User talk:TarnishedPath

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)

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)

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		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 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)

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)

On 10 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Savannah Bond, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Savannah Bond (pictured) sold cosmetics before entering the adult film industry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Savannah Bond. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Savannah Bond), 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.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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		Your hook reached 54,915 views (2,288.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2026 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

On 10 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Friendlyjordies, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jordan Shanks's house was firebombed after he published a YouTube video about the Alameddine crime family? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Friendlyjordies. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Friendlyjordies), 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.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

To thank you for your work on DYK, I added an image to one of the articles you have listed on your user page. I do that sometimes. Even if currently that work seems to have us currently arguing in opposition, I appreciate the effort you put in, and recognize that we are, after all, on the same side, that of making the world's single greatest source of knowledge. Hope you like. I especially appreciate that in this particular article, you originally nominated it for deletion, then when that failed, not only did not sulk and continue to work against the article, instead improved it to the point where you are now are nominating it for Wikipedia:Good article. That's just a wonderful example of Wikipedia spirit. --GRuban (talk) 16:42, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

I would possibly have added more, but I could only look for those you have listed under "works in progress", and my "hit rate" for finding free images for articles is only about 10%; do you have a longer list of articles you feel ... interested in... somewhere? For a brief happy moment I thought I had found one for Monica Smit, but quickly realized it was Monika Smith... so it goes. --GRuban (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, cheers and thanks for finding that. I've found The Unshackled to be a good source for finding images of some of the people I write about.

Some articles I have worked on, where I have been unable to find CC licensed images for them include:

• Jacob Hersant
• Jarrad Searby
• Bruce Lehrmann
• Zarah Garde-Wilson

TarnishedPath^talk 22:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

On phone now, but when I get back to my PC, you'll be glad ... --00:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC) GRuban (talk) 00:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

All right, let's make that I hope you'll be glad, as now that I uploaded them, I see they are, respectively, each blurrier than the last. I still think they're better than none, as each person is visually identifiable. But if you disagree, and remove either from the article, I won't complain, since the goal is, after all, to make you glad. Carry on. I gotta say, mate, you do seem to have a theme to your articles: Australian people of a ... certain caliber!

Oh, and do say if you'll accept my RSN suggestion of backing up every Nala Ray non-innocuous video interview cite with two unrelated video interview cites; that should make it quite clear they weren't edited? If not, then not, the most important bits in article don't depend on the WP:ABOUTSELF parts anyway, as they shouldn't; but they do make the article noticeably more complete, IMHO. --GRuban (talk) 02:26, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban on my phone at present. i'll have a look at your suggestion when I get home. Thinking logically though, without having looked at anything, if you have RS verifying what's in the videos, why wouldn't you just use those? TarnishedPath^talk 02:48, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban Regarding the people I write about, you're correct, I mosty write about polarising figures. TarnishedPath^talk 02:54, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, thanks for locating the images. Regarding the current discussion, I would like some sort of community consensus, because at the moment there doesn't appear to be any consensus on the basic meaning of our PAG. I'm not adverse to usage of such sources in general (notably, as I stated in the other discussion, I don't trust Charlie Kirk or anything he's associated with to not have engaged in deceptive editing); however, have been in enough recent discussions to know that there's a diversity of stances. Given this is an issue that has comes up more than once a formal discussion might be good. Something along the lines of 'Are statements by interviewees on SPSs able to be used for uncontroversial statements about themselves, and if so which policies—if any—should be updated to make that clearer?'

I hope what I've written makes sense. I've just gotten home from one of my children's birthday parties and I'm worn out and tired. If it seems like I haven't understood something you've written, let me know. TarnishedPath^talk 05:42, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't have more reliable sources, I have more of the same; more interviews with Christian influencers. I'm using her words, not theirs, WP:ABOUTSELF, it doesn't prove what she's saying true, but it does IMHO prove that she is saying them.--GRuban (talk) 11:19, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, I'm really torn on this. I don't want to be the stick in the mud that holds up your nomination, but at the same time I think there is quite a divided view on this in the community. I've just placed a note in the nomination stating that it should not be subject to timeout while this issues are discussed. TarnishedPath^talk 11:34, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Ps, thanks for being a bit of a catalyst for me searching through some of The Unshackled's recent videos. I found a couple of images which I could upload to commons of Auspill, aka Hugo Lennon. That might be an individual I write an article on in the future, if someone doesn't beat me to it. TarnishedPath^talk 11:37, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

If you are not busy since your other article passed GA, would you want to work together and work on what got the article failed? Peer reviews never really get any attention. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 01:55, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, PR's sometimes get quick attention, and other times it takes a while. I do think there is value in it though as far as getting outside perspective/s. Authors involved in trying to review their own work can sometimes be unable to spot all issues as they can read it as they imagine it in their heads and not as it is actually written. Also, I would appreciate an outside perspective if the last GA reviewer was on the mark, or whether they were expecting more than is required from a GA. TarnishedPath^talk 05:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Your good article nomination of the article Stephen Jolly has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jacksonvil -- Jacksonvil (talk) 09:04, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Your good article nomination of the article Stephen Jolly 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 Jacksonvil -- Jacksonvil (talk) 01:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)