User talk:Abián

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Ancient_weopons
Hi, the bot retargeted from the correct target to a boken link. What happened, please? Just Chilling (talk) 20:05, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Regarding Invadibot
Please take note that the English Wikipedia does not allow fixing of double redirects without a local bot flag first. I request you to disable it on enwiki for the time being. -- QEDK ( T  &#9749;  C ) 19:01, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please note, your bot has been blocked pending your response. Please review the enwiki global rights policy here: Global_rights_policy. —  xaosflux  Talk 20:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, QEDK, Xaosflux, thanks for your messages.
 * I fixed double redirects a long time ago, and never imagined that a local flag was necessary for this task. Apologies for the inconveniences.
 * Invadibot's activity for this wiki has finally been ✅.
 * Regards. -- abián 22:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, the block has been removed. — xaosflux  Talk 02:10, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Mathhew Shepprd act listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mathhew Shepprd act. Since you had some involvement with the Mathhew Shepprd act redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Goveganplease (talk) 18:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Spanish wikipedia censorship
Can you unblock the Spanish Wikipedia?

Since it is used outside Europe, the censorship is being applied to:


 * Spanish-speakers outside Europe
 * Spanish-speakers outside Europe do not participate in European politics (because they literally can't)
 * Spanish-speakers that contributed funds to Wikipedia
 * Spanish-speakers that contributed to Wikipedia in the form of edits, or by other means

This ban makes sense whatsoever.

Retinoblastoma (talk) 05:55, 5 July 2018 (UTC)