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Could you remove the TFD template from that page as well? Many thanks! Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 22:57, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

I can't, because it's fully protected (by virtue of being used on the main page). Template talk:Start date#Fully protected edit request 4 November 2020 * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:58, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Pppery, my apologies: I saw you left the edit request but it didn't register with me what it actually was. My mistake. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 23:05, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Well that's weird, I could have sworn I closed that discussion (along the same lines, mind). Done. Primefac ( talk) 01:49, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey there. Would you please be able to opt me out of AfroCine talk page notifications? I'm asking because I see you have been removing users from the list on Meta, but when I tried to remove myself from the list by editing the page, it was disallowed due to a filter that called it "spam", which is ridiculous. I'm not sure why—maybe because I have (next to) no edits on Meta? I find it strange that the talk page messages from AfroCine have a note saying "You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list", but when one tries—or at least when I tried—to do so, they are disallowed. Is there any way to turn off this filter for users who may not have (m)any edits on Meta having their edits filtered when they try to remove themselves from the list? I can't imagine this affects only me. Thanks. Ss 112 23:38, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done And posted at m:Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat#Abuse filter false positive. In is indeed the cased that you aren't the only one affected. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:49, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot I could check that log. Thanks for your raising this there, but I just wanted to say I'm far from a new user—I just don't use Meta. Thank you! Ss 112 23:53, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, bad wording on my part. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:54, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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Indeed, I cannot find any evidence that the plans became reality. And I can find some against it.

In any case, the serious plans for element 119 appear to have progressively gotten delayed and delayed for about a decade by now, and 120 seems to have dropped off the radar and pushed to "after 119". So, I made some updates. Double sharp ( talk) 05:19, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Pppery,

I'm not sure why you want Module:Location_map/data/Gilgit-Baltistan/doc to be moved to replace the current page when it looks like it is full of error messages, at least with the scripts I have installed. It looks like the current page at this location is superior. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:53, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

@ Liz: The current page at that title is a transclusion of Module:Location map/data/Gilgit Baltistan/doc. What happened here is that Module:Location map/data/Gilgit Baltistan was moved to Module:Location map/data/Gilgit-Baltistan, including its doc page. The move of the module did not leave a redirect (since modules can't be redirects), but the move of the doc page did. I then tagged the leftover redirect for deletion as G8 (since it was documenting nothing), but before that deletion request could be actioned, the move was reverted (not moving the doc page because my deletion-tagged redirect was in the way). The reason that Module:Location_map/data/Gilgit-Baltistan/doc is erroring is that Module:Location_map/data/Gilgit-Baltistan doesn't exist, and the errors will disappear if you move the page to the correct title. The reason that the page currently there works is that it is a transclusion of the page I want moved there. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:12, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

	Happy new year and thanks!
	Hope you will have a great New Year, and many thanks for supporting my proposal over at the Community Wishlist Survey on Meta. — Tenryuu 🐲 (  💬 •  📝 ) 🎄Happy Holidays!⛄ 01:52, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:No article text § TfD merge nomination. {{u| Sdkb}}  ^talk 08:19, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi, i recently imported Module:Archive index on bnwiki. It works but not fully. Problem is, on bnwiki we use Bengali numeral but i think module looks for English numeral. So, instead of /সংগ্রহশালা ১ module looks for /সংগ্রহশালা 1 . Could you please tell me in which line(s) module looks for this, so i can use something like this to convert en to bn digit. This is the module on bnwiki. Please feel free to edit. Here is a test page, if it works then this page will be much more longer. Thanks. -- আফতাবুজ্জামান ( talk) 01:50, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@ আফতাবুজ্জামান: I've fixed the module in bn:Special:Diff/4808569. Also note that the page you were using as a test page was calling the module incorrectly, passing the parameter |mask=/সংগ্রহশালার <#> when the pages you were trying to index were named starting with সংগ্রহশালা (with one fewer character), which prevented the page from indexing even after fixing the module. I fixed that too in bn:Special:Diff/4808571 * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:09, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you :) -- আফতাবুজ্জামান ( talk) 02:14, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Someone took a dislike to you [1]. Do you know who it is? -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 01:31, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

No, and I don't think I have anything to do with it given that their first edit wasn't to a page I have ever interacted with. It looks more like I was (un)lucky enough to make an edit at the time the vandal was active. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:34, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, probably just some random vandalism. A couple of user talk pages got hit as well. Keep well, -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 02:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pppery! Would you have any issue with the Boston editnotice sticking around (obviously with the code that makes it appear only on April 1)? There's a good chance someone editing the Boston page some future April 1 won't have seen it yet, and they might get a small kick out of it. Cheers, {{u| Sdkb}}  ^talk 19:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I guess I have no strong objection, although I wouldn't be surprised if someone else discovers the page and tries to nominate it for deletion at some time during the intervening year. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:51, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion.

Where did all the April Fools' nominations go? Aasim ( talk) 00:55, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

They were archived to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates/April 2021#April 1, 2021 (in a collapse box). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pppery, I noticed that you recreated Idea (philosophy) while I was in the middle of a round-robin page swap. I suppressed the redirect so I could move the holding page Draft:Move/Idea (philosophy) back to Idea (philosophy) and preserve the page history. Just wanted to leave a quick note to make sure there isn't any confusion. – Lord Bolingbroke ( talk) 16:15, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, didn't realize you were still working when I saw the redlink at VPT. At least it didn't cause any harm since page movers can move pages over single-revision redirects to any target. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:24, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

No worries. It took me a while to complete the page swap because I mistakenly moved the subpages of Idea when beginning the swap and I needed to revert some of my own moves. 🤦 I was granted page mover rights fairly recently and am still getting used to the tools. Everything should be in order now though. – Lord Bolingbroke ( talk) 16:44, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Pppery,

I just deleted some templates you tagged for speedy deletion. In the future, when you tag a page for deletion (CSD, PROD, AFD/CFD/TFD/etc.), could you post a notice on the talk page of the page creator so they are aware that their page was deleted? Since they don't have access to their deleted contributions, they otherwise may not know that the deletion even happened.

If you utilize Twinkle, and set up your Preferences to "Notify page creator" , the program will post this notice for you any time you tag a page. This makes things very easy. Thank you for all of the work you do! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:59, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Good point. I generally prefer to make edits manually rather than using scripts, but you're right I should be more consistent about notifying the creator. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:03, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

I made a error proposing the deletion/merge of a non-existent template titled The Super League, while what I wanted was make a proposal for the merge of an article into another. So I have removed the entry from the proposal. I have since made the correct proposal of the article, as well as a proposal for a speedy deletion of the mistakenly-generated "destination" template (which now exists but didn't exist until I made the proposal). --Loginnigol ( talk) 18:11, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

I really appreciate you jumping my template request up the queue and actioning it for me. NZFC ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:44, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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Ok so that one made me chuckle. Clearly I've closed a lot of CfDs over the years lol

Thank you very much for catching those : ) - jc37 02:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks a lot for your help as an awesome Wikipedian in general! Your contributions definitely don't go unnoticed. Keep being amazing! Bsoyka 🗣️ 19:59, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that hatnote at South Georgia (island). I actually had the article watchlisted when it was added, but somehow missed it. GA-RT-22 ( talk) 02:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Can you create some of the requested redirrects and categories per WP:AFC/R? 2601:584:180:3D80:5DA1:C495:3AB4:56C1 ( talk) 19:26, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pppery, I met you at Village pump (technical) and then saw a template you put up on some Media wiki election software. So I came here directly for your help. Actually you must've known through all those help-seeking I did at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) that I was working on creating some templates. These templates were made to be used for recording results of rank-choice voting systems, they are Template:Election box roundwise rank choice begin, Template:Election box roundwise rank choice candidate & Template:Election box roundwise rank choice end. Now, that it has become pretty complicated, and a documentation will be very much required, I need to use some examples over there. So I came up with an idea to hold an election (as per guidelines of WP:FUN) among fellow editors to give them a small break by asking them to rank their favourite fruit, or maybe comic superheroes or something like that, results of which could be used to make the documentation. But I don't know if any of the existing Media wiki softwares can help me in it? Or if using external softwares is acceptable? Can you please help me? Thanks. Cheers! CX Zoom ( talk) 23:08, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure what [I] saw a template you put up on some Media wiki election software is referring to, and have no particular interest in this subject matter, so I'd recomment asking someone else or posting this at some more central noticeboard. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, I was referring to the template you had put here mw:Extension:BucketVoting more than a year ago. But I'm not really sure, where to ask. This, I believe, doesn't belong to any Village pump page out there. Thanks. CX Zoom ( talk) 00:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Oh, yes, a few months ago I marked a bunch of extensions on MediaWiki.org that were clearly not maintained as unmaintained. That doesn't mean I'm interested in the subject in other contexts. I'm not sure either what the best place for this is, but my talk page clearly isn't it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:22, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks. Have a good day. CX Zoom ( talk) 10:31, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Regarding Template_talk:Box_Drawings_Light_Vertical#Requested_move_19_April_2021 ... you marked this as a non-admin close, but I am an admin. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 18:39, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

I know you are an admin; the non-admin closure template indicates I'm not one. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

but ... I closed and not you. Curious about your thinking in this matter. Thanks. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 01:24, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

The non-admin closure template is immediately followed by signature, which makes it clearly (in my opinion) reference me. I don't feel strongly about this matter, and would be fine with you removing the template, or even reverting my closure entirely and re-closing it with your own signature. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Is it possible to create a {{ sports links}} of the athletes referred to in this federation? -- Kasper2006 ( talk) 16:43, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Almost anything is theoretically possible, but I have no interest in this particular subject (my edit to {{ sports links}} was solely technical gnoming), and thus would recommend asking someone else. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken you once nominated a template in RfD (or one of the other venues) and then did a cross nomination notification on TfD. Do you remember what template you used for that? Gonnym ( talk) 14:34, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

If you are talking about Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 June 26#Template:BOTREQ and Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 26#Substitution of_Template:Smiley, then I just used standard TfD boilerplate and then the #section-h parser function to transclude the discussion from elsewhere (which I believe I typed manually without substing anything). I have no recollection of starting any other discussion listed at multiple XfD venues. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:39, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Don't think these were that. Might not have been you. I really don't remember how long ago this was or what it was about. Thanks anyways. -- Gonnym ( talk) 14:52, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pppery, thanks for changing the AC template. However, all links to MusicBrainz are written with a K instead of a C. Can you change this? Thanks! Fram ( talk) 18:32, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:36, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks (have changed the header, didn't realise it looked like some ugly KKK reference, wasn't intentional). Fram ( talk) 18:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi Pppery, I noticed you reverted my edit 1023984146 on Jun 6 with the reason of "See Special:AbuseFilter/803". My original edit was primarily made to remove information about Jimbo's page not being semi-protected, which it's not right now, so could you please explain your reasoning why? Thanks, InvadingInvader ( talk) 10:24, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

The page is, functionally, semi-protected, because any edit by a non-autoconfirmed user will be disallowed by the edit filter I linked to. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 12:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

OK thanks for clarifying. I'll add a padlock for clarification. InvadingInvader ( talk) 13:40, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Never mind the padlock...not working. Probably something with perms... InvadingInvader ( talk) 13:54, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Hey Pppery, there are two module-related checkboxes at WT:RFPP that now need your attention. Thank you very much for all the work already invested into this, and in advance for this last fix! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:33, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

OK, I've done the one that only required template editor access, and coded the other one in the sandbox. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:13, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! :) The heading level (currently 2) should probably be changed to 3 for the RFPP subpage. I'm not sure if this is easy to implement, and there is no hurry. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:28, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

	The Technical Barnstar
	It's been two and a half years since our discussion at WT:RFPP ( current permalink), and the process has finally finished. Thank you very much for all your work involved, especially for the intricate module modifications at 🔧 Module:Submit an edit request, 🔧 Module:Protected edit request, and their subpages. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:30, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Hey P, thanks for your good work cleaning up the misformatted dashboard.wikiedu.org categories: what a mess that was, now better. My question is: if I see other cleanups are needed, is it just as simple as my adding the {{ category redirect}} template with the appropriate "good" cat target, as well as the {{ R from template-generated category}} template, to the "bad" cat? Or is something else needed? Let me know, and thanks in advance, UnitedStatesian ( talk) 04:12, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Just {{ category redirect}} is necessary to get the template-population to work. {{ R from template-generated category}} isn't strictly necessary but helps clarify the purpose of the redirects. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:15, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! UnitedStatesian ( talk) 05:12, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Stop creating user categories that have no collaborative value and I will stop nominating them for deletion. Otherwise, you are not above the law, and your attempt to scare me by saying I will be on your blacklist permanently will not accomplish anything. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:06, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Would you please explain, in non-technical language, why you deleted the link attached to Francesco Segala? Thanks. Maurice Magnus ( talk) 21:34, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Because there was a discussion held in 2018 (that I linked to in my edit summary), which established consensus that Wikidata should not be linked to within the body of the article except in the manner of hidden comment(s) as to mentioning the Q-number. While the link to Wikidata you used was technically a reference and thus not part of the body, it's clear that you weren't using it as a reference (in the sense of supporting information), but instead it was a link masquerading as a reference, and therefore in violation of the 2018 consensus. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:40, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Precious

Five years!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:57, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:15, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the AWB run that removes links to Wikidata from WP and replaces it with the WD title. It may be useful to retain the QID as a hidden note as it might guide future editors. What do you think? Would it be possible for you to modify your AWB script? Schwede 66 18:36, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Personally, I don't see the value of those comments, but I guess adding them cannot do any harm (and they were explicitly allowed at the RfC). The AWB run I was doing earlier today (of removing uses of {{ wikidata entity link}} or it's alias {{ Q}}) finished a few minutes ago, and I have no immediate plans to run something similar again, but I will modify my script to add comments in future runs. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:46, 29 August 2021 (UTC)