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Would terms like 'train wreck' and 'a mess' be considered biting the newcomers when patrolling new pages? I try to only use them when they seem appropriate (such as situations when I would call them some pretty bad names in real life. Some people are really stupid.). UNSC Luke 1021 (talk)

Which two templates?

  • Sometimes users forget to use four tildes after talk page posts. You can make the reminder process easier and less annoying by using the following two templates. In the meantime, you can use {{unsigned}} to fix those anonymous comments. The two templates are promised, but not delivered. GirthSummit (blether) 07:03, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    In this revision it indicates that they were {{Sign1}} and {{Sign2}}, and the red indicates that they have since been deleted. The modern warning is at {{uw-tilde}}. Elizium23 (talk) 07:08, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Elizium23, thanks - I've tweaked the text. GirthSummit (blether) 07:13, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome. This detective work is courtesy of WikiBlame! Elizium23 (talk) 07:14, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Huh?

"Avoid acute and repetitive paraphrase of intimidation language, confrontations and quizzing with respect and confidence." Say what? —DIV (137.111.13.4 (talk) 03:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Seriously, though: the above wording really needs to be improved.
For example, is it asking us not to "quiz[...] with respect"? So we should quiz without respect? Or if we show respect we're not allowed to quiz? Come on!
—DIV (137.111.13.4 (talk) 06:17, 21 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Some strategies are

I have deleted some text (diff) in sympathy with the comments in #Huh? above. The deletions were:

  • Caption "(like the cat)" added by an IP in March 2020.
  • Points following "Some strategies are" added by an IP in January 2017.

Explaining a joke rarely works and the caption does not need "(like the cat)". The strategy points are impenetrable fluff that do not help the basic don't bite message. Any thoughts? Johnuniq (talk) 08:23, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the awesome "Please do not bite the newcomers" image?!

I had that image (the one with the man biting the earth taken from some WWI era poster thing) on my user page. I noticed it wasn't working, so I went here, and can't find it. What happened to that image, can we bring it back please? ♥Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 16:16, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Th78blue: File:Pdnbtn.png is being deleted because it was a modified copy of C:File:Guerre 14-18-Humour-L'ingordo, trop dur-1915.JPG, which was deleted after the discussion at C:Commons:Deletion requests/Images of Eugenio Colmo "Golia". Apparently they have to stay deleted until 2038. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That is the saddest news of my day. :( Hopefully we can get some other awesome looking image for "not biting newcomers" soon"... I LOVED that image. ♥Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 16:42, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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