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Modification request to the local title blacklist

Latest comment: 8 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The Main Page and privacy policy pages are fully protected, so it doesn't make sense to add them to the title blacklist and prevent new/unregistered users from editing. I would recommend adding the following lines below to only to prevent new/unregistered users from editing these pages' translations:

# Semi-protect translation pages of the Main Page and the privacy policy Translations:(?:Main Page|Privacy policy)\/.+ <noedit|autoconfirmed>

This would also be done to merge the current Main Page and privacy policy regex lines into a single line. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 17:54, 25 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

This change need discussion. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 12:48, 2 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

My email

Latest comment: 22 hours ago6 comments4 people in discussion

Can someone help me?. I'm told that there is not an email associated with my account which causes problerms when I register for events. I am "Roger" at the domain of bamkin.org.uk (see my page). Could someone fix this or tell me how to? cheers Victuallers (talk) 09:29, 8 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

There is definitely an email associated with your account but you have preferred not to receive emails from others (see Special:Preferences). Registering for events does not need an email though but the organisers can't remind you either and probably you might also not receive event confirmation emails. Could you exactly describe what issue you are facing? _signed,Aafi ^(talk) 12:20, 8 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

You may update and confirm your email address here: Special:Preferences. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:22, 8 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

CC @Victuallers: see above. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 10:28, 10 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Oh this looks like my (silly) error! I'd clicked to have emails from new users and ignored the more general permission. I've now fixed that so can I thank you all for your support. (A WMUK person was sending out a mass email and mine had bounced - hopefully fixed now. Cheers Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 10:42, 10 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 10:28, 10 August 2025 (UTC)Reply