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Could you give me a more detail explanation of why you deleted this topic "Outlook templates (.oft file) have different behaviors on browsers" (archive, do not add new topics.) . .

Thanks. Noindicaotro (talk) 15:16, 19 December 2024 (UTC) Reply

As it shows in the sidebar of that page, "This page is an archive. Do not add new topics here. Please ask new questions at Project:Support desk instead." --Clump (talk) 17:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC) Reply

Thank you. Noindicaotro (talk) 07:17, 20 December 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hi Clump :) Can I ask why you deleted this redirect in my userspace? I’m not sure if mediawikiwiki has different norms in this regard than other wikis I’ve contributed to (apologies if so); but, in general, I like keeping redirects as a result of moves within my userspace.

All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten _[meow] 14:50, 10 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Hi. Keeping the redirect doesn't seem useful in any way---no one else will use it, nothing links to it, and you yourself renamed/moved it, so why would there be any point to keeping it? --Clump (talk) 15:06, 10 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

  I guess my thoughts are, what’s the point in deleting it? Redirects are cheap, and I like having it left behind in my userspace — if nothing else, as a record of a title within my userspace that used to hold a page. Apologies if I’ve worded this badly, but - to be completely honest - I’m having trouble seeing what the benefit of deleting it was: I can’t see that its deletion has solved any problems, and (in this case) it resulted in me being confused and starting this thread on your talk page asking about it.

  All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten _[meow] 16:32, 10 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

  It is the essence of an "unneeded redirect" for the reasons I mentioned above. --Clump (talk) 17:22, 10 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

Is there a specific reason that you undid adding of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/reviewer:rahkooy@gmail.com to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Reviewers and cleaning up old reviewers. If I messed up the syntax please let me know. Physikerwelt (talk) 16:06, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Was that IP edit you? There's no obvious canonical truth for that page, but in general, it's hard to trust a random IP edit made without even an explanatory comment, especially when the edit removes or changes things for other users. --Clump (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Alright, I was not logged in. I would just w:Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith if the edit makes sense in general. Thank you. Physikerwelt (talk) 16:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

  • Someone adding themselves to that page seems relatively benign. Someone removing two others with no explanation seems less so---an edit summary would've been helpful to avoid the confusion. --Clump (talk) 17:38, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

    I really appreciate that you help to maintain the project. I will write a commit message in the future and double check that I'm logged in and I understand that is very very hard to assume good faith for people that are not logged in and don't write useful commit messages, but maybe it's a good mental workout to try anyhow. Physikerwelt (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

I can also stop my work entirely if pointless reverts continue to be made or at least no reasons are given Justman10000 (talk) 16:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Please stop with the hyperbole. Your edit was manifestly incorrect. --Clump (talk) 16:26, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello,Clump.Thanks for your contribution in Mediawiki. I want to know why you think of this page uses mechanical translation. If it is because I did not follow the English version of the writing, then my understanding is that it can better explain this script to Chinese readers. And this is a precedent for reference.Thanks.--人间百态 (talk) 13:10, 27 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello 人间百态. I didn't necessarily think it was mechanical, just incorrect/low quality in the sense that your translation omitted the translation variables and template in the original source. --Clump (talk) 13:20, 27 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

OK,thanks for your reply. 人间百态 (talk) 13:31, 27 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please give me at least ONE minute to fill the newly created category before you delete it. Thank you! Bináris ^talk 19:47, 31 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Moot now I assume, given that the 2nd version you made requested deletion. --Clump (talk) 19:56, 31 January 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello, can you explain why you deleted some of the translation pages I had created: Translations:Project:Autoconfirmed users/4/hi, Translations:Project:Autoconfirmed users/1/hi and Translations:Project:Autoconfirmed users/3/hi as "Not a translation"? Svartava (talk) 03:55, 4 February 2025 (UTC) Reply

Because a vandal edited the unit and Clump failed to notice there was a prior version to revert to. I've undeleted the last two - the first one wasn't actually created by you. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 06:19, 4 February 2025 (UTC) Reply

@Pppery: Thanks for the undeletion and clarification! Svartava (talk) 06:24, 4 February 2025 (UTC) Reply

The duplicate headers was the issue hence the anchor, I removed the anchor to localization, but kept the other anchors. Partial revert could have been better called for. Waddie96 (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC) Reply

• I see---for "Localization" only though. The other anchor isn't necessary, and given that you changed the heading to "Localization (main)" that additional anchor is also unnecessary. In general, please use the edit comment field to explain your edits. --Clump (talk) 20:20, 18 February 2025 (UTC) Reply

In Special:Diff/7069473, I think you accidentally re-added some sections that had been automatically archived, & accidentally removed some comments/new sections. I've (hopefully) fixed it now, so it should all be okay, but just wanted to let you know FYI :) All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten _[meow] 15:00, 3 March 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Yes, that was certainly accidental. Thanks for fixing it. --Clump (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2025 (UTC) Reply

  No problem :) Best, ‍—‍a smart kitten _[meow] 15:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC) Reply

Sorry about this, I misread et as el in the translation title. Svartava (talk) 16:16, 13 March 2025 (UTC) Reply

no problem, I didn't notice the difference right away either. --Clump (talk) 16:17, 13 March 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hey you recently deleted my newly created module, why? The module was a test that's why i used Module:Sandbox. Please could you undelete it. Raph Williams65 (talk) 11:18, 6 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

That testing does not have anything to do with mediawiki development. If you want to create shopping, pricing, etc modules please do that on your own private wiki. --Clump (talk) 11:23, 6 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

Then why don't you delete all modules under Module:Sandbox. --Raph Williams65 (talk) 11:28, 6 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

Thank you, I had missed a couple older ones there. The remaining ones seem to be legitimate development tests. --Clump (talk) 11:35, 6 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

My deepest apologies for troubling/inconveniencing you with this, Clump. I had no intention of doing so and I request your pardon/forgiveness for this error.

I sincerely meant no harm regarding the matter, I only wished for others to better understand my POV and background so we (as in other people and myself) could better collaborate/cooperate in future efforts with less risks of misunderstanding. I hope you understand where I'm coming from and that I truly meant no ill will or malice or disruptive intention. I also hope that, should we interact in the future, this does not cause any enmity or hostility.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tulsi I have acknowledged my mistake and was about to revert the changes myself. Thank you, and I hope that your day goes well and that I have not displeased you too far in any way. I will also send my apologies to other admins.

(If I may, could I request a reply so I know for sure this was received and read? I just want to know for sure that you understand where I'm coming from because I'm extremely anxious and I really don't want to make a horrible first impression and potentially draw hostility from those affected by this including yourself.) Yours sincerely with best regards, MTAMSK! (talk) 19:05, 18 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello MTAMSK. Ok---that much personal detail being out of scope was already pointed out to you on meta 3 days ago, so doing the same thing on half a dozen more wikis today seems odd, but in any case, acknowledged. --Clump (talk) 19:29, 18 April 2025 (UTC) Reply

If my work continues to be destroyed without justification or reason, I see no point in continuing my work here! Justman10000 (talk) 17:28, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please stop making pointless edits just to satisfy your personal aesthetics. --Clump (talk) 17:29, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

That shouldn't matter to nobody, and that's how it's been up until now! We agreed that it's okay as long as no one has to do extra work! And I'm keeping to that! So, why the dirt? Justman10000 (talk) 17:43, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

I have not agreed to anything with you, and I have no idea what you mean by "dirt". Adding unnecessary newlines into templates easily mess up transclusion, as you should be well aware of, and as was pointed out in the comment. --Clump (talk) 17:49, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Well... okay, but what about this? Justman10000 (talk) 18:05, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

What about it? Your rewording certainly did not improve anything. --Clump (talk) 18:11, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

What did I just say? One does not "use" a page, one goes to or visits it! Justman10000 (talk) 18:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

I've had enough of this conversation. I can indeed "use" a page. Feel free to continue translating, but you clearly do not understand English well enough to improve the base text. --Clump (talk) 18:25, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Yeah, block simply this guy! Why not? Who cares how he feels or that he just wants to help! Nobody needs him! Right? That's what you think all the time!

By the way: Use means in German verwenden! So, in german:

Wir würden uns freuen, wenn du stattdessen Projekt:Village pump verwenden würdest.

As I said! You see, this isn't about English. But why am I bothering to justify myself? You don't care anyway! Justman10000 (talk) 18:35, 2 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Since i don't nearly check my user to much but i don't know why are you note my page is "No meaningful and content history" ? Namngocnghech (talk) 08:05, 10 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Because it did not have meaningful content. --Clump (talk) 11:40, 10 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hi. Well, I would like to use variables, but there is some problem with them. With variables we got in polish text WikibaseCirrusSearch jest extension na bazie CirrusSzukaj [...], where first variable is not translated (we are getting word extension visible, instead rozszerzenie), and second one is CirrusSzukaj which literally means cirrus-search in polish (search part was translated; but this probably should remain not translated, as it s name of extension. (check) So – something is wrong with those variables (maybe they should contain only adres part, and be used as [[1ドル|extension]] or [2ドル ExtensionName]) in my opinion. Now it's a mess :) regards, Piastu (talk) 11:39, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

• And I'm quite interested which translator can do so poor translation? And which missing var did You reverted? Piastu (talk) 11:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello. For the un-translated "extension" it would seem there is an error in the translation markup; the translation to CirrusSzukaj is, however, is indeed the translated name of the target extension page. The translation unit you linked is the untranslated text---it's the same unit I removed due to a missing var that I was not sure how to fix (and in which you had added some additional trailing text too). --Clump (talk) 12:38, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Translating CirrusSearch to CirrusSzukaj is like translating Microsoft Word to Microsoft Słowo – or Photoshop to Sklep fotograficzny . Software names shouldn't be translated in most cases – to not confuse people. Target title also should not be translated – I've fix it. Piastu (talk) 13:14, 12 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hi Clump, would you consider granting yourself translation administrator rights so that you can delete main translation pages (for example Code of Conduct/cop) which are "Not a translation" but remain even after you have deleted the translation units? Cheers and thanks for your work! – Svārtava (t ɕ) 13:41, 26 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

Yes, I've been meaning to do that for a while. Yes Done now. --Clump (talk) 23:07, 26 May 2025 (UTC) Reply

So this ended up under User talk anyway. Oh well... Congratulations! :) Tactica (talk) 12:10, 18 June 2025 (UTC) Reply

Stop deleting my user page! UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 17:36, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

It contained no meaningful content; please stop creating nonsense pages. --Clump (talk) 17:37, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Your actions are disrespectful to me. UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 17:43, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Why is this crap still not banned? Tactica (talk) 18:00, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

My user page is not crap. You are just way too sensitive. UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 18:01, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Oh yes please excuse me if I'm oversensitive because of your random edits breaking translations and nobody doing a thing about it.

Again, why is this **** still not banned? Tactica (talk) 18:30, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

It's on the edge, but so far I see more naïveté than actual malice. --Clump (talk) 18:50, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Sure, an AI that poses as a translator who speaks Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish but posts machine translations is dandy, why revert those totally useful changes.

This site is hopeless. Tactica (talk) 19:31, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

I don't want to argue at all but can you please stop deleting my user page? UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 18:05, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please do not use your user page to argue with people. Please also read Project:About. You can create a user page on meta which has a broader scope. --Clump (talk) 18:06, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

I did not want to use my user page to argue with people but the deletions just annoyed me. UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 18:07, 8 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Why did you delete my translations for Manual:Interface/Noarticletext? JorgeElias2302 (talk) 19:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please do not add machine translations. --Clump (talk) 19:36, 10 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

The Manual page in question is FAQ, especially the russian version. UnnamedChannel079 (talk) 17:47, 15 July 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please block me forever because I have been blocked on various projects please block me now sorry if the translation is bad and not in accordance with the scope. ᅟ ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ ᅟ ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ ᅟᅟᅟ ᅟᅟᅟ ᅟ ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ ᅟᅟᅟ ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ 09:53, 7 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

Weird, but Yes Done --Clump (talk) 12:10, 7 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

Why did you did you delete Template:PD help/sandbox? I was going to use it to make improvements to the template? Waddie96 (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

Ok, undeleted. --Clump (talk) 17:23, 21 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

I have read your given reason "out of scope." Photo(s) are allowed. That image, plus the associated caption, explains my chosen user name. That explanation is my "introduction" to visitors to my page. That was communication related to this project and to communication with the other volunteers giving their valuable time.

• Please, restore that image and caption to my User page.

Respectfully, -- Ooligan (talk) 22:07, 27 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello. No, even if it inspired your username a picture of a fish doesn't belong here. Please use meta. --Clump (talk) 11:04, 28 August 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hello, please make sure to add an edit summary when reverting good-faith edits. Not doing so risks being reverted in kind, as I just did at API. Moreover, if my edit wasn't constructive, I want to know why so that I can avoid wasting my time and others' in the future. Thank you. — W.andrea (talk) 14:20, 9 September 2025 (UTC) Reply

Sorry . :) I was updating a translation that was marked as outdated, but as you can see it didn't work properly. --Titore (talk) 11:22, 23 September 2025 (UTC) Reply

Yes, your initial effort to update it looked ok, but you then removed some of the translation variables. Please do incorporate the translation variables into the translations. --Clump (talk) 11:31, 23 September 2025 (UTC) Reply

Of course, but for some reason keeping the variables resulted in an untranslated string ("user talk" instead of "discussione utente", here you can see what I mean), so that was my attempt to partially revert my own edit. Titore (talk) 11:40, 23 September 2025 (UTC) Reply

It's been a decade - if not now, then when? GreenReaper (talk) 04:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hi dear Clump, I was writing user documentation for a feature we from the CommTech team at WMF are working on and wasn't logged in. I am referring to this page: Help:Watchlist labels I know you wanted to help when deleting it, but could you please bring it back. All the best, KSiebert (WMF) (talk) 12:11, 21 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hi. Sure, done. --Clump (talk) 12:32, 21 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

Hi, in order not to start war of edits, let's talk here. Despite the fact that "category pywikibot is alread in category bots" pywikibot belongs not only to the category of the same name, but also to the category:bots, and to no lesser extent. Category:pywikibot primarily refers to auxiliary pages that are secondary to the main page. — Ivan-r (talk) 03:46, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

I disagree. Pywikibot is already in the Bots category by transitivity, and adding it in at multiple layers defeats the whole purpose of having a category tree. Category:Pywikibot is not just auxiliary pages; it in fact starts with a link to the manual page. In addition, "Pywikibot" as a category is already prominent in Category:Bots; adding a second entry for "Pywikibot" (the manual page) is just confusing. --Clump (talk) 12:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

Then it would be more appropriate to delete the pywikibot category, since the bots category takes precedence. Ivan-r (talk) 23:46, 4 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

Please review https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/DebugTemplates/+/1199065 when you get a chance. Thank you. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 18:54, 9 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

Why did you revert my edit to Recommendations for mobile friendly articles on Wikimedia wikis? You gave no explanation whatsoever. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 10:51, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

The comma isn't necessary; the text is grammatical and reads fine as is, and making arbitrary stylistic edits to existing text is not helpful. I didn't think removing an unnecessary comma added without any (useful) explanation warranted an explanation. --Clump (talk) 12:07, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

"grammatical and reads fine" when actually a comma there is needed for grammatical reasoning. The sentence is technically correct with a comma, that's what I'm saying. It's incorrect without a comma and I don't know why you're not seeing that. It's not a personal preference, it's just a fact. Not only were you "removing an unnecessary comma" (when it's necessary), you reverted my edit, so an explanation would've been helpful.

What I'm basically getting from your reply is that you're saying a comma is redundant when it's actually not. A comma is needed there. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 19:23, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

No it is not. You're using a comma as a pause in speech. Not entirely incorrect, but not a requirement by any means. --Clump (talk) 19:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

To be sure, are you saying it's redundant because mediawiki's policies say "ignore grammar rules" or you're saying it's redundant because it's genuinely not needed due to grammar rules. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 19:35, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

Are you here to contribute to MediaWiki development and/or documentation, or to just argue the pedantry of comma placement? If it's just the latter, my interest is exhausted, so please try a different wiki. --Clump (talk) 22:06, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

I am here to contribute to MediaWiki development, that's precisely why I'm here. I'm just starting small. I know this discussion is merely about a comma but all I'm saying is that revert of yours is incorrect. A comma does belong there and it's not redundant. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 00:36, 27 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

If they were unnecessary changes, they wouldn't have existed! I didn't mark any of the strings as required, so it doesn't matter!

I contributed, even though I said I wouldn't do it anymore! Is this how I get thanked? If one doesn't want me anymore, just say so! Justman10000 (talk) 21:29, 20 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

LBLaiSiNanHai (talk) 13:14, 24 December 2025 (UTC) Reply  

Thanks, but better to report on village pump. --Clump (talk) 13:17, 24 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

I know... but why not make a Administrator Noticeboard or Vandalism in progress page like Wikipedia? LBLaiSiNanHai (talk) 13:18, 24 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

@LBLaiSiNanHai Due to the size of this Wiki, the Village Pump acts as the Administrator noticeboard, There isn't a need of yet more places to monitor. P858snake (talk) 21:01, 24 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

thanks LBLaiSiNanHai (talk) 04:21, 25 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

I understand the point you're trying to make, but does the reversion mean that I need to make a separate page about my proposal, as are there for other proposed features? Faster than Thunder (talk) 18:10, 24 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

No. Feature proposals are on phab or maybe meta. Since you're blocked on phab look around on meta. --Clump (talk) 18:14, 24 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

Faster than THunder is also blocked on Meta. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 18:58, 24 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

Oh. Well, I guess they'll need to wait for the blocks to expire or be reversed to pursue this. --Clump (talk) 19:18, 24 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi Clump, the discussion regarding the deletion of Translations:Template:Localized link/Page display title/zh is on my user talk page, because the user, who puts the {{Speedy }}, left me a message there (probably via automated tools). Could you please give answers to the question I asked there? – KD Hsueh (talk) 11:21, 12 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi Clump, could you tell me how to create a translation for a page without the "Translate this page" link? I have checked Project:Language policy, Extension:Translate, Help:Extension:Translate, Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example, etc, and they do not help. Or can you at least give me the source code of my translation you deleted so I can add it again when the "Translate this page" link is available for the page in the future? Honoka55 (talk) 11:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi. You'll need to wait for someone to mark it for translation (you can prepare it by adding the <translate> tags, but there are a lot of caveats/conditions to check; see Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation example for help). I'd rather not restore the page since it would occupy the same space as the actual translation---I'll copy the actual translated text into a sub-page under you, but to avoid that ending up in a whole lot of categories I'll remove most of the template calls (so it'll look poor). --Clump (talk) 11:44, 13 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thanks! I have sent the original page to Special:PageTranslation. Honoka55 (talk) 12:06, 13 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello Clump,

Thank you for removing the title page in "lki". The two remaining pages don't appear to be in the same language, but I'm not an expert in either of those languages. As a precaution, I will delete these two pages:

• Translations:Help:Editing pages/1/lki
• and Translations:Help:Editing pages/3/lki

What do you think?

Cordially. —Eihel (talk) 11:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Yeah...not my language either but certainly not trustworthy given their other edits. --Clump (talk) 11:54, 13 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello, you removed two of my Parsoid issue reports, which said that infobox photos and maps are getting squashed, with the reason ''that's the infobox resizing, not due to parsing.'' This behavior always (on the two pages) happens with Parsoid, and never with the legacy parser. Does that not make them Parsoid issues? Michael21107 (talk) 19:50, 19 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Yes, thanks for the clarification---sorry, and I've undone the deletion. --Clump (talk) 19:53, 19 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

No problem, thank you. Michael21107 (talk) 03:31, 20 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello clump. My name is Carinebabarita. I created a MediaWiki page titled "Non-Dev Hackathon Paris 2026." I'd like to know why you deleted it. This page was created to be updated over time Carinebabarita (talk) 19:15, 20 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

No you didn't, you created "Formation non Dev pour Hackathon Paris 2026". Please use the translation system to create translated pages. --Clump (talk) 19:19, 20 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Clump Hello! I come here with a request to unblock a Punjabi Wikimedian with Username Harry sidhuz. The account was indefinitely blocked on MediaWiki four years ago. The user was quite new back then and might have inadvertently made some mistakes. I assure you that he is a trusted contributor to Wikimedia projects in Punjabi language now and regularly joins in-person activities as well. Let me know if you have need any additional information to unblock! He had intended to request the unblock himself on your talk page but couldn't edit your talk page here because of the block. - Satdeep Gill (talk) 03:33, 27 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello Satdeep. I no longer recall exactly what they'd done, but since you're willing to vouch for them ok. --Clump (talk) 13:03, 27 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi, what's the reason for your reverts of all of the comments about Russian Wikipedia on Talk:Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts within the last two weeks or so? They seemed harmless to me. Matma Rex (talk) 16:31, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello. It seems like weird and not relevant noise that belongs on the ru wiki not here---is there a reason to host the celebration of the last IPs/posts on a specific, external wiki (we don't have that for any other wiki). --Clump (talk) 16:41, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Russian Wikipedia was the last wiki to get temporary accounts, so I figure those people wanted to share those links here to mark the conclusion of the whole project. Matma Rex (talk) 16:59, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Ok, not personally convinced it's that meaningful :) but it is indeed relatively harmless so if you want to restore them I don't object. --Clump (talk) 21:10, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

A Message send to me say:

Your account or IP address has been blocked by ‪Clump‬. The reason given is Inserting false or outdated translations. Start of block: 12:40, 4 April 2026 Expiry of block: 12:40, 18 April 2026 Intended blockee: ~2026-20795-01

bla..bla.. Your current IP address is 85.49.132.16, and the block ID is #171235.

You made a mistake by blocking my laptop. I am now writing to you from my desktop. I have made over 10,000 edits to MediaWiki and I would never commit vandalism. I do not understand your reason and I hope you will rectify it. Jmarchn (talk) 17:18, 5 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi,

If you pay a minimum of attention to the recent changes list here you will notice that edits from temporary accounts are to be considered suspicious by default unless you happen to know the account in question or you have loads of time in your hands to check who it belongs to. You can't expect admins to magically speak all languages so they can tell with 100% certainty if an edit to a translation is constructive or not, not to mention Clump is more or less the only person here reverting disruptive edits. In addition, I'm pretty sure the amount of legit edits to translations originating from temp accounts is negligible, so the more reason to err on the safe side. In the end, as the most active translator to Catalan Clump was protecting your work in a way :-P Tactica (talk) 18:32, 5 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Jmarchn, you may have made 10K edits, but ~2026-20795-01 has made just two, and all they did was add some extraneous text not part of the original source. I removed the block since it's you, but if you don't want to login it would help if you at least use the edit summary. --Clump (talk) 19:17, 5 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Clump @Tactica OK. I hadn't noticed that my session had been missed. The strange edit was to clarify the concepts "content" and "subject". That's why I wrote "N. del T." = "T.N." or "translator's note". Now I've recovered that content. Thank you very much. Jmarchn (talk) 05:17, 6 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi! Thanks for deleting user:super_nabla/1. That page was just a test for the wikitext-format export of my tool toolforge:accessibility-checker (cf. Accessibility Checker). I'll try to avoid testing on Google websites and focus on testing on MediaWiki projects, which is the target of the tool.—super nabla (🪰 msg) 11:04, 3 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi. I noticed you deleted my user subpage User:魔琴/base1000. The page is refereced in phab:T401857 so I don't think it's out of scope. Would you please reconsider the deletion? Thanks. --魔琴 (talk) 12:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

Oh, that's what it is for---ok, undeleted. --Clump (talk) 12:19, 11 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello there. Do you really think my answer was poorly written? Even after your revert, I think I stand by it. I clearly said I did not want to hurt the guy, only that a resignation should be considered, and only if not financially problematic. That's the least I can do. In no other professional situation would such a failed launch be awarded with a continuation of a contract. And what makes it even worse here is that it's about a tool supposed to prevent others from producing poorly-launched content! If you may, can I suggest putting it back? I am still untitled to my opinion and he claims he wants feedback. My feedback is suggesting to drop the tool or, if a better option, to resign. Even if unpleasant, it's after all, literally what he asks for. Feedback. If he cannot face feedback, the tool he supports is even shittier, in a sense, for there's not even a slimmer of hope he can improve it. So yeah... Respectfully, would you consider putting it back? Thierry Caro (talk) 16:52, 26 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

It was an unnecessarily condescending comment that added nothing to your original feedback. No I will not restore it. --Clump (talk) 17:16, 26 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi Clump, I've noticed the 2017 block of User:Sänger after some trouble. Is it possible to review such a case? NDG (talk) 09:06, 17 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi NDG. It wasn't my block, so it'd be better to ask someone on the Code of Conduct Committee, some of which at least are certainly still active. --Clump (talk) 11:32, 17 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thanks, I will get in contact! NDG (talk) 11:35, 17 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hey, the flow of the Article guidance tool, deployed on a few wikis, incl. French and Turkish WP, directs newbies to Talk:Article guidance with an automatically suggested section title. These clumsy short sections are legit. SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 13:05, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Ok -- I've been leaving most, but the last couple in ALL CAPS just looked like nonsense (and the user returning with the draft article is another red flag). I'll leave the short ones from now on though. --Clump (talk) 13:08, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

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