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Anything left to do?[edit]

So looks like another four year nightmare. However, there seems hope still. If Nixon could be removed in disgrace, might Trump receive the same? Even with GOP in majority, might there still be a way to fight or is the country finished? Or can waiting out four years do any good? — Unsigned, by: Harshlife / talk / contribs

Archive's broken[edit]

Please fix. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 20:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Done. If you see any more pages with the same error, look for "{{expand:" in the wikitext and remove "expand:". It's part of an obsolete broken wiki software extension, and not needed. --ApooftGnegiol (talk) 20:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

What does this statement make you feel.[edit]


What is the validity of that statement.[edit]


How do I add a topic to the Saloon Bar?[edit]

I can't find a way to add a topic on the saloon bar I want to discuss. NewUser (talk) 19:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

At this time, posting in the saloon bar is a privilege restricted to autoconfirmed users because of excessive trolling. You may try again later when the protection is lifted. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 21:35, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
I will point out that it's not hard to get autoconfirmed. KarmaPolice (talk) 04:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Would it be possible to autoconfirm me? Or am I not trustworthy yet, as a new editor? If I was a troll I could have vandalised already anyway, I'm just trying to start a topic on the Saloon Bar. NewUser (talk) 20:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
It's something that gets added to your account automatically after a certain number of edits and time after your account was created. Plutocow (talk) 20:43, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

I have selective autism; I can choose when and when not to be autistic[edit]

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Donglepuss (talk) 07:45, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Conditional Commons Block / LTA Management[edit]

We've got another problem here. An regular LTA troll (probably the same one that vandalized my userspace last fall) is spamming images and using hateful edit summaries at high speeds. Yet the blocked Commons image situation is difficult to manage since it's a blanket solution. Any way to block the image but create exceptions to one article? TheEternalOutsider (talk) 23:35, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedia already has a feature on its Bad Image List that creates exceptions for only one or a few articles, and Wikipedia has an LTA report dashboard. Anything that RW can similarly use to defend itself? TheEternalOutsider (talk) 23:37, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Turn off Commons images. Duncan from Teflpedia (talk) 01:29, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Turn off Commons images? Talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. No! Leave us with thousands of red links instead of pictures across thousands of pages, just because some dickhead is now posting non-offensive pictures in vandalism? No fucking way! Spud (talk) 02:56, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Agreed, plus if they were to be turned off, he would probably swap to using native RW images, or no images at all. 185.107.56.104 (talk) 04:50, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

VIP Bar[edit]

The main bar can get quite rowdy and chaotic, and that's often a bad thing for many reasons. I've already brought it up once, and I'll bring it up again for this. Do we need a sysop-only VIP section of the Bar for sysops to talk about things without the risk of vandals or trolls derailing them? TheEternalOutsider (talk) 23:51, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

No. Spud (talk) 14:57, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
Definitely no! Scream!! (talk) 19:27, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
It would hardly be a proper bar without the occasional brawl, now would it? Kencolt (talk) 17:54, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
No.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 12:49, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
Now that I think about it, calling a sysop-only page a "bar" isn't suitable for a sysop-only talk space. Maybe an alias like the Sysop's Lounge could be an option. TheEternalOutsider (talk) 03:26, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
No. It would seem to invite the "Nazi bar problem", since the non-sysop-only bar would then potentially have fewer eyeballs to root out the Nazis. Bongolian (talk) 07:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

just a quick note[edit]


What do you think of the video and it's comments.[edit]

This presents a interesting fact about the word brainrot and how it prevales today. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LvD55nAYuX8 — Unsigned, by: 1.43.237.109 / talk / contribs

On talk pages, please sign your comments using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking on the sign button: SigButt.png on the toolbar above the edit panel. You can also indent successive talk page comments using one more colon (:) for each line. Thank you. Antares (talk) 14:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
I watched half of it and started to suffer brainrot.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 12:11, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Hey everyone look at this[edit]

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/evil-leeds-factory-worker-peter-19649614 — Unsigned, by: 83.105.236.28 / talk / contribs

(The story is about a man who has been convicted of raping two kids). While I'm disgusted by his behaviour, it unfortunately isn't particularly unusual, or especially noteworthy beyond the local newspaper. Duncan from Teflpedia (talk) 07:58, 30 August 2025 (UTC)