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When looking atUser:Sandbox for user warnings, it said:

Please donot use this page to testadvance reporting and vetting (ARV),speedy deletion (CSD),nominate for deletion (XFD), orrequest page protection (RPP), as these notify administrators.

I'm just curious about what this means, and how it notifies administrators. While I have sometimes "tested" the templates in the editor in sandbox pages/user space, I have not actually been publishing the changes; only viewing the preview before abandoning the edit(s).RaptorsFan2019 (talk)15:51, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't mean "notify" as in "ping" or any direct 1-1 notification.

• ARV lets you automatically file reports toWP:AIV,WP:SPI,WP:AN/3, etc., and does so by directly editing those pages. Some administrators monitor those pages.
• RPP files a report atWP:RPP, which is monitored by some administrators.
• CSD adds a few categories to the page which some administrators monitor.

You're "notifying" admins by putting things on pages or in categories which admins check often. --tony15:58, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think "Please do not use this page..." is referring to the fact that some Twinkle reporting functions make edits to both the test page (the sandbox in this case) and a noticeboard. The noticeboard edit is what notifies admins. Hope this helps. –Novem Linguae(talk)18:02, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,Novem Linguae and other tech-savvy editors,

I ran into a case today where an admin used the "Nuke" feature to delete dozens of articles but the Nuke feature doesn't delete either Talk pages or redirects of those articles so these had to be deleted separately later which is quite a pain. And I was remembering several times where I came here asking about a similar feature on Twinkle because Twinkle deletes articles/drafts/pages but doesn't delete the talk pages of any redirects that exist. You all were working on this feature and I wanted to follow-up and ask how it was coming along. Is it still a change at somw point in the distant future? You would think that this would be an uncommon situation but it actually comes up every day.

Thanks for any update you can provide.Liz^Read!Talk!21:28, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As partial blocks are being used more I'm often running into this problem, making me unable to use it... ~Loftyabyss17:40, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Coding Twinkle to handle multi-blocks would be complicated and would need additional engineering time. So as a band aid measure, we have it display a link toSpecial:Block, which can handle multi-blocks. A patch to Twinkle adding support for multi-blocks would be welcome. –Novem Linguae(talk)22:28, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We see fairly frequent bug reports and feature requests in this page. There are several issues in the code that need improvement, which volunteers are willing to help. In spite of this several pull requests are pending approval without any comment, many from several months ago. I understand maintainers are volunteers as well, but it is not good to ignore pull requests for so long and discourage those who are willing to contribute code.2409:40F2:314C:15B9:8000:0:0:0 (talk)15:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. I'm a volunteer and I have been busy. It's on my todo list to spend like a week and clear out the PR queue as soon as I get some free time. PRs take awhile to approve because I manually test each one, and that's not very fun. And reading code is a high-brainpower activity. However I think the manual testing makes sense and must be done because 1) Twinkle has like 40,000 users or something so any bugs will affect a lot of people, and 2) we have a lot of first time contributors / newer contributors who write patches in this repo and they don't always manually test them on testwiki before submitting their PR.

WikiConference North America is next week. Maybe I can carve out some time there to work on this. Thanks for your patience. –Novem Linguae(talk)02:34, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it matters I'll take whatever you can give, whenever you can give it. You'reeverywhere helping out with a ton of our vital tools, which is great, but if it's too much then I'd rather wait another week or two. Enjoy WCNA!Primefac (talk)20:34, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Image hoax has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Polygnotus (talk)14:23, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This was deleted and should probably be removed from Twinkle.--Launchballer03:05, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Novem Linguae: See above. Thanks,Polygnotus (talk)03:10, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Kramnik&diff=prev&oldid=1317990527.Neo Purgatorio (pester!)07:35, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Uw-hoax has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<––20:12, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just used the G15 speedy deletion for the first time, but it seems that it didn't put a notice on the user talk page? Is this intentional?Fram (talk)15:22, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting bug. This has to do with the Twinkle config atUser:Fram/twinkleoptions.js only writing true values and assuming anything absent is false. But in reality, it should also write the false values, that way it can assume anything absent should use the default value.

This is a hard bug to fix properly. But it has an easy workaround. You can just visit your Twinkle preferences -> "Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria" -> tick G15 -> Save. Hope that helps. –Novem Linguae(talk)19:04, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Perhaps in the preferences, an option "all" can be added to overrule the individual toggles of when to notify/not to notify? Not mega-important, but I can imagine that others have the same issue and perhaps don't even realise it.Fram (talk)19:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if this adds anything new, but I flagged this at AfC and was sent this-a-way, so am copypasting the salient part here:

• I've noticed a few times recently that when speedying a draft with multiple reasons, one of which isG15, the notice that gets posted to the user's talk omits the G15. For example, I deletedUser:Douglasoda/sandbox for G11 + G15, but the notice atUser_talk:Douglasoda#Speedy_deletion_of_User:Douglasoda/sandbox only mentions G11.
• And just now, I witnessed a different but possibly related issue: I speediedUser:Mitwaly/sandbox also for G11 + G15, but the notice atUser_talk:Mitwaly#Speedy_deletion_of_User:Mitwaly/sandbox is instead for G11 + U5.

Just to be clear, this refers to when I'm actuallydeleting a page, not just requesting speedy (ie. the 'Tag page only, don't delete' box isunselected).

I do have the 'Notify page creator of page deletion' box selected by default.

And before anyone asks, I also have the page creator notification selected in my Twinkle prefs for G15 (in fact, all bar R2/R4/X3), so Novem's suggested workaround won't help.

Best, --DoubleGrazing (talk)10:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"CSD U5 has been repealed. It has been replaced with U6 (procedural deletion of some previously U5-eligible pages) and U7 (a much narrower reworking of U5). Please see those criteria to determine if either applies." just appeared on something Ione normally tags as U5 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸15:05, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Speedy deletion#RfC: Replacing U5 with a primarily procedural mechanismScrabbleTiles (talk)17:38, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This does need to follow through to Twinkle, I think. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸18:48, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they should remove U5 and add U6 and U7.ScrabbleTiles (talk)18:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Working on it!ChaoticEnby (talk ·contribs)14:45, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm giving this high priority and carved out some time to work on it today. Will do a round of code review with Chaotic Enby to finish this up, then will merge and deploy it. –Novem Linguae(talk)23:44, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, thanks!ChaoticEnby (talk ·contribs)02:32, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done –Novem Linguae(talk)06:34, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Db-notwebhost-notice has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Sophisticatedevening^(talk)16:23, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Db-u5 has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Gonnym (talk)11:34, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At some point within the next few days, someonenot me is going to end up moving{{uw-multipleIPs}} to{{uw-multipleTAs}} or similar. Probably not that big a hassle to deal with but thought I'd bring it up just in case.184.152.65.118 (talk)19:12, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fine as long as a redirect is left behind. Although wouldn't hurt to patch it at some point. –Novem Linguae(talk)19:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'll just post it at RM/TR then, given the backlog is currently days old by the time it clears it probably will be the fourth.184.152.65.118 (talk)19:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another important note regarding the uw-multipleTAs template: Twinkle leaves a pre-filled "Vandalism using multiple IPs [on page name]." edit summary when placing the uw-multipleTAs template. That edit summary should be changed to "Disruption using multiple temporary accounts [on page name].". — AP 499D25(talk)13:16, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed –Novem Linguae(talk)18:37, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Uw-ablock has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page. — AP 499D25(talk)12:57, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Uw-ipevadeblock has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page. — AP 499D25(talk)13:08, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is obvious that temporary accounts starting with~2025- are unregistered. It might be best if theTwinkle • Welcome user menu only listed theIP user welcomes for temporary accounts, perhaps renamed toTemporary account welcomes.Peaceray (talk)16:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed –Novem Linguae(talk)18:19, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank youPeaceray (talk)18:27, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle did not recognize the redirectTemplate:Disputed-section in the editSpecial:Diff/1320472472.Thebiguglyalien (talk)🛸22:16, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thebiguglyalien. Weird. I couldn't get{{Disputed}} to show up as ticked when I tested this on testwiki.Diff. I also don't see it in the wikicode. So that's interesting that you were able to get an edit summary that included it.

I think{{Disputed-section}} is for sections, not the entire article. That's probably why Twinkle isn't detecting it on testwiki. If the template had been{{Disputed}}, it probably would have worked. –Novem Linguae(talk)20:03, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moved fromUser talk:Novem Linguae § Another twinkle thing with temp accounts

Can we get the block evasion block reason/template added for accounts as well as IPs? Doesn't really make sense to block temp accounts as socks when it's essentially block evasion as an IP.ScottishFinnishRadish (talk)13:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ScottishFinnishRadish. Hey there. Can you help me spec this out? Is this a request to add a template to the "TW -> Block -> Template options -> Choose talk page template" dropdown, or something else? If so, which template exactly should be added? Thanks. –Novem Linguae(talk)21:24, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's a block option in twinkle for IPs for Block evasion that doesn't show up for accounts. I'd like it added to the block drop-down for accounts.ScottishFinnishRadish (talk)21:25, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Shared IP advice has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Sugar Tax (talk)10:06, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added the AI-generated tag toAkpanta, Nigeria, and the|reason= parameter was omitted. Can anyone else reproduce this? –Jonesey95 (talk)13:35, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since jquery.ui is now deprecated, do we have a plan to migrate Twinkle to use Codex in the future? Or it will still use jquery.ui?Nvdtn19 (talk)14:53, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No plan at the current time. It'd be a very large amount of work to redo something that is still working. And my overall impression of Codex is that it is unfinished, i.e. it does not have feature parity with previousmw:MediaWiki front end frameworks such asmw:OOUI. –Novem Linguae(talk)16:07, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think I can help resolve this issue in the future, of course when the Codex library is more stable.Plantaest (talk)12:40, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Proposed deletion notify includes some odd language that has been described as hostile and confusing. For example, it implies the article could bespeedily deleted after they decline the PROD, which should almost never happen. Multiple editors have suggested changes atTemplate talk:Proposed deletion notify going back to 2018, but it has never happened. Unless there are objections, I intend to change the text to be clearer and more neutral. Courtesy pings toMortee andHinnk. —Rutebega (talk)20:45, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion is atTemplate talk:Proposed deletion notify § Rewording.Primefac (talk)20:51, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is this just changing the template wording? If so, then the changes will probably be invisible to Twinkle and have little chance of breaking it. Should be OK to Closing without action –Novem Linguae(talk)16:10, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I createdUser:Vitorperrut555/Welcome temp, and instead with welcome, shows {{subst:}}.How can I fix this problem?VitorFriboquen :](Talk)21:21, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Context: OP is trying to addUser:Vitorperrut555/Welcome temp as a custom welcome using Twinkle preferences.User:Vitorperrut555/twinkleoptions.js. Will take a closer look at this if I get time. –Novem Linguae(talk)23:20, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to say that twinkle is an awesome tool! ‎ ‎B⠄Jayden^(talk)13:18, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Db-notwebhost-deleted has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.mwwv^converse∫_edits17:39, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since the template{{Shared IP advice}} will be deleted in the future, I think the maintainers should delete lines related to that template. Thanks.Plantaest (talk)18:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is unclear if templates related to IPs will be mass deleted, marked historical, renamed/repurposed for temporary accounts, etc. There are various discussions about it going on at places such asWikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 November 11#Template:Uw-ablock andWikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#So, what do we do with the WP:BLOCK notice templates for anonymous/IP users?. Personally, I am in favor of keeping these templates. –Novem Linguae(talk)21:54, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you are favor of keeping this template then should have participate inthis discussion? It's currently under deletion review.Nvdtn19 (talk)00:22, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find the deletion review. Feel free to link to it. –Novem Linguae(talk)01:20, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. Actually there's no DR about it, but there's already a TFD discussion which I already linked.Nvdtn19 (talk)03:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Novem Linguae: Hi Novem, I'm not very active here, so I'm not sure about this. I think you will have the best approach for this issue. Regards,Plantaest (talk)08:19, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the wiki is moving faster than I'd like to delete every IP related template. I bow to their wisdom. It doesn't make sense to keep{{Shared IP advice}} code in Twinkle if the template doesn't exist. I filedhttps://github.com/wikimedia-gadgets/twinkle/issues/2247 –Novem Linguae(talk)18:18, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This may have been covered elsewhere, but I've just left a welcome note on a temp account, and notice that it still recommends creating an account in order to hide the user's IP Address. I guess the text just needs updating?

User talk:~2025-34732-25

You are welcome to edit without logging in; however, creating an account is free and has several benefits (for example, the ability to create pages and upload media). An account also has more protection against revealing your IP address.

Chaheel Riens (talk)16:40, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Technically,Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewers still have access to the IP. Not sure if that's why it remains in the note. —Bagumba (talk)16:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. I don't see anything in this quote that looks incorrect. I lean towards not changing it, although anyone is free to make changes atTemplate:Welcome-unregistered. –Novem Linguae(talk)18:11, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Closing without action –Novem Linguae(talk)18:11, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello friends. A patch has been written to add "Delete" and "Decline" buttons to CSD templates for admins only. If you have any comments on it, feel free to leave them here or athttps://github.com/wikimedia-gadgets/twinkle/pull/2248. As the patch is written right now, these will be always-on for admins. –Novem Linguae(talk)00:59, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm perfectly okay with making them an option that can be activated or deactivated in the Twinkle preferences.ChaoticEnby (talk ·contribs)01:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Let's only do that if people ask for it. Less complexity is good :) –Novem Linguae(talk)04:49, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion atWikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § Have Twinkle stop notifying blocked users of deletion nominations?. –Novem Linguae(talk)09:38, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where the best spot is for this but it might be useful to add the ability to include multiple temporary accounts in the ARVwp:AIV feature for users withwp:TAIV rights to be able to report when the same person is vandalizing from multiple temp accounts without revealing the IP address. --Lenny Marks (talk)14:53, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]