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 — I.S.M.E.T.A. 11:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

ეშინია edit

Re this: It seems a shame to delete this when it could simply be corrected. Do you know the correct definition and part of speech? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 11:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Fixed. It is a verb and at the time I was reluctant to work with verbs at all. --Dixtosa (talk) 10:14, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Categories edit

Hi there. Those types of categories are meant to be created automatically by the "{{lb|ru|...." template. This is not yet being done, but our tech people will fix that. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:46, 8 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Test category edit

Your ping at Category:Daniel Carrero's test category failed, but I saw your message on the recent changes. TBH I populated the category half a year ago and forgot to empty it after I was done using it. I emptied the category now. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 07:02, 23 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi ! edit

Why you undoed my vote`s ? 95.49.114.217

Because we do not support opposition. We just oppose. Please stop.--Giorgi Eufshi (talk) 09:44, 16 August 2016 (UTC)Reply
nah 95.49.114.217

Thanks for restoring the image edit

I removed that image by accident. Thanks for restoring it. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 06:22, 14 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

It's OK. I always revert incorrect (semi)automatic edits to make sure the editor is notified early enough to avoid large number of bad entries in case the edit was in fact not accidental. --Giorgi Eufshi (talk) 06:36, 14 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

why edit

Why do you have this second account and, if the first one is insecure, why do you continue to use it? Only curious. Equinox 08:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

I use this account when I am at work because I do not want to type my main password in my work computer. Dixtosa (talk) 09:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Community Insights Survey edit

RMaung (WMF) 14:29, 9 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Reminder: Community Insights Survey edit

RMaung (WMF) 19:11, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Reminder: Community Insights Survey edit

RMaung (WMF) 17:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

User:Yellow is the colour/common.js edit

Hi. I think I added stuff to User:Yellow is the colour/common.js, but I haven't used these things for about 7 years. What should I expect to see? Yellow is the colour (talk) 21:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Yellow is the colour: you should expect a new button 'add' added to some of the section titles adjacent to 'edit'. Dixtosa (talk) 08:39, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Nope, not seeing anything like that. Do I need to change something in my preferences? Yellow is the colour (talk) 09:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply