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An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Cabin Creek, Indiana, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Huntsville, Indiana.

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While some editors may leave a trail of breadcrumbs the size of a subway sandwich leading to their real identity, if they have not made that connection on-wiki then you should not be making the connection on-wiki. Please be mindful of this in the future. Primefac (talk) 13:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See here. Mangoe (talk) 19:57, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also re Keytsville, Indiana see here. Mangoe (talk) 20:00, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if this will get expanded or AfDed first - not sure if I'll find the time to expand this one, so many topics to work on: Children's and young adult literature. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:46, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bother you, but I felt you might be better to do this. The main editor of Okiki Oludare, Klighnight seems to either have a COI or is Paid. I am not trying to attack him, however all of their contribs are for Nigerian bios. Their AfC Drafts have been rejected, now they are moving them to the mainspace. Would a (polite) message on their talk page be in order? CF-501 Falcon (talk · contribs) 01:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm not the best person for this, but my own view is that 5 article subjects in 5 years (there are 2 deleted ones) isn't much of a record to be going off; and I always try to bear in mind that there are people in other countries who always only ever write about their own countries. (In fact, alarm bells recently went off for me when an account did not follow that pattern, and after spitting out articles on Filipino politicians at the rate of sometimes 4 per day for the past 4 months suddenly branched out into 1 article about another country way around the world, then swerved back onto straight Filipino politicians again half an hour later.) If you want to pursue it, Project:Conflict of interest#How to handle conflicts of interest has some guidance. Uncle G (talk) 08:36, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hmm. That is something to think about. Most editors write about what they know/like, inadvertently making a non-malicious COI. I will leave it for somebody else. Thank you! Have a great day, CF-501 Falcon (talk · contribs) 14:15, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Iron bird (aviation), to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iron bird (aviation) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:01, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:College Corner, Jay County, Indiana § Recent edit. Shearonink (talk) 03:58, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just a heads up replacing my failed ping. DreamRimmer took care of the removal and TP tagging. Star Mississippi 16:49, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Carmen River, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmen River until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that; I tried AIV yesterday but only received a suggestion to go to ANI instead. Following that user's edits to Birds of a Feather (TV series) led to a likely duck, who is not currently blocked. Bicke110 has a similar name format, penchant for creating hoaxes, and requesting page protection for one of their drafts even though literally nobody else edited there.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:14, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• See Project:Sockpuppet investigations/Biuc and simple:Project:Administrators' noticeboard#multiple-project hoaxery. Uncle G (talk) 04:18, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Ah, thanks for the SPI link. They're likely to pop up again so I've added to my watchlist; will go there instead of AIV next time I see them.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:03, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is, by my computer's clock, past 00:00 AEDT on 2025-04-01. So it would be appreciated if any of my lurkers could today add a little happiness to Drmies's day with some Support of your choosing.

Of course, as we all know, a good rationale is a key thing in these sorts of discussions.

It does not have to involve furniture, despite the obvious Round Table that Drmies just built entirely unprompted, or even dead people (in the Lincoln Cemetery or otherwise). You could address anything, from taking an axe to axe, through belting out AFC approval on The Onion Belt and finally (after 12 years!) letting us know that we had been speaking an African Urban Youth Language all along, to the plenisocculence of the tumble-dryer of life.

Only 100 Supports to go! ☺

Uncle G (talk) 13:00, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Was this edit in error or did I make one in reverting it? Abecedare (talk) 21:49, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• No, you were quite right to undo that. That was an edit conflict. But my clipboard which still has the 1 line in it shows me that I definitely copied and pasted just 1 line, there. So some form of bizarre post-conflict resolution when I saved the page with that 1 line pasted in decided to duplicate the entire page. That's very bizarre. Uncle G (talk) 21:58, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• It makes me wonder whether there might be some edge-case bug in edit conflict resolution of a section edit when extensive revision deletion is involved. I section edited a section that was then revision deleted all of the way back to its creation as I was editing my reply, which isn't a common situation, and got a whole-page conflict resolution form on the first save; into which I pasted the 1 line. Uncle G (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Could be! Had you started the edit prior to 21:32UTC, the time of the revision deletion? The combination of the edit-conflict and the revision deletion may be rare enough that this bug may not have been seen, or appreciated, earlier. Should be replicable in a sandbox, right? Abecedare (talk) 22:26, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I didn't look at the clock, alas. But the redacted information was still there when I began the edit. I took some time because I initially wrote something different and then spotted the root of the issue and checked it out. Uncle G (talk) 22:41, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, someone recently told me of negative and unprofessional templates on pages related to Indiana. I responded that this would surprise me, but upon being directed to Barnard, Indiana, New Corydon, Indiana, and Carlos, Indiana, I have to agree. I was surprised to see words such as "codswallop" and "drivel" being used in the cleanup-rewrite template on actual articles, and upon investigation you were behind all of them. I think it'd be better to reserve such tone -- even if merited -- for the Talk pages. Reagle (talk) 16:53, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Unsigned2 has been nominated for merging with Template:Unsigned. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  16:21, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article James A. D. W. Anderson, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James A. D. W. Anderson (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:02, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Del1201 is the Alexander Lukison vandal. Fram (talk) 14:25, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Uncle G a page you nominated for deletion has resurfaced and I was wondering if you could give your input here - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Collective (organisation) (2nd nomination) - please on the new page. It seems to use mostly sources of questionable reliability; i.e. someone's Substack page, Worker' Liberty, Xekinima News, Dawn Newspaper, Bella Caledonia etc. Helper201 (talk) 19:51, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Unfortunately, I do not have the time to research this, but I am aware that things have changed in this area recently. However, much of the sourcing available right now is known to be exceedingly partisan, to report rumour and speculation as if it were fact, and in general not to be reliable. I really do not have the time to weed through it all for whatever good sourcing there might be, at the moment. Uncle G (talk) 11:56, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wiktionary category 2 has been nominated for merging with Template:Wiktionary category. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects you have created have been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 25 § Wikipedia:Pages for deletion and similar titles until a consensus is reached. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 14:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Uncle G. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

• When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
• All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
• A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
• As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
  • There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
  • There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

• Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
• Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

• It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
• It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
• Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

• Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
• Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
• See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

• It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
  • This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
• Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
• Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
• The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

• How to use Special:IPContributions
• How automatic IP reveal works
• How to use IP Info
• How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

• For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect St Paul's Shipwreck has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 November 9 § St Paul's Shipwreck until a consensus is reached. 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 15:22, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Uncle G. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 21 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey and a blessed New Year. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 15:20, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]