User talk:Silence

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Archive I: July 2004 to September 2005. Nothing important happened in this one.
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Archive III: November 2005. Nothing important happened in this one.
Archive IIII: December 2005. Nothing important happened in this one.
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Archive VV: January 2007. Nothing important happened in this one.
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Archive IIIVXXXLCCCCDM: August 2007 to August 2009. In this one I edited Łobżany.
Archive IIXV: September 2010 to September 2015. Nothing important happened in this one.

Quelle chimère est-ce donc que l’homme?
Quelle nouveauté, quel monstre, quel chaos, quel sujet de contradiction, quel prodige!
Juge de toutes choses, imbécile de ver de terre, dépositaire du vrai, cloaque d'incertitude et d'erreur, gloire et rebut de l'univers.

―Blaise Pascal

Quelle vanité que la peinture qui attire l'admiration par la ressemblance des choses dont on n'admire point les originaux.

―Blaise Pascal

S'il se vante, je l'abaisse ;
s'il s'abaisse, je le vante,
et le contredits toujours,
jusqu'à ce qu'il comprenne,
qu'il est un monstre incompréhensible.

―Blaise Pascal

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nomination of List of people with autism spectrum disorders for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of people with autism spectrum disorders is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people with autism spectrum disorders until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Guy (Help!) 11:04, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Removal of Criticism section on "Existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence" page with a weak excuse. Thank you. Amortias (T)(C) 20:25, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I just reopened that as I feel that Exa~enwiki has made legal threats and I have blocked them. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 10:55, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that others did too. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:32, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That username looks familiar ... - David Gerard (talk) 23:39, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss with me?

Hi there,

I wanted to see if you were still an active Wikipedia editor and to invite you to discuss the renaming of the article Evidence of common descent. See: Talk:Evidence_of_common_descent#Article_Title and Talk:Evidence_of_common_descent#Requested_move_5_March_2016.

Cheers! A. Z. Colvin • Talk 01:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pablo Picasso/African listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Pablo Picasso/African. Since you had some involvement with the Pablo Picasso/African redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. 103.6.159.75 (talk) 18:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Scepia/teen2

Template:Scepia/teen2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Proud User (talk) 20:52, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Silence. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard.

Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Silence.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Silence. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 01:30, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:05, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Witching hour for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Witching hour is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Witching hour until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bobherry Userspace Talk to me! Stuff I have done 13:46, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of Latin phrases (full) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Latin phrases (full) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Latin phrases (full) (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. wumbolo ^^^ 22:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for merging of Template:Roman myth (mortal)

Template:Roman myth (mortal) has been nominated for merging with Template:Roman religion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 18:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for merging of Template:Roman religion (festival)

Template:Roman religion (festival) has been nominated for merging with Template:Roman religion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 18:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for merging of Template:Greek myth (Olympian)

Template:Greek myth (Olympian) has been nominated for merging with Template:Greek mythology (deities). You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 09:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Human/FAQ

Are you gone for good? There are proposed changes to Talk:Human/FAQ. Kolya Butternut (talk) 19:24, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Updating your list

Hello Silence,

I noticed your list of important articles here and noticed that it hasn't been updated since 2007, especially the biographies. A lot has changed since then, and I was wondering if you could look over it to see if it needs to be updated. Interstellarity (talk) 15:44, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of User:Scepia/teen2

User:Scepia/teen2, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Scepia/teen2 (2nd nomination) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Scepia/teen2 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 16:36, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Removed

Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Removed, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Removed and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Removed during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Northern Moonlight 04:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]