User talk:Grondin

I wish myself welcom :-) --Grondin 08:26, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

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• I've updated the welcome template, this is more current and not subst'd. Note an additional section further down your talk, the two edits may make this less obvious. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcome !

Jacques Divol 13:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

OUELLECAUME !!!--Bertrand GRONDIN 19:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

thumbnails

I am afraid I reverted your "alt" text of "thumbs" in the images at French postal service is back on the rails. I think that for accessibility it is better to write <nowiki></nowiki> as "alt" text on decorative images. What do you think? (you can reply on my talk page) --InfantGorilla 09:34, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

User:GrondinBot

Hallo, has your bot been approved to run here? It doesn't appear to have a bot flag, but has already started to edit pages in the main namespace. tempodivalse 00:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm waiting the bot flag. I tested just it. Sorry !--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 01:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

That's OK. No worries. tempodivalse 01:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

User:GrondinBot

Hi, just wanted to let you know that your bot has been approved and flagged to operate, you should now be able to run it without problems. tempodivalse 18:23, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank's for all.--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 22:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Interwikis to pages like Wikinews:2009/May/2

Hi, your bot added interwikis to pages like Wikinews:2009/May/2. These interwikis for all days are shown on Wikinews:2009/May. See on Wikinews:2009/May/1 where you inserted interwikis noinclude tag correctly. HenkvD (talk) 09:45, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, fixed now with onlyinclude tag. I apologize.--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 23:16, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. HenkvD (talk) 11:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} requests

Hi! Seems a little confusion on this template. It should go on the talk page of the article which needs a change. The Korean story has been updated with the fr interwiki link now. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:55, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

User:GrondinBot

Hello. Just wanted to check if this account is still in use as a bot because it seems the last edit was in 2014? [₂₄Cr][talk] 22:12, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes it works weekly for scoring of rugby union on other projects.--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 15:52, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me. So am I correct in assuming it does not need the bot flag on English Wikinews? If I’m wrong, please could you elaborate on why the bot flag is still needed? Cheers. [₂₄Cr][talk] 17:04, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

• As I’ve not had a response for over a week, I’m going to remove the bot status because there does not appear to be a pressing need for it. If you need it again, please make a fresh request at WN:Bots. Cheers. [₂₄Cr][talk] 23:20, 26 August 2021 (UTC)