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@Rockstargroup: Hi. Generally, the username change process is described at WP:CHU. But given that you have total of three edits, having a clean start is a better way. Simply log out of your current account, wait for a 2-3 days (a week is preferred), then create a new account with preferred username, and never log back to "Rockstargroup" account. Having multiple accounts is generally not a good idea, see WP:Socking. —usernamekiran (talk)16:18, 21 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Theflyingpadres: Hi. In case you own the photo/copyrights, then the photo goes to commons, not wikipedia. Wikipedia hosts only non-free/copyrighted photos under certain conditions. Otherwise, any kind of copyrighted photos are not allowed on wikipedia, nor on commons. I have posted a few links to your talkpage regarding image policies as well. —usernamekiran (talk)17:23, 24 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 12 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello :>
I wanted to know what should I name the page when making a userbox on Wikipedia, I'm familiar with making the Userboxs itself on the fandom shipping wiki and on there when creating a new page you put it as template:Userbox/*insert name* as the title name so that way it's not a main page. So I wanted to ask if that's the same here or something similar to that when creating the page for userboxes. --Una Sama (talk) 16:36, 28 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Una Sama: the title of the userbox should convey the idea about the topic of the userbox. Regarding the exact location/address of the userbox, unlike fandom, English Wikipedia prefers the userboxes in user-space, it can be either in your userspace, or in "User:UBX/*insert name*". eg: User:Johnl1479/Userbox/*nix, User:Jor.langneh/Linux Mint these two are in creator's own userspace, - or User:UBX/OpenBSD, which is a shared userspace. —usernamekiran (talk)17:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@HypeBoy: Hello. Thanks for bringing the issues to my notice. I was aware of that would happen because of the way you had denied the bot, and I was going to fix it soon. Regarding the repeated messages: the bot runs every night at 03:03, UTC. During every run, it was looking for KiranBOTmsgID:1253441495 on your talkpage, as part of the original message. The msg ID is unique to each message. As you were removing the message along with msg ID, the bot was thinking the message was never delivered, hence it was re-adding that message. I have fixed both these issues now, and no-one should receive duplicated messages. —usernamekiran (talk)17:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@HypeBoy: no. you denied it correctly, but my bot was looking for a few other templates, and not the one you had inserted. I have fixed the issue now - now it looks for all variants. In short, you do not have to make any changes, now all the variants of "nobots" have been covered. —usernamekiran (talk)18:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Thanks for working on the AMP links task - I really appreciate it! Sorry for not following up with it after I filed the request; I've been dealing with some personal issues that have taken up most of my time. Cheers!
@Synonimany: oh. I understood it now. I was thinking about the link leading to the page, or page title. I have fixed the typo now. Thank you very much for pointing it out —usernamekiran (talk)19:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Latest comment: 4 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hi there! There is a wikipedia page for my boss (Samir Brikho) that I just tried to edit 2 parts. 1 was his nationality (that worked) and 1 under personal life he asked me to change it as it says he is divorced but his current status is married and he has 3 children. How I do not want to cite a copy of his marriage certificate, is there anyway I can upload it to a moderator to check and allow it? Thank you for your time --CalleyMcClure (talk) 11:57, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MSGJ: Hi. That task finished around the same time. There were very few errors, I will soon fix them up in a few days time. I apologise for the inconvenience, and the errors. —usernamekiran (talk)16:01, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Batsun removed some content I had included in an article ("Nonet for Strings"), for legitimate reasons I believe. Via the "Talk" section, he explained why. I just replied to him in "Talk," and asked a question. Could you review this briefly and provide me with your expert opinion? Grateful if you are able and willing to do this. --Rhys.L.Williiams (talk) 18:53, 8 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Feedback request: History and geography request for comment
—usernamekiran (talk) 19:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
