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Hi there, I've often seen you around at RfD and you seem to know a lot about redirects so I thought to inform and ask, there's an IP at List of misquotations (which I recently closed as "keep") who appears to be adding some sort of maintenance note but is also getting reverted by an anti-vandal bot. Is what the IP doing ok? Left guide (talk) 09:34, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the IP is doing the right thing on this occasion. Cluebot does not edit war so the edit should stick now the IP has reinstated it. I've reported it as a false positive to the Cluebot maintenance (person? team?), but I've never done that before so I don't know what happens next (if anything). Thryduulf (talk) 12:19, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi there, just a heads-up I closed this RfD and launched a simple dab page at Farmers' Rebellion per your silent consensus. I think I got the main things, but a second pair of eyes may help since I don't draft large dab pages often; feel free to tweak or improve as desired. Regards, Left guide (talk) 05:30, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi! I am setting up a new Cardiff Meet up and I'm messaging those who attended the last one to see if they are still interested / local.
Looking at your user page I appreciate you may have moved however if you happen to be in the area it's on Thursday 6th November (6pm to 8pm) at Bru Coffee on Queen Street.
It will be an informal social so it's completely fine to arrive late / leave early. The aim is just for people editing Wiki (or those interested in doing so) to get together, chat about what they are up to, ask for any peer support with Wiki things they might want, chat about the kinds of events they might like in person in 2026 and also to just have a lovely time!
All of the information is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/5 (I haven't had time to translate it into Welsh yet but the Welsh translation should be up by end of next week when I'm back in work).
If Cardiff Meet Ups are something you're interested in but something about this set up/ date / time isn't accessible for you, please let me know at gemma.coleman@wikimedia.org.uk so I can bear it in mind when we organise future events. Gemma Coleman (WMUK) (talk) 13:55, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) @Gemma Coleman (WMUK): Count me interested, but only if: (a) it's on a Saturday or Sunday; (b) it's open-ended - two hours is really too short a duration for what for me is a journey of 92 miles (twice); (c) it's in the daytime, not the evening - since it's likely that I shall be working the following morning (work on any of 7 days is always a possibility for me). To get to Cardiff by 18:00 I need to leave home at 15:50, and if I stay until 20:00 I get home at 22:15. Also - and on a more personal matter - coffee shops don't hold much attraction for me. The last two Cardiff meetups were at The Central Bar - I'm pretty sure I attended one of them, but didn't sign up, apparently. Food was reasonably priced, beer more so, and coffee - well, you pay about £1.00 to £1.50 for an empty cup, which you fill as many times as you like. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:06, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the input @Redrose64. It's hard to run something that meets everyone's needs (not in a pub and not on a weekend were also requests I had!) but it's useful to know the range of different preferences and maybe we can change things around so that even if one meet up isn't someone's preference, the next might be.
If Cardiff is 92 miles away hopefully there's a meet up a bit closer for you? If there isn't and you'd be interested in running one feel free to email me (gemma.coleman@wikimedia.org.uk) or send me a message and I'd be happy to support with setting that up as I can.
Otherwise, it's still in the planning stages but there is potentially an editathon happening on Sat 29th November in the afternoon in central Cardiff. If that gets confirmed I can let you know if you'd like? Gemma Coleman (WMUK) (talk) 13:33, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.
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