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Script errors

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Any idea what this {{Submit an edit request}} template is all about? It doesn't appear to be used anywhere. You deleted the /doc page for it in August 2024. It appears as an error in Category:Pages with script errors. I assume it can be deleted? -- 89.241.66.36 17:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

I also see it's mentioned at {{Protected page text/template}}, a page with a lot of broken links and which also appears in Category:Pages with script errors. -- 89.241.66.36 17:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
The deletion log says the deleted page was created by a vandal. I assume also the others are, but for some reason not deleted at the time (actually the doc page was created and deleted a few days before the template page was created). I assume they should be deleted, with no VfD needed, but SHB may have a better picture. –LPfi (talk) 19:05, 29 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
Yep, that was in fact created by an LTA. I've deleted it accordingly. //shb (t | c | m) 00:39, 1 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Is {{Protected page text/template}} and {{Protected page text}} and the various sub-pages of both all part of the set? -- 89.241.66.36 00:43, 1 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
They are; I've deleted both. //shb (t | c | m) 01:01, 1 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Many thanks for the fixes, although it's a bit of a mystery to me how the apparent addition of functionality was branded abuse. Is that functionality that is already here in some other form, or something that simply isn't needed here, or something else? Anyway, I'm off to find another error category to tackle. -- 89.241.66.55 14:51, 1 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Some random fixes

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I have fixed over 100 pages with various technical errors in the last few weeks.

1. There's one left where I think I know what the problem is but the page is protected. I noted the details at

2. There's also another one with a hidden error that I don't understand, noted at

3. There's a couple of edit requests for protected pages detailed at

4. Finally, there's a question about template usage and documentation at

-- 89.241.68.83 08:20, 5 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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