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To answer your e-mail: most intelligent atheists say they don't know what the Universe came from (no, they don't say it arose from nothing). In place of "I don't know" I put "Deus sive Natura". For the rest I'm pretty much in the same boat with atheists. tgeorgescu (talk) 11:05, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I was trying to figure out how to email you, but I haven't done that with someone in a long time. I did it with someone here a long time ago... like a decade ago, or something like that. I'd rather not answer your question about whether I'm a JW. Nothing against you, it's just that since I don't really know you I'd rather not divulge personal information. Thank you. I hope you enjoy your time on WP. Take care. I actually even got rid of a lot of those userboxes because they had a lot of outdated information about really old movies from the 2000s that I used to be into. It was cracking me up. Lol. Lighthead ^þ 05:41, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's totally fine; I respect your privacy. Thanks for replying me. As for the email stuff, I don't know how to do it the "normal way" either lol. What I did was to type en.wikipedia.org/Special:Email/Lighthead into my address bar. If you wanted to email me, the appropriate address would be en.wikipedia.org/Special:Email/Python Drink. Edit (Jul 28): @Lighthead: I forgot to ping you, my bad --

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@Ovinus: I do admit the article lacked citations. I was too quick to publish because I was confident I'd find enough sources. Thanks for informing me, I guess -- Python Drink (talk) 17:22, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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"Userboxen" is a joke plural, like the plural of ox is oxen. You may want to self-revert. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:06, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bri: Wasn't aware; thanks for telling. I'll revert. — Python Drink (talk) 21:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks

That's a bit embarrassing :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 22:14, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Yngvadottir. Thanks for what? Please remind me of what I did — Python Drink (talk) 13:58, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You praised me for a comment I left a while back on someone's user talk. It didn't seem appropriate to thank you there. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:44, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I get it now. Thanks for thanking. Have a nice day, @Yngvadottir! — Python Drink (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Liz. Just replying to let you know I've seen your reply (coz I should). I already know of the tool you suggested. Anyway, an absence of the template I asked isn't a big deal after all. Thanks for your answer. — Python Drink (talk) 21:12, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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@Liz,I never really cared about the article. I created it on behalf of a new editor who was initially drafting it right in their user page. I might contact the editor in case they're still interested in this article. — Python Drink (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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@Jerry3zs, you remember DM'ing a Reddit user to help that on that draft about a day ago? If you do, that was me. Just felt like saying. — Python Drink (talk) 19:12, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

yup, thanks so much! Jerry3zs (talk) 19:13, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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Administrator changes

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Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

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Arbitration

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• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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A page you created has been nominated for deletion as an attack page, according to

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Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject or any other entity. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:10, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confident that you didn't intend the 'misanthrope' category as an attack page, but I hope you can see how other people might perceive it as such. DS (talk) 19:28, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery, Your cited CSD has nothing to do with me so . . . Nobody's actually being attacked anymore than Category:Atheist Wikipedians attacks Category:Jehovah's Witness Wikipedians. — Python Drink (talk) 22:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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• Sdrqaz
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• ToBeFree
• Vanamonde93
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• Izno
• SilkTork

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• Firefly
• Sdrqaz
• ToBeFree
• Z1720

Maxim

• Enterprisey
• Izno
• SilkTork

Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

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Administrator changes

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• Ameliorate!
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• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
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Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
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• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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