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Closure requests

Hey @Paine Ellsworth, thanks for the ping here. I happened to be on the page and noticed one was closed, so I figure I might as well mark it as done! Guess it's not like the pages I'm used to elsewhere, such as WP:PERM, where a {{done}} is good enough and the bot archives based on that. I've made a mental note of it so I don't make that mistake again in the future. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

It's all good, editor Hey man im josh. It actually is the closing template that spurs on the archive bot. Setting done=yes alone will not get the entry archived, but it does show at a glance that when the color is gone, so is the entry. All good, and thank you for coming to my talk page! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Joga (disambiguation)

What other arguments do you think should I have used to prove that there's no point to this move there? --Joy (talk) 18:58, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi editor Joy, it's good to see you here! Good question, because your args were quite strong, yet the nom and other supporter appeared to be unconvinced. I'm not sure how I would go about rephrasing, maybe somehow condensing, or finding other good reasons for opposing. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:07, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Well, then I'm not convinced we agree on how WP:DETCON works. Consensus is ascertained by the quality of the arguments given on the various sides of an issue, as viewed through the lens of Wikipedia policy. The quality of the arguments is key, not how many people are convinced, especially when so few of us were involved. 162 etc. made a request. I argued against it - in your words quite strongly. If this was outside of the RM process, per WP:BRD we would have left it at status quo. BilledMammal saw the discussion and relisted it without comment. Amakuru said the original request seems fine, made another kind of argument, I argued against that, and they didn't respond. 162 etc. and myself continued to disagree in the followup. How is this not a classic case of WP:NOCONSENSUS then? Can I ask you to reconsider, please? (When article title discussions end without consensus, the applicable policy preserves the most recent stable title.) --Joy (talk) 19:38, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

We agree then that the quality of the arguments is key, and in this case it led me to move the page and refocus the new redirect. At the time of the close I detected a consensus to move the page. I still do. Thank you again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 07:50, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Chris Williams (metal drummer)

What is the reason that you closed this move discussion instead of relisting? --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

With two editors ready to challenge notability at AfD, I saw no reason to drag things out. If the article survives AfD, then I would be okay with a fresh RM. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 07:52, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Rcat query

Hi Paine Ellsworth! I came across your edit here, and I was wondering why you removed the {{R from subpage}} rcat from that redirect. (The reason I ask is because I was going to add it myself, but then noticed that you'd removed it relatively recently.)

All the best :) ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 01:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi A smart kitten, and thank you for coming! The subpage rcat template was removed because there are no subpages in mainspace. Articles at one time had subpages, but that feature has been turned off in mainspace. So remaining redirects that were once subpages have either been deleted or are now treated like OS/2 or Providence/Stoughton Line. If you go to the Afghanistan article, click on "Page information", where any subpages would be linked, there are no subpages. So that redirect, which does not target the Afghanistan article, is certainly not a subpage of the Afghan Armed Forces article it now targets, nor of the previous targets Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and Military of Afghanistan. If a redirect is not a subpage of its target article, then it should not be tagged as such even if the solidus is present in the title. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 02:33, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the response! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but by my understanding, the {{R from subpage}} rcat could be used in mainspace where the page in question was a subpage in a historical version of Wikipedia - from the template docs, if it's used in mainspace, it will populate Category:Redirects with old history. In any event, as this redirect is definitely an {{R with old history}}, I guess it's just a question of which template to use :)

All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 02:47, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Well, again, that redirect is not a subpage of its target article. Since it was created back in 2001, the {{R with old history}} rcat template is appropriate. Not sure why I didn't tag it as such – I guess it was because there really wasn't much old editing history involved with that redirect. YMMV. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 02:53, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

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Pakeha settlers

I've prepared an administrator-close of the Pākehā settlers requested move. Please read it, and if you feel that it better analyzes the case, I'd appreciate it if you could voluntarily vacate your close so that I could take over and close that one. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 15:34, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

You went to a lot of work on that one! Your words are certainly a much more thorough analysis of the survey, and I do sincerely appreciate it. Curious about two things: first, have you seen Sceptre's most recent endorse rationale at the bottom of the MRV? How would that affect your proposal? Second, what would then be done with the MRV discussion? Since the outcome of the RM does not actually change, the MRV would still remain open until someone closes it as no consensus. Would it not be better just to close the MRV? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:10, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I sense that there may be a "culture war" aspect to this – I haven't been keeping a close eye on RM discussions on New Zealand topics, though. This move review is a trainwreck, the vote is running 9–9 or 10-9 against endorsing your close. I hate to see "no consensus" move reviews. Looking at the instructions, "If the MRV closer finds that there is no consensus in the move review, then in most cases this has the same effect as Endorse Close and no action is required on the article title. However, in some cases, it may be more appropriate to treat a finding of "no consensus" as equivalent to a "relist"; MRV closers may use their discretion to determine which outcome is more appropriate." I'd like to treat the "no consensus" as a "request for another close", and then re-close it myself. Then see whether my close helps move the needle a bit off of "no consensus". – wbm1058 (talk) 20:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm definitely amenable to that. And it is hoped that the involved editors will then informally discuss the issue on the talk page rather than take your closure to MRV. Thank you for your help in this! I will proceed to vacate my RM close. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:41, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I've now re-closed it. – wbm1058 (talk) 21:48, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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"Template:R from subtitle" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Template:R from subtitle has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 4 § Template:R from subtitle until a consensus is reached.

(Notifying you as you participated in a previous discussion at Template talk:R from subtitle.) All the best. ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 10:06, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the heads up, editor a smart kitten! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 12:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:South Africa v. Israel (Genocide_Convention)#Requested move 12 January 2024

Your close here is very brief; can you expand on it and summarize the discussion? In particular, the level of support for the alternative "South Africa v. Israel"? BilledMammal (talk) 11:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

To editor BilledMammal: yes, my closes are usually concise; however, I would be glad to elaborate. I saw arguments on both sides that seemed very compelling with an overwhelming number of oppose rationales against the proposed title. A significant number of opposing editors favored dropping the parenthetical dab; however, most editors, some expressly, favored keeping it. Thank you very much for coming! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 12:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Template:Clickable button/Publish buttons

Uh... genuinely curious, what is this and why is it in the template space? Primefac (talk) 20:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

To editor Primefac: wow, from six years ago, and I sometimes have a problem remembering six days ago. <g> Let's see, what it is – it's just a reminder piece I use to help the more newly registered editors who happen to read my RM closures, where I link it in my closing statement. I think I put it in template space to make it more obvious that it could be transcluded. I see presently that's [only happened once], so if you think I should userfy it rather than leave it in template space, I'll be happy to. Thank you very much for coming! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 13:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

PS. Also, I see that I tied it in to the Clickable button template as a subpage. Guess I wanted it to be close to the button template for some reason. Ah well. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 13:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I guess I'll leave it up to you what to do with it, I'm not terribly bothered either way but it was a curious find while I was cleaning things up! Primefac (talk) 19:57, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

To editor Primefac: this has been moved to User:Paine Ellsworth/Clickable button – Publish buttons and is no longer in template space. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 02:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. Primefac (talk) 06:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

my pleasure! Paine  06:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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Images in navigation boxes

Please remove flags and icons from {{Federal holidays in the United States}} and {{California topic}} per WP:NAVIMAGES, because its merely decorative. Unlike this, and this proposal that came to the unanimous conclusion that flags and seals do not belong in navboxes. 103.231.177.120 (talk) 23:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 00:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Tucson Radio/doc

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Atomic theory

Hi. I see you moved Atomic theory -> History of atomic theory. I'd like to understand how this decision was made. I have been puzzled by the WP:CONSENSUS. As far as I can tell based on other discussions, a single dissenting vote was sufficient to prevent action. In the case of Atomic theory three were for the move and two against with one withdrawn "for move" vote based on the opposition arguments. Based on other things I seen I assumed there was no consensus. Where was my analysis off-base? Johnjbarton (talk) 15:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi editor Johnjbarton, and thank you for coming to my talk page! In that move request I read strong arguments on both sides with a bit more support than you apparently sensed. There was enough support to overcome the opposition to result in consensus to move.

Supporters

editors ReyHahn (the nom), Johnjbarton (you "Strongly Agree"d), Kurzon, Synpath and TheBooker66

Opposers

editors Headbomb and Ajrocke

On Wikipedia, a single dissenting !vote is only enough to prevent action if it is a darn good, policy-based argument, and supporters have weak args. All things considered, it appears that consensus was built to rename the article in this case. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 17:23, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for this explanation. Can you help me with two other mysteries? What set the time scale for making these decisions? Who is authorized to make them? Thanks! Johnjbarton (talk) 17:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you again, editor Johnjbarton, and it's my pleasure to help in any way! There is no "set" time scale for deciding to move a page or not, with the sole exception to be a formal request such as this one. There is a fairly well-set minimum of seven days for move requests. After that editors can close them at any time. A relist usually lasts an additional seven days, however if consensus is reached sooner, say in two or three days, then any editor can close the move request.

Pretty much any registered editor is authorized to close move requests; although, if one is a non-admin, then it helps to build experience starting with the seemingly more obvious decisions. Even then it is possible to make mistakes from which to learn. And the more experience one gains, the better decisions one makes. (Well, generally ) If you are interested in becoming a closer of move requests, then it will help to begin by reading WP:RM and WP:RMCI. To become a "page mover", see WP:PGM. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 14:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Ranks for plant higher taxa

Sadly there's complete inconsistency in the literature over the ranks of the higher taxa for plants. However, many of our taxonomy templates treat taxa like Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Pinophyta or Pteridophyta at the rank of division. Hence Tracheophytes cannot, in the taxonomy templates, be treated as a phylum, because this produces inconsistent ranks. If you change the rank of a 'high up' taxonomy template, it's important to check Category:Taxonomy templates showing anomalous ranks some time later (it takes a while for the system to catch up with such changes, as I suspect you know). The category had about ten entries just now before I reverted your edit and made null edits on the affected taxonomy templates. Peter coxhead (talk) 14:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Peter! I wondered about that after reading the previous posts on the talk page, but I went by what the Tracheophyta article said, which until editor Plantdrew removed it on the 22nd, called it a phylum. Apologies for my screw-up. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:31, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, it's not exactly a "screw-up", but a symptom of a problem with the automated taxobox system when there is no agreed overall classification, and experts in different groups of plants use inconsistent ranks. I have thought about automatic fixes, e.g. when working upwards from the target taxon, substituting "unranked" or "clade" if an inconsistent rank is found above the target taxon, but this is maybe a step too far. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:49, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again, Peter, and for your encouraging words! Sounds like a gnarly problem, and I don't envy the continuing need to deal with it. I sincerely hope that a good and helpful solution is on the horizon. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:22, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Want to add that your Herculean efforts to manage these things does not go unnoticed! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:38, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Tijuana Radio/doc

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Review

Hi User:Paine Ellsworth could you please see this Talk:Sargun Mehta#Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2024 2A02:6B68:10:6100:240D:8552:D271:2A6C (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

Hello. Please reopen or, in accordance with the RM, close the nomination as to its merits. The nominator "withdrew" the nomination 16 days into the one-week nom!, which was relisted more than a week ago, and was !ivoted upon and discussed by quite a few editors. Is that allowed, that if a nomination is failing after over two weeks and one relist that it can just be closed because the nominator withdraws? And if so, can the nomination which has already had a full over-two-week run then be newly moved to another group nomination? Please close that one as well since the guideline it points to is inaccurate. In other words, what a mess, and partly because the nominator actually lowercased the nommed titles ahead of the nomination (which should all be returned to uppercase going into the nomination, but not for this 2017 one which already has the full discussion that you've negated). Thanks (and yikes). Randy Kryn (talk) 13:57, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Is that better, Randy? I should have done that in the first place. Sorry. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 17:43, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, the snow close does make sense and is accurate after 16 days. But another editor points out that the RM doesn't make a difference to the new RM which is going for a completely different name for the page. I didn't know we could get around RM discussions just by offering up a different name, at least things mix it up a bit on Wikipedia. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:24, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Normally not, because a "moved" or "not moved" decision should hold up for at least a year. Situation reeks. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 23:45, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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Fix links

User:Paine Ellsworth Hi could you please fix link redirects for shows like Bigg Boss, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, MTV Roadies, MTV Splitsvilla, Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing With The Stars , Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother contestants, hosts and judges also guest celebrities too as they all have been renamed. Like for example Tiffany Pollard and Gauahar Khan. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:D10E:EC4D:5600:8515 (talk) 16:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I need to know more – precisely which redirects and how exactly are they "broken"? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 16:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Look in Gauahar Khan#Television click on Bigg Boss 7 link then you will find out. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:614D:B596:BF0:9EE5 (talk) 16:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Strictly Come Dancing series 21 This as well see in the contestants pages all are old links. Please do for all the contestants celebrities pages for all reality shows mentioned above. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:F5F1:28CB:14AE:CC00 (talk) 17:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm very sorry, did I not say 'precisely which redirects and how exactly are they "broken"?‍' Those I've been able to find so far do not appear to need fixing. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

No I meant for example in Gauahar Khan it’s named as it’s old title Bigg Boss (Hindi season 7) when it should be changed to Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 7 please check television section. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:B030:62B8:832D:5BCA (talk) 20:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

User:Paine Ellsworth All bigg boss and other many reality shows in uk, us and india etc are renamed but pages still have redirects on. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:B030:62B8:832D:5BCA (talk) 20:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

It’s used as old link please rename to new link for all celebrities who are associated with the reality shows above. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:B030:62B8:832D:5BCA (talk) 20:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Editor IP2A02+, you might want to rethink all this and give WP:NOTBROKEN a read. That guideline, which represents a community consensus, tells us not to fix redirects that are not broken. When we put ourselves in the reader's shoes, the reader sees twenty instances in the Gauahar Khan article of Big Boss (some #) and all those redirects still get the reader to where they want to go if they click on those links - in the case of Big Boss 7, they still get to the Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 7 article by way of the redirect. That's why a redirect is usually left behind after a page move, so that readers will still get to the article they want. And as editors, we do not have to fix 100, 1,000 or even 100,000 redirects that have been left behind after a page move. Hope this helps, and thank you very much for coming to my talk page! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 21:09, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

But I don’t understand is you have fixed the redirects over here Template:Nach Baliye but you are not doing it for all the other celebrities of the reality series. 2A02:6B68:10:6100:C54:A57C:8433:485A (talk) 22:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Please let me ask you to look more closely at that "navigational template", also called a "navbar" and a "navbox" – and at WP:NOTBROKEN, which guides us "Good reasons to bypass redirects include: it is usually preferable not to use redirected links in navigational templates, [...]" An example of a subtopic redirect that did not get bypassed is "Amita Chandekar", a contestant in season 3. Most of the other redirects could be bypassed. Remember, the rule is not to bypass redirects; however, there can be exceptions to the rule as noted in the guideline. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 23:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election_2

Greetings, user:Paine Ellsworth. I see you have changed the decision on the requested move at Talk:2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. I am not opposed to you marking it as "not moved", even after my withdrawal that is fair enough. However, you are mistaken by asserting that I withdrew in due to "wp:SNOW" opposition. I withdrew my nomination in light of discovering policy that applied, warranting me to close this discussion and open a new RM for that page, not because of any opposition. I still stand by my reasoning in that RM even if it is overriden by that of the newer RM and would have held out until the dicussion could be closed "normally" had I not created a new one. I am kindly asking you remove "nominator has withdrawn in light of SNOW opposition," as it is untrue. Thanks BurgeoningContracting 14:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, editor BurgeoningContracting, I certainly didn't mean that your withdrawal was "due to" the SNOWy opposition, but only that the opposition was snowy. And yet I can see how the wording might be misunderstood by some editors, so I will make an attempt to clarify and to word it more precisely. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 14:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate it. I understand why you put that there myself, but to an editor who is barely coming across this, it could be very easy to misinterpret the situation. BurgeoningContracting 15:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

my pleasure! Paine  15:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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Somewhere over the rainbow

Re this edit, why did you decide "Over" should be capitalized? Seems like our titlecaps styling would say 4-letter preposition is lowercase. Dicklyon (talk) 20:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

That's a very good question, Dick, and I agonized over it for some time. The article was moved from "...Over..." to "...over..." in May of 2006, and then to simply "Over the Rainbow" (dropped the "Somewhere") in June that same year. So neither title that uses "Somewhere" appears to be appropriate for the article – "Over the Rainbow" remains the original title and the common name of the song. So I dug deeper and found that the vast majority of sources still call the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" along with just "Over the Rainbow". The few exceptions are "Somewhere over the Rainbow", "Somewhere over the rainbow", and even "(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow". I think the reason why most sources capitalize "Over" in any case is because that is the actual first word of the songtitle whether or not "Somewhere" is also present. So I went with the sources and IAR'd WP's five-letter rule for prepositions in titles. I considered the usage in sources to be a good reason to ignore the guideline. My bad? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 21:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

A better way to ignore the rules would be to not declare either version to be a miscapitalization. But I see you might want to say which one is printworthy. Personally, I'd think following WP style works well here, as the "Somewhere over the Rainbow" version is quite common in sources, even if the other is in the majority. So I'd choose that as the printworthy redirect. Dicklyon (talk) 02:47, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Something like this? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 14:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

@Dicklyon 2001:D08:1B88:6404:8DA7:2755:A972:7E11 (talk) 20:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Undiscussed move restoration

Hi. Can I ask why you have restored the undiscussed and no consensus title of the article that was erroneously changed without WP:RM? This is a controversial topic and article, undiscussed and non-consensus moves like that aren’t permitted and should be reverted. Now depending on the current move discussion’s outcome, the original title should be changed or remain the same but the undiscussed move that had no consensus should be reverted as it violated WP:RM. Thanks. Vanezi (talk) 09:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for coming to my talk page, editor Vanezi! I ask for your forgiveness, because we shouldn't rename pages during an ongoing formal move request. The move request began on 30 Apr, and you restored the title on 5 May with [this edit], while the move request was still open and ongoing. So please be patient while you and the other involved editors continue to sort things out, and wait until the move request is closed by an uninvolved editor, who will make a decision based upon consensus garnered in the survey and discussion. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 09:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Yet the move that I had reverted literally violates WP:RM. How is this relevant to the current move discussion? The current move can still proceed while we restore the last consensus version that was the article title until it was erroneously moved with no discussion or consensus in a controversial topic/article. Vanezi (talk) 10:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

If you don't have further disagreements, could you please revert the undiscussed move and restore the consensus version of the title until the current move is concluded? I tried but it failed for some reason. Thanks. Vanezi (talk) 07:32, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't usually repeat myself, and yet in this case apparently I must... pages should not be moved during an ongoing formal move request, not by you, not by me, not by anyone. Again, please be patient until the move request has been closed. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 09:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Redirect category question

Hey, been a while my friend ; I hope this finds you well.

Thought you might be able to help me understand why {{R with wikidata item}} is returning an error message for me on Ralph Humphrey (drummer) (permalink).

Warmest regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 05:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, editor Godsy, for coming! This seems to be a rare problem that I think is caused by an anomaly in the Wd module. I'm not well-versed in Lua, so I haven't been able to find the cause. My "bandaid" solution has been to link the redirect to Wikidata directly, which I have done for the Ralph Humphrey (drummer) redirect. That removes the rare occurrence of the error. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:28, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Images with misspelled parameter

A tag has been placed on Category:Images with misspelled parameter indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:24, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Liz, and welcome! This category was used for tracking and fixing an error and has served its purpose. It can be deleted anytime. Thanks again! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 17:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

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Can you please rv moosa edit as she removed my requested edit User:Paine Ellsworth 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:91BF:F278:6C67:7EFF (talk) 17:28, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 7 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:C4FA:446A:37E2:B2A3 (talk) 17:47, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. Elli AvrRam is still alive, so it becomes a WP:BLP issue to spell her name correctly as it is now regardless of what decade the listing is in. So I have linked to the correct spelling of her name as it is now. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 18:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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Hi User:Paine Ellsworth please see my edit request in Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8#Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2024 (3) thanks 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:24C3:67E6:B5AB:195A (talk) 16:36, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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Hi User:Paine Ellsworth please could you see the requests for Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 7#Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2024 (2) and Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8#Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2024 please. 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:600D:1B5C:3E36:D939 (talk) 09:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Paine Ellsworth Please see my reply on

Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8#Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2024 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:E525:41FB:E799:C303 (talk) 17:00, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Please because I am very busy and can’t wait for long as I improved both seasons 7 and 8 tables for edit request. 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:D986:B385:6F60:FB4A (talk) 17:07, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I am also very busy and have been unable to analyze your complex requests. Please be patient, and if you are the IP who is changing |answered=no to |answered=yes, then be aware that you are disabling the request and no other editors will see it listed. To reactivate just change it back to |answered=no. The big box must appear in the discussion in order for other editors to see the listing and perhaps respond. Thank you for coming! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 22:29, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 7#Nominations table has been done just need Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8 to be completed. So please could you only see Talk:Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8#Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2024 and do the request edit please when you have time either today or tomarow morning. 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:196F:60F:2AAE:65CA (talk) 08:56, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hello PaineEllsworth, I hope you're having a good weekend. Since the move discussion is closed now, may I revert the previous erroneously changed title which was done without a WP:RM? Thank you. Vanezi (talk) 09:11, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

To editor Vanezi: since at least one other, editor Grandmaster, agrees that the current title is a bit ambiguous, I would not challenge your page move back to the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present) title. However, I'm sure you're aware of the notice near the top of the talk page that this article is part of WP's contentious topics system of protection. If you do decide to boldly change the title back to the previous name, don't be surprised if it is challenged by other involved editors. In that case, you can always open a fresh move request to revert to the older title. Best to you, and thank you very much for coming to my talk page! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 18:04, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

I think I'll move the article back to the original version that was prior to the undiscussed move, "Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)". I've tried to move it back but it doesn't allow me and gives an error, saying that "Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)" already exists. If you know, what can I do to solve this problem? Many thanks! Vanezi (talk) 14:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

To editor Vanezi: I've gone ahead and implemented your decision. Best of everything to you and yours! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Vanezi (talk) 16:54, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Happy to help! Paine  19:14, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

It appears we don't agree on Template:R subtopic, Template:R subpage, Template:R plural, but thanks for pointing out the 21 yr milestone. It seems like only yesterday that I completed the 20! And if I recall right, I may have copied my signature font from yours. Jay 💬 07:25, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

my pleasure! Paine  08:15, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Valianivske#Requested_move_14_May_2024

I know this closure may not be intentional and you did it in good faith. I am willing to ask whether you knew it was reopened for further discussion without intentionally affecting the move already done. Please revert your closure because @Pppery reverted it and later backed off as per no reason why you did that. Thanks. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 22:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

To editor SafariScribe: thank you very much for coming to my talk page! and yes, I did wonder why editor * Pppery * reverted my closure and then self-reverted his revert. His edit summary was, "Actually this is more complicated than I thought, will back out". To be honest, my close was intentional because I monitor the malformed move requests list, and that is where that move request appeared after you moved the page with this edit. I'm not sure what the correct way is to fix all this, but I do know that reopening that move request is definitely not the right answer. That will just land the request back on the malformed requests list. If you think that more discussion is still needed, then an informal discussion in a new section on that talk page might work. Or if you want it to be in the way of a formal move request, then perhaps the correct thing would be to open a fresh move request. Would you like me to do that for you? And thanks again for coming! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 00:55, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Gotcha. I see the problem. Thanks. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 01:18, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Happy to help! Paine  01:21, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Two reverts to Module:Wd/sandbox

Hello, you made two reverts to the said page some time ago. I presume you were debugging something. Is this still relevant? I mean, we should keep the sandbox up-to-date, to prevent some issues with editors forgetting to synchronize the sandbox with the main module before editing it. Could I revert the sandbox to the up-to-date version, or do you still need that one version which is there currently? Thanks. Janhrach (talk) 09:19, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

To editor Janhrach: by all means feel free to sync the sandbox, and thank you for coming to my talk page! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 09:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Janhrach (talk) 09:41, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

My pleasure! Paine  14:24, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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TfD issue

Hi Paine, I've reverted [1] but only on technical grounds, the TfD template seems to have been causing the If_both template to throw the following <div style="display:inline-block;Expression error: Unexpected < operator">​ error, so I've rolled back the change but it's only a technical issue - I'm not in any way opposed to the deletion discussion etc, so if the TfD template can be added back (I'm way behind on my wiki markup to allow me to do it myself) feel free to undo my change. Nick (talk) 11:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Ignore the above, Nickps provided an alternative TfD coding option which appears to be working correctly, so it's back with it's seemingly all important TfD template now. Nick (talk) 12:13, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Agreed, your changes on {{If both}} and {{Both}} were wreaking havoc with a bunch of templates and infoboxes. Please remember to test your edits, and make liberal use of inclusion control tags. Thank you! Ivi104 (talk) 12:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Also noting that I also reverted Template:Both, and no objections if anyone wants to fix it up properly. Notes at WP:VPT. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

You're all correct, that's all on me. I should have checked for the disabled type in the code. That's something that is not usually needed for these TfM issues, and it's been awhile since I had to ensure that the notice was disabled. So yes, I should have caught that, and I will be more vigilant in the future. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

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