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Thank you!

Hard to believe it's been 17 years. How time flies. Ixfd64 (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bro whats the big deal 2603:80A0:F01:E800:942D:C5E0:3CB1:D872 (talk) 19:25, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Randomly changing names of countries to "Chickens rule" isn't exactly constructive. Ixfd64 (talk) 19:28, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

BananaBreadPie12 (talk) 20:03, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not just sucking up to you because you're an admin^[Joke]. Thanks for everything you do here! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 00:16, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I really appreciate this! Ixfd64 (talk) 17:13, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Ixfd64 (talk) 17:16, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Ixfd64,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 19:32, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 22:32, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You too! Ixfd64 (talk) 17:44, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Danny, As I have seen that you recently added a couple of templates over at Mediawikiwiki:Extension:FileImporter/Data/en.wikipedia, could you perhaps also add PD-Thailand to the list? That avoids the awkward gymnastics of having to add a fake US tag for copying over and then replacing the tag at Commons. Thank you very much! Felix QW (talk) 17:37, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Felix QW:  Done. I assume you don't have the autoconfirmed permission on the MediaWiki wiki? Ixfd64 (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the rapid actioning! Indeed I am not autoconfirmed on Mediawiki since I really only ever edit Commons, Wikipedia and occasionally Wikidata. Felix QW (talk) 19:06, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What was Wikipedia like in 2002 MichealJackton (talk) 23:15, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Check out the Wayback Machine. [1] Ixfd64 (talk) 23:20, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Ixfd64, thanks for patrolling edits and reverting vandalism! I wonder if you are interested in our ongoing study for patrollers. The study aims to evaluate AI models that power Huggle, SWViewer, and many other anti-vandal tools. Your feedback can be really helpful! If you're interested, please check out our recruitment page for more information. Thank you for your consideration! Tzusheng (talk) 02:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ixfd64. What exactly are you proposing here? Thanks, Fastily 01:54, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the screenshot could be changed to the FreeBSD license used by DesktopBSD. The logos and artwork collection are under the non-free CC BY-NC license, [2] but it's not clear whether that also applies to operating system's graphical user interface. If the CC BY-NC license is only for the logos, then the screenshot could be freely licensed. I opened an FfD as I wanted a second set of eyes. Sorry if my original nomination wasn't clear. Ixfd64 (talk) 02:56, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Welp, I just found that the source webpage says the downloaded screenshots may not be modified. So that means we can't relicense this particular image. But if the FreeBSD license also applies to the operating system's graphical assets, then we could create our own free screenshots. Ixfd64 (talk) 02:59, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the clarification! Regards, Fastily 08:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Ixfd64. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! 141Pr {contribs} 06:55, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2023 December 12

I've now put an (updated) pic on Commons with the same name. So this file can be deleted. Chris55 (talk) 12:24, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the new screenshot on the Trendalyzer article and placed a {{di-orphaned non-free use}} tag on the old image. Ixfd64 (talk) 16:40, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Out of copyright in has been nominated for merging with Template:Copy to Wikimedia Commons in. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Xeroctic (talk) 14:07, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:21, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ixfd64! We're conducting a series of participatory workshops with Wikipedia editors, administrators, researchers, and Wikimedia employees to discuss, and hopefully improve, Wikipedia's structures for online research (see meta research page). In an effort to get the right people in the room to discuss these topics, I'm reaching out here to see if you are interested in participating as an active administrator. We'd work with you to ensure this workshop can fit into your schedule, but are targeting end of April/early May. I'm happy to discuss any of these topics further here or on our talk page. Zentavious (talk) 14:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]