User talk:FrozenIcicle

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 * Couldn't you just fix the links of Sebastian Stan's birthday. Amirfataei (talk) 14:24, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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Disambiguation links
Disambiguation links (or dab links for short) like the one you removed here are there to help the reader who came to a different article than the one they were searching for. They do not in any way imply that the linked articles cover the same subject. WP:DABLINKS has more information on the subject. Happy editing! Sjö (talk) 06:03, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello there! I completely understand and I apologize for removing the link. My only concern is that the disambiguation link says "For female circumcision, see Female genital mutilation." The wording implies that male circumcision and female genital mutilation are somehow the same thing and they are absolutely not the same thing. I know that link and wording were removed before for fear it could mislead readers and that's exactly what I fear now. FrozenIcicle (talk) 16:45, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately "female circumcision" is a common synonym to FMG and it would be a disservice to tour readers to not guide them to the article that lies at the proper name. Also, IMO the dab link says something like "it's not called female circumcision, look for female genital mutilation instead". Be that as it may, content on Wikipedia is not removed for being offensive, see WP:NOTCENSORED. But if you want to discuss the dab link, the best place is on Talk:Circumcision where you can start a new topic to discuss this. Sjö (talk) 17:01, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

March 2023
Thank you so much! FrozenIcicle (talk) 20:10, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Faster way to archive sources
Hey FrozenIcicle. I don't know if you know this, but there's a faster to archive links. Simply click on an article's history and then click on "Fix dead links". It should take you to a page like this. Check on "Add archives to all non-dead references" and a bot will take care the rest. Erick (talk) 15:12, 7 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I actually didn't know that. Thank you so much! I just like to supervise references and watch out for references cited twice or more, and then fix them so it says "a b c" next to the references if that makes sense. But I'll give this a try. Thanks again! FrozenIcicle (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @FrozenIcicle You're welcome! It depends on the length of the article. The time is dependent on the length of the article. I tried running the bot for Rosalía and it stopped when it caught a black-listed website which I removed. It usually takes about 3-5 minutes. It also corrects references that are reused. Erick (talk) 15:48, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Improving citations using the Citation Bat
Thank you for all the work you've been doing finding archived versions of broken links. I wanted to tell you about Citation Bot, which will fix cite references with certain problems. Just visit https://citations.toolforge.org/ and log in if necessary, and enter the page title(s) that you are interested in, separated by a | if more than one. You can also submit an entire category there by entering the category name (without the initial "Category:") in the second box. You can only enter one category at a time.

Also, the Internet Archive bot at https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php (the same one you can reach from the page history) allows you to enter several pages at once, each on a separate line, although not a category. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 01:55, 18 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thank you so much for the further suggestions! I'll do anything to archive every Wikipedia reference. Quick question, does https://citations.toolforge.org/ work for archiving sections of large articles (those with 300+ sources) as well? There are many large articles whose sources I'd like to archive, namely that of Brazilian singer Anitta, but https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php doesn't let you archive articles with greater than 300 citations it seems. Any further help would be appreciated! FrozenIcicle (talk) 03:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Archive links
Thanks for keeping an eye on dead links, but I did want to make sure you're aware that only dead links need to have the archive link added. Wayback Machine automatically archives all links that are added to Wikipedia, so you really only need to add the archive link if it ends up becoming dead in the future. When using the tool, there should be a button that says "Add archives to all non-dead references"; make sure that's not checked. Adding archive links for live sources just adds a ton of bloat to the articles (in terms of load time, ease of editing the markup, etc.). For example, in the Ariana Grande article, you 'rescued' 246 live sources (none of them were dead) and increased the size of the page by 20% with no evident benefit for the reader. Hope this explains things a bit! Grk1011 (talk) 00:52, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thanks for informing me! I know it may seem counterproductive, but I prefer to archive as many links as possible. Dead or live. I see it as beneficial and time saving to always have it archived if that makes sense. I just want to make sure Wikipedia links are always accessible. And I see tons of live references archived on here all the time. Such as the Wikipedia page for Elon Musk. Regardless, I will try to be more wary of it in the future. FrozenIcicle (talk) 01:06, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The Internet Archive automatically archives all news sites, and AFAIK they also automatically archive all links cited on Wikipedia, so the archive exists regardless of whether it's added to an article. Regardless of whether you do it on other pages, please avoid doing it at 2023 Israel-Hamas war; it's still a developing article and has hit technical size limits several times, as coverage continues. Archive links are the easiest thing to trim, and last time I had to spend half an hour taking them out to bring the page back under the limit, so please avoid this; thanks - DFlhb (talk) 23:33, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Italians
Hi, unfortunately I also had to cancel your last edit because there had previously been vandalism by an unregistered user. Could you re-insert the sources with #IABot (v2.0.9.5)? I tried manually but it takes too long as there are too many sources. I apologize for the inconvenience. --LukeWiller (talk) 08:12, 27 October 2023 (UTC).


 * Hey! Of course, not a problem. FrozenIcicle (talk) 09:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks... :-) --LukeWiller (talk) 12:09, 27 October 2023 (UTC).

Novak Djokovic
Olá amiga Portuguesa.

I was waiting for Djokovic to reach 400 weeks, so that I could be like "Hey, 400 weeks, 400 bytes". But then you showed up, and added +48,000 bytes with archives of sources. You really could not have waited just one more week to do it, couldn't you? I was preparing for this moment throughout the past month and you just screwed up everything!

Estou muito chateado contigo; e em bom Português: Vai pó caralho!

Kind regards. Barr Theo (talk) 14:13, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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