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Thanks for running WP:GENFIXES. I saw the edits on some articles I was watching, and they were useful. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:21, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Order of the Lesser Scribe of Wikipedia

This award is given in recognition to Bunnypranav for accumulating at least 350 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you considered taking up a mop?

You are a remarkable editor in many ways. I think you would be a good administrator, and you appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already!

Interested in becoming an administrator? Check out some RfA advice, or ask a nominator about next steps!

* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:21, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the appreciation! I cannot express my gratitude for recieving this award enough. :) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 02:06, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's an admin election in a month BTW. Something to consider. I know I'd support you. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:01, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Sophisticatedevening^(talk) 06:14, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know we haven't interacted much on- or offwiki, but I took a glance at your contributions and let me say I agree 100% with Pppery and Sophisticatedevening. ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 20:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Just took a look at your contribution and I think you would do a good job as an Admin.

Destinyokhiria 💬

22:33, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 05:53, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 from me! ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 18:18, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't interacted with you much either, but I've seen your sig 'round enough for that to mean "no flags raised", and an endorsement from Ppppery is Really Spanking Good™! Aaron Liu (talk) 02:03, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks once again to everyone who supported for the support and gratitude! :D ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:03, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bunnypranav we should say thanks to you for your excellent help and work! ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 16:20, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Closure of "Eponyms in mathematics"

Re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_October_24#Category:Eponyms_in_mathematics : Please extend your closure (if you have not done so already) to all the other "Eponyms in [mathematical field]" discussed as a hierarchy at that discussion which now are difficult to list because they cannot be found in the deleted parent category. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @David Eppstein. I am unsure if the discussion clearly supported deleting all the subcats of the parent as well? Please tell me if I am missing something that was implied by you/the voters. However, I do have a list of all the subcats prior to deletion if you want, thanks to User:Nardog/CatChangesViewer script:

~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 11:58, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do I have to repeat the exact same nomination again despite the clear sentiment in my nomination and the responses that the whole hierarchy except for list of things named after should go? Because at this point I'm tempted to take the lower-effort option of bringing it to AN as a BADNAC. You didn't even upmerge the subcategories into Category:Eponyms; you just left them orphaned. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:09, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) Bunny did everything that he should've done. You nominated one category for deletion: if you wanted other categories to be deleted; you should tag and list them; if you wanted the former contents to be merged elsewhere, then list the merge targets. I'd be happy to make the bundled nomination for you, if you wish. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 12:57, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If CfD nomination procedure wonkery has obscured the common sense intent of the nomination and discussion then it is the procedure wonkery that is at fault.

As for the bundled nomination, please do. Please note that it should not include Category:Lists of things named after mathematicians but that the list of categories made above by Bunny is sadly incomplete. As well as the other categories listed above, a bundled nomination should include all of the "Eponyms" subcategories as well, which is to say also Category:Eponymous geometric shapes and Category:Eponymous theorems of geometry. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:57, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done; please see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 October 27#Eponyms in mathematics round 2. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 19:15, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1845 establishments in the Austrian Empire

A tag has been placed on Category:1845 establishments in the Austrian Empire indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 14:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Explicit I have created it per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 October 18#Category:Railway stations in the Czech Republic opened in 1839. It is empty as an admin is yet to action and list my closure in WP:CFD/W from WT:CFD/W so that the bot can populate it with the merge. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:50, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1845 establishments in the Austrian Empire

A tag has been placed on Category:1845 establishments in the Austrian Empire indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:59, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate if the history was seen before tagging. This was the second tagging if the same page, even though there was a clear reason to not do so and wait for the tagging. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 01:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge nomination of Category:Unauthorized Israeli settlements

I nominated this category on October 21 for merging into Category:Israeli outposts: you closed the discussion yesterday as the consensus was "reverse merge".

How long before I can expect Category:Israeli outposts to be replaced with a redirect to Category:Unauthorized Israeli settlements, in accordance with this consensus decision? --GCarty (talk) 09:13, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @GCarty, since I am not an admin, I list my closures at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working after which an admin lists them on the main page of the same for a bot to action it out. Based on the history, this should be listed in about 1-2 days, after which the bot will action it in a few hours. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 11:37, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

Hello, Bunnypranav. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

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Editing from a temporary account

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Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

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The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

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Further information and discussion

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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Schools that have had shootings closed as delete

Hey, I noticed that you closed the CfD discussion about this category as delete. You closed the discussion but haven't actually deleted the category. Cyber the tiger🐯 (talk) 21:35, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You also haven't deleted Category:Palestinian media, which you also closed as delete Cyber the tiger🐯 (talk) 21:37, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CyberTheTiger Since I am not an admin, I close the discussions and list the actions over at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working, where given 1-3 days an admin lists those on the main page of the same for a bot to process and do the final actions in a couple hours since listing. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 03:15, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kind of inexperienced at editing but I just saw that per WP:NACD, non-admins shouldn't close a discussion as delete, since they don't have the ability to actually delete the pages. Cyber the tiger🐯 (talk) 21:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Certain venues have made an exception to this rule: Non-admins [...] may close Wikipedia:Categories for discussion discussions as delete., this is mentioned in the same section of NACD ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 03:39, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Bunnypranav! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

Cielquiparle (talk) 06:34, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reverse merge

The discussion was closed by you as "reverse merge" but there's still a tag at the category page. [1]. Should it be removed or another tag describing that outcome be put in its place? Zalaraz (talk) 14:21, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See [[User talk:Bunnypranav#Merge nomination of Category%3AUnauthorized Israeli settlements]]. Please wait for admins to process the discussions. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uncontested

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 October 25#Category:Canadian rugby football people by province or territory was closed as no consensus. I have never seen that outcome before in similar uncontested proposals and I would say usually such nominations, uncontested for weeks, is treated as soft outcomes (examples: [r]ename/merge Uncontested for weeks; rename as an uncontested nomination with a logical rationale; soft merge; and soft rename – some even shorter). There is no consensus against the proposed actions. Referred to CFDS, it is also not possible to do all actions listed in the original nomination (there were splits and mergers). Kaffet i halsen (talk) 15:17, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks you @Kaffet i halsen for the message, and apologies for the delay. Looking back, I should have done it earlier, kind of overestimated the need of consensus in an unconsted nom. I have now updated the closure and listed them for action. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:41, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also listed two at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual for merge target creation, if you might be interested to help out! :) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:45, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For giving me advice on the CSD process and answering my questions.Thank you for being so helpful! GothicGolem29 (Talk) 17:46, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the appreciation, really grateful! :)

Feel free to ask any more questions you may have, always happy to help! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:37, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CFD closure

Hello, Bunnypranav,

I reopened a closure for Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 October 31#Category:American politicians of Middle Eastern descent as your closure instructions were to merge pages into a category that is also being considered for deletion at CFD. I don't think it is suitable to merge pages from one category to another that might also be deleted in a few days. I have scripts installed that show all pages that are tagged for deletion in a different color, in this case, pink, and that would have shown to you that this category was being debated for deletion also at CFD. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:23, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note @Liz, but I seem to agree with Marco on this one, see the comment. I would appreciate if you could give your thoughts over there, to keep the discussion together. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:36, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:List of Scarlet Witch titles

Hi, thank you for your contributions.

Your closure at Talk:List of Scarlet Witch titles is quite premature, as the discussion was open for less than 48 hours. I urge you to revert it. See WP:RM. 162 etc. (talk) 18:37, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @162 etc. for the note. Apologies for the mistake, I have reverted my closure. I actioned the closure from a different section on the RM page which I thought were expired discussions, but looks like they weren't. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 00:59, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from TulsaBirder (16:39, 10 November 2025)

How do I get back to the bot that recommends linking? --TulsaBirder (talk) 16:39, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, didn't realize it would write on your talk page. Thought it would message you directly. You were assigned as my mentor? TulsaBirder (talk) 16:45, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TulsaBirder Welcome! FYI, there are no private direct messages in Wikipedia. This page, my talk page, is the direct way to message me and which triggers an on-wiki notification for me. Regarding your question, I am unable to understand what you mean? I assume you can find the recommended edits over at Special:Homepage, if not then please let me know! :D ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:04, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]