User talk:SlimVirgin/December 2016

Malia Obama Biography

Why did you speedy delete Malia Obama Biography while it is being discussed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 27#Malia Obama Biography? Thryduulf (talk) 07:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Undeleted and replied there. SarahSV ^(talk) 19:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, did you intend to protect the talk page at Talk:Malia Obama (First Daughter)? If so, could you expand on your rationale because it is rather unusual to protect talk pages. Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Martin, I protected it for a week (expires in about 21 hours) because of socking and disruption. There's a discussion at Talk:Family of Barack Obama#Split for Malia? about whether to host a separate article. SarahSV ^(talk) 00:39, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

FYI on MoS revert

Hi; FYI, since you mentioned that you don't always see edits to MoS immediately, and I thought you'd want to see this. I try to never do more than one undo or revert in a disagreement, so I don't want to revert. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mike, thanks, I've reverted it. It isn't correct that those words have been there for years, by the way, as one of his edit summaries said. SarahSV ^(talk) 16:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Shorwak

Hi, Sarah! You blocked User:Shorwak for socking, but I don't see an SPI so I don't know if there was a checkuser search for sleepers. I am wondering what you think about User:Samswik. Not a new user; in fact the account was created 11/15 (before Shorwak which was created 11/27). Shorwak was basically an SPA for the article Malia Obama (First Daughter). They created it as a fully developed article with their very first edit, recreated it several times after redirect, and argued for its inclusion at multiple venues. Samswik also took an interest in that article, re-expanding it once from redirect, and begging you on your talk page to unlock the redirect. Both commented at Talk:Family of Barack Obama and the two of them commented almost interchangeably at at Talk:Malia Obama (First Daughter)#Should this be an article?. Just wondering if you think any of this is worthy of suspicion. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 16:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Melanie, you could request a CU. The accounts do look connected at first glance, but I'll have to refresh my memory. SarahSV ^(talk) 17:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 17:32, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Infobox redirects

In my opinion (almost) all redirects of the form Infobox Foo → Infobox foo could be removed from Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template_redirects#Infobox_templates. No reason to only fix capitalisation unless it is an infobox about a person because it's vital for AWB's core code or an infobox that is subject to parameter changes. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:02, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Stubs could be remove too. I asked the opinion of a person more expert than me on the matter. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Paid editing and copyright

Just wanted to be sure you saw this series of edits, which reverted material that I believe you added some months ago. I reinstated that language on procedural grounds, as there was nothing on the talk page to indicate it was inaccurate, as alleged in the edit summary. I have no opinion on the language per se. Coretheapple (talk) 14:59, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

@Coretheapple: thanks. Odd that he's saying it was added without discussion. SarahSV ^(talk) 16:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Well, he is editing warring over it nonetheless. Coretheapple (talk) 16:29, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia!

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Kings (Gerard David, London) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Proactiv sidebar

Template:Proactiv sidebar has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 21:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 05:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Elie Wiesel timeline

Template:Elie Wiesel timeline has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Yuletide greetings

Hello SlimVirgin: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

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Holiday card

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, SlimVirgin!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:46, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

It's a wonderful time of the year!

Christmas tree worms live under the sea...they hide in their shells when they see me, So with camera in hand I captured a few, and decorated them to share with you. Atsme📞📧 15:42, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas 2016

Merry Cristmas everybody!!!

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

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Happy Holidays

	Season's greetings!
	I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2017 will be successful and rewarding...Modernist (talk) 23:13, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:20, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Ref reordering

I 'll try to make a release today or tomorrow. So at least you won't be seeing any bots or any random AWB editors to reorder refs. I start my vacation (in fact I already started) so I hope I make it. Happy ne year! -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:07, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Okay, many thanks, and Happy New Year to you too. SarahSV ^(talk) 16:46, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

AWB 5.9.0.0 is up. I made it mandatory for all bots to upgrade to this version. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:38, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Magioladitis, thanks for letting me know. SarahSV ^(talk) 22:36, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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