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Hi there, after lurking through current GA nominations, I realized that one of them, Penang, was previously invalidated roughly a year ago as it was self-nominated and passed with the use of sockpuppets, who edited exclusively on Penang and Penang-related articles, including on George Town, Penang, which was also delisted for identical reasons.

While it is indeed true that these cases will not prevent a future nomination at some point in the future via an independent GA review, the fact that the current nominator is a fresh account created only about a month or so ago that is *also* exclusively editing on Penang and Penang-related articles in an identical manner (including George Town, Penang among others) seems oddly quick, suspicious and convenient. With their edits, it seems like they also intend to put George Town, Penang up for GAN as well after Penang gets re-passed as a GA. What do you think? 1.226.202.75 (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas, BlueMoonset! Wishing you Season's Greetings and a Happy Winter Solstice! As the year comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation for your dedicated efforts on Wikipedia and extend heartfelt thanks for your assistance throughout the years. May the holiday season bring you and your loved ones abundant joy, good health, and prosperity.

RV (talk) 09:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I guess the good news is we at least got them talking to each other :-) RoySmith (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year. I've had a look through your talk archive as to why you can't promote preps to queue yourself. I hear what you say but suggest that it's possible to use the tools in that one (DYK) area of the 'pedia only. Whilst some experience the RfA process itself as stressful, I reckon you'd have a chance of getting 100% support (unless there are skeletons somewhere that I'm not aware of). Happy to chat offline if you wish; my email is open. Schwede66 19:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Schwede66, thank you for the expression of confidence. I'm simply not interested in becoming an admin, which I know will prove stressful to me—not the RfA, but the everyday. As you will have seen, people do occasionally try to recruit me for admin ranks here, most recently in January 2023. While I'm honored, I haven't changed my mind, and this past year has had my lowest level of Wikipedia activity yet. I'm happy with what I'm able to do now, keeping track of things around DYK and working to help various areas move more smoothly. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:07, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are doing a very fine job indeed. In my books, with 1748 edits during 2023, you are not a "low activity" editor, but I do acknowledge that you had higher edit counts in years prior. Personally, I find mopping at DYK a totally stress-free experience. On few occasions, I've been "yelled at" at ITN. Editors often don't like it when you read them the riot act, but any admin could choose to simply not go there. Be it as it may, it's of course your choice.

If you do experience stress and it's caused by another editor being unreasonable or worse, please consider reaching out to me. I may weigh in if I think it appropriate. Schwede66 21:29, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Schwede66; I appreciate the offer. My stress levels around DYK are virtually non-existent, and have been for some years, but they weren't always—there was a period where things were toxic on the DYK talk page, and is part of why I gave up building prep sets. (There was also someone else then who was later identified as a sock who made things pretty miserable and got away with a lot of crap; it was a relief when they were finally blocked.) Should something particularly untoward occur in future, I'll let you know. I hope you're having a happy new year! BlueMoonset (talk) 23:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi BlueMoonset! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Nagol0929 (talk) 00:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi BlueMoonset! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]