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A barnstar for you!

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	For your work on "Ask Me Again" at AFC (h/t the Teahouse). Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 08:12, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Is it appropriate to add to this article that a commenter on IMDb wrote "I keep my old VCR just so I can re-watch this" in 2020? Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

No. IMDb is not considered a reliable source, because it's a wiki. — Diannaa (talk) 14:32, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 15:43, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Artis Henderson has a new comment

I appreciate your help! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 09:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red

Hi there, Allthemilescombined1, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to see you intend to help us along with writers and physicians. You might find it useful to look through our Primer for guidance on women's biographies. Please let me know if you run into difficulties or need assistance.--Ipigott (talk) 09:21, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 22:26, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 21:14, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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AfC notification: Draft:Michael Beckerman (musicologist) has a new comment

Appreciate your comment, this is helpful. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 10:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Daniel-Ryan Spaulding has a new comment

Thank you! I made the changes. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you so much! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 21:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Rayne Rouce has a new comment

I've made the changes. Thank you so much! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 01:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! I added a couple more reviews - are we there yet? Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 02:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry @Allthemilescombined1, I just noticed this now and I don't have time to check - just dropping you a warning that when you reply to these template messages, we usually have no idea you've done that! You have to specifically ping the person you're replying to, since the AfC templates don't automatically subscribe us to the discussion. -- asilvering (talk) 23:54, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Asilvering Thank you. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 23:57, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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This page is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Misplaced Pages. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers NA This page does not require a rating on Misplaced Pages's content assessment scale.

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, and appreciation

Hello. I responded to a comment you made on WT:WIR and a few other editors pointed out that I might have been somewhat harsh, especially given you were a new editor. I took a look and - you are a new editor, of only three months! And yet - you've done absolutely amazing work in those three months, multiple well written articles, and even getting blocked! (Which may not seem like a desirable achievement, but is certainly an achievement! Especially in surviving it, and continuing to do good work!) Anyway, I would like to show a bit of appreciation for that excellent work, by way of welcome.

• I found and uploaded a free-licensed image for Laura Vanderkam and cropped it; if you believe the uncropped one would be better, please do use that one.

• uncropped
• cropped, in article

• Per your userpage request, I tried to track down Robert Bruce (actor) from "Ask Me Again", but suspect IMDB may have sent me down the wrong rabbit hole. It links "American Playhouse" Ask Me Again (TV Episode 1989) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb to Robert Bruce - IMDb, who seems to have been Robert Bruce | NZ On Screen. If this is him, he seems to have been an interesting person: Scot, New Zealander, Actor, Wrestler, Agent, Stuntman, Bodyguard ... if there are enough sources to make an article about him, it will be an amazing article. However, that makes me doubtful if this is him, since Nelson Rodker is supposed to be a nerd, right? Would a huge wrestler type have been cast as a nerd?

Anyway, the image is good, hope you like that one, and even more so hope you keep up the great work writing. Thank you. --GRuban (talk) 01:01, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@GRuban Many thanks for your kind words and all your help. The actor playing Nelson Rodker didn't sound Scottish, though of course that doesn't mean a thing. There must be some podcaster out there who would like to take on this challenge, right? Someone who loves Scrabble... Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 02:29, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 17:01, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 23:31, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

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Selfstudier (talk) 09:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Enough now. This is a warning to cease and desist with the WP:ASPERSIONS and general unhelpfulness at the Zionism article. Selfstudier (talk) 16:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

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Draft:Sabeeha Rehman

Hi Allthemilescombined1 -- You asked for feedback at WiR on this; not sure what aspect you are concerned about? Some quick off-the-cuff thoughts... The subject looks notable to me under WP:AUTHOR but you probably could make this more obvious for a reviewer (whether in AfC or NPP) by linking the book reviews more clearly. I'd divide it slightly differently, esp moving hospital executive into the earlier section -- the Career is best focused on the wiki-notable career as an author, not on other aspects. I'd also take hospital exec out of the lead. Generally op eds in newspapers don't contribute (much) to notability, and can put reviewers off a bit. (It's a common promotional gambit to list tonnes of these.) I'd slim these down to a few of the most prominent examples. The word "speaker" is also loaded with promotional overtones for reviewers and you might like to remove this from the lead too. List the books that have multiple reviews in the lead with dates of publication and co-author. Hope this helps! Good luck! Espresso Addict (talk) 04:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

As an aside you do realise that it's completely ok to just move your creations to mainspace yourself? (Obligatory caveat: As long as you are not being paid to write them.) NPP can be harsh but it's generally a lot quicker than AfC. Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 04:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

And another one... I notice you are the editor who created Carol A. Carter -- I meant to thank the creating edit on that one, but hit the wrong line in the history. Anyway, thanks!, I read it with interest (used to work in the field of HIV). Glad you ignored the unhelpful comment at Teahouse on Carter's notability. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:25, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I think I'm an approval junkie. I want to make sure everything I move to mainspace is up to standards. But also there's an aspect of "look mom, I made this picture! Oh honey, it's so great!" (In Bossypants, Tina Fey makes her first picture in kindergarten, expecting praise like she gets at home, and the boy next to her rips it in half). I'll work on this latest draft with your comments in mind. Side point - you know who else has a beautiful smile, besides Carol A. Carter? Carol Ann Carter! With cool art stuff in the background. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 12:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

I think you have to run with Silence Equals Approval here or you go mad; there's so much bad content that needs fixing, people often neglect to praise the enormous effort that goes into creating decent content. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 02:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

And, oh, now I see what you mean on Carol Ann Carter; pity we can't get that image into the article -- I do think bios especially are greatly enhanced by an image but there are so rarely free ones to be had. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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Here are recent diffs of your additions that fail WP:DUE, WP:WEIGHT, WP:NPOV and WP:RELEVANCE being reverted by various editors: , , , and so on. Instead of addressing these reverts, you have re-added similar content in the same and other articles. Please stop doing this, as it is disruptive editing. If you want a particular piece of content added to a page, and it is challenged, seek consensus for it in talk. You have already been notified about this area being a WP:CTOP, so I won't repeat the earlier warning, but please keep this in mind when editing in future. Smallangryplanet (talk) 09:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I posted two separate requests on the talk page and pinged you. Hearing no response after a couple of days, and with no discussion for several days after my edits, I re-added the content. I would appreciate if you would start a discussion on talk before reverting my edits without any discussion, or ping me so I can discuss with you. I look forward to discussing the material, since we still haven't. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 11:37, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I did not receive a ping for either of these - I believe a ping only happens after an edit (as seems to have happened on those two talk page threads) if you create a new line (WP:PINGFIX). I'll answer on the talk page, but the tl;dr is that neither piece of information has anything to do with the article, which is not about Palestinian views or antisemitic incidents. Smallangryplanet (talk) 11:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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