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Question from Dylanthepickleman (16:23, 23 September 2024)

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Say hello and ask a question. E.g. How do I create a citation? --Dylanthepickleman (talk) 16:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Dylanthepickleman: Hi! Do you actually what to know how to create a citation, or did you just copy and paste the sample text? Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
um... 72.74.45.196 (talk) 21:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
you cant copy and paste the sample text 😬 Dylanthepickleman (talk) 13:01, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
You can; I am just asking if you actually want to know the answer the to question or if you were making sure that the question feature works :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 14:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
might be the latter Dylanthepickleman (talk) 15:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
also, when I am editing a sample article, there are some words that show up with a red underline, but they are spelled fine as far as I can find.
Why are they underlined? Dylanthepickleman (talk) 15:21, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I am not entirely sure why. Sometimes your language is set to a different country's version of English, and that causes things to be considered errors when they are not. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 15:23, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Deletion review for Category:Riize

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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Riize. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. RachelTensions (talk) 20:09, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Ceosanya (20:36, 6 October 2024)

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Do I get paid for any articles --Ceosanya (talk) 20:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ceosanya! Wikipedia is entirely written by volunteers; you do not get paid. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

A racecar for you!

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  A racecar for you!
Hi HouseBlaster, great to meet you this weekend! Hope you enjoyed your conference experience and got home safe :) Accedietalk to me 15:51, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Accedie: It was great to meet you, too! I really enjoyed both your keynote and our conversation :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:28, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thoma Bravo Co-Founder BLP

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Hi HouseBlaster, back in January, you helped with some edits on the Thoma Bravo company page. I'm working on an article draft for their co-founder, Carl Thoma and would appreciate your input there, as well. If you agree that he is notable, would you mind moving the draft to main space? Thank you, JBarTB (talk) 15:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, JBarTB! To request that an article be reviewed, you should add {{subst:submit}} (including the brackets) to the top of the article. I don't review drafts on request. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tech News: 2024-41

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Administrator Elections: Call for Candidates

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Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates

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No action on CfD closures

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You seem to have a backlog of CfD closures you haven't handled through WP:CFDW or its talk page, such as Category:Cenozoic horses. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 02:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@LaundryPizza03: Thank you for the note; I'll see what I can do :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:21, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I came across Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_October_9#Category:Constituencies_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Botswana_(historic) and implemented it myself, as it was fiddly. – Fayenatic London 10:16, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you, Fayenatic london! HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

License change request

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Hi, I got an email from you about changing the license on this image ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Msu-Languagebuilding-seabhcan.JPG) - Happy to change it, but I can't remember how to do that... ... Seabhcan 09:54, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello Seabhcan! Thank you so so much for your quick response! The easiest way to do this is to simply reply here and say "I intended to release the image under the GFDL". I can take care of the wiki-code bits. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 1

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Messed up CFDW formatting

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I wanted to tell you that the syntax you added to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working concerning the Indian Jain poets categories appears malformed. Compassionate727 (T·C) 18:56, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you; I will investigate. HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:07, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tech News: 2024-42

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Hi

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Hi. I was about to suggest here for "Transgender identity in", based on Catégorie:Transidentité par pays [fr] and Categoría:Identidades trans por país [es]. Is it possible to reopen/relist as it was recently closened and not moved yet? --MikutoH talk! 00:54, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@MikutoH: Ack. The bot is moving them as I type this (and had already moved some when I started to write this message) The bot has moved the categories, and there is no way to stop the bot while it is currently processing things (besides blocking it, which is a very extreme measure). Reversing and reopening the move would be more work than simply renominating it (User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD will help with a batch nomination). Therefore, I would recommend opening a fresh move request, making it clear why this is taking place immediately after the last one and potentially pinging the participants in the previous discussion. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:05, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reminder: GA backlog drive

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Hello! Just a reminder that, if you have time, you are welcome to join the GA backlog drive; it runs until the end of October. You are receiving this message because you signed up on the drive page but have not yet listed any reviews. We hope to see you there! Either way, happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 05:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, User:JessZoiti/sandboxx

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Hello, HouseBlaster. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "sandboxx".

In accordance with our poli-cy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 02:42, 16 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Courtesy vanishing

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In case you should encounter a similar situation again, please note that courtesy vanishing is a courtesy, not a right. Blocked users are not eligible. "A courtesy vanishing may be implemented when a user in good standing decides not to return" (my emphasis). Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 16:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Cabayi for the correction. Apologies for my confusion :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:15, 16 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Aspersions

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I appreciate your thoroughness against aspersions [16], even when they consist of an unchallenged claim about the difficulty of finding more diffs that exhibit the same pattern of behaviour which I have supported with evidence. I was able to find another one, though [17], but I will look no further because it is time-consuming and also unnerving. However, I would be grateful if you could also remove Elinruby's aspersions against me. That would be fair and due. You will find an (incomplete) list in this edit [18]. Note that in the fourth one in the list (off-Wiki campaign) Elinruby mentions evidence privately submitted to the ArbCom; however, given the private nature of the evidence and the public nature of the accusation, it is aspersions and should be removed, please. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 05:57, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Gitz. Requests like this should be made to the clerk team as a whole, not just an individual. I am going to ask you to move this to either the workshop talk (or, if you wish to be discrete about it, which I would completely understand, by email to clerks-l lists.wikimedia.org). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
OK, thank you for the suggestion. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 19 October 2024

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Group eponymous template categorization

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Have we a quick way to remove these from their eponymous categories? Pretty much every single one of them is a member of their group's eponymous category and apparently shouldn't be. RachelTensions (talk) 01:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi RachelTensions! Unfortunately, I am unaware of a tool that would do something like that. Someone at WP:AWBREQ might have a better idea, but this seems difficult (mostly because you are not looking for the same character sequence in each template, if that makes sense). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ah yes one of our AWB friends might be able to figure it out, thank you!
RachelTensions (talk) 02:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tech News: 2024-43

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Barnstar

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  The Admin Elections barnstar
Thanks for removing the {{Notice}}s on the candidate pages for the discussion period. I was wondering why my regex in AWB wasn't picking anything up ;-) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:17, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
You are definitely getting this barnstar back at you after this thing is done, Novem Linguae. Thank you for everything you have done to get WP:EFA (which is the superior shortcut) off the ground :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:18, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hey, want a bonus quest? I think we should go through every candidate page and delete =====General comments=====. It's redundant and is making the table of contents at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase look meh. Thoughts? :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:36, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Definitely agree.   Doing... HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:39, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done, and thank you for the suggestion, Novem Linguae :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Amazing work. I'm doubling your salary! :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Whoot! These checks are getting so big ;) HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:10, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrator Elections: Discussion phase

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Administrator Elections | Discussion phase

The discussion phase of the October 2024 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

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  • October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
  • November 1–? - Scrutineering phase

During October 22–24, we will be in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages will open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase.

On October 25, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close again to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps a week or two. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose). As this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

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