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Happy Birthday!
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Happy First Edit Day!
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Happy Birthday!
 Wishing Dusti a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 08:35, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

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Please unblock my account as I have unblocked in Turkish Wikipedia? Regards, Sezerpal (talk) 15:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC) sezerpal

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Articles for deletion/Alliance University
well that's a blast from the old AN:K days! WHen I saw your input at the above, I had to smile. Hope you're well. Star  Mississippi  20:55, 21 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Loooooooooong time no chat! How's it been going? I took a wikibreak for awhile and figured today is as good a day as any to come back and play in the sandbox for awhile! Dusti*Let's talk!* 20:59, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
 * D
 * And you know @Keeper76 recently found his password again, right? Getting the band back together. And yes, a good day as any.
 * I was gone for a couple three years and came back early COVID. Star   Mississippi  21:10, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
 * KEEPER IS BACK!? That's as good as any reason to celebrate. Fun fact - Keeper indef'd me a few years ago. D<b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 21:14, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
 * He did? I'd forgotten that. Glad it's hopefully water under the bridge. I've seen of a few of the other old timers around. Perhaps we should go re-colonize his Talk! Star   Mississippi  01:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It's definitely water under the bridge, it wasn't even my fault lol :) Let's go monopolize his talk page and teach him a lesson about leaving us. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 15:07, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

2023 AHS reversion
I apologize for the disturbance but:

The IP you reverted at 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was putting the page back into its original state after another IP put in incorrect info. ✶Mitch 199811  ✶  14:36, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not a huge fan of fish.... but thank you! I noticed it when they reverted me again (or someone did) - and I left it alone. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 14:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Edit on Sundi Page
@Dusti brother. Actually I don't you how to aad edit summary. Please can you do it from my side. I'll provide you with the reason. It was not by mistake. Please listen to me I've many things to say. I'm new here Raj Hanse (talk) 14:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Concerning your AIV report
The report you made at WP:AIV is a bit concerning. You provided 20 diffs showing examples of vandalism, which is a lot, but I loaded the first three to see what was going on and I'm very confused by what I'm seeing. Keeping WP:VANDTYPES in mind, would you mind explaining how removing a redlink, adding an acute accent to a letter to correct a name to match the person's article, or removing a blank line are vandalism? Even diffs that change names don't appear on their face to be vandalism; team lineups change, and indeed appear to be supported by sources. Can you please elaborate on this? - Aoidh (talk) 15:45, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey Aoidh - I'm not sure what happened there - I didn't intend to report them, or add 20 diffs. When that screen popped up I thought I backed out of it... I'm just getting back into the swing of things with Huggle - I apologize! <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 16:32, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. No worries then. I've misclicked many a thing myself (even today). I just wanted to see what was going on there because those diffs being characterized as vandalism was concerning, but that explanation makes perfect sense, thanks. - Aoidh (talk) 17:23, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Felyne
Hello, Dusti,

I think in your closure statement, you meant no Delete votes, not no Keep votes. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 05:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * You know, coffee is a wonderful thing, especially if you drink it before editing and trying to adult. Thank you for letting me know, I've fixed it. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 10:14, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

wp:burden
You made a mistake. Please follow wp:burden, which you have violated on a number of articles recently. And please do not accuse editors of "not adequately explaining why," when in fact they clearly do so. Kindly revert. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:78C5:AFFA:B66B:25D2 (talk) 18:58, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi Dusty - I sit on the chapter of Blackburn Cathedral. We are leasing the lady chapel to Capel Noddfa on Sundays for worship. Please can you re-instate
hi 2A00:23C5:E934:5501:6C43:C725:8317:C29A (talk) 22:32, 25 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't see any encyclopedic merit to the fact that the chapel is being leased out for worship services. You can discuss it on the talk page to see if others feel that it should be included. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 00:44, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

AFDs
Hello, Dusti,

I can see that you are an eager editor but please do not close or relist AFD discussions 10 or 12 hours early. There is no real good reason not to provide editors with a full week to comment on a deletion discussion. It would be okay to close a deletion discussion an hour or so early if there is not an active discussion but not a half-day early. Also sometimes it is good not to relist a discussion when its 7 days "expires" as we have admins who specifically handle older AFDs and they will miss seeing them if they are moved to today's log page.

We have had a problem in the past with NAC closures that are sometimes days early before a discussion is supposed to close so please do not contribute to this problem. Also, in your relisting comments, please do not "count" up votes as that creates an expectation among participants and the closer might come to a very different conclusion than the vote count implies. Also, some of your comments imply that you can carry out actions that, as a non-admin, you can not do. So, unless you want to go through an RFA, please do not make remarks that imply you will be taking administrative actions.

Thank you for all of your contributions on the project. They are appreciated! Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 21:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey Liz! Thanks for the message. I use XFDCloser and have been closing AFD's that are blueish-green, indicating they're over 7 days old (and I look a the nominators statement timestamp which usually says x:xx pm, 12 July 2023, Wednesday (15 days ago))... so I look for those that say 7 days ago.


 * As far as the comments implying that I can carry out admin actions, could you specify which ones? I apologize for that and will be more careful in the future. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 22:25, 27 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, Dusti,
 * I'm concerned that my words were discouraging to you as I haven't seen you helping out at AFD for quite a few days. But maybe you are just taking a summer break? I hope so.
 * As far as your question goes, they were just comments about how a discussion would be closed. AFDs are dynamic and can change even after several relistings so it's wise to avoid predicting the outcome unless the comments have been unanimous or near unaimous. I say this as reminder to myself as well. I just came across a relisting comment I made asking for a redirect target and then two editors showed up with strong Keep comments so it looks like a Redirect is less likely than when I relisted the discussion. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 23:39, 2 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey Liz - no, not discouraging at all - I've just been away from work (I usually edit while I'm at work... great use of company time). <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 15:32, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Nagendra Rai
Hi! I saw that you relisted Articles for deletion/Nagendra Rai. Not a particularly controversial decision, and I don't personally object to it. However, when admins patrol closeable AfDs, they may close low-participation AfDs as a soft-delete as if it were a PROD (see WP:NOQUORUM). As a fellow WP:NACD, I have stayed away from relisting discussions that would be eligible for soft deletion, as it could be reasonably objected to along the lines of "an admin may have soft-deleted instead". Again, I'm not objecting to this particular relist, just giving you my two cents. Thanks for your work, and happy editing! :) Actualcpscm (talk) 18:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive
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