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History lesson on lists

When did we start officially encouraging sources for lists?

I'm pretty sure that, several years ago, I saw an old version of a guideline that said lists (not just dab pages, but ordinary 'List of films made in this country' type lists) should not cite sources. I can't find it now. Does anyone else remember this? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:26, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Yukky things

Welp, inspired by your yukky things I tried to ask for an edit of lede in Hernán Cortés about a woman who "bore his first son" to make the language less sexist, but was preciously ignored. Well, at least I tried. Ellegony (talk) 11:59, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

DeadbeefBot

I didn't remember the notice at the top of the talk page, so I just left you a ping and got occupied with other stuff. A proper notification this time :) Would appreciate your feedback on this. (You can find a more detailed summary of the edits the bot made during the trial here) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 12:28, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

CCI update

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Sennecaster (Chat) 02:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for your work there, and best wishes for whatever you do! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Cataract surgery

Hello, friendly talk page stalkers. I wonder if a few of you would comment at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Cataract surgery/archive1. This article is relevant to anyone who is old, who knows someone who is old, or who hopes to be old in the future. It averages 20K page views a month, which means that having the best article we can is important to the world.

If you're not up for a full review, then please do a partial review. Even having someone post something like "I read the ==Section== and I didn't understand ____" would be helpful. Thanks for considering my request, WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:14, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Nice try...

Special:Diff/1217122704 here but I'm still not going to get involved. Especially now that there are calls to put "holocaust denier" in the lead of a BLP.. that's just not worth the stress I'd endure dealing with it. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I typed a long response and then deleted it; I am still reeling from loss of soul-sisters, and still don't feel ready to comment here. (With apologies to all whose talk posts and well wishes I haven't yet responded to since December losses.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I did not mean to drag you down. I just don't have the energy to deal with that level of POV-ness. My own life is busy/hectic/stressed/depressing-at-times enough that I just don't need the stress. Do not want to drag you further down - I know you're dealing with much of the same. (hugs) Ealdgyth (talk) 15:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Ealdgyth you didn't drag me down at all ... I was threatening to take another road trip to see you, except I just spent two weeks on the road and am struggling to catch up on my other volunteer gigs, and I was reminiscing about how it feels to have lost friends in real life relative to the loss of our group of strong women on Misplaced Pages. It was good to hear from a soul sister who sees how crazy it has gotten in here, and I 'spose those of our friends who left long ago had good sense. Your feedback was validating as I miss my lost friends. I just feel badly that I don't have words for everyone who has reached out. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Well, if you wanted to road trip this weekend, we'd be out on the road to the inlaws to see the eclipse. That is, if we can get the hubby home in time.. it's been wild. Ealdgyth (talk) 01:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Venezuelan politics opened

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Cheesy AOL ding here!

Not sure if you got my email there. Been on holiday with the family for the last week, and won't be back editing for another couple of days. Should be able to respond at Rowling's article towards the end of the week. Sideswipe9th (talk) 00:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Whew, that's a relief. I have not had time to check my email. After two weeks of travel, catching up on what little I could from iPad in the car ('til I lost battery), then serious few days of work once back at home and then to catch up on my other volunteer jobs before surgery tomorrow ... I am still not back in the saddle, still not sure I really want to be back in here, but relieved to know that you are well! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:56, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Prostate cancer at FAC

Hi Sandy, glad to see you're back. Just wanted to let you know that prostate cancer is currently at FAC (here), thanks in no small part to your efforts. It has received plenty of feedback there, so there's no immediate need for you to give more of your limited time. Of course, if you have feedback big or small, positive or negative, you're welcome to share it. Once this FAC is through, I'll plan to launch another this spring/summer. Probably dracunculiasis if I can wrap up my to-do list. Breast cancer at some point after, to balance out prostate cancer. Not trying to add to your to-do list, but rather wanted to thank you for pushing me in this direction, and for your ever-useful feedback on articles. Cheers. Ajpolino (talk) 16:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Once again, we can thank the awesome Hog Farm for doing a layperson review on a medical article :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

It's true, we don't deserve him :) Ajpolino (talk) 19:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

That particular problem was the beginning of my disappointment with FAC :) Since I've reviewed hundreds of articles on topics of little interest to me, I still can't understand why we can't buy a medical review, at least just for a jargon check, and am so grateful for Hog Farm. I vowed to stay away from FAC forever more, but then here you are, and I can't refuse you either !!! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Prostate cancer FAC wrapped. Launched dracunculiasis. Realized the feedback you gave on it was from August 2022 (time flies!) and figured I shouldn't sit on it any longer. Sadly, not much new literature on the topic since we last discussed it. Anyway, no pressure to comment there, just wanted to let you know; I mentioned you in the nom. statement, but I try not to ping you per your message at the top of this page. Ajpolino (talk) 20:26, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Best Wishes

Best wishes for a continuing recovery. Robert McClenon (talk) 11:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Robert McClenon thanks ! I am already pretty much recovered, and I'll get biopsy results tomorrow when the sutures come out, but the doc has already stated he's confident it's not malignant, and I'm sure if something negative had surfaced they would have called :) So for now, it's only the inconvenience of the location of the sutures that impedes typing, which should be resolved tomorrow. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:11, 22 April 2024 (UTC)