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Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Sm8900!

The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 18:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

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Government commission moved to draftspace
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Feedback request: History and geography request for comment
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Invitation to Boston-Gathering, celebrating Wikipedia’s 22th Birthday
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Feedback request: History and geography request for comment
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Talk:Military police
Your view would be appreciated here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Military_police#Photographs Dreddmoto (talk) 19:51, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Help request
I have been trying to put some custom navboxes in the upper portion of my user page, which would place them next to some userboxes which run down the right side of the page.

every time I try to do so, the navboxes seem to be automatically displayed below the userboxes. I tried changing the navboxes' width, but it didn't seem to help.

I placed the navboxes in a collapsible box, which does seem to work fine in displaying next to the stack of user boxes. however, is there a way to enable navboxes to be displayed next to user boxes? I appreciate any help. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 15:20, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm going to leave this help request open, but what you are asking is evidently not something most of the helpers have much experience with.
 * Navboxes are generally assumed to be full-width, whatever that happens to be in the context where they are called.
 * Userboxes are designed to cluster in various ways, in a grid or in a column down the page.
 * As you've discovered, you can put navboxes into a container. Adjusting the width of that container may make the navboxes behave the way you want, but the layout considerations are liable to be different for different views, such as mobile, legacy Vector and new Vector.
 * Other than as a display of your technical virtuosity, I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish with your tab header and the numerous userboxes and navboxes. If you could perhaps diagram the look you are after, people could offer more concrete suggestions. Everything is under your control, if you know how to invoke the right magical mumbo-jumbo.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 17:35, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * hi. ok, that si very helpful to know. I appreciate your answer. I will leave this tag up, but only for a little while longer. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 22:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The only way I know of to put a userbox on the same line as a navbox is to have them in a table, and even then there could be (vertical) alignment issues. I think you'll just have to play around and see If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 09:22, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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 * hi. thanks for your nice note, @SunDawn! Sm8900 (talk) 14:17, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Question re odd text on user page
hi. could you please tell me the text below seems to be appearing in the footer section for my user page? I have looked and looked for where this text might be from? I coudn't find it. thanks!
 * 1) invoke:Navbox #invoke:Navbox with collapsible groups

--Sm8900 (talk) 14:01, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * This is because your userpage has too many templates, and so the navboxes at the bottom of the page cannot be rendered. See WP:PEIS for more information. Primefac (talk) 14:44, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ok, sounds good. I appreciate your note, and your help. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 13:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: CN India
Hello Sm8900. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of CN India, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A1 and A3 does not cover redirects. Thank you. BangJan1999 15:35, 3 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @BangJan1999, that sounds totally fine. I appreciate your reply. Sm8900 (talk) 15:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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