention is followed to an overwhelming degree. Sam Sailor 15:12, 25 October 2018 (UTC)* For named lighthouses that are well known, and have common English name, just use name of lighthouse, and the word "Lighthouse" (Kõpu Lighthouse, Adziogol Lighthouse). For other lighthouses that are better known by their non English name, use original name (Torre della Lanterna, Genoa, Italy). For other, unnamed lighthouses use (location Lighthouse). Thus Cape Palliser Lighthouse and Cuvier Island Lighthouse.
* An alternative convention is to use Light instead of Lighthouse. There is no established convention as to whether one is preferred over the other, or whether they should vary on a case-by-case basis based on usage in souces.
Sam, I had your moves undone via WP:RMTR. Let's try to work together going forward and avoid conflict. I modified that conventions page, too, to not conflict with MOS:CAPS. Dicklyon (talk) 04:53, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
You are marking a lot of drafts for speedy deletion under category G13, and all of the nominations you have made have been correct. Thank you for your input. However, you are marking them incorrectly; you appear to be adding the date on which you flag them, where you should be adding the date the article was last edited - as you are aware, at least six months ago. A small point, but it is tidier to do it right, and it makes the template show in the correct colors, which the ones created by you do not. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:47, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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A view of the Gulf of Alaska from space. Notice the swirling sediment in the waters.
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In redirect page, can you add a clickable link to the target page? Thanks. Hddty. (talk) 08:21, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Contents read. Need to investigate further. Will raise at WP level, probably tomorrow. Mjroots (talk) 19:27, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Moved to: Talk:Wadi Zikt
Hiya. You AfD'd then withdrew on the article Jabal Zikt. I've just discovered - after the exhaustive process of AfDing almost 100 of John Carter's mad GEO settlement stubs for the UAE - that he's done just the same with these mountain names. They're cruft. There are a small number of mountains, hills and tells in the UAE which are named and geographically notable, but Carter appears to have gone through every place name (or a similar 1987 database derived from tagging names from the 1960s Trucial Oman Scouts survey which is madly out of date and just plain wrong - a long story I'm happy to tell you if you have the time) and just given it a mountain. There are mountains around Zikt, they're the Hajjar Mountains but each mound doesn't have an individual name locally. So just because there's a wadi and dam at Zikt doesn't mean there's a 'Mount Zikt' or Jebel (NOT Jabal - that's an archaic transliteration) Zikt. In fact, the article's waymarker doesn't even point to a mountain or hill. We have a number of notable and named mountains and hills - Jebel Ali, Jebel Jais, Jebel Buhais and so on - and it's right they're identified, sourced and catalogued. But the 'Carter Mountains' are another series of problematic article creations that should be deleted. You were right to AfD it (the German bot article is another false positive, it's just based around the WP pin location) and I'd like to do just that. What's the best way to go about doing so, do you think? Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:28, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
PS: Sadly there are loads of the damn things and it's going to be wearying checking them all... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:28, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
generally do not renominate the page for at least six months, unless there is something new to say, and even so, usually wait a few months., or if this is a case where "there is something new to say", which I am inclined to say is the case. Why not wait a month or two? Sam Sailor 13:49, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
(←) @Spinningspark: Absolutely, there's no problem. Sam Sailor 17:16, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
About this, I really wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to script something that "does stuff" to Commons and its filenames. That's a bot request task. I agree it something that should be done, though. I know how/where to request bot stuff on en.WP but am not sure how/where it's done on Commons. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 11:25, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
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parameter, so this problem can be worked around at least for US county map auto-generation. After foolishly breaking the template for a moment, it now works. Not sure if there's anything to be done for cases like dates in bio photos. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 13:40, 8 November 2018 (UTC)Hi Sam,
Wanted to reach out to say I appreciate your input and help; I'm still new to Wikipedia but I've been enjoying my time here learning from and interacting with other editors.
Charging stations are a new and developing technology and I saw there is a page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station
Linked from this page, there's another page for ChargePoint, a company that innovated in this field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChargePoint
While the page for "Charging stations" focuses on charging stations for electric vehicles, "Charging station" technology has since expanded to include stations built for charging mobile devices. Today there are many companies now offering charging stations for mobile phones; KwikBoost is the company that patented the technology for mobile phone charging stations.
Should I instead be looking to edit the "Charging station" article to include mobile device charging technology (where KwikBoost would then be linked?)
Let me know your thoughts; I'd love to work with you on this regarding developments in this technology and improving Wikipedia's current stock of information on this.
Kenrdale (talk) 14:33, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello Sir, I was not aware of the fact that i could not post my amazon links. Now i completely understood why you deleted it but i want to know that without this issue could i make my wikipedia page inspite of being an author? I am not yet known to the public because i have never tried to, I had not even did any promotions or marketing for my books. Your help will be highly grateful for me :). Agrani Sinha (talk) 17:09, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Sam, I'm sorry I failed to notice your long post of Nov. 7 at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Lighthouses#Naming_convention. I thought that discussion had gone quiet, but now I see not. Let me know what lighthouse article names that I moved are proper names, in your estimation; a couple of those might help focus the conversation. Dicklyon (talk) 01:06, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
I ask about your change in Talk:Beluga_whale#Are_spaces_around_numbers_needed_in_tables? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Numbersinstitute (talk • contribs) 23:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Your script, Sagitarius+ shows quite a lot of errors in the console log while searching for a suitable redirect target. The text of one of the errors is attached :
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. Please look into this. Regards — fr + 18:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Why did I get blocked by Materialscientist even if I triggered the edit filter? 125.160.113.199 (talk) 08:02, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
If I unreported a user from the noticeboard, what will happen? 125.160.113.199 (talk) 13:01, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi the article I submitted for review yesterday was not accepted because part of the article is directly copied from the SOM website. There will only be one reference if citation is done. You mentioned that the act of paraphrasing sources is not allowed too. I would be grateful if you can tell me how do I proceed? Thanks
Yammmmmm (talk) 19:19, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
I have immediately removed content that had been added to the draft page but after your comment it says that we have copyright sentences. Can you check it, please? Thank you in advance. LIUCnicolo01 (talk) 11:42, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi sailor Sam, I hit your user page accidental, and saw one of my fave quotes of Len Coen, freed now sadly for us. Anyway, I got a notice that a page I touched was reviewed (by you, a hakea fwiw) but I am not the creator. Does this mean that the page was unreviewed, or my edit was? Note that I refused some offer of auto review years ago, and hope that is not making work for those who concentrate on these matters? Are you familiar with how this works, or have a neat link that explains the triggering of review notices I see? [excellent composition on the photo above this edit window, wish I was there :] Have a good one cygnis insignis 12:01, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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Sorry fat fingers syndrome led to accidental rollback. Nthep (talk) 16:15, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I was surprised to see that relished rather than merge and redirect to outfittery. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 06:03, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Dear editor, please visit artbyatom.com (updated recently) and check artbyatomhov Instagram pages,with multiple new posts (published by me Ara Hovhannisyan, Atom's Father), plus check beautiful pages at kunstmatrix.com/en/artist/atom-hovhanesyan, artPal , Saatchiart.com galleries. Unfortunately I am old and not so familiar with modern social media, but that's all support that my only Son (deceased so young) actually has. Please let me know anything that I missed in my efforts to commemorate my Son's name, who dedicated himself to art and died for art. Sincerely, Ara Hovhannisyan - arahov62@yahoo.com or arahov63@gmail.com Arahov70 (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
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Ahahahaaaa! I put 'press release' in the edit summary 'cos the language was SO press release. I didn't realise it was a WAM file. Zawya has just copied the WAM file (WAM is the UAE National News Agency), so is that a copyright violation? WAM material is free to use, it's sort of like tagging a PR Newswire piece as Copyvio when it's clearly intended for widespread dissemination and use. In any case, it's PR fluff right out of the tin.. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:21, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
((copyvio-revdel))
. Sam Sailor 16:08, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Might I ask what rationale you're basing your close on? There's clearly no consensus on the discussion and if anything, the consensus is that it should be changed, seeing as how that's the ONLY side that has provided any arguments based on policy with the keep only refer to not liking the change. By policy, the reason for closures, are when first, it's not too soon. Well there's no minimum specified since it's not a formal discussion like an RFC so this could fit. When the discussion is STABLE, that is when new editors are not joining the discussion and points are only getting repeated. Seeing as how Irn just joined, and points are not yet being repeated, this doesn't fit. When further contributions are unlikely to be helpful, well this also clearly doesn't fit seeing as how this requires that no new points are made, yet they are and there is no clear outcome yet. And the last point is not too late, which is that it should be closed when editors have moved on, but seeing as how the discussion was still active, this also clearly doesn't fit. So seeing as how the close does not fit 3 out of 4 of the tests to close... By what rationale are you closing? Your closing comment also isn't uninvolved, so you wouldn't be allowed to close anyway as closing is for UNinvolved. You're saying those arguing for change have presented no source for that it should be taken seriously, but the argument presented is that policy SPECIFICALLY STATES that no such requirement exists. The only source that is needed according to policy is that it was said, a remark that has been referred to in the discussion but your close ignores. So a further question becomes... Did you actually read the discussion before closing? Did you review the policies that was pointed out? Because if you did, why is your close not even acknowledging that policy arguments was even brought up? If you didn't, then why are you even closing at all? 84.219.252.47 (talk) 05:53, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Please delete this page, i created it by mistake. Thanks! 𝖇𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖍 06:24, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for the note at my Talk Page. I've asked for help at WikiProject Women in Red. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 14:50, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Please keeep quiet and stop removing my edits, remove the redirect of Cassper Nyovest cause the album has been released. Shut up. Oreratile1207 (talk) 07:16, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
@Oreratile1207: No problem, and thank you, consider the slate wiped clean. Why not start Draft:Sweet and Short. When you believe it is ready for review, add ((subst:submit))
to it in edit mode, and save it. If you need a helping hand in the process, drop me a line. Sam Sailor 08:45, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you so much, Sam, you've really made me welcome, thank you Oreratile1207 (talk) 13:37, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
show me everything you've edited and I'll remove it(permalink) is not acceptable. (In reality, it would be impossible to undo Zach's 239,107 edits, so the threat sounds like an empty barrel.)
it would be impossible to undo Zach's 239,107 editsHA!!! Thank you for that sam... Made my night....
Hi, your tool doesnt wors at cswiki. I copied it here. When Im at redirect there is:
Error: unable to parse page. Edit the source manually.
Thanks for fix Patriccck (talk) 13:42, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you reported the part on the Minerva's citation, I was wondering if the problem of copyright is on the reference or about the citation on stone of the temple and how could I fix the problem. thank you very much for letting me notice and helping me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LUICArianna07 (talk • contribs) 13:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam,
I have updated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Spriha_Srivastava now. Is there a way to delete this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pickycakes/sandbox/Spriha_Srivastava?
Thanks!
Erraticbraino (talk) 11:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Sam,
I have just been doing some research and there are way too many profiles on Wikipedia with no secondary sources but they are all published. This profile has a lot of secondary sources that I have mentioned in the reference section and I can send you a list as well. She is quite an accomplished journalist and is also doing a lot of philanthropic work (a lot of which is quite invisible but I am trying to get some references). She is a regular speaker and a moderator and I have shared second-party links to the events that fall into "about her" section. Request you take a look once again. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erraticbraino (talk • contribs) 12:03, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
oh god no no! Not at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erraticbraino (talk • contribs) 12:11, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
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[[Draft:Sweet and Short]]
resulting in Draft:Sweet and Short, not just Draft:Sweet and Short
that results in Draft:Sweet and Short. A link makes life easier for the recepient.((U))
like this: ((U|Zackmann08))
that results in Zackmann08. Zach will then receive a notification and can join the discussion if he wants to. You used [[Zackman08]]
, but that links to an article in main space. Nothing to worry about, I think The Wikipedia Adventure covers this as well. Hint, hint.Thank you for that sam... Made my night....the other day in the TWA invitation section above with a 05.47 UTC timestamp? Could he happen to be on the west coast of North America? In general, do not be surprised if there is a 12–24 hours delay in responses.
Thanks for requesting revdel on the copyvios I removed. I've been away for a while and I forgot. Meters (talk) 20:22, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
I do know a thing or two but next to nothing about JavaScript. I'm most familiar with Python. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:36, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
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Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. Pictured is the Nuussuaq district in Nuuk, with Sermitsiaq mountain in the background.
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Since I'm new to this whole "admin" thing :) - but are you sure you've got the correct revisions listed in this revdel request? All that person inserted there was "i like turtles" over and over gain. Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:23, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Hey Sam. Can you move Draft talk:PlayStation 5 to Talk:PlayStation 5?
I created redirect for PlayStation 5 and an admin agreed that article or at least redirect is justified.[3] Qualitist (talk) 20:32, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
((WikiProject Video games|class=Redirect))
. Sam Sailor 19:40, 12 December 2018 (UTC)I have been reviewing new redirects recently and thought I would try this tool to categorize them at the same time. The way the script works, it jumps into edit mode automatically. Is there no toggle for this? When I look at a new redirect, the first thing I often do is right-click on the target to open the target in a new window to see if I am going to mark the redirect as "reviewed". But I can't do that anymore - I have to manually open a window and type in the name of the target. I am missing something. Does this script assume you want to edit every redirect you view? MB 23:53, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Meow, thank you!
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May u please help me on Juanita Bynum article? Oreratile1207 (talk) 07:58, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
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A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought
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You are Welcome Sir.
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This month: A general update.
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Sam Sailor,
You were kind enough to restore a page I was working on "Christ Church of Clarkson" which was deleted from my sandbox nearly a year ago. I thought it was gone for good and had given up on supporting Wikipedia. You restored the page, moved it to drafts, and I continued to edit it. One of the sources I used was "https://rocwiki.org/" (Rochester, NY wiki site). I resubmitted my draft and it was rejected for copyright violations related to that article on Rocwiki. The problem was that I wrote the Rocwiki entry which is why the two were so much alike. I was going to again change my draft on this site but it looks like someone again deleted it from the drafts page where you restored it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Christ_Church_of_Clarkson).
This is really frustrating and I hope it can be restored - I spent hours working on it and just needed a few days to return to the editing process. Can you help?
Thanks,
Theologicae
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The best Christmas pie for you! Happy Christmas and all the best wishes to you!! Greetings; Cartoon network freak (talk) 17:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Happy editing,
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Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879. From the Library of Congress.
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An example of page orientation: a smartphone positioned upright (portrait orientation) and horizontally (landscape orientation)
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Vicki Gunvalson in 2009
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A view of the Quetschenfest street fair in the community of Geichlingen, Germany
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Hello, Sam Sailor.
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Hey, your script Sagittarius+ changes more than the redirect, as it also changes the spacing of the templates as can be seen in this edit. As can be seen by the documentation at Template:Redirect category shell a line-space should be placed between the redirect and the templates. This also makes editing it easier. Would appreciate it if you can fix it. --Gonnym (talk) 10:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
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A typical Finnish school meal lunch, served free of charge to all pupils.
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