Request temporary PMR
Hi Primefac, my laptop is badly damaged and it would take more than a month to come back. Part of AfC and NPP, I request you to temporarily grant me page mover rights on my mobile account, and put them to stop by likely 40 days? I was looking at some NPP articles and had to push them to draft but I don't want to put load on admins by leaving behind redirects. Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 13:00, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies, I was on holiday and missed this. I see that your request has been granted, though. Primefac (talk) 11:37, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
AWB perm request
Hi, I normally wouldn't leave a message like this, but could you please take a look at my request over at WP:PERM/AWB, if you find the time? Sorry to bother you specifically, I just saw that you're one the admins who's regularly active there. Thank you! Felida97 (talk) 13:10, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- I am, but I've been away on holiday and still catching up on more pressing matters (both IRL and on-Wiki). If there are still open requests by the time I get down to the AWB PERMs, I'll certainly take a look. Primefac (talk) 11:41, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
WPBS
Did you see my response at Template talk:WikiProject banner shell#Make a passthrough of Template:Banner holder? Been a couple weeks now, so I don't know if you're looking to give further feedback. Izno (talk) 18:41, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Discord
I know we can't form consensus on this particular app, but we can talk there, is that okay?--The Space Enthusiast (talk) 13:00, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- I do not use Discord, sorry. You can find me in various places on IRC though. Primefac (talk) 11:42, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
May CU Stats oddity
Regarding this edit, I added up all of the CU numbers, and only came up with 800. The total at the bottom shows 4,862. Did something go wrong with the script used to calculate this table? I figured something was up when I was in the top 10 CU's! SQLQuery Me! 06:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Short answer is yes, I forgot to change the cell reference. I'll get that updated shortly. Primefac (talk) 09:01, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
PrimeBOT Task 24 question
Hi Primefac. I have a question about this PrimeBOT edit. The bot converted a WikiEd template that is often used by WikiEd students on article talk pages from a template to a regular talk page post. The bot added the post to the top of the page which is generally not done for new posts. Is this post a "sticky post" in that it will never be archived? I only noticed this after trying to figure out what was going on at WP:HD#Archiving. If the editor who was asking about this at the HD once again tries to archive that talk page, they might end up archiving the post added by the bot as well since it's sitting at the top of the talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:27, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- The short answer is that the bot did something once that it no longer does. See this discussion, which is basically summarised as "there should be a sig so it can be archived". Primefac (talk) 11:50, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Request regarding AFC help script
I was granted with the script and i was reviewing but recently i changed my username from Owlf to DIVINE, so can you please grant me the access in this username and remove it from Owlf? Regards, DIVINE 📪 11:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Follow up on an old question
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This is rather extraneous, so I collapsed it and don't expect a response unless of course you want to. Several years ago I asked you an odd question and you replied in the negative. Let me tell you about last night: I had a series of dreams, one which I was looking at a specific article; I could read the title although everything was blurry. I went to reference 7, and I understood it needed to be fixed. So today I went to the article from the dream and looked at reference seven. It was just fine. I ran the article through a dead link checker; it was actually reference nine that needed fixing. Either the dream was wrong, or with the blurred view from the dream I mistook a nine for a seven.
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Talk:Bronze Age Pervert
Saw your rev/del there. I've suppressed the name in the article as possibly libelous/defamatory. Did you see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Valdemarpeterson? Doug Weller talk 11:28, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- I disagree that it's libelous, but I don't care enough to revert. Thanks for the note though. Primefac (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hm. Ok, but suppression is the first resort. I'm happy to discuss it on the list, I could be persuaded. Doug Weller talk 15:02, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Numbering
Thanks for the heads up, but the the public scolding has taught me not to try to be of help again. Best would have been a message on my tp. It's amazing how being Arbcom members and bureaucrats changes people's approach to experienced but common or garden Wikislaves. I can understand why there is a consensus against editors wearing both hats. Retirement is obviously the best place for me, but it's hard to let go when you've left a legacy you're fairly proud of, even as an anonymous username, one that goes back before many of our users were born. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:08, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- If I had left the message at your talk, then the user (and anyone else passing by) would not know the information is incorrect. I could have avoided a ping, but then you might not have known if you needed to post next time. This was not in any way meant to be a "scolding" as you say, just a note that you had made a small error. I also don't see how my hats had anything to do with my note, as it was just left for your reference for the future. We all make mistakes (if my talk page archives are any indication...) and I hope that this single act doesn't kick you off the project - you know I respect your opinions and the work you have done over the years. Primefac (talk) 10:14, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Assistance please
Hello Primefac, I hope you are well. Yesterday whilst patrolling recent changes, I reverted an edit which turned out to be correct. I apologised to the user in question although they are getting very irate with me on their talk page and they are saying something about many other users too, I’m not really sure what’s going on. this is the user who i am communicating with, hope you can help. Many thanks Blanchey (talk) 11:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Not sure what help I can be; some people on the internet get irrationally angry at minor inconveniences. You've done what you can to apologise, so it's probably best to just walk away. Primefac (talk) 11:47, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Potential vandal running amok
User:MomanizerABCD! appears to be a vandal. People are trying to clean up the vandalism and he's just reverting all reverts. [1]
They've left a big mess, and I'm pretty sure most of it is vandalism and it needs to be shut down quickly. I saw you on the active admin list which is why I came here instaed of AN/I or AN/V (someone already listed him on AN/V).
I also suspect sockpuppetry connected to another blocked account, but I'll put that together later. ButlerBlog (talk) 11:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
MomanizerABCD!: IT'S ME. I'm Policina, a.k.a. DudleyPuppyLikes2ChewHisButt. — Preceding undated comment added 11:37, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- That's about what I figured. ButlerBlog (talk) 11:40, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I guess I'm too slow :-p Primefac (talk) 11:48, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- No worries! Thanks for the quick response! (And at least the user admitted to the sock, making the SPI easier - although I pretty much had it figured out based on some of the content/edit summaries) ButlerBlog (talk) 11:50, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I guess I'm too slow :-p Primefac (talk) 11:48, 16 June 2022 (UTC)