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Prominence Parent

Hi Buaidh, I am still concerned about the number of editors who are still making edits based on claims like "Ben Nevis cannot be Snowdon's parent" and "Everest cannot be K2's parent" on the grounds that they are too distant. Do you think we can better explain the concept of prominence parent? Viewfinder (talk) 06:42, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

I am very visually oriented, so I need to think of topographic prominence in terms of a visual analogy. Imagine you are standing at the top of a peak and imagine that an imaginary sea level (based on an elevated geoid) rises to your feet. Now slowly lower the imaginary sea level and an imaginary island appears beneath your feet. Your island will grow and will merge with other islands that will emerge. Eventually, your island will touch an island with a higher peak than your island (i.e., an imaginary island that existed before you started lowering the imaginary sea level.) The summit of that island will be the parent peak of the summit of your island, and the elevation difference of your summit and the elevation at which the two islands touch is the topographic prominence of your summit. It makes no difference how close or far the two summits are from one another. Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua (17,755 km away), as well as the parent of the South Summit of Mount Everest (360 m away). Yours aye,  Buaidh  18:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Let's reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement!

Hi Buaidh, please allow me to get in touch with you because you have stated sympathy with environmental causes on your user page. I would like to invite you to check out the Environmental impact project page on Meta, where I am trying to create some momentum to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. My first goal is to have all the Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy. Maybe you could show your support for this project as well? Thank you, --Gnom (talk) 15:14, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

February 2017 at Women in Red


February 2017

Black Women & Women Anthropologists online editathons
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CSS styling in templates

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Invitation to the Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 2

The 4th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time on Selangor, and you are invited!

→ To collaborate between Wikipedia Malaysia User Group and Sunway Group, a large corporation in Malaysia.
→ To create Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects)'s articles and edit/improve articles on the spot.

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by NgYShung. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquires, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please add your name here. (Delivered: 11:46, 22 February 2017 (UTC))

Template:WikiProject Templates

In regard to this edit and what formerly resided at Template talk:Help template: "[Template:WikiProject Templates] should almost never be used on the talk pages of templates ... Set |template_for_template_maintenance=yes if the banner is being used on the talk page of one of the templates used for template maintenance, such as Template talk:Tfm. If the banner is used in Template talk: space without this parameter, the page will be placed in Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace." Best Regards, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 00:48, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you.  Buaidh  04:03, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

February 2017

Information icon Hello, I'm ZLEA. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/humour without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You removed many UBX without giving an edit summary. ZLEA (Talk,Contribs) 01:50, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Sorry. I was alphabetizing the list and I inadvertently truncated those userboxes. I've made over 165,000 edits, and sometimes I breeze through a bit fast. Thanks for the revert. Yours aye,  Buaidh  01:53, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Help template

Template:Help template has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 22:50, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

I have undone your recent posts to project talk pages which you signed with my name, as if I were the author. If you want to comment on those talk pages do so using your own name and signature. Never use another editors signature as if it were your own, per WP:SIGFORGE.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 00:04, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
I merely copied your nomination. Failing to notify concerned parties is inappropriate. I shall conceal your identity.  Buaidh  09:49, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Update on MADA

Hey there,

Not that I don't like the update to {{template: user decent}}, but is there any way to get rid of the American flag? Gah, that sounded bad, but I dunno. Aesthetics, I suppose.

Cheers, ɯɐɔ 💬 18:55, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Done. Please see Template:User make decent and User:Ipatrol/Userboxes/Politics by country: R–Z#United States of America. Yours aye,  Buaidh  21:17, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Trumpian listed at Redirects for discussion

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Trumpian listed at Redirects for discussion

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Trumpesque listed at Redirects for discussion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Helpt

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Helpu

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userbox request

Can you make an Emma Watson userbox? CatcherStorm talk 15:48, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes I can.

Invitation to the Wikipedia Johor Meetup 2

The 5th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time in Johor. Since it is at holiday, check it out if you have time!

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by NgYShung. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquirers, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please add your name here. (Delivered: 03:54, 17 March 2017 (UTC))

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Spanish Fort (Colorado), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Red River. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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Fixed.  Buaidh  02:07, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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Fixed.  Buaidh  02:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

An update from the Sustainability Initiative

Thank you for supporting the Sustainability Initiative!

Hi, Buaidh! Thank you again for supporting the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 200 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

What's new?

We are writing you this message because there is great news: The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has finally passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Also, we have created a cool logo and found a nice name for the project which you can see on the right :-)

What's next?

Currently, we are working with Wikimedia Foundation staff to make sustainability a key priority for the selection of a new location for Wikimedia servers in Singapore. Also, we have presented the Wikimedia Foundation with a green energy roadmap to have all Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy by 2019.

Please help!

Let's keep this project moving forward – and there are several ways in which you can help:

  • Ask other Wikipedians to sign the project page as well – this way we can show the Wikimedia Foundation that this is an issue that the community really cares about.
  • Talk to Wikimedians you know about the importance of reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement.
  • Improve and translate the project page on Meta.

If you have any questions, you can contact us on on Meta. Again, thank you very much for your support! --Aubrey and Gnom (talk) 09:39, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to the Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 2

The 5th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time on Kuala Lumpur!

→ To talk about the past Wikimedia Conference 2017 in Germany, Creative Commons, Malay Wikipedia and the upcoming Wikipedia East, Southeast Asia & Pacific Conference 2018 in Indonesia.
→ Forming a Wikipedia Malaysia User Group, coordinating East Malaysia-related affairs and training newcomer Wikipedia editors.
→ And a lot more!

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by QianCheng. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquires, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please remove your name here. (Delivered: 06:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC))

On your Trump userbox

As a centrist who is concerned about the future of truth and reason in the United States, I wanted to thank you for your "huge mistake" userbox; I thought it was quite well done. AndrewOne (talk) 19:24, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

You are most welcome.  Buaidh 

Invitation to the Seventh Annual Colorado Wiknic

The Great Colorado Wiknic 2017

Who: All Wikipedia and other Wikimedia users and their families and friends are invited.

What: The Seventh Annual Colorado Wiknic.

When: Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2017, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm MDT.

Where: The Wiknic will be held at our home in Arvada. Please contact Buaidh for further information or assistance.

Please add your username to our attendees list so we know how many folks to expect. You can subscribe to our Wikimedia Colorado e-mail list to receive e-mail notice of future Wikimedia Colorado activities.

Sponsors: The Wikimedians of Colorado & WikiProject Colorado

Your hosts: Buaidh & BikeSally
(You can unsubscribe from future invitations to Wikimedia Colorado events by removing your name from the Wikimedia Colorado event invitation list.)
Message sent: 00:42, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

WM-US-CO listed at Redirects for discussion

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Compulsive Wikipedia Editing Syndrome listed at Redirects for discussion

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Mentioned

Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Sleeper socks? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 15:50, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Buaidh, I think you need to provide a response immediately. I'm not sure I see a good reason for you to create multiple accounts like this, assuming what we see is correct. Chris Troutman (talk) 07:40, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
I created these accounts for family members. I have not, and will not, make any attempt to edit using these accounts.  Buaidh  17:49, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:User Vlad and Don

Template:User Vlad and Don, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User Vlad and Don and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Template:User Vlad and Don during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Grognard Extraordinaire Chess (talk) Ping when replying 06:03, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:US states and territories/map

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Hello dear fellow!

Salute! Dear fellow Buaidh. I'd like to inform you of it that I want you to add a central category to your Template:User endured Trump. If you are okay with it, please add this category (I made recently) to the template to reach everyone who added it to their user page. Happy editing! The Stray Dog Talk Page 17:08, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

List of mountain peaks of Saba listed at Redirects for discussion

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Abbas Kiarostami Award for Mastery

The Abbas Kiarostami Award for Mastery
Hello! dear User:Buaidh: hereby an Abbas Kiarostami Award for Mastery is awarded to you, in recognition of your long-time excellent work here in Wikipedia. I'd like to inform you of it that we appreciate it so much. Bests. The Stray Dog Talk Page 19:24, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

List of mountain peaks of Curaçao listed at Redirects for discussion

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Categories

Hello. Per WP:REDNOT you shouldn't add red links to categories - either ditch the link or create the target category. It will also help you scout out the surroundings - for instance, Category:WikiProject Climate change members is effectively a duplicate for Category:WikiProject Climate change task force participants. Le Deluge (talk) 11:38, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I am in the midst of a relinking project and I could not locate Category:WikiProject Climate change task force participants and Template:User Climate change task force. Yours aye,  Buaidh  14:41, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject templates

When you tag a talk page for WikiProjects, where are you getting the template names from? I am seeing a lot of non-existent templates in your recent edits, these show as redlinks; for example this edit which I had previously fixed. Also, please do not add "Please select "New section" above to post your comments below:" to talk pages, that is not what we do. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Yours aye,  Buaidh  21:01, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:User decent

Template:User decent, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User decent and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Template:User decent during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  04:04, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA listed at Redirects for discussion

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Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area listed at Redirects for discussion

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Non-free image use

Hi Buaidh. JJMC89 recently had to revert you twice for inappropriately adding non-free images (here and here) to pages. Since you are doing lots of work (including adding images) on portals, etc., please be aware that non-free content may only be used in the article namespace per WP:NFCC#9. All you need to do is check the licensing of files before adding them to any portals, templates, etc. Anything licensed as non-free should not be added, and anything whose licensing appears questionable can be asked about at WP:MCQ. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:31, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll be more careful. Yours aye,  Buaidh  18:32, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians concerned about the alt-right has been nominated for discussion

Category:Wikipedians concerned about the alt-right, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 07:02, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Template:User 2017-08-21

This creates a red category Category:Astronomy user templates‏‎ . Would you like to fix it? Rathfelder (talk) 07:11, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. This template has been changed to Category:Astronomical user templates‏‎. Yours aye,  Buaidh  14:24, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

WikiUserboxer Award

WikiUserboxer Award
For achievement in improving the organization and content of userbox pages in the fall of 2017. - Ahunt (talk) 18:00, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:User huge mistake

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MfD nomination of Template:User under surveillance

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MfD nomination of Template:User MAGA before European colonization

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MfD nomination of Template:User US-RU

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MfD nomination of Template:User huge mistake

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Userboxes

Hello Buaidh,

I see you have made significant contributions to userboxes, and I value the contributions you have made, and so I wanted to approach you with two requests:

  • Please use Template:Userbox instead of hardcoding userbox code. Hardcoded userboxes are much harder to edit.
  • Please do not add categories to categories that express general sentiments, and please do not add "Wikipedians by interest" categories to userboxes that merely express beliefs or preferences. Userboxes that state, "This user likes food" or "This user supports freedom", should not populate Category:Wikipedians interest in food or Category:Wikipedians interested in human rights. Most people like food and most people support freedom, but liking food and supporting freedom do not imply an interest in collaborating on articles related to food or freedom/human rights.

This type of categorization merely devalues user categories and makes them less useful to editors, such as myself, who use them to try to find other editors who are interested in collaborating on a specific topic (and not editors who just use a generic userbox).

I hope you will take my request in the collegial vein it is intended. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 17:34, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

  1. I almost always use Template:Userbox unless I am updating a userbox template created by someone else.
  2. The rise of racism, white nationalism, neofascism, anti-immigrant, and alt-right movements illustrates that clearly not everyone is interested in human rights. I think all the subcategories I have created are very relevant.
  3. I have tried to promote collaboration on Wikipedia for more than ten years. I host a Wiknic every year to talk things over. Unfortunately, I've seen few attempts to invite users to collaborate. Instead, I see the formation of little cliques that try to keep other users from participating.
  4. I'm not sure that avoiding controversy promotes collaboration.
  5. Thank you for your feedback, although your reverts are a pain. Yours aye,  Buaidh  17:51, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your detailed response, and I'll address a few of your points. #1: My apologies, you do indeed and I missed that somehow. #2: I agree, but user categories related to "interest in human rights" should facilitate collaboration on articles and other content related to human rights, not promote human rights in general. #3: I am aware of how much you have contributed, so please don't think I am questioning that in any way. Your experience may be different, but I've used user categories on many occasions to find other users who can help with a particular topic or issue. My aim is not to prevent users from expressing their opinions (I am a strong proponent that users should be able to say most anything on their user pages) but rather to prevent the devaluation of user categories as a tool for collaboration. I'll leave it at this, and thank you again for your response. Cheers, -- Black Falcon (talk) 21:26, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
I completely agree with your last point. However, the proliferation of user categories has gone far beyond merely the need for collaboration. I doubt that we can reign them back in. I'm a novice in Category:Wikipedians interested in politics, an area I tried to avoid until last year. I don't know if you if we can limit the subcategories to merely areas of collaboration. Users want to find like-minded users. Whether that supports or confounds collaboration is beyond me. Yours aye,  Buaidh  00:31, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Box-US

Template:Box-US has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:18, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

English variants

Hello. I see you've been doing a lot of work on en-gb templates and the like. Has there been a change since this CfD deprecated national variants of English? Le Deluge (talk) 13:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

  • Hi Buaidh. I noticed you've been adding center text alignment to these templates as well. Note that these templates also form part of a series of templates under WP:Babel that allow users to identify foreign languages in which they are proficient. Before your change, all of the Babel templates, as I understand, had left text alignment, so by changing just the English series to center alignment, it makes it strikingly inconsistent when paired with other language templates, such as {{user de}}. On that basis, I've removed center alignment from the {{user en}} series. Mz7 (talk) 18:58, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Blockquotes and other HTML tags

If you're going to use <blockquote> and other HTML tags, remember to close them - I had to close three that you left dangling on three separate MfDs that were warping the whole page. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 13:05, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry and thank you for closing the blockquotes. Yours aye,  Buaidh  15:52, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
No problem :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 08:29, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Komi language templates

Hello, Buaidh. I oppose your last changes to those English language templates, which are probably the most common ones on Wikipedia. Language templates should be concise, and you adding the word ‘language’ everywhere hasn’t changed anything besides making them longer.

However, as a person who tries to observe WP:DGAF, I will not argue with you about this. Instead, I have a request: Can you please make some Komi language templates? They are mostly available on the Komi Wikipedia, but the English one only has two. Don’t forget adding the relevant categories, which are probably as important as the templates themselves. Thanks! ~ Itsused(Talk·Contribs) 16:57, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

When I encounter the single word "English", my first thoughts are:
  1. The English people
  2. The English language
  3. England
I try to clarify which of the above I'm referring to.
I only create user boxes in the English language. We only have four users with a kv-1 comprehension. I will be happy to work with a user with a greater Komi language comprehension. Yours aye,  Buaidh  17:16, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
No problem, thanks for clarifying. I guess this distinction – although a bit unnecessary – is important to some people, and since English is not my native tongue I can’t really argue about this. Have a good day. ~ Itsused(Talk·Contribs) 13:55, 14 October 2017 (UTC)


Userboxes/Media/Film/Specific_Films_by_Genre

Your change from "usbk" to "yy" broke the page from "The Matrix" onwards. I have not found a solution (exept a revret). I guess, hence you know the technical reason for the change, you may be in a better position to fix it. Thanks and greetings --Jahobr (talk) 22:49, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry I left the page messed up. I've now split the page to create more room for expansion. Yours aye,  Buaidh  00:33, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
same thing here: Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Views. since you know what to do, i leave it to you to fix it. you might want to check any other pages you made these edits to as well. cheers, k kisses 17:49, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
I'm sorry. The Wikipedia:Userboxes pages take some time to straighten out, and sometimes I get interrupted before I can finish. I'll try to avoid this. Yours aye,  Buaidh  23:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Media/Film and User:UBX/Userboxes/Religion are broken too. What is the advantage to change from "usbk" to "yy"? It does not seem to have benefits, but it breaks the pages. --Jahobr (talk) 11:53, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
The edits to Wikipedia:Userboxes/Media/Film are finally complete. The Wikipedia:Userboxes pages continue to grow as new userboxes are added. Frequently these pages grow so long that it becomes quite difficult to locate userboxes. Template:Yytab allows tables to be broken into subtables on multiple pages. This should make it easier for users to locate the userboxes of their particular interest.
The edits to User:UBX/Userboxes/Religion were completely premature. I have reverted all my edits to this page. Yours aye,  Buaidh  22:52, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

Please stop making disruptive edits, as you did at Template:User en-5.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Non-consensus edit. KMF (talk) 03:13, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

There is no content dispute that I am aware of. I made an edit. User:Mz7 made further changes which I approved (please see #English variants above.) User:KATMAKROFAN went through and reverted most of our changes without any discussion or previous involvement. I don't mind the reversions, but I cannot find the disputing consensus that KATMAKROFAN claims.
I believe KATMAKROFAN is just attempting to intimidate. I disagree with KATMAKROFAN and the Association of Deletionist Wikipedians, although I understand many of their concerns. I go to great lengths to avoid disrupting other users. Please let me know if I misunderstand the situation. Yours aye,  Buaidh  04:12, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

You have a bunch of new subpages

As per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User US-RU and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User huge mistake, the following templates are now in your user space:

Wikitext userbox where used
{{User:Buaidh/User alternative facts}}
This user believes that
alternative facts
are damnable lies.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/alt-right foe}}
This user ardently opposes
the alt-right.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/Anti-fascist}}
This user ardently opposes the rise of neo-fascism.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User anti-imperial}} Lua error: expandTemplate: template "User:Buaidh/User anti-imperial" does not exist. linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User Anti-racist}}
This user ardently opposes all forms of RACISM.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User anti-Trump}}
This user ardently opposes the policies, actions, and behavior of Donald J. Trump.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User Bannon sad}}
Stephen Kevin BannonThis user believes
"deconstruction of the administrative state" is a wee pretentious.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User decent}}
This user wants to
MAKE AMERICA
DECENT AGAIN.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User defies Trump}}
This user will ardently defy the reign of
Donald J. Trump.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User democratic}}
This user opposes all forms of
OLIGARCHY.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User endured Trump}}
Donald TrumpThis user and the United States have endured the onerous reign of U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User facts}}
This user believes that
facts trump
political propaganda.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User huge mistake}} Lua error: expandTemplate: template "User:Buaidh/User huge mistake" does not exist. linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User make decent}}
This user wants to
MAKE AMERICA DECENT AGAIN
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User opposes Trump}}
This user fervently opposes the reign of Donald J. Trump.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User prelegal}}
This user's ancestors were not legal immigrants. They arrived before the Page Act of 1875.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User republican}}
This user
bows to no king!
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User resist}}
This user is a United States
WOMAN RESISTER
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User science}}
This user believes that
science trumps
individual belief.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User smart}}
This user wants to
MAKE AMERICA
SMART AGAIN.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User think}}
This user wants to
MAKE AMERICA
THINK AGAIN.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User Trump leaks}}
David DennisonThis user is concerned about
Donald Trump's many leaks.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User Trump sad}}
Donald TrumpThis user believes that U.S. President Donald Trump is steering the United States onto a dangerous course.
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User US-RU}}
Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinThis user is very concerned about the bromance of
Vladimir & Donald		Donald John Trump
 linked pages
{{User:Buaidh/User white nationalism foe}}
This user ardently opposes all forms of racial nationalism.
 linked pages

The following two I have left where they are for now, purely because someone relisted the MfDs.

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User MAGA before European colonization}}
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
as we were before European colonization
 linked pages
{{Template:User under surveillance}}
Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinThis user knows that
Vladimir is listening.
 linked pages

The next step is to repair all links on user pages, after which the redirects from template space can be deleted or tagged with {{db-g6}}. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 13:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

I have fixed all the doc pages and deleted the template talk redirects, I am going to see if there is an automated solution to do the rest. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 14:21, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I was hoping that I could do this a bit more cleanly, but thank you for your efforts. Yours aye,  Buaidh  15:58, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Subpage moves

I have made the following moves and I am attempting to clean up redirects.

Yours aye,  Buaidh  22:42, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Yours aye,  Buaidh  00:14, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians interested in personal health has been nominated for discussion

Category:Wikipedians interested in personal health, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. VegaDark (talk) 05:57, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Since you had some involvement with the Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  02:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Ann Arbor, MI MSA listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ann Arbor, MI MSA. Since you had some involvement with the Ann Arbor, MI MSA redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  02:37, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Ann Arbor, Michigan metropolitan area listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ann Arbor, Michigan metropolitan area. Since you had some involvement with the Ann Arbor, Michigan metropolitan area redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  02:38, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

New Page Reviewing

Hello, Buaidh.

As one of Wikipedia's most experienced Wikipedia editors,
Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 21:43, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Warning error (on my part)

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Wikipedia:Userboxes. - FlightTime (open channel) 21:32, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

May I ask what your problem is with Wikipedia:Userboxes? Yours aye,  Buaidh  21:37, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Well, this doesn't look constructive, espeially from a seasoned editor, and no edit summary to explain the changes. - FlightTime (open channel) 21:42, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Very seasoned. The edit summary explains that I made a few minor edits to See also. I appreciate your vigilance, but do you have a issue with my changes? Yours aye,  Buaidh  21:48, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, what's this [[File:Crystal kthememgr.svg|40p8779753502x]] ? - FlightTime (open channel) 21:53, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Buaidh, if I were you I would check your PC for malware. That does not look like something you could do yourself accidentally; it may be a malicious piece of e.g. Javascript that inserted what looks like a phone number into your edit, perhaps as a form of spam (if you were typing an e-mail then a randomly inserted phone number might be clicked on and dialled if read on a phone).--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 22:00, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
I will. I'm not sure whence that debris came, although I do have fat fingers (and BIG HANDS.) Thanks,  Buaidh  22:04, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
JohnBlackburne Thank you. Sorry for the misunderstanding. - FlightTime (open channel) 22:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Articles for Creation Reviewing

Hello, Buaidh.
AfC submissions
Random submission
~7 weeks
1,430 pending submissions
Purge to update

I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged.
Would you please consider becoming an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After requesting to be added to the project, reviewing is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 03:00, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


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