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Thanks for reverting this . Since you seem to know a lot more about this than I do, I've got a few questions:

  1. Does this mean I never have to add protection templates on template pages with the Documentation template?
  2. Do all templates have the Documentation template?
  3. Thought it's possible to untick the box, this is done by default with Twinkle. Should we request that Twinkle be modified to not add protection templates in the template namespace? Or maybe only when the Documentation template is found on the page?

Hoping you can answer some or all of these. Toadspike [Talk] 23:24, 20 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Toadspike: (1) yes, and the same applies if the template has {{Collapsible option}} but not {{Documentation}} (there may be others that also automatically add a prot icon, but I'm not aware of them); (2) no, see e.g. Template:Paris Metro Line 17 navbox; (3) I would say so, but it should be only when neither the Documentation template nor the Collapsible option template are found on the page. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:21, 21 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
Awesome, thanks for the explanation! Toadspike [Talk] 14:56, 21 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Toadspike: {{Redirect category shell}} also detects prot levels and adds an icon. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:36, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Woah, that's cool! I'll add it to the existing Twinkle request. Toadspike [Talk] 07:43, 12 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for adminship

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I just wondered, would you be prepared to nominate me for adminship at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Candidates/G-13114? I've just been thinking of someone to ask. I'll totally understand if you decline. G-13114 (talk) 00:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Does a self-nom not count then? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:19, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
It does, but I've been told it would carry more weight if someone else nominated me as well. Anyway, only do it if you want to. I wasn't sure who to ask tbh. G-13114 (talk) 16:03, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Ah, I've found WP:ADESELF. But I don't nominate/co-nominate admin candidates, sorry. I think I explained this to somebody else some years ago, and there was also User talk:Redrose64/unclassified 33#My RFA. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Never mind then. G-13114 (talk) 19:11, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Well... I voted. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:45, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Did I go to the wrong place?

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I realize this is somewhat OT, but I saw your handle on the page in question so I thought I would ask...

Is this request posted to the correct page? Or is there some other "infoboxes needed" page I should be posting to?

I tried doing it in my sandbox, but every edit breaks the template so I gave up.

Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:40, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

It's as good a place as any (I take it that {{Infobox electronic component}}, as used at 555 timer IC and Operational amplifier, is unsuitable). You could also try dropping notes at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronics and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Technology directing people to your request. Templates such as {{fyi}} and {{subst:please see}} are available for this. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:52, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:27, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Evanescence

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I apologize if my failure to close the DRN after launching the RFC caused confusion. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:02, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

It did seem that a WP:OTHERPARENT situation was going on, what with the ongoing and lengthy WikiProject Musicians thread as well. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:28, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I wasn't familiar with the Musicians discussion at the time. I see that the Evanescence dispute is an occurrence of the larger conflict. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Since the issue is common to bands in general, there are two ways to address it. The first is to address it at the band level, which may mean a discussion followed by an RFC for each band. The second would be an MOS page specifying the preferred style of timeline, which might require an RFC to select the preferred style overall. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Are we in agreement that we will let the Evanescence RFC run for 30 days and then close it? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

A fox for you as a thank you!

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Thank you for showing me the parts I missed in WP:Signatures! It turns out that skimming through pages is not the best way to learn information that is the most accurate. I often do this. Maybe I should stop skimming...

TheEpicEgg56 09:49, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, but it was a month ago. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:01, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

RFC

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Heyo. Thanks for calling out my error with the RFC at Infobox settlement. Sorry for not following the proper format. Was genuinely trying to do it the right way but obviously missed a few steps. Can you glance at it now and let me know if I need to fix anything else? Much appreciated! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 06:10, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

You didn't need to remove the table, the main thing is that the initial statement - defined as everything from the {{rfc}} tag (exclusive) to the next valid timestamp (inclusive) - cannot contain tables or complex formatting. The new timestamp precedes the point where the table had been. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:08, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

WIkiProject Doctor Who: April 2026 Newsletter

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The Space-Time Telegraph
Volume IV, Issue I — April 2026
Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

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Don't be lasagna (because there's a new newsletter to read)

Hello, and welcome to our first 2026 issue of The Space-Time Telegraph. Inside you'll find plenty of information about recent happenings in our little Who corner of Wikipedia. We've also included a plethora of Doctor Who news you may have missed elsewhere in the last few months such as the finding of previously missing episodes, upcoming and recent product releases, a new streaming home for Who across the pond (and even a potential future partnership for new episodes). So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and jump on in!

Into the Vortex! (Of Good and Featured Content)

Since our newsletter last December, the Doctor Who WikiProject has seen a large amount of quality article improvement. So far, 16 Good Articles have been improved this year! We're at about the same pace we were last year, which is always good to see, especially given the twelve other articles nominated for GA status at present. Special shoutouts to users Rhain for their improvements on First Doctor serials, SkywalkerEccleston for their various improvements across a wide variety of articles, Lbal for their work on Full Circle (Doctor Who), and Doomitron for their work on Sixth Doctor.
Additionally, since then, Ice Warrior has been improved to Featured Article status, List of Doctor Who creatures and aliens and List of Doctor Who characters have been improved to Featured List status, and three Good Topics focused on articles relating to the Midnight Entity, the Slitheen, and Doctor Who series 15 have been nominated and approved.
Congratulations to all of the users who have improved quality Doctor Who articles in the past few months!

A flabbergasting discovery

In March, it was announced that episodes 1 ("The Nightmare Begins") and 3 ("Devil's Planet") of The Daleks' Master Plan were found by the charity Film is Fabulous! in a private collection among some films. The collector gave them permission to have them and sadly passed away not long after. Upon learning of the discovery through Toby Hadoke, actor Peter Purves, who starred in the episodes alongside William Hartnell and Adrienne Hill, said "My flabber has never been so gasted". The episodes were shown at a BFI screening (with Purves in attendance) in April and are now available on BBC iPlayer in the UK and the official Doctor Who Classic YouTube channel in the US. This means that episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 of The Daleks' Master Plan are now available.
It has been hinted that more could be found in the near future as 95 episodes remain missing.

Intelligence Bulletin from the Subwave Network

  • The 1996 American-produced Doctor Who television film was remastered in 4K using the original film reels for a Blu-ray release this May. The restored version includes both the UK and U.S. broadcast versions and new special features.
  • Big Finish Productions recently extended their contract with the BBC to continue licensing the Doctor Who franchise intellectual property for audio stories through 2035. The first new production to be confirmed following this announcement, is a fifteen-part box set featuring David Tennant set to begin releasing bimonthly next year.
  • In February, the First Doctor serial The Rescue was published on vinyl record as a special release for Record Store Day in the United Kingdom.
  • Circuit Breaker, a new multi-platform story starring Jo Martin as the Fugitive Doctor was announced by BBC Studios to launch this June. Spanning audio, books, comics, games, magazine, internet, and Blu-ray releases, tells a singular interconnected story about UNIT's Black Archive across several mediums.
  • Seventeen years after its last release, Character Options is releasing a new five-part set of Doctor Who figures beginning in July.
  • In the United States, AMC+ has secured rights to be the exclusive streaming video on demand host of all 2005–2022 Doctor Who episodes. This era of Who has been unavailable to stream in the States since its removal from HBO Max in July 2025. Noticeably absent from press releases are mention of spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures; while these shows have historically been packaged with this era of Who in streaming deals on HBO Max, before that on Amazon Prime Video, as well as Netflix and Hulu in the ancient days, there is no confirmation if these will be included. Elsewhere in America, Classic Who has it's own streaming home on BritBox (yes, BritBox still exists on this side of the pond), while the 60th anniversary specials and Gatwa's era remain on Disney+ for the foreseeable future. Disney has also yet to release The War Between the Land and the Sea, a five-part miniseries previously marketed by the company as releasing outside of the UK and Ireland in "early 2026". There is also no news on where, if anywhere, future episodes of Who will air or stream in the United States (or elsewhere worldwide, for that matter); however, AMC Global Media (the owner of AMC+) owns BBC America, which it regularly licenses BBC content for and was the linear broadcaster of Who from 2009–2022, and a non-controlling ownership stake in BritBox. AMC+ was also previously the next-day streamer of Who episodes during the Jodie Whittaker/Chris Chibnall-era as a transitional period between their broadcast on BBC America and release on HBO Max. Given this, and the global reach of AMC+, it's a feasible home for future new episodes and even the rumored potential of a co-production deal to fill the funding deficit left by Disney.

Succession

The oldest-living person associated with the Whoniverse since Arnold Yarrow's death in December 2024, Laurie Webb, sadly passed away on 29 March aged 101 years, 327 days. He remains the fifth longest-lived person associated with the Whoniverse and the tenth to become a centenarian. The title of oldest-living person associated with the Whoniverse is now held by 97-year-old Peter Cellier (Time-Flight).

Contributors

Their songs have ended... but their stories never end 🌹

Since the previous issue was published, a number of people related to the Whoniverse have sadly passed away and some who passed away before the previous issue only had their deaths announced recently:
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RFC on Ayyubid Dynasty

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Please take a quick look at the RFC on the Ayyubid dynasty. I had been developing a draft RFC during DRN, and was in the process of launching it, and discovered that another editor had copied my draft RFC, and inserted some of their own language, but had apparently forgotten to include the {{RFC}} tag, so it wasn't a live RFC. I think that I handled that by collapsing their attempt at an RFC, which wasn't really an RFC because it wasn't tagged and so wasn't in the list, and then inserting my real RFC. I think that I did that correctly, but would appreciate a second look. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:41, 22 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Template process question

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Hi there! We've crossed paths a few times over the years, and I was wondering if you could lend your experience on an issue that keeps resurfacing. First, no rush at all if you're busy. This can wait.

It boils down to this comment, although you may need to scroll up for some context. I realize you helped build RFCNOT from this discussion. Just had me wondering if perhaps more clarification is actually needed somewhere to explain to editors how they should go about demoting a template they feel should be substituted instead of transcluded. Maybe there are situations where they don't want to actually delete the template, so it may not be immediately obvious that TfD is the right venue when discussion on the template talk page stalls.

Should something be added to WP:SUBST and subsequently, WP:TFD? Or is there existing guidance somewhere I'm missing? --GoneIn60 (talk) 18:56, 24 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Lowercase sigmabot III

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Hello @Redrose64, I wanted to kindly request your help regarding the sigmabot having updated to the wrong counter (10) which happened because by mistake, I modified the counter value from 1 to 10. I have undone the change since but now I have to link archive 10 to my current talk page to show the archive as it doesn't appear on the talk page banner as archive no. 2. I'll be waiting for your reply. Thanks. Sddarealone (talk) 20:37, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Sddarealone: The easiest way (and probably best) is to revert several edits and delete a page. Give me a few minutes. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:45, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Sddarealone: OK, it should archive normally next run. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:55, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
That was fast. Thank you so much, Redrose64. Sddarealone (talk) 20:57, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Sddarealone: Success! --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:26, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

BR Class 43

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Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:50, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Request to review talk page discussion closure. ~2026-34502-67 (talk) 18:46, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Notice of noticeboard discussion

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Avalanche close.Locke Coletcb 12:14, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Two ANs in less than 24 hours. What fun. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:52, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

a barnstar for you!

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The Railway Barnstar
I see that you have contributed on some railway articles; so I thought it would be fitting if I gave this to you. (I usually type in textish; but I didn't want to do it this time…) AHR (gsc) 06:14, 25 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:08, 25 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

About pipes

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Hi, about the pipes, I'm using Rater, which is an automated system - I can't control how it works out unfortunately. I apologize in advance for any confusion or hassle! RossEvans19 (talk) 21:18, 29 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

@RossEvans19: Widefox (talk · contribs), who uses Rater frequently – like, almost all the time – doesn't cause these issues. It must be a configuration setting at your end. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:58, 30 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Then I will have a look. RossEvans19 (talk) 17:38, 30 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
I think i've fixed the issue, something in my settings that I turned on not fully understanding what it did. My bad for any issues! RossEvans19 (talk) 17:41, 30 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hi Redrose64 - i can't seem to fix the issue with Rater so i've uninstalled it from my account :) RossEvans19 (talk) 23:20, 8 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Felixstowe Branch Line

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Hi Redrose - I see you reverted some changes I made to current preserved locations of industrial shunters. I appreciate they were not referenced but have found myself wondering whether that information is really required. Also when I originally wrote the Felixstowe Dock section I hoped others would fill in the missing blanks. As they have not I am tempted just to terminate the table at the DL11 and add a sentence to the effect of "After that a number of Class 08 shunters have worked in the dock area and these are exchanged from time to time for maintenance purposes". I'd welcome your thoughts. Davidvaughanwells (talk) 20:53, 5 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

I've made a total of 18 edits to Felixstowe branch line:
None of these concern preserved locos, so I'm puzzled by your opening sentence. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:31, 5 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
OK no worries - thanks for the composite diff fix Davidvaughanwells (talk) 22:42, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

My revert and the Template:Redirect for discussion template

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Just wanted to let you know that I opened a discussion regarding the purpose of your edits (which I reverted) at Wikipedia talk:Deletion process#Discussion for change to WP:RFD/AI regarding relisting discussions. The discussion will explain what's going on, as well as me assuming you were citing WP:RFD/AI with the edits you performed. Steel1943 (talk) 12:37, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, indeed this is what I was going by (updating links in the nomination template to point to the new page); and I note that the relevant bullet has been edited since. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Saw you on Wikipedia:Database reports/Longest active user editing streaks, so I had to give this to you. Keep it going! AHR (gsc) 04:19, 8 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thank you It would have been longer. In early September 2022 I had six days without any edits at all, due to the upheavals of a house move - no broadband in the new property for about two weeks. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:44, 8 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Reverting Paisley Gilmour Street category

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Sorry, but aren't you splitting hairs here? "Paisley Gilmour Street rail accident" redirects to "Paisley Gilmour Street railway station" so the effect is the same, as there is no separate page for the accident. There are numerous other cases in this category where it refers to a location/station rather than an accident, for the same reason. Hyperman 42 (talk) 10:07, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

And the same applies to Gidea Park. I will however correct the categories as suggested, as I was unaware that the separate titles existed - they did not come up on a Wikipedia search - but it would have been quicker and easier if you had corrected them yourself rather than reverting them. Hyperman 42 (talk) 10:11, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
In fact when I went to the two "accident" pages, it simply brought back the "station" pages and there was no way to put the "accident" links into the category. So I have reverted your undos. If you know of some obscure way to make the links refer to the "accident" page, by all means do so. Hyperman 42 (talk) 10:19, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Hyperman 42: First, I did put the cat onto the accident page, see my contribs from that timeframe. Second, it's easy to get back to the redirect in order to edit that - just below the "From Wikipedia, the free ..." notice there will be a link back to the redirect. Third, see WP:ACATR, wp:SUBTOPICCAT and wp:REDCAT. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:19, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
OK, sorry, I had missed that - it only showed up in my notifications as an undo of my edits. I should have checked more closely. Hyperman 42 (talk) 17:20, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
You can use the "what links here" feature. At Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, locate What links here. In most skins, it's in the left sidebar; in Vector 2022 it may be in either sidebar or in a dropdown menu, depending on your settings. Click that link, then select both "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links", then click Go. This yields this list which has 13 entries as I type this. Five of these include the words "accident" or "crash". You can use the page name link to get to the redirect, which will show its categories (if any) in the usual box at the bottom; there's also an "edit" link by means of which you can see the category markup, and amend if necessary. Only one of the five redirects needs categories; in this case Paisley Gilmour Street rail accident is the one. This is the one from which you merged the accident into the station page. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:45, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

July 2026

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Information icon Hello, I'm Mattdaviesfsic. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, East Lancashire Railway, but you didn't provide a reliable source. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation, your edit is archived in the page history. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cheerio, Mattdaviesfsic. Talk to me. 05:49, 20 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Mattdaviesfsic: You're kidding, right? Many mistakes on Wikipedia have been made by editors not checking what they are changing. Did you not notice that I was rolling back a vandalism edit that broke a table? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 06:35, 20 July 2026 (UTC)Reply