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This user knows that there is no dark side of the moon really — matter of fact it's all dark.

"Colloquialism"

"Wound up" is not a colloquialism. It is a legal term in Britain. If only I could invoke WP:ENGVAR, though I would not think of being that frivolous here. It is sad, however, to hear a bonafide legal phrase denounced as a colloquialism by someone in a position of power. RGloucester — ☎ 02:36, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get wound up. Such terminology much cause confusion to other users. –xeno^talk 02:47, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If anything, I think the phrase "marked historical" would cause confusion, given that it isn't proper English. RGloucester — ☎ 02:58, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"closed"? –xeno^talk 02:59, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Closed down" is certainly a viable alternative. RGloucester — ☎ 04:47, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Worksforme, and done. Thanks for educating me about "winding up" in the non-colloquial sense. –xeno^talk 12:07, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Log-in problem

Hi, I have an e-mail from a user who is having a persistent log-in problem. The error message refers to WMF sysops, so I'm thinking this is a bureaucrat/global renamer-level problem? Could you help, or point me to someone I should refer them to? I'm not sure who they've already tried - they've mentioned asking WMF in previous messages. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Yngvadottir: do you happen to have the exact text of the error message? Might help to figure out what the problem is. demize (t · c) 22:26, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]