User talk:slakr

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Ideally, please use this link to post new messages at the bottom. If you can't find something you recently posted, I might have moved it down there or it could have been archived if you posted it over 7 days ago. Cheers :)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Regarding slakr: Why did my page get deleted? Please see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? first. I have no idea what you're talking about. What's vandalism? If you received a warning from me and you're not logged in, you might have gotten an old warning I sent to someone who shares your IP address. On the other hand, if you've made recent edits and received a recent warning message from me and you genuinely believe that it's not vandalism, don't fret-- simply drop me a message below, because I could have simply made a silly mistake. :) Regarding SineBot: Why does SineBot keep signing stuff I've already signed? All comments should have a signature that includes both a link to your user page (slakr) and a datestamp (05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)) (per signatures - internal links). This is most easily generated by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your contributions, which makes something like "slakr 05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)". If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing. If you're still having problems after trying that, post a message below. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. I don't want my comments signed by SineBot. How do I get it to ignore me or my talk page? Please use one of the opt-out methods listed on its user page. SineBot forgot to sign something it should have signed. Usually this happens because the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). It does this to avoid being annoying. Other times, a comment might be made when the bot is down for maintenance, so the bot simply never sees it. SineBot signed something that it genuinely should not have signed. Please let me know-- especially if you think it's not a one-time thing. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. Is SineBot's source code available? Not currently. I'm signing with four tildes (~~~~) but it's still saying I didn't! You likely enabled raw signatures. Open your preferences, click the "User profile" tab, make sure that "Treat the above as wiki markup" is NOT checked, and click Save; it should be fixed. If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.

Remembrance

Hey buddy! It's nice to be remembered. I'm glad to see you're still around and making contributions. All the best. KnowledgeOfSelf (talk) 08:17, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

TheBeardedMustache

I think we're biting this newbie pretty hard. As he said on his talk page, there's no message to tell him exactly WHAT was tripping the filter. He may not understand "reliable sourcing" and "original research", but he wasn't overtly vandalizing. Joyous! Noise! 16:16, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

They appear to have started responding on their talk page after my warnings; I've otherwise been uninvolved with "we" (and no block was issued). That's basically the entire point of warnings (especially starting with level-1 warnings and giving multiple): starting that conversation going if there's genuine confusion. Feel free to leave them a welcome message (e.g., {{welcome}}) and help them out. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 16:47, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Page protection increase for a group of articles

Hi Slakr, I noticed that you're an admin that deals with page protection increase requests. I was wondering if it's possible to submit a request for extended confirmed protection on group of articles related to 1 particular musician? The articles I want protection for have been subject to persistent vandalism from socks of an indefinitely banned vandal. I could submit individual request for each article but the justification would be the same. Isjadd773 (talk) 16:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

@Isjadd773: Yes; you can do that at WP:RFPP. If you have one really clear example (i.e., the most vandalized / most obvious) and the rest are uncontroversial, you could open one for that one and then just immediately edit it to add more:

* {{pagelinks|Article Name 2}}
* {{pagelinks|Article Name 3}}
...etc...

If it's a more complex sort of situation that spans dozens/hundreds of pages, may require blocks in conjunction, or needs a lot of parsing to understand what's going on, consider creating a thread on WP:ANI instead.

Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 17:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Perfect. I appreciate your help. I'll submit a request in due time. Best. Isjadd773 (talk) 20:11, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi, could you please revdel the edit summary here - this username was deleted from the surrounding edits, but it's still visible here. Thanks, ScalarFactor (talk) 05:45, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

 Done --slakr^\ talk / 21:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

"Zach Hanson" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Zach Hanson has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 31 § Zach Hanson until a consensus is reached. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:10, 31 July 2025 (UTC)