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"I can't see a thing without my glasses!" ~ Some cartoon character, maybe Homer

I never stopped by to say this, but I value your smart use of coding exploitation at the Glasses AFD last year. But, alas, four people think I'm funnier. Not sorry. Panini!^🥪 05:18, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Can confirm, my AFD was much funnier. :-) —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:56, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Article Draft: Pytest

Hi Pythoncoder, I recently drafted an article on Pytest, the most popular testing framework in Python, and submitted it for WP:AfC review. Though I'm allowed to move it to Main space directly, I opted for WP:AfC because it is my first article in this area and it's best that more experienced editors do a review to ensure its quality. Would you have time to take a look? Thanks. Thomas Meng (talk) 17:47, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Tagging pages for G13 speedy deletion

Hello, Pythoncoder,

Please look over WP:G13 so you can see what is required for User pages to be eligible for CSD G13 status. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:18, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

I believe the pages I nominated are G13-eligible because they are userspace drafts with "no content except the article wizard placeholder text", per the third subcategory of G13. I made a userspace draft on User:PythoncoderAlt/sandbox/Userspace draft, using Help:userspace draft and it created a page with similar text. Then I found an older version of the page skeleton and the article wizard placeholder text was exactly the same as the pages I nominated. Am I missing something? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 05:07, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Let me know if this is a stupid question, but why are you deleting those articles anyway? Would it be helpful if I nominated a bunch of sandboxes for deletion? Talib1101 (talk) 00:40, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

You should only nominate pages (including sandboxes) for speedy deletion if you're sure they meet one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion. Without knowing anything else about these sandboxes, I'm thinking the answer is no. I nominated them because I was quite confident that they met the third part of CSD G13 ("no content except the article wizard placeholder text") but now I'm not so sure. This is the second time I've gotten a message about these sorts of nominations so I'm thinking I'll avoid G13 nominations of userspace drafts for a while. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 01:49, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Also, to be clear, there are no stupid questions when it comes to editing Wikipedia. Possible exception: “Should I vandalize Page X?” — obviously, the answer to that one is no. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 01:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Rejuvenate WikiProject Skepticism

Hello - my name is Susan Gerbic (Sgerbic) and I'm writing to you because at some point you joined Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism. This might have been months ago - or even years ago. With the best of intentions the project was created years ago, and sadly like many WikiProjects has started to go dormant. A group of us are attempting to revitalize the Skepticism project, already we have begun to clean up the main page and I've just redone the participant page. No one is in charge of this project, it is member directed, which might have been the reason it almost went dormant. We are attempting to bring back conversations on the talk page and have two subprojects as well, in the hopes that it might spark involvement and a way of getting to know each other better. One was created several years ago but is very well organized and a lot of progress was made, Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism/Skeptical organisations in Europe. The other I created a couple weeks ago, it is very simple and has a silly name Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism/Skepticism Stub Sub-Project Project (SSSPP). This sub-project runs from March 1 to June 1, 2022. We are attempting to rewrite skepticism stubs and add them to this list. As you can see we have already made progress.

The reason I'm writing to you now is because we would love to have you come back to the project and become involved, either by working on one of the sub-projects, proposing your own (and managing it), or just hanging out on the talk page getting to know the other editors and maybe donate some of your wisdom to some of the conversations. As I said, no one is in charge, so if you have something in mind you would like to see done, please suggest it on the talk page and hopefully others will agree. Please add the project to your watchlist, update your personal user page showing you are a proud member of WikiProject Skepticism. And DIVE in, this is what the work list looks like [1] frightening at first glance, but we have already started chipping away at it.

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism/Participants page has gone though a giant change - you may want to update your information. And of course if this project no longer interests you, please remove your name from the participant list, we would hate to see you go, but completely understand.

Thank you for your time, I hope to edit with you in the future.Sgerbic (talk) 07:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

hi sorry i wanted to click the trout Turtelious (talk) 13:42, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello

Would you mind taking a look at this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alberto_Caballero_(astronomer) Thank you Iberastro (talk) 22:32, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

I’ve gone ahead and submitted your draft for review. It looks like you were missing a bit of code so I added it to your page. I don’t have time to do a full review right now, so I or another reviewer will take a look at it sometime in the next few months.

Also, how did you find my talkpage? It looks like you just created your account so I’m curious about how new users find their way around. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:01, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I found you in the list of inclusionists :) Iberastro (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Angry Tomatoes (video game)

I just googled the game (the one by Brad Howard) and could find no reliable sources other than the app’s own information and user-submitted reviews.[2] [3] MegaMack02 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

That means it's not notable enough to deserve a Wikipedia article. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 03:13, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Edit Request Tool changes

Hello, I just made some significant changes to User:Terasail/Edit Request Tool. Since you have the tool active, I am informing you of this since it may affect you. To open the tool you will now have to click the "respond" button. The tool will load a similar interface as before. There is now a live preview of the response. These changes might have introduced some bugs so if you have any concerns / suggestions or run into problems please leave a note at User talk:Terasail/Edit Request Tool Thanks, Terasail^[✉️] 15:30, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Kconraw Noremac AuhsoJ (December 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Pythoncoder was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Kconraw Noremac AuhsoJ and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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—pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 07:01, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Pythoncoder! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 07:01, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Edit

Stop deleteing my edits Lil Arizona (talk) 05:21, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

I reverted your edit because it linked to an article that does not exist. When you edited the article, there was a message [4] that warned you that any edits linking to nonexistent articles (i.e. adding red links) would be reverted. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 20:06, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Looking for a css for ol

Hello Sir, from el.wiktionary. Sorry to bother you for external help. I know zero about computers and programming, but our wiktionary needs things, and I have to try to find them. I have been looking at internet for a css to copy: nested ordered fully numbered list with levels, and start= like this one. I cannot find one, except partial bits. Trying to learn at wikt:el:Template:test-ol, unsuccesfully (alas, if I were 50 years younger I might study properly). I was hoping that you might know a nice link for us to copypaste from? Thank you, Sarri.greek (talk) 02:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

I tried a few things but I couldn't get the code you had to work. Have you tried this page yet? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 04:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for directing me to the right place. I will try it. :) Sarri.greek (talk) 10:26, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Pythoncoder, Pythoncoder! It works! Thank you so much!!!! Sarri.greek (talk) 11:27, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

PS all this time i was writing style=counter-reset: item+1 and it did not work (of course). Now: style="counter-reset: item 2;" and it works! Sarri.greek (talk) 16:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	@media screen { #mw-head { position: fixed; background: linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff 50%,#f6f6f6 100%); } } Preferring it even to the Vector2022 implementation right now! CMD (talk) 03:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Attempts to nominate page for deletion & replacing it with draft, that's already been rejected.

Howdy. I don't think the IP is quite getting the message, concerning his attempts to replace the List of longest-reigning monarchs page. GoodDay (talk) 05:07, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

regarding AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD

I don't think we have the same definition of what funny is, but I took your advise, and "forked" it. Well, I created a new userbox with a similar name, if that's what you meant by forking it. Dhrm77 (talk) 19:32, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted because your user page is utter chaos. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 07:57, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I try —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 04:22, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Benjamin nickname

This is a legit nickname used in various circumstances. Why is it not accepted??? This is not vandalism! Why is there censorship on a Wikipedia page? That in my opinion is vandalism to not accept legit changes!!!! 207.98.198.231 (talk) 02:39, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Maybe you know someone named Benjamin who is sometimes referred to as “Benzilla”, but to put that on Wikipedia, you’ll need a reliable source. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 04:23, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE Joemamam2 (talk) 17:03, 22 February 2023 (UTC) idk I like fish

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: declining my draft. Why did you do that i was just trying to make a better version of the routing page ) 02:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC) CoolberryWiki (talk) 02:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

First of all, Welcome to Wikipedia! If you want to improve the routing page, please improve our existing page Routing (disambiguation). Wikipedia's draft system is not for submitting improvements to existing pages. Also, your draft is more confusing than the existing page, because every link just shows up as "Routing". —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 03:27, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Rottnest Volunteer Guides Association

Hi there I have received your comments and have deleted the copied and pasted sections from our website and replaced them with new text which i hope avoids this issue. Thanks for your reconsideration Leo mollison (talk) 07:16, 2 April 2023 (UTC) Leo Mollison 02 april 2023 Leo mollison (talk) 07:16, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, the page has been deleted. If you choose to create a new page about the same topic, please make sure the page does not infringe any copyrights. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 20:49, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Request on 07:32:29, 2 April 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Leo mollison

• Leo mollison (talk · contribs)
  • User:Leo mollison (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I appreciate your comments re copyright as I was testing how to do the while thing. When I got your comments I rewrote the sections in my own words but still referenced then to the RVGA website. But now I cant see the thing in my sandbox at all - the original nor the revisions

How do I proceed? Leo mollison (talk) 07:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi, your current signature is using <font> tags, which are obsolete and are not HTML5 compliant. Would you be willing to adjust that font tag to
<span style="font-family: fontnamehere"> for an error free equivalent? The following:

<span style="font-family:impact">—[[User:pythoncoder|<span style="color:#004080">python</span><span style="color:olive">coder</span>]] ([[User talk:pythoncoder|AAAAAAAA! A snake!]] ¦ [[Special:Contribs/pythoncoder|Why did it have to be snakes?]])</span>

displays as the visually identical (to your current) signature: —pythoncoder (AAAAAAAA! A snake! ¦ Why did it have to be snakes?)

Thank you, Zinnober9 (talk) 07:58, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Haha, that was my April Fools’ Day signature. I changed it back last night. Also changing the tags to span would not in fact result in a visually identical signature because I was already bumping up against the character limit with the existing joke signature. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 20:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Claudia Latilawa Taylor

Hi, I had already declined this Draft:Claudia Latilawa Taylor. Did you mean to undo that, or did our edits just overlap? Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 04:47, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Whoops, looks like it was just an edit conflict. Reverted to your version. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 04:56, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Okay, no worries, just wasn't sure what happened. Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:19, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Procedural notification

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List of Prussian agriculture ministers

Translated from German Wikipedia. --Pinoberlina (talk) 17:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Charles III requested move discussion

There is a new requested move discussion in progress for the Charles III article. Since you participated in the previous discussion, I thought you might like to know about this one. Cheers. Rreagan007 (talk) 06:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Billy Gets Grounded

Hi, my submission for "Billy Gets Grounded" is rejected. Please understand, that the series exists in real life, it's a YouTube show. All the sources I got are true and I'm not joking. 87.0.164.237 (talk) 07:40, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your submission. In order for your draft to be accepted, it doesn't just have to exist, it has to be a notable topic. Please read WP:GNG (just the section "General notability guideline") for more information on what that means. Given that the draft says the series has "thousand of views", it doesn't seem like it's notable, but if you can find any reliable sources about it, I encourage you to add them. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 14:47, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Can you give me some suggestions on how to make it accepted? 87.0.164.237 (talk) 06:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Have you ever seen this show? What else do you know about it? 87.0.164.237 (talk) 06:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

I haven't seen the show. What the article needs is some reliable sources to prove the series is important. The easiest option is probably finding links to major news websites discussing it. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 14:06, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

I looked all over the Web but I didn't find any news websites about the show. So if I don't find it, what can I do? 2001:B07:6472:D95E:C:DC04:5D32:40F7 (talk) 12:06, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that means the subject is probably not notable, and thus not suitable for Wikipedia. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 12:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Review

Please help review my draft again, thanks. Misraaa (talk) 09:49, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

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Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for:

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thanks for likeing improve Wikipedia's coverage of early-'60s music!, BTW you remember back in the days i acted like a reviewer who approved my own draft? Samchristie05 (talk) 16:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

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