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:{{u|Edible Melon}}, I actually have a BRFA open for a similar task ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Creffbot]]) that takes the more brute-force approach of just removing the category from the (substituted) template instead of doing a null edit. ^{<small>[[User:Creffpublic|creffpublic]]</small>} <sub style="margin-left:-8ex"><small>a [[User:Creffett|creffett]] franchise</small></sub> ([[User_talk:Creffett|talk to the boss]]) 14:00, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

::I think the templates {{tl|uw-coi-username}} and {{tl|uw-username}} (and other such templates) can be rewritten so that category removal only takes a null edit, possibly extracting a template for timestamp comparison. [[User:Edible Melon|Edible Melon]] ([[User talk:Edible Melon|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/Edible Melon|contribs]] '''·''' [[Special:Block/Edible Melon|block user]]) 01:40, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

== New block template for UPE: [[Template:Uw-upeblock]] ==

Noting its creation here — it does seem to be filling a gap — but I had a couple comments on the template itself (cc {{u|Coffee}} and {{u|ST47}}{{hp|Bradv}}). In particular, I think it would be good to include some brief, additional text at the end as right now the sysop's signature is erroneously placed at the end of the third bullet. Moreover, I think the language could be tightened a bit: there is a lot of repetition — [[WP:SPAM]] and [[WP:TOU]] are both used twice — and it reads a bit muddled to me. I made some changes, but wanted open a broader discussion. ~ <span style="color:#DF00A0">Amory</span><small style="color:#555"> ''([[User:Amorymeltzer|u]] • [[User talk:Amorymeltzer|t]] • [[Special:Contributions/Amorymeltzer|c]])''</small> 12:05, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

:Feel absolutely free to make any changes you think are improvements. I just went back to make sure there is a distinction between advertising and the ToU vio. Not quite sure though how to add more at the end to make the signature not sign after the 3rd bullet, but I understand that from a point of esthetics. <small style="color:#999;text-shadow:#D3D3D3 0.3em 0.3em 0.15em">— [[User:Coffee|<big style="color:#ffa439">Coffee</big>]] // [[user talk:Coffee|<span style="color:#090">have a</span> ☕️]] // [[Special:Contribs/Coffee|<span style="color:#4682b4">beans</span>]] // </small> 18:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

== Possible trolls? ==

Is there a warning for potential/blatant trolls and [[WP:NOTHERE]] editors who are wasting other editors' time? I've come across two lately. Wrote a custom warning for one, used a somewhat inappropriate disruptive-editing template for the other. [[User:HLHJ|HLHJ]] ([[User talk:HLHJ|talk]]) 01:49, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

== [[Template:Uw-botublock]] embeds irrelevant explanation ==

"Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username contains the suffix "-bot", which is generally reserved for authorized bot accounts. <strong>However, you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".</strong>"

Emphasis mine. This appears to be the result of including a template that should be more flexible to prevent this sentence from appearing, or the result of including the wrong template. [[User:ToBeFree|~ ToBeFree]] ([[User talk:ToBeFree|talk]]) 01:32, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

:Jarring indeed! I think {{tl|uw-adminublock}} is the only other template explicitly relying on verbiage from {{tl|uw-ublock}}, and it suffers from the same issue. The text was only just [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Uw-ublock&diff=prev&oldid=928808401&diffmode=source added last December] by {{u|DESiegel}}. I'll just move it inside the {{code|reason}} parameter's default text, should take care of it. ~ <span style="color:#DF00A0">Amory</span><small style="color:#555"> ''([[User:Amorymeltzer|u]] • [[User talk:Amorymeltzer|t]] • [[Special:Contributions/Amorymeltzer|c]])''</small> 17:18, 23 February 2020 (UTC)