Wikipedia talk:Twinkle

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Loss of data when switching in AfD

Tracked in github.com
Issue #2382

Happened to me twice now, is annoying: Start nominating some article(s) at AfD, finish text, notice that the dropdown at the top says "deletion" but want instead "redirect", and poof, all text written below is gone. Why can't this just keep what is already there? Alternatively, remove that dropdown which doesn't do a lot otherwise. Fram (talk) 09:09, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

I fixed this in 2382. – SD0001 (talk) 19:46, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

@SD0001 I just experienced this last night and almost threw my computer at a wall. It appears to affect any change in dropdown. I dont have a github account and not keen on making one just for this. If a fix cant be implemented directly, perhaps a warning or a requirement to confirm the change can be? Thanks. Also do we have to implement anything or is it updated automatically? ← Metallurgist (talk) 01:09, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Talk page watching defaults

Tracked in github.com
Issue #2386

Now that topic subscriptions are a thing, I don't think most Twinkle users are going to be interested in watching the user talk page of the initial contributor to a page beyond the notice of the XfD (which they will generally be automatically subscribed to). Could we change the default Twinkle settings to reflect this? Sdkb ^talk 01:33, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

I support this. Have you opened a GitHub ticket about it? FaviFake (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Done! Sdkb ^talk 19:38, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Bug report for a non-English welcome template

Tracked in github.com
Issue #2363

Issuing {{welcomeen-ja}} to a user resulted in a duplicate header with nothing beneath it. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:58, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Not seeing anything obvious in the template code that would do it. Primefac (talk) 22:33, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Something seems to be very wrong with some welcome templates (specifically the cross-language welcome templates, like {{welcomeen-es}})

So I just started welcoming users that speak other languages a while ago. However, there is a bug in where the "Welcome!" header in English generates twice, like in here. I mostly use Twinkle for these welcome messages, so is it able to be fixed? Or is it just not related to Twinkle at all? @AzaToth @Novem Linguae @SD0001 (pinging them for absolutely zero reason but to see whether the problem is the "Welcome!" header in the wikitext of these welcomeen-language templates) – SimpleObjects-9ei 🏖️/☀️/🥵 (🌎 CentralAuth) 00:15, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

I was able to reproduce this problem. I went to my own talk page, clicked the TW menu, clicked Wel, choose Non-English welcomes, clicked the radio button next to welcomeen-he, and then clicked Submit. I got a doubled header. The doubled header also appears in Twinkle's in-dialog-box Preview. It looks like there is a pull request that might fix this problem, if someone has the ability to check and merge the code. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:39, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Another (worse) option would be to remove the header from each of the non-English welcome templates, but then they wouldn't work when substed. Better to fix the Twinkle code. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:42, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Merged and deployed. However, I'd note that several of these templates like {{welcomeen-ar}}, {{welcomeen-no}} {{welcomeen-it}}, and {{welcomeen-or}} are using a level-3 header which doesn't look right. – SD0001 (talk) 09:21, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jonesey95, @SD0001, and @LaundryPizza03. Seems that the double header has been fixed, but now it generates two lines down like in right here. Still no idea what's causing "Welcome!" to drop like two lines down for no reason. – SimpleObjects-9ei 🏖️/☀️/🥵 (🌎 CentralAuth) 14:42, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

I think that I have fixed this and one other whitespace issue. I have tested it in my user sandbox, but any further testing you would like to do would be welcome. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:33, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Change to PROD (proposed deletion) module

I want to suggest changing something on the PROD (proposed deletion) module. Is this the place? Magnolia677 (talk) 19:13, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes. – SD0001 (talk) 03:52, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Great. When I prod an article, there is the option "Notify page creator if possible". This should not be optional (it's not an option for an AFD). This option allows the proder to sneak a deletion in without the article's creator noticing. There's no reason not to notify the creator, who might offer a valid reason to keep the article. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:55, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

There are many reasons it might not be necessary or advisable to notify the creator, for example if the creator is blocked, it's a UPE creation, or they're long-term inactive. The box is ticked by default, which I feel is the right approach, but the option to untick it should remain in my opinion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:19, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, agree with that. Keep the option, leave it checked by default. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Just a minor note, the option to not notify the creator is available for AFD as well. Primefac (talk) 06:21, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

I have 28,000 articles on my watchlist, and might miss a prod if I don't receive notice, and I'm pretty sure some of my deleted articles were proded without my notice. It's a way to game the system. Moreover, what's wrong with a blocked editor receiving notices about their articles? The bad outweighs the good. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:03, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

it's not an option for an AFD
It is optional, actually. See WP:AFD3:

While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating.

Personally, I always disable the option to notify the creator, as that has never been a common practice in the previous merge proposal process. FaviFake (talk) 16:17, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Nomination for merger of Template:Tfm notice and Template:Tfr notice

 Template:Tfm notice and Template:Tfr notice has been nominated for merging with Template:Tfd notice. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. FaviFake (talk) 16:13, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Twinkle not recognizing existing tags

Resolved

Tracked in github.com
Issue #2387

When I select "Tag" in Twinkle, all of the templates in the list are unchecked, even if they're in the article. Is anyone else having this problem, or is it something on my end? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 00:38, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm also having this problem. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:44, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Same here, but I can't seem to reproduce it on testwiki. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 21:04, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Should be fixed now. Thanks to HakanIST for the patch. – SD0001 (talk) 03:17, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

tag old news?

Would it be possible to add {{old news}} to the tag list here? --Joy (talk) 22:04, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

"Template:Welcome-uk" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Template:Welcome-uk, which is used by Twinkle, has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 July 15 § Template:Welcome-uk until a consensus is reached. In solidarity, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 14:49, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Template:welcome-belated seems to not be printing signature anymore

Hello and welcome again to a bug report. It seems that belated welcomes don't print the signature anymore (proof 1) (proof 2), and SineBot will even ignore it. The rest of the welcome templates actually print the signature, so what is going on here?

(Edit: I did actually edit Template:Welcome-belated but I still have no idea what prints the signature :/) – (In solidarity 🫡) SimpleObjects-9ei 🏖️/☀️/🥵 20:35, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

You edited the page after you left this message, has that fixed the issue? Primefac (talk) 09:22, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

@Primefac

...Yes. It did fix it. Adolphus79's move might have been bold, but unfortunately, we still have to find what prints the signature in the other welcome templates. In fact, we STILL have to find out how to remove "~~~~" without breaking signature printing. – (In solidarity 🫡) SimpleObjects-9ei 🏖️/☀️/🥵 18:47, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

The auto-signature used in Template:Welcome-belated and many other welcome templates is elegant and helpful. I don't know why someone would remove it, especially without a discussion. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:21, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but I feel like there are some templates where Twinkle adds the sig, and others that are in-built into the template. This might be where the confusion lay (or lie, I'm not too sure). Primefac (talk) 23:05, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

You're correct that some templates add their own signatures, and for those that don't, there's code in Twinkle to add a signature. The ones that need Twinkle signatures have to be manually specified in the Twinkle code though, it isn't automatic. I imagine has fixed this particular issue. Closing without action –Novem Linguae (talk) 23:58, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

7.18.26

@Twinkle Delete the account "L1ght7ear2020 YT". I no longer need the account ~2026-40659-89 (talk) 23:27, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-40659-89:

Twinkle is not an actual user and has no ability to perform administrative actions on its own.

Besides, your account was blocked for persistent MOS violations; see User talk:L1ght7ear2020 YT. Accounts on Wikipedia cannot be deleted for legal attribution reasons; if you no longer need an account, you can simply stop using it.

As an aside, if you are looking to get unblocked, please consider the Standard offer, and use the time to reflect on your behavior and what you can learn from the experience.

~ rusty ^meow ~ 01:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Hey guys

It seems twinkle doesn't work when reverting page move vandalism like what just happened here -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Whiaskeifcj (edits are now deleted) -- someone already did the job while I was tryna figure it out, but I gotta ask. How do you revert page move vandalism? Or even quicker? Haven't done one before.‎ — B.J (talk) 01:37, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

You move the page back to where it came from. Not a snarky answer, just the only way (that I know of) to do it. Primefac (talk) 22:10, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

No sweat. I appreciate the reply. It gave me a hint.‎ — B.J (talk) 02:45, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Still missing the "optional explanation" on a lot of CSDs

I just deleted Category:Pages using infobox figure skater with deprecated parameters as WP:C4 (unused maint. category) but I always feel like I should indicate that it's unused because the infobox doesn't call it any more. However, putting in the "Optional explanation" into TW does nothing. I've also noted this for G6 as well, so I don't think it's related to the CSD rationale itself. Did we lose this functionality or can we get it added (back) in? Primefac (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

This can be fixed in {{Db-c4}} by replacing |summary={{{summary|Unused maintenance category}}} with |summary={{#if:{{{summary|}}}|{{{summary}}}|{{#if:{{{rationale|}}}|Unused maintenance category; {{{rationale}}}|Unused maintenance category}}}}. – DreamRimmer ■ 16:53, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! That did it. Primefac (talk) 18:36, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Paid contributions

 Template:Paid contributions has been nominated for merging with Template:Undisclosed paid. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. FaviFake (talk) 16:37, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Loss of argument in aborted PRODs

Is it possible to change the code so that the argument is still displayed when it is aborted? It would be slightly more convenient. Not a big issue, but a nice quality of life change for regular XFD nominators. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 14:22, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

G15 has been updated

Speedy deletion criterion G15 has been updated to include a third subcriterion: technical indicators. The label should also be changed from "Unreviewed LLM-generated content" to "Unambiguously LLM-generated content". See Wikipedia talk:Speedy deletion#RfC: Updating G15 ("LLM-generated pages without human review"). SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 20:55, 12 August 2026 (UTC)