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Classical music edit
[edit]Added a comment to the classical music talk page to discuss the edit that was reverted. Putting comment here in case you want to contribute to the discussion there. Onyxqk (talk) 00:09, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:CityOfBrewerMaineSeal.jpg
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Discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § B-class/GA-class efforts
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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § B-class/GA-class efforts. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:32, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Request to revert closure of MfD
[edit]Hello. I am writing to request that you revert your closure of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Policies and Guidelines. You closed the MfD on the premise that my nomination was not a rationale for deletion. However, special rules apply to Wikiproject pages, which are not normally deleted. Please see the 'WikiProjects and their subpages' section of WP:MFD, which specifies that Wikiproject pages are not usually deleted, but marked historical. In fact, PROJPOL itself was marked historical at an MfD in 2011. My nomination was therefore backed by precedent. I hope we can come to an understanding. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 05:02, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- As I read it, that section says not to delete WikiPeojects in most cases, and most of the people in that previous MfD opposed because it shouldn't be deleted. Find somewhere else for your inactivation discussion, if you must hold it. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 10:35, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, and I did not propose to delete it, just to return it to the 'historical' status that it was given after the last MfD, per the many other precedents. But, as you wish. I will open a new discussion at the village pump once everyone has regained one's level head. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 10:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, that sounds like a better place for it. I haven't evaluated the merits at all - I just firmly believe that policy discourages MfDeletion discussions when deletion/redirection is not on the table. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 11:36, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, and I did not propose to delete it, just to return it to the 'historical' status that it was given after the last MfD, per the many other precedents. But, as you wish. I will open a new discussion at the village pump once everyone has regained one's level head. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 10:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
Guide to temporary accounts
[edit]Hello, SarekOfVulcan. 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:
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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.
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Impact for administrators
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- 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).
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- 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
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- The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.
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Books & Bytes – Issue 71
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Issue 71, September–October 2025
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