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==Gender neutralization==
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{{DISPLAYTITLE: LordKelvin's Talk Page}}
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Thanks for correcting that gender neutralization issue on those 2 userboxes I made >.o Can't believe I forgot to make sure I used proper terminology! [[User:404 User Not Found|404 User Not Found]] 23:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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{{Archive list
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[[User talk:LordKelvin/2011-2012|2011-2012]]<br>
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[[User talk:LordKelvin/2013-2014|2013-2014]]<br>
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[[User talk:LordKelvin/2015-2016|2015-2016]]
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== Wear it with pride! ==
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For any Wiki- or IRC-related thingies that require my attention, leave a message here and I'll hopefully get back to you in the same day or before the end of the next one, depending on my work and/or vacation status. If it's something urgent, then just finding me or another staff member [[Team_Fortress_Wiki:IRC|on IRC]] would be best.
  
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Congratulations again, old chum. You have been around the Wiki for ages fixing and polishing things, and you certainly deserve it. [[User:Esquilax|Esquilax]] 23:13, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
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== User name change ==
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:^ What he/she/it said~ :3 (Also thanks for being a regular on the TF2 server) — [[User:WindPower|<span style="font-weight:bold;">Wind</span>]] 00:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 
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:: Congratulations! [[File:User Scatmanjohn Harlesprite.png|30px]][[User:Scatmanjohn|<b><sup>Scatman</sup> <sub>John</sub></b>]][[File:User Scatmanjohn Jr bob dobbs.png|25px]] <small>([[User talk:Scatmanjohn|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Scatmanjohn|Contrib]])</small> 08:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 
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::: I want to hire this man. --<span style="color:purple">'''''Focusknock'''''</span> 08:26, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 
  
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== Note to Self ==
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Hello. I was wondering, can I change my username? I asked Nikno and he said to ask an admin. If you can, then please respond. Thanks in advance! [[File:Leaderboard_class_scout.png|21px]] [[User:The Scout|<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: TF2 Build; color: black; line-height: 14px;">SCUNT MAIN</span>]] 10:22, 21 March 2017 (PDT)
  
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Just because you haven't had any particularly ugly incidents with "Show Preview" doesn't mean that you can slack off. --[[User:LordKelvin|LordKelvin]] 07:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
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:I can certainly try, the last time someone asked it didn't work though, might be a problem with the Wiki or the specific characters in the name. What name would you like your account changed to? --[[Image:User LordKelvin Signature.png|link=User talk:LordKelvin|80px]] [[User:LordKelvin|<span style="text-shadow:#0031CF 0px 0px 3px;"><font color="#000087"><big>'''LordKelvin'''</big></font>]]</span> 10:35, 21 March 2017 (PDT)
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::I think that was due to AlexBro having those very weird symbols in his name. You should forward that to Wind if it still doesn't work. — shots fired by: [[User:Nikno|Nikno]] <small>'''{'''[[User talk:Nikno|Talk]]''' | '''[[Special:Contributions/Nikno|Contribs]]'''}'''</small> 07:57, 22 March 2017 (PDT)
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:::I want to change it to Scunt Main. That's my Steam username so I want to use it, if you can. [[File:Leaderboard_class_scout.png|21px]] [[User:The Scout|<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: TF2 Build; color: black; line-height: 14px;">SCUNT MAIN</span>]] 10:14, 22 March 2017 (PDT)
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::::Ok. It's been a month now and I still haven't gotten a reply. Are you able to change it? [[File:Leaderboard_class_scout.png|21px]] [[User:The Scout|<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: TF2 Build; color: black; line-height: 14px;">SCUNT MAIN</span>]] 10:30, 6 April 2017 (PDT)
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:::::Sorry, I bumped it up the chain but apparently it may be a problem with the Wiki server itself. Not much I can do at this point, sorry. --[[Image:User LordKelvin Signature.png|link=User talk:LordKelvin|80px]] [[User:LordKelvin|<span style="text-shadow:#0031CF 0px 0px 3px;"><font color="#000087"><big>'''LordKelvin'''</big></font>]]</span> 23:31, 6 April 2017 (PDT)
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:It seems there currently are technical issues with Mediawiki's name change process. I'll hit you up when this issue gets resolved, [[User:The Scout|The Scout]]. — shots fired by: [[User:Nikno|Nikno]] <small>'''{'''[[User talk:Nikno|Talk]]''' | '''[[Special:Contributions/Nikno|Contribs]]'''}'''</small> 00:09, 7 April 2017 (PDT)
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::::::Thanks. Also, when things do get up and running, message me on my talk page [[User:LordKelvin|LordKelvin]], so we don't make a giant ongoing thread on this page. Just to clean things up a bit. [[File:Leaderboard_class_scout.png|21px]] [[User:The Scout|<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: TF2 Build; color: black; line-height: 14px;">SCUNT MAIN</span>]] 09:57, 7 April 2017 (PDT)
  
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== Yo, about the class match-up pages. ==  
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== Editing with a VPN ==
  
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I ran through and looked at the style guide for strategy.
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Hi LordKelvin,
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I have found a loophole to do with account security and IP addresses. While this is not allowed in Wikipedia.org, the TF Wiki permits you to create an account and edit pages while using a VPN. By allowing this to occur, it compromises the integrity and security of this website; as such, I am wondering whether it would be possible to block the use of VPNs for editing and making accounts on this website.
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Cheers,
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[[User:Revetron|Revetron]] ([[User talk:Revetron|talk]]) 04:39, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
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:Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We're aware of several issues regarding the Wiki, and I've let the rest of the staff know about this one. --[[Image:User LordKelvin Signature.png|link=User talk:LordKelvin|80px]] [[User:LordKelvin|<span style="text-shadow:#0031CF 0px 0px 3px;"><font color="#000087"><big>'''LordKelvin'''</big></font>]]</span> 07:04, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  
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''"Strategy pages contain advice instead of neutral statements about gameplay, so writing "you," giving commands, being accurate and being brief are preferred to encyclopedic language. Whenever applicable, the scope of a strategy should be specified. In some cases, this will require phrases that are normally weasel words, such as "probably" and "on occasion."
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== Same Problem as Below ==
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Hello, I'm Amza. Similar to below, I'm a new editor here. I was proofreading a page and fixed a small error and tried to save, but apparently I'm blocked from editing TOO because the person named "pootispootispootis" was using my IP address. However, my edit wasn't deleted, it didn't go through in the first place due to the block. The ban expires tomorrow apparently; and like Spicus, I'm not mad, but I would like this issue resolved. Thanks, [[User:Amza|Amza]] ([[User talk:Amza|talk]]) 12:38, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
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:The issue stemmed from a problem we thought had been fixed, but apparently it wasn't. Apologies for the issue, the block has been removed and we'll look into putting a permanent fix in the issue in the future. --[[Image:User LordKelvin Signature.png|link=User talk:LordKelvin|80px]] [[User:LordKelvin|<span style="text-shadow:#0031CF 0px 0px 3px;"><font color="#000087"><big>'''LordKelvin'''</big></font>]]</span> 17:38, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
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== blocked? ==
  
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I'm new to editing wiki's (literally joined just to add a cool fact I found out about the Lugermorph) and not only did my edit get deleted with a snarky "reason" by a different user. But it says you blocked my IP because it was being used by some user I've never heard of "pootispootispootis" putting "nonsense/gibberish. And on top of that, the block says it started over an hour in the future! IDK if it's just because I'm new but I don't understand why any of this happened. I'm less mad and just more confused, please allow me an explanation. Thanks,  [[User:Spicus|Spicus]] ([[User talk:Spicus|talk]]) 06:15, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
  
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Anyway, you know I'm already going through and revising those pages. So with the aid of the style guide, I'm against not using "you" to address the reader. Thoughts? I should be able to remove the cleanup tag once I'm done, right? Also, nice mech on the front page. I notice these things! -- [[User:InShane|InShane]] 22:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
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Apparently everybody is having this issue. i believe Tark fixed it, not sure. anyway, the IP that was blocked is  a IP used when the website cannot find your ip correctly again, not sure about that either. [[File:User MrJohnson Signature.png|link=User:MrJohnson]] [[User:MrJohnson|MrJohnson]] ([[User talk:MrJohnson|talk]]) 13:04, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
  
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== high traffic pages  ==
  
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:The thing is, "you" is fine if used occasionally, but it sounds unprofessional when it's applied a few hundred times in an article (which it is on the community strategy pages). I would much prefer that it be used as little as possible, and if it can be avoided then all the better. --[[User:LordKelvin|LordKelvin]] 02:36, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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what are high traffic pages?
  
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:: My main concern as of now is the basic strategy pages, which you marked for cleanup. It sounds really awkward to say "A Pyro should do this" instead of "You should do this (as a Pyro)." I have the feeling that you've probably talked to Zoolooman about this before, but he's the one that convinced me to the "you" side, especially because it flows better. -- [[User:InShane|InShane]] 02:44, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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[[User:Cubisticmage2|Cubisticmage2]] ([[User talk:Cubisticmage2|talk]]) 01:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
  
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::: Due to their relative length, I wouldn't be against using "you"s on the basic strategy pages, it's just that it starts to grate in the match-ups and community strategy sections. Since you're the one who's keeping an eye on those sections though, I'd say feel free to edit them however you see fit. --[[User:LordKelvin|LordKelvin]] 02:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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== I can't figure out how to do some things ==
  
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::::Ah, cripes, I also meant class match-ups. Those pages, as of my edits, contain general tips for class-to-class fighting, sorta like "basic class match-ups." Actually, that reminds me of an idea - Basic Match-up pages, and Community Match-up pages, like the ones you're creating on the Community Strategy Pages. -- [[User:InShane|InShane]] 02:48, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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Ok I searched the wiki, and could not figure out the following:
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I noticed alot of hats have the wrong, or not all the qualities they could have, like the [Snowmann|Snowmann] says it's Unique and strange when it can be unusual too. How do I change this, is it even posssible? It appears to be on a page-per-page basis.
  
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::::: Well then, feel free to remove the cleanup tags and edit them as you see fit. And as for the community match-ups pages, that's what I'm actually working on, I just want to try to actually create one of each section for each class before proposing it to a mod. --[[User:LordKelvin|LordKelvin]] 02:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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Also, I can't figure out how to submit new pages.
  
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== [[:Template:Comment]] ==
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EDIT: oh and can you or other staff edit Module:Availability be updated with some new tags? I'd like to add: winter2016-unusual "Unlocked Winter 2016 Cosmetic Case (Unique, Strange and Unusual)"
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So I can use that for all the Smissmass 2016 hats.
  
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Could you have a look at it again? I'm relatively certain <code><nowiki>{{c}}</nowiki></code> used to produce {{c|Comment}}, but it doesn't  [[Talk:Team_Fortress_2_Beta#Remove_the_inactive_stuff|anymore]]. --[[User:CruelCow|CruelCow]] {{sta}} <sup>([[User_talk:CruelCow|talk]])</sup> 14:18, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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[[User:IDGCaptainRussia|IDGCaptainRussia]] ([[User talk:IDGCaptainRussia|talk]]) 06:42, 28 October 2018 (UTC)IDGCaptainRussia
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:{{c}} Just checked it, fixed. --{{User:LordKelvin/Signature}} 15:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 
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::{{c}} Thanks. --[[User:CruelCow|CruelCow]] {{sta}} <sup>([[User_talk:CruelCow|talk]])</sup> 00:03, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 
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== Fishcake? ==
 
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Heavy Token+Secondary Token+Scrap <nowikI>≠</nowiki> Fishcake ; i wanted to know which update is at fault for this? In the past that's the way how you could get it even without buyin the game, hope you can get me some wisedom about this thx. <small>[[User:Godlike11219|godlike11219]]</small> 13:45, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 
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==:D==
 
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I never thought I would get the Wiki cap! Thanks for your congratulation. :)
 
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[[User:~www~|~www~]] 17:54, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 
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*Hello.It's me,~www~,again.I appreciated that you approved my request of deleting the copied zh-hans pages.<br>Actually,what I marked was just a small part of it.'''There are much more pages which have been copied by Chinese.'''They pissed me off, I'm in fury toward them right now.<br>Therefore, '''I think I will mark more pages in these days.'''Hope you don't think it's weird or something.Because the Chinese had done this kind of act for a long time, and they left many copied pages.I'm done with them.I want to make this horrible act end.<br>I hope you and and other admins can continue accepting my requests of deletion in the future, I will be very thankful for that.
 
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[[User:~www~|~www~]] 09:18, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 
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== Wikichievement Get! ==
 
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{{Award Wikichievement
 
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| wikichievement = Quality Editor
 
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| from          = [[User:Stevoisiak|Stevoisiak]]
 
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| reason        = You cleaned up multiple community strategy pages. The unruly, chaotic, messy, community strategy pages. No more needs to be said.
 
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Congrats. :3 --[[User:Stevoisiak|Stevoisiak]] 23:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)W
 

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For any Wiki- or IRC-related thingies that require my attention, leave a message here and I'll hopefully get back to you in the same day or before the end of the next one, depending on my work and/or vacation status. If it's something urgent, then just finding me or another staff member on IRC would be best.

User name change

Hello. I was wondering, can I change my username? I asked Nikno and he said to ask an admin. If you can, then please respond. Thanks in advance! Leaderboard class scout.png SCUNT MAIN 10:22, 21 March 2017 (PDT)

I can certainly try, the last time someone asked it didn't work though, might be a problem with the Wiki or the specific characters in the name. What name would you like your account changed to? --User LordKelvin Signature.png LordKelvin 10:35, 21 March 2017 (PDT)
I think that was due to AlexBro having those very weird symbols in his name. You should forward that to Wind if it still doesn't work. — shots fired by: Nikno {Talk | Contribs} 07:57, 22 March 2017 (PDT)
I want to change it to Scunt Main. That's my Steam username so I want to use it, if you can. Leaderboard class scout.png SCUNT MAIN 10:14, 22 March 2017 (PDT)
Ok. It's been a month now and I still haven't gotten a reply. Are you able to change it? Leaderboard class scout.png SCUNT MAIN 10:30, 6 April 2017 (PDT)
Sorry, I bumped it up the chain but apparently it may be a problem with the Wiki server itself. Not much I can do at this point, sorry. --User LordKelvin Signature.png LordKelvin 23:31, 6 April 2017 (PDT)
It seems there currently are technical issues with Mediawiki's name change process. I'll hit you up when this issue gets resolved, The Scout. — shots fired by: Nikno {Talk | Contribs} 00:09, 7 April 2017 (PDT)
Thanks. Also, when things do get up and running, message me on my talk page LordKelvin, so we don't make a giant ongoing thread on this page. Just to clean things up a bit. Leaderboard class scout.png SCUNT MAIN 09:57, 7 April 2017 (PDT)

Editing with a VPN

Hi LordKelvin, I have found a loophole to do with account security and IP addresses. While this is not allowed in Wikipedia.org, the TF Wiki permits you to create an account and edit pages while using a VPN. By allowing this to occur, it compromises the integrity and security of this website; as such, I am wondering whether it would be possible to block the use of VPNs for editing and making accounts on this website. Cheers, Revetron (talk) 04:39, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We're aware of several issues regarding the Wiki, and I've let the rest of the staff know about this one. --User LordKelvin Signature.png LordKelvin 07:04, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Same Problem as Below

Hello, I'm Amza. Similar to below, I'm a new editor here. I was proofreading a page and fixed a small error and tried to save, but apparently I'm blocked from editing TOO because the person named "pootispootispootis" was using my IP address. However, my edit wasn't deleted, it didn't go through in the first place due to the block. The ban expires tomorrow apparently; and like Spicus, I'm not mad, but I would like this issue resolved. Thanks, Amza (talk) 12:38, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

The issue stemmed from a problem we thought had been fixed, but apparently it wasn't. Apologies for the issue, the block has been removed and we'll look into putting a permanent fix in the issue in the future. --User LordKelvin Signature.png LordKelvin 17:38, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

blocked?

I'm new to editing wiki's (literally joined just to add a cool fact I found out about the Lugermorph) and not only did my edit get deleted with a snarky "reason" by a different user. But it says you blocked my IP because it was being used by some user I've never heard of "pootispootispootis" putting "nonsense/gibberish. And on top of that, the block says it started over an hour in the future! IDK if it's just because I'm new but I don't understand why any of this happened. I'm less mad and just more confused, please allow me an explanation. Thanks, Spicus (talk) 06:15, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Apparently everybody is having this issue. i believe Tark fixed it, not sure. anyway, the IP that was blocked is a IP used when the website cannot find your ip correctly again, not sure about that either. User MrJohnson Signature.png MrJohnson (talk) 13:04, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

high traffic pages

what are high traffic pages?

Cubisticmage2 (talk) 01:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

I can't figure out how to do some things

Ok I searched the wiki, and could not figure out the following: I noticed alot of hats have the wrong, or not all the qualities they could have, like the [Snowmann|Snowmann] says it's Unique and strange when it can be unusual too. How do I change this, is it even posssible? It appears to be on a page-per-page basis.

Also, I can't figure out how to submit new pages.

EDIT: oh and can you or other staff edit Module:Availability be updated with some new tags? I'd like to add: winter2016-unusual "Unlocked Winter 2016 Cosmetic Case (Unique, Strange and Unusual)" So I can use that for all the Smissmass 2016 hats.

IDGCaptainRussia (talk) 06:42, 28 October 2018 (UTC)IDGCaptainRussia

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