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Please at least attempt to gather consensus before doing a page move - just (Truss) and (Johnson) were accurate, there is no need to include the full name and it looks clunkier as a result. OGBC1992 (talk) 09:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@OGBC1992: it's not at all standard to include only the surname in disambiguations. Neither Johnson nor Truss redirect to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss respectively. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:45, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

When dealing with articles regarding Prime Ministers, it is - Johnson ministry and Truss ministry, for example, rather than Boris Johnson ministry or Liz Truss ministry. OGBC1992 (talk) 21:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's not parenthetical disambiguation though, so it's a different matter. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 21:16, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Regardless, it’s best to attempt to get consensus before moving pages. OGBC1992 (talk) 07:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just jumping into this discussion to say that surnames are already in common use as parenthetical disambiguators. For instance, see the list of artworks titled The Annunciation that use exactly this method of disambiguation. In this case, the prime ministers' surnames are sufficient to disambiguate, so I would support reverting the moves in light of WP:CONCISE. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 20:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ravenpuff: not the same. It's common to use surnames when disambiguating artworks, but not in other cases. It's standard to use the full name in other articles. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 21:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you have examples for that? I'm not aware of any. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 21:09, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See intitle:/"(Margaret Thatcher)"/, for example. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 21:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Your recent edit on Template:Non-free use rationale is triggering an unclosed <p> tag on (at the moment) 2400+ pages this template is used on. Would you revisit this edit and see if you could correct this? My suspicion is the p tag pair towards the top of the template since that looks multilayered and the others look more straight forward, but I'm not certain as I try not to deal with if statement syntax often. This caught my eye since File space is typically quiet and we've had the tracked syntax errors eradicated in File space (barring the occasional popup) for while. Thanks, Zinnober9 (talk) 19:59, 3 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Working on it. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Zinnober9: should be fixed now. Thanks for letting me know. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:52, 3 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for fixing! Looks good. It'll take a few minutes for the site to realize and purge those File pages to the latest template version, but that's no issue. Thank you! Zinnober9 (talk) 21:06, 3 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding your template editor permission. The thread is Template editor permission review request. Thank you. — Primefac (talk) 16:20, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the notification, Primefac. I've responded there and apologised for falling short in my actions. I've always tried my best for the past six years with the privileges that come with template permissions, though I fully admit that lately my actions have not been up to standard, as well as a few from a year ago which I tried my utmost to rectify in consultation with the community. If there is anything you would like me to clarify in the meantime, please let me know. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 16:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The redirect 1792 presidential election has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 20 § 1792 presidential election until a consensus is reached. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 00:06, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]