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Stop sending messages to dynamic IP accounts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.233.52.93 (talk) 22:25, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Non-diffusing category

I noticed that you removed a lot of German classical composers from Category:German classical composers with a confusing edit summary, eg at George Frideric Handel. The Category:German male classical composers is a non-diffusing category, so the parent category should stay. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Hey there, Michael Bednarek! Thanks for dropping me a line. Yeah, that edit summary was pretty confusing eh? I missed that but made sure to fix it as soon as I noticed, my apologies and sorry for the confusion. If I am understanding correctly, George Frideric Handel should contain both Category:German classical composers and Category:German male classical composers even though Category:German male classical composers is a subcategory of parent Category:German classical composers? I am seeing the template now which I completely missed because I was only looking at Category:German classical composers and seeing pages in the parent category while seeing Category:German male classical composers and Category:German female classical composers as options to subcategorize in. I came from Category:American golfers which does diffuse into Category:American male golfers and Category:American female golfers. I am seeing the same thing with Category:American cyclists, Category:American boxers, etc.. Can you help me understand why this would be inconsistent? I am happy to fix my changes but I would like to discuss this further first to better understand, especially considering the inconsistency. Appreciate your time and clarity. ~riley (talk) 12:36, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
I can't help with the inconsistency you pointed out, nor do I know where to discuss this (Wikipedia talk:Categorization maybe?). I've noticed in the past that many gender-based are non-diffusing, and I think there was a discussion about that somewhere, but it's obviously different in different parts of the category tree. I don't care either way (except that I find all those gender-specific categories unnecessary) – I just follow the advice show on the various categories. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:47, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
@Michael Bednarek: Thanks again for pointing this out, and your prompt response. I am beginning cleanup of this to ensure they are non-diffusing categories as you have pointed out. ~riley (talk) 21:14, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
This applies also to some of the other categories you've been diffusing, such as that of French classical composers. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
@Nikkimaria: Thanks for the note! I am aware and working my way through all of them to both fix and improve. ~riley (talk) 00:05, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done These should all be cleaned up while also further improved. ~riley (talk) 03:15, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre

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DYK for Sony α7S II

On 19 December 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sony α7S II, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sony α7S II captured the first commercial 4K footage in space from the International Space Station? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sony α7S II. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sony α7S II), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Notifying editors

Why aren't you notifying the creators of drafts you are nominating for speedy deletion? FloridaArmy (talk) 11:09, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

  • Hi, FloridaArmy Thanks for the notification, it appears my Twinkle preferences were messed up and set to not notify when adding the G13 template. I have corrected this - thanks for bringing it to my attention. ~riley (talk) 20:23, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

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I have opposed your request to modify the template as what you are asking for the template to do has never been authorized as consensus. Hasteur (talk) 00:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas, ~riley!
Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 07:34, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Page mover granted

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Merry Christmas, Riley!

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TheSandDoctor, thank you bro! ~riley (talk) 08:48, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
You're welcome! I'm always happy to help spread the holiday cheer when I can! If only someone had decided Main page should be "Merry Christmas!" instead of its regular boring content --TheSandDoctor Talk 19:36, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rebeccah Slater

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DYK for Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year, ~riley!

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~riley,
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DYK for Theodora Agnes Peck

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Bruno Fernandes

Hey, just responding to your auto talk message as I got caught while reverting other people's vandalism/unsourced content! Liamwpk (talk) 21:13, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

@Liamwpk: Sorry, was aiming for LiamWilk! What are the chances of two Liamw's within a minute of editing on the same page. ~riley (talk) 21:21, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Rebeccah Slater

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DYK for Marilyn Saviola

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DYK for Kristi Overton Johnson

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DYK for Infernal machine (weapon)

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Request for review

Hi revi! I would like to request you for reviewing my draft page Epos 257 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Epos_257). I know that it was already reviewed and unfortunately declined, nevertheless I have rewritten it and I would like to ask you very much to check the article if at least a little possible...Thank you very much! Regards Jiří Jiří Gruber (talk) 11:34, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: David Koehn (poet)

Hello ~riley. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of David Koehn (poet), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Being a "poet, university professor and technology entrepreneur" is a credible claim of significance, therefore A7 does not apply. Thank you. MrClog (talk) 09:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

  • @MrClog: The page has been twice deleted under a slightly different name (due it being salted), created by the same author, for A7 and salted, hence my choice of A7. Speedy deletion is appropriate, how would you like to tag it? ~riley (talk) 09:21, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
    I've added a PROD tag and will request that this is salted too after deletion. MrClog (talk) 09:42, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
    The user has dePRODed the article. If you want, you can nominate it at AfD. --MrClog (talk) 23:49, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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  • Contested. ~riley (talk) 17:25, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Request

Hello my friend, I am Mohamed from Tunisia and I contribute to Wikipedia. Three years ago, on July 24, 2017, I was banned from the Wikimedia Commons project because I did not respect copyright policy, and this was due to my lack of experience.

But now after these years I've gained enough experience that my need to work on the Wikimedia Commons project is necessary, so I ask you to lift the ban and hope you will take my request into account.

Nice to talk to you my friend and hope you answer me, my best regards and Merry Christmas محمد أمين الطرابلسي (talk) 21:28, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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Help

Hello, I am Mohamed from Tunisia. In fact, I wanted to seek help with a case concerning me on Wikimedia Commons. Three years ago I was completely banned from contributing to Wikimedia Commons, Because I uploaded non-free files and violated the copyright. In fact, this was due to my lack of experience, especially as I was a new shareholder at the time. So, I ask you to take my case into consideration and help me lift the ban, Because the administrator who banned me is not responding with me, and he was also prevented. Thank you so much. محمد أمين الطرابلسي (talk) 10:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

added TJMSmith
removed Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

added AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
  • When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
  • There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

removed Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
  • Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

  • When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
  • Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

removed Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

removed Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

removed Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

removed Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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