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@Howcheng: I'm getting ready to move User:Maile66/Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area to Main Space. If I do a Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area search on Commons, it comes up with 144 images. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MediaSearch&search=Merrimac+Farm+Wildlife+Management+Area&fulltext=Search&type=image

However, there is no Commons category by that name to do a single link. Without editing each image category link, is there a way to easily amass these images under a new Commons category for Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area? — Maile (talk) 13:01, 3 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not really. Your best bet is to use something like WP:AWB (if you are running Windows) so you can plow through all the images really quickly. —howcheng {chat} 18:23, 3 March 2022 (UTC).Reply[reply]

OK, thanks. I took care of it manually yesterday. Not too bad, just a lot of mouse clicking. — Maile (talk) 16:11, 4 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks. I added the icon to my user page — Maile (talk) 21:41, 25 December 2022 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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@SL93: Have you by any chance seen Sealioning? Just saying ... life is too short to respond to someone who does this. — Maile (talk) 12:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there. I see you recently deleted Bambi vs. Godzilla as a G12 - this has left various missing redirects that need to be cleaned up. Before starting, I'd like to confirm that the deleted article was not about David Mamet's book. If it was, then I'd like to make an attempt at recovering something from it, but speedy deletions aren't eligible for WP:REFUND. If it wasn't, then I'll recreate the original redirect to Mamet's article and flag it as "with possibilities" as it was previously. Tevildo (talk) 20:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FYI, it was listed at Candidates for Deletion. For your convenience, I have undeleted my action for you: Bambi vs. Godzilla The first sentence says, "Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business was a book written by playwright David Mamet and published by Vintage Books in February 2008." — Maile (talk) 20:59, 23 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! I think the article, as it stood before deletion, is better off as a paragraph under David Mamet#Books, with the redirects restored to that section. If more material about the book becomes available, a split can be proposed. Unless there's any obvious reason against this course of action, I'll make a start on it tomorrow. Tevildo (talk) 21:15, 23 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for following up here on my talk page. My deletions come from tagged and nominated listings at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. I don't independently decide what gets deleted. Only the nominator really knows why they tagged something. If it turns out someone disagrees that something shouldn't have been deleted, I'm always wiling to revert my actions. Let me know anytime. — Maile (talk) 21:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks. Lovely thoughtfulness. — Maile (talk) 01:10, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi. Could you check why this was deleted as G6 in November 2023? If it was due to being a talk page redirect, I think all the talk pages in that list series is set up that way per WP:TALKCENT. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:23, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was listed for deletion at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. The deletion log says this: "17:22, November 22, 2023 Maile66 deleted page Talk:List of tambon in Thailand (B) (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup)". It would be no problem for me to undelete it, but it might be listed for deletion again. Let me know. — Maile (talk) 12:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, please undelete, thank you. The page was probably improperly tagged one way or another. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:48, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done! Undeleted — Maile (talk) 12:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. It appears the page was spuriously tagged by 2001:448A:1021:28B1:AC87:3C28:3265:7B7D; it might be a good idea to check the IP's deleted contributions from around 22 November 2023 to see if any other pages were likewise inappropriately affected. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:28, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Looks like others are doing so. IP has been blocked for 3 months by another admin. — Maile (talk) 03:39, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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