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Macbeth
Thank you for fixing links to Macbeth (opera), but hundreds are left. Will you fix those as well soon? I think in case of a move to a new name without a redirect, the links should be fixed first, before the move leads to nonsense in hundreds of cases. I'd like to hope that's all an April Fool's joke, but the pedantic name change seems to be planned to stay, sigh. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like this has been handled by others. And the reason I did things the way I did is that there is a process to ensure links to disambiguation pages get fixed whereas nothing would prevent everyone from just losing interest if that step isn't done. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Roxbury Mall
Can you restore all deleted revisions of page Roxbury Mall, then add the tag to the redirect page. 134.199.113.124 (talk) 22:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I fail to see the point. Take this to WP:REFUND if you really insist, but there's nothing there but a single sentence in the PROD-deleted version and I don't consider myself to have the authority to unilaterally undelete the AfD-deleted version. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Draft:The Crimean slave trade
Hello, Pppery! I noticed you removed the deletion request from Draft:The Crimean slave trade with the motivation: "Sorry, I don't see any specific speedy deletion criterion this meets. Conduct allegations are not a reason for speedy deletion - take them up in the appropriate venues for them", so I was wondering if I might ask you: what would be the appropriate venues for them? I am concerned about this page that should be deleted for a number of reasons, but since I mainly write articles and rarely do anything else in Wikipedia, I am unaware to which page I should go, or which template to use. Could you be kind enough to help? It would be very much appreciated. My best greetings, --Aciram (talk) 08:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you want the page deleted you will have to take it to WP:MFD. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Besides which, you should never use the template directly. Speedy deletion is only permitted for the various criteria that are explicitly described at WP:CSD; each criterion has one or more criterion-specific templates. If a page matches one of the CSD criteria, you should use one of the associated templates; if a page does not match any of the CSD criteria, it's not eligible for speedy deletion. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 17:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your reply!--Aciram (talk) 17:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Reverting false information in RCTI article
Mr. @Pppery, please revert these false information about sports programming on RCTI article like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RCTI&diff=prev&oldid=1185395353&title=RCTI&diffonly=1 because it is unsourced.... Thanks.... 36.78.197.139 (talk) 13:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Please stop spamming me with random requests I have had no involvement in. Use Edit semi-protected or follow proper dispute resolution processes. * Pppery * it has begun... 13:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Noam Bettan
Hello, what else is needed to give notoriety to this article Noam Bettan since for me the relevance is demonstrated, it has a biography, musical singles, an album, it is signed with the record company in its country, it is in the top of the most heard in Israel He served in the army, and is on the Hebrew wiki. --Acartonadooopo (talk) 16:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Why are you WP:CANVASSing me? * Pppery * it has begun... 16:40, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

PSASBR nomination
Sorry about that. I ran out of ideas. Zenphia1 (talk) 16:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Noted. I was just closing all joke nominations that somehow hadn't been closed yet, thinking that the truly funny ones would have had a jocular closure already. I later switched to the more neutral "April Fools Day is Over". * Pppery * it has begun... 18:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

"The Face (TV series)" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_(TV_series)&redirect=no The Face (TV series)] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. 162 etc. (talk) 17:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Ames Department Store histmerge
can you perform a histmerge of deleted revisions of Ames Department Stores into Ames (department store) per the histmerge tag? 134.199.113.124 (talk) 18:25, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There's one deleted edit, and its sole content is . It's an utter waste of time to history merge that. * Pppery * it has begun...  21:32, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Partially disambiguated page names
Thank you for all the good work pouring worms back into the can I opened. For the ambiguous, existing redirect might work, though Bhavana (Kannada actress) appeared in one Malayalam film Otta. I think is correct, or at least acceptable: the alternative meaning is and both obey our conventions for disambiguating taxonomy:  are often qualified by (genus), though there are a few (mammal)s in there and more specific qualifiers such as (bat) in the subcats. Thanks again, Certes (talk) 08:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The problem I was referring to is how to disambiguate Bhavana (Kannada actress) versus the other actress who is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Kannada language films. For the Malayalam actress I prefer Bhavana (actress, born 1980). The only thing I can think of there is to invoke WP:NATURALDIS and move her to the less common but still used Bhavana Ramanna. For Fossa (animal), I agree Malagasy civet is fine as is but given that there are other scientific names disambiguated as (animal) it would be reasonable to expect Fossa to be the same, which makes it partially disambiguated. Like Praya_(animal), Eunoe (animal), and others. See also User:Estopedist1/Taxons and disambiguation * Pppery * it has begun...  14:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I see the problems. Skipping those two still leaves this exercise doing a lot of good, even if it doesn't achieve perfection (and if it did, new errors would soon arise).  I regularly fix taxon links and User:Estopedist1/Taxons and disambiguation is a useful resource I didn't know about. Certes (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Aventurero
Thank you for splitting both Aventurero pages. For splitting Aventurero the album by Frank Reyes and Aventurero the song by Thalía from each other. Also, thanks for keeping on Wiki the album page of the album. I wasn't aware that I had I did was considered hijacking. Thanks for your help. I am glad that the album page got to stay, especially because the album is from one of Bachata and Dominican Republic's most well known musical artist. DominicanWikiEdit1996 (talk) 01:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Draft restorations
Hello, Pppery,

When you restore a draft that has been deleted due to CSD G13, you have to make a minor edit to the page or it is immediately eligible for speedy deletion again. There is a list of draft pages where this needs to be done at User:SDZeroBot/G13 eligible.

If you help out at WP:REFUND, you'll find most admins use User:SD0001/RFUD-helper to avoid having to handle this step manually. As far as I know, these "minor edits" after page restoration are just required for CSD G13s. But if you restore PRODs and articles deleted through AFDs, then those deletion tags need to be removed after restoration. Thanks very much. Liz Read! Talk! 01:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Ask assistant
I am trying to add a location map template to Amazigh Wikipedia and I am facing a problem.

Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 402: No value was provided for longitude.

https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Location_map

https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8D%E2%B4%B1%E2%B5%93%E2%B4%B9:%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8F%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0_%E2%B4%B3_%E2%B5%9C%E2%B4%BD%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%95%E2%B4%B9%E2%B4%B0 ⵕⴰⵊⵉ (talk) 18:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I asking you for help because I saw that you contributed to the English template.
 * Thank you in advance ⵕⴰⵊⵉ (talk) 18:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I've fixed that error. You're doing something else funky there that I don't understand, though. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you very much ⵕⴰⵊⵉ (talk) 18:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Dave Steward
Thank you for creating hundreds of links to disambiguation pages. I leave it to you to clean this mess up. The Banner talk 10:37, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed most of the links. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Rani Hazarika (singer)
Hello Pppery, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Rani Hazarika (singer), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G4: not substantially identical. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * OK. I've sent it to AfD. But for the record this template message is unideal - I was not patrolling new pages when I tagged this but instead looking specifically for salted pages created under new titles. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Sanket Mhatre (voice actor)
Hello Pppery, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Sanket Mhatre (voice actor), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G4: not substantially identical. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Monument Mythos Speedy Deletion
Howdy - I'm Dellveloper, the dude who put the speedy deletion request on the MM draft. As per a request from the person who created the series that the draft involves, deletion is requested. Please do a speedy deletion on that article as per his wishes. Thanks! DeIIveloper (talk) 01:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That is not a reason for speedy deletion. The criterion you used, WP:G7, only applies if the sole author of the draft requests deletion, and since that draft has been substantively edited by many people that criterion cannot apply. You are welcome to take it to WP:MFD. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. DeIIveloper (talk) 01:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

"Abdur Rahim (politician)" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahim_(politician)&redirect=no Abdur Rahim (politician)] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Crampcomes (talk) 12:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Tradition (PSL)
Can you restore all deleted revisions of page Tradition (Port St. Lucie), then tag it with the R with history template. 134.199.113.124 (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅, but please take these to WP:REFUND in the future rather than bothering me. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Aide et Action International South Asia
I added some references to Aide et Action International South Asia and removed the prod that you had added. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 11:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * OK. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:35, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

List of cult films
Hi, regarding list of cult films and the deletion review, I assume the delrev template should be removed now? And does the talk page need to be updated with info about the discussion? I couldn't tell from the documentation how it should be added with the AfD discussions (or separately). Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 12:26, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I removed the delrev template from the base page. I don't think it needs to be mentioned on the talk page - it's already linked from the AfD and that's sufficient. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Salted prods
I'm not sure WP:PROD is the right venue for deleting recreations of previously deleted articles. Do we need a stronger remedy than the WP:SOFTDELETE offered at prod? Have you tried WP:G4? ~Kvng (talk) 16:08, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I did try G4 in may cases. For the ones I PRODed G4 doesn't apply because there was no prior AfD (only prior speedy deletions under criteria that don't seem to apply to the new version), and either the original creator is long-gone or the creation was so long ago that I think it's unlikely there will be new interest in recreating. I also G4-ed 11 articles and AfD-ed 30 in that same cleanup run. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:16, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the explanation. I deprodded PROS (company) before I saw there was a pattern. That will need to go to AfD. ~Kvng (talk) 16:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I took it to AfD already. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:27, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Deprodding of Kiolbassa Sausage
I have removed the tag from Kiolbassa Sausage, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think this article should be deleted, please do not add back to the page. Instead, feel free to list it at Articles for deletion. Thanks! -- Lenny Marks (talk) 21:27, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

You're right
about User:Dencoolast33/sandbox List of battles involving my dog. I apologize for my mistake! Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 05:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Broken redirects
Hello, Pppery,

I hope you are having a good day so far. I reverted edits you made on three redirect pages--Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV CSA, Marie-Anne de Bourbon-Condé (1678-1718)	and Rugby-Bundesliga 2011-12--because they were broken redirects as the target articles that were changed were non-existent pages. Feel free to revert me if there was a mistake made and a different target article can be located. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 16:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

My apologies
Hey @Pppery I wanted to apologize for the mistake with the roster templates.

I was trying to update the rosters and just putting those rosters more in line with what other independent teams do which is just put the roster itself into the main team page instead of creating a template for it instead.

I don’t really know how the depletion process works so I figured it would be better for me to get more info on it.

Again my bad ParkerLyme (talk) 05:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you want these templates to be deleted you will need to nominate them at Templates for discussion * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:21, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Quick note on Module:CS1
Thanks for your edits to Module:CS1.

I just noticed something. Module redirects are possible for the software to follow, etc. Then why is it that when moving a module it always suppresses redirect creation (with no option to unsuppress it, even without the relevant rights)? That feels weird. Awesome Aasim 14:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That was once the case in the past, before module redirects existed. It isn't now. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 14:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Huh? Let me see... Awesome Aasim 17:39, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ooh nice! Relevant Phabricator task? Awesome Aasim 17:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Awesome Aasim 17:41, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No specific task. It started working automatically without anyone doing anything when module redirects started existing. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
Hi Pppery. Thank you for your work on Emigration from North Korea. Another editor, Voorts, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

voorts (talk/contributions) 22:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for deleting Talk:Al-Shushtari and Talk:Sunan al-Nasa'i
Hello, Mr. @Pppery, please delete redirect pages Talk:Al-Shushtari and Talk:Sunan al-Nasa'i because it fulfilled CSD G8. Thanks. 223.255.224.121 (talk) 09:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * These don't look like they fulfill G8 to me now, and in any event I dislike getting random requests related to things I have had no involvement with - please use the proper processes for them. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:21, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Requesting suggestion
Good morning @Pppery, I actually noticed you on the page Kataxenna Kova. Great works I must say you have been doing on Wikipedia. I had a draft page it’s been almost two months now I made all corrections but no one has ever looked into it since then. I would like to ask what are your suggestions?. Meligirl5 (talk) 10:39, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The AfC backlog is currently around 3 months. Someone will get to it in due time. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Numbers
Sorry. We ran into each other with this as I had the tabs open. Went back to untag and then you'd done so. I think we're all set but feel free to revert me anywhere. Apologies again Star   Mississippi  03:13, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

At least clean up the mess you have created...
After your reverts, there are 8 templates needing your attention. See this list. The Banner <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 23:07, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like other handled this while I was busy with something else. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 00:15, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, someone else cleaned up your mess. The Banner  <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 01:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The "mess" is not mine. The true mess, of having two pages whose names differed only in hyphenation pointing to different subjects, has existed for years. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 01:06, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

please explain
3 May 2024

curprev 10:45, 3 May 2024‎ Pppery talk contribs‎ 1,667 bytes −35‎  Decline G5, no evidence of a prior block being evaded provided

It has nothing to do with evasion, it is a stub created by a blocked user - and in effect is unlikely to pass any form of review due to the state of the stub. JarrahTree 05:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * WP:G5 does not apply to pages created by a blocked user before they were blocked.. It only applies if a user is blocked, and then creates a sockpuppet and uses it to create new pages. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 14:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

On X3
If you believe that page history should be considered substantive in any case feel free to decline and I have no problem listing at RFD. This for example duplicated then existing content, and was quickly redirected to it so I would say not substantive, but RFD really does not take up that much time and I don't mind declines. As always when in doubt send to XFD. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:6C18:E506:2DA2:2A75 (talk) 18:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Noted. I kind of thought the same thing myself, and hence self-reverted. In any event I will not use my own admin tools to delete anything that was ever an article per X3, but others may see differently. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, just don't hesitate to decline if you think I might be an error. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:6C18:E506:2DA2:2A75 (talk) 18:08, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria deletions
Hi Pppery! I was wondering if there is some database report and/or quarry which tracks deletions under WP:NFCCE? It currently has a grandfather clause exempting things from before 13 July 2006, which strongly suggests the section is in need of updating. I would normally propose we just eliminate the grandfather clause, but I can't say I have heard of deletions as NFCC enforcement. (I am wondering whether simply directing people to CSD or FfD as appropriate would be more efficient/less CREEPy, and figured talking to people who use NFCCE is probably a good first step.) Thanks, House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 22:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've always interpreted that policy section as describing deletions under F7, not as an independent basis for deletion. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 22:36, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think it is describing something different. The catch-all F7d has a seven-day holding period, but NFCCE says 48 hours (for things uploaded after 13 July 2006, due to the grandfather clause). Replaceable non-free media have a 48-hour holding period, but that bullet point of NFCCE does not limit its applicability to enforcing only replaceable media.<span id="HouseBlaster:1714776777009:User_talkFTTCLNPppery" class="FTTCmt"> House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 22:52, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, I think it's a bad attempt at describing F7 that has drifted from both the CSD wording and actual practice and I've not seen any deletions that reference that policy rather than citing F7. To the extent it attempts to prescribe a new deletion process it doesn't have the authority too. Anyway, I would replace that section entirely with "Files that do not meet these criteria may be speedy deleted under criterion F7 after an appropriate waiting period." * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  22:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I came here after seeing your edit summary. Instead of discussing such changes on Pppery's or any other user's user talk page, it would've been much better to discuss them at WT:NFCC since the talk page that corresponds to that particular policy/guideline. Discussing this here is great for the two of you, but it doesn't really give anyone else a heads up that a change is being proposed or that something relevant to that particular page is being discussed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * in hindsight, that was probably a better idea. I originally came here because I wanted to understand the current situation before making a proposal, but that probably could've been accomplished with a post at WT:NFCC and a ping. My apologies.<span id="HouseBlaster:1714840043419:User_talkFTTCLNPppery" class="FTTCmt"> House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 16:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

C-Infinity
You wrote, in an edit summary: Restore redirect clobbered by draft. I assume that you mean Draft:C-Infinity, which should now itself be a redirect, because I disambiguated it. (I considered tagging the draft with hatredir and decided that would be a mistake, because the redirect is for a technical mathematical term, which should have the dignity of being primary.) What clobbered what? What did you do? Robert McClenon (talk) 02:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There was a longstanding redirect from C-infinity (lowercase I) to Smoothness. This redirect was overwritten (or "clobbered" in my past self's jargon) by an article on a product, which was later draftified. noticed this and erroneously requested the redirect revision be history split to C-Infinity (capital I), which I complied with, not noticing the error. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  02:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, my apologies that I requested a histsplit to the wrong title/that I didn’t notice that the redirect had already been recreated. I think I erroneously assumed that the capitalization of the draft’s title would have been the same as it was in mainspace - I was wrong. That also explains why I couldn’t find a log entry regarding the draftification when I looked at C-Infinity’s logs after the split — I think I assumed that the previous log entries must have been eaten by the histsplit (somehow), but this makes more sense. Apologies once again. All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;  a smart kitten <sub style="color:#595959">[  meow ] 04:55, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding this, do you think it would be worth asking a pagemover to move the redirect at  to   with the   flag? The reason I ask is because one of my reasons for requesting the histsplit in the first place, rather than just recreating the redirect (which I didn’t then know had already been done), was so that its history correctly showed the date it had originally been created. At the moment, that creation history is at the wrong title, but (if I understand correctly) this would belatedly move the history back to its original title. I hope you don’t mind the question — I just wanted to get a second opinion before requesting anything, so that there’s less chance of me inadvertently messing anything else up. All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;  a smart kitten <sub style="color:#595959">[  meow ] 16:10, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've just done that now. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:18, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, brilliant, thanks :) &zwj;—&zwj; a smart kitten <sub style="color:#595959">[  meow ] 16:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello to you both. Just noticed the edits at C-infinity. I moved the original redirect C-infinity to Draft:C-Infinity, then recreated the redirect to Smoothness. Was that the wrong way to handle the overwrite of C-infinity with a spammy article by a new editor? If so, please let me know and I'll do it correctly next time. Thanks. Wikishovel (talk) 16:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Wikishovel: From my perspective, I don’t know if there’s a codified right or wrong way. In general, I personally prefer the WP:HISTSPLIT version of things, as it means that the page history from before a redirect was overwritten doesn’t stay moved to draftspace (where it may be harder to track, and might potentially end up deleted under G13), as well as allowing for a clearer indication of how long a redirect at the title has been around for when someone looks at its history. However, at the same time, that’s my personal view; and I’m unsure if there’s any firm guidance for new page patrollers on the matter (perhaps someone at WT:NPR might know?). All the best, &zwj;—&zwj; a smart kitten <sub style="color:#595959">[  meow ] 19:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

History merge query
Hi Pppery, just a query. I created Bassam Mahfouz without referring to the draft at all, my understanding was that a history merge was to fix cut and paste moves. None of the content from the draft was copied to the article. AusLondonder (talk) 17:44, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You're right, and I realized that and reverted the history merge a minute later. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:44, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that! Unfortunately I created the article by clicking on a redlink on mobile, I wasn't aware about the draft and it made one editor particularly angry. AusLondonder (talk) 17:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Personally I tend to be a bit more willing than many other people are to history merge multiple versions of the same article together even without a formal cut and paste. But it was wrong for me to do so over the objections of the author of the version I was history merging to. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:46, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not "particularly angry", simply disappointed. An inexperienced editor created Draft:Bassam Mahfouz at 2024 UK local elections night editathon, where I was in a training capacity. Yes, it took them quite some time, and for sure it was not the greatest draft ever. But now they get no credit whatsoever for their work. It is not easy getting newer editors involved, and is it any wonder that they get discouraged. Edwardx (talk) 18:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's unfortunate, it's also unfortunate that you didn't communicate your concerns properly with me - in fact you incorrectly nominated the article for speedy deletion within two minutes of the talkpage message to me, giving me no time to respond. AusLondonder (talk) 18:10, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Page lock
Hu Pppery, I found out that this page was protected from moving. However, the RM is due here. I never found this until I closed for a second time. I do say you unprotect the move prevent and may out back after page move; as a matter of fact, I can't see much moving recently. Or maybe am a bit blind😂 Safari Scribe <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Edits! Talk! 21:54, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I am WP:INVOLVED so should not use my admin tools here. Please request at WP:RMTR. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 21:55, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My bad! It's true. I also saw your talk notice (though I can't date when), but encourage you not to be discouraged. You're a good editor and better admin; the most I love when closing rm. Kudos! Safari Scribe <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Edits! Talk! 21:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Yuga Labs
Hello Pppery, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Yuga Labs, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Yuga Labs.

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BluePenguin18 🐧 ( 💬 ) 03:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the automated ping! You created this page as a redirect to Bored Ape in June 2022, which I agree with. An IP editor recently created a stub article that I feel provides less coverage than the existing Bored Ape article, and I find it difficult to imaging how a stand-alone Yuga Labs article could be written, given that the Bored Ape article already documents so much about the company. Feel free to participate in the discussion! BluePenguin18 🐧  ( 💬 ) 03:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

U1 request
Hello Pppery, I hope you are doing well. Could you do me a favor and delete these unnecessary pages from my userspace? They are User:DreamRimmer/24HourTime.js, User:DreamRimmer/HotDefaultSort.js, User:DreamRimmer/InfoboxImage.js, User:DreamRimmer/Reports/New page patrollers activity, and User:DreamRimmer/Resources/NPRC. I'd really appreciate it! – <b style="color:black; font-family: Tahoma">DreamRimmer</b> (talk) 07:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 13:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Elephant population
Unfortunately, I disagree with your assessment. The page was created as a nonsense filled fork of Elephant and should have simply been speedy deleted as such at the time. Instead, it was made into a redirect of a type we simply do not have (i.e. 'redirect to exactly the same name as the target article plus an additional word') and indefinitely protected. THOSE actions were 'out of process'. I'm not going to undelete a redirect which I'm convinced should never have existed in the first place. If you really feel otherwise you can take it to DRV... or simply create a new redirect at that page. Though, I'd urge you to consider that in the 18 years of its existence, that redirect accumulated exactly ZERO links in the article namespace. --CBD 06:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Here are some 85000 counterexamples, and I could give you as many more if Quarry's postprocessing didn't perform so poorly. —Cryptic 10:25, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. I have a much bigger rewrite of The Wikipedia Adventure in progress, using VisualEditor and DicussionTools and other more recent stuff, but that won't be ready to deploy for another few weeks since it depends on some upstream GuidedTour patches. The code is at MediaWiki:Guidedtour-tour-twa1sandbox.js through MediaWiki:Guidedtour-tour-twa7sandbox.js. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:35, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

DreamHost update
You added a notation that DreamHost needs to be updated with new information, but I'm not sure what you were referring to. I did search recent news and saw primarily service comparison reviews, which don't merit inclusions. If you would let me know what subtopic needs updating, I'll try to source the information and add it with reference citation. WmLawson (talk) 18:40, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've removed the tag. At the time I added that I was processing m:Talk:Interwiki map/Archives/2023, and I must have conflated "the DreamHost wiki is dead" with "the DreamHost website is dead, or something like that. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 19:39, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

"Category:"
Hello, on Commons if I search for "cat:Wikipedia", for example, I go to "Category:Wikipedia". Here, if I search for "wp:Wikipedia", I go to "Wikipedia". For some reason there's not the "cat:" shortcut here. Is it possible to add it? It would save me some time, for sure... RodRabelo7 (talk) 02:40, 23 May 2024 (UTC)


 * (I've sent you this message because you're an interface administrator.) RodRabelo7 (talk) 02:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My role as an interface admin gives me no more authority over this than any other member of the community. Yes, this is technically possible, but see WP:PEREN. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 02:43, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Good work!
Hi, I came across some comments in a talk page a while ago that honestly gave me confidence that finally there would be some positive adminwork, and had meant to drop a line back then but didn't want to be perceived as creating drama - but now that I glanced at your talk page a while later, I see that such a thing is warranted. I can e-mail with more elaborations (don't want to call people out in public, unless I should?), but I actually did mention you (in person) to several wikipedians recently, in a positive way. Coming across you was really refreshing and I'm sure it can be hard. Tduk (talk) 15:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

spam whitelist
If you're willing to check my work, I'm willing to give this a try? Whenever something technical is involved, I'm always a risk of becoming a net negative. :D Valereee (talk) 15:52, 24 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Okay, I gave it a go, LMK what I screwed up or if I didn't finish the job! Valereee (talk) 16:05, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. And I can link to the site here. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 16:06, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * OMG I did something technical for the first time correctly?! That could be a first. I'll put the page on my watch to see if I can firm up the skill. Thanks! Valereee (talk) 16:19, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * So, another question: I responded to a request with this, but now I'm wondering if this is what this noticeboard is supposed to be for. Should I be answering a request with discussion of relevant content policy? I did the same thing at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist. These discussions are what I would be having if someone brought in a similar source that wasn't blacklisted. But I'm working at this noticeboard as an admin. Does that mean I need to ignore content policy issues with the sources being requested for whitelisting? Valereee (talk) 14:19, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's a clear answer to this. Requests have been declined for that kind of reasoning before (i.e MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2024/04, MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2024/03, MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2024/03, but in the past Kickstarter requests for closed petitions have generally been approved (i.e MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2024/04, MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2024/03). I hesitated in doing that myself here because Jursha appears to be here to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS rather than build an encyclopedia, as discussions like Talk:Project Wingman: Frontline 59 show, and whitelisting the site would be seen, rightly or wrongly, as support for that. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 14:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! If you see me doing something boneheaded, let me know! Valereee (talk) 15:26, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Maltese National Amateur League 2 has a new comment
<div style="border:solid 1px #9accf6;background:#f1f9ff; padding: 0.5em 1em; color: #000; margin: 1.5em; width: 90%;"> I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Maltese National Amateur League 2. Thanks! Dan arndt (talk) 01:58, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You people really should know better ... * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 02:00, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Feedback welcome
Hi Pppery, any input you have at Interface_administrators%27_noticeboard would be welcome. Thank you, — xaosflux  Talk 12:27, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Script/Bamum/doc
Template:Script/Bamum/doc and others have been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 08:29, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. I'm still active for now, but it is my plan to resign adminship in a few weeks - I want to complete WT:TWA/Portal first, which is dependent on some stuff beyond my control over on Gerrit. And then, who knows? * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:22, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've missed whatever led to this, like I missed your RfA while I was on holiday last year. For the record, I would have supported the RfA. I find you highly competent, dedicated, and with sufficient self-knowledge to limit your participation when appropriate. I think you appreciate the positive aspect of WP:DGAF – if on occasion a majority is not persuaded by your arguments, well, at least you put them forward as best you could, and this is a collaborative project where the majority matters; who knows, one day you might see their POV more clearly; so you move on, and concentrate your effort where it's appreciated – or even if it's unnoticed, you can be content that you are doing good stuff.
 * So I hope you will reconsider, and hang on to the toolbox. I'm certainly glad to be sharing it with you. – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:16, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * (even though I don't share the toolbox). I am very grateful that you are an admin, Pppery. Your work is appreciated. Of course, if you need a break, take it! The toolkit will be waiting for you to return :)<span id="HouseBlaster:1717208391322:User_talkFTTCLNPppery" class="FTTCmt"> House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 02:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 May 22#Category:Sexual-related controversies in film
Hi! Is there any particular reason you renamed Category:Sexual-related controversies in film to Category:Sex-related controversies in film? My (admittedly WP:INVOLVED) read of Categories for discussion/Log/2024 May 22 is that we reached consensus for a rename to Category:Sexuality-related controversies in film. Thanks, House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 02:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Failure to read the discussion properly, oops. I'll tell the bot to fix it. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 02:17, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Don't sweat it; I have certainly done worse. Thank you!<span id="HouseBlaster:1717208457491:User_talkFTTCLNPppery" class="FTTCmt"> House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 02:20, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Sorry if I have ticked you off watching other admin talk pages, I just read that you are feeling discouraged and wanted to apologize for my bad behavior. I know that I should've just let you discuss and not impede your discussions. I hope this WikiLove makes you feel better. (By the way, I'm also thinking of leaving/going on a wikibreak for my own reasons, nothing to do with you.) Thanks for all you do here, and please note your contributions are appreciated, no matter if you stay as an admin or not.

thetechie@enwiki :  ~/talk/  $  17:21, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But you didn't tick me off per se. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:58, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. Well, sorry anyway.  thetechie@enwiki  :  ~/talk/  $  20:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

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G5 deleting a very short userpage
You removed a speedy-delete tag from User:WikiWiz31 as there is no obvious mention of it being a sockpuppet. While a page just saying 'hi' is harmless, the block log states that the user is an unnamed LTA (and WP:G5 covers sockpuppetry as well). Due to the contents of the page, are very short userpages created as ban violations, like that one, supposed to be kept, or not? Xeroctic (talk) 18:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In order for me to delete something as G5 I have to be able to prove that it was created in violation of a specific block. That can't be done based on just a vague block log like that because I can't read the blocking admin's mind. In this specific case, after a closer look then I normally take when reviewing G5, I think it's Sockpuppet investigations/BuickCenturyDriver, but in any event you're creating makework for others by CSD tagging pages that require nontrivial effort to evaluate and there's no real reason they need to be deleted in the first place. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:11, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

draft art New Ho Queen
Hey sorry i wasn't finished with it and was going to work on it later can i get it back. i promise i will have it done this week  Freedun  (yippity yap) 00:20, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Noted. The entire content of the draft I deleted was just New Ho Queen so there's nothing to get back. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 00:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * oh lol i thought i had more. ig ill just restart thanks  Freedun  (yippity yap) 00:24, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Atter
Hello. Could you review the speedy deletion for Atter again? :3 Blockhaj (talk) 00:57, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It's not something I know enough about to be comfortable using my own admin tools on. Another admin will review it. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 00:58, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Flying radar: any suggestions?
Hi Pppery, I don't know what to do to such user. I am about taking them to WP:AN for a partial block or so (this is something you can do, though I thought of being WP:INVOLVED). Do I revert the move? No! I think I will suggest that at AN. Any opinion/help I can get from you? Safari Scribe <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Edits! Talk! 01:12, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No, there's no good solution to this problem I can think of either. And even my original suggestion of reopening the move request probably wouldn't solve whatever the problem is since if it closes as moved again nothing will appear to have changed from Heather Fix's perspective. I do consider myself INVOLVED as an admin here, and even if I weren't that block would violate a promise I made at my RfA. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  01:19, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok. So I should leave the page? Safari Scribe <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Edits! Talk! 01:23, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I honestly have no idea what to do here. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 01:24, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I will leave it like that maybe until another editor sees that. I will also keep an eye on them maybe one day, they will respond. Thanks. Safari Scribe <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Edits! Talk! 02:46, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

"Expert in Bible"
"Expert in Bible" is just not grammatically correct. I was fixing a typo because the Bible is a proper noun and as such it needs a "the". I might be wrong but I still feel my edit was appropriate. CharlieEdited (talk) 21:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Your version populated Category:Miscellaneous articles needing expert attention (a backlog I try to clear) and linked to the nonexistent WP:WikiProject The Bible. Mine populated the correct Category:Bible articles needing expert attention and linked to WikiProject Bible. That's more important than the grammar of the template itself. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 22:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright. Thanks. CharlieEdited (talk) 17:29, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for your work on cleaning up the archiving process for the DoubleWiki (and for triaging and cleaning bugs in PageTriage) :)

<b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 19:36, 4 June 2024 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>

Template:Hl1
Not sure if it's a glitch or cache issue but the discussion doesn't seem to have been closed. Primefac (talk) 20:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It was originally intentional, as I saw no reason not to let AnomieBOT clean up after me. I've closed it now. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 20:10, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I mean, other than the fact that you get into a circular argument where the reason for deletion is the TFD, but the the closure of the TFD indicates it was already deleted. Thanks for closing though. Primefac (talk) 20:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Lists of important publications
Seems like there are a lot of them (philosophy, mathematics, physics, a recently created one on data science, economics, ...). Are you planning on going through them all one-by-one? --JBL (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Wasn't planning to nominate any more. I PRODed the cryptography first one when cleaning up links after the closure of the computer science AfD, then realized this was a much bigger issue then I was preprared to tackle so disengaged. When that was contested procedurally I took it to AfD as I usually do when a PROD is contested. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:48, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * But yes, there are a lot, and many of them were kept at prior AfDs, and I think they all should be deleted. Sigh. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:49, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sigh yeah I feel you :). (I also do not feel inclined to tackle them -- luckily "cruft from the early days of Wikipedia that sits around generally ignored" is probably not causing too much damage to anything.)  --JBL (talk) 17:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In principle I feel very strongly that Wikipedia lacks grandfather clauses, and that the community collectively (including myself) is guilty of not doing more the purge old stuff that doesn't belong. In practice, well, that's a lot of work and only very rarely do I feel motivated to do it. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:59, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I just refactored List of important publications in physics into a meta-list. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 19:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

block reason
Thank you! What was I screwing up there? Valereee (talk) 10:07, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The same thing the IP pointed out a few lines above. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 15:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:WikiProject Fossorials has been nominated for deletion
Category:WikiProject Fossorials has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 17:53, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Dealing with malicious spam links
Hi, saw your recent participation at WT:BLIST and thought you might be the right one to ask. I recently warned an editor for adding what appears to be three malicious URLs, embedded within inline citations, which you can view in this series of edits. I made the mistake when I checked one, and it immediately redirected to a phishing site of some kind. Think I closed out in time, so if you're going to test, be sure to use some kind of protected method to check them out!I assume they'll need to be blacklisted, but I've never dealt with this before on Wikipedia. Wasn't sure how to properly warn users and where to report. Thanks in advance! --GoneIn60 (talk) 20:08, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I've actually not a regular there. I'm a regular at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist, but only because I bedrudgingly stepped up to the plate after requests languished for months. From a quick glance this looks to me like a mundane content dispute, and none of the URLs appear malicious to me (although they're probably not reliable sources, but I don't wish to get involved with this any further. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 20:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ahh, gotcha. Disregard then. It might have been an advertisement or something on the page that took over my screen when I went to the first URL. I'll ignore it for now. Didn't need any assistance in regard to a content dispute, but I appreciate the quick glance. -- GoneIn60 (talk) 21:03, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Your work is appreciated
I’m sorry you’re feeling discouraged. Just wanted to say that your work is appreciated. I hope you re-engage at some point, but take the time you need for yourself. Nice use of the Great Stone Face. ;) Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Is there a proper way to do a sandbox "pull request"?
First of all, thank you for completing the history merge I requested. Your comment in the edit summary that it's [n]ot strictly needed with only one author, and I suspect many admins would have declined this has me suspecting I've asked for something strange. My thinking was that since my sandbox copy had a few intermediate edits in it and I only made it to figure out how to do the changes I wanted to do without turning the template documentation into a WP:BADHOUSE at any point, I'd ask for the history to be merged and then ask for WP:U1 so my changes and the reasons for them would show up in the history of the page itself and I wouldn't have a page sitting around in my userspace that's just an exact copy of another page that I don't need anymore. Basically like a pull request. I was just trying to minimize the amount of Investigation required for anyone looking at the history in the future to understand my changes, but is this considered Bad?  Kinsio  (talk ★ contribs ★ rights) 04:57, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually looks like you basically answered my question with your edit summary on the rejection of my other histmerge request, so thanks.  Kinsio  (talk ★ contribs ★ rights) 05:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * What you've done is fine generally, but I don't see why it needs to be followed up by asking for a history merge. Unlike in git where merging is no harder than making a commit on MediaWiki history merging is a rare, complicated process, which requires an admin and only a few people regularly perform. And requesting it for every major edit to a template you do is disproportionate. History merges are generally used for restoring attribution after a page is moved by cut-and-paste, and requested by someone other than the person who did the cut and paste.  For the case of your edit to the documentation, to use git terminology it makes more sense (and requires less effort from admins) to do a squash merge with one edit showing the changes you made without a reference to a userspace sandbox so admins don't need to get involved in everything you do. I granted that really because I couldn't think of any justification to decline it, despite the unusual process.  For the /sandbox edit, since a template's sandbox is generally kept around forever in parallel with the main page, no history merging is needed or useful at all. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  05:07, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the extra explanation, I'm just more used to Git than to MediaWiki so I needed an explanation like that. And when I actually think about it, "this edit is several edits from this other page rolled up into one" is a bit of a pain in the ass to run into, but as page history investigation goes, definitely one of the milder ones.  Kinsio  (talk ★ contribs ★ rights) 05:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Gibraltar
I noticed your conversation about creating a Gibraltar template at Template_talk:Post-nominals and how there are no advanced requirements to create one. I'm prepared to create a template for another country, but I wanted to know if you were aware of any template restrictions before making one. – <strong style="color:green;">Handoto ( talk ) 18:53, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * No, the process should be the same. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:58, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Confusing revert
Why did you do this? Was there some reason I shouldn't inform this user? Did I do something wrong here? ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:51, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * They've been sitebanned for months. Leaving notifications for them is pointless clutter. See the talk page history. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 03:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Jewel Palmer
Hi, I see you're online, hope you don't mind the direct ping. Draft:Jewel Palmer was created by three blocked socks. Rather than delete it, I thought it would be better to move it to draft. A fourth account has now tried to blank it, and then posted this request following my revert and warning. What's the right thing to do here? Is it another sock, or is the request a matter for oversight? ANI didn't seem like the best place to post this. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 18:46, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * From a deletion policy perspective there's nothing to do here (G5 never applied because the page was created before the first known block). Nor do I see anything oversightable there from a quick glance (but you are welcome to contact oversight anyway if you want to - I'm not an oversighter and generally think more stuff is hidden from view then should be so). It's certainly possible that is a sockpuppet, but it's not necessarily true (the other possibility is they asked someone else to pull this prank, for example). And if they are indeed a sockpuppet then the page can be deleted per G7. Personally I see no reason not to let the blanking stand - that doesn't require any explicit action and you seem to be the only person pushing for that content to exist now. Also cc  who did the block so probably knows better. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  18:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Deleted broken redirects
Regarding Polish–Muscovite Wars (1605–1618) and the other deleted broken redirects to Polish–Russian War (1605–1618), I was thinking of either recreating the rest of these or asking for their undeletion. Would you like to undelete any or all of them before I just recreate them?


 * Talk:Polish-Muscovite Wars (1605-1618)
 * Talk:Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
 * Talk:Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618)
 * Talk:Polish-Muscovite War (1609-1618)
 * Talk:Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)
 * Talk:Polish-Muscovite War (1605-18)
 * Talk:Polish-Russian War (1605-1618)
 * Polish-Muscovite War (1605–1618)
 * Polish-Muscovite War (1605-18)
 * Russo-Polish War (1605-1618)
 * Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
 * Polish-Russian War (1605-1618)

SilverLocust 💬 20:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Polish-Russian War (1605–1618)
 * Polish-Muscovite War (1605 - 1618)
 * Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)
 * Dymitriad
 * Draft:Move/Polish–Russian War (1605–1618)
 * Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618)
 * Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)
 * Dymitriads
 * Dmitriads
 * Russo-Polish War (1605–1618)
 * Russo-Polish War (1609-1618)
 * Polish-Muscovite War (1609-1618)
 * Russians hostilities with Poland 1614-1616
 * Dimitriads
 * Polish-Muscovite Wars (1605-1618)
 * Dimitriades
 * Polish-Muscovy War (1605-1618)
 * Polish-Muscovy war (1605-1618)
 * Talk:Polish-Muscovite War (1605–1618)
 * Talk:Polish–Muscovite Wars (1605–1618)
 * Talk:Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)
 * I've undeleted most of them. The remainder were Talk:Polish–Muscovite Wars (1605–1618), which I saw no point in undeleting since it was just a round-robin remnant and if an admin had done the move they would have just deleted it, and a few were the only creator was AnomieBOT and it makes just as much sense to let AnomieBOT create it again. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 20:33, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks as always for your very competent adminning and other contribution. SilverLocust 💬 20:50, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

UCR Graduate School of Education
Hello, I noticed you redirected the CSUSB College of Education page to the university article. I'll be working on it in my sandbox. In the mean time, does this page, UCR Graduate School of Education also qualify for deletion? Thanks! House1090 (talk) 21:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It survives a quick glance (among other things, cites actual sources). That doesn't mean it's notable, of course. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 21:09, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * How many sources do you recommend before I publish the article again then? I don't want to switch it over and have it get deleted lol. Thanks for the help! House1090 (talk) 21:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't delete anything. The content is still in the page history. The general idea is to have three secondary sources that each provide in-depth, independent coverage of the organization (not it's own website, not trivial mentions, etc.). * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 21:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Declined history merge
Hi Pppery -- I requested a merge to fix a copy-and-paste split without attribution, following the instructions here which point to WP:HM. To me, this split seems to fall under: "When to request a histmerge: A history merge is required for attribution purposes [...] where there are multiple editors at the old page. [...] While this is not an exhaustive list, any pages meeting the below criteria may be eligible for a histmerge: There are several editors in the page history at the original location"

Could you please help me understand why that doesn't apply here? (And if you can, please redirect me to the correct process)? Thanks! --Rlandmann (talk) 01:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * A page's history can only be merged to one other page. I can't history merge Aeroflot accidents and incidents to Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1940s, Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1950s, Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1960s, Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s etc. all at the same time. Hence we leave the history in the source page and merge it to none of them usually. The split still should have been attributed, and the way to remedy that now is WP:Copying within Wikipedia. It is technically possible to duplicate history in a very hacky manner, but by convention it's not done and the one time I tried to propose doing it the idea was shot down.  * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...  01:14, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Perfect -- thanks very much! --Rlandmann (talk) 01:18, 21 July 2024 (UTC)