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Change the text "Why was the page I created deleted?." to "Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?" at the end of the fmbox, removing the unnecessary full stop at the end, as there is already a terminating puncuation, the question mark. Purplemountainman^talk contribs 02:57, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done! -- Luk ^talk 21:58, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Create a detection system for the deprecated name spaces so the no article text page doesn't claim you can create it while logged in. Gadget:example, Gadget talk:example, Gadget definition:example, and Gadget definition talk:example all claim that the page can be created while logged in, even though this is obviously impossible. The template is probably just lacking consideration for gadget name spaces. Related discussion found here. -³²²UbnBr₂ (Talk | Contributions | Actions) 17:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can throw together something for this in the sandbox sometime in the next couple hours, although I can't think of a good way to test it. LittlePuppers (talk) 18:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sandbox / diff. LittlePuppers (talk) 19:59, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done The namespace isn't technically deprecated, more like not supported yet, so the wording you added is incorrect. This is not something anyone not looking for trouble should ever see, so I just went ahead and suppressed the creation sentence entirely for those namespaces since it isn't worth adding more explanation to them. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that seems like a reasonable solution. I was trying to figure out the history here (

WP:NS lists it as deprecated), but I wasn't really getting anywhere. LittlePuppers (talk) 20:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply

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The respective talk pages for these namespaces still give "broken" creation links. I think just removing them would be fine. -³²²UbnBr₂ (Talk | Contributions | Actions) 20:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's actually a completely different bug, which affects a lot more pages than just gadget definition talk, i.e Neha Khan 2. I seen no reason to paper over this corner case until the broader bug is fixed. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:40, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've emerged from the rabbit hole you lead me into, and fixed a bunch more corner cases, although some obscure ones still remain to fix. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:20, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and thanks! -³²²UbnBr₂ (Talk | Contributions | Actions) 00:02, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pppery, can we eliminate the transclusion showing at Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Ns:Gadget? For some reason, it (along with Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Ns:Gadget definition) just showed up today in the database report. I don't know what changed. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 15:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. Sigh, why do these namespaces keep propping up. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:47, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]