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extended-confirmed-protected edit request on Zamorin

Hello there is a extended-confirmed-protected edit request on Zamorin [1]] 207.96.13.12 (talk) 16:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

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The use of sfn and other short form reference templates

Hi PharyngealImplosive7. Short form reference templates such as {{sfn}} just create a hyperlink to a full cite elsewhere in the article. If you use them on their own they just create an error, tracked in Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you're going to be using such templates I would suggest turning on the associated error messages. Details of how to do so can be found in the tracking category. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 17:35, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I will from now onwards. Thanks for letting me know. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 17:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
If you have any questions or difficulties you're always welcome to ask on my user talk page. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 23:05, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for letting me know. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 23:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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Question about User Talk

Hey there, thanks for the tip on the Filter list, I just wanted some clarification. My understanding was that if someone's edits were disruptive, vandalism, etc. we notify them on their user page instead of the article talk? The user in question has done this over-tagging on 40+ articles, not just the one linked. - AquilaFasciata (talk | contribs) 21:11, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@AquilaFasciata: I agree with your assessment, but you still might want to put it in the talk page if it's that much tags to remove. I agree that if they tagged 40+ pages it's better to talk on their user page though. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 22:18, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, PharyngealImplosive7. Thank you for your work on Voiceless labial–uvular plosive. North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for your work. Maybe this should instead be a section in a broader article? But I'm marking as reviewed. Happy editing!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|North8000}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

North8000 (talk) 17:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This award is given in recognition to PharyngealImplosive7 for collecting at least 25 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:39, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Rainbow Song

Hello PharyngealImplosive7,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Rainbow Song for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.

If you don't want The Rainbow Song to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Kline • talk to me! • contribs 01:52, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

@Kline: Oops, I forgot to speedy delete it when I was draftifying the article. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 01:55, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
No worries, automated message. Kline • talk to me! • contribs 01:56, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Yeah I know. I just wanted to let you know. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 01:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Scottish Gaelic phonology

I undid your edit because it was only cosmetic and most people (who are already familiar with the phonetic chart and symbols) will be able to read the consonant chart fine. It did not need to be rearranged. Fdom5997 (talk) 05:16, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes it was cosmetic, but I feel that it helped reorganize the table more clearly and showed subdivisions (aspirated, palatalized, etc.) better. Feel free to disagree, and I would also suggest you to actually put why you undid someone's edit in your edit summary next time as it can be quite confusing when you don't. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:20, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
The reason why the consonants were organized that way was because it was simplifying the table, showing the rows of the consonants side by side (voiced/voiceless; unaspirated/aspirated). We already get the picture, so the subdivisions should not matter. Fdom5997 (talk) 05:26, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Slashes in consonant charts

The slashes that I put in the consonant charts are strictly an abbreviation for a voicing and/or sound distinction. They should not have to mean allophones or "one or the other". In this case, they do mean "both" or "and". Please just leave them there. Fdom5997 (talk) 06:16, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

They just seem kind of confusing because slashes usually represent either or if you know what I mean, so I though I was making the chart clearer. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 14:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I

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  • Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
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To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

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About your withdrawn edit filter helper nomination

I'm here to explain that the reason some people have opposed your first nomination probably has to do with your account age and/or your edit count. My advice would be that when your account has almost reached two years or more, and with over 700 responses or more to EFFPR and removing/reverting frivolous reports by true vandals or trolls, you can try again to demonstrate that you really need the edit filter helper role.

Note, I got this advice from Uhai; they said that my account age might be the same reason they opposed my second EFH nomination. However, I changed my mind and I do have intentions to write filters, but I don't really know how to write regex despite regex101. I even emailed a filter's conditions with basic regex conditions I wrote on my iPhone to an edit filter manager in an effort to stop a vandal.

Hopefully, this helps. Gracias. Codename Noreste 🤔 talk 18:29, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Yeah that is what I'm trying to work on. Thanks for the advice. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello PharyngealImplosive7,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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Concern regarding Draft:Voiced bidental fricative

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If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

ACC request

PharyngealImplosive7, thank you for your interest in the account creation process. I have verified your Identification (diff) and have approved your request, welcome to the team. You may now access (Time dependent, a tool root has to set your access in the database) the interface here. Before you do so, please read the account creation guide and our username policy thoroughly to familiarize yourself with the process. You should also join (Also needs a switch flipped by a channel operator) us on IRC #wikipedia-en-accounts connect where a bot informs us when new account requests come in and to get any advice on requests as well as the (Also needs a switch flipped by a list moderator/list admin) mailing list. Please note that we have implemented a policy of zero tolerance on mishandled requests, and that failure to assess correctly will result in suspension. I would like to emphasize that it is not a race to complete a request, and each one should be handled diligently and thoroughly. Currently you are allowed to create up to six accounts per day, although you won't be able to create an account with a similar name to that of another user; these requests are marked "Account Creator Needed" by the bot and "Flagged user needed" on the interface. However, if you reach the limit frequently, you can request the account creator permission at WP:PERM/ACC. Please keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse will result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again welcome! - FlightTime (open channel) 01:04, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Again, please review the THE GUIDE before jumping in - FlightTime (open channel) 01:13, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry for reserving that request. I clicked the wrong button on mistake while trying to open the request. I'm currently reading the guide right now. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 01:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
NP, on that. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Also, it might take a while to get your mailing list access and IRC access, as soon as I get a done notice, I'll post here. Welcome to the team. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 01:19, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Your access to the ACC mailing list has been approved. Please request a cloak for access to the IRC channel. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:33, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Just some advice, it's a good idea to refer to the ACC guide while working request, until you become comfortable with the buttons, processes and such. Cheers, - FlightTime (open channel) 19:59, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah that's what I've been trying to do. Thanks for the suggestion. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 20:03, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

Hi PharyngealImplosive7, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Hey man im josh (talk) 12:59, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

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I sent you a modification of the regex string, will forward to the edit filter mailing list shortly. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 20:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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Please check your email

Replied. Thanks, Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 03:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

And I've sent a response. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 04:37, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

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  • Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi PharyngealImplosive7. Thank you for your work on Labial–retroflex consonant. Another editor, Botterweg14, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Nice work, but see my other comment!

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Botterweg14 (talk) 23:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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removed Wugapodes

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  • Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
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Arbitration

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RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review

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  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

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Better courtesy regex of P Diddy for filter 614

I believe my take on these brainrot terms would be less expensive than your take: sean\s?(?:\"?diddy\"?\s?)?(?:combs|john)|(?:p\s?)?didd(?:ler|y)|puff\s?daddy.

Anyway, you can give another run for EFH during this or next month, just make sure to keep a semi-active level of activity, and keep on going with your edit filter work, just as I might run for EFM for this month or even December. Thank you! Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 15:19, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, looks good. If you would like, I could ask or EFN or an EFM directly about changing the filter to reflect those changes. Thanks for optimizing it by the way.
Also, thanks for the suggestion about EFH. I was also thinking of running again soon, but I'll try to become a little more active for a bit before that. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 22:57, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Note that I am running for EFH now. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 14:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
I'm sorry to say this, but your EFH request did not go well as we thought. Perhaps you can give another run for EFH next September or October, and keep up your level of activity, including non-technical contributions, and try to send at least one email to the edit filter mailing list if you have a private filter request. Thank you. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 01:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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Deprodding Shahrak-e Salman-e Farsi

I seconded several of your proposed deletions today, for small locations. I didn't get involved if the reported population was between 125 and 999. If it was much more than 1,000, I left a note on the talk pages that it's possibly notable. That leaves Shahrak-e Salman-e Farsi, which based on numbers alone, is probably a real village and possibly notable. I hope you don't mind my triage. For this one, we can do a more detailed search Before going to WP:AfD. Thank you for doing this thankless task. Bearian (talk) 18:53, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review these articles I nominated for deletion. I think we should do a detailed search for Shahrak-e Salman-e Farsi. Nothing much seems to come up from a quick google search but it still may be notable. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:57, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

A Flood of PRODs

Hello, PharyngealImplosive7,

You PROD'd a lot of articles today, according to Category:Proposed deletion as of 28 January 2025, we'll have over 120 PROD'd articles next week come due when our average daily number of articles which are PROD'd is around 20-30 per day. Each article that is tagged for Proposed Deletion has to be individually assessed by an administrator to make sure it is eligible so could you please slow down your pace and instead of PRODding 96 articles on one day, PROD 5-10 articles/day over several days? It would help moderate the workflow for admins who review PROD'd articles. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 19:30, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I understand. I will try to slow down and am sorry for any incovenience caused. Thanks for letting me know about this - I just was trying to clean up these articles. Sorry again. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:38, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
What checks did you do to see if those articles should be deleted? If you, like @Liz: mentions, prod 96 articles in a single day, you can't spend much time per article, right? You are making 8 edits in 1 minute (e.g. on 16:46, 28 January 2025) you add prod tags to 3 articles within the same minute. And it looks like you prod places that meet WP:NPLACE. WP:MASSPRODding is disruptive. Please stop it. And please give me a good reason why I shouldn't deprod them all (because I am lazy and don't want to). If you want to mass-nominate, please use AfD and make one big nomination so that others can participate in the decision. Polygnotus (talk) 04:12, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
@Bearian: Can you please explain to me as someone who is unfamiliar with this area of Wikipedia why its a good idea to get rid of all this stuff? Polygnotus (talk) 04:15, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Aha! Two considerations: (1) I just gave a talk about my concerns including 70,000 unsourced articles, at Wikimedia NYC. For over 15 years, I've thought that the most important thing a regular editor can do is help with WP: AFD and CAT:PROD. A couple of editors 15 to 20 years ago mass-produced a whole bunch of articles about geography and social sciences, without bothering to add any reliable sources. 2) But on the other hand, mass prodding is bad, because it overwhelms the entire system and process of sorting out the bad stuff from the good (triage, if you will). I'm on the record several times complaining about too many nominations. I've been prodding one or two articles a day. I'm very picky about seconding a prod; again, I'm on the record. I'm also deprodding one or two articles a day. I'm still learning about reliable sources, for example, in India. TL;DR: So we have to balance out the backlog of poorly sourced articles with the fact that our volunteers don't have the resources to make good decisions. Bearian (talk) 04:48, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
@Bearian: Is the solution I proposed, that PharyngealImplosive7 makes one (or more) big AfD nomination(s) that contains a list of articles so that other people can participate in the decision a good idea? I came here because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahmid and to me it looks like that meets WP:NPLACE and, while I of course acknowledge the problems with bot created articles, I don't really see a reason to get rid of it. Polygnotus (talk) 04:52, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Good idea. Bearian (talk) 04:52, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
I'm going back to some of the articles proposed for deletion, and in the name of easing admins' job, deprod a few more before I go to sleep. Bearian (talk) 05:06, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
@Bearian and Polygnotus: I am new to this space and don't have much experience with deletion. Admittedly, I should have done better reading and been more careful in general. I PRODed these articles so quickly because I thought they didn't meet WP:NPLACE since they only cited unreliable sources but I can see how before PRODing something, I should do research to find any reliable sources that support the existence of these places. If y'all think it's appropriate I can spend the time to dePROD all these articles (since I created this problem in the first place). This has been a learning opportunity for me and thanks for taking the time to help me improve and not make mistakes. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:07, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
I'm volunteering to deprod the ones over 1,000 alleged inhabitants. You do what you need to do. Bearian (talk) 05:09, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
I am no expert but I believe the problem is as follows:
- if you prod an article, usually only those who have it watchlisted notice that it has been prodded.
- if you nominate it for AfD then it appears on a big list and people go through that list and leave !votes and comments.
- I think that nominating for AfD also makes life easier for admins.
This means that, when you want to get rid of many articles, making one big nomination on AfD draws far more attention and community feedback than when you prod them all.
I also think that your reason for prodding (they only cited unreliable sources) is not in line with WP:NPLACE which says that Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low.. And if, like in the case of Mahmid, the Statistical Center of Iran says a place exist it is legally recognized. So unless you have evidence that all those houses are abandoned the WP:SNG say to presume notability (although that is just a presumption). Even if they have less than 1000 inhabitants.
Because I am no expert I don't really feel comfortable telling you you must do this or that. But we can ask Bearian who is far more experienced than I am. Or Liz, who does much of the cleanup work around here. Polygnotus (talk) 05:15, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
No hurry to deprod; you can ask for a second opinion if you want. I almost forgot, you mentioned WP:V in the nomination of Mahmid. I believe that the idea is that WP:GNG generally applies to Wikipedia articles, but that in some areas the communities have decided to use a WP:SNG, (like WP:NGEO or WP:BIO) that kind of sort of overrules the GNG (in some cases). I am not sure I always agree with that, but I guess the idea is that some things are inherently fit for inclusion in an encyclopedia, despite the fact that we won't be able to find WP:INDEPTH WP:SUSTAINED WP:COVERAGE in reliable sources. Hope that makes sense. Polygnotus (talk) 05:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Yes that makes sense. Thanks for all the help. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:32, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
If you want me to I can probably deprod them much faster than a human can with WP:AutoWikiBrowser. Polygnotus (talk) 05:38, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
I mean I don't want to dePROD all of them, just the ones with populations over 1000 people but you do what you think is best. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:40, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Why do you think that those with less than 1000 inhabitants are not notable? WP:NPLACE, the relevant SNG, appears to suggest that they are, right?
I put them in a list for convenience. Polygnotus (talk) 05:44, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
It's not that I think that many of them aren't notable per se; instead, I think that I would like a third opinion for these places since they're populations are so low and because they have unreliable sources as their only citation of you understand what I mean. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:47, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
OK, but if you want a third opinion, please use WP:3O or the AfD system instead of prodding them, ok? You can ask Bearian (when they wake up) or Liz or anyone else you prefer. If you just want to ask any recently active admin you can use https://apersonbot.toolforge.org/recently-active/?admins If you want to let the community decide you can copypaste the list I posted and make an entry on AfD. You can use {{Collapse top}} and {{Collapse bottom}} to make the list a lot shorter. Polygnotus (talk) 05:50, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Understood, I'll seek out a 3O tomorrow (it's quite late for me right now and I should get some sleep). – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 05:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Sleep well! If you do decide to deprod, and you don't want to do it manually, you can ping me or ask over at WP:AWBTASKS.
For the record, I oppose every prod on the list except Residential Care Centre, Seyyed Abbas and Seyyed Abbas Rural District; see Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion#Objecting. Polygnotus (talk) 05:55, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
@Polygnotus: I have used WP:JWB to dePROD most of these iranian stubs: the ones that I didn't dePROD had support to be deleted by User:Bearian. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:36, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Thank you! If Bearian supports their deletion, then I do too. Polygnotus (talk) 19:49, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

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