User talk:Pigsonthewing

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Information on temporary account IP viewer rights

Hello Pigsonthewing,

On November 12, temporary accounts will be enabled on Commons. The IP of unregistered users will then be hidden for most users. You, as a patroller or license reviewer, are eligible to request the new temporary account IP viewer right, if you need it to continue fighting vandalism and abuse on Commons. If you want to request the right, please file the request here. Please be aware that you also have to accept the Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy in your preferences. For more information about temporary accounts, look at the project page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Temporary account IP viewer granted

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Hello, Pigsonthewing. Per your request, your account has been granted temporary-account-viewer rights. You are now able to reveal the IP addresses of individuals using temporary accounts that are not visible to the general public. This is very sensitive information that is only to be used to aid in anti-abuse workflows. Please take a moment to review Commons:Temporary account IP viewer for more information on this user right. It is important to remember:

• You must not share IP address data with someone who does not have the same access permissions unless disclosure is permissible as per guidelines listed at Foundation:Policy:Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy.
• Access must not be used for political control, to apply pressure on editors, or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to investigate a temporary user. Note that using multiple temporary accounts is not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of policies (for example, block or ban evasion).

It is also important to note that the following actions are logged for others to see:

• When a user accepts the preference that enables or disables IP reveal for their account.
• Revealing an IP address of a temporary account.
• Listing the temporary accounts that are associated with one or more IP addresses (using the CIDR notation format).

Remember, even if a user is violating policy, avoid revealing personal information if possible. Use temporary account usernames rather than disclosing IP addresses directly, or give information such as same network/not same network or similar. If you do not want the user right anymore then please ask me or another administrator and it will be removed for you. You may also voluntarily give up access at any time by visiting Special:Preferences. Happy editing! GPSLeo (talk) 19:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

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Bidgee (talk) 06:18, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Category:Unusually_shaped_fruits

Unusually shaped fruits has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Basile Morin (talk) 04:19, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Creator:John Murray Ince

Creator:John Murray Ince has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this creator, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Themightyquill (talk) 14:14, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

A question

Hi,

Just a quick question, why did you perform diff and diff? Wikisquack (talk) 21:27, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Because the former categories were the wrong ones, so I applied the right ones. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:41, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes I assumed so. My question was more about why are they the wrong ones? Wikisquack (talk) 21:42, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

For the same reason we don't put random photographs of birds in Category:Photographs of birds; photographs of cats in Category:Photographs of cats; or photographs of cakes in Category:Photographs of cakes. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:19, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thank you Wikisquack (talk) 22:39, 24 November 2025 (UTC)