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Thanks for the clarification.

[[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 18:56, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

== Duplicate pages ==

Hi MisterShafXen,

I noticed you create pages such as [[User:MisterShafXen/8edo]], which are essentially reduced versions of their equivalent from the main namespace, such as [[8edo]]. I know you say you like to develop your own theory, but if you're going to just duplicate information without any added value, it is likely that the admins will delete the pages without asking upfront. I thought I'd point it out in case you didn't notice, either.

The Xen Wiki is already a mess as it is already, and while user pages don't interfere as much in most viewers' experience, it nonetheless adds noise to the whole. If you want to experiment with templates, or browse the "stats" of various tunings, I suggest you create a userspace sandbox (i.e. [[User:MisterShafXen/Sandbox]]) and make use of the "preview" feature, if you use the source editor, to display the page without needing to save it, if you don't need to keep it on the long term (e.g. if it's a tuning system you regularly use to make music). Although the website can probably handle hundreds of additional pages without any technical issue, it's more of a problem for the admins (like me), because that means additional maintenance work, and with already over 20,000 pages, it's difficult to keep everything tidy and it is extremely time-consuming.

If you continue to create numerous pages that admins are going to delete afterwards anyway, you might receive an official warning from admins. The userspace has more freedom than the main namespace, but it's not free-for-all either. Thank you for your consideration. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 17:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion! I will definitely take it into consideration. [[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 18:14, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

== Notice ==

Plz stop creating articles with only machine-generated contents. Consider this a formal warning. —[[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 18:57, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello Flora,

I very much appreciate that you have been gracious enough to give me a formal warning against creating articles with only machine-generated content. However, I do have an objection. The majority of the articles I have recently created using only templates have been either articles on specific MOS scales and articles listing all MOSes in given EDOs. At the very least, the latter articles that were already on the wiki did not appear to have any humanly written content. In addition to this, a good few existing articles on specific MOS scales have at most 1-2 lines of humanly written content. As such, I saw it fit to create these kinds of articles using only templates.

I would like to reiterate that I very much appreciate the severity of this warning, and I will do my best to add original content when creating articles.

[[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 19:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

: Hello MisterShafXen, those pre-existing pages with only machine-generated content were made years ago, before the [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Notability guidelines]] were created. (I even made many of them.) Those pages would not be made today. Many of them should probably be deleted but the moderators have more important things to do than go through old pages one by one deciding what to delete. If you want to contribute to MOS pages, then rather than making new empty MOS pages, it would be more helpful to write some text for those already-existing pages. That would be much appreciated. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello Budjarn, thanks a lot for bringing that to my attention :)

I will do my best to start adding actual human content to those empty pages.

Best,

[[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 09:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

: Thank you MisterShafXen, that's awesome to hear :) I look forward to seeing your writing --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 13:31, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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 Thanks for the clarification.
 [[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 18:56, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
+== Duplicate pages ==
+Hi MisterShafXen,
+I noticed you create pages such as [[User:MisterShafXen/8edo]], which are essentially reduced versions of their equivalent from the main namespace, such as [[8edo]]. I know you say you like to develop your own theory, but if you're going to just duplicate information without any added value, it is likely that the admins will delete the pages without asking upfront. I thought I'd point it out in case you didn't notice, either.
+The Xen Wiki is already a mess as it is already, and while user pages don't interfere as much in most viewers' experience, it nonetheless adds noise to the whole. If you want to experiment with templates, or browse the "stats" of various tunings, I suggest you create a userspace sandbox (i.e. [[User:MisterShafXen/Sandbox]]) and make use of the "preview" feature, if you use the source editor, to display the page without needing to save it, if you don't need to keep it on the long term (e.g. if it's a tuning system you regularly use to make music). Although the website can probably handle hundreds of additional pages without any technical issue, it's more of a problem for the admins (like me), because that means additional maintenance work, and with already over 20,000 pages, it's difficult to keep everything tidy and it is extremely time-consuming.
+If you continue to create numerous pages that admins are going to delete afterwards anyway, you might receive an official warning from admins. The userspace has more freedom than the main namespace, but it's not free-for-all either. Thank you for your consideration. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 17:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
+Thank you for your suggestion! I will definitely take it into consideration. [[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 18:14, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
+== Notice ==
+Plz stop creating articles with only machine-generated contents. Consider this a formal warning. —[[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 18:57, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
+Hello Flora,
+I very much appreciate that you have been gracious enough to give me a formal warning against creating articles with only machine-generated content. However, I do have an objection. The majority of the articles I have recently created using only templates have been either articles on specific MOS scales and articles listing all MOSes in given EDOs. At the very least, the latter articles that were already on the wiki did not appear to have any humanly written content. In addition to this, a good few existing articles on specific MOS scales have at most 1-2 lines of humanly written content. As such, I saw it fit to create these kinds of articles using only templates.
+I would like to reiterate that I very much appreciate the severity of this warning, and I will do my best to add original content when creating articles.
+[[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 19:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
+: Hello MisterShafXen, those pre-existing pages with only machine-generated content were made years ago, before the [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Notability guidelines]] were created. (I even made many of them.) Those pages would not be made today. Many of them should probably be deleted but the moderators have more important things to do than go through old pages one by one deciding what to delete. If you want to contribute to MOS pages, then rather than making new empty MOS pages, it would be more helpful to write some text for those already-existing pages. That would be much appreciated. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
+Hello Budjarn, thanks a lot for bringing that to my attention :)
+I will do my best to start adding actual human content to those empty pages.
+Best,
+[[User:MisterShafXen|MisterShafXen]] ([[User talk:MisterShafXen|talk]]) 09:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
+: Thank you MisterShafXen, that's awesome to hear :) I look forward to seeing your writing --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 13:31, 5 May 2026 (UTC)