User talk:Primefac

PrimeBot edit question

In edits like this one, why all the added spaces? This makes it hard to see what the bot is trying to accomplish. Dicklyon (talk) 05:17, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Infobox genfixes; standardising spacing. The diff viewer is terrible at showing a single line removed, so instead of just showing   |picture_format = NTSC with nothing on the    side, it takes the next line and puts it in the   . It's dumb, and it would be nice if it could get fixed. Primefac (talk) 06:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Is standardizing spacing really an approved fix? And why is it standard to use so many spaces where one looks good? It looks like someone is trying to line things up in the source with some particular font. Perhaps a monospaced font? Dicklyon (talk) 17:37, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

That same edit resulted in the weird phrase "an English dub has been made aired, and released on home video". This looks like a bug, no? Dicklyon (talk) 05:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Uh... no it didn't? The same text appears before and after the bot edited. Primefac (talk) 06:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I must have been looking at diff since mine – this bug came in with the edit before your bot's. Dicklyon (talk) 17:37, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

AfC participants

Hello!

Thanks for adding me to the project! But, as far as I understand, you missed me when adding a few of us to the list here: Special:Diff/1173404355/prev. Suitskvarts (talk) 13:29, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

I did indeed, thanks. Primefac (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

im slightly mad abt the user about me page...

You've been whacked with a WikiMinnow.. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you might have done something silly.

𝒞𝑜𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓂𝒶𝓃 (talk) 15:26, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Tristan comar

I'm not particularly sure if I want to bring this to SPI again after what you said to me last time, but while browsing through more albums, it seems this user has once again reappeared under a new Tristan the smart account that they alternated between from June to August before switching to Tristan comar. since you talked to me previously about this user, I felt it'd make sense to bring it up to you and not risk the SPI not working again—my apologies if this disrupts any work you're doing. dawnbails (talk) 19:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

I would file an SPI for those, yes; I'm not seeing any direct match from a CheckUser perspective, but if there is a solid behavioural match that should be looked at. Thanks for checking. Primefac (talk) 08:05, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

It's ok Tristan the smart (talk) 00:08, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

SPI filed here. dawnbails (talk) 20:01, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

....... Tristan the smart (talk) 00:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

I hit my arm so hard that i have bruse Tristan the smart (talk) 00:11, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Sarcopterygian taxonomy templates

Hi, I was wondering if you could reduce the page protection on a few taxonomy templates, as their transclusion counts have gone down by a lot recently. The templates in question are:

• Template:Taxonomy/Sarcopterygii (370 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Rhipidistia (309 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Tetrapodomorpha (235 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Eotetrapodiformes (185 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Elpistostegalia (155 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Stegocephali (142 transclusions)
• Template:Taxonomy/Stegocephalia (141 transclusions)

—Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 14:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Sure. Primefac (talk) 14:31, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

RevDel?

Hi Primefac. Do you think this edit requires RevDel? I wasn't sure, so I'll leave it up to you. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 10:02, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

No, but thanks for checking. Primefac (talk) 10:03, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Apologies for my edit on Robert Bray

Thank you for reverting my inadvertent (and incorrect) edit on Robert Bray. I intended to click the "thank" link, but apparently I clicked "undo" instead. I apologize for doing so. I am a strong believer in not having unsourced content in Wikipedia articles. I regret that I made such a foolish mistake. Eddie Blick (talk) 23:36, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

No worries, you'd think they wouldn't put two completely different buttons so close to each other, but they do! I think there's a script out there for adding an "are you sure" button for rollback, but I don't know where it is. Primefac (talk) 06:35, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Your Tidy Font Delinting Offer

Good morning Primefac,
As I said on Wikipedia talk:Linter yesterday, I'd be very interested in the proposal you floated for allowing me to have temporary access to the various admin talk archives with Tidy Font errors in an effort to eradicate to Tidy Font error from Wikipedia.
I've done some temporary access edits with help from User:Courcelles for about 100 or so full protected pages now since April 2023 on various non-admin pages like deceased users and LTAs, so I have a running history I can point to for similar edits on equally sensitive or watched pages, and can give you diffs of either those conversations with Courcelles, or the diffs of some of the actual edits if those are desired.

For your offer for accessing the remaining Tidy Fonts on the Admin's talk archives,
How do you see this arrangement operating?
Do you have any additional stipulations for this editing arrangement beyond the standard delinting rules stated at WP:LINT?
I am assuming release in batches rather than all at once. What batch size and time frame were you thinking about?
Any other things that are important to you for us to discuss for this agreement?

For the benefit of information, I compiled this which is the current list (as I know it to be) of all the full protected pages with Tidy Fonts. First table is stats of this error per user's set of pages, and the second table is each page I know to have this error.
And just to be clear, I will be addressing all lint errors found on each page, not just the Tidy Fonts, so that each page is one and done, free of all remaining lint errors.

Looking forward to this agreement and thank you for the confidence in my delinting abilities. Zinnober9 (talk) 07:22, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Batch size largely depends on how quickly you go through these pages, I suppose. My initial thought was batching them per-admin, at least for those with 10+ affected pages, but from your list it might be easier for you to just give me a range of pages and I'll un-protect that group. I've watchlisted your /lint page so feel free to shift the technical/procedural discussion there.

As far as "criteria" go, you're clearly experienced in this so I don't really feel like I need to add any extra stipulations. Primefac (talk) 07:29, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I’ve just been batch lowering the former admin protections to EC. I’m not sure we should be fully protecting talk archives anymore, ECP seems to be enough except for perhaps admins attracting the worst harassment. @HJ Mitchell, @Juliancolton, @MastCell, opinions, since you three have the most of these? If we didn’t have as many full protected archives, this wouldn’t be a big deal if it was needed again in the future. Courcelles (talk) 11:56, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm fine with that, never really understood the purpose in the first place. Primefac (talk) 12:41, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

This list from March User:ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ/protected pages with Lint errors might have additional pages not listed in Zinnober9's list. Gonnym (talk) 12:57, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I've unprotected mine. My "friends" seem to have moved on and filters etc are much more sophisticated these days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Unprotected mine as well. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:18, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Primfac True, it would be very clear to keep up with if it's done in batches by user, so let's do that. I'll go through HJ and Julian's first since those are roughly 25% of the remaining TF errors, and then start requests on my page after these.

@Gonnym My list was focused on only of active admin's pages, since the other 128 full protected pages with this error I had identified as either autoqualifing for WP:RFPD, or would get action from either contacting the protecting admin (or an RFPD if no reply). I'll add those two sets in separate tables now to complete the full-protection Tidy Font set since knowing about them might be of interest to you / @Courcelles.

@HJ Mitchell @Juliancolton Thank you both! Zinnober9 (talk) 05:04, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Tennis templates 2

No, the issue is not solved yet.

This is what I see in the summary of both templates after your revert: Undid revision 1176379501 by The Banner (talk) it *is* fixed. The Testcases page hasn't been purged yet) Tags: Undo Disambiguation links added. The Banner talk 11:12, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

The only place that was calling the disambiguation page was the testcases page, because it hadn't yet been purged. The module checks the exceptions file and (tennis) disambiguators before it can even get to a dab check, and I have put in all of the exceptions now. Primefac (talk) 11:35, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

I stand corrected, I did not realise the title.exists check was also being considered as a "link" (which is dumb). I have once again refactored the code and it does indeed appear to be working as intended, with no dab links if there are none. Primefac (talk) 11:52, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

I hope so. I will waiting impatiently until they disappear from the maintenance list. The Banner talk 12:12, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

You will recall the brouhaha over a new reviewer at ANI and WT:AFC

With regret I still have concerns about that reviewer, and have expressed then on their talk page. I choose not to link it here because I do not wish to create a pile on. There are sufficient concerns for me to suggest you might wish to take another look. You will either remember the editor or be able to look at my today's and yesterdays contributions. I will drop the full user details here if you ping me and request them. I suggest you archive or delete this after looking at it. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

FIFA Mobile

What I said is sourced. I literally play FIFA Mobile, so you shouldn't revert my edit. 202.84.42.187 (talk) 12:44, 22 September 2023 (UTC)