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Centering tags
I just happened to be browsing Wikipedia:Ribbons when I noticed that you replace the <center> tags with <div> tags. I've not come to object to the change, but your obs tag
edit summary caught me by surprise. Is this true, that <center> tags are obsolete? Where can I read more about this development? — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- @CJDOS: Hello. The help page is on mediawiki and local obsolete HTML tags can be found at Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 06:18, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the helpful reply. I have read the links you've provided, and will have to check my pages tomorrow for some of these obsolete tags. Why is the Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag page not in alphabetical order? I filtered the results by User page, but it would make it easier to check for any other obsolete tags I may be using if I knew about where my user name should alphabetically appear in the list. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- @CJDOS: Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag is sorted according to the last edit date. To check for the lint errors on a particular page, you can use Special:PageInfo. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 06:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- So, if I don't see any errors being mentioned in the Page information link on the right, then I'm good? I mean, I should replace obsolete tags, but if they're present, they're not throwing errors. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:46, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- @CJDOS: Yes, no errors = ok. As of now, they're not giving any big issues and since this is a large wiki, any broken template will most likely be noticed by someone and they can fix it accordingly. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 06:48, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- So, if I don't see any errors being mentioned in the Page information link on the right, then I'm good? I mean, I should replace obsolete tags, but if they're present, they're not throwing errors. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:46, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- @CJDOS: Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag is sorted according to the last edit date. To check for the lint errors on a particular page, you can use Special:PageInfo. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 06:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the helpful reply. I have read the links you've provided, and will have to check my pages tomorrow for some of these obsolete tags. Why is the Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag page not in alphabetical order? I filtered the results by User page, but it would make it easier to check for any other obsolete tags I may be using if I knew about where my user name should alphabetically appear in the list. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Tagging pages for speedy deletion
Hello, Minorax,
I'm not sure about other admins patrolling CSD categories but, for me, it's always best to stick with approved CSD criteria rather than writing in your own rationales. I'm not even sure how to verify "cross-wiki spam" or how you know about what is occurring on other Wikipedia projects. Thanks for your work. Liz Read! Talk! 01:54, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Liz: Hello. As there is no option to add in a comment when tagging a page under the preset criteria, I chose to have a custom rationale indicating which CSD criteria it fulfills and proceed to add in additional comments. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 01:59, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Cabayi (talk) 12:52, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Removing pd-ineligble-usonly
Hi, would you mind explaining why you made this edit with no explanation, despite me explaining why the file can't be copied to Commons? As this is a British logo, font choice is copyrightable, so there is a reason I tagged it with pd-inelegible-usonly. — Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 20:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Berrely: Hello. I believe that the logo is simple enough to be ineligible for copyright protection. As per this, "minimum threshold of originality seems to depend on the type of work, and a clear distinction between quantitative and qualitative labour that has to go into the work to turn it original cannot be made out". IMO the font used is a generic enough to not be copyrighted. If one were to argue that the font used is copyrightable, files such as c:File:NSPCC official logo.svg or anything in c:Category:Logos of the United Kingdom would need to go. However, this is just my POV and comments are welcome. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 00:11, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- Meh, I guess you're right. Frutiger is so generic at this point that it probably isn't creative enough. I've reverted my <nowiki> edit. Thanks for your file work and have a good day :) — Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 07:24, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Article deletion discussion
Hello my name is Satish and I have written an article and the name of the article is siddhant Ghegadmal (Actor) I have put many references in that article but wikipedia editor repeatedly puts templates to remove that article lest that article Do not be removed, I made this article with great effort, please make this article better and not delete it 2409:4042:D08:F051:5CBA:5D05:A6D4:BD07 (talk) 09:06, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Instead of repeatedly removing the AfD template despite being told not, you could've participated in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siddhant Ghegadmal (Actor) and the article might have a slim chance of being kept. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 09:09, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
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File:Kit right arm alainfc1112a.png, File:Kit left arm alainfc1112a.png
hey, yes the same, u can delete it Sm3a (talk) 13:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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What's wrong with you
What is the issue with my pic. 223.230.51.162 (talk) 22:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you!
Hello, Minorax,
I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to PROD all of these unused, personal photos, most for over a decade old. They will never be used in articles and are unneeded. There must be some gigantic category containing all of these self-published photos so thank you for going through and tagging the most obviously unnecessary ones. Liz Read! Talk! 01:37, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Liz: Glad to help to clear Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (bot-assessed). :) --Minorax«¦talk¦» 01:46, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- What is especially helpful when you do this is that you spread your file taggings over the 24 hour clock...or at least the hours when you're working on Wikipedia! Sometimes, when editors get the urge to PROD a lot of pages, they can tag dozens of pages over a ten minute or hour long period. Since the patrolling admin has to examine each page to make sure it is eligible to be PROD'd and hasn't been part of a deletion discussion before, this can be burdensome. But you spread your file taggings over a few hours or even at different times during the day and night which makes the situation much easier for the small group of admins who look over the PROD lists & categories. Thank you for pacing your taggings out over hours instead of doing them all over a very short period of time. Liz Read! Talk! 19:20, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Chris Stedman image
Hi Minorax, I have now noted, concerning the Chris Stedman image at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Stedman,_at_First_Unitarian_Society_of_Minneapolis,_Oct_2011.jpg, that I have now released this image (which is my own unpublished creation) freely into the public domain. Thanks, Frank H. Burton --Fhburton (talk) 03:31, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
