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Perfidy in the wild?!
editDon't get a chance to use perfidy very often. Also, good demonstrating of good faith by not immediately blocking, which is what I would have done. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:04, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hey ho. If I get a positive message every time I might need to start editing with a thesaurus at hand. I did consider blocking immediately, which I see you have now done. I ran a check on them and the results were not what you'd usually expect from a LTA, so I reckoned I'd give them one... uhh... lilliputian chance – a formality if nothing else – to thoroughly explain why they attempted to impersonate someone, prior to pushing the button. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:29, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- I was going to leave them unblocked as well, leaving that to your judgement, but when I checked the history and saw that they had removed that section after being caught out that pushed me over the edge to block. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
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Happy First Edit Day!
edit | Happy First Edit Day! Hi DatGuy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! interstatefive 02:44, 18 November 2024 (UTC) |  |
Happy First Edit Day!
edit| | Happy First Edit Day! Hi DatGuy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Adr28382 (Talk to me!) 15:26, 18 November 2024 (UTC) | |
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Happy (Belated) First Edit Day!
edit| | Happy First Edit Day! Hi DatGuy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 22:41, 19 November 2024 (UTC) | |
P.S. I am so sorry for the lateness. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 22:41, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Thank you!
editThanks much for fixing my filter. I always run the standard tests on them before I save, but the tests missed that mistake. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:52, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- No worries. You might like to use SoY's batchtest-plus if you don't already; it adds a 'FP check' that tests against Special:AbuseFilter/1201 for false positives. DatGuyTalkContribs 21:58, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's the one I used! If I recall correctly, it had one 1/99 hits, which isn't unusual for that filter. I should've looked at that one hit more closely. OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:07, 23 November 2024 (UTC)