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Thank you for taking the time to review the Belgrave railway line article for GA status- much appreciated! Best wishes for your future wikipedia edits! HoHo3143 (talk) 10:06, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

You absolutely did the right thing by trying to support this editor. The fact that it turned out that he didn't deserve your help is no discredit to you. Unfortunately, my experience over the years is that 90% of editors of this kind can't and won't be helped, but it's still worth trying to help them, for two reasons. Firstly, and in my opinion most importantly, the waste of your time for those 90% is, I think, outweighed by the value of the 10% of successes. Secondly, if it does turn out that the person in question is not capable of being helped, then the very fact that you tried to help and it didn't work makes the situation clearer, so that it is easier for decisions to be taken. Please continue to assume good faith and to try to help rather than condemn whenever it seems there's a reasonable chance that doing so may be justified, and put it down to your good nature, not your naivety, when, as will often happen, your attempt to help turns out to fall on stony ground. JBW (talk) 12:34, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @JBW! I understand the “giveemtherope” concept for sure. Certainly, I won’t let this kill my optimistic nature. But certainly it’s a reminder of the lesson: when someone shows who they are, believe them. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 13:23, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

"When someone shows who they are, believe them" is a very neat way of expressing it. May I reuse it? JBW (talk) 15:59, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@JBW, sure. Haha. Don’t think of me as exceptionally profound, I heard it elsewhere myself. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:02, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes. A quick Google check reveals that it's actually a quote from Maya Angelou. JBW (talk) 07:08, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, MaxnaCarta. It has been over six months since you last edited the

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:09, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, MaxnaCarta. You rejected my article Draft:Playwrights' Studio Scotland and I need help to get it published. You can probably tell I am not a writer so thank you in advance for your patience. I believe I have addressed all of the issues on the page and at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk#13:33, 20 November 2023 review of submission by Kissable54. Admittedly the draft might need a bit more work but the subject is certainly notable enough. Kissable54 (talk) 19:13, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@Kissable54 I am the sixth editor to assess the topic as not notable. My decision is final and I will sadly not be able to engage further about the possibility of publishing this draft to main space. Thank you for your efforts. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:26, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@MaxnaCarta I believe you have made a mistake.

I agree the bar is high, as is the standard of Scotlands Playwrights.

Can you check just two of the references. 20 and 21. You will see names that might mean nothing to you but are giants of Scottish literature. You must have heard of

Liz Lochead and possibly David Greig (dramatist) to name but two. Kissable54 (talk

) 21:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Saying that someone that’s famous in another country isn’t notable enough to warrant a page on English Wikipedia comes off as extremely racist, especially when you don’t speak the language of that country. Ouch. 2600:1700:3D70:532F:46E:185E:9DD2:20C0 (talk) 08:42, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi! We do not seem to have interacted before, and you have only made one edit from this IP address, so I am not entirely sure to what you are referring. Could it be this draft? Anyone who reviews my decision not to publish the draft is going to see I merely applied the subject-specific notability guideline and welcome resubmission once this actor meets WP:NACTOR. If you have an issue with my decision, please contact the AFC help desk for a re-review. As to speaking Korean, that's true, I do not. However I did translate the coverage and its not sufficient. Also, the article is written in English, which I speak fluently, and that draft very clearly lists only one acting credit, which is insufficient to meet the actor notability criteria. I take an allegation of racism quite seriously, so please refrain from making personal attacks when I was merely discharging my role as a volunteer reviewer. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 08:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I'm trying to upload an article about famous soviet chemist, but it constantly gets declined. Last time it came from you, so I would like to ask if you can help me understand the problems with it. Thank you in advance! Timsenin (talk) 11:38, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I just reviewed the draft I've been working on about Soundpainting, and that you've declined yesterday. Could you by any chance tell me how I could make some more improvements? Thanks a lot! AnnePernas (talk) 16:57, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I've been seeing and hearing comments that it's too soon for the Miss America 2025 to have her own article on the English Wikipedia. How soon is too soon? When should I submit the article to this Wikipedia? Angela Kate Maureen Pears 17:23, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Tropical Storm Angela when principal filming commences or there is significant coverage about the actual series - probably close to the end of 2024. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:27, 23 November 2023 (UTC)