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Hello, DreamRimmer,

The bot has stopped issuing G13 reports. Could you check on it whenever you return? Thanks so much! <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 18:17, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

:Fixed. – <span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span> <span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span> 16:28, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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:Hi, I noticed while checking old backlinks that User:DreamRimmer_bot/tasks includes "Change the priority for redirects in :Category:Redirect-Class medicine articles ↗". That should now be :Category:Redirect-Class medicine pages ↗. Hope this helps! – Fayenatic '''<span style="color:#FF0000;">L</span>'''ondon 15:09, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you for improving article quality in June! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

:@Gerda Arendt: It's nice to receive these messages, but if you don't mind, I'd like to opt out of them going forward. I hope that's okay with you. I appreciate all the wishes you've sent in the past. :) – <span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span> <span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span> 17:05, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, DreamRimmer,

I just noticed that the bot tagged User:SDZeroBot/NPP sorting/Culture/Media/Music and User:SDZeroBot/NPP sorting/Culture/Biography for speedy deletion. The mistake was caught quickly and it's interesting that this mixup hasn't happened very often before. I think over the past two years, I've found issues when drafts tagged by DreamRimmer showed up on a SDZeroBot report one or two times, but it's very uncommon. But if you have some time, you might want to investigate.

I hope you are having a good summer. We are in a bit of a heatwave right now in the Northwest U.S. but it's not likely to last long. Happy Summer Solstice! <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 02:44, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

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Backlog drive awards should not be marked as minor edits



Please do not mark backlog drive awards done using the paws [2.2 ↗] tool as minor edits (as in Special:Diff/1359027924 ↗) for future NPP ↗ or unreferenced articles ↗ backlog drives, because they add significant new information. GTrang (talk) 16:54, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

:Sure, I'll make sure it doesn't happen again. I just forgot to disable the default setting in Pywikibot. – <span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span> <span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span> 04:49, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

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Your main user page



Hello, I just happened to notice your recent username change because I have your deleted metadata script documentation page on my watchlist. Most of your user subpages seem to have been moved over but unfortunately your main and user talk pages weren't because of this earlier page move from a username change ↗. I've gone and moved them over for you. Hope you don't mind. Graham87 (talk) 05:21, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
:I've done the same thing for your main sandbox. We'll need specialised help for your common.js and vector.js pages. I'll either ask the person who changed your username what to do or ask an intadmin. Graham87 (talk) 05:30, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::{{replyto|Pppery}} I see you've surfaced. Could you help with this? Graham87 (talk) 06:01, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::: I've done the .js page moves. That said, I'm kind of surprised this rename was approved as renaming to the prior name of someone with tens of thousands of edits and no doubt hundreds of links to their old user page seems like it's bound to cause confusion down the line. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">in solidarity</sub> ↗ 06:10, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::::Sorry for bothering you with all this work. I hadn't planned to request a rename, but there were some issues with my previous username that were affecting me off-wiki. I did some basic research, didn't notice any problems, and submitted the rename request. I take full responsibility for this situation and am willing to change my username again if that would help resolve it. I know that would create even more work, but it's the least I can offer since I created this situation. MX (talk) 06:26, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
:Hey my guy! I’m sorry about the off-wiki situation… I hope it isn’t serious or harmful. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:28, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::Yeah that doesn't sound good at all. I checked the links to the old username ↗ and there are indeed quite a few, including an old sockpuppet category ↗. I'd say changing it might be a good idea. Graham87 (talk) 07:42, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
:::Hi, I got here because I saw a similar issue on Meta and wanted to check whether this also happened on other wikis :). Looking here, I think it's problematic to use the name MX because of the many links. Although they can easily be fixed with a bot, I believe it's still problematic because other users still remember "MX" as belonging to someone else (especially since both of you have made tens of thousands of edits on the same wiki...).<br> If you could choose a different name, that would be great.<br> Just a small thought: maybe it's better to first change the username back to "DreamRimmer", and only afterward to the new name, in order to save a lot of manual handling of duplicate references on userspace script pages. If you need help with the actual change (if you want to do what I said, the regular request queue doesn't fit such a request), feel free to write here and I'll gladly do it. Neriah (talk) 07:55, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::::{{replyto|Neriah}} I was also thinking, what would be the best way of moving everything over without moving the redirects from the first username change, of which there are quite a few ↗? Is it to revert the recent moves or something else? Graham87 (talk) 08:08, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
:::::reverting the username to the original name can be done without leaving redirects behind, i guess. Neriah (talk) 08:28, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::::::I'm in the process of moving the old titles to "User:Graham87/MX/..." to separate them for now. I can't do anything about {{noredirect|User:MX/EditCounterOptIn.js}} though. Graham87 (talk) 09:50, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
:::::::Feel free to revert this rename. If I need to choose another username afterward, I'll go with "UnexpectedDiscovery". Sorry again for all the trouble. I would have preferred to keep my original username since that's what everyone knows me by, but I had to change it for reasons I can't discuss publicly. MX (talk) 09:52, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::::::::I imagine it'd probably be best to do it in one step. I've moved all the user page redirects over, but there are several user talk page archives ↗ that didn't make it over. Will look more later. Graham87 (talk) 10:11, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
::::::::I just sent you an email on the subject, I'd be happy to hear your response :).<br> @Graham87, regarding performing the moves, I think it's better for it to be automatic together with the username change. The problem isn't only within enwiki but also on meta (and the problematic part is mainly many scripts), so I think in any case it's better to change the name in two stages. Neriah (talk) 10:16, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

You're invited to the Mentorship noticeboard



Hi, DreamRimmer. You are cordially invited to the brand new Wikipedia:Mentorship noticeboard ↗. I get the impression sometimes that we mentors are each toiling in our own cubbyhole or hamster wheel, quietly answering mentee questions with little to no interaction with other mentors. I think we have a lot to share and learn from each other, and I know it will make me feel better just having the opportunity to interact with you and other mentors there, and I hope it will for you, too. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Please take the {{slink|WP:Mentorship noticeboard|Survey|nopage=yes}} when you get there! Mathglot (talk) 00:29, 8 July 2026 (UTC)