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Sorry if this is a perennial question, but why does the bot seem to count more words than other tools I'm trying? (Is it because the bot is counting wikitext and not rendered text?) SeeSpecial:Permalink/1335555131#Statement by Levivich as an example:

• Bot: 692 words
• wordcounter.net: 612 words
• wordcounter.io: 612 words
• quillbot.com: 608 words
• grammarly.com: 612 words

I draft using these tools to try and stay under the word limit, but then when I post it, the arbcom bot says I'm over the word limit. Is there some other tool on the web I should be using for word counts? Thanks,Levivich (talk)21:40, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Levivich: My sincere apologies -- that is annoying indeed. I will take a look shortly. Best,KevinL (akaL235·t·c)00:40, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No apologies necessary and no rush either, it's probably just user error. :-) Thanks for looking into it!Levivich (talk)02:55, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fixed next time someone editsWP:ARC! (cc @Asilvering) The problem was that because of the way{{tq}} was rendered by the bot's logic, the internal quote wasn't being rendered, but the text "Template:Tq is only for quoting in talk and project pages" was being rendered (for complicated reasons). Of course, this is quite a lot of words if you use{{tq}} a lot :). Best,KevinL (akaL235·t·c)04:29, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, great. So not only were people getting their quotes counted, they were getting themextra counted... --asilvering (talk)04:41, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!Levivich (talk)05:12, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I have seen a notice that I have been blocked from editing because of my IP address being part of a VPN or proxy service. That is absolutely false and I believe this was done in error, and respectfully request to be unblocked. I am not able to log into my account or receive a password recovery. The link provided is only for an iPhone, which I do not have.~2026-82203-5 (talk)01:21, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-82203-5: You don't seem to be blocked either currently or on any of the IP addresses that you seem to have edited from. What's the message that you see? Best,KevinL (akaL235·t·c)01:41, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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