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I saw you fulfill my CSD G8-requests regarding these. I've filed a Twinkle ticket so these are deleted automatically from now on, but if you want to, you can go through the list. NotAGenious (talk) 17:18, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorted, thanks. Primefac (talk) 17:29, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Probation

Can I review article at WP:AFC being in "Probation", where you just added me? Taabii (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Yes, you can. Being on probation only means that during the probation timeframe, you can be removed from the list of reviewers without discussion or warnings. NotAGenious (talk) 12:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Your BRFA

Hello Primefac, your BRFA at Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 46 was approved. Best regards, — xaosflux 12:17, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Primefac (talk) 12:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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Template issues

I don't think you intended this outcome (bot edit) with SNE.

And your change to Template:Redirect category shell yesterday has a few articles and a few templates complaining (just those with "Redirect category shell" or "Rcat shell" mentioned, a few others that show in the searches are unrelated). Given how widely used the template is, I suspect these are just a "quirk, fix at end page" type of issue rather than something in the main template, but that's just based on quantity. I can't identify the specific issue and hope that you know what the issue is. Zinnober9 (talk) 06:10, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

The first was a quirk of AWB subst'ing a template, thought I caught all of them but clearly not (thanks).

I am not seeing any lint errors related to rcat shell on that page, nor when I search for the template. Where should I be looking to find them? Primefac (talk) 07:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Oops, broke the links in thinking I could wikilink them by removing the part before "Special:". articles here and templates here is where I'm seeing these issues. And in case these links post funny, they are in Stripped tags, article and template space. This is one such page. Zinnober9 (talk) 13:57, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I am headed out the door, but when I'm back in a few hours I'll give it my full attention. Primefac (talk) 14:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

So I think this has to do with the |h= parameter in the rcat shell. Nothing I did really changed anything: it went from a switch that called four different templates to a switch that called a single template (which, incidentally, called the same four templates which had simply been moved to subpages). If there are errors it's probably because |h= is using :: whereas the other rcats (including {{r protected}}) use **. I'm not really sure why my edit triggered the lint errors if that's the case, though. Primefac (talk) 21:02, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure why your edit triggered the lints either, but I think the problem is that the <div class="rcat rcat-R_semi-protected"> is on the "::" line, while the closing </div> is on an empty line. This is easy to see on Special:ExpandTemplates, using

{{redirect category shell|
|h=Test
}}

and setting the context title to that of a protected page. The opening div is at the end of the second line. I'm not sure what the correct place is to add the newline, whether it should be conditional on something, etc., but I hope this helps. --rchard2scout (talk) 12:07, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh! Interesting. I'll play around in rcat's sandbox and see if I can get a fix going. Primefac (talk) 13:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Uh... that was easy. Primefac (talk) 13:39, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, that worked! --rchard2scout (talk) 15:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you both! Yup, that cleared everything related to this issue in Mainspace, and cleared most of the templates. I'm not sure if the remaining 6 templates claiming this issue are being lazy and haven't picked up the change yet (despite purging) and just need a bit of time, or if they need an additional tweak, but it doesn't seem to be affecting functionality, so I'm not too concerned and tempted to wait and see.

It never fails to surprise me how some things can't stand other things being on the same line, and others can't stand being apart. Zinnober9 (talk) 16:02, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I won't to need the seasonal events

In Template:Country at games navbox there are many pages that use this template, especially the Olympics, so it is necessary to change from Template:Country at games navbox to Template:Country at games with seasonal. Also, pages that use Template:Country at games navbox but are locked specifically on the Munich massacre page should be changed now and any pages that Template:Country at games navbox but are for a single game should be kept as well. PanImage (talk) 08:40, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

If improvements can be made to an existing navbox, suggest changes to that navbox, don't just make an entirely new one that is little more than a copy. Thank you for pointing out the flaws in the current template; I am working on an upgrade. Primefac (talk) 10:06, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

RE: STEAM education

The legislation is neutral, unbiased content.

I only added quotes from notable people. It was not self-promotion, and it is unfortunate that that was misunderstood.

The legislation alone really helps the article on an education topic. Starlighsky (talk) 17:42, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

It was also directly copied from the source, which is not allowed. Primefac (talk) 18:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

I changed the wording for the legislation. I can drastically improve that part. The article is about education, and the legislation addresses the education issue. Education is an important issue in terms of articles. Starlighsky (talk) 18:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

You are welcome to re-add any content that was removed, provided you write it in your own words. Primefac (talk) 18:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Starlighsky (talk) 18:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC)