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This is my archive for threads from 2018 that don't belong in my themed archives.

Happy New Year, WereSpielChequers!

Happy New Year!

WereSpielChequers,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 00:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

Thanks for the lovely festive message - I hope 2018 is treating you very well so far! Zeromonk (talk) 10:53, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi WereSpielChequers! I don't edit much on Wikipedia at all anymore but I do have very fond memories of it. I was pretty involved years ago. But, other things and other interests came to replace it. Anyway, I'm not posting this to be sentimental (but that happened anyway); I am here to say thank you for continuing the Time Between Edits project that I started long ago. I really appreciate it! It's really interesting that that has remained so consistent over the years... So, thanks again and happy editing! (do Wikipedians still say that?) κaτaʟaveno^T_C 01:11, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Katalaveno, good to hear from you, and thanks for starting it in the first place! I'm afraid the one bit I haven't been able to replicate has been File:Time Between Edits Graph Jul05-Present.png I don't suppose you could do an update of that sometime? The relatively small changes at time between edits despite huge changes such as the moving of much of the vandalfighting to the edit filters, the shift of the links across language versions from many to many to a hub and spoke system based on Wikidata and underlying all the last decade of the the rise of the smartphone and other devices where Wikipedia is effectively a broadcast medium probably mean that certain things are cancelling each other out. I still think that this has a strength in its rawness and the simplicity of what we are measuring. Ϣere SpielChequers 15:27, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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Hello :)

Hi WSC, I sent you an email and was just quickly checking if you had had a chance to go through the same. Most warmly, Lourdes 15:53, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Mark Easton - disputes of COI/removing content

Hi WereSpielChequers, Good day to you. I need your advice.

Background: Mark Easton is a BLP article about a journalist from BBC and I am not the editor who involve in the COI or any disputes. I have once reverted the removal content marking "Removed inaccuracies" which the cited source did indication of the content - see here - [1] by an editor related to BBC Broadcasting site - see here User talk:132.185.161.127. Subsequently another user named Mark Easton removed the content again twice see here [2] and [3] marking "Based on inaccurate and one-sided newspaper reports" (note sources are from Telegraph.co.uk - see here [4], [5], https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/autumn-statement/11274243/Once-again-the-BBC-shows-its-true-colours.html] (the last two are view from Telegraphy news) and a transcript of the UK paliament hearing transcript [6] . Another editor named Shakehandsman has contact user Mark Easton on his COI on the article - see here User talk:Mark Eastonand raise a message in the article talk page - see here Talk:Mark Easton including another bias of BBC reporting - see here [7]. In addition, Shakehandsman wrote to me seek my input - see here Mark Easton.

Conern and questins: The article is a BLP piece and content might need to take into consideration for being a minor public person as Mark Easton under WP:PUBLICFIGURE, as on one of the content is supported by UK parliament transcript, and my question is since it seems the concern is over two major news agencies (which two of the cited sources are telegraphy view point) should the content especially the second content need to get secondary source to back up /support the claim, for it would be serve a better weight on the article. I have not reply to Shakehandsman yet while I am seeking your advice on this. Thanks in advance for your assistance and have a good day. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 08:43, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Entry for Diana Fountain

To WereSpielChequers I believe that you (ie Jonathon Cardy) included the text "The Junction is off centre to both Avenues." in the wikipedia entry for Diana Fountain. By observation, I believe this is true regarding Lime Avenue but not (to any significant extent) for Chestnut Avenue. Have you a reference/source? (I'm also intrigued as to why Wren designed it so, as I'm sure it was not an error) regards Dave DaveInUK (talk) 12:29, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dave. There is a map here. It is also obvious when you cycle or walk across the park. As for why, I couldn't find a source, it could be the longest vista that he could then arrange based on the shape of the park and what was already growing, or it could be that he wanted to intensify drama as the visitors got closer to the Palace, or as a friend of mine who used to be a freemason explained it is one of the masonic symbols that Wren designed into Bushy Park (just before reaching the Palace you have a vista to White Lodge at right angles to you). However none of those three can go into the article unless someone publishes such a story seriously. But anyone who looks at the map or crosses the park can take the location of the Diana Fountain closer to the Lion Gate than to Teddington Gate as uncontentious and obvious fact. Ϣere SpielChequers 10:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply but it was not what I was expecting! I misunderstood "the junction is off centre to both avenues" to mean that Diana Fountain is slightly offset from the actual intersection of the centre-lines of the 2 avenues. I believe this to be true for Lime Avenue, by a couple of metres. (I do appreciate that the Fountain is not at the mid-point of the avenues lengthwise) Dave DaveInUK (talk) 20:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

You may be right, I haven't reread my sources on that recently, and the whole things is so big it could be a couple of metres adrift without me realising. Any suggestions as to how one could reword it to clarify which meaning is meant? Ϣere SpielChequers 21:07, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Could you please check over something for me

Hello! I've noticed you finding typos in an article I've written before, Mount Carmel East. I was hoping you could go over it and check it over. Any help would be appreciated since I'm mainly active on commons and this is this is the first article I've considered nominating for a GA review. I'm not expecting a full peer review or copyedit but you have been very helpful in the past and I frankly I can't think of anyone I would rather ask. Thank you -- Sixflashphoto (talk) 00:10, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Done, hope that helps, I made a few minor tweaks, but as a comment, as well as recording those bits of the hospital that got good ratings you might want to include the bits that were less flattering. Ϣere SpielChequers 10:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jonathan, it's Nick

If you're interested in my Youtube channel, it's here. Serendi ^podous 22:09, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

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Done

Request

Hello. Help improve the article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you very much.27.68.20.150 (talk) 10:00, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I've read it, I didn't see any obvious mistakes, but modelling isn't a subject that interests me so I'll leave it for others to improve and expand. Ϣere SpielChequers 10:05, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

FYI this is Haiyenslna. — JJMC89 (T·C) 20:23, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

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11 years of editing, today.

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Proposal on removing administrative privileges

Regarding this edit: when you said "Remember the timing of an RFA is entirely up to the candidate," did you meant the timing of an arbitration case requesting that an administrator's actions be reviewed is up to the person who created the request? isaacl (talk) 15:08, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Not quite. But when I said "Then there is the issue of speed and timing and the related issue of privacy, ARBCOM has a proven record of desysopping people very very quickly when it is merited, and also having things take an extraordinary amount of time when people wanted to desysop someone who was not available to volunteer time here due to real life events. Remember the timing of an RFA is entirely up to the candidate, and since we are all volunteers it is or should be entirely acceptable for a controversial admin to email the Arbs, and say they don't want to out themselves, but they are on tour, sitting an exam, 8.75 months pregnant etc etc and unavailable for the next few weeks. Of course people are entitled to get miffed if an admin does that and then blithely edits multiple hours per day, but I'm not seeing ARBCOM being that gullible." I was contrasting RFA and Arbcom, and making the point that when people need a few days or weeks to respond, Arbcom can and does allow this. One of the week points of several proposals for additional recall methods is that they put the timing of the recall into the control of the person filing the recall. Otherwise people who knew that a particular admin was about to start a new military tour of duty, sit an exam or have a baby, they could time a recall to be the as inconvenient as possible for the target admin. But the filing of an RFA is controlled by the candidate. Ϣere SpielChequers 23:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

I thought about that as well, but since this is the only place in your comment where RFA is mentioned, it wasn't clear that you were making a comparison. Maybe something like "Remember, whereas the timing of an RFA is entirely up to the candidate, for an arbitration case, since we are all volunteers..." might help? Thanks for the clarification. isaacl (talk) 23:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Goats make me laugh, your edit summary at Metro Tunnel made me laugh. Thanks!

Triptothecottage (talk) 23:11, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Request

User: WereSpielChequers, maybe you can give us a hand regarding the protection of the page of Ramón Rivero. I tried to change the protection to "Require auto confirmed or confirmed access", but for some unknown reason my computer ran into a snag and I was unable to do so. Maybe you can change it or know of someone who knows how. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:56, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Tony, Sure no problem, I can't see any vandalism in the history for about a year before it was protected. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I'd have thought that Pending Changes should do for now. Ϣere SpielChequers 08:10, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

I know, however the foundation which is in charge of his legacy has claimed that the article has been contently vandalized in the past. Maybe a period of protection for a year would be more just. I have to thank you for your help. If only everybody in Wikipedia were like you. Tony the Marine (talk) 13:58, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for those kind words. I'm not convinced that they are the most neutral editors on the topic; but pending changes is much more open and yet does mean that vandalism doesn't go live without being checked. Ϣere SpielChequers 20:06, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Natja Brunckhorst

Funny you should correct a typo of mine in that article. I'm actually ion a bit of a spree improving and writing articles about female musicians and artists. I knew Natja well when she was just a kid making the famous Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo movie in Berlin. I used to play with her father, Hans, in the Berlin Blues Cooperative. Hans passed away a couple of years ago and there was an obit in Der Spiegel but not enough other sources for an article. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:40, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

"Skippered"

Hello, I'm not sure what term is used in other parts of the world, but this is not the word used in Canada. The past tense of 'skip' in Canada is 'skipped', even in curling. I've reverted your changes. -- Earl Andrew - talk 15:49, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Earl Andrew, If Canadian English is using skip and skipped instead of skipper and skippered for team leader then perhaps Wiktionary should be told. I did check with Wiktionary before making those changes. Ϣere SpielChequers 16:32, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Verb:

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

(transitive) To captain a ship. To skipper a team. 'The Cambridge rowing team is skippered by Joe Bloggs'.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:28, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Merriam-Webster fourth definition includes skip as a verb (to captain), with skipped and skipping... Definitely heard these uses in American/Canadian sports commentaries (I'm addicted to curling, not). Robevans123 (talk) 22:16, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Robevans123 & Earl Andrew. Sounds like Wiktionary needs an addition, but is this only a variant in Canadian and or US English or is this the only valid variant in Canadian and or English? If Skipped and Skippered are both valid in Canadian and or US English then we should prefer Skippered as less ambiguous, especially for readers using translation software, but if Skipped is the only valid term in curling articles then we should leave it untouched. Ϣere SpielChequers 09:50, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Interesting question. It certainly seems that skip (noun and verb)/skipped/skipping are the preferred terms in curling - even when writing about Scottish teams in British newspapers.

The variants skipper/skippered/skippering (as a leader) can be used:

as an alternative for captain or someone in charge of a naval vessel, common in the US Navy and Marines, and also the Royal Navy. Probably better to use "captain" in these cases, although there are some old ranks that include "skipper".
as an alternative for captain or someone in charge of a (larger) non-naval vessel (large passenger and cargo ships). Again, probably better to use "captain" in these cases.
as the term for captain or someone in charge of a (smaller) non-naval vessel (leisure/fishing/racing). Skip/skipped/skipping seem to be variants used in US/Canadian/British English to a lesser or greater degree. As WereSpielChequers says, use the longer word for clarity (unless Earl Andrew or other non-UK readers have objections).
as the term for captain or someone in charge of a sports team (except for curling...) - mostly (informally) used in association football and cricket. Again, probably better to use "captain" in these cases.

Finally, "skip" is also used in scouting (commonly in the UK), as a noun, for the adult leader of a Boy Scouts group. I don't think I've heard or read this being used as a verb so the skipped/skippered skipping/skippering options don't really apply... Robevans123 (talk) 12:14, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

FWIW, googling 'skipped' and 'curling' I get 1.135 million hits and 'skippered' and 'curling' gets a mere 30,600 hits. -- Earl Andrew - talk 15:21, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

hmmm that implies the language is changing. Who'da thought it. Perhaps we should change wiktionary. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:42, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Spell Checking Suggestion

You might be interested in fixing a number of common misspellings of the words battalion (batallion, battallion, batalion) and gendarme (gendarm) as they keep popping up.--Catlemur (talk) 22:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Catlemur, I do easily confused words and other things where there is a significant proportion of false positives so they need the sort of manual processing that I do. Common typos with few if any false positives are best reported at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos so they can be added to AWB's typo fixing module. Ϣere SpielChequers 09:37, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Dodgy edit needs oversight

Hi, This nasty (and untrue) attack should probably be oversighted. Cheers, Johnbod (talk) 13:21, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

I've revision deleted it. If you think Oversight is merited you need to go thataway. Ϣere SpielChequers 14:56, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks - no, this is what I meant! Johnbod (talk) 16:11, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Hmm - Fram has now undone this, or something. Johnbod (talk) 12:41, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

It seems that a number of my fellow admins disagreed with my decision to use revision delete, though at least some of them agreed that the comments merited removal. So my admin action has been partly overturned, and the decision is already closed for further comment. Sigh. Ϣere SpielChequers 14:35, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, thanks anyway. Johnbod (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

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Discussion at User:Kudpung/What do admins do?

You are invited to join the discussion at User:Kudpung/What do admins do?. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:33, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Esther Charlotte Brandes

Which Princess?Xx236 (talk) 07:46, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Hopefully this one Ϣere SpielChequers 07:54, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Halo (religious iconography)

Here, which has been essentially stable for over 10 years, a bunch (or one) of shifty, shifting ISPs have shown up edit-warring (with edit summaries that are either misleading or insulting) to put a rather horrible modern Jain image at the top of the article. He/they are also up to Indian nationalist stuff at Gilgit, Himalayas and I don't know what redacted here. This registered ac seems part of the party. Any chance of restoring the oild version and protecting for a bit? The Jains weren't even heavy users of halos until recent centuries, & the second pic at the article is already Indian. Sorry I didn't make yesterday - rather busy & very hot! Cheers, Johnbod (talk) 15:48, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and this reverted lot may need more. 2xcheers! Johnbod (talk) 15:56, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

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Can you check this?

Hi, I wonder if you could check out User talk:Yeetumcfeetus. Thanks, Leutha (talk) 14:47, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, done. Ϣere SpielChequers 15:32, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Signature change

I have changed the appearance of my signature. Barbara ✐✉ 10:58, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Merger discussion for Runtiya

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You've got mail

Hey! I sent an email to your Gmail account. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 11:22, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Making edits to a draft

I recently created an article on a book 'life eternal' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/868818801 (this is a link to the page that you edited) by Yyvonne Woon and it was saved as a draft. Its my first article and I would like to know how this process works, how much time does it take to get it published and other particulars. I found that you made a few corrections (changed typo , corrected a spelling or two, etc) .But , now I see I have some corrections to make. They are minor but I would like to know how to edit the draft article. I will be grateful to you if you could please let me know anything in this regard. - I am a young editor with almost no knowledge of the markup used in creating wikipedia pages . I use visual formatting.😊 Dishita Bhowmik (talk) 18:02, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello Dishita and welcome to Wikipedia. At the moment the article is little more than a plot summary, and a summary that probably goes into slightly too much detail. Worse it doesn't yet contain any references. I suggest you look for those and especially any newspaper or magazine reports of this book winning awards, being a sales success or being reviewed by a significant publication. If you can find some of those I can show you how to improve the article. Ϣere SpielChequers 01:22, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

I actually wanted to add more info about the book than just a summary but couldn't come up with a method. I will definitely be able to provide links to newspaper or magazine reports of this book winning awards, being a sales success or being reviewed by a significant publication, within a few days. And then you would be able to show me how to improve this article. Thanks a lot. Dishita Bhowmik (talk) 20:31, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

This is a link where you would be able to find reviews and some other details https://usborne.com/browse-books/catalogue/product/1/4945/dead-beautiful/ Dishita Bhowmik (talk) 18:05, 21 December 2018 (UTC) Dishita Bhowmik

Cravings

A new one for the runs? Johnbod (talk) 13:52, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks John, but having been through a lot of them and only found one to fix I suspect that either these are two words that rarely get confused, or someone else already has cleaned it up. Ϣere SpielChequers 16:47, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Mail

I responded to your email like a week ago. I am not sure whether you received it. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:26, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway

I note that you are the last person to have edited this article and within the article is the line template. Whilst this line template correctly shows an entry for Pontnewydd Halt, the station icon is missing on the line. This halt is on the line between Pontyates station and Trimsaran Road station, but I seem unable to access the template to make the required addition, so can you do it?

Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 07:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Xenophon, I have had a look, but my suspicion is that this may be one of those templates that has migrated to wikidata. In which case @Jheald: or another Wikidata guru may be able to help. Or we could try and ask at the village pump. Ϣere SpielChequers 13:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

@Xenophon Philosopher: The "template" for the line diagram appears to be perfectly readily editable in the wikitext at the top of the "After 1948" section, Burry_Port_and_Gwendraeth_Valley_Railway#After_1948. If I am correctly understanding the diagram, a station marker for Pontnewydd Halt is shown, but at the end of a short branch diverging at the same point as the branch to Carway Colliery, rather than having been placed directly on the line between Pontyates and Trimsaran Road -- so this is what would appear to need to be fixed, if it is incorrect. Jheald (talk) 14:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks to both of you for such a very quick response to my original query.

Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 16:42, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

If you look at the "External Links" section at the foot of the main Wikipedia article, the first one is that of the Colonel Stephens Society, which on accessing, gives a map and line diagram showing the station as being on the main line itself in the area that I spoke of, with a short branch line from there to a colliery. Does this help matters?

Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 23:32, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Done. Please check {{Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway}} for accuracy. Useddenim (talk) 14:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Victoria Strait

Hey, what you mean. We perform grate feets of magic here. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 07:24, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Shaw Lee preform grate feets? Ϣere SpielChequers 14:54, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Thought...

..you might approve of this edit. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:59, 10 December 2018 (UTC).

Thanks, yes I do. Ϣere SpielChequers 00:08, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Xmas cards

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Thanks Buster. Ϣere SpielChequers 00:08, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

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Merry Merry

		Happy Christmas!
		Hello WereSpielChequers, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that Nobody could have had a noisier Christmas Eve. And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in their shining helmets, standing among the smoke and cinders and dissolving snowballs, and she said, "Would you like anything to read?" My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD\|Talk 22:59, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Hello WereSpielChequers: From high in the Canadian Arctic I hope you enjoy the holiday season, the Winter or Summer solstice, Quviahugvik, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah or even the Saturnalia, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:21, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

	Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
	Hi WereSpielChequers, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year, Thanks for all your help and thanks for all your contributions to the 'pedia, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Christmas / Happy New Year} 14:55, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Only 2 more sleeps!!

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you much joy & happiness now and every year!!

Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukkah‼️

When does New Year’s Day come before Christmas Day?

Every year!

What do you call a bankrupt Santa?

Saint Nickel-less.

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Merry Christmas !!!

Happy Yuletide!

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Xmas

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:16, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Super Xmas

Wishing you a
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Merry Christmas!

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TheSandDoctor ^Talk 09:45, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thank you for all of the work you do around the 'pedia! From my family to yours, wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 09:45, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Season Greetings

Merry Christmas WereSpielChequers

Hi WereSpielChequers, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
May next year be prosperous and joyful.
–Scopecreep ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 12.20, 25 December 2018 (UTC)