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UAA has a huge backlog that needs attention.Thanks!Tankishguy17:15, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, is this an accidental duplicate ofCategory:FL-Class ballet articles? Thanks,Wikishovel (talk)17:01, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bearcat, you removed the category "Distinguished Services Award". That is a good action. However, in doing that, you also removed (probably by accident) categories related to my research area. I believed that the following were on the list: optical telecommunication, fiber optics, plastic optical fiber, optical devices, photonics. May I ask you to put those items back on the list ? Thanks.Khoe0005 (talk)21:35, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleL'Aquilon has beenproposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Newspaper isn't notable
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The articleLe Gaboteur has beenproposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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The articleThe Grid (newspaper) has beenproposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Hello, one of your edits onDraft:Ascarina coursii was reverted byMe, because of the following reason:
The category appeared as text in the article.
Please, don't make these mistakes but if you accidentally do, i will contact.Plantfan (talk)20:09, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bearcat,You deleted two categories from this article in my Sandbox (presumably because you don't think the article fits in these categories), but I have already posted this article to Wikipedia. So I made those deletions to the posted article:List of significant shadow docket decisions made by the United States Supreme Court.Randy Schutt (talk)14:28, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed onCategory:Wikipedia files with Chechen-language subtitles indicating that it is currently empty, and is not adisambiguation category, acategory redirect, under discussion atCategories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted undersection C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
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Hi there. You recently removed the categories from userboxes I created, citingWP:USERNOCAT. Thank you for your edits. After reviewing the cited guideline, and other templates found atWikipedia:Userboxes/Politics by country/United States/Political parties, I many of these templates to be categorized in[[Category:United States political party user templates]]. Was there something I did wrong, or are these just other inappropriate categorizations?
Thank you for any help!
Cheers,Jcgaylor (talk)05:10, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I'm stumped on how to categorise this one. Seems to have been auto-generated by the "status = CITES_A2" field inScottish wildcat. Thanks for any advice on this.Wikishovel (talk)09:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Bearcat — I hope you’re doing well. I’m reaching out because the title “Danny Lauter” is currently fully protected, and I’ve been advised to create a sourced draft in my userspace. I’ve done that here:User:Dlau1515/sandbox.
The draft is fully sourced with independent, reliable references (news articles, ESPN statistics, university publications, etc.) and follows BLP policy. Would you be willing to take a look and let me know whether it’s suitable to be moved into mainspace, or if there’s anything that needs improvement before I make another protection-request? Maybe you might be able to help me with this!
Thank you for your time and guidance.Dlau1515 (talk)03:38, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Bearcat,
Thank you for cleaning up the categories on the article and for the helpful note about redlinked categories. Much appreciated.ICNTsurfer (talk)11:51, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Bearcat,
By chance, can someone take a look atAftyn Behn. There's a dispute regarding some content, which I believe isWP:UNDUE for multiple reasons. However, a user keeps adding in the same content, instead of bringing it to the talk page. In their most recent edit, they made a claim against me which was also felt like an attack on my character. I have no interest in violating 3RR but the user seems to have no interest in conversation in accordance withWP:ONUS. This is also a living biography page which makes things even trickier since we've tended to exclude controversial material unless heavily sourced.
Thanks in advance,Wozal (talk)19:51, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Bearcat, thanks a lot for the clarification — I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the proper approach. I didn’t realize the effect it had on your notifications. Sorry about that, and I’ll make sure to re-add the categories manually in the future when the same situation comes up again. Rgds,Naval Scene (talk)03:50, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bearcat, could you explain in more detailthis edit? I'm aware of the fact that this created some new categories, but almost all of these are actual merge proposals. How do you recommend they be added to the backlog? I intended to clean them up one by one when I have the time, but now they're uncategorised :(FaviFake (talk)17:05, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't think the full protection needs to last the rest of the week. The content under dispute was added by an admin after an edit request provided better sourcing, and this was three days ago. Neither warring party has engaged since, and I think it's been long enough that we can safely unprotected without the war starting back up. Thanks,QuicoleJR (talk)15:47, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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