User talk:Taavi

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Your assistance with UTRS 2 has been a life-saver and you have shown over and over that you really put the effort in to go the extra mile. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 13:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! – Majavah ^(t/c) 13:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Category:Requests for unblock

I think that was one of the selling points of UTRS 2. That ADMINACCT would be served by allowing extended confirmed to view UTRS. Also, UTRS 2, last I looked, was open to extended confirmed. --Deep fried okra User talk:Deepfriedokra 13:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

@Deepfriedokra: See this comment by DQ. – Majavah ^{talk · edits} 13:28, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Article declining

Hi, Majavah. I saw you declined my article. How can I make it better? --Bumsowee (talk) 13:14, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Bumsowee: Hi, I declined User:Bumsowee/sandbox because it only contained the text hi how u duin. If you were trying to submit Draft:Languages of Central Asia for review, you have to add {{subst:submit}} to that draft. – Majavah ^{talk · edits} 13:18, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Majavah: Ok. will do. Bumsowee (talk) 13:19, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• There is a new beta version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It has a new zoom function when you look at images. It can also suggest places when you upload geotagged photos. [2]

Problems

• There was a problem with the Commons database on 27 May. Commons could not be edited for eight minutes. Because of this problem the database was moved. This caused another short read-only time on 29 May. [3][4][5]
• The Vector skin had a problem where you couldn't add links to the article in other languages. You couldn't see the section if there were no links to other languages already. It also removed content translation links and links to language settings. This has now been fixed. [6]

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22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Deletion

After creating a page under the name of European War 6 it seems you have deleted it for forgetting to add references. Taking your criticisms into account I added a single reference, is this enough?-Thanks Ooh Saad (talk) 08:54, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@Ooh Saad: I'm not an administrator and I didn't delete your draft, I just declined it. You are still missing reliable sources as your article only has one primary source which isn't enough for WP:42. I'd recommend reading WP:NGAME. – Majavah ^{talk · edits} 12:33, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing it up! I'll try to improve! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ooh Saad (talk • contribs) 13:03, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the Notability link, it really helped. I had to make do with a customer review, but they weren't really useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ooh Saad (talk • contribs) 14:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

False positive archive bot malfunctioning

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Edit_filter/False_positives/Rolling_archive&action=history HotdogPi 22:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@HotdogPi: Interesting. I poked it with a stick and it's no longer clearly broken. I'll bring out heavier weapons if it still manages to break. – Majavah ^{talk · edits} 05:07, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Edits being reverted

Hi!

I'm trying to update the Olivia von Halle page and just wondered why my edits keep being reverted?

Thanks 84.13.94.133 (talk) 10:55, 4 June 2020 (UTC) Emma

Hi, how are you affiliated to them? – Majavah ^{talk · edits} 12:43, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I work at Olivia Von Halle, I am content coordinator so am trying to update our Wikipedia page to include our current brand information. 84.13.94.133 (talk) 13:39, 4 June 2020 (UTC) Emma