User talk:Primefac

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Hey Primefac, a quick request following on the above task. Can I also do gen fixes while tagging for the above tasks? I know I did not ask for it in the BRFA, so completely understand if you disagree, but thought to ask a small request. It may also help normalize the banners, so minimizing any possible errors with pages with weird template formatting. Thanks! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:40, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Genfixes are always a good idea. Primefac (talk) 00:13, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 01:12, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

@Primefac and Bunnypranav:: I have documented this approval here. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:40, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Cheers, ta. Primefac (talk) 12:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Headbomb! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:32, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Would you or another admin have a look at User:Akrynim's edits and page creations? Something smells odd about how forward they are about stating they aren't a sock, and how in their first edit here, they claim they are running for adminship. Also surprised at how quick they got to creating category and "policy" pages about admins. Category:Wikipedia:Blocking policy and Wikipedia:Administrators are not evil. Zinnober9 (talk) 01:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I just thought I would be suitable for being an admin. Akrynim (👁‍🗨 Jam on! · 🏁 Check it!) 01:13, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

It's good and admirable to have some lofty goals here. From my point of view, finding a new user writing a policy essay about editing and interacting with admin with no editing experience, and seeing that they are also claiming not to be a sock and to be on track for adminship where no RfA exists, weren't a comforting group of simultaneous occurrences. I've probably been a bit too WP:bitey towards you in this regard, so sorry about that. Seeing good edits on articles helps instill trust, so I highly recommend editing and improving some articles you have an interest in and learning how Wikipedia works for a while before messing with policy essays and such. Apologies and best wishes, Zinnober9 (talk) 03:05, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Nah, don't worry about it, you were right the first time. -- asilvering (talk) 05:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with listening to your gut. One point of note, if you want to discuss a user without them being alerted to it, use {{no ping}} instead of a wikilink. Primefac (talk) 11:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

I had thought we had to go and actually "at" them for them to get notification so that's on me, thanks for sharing that. At the point of my second comment I felt I was in the grey area between laying out a suspicious evidence case and bite, so felt I should extend a small olive branch of AGF on the chance I was wrong and reading into things. Thank you both. Zinnober9 (talk) 15:37, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Oh, aye, nothing done wrong on your end, the only time you're really "required" to notify someone that you're talking about them is when you're at a Noticeboard (AN, ANI, BN, etc). Just talking about someone else on another user's page (especially if there are questions about their motivations) a ping is generally best avoided. Primefac (talk) 16:35, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Moved to WT:AWB

Special:Diff/1222731766/1280896552 .. it included an entire URL as part of a named ref(!). I assume because it wanted the page number, and the |page= contains a URL. Would it be possible to squelch URLs when creating a named ref? -- GreenC 02:31, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

That would be a question for WT:AWB, since the change in question was as a result of doing genfixes. Your logic seems sound, though. Primefac (talk) 11:31, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

I've moved this discussion there. Primefac (talk) 11:32, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Would you semi-protect Template:British Columbia and Template:Prince Edward Island as you have with Template:Alberta? I found someone using all of the {{CA province}} templates, but that these two were reporting as nonexistent, so I created these to mirror the redirects of the others in the set. Thanks, Zinnober9 (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

If they get to the point where they're being used, a bot will auto-protect them. If they're brand-new and not really used, I'm not sure there's much need to protect them at this point in time. Primefac (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for that info. I don't deal with creating templates too often, so was pattern matching based on existing and assumed. Zinnober9 (talk) 21:37, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Primefac Hello, I would like to implement this article, which I consider to be uncyclopedically relevant. Could you help me implement it? Countet (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay. I think you have received some good feedback on the draft (via the decline message) and at the AfC WikiProject talk thread. If you have any further questions please let me know. Primefac (talk) 00:53, 27 March 2025 (UTC)