Just noticed that you suddenly placed a retired template on your user page. Is everything fine with you? Maliner (talk) 19:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just a bit worried about your sudden decision. Nothing else. Maliner (talk) 19:53, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know it may seem sudden, but I've been thinking about this for a while now. I've lost interest in editing at large and don't see myself contributing any longer. I thank everyone who has ever helped me here. Who knows, I may return sometime to check in, but for now I'm retiring. I wish you all the best, Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 20:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please check your mail. Maliner (talk) 20:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had been hoping to review your synthesizer GAN soon, but I've been a bit bogged down in the weeds irl lately. Take care, maybe see you back some day. — Jon (talk) 11:17, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wow. I did not see that coming. Well, thank you for your service and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavo(u)rs. Godspeed. ^Queenof_Hearts 04:16, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's disheartening to see that you've left Wikipedia. :( — DreamRimmer (talk) 07:59, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I wish you all the best and hope you may come back one day.

(I realized that you sent me a Discord message about the WikiCup, but I never saw it. My apologies, I did not want you to think I was ignoring you.) – Epicgenius (talk) 23:32, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

We will miss you, and thank you for what you contributed. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seconding this, really sad to see you retire, your work during the NPP backlog drive and beyond was one of my motivations for getting more involved in Wikipedia. Wish you the best for your IRL endeavours :) Sohom (talk) 08:49, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 7 February 2024 (UTC) The image above, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Thank you for your post! - Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Hackaball you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Hackaball for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sohom Datta -- Sohom Datta (talk) 06:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I made a draft about Council of Ministers (Kurdistan Region) and my references were all from government website I don’t know why it got declined, can I get help? --RîzgarîKurdîstan (talk) 19:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
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		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: Prior to your recent retirement, you were nominated and accepted as an Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

On November 13, 2023 User:Prodraxis submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate Editor Schminnte for Editor of the Week. Schminnte is a wonderful content writer who mainly works on articles about music, with recognized work such as Blood on the Floor (Turnage), Scaramouche (Milhaud), Monotron and A (For 100 Cars). Schminnte is also active on maintenance tasks such as New Pages Patrol, CSD, AfC and vandalism reversion in addition to content work. Everything this editor does is top-notch, and I won't be shocked at all if they become an admin someday.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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It is only fitting that, in spite of your retirement, you receive this award as a recognition of your endeavors here at Wikipedia. Thanks again for your efforts! The clerks at Editor Retention and the nominator wish you well. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:57, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]