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Architecture of the Song dynasty has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wow you changed your name! Greetings from Colombia. → Call me Razr Nation 06:40, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Yes, I did. I'm also not around here that much any more, as other hobbies (mainly TTRPGs) take up most of my time. Good to see you're doing alright! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Miller Center has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:07, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Eleven years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. (sorry, missed it last year due to the name change) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:08, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Fram (talk) 16:11, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bravo on completing whatever set Weberbauerella raimondiana was a part of. jengod (talk) 19:48, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jengod. I'm an admin over on Commons and someone nominated an image from an open access journal for deletion, not realizing it was correctly freely licensed, and that's how I discovered that there's a trove of freely licensed plant photos available. I've been uploading images from other articles in that journal whenever I have time. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:59, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Niiiice. Finding a good source opens up so many possibilities sometimes. Anyway thanks again and congrats. jengod (talk) 20:03, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Squirrel Conspiracy, Yesterday, you blocked my Wikimedia Commons account without any specifics or rationale. Perhaps there's a reason there, but all that's written is "Spamming".

As a linguistics researcher, involved in language development for over 85 different micro-languages, I take that quite personally. Can you go into some detail regarding what was consider spam? Andrew J Olson (talk) 18:46, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at your edits, it appeared to me that you were attempting to funnel traffic to websites you own, such as theyneedthebible.blogspot.com, through the inappropriate use of external links, and you were using your Commons uploads as part of that attempt. If you disagree with this assessment, you can request an unblock on your Commons user talk page. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:32, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, I am new to wikipedia and I am interested in improving an article, Bali Aga. However, it is being continually harassed by sockpuppets of the user YilevBot, and you recently rolled back the article to remove their additions of copyvio images. Their (checkuser confirmed) sockpuppets recently readded images that are most likely copyvio, but I don't have any defininitive proof of them being copyvio and would like to know if I need proof to revert the edits, as well as what would constitute reasonable proof if necessary.

Also in general, many of the sockpuppet's low quality and misinformed contributions get through on that page. I think they harm the article greatly, but I do not want to contribute to an edit war reverting them. What do you think is reasonable for me to do as a new user to deal with this issue?

Thank you very much for your service to Wikipedia. After looking through your user contributions, I find it very reassuring that people like you are here to help maintain Wikipedia, and keep it in line with its purpose. 似た牌愛魔 (talk) 15:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI that you can change what templates like {{user and pronouns}} show by changing the "Gender used in messages" option in Special:Preferences. Cheers Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 21:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I went looking and missed it. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:48, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello there. As we're preparing to move from one stage to the next, this is just a quick note from one member of the test group to another, wishing you well in the process of this new alternative to RfA. It seems that there are more of us in this group than some in the community anticipated, so i hope that doesn't make the experience any the worse for all of us. Whatever our individual results, i thank you, along with the rest, for stepping up and testing this process; happy days, ~ Lindsay^Hello 07:16, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All the best with your candidacy for adminship. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 13:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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i add the "Ruben Sim" profile picture, which is ai and it was flagged as a copyvio. so i want to ask how do ai images work as in copyright. i am a new user and i don't want to make the same mistake againc

cheers 1timeuse75 (talk) 19:53, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]