User talk:Catfurball

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Catfurball, good luck, and have fun. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:56, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I think your page is full of interesting information, & that the Gifs are a nice touch. I was also hoping that you could teach me to use userboxes, if you have the time & if it's alright with you Rfkatz2005 (talk) 20:25, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for You

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		In recognition of your work to organize and categorize new userboxes. Thank you! Carter (talk) 17:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Minor barnstar
	Thanks for your efforts in adding categories to userboxes :) EpicPupper (he/him \| talk, FAQ, contribs) 18:50, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Thanks for adding categories to my userboxes!

––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 18:59, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks for fixing the categories on my userboxes and adding some to your user page :) Urban Versis 32 (talk) 01:15, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for your work on various UBX pages! Keep it up! Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)^{My Talk Page} 21:34, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is Polk County part of Orlando? Is it part of Tampa? Is it both?

Hi. I've noticed you changing the templates on several Polk County, Florida locales to Metro Orlando from Tampa Bay area. While some expansive definitions of both metro areas include Polk County, neither the US Census Bureau nor the Central Florida Development Council do. They rather include all of Polk County in the Lakeland-Winterhaven MSA. Perhaps it would be better to remove both the Orlando and Tampa templates from these cities and go with the definition provided by the government? What do you think? — Jacona (talk) 01:47, 4 January 2024 (UTC) @Jacona: I looked through all the settlements in the county, I removed almost all of the conflicting templates. Except for only two. Catfurball (talk) 20:10, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CSD G5 speedy deletion tagging

Hello, Catfurball,

While I appreciate you spending time tagging pages created by block-evading editors, it would be even better if you could check links for every page that is a template or userbox. When you tag a userbox for speedy deletion, every editor who has that userbox on their User page has that page tagged for deletion as well. A less vigilant CSD admin patroller could easily mistakenly delete all of these User pages from innocent editors. Instead, when the page is a template or userbox, check "What links here" and remove links on those pages so that the CSD tag doesn't get transcluded. It can take a bit more time than tagging pages using Twinkle but it prevents mistaken deletions. Many thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that these don't qualify for G5 in the first place since their creation wasn't evading any specific block. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, for this reason, I have declined/reverted all the CSD taggings. ^Complex/_Rational 00:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh damn, * Pppery * and ComplexRational, it looks like I screwed up. I guess I'll be spending time tonight restoring a lot of pages and reverting the CSD tagging. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:24, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Catfurball,

You can find a list of the pages you mistakenly tagged at User:Extraordinary Writ/sandbox7. I'm untagging some but it would really help if you reverted your edits, too. That's what started this all. Thanks for any help you can supply. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or you could just go into Special:Contributions/Catfurball and start from there. This is a project you should really take the lead on. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:21, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These have all been taken care of now. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I see that Liz above has provided a good explanation why tagging userboxes for speedy deletion isn't necessarily a great idea, so it would be great if you would refrain from doing that unless you're gonna do the necessary work to avoid that unaffiliated user pages get tagged for speedy deletion too. Regards, decltype (talk) 20:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Decltype: No one is using the userbox. Catfurball (talk) 20:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I don't know how you came to that conclusion. It is transcluded on the user pages User:Kuzo Pile, User:RandomMe98, User:FlutterDash344, and those pages were put in CAT:CSD (that's how I found your CSD tag). Regards, decltype (talk) 05:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Greaves Adventist Academy

The warning was good. But we should refrain from using the term "illegal" when what we mean is, "violates our Terms of Service." Orange Mike | Talk 21:55, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring a PROD

Catfurball, you used a pretty snarky edit summary when restoring a PROD tag here. If anyone removes a PROD, then the next step if AfD id deletion is to be pursued. You should not have restored the tag once Carrite removed it.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:50, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused by your edits here. What rules of PROD are admins not obeying? As the admin who removed the PROD, and the only admin to edit Northpine Christian College in the last couple of weeks, is your frustration directed at me?-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:54, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]