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Speedy deletion nomination of Talk:ACORN random numbers

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A tag has been placed on Talk:ACORN random numbers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about something invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator or someone they know personally, and it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time.

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I mistakenly changed the name of the talk page instead of the page itself and that (I think) is why they decided to delete it. A pity ! following my request, this deletion was reverted, and then tha page was deleted again - I decided not to insist. jw (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Restored

I restored Talk:ACORN random numbers per your request. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 21:29, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Is there a moderated mass update script with flag 'Y' , to correct language errors ?

looking for a script that will allow me to do a mass update but after reviewing each affected page. I don't have the time to go thru the proper verify, edit, preview, check, publish, but am willing to help if such a script exists.

The error is "went onto"+verb , which occured 1237 time a short while back, which ought usually to be "went on to" + verb . Most, but beware not all, should be changed: eg. "he went onto free horses" would depend on the exact context to interpet its meaning [sorry it's a rather contrived example]

jw (talk) 20:45, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I use JWB for this purpose and make some custom regular expression substitutions. I'm not sure what sort of flag you are looking for, but JWB does not have a bot flag set for it, if that's what you mean. Though I don't think that really matters for this sort of task. -- Beland (talk) 22:52, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Not a bot-flag but 'flag' would be for the human editor, after reviewing the context in each relevant page, to indicate Y (before the script updates that page)... too dangerous to mass update when there might probably be a small number of false positives. ... so looking for a sort of "moderated mass update" jw (talk) 14:35, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

JWB lets you review the changes one page at a time, and then makes the changes you've approved for that page immediately. However, all the changes are made for you, you only see the part of the page where changes have been made, and it's a single button press to approve or skip. You do have an opportunity to make manual changes as well. -- Beland (talk) 15:07, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

I am trying to use JWB but suspect that I need to be added to the list of approved users Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage.

@Beland: Can you approve me? I undertake to only use it for this one operation i.e. to fix went onto (at least until I find something else to fix :) ). In addition, I undertake to refer to you if/when I wish to do that.
@Beland: If you consider I don't have enough experience or that I am not sufficiently trustworthy for some other reason, then how can we find a trusty volunteer to do the task on our behalf? jw (talk) 20:10, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Oxford Ornithological Society moved to draftspace

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Draft:Oxford Ornithological Society concern

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Your draft article, Draft:Oxford Ornithological Society

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 18:49, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

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