User talk:SlimVirgin/December 2016

Malia Obama Biography
Why did you speedy delete Malia Obama Biography while it is being discussed at Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 27? Thryduulf (talk) 07:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Undeleted and replied there. SarahSV (talk) 19:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, did you intend to protect the talk page at Talk:Malia Obama (First Daughter)? If so, could you expand on your rationale because it is rather unusual to protect talk pages. Thanks &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, I protected it for a week (expires in about 21 hours) because of socking and disruption. There's a discussion at Talk:Family of Barack Obama about whether to host a separate article. SarahSV (talk) 00:39, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

FYI on MoS revert
Hi; FYI, since you mentioned that you don't always see edits to MoS immediately, and I thought you'd want to see this. I try to never do more than one undo or revert in a disagreement, so I don't want to revert. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks, I've reverted it. It isn't correct that those words have been there for years, by the way, as one of his edit summaries said. SarahSV (talk) 16:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Shorwak
Hi, Sarah! You blocked User:Shorwak for socking, but I don't see an SPI so I don't know if there was a checkuser search for sleepers. I am wondering what you think about User:Samswik. Not a new user; in fact the account was created 11/15 (before Shorwak which was created 11/27). Shorwak was basically an SPA for the article Malia Obama (First Daughter). They created it as a fully developed article with their very first edit, recreated it several times after redirect, and argued for its inclusion at multiple venues. Samswik also took an interest in that article, re-expanding it once from redirect, and begging you on your talk page to unlock the redirect. Both commented at Talk:Family of Barack Obama and the two of them commented almost interchangeably at at Talk:Malia Obama (First Daughter). Just wondering if you think any of this is worthy of suspicion. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 16:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, you could request a CU. The accounts do look connected at first glance, but I'll have to refresh my memory. SarahSV (talk) 17:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 17:32, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Infobox redirects
In my opinion (almost) all redirects of the form Infobox Foo → Infobox foo could be removed from AutoWikiBrowser/Template_redirects. No reason to only fix capitalisation unless it is an infobox about a person because it's vital for AWB's core code or an infobox that is subject to parameter changes. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:02, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Stubs could be remove too. I asked the opinion of a person more expert than me on the matter. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Paid editing and copyright
Just wanted to be sure you saw this series of edits, which reverted material that I believe you added some months ago. I reinstated that language on procedural grounds, as there was nothing on the talk page to indicate it was inaccurate, as alleged in the edit summary. I have no opinion on the language per se. Coretheapple (talk) 14:59, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks. Odd that he's saying it was added without discussion. SarahSV (talk) 16:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, he is editing warring over it nonetheless. Coretheapple (talk) 16:29, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Proactiv sidebar
Template:Proactiv sidebar has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 21:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
Smallbones( smalltalk ) 05:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Elie Wiesel timeline
Template:Elie Wiesel timeline has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Yuletide greetings
Happy Holidays text.png Hello SlimVirgin: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 10:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Extended confirmed protection policy RfC
You are receiving this notification because you participated in a past RfC related to the use of extended confirmed protection levels. There is currently a discussion ongoing about two specific use cases of extended confirmed protection. You are invited to participate. ~ Rob 13 Talk (sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:31, 22 December 2016 (UTC))

Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:46, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas 2016
  "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,   I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."  Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)  Tito Dutta (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas. This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove.

Spread the cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:20, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Ref reordering
I 'll try to make a release today or tomorrow. So at least you won't be seeing any bots or any random AWB editors to reorder refs. I start my vacation (in fact I already started) so I hope I make it. Happy ne year! -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:07, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, many thanks, and Happy New Year to you too. SarahSV (talk) 16:46, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

AWB 5.9.0.0 is up. I made it mandatory for all bots to upgrade to this version. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:38, 3 January 2017 (UTC)


 * , thanks for letting me know. SarahSV (talk) 22:36, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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