For your effort in helping keep cruft out of Wikipedia article while continuing to stay civil when faced with those who think it must stay. You seem really passionate about helping keep cruft away and I applaud your effort. ―
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654519:34, 8 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Also, I tend to not read huge chunks of writing just because I have a relatively short attention span, but always try and skim through it and highlight any points I feel I should comment on. Hence why my responses tend to be shorter (that and I don't usually have all that much to say) ―
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654519:36, 8 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Ah - thank you very much! I suppose it's worth helping out even when no one else is willing to step up; besides, it's nice to be nice! I thank you as well for your diligence and wonderful help. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Truly! ^^
TheMysteriousShadeheart (
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19:39, 8 February 2023 (UTC)reply
No problem! If you need help with anything feel free to ask me and I'll do my best to help. I greatly appreciate your messages showing your gratitude for other editors and their efforts. Work on Wikipedia is often thankless as you've said (heck there's an entire essay regarding it,
WP:THANKLESS) but that little bit of positivity and gratitude towards others can go a long way to helping out the project. I'd say you'd be pretty good at participating in
the Kindness campaign Wikiproject which is all about the positivity. ―
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654519:47, 8 February 2023 (UTC)reply
I know this is completely random but, based on your username, are you a fan of the Wings of Fire series of books? I'm simply curious due to your investment into that minor little dispute. ―
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654513:55, 9 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Random is welcome - I greatly appreciate your curiosity, actually. I joined in the dispute since it seemed the right thing to do - especially if no one else was going to, I'd rather not have the vandalism go unnoticed especially I am fully capable of stepping in - regardless of what the subject is. It just so happens that in this case I'm more well-versed with the subject that was at hand than anyone else around, more or less.
The short answer to your question: yes, I'm far more of a FanWing than at least 99.9% of those who claim to be. I actually happen to have a remarkable "reputation" among fans of the series, in a very peculiar, exciting way - one I'd rather not discuss publicly. But believe me, if you/you've ever attended an event you'd/you'll know in an instant. ...I know (and am) far more than I'm letting on - but, er, let's just leave it at that. Mwa. Ha. Ha. (And no, I'm not conflict-of-interest and am not secretly Tui or anyone who personally knows her.)
(Interestingly enough, I've used the name/username "Shadeheart" and this particular variation, "TheMysteriousShadeheart" for longer than Wings of Fire has been in existence. Truth be told, it has no connection with the series.)
TheMysteriousShadeheart (
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05:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)reply
I, TheMysteriousShadeheart, hereby wish to announce the commencement of my indefinite hiatus from Wikipedia. Please do note that this hiatus is by no means permanent; please also note that I will nevertheless peridoically check this talk page for the sake of ensuring that no questions, should there be any, are left unanswered. My deepest gratitude to all those who ceaselessly continue day-in and day-out to try and ensure this wonderful encyclopedic project can be the best that it can be - trust me, there are countless people out there who truly appreciate your seemingly unnoticed efforts. I appreciate it, for one. And it has truly been a joy to play a part in helping you put together these contributions to the bigger picture of Wikipedia.
While I may peridoically appear (and then immediately disappear again) for the sake of reverting vandalism/inaccuracies from the occasional page (ex. I expect to continually patrol
Tui T. Sutherland and
Wings of Fire (novel series), as both of those pages are occasionally targeted by sockpuppets/vandals). This does not in any way indicate that I am returning to regulated editing; rather, that I will occasionally perform my pre-existing duty of preventing those ever-common small problems from popping up from time to time.
P.S. One final note before my farewell: should anyone leave a talk page message during my absence and I fail to respond within a week or two, please accept my apologies (and please don't assume I'm dead!). To remain diligent at all times may not necessarily be possible, thus I most humbly request your patience should I not be as immediate as I have been in the past. (Ultimately I may not reply at all, in which case you are fully welcome to assume that I am dead.) Thus I bid you farewell at last: the time has come for me to mysteriously disappear into the shadows. ^^
TheMysteriousShadeheart (
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22:22, 18 June 2024 (UTC)reply