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You have replied and closed this discussion, so that I couldn't write anything else there. You replied that, that user haven't made any edits after that. Just check now - Divya Sathyaraj. He did that same thing twice today. He reverted, then someone edited that out. Then he reverted that again. Please check and take a decision.SRAppu ^💬 05:23, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@SRAppu I didn't close it, that was Star Mississippi, and the close note said "feel free to reopen should the problematic editing recur". The user has also already been blocked by Left guide. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:38, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

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The redirect Module:Bar box has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 December 26 § Module:Bar box until a consensus is reached. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 07:06, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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Facepalm Thank you for catching my recent errors. Going to review my regex settings and be more careful moving forward... Got on a roll and was clicking save too fast. 100% my error. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

We've all done it! --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:39, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

For future reference, I like my trout served with a side of lemon. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:40, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of U.S. police officers killed in 2014 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Raskuly (talk) 10:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of U.S. police officers killed in 2013 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of U.S. police officers killed in 2012 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Pinging @Mercurywoodrose, who created the original page before I split it. --Ahecht (TALK
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Hi, I noticed your block of ~2025-31125-61 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - but who’s the sock master? I say that because they’ve retuned having actually created an account now… but without a sock master I can’t open an SPI. Danners430 _{tweaks made} 15:30, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Danners430 I think the related edits were all by IPs and TAs, but I'm not sure. I know I copied the "Airline/Airport LTA" description from another block by a different admin, but I don't remember who that was at this point. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:42, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Ok… can I maybe just leave the details here then? The IP's edit compared to this user's edit - . Specifically the focus on Thai naming and the invisible text being added… Danners430 _{tweaks made} 15:46, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Danners430 Might want to ask @Canterbury Tail per https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A%7E2025-31123-05 --Ahecht (TALK
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Ah I missed that block - I was searching through the page histories and relying on the user script that shows blocked users! Danners430 _{tweaks made} 15:51, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

The IPs were all coming from one location continuously, that's why they were all LTA/Socks. No particular master, just a continuous jump IP user. Now that the IPs are hidden from general view, non-admins can't see the locations unfortunately but I'm still on the lookout for them and that location. Canterbury Tail talk 16:24, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Is it worth setting up an LTA page we can tag when opening SPIs then? Seems to pop up every so often, like the above one that's active now Danners430 _{tweaks made} 16:26, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

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you tube ~2026-56610-6 (talk) 15:06, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hi, I just noticed what seems to be a minor bug in your Graphic Novel List module. Details here: Template talk:Graphic novel list#Template-protected edit request on 29 January 2026

I just happened to wonder how many chapters were in a manga I’m in the middle of reading mere hours after you edited the template those use. Weird coincidence! —~2026-62877-1 (talk) 03:59, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey there, you just closed the ANI thread about me: Diff/1335672379, but I would have liked to see if the editor would have answered my question and explained their accusations of me attacking them. All good though, not asking you to reopen it or anything, this isn't really something that I want to prolong anyway. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 15:10, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn I figured that stuff can be taken to talk pages, no need for admin involvement. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:13, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Fair enough. I wouldn't have asked if they hadn't opened the ANI (I have had worse stuff thrown my way on talk pages and I've been on the internet for long enough to ignore that stuff), just felt that some scrutiny was warranted at that point. I'm obviously involved though, so I'm definitely not pushing for that point. Thanks for closing and cheers! --Gurkubondinn (talk) 15:16, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi there! I would like to ask if there is any way to make the citations in this article be rewritten in their usual format? You did a WP:PEIS in the article almost a month ago and since then, I've removed some entries and did more trimming in the article to reduce its length. Thanks in advance! 143kittypurry (talk) 11:29, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@143kittypurry Yes, looks like the article's been trimmed back enough that directly invoking the citation module is no longer needed. I went ahead and made that change. --Ahecht (TALK
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Thanks for the help! Stay safe 143kittypurry (talk) 17:32, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi there, I would like to contest your 2025 renaming of the article National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Can you restore the original name and I will open a section on the talk page so that a consensus can be reached?--User:Namiba 15:48, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Namiba The current title has been the stable name for almost a year now. Please open a move discussion if you want to revert it back. That said, I would oppose moving to the longer title based on WP:COMMONNAME. The organization's website is nationalgrange.org, and that website says just "National Grange" in the big box at the top. The rest of the page either uses "National Grange" or "The Grange" and doesn't use the full name at all anywhere other than the tiny copyright statement at the bottom of the page. --Ahecht (TALK
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Hi, your edit to this module broke every navbox with collapsible groups (and presumably all navboxes with columns). Pls fix. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 21:54, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Trilletrollet Oops. I tested it in the sandbox, and then proceeded to paste it into the wrong place. --Ahecht (TALK
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Hi Ahecht, could you head over to WP:ANI#Navbox:American Revolutionary War... and help checking what happened to some navboxes that seem to have become invisible? I'm not sure if it is related to your edits to Module:Navbox. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:22, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Contemplating a trout, but I'm a non-catch-and-all-release kind of guy. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:27, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn, Trilletrollet Uggh, I checked Template:Navbox/testcases but not Template:Navbox with collapsible groups/testcases. Should be fixed in the sandbox now, but I'll do a bunch more tests before rolling it out. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:46, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, looks good as new. A day in the life of Wikipedia. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:45, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

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Has stopped working for me today, is the script offline? Cheers, Polyamorph (talk) 21:15, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I see this is a media wiki problem. As you were. Polyamorph (talk) 21:34, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Ahecht, seeing that you're the one who carried out the split for the Red Sea crisis article (great work btw) I wanted to ask for some advice in what/what not to contain in Operation Prosperity Guardian, which has now gone for 2+ years without an actual synopsis of the operation.

Right now I've added some general data on navy performance during the operation and shifting tactics over time, but including notable individual engagements during the operation is also important. Theoretically I could research every incident involving US and allied ships shooting down Houthi projectiles but I fear that would be uninformative and a case of proseline. Therefore I'm prioritizing the addition of "notable" events (not just "on X day the Houthis launched Y at a vessel but they were intercepted and nothing else happened"), but I'm not sure what can be considered so. Maybe the first use of a particular weapon by the Navy? I'd prefer not including information on ships getting hit as I fear it would be a case of coatracking. Some guidance on this would be appreciated. Hsnkn (talk) 17:42, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Hsnkn I didn't do anything fancy, I just copied the entire "Timeline of events" section to the other article, blanked that section, and left a {{main}} template pointing to it. The current short summaries were added by others. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:49, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

I see you've changed the inflation templates today. Can you check that it hasn't broken anything? There has been a change to the template today that has broken it. It means we now have a large red error message on today's TFA (as of the datestamp on this message). Can you check it wasn't your edits? Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 13:51, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

@SchroCat Fixed --Ahecht (TALK
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That's great - many thanks! - SchroCat (talk) 14:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

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I just found an inactive page that lists all of the cleanup templates. Almost all of the cleanup templates have categories, and some categories have backlogs of 200+ not previously reported. I made to some of the backlogs, but the majority have not been searched. Please tell people about this and happy editing. The goat with a horn on his head (talk) 19:50, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey Ahecht. User:Ahecht/Scripts/Redirect icon.css seems to be broken because the WMF has changed its thumbnail sizes to not include 12px. I see you've fixed it at m:User:Ahecht/global.css but not the user script. ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 21:40, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@SilverLocust Good catch. Thanks! --Ahecht (TALK
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Thank you! --Ahecht (TALK
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• Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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