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Sorry for my headlong promotion at DYK, I hope you have a relaxing holiday weekend. Bruxton (talk) 20:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Don't give it a thought, many of us have made very similar well-intentioned errors! You have a great holiday weekend too! Valereee (talk) 23:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

December: story · music · places

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. - I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

And to you, Gerda! Valereee (talk) 11:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

❄️ Happy holidays! ❄️

Hi Valereee! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. I always appreciate your insights and contributions. Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!

Cheers,
{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk

Solstice Celebration for Valereee, 2023, DALL·E 3.

(View full series)

Note: The vibes are winter solsticey. If you're in the southern hemisphere, oops, apologies.

{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:09, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Sdkb, wow, I just paged through the whole series, what a cool idea! And thank you for your kind words, Happy Holidays to you also! Valereee (talk) 12:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, Valereee! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 15:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

On 25 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christmas horror, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an early example of the genre of Christmas horror is A Christmas Carol, published in 1843? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christmas horror. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Christmas horror), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs: autotrophs use light, carbon dioxide, and water to form oxygen and organic compounds, mainly through the process of photosynthesis (green arrow). Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Carbon source (biology) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Online encyclopedia • International trade law Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 December 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Hi, you mentioned "Have to agree with the argument that "is a convicted felon" is an imprecise label;"

just a heads up, letting you know the short description still says "convicted felon"

thanks 84.247.97.4 (talk) 01:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your suggestions!!!! You triggerred a lot of engagement and explanation. I will not use "blindly reverted" any more. I had meant it to mean "fully reverted without any edits" as opposed to "Re-editted" (Basically contrasting somebody telling me "You can't write that" vs "You should have written it this way") but I will just say "reverted with not edits" from now on. --Bertrc (talk) 01:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey, @Bertrc, I'm glad you found it helpful. FTR, I didn't think you were intentionally assuming bad faith; communicating via text is difficult, and it's especially tricky when we're at a contentious topic, and as I've said the learning curve here is pretty steep. FWIW, Nakba has 177 watchers, 39 of whom visited recent edits. That's a good indication there are eyes on it, so the fact you aren't seeing others chiming in doesn't mean no one is paying attention, and I can pretty much guarantee that on this topic, there are folks with very diverse opinions watching. It looks like that article has been undergoing major work, and the editor doing most of it is not rejecting the content you want to add, just saying he's still working. He's a pretty meticulous researcher, this subject is in his wheelhouse, and you've raised this issue with him. Circle back in a month or so. Valereee (talk) 04:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

No, you were right. By this point I was not assuming good faith. Honestly, I still am not -- When somebody asks you to leave an article, it smacks of "owning" the page -- but Levivich thanked me when I said I was stepping out of it, so who knows? I appreciate those numbers you provided; they make me feel less guilty about not having the dedication or energy to keep trying to work towards a solution. I do miss my younger days when I could keep carving, editting and refining as the discussions go back-and-forth. However, nobody else bothered to comment on the issue, itself, so maybe I've been wrong, or, if there was intercommunal violence before the Nakba but nobody else cares enough to get involved then I don't need to feel bad about leaving it, either. --Bertrc (talk) 12:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

I do understand why that would feel OWNy, but in general when someone is doing a major overhaul, and that person is in general someone we know to be highly experienced on the project, expert in the topic, and well-intentioned, we'd like to give them room to show us what it is they intend to do, rather than insisting they give any one issue priority while they're actively working on other portions of the article. You can set yourself a W-ping for a month from now. And again, don't assume that because others aren't commenting that no one cares. It's much more likely that they're giving that editor the room for now. Valereee (talk) 13:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Sure. And, even if I am no longer assuming good faith, I shouldn't let that creep into my comments!!  :-) Heh, w-ping'ing is way more involvement than I am up for but I really do appreciate all this! Thanks --13:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC) Bertrc (talk) 13:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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I'v sent before another message with material and another today to ask if you've received it? Will you be able to advise, and just let me know for now if you have received it? אומנות (talk) 19:44, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, busy time here, family home for the holidays. I'll go looking for them. Valereee (talk) 09:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Sure I understand and I hope you enjoy the holiday season!! Just had a feeling it got lost there, and while I was afraid to bother-nag you again here, I'm glad to know there was indeed a confusion per my passionate name for music and nature there haha, and sorry for this. Thank you very much! :-) אומנות (talk) 10:28, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, if you often feel like your emails get ignored, that might be the reason. I figured those were spam, didn't even bother to open them. Valereee (talk) 11:10, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, yeah the box there automatically associated it with my YT account, and sorry I just responded yesterday as again some health and pain issues... with this wanna make sure again you saw my message from yesterday, I addressed your explanations and ask there something more. And anyhow, to thank you here as well for your advice and help. I wish you a happy and tasty new year, as I see you love food subjects 🙂אומנות (talk) 18:11, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick and another kind message there now, replied there now too. אומנות (talk) 20:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Before archived; I currently wanna leave my YT-address account so keeps delivered as that "music nature". So, notifying I sent something yesterday (besides the links 2 days ago). And I understand what you meant, I just shared last general-feels to explain and sharpen difficulties, dis-attached from the commentary-clean links for the specific issue + 2 last policies questions for now I wish to learn, to satisfy your guidance and the rules. Thank you. And again, a happy new year. אומנות (talk) 14:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Answered your concern, and have a query of my own, which I'll raise separately, after. אומנות (talk) 16:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach. Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Antacid Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fish slice • Carbon source (biology) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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FYI, in some of their first article space edits after you blocked them from Talk:Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory and Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, XMcan is trying to remove a mention of the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory from James A. Lindsay. MrOllie (talk) 19:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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Visualization of one newton of force Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Newton (unit) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Shovel • Antacid Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 January 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

I've been working on a draft proposal over here – as always, if you had any thoughts on how to make it better, I'd be interested :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

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As requested, here is the [[19]]. Andrzejbanas (talk) 01:21, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, not enough coffee yet...that seems to be a diff to my question? Valereee (talk) 10:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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