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January 25

I have a question about the wiki website called fandom

I have have account on the website called https://www.fandom.com/ which is wiki. How do I log in into that website and How can I unsubscribe? I get a lot of junk mail in my email that doesn't go to spam about articles I have edited before and I don't want to get news on when a article is updated. It's a lot of stuff that I just don't care about anymore. How can I unsubscribe to that website? 2001:569:526A:9100:751F:B2D0:4A6C:4C09 (talk) 06:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

That website is not affiliated to Wikipedia. When you get one of those junk mails, look for a link to unsubscribe - it's often in the small print at the bottom of the email. If it's not there, you'll need to log into your account on that website (reset your password, if you've forgotten it) and go into your account settings. There should be a setting to unsubscribe from emails. --Viennese Waltz 10:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The Fandom login page is here [1]. If you don't remember your password, you can reset it here [2]. Note that the link at the bottom of Fandom emails which says to update your preferences should take you to the login page if you're not logged in, and there is a link there to the forgotten password page. I think, but I'm not sure, the link at the bottom of the Fandom email which says to unsubscribe all doesn't require you to login.

AFAIK the email address you're receiving these emails from Fandom should be the same one where the reset password info will be sent. And those emails you're receiving should have your username, or at last mine do. If this doesn't work you'll likely need to contact Fandom [3].

Note that with many modern email systems, if you chose to mark those emails from Fandom as spam, it's likely your email system will learn over time to send them to your spam folder.

Alternatively most email systems should let you set up a filter to either mark all emails from Fandom as spam, or delete them or at least send there somewhere you can just ignore them. Note if you do the latter, and aren't careful how you design the filter, there's a fair chance any reset password etc emails might end up the same so remember this if you ever do want to log back in to Fandom. (Automated spam learning might be smart enough to avoid this.)

Nil Einne (talk) 10:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Palm Beach ballot (2000 primary election).

Hi. I would like to know if the ballot was the same in both parties primaries as well, that is, if it was a Votomatic punched ballot. I believe, however, that it was not "butterfly". Is it possible that all counties in the state adopted the same system in the primaries as well? That is, the counties that used optical scanners adopted the optical scanners, punch cards, etc. Could it be? By now (rightly) nothing can be found on the web. Thank you infinitely. 5.88.93.224 (talk) 19:58, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

I would say that it is almost certain that the method used was the same between primaries and the general election in each county. It wold be very odd to change methods midyear like that.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 22:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Not really. The very first election I voted in (1972 California primary, Alameda County) was a great big sheet of paper to mark with a big pen. The general election that year was with Votomatic punched ballots. So, "almost certain", no. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 16:50, 29 January 2024 (UTC)