MediaWiki talk:Globalrenamerequest-pretext

Protected edit request on 20 November 2016
Please add the following text to the top of this page:

That comes out as...

This is to inform editors about the aforementioned global rename blackout so that they'll know why requests aren't being processed for a full week. The notice should be removed after 00:00 November 27, 2016 (UTC). — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 03:05, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Done, with a bit more details than initially requested. Please make a new protected-edit-request once the banner can be removed. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  04:31, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 27 November 2016
Please change the following text:

To:

Global renames are expected to be disabled for a little while longer although we don't know exactly when. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 12:56, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:29, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 8 December 2016
Due to some technical issues, the changes that were supposed to be done by the script were not completed; renames were reopened temporarily to give global renamers time to clear out the backlog. Renames will be disabled again for about another week, hopefully without any more issues. So, please change the following text:

To:

Thanks. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 21:35, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:00, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 16 December 2016
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The maintenance script is now done, hopefully we won't have another kerfuffle like we did last time. Thanks. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 14:52, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:30, 16 December 2016 (UTC)