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;Disclosure:I am not an administrator on Wikipedia. I very much respect admins and have been helped by them many, many times over the years. I also respect the community vettings at RfA ↗ that often show the ultimate community respect and trust of an editor.
I shall likely remain a non-admin and continue to enjoy discussions with other WP editors. I sometimes participate, sometimes help with disagreements and sometimes close discussions when needed. I am no stranger to closing contentious discussions about controversial subjects. I sometimes close the easy talks, too, because if it's elapsed or in the backlog, then it's fair game''!''<br />
Remember that WP is not a democracy, so discussions are not just a vote. The key factors in all good discussion closures are the '''''arguments written by concerned editors, policy-based (P&G ↗) rationales''''', which count most toward an acceptable decision and closure.
:Anyway, if you have come to ask about one of my RfC ↗, RM ↗, MRV ↗ or other discussion closures, you are very welcome here''!'' I am usually inclined to reopen a discussion if the outcome was "no consensus" and '''''when I am'' {{big|specifically}} ''and'' {{big|intentionally}} ''asked to do so!''''' (Not so much if I found a consensus ↗ – that doesn't mean I cannot be persuaded with a good, sound argument.) Please be very clear about your intentions and do not beat around the bush. That just means please don't expect me to read your mind; I have enough trouble reading my own mind sometimes. Thank you beyond words for your deeply respected concerns''!'' – '''''<span style="font-size:100%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Paine</span>'''''  
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Hello Paine, I would like to ask a simple request: when you have an available moment, would you please change the historical & current HTML color codes for the Tennessee Titans ↗ over at :Module:Gridiron color/data ↗? My request is found over at Module talk:Gridiron color ↗. Here's a link to my edit diff ↗ over at :Module:Gridiron color/data/sandbox ↗ proposing these changes, in light of the Titans' new logo, color palette & uniform rebrand, which is available here at TennesseeTitans.com ↗ (official HTML color codes for the Titans are now at NFL.com's SVG page for the club's logo ↗). Please help me implement these changes? CharlesEditor23 (talk) 05:33, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:Sorry for the wait, editor {{u|CharlesEditor23}}, and thank you for coming to my talk page''!'' I'm very busy this time of year, so I have been unable to visit WP much. I will take a look at your proposed changes as soon as I can. I see that you've been getting a little flack for your avid pursuit of a solution. Hope you AGF ↗ it all. Thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>06:02, 17 March 2026 (UTC)</small>
::Paine, please see User talk:Pppery#Please help me?: this user has been forumshopping random admins. --<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64 🌹 (talk) 21:57, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Yes, I got that, and thank you''!'' You know... there are many crimes in the world, some of them huge, and some of them small, petty. And there are many crimes on Wikipedia, some of them huge, and some of them small. I've always considered forum shopping to be one of the smaller crimes. They're just people asking for help to do things they can't do. They're just people asking for help to make improvements they cannot make. And as you have helped me countless times over the years, I try to pass that forward and help when I can, to help when I'm asked. Unfortunately, right now I'm too busy in RL to get to it, but, following your tireless example, I will get back to it. Thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>05:54, 18 March 2026 (UTC)</small>
::::Are you sure that you'll get the time to eventually change the color codes for the Tennessee Titans ↗ over at :Module:Gridiron color/data ↗? I guess the only reason why I'm asking other editors is because it's been a few days since the Titans unveiled their new brand & I'm not exactly the most patient person or editor in the world. That being said, should I ask other editors to do it or should I try to continue to be patient a little while longer? I mean, I would do it myself if I could re-gain the template editor ↗ right again & then I wouldn't need to WP:FORUMSHOP ↗. CharlesEditor23 (talk) 05:12, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::{{to|CharlesEditor23}} I am pleased that another TE was able to implement this change for you''!'' Please remember the best way around WP:FORUMSHOPING ↗: "it is normally best to give links to show where else you have raised the question". I personally don't even see what you did strictly as forum shopping because: "It does not help develop consensus to try different forums in the hope of finding one where you get the answer you ''want''." So I see forum shopping as an incorrect way to achieve consensus. You weren't doing that – you were just trying to make an improvement. But as you know from experience, there will be some TEs and admins who would see it another way and who will react differently. That's why I suggested for you to AGF, because even those who disagree with you are usually acting in good faith. Thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>06:40, 25 March 2026 (UTC)</small>

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I came upon Template:Pell ↗ because it is presently uncategorized. May it be userfied, if you are still using it? Bsherr (talk) 02:09, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:Hi editor {{u|Bsherr}}, and thank you for coming to my talk page about my sig template''!'' I've sorted it to the {{c|User namespace templates}} category, which has several other pages in template space. As I mention in the /doc page, "If another use for the title 'Template:Pell' becomes necessary, please let me know", so the only reason I see to userfy it would be if you need to use that template name for something else. I do link to it with two iterations with TemplateScript ↗, an awesome user script framework for adding custom one-click templates and scripts to my sidebar. It's only drawback is that it doesn't trigger notifications. So let's please leave it where it is if at all possible. Thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>12:16, 3 April 2026 (UTC)</small>
::No one else uses it but you, right? Is there a reason you are reluctant to userfy it? It's unusual to have a template like this in the template namespace. --Bsherr (talk) 17:52, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::My reluctance is more of a "let it be", "it's not hurting anything" kind of hesitancy. And I think that the latter is evidenced by the template's age of nearly 12 years. So my usage note, which has also been around for almost 12 years, can imho continue to stand. '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>16:59, 4 April 2026 (UTC)</small>

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:Good one. '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>16:17, 17 April 2026 (UTC)</small>

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Move Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes ↗

Dear Paine, there was no oppositon to move the above mentioned page to Gol Linhas Aéreas, as per reasons stated on the talk page. However, the latter is already a redirect and thus I am unable to move it. I would appreciate your help in deleting the redirect. Thanks a lot. Brunoptsem (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
:I don't see this everyday''!'' Thank you for coming to my talk page, editor {{u|Brunoptsem}}''!'' At a glance I tend to agree with you that no opposition warrants renaming. I would like to hear from relisting editor {{u|1isall}}, and to hear why he did not go ahead and close this request as moved, wouldn't you? Thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>23:08, 3 May 2026 (UTC)</small>
::Hello! Some users choose to relist an RM with zero other participants, then close it if still no one shows up afterwards, while others just close it immediately. I often do the former. <span style="color:cyan; background-color:navy;">1isall</span> (talk | contribs ↗) 23:50, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
:::I agree it's a gray area, and I do see it go both ways. The right thing to do, then, is to wait until either more support for the page move is shown or until the relisted period has ended. '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>02:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)</small>
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Thanks for your note at {{section link|WT:Wikipe-tan|Requested move 24 May 2026}}. Even with the assistance of Twinkle I seem to have made a royal mess of things. Is there some way to easily fix this, perhaps manually? — Arlo James Barnes 22:09, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

: I'm happy to help, editor {{u|Arlo Barnes|Arlo James Barnes}}''!'' I will procedurally close the move request, and then you can follow the guidance at WP:MERGER ↗. Let me know if you need any help with that, okay? Thank you very much for coming to my talk page''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>00:37, 25 May 2026 (UTC)</small>

:: I appreciate that, thank you. — Arlo James Barnes 01:32, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
:::''My pleasure!'' '''''<span style="font-size:100%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Paine</span>'''''  <small>01:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)</small>

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Hi - thanks for your recent edit to Inflation/NZ for me; how do I go about getting the ''template editor'' string to my bow? I have been on here for more than a couple of decades now, and have helped hack together, fix and/or maintain several templates now, e.g. {{tl|Cite Grove}}, {{tl|Climate chart}}, infoboxes, navs, and indeed the odd tweaks in the past to {{tl|Inflation/NZ}}-related things. — Jonathanischoice (talk) 04:17, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
:Hi editor {{u|Jonathanischoice}}, and thank you for coming to my talk page''!'' I'm always glad to help out at CAT:ETP ↗. You will find the information you need to receive the TE bit at '''WP:TPE ↗'''. Best to you, and thanks again''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>13:43, 25 May 2026 (UTC)</small>

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Hi there, I'm just looking for a bit of advice before I open a Move Review. I want to contest this close https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Persecution_of_transgender_people_under_the_second_Trump_administration#Requested_move_1_May_2026 ↗. However, although I have some issues with the close comments, I do not wish to contest that the decision not to move was correct. Rather, I wish to contest the 12 month moratorium on move requests on that page, which the closer chose, but was not in the move proposition and was only supported by a minority of participants. I have discussed with the closer to no avail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sceptre#About_your_recent_RM_close ↗. My question is only this: which is the correct venue to contest this please? Is it a move review? or should I take it to WP:AN ↗ as a close review? Thanks. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 17:27, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
:{{to|Sirfurboy}} move review is for challenging the closure of an RM. When a moratorium is a part of the close, then yes it can be up for discussion at MRV. I've seen it before on occasion where an editor will write something like, "I do not disagree with the moved/not moved/no consensus outcome of this move request; however, I do not think that a 12-month moratorium is appropriate." Keep in mind that it is recommended in cases of moved or not moved decisions that editors wait at least a year anyway before starting another RM (unless something about the title significantly changes before then). And that's because experience has shown that the longer one waits, the more likely it is that one will get the page moved successfully. There are no hard and fast rules about this, though. Lastly, keep in mind that the enforcement of a moratorium of any kind relies on the voluntary nature of editors and editing. There are no P&Gs with guidance about moratoriums. It's definitely a judgement call. '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>22:13, 26 May 2026 (UTC)</small>
::Thanks for this. I have not seen any advice that editors wait a year between requests. Where is that? Thanks again. I'll use MRV. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:33, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
:::That advice used to be in the closing instructions ↗, which still suggest waiting at least three months after a no-consensus decision. This has been discussed many times over the years, but no agreement that would have resulted in a change to policy or guideline has ever been attained. It's still being adjudged on a case-by-case basis. That's why putting a moratorium in place has become more and more popular among admins and closers. Admins do not need a consensus to impose a moratorium. It's solely a judgement call. '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>06:58, 27 May 2026 (UTC)</small>

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Request to reopen discussion of moving INDOPACOM to PACOM

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:{{move review links|United States Indo-Pacific Command|rm_page=Talk:United States Indo-Pacific Command|rm_section=Requested move 17 June 2026}} (Discussion with closer specified)
Hi, @Paine Ellsworth. May I suggest you consider reopening the recent discussion about moving the INDOPACOM article to PACOM?

To recap: On the evening of 16 Junehttps://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/goodbye-indopacom-pentagon-reverts-back-to-pacific-command/ ↗, Pentagon leaders announced that they would rename Indo-Pacific Command as Pacific Command. At 8:56 pm, a WP editor proposed ↗ to rename this article as PACOM; the discussion was closed in just three hours and the page moved ↗ at 12:13 am.

The move was described as "more of a technical request", but in fact the name of the page is controversial due to issues of law, media coverage, public and official usage, and more.

None of this was raised by the editors who weighed in during the three-hour discussion, perhaps because they were unfamiliar with the concerns raised during a similar renaming ↗ of the Defense Department.

But it took less than two days for the fuller context to emerge in media coverage. On June 18, the Associated Press reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had asserted and acknowledged in a memo that "PACOM" is merely a "secondary title" because the command's actual name is set in law.https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-06-18-2026#0000019e-dbf0-da78-afde-dffff6630000 ↗

The question is: should the WP article go by the official name or the "secondary title"? In the case of DoD, editors decided to retain the page's original title ("DoD") after a discussion ↗ that largely turned on the fact that most news media chose to continue using DoD's legal name. In the case of INDOPACOM, it's not yet clear whether media will follow suit.

In the meantime, I suggest we vacate the close and relist/reopen the discussion, preferably with the article restored to the previous title, pending consensus. What do you think? PRRfan (talk) 18:29, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
:{{done}} – and thank you very much for coming to my talk page, editor {{u|PRRfan}}''!'' '''''<span style="font-size:92%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">P.I. Ellsworth</span>''''' , <span style="color:black">ed.</span> ↗ – ''welcome!'' – <small>19:20, 24 June 2026 (UTC)</small>
::Well, to be clear, I started a discussion about this at Talk:PACOM before another editor explained the right way to do thing. But now I know, and thanks! PRRfan (talk) 19:39, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
:::''Happy to help!'' '''''<span style="font-size:100%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Paine</span>'''''  <small>19:48, 24 June 2026 (UTC)</small>

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