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Explanation into what Animal lover 666 is doing with taxoboxes
Apologies for giving an incorrect warning and revert, I've undone both of those. I'll add an explaination at the top for reviewers in the future; Animal lover 666 is helpfully changing manual taxoboxes into automated taxoboxes which are much easier to maintain. These pages look like they've been vandalised for a very short time after they've been changed over (so you might catch it under recent changes as I did), as well as having a misleading diff, but the page will update quickly and it'll be back to normal. Uses x (talk) 06:52, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Oiophassus
Your edit to the taxobox in Oiophassus resulted in a broken taxobox. I am neither an expert on moths nor an expert on fixing taxoboxes, so I reverted your edit. Johnnyconnorabc (talk) 01:33, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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Arkarua
Your edit to Arkarua resulted in a broken speciesbox that displays an error message. I have reverted to the previous version, as I do not know how to fix the problem. - Donald Albury 01:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Please cite discussion agreeing change of taxonomy
Sorry that I briefly reverted your change to the taxobox of a page on my watchlist. I did so because the Wikiproject Gastropod banner on the talk page of that article asks us to use the Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) classification for consistency. Only later did I discover the discussion at WT:GAST agreeing to change to Bouchet et al. (2017). Please could you add a link to that discussion in your edit summary (which was blank in this case). It would also be nice to get agreement to change the banner before further taxoboxes are changed. Jmchutchinson (talk) 21:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, gastropod banner has now been changed: see WT:GAST. Jmchutchinson (talk) 11:41, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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Deprecated taxobox parameters
Hi, thanks for your work converting manual taxoboxes to automatic ones. You've been leaving some parameters in place that are deprecated in manual taxoboxes, and which have had functionality disabled in automatic taxoboxes.

image_width, image2_width and range_map_width are deprecated and non-functional in automatic taxoboxes. In the vast majority of cases, you just remove the parameter. In rare cases where an image has an extremely narrow/tall or wide/short aspect ratio, the *_width parameters should be replaced with a *_upright parameter (the first image in Trachipterus is one I judge to need some rescaling).

subgenus is deprecated and non-functional in automatic taxoboxes. It should be replaced with parent. Changing the parameter to parent will require creating a taxonomy template if one doesn't already exist. The standard format for plant subgenera taxonomy templates is "Foo subg. bar"; for animals it is "Foo (Bar)". You might consider just removing subgenus outright if there's no article for the subgenus, and the genus article doesn't provide a list of species by subgenera. Manual taxoboxes should continue to use subgenus.

name almost never does anything useful and should be removed. If the name value is identical to a vernacular name title it has no effect. If the name value is an italicized version of a genus/binomial title, it has no effect. If the name is an un-italicized version of a genus/binomial title, it has a bad effect. Some articles on mammal species put a reference for the vernacular name under the name parameter; that's about the only situation I'm aware of where the name parameter accomplishes something worthwhile.

Italic title is never needed in articles with an automatic taxobox. All taxobox templates have some functionality in italicizing the displayed title without needing Italic title. In manual taxoboxes, name and Italic title work at cross purposes; if the value for name is italicized, then the displayed title will not be italicized, unless Italic title is included. This messy situation is a legacy of the history of Wikipedia's support for italicizing titles. Automatic taxobox templates have more sophisticated code for italicizing titles.

DEFAULTSORT is sometimes present at the bottom of taxon articles (just above categories). This template is also basically legacy code when it comes to taxon articles. Unless it inverts the order of a vernacular name (e.g. "cardinal, northern"), it should be removed. Plantdrew (talk) 02:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * How about the name parameter where the article is at the scientific name, but the parameter is the common name? For example, Baoris farri has the line Paintbrush swift. Animal lover 666 (talk) 18:41, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Taxonomy/Therapoda/?/?
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24th Knesset not actually seated yet
Hi,

The new Knesset won't be seated until tomorrow; see here:. It'd be silly to revert your changes, though.

Thanks, David O. Johnson (talk) 19:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I was just writing a very similar message – just an FYI that they don't take office till tomorrow, so any claims of people being 'current MKs' is a little premature – best to wait until tomorrow (I have a few articles on new MKs ready to publish but was waiting until they were sworn in). Also, Davidi gave up his seat, which is expected to be taken by Idit Silman. Cheers, Number   5  7  19:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, rather than simply removing the Current MKs template from the ones that lost their seats, it would be helpful if you could also edit their infoboxes to add a completion year of their terms. Cheers, Number   5  7  19:14, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * As the old Knesset is no longer relevant at the point that I started (after the end of the work day in Israel), it seemed to me like a reasonable time to do it. The only real alternative would be to do all 56 edits (the new version of the template; remove the template from the non-returning MKs; and add it to all new/returning MKs who already have articles) instaniously when the new Knesset's first session starts. Animal lover 666 (talk) 20:36, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Anthropocytes
Re this edit, what does Middle-class Miocene mean? I mean the "class" bit of that. SpinningSpark 17:47, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * A mistake, I have now fixed it. Animal lover 666 (talk) 17:48, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Help Template:Taxonomy/Theropoda/?/?
Did you intend to make use of Template:Taxonomy/Theropoda/?/?? It's not currently used by any article's taxobox. I created its parent taxonomy template to avoid an error, but both can be deleted if it's not to be used. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:08, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Looking back at my edits around the same time, this template was set up for Apatodon. This was based on my understanding of the article, which placed it as a likely therapod, possibly Ornothischian (as opposed to Saurischians, which include therapods), definite dinosaur. Animal lover 666 (talk) 21:24, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * But it's not actually used, right? Peter coxhead (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Not since YorkshireExpat removed my use at the end of August. Animal lover 666 (talk) 22:31, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, so it's not needed now and I'll move it to Category:Unnecessary taxonomy templates. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:22, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
 * My bad, meant to 'unnecessary' it at the time. I half expected you to question that one, but my logic was Template:Taxonomy/Theropoda/?/? didn't make sense as the taxonomy of Therapoda is well known? YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:13, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

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Listing of Template:Taxonomy/Tunicata/?/? at templates for discussion
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Sloppy?
"induucates", "Colouu temperature"? - DVdm (talk) 11:08, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Note: by the way, changing color to colour seems to be the only thing you are doing here lately. Are you aware of wp:ENGVAR and wp:RETAIN? - DVdm (talk) 12:59, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm taking articles which are inconsistent in spelling the word, and making them consistent. See my summaries. Animal lover 666 (talk) 13:02, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed that. I was just checking . Cheers. - DVdm (talk) 13:04, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It would be reasonable to argue that I'm changing it in the wrong direction (I certainly would neither argue nor revert if someone were to consistently change the spelling, except in quotes and proper names, in the other direction), the spelling should always be consistent in any article. Animal lover 666 (talk) 13:11, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Taxobox disambiguation templates
Hey Template:Taxobox disambiguation parent and Template:Taxobox disambiguation rank are both unused. Are they still needed? Gonnym (talk) 08:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes, they are, to ensure that an ambiguous taxon will - if used in an automatic taxobox - display a message to the editor who added it. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 08:41, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Northern Line
Can you show me where the Requested move discussion was for this? I can't find it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:34, 9 June 2022 (UTC)


 * There wasn't. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 13:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)


 * You should have made one, as moves like this are (or can be) controversial. I am going to roll back all your changes now, and suggest you file one. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:40, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station
I've been following your work on converting various London stations to use Template:Adjacent stations. Excellent stuff, thank you. Your recent one to Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station results in a header of Crossrail, which is incorrect (Crossrail does not extend to Heathrow). It's possible this affects, or will affect, other stations as well. As the relationship between the service ("Elizabeth line") and lines it uses (GWML, GENL, Crossrail, Heathrow Rail Link,...) is messy, would a simple "Elizabeth line" be better for all? Bazza (talk) 08:42, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Reading the relevant articles, it appeared to me that Elizabeth Line is the first line, and the only one already in existence, from a system of 3 lines called the Crossrail. If I'm wrong, sorting out the station data in Module:Adjacent stations is most of the work in fixing what I did, the data there comes directly from Template:LCR stations. Also note that its sister template, Template:LCR lines, appears to agree with my analysis. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 09:27, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * In fact, User:Bazza 7, what it would take is as follows:
 * Copy the content from Module:Adjacent stations/Crossrail to Module:Adjacent stations/Elizabeth Line
 * In Module:Adjacent stations/Elizabeth Line, move the file link from line 27 to overwrite the file link in line 7; change the word Crossrail in lne 6 to Elizabeth Line.
 * Go through lines 10-23 in both modules, removing any line either module if it doesn't belong.
 * To immediately fix all pages I placed the Crossrail links on, replace the content of Module:Adjacent stations/Crossrail with the line  (and then I will fix the pages and revert that last edit). Alternatively, check which pages transclude Module:Adjacent stations/Crossrail, and change any parameter in Template:Adjacent stations on these pages named "system" possibly with a number after it from "Crossrail" to "Elizabeth Line".
 * Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 09:41, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your thoughts. The Crossrail article has been trimmed recently to make clearer that it refers to the project to build the central London portion from Paddington to Whitechapel, and the two branches to the GEML and Abbey Wood respectively. I've also seen "Crossrail" used refer to the resulting new lines (as opposed to the GWML, GEML, etc).
 * Module:Adjacent stations/Crossrail includes some data for the speculative Crossrail 2, but none that I can see has been used so far in any articles. It might be sensible to remove the Crossrail 2-only items, such as Chelsea, Hampton, Kingston, etc.
 * I am assuming you will do what you suggest; there are only eight articles which use Module:Adjacent stations/Crossrail. I am happy to assist should you want some help, under instruction as two working independently on the same code can be messy! Bazza (talk) 10:54, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * According to what you said, it would appear that part of the Elizabeth Line is part of the Crossrail but an other part isn't. However, it's definitely intended to be one line. Additionally, the list of stations (the ones not named by the primary pattern used for this system) is a mixture of the Elizabeth line and Crossrail Line 2 (and possibly 3, I don't know). So far I haven't finished the Elizabeth Line, this is the reason that I haven't started on Crossrail Line 2. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 13:35, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I think we're agreed. The "Elizabeth line" is not a physical line, but a single service, with three termini in the west (Reading and two Heathrow stations) and two termini in the east (Shenfield and Abbey Wood). Its trains run on several physical lines: the GWML (from Reading to Paddington), the Heathrow Rail Link (from Heathrow to the GWML), Crossrail (from Paddington via Whitechapel to Abbey Wood and the GEML), and the GEML from Stratford to Shenfield.
 * Currently, the link from the GWML to Crossrail is not open, and the service uses the GWML to Paddington main line station; similarly, the section from Crossrail to the GEML is not yet open and the service uses the GEML from Liverpool Street main line station to Shenfield.
 * Your proposal to split the module for the Elizabeth line service from that for the Crossrail physical line is sensible. Eventually, the Crossrail module should contain only stations from Paddington (EL) to Abbey Wood; or you may decide to scrap it completely. Similarly, I think anything about Crossrail 2 should be separated from Crossrail: the route, stations, construction and funding are not confirmed; indeed, the project has been suspended, at least temporarily.
 * Whether the Elizabeth line service would be extended to run on Crossrail 2 in the future, or another service name introduced, is WP:CRYSTAL. Bazza (talk) 14:05, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Party lists for the 2003 Israeli legislative election moved to draftspace
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Party lists for the 2006 Israeli legislative election moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Party lists for the 2006 Israeli legislative election, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This list is comparable to the already extant Party lists for the 2009 Israeli legislative election, being complete and including a link to the source site for the information. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 04:30, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * My suggestions: a) convert the external link into a ref. b) try to pass one of these articles through AFC. The AFC reviewer should give you some good feedback. I would recommend finding (and adding) news articles, where each party is announcing their candidates for that election. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:34, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Finding such sources is simple if done during the election process (note that the lists from 2019 onwards all have them), but difficult 15-20 years back and nearly impossible in the 1990s and earlier. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 08:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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Her, not he. Jehochman Talk 22:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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GizzyCatBella / Jacurek slant and collaboration with other editors
This first talk edit by Jacurek tell you all you need to know about this person. This antisemitic rant invokes a the well known Judeopolonia antisemitic canard.

After Jacurek got into hot water over his editing of Jewish topics, with his bias crystal clear, Piotrus came in with a welcome and a barnstar.

However, this is not all. From the WikiLeaks entry Wikipediametric mailinglist: alleged cabal tactics and stalking of editors, 2009, which spurned the WP:EEML case, one can see the message post titled 20090604-1924-[WPM] New Polish cabal members_ Jacurek and Tymek.eml in this message we see Piotrus suggesting Jacurek as a possible member, and Volunteer Marek endorsing them for membership as well as stating they were in frequent e-mail contact with them.

Now to sockpuppet GizzyCatBella. This account edited Smolensk air disaster back in 2015 for a while. It then sat on a shelf for a couple of years.

GizzyCatBella was activated again in Feburary 2018. When? When Pioturs and Volunteer Marek were engaged in disputes on antisemitism in Poland.

The degree of support between GizzyCatBella and Piotrus as well as GizzyCatBella and Volunteer Marek is massive. This is not a coincidence. This includes jumping into articles and disputes on call.

Besides these being longtime collaborators for whom their old colleague is obvious, their past scheming in WP:EEML and in private e-mails is an established fact. The clearest explanation for the behaviour of Jacurek (GizzyCatBella) is that they were called in by Volunteer Marek and that the have been coordinating their activity over the past five years on Wikipedia. 5.100.193.157 (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I am well aware that GCB is one of the users listed as part of the Poland-skewed Holocaust distortionists. I didn't know about any off-line coordination, but it doesn't surprise me. I also saw GCB's block for sockpuppetry; the primary account meant nothing to me, buy that this user is antisemitic is no surprise given the current case. Animal lover &#124;666&#124; 05:36, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Email me please
Please email me. Jehochman Talk 07:51, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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What does your username mean?
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RamzyM (WMF) 23:17, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
 * Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
 * Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
 * Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
 * Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
 * Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
 * Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
 * Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed