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Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University

Hello Primefac, the reason I requested a history merge, instead of a normal merge, was because this Eastern Palm University is supposed to be the place where this new KOMU is supposed to be created at, the contents there are supposed to be Eastern Palm University so that the page be moved to the new name which is KOMU. If that was the case, the history would have been preserved, but as it stands it’s as if they’re separate entities whereas they’re the same. Would I normal merge do the thing? Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:14, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So can I just double-check (too many pronouns). From the history it looks like Eastern Palm University came first, and recently Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University was written. It also looks like Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University is the new name of the university, yes? If that's the case, then I would suggest simply redirecting Eastern Palm University to the new page, because there is almost nothing at the old title to merge (though if there is missing information by all means copy it over). Primefac (talk) 15:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, KOMU is the new name and yes that’s what I had in mind. I’d just redirect then. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aww, thank you for doing the merge/redirect already! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stonetoss

Why try and cover for a fascist and argue their page is too negative...theyre a nazi 2601:243:1D80:3FA0:E020:94A8:E490:55EC (talk) 12:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

G10: Biography of a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced

Why use this when the subject is a Nazi and is sourced. Why cover for a nazi? 2601:243:1D80:3FA0:E020:94A8:E490:55EC (talk) 12:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

G10 is the closest we have to WP:RD2 (BLP violations) so it wasn't perfect but it fit the bill. I'm not sure what you mean by "covering", I'm just enforcing policies. Primefac (talk) 13:11, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you going to delete Hitler's page for being "too negative"? Do we just need to wait for this guy to die in order to read about him? 108.26.153.4 (talk) 15:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't read his article recently but I suspect that it is written from a neutral point of view, and thus is not "too negative". I would also like to note that I did not delete an article, just a redirect (i.e. there was no "content" on the page). Primefac (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 211#Toolforge tool/bot to send email notifications

I noticed this and your post at BOTN. I wouldn't mind working on this. — Qwerfjkl talk 21:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! Primefac (talk) 08:12, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've written most of the code for this, just waiting on phab:T361367 to be resolved. I'm also going skiing for a week (starting today), so I'll try to get this done around the end of next week. — Qwerfjkl talk 10:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the update! Primefac (talk) 12:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

little question

Hello Primefac, how are you?
In this discussion you had mentioned having a bot run the task, could I get an update on that? I have the now tested regex ready for you if you want to just put that in.

Extended content
.[lL]ast=Bureau .[fF]irst=US Census .[lL]ast[\d=]+Bureau .[fF]irst[\d=]+US Census .[fF]irst=U.S. Census .[fF]irst[\d=]+U.S. Census

Since the page list is rather large, I think a bot is really necessary. Thank you very much! Geardona (talk to me?) 18:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I said since the list was large, a bot would be a good idea over having someone with AWB do it manually. I honestly haven't looked at the discussion for a while, but I could probably handle it. Also sounds like there might be some context issues to keep an eye out for... the discussion is rather fragmented. Primefac (talk) 18:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is, this was not fun to test, I figured this was something that PrimeBOT could handle? The context issues don't seem huge at least to me but im not sure if you are thinking of a context issue im not. The discussion is rather fragmented after my little mistake of running JWB on potato wifi (see my talk for more link). This would need a new BRFA, correct? Geardona (talk to me?) 18:47, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It should be, I just have to write up the proposal after figuring out specifically what needs doing. Primefac (talk) 19:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On PAID

Hey Primefac: I just saw this revert [1]. I don't plan to post it again, neither in that page or in user talk pages, but I think it is entirely appropriate to let users know about WP:PAID requirements. That is why we have {{Uw-paid1}} and further levels, although I didn't use the bot-like approach. I hope ArbCom upholds WP:PAID in the upcoming case request. I would have expected ArbCom to discuss this with the user during the previous off-wiki communication that led to the recommendation to open a case request. MarioGom (talk) 18:13, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MarioGom, that is fair; ArbCom obviously knows more about the situation than the general editing community here, and as I said at ACN we have done our best to indicate to the user of the expectations of their participation in the Arbitration process. Primefac (talk) 18:17, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Parentheses removals

Hey, just a heads up that your edits like this one are causing red links in the categories. EvergreenFir (talk) 17:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Super. Thanks. Primefac (talk) 17:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

piping in interlanguage link

I have explained my rationale for the explicit piping at ill talk page. Your feedback is welcomed. Fabrickator (talk) 17:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, have it on my watchlist, haven't had a chance to read through it yet. Will do so at some point. Primefac (talk) 17:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting I have not replied there, as others have done so and made (more or less) the same argument I would have. Primefac (talk) 12:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Diagnostic criteria of multiple sclerosis

Hello, you just reverted my deletion request and I want to explain my intention to you: the redirect behind Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis stores a history that another user wanted to keep - even though its contents are already merged into the multiple sclerosis diagnosis article. My primary idea is to move that history to Diagnostic criteria for MS to move the multiple sclerosis diagnosis to diagnosis of multiple sclerosis afterwards. That way we could keep the history of diagnosis of multiple sclerosis for now and can possibly decide later what exactly we will do with it. Tobiasi0 (talk) 07:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, the name of the article should be Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis but it exists at a different location. Is this correct? Primefac (talk) 07:27, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, that's what this is all about. Tobiasi0 (talk) 07:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SWAP is the more appropriate action then.

Done. Primefac (talk) 07:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know that this template exists. Thank you very much, it was a pleasure to meet you :) Tobiasi0 (talk) 07:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFI Templates

Thanks for closing Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 March 20#AFI templates. However, as this was a recently created template and previous consensus was to delete, shouldn't a "no consensus" outcome result in the status quo? i.e. there is no consensus to re-create the template? --wooden superman 12:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I hate to admit it but I did not notice that the template names had changed and since everything at the older discussion was redlinked I assumed these were just missed the first time around. I will revert for the moment and re-read the related discussions. Thanks. Primefac (talk) 12:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Keep !voters seem to be both in the majority and on the side of the film angels. Keeping seems a valid close, but your no consensus to delete seems like the least that can be decided given the editor's comments. Remember, the older discussed deletion was in 2012, 12 years ago, and these are valid new navbox which, as you aptly decided, have no consensus to delete. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

6 "keep" !votes against 7 "delete" !votes is not numerically in the majority. --wooden superman 13:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

true, my mistake. Just that the Keep reasons seem to overwhelm the "I don't like it" delete comments. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: Thanks for re-opening, I'm still surprised that this was not speedied in the first place. --wooden superman 13:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Television seasons

Could you please be more careful when doing "clean up post move" on TV season articles that have been moved from "Such and Such (season 1)" format to "Such and Such season 1"? The thing is that the page move affects the page, but didn't change the page's eponymous category — but if you do an indiscriminate search-and-replace on the season number in the page's text, it also changes the category and thus moves the page from the category that actually exists to a non-existent redlink (e.g. from Category:Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 1) episodes to Category:Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 1 episodes — and on the last two runs of redlinked category cleanup, I've literally had to fix several dozen of these.

So when you're doing that cleanup job, it's really important that you take greater care not to mess up the "(season #) episodes" category in the process. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 14:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my apologies. Primefac (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Decision

Hi Primefac, in the open Conflict of interest management arbitration case, a remedy or finding of fact has been proposed which relates to you. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Amortias (T)(C) 19:13, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeBOT 44

Hi, something went wrong in 1217197913 where you removed a visible pipe character (not a whitespace) from a table cell in the middle of the article (not in shortdesc). – MwGamera (talk) 14:56, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]