User talk:Robertsky

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Wikimedian of the Year!

I just saw that you were Wikimedian of the Year! Congrats! I hadn't noticed the award for this year.

Thanks as well for tidying up my typo-redirect problem. I've now deleted some material from Federal Court of Canada and condensed the Exchequer Court discussion so there is still the context of the historical development, and put up a notice on the Talk page, and added the incoming notice on the Talk page for the Exchequer Court of Canada article.

Is there anything else I need to do? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 18:35, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz thanks! nothing else. :) – robertsky (talk) 04:43, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
Great! thanks very much. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:48, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Undo of requested move closure

Hi @Robertsky,

I noticed that you attempted to close the requested move discussion on Talk:List of elected and appointed female state leaders that was initially listed on 9 February 2026 and most recently relisted on 27 February 2026 so it has been open for than eight days by now, most requested moves should be closed after seven days per WP:RMCLOSE. I was wondering why you needed to undo your closure of the discussion considering that you are not involved so are able to make a decision on closing this discussion. It would be helpful if you had provided an edit summary to let editors know why you made this strange decision to close and then reopen the discussion. This may not be a huge problem if someone else comes along and closes the discussion later. Qwerty123M (talk) 00:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

@Qwerty123M I simply needed a bit more time (and food) to consider the discussion. :) Will be back at it within the day! – robertsky (talk) 00:54, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

2026 in Nordic music

Hi. I accept that consensus was to move the Year in Scandinavian music to Year in Nordic music but:

  1. Why no redirect?
  2. Who is going to do the changes of wording within the affected articles? The requester seems to have disappeared again, having assured me that all necessary changes would be made by a bot. Deb (talk) 12:58, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
@Deb which articles are without redirects? The move request had generated 700+ edits. Might it be that some move had reached some limits? Will look into this later. As for the content, I will be checking in on this sometime tomorrow and follow up whatever is required via AWB. I am assuming people are being busy over the weekend (as I am currently with family). – robertsky (talk) 13:14, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
@Deb for the category, I had submitted at WP:CFD/S to automate the category move and related updates. It will take a couple of days for the request to be processed. – robertsky (talk) 15:45, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
Thanks. Deb (talk) 16:13, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
Seems like I was mistaken about the redirects, or at least they seem to be there now. Deb (talk) 16:14, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing these. If you have time, can you also fix the following two things:
1. Change the word in the opening paragraph "... happened in Scandinavian music in x." (in some pages the year is in boldface) in these 58 pages.
2. Remove Category:Culture of Scandinavia from these 64 pages, since Category:Years in Nordic music is already in that category.
Thanks. JH.Ahokas (talk) 16:34, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
@JH.Ahokas done. this should clear most of the what you have requested. Any more changes should be done manually. :) – robertsky (talk) 00:09, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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Your protection of Sack of Delhi (1757)

Hi robertsky. Thanks for handling my request for page protection, but can I ask why you only protected it for a year? Indian military history is under ECR, so shouldn't it be indefinite? Chess enjoyer (talk) 19:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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For helping to write In the media (vol. 22 issue 4). It turned out pretty great!   

☆ Bri (talk) 05:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Bri thanks! I seldom write news. Have hoped that it is within expectations of a news article. – robertsky (talk) 12:08, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

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