User talk:Extraordinary Writ

Thank you for participating in Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2026_May_20#20_May_2026. Utfor (talk) 19:49, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, please consider some kind of block on Maryhook97. On the last section of their fairly long talk page, I asked them to provide a clear answer to my question about a possible connection with an author; they certainly haven't done that and have continued their current editing pattern (though today's edits seem OK so far). Their response on their talk page and one on an AFD I started seem suspiciously similar and have a very different writing style from their edits to an earlier AFD, which make me suspect AI use in the current talk page responses. Thanks! Graham87 (talk) 04:48, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Graham87, I've left a note on their talk page. I'm reluctant to bring down the banhammer since they have edited constructively on other topics and are at least groping toward making a COI disclosure, but obviously that may change if the problems continue. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:10, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Cool, thanks; that works. All we can do now is wait and see. Graham87 (talk) 06:19, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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That edit summary might be worth hiding as well TonySt 05:06, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, done. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:30, 4 August 2026 (UTC)