User talk:Pythoncoder/Archive 2

Archive 2: 2018

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SearchSuite

I noticed you installed this script.

I thought you might like a pointer...

Help:Searching has been overhauled and updated. The special characters and parameters sections are very useful, and work especially well with SearchSuite's sort and turn off details features.

I'm interested in what you think about SearchSuite. Please post your experiences, suggestions, and questions on its talk page. Thank you.     — The Transhumanist    03:59, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

I stumbled upon your user page when you thanked me for the new welcome template. Well...thank you for your listing of user scripts! I've been around for so long I still remember when Twinkle was a humble user script, but I hadn't realised how many fantastic "new" ones had appeared since then. I'd long intended to do something about the various inconsistencies in terms of titling and redirects for articles on Christian Saints, but it always seemed far too time-consuming. Now I've managed to make a start with Sagittarius+ So here's a coffee for having an incredibly useful user page! Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 01:00, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

@Newbiepedian: thanks! — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:52, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Portals draft

Thanks for your Signpost submission. I will recommend that it is run in the upcoming issue. We are having a discussion about who's doing what in terms of editorial control this time around. Anyway there's one content-related item I thought was interesting. Your piece says that some people want to move portals to Wikipedia space, presumably under control of the project, and WP:NOTSOCIALMEDIA is a motivator for the entire discussion. I've also heard in other discussions that projects themselves should be done away with under the NOTSOCIALMEDIA rubric. Not sure how this all would play out, but it might be worth mentioning. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:12, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for... pointing out symptoms? Nigos (t@lk • Contribs) 08:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 65.213.211.254 (talk) 20:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC) I think it's "Huckleberry". Her maiden name was Huckabee, but when she got married, she adopted her childhood nickname Huckleberry as her middle name. No?

Invitation to WikiProject Portals

The Portals WikiProject has been rebooted.

You are invited to join, and participate in the effort to revitalize and improve the Portal system and all the portals in it.

There are sections on the WikiProject page dedicated to tasks (including WikiGnome tasks too), and areas on the talk page for discussing the improvement and automation of the various features of portals.

Many complaints have been lodged in the RfC to delete all portals, pointing out their various problems. They say that many portals are not maintained, or have fallen out of date, are useless, etc. Many of the !votes indicate that the editors who posted them simply don't believe in the potential of portals anymore.

It's time to change all that. Let's give them reasons to believe in portals, by revitalizing them.

The best response to a deletion nomination is to fix the page that was nominated. The further underway the effort is to improve portals by the time the RfC has run its course, the more of the reasons against portals will no longer apply. RfCs typically run 30 days. There are 19 days left in this one. Let's see how many portals we can update and improve before the RfC is closed, and beyond.

A healthy WikiProject dedicated to supporting and maintaining portals may be the strongest argument of all not to delete.

We may even surprise ourselves and exceed all expectations. Who knows what we will be able to accomplish in what may become the biggest Wikicollaboration in years.

Let's do this.

See ya at the WikiProject!

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   10:24, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

RfA talk

Re: This edit. Those comments don't belong there, they are part of the RfA. They were innapropriately removed from the RfA and added to the talk page. They have since been re-added to the RfA where they belong, so your edit only serves to create needless duplication. Please self-revert and restore that that talk page section to its proper status. Thank you. - ^theWOLFchild 17:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for alerting me to this problem. At the time I made the edit, the comments were not present in the RfA. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 18:01, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I posted a question (whether you agreed with it or not), you replied and I responded with a follow up comment and thanked you for your reply. Those 3 posts are a legitimate part of the RfA and should remain. The posts beginning with JBL's off-topic reply were moved to the talk page where they belonged. That should've been the end of it, but JBL them moved our posts there as well, (though they should've remained in the RfA). As I was restoring them to the RfA, it was closed. Now some editors, having no clue what is going on, keep flip-flopping content back and forth with needless reverts, causing the page to become full protected for a week by SQL.

• this is the correct version of the RfA, (which needs to be restored) and
• this is the correct version of the RfA talk page, (which is fine now as it is).

It's unfortunate all this nonsense occurred. I tried to keep it from derailing your entry to the RfA by moving the off-topic posts to the talk in the first place. Hopefully SQL (who I've pinged) will read this and restore the RfA, or it will be corrected once the protection expires. Hopefully this will put an end to the disruption. - ^theWOLFchild 18:55, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: I've put the first 3 replies back to the talk page as a temporary measure until protection is removed, and then we'll see what happens from there. Better on the talk page than hidden in the history, at least for now — but on the main RfA page is better than both. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 23:28, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Apparently once the RfA is closed, they posts can't be re-added, but I have suggested adding them to the bottom of the RfA page, below the closed section, once the protection expires. It's been done before, doesn't violate any rules and should serve as a descent compromise. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully that will be the end it. Thanks again and take care. - ^theWOLFchild 05:31, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Votesymbol for "no consensus"

Hi, thanks for making an updated version of the votesymbols script. I had been maintaining/expanding Ais' version for a couple of years, glad to see someone else give the script some care. However can you fix the close/no consensus keyword detection? Because for example right now it adds the votesymbol to every AfD relist because the notice includes a bolded "consensus". Example: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GetAmped2. However I seem to recall that two-word couldn't be used in Ais' version so not sure if "no consensus" would even work.... Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 22:53, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention. Unfortunately, the script as written can’t really solve either of these problems. Admittedly my JavaScript isn’t that good. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 23:20, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

I think in the meantime removing "consensus" as a keyword for the close votesymbol would solve it. We've lived for years without a votesymbol besides "no consensus" results, we can continue doing so I presume. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 23:48, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

@Salvidrim!: I've removed it for now. Maybe when my JavaScript skills are better, I'll fix it. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 23:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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Swarm ♠ 08:44, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much

The RfC discussion to eliminate portals was closed May 12, with the statement "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time." This was made possible because you and others came to the rescue. Thank you for speaking up.

By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

I'd also like to let you know that the Portals WikiProject is working hard to make sure your support of portals was not in vain. Toward that end, we have been working diligently to innovate portals, while building, updating, upgrading, and maintaining them. The project has grown to 80 members so far, and has become a beehive of activity.

Our two main goals at this time are to automate portals (in terms of refreshing, rotating, and selecting content), and to develop a one-page model in order to make obsolete and eliminate most of the 150,000 subpages from the portal namespace by migrating their functions to the portal base pages, using technologies such as selective transclusion. Please feel free to join in on any of the many threads of development at the WikiProject's talk page, or just stop by to see how we are doing. If you have any questions about portals or portal development, that is the best place to ask them.

If you would like to keep abreast of developments on portals, keep in mind that the project's members receive updates on their talk pages. The updates are also posted here, for your convenience.

Again, we can't thank you enough for your support of portals, and we hope to make you proud of your decision. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   10:48, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

P.S.: if you reply to this message, please {{ping}} me. Thank you. -TT

@The Transhumanist: While I sort of have my hands full right now in on- and off-wiki work, I have been checking out WikiProject Portals on occasion and I like where it’s going. Keep up the good work! (To think I got a message like this when my !vote was “Oppose for Contents, Featured Content, and Current Events; Neutral for everything else”...) — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 21:08, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

H:API listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect H:API. Since you had some involvement with the H:API redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 21:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar is awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly difficult problem. Excel... And I thought using WinMerge was creative! Mind to share technical details? Now please excuse me while I'm stealing this wonderful page. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:42, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: Basically, what I did was copy the wikitext of the icon galleries I mentioned as sources, then pasted them into an Excel workbook. After that, I cut-and-pasted each section into a different sheet. (This was the most tedious part.) After that, I used Excel's "Remove duplicates" feature to eliminate the duplicate icons (some manual edits were needed here). After that, I copied and pasted the text from each sheet back into the Wikipedia page. I later added additional icons I found.

The ordering of the sources was more or less random, but I did find yours to be one of the most complete. I am flattered by your stealing of my gallery; I did make a typo correction in the "Questions" section so you may want to incorporate that into yours. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:50, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Justify (horse)

On 11 June 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Justify (horse), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:01, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 2600:8804:900:6800:41A5:5A98:50C3:9FFC (talk) 04:07, 11 June 2018 (UTC) I just wanted to click the trout

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Suggestion for June

Regarding Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Discussion report I humbly suggest you've buried the lead; the community effectively reverted Jimbo on the "royal names" matter. That doesn't happen often and is worth mentioning! It's your article, so I won't flat-out tell you to do this; take it as an editorial suggestion. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:22, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

 Done — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 13:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Overdue barnstar from the Signpost team

		The Signpost Barnstar
		You've written columns for The Signpost and you haven't gotten a barnstar yet? Shame on us! Thanks for all you do. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:56, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Discussion report

Great start to the Signpost issue 8 Discussion report. One thing of note, it looks like Jimbo spearheaded the banners effort on Village Pump. That's probably noteworthy in and of itself, with him taking more of a backseat (maybe) in most community issues. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:28, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Blockchain notification log

Hi Pythoncoder. Just a reminder to please log your addition of {{blockchain notification}} on User talk:Inmean to the list at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:50, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310:  Done — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 22:43, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome template

Hiya, thanks for making use of my {{Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} template! Great to see it's not just me using it. However, please remember to prefix it with subst: to prevent it from being transcluded – if it's transcluded, your signature doesn't render! Thanks.--Newbiepedian (talk · C · X! · L) 03:36, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Noted. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 13:28, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

PLEASE ADVISE: Draft:Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula

Hi, Please let me know your opinion about the necessary revision of the contents to upload it in the mainspace of Wikipedia. I left a message on here as I imagine that you might be interested in the WIKIOPOLY ( It's a smart idea - I love it) :) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 05:57, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Amended parenthetical

Dl73 (talk) 12:04, 14 August 2018 (UTC) Thank you for the proposed amendment, the aim of which, it is appreciated, was to make the description more conventional. But the description originally used had a particular purpose: the appropriate and most useful parenthetical in this (unique) case is not "singer" but "music hall". The reason is that the original, late performer's name has, unfortunately, been appropriated by a living drag-act/rap "singer" named Christopher Green (who appears to administer his own wikipedia entry, apt itself to cause confusion). This person's appropriation of the name seems to have caused complications in using simply "Ida Barr" with no parenthetical, which would have been preferred. Use of "singer" as a parenthetical for the late Ida Barr is capable of adding confusion. If possible, the ideal solution would be to have "Ida Barr" with no parenthetical; "(Music hall)" would be second best. Thank you for your understanding. 17 August 2018 Dl73 (talk) 12:04, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Dl73: Feel free to revert. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 13:37, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost

'Discussion report'. With Bri and me having very little time for the newsroom this month, columnists and content submitters may well have to consider cleaning up and formatting their article drafts for publication themselves. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:46, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

That’s fine — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:21, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Three days to deadline. It is hoped that contributors who know how will clean up and do the CE themselves this month. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:39, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Just a reminder that deadline is today and we have no capacity for CE and cleaning up. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Noted. I will CE Bri's addition to the DR. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 01:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Feedback on warning, and don’t template the regulars, please.

Hey Pythoncoder,

I just received a {{Uw-nor1}} warning from you about the no original research policy. I however am well aware of the policy, and wasn’t thinking much of it when I made the problem edit, as it has to do with something that’s intra-Wikipedia, and not many sources cover silly Wikipedia events such as vandalism of a famous persons page. And those user warning templates can be kind of annoying, especially if the target user gets the same template message over and over, so I stopped using them for the most part and instead, post a message in my own words about their problem edits instead of templating them, especially if they’re not a new or anonymous user who intends to violate the Wikipedia policies. On that topic, most users seldom intend to violate Wikipedia’s policies. My edit was in good faith, and I didn’t intend to put original research into a very commonly read article, which in this case is Vandalism on Wikipedia. Look at a past message on my talk page for example (the one above the {{uw-nor1}} template message you left me), left by Nightscream. It’s in his own words about adhering to the policies on original research and verifiability. That’s what I do to regulars, longtime users, and well known users who I need to convey a message to that’s represented by a user warning template. Instead of using a standardized template message, I make a message from scratch. Even a level-1 template may seem harsh at times. Also, I stopped using Twinkle because of this. Twinkle fills in an automatic edit summary, so it’s difficult for me to know the mood of the editor issuing me a warning. It’s kinda like sarcasm in a text message without using an emoji to convey your current mood. There’s an essay about templating the regulars at WP:DTR. tl;dr Regulars may be fully aware of Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines, so leaving a template on their talk page might just seem like your reteaching then when they already know what to do and what not to do while editing Wikipedia. Thanks! — Nick Gurr 7777 ^{| TALK} / _{CONTRIBS |} 22:40, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

2  Self-trouts in a week... maybe it’s time for a wikibreak. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 00:22, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Or maybe not. That "do not template the regulars" thing is only a WP:ESSAY -- people still seem to drop templates all over my talk page for the strangest of reasons -- and also I'm not sure that someone who only started editing a few months ago and still has less than one thousand edits is exactly a "regular" as intended by that essay anyway? Level 1 notices generally do assume good faith, so there's altogether too many wikilinks in the above message from Nick Gurr 7777 for anyone to need any trout. Or maybe it's just late here so I'm missing something. MPS1992 (talk) 00:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Call me crazy, but I do like being templated. So that probably makes me biased towards doing the same thing to other users, even if that's not the best idea. See, I wish there was a self-minnow template, but because {{self-trout}} already is smaller than a {{minnow}}, there wouldn't be much point. Let that be a lesson to me... never edit when your phone battery is at 4%, it messes with your mind! — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 01:20, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

I’m personally fine with being templated. I was just saying some people might not. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks. - Nick Gurr 7777 ^{| TALK} / _{CONTRIBS |} 21:19, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost (September)

Do you think you can get In the media and Discussion report ready for copyedit for the September issue, soon? ☆ Bri (talk) 14:15, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

This afternoon, and failing that, this weekend, but I hope it doesn't come to that. Was last month's FC for the goings-on through August 19?  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:46, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: DR is ready.  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:37, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Editing and Approval of Efficiencie

Hi Pythoncoder,

Thank you for the great work you are doing and taking time to review my page edit for Efficiencie.

Seen your review and dismissal of the Efficiencie page. I am new to editing wikipedia pages and i don't see how the page is like marketing because i wrote it modelling after other accepted wikipedia pages which have exactly the same flow.

Can you please help me advise what i should remove or help me with your services of writing a proper wikipedia page because the external links i put are from credible news sources and leading newspapers in our country.

My intention is not to market but to create an Efficiencie page that people can read. So you can take out whatever looks like marketing.

Your help on this will be highly appreciated.

Kind regards, Kavuma

Ashiramsr (talk) 07:44, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Note to self: the page referenced is at Draft:Efficiencie.  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:16, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Kavuma: I am leaving a note on the draft right now. In particular, I recommend you read WP:SOLUTIONS.  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:30, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Deleting an article draft

Hello, As far as I can see you reviewed my article on b2broker entity but when I try to make corrections the page says the article was deleted. So, I wonder was it you who deleted the article draft and for what reasons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chronos Waters (talk • contribs) 10:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

@Chronos Waters: I am not an admin so I cannot delete drafts or see contributions to deleted pages. Can you put the link to the page that got deleted here? Also, please sign your posts with ~~~~ — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:13, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Say what?

You left a red link with this edit. Could you take a look? Thanks - wolf 21:58, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Fixed  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 22:00, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Your assistance

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Your assistance needed for an article Draft:Kamal_Mustafa_(DJ)#Career SiddiqFarooq (talk) 09:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

@SiddiqFarooq: _{Pinged 15:04, 12 October 2018 (UTC)} What do you want my assistance with?  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:00, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Resubmited the draft with more references and neutrality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Raheel_Khursheed

Kindly check!

Best of luck! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:8B:857B:BC4A:9593:4C8A:7FCB (talk) 16:44, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost

Hi. I appreciated you joining the team. I'm strictly nothing to do with it now, but during those few months I learned a lot. Most of it just reinforced my evidence that I had already accumulated over the years and as a long-time admin, that far too many users are a nasty bunch of people, and far too few users are prepared to do anything about it - RfA is a prime example of the causal factors why people won't risk writing for The Signpost. If you are going to contribute to the editorial team, you'll need to encourage people to contribute content to it and help maintain standards. Using the magazine or its comment space to create or fan flame wars is something we all need to learn to combat, not just sit back and let it happen. If it hadn't been for all that nonsense, there was a fair chance I would have remained in the seat for a while. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:24, 15 October 2018 (UTC)!

I appreciate the monumental effort you put forth, Kudpung. Did you know during my appearance at ANI last spring, an editor brought up the fact that I write humour articles in an attempt to discredit my ability to edit in my area of expertise. OH yes! There are consequences for writing for the Signpost. Barbara ✐  ✉ 01:19, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost

There is no need to change anything about your comments about our latest supreme court justice, but wow. We can't dispute the pageviewss that an article gets but your comment about Kavanaugh seems less neutral than it could be. Otherwise I love everything you do to make the Signpost run. You are appreciated and a great writer. Thanks for all your contributions. The Very Best of Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 01:14, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

@Barbara (WVS): Feel free to substitute with the "alternative version" that I made after someone tried to "neutralize" my comments (prior to when that got reverted). Were I to write it today I would have probably done it better, I was just kind of really salty about him getting confirmed and felt like ranting.  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:17, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

• Just a heads up while thanking you again for everything you do for the magazine; there is really no need to put attribs to every single line of contributions to pages of multiple entry team efforts such as for example 'In the Media' or 'News and Notes' etc. The collective byline at the top is generally sufficient for all but the more substantial lead entry(s). If people really want to know, they can always check out the history. I realise that I no longer have any official say in the Newsroom, so it's just my 2c. Cheers, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:17, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

feel free to change it  pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 11:49, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Nissan Terrano

@User:Pythoncoder Please allow me to create an article for Nissan Terrano SUV as this is the main artilce of this SUV, which spans into three generations. I have tried my best to make it look better. Please kindly refer to these Wikipedia article on danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano ; german: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano ; french: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano ; japanese: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano ; polish : https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano ; portuguese: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano swedish: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Terrano — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rejs12345 (talk • contribs) 14:46, November 1, 2018 (UTC)

I will not review this draft until the MfD closes. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 20:41, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Please sign your posts. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 20:43, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

I. Robert Lehman

Do you do any research before tagging bad new stubs for deletion or do you just blindly react to the fact that it's a bad new stub with a prod? I. Robert Lehman is very clearly notable, as you probably would have discovered if you did any searching, and your immediate tagging of the article for deletion not only keeps good content out of the encyclopedia but also is problematic from the point of view of WP:BITE. I agree that the stub as written was not in an acceptable shape, but there are other things that you can do in response to that problem than delete delete delete. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

I just created the article but since I did not have enough time to finish it myself, I had left it for some other time to get complete. However, somebody else has extended my article and added references so please do not tag it for deletion anymore. This is Amir Azhieh —Preceding undated comment added 02:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

@Amir.azhieh: I am glad that the article has been expanded. Sorry for tagging the page for deletion earlier, that was a bit harsh. Now that the article has been expanded, I have no problems with it now. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Highlighter script

Hi, is it possible to use/modify User:Pythoncoder/Scripts/userHighlighter to highlight blocked users in watchlists and page histories? Ideally with the ability to differentiate between temporarily blocked users and indeffed ones. Nthep (talk) 19:51, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Nthep: I noticed that bug a while ago as the script conflicts with the strike-out-blocked-users gadget if the blocked user is extended confirmed. I'll add that option when I have time but I'm busy in real life so it might take a week or more. (Signpost people who are reading my talkpage, don't worry, I'll get my article in on time.) — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 20:50, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

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Re: GIFs

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Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 15:59, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Request on 09:14:50, 3 December 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by 3271960JT

• 3271960JT (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Maggi noodles controversy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Content Moderator,please tell me what improvements should be made to the drafting to make it suitable for Wikipedia. Please....

3271960JT (talk) 09:14, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

3271960JT — The article needed more references to reliable sources that are independent of the topic, which you have added in the time since I declined the submission. However, I'd like someone else to review the improved draft as I believe it will produce a fairer review if someone who hasn't previously reviewed it reads it. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 13:21, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:2001

Re: [1]

Sadly, wikipedia:years was 99.9% my single-handed endeavor. Even more sadly, my health gravely deteriorated, I all but ceased to edit wp, and wp:years died off. Since you obviously had a pinch of interest, may I ask you, if it is worth revitalizing it by attracting attention of broader wikipedianship? - üser:Altenmann >t 04:52, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Altenmann: I joined in March 2016, so my knowledge of WikiHistory before then and especially before 2018 is somewhat limited. I'll put in what I can but I don't expect to become an "active" maintainer. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 15:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

I was not thinking about you personally working on these pages; I was asking your opinion whether it is worth bringing attention to this project on some forums. BTW Wikihistory is something else :-) - üser:Altenmann >t 01:15, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Sure, I think it would be worth it. PS — There's also c2:WikiHistory — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:20, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

About Page Amin Shahrbanoo page

Hi, hope you are doing well, I wrote an article about Amin Shahrbanoo, because his known as Young Iranian Director who made a film "The Stranger" in Hollywood, according to IMDB and the way I found about him is on Instagram, , there were few pages on Instagram with over 400k followers who have posted video about him, and the reason they use Instagram for news these days is that due to filters and some restrictions in our country, most websites are not coming up in Iran, and that's the only way to share news, however, I was also wanted to make an article about him that way we can help and support him too, but you have denied the article due to IMDB is not a good reference, is the way you can help us,

please search his name in google and see few websites has wrote about him,

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:214B:E700:5403:9710:2CA9:1109 (talk) 00:47, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Louisville Downs

Hello, I noticed that you were ready to accept Draft:Louisville Downs Harness Racetrack for publication. The Louisville Downs redirect blocking it has now been removed. You may accept the draft at your discretion. • Gene93k (talk) 15:28, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Accepted — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 15:35, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Userbox for you

Hey Pythoncoder, I made a userbox with File:New-Wikipedia-explode.gif! It looks like this:

Code	Result
{{User:CrazyMinecart88/explodopedia}}	This user has seen the explodopedia effect, often observable after careless button–pressing.	Usage

P.S. I just noticed:The tabs on top of your userpage don't turn white when you clik them-The text just turns black. Want some help with that?
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 10:37, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

The tabs are a template, I didn't make them myself. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:44, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pythoncoder:

Yes, I know, but that can be fixed. Check the template's documentation page for more info, and see my userpage and my tab page's source code for an example.

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 14:05, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Entry 'Dirk Siepmann'

Dear Pythoncoder,

I hope to have been able to address the issues with the above page by providing evidence from ten secondary, independent sources. Please let me know if anything else is required.

With best wishes, Hugo

Hugostinnes (talk) 09:00, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Courtesy beer :D

Hey, thanks for Special:Diff/873018691. Have a nice day! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

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Userbox

Hey @Pythoncoder:, I made a userbox with the exploding Wikipedia logo you gave me!

Wikitext	userbox	where used
{{User:CrazyMinecart88/explodopedia}}	This user has seen the explodopedia effect, often observable after careless button–pressing.	linked pages

Feel free to use it!
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 12:02, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you previously posted a message about it. I'll use it if you edit more in mainspace. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 12:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pythoncoder:

Okay. How do I do that?

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 17:51, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

By editing articles. Try clicking the random article button and fixing typos or reverting vandalism you see in Recent Changes. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 20:06, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pythoncoder:

I've been doing plenty of that already, but I'll redouble my efforts! As for the vandalism, I think ClueBot NG has that pretty well taken care of!

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 21:41, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Re: vandalism: you’d be surprised. No need to ping me when you post on my talk page because I already get notified when you post. Also, please don’t click the save button until you are 100% finished with what you’re saying. Thanks — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 21:57, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Will do! Also, can you please ping me? For some reason, I don't get notified. (Maybe it's because it's not my talk page!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyMinecart88 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: I’ll try to ping in the future but I recommend you put my talkpage on your watchlist in case I forget. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 22:22, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Will do! As for the userbox...

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 21:52, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: as for the userbox, you had exactly 9 (nine) edits to articles when I checked a few minutes ago. I don't know if Pythoncoder considers that to be an acceptable redoubling of your efforts, but Darth Vader would not be much impressed. MPS1992 (talk) 22:24, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@MPS1992: Today, or total? I know I have made more mainspace edits than that!
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 22:32, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: Total, see XTools. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 22:48, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 22:51, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Pepe Cash listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Pepe Cash. Since you had some involvement with the Pepe Cash redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Jalen D. Folf (talk) 18:00, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Bangladesh Honda Private Limited Page Deletation

Hi, I'm Mamshad,a teenage programmer from Bangladesh. I'm very new in Wikipedia for writing articles. So, I didn't noticed copyright issues while writing this article

This page will be updated day by day and informations are collected from various sources. The official webpage is the most secured source for it. If it is a fully copied page, I'm obviously sorry in that case and I will try my level best to maintain copyrights in this page. Please don't delete this page because this is my first article in Wiki ^_^

Your Sincerely, Mamshad Shakir Islam, Dhaka, Bangladesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamshad Shakir Islam (talk • contribs) 17:20, December 20, 2018 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for talking to me. I see you've taken a break from Wikipedia for a while, so welcome back! I've removed the infringing text from Bangladesh Honda Private Limited to give you time to fix the article. It is in less danger of being immediately deleted now. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously but since you're a new editor it's unfair to delete the page right away in my opinion. I recommend reading Wikipedia's copyright policy. I will put a template on the page in 24 hours (more or less) telling an administrator to hide the old revisions since they are still copyright violations, but here's the link to the page that you copy-pasted so you can add back info from it in your own words: https://www.bdhonda.com/about-us/about-bhl. It's good that you're adding secondary sources as well. One more thing: please put ~~~~ after your posts. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 22:43, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!

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Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 23:15, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you to! And I see you have 42 mainspace edits now. It’s a Christmas miracle! — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 03:19, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Doesn't mean you should stop editing mainspace though. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:59, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you want to be listed as Signpost staff?

Per [2] I'm not sure if you want to be listed as one of the Editors, or one of the co-Eds-in-Chief? I'm just cleaning up the people listed on the About page. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Just "Editor", please. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 14:56, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Shift4 Payments Page

Hi there,

I'm trying to get a page up about a company. You reviewed it and rejected it, and I was wondering if I could get some specific instances that need to be corrected in order to fix the problems. Here's a link to the draft page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Shift4_Payments

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul.jonah.paul (talk • contribs) 16:58, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

@Paul.jonah.paul: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I declined the article because of its promotional language, such as describing the company's products as "solutions". To fix this problem, you should edit the article to remove instances of the word "solution" or replace "solution" with a less vague and more neutral term like "product" or "service". (If you are using the word "Solution" as part of a product name, such as with Network Solutions, you can leave it in.) — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 13:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Page not showing up

Hi Moderator, please help. The page I worked on was not showing up, there is an edit linking to your page. Please help me understand how to use wiki so I can fix the page. [[3]], thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timmyg101 (talk • contribs) 03:26, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

@Timmyg101: An editor turned the page into a draft because it needed more sources. It is currently located at Draft:Timothy Giovanni. Also, please sign your posts with ~~~~. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 03:36, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Python!

Happy New Year!

Some celestial fireworks to herald another year of progress for mankind and Wikipedia. All the very best , Python,
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:18, 1 January 2019 (UTC)