User talk:Illusion Flame

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Welcome back

Welcome back, my friend. We missed you :) – DreamRimmer β–  16:12, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

So happy to have returned to this wonderful community. :) - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 17:14, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
Good to see you back! β€”Ingenuity (talk) 20:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
Thank you!! I'm happy to see so many familiar faces. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 20:54, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Good to see you again

Hey! (I'm User:47.227.95.73, by the way.) I came back to the Wiki after another long break and I was sad to see that you were gone, so I was very surprised to have just seen your username at Recent Changes. Good to see you again! Lynch44 20:55, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

No way! I actually went back to try and find you, but I only looked at your contribs and not your userpage. Good to see you again! - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 20:57, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Also, not to place any pressure on you, but I noticed that you use to have NPR and EFH rights. Not sure how the restoration process for the latter works since it is a high-trust right, but I would definitely ask for NPR back whenever you feel ready, we have a pretty big backlog right now :) Again, welcome back, nice to be able to talk again. Cheers, Lynch44 22:47, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Already did for NPR and will slowly start working back into it. As for EFH, I do intend to still assist with false positive reports, but not at the rate like I did before where I needed the right. Thanks for reaching out though, and have a great rest of your day! - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 23:07, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
I'm dumb, glad to hear it. I even checked your rights log and still somehow missed that. Not sure if this warrants a trout, but if you so desire... Lynch44 23:25, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
No worries, but...trout Trout :) - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 23:27, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

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John Murphy (Northern Irish koyalist)

Could you kindly list the above page for me at the right place, given how obscure the Wiki policies re deletion are? Thank you Billsmith60 (talk) 19:43, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi there! Just to clarify, you wish for that redirect to be deleted, correct? And yes, it can be confusing when RfD stands for two things (Requests for deletion and Redirects for discussion). - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 19:46, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
That's right, friend. It is not needed. Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 20:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
I see, in that case, you'll want to start a thread on Redirects for discussion. If you have the Twinkle tool, you can select XFD and you can put the reason you want it to be deleted and it will do the rest. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 20:36, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
I'm afraid that's all Double Dutch to me Billsmith60 (talk) 23:31, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
In that case, if you give me a few sentences on why you believe it should be removed, I can start a discussion on your behalf. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 00:36, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
This redirect is unnecessary because the term 'loyalist' is sufficient in a N. Ireland context – hence John Murphy (loyalist) or Robert Bates (loyalist). Two other longstanding examples of a more concise title relating to NI are Michael Stone (loyalist) and William Moore (loyalist).
{Can you also add this proposal to the Bates article, which the same user moved and which I've reverted for consistency?}
Thank you Billsmith60 (talk) 12:08, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
I see. So the problem is not that the redirect is incorrect, but just that it is unnecessary. I’d lean towards the WP:CHEAP argument here, which basically says: β€œRedirects are cheap. Redirects take up minimal disk space and use very little bandwidth. Thus, it doesn't really hurt things if there are a few of them scattered around.” - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 12:15, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

bro

um i wanted to censor wikipedia about a kid with a very long pingas Borg111 (talk) 20:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

See your talk page. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 20:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Welcome back from the brink.

As your CVUA student under the previous name 64andtim, I'm now a global abuse filter helper and rollbacker, a local edit filter helper, and English Wikibooks/Meta-Wiki/Test Wikipedia administrator. I hope you are doing well. 🫑 Codename Noreste (discuss β€’ contribs) 18:09, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

So glad to hear you’re doing well and doing some great work across multiple platforms! I’m happy to be back. :) - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 18:16, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Yay test wikipedia admins. We are few, but we are mighty. And of course, welcome back, Illusion Flame :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:55, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
Thanks Novem, glad to see you! - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 02:27, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
Welcome back! Remember a user named Shadow of the Starlit Sky or Prodraxis? That was me :) I missed you and your contributions a lot and I'm glad to see you editing again :) ~delta {talk β€’ cont β€’ πŸ‡°πŸ‡· β€’ 🎒} 18:35, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
Of course, I remember you! And I'm happy to be back. Nice to see you again and thanks for the cookie. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 19:14, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Good to see your username again :) HouseBlaster (talk β€’ he/they) 01:43, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much!! I’m happy to be back and see so many people I remember. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 13:31, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Stop the deletion of the page

hello you haven't looked into the matter properly. I didn't understand the reasoning behind deletion of the wikipedia article which I created. Is there any copyright issue or something else. Explain it properly before taking unnecessary actions. BeJOY2$ (talk) 07:37, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

please respond @Illusion Flame BeJOY2$ (talk) 10:34, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
@BeJOY2$, IF may be in a very different time zone than you. Valereee (talk) 12:49, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
What do you mean to say? This editor wants to delete the wikipedia article which I created without providing adequate explanation behind doing it. BeJOY2$ (talk) 13:09, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
@BeJOY2$, I mean to say they might be asleep right now. You posted at 5:34 a.m. my time, then again at 7:49 a.m. If IF is in my same time zone, they may not have gotten your first or your second post. Patience, I'm sure they'll be in eventually. Valereee (talk) 13:22, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
Oops, nevermind. Valereee (talk) 13:23, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the responses @Valereee. I’m not sure what they were upset about because I tagged a redirect from mainspace to draft space for deletion. Anyways, they were blocked as a sock. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 13:30, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
yep, ec at 8:22 lol. Valereee (talk) 13:41, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Re: your recent RM closure

Hello.

I'm planning to challenge your not moved closure at Talk:2010 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election#Requested move 10 November 2025.

Could you please expand somewhat on how you weighed arguments while I write up an entry at Wikipedia:Move review. For instance, I can't see how WP:RECOGNIZE comes into play.

Thanks. HandsomeFella (talk) 21:25, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

eye I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 21:57, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
Hi @HandsomeFella, thanks for reaching out! I want to clarify that my closure was not β€œnot moved,” it was no consensus. Per the RM closing instructions:

No consensus should be used when there is neither a consensus to move nor a consensus to keep the current title. This may be because a discussion has fractured into several possible titles and none seem especially suitable, or simply because equally strong arguments and appeals to Wikipedia policy and outside sources were found on both sides, without any clear reason to move the page found in the discussion. Of course, as elsewhere on Wikipedia, this usually means that no action is to be taken at the present time.

I agree with your comment on the RM that the strength of arguments is more important than the number of voters in support/opposition, but I still think it plays a factor if both have somewheat policy-based arguments. (I believe it was 8-6 in favor of no move.) Additionally, the discussion that the majority of support voters cite has a much lower level of participation than this RM discussion, so I largely did not consider it in my close. In my opinion, which you are welcome to disagree with, WP:RECOGNIZE applies here because many participants mentioned they felt readers would be confused by a new title, and the discussion didn’t provide evidence that the proposed title is significantly more common or widely used. Thanks again for reaching out and let me know if there is anything else I can clarify. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 22:17, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for approving the edit! ~2025-39178-25 (talk) 19:34, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Of course! It’s no problem. - πŸ”₯π‘°π’π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ π‘­π’π’‚π’Žπ’† (π’•π’‚π’π’Œ)πŸ”₯ 20:05, 8 December 2025 (UTC)