User talk:Usedtobecool

Editor experience invitation
Hi Usedtobecool :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 07:03, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey Clovermoss, thanks for thinking of me. I remember starting a response but I guess I closed it before I finished, perhaps accidentally, then forgot about it. Most days, I oscillate between "I have nothing to say" and "I could write a book". Perhaps, some day, if it's an open invitation. Regards! — Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is definitely an open invitation, feel free to pitch in whenever you wish to. There's no word limit either if you ever do feel like writing a book. :) Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 20:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
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Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 23:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024
Hello, I'm DIVINE. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions&#32;to Arjun Sapkota have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Khagendra wiki user is their brother Santosh Sapkota, they have created an autobiography about themselves despite running UPE which you always advocate for you reviewed the page which was created by sock if you file spi you can see DIVINE 17:14, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * DIVINE, I marked it reviewed because it was at AFD, per NPP procedure. But, yes, I am against all COI/UPE editing and will continue to clean up the Nepal space one article at a time. I have done a lot of work in the past, your articles were only a small part of them. If you have evidence that can help, I am all ears. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have revealed my identity thankyou if you ask me about COI i do have hands on proof of everything DIV<b style="color:#080">I</b><b style="color:#808">N</b><b style="color:#FA0">E</b> 17:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * DIVINE, I see that you did at AN. But it's just your word, right now. My evidence does not have enough to say who you are one way or the other; it only gives a list of people whose interests you've represented in the past. So, unless you are willing to get verified some way, that does not help at all.<span id="Usedtobecool:1712166071325:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * <b style="color:#29F">DI</b><b style="color:red">V</b><b style="color:#080">I</b><b style="color:#808">N</b><b style="color:#FA0">E</b> 17:43, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * what wrong you did was you doxed my identity and someone used VPN to vandalise your talk page i really know who are you but doxing obiously is no i have filed cybercrime case against you with Nepal police which you will have to be ready with i am already getting death threats thanks to you. <b style="color:#29F">DI</b><b style="color:red">V</b><b style="color:#080">I</b><b style="color:#808">N</b><b style="color:#FA0">E</b> 17:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * DIVINE, if you meant this, it was not a death threat. Like how we have in Nepali, idioms around words like "kill" or "die", that reads like an expression translated from another language.<span id="Usedtobecool:1712195063753:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 01:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

The Detective Barnstar

 * Thank you very much, Josh! I'll try to not let it go to my head.  Usedtobecool ☎️ 18:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * My pleasure! And you do your best Sherlock! Hey man im josh (talk) 20:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * <span id="Usedtobecool:1712265445991:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt">— Usedtobecool ☎️ 21:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Newar Edits
Hi, would you mind taking a look at the recent edits being made at Newar language and Newar people, I don't know how far back I should go in the diffs to revert poor editing/vandalism. Thanks, Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 03:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I would also asked that User:203.78.114.73's edits also be evaluated. They seem to be related. They seem to be in good faith, but missing the mark though. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 04:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Classicwiki, I don't think those articles have a good revision, not anywhere recent anyway. I usually just revert the latest obvious vandalism and leave the rest alone, as I don't have the energy to combat the caste warriors alone. There are far too many castes, clans and family names articles to care about. The IP was already taken care of when I looked. Best,<span id="Usedtobecool:1712327978867:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

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TFA
Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:09, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for sharing, Gerda. Are you in Vami's discord group? His friends and family would appreciate this.<span id="Usedtobecool:1715350832693:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't even know what that is. He was in our quality group, probably its most promising member. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Gerda Arendt, there was a group set up on Discord by his family. I believe Wikipedians participated in fundraising and in the funeral through that. I don't know Discord very well either. I just happened to incidentally stumble upon it, so I wouldn't know how to invite you in. I will check, see who else may be there. Best,<span id="Usedtobecool:1715351704310:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:35, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * was there, among others. Best,<span id="Usedtobecool:1715352014296:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:40, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Here's a Discord invite link that will work for 7 days. Hope it helps. – Novem Linguae (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you - today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:22, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

paid-en-wpwikipedia.org
Sending things to the paid email is a waste of time. See WP: Sockpuppet investigations/Mxcronin/Archive for my experience. I sent an email and it was almost a month before someone looked at it and that's only because it was part of an open SPI. At one time...maybe two or so years ago, GeneralNotability cleaned it up. His Arbcom candidate statement stated there were hundreds of tickets in both queues and the backlogs for both went back over a year. I am assuming it's probably back to the same condition. S0091 (talk) 22:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * S0091, that's what I more or less figured, though it's nice to have it confirmed. Let's hope the new VRT thing that arbcom is trying to make happen works better. I reckon most people who have the functionary tools have no motivation to use it or never had it (having got it just to get it, got it a long time ago, got it through election to arbcom, or got it but being too afraid to use it too much in case they make a mistake and lose it). Complementarily, I reckon that most people who do the actual work don't have it, don't want it or wouldn't get it because people who do the work to make a difference will have handled edge cases and perhaps made some mistakes.<span id="Usedtobecool:1715688271123:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * And of course, everything goes to arbcom or functionaries, and not nearly enough of them are being added for it all to work well on a volunteer basis.<span id="Usedtobecool:1715688584939:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, that and burnout for those who pick up the load not to mention people have lives. I hope there's enough interested folks to join the new VRT team.  I think one of the issues with the current paid queue is not all CUs have access to VRT and I am not sure anyone knows who is doing what, if anything.  Arbcom can at least provide some oversight to ensure adequate coverage.  Good job btw unraveling Aanuarif.  Your evidence left no doubt they were UPE.  S0091 (talk) 14:58, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for the heads up
No, I wasn't aware of it. Thanks for sharing the link with me.  Schwede 66  07:09, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Notice of Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Donnond7 repeatedly violating BLP rules, despite multiple warnings.

Note that you are mentioned as one of the people warning the user; you are not otherwise a subject of the topic. Thank you. — <b style="font-family:Papyrus;color:DarkSlateGrey;">rsjaffe</b> 🗣️ 21:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Rsjaffe, hopefully that puts an end to that.<span id="Usedtobecool:1717202150462:User_talkFTTCLNUsedtobecool" class="FTTCmt"> — Usedtobecool ☎️ 00:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I hope so too, but I doubt it. You saw the disruption by IPs on Kantipur Publications. I suspect that'll resume. Donnond7 was pretty obsessed. — <b style="font-family:Papyrus;color:DarkSlateGrey;">rsjaffe</b> 🗣️ 01:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Notable?
Hi Utbc, do you think Kirat Yakthung Chumlung might be notable? I'm leaning "no", but maybe you might have a better idea... Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 04:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Moneytrees, I have heard of it, and it ought to be notable based on news coverage about conferences and elections and such, but I couldn't locate any actual SIGCOV. So, a redirect maybe? Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)