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A quiz:

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Spammers, friends and critics can't agree -- is User:A. B.:

A. "She (because clearly she's a bitch) is just doing her thing up in New Jersey. No one likes you, mother of three. No one." [1][2]
B. "Worst of all this user is very offensive to females." [3]
C. A stalker "from birmgingham england." [5]
D. A "lesbian feminazi."[6][7] … wearing her "undies in a bunch?" [8]
E. A "robot." [9][10][11]
F. Hiding a pornographic fire-parrot in Wikipedia's sandbox.[12]
G. Living in Minnesota, USA.[13]
H. Canadian, eh? [14] Tamil, no?[15]
I. A Yankee?[16] A Tennesseean?[17] A Yankee and a "Kerry freak"?[18]
J. In the American Air Force or maybe the Navy[19]
K. Just stupid.[20]
L. A kid sitting on a bean bag chair in Mom's basement eating Cheetos
M. A mom with a kid in the basement living on Cheetos
N. All of the above.
O. None of the above.
P. Somedays one, somedays another.

You decide.

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I thought you were still an admin.

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I hope you plan to come back. I too went inactive in 2014 and came back in 2017. There had been some changes and I needed to relearn some things and I had to redefine how I work on Wikipedia, but I'm glad I came back. best -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:46, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Deepfriedokra. I was away probably a decade and I had to learn about the subtle changes that had occurred. I'd like to be an admin again but I honestly don't think I'd want to go through an 2024 RfA -- they've become ridiculously grueling since my RfA (86/0/0). Also, I doubt many people are active that remember me as an admin.
Anyway, I'm very much back (other than 4 months earlier this year for an emergency) --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 03:08, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
cool -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 03:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You should try the admin elections if they have another round. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this! You two are making my day! --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 03:24, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yo A. B., further to the above, candidate sign up is on 9 July and runs a week. Good luck! —Fortuna, imperatrix 12:42, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've thought about it but I'm going away on vacation and will be out of touch. I'm flattered, though.
I'll definitely consider it for the next round. —A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 13:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC) A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 13:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Swung by to have a look at your xtools in light of the recent recall discussion, since I know you're one of the inactive admins who returned, but not to admin activity (the only one I know of actually, are you aware of anyone else?), immediately distracted by this thread. If you're not running this go around, you might want to put yourself up for WP:ORCP to see if anyone digs up any dirt. The five-month break between this election and the next would probably be long enough to convince people you'd taken whatever it was under advisory, if so, so probably better to do it now and get that part of the angst out of the way. -- asilvering (talk) 16:09, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll#A. B.: July 4, 2025 --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 18:59, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An encouragement

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Hey, it's been a bit since I've run into you on the project, but I figured now was as good a time as any to reiterate my belief that you would be a good candidate for reacquiring the mop. If you ever are interested in considering admin duties again, I'd love to support you as much as possible. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:14, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm flattered -- thanks! A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 15:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll#A. B.: July 4, 2025. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 19:01, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Me, too. Liz Read! Talk! 21:26, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Glibert Lopez Prod

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Hi, just wanted to share the situation as to why there was a PROD on this article that you removed... its related to a series of COI editing by the article creator (under discussion here) and follows a pattern of other articles created by them that have been deleted at AfD. I didn't want to take it to AfD to rehash all the above, but wanted give an you an explanation about why I put the PROD on there, despite there being coverage on this individual. Nayyn (talk) 14:54, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the Gilbert Lopez edit history and wondered about a COI since there was a single editor, but normally those involve platitudes, not negative news. I was unaware of the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Persistent COI editing by Mediascriptor, cross Wiki
Even had I been aware, I wouldn't have factored the COI issue into my consideration. We delete articles based on their suitability for Wikipedia, not the motivations of the article's editor (except for articles started by previously banned editors). WP:DINC: "Deletion ≠ cleanup. So I evaluated the PROD based on your comment:
  • "Psuedo biography, only discusses case or criminal activity not biography of individual themselves."
To me, the question was based on our policy:
So I thought the community should decide the suitability of this article, not just one editor and an admin. Or me. (Typically, admins going through PRODs move fast and just look to see that nominations don't violate policy; they assume the 7-day period means multiple other editors implicitly agree with the PROD.) I thought your reasoning had merit but that others might disagree: that's why I recommended AfD in my edit summary:
  • "Remove PROD. Lots of press coverage. I suggest WP:AFD if you still want to delete."
--A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 16:25, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicole Rajoharison

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I actually fully support the statement you removed. This argument of WP:NEXIST has come up time and time again in athlete AfDs in recent months, people saying there are sources without providing evidence. One editor who was recycling this argument in AfDs has now stopped. LibStar (talk) 04:44, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually they were stopped after an admin brought the issue to ANI as being disruptive in AfDs. LibStar (talk) 04:47, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for telling me this, LibStar. I haven't been involved in many sports AfDs so I didn't know about this problem. I understand where these people are coming from-- you expect there to be some sort of coverage at least in some super-local newspaper but nobody's providing references. It's only when you dig for references yourself that you realize they're not to be found.
Looking back on my childhood days as a rabid sports fan, I recall lots of coverage of the leading players on my favorite team but nothing about the others. If I flew to Madagascar and holed up in the Antananarivo public library, I doubt I'd find anything about Nicole Rajoharison in the archives other than statistics and some school newspaper articles.--A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:34, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note for the record -- this is the aforementioned edit: [21]
--A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:18, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recent AfD Reply

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Hey, I saw the reply you tried to give in the Nicole Rajoharison AfD, and I wanted clarify that it isn't you who I'm taking issue with. Sure, I disagree with you often, but I think you generally engage in good-faith, respectful discussion. I realize I got a little too soapboxy there, and while I stand by what I said, I probably should have taken it to the talk pages of the specific users who I believe are abusing the system. I disagree with your stance on how much time is appropriate to allot to finding sources, but I wanted to make sure I let you know that I don't have beef with you. I find it upsetting that while it took maybe 10 minutes of WP:BEFORE to nominate Kozo Kinomoto for deletion, it took me probably around 3-4 hours to find enough sources to demonstrate that there are enough out there to establish notability, but that's really just the nature of the process I suppose. I do know you agreed with me in that case, and that you aren't just trying to indiscriminately throw everything into the shredder, which is the issue I have with some editors. I'm sorry if my comment offended you. It was not meant to be directed at you, and was probably in the wrong forum. Best Wishes – Ike Lek (talk) 06:04, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No offense taken! Thanks for caring so much about our content and readers.--A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:20, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note for the record -- this is the aforementioned edit: [22]
--A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:21, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not going to remove the tags again, but please see Wikipedia:Tagging_pages_for_problems#Too_many_tags. NPOV and Peacock are somewhat similar, so there is no point in having both. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 03:33, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Exodus Wallet tag

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@A. B. Hi there. I saw a tag you placed on an article I created for Exodus saying there may have been undisclosed payments. Please look at my talk page and see that I already worked with senior editors like Caleb Stanford and Pythoncoder and explained that I have no connection with the company - just my interest in cryptocurrency. Then Caleb helped me edit the draft accordingly and he edited himself as well. If there's anything that you think isn't neutral, please guide me on how to fix it, I'll appreciate it big time! Noobx9000 (talk) 17:48, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kayla Barnes-Lentz

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@A. B. There is a similar tag you placed on Kayla's draft. Again, there is zero connection with Kayla - I wish it were true and I got paid lol. Since I'm comparatively new to Wikipedia (about a year), what I do is that I try to find people that are already notable yet don't have a draft. I then create their pages - this helps in adding credibility to my profile (having published pages under my belt). I have only been able to create 2 pages as of yet and would appreciate any help I can get from you. Please understand that I am trying hard to build my profile and then such tags are a bummer :/

I'd love to work under your guidance. Please help me improve the draft! Noobx9000 (talk) 17:56, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anton Bernolák's Chapel

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Hello, I suggest you take a look at the Czech article and consider what is has to offer in expanding the one sentence English Wikipedia article. Pay special attention to the reference "V tomto článku byl použit překlad textu z článku Anton Bernolák´s Chapel na anglické Wikipedii. Externí odkazy" which translates to "This article uses a translation of text from the article Anton Bernolák´s Chapel on the English Wikipedia." To avoid an edit war perhaps you can revert your revert of my edit. Gab4gab (talk) 15:28, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that, Gab4gab! There must have been a time when the two articles were identical.
I have redirected the article to Anton Bernolák#Legacy as an alternative to deletion. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 15:51, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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Is there a way to change UTC time to MT time and turn it to 12 hour clock? I can read it best like that so I understand when an article is made. Sorry though. ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 23:56, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rafaelthegreat, go to your account preferences icon in the upper righthand corner of your window, open it, and then select "appearances". You can set your time zone and time display preferences there.
I hope this is helpful. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 00:10, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@A. B. I can't find a way to turn it into a 12 hour clock. ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 00:19, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid I don't know how to do that, either. I suggest you ask at Wikipedia:Teahouse, where people are available to answer questions. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 00:59, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 01:20, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know that Wikipedia has a way to switch to a 12-hour clock. However, learning how to read a 24-hour clock is fairly simple. If it's before 1 PM, it's basically the same. For example, 1:50 AM is 1:50 on a 24-hour clock; similarly, 12:25 PM is 12:25 on a 24-hour clock. The one difference is that 0:00 is 12:00 AM, so 0:45, for example, is 12:45 AM. Once you get past 12, you'll just subtract 12 from the hour. For example, 13:20 is 1:20 PM, an 22:15 is 10:15 PM. I hope this helps! Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:40, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Significa liberdade I know how 24 hour clock works, it's just i'm more used t 12 hour clocks where I live. ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 03:43, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Significa liberdade but thanks for your help! ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 03:43, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi A. B., could you please take another look at the AFD? I believe keeping based on analyst reports and WP:LISTED is correct here. - Indefensible (talk) 18:10, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I noticed you added a reference to a book in that article. Wouldn't that fit more into the bibliography (because I noticed it wasn't an inline citation)? Ell22Moore (talk) 03:22, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Or am I incorrect? Ell22Moore (talk) 03:23, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure I know the answer (I should). I'm happy with putting it in either place. I think the article is likely to get deleted so it probably doesn't make much difference. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 04:47, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also, it appears that this book is a denominational history written by members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Therefore, I think it’s best to classify it as a primary source rather than an independent secondary source. Ell22Moore (talk) 03:32, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This ref came up in my search so I thought it might be helpful to someone if the article is retained. It may or may not be more than three passing mentions. It's published by a non-affiliated, respected publisher, so I consider it independent. I looked at free previews of pages 440 and 463; neither of them was significant in coverage. I couldn't see page 493. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 04:50, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit summary

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Regarding your edit summary here, the IP is blocked until 2030. Blocks can be layered now, so the IP has the original 10-year block made by Materialscientist in addition to my 2-week partial block from the talk page.-- Ponyobons mots 22:22, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ponyo -- this is great. There was a time when it was considered very bad to block a school for more than several months; I took heat for blocking schools for a year. Kids will always be kids, year after year and on every continent. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 22:26, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is true, unfortunately.-- Ponyobons mots 22:27, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting Edit on "User talk:169.244.141.254"

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May I ask why my edit was reverted? Was this an accident? I know you already restored it, I just want to ask. 169.244.113.129 (talk) 18:16, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I got confused and thought you deleted the school tag. Instead, you had added it, for which I am appreciative. When I figured out my mistake, I reverted my edit. I’m sorry for the aggravation. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 19:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You didn't cause any problems, I just wanted to know. Thanks for responding! 169.244.113.129 (talk) 12:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Would you be so kind to help with an uncivilised user (user:Theclassicalmusicwriter) on my talk page? Thank you! Karljoos (talk) 21:46, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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You forgot to sign it correctly — it has the date and time but not your username. Daniel Case (talk) 18:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I just fixed it. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 19:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. This is especially meaningful coming from you - you do so much good work with deletions, Eva! A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 18:02, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I noticed you removed my request for deletion on a vanity page created for my late father, Dr. Manjur Karim. Apart from being his son, I lived with him in Bangladesh for the entire duration of his teaching career at BRAC University (2006 through 2014). I question, frankly, his notability or why this page concerning him should exist. Do you have any familiarity with him? I noted that the cited sources are not actually very good; if "sources" like those connote notability, I could create pages for any number of my acquaintances. Simply put - my dad and his personal history are not (in my view) valid Wikipedia material. ~2025-31795-28 (talk) 18:44, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your father might or might not be notable according to our guidelines. I removed your proposed deletion tag since it looked like he was. Take a look at our Articles for Deletion process (WP:AFD) -- it's for articles like this one where multiple editors weigh in, as opposed to just one like myself.
Thanks for reaching out to me. If you run into any obstacles with AFD, let me know. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 18:54, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the prompt reply! :) I appreciate it. ~2025-31795-28 (talk) 18:58, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive

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