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Sections older than <b>30 days</b> may be automatically archived by <span class="nowraplinks"><a href="/wiki/User:Lowercase_sigmabot_III" title="User:Lowercase sigmabot III">Lowercase sigmabot III</a></span> when more than 5 sections are present.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked" data-mw-thread-id="h-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked-20241102224300"><span id="uw-legal_doesn.27t_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked-20241102224300"></span>uw-legal doesn't actually inform users that they will be blocked<span data-mw-comment-end="h-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked-20241102224300"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: uw-legal doesn't actually inform users that they will be blocked"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-WikiDan61-20241102224300-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked"></span>The current wording of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-legal" title="Template:Uw-legal">uw-legal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> states that <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk">Users who make such threats <i>may</i> be blocked.</q> (emphasis added) It is my understanding that a user <i>must</i> be blocked until the legal threat is withdrawn. Is that not the case? And if it is, shouldn't the template be worded to note that outcome? <a href="/wiki/User:WikiDan61" title="User:WikiDan61"><span style="color: green;">WikiDan61</span></a><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:WikiDan61" title="User talk:WikiDan61">ChatMe!</a></sup><sub><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/WikiDan61" title="Special:Contributions/WikiDan61">ReadMe!!</a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-WikiDan61-20241102224300-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:43, 2 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-WikiDan61-20241102224300-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-WikiDan61-20241102224300-uw-legal_doesn't_actually_inform_users_that_they_will_be_blocked"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500-WikiDan61-20241102224300"></span>I think in practice we usually give a single, brief chance to withdrawl the threat. Hence why we have a warning. <a href="/wiki/User:Just_Step_Sideways" title="User:Just Step Sideways">Just Step Sideways</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Just_Step_Sideways" title="User talk:Just Step Sideways"><sup>from this world ..... today</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500-WikiDan61-20241102224300" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:05, 3 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500-WikiDan61-20241102224300"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500-WikiDan61-20241102224300"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-WikiDan61-20241104123100-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500"></span>Yes, but the template doesn't mention that. It makes no mention of the fact that the way to avoid being blocked is to withdraw the threat. <a href="/wiki/User:WikiDan61" title="User:WikiDan61"><span style="color: green;">WikiDan61</span></a><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:WikiDan61" title="User talk:WikiDan61">ChatMe!</a></sup><sub><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/WikiDan61" title="Special:Contributions/WikiDan61">ReadMe!!</a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-WikiDan61-20241104123100-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:31, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-WikiDan61-20241104123100-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-WikiDan61-20241104123100-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220500"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024" data-mw-thread-id="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024-20241103002400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024-20241103002400"></span>Template-protected edit request on 3 November 2024<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024-20241103002400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Template-protected edit request on 3 November 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-137a-20241103002400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879475"><table class="plainlinks tmbox mbox-small tmbox-notice editrequest" role="presentation" data-origlevel="template"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/45px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">edit request</a> to <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-copyrightblock" title="Template:Uw-copyrightblock">Template:Uw-copyrightblock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-efblock" title="Template:Uw-efblock">Template:Uw-efblock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-ablock" title="Template:Uw-ablock">Template:Uw-ablock</a> has been answered. Set the <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|answered=</code> or <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|ans=</code> parameter to <b>no</b> to reactivate your request.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Change <code>{{Block notice|banners={{Twinkle standard installation}}}}</code> to <code>{{Block notice|temp or indef=yes|banners={{Twinkle standard installation}}}}</code> since this template can be used for temporary blocks. This only affects the documentation of the template. <a href="/wiki/User:137a" title="User:137a">137a</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:137a" title="User talk:137a">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/137a" title="Special:Contributions/137a">edits</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-137a-20241103002400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">00:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-137a-20241103002400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-137a-20241103002400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_3_November_2024"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-SilverLocust-20241103012400-137a-20241103002400"></span><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/18px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/27px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/36px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span><b> Done</b></span>. <a href="/wiki/User:SilverLocust" title="User:SilverLocust">SilverLocust</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:SilverLocust" title="User talk:SilverLocust">💬</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-SilverLocust-20241103012400-137a-20241103002400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">01:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-SilverLocust-20241103012400-137a-20241103002400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-SilverLocust-20241103012400-137a-20241103002400"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Uw-tilde" data-mw-thread-id="h-Uw-tilde-20241103220400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Uw-tilde-20241103220400"></span>Uw-tilde<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Uw-tilde-20241103220400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uw-tilde"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400-Uw-tilde"></span>Should <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-tilde" title="Template:Uw-tilde">Uw-tilde</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> be updated to include information about the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REPLYTOOL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REPLYTOOL">reply tool</a>? Seems like it has really caught on with the community, it signs posts for you, but it cannot be used if someone does not sign their post, so not only is there no sig but you have to open the eidting window instead of using this convenient tool, make sigs even more important than they already were. <a href="/wiki/User:Just_Step_Sideways" title="User:Just Step Sideways">Just Step Sideways</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Just_Step_Sideways" title="User talk:Just Step Sideways"><sup>from this world ..... today</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400-Uw-tilde" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400-Uw-tilde"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400-Uw-tilde"></span> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/User:Just_Step_Sideways" title="User:Just Step Sideways"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mathglot-20241105214600-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400"></span>Just Step Sideways</a>, feel free to add a link to it to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#See_also" title="Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace">§ See also</a> section (which maybe would benefit from <a href="/wiki/Template:Div_col" title="Template:Div col">folding</a>). <a href="/wiki/User:Mathglot" title="User:Mathglot">Mathglot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mathglot" title="User talk:Mathglot">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Mathglot-20241105214600-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:46, 5 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mathglot-20241105214600-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mathglot-20241105214600-Just_Step_Sideways-20241103220400"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024" data-mw-thread-id="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024-20241104183400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024-20241104183400"></span>Template-protected edit request on 5 November 2024<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024-20241104183400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Template-protected edit request on 5 November 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-118.99.116.249-20241104183400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879475"><table class="plainlinks tmbox mbox-small tmbox-notice editrequest" role="presentation" data-origlevel="semi"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/45px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">edit request</a> to <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-spamublock" title="Template:Uw-spamublock">Template:Uw-spamublock</a> has been answered. Set the <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|answered=</code> or <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|ans=</code> parameter to <b>no</b> to reactivate your request.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Change web site -> website, more common and correct spelling and usage. <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/118.99.116.249" title="Special:Contributions/118.99.116.249">118.99.116.249</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:118.99.116.249&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:118.99.116.249 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-118.99.116.249-20241104183400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-118.99.116.249-20241104183400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-118.99.116.249-20241104183400-Template-protected_edit_request_on_5_November_2024"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Remsense-20241104224600-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/17px-Symbol_question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/26px-Symbol_question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/34px-Symbol_question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span> <span style="font-weight:bold">Question: </span> Where specifically is this in reference to? Only <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">website</span> is ever used either on the talk page or in any of the templates. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F"><a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense"><span style="color:#fff"><b>Remsense</b></span></a><span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Remsense" title="User talk:Remsense"><span lang="zh" style="color:#fff"><b>论</b></span></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Remsense-20241104224600-118.99.116.249-20241104183400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Remsense-20241104224600-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Remsense-20241104224600-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"></span> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-spamublock" title="Template:Uw-spamublock"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Tollens-20241104230700-Remsense-20241104224600"></span>Template:Uw-spamublock</a> is the only warning/block template I can find containing "web site". <a href="/wiki/User:Tollens" title="User:Tollens">Tollens</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tollens" title="User talk:Tollens">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Tollens-20241104230700-Remsense-20241104224600" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:07, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Tollens-20241104230700-Remsense-20241104224600"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Tollens-20241104230700-Remsense-20241104224600"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Remsense-20241104231100-Tollens-20241104230700"></span>Well, I fixed that one then. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F"><a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense"><span style="color:#fff"><b>Remsense</b></span></a><span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Remsense" title="User talk:Remsense"><span lang="zh" style="color:#fff"><b>论</b></span></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Remsense-20241104231100-Tollens-20241104230700" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Remsense-20241104231100-Tollens-20241104230700"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Remsense-20241104231100-Tollens-20241104230700"></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Redrose64-20241104232800-Remsense-20241104224600"></span>Er, <a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense">Remsense</a>, the IP did specify Template:Uw-spamublock in their <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&diff=prev&oldid=1255391573">original post</a></span>, which somebody subsequently <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&diff=next&oldid=1255391573">messed with</a></span>. --<a href="/wiki/User:Redrose64" title="User:Redrose64"><span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64</a> 🌹 (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Redrose64" title="User talk:Redrose64">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Redrose64-20241104232800-Remsense-20241104224600" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Redrose64-20241104232800-Remsense-20241104224600"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Redrose64-20241104232800-Remsense-20241104224600"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Remsense-20241104233100-Redrose64-20241104232800"></span>Some day, I will learn to read. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F"><a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense"><span style="color:#fff"><b>Remsense</b></span></a><span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Remsense" title="User talk:Remsense"><span lang="zh" style="color:#fff"><b>论</b></span></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Remsense-20241104233100-Redrose64-20241104232800" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:31, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Remsense-20241104233100-Redrose64-20241104232800"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Remsense-20241104233100-Redrose64-20241104232800"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-M.Bitton-20241105002400-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Black_check.svg/18px-Black_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Black_check.svg/27px-Black_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Black_check.svg/36px-Black_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></a></span><b> Already done</b> <a href="/wiki/User:M.Bitton" title="User:M.Bitton">M.Bitton</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:M.Bitton" title="User talk:M.Bitton">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-M.Bitton-20241105002400-118.99.116.249-20241104183400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">00:24, 5 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-M.Bitton-20241105002400-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-M.Bitton-20241105002400-118.99.116.249-20241104183400"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?-20241111023500"><span id="Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?-20241111023500"></span>Can we develop a userblock-wellknown bad faith template?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?-20241111023500"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Can we develop a userblock-wellknown bad faith template?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Rsjaffe-20241111023500-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?"></span>In my very brief Admin career, I've run across two users who had the name of well-known living persons and were making promotional edits for that person. Ideally, I'd give a bad-faith well-known username block notice, but the only one we have is good-faith (see the table at to see the empty table cell). Can we develop one that combines living person username confirmation requirements with disruptive/promotional editing language for hard blocks? </p><p>That is, take <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown" title="Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown">Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown</a> and add bad faith/hard block language to it. — <a href="/wiki/User:Rsjaffe" title="User:Rsjaffe"><b style="font-family:Papyrus;color:DarkSlateGrey;">rsjaffe</b></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Rsjaffe" title="User talk:Rsjaffe">🗣️</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Rsjaffe-20241111023500-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:35, 11 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Rsjaffe-20241111023500-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Rsjaffe-20241111023500-Can_we_develop_a_userblock-wellknown_bad_faith_template?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mathglot-20241111090100-Rsjaffe-20241111023500"></span>If you can edit <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown/sandbox" title="Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown/sandbox">Template:Uw-ublock-wellknown/sandbox</a> and replace it in its entirety with the wording that you think the template ought to emit in that case in plain text format, I will attempt to help adjust the template to do so. If you want the language to come out of the existing template, we will need a new parameter to flag that; what should be call it, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|badfaith=yes</code>? Something else? <a href="/wiki/User:Mathglot" title="User:Mathglot">Mathglot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mathglot" title="User talk:Mathglot">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Mathglot-20241111090100-Rsjaffe-20241111023500" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:01, 11 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mathglot-20241111090100-Rsjaffe-20241111023500"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mathglot-20241111090100-Rsjaffe-20241111023500"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Rsjaffe-20241112161200-Mathglot-20241111090100"></span>I'll do the editing later today. Thanks. — <a href="/wiki/User:Rsjaffe" title="User:Rsjaffe"><b style="font-family:Papyrus;color:DarkSlateGrey;">rsjaffe</b></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Rsjaffe" title="User talk:Rsjaffe">🗣️</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Rsjaffe-20241112161200-Mathglot-20241111090100" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Rsjaffe-20241112161200-Mathglot-20241111090100"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Rsjaffe-20241112161200-Mathglot-20241111090100"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Rsjaffe-20241113055000-Rsjaffe-20241112161200"></span>Looks like tomorrow instead. — <a href="/wiki/User:Rsjaffe" title="User:Rsjaffe"><b style="font-family:Papyrus;color:DarkSlateGrey;">rsjaffe</b></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Rsjaffe" title="User talk:Rsjaffe">🗣️</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Rsjaffe-20241113055000-Rsjaffe-20241112161200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">05:50, 13 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Rsjaffe-20241113055000-Rsjaffe-20241112161200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Rsjaffe-20241113055000-Rsjaffe-20241112161200"></span> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NODEADLINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NODEADLINE"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mathglot-20241113055100-Rsjaffe-20241113055000"></span>WP:NODEADLINE</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:Mathglot" title="User:Mathglot">Mathglot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mathglot" title="User talk:Mathglot">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Mathglot-20241113055100-Rsjaffe-20241113055000" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">05:51, 13 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mathglot-20241113055100-Rsjaffe-20241113055000"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mathglot-20241113055100-Rsjaffe-20241113055000"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?-20241116185500"><span id="Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?-20241116185500"></span>Can we write <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">Template:uw-vandalism1</a> in a more formal tone?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?-20241116185500"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Can we write Template:uw-vandalism1 in a more formal tone?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Z._Patterson-20241116185500-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?"></span>In the user warning vandalism series of user message templates, I noticed that <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">Template:uw-vandalism1</a> uses contractions and ends with "Thanks", but the rest of the user warning vandalism series templates do not. I propose we could rewrite <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">Template:uw-vandalism1</a> as follows, using <a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">User:Example</a> in this instance. </p> <dl><dd><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Information.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Information icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Information.svg/25px-Information.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Information.svg/38px-Information.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Information.svg/50px-Information.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"/></a></span> Hello, I am <a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">Example</a>. I wanted to let you know that one or more of <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Template_index" title="Special:Contributions/Template index">your recent contributions</a> have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox" title="Wikipedia:Sandbox">sandbox</a>. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse" title="Wikipedia:Teahouse">Teahouse</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">Help desk</a>. Thank you.</dd></dl> <p><br/> Please let me know if this rewriting would work and if people could take users who post these messages more seriously. A more formal tone could convey seriousness. I think people would be more likely to heed the notice. <a href="/wiki/User:Z._Patterson" title="User:Z. Patterson">Z. Patterson</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Z._Patterson" title="User talk:Z. Patterson">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Z._Patterson-20241116185500-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:55, 16 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Z._Patterson-20241116185500-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Z._Patterson-20241116185500-Can_we_write_Template:uw-vandalism1_in_a_more_formal_tone?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Redrose64-20241116195900-Z._Patterson-20241116185500"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Z._Patterson" title="User:Z. Patterson">Z. Patterson</a>:</span> Have you looked at the other level 1 templates, such as <a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-unsourced1" title="Template:Uw-unsourced1">Template:Uw-unsourced1</a>? Most (if not all) end in either "Thanks" or "Thank you", because they <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">assume good faith</a>. If it's clear that the user has begun with a <i>bad</i> faith edit, you don't need to begin the chain with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">subst:uw-vandalism1</a>}}</code>, you can go straight to <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism2" title="Template:Uw-vandalism2">subst:uw-vandalism2</a>}}</code> - or higher, if necessary. --<a href="/wiki/User:Redrose64" title="User:Redrose64"><span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64</a> 🌹 (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Redrose64" title="User talk:Redrose64">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Redrose64-20241116195900-Z._Patterson-20241116185500" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:59, 16 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Redrose64-20241116195900-Z._Patterson-20241116185500"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Redrose64-20241116195900-Z._Patterson-20241116185500"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Z._Patterson-20241116200700-Redrose64-20241116195900"></span>@Redrose64: I understand now. Thank you. <a href="/wiki/User:Z._Patterson" title="User:Z. Patterson">Z. Patterson</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Z._Patterson" title="User talk:Z. Patterson">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Z._Patterson-20241116200700-Redrose64-20241116195900" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:07, 16 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Z._Patterson-20241116200700-Redrose64-20241116195900"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Z._Patterson-20241116200700-Redrose64-20241116195900"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reason_here" data-mw-thread-id="h-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas-20241117012200"><span id="Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock.7Creason.3DYour_reason_here"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas-20241117012200"></span>Add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: unblock|reason=Your reason here<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas-20241117012200"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: unblock|reason=Your reason here"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Jpgordon-20241117012200-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas"></span>We use this same language in many block templates. I'm sure somebody has pointed out that the net result of this is very frequent unblock requests that follow the instructions we give the user quite literally; they add exactly that text to the bottom of the talk page. Though sometimes it's just the blocked miscreant being obtuse, as often as not, when asked to actually give a reason, they give a reason. Why are we wasting our time and theirs with this? It sets us up to be chastising the user for following our instructions literally. <a href="/wiki/User:Jpgordon" title="User:Jpgordon">--jpgordon</a><sup><small><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jpgordon" title="User talk:Jpgordon">𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇</a></small></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-Jpgordon-20241117012200-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">01:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Jpgordon-20241117012200-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Jpgordon-20241117012200-Add_the_following_text_to_the_bottom_of_your_talk_page:_unblock|reason=Your_reas"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-The_Grid-20241119142100-Jpgordon-20241117012200"></span>Are we really wasting our time? The key part before even asking the user to use the unlock template is they understand why they were blocked. We have the same set of instructions for any other template like XfC and XfD regardless of user experience. – <a href="/wiki/User:The_Grid" title="User:The Grid"><span style="color:navy">The Grid</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:The_Grid" title="User talk:The Grid"><span style="color:navy">talk</span></a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace#c-The_Grid-20241119142100-Jpgordon-20241117012200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-The_Grid-20241119142100-Jpgordon-20241117012200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-The_Grid-20241119142100-Jpgordon-20241117012200"></span></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&oldid=1259154056">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Template_index/User_talk_namespace&oldid=1259154056</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_User_warnings" title="Category:WikiProject User warnings">WikiProject User warnings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Username-related_templates" title="Category:Username-related templates">Username-related templates</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 23 November 2024, at 17:47<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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