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lol, what an edit summary. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖17:48, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! In case it's not obvious, it's in reference tothis discussion. --Tavix^(talk)23:15, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anything potentially salvageable from the page you deleted (created by banned user) atClan Abercromby? If it's not 100% trash, would love to have it reconstititued atUser:SMcCandlish/Incubator/Clan Abercromby. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 16:59, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SMcCandlish: Done. --Tavix^(talk)17:34, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thankee. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 17:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am going to recreate the pageElectronic Music Festivals but since you had previously deleted it, Wikipedia suggested that I check with you first.AriTheHorse02:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, things changed.AriTheHorse02:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey mate, just wanted to let you know that is discussion was relisted, so I was seeing if you wanted to chime in. Hopefully this should be the last one.Enix150 (talk)01:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Tavix. :) I'm looking for people to interviewhere. Feel free to pass if you're not interested.Clovermoss🍀(talk)17:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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For reference, this is the discussion at time of closure. --Tavix^(talk)19:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thank you for all the work that you do at RfD. Your comments have changed my mind and helped to educate me on numerous occasions.Hey man im josh (talk)17:11, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I finally finished yourList of NFL players that you started in 2015. I've been working on it on-and-off since 2016. Now that all of the names are disambiguated and referenced, I am wondering if there is some way to automatically generate the team lists with as little fuss as possible?~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk)17:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I had forgotten about that project! Nice work! The list I was using does not sort by team, and I'm not aware of a way to automatically generate team lists. --Tavix^(talk)17:59, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At PFR, scroll down to "Frivolities" and click onPlayers who played for multiple teams. If you enter the same team twice, it generates an all-time roster. For example, here is thelist of Arizona Cardinals players. Click "All Players" at that link to see the list (2101 players). There is also a "share & export" button for Excel and stuff.

So basicallly, I am wondering if there is a way to generate a list of Cardinals players on-wiki based off of linking the PFR URLs up to the URLs at our master list (List of NFL players). Thoughts?~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk)19:47, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since there's Excel export, you could export it and use Excel to format it for Wikipedia. I wouldn't know how to link to PFR URLs automatically though. --Tavix^(talk)20:45, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tavix. I actually have already figured out a way of doing it. I use LinkClipper to extract URLs from a team's all-time roster from PFR, and then I use conditional formatting to highlight duplicate URLs in my master Excel sheet of wiki-linked NFL players. It doesn't take too long.~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk)02:18, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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i dont know really why Wikipedia:Emailconfirmed Users was deleted. i just want to read that page but it was deleted. PLEASE TELL ME WHY WAS DELETEDTresspasing (talk)19:53, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SeeWikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2017_January_29#Wikipedia:Emailconfirmed_users. --Yamla (talk)19:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

so it moved to another page?Tresspasing (talk)20:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

why did Tavix delete the "Flashing Light of Death" page?MetroidPrime4BeyondFOREVER! (talk)17:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No. Like it says in the link I provided, it was deleted. "The result of the discussion wasspeedy deleted."

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Hi, thanks for finding a good way to delete the redirect without losing the attribution.Nyttend (talk)21:45, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not going to be using this account anymore so I’d like it blocked, since it’s more of a security risk than anything else. And yes, I’ve learned my lesson. Thanks,Prahlad balaji (talk)00:05, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to hear that you've learned your lesson and I hope to see you around contributing constructively. I decline to block your account though, I'm philosophically opposed to self-requested blocks. If you feel there's a security risk and no longer wish to log in, scramble your password with a very long string of random characters. --Tavix^(talk)15:01, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks.Prahlad balaji (talk)17:13, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Just pinging both of you saying I was thinking of you guys this morning. Doug Weller tells us he is getting 13,000 steps a day. Makes me feel I'm just not making much of an effort.BusterD (talk)11:17, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reaching out, I'm doing well. I appreciate you taking on this project on—I'm tired of the drama and I'm tired of seeing junk that RfD can deal with dumped onto AfD. I'm hopeful that at least one of these issues can be resolved soon. --Tavix^(talk)15:00, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Knowing how much effort I have to make just to keep up, I have a lot of respect for the admins who protected the pedia while I was a clueless newbie. Relax; I'm not going to ask you guys anything today. But expect a daily touch from me while we sort this out. I've got some reading to do so I have a background on the disagreement. We'll talk more on the merits tomorrow. Enjoy one full day not thinking about it.BusterD (talk)15:15, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will do! Thanks again. --Tavix^(talk)15:43, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not delaying this intentionally. I've been unexpected tied up with family stuff. I'll be back this eve and tomorrow.BusterD (talk)10:23, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're absolutely right atSpecial:Diff/1288040012, I think I was looking at an old page and failed to refresh. Will be more careful about this from now on.Rusalkii (talk)01:14, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I figured that's what happened. No worries, I appreciate your help! --Tavix^(talk)13:10, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You was wrong to close the discussion,User:Anonrfjwhuikdzz too said delete the redirect.109.54.243.101 (talk)07:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I ask to reopen the discussion for reach a more clear consensus

WP:NOTAVOTE. Your IP addresses should have been blocked at the time due to the disruption you caused in the first discussion. Opening two more discussions after all this was explained is even more disruptive, and now you don't have the benefit of ignorance. I will now be blocking. --Tavix^(talk)13:46, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to create a disambiguation page at this target, as I have found multiple songs with this name using the search function. Would it be possible to undelete it if it previously was one?UltrasonicMadness (talk)16:30, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It was a redirect toMy Everything (Ariana Grande album). If you want to recreate it as a disambiguation page, go for it! --Tavix^(talk)01:37, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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