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Here's your gift card

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Your gift card comment made me laugh. So here's a gift card that is just as valuable as our regular Wikipedia editor pay package. Simonm223 (talk) 18:21, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
When i first saw this, thought it was spam, glad i was wrong. Jp33442 (talk) 18:36, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phillip Klass article edit.

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Hi. I was kind of curious about this recent edit you made: [1]. You said you removed it because it was sourced to Richard Dolan. But does that automatically disqualify it? (Some probably think so....and I wouldn't blame them.) Wouldn't it be more in line with policy to say it was because "keyholepublishing.com" is a dubious publisher? (I've never heard of it and it's web site is dead.) I was just trying to find out what is going on here (for future reference). Thanks.Rja13ww33 (talk) 02:51, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rja13ww33 -- Dolan is the subject of discussion at WP:RSN that seems to be landing solidly on the side of him not being a RS, however, there is no RfC and in the absence of one it would probably be better as the subject of local discussion at the article. From looking at the history, I was under the impression that the article was more-or-less abandoned, but if it's not then I'm inclined to agree with what I think your position is. I've undone the edit. Chetsford (talk) 03:19, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I didn't know about that discussion. Rja13ww33 (talk) 03:59, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental rollback on BLPN

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Apologies. Fat fingered rollback while browsing watchlist. --Richard Yin (talk) 21:24, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BLP CTOP alert and warning

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Additionally, in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator I am formally warning you to use an appropriate tone when writing about or discussing living people and to avoid attacking or insulting living people. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:35, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This warning has been logged here. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:37, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Peter Gersten

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On 29 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peter Gersten, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peter Gersten has been called the "UFO lawyer"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Gersten. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Peter Gersten), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Start anew

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I just saw this, and with all the strikes and back-and-forth comments with @PARAKANYAA: about, well, what it's all about, I suggest that you remove it from the Noticeboard, work on it (together?) a bit in a sandbox, and then reinstate it on the Noticeboard when it's ready for prime time. As it is presently structured I doubt you will get much participation. Two cents and all that. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 16:34, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I think PARAKANYAA introduced some salient points and it's worth closing it for now and revisiting in a subsequent version that allows them to be more holistically incorporated. Chetsford (talk) 16:57, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]