User talk:Shirik/Archives/2016/August

Abuse filters
Hi, because of an irritating AbuseFilter bug, we (Kaldari, MusikAnimal and I) are going to do an update next week that will affect some of your filters. We hope we'll fix all affected filters ourselves, but we're of course grateful if you want to help us. The issue is explained here; the current plan is here. In any case, we wanted you to be aware what's happening, and you're very welcome to help out of course. I'm sending you an email with more details. /Johan (WMF) (talk) 13:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I skimmed through the report and I refuse to accept that this is, as you claim, an "irritating bug". However, that being said, it seems like I've missed the boat on this one and given that the update is going to be applied either way, I have no reason to object to your changes. Thanks for letting me know. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:35, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Template:Single space
Greetings, is there a reason why this template is fully protected? I am looking at its transclusion count and it's fairly low with only 800-900 transclusions, and I don't see any particular (critical) transclusions. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:42, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * (1) Look at the change that immediately precedes the protection, and (2) can you think of any reason this template would ever need to change? Given that it has been used to cause mass disruption in the past, and that there is no foreseeable reason why this would ever need to change, I cannot think of a reason to unprotect it. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 16:40, 18 August 2016 (UTC)