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Hi there
Sorry for any intrusion, and forgive me for being nosy, but I was just curious about your opinion here which you removed after a little over an hour. You mentioned things would change around the end of the decade. I can definitely see a lot of change going on currently, but in terms of the GOP no longer being a party largely swayed by big business, as is the democratic party, I couldn't help but wonder if you have been getting some of the same info I have about what's in store for us by 2030. For instance, Nation states will have staged a major comeback, the hospital as we know it will be on its way out, with fewer accidents, thanks to self-driving cars. Last but not least, society will split in two with rural areas and cities becoming more and more polarized and isolated from each other. Predictions are fascinating to me. DN (talk) 06:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I think I must have misclicked somewhere. Thank you for letting me know. Scorpions13256 (talk) 14:43, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with you on the urban/rural divide, but I am not so sure that nation-states will make a comeback. I read political polling regularly. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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Advice going into the future
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Silliness
When someone energetically fights common sense, just stand back. Common sense will not be denied for long. I'm through trying to wrestle with a pig. Jacona (talk) 16:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your support. I know when to stop participating in discussions. Scorpions13256 (talk) 16:38, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Columbia High School (Florida)
Hey, Scorpions13256,

I hope you are well. Just a head's up, please do not move a page to a new title when it is the subject of a deletion discussion like AFD. The tool that we use, XFDcLoser, does not understand and tries to close a discussion on a page redirect, the page title in the AFD, and it gets very confused. So, the page must be moved back to its original title, then the deletion discussion closed, and then the page moved back to the better title. It just makes for little extra work.

But, I must say, this isn't the first time I've run into this in my limited time closing AFDs. The tools we use are very helpful rather than dealing with closures manually, step-by-step, but they aren't smart enough to know how to handle the unexpected. Thank you for all of your contributions! Liz Read! Talk! 22:08, 8 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know. I was not aware of the issues that moving the page would cause. I hope you are doing well. Sorry if I caused you too much work. Scorpions13256 (talk) 22:41, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

In answer to your question
I have always thought that he (not naming out of respect for BLP) is a semi-literate conman with the morals of a wannabe mafia gangster and three penny upright. He is the reason I left the Republican Party in 2016. Though in fairness, I had been uncomfortable with its direction for some years. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:34, 17 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I am assuming that this was related to the change in 2012 in the party platform on Climate Change and on science in general. My positions on nearly every issue are the same as they were in 2017. The polarization that enabled him will pass though. There are early signs of it peaking. Scorpions13256 (talk) 17:54, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

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American films
Consensus is that this is used in conjunction with all other American-X genre films categories despite its redundancy. Personally, I completely understand and support removing it, but I do not currently see any consensus that you won't get reverted for doing so. Before you proceed any further, I would suggest seeking consensus if you have not already done so. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 05:16, 30 June 2022 (UTC)


 * It's also worth pointing out that if consensus decides it should in fact be removed, we have a bot that can take care of this extremely tedious job. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 05:18, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)
Okay, I see that. Shouldn't that all be removed at once with a robot? Why do you have to clear it manually? MoJieCPD (talk) 06:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm just doing it for fun. I have a script that makes the task so much easier. The bot will probably take weeks to complete the task. I merely decided to save the coders the work. Scorpions13256 (talk) 06:23, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I see, thanks for your contribution! MoJieCPD (talk) 06:27, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Your comment
Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for this comment. Thought I was completely done but just needed some time off I guess. This is my new account now. Let me know if you need help with something, I'll do my best, happy editing & cheers! Judekkan (talk) 20:40, 6 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm glad to see you back. You disappeared so suddenly that it took me a while to realize you were gone. Good luck, and peace. Scorpions13256 (talk) 22:58, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Taxoboxalyzer
Hi. Taxoboxalyzer seems to have a bug. It places the parameter 'image caption' when it should be 'image_caption' with an underscore. See my edit on Nacoleia. Thanks. YorkshireExpat (talk) 18:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Strange. Thank you. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * , it's not really a bug. Taxoboxalyzer doesn't replace spaced parameters with underscored parameters. "image caption" was spaced at Nacoleia before Scorpions13256 edited it. However, taxobox parameters should have underscores rather than spaces. I've been working recently to eliminate spaced parameters from manual taxoboxes (and I regularly check to make sure no new spaced parameters show up in automatic taxoboxes), so this shouldn't be an issue much longer, and I don't think it's worth making Taxoboxalyzer handle it at this point. Plantdrew (talk) 04:40, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I noticed this a few times so thought I might point it out. YorkshireExpat (talk) 19:12, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:45, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The Sporting Age


The article The Sporting Age has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Appears to fail WP:NFILM as no reviews found in a BEFORE"

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Deletion discussion about The Sporting Age
Hello, Scorpions13256, and welcome to Wikipedia. I edit here too, under the username MPGuy2824, and I thank you for your contributions.

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Reagarding AfD Articles for deletion/The Sporting Age
I have updated the page The Sporting Age to survive. Hope it will. I can't vote as I'm on edit restriction till 6th September. Regards- -✍NeverTry4Me⛅ C♯  09:02, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Spidia rufinota and Spidia planola
Hi, I saw your CCI and RD1 request. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40872166 says the BHL considers the work to be in public domain, despite it being released in 1965. Does this require further investigation? DatGuyTalkContribs 19:27, 15 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I think it warrants further investigation because I can't think of a reason the sources would be PD. I tagged it just in case. Also, BHL is frequently inaccurate. Pinging for clarification. Scorpions13256 (talk) 19:29, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Also pinging . Scorpions13256 (talk) 19:32, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Because the author is still alive, the work would only be copyrighted if it was crown copyrighted. However, I see no reason to believe that to be the case. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I can't see how this is PD in the UK or the US. With a living author the UK copyright clock hasn't even begun to tick and I'm pretty certain it's not Crown Copyright (see ). US copyright would be 95 years since publication. Nthep (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:13, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Farewell Rabaul
Hi Scorpion, I recently bought the bluray of The H-Man and the booklet has some info on Farewell Rabaul. I added the writer but have forgotten how to add references when it just shows references. Could you refresh my memory on how to add another reference please?

Thanks

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 * , to cite the reference you hit the "edit" button like you do for every other article. You then hit the "cite" button. A button that says "templates" should appear. You then click "cite book." Scorpions13256 (talk) 18:15, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

107.115.243.49
I blocked them for edit warring while you were removing the report. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 03:41, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Scorpions13256 (talk) 03:42, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Erie watersnake
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Speciesboxes for Tillandsia
Would you cosnider holding off on implementing speciesboxes for Tillandsia species. If short descriptions are missing, add them. There are multiple issues in existing Tillandsia articles that I am trying to address as I edit them. I've been relying to some extent on the presence of manual taxoboxes as an indication that I haven't yet edited a Tillandsia article to address the issues.

If you'd like to collaborate with me on implementing Tillandsia speciesboxes, I could go into more detail about the issues I'm trying to address. But the top two are links to the unnecessarily disambiguated species (biology) and red-links to cultivars that shouldn't be expected to notable enough to deserve articles.

You do a lot of good work implementing speciesboxes in general, and I appreciate that. Plantdrew (talk) 02:53, 16 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. I had a feeling that there was a reason you were doing things gradually. I'll stop for now. Sorry about the trouble. Scorpions13256 (talk) 06:37, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

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Drive-by tagging
Hi Scorpions13256, happy new year. I have seen your work a lot in my WikiProject Unreferenced articles editing and noticed that many of the genus/species articles have been tagged by you in what seemed to be drive-by tagging as part of your work with the Taxoboxalyzer tool. My issue with this is that it has, over time, added a number of articles to the backlog and, based on the time stamps of your contribution log, it seems like you are not doing the due diligence recommended by WP:CLEANUPTAG. I appreciate your work with these articles using the automated tool but it would be great if you could help in the referencing as well, rather than just saying 'no tags!' and leaving it for someone else. The URA project would be delighted to work with an editor of your experience if you are interested in helping out. Thanks, Kazamzam (talk) 04:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I was not aware of that essay. I will try to add references myself from now on. Scorpions13256 (talk) 04:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)