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Categories for draft articles

Why are you deleting all the categories instead of using other options? There is a special template to be used {{Draft categories}}, another option is to use colon in front ([[:Category:]]) or comment it out <!-- ... --> Pelmeen10 (talk) 15:30, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Saw the comment from above, if dealing with dozens or hunders of pages, try configuring WP:AWB. Pelmeen10 (talk) 15:38, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Firstly, as I've already explained more times than I care to count, it is not mandatory that categories on drafts must be merely disabled rather than removed. That is an option, not a requirement.

Secondly, for a variety of reasons, disabling categories takes longer than simply removing them does. People do all kinds of strange things with categories on draft or sandbox pages: declaring them in unexpected places in the page, placing several distinct clusters of categories at different places in the same page, using categories that a page wouldn't belong in even if it were in mainspace (e.g. filing a musician directly in Category:Music instead of appropriate subcategories) and would still have to be removed regardless of whether I was removing or just disabling other categories, using redlinked categories that don't even exist to be used and would still have to be removed regardless of whether I was removing or just disabling other categories, and on and so forth. All of which means that disabling categories can take up to five or six times longer than merely removing them does.

But between Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories and Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories (2), I have to clean up a batch of several hundred inappropriately categorized draft and sandbox pages all at once, which means it's already going to take me several hours to get through all of them even the quick way, and if I did it the five times longer way it would take me days to get through them all. But it isn't my responsibility to devote days of my life to that: it's not a thing I do because I think it's fun or enjoyable, it's a thing I do because it has to get done, so I am entitled to get it done in the shortest amount of time possible. And since it isn't a requirement that categories on draft or user pages just be disabled rather than removed, but rather disabling and removing are both acceptable options, it is simply not my responsibility to choose the "days and days to get through the batch" option instead of the "wham through it in the quickest amount of time possible and then move on" option. Bearcat (talk) 15:50, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

AWB isn't a viable way of dealing with the batch. The reports don't give me a list of the draft pages, they give me a list of the categories that have draft pages in them, and I have to search each category to find the offending draft (which is another reason why the job takes hours to get through even doing it the quick way). I would have to feed AWB a list of the drafts themselves, not a list of the affected categories, but there's no way to turn a list of the affected categories into a feedable-into-AWB list of the drafts. Bearcat (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Just a question

I admit I have been retired from wikipedia for years, and while I admit I have not been on here for nearly as long as you, and no doubt appreciate your service to the site, please humor me, as I am curious and not being hostile. Please break it down, barney style, as I was a borderline ASVAB waiver and reading is hard.

Also, since it has been years for me, I am sure much has changed, and I never did fully learn WikiMarkup, and the little I do remember, is mostly forgotten.

Why are you editing user's sandbox pages? Does that not belong to me? It is not a published article. Is there something about categories that mess with the site? If so, please let me know, so I can prevent it from happening again. I don't want to create more work for whatever task force you belong to. But I got a notification via email of someone editing my sandbox, and for a layman like me, I am sure you can understand my confusion.

Respectfully yours,

Luis The Commodore (talk) 17:33, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you so much I did not realize my Sandbox was listed in all those categories! CatTits10 (talk) 21:30, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Citation Bot Malfunction.

Hi @Bearcat: I just wanted to know if you're watching or monitoring a page you created?

reason why is because I just saw that a citation bot is messing up references on articles you created. might want to make sure that it's not doing that on more articles.

I don't know how to track down the person who used the bot to make those edits to all the articles.

but I'll link this edit I found of the citation bot here [1] for you, its creating deadlinks and not really fixing citations correctly , Not sure if I should report this to you (admin) or another editor with other type of rights on wiki. hopefully you can revert it and stop it before it goes around doing it to hundreds of article.

cheers! GrantleyAbrahams (talk) 21:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on John Nater

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page John Nater, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 03:27, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Towers completed in the 1340s

A tag has been placed on Category:Towers completed in the 1340s indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Films by year

Hi, hope you're well! I see List of American films of 1974 etc has been reverted back to the release date list with the unnecessarily bloated cast. It is so much easier to find films in a clean A-Z like List of American films of 1945. What do we do? I dont have time to keep restoring them but use the list regularly. Can we come to a consensus at WP:Film on format? I don't mind creating a separate A-Z list but we're going to have duplicate pages for older years. I think the release list belongs on the xxxx in film lists by year or even List of American films of 1974 by release date etc. Any further thoughts Erik?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Sectorseven (band) albums

A tag has been placed on Category:Sectorseven (band) albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:37, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Seeking assistance with a case on WP:ANI

Hey there! Could you help have a look on this persistent deletion of content case? It is unbecoming with the repeated pattern of edits by associated IP addresses. Appreciate your assist on this . Thanks hundenvonPG (talk) 16:27, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Request for Admin aid

Hi, I was looking to see if you'd be able to provide Admin-based help on issue I've got with a page/with a user, or at least provide a look?

For a long period there were new user editing the Lisa Cameron page (potential BLP issue. One who began that way has actually stuck and become an editor, but has been personally attacking me consistently and not engaging on the talk page. Apologies for letting this get here. WorthPoke2 (talk) 17:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Slovenia

A tag has been placed on Category:Diplomatic missions in Slovenia indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for making this article

Thank you for making Blue (1992 film). I added it to Cronenberg's filmography back on June 10, but never made any attempt to create an article for it. I wondered what it was about. Jon698 (talk) 22:15, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Closing

Just wondering if you would take the responsibility of closing the move at Talk:3DO Interactive Multiplayer and performing the moves as agreed upon. Sceeegt (talk) 21:53, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't feel comfortable getting tangled up in that kind of thing on a topic I don't know anything about. Bearcat (talk) 22:00, 17 September 2024 (UTC)