Lord-of-Midnight-18

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Happy editing! TJMSmith (talk) 03:12, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you TJMSmith. I'll be sure to look at it and use it in the future. It will take a while to get used everything on Wikipedia but I hope to learn more as time goes on.

Happy editing :) Lord-of-Midnight-18 (talk) 03:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC) Lord-of-Midnight-18

A lengthy welcome

Hi Lord-of-Midnight-18. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

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I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 03:51, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for adding a source over at Doomscrolling - much of that article just uses bare urls with <ref> tags wrapped around them, so thank you for adding a reference properly formatted.

Just wanted to let you know for the future - in the source you added, I noticed you used included |language=en. This parameter is actually only used for sources not in English - since this is English Wikipedia, it's kind of a given that the sources, unless otherwise noted, are in English. If the source is in English, you don't have to give the language, in short.

It's not a big problem - it doesn't actually display in the References section like you'd see on non-English sources (e.g., "1. Blah Blah Blah (in French/Spanish/Mandalorian)"), but it does get removed if it just reads |language=en, |language=en-GB, |language=en-US, or |language=en-AUS, and the like.

If you ever fancy a bit of drive-by cleanup, nerfing these language parameters is a way to pass the time; that, and removing double spaces in main body text, changing |accessdate= to |access-date=, |archiveurl= to |archive-url= and |archivedate= to |archive-date=.

Just thought I'd pop in to say. Thank you for editing Wikipedia! --Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) 10:31, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you :)

I sometimes edit Wikipedia to try to keep my mind off things (in this case it was the 2021 storming of the US Capitol). I really like your username. Are you a fan of Good Omens?

Lord-of-Midnight-18 (talk) 16:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Lord-of-Midnight-18

Nomination of Family Security Act for deletion

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 // Timothy :: talk  02:22, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Black Excellence

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:03, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Black Excellence

Hello, Lord-of-Midnight-18. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Black Excellence".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:10, 26 August 2021 (UTC)