User talk:TarnishedPath

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The current date and time is 9 March 2026 T 14:00 UTC.

Pending changes backlog (review log) Level 5 Very low backlog [view • purge • update] 2 pages according to DatBot 13:30, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

AfC Backlog Level 7 Healthy number of Pending Articles at AFC. There are currently 2,649 pending submissions. [view • purge • update]

DYK for Knowa De Baraso

On 31 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Knowa De Baraso, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that 12-year-old Knowa De Baraso gained attention in the United States when he challenged Mike Lindell's claims about the 2020 presidential election? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Knowa De Baraso. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Knowa De Baraso), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

On 14 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (pictured) is one of the most valuable paintings ever sold at auction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 24,111 views (1,004.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2026 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:29, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Friendlyjordies has passed

Your good article nomination of the article Friendlyjordies has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ChopinChemist -- ChopinChemist (talk) 06:38, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Failing Elliot Rodger GA nom

The reviewer for the GA nom has compared the article to Kaczynski, which is at FA level. GA and FA levels are completely different, so it makes no sense why they are comparing these two. They said it has "insurmountable" issues, which means they want the whole article rewritten after two months of this review being open. That is very frustrating for me as I wished they had said that two months ago, when I didn't go through the whole article and rewrote it section by section. That being said, I have requested to fail the nomination as I am burned out and just do not have the energy or time to rewrite it from scratch after two months. If you would like to pick up where the reviewer left off, feel free. Otherwise, the nomination will be closed. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 03:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, I understand your frustration, given that the new issues have been brought up just when it seemed like the end was in sight. Regarding taking up the nomination, I've just had a review start and expect I will be dealing with that for at least the next week. Even if I didn't have that, I don't think I have enough time for an article as large as the Rodger one at present. TarnishedPath^talk 03:18, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

What a waste of time, honestly. I spent two months reworking everything, and the reviewer still called it "insurmountable". Very sad day for me.Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:04, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Did you honestly think that the article has "insurmountable" issues. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

As I said above, it looked like the end was within sight. TarnishedPath^talk 23:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Looking on the plus side, the article has improved quite a bit. Perhaps when you've had a rest and are up for it, requesting a peer review, with reference to the GAN? TarnishedPath^talk 00:49, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Waiting almost a whole year for a review, and then having to rewrite the whole article for two whole months, only for the reviewer to fail it, has made me exhausted and unmotivated right now. I have submitted it for Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors in the meantime, so hopefully that can help. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 01:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, given the editor's feedback who just performed a copy edit, I've requested a PR to get another set of eyes for another perspective prior to any future GA nomination. Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Elliot Rodger/archive2. You don't need to participate in the PR, I'll undertake any suggested edits. Ps, the GA review I mentioned above finished in two days, which was a lot faster than I expected. TarnishedPath^talk 11:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of March for Australia has passed

Your good article nomination of the article March for Australia has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SnowyRiver28 -- SnowyRiver28 (talk) 11:05, 8 March 2026 (UTC)