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	Barnstar for that amazing DYK hook on Halloween. Very good, and honestly an example for all future DYK hooks! Bluethricecreamman (talk) 00:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bluethricecreamman: Thanks so much! Di (they-them) (talk) 00:48, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	Great work as always Di! Sebbog13 (talk) 22:49, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Di (they-them) (talk) 22:52, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you so much for your work in revitalizing and publishing the article Epic: The Musical! It turned out so much better than I envisioned it! TNstingray (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I'm glad you liked it! Di (they-them) (talk) 15:22, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, it’s an essay, but it’s also a notable topic, and not horribly written. Is there any way it can be rescued? Bearian (talk) 23:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Rescue. I agree. It is well written but in need of updating. A fine collection of information that need not be wasted to the scrap heap of discarded information. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 16:50, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it can be moved to a draft until it gets rewritten into a proper article. Di (they-them) (talk) 16:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, per WP:DRAFT90 (see this RfC), articles created more than 90 days ago can't be draftified without prior consensus at AfD. C F A 17:27, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just checking you saw my last comment at Template:Did you know nominations/David Fishwick (2nd nomination). I can't promote nominations like Template:Did you know nominations/Epic: The Musical until the QPQ reviews are complete. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29: Sure thing, I've checked the sources for those others. Di (they-them) (talk) 00:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your artistic render of a Ray cat is inspiring and intriguing. At first I thought the cat might be an extraterrestrial depicted on the surface of Mars. Given the proposed application of Ray Cats, it might more likely be meant to depict the Nevada desert. Interestingly, both "Aliens" and "Nuclear Radiation" are associated with the Nevada desert region, making either interpretation equally valid. (The source image listed for the background is actually a "Desert near Riyadh", Saudi Arabia.)

User:Tamzin noted at Talk:Ray_cat#Glowing_green? that the study proposing "Ray cats" does not specify an appearance & also is not specifically about modifying the appearance of cats. However, I think that your depiction is good to show what "Ray cats" look like in the imagination of those who hear about them (as a cultural phenomenon), and also might inspire further study into the development of useful bioengineered companion animals. Can you comment on your inspirations & thoughts in creating the piece? — Hubcapp (talk) 17:55, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hubcapp:, thanks! I'm really glad you like the image. I believe that my inspiration for the green glow was probably subconsciously influenced by the trope of green glowing materials representing radioactivity in fiction (for example, the intro to The Simpsons features Homer mishandling a glowing green bar of radioactive material). According to this article, this is probably influenced by the fact that radium can glow in the dark and was used in self-luminous paint in the 1900s. As far as the desert scenery, I chose that because in my mind, ray cats would be found around nuclear waste dump sites like the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. Additionally, the way that the Ray Cat was proposed to be used to inform people far in the future made me think of it existing in a post-apocalyptic setting, so I may have been subconsciously influenced by the desert wastelands in the Mad Max franchise. Di (they-them) (talk) 18:05, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I second Hubcapp; that image of surreal green cat is very memorable for me: even after I forgot about Ray Cats altogether, that illustration made me realize I already had read that article before. And TIL it was made by you. :D Ca ^{talk to me!} 17:14, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Di (they-them): Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:56, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:12, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure whether the best place is BLP, WP:OI, or elsewhere, but there's already a conversation going on here that relates to your post. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. Di (they-them) (talk) 23:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	Hopefully they can assist you on all the cool and interesting articles you work on! GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 22:11, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!!! Di (they-them) (talk) 22:19, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pollia (talk) 21:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There was already a paragraph about this controversy at the top of the controversies section. No need to have it discussed in two separate spots. Dylanvt (talk) 14:42, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dylanvt: The two sentences at the top of the section does not go into any detail at all, it does not explain the controversy in depth or why it was considered a controversy or by whom. In particular it doesn't even touch on the political response from people such as AOC or the condemnation from Abraham Foxman. Di (they-them) (talk) 15:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well they should be condensed into one place, either in its own section or under the general ‘controversies’ section. Dylanvt (talk) 15:33, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have consolidated the info into one section. Di (they-them) (talk) 15:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't realise you had retired. I wish you all the best, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Di, my name is Rollinginhisgrave. I notice you created the page for Comparisons between Donald Trump and fascism, and that the page was nominated for deleting under WP:NPOVFORK, and then kept. Reading the debate, I found it very insufficient. I didn't want to start another AfD discussion so soon after the last without engaging conversation beforehand, I hope it's okay if you're who I've engaged.

The way I have seen sources engage, whether Trump's politics are best described as fascist/fascistic is debate on one position in a broader discussion on how best to characterize his politics. This largely falls along whether it's best to describe him as fascistic vs a right wing populist. You can see an example of the literature being summarized here. For us to have an article covering the characterisation as fascist, and not one on the characterisation as a right wing populist is simply giving UNDUE weight. Generally, splitting off argumentation and positions from the broader debate context (Trumpism) is an NPOV fork. I would analogize this with the abortion debate, and how the arguments around the content of debates around pro-life and pro-choice are not split off into their own articles, but all contained within Abortion debate, to provide due context for each position.

Thanks for your time, Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 14:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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At section Appearances the sentence

Owing to the Death Angels' powerful hearing, however, humans can speak safely in loud environments such as waterfalls that drown out their voices.

makes no sense at all. Could you maybe have meant

Owing to the Death Angels' powerful hearing, however, humans can speak safely only in loud environments such as waterfalls that drown out their voices.

Shenme (talk) 03:37, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]