User talk:Auntof6/Archives/2024

Personal sandbox

hello, is there (just like the normal english wikipedia) also a personal sandbox on the simple english wikipedia? Gilliebillie (talk) 18:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gilliebillie: Yes, you can create a personal sandbox. It would be subject to the same rules as the regular user page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gilliebillie: By the way, I maintain a list of ways that this Wikipedia is different from regular English Wikipedia. The list is not a policy or guideline, but it links to some relevant policies and guidelines. If you have any questions about it, feel free to let me know. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:44, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Psych

Hey why did you delete the psych page? Can you please put it back on Max the Media Fan (talk) 02:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

@Max the Media Fan: I deleted it because it had been copied from English Wikipedia without being simplified enough. If you would like it restored, please make a request at WP:Deletion review. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:48, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Well I would like to put how the events with Yang in the musical aren’t canon because her story should have been finished in Season 5. Don’t you think Max the Media Fan (talk) 16:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

List of highest-grossing Telugu movies

Check the page below :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Telugu_films

and Update the Changes on :

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Telugu_movies# Saagaraludhaati (talk) 11:03, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Saagaraludhaati: Thanks, but I'll let you do that. If you're not autoconfirmed yet, just wait until you are. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:44, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Category self QD

Hi. Do categories that are monthly based (like complex of a certain month and year) automatically self nominate for QD C1 when they are empty? Thanks - Da Lamb^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 21:38, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: They do, but they don't always show up in the QD category. I think the QD isn't recognized because nothing has actually edited the category. Eventually they might appear in the category on their own, I'm not sure. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:21, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Category Question

Since you know the most, this was one in which I removed the display title. I did not move it or anything. I’m not quite sure if anything needs to be done but I consider you the expert on categories. I know this entity does more than just animation. Some of the names on the list are not in the show as just animated like Michael Jordon as animated. He’s both, as is Lebron James (both for Space Jam).

Category:Warner Bros. character redirects to lists

The default title was Category:Warner Bros. animated character redirects to lists

Please let me know if you want me to take any action on this. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 17:05, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Layout question

On an article when a HarvB or sfn is used, it will show up in the references section. I also need to put in the book it is being pulled from. On this article Bill of Rights 1689, for the moment, I put them under the references section as well. How should this be (it does not seem appealing to my eye right now based on they way they are set out. Do you think I should just covert to cite books (it's only 2 books and 3 cites to them)? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:26, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: You could put the bulleted ones in a section called "Sources" instead. I think I've seen it done that way before. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Above or below refs? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:48, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: en:Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Notes_and_references also suggests a section called "Works cited", but that might not work here because not everything shown in the article is cited. See if you can make anything of the other content there. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:59, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

So looks like when I run into that I need to make the notes section and reorganize what they put down as refs and put the books in the reference section. That would work for me. I don’t think it takes too much. It pretty much will keep us in line with them and simple.

Thoughts? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I think I got it down if you want to take a look and see. I didn't need to use lower alpha since they made them as ref only so I put that under notes and then references has the cited book and website list. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:20, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Looks fine to me. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:53, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi

please provide a suitable category for this article. thanks you Rara Lie (talk) 18:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) - @Rara Lie I have actually nominated it for quick deletion. The artist does not meet any of the requirements to be included on the wikipedia. The requirements can be seen here at Wikipedia:Notability (music). Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 18:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

the artist has been repeatedly published in online media and TV news. Rara Lie (talk) 18:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@Rara Lie Please stick to one talk page. See my response to you on my talk page. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 18:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Oops

Hello. Did you read my note to the closing admins? I was going to import it to Wiktionary (I have import permissions over there). MathXplore (talk) 12:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: Oops! (See what I did there?) What would you like me to do, restore it until you do the import? Let me know. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:32, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

I would like to have it temporary restored for attribution. MathXplore (talk) 12:33, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: It's baaack! Let me know when you're done and I'll delete it again. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done, thank you very much for your cooperation to Wiktionary. MathXplore (talk) 12:37, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: No problem. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Geography of the State of Palestine

Hi. I am wondering why you kept this when it has nothing linked to it and all you did you was redirect it and the consensus was 2 to delete and a comment. I cannot see why it could not be deleted since there is no incoming links to it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:40, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: There was a suggestion to redirect. Redirects are cheap and don't hurt anything. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Help

I forgot how to list a quote and ref in a discussion without the reference going to the bottom of the page (I did this at Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion#Lumbini sal park lumbini sal park) and when you go to the main page, the reference is at the bottom. Can you remind me of the coding please? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:16, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Sorry, I've seen it but I don't remember how to do it, either. Generally, there probably shouldn't be references on RFDs anyway. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:28, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

It was used to reference a point. I’ve seen it on here a couple of times because it is an RfD and since the discussion takes place there where else would it go? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:55, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: If not in the article, then it could be coded as an external link. But that's just my opinion. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:38, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Depreciated title

Hi. I went through and removed DISPLAYTITLE from all article spaces. Now, everything left in Category:Pages with ignored display titles are user pages. I do not want to touch those pages, but a great majority are not active and have not been for some time. I was wondering if you wanted to take any action on those so that the cat can get cleared out and down to zero. I’ve been able to clear out a few other cats that are error based and I’m working on the lacks free doi one (takes a bit but getting there). I’ve also been working on the Harv errors as well since I studied them on my “vacation”. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:18, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Would you explain why you removed DISPLAYTITLE? As far as I know, it is still needed for some articles (and I see it's still on one where it's needed). I also see one where you removed it, Aelfric of Eynsham, where you could have renamed the page to accomplish what the DISPLAYTITLE was trying to do.

By the way, the word is "deprecated," not "depreciated".

When cleaning out this kind of category, please be thoughtful about what you're doing. Sometimes a thing that is flagged as an error doesn't mean it actually is an error or needs any action. Sometimes it needs action other than just removing the thing that's being flagged. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:47, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

It comes back as ignored (my phone autocorrects so apologies for that). If the display title is ignored then it is useless. I looked at the article you mentioned. There is no difference on the title displayed when I look at the previous version vs the version where it is removed. The only difference is prior to the removal that version shows it on the hidden category of display title ignored. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: It's true that an ignored DISPLAYTITLE is useless. However, that one was trying to display the name with the correct "Æ" character. That didn't work because it didn't match the title, so it was ignored. However, if you think about what it was trying to do, that shows that the article needs to be renamed. Removing the DISPLAYTITLE without fixing that doesn't address the issue.

And I feel your pain about autocorrect. It gets even worse when I'm typing in a different language. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:08, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

But moving the page to a name not using standard keys on a keyboard will affect the search for it, will it not? I do not know how to search for that. I would need to copy and paste it or find the alt number to type it in. It could also be a restricted character through the software as well per the template documents on en wiki. I can go through them and try a page redirect based on what was trying to be accomplished with the display title and see what happens. But with that particular article, how would one search for that with c/p or the character code? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: The same way people search for it on enwiki? You could definitely leave a redirect with the current name. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:21, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I moved it to Ælfric of Eynsham. Left a redirect in place with the standard keys of Aelfric of Eynsham to direct to the new one. I’ll look at the others and fix them if they indeed need fixing. Some were the same page name. Thanks for the input. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:22, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. :) -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:30, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I’m not sure how to do this one, as I believe I need an admin. Kīlauea is redirected to Kilauea which is backwards. So I can’t move it. Looks like Kīlauea was created first then moved by this individual SEPTActaMTA8235. Once moved back, it should be fine. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 16:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Are you able to switch this one Kīlauea it’s backwards. That page is a redirect to the English without the dialect mark and should be reversed. Non-dialect to dialect. It will require a deletion. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:54, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Another request please

On that same date, can you please send me the contents of status and statustemplate that were subpages of mine please? Email is fixed so I only need it sent once. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 04:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

NVM, I was able to do it without the code. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

AWB Task

Hi. When you get a chance can you remove all the :en: links from Template:Metro Manila TV please? Every single one is linked to en wiki. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb:  Done May I suggest leaving the IP a message to let them know not to use :en: links? -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Will do and thank you so much. :) Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done I thought we had a template somewhere for it? You can view what I said here. I need to post it to a few more IPs. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:06, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I don't remember seeing a template specifically for that. What I usually tell people is that the red links tell us what articles would be helpful to create. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:45, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. I think maybe @Ferien had something he copied and pasted at one point. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Category reporting error

Hi. So on Category:BLPs needing more sources it shows on the right 118 articles needing more sources. When you scroll down just under the 98 subcategories heading it states there are 335 pages needed sources. There are none that are marked with no date (I’ve fixed those based on history). Do you know how to figure out where that number is coming from? For some reason I tend to believe the 335 number is correct based on our articles. And I just looked again. Some articles are dated back to 2012. Should I go through and update them to see if they are current and if not refresh the tag? I would need a list (probably a search somehow of those prior to the first maintenance cat we have for this?). Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I don't know. I never trust the numbers in the sidebars on the right, and I don't know how they're derived. Enwiki's numbers don't look like they match, either, although theirs seem closer.

Possibilities:

• It could be a cache problem.
• The date isn't always specified. I found at least one that doesn't have one.
• There may be more templates assigning these categories than the two listed; maybe those transclusions aren't included in the totals in the sidebar. However, I couldn't find any other templates or any modules that assign the categories.
• Some articles may have the category hard coded, although I don't see any of these, either.

When I said I didn't find any, I only checked the main template name. I didn't look to see if there are any redirects to the templates.

And it gets weirder. According the transclusion count:

• Template:BLP sources is transcluded 340 times
• Template:BLP unsourced is transcluded 900 times (but I don't know how many of them use the section parameter)

-- Auntof6 (talk) 13:29, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Wow so looks like I should try to trace it down somehow. The transclusions can be a problem. I’ll dive into it over the next two weeks and see what I can find. Thanks for the info. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:33, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: You might want to post this kind of thing at Simple talk. I don't really know that much about the behind-the-scenes stuff. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:35, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

It’s ok. I can figure it out. That’s what I’ve been doing behind the scenes. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:51, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Can you run a null edit through AWB please against the list at Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:BLP unsourced please so I can see if my theory works? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:39, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Not right now -- that's 900 pages and I'm trying to wrap things up for today. I'll get back to you later. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries. I will chat with you later. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:52, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────────────┘
I figured out why theirs contains so many compared to ours. They have all articles that have any BLP template on it (i.e. Needs verification, disputed, etc.). I randomly picked out pages from here which shows a ton of articles. So I think the closest we have (as our counter is empty and has no link bancks - maybe delete it or I can trace their populating schema) is Category:Unreferenced_BLPs. So this is only those that are tagged no sources, not any of the other BLP tags. So at this point, I think we are good, but for the link on the start up we may want to change the category to the page with all of them listed and not just the recent ones. I am going to reach out to media wiki tech about why it won't show the earlier ones in the list, as it seems limited. Thanks and sorry about the long chain we have going. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 16:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Do you still want me to do the null edits? -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:03, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes please. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:04, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: OK, I'll do that now and let you know when it's done. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:11, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb:  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Also, let me know if that made any difference. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Awesome. Thank you. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 11:33, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Will do. I did find out it could also be an error with how the original box on the right was set up, so I will need to dive into that. I will let you know. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 11:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Tools

On your user page you have the dab solver with an ip address. When I click on it, it comes back the ip is not found. Does it work for you? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:07, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Not at the moment. There's a note at en:User:Dispenser/Dab solver that says "The Dab solver tool is broken and its maintainer is inactive.". Also see en:Wikipedia_talk:Disambiguation_pages_with_links/Archive_15#Dabsolver_is_down. Phooey. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:17, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Aw and that would explain it. I wonder if do some else will pick it up or if a replacement was made. I can’t imagine en going without it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Would you want the Dab solver back? I can probably get it updated to work. I am not sure how many editors use it, but if you really want it, I can do it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: It was very useful, but the truth is I didn't use it very often. So I don't know how much I would use it. I don't often come across pages that have multiple links to dab pages, and where there's just one I use popups. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Need to clarify: I meant links to multiple dab pages. When I'm taking care of links to a single dab page, I use popups, which works for any number of links to the dab page in question. Of course, popups doesn't have the ability to disambiguate the same link to different pages, which Dab solver had. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:28, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks for the information. Let me see what I can do. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 16:47, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Ephebophilia incorrect introduction

Hi, the introduction to the article Ephebophilia, the part that cannot be edited in any way by common users, indicates it as a "paraphilia characterized by sexual attraction to adolescents aged from 15-18". Ephebophilia is not classified as a paraphilia but more of a sexual preference, one of chronophilic kind. Plus, the given range is 15-19, not 15-18. Could you correct it please? Thank you. 151.44.70.104 (talk) 13:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

According to the page's metadata, you should be able to make the change yourself, if you provide reliable sources to support it. (talk page stalker) Justarandomamerican (t • c) 13:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

But I can't, it's the very brief description right below the title. 151.46.59.58 (talk) 13:32, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah. You may make the change here: https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q595012 Justarandomamerican (t • c) 13:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks 👍👍 151.46.59.58 (talk) 13:52, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Speaking about sources, as you can see, ephebophilia is not classified as a paraphilia: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/291419-overview?form=fpf#a1

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32119312/#:~:text=A%20total%20of%20eight%20Paraphilias,%2C%20fetishism%2C%20and%20transvestic%20fetishism.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178912000845

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-abnormalpsych/chapter/paraphilic-disorders/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/paraphilias?amp

https://www.medicinenet.com/paraphilia/article.htm

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/paraphilias

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769077/ 151.46.59.58 (talk) 13:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks

Xenia (article). I forgot to say "thanks", at the end of the previous discussion. Thanks a lot. 2001:2020:313:EBE1:FD03:DA0D:1462:F44 (talk) 20:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

If I am not mistaken

Did you not just delete a lot of redirects to non-existent articles? This IP is doing the same thing and has 3 warnings already today. 82.23.107.184. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 20:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Yes, I did. I'll take care of these, too. Thanks for the heads-up. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:28, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I think Fehu took care of them as he blocked the IP for a year knowing who it is. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: And let me remind you: the "only" warnings are not meant to be used when there after other warnings. The word "only" means that there aren't any others, so using it when there are others doesn't make sense. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

In re please? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:31, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: This warning you left for the IP we're discussing. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I did that due to the time and the difference in what they were doing. A lot of users have warnings, but the template says only, and I felt that the 50 or so pages they were creating before I could get an admin/sysop to block them were worth it instead of using the final warning. The idea was to tell them they will be blocked, whereas the other templates at 1, 2, and 3 say they may be blocked. We only have two options, and going in order would have defeated my purpose of trying to get them to stop. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:38, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Disambig's

Have you tried this script by chance? w:User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist.js Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I don't think so. What does it do? -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:28, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Sorry should have included the doc User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:29, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Thanks. I might look at it sometime when I want to do a significant amount of disambiguating. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:35, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries. It looks like the website you used to use would need to become a tool and be run by a bot. I could develop it as the script is premade, I would just need to figure it out and figure out how this entire topic works with what has to be done and such. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:49, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Template deletion

Hi - Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency is no longer needed. The couple of articles that directed there then to the same but with a lower case law have been changed to go directly to the correct template. That is why I marked this one for QD as it is no longer needed. It’s an empty redirect. I guess the valid reason is housekeeping? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 18:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I wouldn't call that housekeeping. As annoying as it might be, I think this one has to go to RFD. But I don't think it would hurt to keep it -- redirects are cheap, and we might not be using it now but someone might link to it in the future. -- Auntof6 (talk) 18:34, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

It’s actually a T2. I set it again as such. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 18:37, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Sorry

Apologies for that. I must have missed that one when I was doing the cleanup. I will go back through them and fix any I missed so you do not have too. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I just did the three that showed up as uncategorized. The "needing to be simplified" ones are a little tricky because you have to specify extra parameters. I usually just copy/paste from an existing one and change as needed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh ok. Thank you for that. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Template:Infobox sports divison

The spelling of division is not correct. Are you sure it should be a redirect? MathXplore (talk) 08:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Can you correct the spelling with suppress-redirect? Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 02:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: I see that the template has been deleted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:50, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Hennessy Carolina

Mesereaulaw kept removing the deletion request on the Hennessy Carolina until they were blocked. Now Brooklynqueen03 keeps removing the deletion request despite warning the user so may times. Is there anyway it could be protected? Shoot for the Stars (talk) 02:34, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars: I see that it has been protected. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:50, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Red link cats

Do we have a special page (similar to wanted pages or templates) that shows red linked categories? So there are only 2 pages in a cat and so it hasn’t been published yet since it needs 3 pages or more? Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Special:WantedCategories.

Just keep in mind that, as with all the "wanted" special pages, it just means that it has been used somewhere without being created. It doesn't necessarily mean that it should be created here. A lot of those appear on the list because people have copied from enwiki; it's possible that it's either a category we don't use here on purpose, or that it should have a different name here, or that there's some other reason for not creating it. Just give it some thought before creating. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information and link. I asked because I see an IP editor who has been making a ton of new categories over the past couple of days and as soon as it hits 3 they activate the category. I didn’t know if we had one but if I see one previously deleted that got re-created I’ll understand why and ask you questions since that is your niche. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 21:24, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Roy Van der Veen

This article was created by an account who put it on different wikis of which all deleted them (including here) for it being in another language and being non-notable. The picture they used was also deleted from commons due to copyright. There is no discussion to be had. User was notified of the QD of the article, removed the QD, posted it to the board and then I restored the QD tag and warned them and they acknowledged they cannot delete the QD (by thanking me for warning.) They put the request up on the board as soon as the QD tag was put on without putting wait on it. It was deleted quite a bit later and they made no attempt to fix the article, instead they went on other wikis and tried to save it which was unsuccessful. Also their username is basically this persons name backwards. That is why I moved it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

New Article Maor Ashkenazi

Good morning, could I simplify and make spelling improvements to the article Maor Ashkenazi, Israeli rapper. Please --Acartonadooopo (talk) 04:53, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) :@Acartonadooopo You need to stop canvassing and asking every person on this Wikipedia. You were already told yes. There is no need to ask 10 different people for permission. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 04:56, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb I don't explain myself well, I'm asking the users to help me polish it better and improve it grammatically since I don't know how to do it because of my language, I don't speak perfect English. --Acartonadooopo (talk) 05:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Acartonadooopo It is still canvassing. You have people helping you already and this editor is an admin and won’t write the article for you but will give you the same advice we have. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I don't think this is canvassing. Canvassing is (to quote enwiki): "notification done with the intention of influencing the outcome of a discussion in a particular way." There's no discussion going on here. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Canvassing has multiple meanings (not even using the policy definition). If I felt it was that, I would not post it on a talk page except of the user performing it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: It has other meanings in general English, but the only meaning that's problematic is the one in the policy. This doesn't seem to fit that. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@Acartonadooopo: Yes, you could do that. However, writing the kind of simple language that is required here can be difficult even for people whose English is good. It's probably best to create the article in your userspace instead of making it a regular article. Then you can get people to help you, and move it to a regular article when it is in good condition. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:12, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

My article is very good, it has reliable and independent sources, it has a heading, it has a good academic and linguistic structure. Furthermore, the deletion request was rejected by the proponent because it is still valid. Furthermore, my article is better than other articles that were created as a sketch, without references, such as Boaz Ma'uda. --Acartonadooopo (talk) 13:28, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Acartonadooopo: That may be true, but it needs to be simplified. There are some complex words and complex sentence structure. An article can be well-written, complete, and have enough references, but here it also needs to be in simple language. You might like to read Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages and some of the pages listed there under "Related pages" to get a better idea of what is needed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Hat note

On Havana, is it ok to leave red linked hat notes for disamb like the one on this article? I copied it over as part of the infobox from en wiki. I want to say yes, but I wanted your position on it. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 18:33, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I wouldn't include it. It's not part of the infobox, after all. Neither is the "user mdy dates" template. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 The MDY is not an issue. Many articles have it, so those editing are aware it's an American-based article and use the right date format, which also allows bot's to correctly format it. For the other one, I will remove it. Remember, we here in America are odd compared to the rest of the world in our date format. :) Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 19:20, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The template I asked about

If you remember, I asked you about the template that allows you to use references in discussions and keeps them with the particular portion they apply to. The template is {{reflist-talk}}. Now we both know and can grow. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 20:21, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The counts are mostly correct

In our monthly clean up boxes, the counts are much higher now. Shows almost 300 articles undated and contains close to 3k articles. That is a tad short of 3200ish articles needing sources in some form. Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 16:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Cuba

Hi there and hope all is well. I had a question about a stub. For this article (Las Villas) I stubbed it as general geo. Would that be correct as I do not believe it would fit any other stubs we have and Cuba obviously is not a stub. Thanks and I look forward to your feedback. Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: You could add North America to it. Some people think that should be under geography stubs anyway, but some don't because there's more to North America than geography. Same is true for other stub types related to places.

Also, you could add general categories to the page. If you don't want to do that, you could tag it as uncategorized. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:35, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

But is it really part of North America or is it only because of our prison (which I thought was getting shut down). Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Yes. Cuba is considered part of North America. The fact that the US has a base there isn't the reason; if it were, a lot of other places around the work would be part of North America, too, like Germany, Guam, etc. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh ok. I will flip it and I did cat it. Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:47, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Not working

This happened before and I cannot remember how to fix it; Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/New bharat Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Can you delete Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/New bharat for me please so I can run the RfD again Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:51, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done Yes, I was about to suggest that. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:52, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Still did not work. Can you delete it again and I will clear the page then can you nominate on my behalf please? Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

My wording - It may meet notability, but it seems written from a POV. There is no Wikidata entry. I cannot find it mentioned on enwp either. I did a [[WP:BEFORE] search and found nothing, so I am sending it here for thoughts. Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Resolved.

Thanks and edit well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 11:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation Links

Hi. So one of the things I am working on is getting that page back up and running for you now that I have spent a few days reading it. Hopefully it will be done over the next couple of days and you will have access to it again. I will let you know when I am done with it. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:37, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Or I do not have to do anything! Check this out DPLbot. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to get the RfDs taken care of. I was questioning some of the formatting. If I see an editor posted something outside of the discussion area like above the nomination but below the header am I allowed to move it to the correct place but not change their words (but can add a time stamp if they didn’t sign?) Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 23:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I'd say "you're welcome," but I always feel funny getting thanked for doing my job!

Yes, I think it would be OK to do formatting if you don't change any words or context. And it's always OK to add the unsigned template -- just please be sure to 1) substitute the template and 2) use the template parameters that add both the user name (or IP) and the date/time. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Yeah I always remember that part because I have to look the template up to get it correct like where UTC goes and formatting. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 23:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

When you have time

Can you do your magic and remove all instances of short descriptions please across the board? I’ve found quite a few when going through articles. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Maybe. Can you give me a clue of how to find them? -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:59, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

It would be a template {{short description=*}}. Usually located at the top of the page. It should be a normal regex search I believe. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:02, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: OK, but right now I'm working on something I have the flood flag for, so I can't do anything else. I'll get back to you. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries. Like I said when you get time even if not until next week. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: This isn't something I want to tackle right now. There are over 500 of them (see Category:Pages with short description), and it's not a straightforward change because the text would be different. Maybe later. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:56, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi there! I wanted to follow-up on this and see if you would have time to run it in the next couple of days so the cat can get emptied. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 04:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Before I do anything with this, was there a consensus to remove the template? The documentation on it says, "This template is blanked out until a time where it is supported here." That implies that it may be supported in the future, and that it can be left so that it will be in place on some articles at that time. It also says not to use it here, but that can be taken to mean not to add it to anything new, not necessarily to remove it where it's already in use. We have other templates like that. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:47, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

These are coming over with new articles that editors are creating (besides older ones). I have seen editors and admins alike inform users that we do not use them here. When I bring things over or I am looking at new pages, I remove it. I remember being told a couple of times, including once by you, that we do not use them here. So in all honesty, I am not sure what to do, as there seems to be conflicting messages about this. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:54, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Let me get back to you on this. I realize that's what I said before, but this isn't urgent. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

No worries. I just didn't want to fall off the radar since you are the AWB pro. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:23, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Miam Charitable Trust

Is back and pov push by the ip Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I see that you already tagged it for QD. I'm in the middle of something right now. If another admin doesn't get to it first, I'll look at it when I have a minute. There's usually no need to notify individual admins for things like this. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

No worries and I know you are on and closed the RfD which is why I posted here. It’s not showing any other admins active right now. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Yeah, my point was that you don't need to find an online admin to take care of something. Just follow the process and it will get taken care of. Sometimes you just have to wait. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Maybe a redirect

I wanted to get your opinion on Adolf Hitler Uunona. On ENWP Adolf Hitler Uunona redirects to w:Ompundja Constituency, and we also have that article Ompundja Constituency. Do you think it should be redirected and added to the latter, or leave as is? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:22, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I think we can have both. There seem to be good references on the biographical article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:49, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Y Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Sandbox (video game)

I noticed you deleted this earlier today (April 12, 2024) and it was recreated. It was stated as non-notable. Problem I see is ENWP has the same article w:Sandbox (video game) that has been there May 15, 2020. It did go through a lot of changes, including discussions to redirect. I was thinking of nominating, however, I wanted to know if you wanted me to do anything or if you would handle it. Please do let me know. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Go ahead and nominate it. When I delete something, I don't usually follow up to see if it gets recreated, so anyone can handle that if it happens. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:56, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Bots

BTW, I noticed we have a bot that handles disambiguation links and double redirects. We also have a bunch of redundant bots. But this one should help you out a lot.

1. User:RussBot Double redirects and manual disambiguation (Looks like it runs once a week, but I do not see it working or logging on any disambs.

Maybe you can reach out to them and see if they can generate a list for you and put it someplace for you to work on it.

And since I am here, I wanted to inform you of something else WMF is working on to help editors add value added articles to the project.

1. With in the mentee module, they will have tasks to complete that are pretty basic such as references, wikilinking, spelling, grammar.
2. This is the other one they are working on: Edit check. It seems to have some nice features and retainment of editors.

I am off to bed as it is late here. I am sure I will see you online this weekend. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Thanks, although I'm not looking to do any mass disambiguating at the moment. When I do, I usually do fine with popups or AWB's disambiguation feature because I'm working with only one dab page at a time.

I knew we had a bot at one time that fixed double redirects. I don't think I knew of one that did disambiguating. I don't know that a bot could do that properly. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:54, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

It’s manual. It basically can do one of two things. It can be run via the console for the owner and they can pick the page it should go to or they can get a list created of the page with the possibilities for it. Like I have a script that if an article is not linked to wikidata it searches through all objects looking for where the title is mentioned and then presents me options to select one. If one is available it asks me if I want to make one. Typically I don’t make a new one because if the article is not notable then the object is determined out of scope of the project. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

The close

Is it just atop and archive bottom? Do not use the status and reason options? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:56, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

There are several things you do when you close an RFD, none of which are the things you did. Although you probably won't like this, it's usually best to let an admin close them.

And if you're going to withdraw a request just to do an immediate QD, just leave the RFD open and it can be closed if/when the QD is done. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

One, please do not assume I won't like what you said. I just didn't want to leave it open due to the IP (who, by the way, after I mentioned they are evading their block) they immediately stopped editing. I would like to learn how to close them properly if you would instruct me. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:02, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I know there should be an RfD box on the talk page, but since it was done by a block evader I didn't want to do it because it would just be deleted anyways.

I did move it to the correct space on the main area (and also moved one Eptalon didn't move to below the header). Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I assumed that because you have been pretty vehement about not liking it when admins seem to want to control things.

I wasn't talking about the box that goes on the talk page, just about what is done with the request page. Since we usually discourage non-admin closures here, and since I personally think they shouldn't be done in most cases, I decline to instruct you. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok thanks. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Vote

How can we strike our own vote with (----------) without removing it when we vote for something or somewhere? Are there any options for that here? DIVINE 17:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @DIVINE In front of the word you used or template use <s> and at the end of that word or template put in </s> and you will get  Keep Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 17:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou DIVINE 17:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@DIVINE You are very welcome! Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 17:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

wikipedia:Copyrights

In some sections it says “he.” Can that be changed to be gender neutral please? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

New category for project

Hi! As you are the master of categories, I wanted to get a recommendation from you for my project, named by Darkfrog24 Total Backlog Annihilation. The only requirements are:

1. Easy for editors to do that do not need complex writing of anything.
2. Does not exceed 100 pages in the category

These requirements are only because the project does not only move slow, but because on the last one, I had many editors participate that are new to SEWP. The category we did was using this special link and we knocked it down to less than 20 from over 300 pages in a couple of days and allowed us to QD a lot of non-sense and such articles. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I'm not sure what you're asking. If you're asking about a category to create for a WikiProject, we don't use categories for WikiProjects. If you're asking something else, please clarify. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

For you to pick a category we already have that can use some attention for editors to work on fixing per the two requirements I stated previously. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Ah, OK. Let me give that some thought. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks! Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Does it need to be something that's actually tracked as a backlog? I found this one with about 17 entries that shouldn't be too hard: Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template. I'll keep looking for more. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I can knock that one out myself. Backlogs are great for this project. I just don’t want 2k or 3k pages in it right now because it will take forever. Maybe around 100-200 pages in it? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:44, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok this one is  Done! Some took more work than others. A lot of them were because there was a template that used a date we didn’t have a date for like use Canadian English date January 2013 so my fixes were either change the date to a category we had or if I didn’t have enough to create a category I just removed it. I also discovered some other issues like an IP vandalizing a widely used template that caused a ton of articles to end up in an error cat that caught my attention. Took me an hour to figure out what was calling a non-existent module but I found it and fixed it so that cat is back down to normal levels. If you need anything else, please let me know. I found two articles I need to give more help to but I’ll do them later. I’m done for the night. Thanks for the category recommendation. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I saw your edit summary. Is it really worth creating a category to turn around and delete it when we can change the date and start anew? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Yes. Otherwise we would be constantly changing dates on maintenance templates. There's no problem having maintenance categories with fewer than 3 entries. Besides, what you did didn't change the date, it completely removed the template which should have been kept. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:57, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok I’ll go back and take care of them tomorrow when I wake up and create the cats. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:58, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done I went back through my edits and put them back on and corrected the ones malformed and created the categories as needed. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 23:34, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: How about Category:Articles with broken file links (currently at 140 entries)? Those are mostly articles brought from enwiki that use files stored on enwiki. The fix is usually either 1) find an appropriate file on Wikimedia Commons and use that or 2) remove the file code. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Perfect! I’ll get it typed up. Thank you. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:50, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

AWB Skills

Hello - I have figured out how to bring the count down in Category:Pages using infobox television with unknown parameters (1,371 pages). The following parameters were removed from the {{Infobox television}} (see this portion here):

Please remove

• picture_format
• website
• audio_format
• distributor
• website_title
• production_website
• production_website_title
• distributor
• preceded_by
• followed_by

Please change Chronology to related

If you are able to do this, it would be appreciated. It should knock that category down, if not to zero, pretty close. The ones it cannot get to, I can do manually. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I can work on that. I have a bunch of AWB setups for taking care of various templates' unknown parameters, so I can cannibalize one of them. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I'm working on this now. I'm taking care of other unknown parameters as well. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Just wanted to check in and see how this went and if I should hop in to clear up any remaining couple that should be left? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 11:25, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I haven't finished working on them yet. Since you're leaving, I'll look at whatever is left after I finish with AWB. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:32, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

That IP

They just got off two back to back blocks. They are that famous Pakistani pushed from England. See User talk:DannyS712#Sorry as no action was taken including the fact the IP went and tagged a bunch of articles related to rights, lesbians and homosexuals with my name for QD. You will see that in their history. MathXplore did link the IP to two CU notes on this individual. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 10:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Talkback

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Mass-moving of pages in a category

Hello, @Auntof6, we have a couple of duplicate categories: Category:Singlechart usages and Category:Single chart usages. Both cats have over 100 pages. Could you please assist in mass-moving pages from Category:Singlechart usages to Category:Single chart usages and redirect it? Somehow, Cat-a-lot does not work for me. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 15:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: Yes, I'll look at it. Cat-a-lot is currently having issues moving categories -- there are some related discussions toward the bottom of c:MediaWiki_talk:Gadget-Cat-a-lot.js. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: Actually, it looks like a lot of the subcats in Category:Singlechart usages are empty and have corresponding categories in Category:Single chart usages. I'm thinking the empty, incorrectly-named ones should be redirected or deleted instead of moved. What do you think? -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6, That sounds like a reasonable approach. Most subcats in Singlechart usages are empty. I think it'd be better to redirect those (or possibly delete them) to the corresponding ones in Category:Single chart usages. Categories' names should be consistent with the parent template/Page, here Template:Single chart. These cats were deleted on EnWiki for the same reason (en:wp:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 November 9#Category:Singlechart called without song). – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 21:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: I agree. Since that wouldn't be a Cat-a-lot issue, do you still need me for this? --Auntof6 (talk) 22:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I think I can do that myself. I'll let you know if I need any help. Thanks! ^^ – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 11:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: It would be nice if you get these redirects done (or deletes, if you decide to go that way). The empty categories are showing up under Special:UnusedCategories. Once they're redirected (with {{category redirect}}), they should stop showing up there. Thanks! -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:54, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

I've taken care of them. They should stop appearing in Special:UnusedCategories once it's updated. I've redirected many of those categories and also deleted some under QD C2. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 05:45, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: Thanks muchly! -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

question

hi dear admin. I am collaborating with Sindh Adabbi Board which is government sponsored institution in Pakistan for promotion of Sindhi literature i want to know how do we publish notable subjects also how to undelete articles which are poorly affected by poor attention done by our press or writers.

thanks . Jinglingzone (talk) 13:39, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

when you have time dear admin

dear admin I today found out that some articles literature belonging to Sindh. is getting deleted here on simple wiki. also subjects were very much notable in Sindh and Middle East with its sources being very straight. I wonder how it was deleted with discussion not being enough on AfD. I also understanding the difficulty to understand non English sources. can you please give your precious time to check it out about that ? I am student of History I would like to raise some points here. thank you. Best Wishes be well

Jinglingzone (talk) CaptVII̟̠- 06:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Jinglingzone: I have no way of checking that if I don't know the article names. However, please use WP:Deletion review for this kind of request. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:58, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

article names were like 'Allamah Sayyid Ihsanullah Shah Rashdi' a prominent religious scholar and Khilafatist hailing from Sindh he had millions of religious followers and his steps had a deep impression on muslims of sub continent and arabia. second article was named also a freedom fighter of India who fought colonialism got into prison for years Gandhi gave him loud support etc.

how do I list names in deletion for review I'm new here its quite difficult but watching youtube videos helps me

best wishes be well. thank you for giving your precious time Jinglingzone (talk) CaptVII̟̠- 07:21, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Jinglingzone: Go to the deletion review page and look at examples of current discussions. Then add a section for the page you want to discuss. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

let me try

I guess I need to try edit the page and add details of relevant articles.

thank you really really appreciate that.

bless. Jinglingzone (talk) CaptVII̟̠- 10:10, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

dear admin I have placed a request on deletion review. but there is a issue I think I couldn't set it properly can you see if it is placed properly or not

Best wishes. Jinglingzone (talk) CaptVII̟̠- 11:29, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

arbitrary deletion

the deletion of Sasson Ifram Shaulov was very arbitrary you can return the edition. 181.197.40.84 (talk) 22:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

I was not involved in deleting that article. Please use WP:AN to ask for deleted pages to be restored, or ask the admin who did the delete. In this case, that was Macdonald-ross. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

when you're free please

hi I hope you're doing good and being well.

I had posted my first subject in review for undeletion but it seems it is little bit time taking and difficult for English speakers to review non English sources

can you give your precious time to review it

your given time in it will be greatly appreciated thanks again and be well always

Jinglingzone (talk) CaptVII̟̠- 13:21, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Talkback

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@FusionSub: Thanks. If you reply to me on something in the future, a ping in your reply is usually better than a talk page message. Thanks! -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh, sorry about that.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

@FusionSub: No problem. It's not a big deal. It's just more convenient, especially when I'm working with AWB, because when AWB sees that you have a talk page message, it stops and won't let you continue until you check your talk page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:44, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Templates

Sorry for leaving the AFC comment template up for so long. I went through wanted templates and removed some of the other draft related templates on my drafts. I hope the problem is resolved now. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 07:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

@Immanuelle: I think the AFC-related templates are all gone now. There were one or two on other people's pages, too!

As far as other things, I haven't specifically looked, but I am making changes to some templates like {{complex}} so that they won't assign categories outside of main space. That should help. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

bad things on pages

pages saying leonidlnev rapes babys on wheels, i think it's vandalism so its inappropriate for wikipedia, can u please go in and help fix all of it Madisyn Oglesby (talk) 11:41, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Madisyn Oglesby: I don't see it when I do a general search. Please report this kind of thing either at WP:VIP (if you know who's doing it) or at WP:AN otherwise. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

there is one in the mexico page tho, thats why im here to remind u but okay i'll report it Madisyn Oglesby (talk) 11:46, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I've purged the page and it's no longer there. --Leonidlednev (talk) 15:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

thank u! Madisyn Oglesby (talk) 15:21, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Madisyn Oglesby - If you come across more of these - On the article click edit and then just click save - you don't need to make an actual edit but doing this hard-refreshes (purges) the page, Unfortunately there's probably more pages with this on which all require hard-refreshing, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:07, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Just so you know, over 9000 pages are affected. It will take a while --Leonidlednev (talk) 22:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Leonidlednev @Davey2010 @Madisyn Oglesby: To continue this conversation, please use the conversation at WP:Simple talk. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:07, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Fanta Cake

Restore fanta cake, please. Readers loved the fanta cake article. — W;ChangingUsername (talk) 18:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

@W;ChangingUsername: It was deleted because it was directly copied from the English Wikipedia article with little if any simplification. We don't restore articles based on the fact that people "loved" them. (How do you know that, anyway?) Please use WP:Deletion review to ask for the restore. The information at the top of that page says that it is for articles that were deleted via RFD, but we have used it for QD'd articles before.

By the way, if you haven't read Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages and Wikipedia:How to copy from another Wikipedia, you might want to read them for tips on how to simplify text from other sources (including other Wikipedias). -- Auntof6 (talk) 18:32, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Fanta cake is epic — W;ChangingUsername (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

@W;ChangingUsername: That's not the point, and it's not relevant to keeping the article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:03, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Fanta cake is great. Fanta cake is great W;ChangingUsername (talk) 19:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Help

Hi I've created this article Onestream.live can you check the content and sources and review the article

thnak you Editorjummy (talk) 14:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

@Editorjummy: It seems to describe what the service is, but not say what makes it notable. It takes more than sources to show notability. It takes saying in the text why the subject is notable, then supporting that with a reliable source. The article also has a large number of sources for such a short article. Usually, one reference per statement is enough.

As for reviewing the sources, I see some that don't seem reliable, but I'm not going to look at them more closely. The service's own website is also used as a source -- that's considered a primary source and is definitely not reliable for most things.

Finally, I think you'd get better results by asking this kind of question at WP:Simple talk. Auntof6 (talk) 14:12, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Notable Subject

‎Hi can you see this subject and i would ask you if it is notable and can you create article and thanks Wikipediantea (talk) 14:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

@Wikipediantea: Sorry, I don't create articles that other people ask for. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay thank you ! Wikipediantea (talk) 14:03, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

just for info can you check the article via wikialpha and give me your opinion about sources? Wikipediantea (talk) 14:04, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

@Wikipediantea: You want me to look at an article on another website to evaluate it? Again, I'm going to say no. If you're not sure if the subject is suitable, you can create a sandbox page in your userspace and work on the article there. When you think it's ready, you can ask someone to review it there.

Also, you'd get better results asking for opinions at WP:Simple talk instead of asking a specific user directly. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:15, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

thank you so much Wikipediantea (talk) 14:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

This is xwiki spam. I have blocked the user and reported it to the stewards. Please see Special:Contributions/Ahmadjournalist for similar incidents (I think we may had more before). MathXplore (talk) 14:20, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Extended Confirmed

Is there extended confirmed rights on this wiki? I saw none in Wikipedia:User access levels. Thank you Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 01:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: No, I think we just have autoconfirmed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Thank you Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 02:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Question

Is {{British English}} for talk pages and {{Use British English}} for articles? 73.170.137.168 (talk) 18:25, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Categories/Wikipedias AI

Hi - i remembered you said your speciality was categories (i still dont really understand them). I'm just saying in this entry that in the edit suggestions tool with the religion category selected, movies keep showing up. I checked the bottom of the page and religion doesn't show up. They are random movies which by the way have a lot of weird-looking intros with countries like 'country 1 country 2 country 3 country 4' and genres like 'genre 1 genre 2 genre 3 genre movie' and also i could see why a christmas movie would show up in the edit suggestions tool

W;ChangingUsername (talk) 20:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

@W;ChangingUsername: I'm not familiar with that tool, so I don't really understand what you're talking about. It might help to ask at Simple talk, where you might find someone who has used the tool. Sorry I couldn't help, but I'd be interested to know what resolution you come to. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

No problem. I don't have a resolution for it W;ChangingUsername (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Talkback

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		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Thanks for helping me!!!! Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:36, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Gee, thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 12:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism and similar articles

Hello! I have stumbled upon the Kurdish pages on this wiki, I have noticed extreme vandalism from both Regionalist Kurds and Nationlist Turks which both constinently change the Kurdish pages to be unreliable, I have tried to fix Iraqi Kurdistan and Kurdistan(state).

Also Kurdistan (state) and Kurdistan are the exact same articles, with Kurdistan (state) being about Kurdistan being a country while it currently isn't independent(the HDI,GDP,Religion etc datas are related to Iraqi Kurdistan, which is only the southern part of the region??) And I suggest for them to be either merged or Kurdistan (state) getting deleted due to its extreme vandalism and unreliability.

Also Kurdistan Region should be merged with Iraqi Kurdistan. They're the exact same thing.

Sorry if this is confusing, it confused me too but I had to report this to an administrator here because I can't do anything about it. Kirkukturk3 (talk) 13:28, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Signature

You asked me to remove my cactus emoji. But and admin here has that on his sign, Vermont. Can I keep it? Cactus ^{spiky ouch} 11:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: It seems so. You archived that section of your talk page before I could reply to the user who pointed out that emojis aren't a problem like other images. I'll look into adding that to our policy to match enwiki's. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:09, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

SO can I add it back? I will unarchive it Cactus ^{spiky ouch} 12:10, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

So^ Cactus ^{spiky ouch} 12:10, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Yes, I think that would be okay. Sorry for the confusion. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

No problem, unarchived Cactus ^{spiky ouch} 12:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

If you want to reply to the user, you can Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:27, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Stroke page victim

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:W;ChangingUsername&diff=prev&oldid=9622124

You didnt answer him so i thought i wojld ping you. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:W;ChangingUsername&diff=prev&oldid=9622124

And by the way I don't want to take part in wikipedias gay little bureaucracy or high school tier politics. Just see david2000 thouhh because since i edited 'his' page fkr stroke (which now i am going to change again) and posted a barnstar to jis profile he has been like this, and also removed thousands upon thousands of characters from a mass of articles - and j think he will do it again in the future. I dont care abojt this person who edits children's cartoons articles randomly doing medical articles. But I am putting thr articles back because I now care more about what the reader will see than I do his feelings.

Just wanted to ping about this unanswered question he had about editing MY talk page and ALL of MY articles (deleting 4000 characters or so of them abd making stubs) and reverting edits on HIS article and HIS talk page barnstars. So thanks

I forgot to mention that the children's cartoons page editor has taken hmm about 50 hours of work I did in a week or so. In addition to before, he has taken 50 hours of my life.

W;ChangingUsername (talk) 06:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

April9017

You might want to consider blocking this editor indefinitely under WP:ONESTRIKE. They are blocked indefinitely on enwiki for the same sort of behaviour and worse, as well as extensive sockpuppetry. See en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/CadAPL. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:33, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrator note: Already CU-blocked. MathXplore (talk) 04:59, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia

Do you think this should be split into

• Category:Wikipedia administration, which already exists, but would become the parent category for all internal content that isn't encyclopedic.
• Category:Wikipedia, which would be the parent category for all encyclopedic articles relating to Wikipedia.

? This is how they do it on the English Wikipedia. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 19:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

That seems logical. Since it would be a significant change, it might be best to propose it, maybe at Category talk:Wikipedia with a notice at Simple talk. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:37, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done, see Category talk:Wikipedia. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 21:43, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Operation Terror

In Wikipedia:Requests for deletion#Operation Terror, you deleted. However, on the page Art Olivier, there is a section about this movie. For users looking for information about this movie, is there any reason why we should not just redirect the deleted article to that section?

Thanks, MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 03:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@MrMeAndMrMe: We can. I did notice that Art Olivier links to the deleted page, so there would be a circular link. I didn't redirect it because there weren't any other incoming links, but feel free if you want to make a redirect. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:27, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good. I have also removed the circular link. MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 03:39, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Create prot.

Can you create protect Indian numerals. Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:17, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Why? -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:21, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 It was deleted more than 3 time in less than a month Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:22, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: No, it wasn't. This year, it was deleted on May 6, June 6, June 22, and July 11. That's only twice in the last month. Before that you have to go back 2 years for another delete. That's not frequent enough for create protection. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Sorry for the inconvenience. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: When a page is deleted, the person deleting it sees when it has been deleted before. They can decide at that time if it has been deleted often enough to justify create protection, so you usually don't need to request it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:31, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

okay, thanks for the info. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:33, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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@Cactusisme: Are you sure that's the page you meant? I've never commented there or edited the article, and I don't see anything there that looks like it's addressed to me. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 I just wanted you to check if the article is notable enough. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: That's not what talkback is for. I don't have time to do that right now. Another admin will see the QD template and evaluate it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

okay. Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

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@Cactusisme: Please don't use talkback this way. Talkback is for when you are replying to something someone said and you want to draw their attention to the place where the reply is. I didn't say anything at the link you gave, so you can't be replying to me there. Pinging is actually a better way to do this, but I don't see why you asked me specifically anyway. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:01, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:02, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

flood

Just thought I'd let you know your edits are still coming up on recent changes! You might want to restart AWB. --Ferien (talk) 00:05, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien: Thanks -- I just noticed that myself! -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:06, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Db-g5

Hello, a template that you imported is included in CAT:QD, can this be fixed? MathXplore (talk) 08:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: Probably, but I don't see the solution right now. For the time being, I'll just delete it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:43, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

RfP

Hi. Thank you for responding to my permissions request. You said I had some issues with writing in simple English. Could I ask for some examples or articles of mine where I used language that was too difficult? This will help me understand my mistakes. I think that I write my articles in simple English (e.g. the recently written Xavier Novell Gomá), I try to use short sentences and basic phrases.  BZPN (talk)   16:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

P.S. Several experienced Simple Wiki users have seen my articles before, and no one has told me that my language was too difficult.  BZPN (talk)   16:35, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@BZPN: Sure. Here are some complex words and phrases that I see in that article:

suspended, ordained, apppointed, consecrated, resignation, left the priesthood, civil ceremony, dispensation

There are different ways these can be resolved:

• If we have an article about the subject, link the word. For example, you could link resignation. You could link "consecrated" to consecration. You could link "civil ceremony" to civil marriage.
• Reword the sentence in simpler terms. For example, instead of "he was ordained a priest" you could say "he became a priest". Instead of "appointed him as the Bishop of Solsona" you could say "made him the Bishop of Solsona." Instead of "left the priesthood" you could say "stopped being a priest."
• Explain the term after using it. For example, add "permission" in parentheses after "special dispensation".

I hope these help. By the way, if you are interested in other ways this wiki is different, you might be interested in this list I maintain of things that are different here. The list is not policy or guideline, but it links to some relevant policies and guidelines. If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6, Thanks for the explanation. I will try to work on it, write some new articles according to these tips and reapply later.  BZPN (talk)   16:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Article

I just wrote a new article (Stanisław Budzik) according to your instructions. Does the text look good now? Could you please check it?  BZPN (talk)   17:13, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@BZPN: That looks pretty good! I made some changes to it. Let me know if you have questions about anything I did. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Do you know why?

Why would Category:Articles needing cleanup from June 2022 be different from Category:Pages needing cleanup from June 2022? VirusDontKill (talk) 03:23, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@VirusDontKill: I think I know. Let me finish the specific thing I'm doing at the moment and I'll look at it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@VirusDontKill: There's no difference -- the template I imported from enwiki used articles instead of pages. I changed the template to use pages and deleted the bad categories. Thanks for pointing this out. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:34, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. On enwiki they have en:Category:Wikipedia pages needing cleanup and en:Category:Articles needing cleanup, but that's a question for a different project. VirusDontKill (talk) 03:36, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Patroller rights

Hi. A few days ago you replied to my request on RfP and told me how to write a better article in simple English. Since then, I have written 10 new articles following your instructions (e.g. article Archbishop ad personam, which I tried to write in really simple English). Am I ready for patroller rights now? I know I'm impatient, but I really want to help Simple Wiki grow. Best regards,  BZPN (talk)   12:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@BZPN: They look much better, but please make this request on the same page as your original request, Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Patroller. I'd hesitate to grant patroller to someone who has been here only a couple of weeks or so, but another admin might be willing to. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

This wasn't a request for permissions, I just wanted to ask your opinion before applying to RfP. I understand your hesitation that I've only been here for a few weeks, but I'm not new in Wikimedia - I'm quite experienced on plwiki. I certainly wouldn't do any damage to the Simple Wiki content. As you can see, I learn quickly and have improved the quality of my articles :). Thank you for your help!  BZPN (talk)   11:53, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@BZPN: Sorry, I misinterpreted. Even if you are experienced on another Wikipedia, this one has some differences that can take time to get used to. I've documented some of them this list I maintain, in case no one has pointed you to it before. The list itself isn't a policy or guideline, but it links to some relevant policies and guidelines. If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.

By the way, I changed some of the categories on Archbishop ad personam. The article says that it is a title, so it isn't an occupation on its own. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:20, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Dead external links

While you were reverting MrMeAndMrMe's changes of things from "external links" to "other websites", did you notice Category:Articles with dead links to other websites and its monthly subcategories are now using "other websites"? VirusDontKill (talk) 17:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

@VirusDontKill: Yes. -- Auntof6 (talk) 17:40, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, I just wanted to make sure. VirusDontKill (talk) 17:44, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Three-entry rule

Hi Auntof6, a bit of a random question, but do you know if the three-entry rule applies to template categories? Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 22:35, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien: Good question. In the guideline, the intro talks about pages, but the section that talks about the 3-entry requirement talks about articles.

I'd give you my thoughts, but you asked only if I knew if it applied. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:01, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm guessing mostly not. The reason I'm asking is Category:2004 African Cup of Nations squad navigational boxes appeared in Category:Underpopulated categories, which seems to have got to over 140 categories now. If any of those thoughts could help in this situation then I'd certainly be happy to hear them! --Ferien (talk) 23:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien: It's possible that that category had more entries before. I know I nominated quite a few navboxes for deletion in the last few weeks or so because they didn't have enough blue links. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:30, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien: As I'm sure you know, though, there are areas where our practice is to make exceptions to the rule. Maintenance categories are one, since there may or may not be maintenance items at any given time. Another is categories for births or deaths in a given year, plus all the higher-level categories needed to support those. Another one I remember is to allow for a complete set of categories where there is a finite set of something and little or no expectation of the set growing; I created Category:Hawaii counties under that idea back when we had only 2 entries for it, just to get a county category for every state. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I was going to act on Category:Towns in Rutland now you said that, but then I realised I already did that two years ago! --Ferien (talk) 23:34, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien: Another issue that contributes to this is categories added by templates. Those categories often don't get created because of the 3-entry rule, so they stay red on the articles/pages and we end up with a lot of them on Special:WantedCategories. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Pages I created

Can you, if you have time, look at the pages I created. I think they can be improved on and is open to suggestions. Thanks. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:35, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: If you give me one, and it isn't too long, I'll look at it when I have time. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:36, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Maybe this, Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: OK, I'm looking at it now. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:46, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: In general, I see that the article is not categorized and has broken references. It looks like it was copied directly from enwiki without any simplification. That can get the article deleted, so you might want to move it to your userspace to work on.

Comments on the lead:

• There are complex words and words that could be changed to make things easier to understand. For example: variety, adapted, supernatural, fantastic, prominent, feature, typically, conquer, unique, influential
• There is complex sentence structure. Most of the sentences could be divided into shorter sentences to make them easier to read and understand.
• It might be helpful to break it into 2 or 3 paragraphs to make it easier for readers.

Comments on the list:

• There are complex words. A few just near the beginning of the list are avaricious, spherical, aspects, aversions. There are many others in the rest of the list.
• Complex and long sentences, as above.

It might help to look at things this way: our target audience is people who don't know English very well. If they come across a long sentence, they have to try to make sense of the whole thing all at once because they can't tell what pieces have to go together. If what they're reading has shorter sentences (which is how sentences are supposed to be here), they can evaluate a smaller piece at a time.

Here's an example. This is the first sentence in the article:

In the Dungeons & Dragons, the word monster refers to a variety of creatures, some adapted from folklore and legends and others created only for the game.

Here's how you could divide it into smaller pieces (with a little simplifying of words as well):

In Dungeons & Dragons, the word monster refers to different kinds of creatures. Some creatures come from folklore and legends. Other creatures were created only for the game.

Hope that helps. If you want to discuss it any more, let's move the discussion to the article's talk page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:09, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:29, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 How do you fix reference errors? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 08:20, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: You need to be more specific. What kind of reference errors? -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

like the one with it say 'apple' was stated but not sontent Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:22, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 content* Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:28, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

I can't tell what you mean. Can you point to an article with an example of what you mean? -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:20, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

I deleted it from monster and dungeons but it is in the history Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 22:13, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It happens because somewhere you have written something like <ref name="Apple" /> but you don't any reference named "Apple". It a trick used to cite the same source many times. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 01:31, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Those are called named references. The kind of broken reference DI describes often happens when an article from enwiki is being adapted for here. If the part where a named reference is defined is removed but it's referred to in the text that's still there, you get this kind of broken reference.

Before you save a change or a new article, preview it to look for this and other kinds of issues, and take care of any that you find. That will help keep it from showing up in maintenance categories and needing cleanup. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:19, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, alright Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Would you mind look into this new article I created, if you have time, Max Maeder Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:04, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

And what categoryies are auitable to Regnal years of English monarchs Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:05, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I categorized it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:27, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I did some work on the article. The main things it needed were simplifying and more categories.

I noticed that you changed the term "the youngest winner in any Olympic sailing class competition" to "the youngest winner in any Olympic sailing competition", but that statement isn't true. As far as I can tell, he never won an Olympic sailing competition; he won a world championship. That is a top-level competition whose winners are likely to go on to the Olympics, but they are not the Olympics themselves. Please be careful when simplifying text from somewhere else. Sometimes it seems like a word can be left out, but doing so can change the meaning to something that is not true.

Speaking of text from somewhere else, it looks like you based the article on the enwiki article. If you did, please see Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution for information on the required step of giving credit to the source.

If you have any other questions, let me know. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I asked you this because you have looked at my pages before. PS. you can see them here, articles created on my talk pages. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:37, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Cactusisme/Archive 2 Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi

Hello. Could you please delete Miah Madden for reason A4? The IP keeps on reverting my edits and I don't want to get in an edit war. Maggie🌺 ^{talk edit} 16:53, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Miah Madden is notable, but the article is poorly made, which why i'm qd'ing for A1. RiggedMint 16:55, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@Magnolioideae:  Done, but please make this kind of request on the admins' noticeboard. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:55, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, and I'll make sure I report there instead. Maggie🌺 ^{talk edit} 16:57, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

User talk:LevelMeasurement6553

The unblock request that you declined seems to be based on an IP block (they seem to be caught in a CU range-block, please see the continuing discussion on the talk page's bottom). Should we give an IP block exemption? MathXplore (talk) 13:05, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: I think an exemption would be OK. The only issues mentioned on their talk page that seem serious are related to thinking they were misusing the unblock template. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:18, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. I have granted this for 1 month. MathXplore (talk) 13:23, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Trout

Whack!

Do not take this seriously. Someone wants to let you know you did something silly!

For sharing with me a funny video!!--Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought it was something nice to do. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:27, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Don't be, it was really nice and funny Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:28, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

OK. For future reference, though, the trout is usually used for a silly mistake. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:29, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

ohk Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:30, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

But I'm glad you liked it. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 06:31, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Category:Spanish Paralympic silver medalists

Hello, an editor is requesting a page move of this category made by you (Special:Diff/9712102). What do you think about this? MathXplore (talk) 13:16, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@MathXplore: That might be a better title, but I would point out to Cactus that matching enwiki is not enough of a reason to change a category name, and ask them why the change would be better. I would also point out that the current title and the proposed title are not the same. The current one is the nationality of the medalist, and the new one is which country they competed for. There can be cases where those are not the same, so if the categories are renamed, we should check each entry instead of automatically moving everything. -- Auntof6 (talk) 14:27, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot

How do you user Cat-a-lot? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:07, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Nevermind Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: If you're going to use it, be very careful. You can get into trouble very fast with it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Akiva

Hello, could you wikify my article Akiva, into more simplified English?--Alon9393 (talk) 18:49, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@Alon9393: Not right now, because there's an RfD on it. I don't want to work on it and then have the article deleted.

In general, I recommend that you learn how to write in simpler English yourself. It's not always easy. You could start with the following helpful pages:

• Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages
• Wikipedia:Examples of simpler English
• Wikipedia:How to copy from another Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution
• Help:Translate English into Simple English

Let me know if you have any questions about those pages. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:27, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

The user User:Davey2010 in question admitted his mistake, the article is clearly relevant. Alon9393 (talk) 14:19, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

I didn't admit anything?, I said "the subject appears to be notable, I didn't say he was...., But if Auntof6 or any admin/editor believes the subject is notable I would happily withdraw, I'm 50/50 so waiting for further comments, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Alon9393: That doesn't change the fact that the RfD is still open. In general, I don't take requests to do this kind of work for someone else because people who create articles here need to know how to write in simple language. That's why I encourage you to learn how to do that for yourself. I might point out things that need simplifying to help you do that, but not while the RfD is open. Really, though, the most I would do right now is move it to your userspace. It can't stay the way it is because it's basically a copy of the English Wikipedia article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

The article is not a translation from Wikipedia in English, since I started the article here in simple Wikipedia in English, see the creation history. Then I translated it into English. Alon9393 (talk) 16:08, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

flood flag?

Is flood flag necessary for adding Category:Epidemics to the pages? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:10, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I wouldn't think there are enough pages to need it. Do you see a lot of pages it needs to be on?

By the way, I removed it from a page you added it to. That page was for a pandemic, not an epidemic. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:12, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Ya, I saw, I did some too. There is many at List of epidemics Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:13, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: You need to pay attention to what the articles are actually about. A lot of the things in the list article are actually pandemics, not epidemics. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

A pandemic is a type of epidemic. The enwiki article says this. Also some like Naples Plague are not pandemics because they didn't spread across the whole world. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 17:24, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

A pandemic can be the end result of an epidemic, but they have their own definitions.

The Naples Plague by itself was not a pandemic, but according to en:Second plague pandemic, it was part of one. I've noticed that there are things in Category:Plague pandemics that probably should be under epidemics instead of plague pandemics. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:04, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Also, please add it only to articles that are actually about pandemics. Don't add it to articles about diseases that happened to have a pandemic at some point. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:13, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: One further note: when you see that someone has just created a category, it's a good idea to see if they plan to populate it more before you start working on it. In this case, I had added everything I wanted to, but sometimes people are still working on it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: And for now, please leave the category alone. You removed at least one thing that pretty obviously belongs there -- the article Pandemic itself -- and now I'm going to recheck to see if anything I put there has been removed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

okay, Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

I think I have reverted all my edits Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:26, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: No, you haven't, but please just leave it alone. I'm going to recheck everything. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:28, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

oh, okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Patroller#User:Cyber.Eyes.2005

Hello, I think you are usually checking such RFPs. I have given feedback here, but since this may be a borderline case, may I have your secondary opinion? I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 13:50, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Can you please create a page? As i was unable to do it

The page have many strong references 2405:201:A016:C832:C566:B60A:77F0:1EA0 (talk) 06:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what page you mean, but I don't create pages for other people. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:55, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Actually i am trying to create a page that having strong references but other admin delete that. 2405:201:A016:C832:C566:B60A:77F0:1EA0 (talk) 06:56, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

I still don't know what page you mean. If you want to have the article restored, you can go to WP:Deletion review to ask for that. As I said, I don't create pages for other people. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Auntof6 The user means Pxa Body Art Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:56, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes 2405:201:A016:C832:C566:B60A:77F0:1EA0 (talk) 06:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

If I created the page with the same content that you put in it, it would get deleted for the same reason. The article is promotional in tone, doesn't have inline references to support any of the statements in it, and the references aren't even formatted in a way that people can use them. It also uses HTML instead of an infobox, which is not a good way to do it.

In any case, I will not help with this article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Sterilization of Native American women

Hello Auntof6. Please restore Sterilization of Native American women to my Draft: so I can finish WP:SIMPLEifying. That would be most helpful. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Asking for the third time. Is there a reason Auntof6? Invasive Spices (talk) 19:42, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Invasive Spices: Sorry I missed this. I restored it to User:Invasive Spices/Sterilization of Native American women. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Very good. Now to finish. Invasive Spices (talk) 23:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Hounding issue

Can you look at this, User talk:Angelgreat. The Ip is hounding the user. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I think "hounding" requires multiple times, and I only see one since the beginning of this year. Also, ONESTRIKE applies to registered users, not IPs. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:09, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Onestrike was for Angelgreat Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:12, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: If you think Angelgreat has violated ONESTRIKE, you can report it at WP:VIP. I generally prefer to have things reported on the pages designated for reporting, instead of on my talk page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

okay, Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Abhishek Nigam

Hello Auntof6, I hope you're doing well. I have taken the deletion review route. Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks for your consideration. C1K98V ^{(💬 ✒️ 📂)} 09:07, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		Great work in categorising Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:25, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

A user page of a blocked user

Hi, I notice you restored User:AE3907 to the version before it was replaced with the blocked template, because the blocked template was deleted. The user was blocked one year ago for using Wikipedia as a web host. Could you please blank their user page? It's causing a number of maintenance issues. 2601:644:9083:5730:804D:CCD7:E756:2D19 (talk) 16:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) exactly what problems is it causing? fr33kman 16:54, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  Done. fr33kman, the userpage was in categories with reference issues, but it never would have been fixed as they are blocked. They were originally blocked by me as they were using Wikipedia - in particular, this very userpage - as a webhost. --Ferien (talk) 16:57, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Ah, I get it now. I was going to do it but wanted to know what was causing the problem fr33kman 17:36, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Taxomany boxes

I think I broke this, Agouti Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:21, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: First, it's taxonomy. :) I updated the box from enwiki, and updated a module, but something still isn't right. I suspect there's a table that needs updating that contains the classification -- you can see that the enwiki one has the usual list (domain, kingdom, etc.), but it doesn't when it's used here.

I'd ask Mac -- he's the one who does a lot with taxonomy stuff. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

oo, alright. I tried like 3 times :(( Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:37, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme@Auntof6 When this happens you just need to create the missing template for each taxon until the errors go away. You can copy (or import) them from English Wikipedia. I copied over the missing templates for Agouti. Batrachoseps (talk) 09:42, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Just click the red link like "Template:Taxonomy/ZYXWVUT" and then create that template. Batrachoseps (talk) 09:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Batrachoseps: I've done that many times for others, but it didn't seem to be the answer here. Thanks for finding the problem.

@Cactusisme: When it's just a problem of a template/module not existing, an admin can easily do what Batra describes -- just keep importing redlinked stuff until you have it all. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

alright Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:49, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 So every time I create an article that have a taxonomy box, I just ask you/other admins to import the pages? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:05, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: You can, yes, assuming we don't already have them. I've done quite a few of the taxonomy ones, I just didn't catch it for this case. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:08, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 I noticed that you imported Template:Taxonomy/Dasyprocta just before leaving that message on 3 September. I suspect the problem was that you only imported the first template and didn't continue importing the subsequent templates that each taxonomy template called. Batrachoseps (talk) 19:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Pending return to Simple English Wikipedia and the other sites

Hey Aunt, everybody else: The reason for me not on the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikipedia websites is the fact my girlfriend then I were slammed with COVID-19. But fortunately we were vaccinated and the symptoms were rather mild. I'll return soon. Were any of you diagnosed with COVID? Angela Kate Maureen Pears 00:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

@Tropical Storm Angela: I'm glad you're better, but you don't have to keep me informed of your status. :) -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikiproject pakistan

Will anyone have to take over this? The founder is now blocked. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 08:48, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Not necessarily. WikiProjects aren't really that big a thing here. The pages belong to the user, even if the user is indeffed. The project could even continue as it has been. If there's someone who wants to take over the project, they could ask the user if that's OK -- I think the owner still has talk page access. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Alright, thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 08:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

About special:diff/9787267 at User_talk:Extraordinaryhealer

Hello, please note that I'm not involved in the discussion except applying w:WP:BANREVERT to the last comment. Please check the talk page history, and sorry for causing extra tasks. MathXplore (talk) 09:38, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Any idea

any idea why this is redlinked? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 07:55, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Clear your cache. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:57, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

It works now, thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 08:00, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Review a Created Simple Wikipedia

Hey! I recently created a Wikipedia Here And I was wondering if you would be available to Review the wikipedia, as it's on the Requested to be Deleted list. I have revised it, I can more but I would like to receive some Intel on how I would be able to so the page doesn't get deleted, Sonny's page was not a promotion wikipedia but an informational, he has plenty of sources to back him up. Anyways, Thanks! JordenKefner (talk) 13:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Hi. :) Yeah, I've been trying to work on fixing infoboxes so they have up-to-date information, and so on, but then I forget to check to switch them back to the images specifically on the Simple WP articles in question, or to remove the redlinks that I'd accidentally created. Sometimes I will copy and paste them and forget to switch the images back to the ones that are on the Simple WP entry. Remembering to remove the redlinked image codes is something I'm normally good at but it slips my mind occasionally.

Remembering to transfer notes and references over from en.wiki to simple.wiki is something I'm always trying to remind myself to do efficiently - especially when they are grouped named references.

Feel free to jab me again if I do something silly. :D Thank you for not making me feel too embarrassed! It's never my intention to transfer the wrong images over. As long as you're happy with me continuing to update data, that's cool. Bobo. 14:42, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

My pages

Can you tell me what I can improve on my pages? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 07:15, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Please tell me what you mean by "my pages". -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:39, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

The pages i created Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 09:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: OK. Instead of making me look through all your contributions to find something, pick one you'd like me to look at. After that, if I still have time, I can look at another one, and so on. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

How about Peter Kinik Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 09:29, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────────────┘

@Cactusisme: OK. First the good:

• It shows notability by mentioning the Paralympic medal.
• There's an infobox.
• The language seems simple enough.

Now the things that could be improved:

• It's very short, having pretty much the bare minimum needed to show notability. If you could add more detail, that would be good.
• Since the one thing that shows notability is having won the Paralympic medal, there should be a reference for that. Right now, there are references for the birth date and birth place, and those don't show notability. If one of the existing references shows that he won the medal, you could make it a named reference and use it in two places.
• There are more words/terms that could be linked.
• Please add one more blank line before the stub template. That's so that the output from the stub template is visually more separate from what's above.

I would say to add an image, but I don't see one on Commons.

Hope that helps. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 09:57, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

VIP

I know that it isn't the place to discuss about blocking, but I don't think any other admin is on at this time. There's another IP who is doing the exact same thing as the previous iP you recently blocked for 31 hours. Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 05:17, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

@Asteralee: So far, they've made only three edits, and they were all within a minute or so. Let's watch this one. If they vandalize again, please report at VIP -- I would see that if I'm still online because I watch that page. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 05:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Flood

Hiya. It seems you're flooding RC. Do you want to give yourself the flood flag :-) fr33kman 21:12, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@Fr33kman: Nope. I'm limiting myself to 100 at a time. I have about 14 to go this time around. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:14, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Ok, cheers fr33kman 21:16, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Robert Schumann

Hi Auntof6, was the removal of content in this edit and some others made around the same time intentional? That removed quite a lot of content and categories. Just making sure. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 08:13, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga: No, it wasn't! I'll fix it. Thanks for the heads-up. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi

Does this require deletion: This ip, 82.147.194.218 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is copying drafts from en. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 11:53, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

The en wiki drafts were also created by the same user ,McSyl Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 11:55, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I think copying drafts is subject to the same things as copying regular articles. If you think the language is unsimplified or the subject isn't notable, you could nominate for QD. They should also be attributing. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Barnstarǃ

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		For your tireless work on the Simple Wikipediaǃ Happy editingǃ Aster🪻 talk edits 19:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Asteralee: Thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 19:39, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

No problem ː) Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 19:41, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Request for feedback

Hello. I'd like to ask your opinion about Davey2010 before I do anything stupid with this problem. Recently, I paid attention to this user's articles - I noticed that in many places sources for information were missing. For example, on Polish or English Wikipedia, the requirement is to provide the sources of all information - the same is true on Simple Wikipedia (Wikipedia:Verifiability). It appears that user Davey2010 is consciously publishing information without sources, which in theory should not happen. His explanation, however, is that the content is copied from the English Wikipedia and that Simple Wiki is not actually a real encyclopedia. This approach, of course, prevents users from verifying the information contained in these articles. I pointed this out to the user in his discussion, you can see this here. Therefore, I'm asking for your opinion - I don't know if if I report it to AN, the administrators will want to do anything about it. Best regards, BZPN (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Bullet Club

Hello there Auntof6, hope you are doing well. I was just wondering if the majority of content on Bullet Club was intentionally removed or not? Thanks. - MourningRainfall 🌧️ 05:04, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@MourningRainfall: No, not intentional. It's weird; that happened on some other pages recently. I don't know what's going on, but I fixed this one. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:34, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay. I was just wondering. I didn't know for sure. Appreciate it. - MourningRainfall 🌧️ 10:50, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

please wait

wait DEEJAY SPURB COX UG (talk) 01:06, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

@DEEJAY SPURB COX UG: You need to be more specific. What do you want me to wait for? -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

I wrote my wikpedia but they told me that are going to delete yet not dont know why please ,thats the reason why i wrot 'wait ' sir 41.210.154.115 (talk) 09:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

wait DEEJAY SPURB COX UG (talk) 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Herakles

Hello mr Aunrof6. Herakles after his death he is also become the god of labors, sports, lions, agriculture, fertility, health, oracles and trade. And sorry for adding winter im so sorry. Please can we keep All of his godly domains??? Also can we add All of his godly domains to the main wikipedia please??? 2A02:586:1E27:B5F5:106D:6D1:627F:36CF (talk) 08:45, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

For adding things here, can you find a reference for all of those?

For adding things to the "main wikipedia": I assume you mean the regular English Wikipedia. You need to address that there. It is a separate Wikipedia from this one. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

My Article has been deleted

@Auntof6, Why you deleted my article AboFlah, I can't find any reliable and notable sources, i searched google about AboFlah News and I still can't find it Can you undelete please? Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 06:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911: The article was deleted because that was the consensus at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/AboFlah. If you disagree with the deletion, you can list it at WP:Deletion review for review. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Request to Unblock my Account

Greetings! I wish to request that you kindly unblock my Wikipedia account. I was blocked due to the disruption I ignorantly caused. I'm dropped this message because I have sent a mail but nobody replied. I own up and apologise that you unblock my account associated with this IP: 102. 90. 45. 102 thank you. 102.91.4.253 (talk) 19:48, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

You would have to give your account name. I can't find an account based on the IP number. In any case, unblock requests should be made on the talk page of the account. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:45, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I was blocked from editing even the talk page of the accounts. The accounts are "Joseph4real1995" & "Abu4real1995". Thank you! 197.210.79.157 (talk) 06:22, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

What email address did you send the request to, and when did you send it?

@Fr33kman: Is there a particular reason you blocked talk page access for these two accounts? -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:46, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm having issues attaching the mail address but it is "simple-admins-I[at]lists[dot]wikimedia[dot]org" replacing the items in the brackets with the actual symbols. I sent on Oct 1, no reply, and the last one was Nov. 6 197.210.226.233 (talk) 07:19, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Please, I'm sorry for the troubles. I presented an issue and nothing has been done. I'm humbly asking for a way out. What should I do? 102.89.40.176 (talk) 21:57, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hello, please refer to my response to your email. Apologies for the slow response. Please do not respond to this message here, as it technically counts as block evasion. --Ferien (talk) 22:09, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Question about empty categories

Hello :) I'm asking you because you are the number 1 Category Expert, but anyone who knows can answer. How do you know when a category has been empty for four days? And how do you deal with monthly backlog categories that automatically C1 themselves once they are empty? My guess is that old backlogs are deleted straight away because they are unlikely to be re-populated again, but I am curious to know if that's the case or not. Thank you in advance :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 16:32, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dream Indigo: Good questions.

"How do you know when a category has been empty for four days?"

I put the category in my watchlist temporarily, then look for any activity in it during the last 4 days. That will show if anything was removed from it during that time. I think you have to have "category changes" active for this to work, and display at least 4 days worth of activity in your watchlist.

"monthly backlog categories that automatically C1 themselves once they are empty"

I assume you mean maintenance categories. I consider these an exception to the 4-day rule. If they are for past months, I would delete them as soon as they are empty.

Hope that helps. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it helped a lot, that's a genius trick, thank you so much! ☺️😊 ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 20:33, 8 November 2024 (UTC)