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One last question

いま、あなたのにほんごはどうですか？べんきょうしますか？(written in ひらがな because you mentioned you don't understand 漢字) Zaxalightning2 (talk) 18:48, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Zaxalightning2: I'm sorry, while I may understand Katakana, as the userbox says it's a very basic understanding (Heck I'm still learning some Katakana symbols) and am not able to quite understand what some words mean. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:53, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. What I said was "Ima, anata no nihongo ha (pronounced "wa") doudesuka? Benkyoushimasuka?" Now, how is your Japanese? Are you learning? It's fine, people learn languages at different paces :3 Zaxalightning2 (talk) 18:57, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Zaxalightning2: To be honest, I haven't actually studied the Katakana in a few weeks due to me being on vacation and not having access to the website I use. I do intend to continue my studies soon however. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:04, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Well, best of luck to you in your Japanese journey- がんばって！Feel free to ask me if you need help! Zaxalightning2 (talk) 19:07, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

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W2S

I wonder if it might be better to publish it into mainspace then let it stand or fall at AfD? If it stands, problem solved; if it falls, we can salt all the titles and protect the redirects. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

I would honestly disagree. While there may be a decent amount of sources, that article still needs a lot of work before publishing into mainspace. For one, the entire "early life" section is unsourced which is in violation of WP:BLP and there are several other unsource statements in the article (excluding the mentions of how many subscribers they got since that's just trivia). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:05, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Also, the redirect is currently already full protected, so I would want to see an article of much higher quality in order to replace a redirect that is fully protected. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:07, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Well, your alternatives are he keeps resubmitting it ad infinitum, resetting the G13 clock every time, or MfD. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:25, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Well frankly he shouldn't be resubmitting it regardless since it's rejected. I'm not sure what the rules regarding MfD are since I'm very unfamiliar with that area. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:27, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

It's already been discussed at AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W2S and Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_18#Wroetoshaw_(YouTuber). If it's tendentiously resubmitted after a reject, you can take it to MFD and have the draft pages salted (page protected). I'd rather have any future discussions at the Sideman talk page as a split proposal (along with Miniminter's page) and not be continually drafted/resubmitted here. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 16:59, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

@AngusWOOF@Blaze Wolf@HJ Mitchell either the W2S or the Greg O’Gallagher drafts might be useful as a sock catcher as I doubt we've seen the last of ManySocks. I didn't E/C protect the W2S draft for that reason, but feel free to adjust if you think needed. No comment on the broader redirect in mainspace as I don't follow these subjects and don't have time to research. Star Mississippi 19:15, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hopefully this cute kitten will discourage you (once again!) from "Considering retirement"! :)

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 18:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

"Your submission at Articles for creation: Clifton Conference has been accepted"

Hey, allow me a few comments--I don't wish to place them on the user's talk page. There was some discussion about bare URLs and other matters. User:HandThatFeeds said, "sigh Blaze is saying that you need to actually cite the book then, not just link to the Commons copy of the book", and they really are correct: the response "This is incorrect. Bare URLs are acceptable" is not really to the point. As an AfC reviewer, as far as I am concerned, you have every right to ask for PROPER citations, and bare URLs are simply not proper citations--there's a good reason we have this, Wikipedia:Bare URLs. So they're not wrong to include them, but they are not being helpful, and given their history of disruption and very sloppy editing, they need to be much more helpful. If a reviewer wants to reject something because it looks terrible, they have every right to do it. Another reviewer might judge that differently, but that's how it is.

This version wasn't even so terrible, but in this version, note 6, yeah that's just not good at all, IMO. And that's one of the problems with this editor: very sloppy work on very notable topics. Just look at the number of edits in here that clean up the draft/article: one should not submit work that needs this much cleaning up. Thanks for your work, Drmies (talk) 16:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for the response. I actually would've removed that ref before I accepted it but I only noticed it after i Had hit the accept button. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Also if you were wondering why I left it uncategorized, I simply didn't know what categories would be relevant. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:50, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

No no, not at all--I'm not good with categories and I don't typically add them myself. I leave that to the experts. ;) Drmies (talk) 20:04, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Same. Really the only articles I would be able to add some categories to would be video game articles. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:05, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Question

So all I really need to do in terms of getting in with the community is just editing articles, expanding stubs, translating stuff, and contributing to the encyclopedia in general? If I do that enough, will people think I'm cool? half joking Zaxalightning2 (talk) 18:30, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Zaxalightning2: Hello again Zaxa. That's essentially what people here do. Of course, that's simplifying it a little bit but generally yes. If you would like any help in figuring things out feel free to ask me here on my talk page or ask the people over at the Teahouse, a place dedicated to answering questions from newcomers. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:35, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, thanks! Zaxalightning2 (talk) 18:37, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Zaxalightning2: No problem! I'm always happy to help newcomers figure out how editing Wikipedia works. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:39, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

excuse me how do I remove malformed characters ? Sorry for the bother. BosnianPolitics (talk) 23:47, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Justin Sheriff

Hi, I am just fixing the spelling to the correct spelling, peopke keep reverting, the correct spelling is in the linked artical 109.255.34.211 (talk) 15:38, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Alex Edit

Hiya. I’m actually Alex Clark’s sister. I don’t have his birth certificate handy otherwise I would source it. I understand why you questioned my edit but listing Springfield as his birthplace is incorrect and so it can’t possibly have a legitimate source cited. He did grow up there but he wasn’t born there. I was tho! Haha. Anyway, I’m new to wiki editing so I’m still figuring out how it all works but, If his birthplace is not listed as Alexandria, then it should be left blank. Also, I’m trying to figure out how to add an ‘early life’ section so I can add that he grew up in Western MA and attended PVPA (which I do have sources for.) I added him to PVPA’s notable alumni section and I want to make sure It’s cited before someone removes it. Maybe you can help? Aclark34 (talk) 15:55, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@Aclark34: Hello Aclark! Well first I suggest you read this page as you have a major conflict of interest if you truly are his sister. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:56, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Hrmmm well, that’s poopy. I thought you just couldn’t write about yourself. Makes sense tho. Duly noted. I won’t make any more edits. I really just wanted to add him to the PVPA page. He deserves to be on there. So, seeing as it’s frowned upon for me to contribute, maybe you could do me a solid and cite him as a notable alumni? It would be appreciated. He mentions attending Pvpa in several videos and on Twitter if you need a source. Also, he really wasn’t born in Springfield so, you should probably remove the birthplace altogether? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Aclark34 (talk) 16:16, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@Aclark34: I've just removed the birthplace since it was completely unsupported in the article which is a violation of our policy on biographies (really they're just articles) on living people. As for the sources you mentioned, they wouldn't be very good to use as they are primary sources that come from him. Looking at the article there may be a chance he simply isn't notable, but I won't know that for sure until I try and find more sources for him. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:47, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Wax melts

Hi Blaze, thought I would move the conversation here so we don't take up Tagishsimon's talk page. Have you ever used the WP:Library? You should have access. S0091 (talk) 16:49, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@S0091: No I haven't since I really haven't ever needed to do so since usually the sources I need are available online for the articles I typically write. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:50, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Try it. Often the best sources are not online (or behind paywalls). I generally start with Proquest, depending on what get there I try Gale next (GeneralOneFile and News). I got a bunch of hits for "wax melts" with Proquest. Sometimes if they are recent articles (within the five years), I Google search the article title because citing an online source is much easier and more accessible to others. Otherwise, you have to do it manually (ugh!). S0091 (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Heya

Just wanted to say "thanks for existing". Between the events of Many[name] and your retirement consideration I think I should drop some words of happiness. I think you're a great admin, and a wondrous person. Please, don't change. Or if you do, make it for the better. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 20:04, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@AstatineEnjoyer: Thanks for the kind words, however I'm not an admin. I"m simply jsut a regular user here. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:05, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Well shoot, for some reason I thought you were. Still, you're a good user. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 20:06, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@AstatineEnjoyer: Ah I've seen you around before (Under both TheShammingMan and Snipereverter). YOu do good work as well. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:10, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. All of this from a School Chromebook. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 20:11, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

I've heard that those tend to be rather sucky in many ways. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:12, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

They work well enough for this. Expect on EEng's talk page. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 20:13, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Also, thanks for CSDing the user page. I realized after I posted the MfD that it was malformed. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 20:14, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

You are wrong

Gordon currently hosts the Restless Natives weekly podcast via Global Player alongside friend, actor and fellow Scot, Martin Compston.

This is A FACT. This is not defamatory or unreferenced. It is a fact. 92.238.92.4 (talk) 15:40, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

It is unreferenced though. You are not adding a source at all which is required. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:41, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

What kind of reference do you require? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.92.4 (talk) 15:44, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

A reliable source. See WP:Referencing for beginners to see how to add one. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:46, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

also sign your posts, random IP user. It's simple, just put ~~~~ after your posts. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 17:08, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

I don't know how to reference a podcast. I've told you who hosts it - global player. And provided the link https://open.spotify.com/show/3QoerL99XXEikjg4NDQNCs?si=JFlTDsqnSoCZf0JiCP587A

Can you please add a reference so that this can be added to the article as I belive it should be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.92.4 (talk) 15:49, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Malformed characters

Hello,

Sorry for the bother you wrote me a comment saying "due to the amount of malformed characters. Please remove these malformed characters and resubmit." How do I do that and what should I remove ?

Thank you. BosnianPolitics (talk) 23:49, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

@BosnianPolitics: Huh.. it appears those malformed characters don't appear on my PC. I'll convert what you have into a proper infobox template and resubmit it for you since that might be the issue. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:46, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much BosnianPolitics (talk) 13:16, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

@BosnianPolitics: No problem! I figured it would only be fair to resubmit it despite you not making any direct improvements since the reason I Declined it was not something that was your fault but something that was my system's. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you especially since I'm starting out, the action is commendable. Once again sorry if I indisposed you in any way ― BosnianPolitics (talk) 20:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Clarification on Edits

For future reference and to prevent reversion, is there a better way to convey the ordnance conversation while I am editing? Thank you. Hillarin (talk) 22:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Construction Site Safety Link

Hi! I do believe the removal of my link was a mistake. The link is to a research center that is based out of Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. They recently did a study on PPE and have begun training on Temporary Traffic Control safety. All of these things are relevant to the article and the link is appropriate. Ehardy11 (talk) 00:43, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Ehardy11: Hello Ehardy! As I said in my edit summary I would talk about the link addition to the talk page. While it isn't pure spam I'm not sure if it's appropriate for the external links section in the article. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:45, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I am very very new to Wikipedia (like, created my account 45 minutes ago), so I assumed this was the talk page you were referring to. Sorry for the confusion! In all honesty, my boss (the director of the research center I was linking) has asked me to create the reference within the article, so putting it under "see more" felt the most appropriate. I have also drafted a paragraph that describes the center and what it does, so if you have any suggestions on another section of the article where I can add the reference with a description that you feel is more fitting, let me know! :) Ehardy11 (talk) 01:06, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Ehardy11: I'm going to need some clarification. Is your boss paying you to create the reference? If so then you need to read WP:PAID and follow the instructions there. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:08, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

No, by "boss" I mean professor that I work with. Ehardy11 (talk) 01:11, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Ehardy11: Ah alright. Well you still have a WP:COI so you probably shouldn't be editing the article directly. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:12, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! Ehardy11 (talk) 01:20, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Brainchip

I have made significant changes to the page Draft:Brainchip in adding a number of diverse sources and more detailed information, as well as running the article thorough a plagiarism checker. Do you have any other advice? 66.37.239.34 (talk), 13 January 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.189.217 (talk)

Please stop bothering me about this. I don't have any more advice. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:25, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Is the article ready for acceptance then? 66.37.239.34 (talk), 13 January 2023 (UTC) 68.13.189.217 (talk) 04:13, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

I don't know. In cases like these I leave it to more experienced AFC reviewers. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 04:15, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

How do u come back too page once u have made it?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellowdeadsub11 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

About tripolitsa massacre edit

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Chios_massacre

Hello, I have added the part you have reverted with an inspiration from the text describing the reaction of Western World in the article above. 185.134.138.68 (talk) 22:33, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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Shaggy Rogers Clarification on Edits

Genuinely confused about what edit of mine was undone on the page for Shaggy Rogers or what I'd said that was considered non neutral in the first place? Telstar500 (talk) 15:50, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

The "Supernatural episode". ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:16, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Considering this isn't my opinion and is just an objective fact that the crossover happened in an episode of the show Supernatural and not an episode of Scooby Doo (iirc there wasn't a scooby doo show producing new episodes at the time?) it's a valid change. Telstar500 (talk) 01:17, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Ohhhh ok. That was my bad. If you had put the name 'Supernatural" in italics I would've left it since I interpreted that as your desciribing what you thought of the episode and not the show it was a crosssover with. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:12, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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Problem?

Why do you keep erasing a piece of factual information?? Also, how are you an expert in EVERYTHING Wikipedia? Don't you have a job or do you just play video games all day? Ben and Annabelle's mom (talk) 14:59, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I do both actually. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Reminder

Hello, Blaze Wolf,

Just a reminder that User talk pages are not deleted unless there is seriously problematic content on them, like content that violates copyright guidelines, or content that violates our BLP policy. Having random comments on a User talk page doesn't warrant a page deletion. Often times, content can simply be removed from a page and deletion is not called for.

Deletion should be the last resort and is really reserved for content that is unacceptable or that is justifed through one of our deletion processes, like it fits a CSD criteria or is deleted through Proposed deletion or a deletion decision in an AFD. Don't be overly enthusiastic for tagging pages for deletion especially for brand new editors who are not aware of Wikipedia policies and practices and don't understand what a User page is for. Tagging a User page for deletion when the editor has been editing for just a few minutes is a great way of telling them "Go away, we don't want you here!" Try to spend more time welcoming new editors and explaining our policies to them rather than deleting their efforts which might be just misguided and not vandalism. As the old expression says, don't attribute to malice what might actually just come from ignorance. We want and need new editors and you might be the very first experienced editor that a brand new editor encounters. As long as they are editing in good faith, try to make that experience a positive one. Thank you for all that you do here! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:31, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. I don't usually see editors creating a new user talk page with complete nonsense as constructive but I won't argue. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:35, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Protection?

Let me know if you'd like temporary semi-protection for your page, and if so, for how long. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

For now I'm good. We'll see if the trolls continue to come. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:08, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

we now weather the storm I like Astatine (Talk to me) 17:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

@OhNoitsJamie: Mind protecting it (or any admin that happens to stop by)? A week should be sufficient for now. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 04:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Template for you :)

Hi Blaze Wolf! I made a userbox for you, feel free to make any changes to it if you want.

Here it is: Template:User likes Blaze Wolf MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 19:30, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

I noticed that. Thanks. I feel quite honored knowing a template was made for me! :) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:51, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

No problem, you deserve it! Who do you think I should do next? You can see the ones I did so far on my Userpage. MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 19:52, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Blaze Wolf! I appreciate all the edits you made, and I was thinking about using this interesting userbox on my user page. Can I do so? Thank you in advance! SunilNevlaFan✨ 15:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Of course! You don't have to ask me to use the userbox. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, you can use any userbox in all of Wikipedia, no need to ask for permission, I mean, they made a userbox for a reason . MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 15:26, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Verizon Fios discussion

Hi Blaze Wolf, I wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions about my proposed update to the Verizon Fios article. I will be around to answer questions over on the article's talk page. Thanks for the interest. VZEric (talk) 18:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

@VZEric: Hello Eric! My apologies, I've been a bit all over the place recently and have lacked focus on any one thing. I"ll try and get back to you as soon as i can! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:22, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Edit on Prince Mateen of Brunei

Hello, I'm Tomgranger09. Regarding my edit on the page Prince Mateen of Brunei, I think it was correct as it eliminated the first sentence, "Sports Career", which didn't make sense. My explanation was just lacking so sry ;) Tomgranger09 (talk) 20:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

@Tomgranger09: Hi TOm! You are correct that the random "sports career" doesn't belong there, however I"m perplexed as to where it's coming from. It's being generated by the infobox, but there's nothing in the infobox that should be creating that. I'll ask at WP:VPT and see if they know. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:49, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Thx. :) Tomgranger09 (talk) 20:52, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Ultraviolet open to public beta?

I noticed that on WP:RFP/R, you posted on your alt requesting for rollback to test UV. Just curious but is it open to public beta? Or is it simply not recommended to test out unless you know what you're doing? I ask this cause I've been waiting for it to come out for quite some time and have been waiting to test it out. Satricious (talk) 18:20, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@Satricious: It's been in public beta for a while now. I would recommend not using it thought if you already have RedWarn since UV is currently not backwards compatible with RW. Hence why I'm using it on my alt and not my main account. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:22, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf: Ah, so I see. Well I suppose I could disable RW temporarily to try it out if I were desperate. Thanks for the quick reply :p Satricious (talk) 18:27, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@Satricious: I'm fairly sure once you install UV there's no going back since it overrides your RW configs... or at least I think. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hmm, got it. Thanks for the heads-up. Satricious (talk) 18:34, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@Satricious, @Blaze Wolf: The configuration is just another page on-wiki. You're perfectly free to view its history and restore a past revision which works with RedWarn should you switch back. Chlod (say hi!) 01:48, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from The SOFE Group (22:38, 29 January 2023)

I'm interested in creating a page for The SOFEI Group. Is this possible? --The SOFE Group (talk) 22:38, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Not with that username. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Sands Missing delete revert.

I agree it should be mentioned (and is comprehensively dealt with further down), but referring to in the lead smacks of sensationalism. Nothing has yet been established. Just today, one of his fellow hikers stated that Sands is a highly experienced mountaineer who could well have dug in and is waiting out the weather. Either way, this shouldn't be in there. It's Wiki - not The National Enquirer. 86.160.1.165 (talk) 16:53, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

I disagree. IT's mentioned in the lead because of the infobox. That information is supported by multiple reliable sources. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Um

False positive? Olivetheother (talk) 18:01, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Nope. Several violations of WP:NOTBROKEN and also MOS:NUMERAL. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:03, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

"It is almost never helpful to replace [[redirect]] with [[Target|redirect]] ... [By the way] greater than nine expressible in one or two words may be expressed either in numerals or in words (16 or sixteen, 84 or eighty-four, 200 or two hundred)."

Dis sayin' – again. --Olivetheother (talk) 19:27, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Twinkle and global locks

Forgive me if I have you confused with someone else, but I believe somewhere you said something about being able to use Twinkle to request global locks at Meta, something about Twinkle's global preferences. Do you know anything about that? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

You are correct. IT's called Global Twinkle. I don't remember where you can find it however. I installed it and then have forgotten about where I found it. I'll do some digging to see if I can find it again. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:09, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Aha! I managed to find it. See meta:TwinkleGlobal. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:27, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Ummm, I am not sure of my technical ground here. I assume I have to install the script on Meta? Can I still use it at en.wiki, though? Will it interfere with my "local" Twinkle?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes. You install the script in your Global .js, and it won't actually interfere with the local version of Twinkle at all. In fact, it makes it much more useful by adding the feature of reporting users to meta:SRG without removing any of the other features. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:53, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

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Sorry!

I saw some news on Prisicilla Presley. It was not updated.That's why I included it. Siddhuk200212 (talk) 14:09, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf Siddhuk200212 (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Siddhuk200212: First, you don't need to ping me on my talk page. I'm automatically notified when you send me a message here. Second, Wikipedia is not news. If she is actually dead then reliable sources will cover it and we can add it when we are ready. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

OK.Thanks😊 Siddhuk200212 (talk) 14:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Growth team newsletter #24

Welcome to the twenty-fourth newsletter from the Growth team!

Newcomer experience projects

The Growth team partnered with other WMF teams to conduct several experiments around increasing account creation and new editor retention. Results from four of these experiments are now available:

• Thank you pages & banners - Encourage donors to create accounts through thank you pages and banners.
• Marketing experiment - Run ads on-wiki and off-wiki to see how this impacts account activation.
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Newcomer tasks

• Several communities suggested improving "add a link", by suggesting underlinked articles first. We released this change to Growth pilot wikis. We will review the data and collect feedback before considering releasing it to more wikis. [13]
• The deployment of the "add a link" to all Wikipedias is still in progress. Suggested links use a prediction model, which has to be trained. The deployments will resume after we finish training all models. [14]

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Semi?

Hi, Blaze. The IP range that's harassing you is unfortunately too big to block. Would you like semiprotection for a few days? Bishonen | tålk 20:03, 2 February 2023 (UTC).

This guy again? @Bishonen: I'm honestly not sure. My talk page was recently protected for a week a few days ago because of this harassment (they unsuccessfully tried to request unprotection) so I guess if they come back again then ya protect it for a few days. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:06, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

They tried to request unprotection? That's some chutzpah. OK, I'll leave it, since you say so, but I may well have gone to bed by the time they return. (Awkward timezone.) Bishonen | tålk 20:19, 2 February 2023 (UTC).

@Bishonen: Yep they did. See this. Also if they return and you're asleep then I can probably just ask another admin to do it (or just request it at RFPP) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:24, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Verizon history request

Hi Blaze Wolf, I have an unanswered request that I have posted on the Talk page of the Verizon Communications article about the subsection Merger of equals (2000–2002). Since you reviewed a request in the past, I thought it may be of interest to you.

As I work for Verizon and have a conflict of interest, I ask others to look at my requests and make edits on my behalf. I can answer any questions about these requests on the Verizon Communications Talk page. Thank you, VZEric (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from KingAviationKid (17:39, 3 February 2023)

I added a new article V125-class torpedo boat Forgot to tell you a few months ago about French ship Bougainville (L9077) --KingAviationKid (talk) 17:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

@KingAviationKid: Hey there! Great to hear that you're still around creating new articles. I just created a new one myself (The Crew Motorfest) and am attempting to get a DYK on it, though I've had a little trouble with the wording. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:40, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

I've been around just playing games tho. KingAviationKid (talk) 18:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Here is a brownie for you while you defeat the evil vandalism (not evil but i thought it was funny), this is a snack that will boost your energy! Lolkikmoddi-h3t3 :D (talk) 20:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Revert

Why are you reverting me? I reverted 196.206.51.161's unsourced changes.196.119.161.170 (talk) 20:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Talk:7

Thank you for the message, but as you were posting a comment on "my" talk page, I was writing an explanation that I've found an answer for my question in the article's introduction section, with striking out my earlier input. 83.11.222.99 (talk) 22:33, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

You don't own your talk page. No one does. WP:OWN. Also, keep in mind that talk pages are not to be used for comments not related to improving the article. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 22:40, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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• In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [18]

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Question from Larrayo.o (16:28, 7 February 2023)

This is going to be a super dumb question, but are you a real person or a AI? --Larrayo.o (talk) 16:28, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@Larrayo.o: I am indeed a real person, or at least I was last time I checked. Seriously though, I am a real person, I may seem like an AI/bot because I make use of semi-automated tools which makes some of my work here on Wikipedia easier. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:30, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Ohh that is good to know never really thought that you can talk to real people on Wikipedia lol. Is there a discord server or something like that which is used for more or better communication? Larrayo.o (talk) 16:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@Larrayo.o: Yes, Wikipedia has a community run discord server (see WP:DISCORD), however keep in mind it's different than most other Discord servers in that it's meant to aid in communication between Wikipedians rather than be a place to chat (though there is an offtopic channel, but if you're just using that then you probably should find a different server). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:42, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks sir blaze :o) Larrayo.o (talk) 16:44, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

BeamNG.drive

Per WP:VG/DATE: "While the game is in an early release state, that early release date may be included in the infobox, but it should be indicated as an early release, and in the article prose, the game should be treated as an upcoming video game that has yet to receive a full release for all other purposes."

Why categories should be treated different than article body? Mika1h (talk) 15:10, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@Mika1h: Hey Mika1h! I'm not exactly sure. The categorization of early access games seems to be inconsistent. Maybe we should bring this up on WT:VG? I don't have any objections to the adding of the category. I'm just not sure if it's correct. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:44, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Reliable sources

i made a version with reliable sources, btw the demonym vatican is from another wikipedia article about Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican Teenager http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Vatican_City&stable=0 67.69.41.58 (talk) 16:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from ChiefObiorah (17:32, 11 February 2023)

I want to help create a profile for my client who is a businessman but do not how to create this profile himself as he's busy with his many businesses. --ChiefObiorah (talk) 17:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

@ChiefObiorah I have left you a welcome on your talk page with deals with conflict of interest and paid editing. I hope you find them useful. There are subnstantial rules to follow. (talk page watcher) 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

The Helping Hand Barnstar

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		Thank you for using constructive criticism to help me improve my mediocre draft on Double Doodles. It was lucky that you were the one that reviewed my article. Tvshowoflife (talk) 03:17, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Dodge Challenger edit,

Can the wording be changed to avoid misleading? The official statement means the current Challenger and Chargers are going to be discontinued, not the nameplate. The replacement(s) are in the works. But due to the trade secret, they can not be revealed. OrangeLark64 (talk) 04:21, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

@OrangeLark64: If it's a trade secret then that is WP:OR so it doesn't matter what the wording is. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:20, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

The official statement means the current Challenger and Chargers are going to be discontinued OrangeLark64 (talk) 15:56, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes that is what it already says. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:37, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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Refactoring

Hey, I don't necessarily disagree with your edit summary, but don't you think this is going a bit too far? I'll go ahead and add a couple additional citations to the lead in hopes of preventing these types of misguided comments. Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 10:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Not really. In my opinion adding a comment to a post that is 2 months old is just disruptive as if there were no further comments in that period of time the conversation is determined to be finished. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't think passage of time is relevant. In my estimation, the IP had genuine (if misguided) BLP concerns. The discussion hasn't been formally closed and if people have anything to add, I think they should be able to do so regardless of whether we disagree. Better to engage them and win people over than to censor them, imo. Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 15:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

I see your point. I still think passage of time is relevant as if a conversation stopped a while back then those people have likely moved on and forgotten about it and in my opinion, not making a new thread about it and trying to remake your point is just disruptive as the users who were in the conversation probably thought they were done with the conversation. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Have a Valentine's Day cookie Blaze Wolf. One of my key partners in working to build the best possible encyclopedia! :) — Moops ⋠T⋡ 00:21, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh, and my reminder once more that I hope that you never, ever retire! — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 00:21, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Message

I don’t appreciate that you’re deleting my articles without telling me what to fix. It’s very annoying and you need to stop. You’re putting a bad name on Wikipedia. Brave4EverQ (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

@Brave4EverQ: The problem was that I initially thought the article was a copyright violation of this Fandom article, however after I actually looked at what license a page needed to be released under I found that the license of the article you copied from is compatible with Wikipedia. After you replaced all of it with something different I added the copyvio template so the previous revisions could be hidden (The article would remain). I attempted to remove it after realizing my mistake but you beat me to it. My apologies for all the trouble I caused you. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

ANI notice for a disruptive IP

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Vast history of disruptive edit warring and personal attacks from a user at 42.190.128.0/18 (+ more IP ranges). Thank you.

For your specific case, refer to User talk:Blaze Wolf/Archive 6#42.190.135.177

AP 499D25 (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Ram Revolution EV

The discussion was already closed by the time I saved. Adding my last reaction here:

Thank you! On my end, I'm very much aware that in the draft space editors need to be stricter to get the best out of the many "creations" that appear there. It is difficult to change gears even when we know how everything works. Thank you so much for all your contributions to Wikipedia in the domain of new articles!!! gidonb (talk) 15:40, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thanks for pushing back when you think something may not be ok. WP:PROF is its own special guideline and is certainly an exception to the usual "rules". I generally stay away drafts about academics unless it is an obvious accept/decline because it does take someone with some knowledge with academia as each discipline can vary on what meets notability. S0091 (talk) 21:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

No problem! I probably would've left it for someone else, however I noticed that there was a still a lot of stuff that was unsourced in that draft. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 21:13, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Crova6 (10:19, 19 February 2023)

Hello, How do you add a Column of information on the right side of a page? --Crova6 (talk) 10:19, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

@Crova6: I'm not sure what you mean by this. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:48, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

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Afc Reverted

Hi, I noticed that you reverted my Afc submission. Is there a proper way to do it if not from the main space? It's currently a redirect, so I'm not quite sure what the next steps should be. Jfkadmirer (talk) 00:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@Jfkadmirer: That was not an AFC submission. THat was you placing an AFC submission template on a redirect. I suggest you go with the WP:AFC process. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:35, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Lucifer

Since there's a term for "a word or phrase that occurs only once in a work", and an article on it, I thought readers might find a link useful to if they wanted to read more. I actually when skimming the article saw that part and found myself asking "What's that thing called when there's a word that only appears once in something?" Spelling out what it is is best practice to avoid WP:EGG. I mean, not a big deal or anything, just explaining my rationale. Have a good day! --47.147.118.55 (talk) 00:38, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

I understand that, however I didn't really see mentioning that it is one entirely relevant to the article, hwoever I did find it interesting myself (as well as the fact that such a word existed) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Regarding the final trailer announcement...

Hello, Blaze, uhhh I've noticed admins or really experienced Wikipedians (like you) are erasing The Super Mario Bros. Movie's final trailer announcement, and I would know why are the reasons (I even placed a reference with a reliable source) although it's practically ok for me that you delete that info, I just wanna know the whys of it. Or maybe I'm just a moron editor idk lol SupraMerioBros. (talk) 00:42, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

I told you in the edit summary. MOS:FILMTRAILER. We aren't a press release so we don't need to cover every single little detail. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh alright, thanks. Moron editor here confirmed :,) SupraMerioBros. (talk) 01:56, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Mario Movie

Seriously, this is the second time someone's removed my edit. It's a part of marketing damn it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jac Clow (talk • contribs) 17:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

How about you actually read MOS:FILMTRAILER before complaining. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:38, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Sources

Hi. You recently declined me at Draft:Hypixel_Skyblock. Although I did decide to follow your advice and merge a fraction of the content from my draft into the Hypixel articles. I have a few questions that might help with future submissions. You said "None of the cited sources are reliable (Either a blog, associated with the subject, or usergenerated).". I'm not entirely sure what counts as a reliable source? Blogs are really the only place I could find any form of source off hypixel.net as that is the location for forums and where the developers post news, so nearly any content associated with the game goes there or to YouTube. Also, what could I be using for sources if it can't be associated with the subject, or user generated? And is there something inherently wrong with blogs? I saw them as just an independent medium of self publishing.

I do understand that a single person's blog post isn't really reputable, nor a tweet, but I just don't see how else I can get reliable info as something like Skyblock is notable, it's just housed inside of Hypixel where it isn't covered much except in exclusively places where I might avoid taking citations from. Overall, do you have tips of where I should get my citations from, what I should avoid doing in the future? It's all a little confusing as this is my first time writing and submitting an article. --Spacebyte (talk) 21:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Do not engage in edit war with vandals

Hello, I have seen your contributions on List of wars involving Kazakhstan, thanks for your reverts. However, engaging in edit war with a vandal or a likely troll is a little bit waste of time, next time, if they are continuedly doing disruptive edit, just report them is better.
Happy editing. -Lemonaka‎ 00:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm sorry what? I can't just let vandalism sit there. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Splatoon 3

The article Splatoon 3 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Splatoon 3 and Talk:Splatoon 3/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 02:42, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Splatoon 3

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Splatoon 3 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 20:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Sweet! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I wonder if you'll stay up until midnight or 1 A.M. waiting for the reviews... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Tails Wx 23:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I wouldn't because it wouldn't be midnight/1 A.M. for me. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:47, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

American English ping

Discussion moved from Talk:American English:

Why exactly was I pinged? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Wolfdog: Pinging, cause I don't see why I was pinged. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I pinged you because you're a frequent editor at American English. Wolfdog (talk) 14:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Wolfdog: Oh. I'm not exactly doing much other than reverting disruptive edits. I don't know or understand IPA so I wouldn't be of much help. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:46, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh, OK. Sorry -- just pinging frequent editors. No worries then. Wolfdog (talk) 14:49, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Splatoon 3

The article Splatoon 3 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Splatoon 3 for comments about the article, and Talk:Splatoon 3/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

👏👏👏 Congratulations on your GA! And I believe it's your first! Tails Wx 17:49, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! And yes it is my first! I've nominated it for a DYK so hopefully that goes well. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:53, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations for your first GA, Blaze Wolf! Well done. S0091 (talk) 17:57, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you S0091! I figured this would be a good article for my first GA since I created it (I know it doesn't show that, however if you see what non-talk pages I've created, you'll see Draft:Splatoon 3) and it's one of my favorite games to play. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh shoot, I forgot to nominate my GA for a DYK...maybe I'll do so in the next 2 days. Anyways, congrats! Tails Wx 17:58, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Aiming for FA? The Night Watch (talk) 18:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

The Night Watch, FA's need very hard work IMO! I might nominate an article someday for FA for sure! :) Tails Wx 19:24, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Might be something to look out for on the GA if you end up nominating it for DYK; might get a nice four award as well... Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:25, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Tails Wx, Hurricane Henri might be a candidate! Ask an experienced wikifriend to help out, and take notes on the writing from similar articles (Point 1A of the WP:FACR is the trickiest part IMO) and I'm sure it will pass. The Night Watch (talk) 20:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, The Night Watch! I’ll sure follow it! :) Tails Wx 20:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes I'll probably go for an FA sometime in the future. I'll probably wait until all the DLC has released though. I thought i had already added this reply but apparently not. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:21, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

I woyld like to echo the congrats. Nice work. NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 18:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Congrats from me as well! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Super Mario Movie premise

Yoooooooo bro what's up? I'm 'round here these time to ask you for a piece of advice. Since RT (reminder: RT is actually owned by Comcast, who owns Universal, who owns Illumination, who made the Mario Movie) published the film's premise, should an editor add the premise or leave it like it is? I wanna some advice from good ol' Wikipedians, so please answer as fastest as possible. Your pal, SupraMerioBros. (talk) 00:01, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Leave it. From what I see it's been way too closely paraphrased. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:02, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh alright. Thanks! SupraMerioBros. (talk) 00:04, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Splatoon 3

Hello! Your submission of Splatoon 3 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:53, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for understanding my revert on the essay. I figure the dark-boldfaced paragraph goes well aesthetically with the "shadow" theme, especially being next to the Moon gif to its right. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem! I figured you just didn't know that you could use the nutshell template and figured I'd try it for you, but I wasn't so set on it that I would be frustrated if you reverted me. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:08, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, about that!

Listen, sir. I wanted to edit the sequel to PAW Patrol: The Movie. The spelling was wrong, and I wasn't doing anything wrong. 151.226.196.250 (talk) 19:38, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

You did more than just edit the spelling. You added unsourced info. I'm sure the spelling is fine so you can add that back. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:40, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Did you say "Add that back?" 151.226.196.250 (talk) 19:45, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes. You can redo your spelling change cause I don't see that being incorrect, however the unsourced info needs to stay removed unless you add it with a source. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:46, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for being understanding and cooperative! :) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:55, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Considering retirement

Hello all. I'm sure some of you will have noticed that I have placed {{considering retirement}} on my talk page. I have my reasons for this, tho it is nothing that necessarily involves me. Technically it involves everyone editing or viewing Wikipedia. Due to some circumstances regarding the higher-higher-ups (as in beyond admins) I'm not sure if I want to remain an editor on Wikipedia. If I have known you on Wikipedia for a while and you really wish to know more details then let me know here and I will send you an email with the details. I do not wish the details to be shared publicly here on Wikipedia or on the Wikipedia Discord server, or anywhere else involving Wikipedia and the WMF (excluding other Wiki's running on the mediawiki software that are otherwise not associated with the WMF). As the template says, nothing is set in stone at the moment, though it is something I am considering. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:15, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Update January 6, 2023: Retirement is still something I am considering, however it's more just a thought in the back of my mind that comes up every once in a while. There's not really a template for that so the considering retirement template will stay unless a more appropriate one can be found, as will this section. My thoughts have not changed much, however it's no longer something that's at the forefront of my mind. Maybe I simply just needed a vacation, away from Wikipedia (and most of the internet in general, tho I was still using the internet for things like YouTube and online features in games) which resulted in this update. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

That seems a shame. As long as you have been enjoying editing here and as log as you have been abiding by the rules I see no reason for you to allow other people to control your behaviour. Since I have not seen any divergence from the rules it must be that you are not quite enjoying yourself. By all means take a wiki break. I took one for several years. It was meant to be for a few months but I had burned out and lost the fun. For me, the fun is back. I hope it returns for you, too.

I feel a sense of loss, since we have just met, but your staying because I ask would be your allowing me to control you. So stay, for as long as you want, and return when you want if you leave. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:39, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

I would love for other people to not control my behavior, however I don't really have a choice. If you'd like I will email you more details as said are not something I want public here on Wikipedia. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:41, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

If you wish to send it I will read it. It is very rare that I respond by email. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:56, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

I understand the points you make in your email. I know others have felt those things before. What they have found is that it generally all comes good in the end.

Out of deference to you and in accordance with the rules, I may not reveal, even by my answers, any of the actual points in your email 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:19, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I may choose to reveal them in the future. But for now they remain private via email. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:20, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

If I have any advice for you, it is to choose to ignore the things you emailed me about, simply because nor you nor I can affect them. If building the encyclopaedia is enough fun then the rest of whatever it is you sent me can safely be ignored. This is why I concentrate on building the encyclopaedia by reviewing by writing, be improving, by offering article for deletion, etc etc. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 23:40, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

That's not something that's easy to do considering how much it can affect me. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:43, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

I hope you can stay Blaze Wolf. You were the one of the first editors I interacted with at the Teahouse, and you gave me a lift when I was a struggling newbie who didn't even know how to upload an image. If you would like to talk about something, feel free to email or DM me on Discord ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 01:12, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi Blaze Wolf! I saw the considering retirement above, and though I would understand, I hope you get to a place where you can choose to stay. You're a valuable editor on this project and you've been a big help to me, as well as others! Like I said, I would totally understand, but I sincerely hope to see you stay. SPF121188 ^{(talk this way) (contribs)} 18:05, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

I know that retirement may seem like a bad thing, Blaze Wolf, but it may mean a chance to look back at history. Speaking of, the Reverie Battles (that were archived in the Legends: Arceus wiki) were part of the Daybreak update, so I had to include them. - (12546a) 11:13, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Prince of Roblox

Hi Blaze Wolf I tried to post this on the spi page you filed but I have discovered a sleeper account of the above sock puppet [33] they are restoring all the edits of there old sock accounts under the guise of reverting another sock take a look at this diff for example [34] the original edit was made by the sock porkchopvariant (A sock of Prince of roblox) which was then reverted by another sock however the original edit was made by the Prince of Roblox sock and even though another sock shouldn't remove it this new account BomayaiyukButt is quite clearly another sock of the roblox account using wiki policy to hide and restore the edits they made with their banned accounts. I tried adding this to the spi but could not edit it please kindly add this to the list of suspected accounts. Thanks. 119.160.96.33 (talk) 05:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Also please note the account is also editing the same articles as ValidYattoo [35] on Purdah and a smoking gun [36] a food related article with a pro Indian pov where both accounts are active this is typical edit patterns of Roblox socks. 119.160.96.33 (talk) 06:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey IP! I'm not entirely sure if this guy is actually a sock of Roblox unless you've encountered them before. But thanks for letting me know! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 11:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks you for replying I am familiar with socks of Prince of Roblox and the edit patterns are the same in regards to food and Kashmir related articles they are also reinstating the edits of a older blocked sock of Prince of Roblox under the guise of reverting Satrar another sock who was reverting the original Prince of roblox socks. Its a bit confusing but the fact that ValidYattoo and BomaiyukBatt find themselves on the same articles pushing the same Pov basically gives it away I would appreciate if BomaiyukBatt was added to the suspected sock list and a CU was carried out it won't be a waste of time I assure you. Thanks. 119.160.96.161 (talk) 15:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Well Satrar isn't a Prince of Roblox sock but a sock of another account. However I did mention it in the comments of the SPI. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Just an update for ya, you were correct that they are probably a sock since they're identical to Valid according to Drmies. Nice work IP! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and copied your first two messages to the comments of the SPI since you've stated that you are familiar with the master. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Area of Balearic Islands

Can you revert the area of the Balearic Islands? Because it used to have no decimal, and now it does. It used to say 4,992 sq km, with no decimal whatsoever, and now it does (says 4,992.38 sq km). I also see no such source to support that change. Can you change it back? (And contribution was made by Locked Empire.) Thank you. 2601:280:4F81:4490:BCD5:4921:1409:7FE 01:09, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

I would, however I can't see any source at all for the area. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:30, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

does this mean that i can revert this rather unsorced change? 2601:280:4F81:4490:BCD5:4921:1409:7FE (talk) 04:18, 4 March 2023 (UTC)