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Thanks for the greeting! -SmolBrane (talk) 16:31, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Laplorfill (talk) 07:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the discussion at the podcast talk page—and this is a post about process, not inclusion of content:

• Please keep your general arguments to the section you titled "First-ever emergency podcast” is not DUE???". That is a regular talk page section, and you can make whatever comment you want as long as it's on the topic of improving the article.
• The RfC is for community response. Responding to others' objections is totally acceptable, but not responding to your own RfC. You did this at least twice, in the posts that start "Yes, Yes, Yes, Maybe" and "I am surprised at the lack of input for this Vital article." That was my point in my last comment. UpdateNerd (talk) 06:34, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback; I am not seeing this reflected by WP:RFCBRIEF, which says “If you have lots to say on the issue, give and sign a brief statement in the initial description and publish the page, then edit the page again and place additional comments below your first statement and timestamp.” I can't find a policy that says I can't reply to my own RfC. SmolBrane (talk) 22:41, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Editors are expected to treat each other with respect and civility. On this encyclopedia project, editors assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not appear to do at Talk:The Joe Rogan Experience. Here is Wikipedia's welcome page, and it is hoped that you will assume the good faith of other editors and continue to help us improve Wikipedia! Thank you very much! Doug Weller talk 18:43, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cite a diff, please. SmolBrane (talk) 18:58, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your statement here that "This isn't a 'Vital" argument(sic) in the normal sense of the word, someone simply nominated it at the lowest level of the 50,000 that should have a Feature Article. Frankly I think that there are many more important articles than this one" is not a collaborative one, and it is WP:TENDENTIOUS. We are here to build an encyclopedia. SmolBrane (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Re your response above: Not collaborative? WP:TENDENTIOUS? And implying that Doug Weller isn't here to build an encyclopedia? I'm not sure if you're trying for some sort of irony by replying with such super-assumptions of bad faith to an actual warning that you need to assume good faith, or if you're just being clueless. In any case, you have been blocked for 48 hours for egregious and repeated bad-faith assumptions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen | tålk 20:40, 18 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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I noticed that you've tagged me on an admins page stating that I'm "doing shenanigans again"? Who even are you?

When you have a problem with an edit, it's not resolved by tattling to your daddy admin on his talk page, especially when Wiki guidelines haven't been violated. Welcome to Wikipedia small brain, the name suits you. Good to know you have at least some self-awareness. ChicagoWikiEditor (talk) 18:21, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The admin in question reverted you last time you removed this sourced material from this article. Don't edit war, and don't label content editing as minor. (I do regard self-awareness as a virtue so thank you) SmolBrane (talk) 19:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to let you know I went ahead and revised the draft of Lex Fridman and published it anyway. CaffeinAddict (talk) 15:59, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that, thanks for the efforts; how were you able to do that, and is it likely to be reverted? SmolBrane (talk) 18:15, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not in my mind - but if you could help improve the article with reliable sources that would help. Right now I'm having a hard time finding other kinds of sourcing because so much of what he does is centred around YouTube. CaffeinAddict (talk) 05:24, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] and pdf, you might be interested in this --Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:08, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, I haven't had time to review this carefully but it doesn't sound good! SmolBrane (talk) 17:09, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I did run this Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#RfC_closure_review_request_at_Talk:COVID-19_pandemic#RFC_on_current_consensus_#14 Please feel free to comment. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 05:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to remain participatory @Jtbobwaysf:, I don't allocate much time to wiki and as I'm sure you know, these discussions can be time consuming. SmolBrane (talk) 17:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, me too. I have reduced my time a bit as well. Wikipedia gets more and more entrenched over the years and is less fun to edit, or maybe I have changed (hard to say). Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 23:14, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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YouTube and random blogs are not reliable sources. Please also convert your citations from bare URLs to full citations. Thanks.

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C F A 💬 04:18, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SafariScribe were:

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This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of films). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Notability shouldn't be inherited. Almost, of not all the sources are unreliable. Familiarize yourself with the guide to finding reliable sources.

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