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I'm a bit surprised I'm not seeing {{uw-tdel1}} and {{uw-tdel2}} listed at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates. Is there any reason they aren't included? Uanfala (talk) 22:51, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I've added them now. I hope no-one objects. Uanfala (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1. I removed reference to trolling. When dealing with trolls, avoid the T-word. That just gets them excited and encourages more trolling.
2. The phrase "nor...ever tolerated" is untrue. Regrettably, we tolerate a lot of disruptive behavior. I change it to "nor...ever allowed". Just because we let people get away with disruption for a while before blocking them doesn't mean that it is allowable.
3. The last sentence was rather convoluted and thus harder to read and understand. The key to these messages actually working is that they should be understandable and over-polite. So, "below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first" became "below this notice. For best results please read the guide to appealing blocks first." [1]

Thanks. Jehochman ^Talk 11:33, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

After removing a minor instance of vandalism by a new IP user, I left a message on his talk page using {{subst:Uw-vandalism1|article}}. I've done this many times before, but unusually this time I found it also triggered this alert notification to myself:

You mentioned yourself on 101.181.232.116 in "101.181.232.116". Hello, I'm Bahudhara. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Ma .

This seems to be an unintended consequence of changes somewhere else. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 00:51, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Same here, having used {{uw-delete1}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:05, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Strange_notifications --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:15, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that references to Article in the documentation for {{uw-chat1}} etc should be to Talk:Article, eg:

What to type

What it makes

{{subst:uw-chat1|Talk:Article}}

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution(s). However, as a general rule, while user talk pages permit a small degree of generalisation, other talk pages such as Talk:Article are strictly for discussing improvements to their associated main pages, and many of them have special instructions on the top. They are not a general discussion forum about the article's topic or any other topic. If you have questions or ideas and are not sure where to post them, consider asking at the Teahouse. Thanks.

This gives "... talk pages such as Talk:Article ...", which makes more sense than "... talk pages such as Article ...", because the latter does not link to a talk page. Mitch Ames (talk) 13:16, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are others that should also have a similar change, for the same reason, eg:

• Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates#Editing of others' talk page contributions without due cause
• Wikipedia:Template_messages/User talk namespace/Single-level templates - uw-upv, uw-subst

Mitch Ames (talk) 11:51, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I just created Template:Uw-1rr because I couldn't find a general template I could use with 1RR-restricted reversions. (I based it off of Template:Uw-3rr.) The thing is, I'm not sure I went about creating it the right way. Is there an official process for this kind of stuff? Does it need to be approved or anything like that? I've never created a template for Wikipedia before. -- Gestrid (talk) 20:10, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]