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Yes, welcome! I see you already found WP:WikiProject China—it's always wonderful to see a new editor in this space. Cheers! Remsense诉 20:50, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Brocade River Poems 20:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Jadwiga Maria Potocka

I was browsing cat:allprod and saw this. It’s rare that I approve of a PROD as strongly as this one (in fact I think the procedure should be banned for abuse as CSD and en bloc AfD suffice), but this page is useless.

In fact, it looks more like a quasi-hoax to me due to the multiple factual inconsistencies. Obviously there have been people that name (like the 19th century portrait sitter depicted there; by the way, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, the artist, died in 1867 IIRC 1873), but the article is pure fiction. Nice work spotting it.

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 22:20, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

But also, as you’re a relatively new editor, please please please be circumspect about using PROD. It’s not a good way to deal with many of the pages that end up there and we have too many experienced editors already who like to bend the rules. Again, thank you. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 22:25, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was strange that I couldn't find any factual evidence about the person or what information I found simply did not match with what was on the article. The chief reason I used PROD was it seemed like it wouldn't be controversial to delete it as the notification about lacking sources had been present since 2009 and I myself was unable to find any verifiable sources, and the article had been more or less untouched for awhile. I am unlikely to use PROD in the future, I understand your concerns. Brocade River Poems 22:26, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Also, regarding the portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, that appears to be an Hr.Jadwiga Branicka z Potockich. Siostra Hr. Pelagii Potockiej. Portret autorstwa Franca Xawera Winterhaltera(1805-1873) per this and this. It also aligns with this source that says he painted Jadwiga Branicka née Potocka. Brocade River Poems 22:40, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

About Thomas Lockley's article

Hello. New information has been brought to us regarding Lockley's article. I've sent the same information to a few people in case they haven't noticed. Please check the contents if you wish. https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Thomas_Lockley 153.248.52.69 (talk) 02:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

I mean this with the utmost sincereity and respect I can muster -- I do not care. The only reason I participated in that talk page was trying to help narrow down when exactly he taught and at which institution. When I could not find anything conclusive, I moved on. Brocade River Poems 04:30, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Gējì

I don't feel competent to offer an "official" third opinion, but from reading through the debate, it's clear to me that you have the right of it.

Just thought I'd offer some encouragement, since it looks like two different users decided to take issue with the "prostitutes" descriptor, heh—hopefully, a more-qualified user than I will be able to convince 'em.

Cheers,

Himaldrmann (talk) 09:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

The ironic part of this is that I am not advocating in any way for the inclusion of the word "Prostitute" on the article. The other editor keeps adding mentions of prostitutes. All I suggested is that the lead should represent what the reliable sources say, which is that geji sometimes had sex with their clients. At no point did I ever say that the word "prostitute" should be added. Brocade River Poems 20:37, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks! I chose to do Articles for Creation because I wasn't completely confident in just making an article myself. In theory, I figured others might be able to find some fault I might have overlooked during creation, and if so, that would be good for the encyclopedia. Brocade River Poems (She/They) 21:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

I just want to thank you for all the effort you put into the Yasuke article. I find it a scandal that your effort was used as evidence against you, and that you are assumed to be a gategamer because you are new and posted on the Yasuke thread. Your biggest mistake seems to have been being fair to people you disagree with. I found your translations helpful. Tinynanorobots (talk) 12:08, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

People can say what they wish about me. It is what it is. In the end, it's not worth the headache dealing with everything involved with that article any longer. I suppose if both sides of the dispute hate me as belonging to the other camp, it must be a testament to my neutrality. My involvement began because a singular editor's translation work was being held up as the definitive article, and I knew sayamaki had multiple possible meanings. Had I been a smarter woman, I'd of ended my involvement there. Any future activity I engage in on Misplaced Pages will remain confined to that which I enjoy, nothing more, and nothing less, and hopefully there won't be so much in the way of drawing battlelines. Brocade River Poems (She/They) 08:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Oh, I'm not disappointed at all. I didn't make the article, I just tried to fix it. I cannot, however, find anything substantial about the person the article is about. I was originally going to suggest the article be deleted, but it was moved to draftspace before I could propose it should be deleted. There is no real significant coverage of the person's life, worse yet is that the secondary sources that discuss the person indicate that they're either highly exaggerated at best or completely fictional at worst. Brocade River Poems (She/They) 21:57, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for all your efforts (and patience!) in cleaning up the article Geji. John B123 (talk) 22:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Kindly requesting you self-revert

Hi, and hope you're doing well. May I kindly ask you please revert your tagging of socks at Special:Diff/1248123590 and Special:Diff/1248123963? From the first bullet point under Misplaced Pages:Dealing with sockpuppets#What NOT to do: Do not place tags on their talk or user pages. There are a number of different tags that can be used, and often there are reasons why tags shouldn't be used. Thank you! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 14:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay. I had seen it done elsewhere and assumed it was just a typical thing to do. Done and done. Brocade River Poems (She/They) 20:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

That said, I am slightly confused because WP:SOCKTAG said Tag the sockmaster's user page – Unless otherwise directed, the sockmaster needs to be tagged, if it has not already been done. and Appropriately tag the sock puppet's user page – Unless otherwise directed to, the sock puppet needs to be tagged, if it has not already been done. which gives the impression that they need to be tagged? Brocade River Poems (She/They) 20:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)