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Your GA nomination of Ged Nash

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I did mean to comment again about ElectionsIreland.org, but forgot -- it's OK if you want to leave it in, but if you do have other sources that you can cite instead that might be better. Or if you're confident that further review would mean it can be considered fully reliable, that's fine too. I also wanted to say that if you nominate anything else and are looking for a reviewer, let me know; I'd be happy to review another of yours -- this one was painless! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. I checked to see if I could find a county council source for the elections but regrettably a lot of their stuff isn't online from that era. Much appreciated re the further review, glad to have spared you the pain! ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:06, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bernie Moreno Edit/Undo

I hope that I'm putting this in the proper place, as I don't often respond to other Wiki users. Yesterday, I had changed something on Bernie Moreno's page, and in doing so, I made an inadvertent mistake. I changed the terminology of a particular word, but I also changed it in the context of a quote, and that was my error. However, you reverted both changes, noting that the word was used in the source. I wanted to stop by to note that the word was improperly used in the source. The women being discussed were not necessarily mothers, and the author had no way to know if hypothetical women were mothers or not. Therefore, the term that should be utilized is women, and that's why I changed it. I don't think that we should repeat the mistakes of a source. Jmg999 (talk) 18:58, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Jmg999:, sorry for the late response - got this notification and forgot totally. I'm not firmly set on the phrasing of "mother", mostly just saw the quote being changed and thought it'd be best to represent what the source says. Plus pretty much all of the terminology I've ever seen refers to the "mother's life" rather than the woman's life. For future reference, you'd be as well raising this on the article talk page though - other editors may have thoughts on it. Thanks, ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 17:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good Morning, @Ser!,

Thank you for your response, and thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I agree w/ you that the term "mother" or "mother's life" is often used, but I think that it's a mistake made by the media, since they're assuming facts not in evidence. I'll change the term on Moreno's page again, and if anyone has issue, I'll make certain to discuss it on the page's talk page. Thanks, again! Jmg999 (talk) 18:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean "If this happen"?

Did I write something wrong on Peggy Flanagan's article that is not we are not to suppose write it?

How would you write it that is not if this happen? 50.91.26.176 (talk) 14:29, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The issue wasn't with your writing, it's with putting content about "if X happens, Y will happen" in the lede; it just doesn't seem overly significant that it could happen. If she becomes governor then it probably will be, but until then it falls into WP:CRYSTAL territory IMO. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 14:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When do you think it would be a good time to put the edit back? 50.91.26.176 (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If Walz is elected and Flanagan is now officially in line to become governor, I'd say then. But this is only my opinion, so do feel free to raise this on the talk page if you disagree. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 20:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who would be lieutenant governor if Peggy Flanagan was a governor? I was thinking Mohamud Noor. 50.91.26.176 (talk) 21:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with Minnesota's politics, so your guess is as good as mine... ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 21:21, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bret Baier, info

Hi Ser!, since I am not that familiar with WP:ONUS, user FMSky "reverted" on Okt. 30, 2024 an important passage concerning Bret Baiers career, just by arguing "unnotable". I put the issue on the discussion page. Would you please have an eye on that? Thanks a lot. Peter Christian Riemann (talk) 11:43, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Peter Christian Riemann:, I see you've left a message on the article's talk page. Your best course of action would be to ping FMSky underneath it and get a discussion going about the content, where other editors can chime in. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 16:38, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eastern Cow

Eat fish you butt! you are probably some 20000 year old woman frog in south detroit. stop commenting on my posts, i am using facts, also don't put your pronouns on your talk page, it is maddening. also do i pronounce your name ( s-ee-r-ee) like the commonly used AI siri or like ( s-ur-ee). it is honestly maddening when someone doesn't say how to pronounce their name when they meet someone. also i will say that you are being smart mouthed by a 12 year old. but you are undignified to give me a complaint. i also want the $1,000,000 that you said that i would get, Seri. also are u sure that you are irish, because i'm pretty sure that i am talking to an old indian woman, also could you import some fresh potatoes to 1612 east gaylon Dr. tempe AZ, I would love some fresh Irish potatoesto go into my Irish stew also I've always wanted to ask this question to someone that is irish, do you like corned cabbage, and beef for christmas, because corned beef and cabbage is my all time favorite meal, and you should eat poached eggs, they are so good. bye now. Eastern cow (talk) 21:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yknow I’d usually get rid of these messages but this gave me a chuckle, thanks! ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 23:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page jaguar) It breaks my heart every single time I see the career of a promising new editor derailed by scandal and intrigue. What could have been... Remsense ‥ 论 23:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Website names

Hi Ser! Good work checking the candidates against Returning Officer websites. It's something to finalise between today, with nominations closing, and Monday, with an opportunity for withdrawals. ROs natiobally will probably publish their final lists early next week. A small observation on the references you added: Template:Cite web says that for the website parameter, "website: Title of website (when the website has a clear name, use that rather than the domain name)", so a title in these instances should probably be "Cork County Returning Officer", rather than "corkcountyreturningofficer.com". Iveagh Gardens (talk) 07:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I’ve just been using the autofill cite - will note for future editing. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 10:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Query on your methods

Hello Ser! Per your comment at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Paul Gosling, could you enlighten me how you were able to find so many newspapers.com sources? Does this require a subscription? Thank you! starship.paint (talk / cont) 13:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Starship.paint, yeah certainly. Most of my research has come from WP:The Wikipedia Library, which has a bunch of brilliant resources with news coverage from years past. The website I usually use is Newspapers.com, which requires a subscription but as part of TWL you can put in a request for database access - check out WP:Newspapers.com for more on that. A lot of sources (particularly on darts players) are available on there that can’t be found online, which helps my research a lot. Best, ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 14:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the help, Ser! I will have to reevaluate my AfD votes once I have gotten access to this tool. starship.paint (talk / cont) 14:12, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. For what it's worth I've had a look through at a few of the AfDs and found sources for some but not gotten around to voting as I wasn't swayed one way or another, but I'll keep having a look through whenever I get a chance. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 14:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Gosling

Hello, Ser!,

I guess you decided to close this AFD but you didn't do so correctly. The archived discussion is not correctly formatted, you haven't removed the AFD tag from the article or put the appropriate notice on the article talk page. Please finish this closure. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My bad @Liz:. I think I've done it right this time. Will leave to the professionals in future. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 10:41, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]