Greetings, Josh,

It seems the barn stars for the May backlog drive have not been awarded yet. Feel free to ping me if you need any assistance. Regards! Maliner (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We're aware that they've not yet been given out @Maliner. Please be patient. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not getting impatient. I just wanted to help out if needed. Maliner (talk) 15:30, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Why did you edit my addition of the Canadian monarchists category on Justin Trudeau? Other Canadian politicians', like Pierre Poilievre and past Canadian Prime Minister have it. CGP05 (talk) 01:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CGP05: As I said in my edit summary, it's not an appropriate category. You're welcome to start a discussion on the talk page proposing the addition of the category. Hey man im josh (talk) 01:52, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		This award is given in recognition to Hey man im josh for accumulating at least 500 points during the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also this:

		Unnecessarily complicated Gears Award
		This award is given in recognition to Hey man im josh for accumulating at least 150 points during each week of the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had sent an email (didnt do via my discord it is a bit of a mess atm) but in the time I sent - the problem was solved - just a heads up if the email seemed a bit strange/strained - all is fixed. JarrahTree 16:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that IABot has suddenly surged in activity since yesterday. When checking the configuration, and the change log respectively, I see you made alterations to the bot's wiki-wide behavior. Is there a recent policy change that I missed where adding archive links to both dead and live sources is desired? Otherwise, can you please explain the configuration change? —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my god, this deserves a big ol' trout @Cyberpower678. I had no idea that I had the ability to change wiki-wide configurations. Being that I was logged in, I thought this was a preference that was set specifically for requests I made via the interface. I've reversed the configuration change and I'm so sorry for any inconvenience, headache, or extra load this may have caused! Hey man im josh (talk) 17:07, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Yes, all sysops have the power to reconfigure the bot's behavior. Being the enforces of consensus, how the bot should run on a wiki can have a changing consensus. :-) Thank you for reversing. —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I'm fresh out of trouts. I ate them all yesterday. —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyberpower678: I think my confusion came into play from heavily utilizing IABot BEFORE I became an admin, and then not noticing that I was suddenly able to do something I hadn't even looked to try to do before. Woops! Lessons learned!!! Thanks for understanding :) Hey man im josh (talk) 17:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, we all have our admin slip ups. I once blocked editing to all of Wikipedia because I neglected to properly clean up a spam blacklist regex entry, leaving behind a single period, which matched to everything naturally. —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyberpower678: Wow! That sounds Wikipedia:Village stocks worthy based on its impact lol. It happens :) Hey man im josh (talk) 17:23, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh oops, my mistake, I think somebody else did that on the spam blacklist. I accidentally borked the title blacklist which denied the creation of accounts and pages if I'm not mistaken. It's been a while. Here's my blunder edit. —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:46, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ohhhhh yeah, that's not as bad :) Hey man im josh (talk) 17:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Josh, could you remove my page mover and new page reviewer rights? Thanks! – Hilst [talk] 01:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hilst: Done. Feel free to reach out on my talk page any time to request these back and I'll be happy to grant them back without question. I'm sad to see you leave the NPP but I'm thankful for everything review and tag you've done! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thank you! I'll definitely think about returning to NPP in the future. – Hilst [talk] 01:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, List of Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft picks, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad I have nothing against using the word 'congratulations'. CONGRATULATIONS, JOSH!! :) Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 01:12, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you John! Hey man im josh (talk) 17:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't know we checked Xbox Store page for issues like this. Then we should change all the previous titles except for the first game. ภץאคгöร 17:10, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyxaros: I had a number of links I could have used, but, at least to me, it looks like everywhere you can order it from uses the lowercase version. That's not even counting the number of articles I found that use the lowercase version as well (with some uppercased versions mixed in as well). Based on what I found, and per MOS:CAPS, there was enough of a valid reason to reject the CSD/move request. You're welcome, and encouraged, to bring this up at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:58, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, I admit I may be wrong on the proper capitalization, but I thought it enough to merit a move discussion instead of a speedy deletion. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See this and this. ภץאคгöร 12:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyxaros: So it seems there was support to down case to "is". Probably worth a RM by someone interested in doing so. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was some support, yes, but as mentioned, MOS:5 exists (Every verb, including forms of to be (Be, Am, Is, Are, Being, Was, Were, Been)). ภץאคгöร 16:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyxaros: MOS:CAPS still applies. Your own links show that there's been a shift to usage of lowercase "is". Additionally, the quoted section is specifically when the title of the work includes the word capitalized, it does not automatically mean that we capitalize it. Furthermore, the stylization used by the games themselves is all caps, which is not a stylistic convention that we follow. It appears, from sources online, that it's not officially capitalized but it's not something that's been addressed on-wiki yet. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not "my links". I'm just showing previous discussions that still led to "Is" usage. Don't get me wrong here, I'd rather prefer "is" (for the other games too, except for the first game) since it is included in the official title. ภץאคгöร 17:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyxaros: Fyi, I've started a move discussion. Hopefully that resolves the issue one way or another. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:33, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but it looks like we're back where we started. The page will have "Is" despite your comments. ภץאคгöร 09:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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TolBot (talk) 21:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Josh,

Do you know much about the Quarry program? I basically run queries I inherited from other editors years ago and one is giving me an error message. It's worked for years and for some reason now has a problem. Would you be willing to troubleshoot the code? Thanks and I hope you are doing well this summer. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:18, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz: I'm in the same boat as you, I'm a forker! I know a bit but not enough to help with trouble shooting, I'm sorry. Hey man im josh (talk) 02:24, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated this article for Featured List status back in early May and it doesn't look like much has been done while plenty of other lists submitted later have undergone thorough reviews. I am new to this process, but is this unusual? Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:34, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: We do typically try to support newcomers at WP:FLC, but the best way I've found to get my items reviews is to review the nominations of other users. It's tough when you're new to the area though. If you're comfortable, you could still provide prose reviews and review nominations to the best of your abilities. I think people just aren't necessarily interested in reviewing the topic unfortunately, and I think that sucks. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I am just not sure where to even begin. Several of us spent a lot of time making sure those tables are properly formatted, everything is properly sourced. Figure skating is one of the most popular Olympic sports, and I get that this isn't the Olympic article, but the World Championships are the next in line in the hierarchy of importance. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:59, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Are you comfortable reviewing prose? Give a read through a list and see what kind of feedback you can give, I like to think it all helps. I don't think there's anything wrong with your choice of subject, I just think it's not something that reviewers have felt like diving into yet. As one of the older lists though, it'll soon be listed as a nomination needing further attention, which should hopefully attract more reviewers. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:55, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Josh, thought I'd just post here instead. As I wanted to do my due diligence as well. So I did some digging of my own and found an example of the split approach, although this is FT. Overview of Meghan Trainor is the artist topic. Her discography article was used as the main article for two FTs. Meghan Traino albums and Meghan Trainor's Billboard Hot 100 entries. From what I've checked, both FTs aren't listed as sub topics to the Discography article in the Overview FT, but are just standalone FTs. Hopefully that is something that can be used as a reference. I understand you had already supported the nom (which is much appreciated), but thought I'd have the i's dotted and t's crossed just to be sure :) Pseud 14 (talk) 16:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Pseud 14, thanks for the follow-up! It's a relevant and good grouping for a topic, I have no doubt about that. I do think the Meghan Trainer discography one in this case can't be a subtopic because of all the extra stuff that's not promoted under one of your topics. With that said, I think, if you were interested, it'd make sense to ask at Wikipedia talk:Featured topics whether the residencies and live concerts GTs could be combined under one sub topic, or even possibly two sub topics? At least to know, right? Hey man im josh (talk) 16:12, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Told you that you could put the nomination up with your name instead of mine. In any case, feel free to support! igordebraga ≠ 11:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Igordebraga, but I'd feel weird doing so since I hadn't contributed in the slightest way. At least you're involved in the WikiProject, so it makes sense for you to do so. I wouldn't even know what to write for the nom lol. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not that involved, usually just seeking topics to promote or restore (albeit in Madonna's case, once the guy who nominated Vogue vanished during the GA review took upon myself to finish the process). Still, waiting for your input on the nomination. igordebraga ≠ 03:26, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI there are errors that cropped up due to your Rcat additions. The "avoided double redirect" template needs the parameter of the other redirect.   — TARDIS builder^✉     ★       11:09, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TARDIS Builder: I did not add any rcats to the pages. Never the less, I've fixed the error. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:18, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You did indeed, on May 24th – one, two, three, four – I was just mentioning / reminding that {{R avoided double redirect}} needs a parameter to not spit out an error. Thanks!   — TARDIS builder^✉     ★       03:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words and support on my nomination on the Editor for the Week! It is much appreciated. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 14:56, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's well overdue and I can't say enough about how much I appreciate all the work you do @Red Director! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:14, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, the QPQ was awaited for it. I thought I'll do it this week. — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grrrrr, my bad. Thanks for pointing this out to me @The Herald, I'll undo that. As a noobie at DYK... I've got a lot to learn! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, no probs. Happy editing :) — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:45, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Josh, thanks for sharing the load at WP:CFDW!

Please note that when we check categories before de-listing, we not only check that they are empty, but also check "what links here", and update links where necessary. WP:CFDAI has some detailed guidance about this.

I noticed that in this edit you overlooked several links from category pages. ([1]) You may notice that I also maintain user drafts – this is merely optional, but updating category pages is important. – Fayenatic London 08:48, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Fayenatic london, thank you for the feedback, I'll definitely working at doing a better job based on this feedback. I hadn't consider user drafts, so that's definitely something I'll keep in mind. As for the redirects you created, do the bots that deal with fixing double redirects not work in category space? I would have thought those particular edits would be addressed by one of them instead of having to do so manually. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Updating user drafts is optional, but some users thank me when I do bother with drafts that are still WIP, and in other cases it turns up WP:COPIES that should be blanked or deleted.

As for these category redirects, the bot run left them redlinked, so it's unlikely that another bot would be able to update them – it's more likely that they would have been deleted. As they are redirects from alt spellings, which another editor had created intentionally, I judged that they were worth keeping. So in each case I updated the target to the new lowercase name, and then moved the redirect to the corresponding alt-spelling lowercase name. There was no need to leave another redirect at the old uppercase name, as that had not been done in the case of the mainstream spelling. Hope that makes sense! – Fayenatic London 14:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point. It absolutely makes sense! Thanks for the help and guidance :) Hey man im josh (talk) 12:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]