User talk:Pigsonthewing

Mostly done

Hello, I'm aware my admin level expires this week. Thank you for allowing me to clear up these syntax issues here on Wikispecies. I don't foresee needing any extension and fine with it expiring as scheduled later this week.

The remaining issues that I could foresee doing anything with are ones that I don't understand how to access/adjust, and four I don't logically know how to fix, but I'm considering nominating for deletion as unused templates. I'd be interested in knowing if you know how to access the first, and if you have an opinion on the second.

The access/adjust issues are dealing with what I'm going to call "translation boundaries" of 8-10 page sets (original -> translations). These make up the majority of the remaining Missing end tag/stripped tag errors. I asked Tommy here, but I see he's been busy the last two weeks (tbh, so have I). If you happen to know how to access/adjust these, great, if not, I'll let them sit, and possibly direct someone later one who could adjust them with what needs adjusting.

The other issue is relating to four templates that are unused; I don't know how to correct the wikilinking errors in the taxonomy feline series. I asked their creator three weeks ago if they were still desired, but haven't heard back. Is nominating them for deletion based on their unused status (created 2021 and don't appear to have ever been used) at this point in time a reasonable action or would that be too pushy? The five "Don't edit this line" subtemplates used within the feline set, while clean, would also be nominated since they are only used with this feline set. I'm fine with ignoring all nine of these too since they are an isolated set and not being transcribed elsewhere. Any opinion here?

Thanks and hope you are having a great weekend, Zinnober9 (talk) 22:54, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Translation matters are a dark art to me; maybe ask on Wikispecies:Translation Administrators' Noticeboard?

I have deleted the unused templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:03, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. It's been pretty quiet over there since my comment about something else 3 weeks ago, but maybe a bigger comment will catch some eyes. Zinnober9 (talk) 12:18, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

It's the same on the main VP - this is a very small community compared to many other Wikimedia projects. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:37, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

143.44.169.231 and Lithodidae

Hi, Pigsonthewing. The edits you reverted at e.g. Neolithodes diomedeae were from an IP address known on Wikipedia as a sockpuppet of a blocked account. We've blocked the entire 143.44.169.128/25 IP address range, and I suggest you do the same; this user is/was one of the most bizarre cases of long-term abuse at Wikipedia, and he's now trying to write wherever he can, such as by creating articles within Wikimedia Commons categories. I came over to check Wikispecies because I knew he'd weasel his way over here eventually; he's especially obsessed with king crabs. (Edit: this is also the user EditorCrabTwinsLibrary, by the way.)

His edits are not worth having on Wikispecies; he near-exclusively plagiarizes, uses LLMs, writes in broken English when not doing the former two, doesn't check or is terrible at checking his facts, becomes very emotional and lashes out, and importantly never stops when told not to do something. I should know: I advocated for him on Wikipedia to be given a second chance instead of blocked for rampant sockpuppetry and disruptive editing; it categorically did not work. A permanent block is the only option for this kind of editor. TheTechnician27 (talk) 02:43, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Need some input, pretty please

Hi Andy! I'm getting my feet wet on Wiki Species, it's way more difficult than Wikipedia. At least here nobody is yelling at you for a little typo. Anyway, if you find some time, could you have a look at my three latest edits and tell me what's wrong with my nonsense? I appreciate your time and work. Cheer! --Hedwig in Washington (talk) 22:00, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Looks ok - the cleanup templates were rendered redundant by your subsequent edits, so I removed them. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:17, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a peek! --Hedwig in Washington (talk) 18:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Range blocks

Thank you for the several recent "2405:6E00 ... /64" range blocks. Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 05:23, 17 October 2025 (UTC).