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whacking myself for this absolute disgrace of an edit. :P --Ferien (talk) 23:13, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Undeletion request (maybe?)

Hi! This category, Category:2011 Canadian television series endings, has 3 entries now. Should you undelete it, or should you just start it again? Sorry to bother you, but I saw you are active now and I am not sure what to do because of attribution and such. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 23:44, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Dream Indigo! Undeletion is probably easier in terms of restoring the past contents of the category, then you can adjust it if you think it should be. I do have flood on right now, but this message should appear in recent changes, so I'm not too bothered about potential decreased scrutiny for this action under flood. I'll do this now. --Ferien (talk) 23:55, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I am sorry for that, I didn't know you had the flood flag, I just saw you on recent changes. Thanks again! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 00:00, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Dream Indigo: No worries! For some reason applying the flood flag is a bit glitchy, as when you apply it that logged action is also hidden on recent changes, whereas removing it is not. --Ferien (talk) 00:01, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Categories

Can you delete all the empty categories I am creating while moving? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Cactusisme, alright, I'll try to keep up with those! Just so you know, I just reversed your moves from 680 deaths to 680s deaths, as there are enough pages for both to exist. --Ferien (talk) 12:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Alright, thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien What are you planning to do with TBA phase 1 and 2? They have become backlogged again. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Cactusisme, I think these should be fairly easy to handle. What I am going to do when I next get back on my laptop is setup a section on the WikiProject page to give attention to the old cleanup categories and keep them empty. --Ferien (talk) 08:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Alright, thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 09:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien@Cactusisme: I just left a message on Cactus's talk page: the "<year> births" and "<year> deaths" categories are usually kept even if they have fewer than three entries. I've asked Cactus to revert the changes that were made for those. As for the categories that were deleted, either Cactus can recreate them or an admin can restore them (preferred). -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Auntof6, you're welcome to restore all the ones I deleted. If you prefer I can restore them tomorrow when I have access to my laptop again. --Ferien (talk) 20:06, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 I was offline so I didn't see the messages. Can an admin restore them? I can really edit not. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 22:13, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I'm restoring them now. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:08, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: OK, I've restored all the "<year> births" and "<year> deaths" categories I saw that you emptied, plus the necessary year categories. When you move the articles back, let me know if you see any that I missed. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6  Done Moved the articles back Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Thanks very much! Do you want to coordinate on any of this so you can do some, too? I pretty much have a handle on the rest of the establishment and disestablishment ones because I've configured some tools to handle them, but there are others that could be done. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Sure!! Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Would you like to work on the events categories that I mentioned on User:Ferien/TBA/P3? I don't know if you understood what I had in mind, but I could give you an outline if that's something you want to do. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Sure, can you give an outline? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: OK. I did 2004 as an example. Here's what I did.

• Created Category:2004 events
• Recategorized the "<month> 2004 events" categories under the new category.
• Deleted the "2004 events by month" category. We won't need the by-month categories any more. (I didn't just move it to the new name because that would mean having to deal with Wikidata.) You can't delete a category, of course, but you can just QD them under housekeeping with a note explaining what you're doing.
• Looked in Category:2004 for other events to put into the new category. I found one, which makes the 3-entry minimum, but there are probably others. Actually, though, we might be able to make the "<year> events" categories exceptions to the 3-entry rule if we need to. That can be discussed, but don't worry about it for now.
• The two existing "<month> 2004 events" categories that I put in the new category already had the minimum 3 entries. If they hadn't had enough, I could have either looked for more things to put into them, or moved their contents up to Category:2004 events and deleted them.

After there are enough "<year> events" categories, we can create a new "Events by year" category to hold them.

If you have any questions, please ask before you start. The categories that are already tagged as underpopulated can count toward the TBA project. After you finish those, you might want to look for others that are also underpopulated and take care of those as well. They might not count toward TBA, but they'll need to be done anyway. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Alright Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

I assume all the crimes, disasters, elections, storms, and sports championships qualify as events, right? 2601:644:9083:5730:8DE9:1F37:3654:D555 (talk) 06:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Can I move Category:1920 disestablishments to Category:1920s disestablishments Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Can you check this move too, Category:1986 events by month Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Did you see where I said, "I didn't just move it to the new name because that would mean having to deal with Wikidata."? Don't move the "<year> events by month" categories to the new "<year> events" names. They aren't categorized correctly for the new name, and they end up connected to a Wikidata item that they don't match. I'm going to move it back, and you can create the "<year> events" category as a new category. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:45, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Actually, no, I'll just fix what's there. But don't do any more of those moves. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Also, if a category like "April 1986 events" has three entries, don't empty the category. Only empty the "<month> <year> events" categories if they have fewer than 3 entries. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:12, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

"1920 disestablishments" is already under "1920s disestablishments". -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:42, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Can you tell me which years to move? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: I don't understand what you mean. What years are you thinking might need moving? -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Never mind, sorry Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Ferien. You have new messages at Cactusisme's talk page.
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Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Delete?

Special:UnusedCategories Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

I mean all the pages in it. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 11:06, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry Cactusisme, I thought I responded to this message. C1 states that we must only delete categories where there have not been enough entries for 4 days, so I don't think all those categories should have been automatically deleted, at the time – I think all of them have been empty for at least 4 days though now? --Ferien (talk) 16:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Cactusisme: You don't usually have to worry about these. There are enough admins (2 that I know of) who watch the unused categories and take care of them when it's time. -- Auntof6 (talk) 18:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Who? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 01:05, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: Does it matter? -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:07, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 For more info Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 02:19, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: More info to do what with? I will tell you that I'm one of them, but I don't have permission to say what anybody else is doing. If they see this, they can choose whether they want to tell you. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:34, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Oh, alright Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:10, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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Special:Diff/9741694

Hello, a user who previously received your feedback does not seem to be following your words. Please see User talk:204.184.47.241 for their latest behavior. You may want to provide additional feedback or consider WP:ONESTRIKE (the user's enwiki block reason is related to troll, but I have no plan of local action due to previous direct interaction). I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 02:02, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks MathXplore, I think Fehufanga addressed the situation well on AN. --Ferien (talk) 19:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-37

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The Cappadocian calendar was a solar calendar that was derived from the Persian Zoroastrian calendar. It is named after the historic region Cappadocia in present-day Turkey, where it was used. The calendar, which had 12 months of 30 days each and five epagomenal days, originated between 550 and 330 BC, when Cappadocia was part of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. The Cappadocian calendar was identical to the Zoroastrian calendar; this can be seen in its structure, in the Avestan names and in the order of the months. The Cappadocian calendar reflects the Iranian cultural influence in the region.

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Abhishek Nigam

Hello Ferien, I hope you're doing well. I have taken the deletion review route. Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks for your consideration. C1K98V ^{(💬 ✒️ 📂)} 09:08, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi C1K98V, I've offered a response to the deletion review request. --Ferien (talk) 19:51, 16 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} 09:30, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done, hope it's not too long-winded :P --Ferien (talk) 19:41, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

current requests for permissions

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Koavf is stil in Category:Current requests for permissions, but Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Fr33kman 2 is not. Batrachoseps (talk) 19:36, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Batrachoseps, thanks for notifying me! I had forgot to remove the {{in progress}} template on Koavf's RfA, while Fr33kman's bureaucratship request had not been setup with the {{in progress}} template so it had not appeared in that category until now. --Ferien (talk) 19:41, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

My bad! It's been a while since I setup a nonRfA request. fr33kman 19:43, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

No worries, all sorted now! --Ferien (talk) 19:44, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Question

Do you think the things I did in the discussions about Cyber.Eyes.2005 (throwing accusations and such) would make administrators (like you) deny me rights? (I have apologized for my mistakes and promise never to act like I did again.) 🪐●Haumeon●🪐 20:33, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Haumeon: I wouldn't think so. You recognised your mistakes and apologised for your actions. Of course, use your best judgement – we all make mistakes, but applying for rights, say a day or a few days after probably isn't the best idea. --Ferien (talk) 20:37, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm barely over a month old anyway. Just wondering, is a month and a half too early for rollback? 🪐●Haumeon●🪐 20:40, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Haumeon: When reviewing rollback requests, I am looking for a candidate who has reverted a lot of vandalism with a high accuracy rate. In other words, I am looking at the amount you've needed to revert and whether those reverts were good, because we don't want rollback to be used on good-faith edits. BRPever said on your request he would like to see at least two months, and I would agree that's a good benchmark, but I wouldn't focus on the time you've spent editing too much. --Ferien (talk) 20:52, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I will work on reverting more vandalism and with more accuracy. 🪐●Haumeon●🪐 20:54, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Yaay!!!

Hey Ferien, I got the new right on main wiki [14]. Xegma(talk) 04:46, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Xegma, congrats! :) --Ferien (talk) 06:36, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Deleting my historical edits ΣΥΡΙΖΑ81.248.177.61

https://el.vikidia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%A5%CE%A1%CE%99%CE%96%CE%91 2A01:CB20:40D1:4600:D51B:4C75:3DE5:DD4E (talk) 20:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Ask someone to delete historical edits there are smileys everywhere

Nobody does good anything on Greek Vikidia thanks 2A01:CB20:40D1:4600:D51B:4C75:3DE5:DD4E (talk) 20:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Luke Hessler

Hello, you closed the RFD as delete, but the page is not deleted. MathXplore (talk) 23:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

MathXplore, apologies, I have no idea how that happened - or I guess, didn't happen! Thanks for letting me know. --Ferien (talk) 23:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-39

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en:Independence Day (Albania)

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Independence Day (Albanian: Dita e Pavarësisë) is a public holiday in Albania observed on 28 November. It commemorates the Albanian Declaration of Independence (from the Ottoman Empire), which was ratified by the All-Albanian Congress on 28 November 1912, establishing the state of Albania.

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Interface admin action request based on Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy#Proposed_change_to_option_T2 (Special:Diff/9765613)

Hello, due to the recent consensus to change QD T2, I'm requesting interface admin action to reflect the consensus to the Twinkle interface. Currently, Twinkle explains QD T2 as They are deprecated or replaced by a newer template and are completely unused and not linked to., but due to the recent consensus, this has to be changed to They are deprecated or replaced by a newer template or module and are completely unused and not linked to.. Please note that "or module" is added. I have reflected the consensus in WP:TQD, and all we need is the update to the Twinkle interface. I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 06:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 06:36, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on Wednesday September 25 at 15:00 UTC. Reading the wikis will not be interrupted, but editing will be paused. These twice-yearly processes allow WMF's site reliability engineering teams to remain prepared to keep the wikis functioning even in the event of a major interruption to one of our data centers.

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-40

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en:Wildlife of Bahrain

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The wildlife of the archipelago of Bahrain, is more varied than might be expected of this small group of islands in the Persian Gulf. Apart from a strip of the north and west of the main island, where crops are grown with irrigation, the land is arid. With a very hot dry summer, a mild winter, and brackish groundwater, the plants need adaptations in order to survive. Nevertheless, 196 species of higher plant have been recorded here, as well as about seventeen species of terrestrial mammals, many birds and reptiles, and many migratory birds visit the islands in autumn and spring.

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Updates for technical contributors

• Developers with an account on Wikitech-wiki should check if any action is required for their accounts. The wiki is being changed to use the single-user-login (SUL) system, and other configuration changes. This change will help reduce the overall complexity for the weekly software updates across all our wikis.

In depth

• The server switch was completed successfully last week with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 46 seconds. This periodic process makes sure that engineers can switch data centers and keep all of the wikis available for readers, even if there are major technical issues. It also gives engineers a chance to do maintenance and upgrades on systems that normally run 24 hours a day, and often helps to reveal weaknesses in the infrastructure. The process involves dozens of software services and hundreds of hardware servers, and requires multiple teams working together. Work over the past few years has reduced the time from 17 minutes down to 2–3 minutes. [20]

Meetings and events

• October 4–6: WikiIndaba Conference's Hackathon in Johannesburg, South Africa
• November 4–6: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 in Vienna, Austria

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:20, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Battle F0r Dream Island and Battle For Dream Island

Hello, I semi-protected Battle F0r Dream Island because its creation has been repeated with an obvious typo (please note the difference between 0 and o). Does this make sense to you? MathXplore (talk) 00:30, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi MathXplore, I completely understand why you did it. The reason why I removed the protection was because there was an existing entry on MediaWiki:Titleblacklist that I extended and this should be more effective than protecting individual pages. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 05:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Category:Quick deletion requests

Category:Quick deletion requests may need to be protected again (because it was accidentally deleted again). Not that it has been vandalized, but I think you intended it to stay protected. Batrachoseps (talk) 02:53, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

I think that was my fault. I'll take care of it, not that it will help against admin foolery. fr33kman 03:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)