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Barnstar The Original Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation, January 21, 2012. A barnstar for you! The Technical Barnstar Congratulations, Tom.Reding, you've recently made your 1,000th edit to articles on English Wikipedia! Thank you for all the great DAB work you've been doing recently, and for all your contributions to the encyclopedia. Keep it up! :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you! Working Wikipedian's Barnstar For your incredible WikiGnoming over the past few months. I am in awe. A2soup (talk) 23:25, 22 February 2015 (UTC) Thank you! :)   ~ Tom.Reding & his 200-some-odd lines of regex (talk ⋅contribs ⋅dgaf)  02:03, 23 February 2015 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar You have nearly single-handedly eliminated the minor planet notability problem, which had stood for seven years before you decided to tackle it, because nobody wanted to do the massive amount of work required. If this doesn't deserve a barnstar, I'm not sure what does. StringTheory11 (t • c) 17:49, 3 May 2015 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar For dealing with the minor planet clusterfuck as efficiently as you have! Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 04:13, 1 February 2016 (UTC) There's nothing quite like cleaning up a good, 'ol-fashioned clusterfuck. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  04:17, 1 February 2016 (UTC) BTW, this isn't just for the recent banner tagging, but for the shear amount of effort involved in cleaning up the mess for the past year or so. Possibly longer. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:27, 2 February 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Technical Barnstar thanks for helping me with the search codes! Jennica✿ / talk 20:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC) Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! please help translate this message into your local language via meta The 2016 Cure Award In 2016 you were one of the top ~200 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs. Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC) Barnstar awarded The Redirect Barnstar Your diligent work in the area of redirect categorization and improvement is duly recognized and greatly appreciated. You are truly one of the unsung heroes of Wikipedia, and we hope you continue to enjoy your improvement of this awesome encyclopedia! On behalf of your fellow editors—and the millions of readers of our work—I sincerely thank you for your contributions that have improved the encyclopedia for everyone. Senator2029 “Talk” 08:33, 8 June 2017 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Editor's Barnstar Thank you very much for helping and editing the Joe Campos Torres article, your assistance put a BIG SMILE on my face! Vwanweb (talk) 16:53, 31 December 2017 (UTC) My pleasure; that was a satisfying edit :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:56, 31 December 2017 (UTC) Another barnstar for you! The Bio-star In recognition of your recent contributions to the Life Sciences on en:Wikipedia, analyzing and helping to improve the quality of articles, based on scientific data. Your efforts demonstrate tremendous potential into enhancing the scientific accuracy of The Free Encyclopedia. I am tremendously appreciative of your efforts, especially on the preliminary Taxonomic analysis. ~ Mellis (talk) 23:48, 31 December 2017 (UTC) Editor of the Week Editor of the Week Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your constant positive demeanor. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week: I am always on the lookout for potential Editor of the Week candidates, for editors that fly under the radar, whose efforts are unknown except to a few. They don't make a splash, they don't emit a 'notice me' kind of behavior; they just quietly tackle the hard jobs. Tom.Reding is that kind of editor. A while back he "thanked me" via the Thanks Notification for awarding the Editor of the Week to a fellow editor. So, I looked into him and found an editor that does many important WP improving things. He is a working editor (535,847 live and undeleted edits) that fixes, populates, corrects, standardizes, cleans, parses, tries, peruses, adds, formats, listens, expands, updates, corrects, creates, assigns and (my favorite) "consistifies". A member of Wikiproject Astronomy and Wikiproject Tree of Life, he has recently been granted the page mover user right. He provides a human eye and understanding to "bot" problems that arise. In the area of redirect categorization he willingly puts his head together with other editors to work toward solution. A deserving recipient. You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week: {{User:UBX/EoTWBox}} Project Med Foundation Tom.Reding   Editor of the Week for the week beginning January 28, 2018 Quietly tackles the hard jobs. 536000 live and undeleted edits. A page mover. Understands "bot" problems. A deserving recipient. Recognized for work in redirect categorization Notable work(s) Wikiproject Astronomy and Wikiproject Tree of Life Submit a nomination Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 20:38, 28 January 2018 (UTC) ! XD <3 TY!   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  20:56, 28 January 2018 (UTC) The AWB Barnster The AWB Barnster Fixing many depreciated syntax on infobox images. Iggy (Swan) 22:14, 12 February 2018 (UTC) A barnstar for you! Olympic Barnstar For your excellent work in getting the bot up and running to tag biographies for the Olympic Wiki Project. Thank you! Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 10:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC) Thanks, my pleasure :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:04, 17 March 2018 (UTC) Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! please help translate this message into your local language via meta The 2016 Cure Award In 2016 you were one of the top ~200 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs. Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC) Congrats on joining the million edit club! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Congratulations on being the seventh editor on the English Wikipedia to do over a million non-bot edits! ϢereSpielChequers 12:14, 17 May 2018 (UTC) Thanks! I never thought I'd do so much, but I just keep finding things to fix/improve :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  13:12, 17 May 2018 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Space Barnstar For your astronomic contributions! For taking up so much space! With apologies for the puns, Ira Leviton (talk) 20:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC) A Dobos torte for you! 7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:09, 15 October 2018 (UTC) You have used your gifts well, Padawan Bringing order out of chaos OCD. It's not an affliction. It is a gift, and is part of the job description for being a Wikipedia editor. See WP:wikiholic. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Takes one to know one. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:36, 15 October 2018 (UTC) 7&6=thirteen, thank you :) And I really should take the test, but I can't be bothered while editing...perhaps that is or should be one of the questions??   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:49, 15 October 2018 (UTC) Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! The 2018 Cure Award In 2018 you were one of the top ~250 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs. Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar Jobe well done when it comes to the article on Prof. Helmut Veith (1971-2016). Terrenus (talk) 14:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC) Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! please help translate this message into your local language via meta The 2019 Cure Award In 2019 you were one of the top ~300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a thematic organization whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs. Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC) A barnstar for your efforts The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar Thank you for your continued service adding to Wikipedia throughout 2020. - Cdjp1 (talk) 14:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC) :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:40, 20 January 2021 (UTC) Precious astronomy gnome Thank you for quality gnomish work on a large scale, making {{authority control}} available, creating redirects and talk pages, for writing and maintaining astronomy-related articles and categories such as Abell 665 and Category:Discoveries by Carl W. Hergenrother, - Tom, user conceived with a sploof in 2009, you are an awesome Wikipedian! You are recipient no. 2523 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 29 January 2021 (UTC) @Gerda Arendt: thank you very much, I'm honored :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  21:32, 29 January 2021 (UTC) I hope you don't mind that it's the prize of the cabal of the outcast ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Bot Creator Barnstar For putting your OCD to good use when you created Tom.Bot. Scorpions13256 (talk) 23:27, 13 February 2021 (UTC) I see we both have OCD. I had no choice but to give you this barnstar. Scorpions13256 (talk) 23:27, 13 February 2021 (UTC) Thank you, comrade.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  04:21, 14 February 2021 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar thank you for all your help here. Paulhus15 (talk) 09:59, 1 March 2021 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar Just a barnstar for you! Your userboxes were fascinating and you seem like a really interesting person. I also somehow see you on every page I edit. Thanks for the contributions you have made! Hhzhang2345 Hhzhang2345 (talk) 16:16, 12 March 2021 (UTC) A Barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you for helping edit Wikipedia and make the encyclopedia a better place for others. Thank you and keep up the good work. --ThanosYourGod (talk) 22:08, 12 March 2021 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thanks a lot for adding authority control to so many articles Paradise Chronicle (talk) 23:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC) For improving Navseasoncats What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar …or rather, what a succession of brilliant improvements you have made to {{Navseasoncats}}! – Fayenatic London 19:58, 16 October 2021 (UTC) Barn! The Working Man's Barnstar For your tireless work in repetitive and laborious tasks. Cheers! Thinker78 (talk) 04:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Space Barnstar I just wanted to say "thank you" for picking up the torch of updating the list of minor planets! (And I hope Rfassbind is doing fine too off WP!) Double sharp (talk) 08:44, 24 February 2024 (UTC) Thank you Double sharp! (and thanks for the reminder for the latest big batch :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:54, 24 February 2024 (UTC) Another barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Congratulations on becoming the fourth-ranked editor by number of edits. I know exactly how difficult that is! BD2412 T 15:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Congratulations for reaching three million edits! GTrang (talk) 03:52, 15 September 2024 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Congratulations on crossing three million edits! No doubt a massive accomplishment. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 21:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC) Have a pint. For all your hard work! Babysharkboss2!! (Trout me, pull the trigger.) 13:19, 4 October 2024 (UTC) though logically that mug has a tad less then a pint according to my extensive research.Babysharkboss2!! (Trout me, pull the trigger.) 13:30, 4 October 2024 (UTC) Enjoyed & appreciated either way :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thanks for clearing Category:Pages with redundant living parameter! It means a lot! OpalYosutebito (talk) 14:13, 14 November 2024 (UTC) smiley award! For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award. (Explanation and Disclaimer) Ame ★ (talk) 19:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC) :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  19:06, 19 November 2024 (UTC) Some cookies for edit 1.25 billion Cookies! Departure– has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. A belated congratulations for making edit 1,250,000,000 to Wikipedia - an automated edit to Talk:Indium-126n on 7 October 2024. This milestone is 1/8th the way to 10 billion edits, which will likely be achieved before the next global ice age, and your nearly four million edits are getting us closer every day to that goal. Cheers! To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}! Departure– (talk) 14:30, 27 January 2025 (UTC) :o ty :)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:54, 27 January 2025 (UTC) Precious anniversary Precious Four years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 29 January 2025 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar Congratulations on hitting four million edits! Best wishes. 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Advice and assistance sought

My long term goal is to unify the coding of the automated taxobox templates into one main module: there's a lot of overlap in the template code; it's inefficient and hard to understand since values derived from the parameters have to be repeatedly worked out because of the absence of variables; there are subtle differences in the behaviour of the templates that are confusing to editors that use them.

One example of the last is whether and how the automated taxobox templates automatically italicize the page title. The main templates, {{Speciesbox}} and {{Automatic taxobox}}, do, but others, like {{Infraspeciesbox}}, don't.

I have a version of {{Infraspeciesbox}} at {{Infraspeciesbox/sandbox}} that correctly italicizes page titles in all the tests I've done. However, there's a problem in changing over to use it. Existing pages, e.g. Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans, use a combination of {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} and {{Infraspeciesbox}}. However, if I just updated {{Infraspeciesbox}} to the code in {{Infraspeciesbox/sandbox}}, {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} would then be present twice and this is flagged as an error. (Try changing {{Infraspeciesbox}} to {{Infraspeciesbox/sandbox}} in this page and previewing.) So one possibility is:

1. run through the 350-odd pages that have {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} and {{Infraspeciesbox}} and replace both by {{Infraspeciesbox/sandbox}}
2. when this is done, update {{Infraspeciesbox}} to the sandbox version
3. then run through the pages again replacing {{Infraspeciesbox/sandbox}} by {{Infraspeciesbox}}

However, I know from when I did something like this before that there are objections to pages in mainspace being left linked to sandbox versions of templates, so the changes need to be made more quickly than I can edit them manually.

Can you think of another way to manage this? If not, can you help with (1) and (2)? Peter coxhead (talk) 09:38, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Peter coxhead: sure, let's coordinate. I'll be available for the next 1.5 hrs and after 4pm ET to remove {{DISPLAYTITLE}} after you update {{Infraspeciesbox}}. Ping me in that edit summary or here and I'll take care of the rest. That's the best order to do it when AWB is available, since removing {{DISPLAYTITLE}} first has a 100% chance of changing the page display immediately, whereas updating {{Infraspeciesbox}} first has a < 100% chance of changing the display immediately. Without AWB, I'd say linking to the sandbox temporarily would be preferable over anything that changed the display (let naysayers neigh).   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  11:53, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

I recently did something similar (Template_talk:Cite_wikisource#new sandbox version that abandons citation/core). I created {{cite wikisource/interim}} precisely to preclude any whining that might have arisen from using ~/sandbox. In the edit summary, I include a link to the talk page discussion where I described what it was that I was doing. No complaints.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:09, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Trappist the monk: yes, I guess that's another way to do it – create {{Infraspeciesbox/interim}} rather than link to the sandbox; I've certainly had whining when I left links to ~/sandbox even for a short time. However, I guess if Tom can do a run quickly after I update {{Infraspeciesbox}}, so that the errors caused by having two occurrences of {{DISPLAYTITLE}} disappear quickly, then it should be ok to do it as he suggests. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Tom.Reding: I should be able to ping you again about 4:15pm ET (9:15pm here in GMT summer time if I have it right), so if we're both active let's do what you suggest: I'll update {{Infraspeciesbox}} and you then remove {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} from all pages that transclude {{Infraspeciesbox}}. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Tom.Reding: let me know if you are online. Peter coxhead (talk) 20:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Peter coxhead: engage  ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  20:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Tom.Reding: {{Infraspeciesbox}} updated. Peter coxhead (talk) 20:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Tom.Reding: so this search says that they have all been updated; many thanks! (There's just one, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, that does actually need {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}}.) Peter coxhead (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Glad to help!   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  21:01, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Template:Airntd

Please can you modify Template:Airntd so that it correctly populates the moved categories. Currently the non-empty redirect folder is filling up. Timrollpickering (Talk) 00:56, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

 On it   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  01:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done - blue links appearing (see Category:1950s British agricultural aircraft). I'll have a go at the see-also list of related templates too.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  02:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Timrollpickering (Talk) 10:57, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Aircraft Cats

Not a big fan of mass cat moves but I appreciate your hard work sorting them out. Just one point most of them now say things like "1920s British civil aircraft" or "1920s Swiss military aircraft" but we have "1940s United States civil aircraft" rather than "1940s American civil aircraft", any reason why the US is an exception? Just to note if you need any help with specific aircraft problems then please ask at either the aircraft project or my talk page. MilborneOne (talk) 07:11, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Another anomaly if you look under Category:Aircraft manufactured in Taiwan some of the sub-cats use Republic of China rather than Taiwanese. MilborneOne (talk) 08:10, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@MilborneOne: US/American: for this case I agree, but a larger WP:AIRCRAFT survey is required - if you look at Category:Aircraft by country, "United States" is the convention, but for Civil aircraft, "American" should be used. My guess is that this there are multiple overlapping (sub)hierarchies using different standards.

Taiwan is officially the Republic of China, but Republic of China is also historically ambiguous, so I'd naively prefer Taiwan to disambiguate.

I don't know why either of these issues exist, though.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:35, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Politics and avoiding silly arguments? Some people object to using American for the United States and here you could argue it is ambiguous (compared to European aircraft). And anything to do with the naming of Taiwan can be contentious as China considers the Taiwanese to be Chinese.   Jts1882 | talk  14:47, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Yep, no interest in opening that can of worms.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:52, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment, I will raise the US/American at project, American is not ambiguous in English, as for ROC/Taiwan wikipedia main article on the country is Taiwan so we should follow that. MilborneOne (talk) 15:20, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for helping on AWB cleanup

Hi Tom,

I greatly appreciate your dedicated work on AWB cleanup and would love to hear from you about my latest project: User:Uziel302/Typos, where I upload lists of high probability typos and with a script I wrote I correct the real typos in one click. No need to set up AWB setting for each replacement, and if the replacement is inaccurate, you can put alternative replacement in a simple popup.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

Thanks, Uziel302 (talk) 17:48, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Regarding your recent changes in Module:ConvertNumeric

Hey Tom,

Regarding your recent changes in Module:ConvertNumeric, there is no need to create duplicated tables that fork the same data.

I've put up a mock up of code that explains how I would have done it. There are two options that I can see, not sure which is more efficient, so would leave that up to you. The code is located at Module:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2. It currently looks for the hard-coded value of "nineteen" and returns the number (the original key).

• {{#invoke:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2|getDataOption1}} ->
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2|getDataOption2}} ->

Hope this helps. --Gonnym (talk) 17:10, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Gonnym: yes, I thought about doing something like that, but decided against it for 4 reasons: 1) hard-coding is faster, 2) more transparent, 3) the new tables (except eng_lt20) are not exact inverses of each other, and 4) there's no threat of forking, unless we collectively decide to stop using base 10.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  17:20, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

I now see that the other 2 templates are different. There really is no need to that, as hardcoding should never be the option used, especially in this case where you are essentially duplicating the same code. I'm also not sure a longer code base equals more transparent code. Yes, you've might have made this part more transparent, but the entire code has become unnecessarily longer and more confusing because of the dups which can create confusion. I've added another example which is a full set of the code for up to 99, which includes a setup for higher values. It does it easily with the current tables and very few extra line. A few examples:

• {{#invoke:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2|getDataOption3|sixth}} ->
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2|getDataOption3|ninety ninth}} ->
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/Gonnym/sometest2|getDataOption3|ninetieth}} ->

--Gonnym (talk) 19:07, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Gonnym: why should hardcoding never be used? Doing as you suggest is needless overhead. There's no code being duplicated, but 1 table inverted, and 2 new tables which share only words with another table but not numbers. If others have a problem with the length of table definitions (~200 total lines before, and ~230 now), then they can be moved to a /conf sub-module, or similar.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  23:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm not going to check the links you've posted as you've not really added line numbers to a specific point. I'm also not sure if you are serious or not, but any average coder knows why hardcoding is bad. Yes, when creating constants and with short pieces of code, hardcoding is ok, but this isn't it. Also, saying 2 of the tables are not hardcoded is just false, as I've literally showed you that I'm reusing them. Also, the overhead from my code is very minimal, compared to confusion of 3 duplicate tables which make the actual reading and debugging of the module code harder (the code line difference is 26 vs 21 + your 3 tables). Anyways, not going to argue this with you anymore, if you can't see why what you are doing is wrong and feel like fighting for it, then go ahead. --Gonnym (talk) 08:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you'd think I'm joking. Do you mean "sarcastic"? Regardless, neither are true.

What statement of mine is "saying 2 of the tables are not hardcoded is just false" referring to? Did you mistake the word "hardcoded" for "duplicated"? If so, then our definitions of the word "duplicated"...are different.

Re: "make[s] the actual reading and debugging of the module code harder": meh, but a /conf sub-module, or similar, is still the solution, especially if the dictionaries grow as functionality expands.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:22, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Renamed categories

Hi Tom, I noticed that you renamed the sequential subcats of Category:Knesset informally. Well, WP:IAR, when appropriate. However, you omitted to check backlinks to the old names, which in this case were left in the {{cat pair}} templates on each of the renamed pages. If you had used WP:CFD, this would have been caught as part of the implementation. Anyway, I fixed the links. – Fayenatic London 08:18, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, thank you.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  11:35, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

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Edit warring, gaming, TPO...

Hi. I just noticed that you reverted this back in even after multiple editors had called you out for it, and even marked the edit as minor. You also demanded that the nomination be withdrawn based on its inclusion of pages you added. I can't see how you could possibly think this behaviour to be appropriate, but I'm imploring you here and now to stop and let the original nomination proceed without your POINTy additions. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 00:26, 9 July 2019 (UTC)