Worm That Turned

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Reboot

Kudos for your honour and integrity in volunteering for re-confirmation.

Having started wondering about your account name at the RfA, I looked for a good illustration for the article about the proverb as it needed a suitable lead image. I found this picture in a book of satirical nursery rhymes published in 1883. The worm does not triumph in this but you may still find it amusing.

Andrew🐉(talk) 22:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

That's a new one on me @Andrew Davidson - and I'm not sure if I agree with the moral, for you do need to fight against the wrongs of the world - but perhaps choosing one's battles might help them prevail! Worm^TT(talk) 13:52, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

November music

story · music · places

Welcome back! I uploaded pics (see places), on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Gerda Arendt I'm always surprised how similar the countryside of Germany can be to the countryside of the UK, it is a lovely picture. Worm^TT(talk) 13:48, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Your run for admin is the feel-good story Wikipedia needed to see this week

Thanks for choosing this moment. I'm personally grateful qualified former admins are stepping back in take on larger responsibilities. Glad to have trustworthy (and seasoned) teammates everywhere on Wikimedia, especially on the committee. BusterD (talk) 13:10, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

That's very kind of you to say @BusterD. The world is a tough place at the moment, and perhaps recent events have exacerbated that - but there is always another dawn, and so we should presever through the night.

Worm^TT(talk) 13:47, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Dark mode design tokens

Your black signature is invisible in dark mode as someone pointed out in the RfA. FYI, Schwede66 had a similar issue and used design tokens to resolve it. Please see In the dark for details. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:57, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I take it my attempt to use shadows hasn't really done the job then. I've switched to about the simplest version of design tokens that I can, to keep the sig length short. How's it look now? Worm^TT(talk) 10:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

That's much better in dark mode, with the "Worm" appearing as bold, italic white on black. The word "talk" is green on black which is not so legible though.

BTW, note that there's a worm emoji now. Let's see what that looks like: 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

Andrew🐉(talk) 16:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I want to become admin

I want to protect my content so please give me adminship Officialhistory601 (talk) 18:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Welcome back, and thank you.

Hello Dave, You probably don't remember me or who I am, so to quickly summarize: I got blocked 4 years ago, and emailed you asking for advice. Your advice was good, but I only took it 3 years later, when I started contributing to Wikimedia commons. Around this time, you started your wikibreak. I continued to edit on commons became a licence reviewer, and got unblocked on en-wiki a few months ago. I just wanted to say thanks for giving me that advice. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 18:30, 14 November 2024 (UTC)