User talk:andrybak

Could you help some more?

Template:WikiProject Spam header and Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam have the same issues that I failed at fixing for the blacklist and whitelist. I tried to figure out how to implement something myself based on what you did for the others (I didn't actually save anything this time), but I failed to figure anything out. Thanks. lp0 on fire () 15:52, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Done in Special:Diff/1352701709 and Special:Diff/1332385513/1352702018. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:36, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry to waste more of your time, but could you help me again? I just tried to use CSS variables for {{usm}} (Special:Diff/1352814759 in the sandbox), but it doesn't seem to work. I tried purging, but the testcases still show up with the wrong colours. Thanks, and please let me know if you want me to stop asking you these questions. lp0 on fire () 12:08, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

The way the /testcases page was written wasn't using the modern approach, so I rewritten it using Template:Test case nowiki – it makes checking the differences between output of live and sandbox templates easier.

Template:User summary (aka {{Usm}}) was fixed in Special:Diff/1352875105. I went with the color scheme I used recently for Template:User21.

Here's the diff from your version to what I ended up with: Special:Diff/1352814759/1352875134. Here's what is important to point out:

1. You started with an unsynced sandbox. For more details, see instructions at Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases#Updating existing /sandbox and /testcases subpages.
2. You missed one of the hyphens in the name of the CSS variable --color-progressive--active. If you typed it manually, I recommend copy-pasting from Web development tools of your favorite browser. When trying things out in the CSS rules tab of developer tools, the browser will even help you by auto-completing with the names of the colors it already has from loaded CSS. I just type --color or --background-color and press down many times going through the list of suggestions. If you want to just familiarize yourself with what is available, the CSS variables usually end up near the bottom of the CSS rules tab/window in big lists under selectors :root and html.

Don't worry about taking up my time. I'm a volunteer here, and there is no deadline. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! There's the same issue on {{ipsm}} if you feel like making the update, not that that really gets used much any more. lp0 on fire () 19:50, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Changed colors of Template:IP summary in Special:Diff/1352878856. I also went through the rest of Template:Userspace linking templates. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Adding parameters to hundreds of existing userboxes

We've worked together on userbox cleanup in years past. I recently noticed that you've made hundreds or thousands of edits such as this, this, and this (to pick one userbox). I'm concerned about all the additional syntax that this creates, seemingly needlessly. Please note that we kept existing parameters when converting the old HTML table syntax to templates. Said parameters might have been in use. However, I don't think there's a need to breakout every parameter from every userbox, as that violates MOS:MARKUP. I suggest tempering the years-long editing frenzy and only adding parameters when actually needed. The existing formatting should be fine in most cases. — voidxor 19:46, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't remember what exactly happened in 2019. Adding parameters |id-c=, |border-c=, and similar to userboxes for customization is a standard practice – these parameters share their names with the underlying parameters of Template:Userbox, which are known widely enough.

Specifically for {{User member}}, I did it because I used these parameters myself. The customized transclusion has been at User:Andrybak/Userboxes since around Special:Diff/905899279. —⁠andrybak (talk) 17:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC) fixed the diff link. —⁠andrybak (talk) 17:15, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

As for conversion of old table-based layout of userboxes to {{Userbox}}, I try to make sure that any removed parameters aren't being used. —⁠andrybak (talk) 17:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my userboxes

Appreciate it man. Keep up the good work. Ihave0balls (talk) 01:55, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Archive length

Hi Andrybak, what's the reason for setting archival time to 1825d here? That means any discussion will persist for five years before being archived. Most archive times are 30/60/90 days. CMD (talk) 12:06, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

New discussion sections do not appear frequently at Talk:Kuala Lumpur nowadays. There are only five sections and the oldest—Talk:Kuala Lumpur#Factcheck (permalink)—is from February 2020. 30/60/90 days is too fast of an archival pace for such talk pages. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:10, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Five sections is a normal amount, many pages have fewer. The minthreadsleft parameter keeps threads on the page if no new ones are made, even if they are older than 90 days. CMD (talk) 12:14, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

That's correct.

A longer archival period that is aligned with the rate of the regular discussions is a good idea. Too fast archival can in some situations lead to unnecessary archival of discussion sections, that should have been just removed, because they are not worth keeping in the archives. A popular case is empty edit requests for semi-protected pages. This is just a general note, not applicable to the talk page in question, because the corresponding article hasn't been protected for long periods of time. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:21, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Sometimes unnecessary sections are archived, but that does not seem relevant to a five-year timeframe. I've trimmed the time back to a standard amount, if you think multi-year archive times should become implemented across less used talk pages, please raise that in a more general discussion. CMD (talk) 15:07, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thank you for your support and readership of The Signpost. Bluerasberry (talk) 00:18, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Sticky header everywhere

I see that you have made some fixes to Vector 2022 via your .css file. If you want to go down a rabbit hole, take a look at the (stupidly long) User:Jonesey95/vector-2022.css. Search for "sticky" for relevant bits. Note that it's not perfect; sometimes when I click an in-page link, the target of the link appears under the sticky header and I have to scroll a bit to see it. I'm sure I could fiddle with the CSS for an hour and fix it, but the WMF changes these classes every once in a while, so it's an ongoing maintenance process. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:47, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Personal Trainer Girija

Hello Andrybak, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Personal Trainer Girija, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ca ^{talk to me!} 11:55, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Good evening, @Andrybak! 😊

I am giving you a barnstar!

		The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar
		It was an excellent idea for you to make excellent contributions to various templates! Congratulations! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 18:55, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Happy editing! Cheers, (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 18:55, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Thank you for editing {{VisualEditor cite button}}! Velocifyer (talk) 12:23, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Switzerland religion and belief templates

A tag has been placed on Category:Switzerland religion and belief templates indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:00, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

For the record, the category got renamed to Category:Switzerland religion and belief navigational boxes. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:38, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Topicons being put into userbox categories

Hi, as you already know, after this discussion, many user template categories are being renamed, changing "user templates" to "userboxes". I've noticed that this has caused a few topicons to be moved into "userbox" categories, despite not being userboxes. Here are a few examples: 1, 2, 3. How do you think we should deal with this? Just removing them from the userbox categories? ―Panamitsu (talk) 03:37, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Panamitsu, thank you for keeping an eye on the top icon templates. As you can see from the CfD nomination, this was anticipated. The plan for top icon templates and other similarly miscategorized user templates is to

1. Notice that User top icon templates, Wikipedia award templates, and Wikipedia barnstar templates already have some subcategories, so we need to keep it in mind.
2. Wait a bit until JJMC89 bot III processes the whole list of userbox categories at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Large.
   • Is this alright for you? Don't hesitate to complain if miscategorization is causing issues for you. Even if it's just too annoying to deal with, do let me know, please. We'll come up with a plan that reduces the time that the templates are miscategorized, with the obvious option being to just remove them from newly renamed "userbox" categories.
3. Take a closer look at the templates themselves to decide which topics need to be covered in new categories for miscategorized templates.
   • For this, I already have some searches stored as bookmarks. They will probably return more results after the renames are finished.
   • I expect that we will need:
     • at least the usual topical categories that template categories get split into. See the topics in categories like Wikipedia templates by topic and task.
       • Maybe we'll need User templates by topic.
     • Wikipedia-related user templates (hasn't been renamed yet) with new purpose to cover not just userboxes. There is already Category:User top icon gadget templates, but "Wikipedia-related" will have a much wider scope.
     • Maybe Category:Humorous user templates as a parent category for already renamed Category:Humorous userboxes.
4. Create new categories for the necessary topics – this is item 4 in the original plan in Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 August 12#All categories for userboxes.
5. Fix miscategorizations – this is item 5 in the original plan.

—⁠andrybak (talk) 18:56, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I should have read the whole discussion. ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:58, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

"Singapore squad 2026 FIFA Asian Cup" listed at Redirects for discussion

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