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"User talk:ArticlesForCreationBot/Shutdown" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect User talk:ArticlesForCreationBot/Shutdown has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 24 § User talk:ArticlesForCreationBot/Shutdown until a consensus is reached. consarn (talck) (contirbuton s) 17:49, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
'Wikipedians looking for help' inside an #if: autoconfirmed: should it be?
Currently the paragraph about There are currently N user(s) asking for help via the {{Help me}} template, and the category tree are both inside an #ifeq conditional testing {{PROTECTIONLEVEL}} showing category data to newbies only, and I don't think they should be. If anything, it should be the other way round, and shown *only* to EC or better, and will likely only confuse new users. I only noticed this after coming here to place {{Wikipedians looking for help}} on the page, and saw that similar code was already here, but with the #if coded backwards, imho. Mathglot (talk) 00:42, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Dropped the message from autoconfirmed-only view on the main page, and replaced it by adding {{Wikipedians looking for help}} to the header instead. As before, it is conditional, so that the message only appears when there is something in the category, but when present it is visible to all. Could suppress it for non-EC users if desired, but I don't see the point. Mathglot (talk) 22:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
Bots obsesionados con cambiar una cuenta
Hay dos bots de la página "Antonella Marty" empeñados y obsesionados con revertir los cambios hechos por varias personas, y la actual está completamente desactualizada. Creo que es por motivos ideológicos Qué se puede hacer? Gracias ~2025-40270-32 (talk) 04:07, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- Uno de ellos es seroBOT ~2025-40270-32 (talk) 04:08, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- @~2025-40270-32: We can't help you with the Spanish Wikipedia. You can try asking at es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual (after you get unblocked there). Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 04:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
Manual request for Infobox correction - Irfan Faiz Abbasi
Irfan Faiz Abbasi (talk) 18:12, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
Which editor?
We often have to ask people which editor they are using, which can be confusing for them and long-winded for us to explain.
I have made Wikipedia:Which editor? to which we can refer such people. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:01, 18 March 2026 (UTC)