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18 November 2024
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The Original Barnstar Thank you for all the articles you have created. You are a valuable contributor and Wikipedia is better because of you. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 15:01, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply] The Writer's Barnstar Nice work on the articles of Nepalese politicians. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 10:20, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply] The Nepal Barnstar of National Merit Thank you for your tireless contributions to articles related to Nepal. Bishal Shrestha (talk) 06:15, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply] Nepal Thank you for quality articles around Nepal, such as witch-hunts in Nepal and Basudev, for basic articles about Nepali politicians, for The 1619 Project, for help at the Teahouse, for " I would never intentionally revert your edits without a discussion", - you are an awesome Wikipedian! The Workers' Barnstar This user has shown great editing skills in improving articles related to Communism or Socialism. this WikiAward was given to Usedtobecool by MarioGom (talk) on 15:59, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply] The Barnstar of Recovery Thank you for your kindness and support! Regards, LorriBrown (talk) 05:33, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply] The Special Barnstar Thank you for being so helpful to me! Shadowblade08 (talk) 23:46, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply] The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar A huge haawa for patiently answering my questions at the Teahouse to get me started on a couple topics that I am passionate about! Your attention and your help are greatly appreciated. Shoutsofvictory (talk) 20:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply] The Stub Barnstar For your patience and assistance in re-sorting all the Nepal geography stubs!! Her Pegship (I'm listening) 04:29, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply] The Original Barnstar Thanks, A Barnstar for you! Nd12052010 10:43, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply] The Editor's Barnstar good job 15:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC) Antrotherkus The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar & The Teamwork Barnstar Congratulations! You have earned The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar and The Teamwork Barnstar for reviewing 43 drafts and doing 37 re-reviews during the WikiProject Articles for creation July 2021 Backlog Drive. Thank you for your work to improve Wikipedia! On behalf of WikiProject Articles for Creation, Enterprisey (talk!) 00:18, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply] The Special Barnstar For being Omniscient. You literally know something about every aspect of Wikipedia. Kudos to you UTBC. You are the boss! Celestina007 (talk) 10:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply] The Reviewer Barnstar For reviewing at least 50 articles during the drive. The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award For over 360 article reviews during 2021. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:43, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply] The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award For over 360 article reviews during 2020. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:56, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply] Liquid nitrogen for you! For helping others on the Teahouse. You are still cool! JayCubby plz edit my user pg! Talk 23:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply] The Original Barnstar Hey you r cool and inspirational - a 15 y/o indian guy who is a newbie here RoundStrider (talk) 14:27, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 23:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm DIVINE. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I have revealed my identity thankyou if you ask me about COI i do have hands on proof of everything DIVINE 17:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Redacted) DIVINE 17:43, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. DIVINE 17:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 01:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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		For the quality detective work that you do! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Josh! I'll try to not let it go to my head. Usedtobecool ☎️ 18:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! And you do your best Sherlock! Hey man im josh (talk) 20:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

— Usedtobecool ☎️ 21:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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, — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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story · music · places

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)[reply]

Thank you for sharing, Gerda. Are you in Vami's discord group? His friends and family would appreciate this. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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, — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:35, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Novem Linguae was there, among others. Best, — Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:40, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a Discord invite link that will work for 7 days. Hope it helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

GSS ^💬 17:58, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I wasn't aware of it. Thanks for sharing the link with me. Schwede66 07:09, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia: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. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 21:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Rsjaffe, hopefully that puts an end to that. — Usedtobecool ☎️ 00:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 01:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Hi very inexperienced user here. Made a very minor addition without logging in. Then added italics and a space to a word while logged in. Now I’m blocked for 3 years and have no idea why? No reason is listed. Can you help? --Joyousmedia (talk) 06:20, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Joyousmedia, I want to, and I probably could, but you'll have to explain further why you think you're blocked (what you were trying to do when it said you were blocked, for example) because you are not blocked, neither is the IP you edited from (although it is against our behavioural standards to edit the same topic with multiple accounts or logged in and out). If you were blocked, you would not have been able to make this post to my talk page either. Regards! — Usedtobecool ☎️ 09:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am filling an arbitration case and I mentioned you in it.

Thank you. Wikieditor662 (talk) 21:53, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for opposing a ban for the new editor! - I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one the topic of my story today, like 22 July but with interview and today's music at the Proms. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:29, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Usedtobecool, I updated article National Highway System (Nepal) according to the Statics of National Highway 2020/21 but someone with different IPs changing it and other articles linked with this page according to outdated information. I don't know what to do! This is the last IP 2404:7C00:49:317D:4847:D2A7:5C99:7A4A (talk · contribs) who changed the articles. Can you help please! -- 👤Raju💌 13:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Raju Babu, thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to get myself involved in any disputes right now. I would suggest you start a talk page section summarising what's been happening and inviting the IP to discuss it. You can leave talk page messages to the IP if they use one or a few IPs. And/or you can try to get their attention by reverting them and in making the revert, using the edit summary field to point to the discussion that you've started and inviting them to join. If after that it continues, you could ask the IP to be blocked or the page to be protected from IP editing. You could probably get the IP blocked after a couple more instances of edit warring even if you didn't do the due diligence, because it is easy to get an IP blocked, but I would not recommend it. It appears to me that they are working in good faith but simply mistaken. That is, if they are mistaken. It would help if the changes were supported by sourcing so a third party could verify who's right and who's wrong. Regards! — Usedtobecool ☎️ 15:18, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello @Usedtobecool! It feels great to be back on Wikipedia after my exams and some health issues. I couldn't focus much on my drafts and edits, but I'm ready to start working on them again, as you suggested last time. Regarding the redirect you created from one of my article "Dr. Om Foundation" to "Om Murti Anil," could you please remove it so I can continue working on the article?

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Precious

Five years!

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