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Gourmand Cookbook Award

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I came across this award reviewing a draft and it appears to be a notable award mentioned in several articles. Thought you might be interested in creating an article. See also es:Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. S0091 (talk) 16:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, it has an entry in 8 language wikis. Definitely seems worth investigating, thanks! Valereee (talk) 17:37, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I've emailed Kowal2701 (talk) 18:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Hi

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This user has recently been topic-banned, then gone on to make these edits: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Has the user violated the topic ban? They also deleted the topic ban notification from their Talk page. ~2025-40585-53 (talk) 20:56, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting the tban notification isn't a problem. I've warned them; tbans are difficult for editors, I try to give them a bit of time to learn. Valereee (talk) 21:51, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I came here because I noticed that the topic ban warning you placed on the user's talk page was likewise deleted. I assume that too formally isn't a problem, though it does make it more difficult for other editors and administrators to see the history or track a pattern of behavior. In any case, how appropriate is it to have weighed in on an AfD on an article subject to the topic ban? Coining (talk) 15:33, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It was before I warned them, it looks like? Removal of the warning isn't a problem, other admins will easily find it. Valereee (talk) 15:51, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I didn’t realize warnings were also logged for administrators; I thought it was just the ban status, so thank you for the clarification. All of this of course was after the original notification of the topic ban, which had its own warning. In any case, my question was as much about the AfD contribution while topic banned. It’s still there. Should it be? I’m not sure what authority non-admins have to remove it. Coining (talk) 17:58, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I've striked that out. Valereee (talk) 22:10, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Coining (talk) 01:53, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Valereee @Coining Is this another topic ban violation by the user? The user has been advised to cease editing any and all articles (including subpages, talk pages, etc.) related to Israel and Palestine, broadly construed, even if it is not directly apparent to be associated with the conflict at hand. However, the user appears to continue testing the boundary, which reeks of WP:GAME. There are hundreds of topics to which one can contribute, so I do not see a valid reason for the user to be doing it unless there is lack of willingness to observe the topic ban. ~2025-41391-05 (talk) 14:52, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'll leave it to the admins to decide where the line is, though they do ask on their talk page a question about appropriateness of editing an article that I think is more clearly related to Israel and Palestine. Coining (talk) 02:05, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Valereee @Coining @Newslinger The user does not have the intention to desist from TBAN violations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. ~2025-42280-62 (talk) 15:13, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This reply on the first one, on which @Denisaptr@Valereee asked for a self-revert, shows a bunch of things (in addition to generally being WP:SNARKY) including inability to identify contentious topic articles (in this case, it's posted on the talk page of the article being edited) and an inability to track the time sequence of edits, because, yes, the edit was reverted by another user, but only after @Denisaptr's@Valereee's talk page notice.
That's not to minimize the other 13 edits. These are just further observations related to the first edit. Coining (talk) 16:01, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Responding to the ping. ~2025-42280-62, the extended confirmed restriction in the WP:CT/A-I disallows you from submitting conduct complaints within the topic area, as only registered users can be extended confirmed. Please leave conduct reports in this topic area to extended confirmed users. Thank you.
Coining, please note that Easternsahara replied to a comment by Denisaptr, not Valereee. I have posted a comment in User talk:Easternsahara § Another Topic Ban violation about the first edit. I do not believe the other 13 edits are within the scope of WP:CT/A-I. — Newslinger talk 18:49, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're correct; it was a comment by @Denisaptr. I misread it because of the ping of Valeree. I'll adjust my prior comment accordingly. Thanks. Coining (talk) 19:15, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2025)

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Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is:

Telecommunications in Kazakhstan

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Spoken language • Judgement

Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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God Jul!

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Hello Valereee: 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, Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:33, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:33, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, GGS! Valereee (talk) 21:22, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Cuisine of New York City

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Hi Valereee, this article consists mainly of lists; I have tidied the little text there is but fixing and organizing lists of random things is beyond the scope of copy-editing for me. Cheers, 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 02:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, @Baffle gab1978! Valereee (talk) 21:22, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays

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Hi Valereee
Season's Greetings and all the best for 2026
Wherever you are and whatever you believe in (or don't), reach out for peace on this little planet of ours!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🥳
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:58, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Kudpung! Peace to you! Valereee (talk) 14:08, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Valereee, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026.
Happy editing,
Abishe (talk) 08:06, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 08:06, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Abishe! Valereee (talk) 11:26, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BLP/MEDRS interaction on Imane Khelif

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Hello Valereee. As 331dot suggested in their review of the block you applied to me on Imane Khelif (article and talk page), in August 2024 I started this discussion at WT:MEDRS. The consensus there was that MEDRS does not generally apply to individual diagnoses as such: it is intended primarily for biomedical knowledge, rather than for reporting that a particular individual has a condition. For individuals, WP:BLP, WP:RS and WP:DUE apply, which means that speculation reported by reliable non-medical sources (e.g. mainstream news) may be covered, provided it is of encyclopedic relevance (not WP:BLPGOSSIP), widely covered by reliable sources and clearly attributed.

Based on this, I believe that the block you applied to me for this comment was not warranted. In September 2024, you agreed to convert it into a voluntary editing restriction based on my commitment not to edit Imane Khelif (article and t/p) again. As I intended to ask you to lift the voluntary editing restriction, I recently reviewed some discussions about Khelif and related articles and noticed that similar speculative comments by other editors were later treated by you as WP:BLP violations (this comment by Vegan416 triggered this block) and that you have warned editors that speculation about Khelif's sex characteristics should not be raised on talk pages absent voluntary disclosure by her or a formal diagnosis (here). I also noticed that editors active on Khelif frequently ping you when they feel that someone's "speculation" violates your interpretation of WP:BLPTALK (22 August 2024, 11 September 2025, 13 October 2025). Other comments of yours show that you interpret WP:BLPTALK as preventing editors from mentioning such hypotheses on talk pages unless there's been voluntary disclosure by her or a MEDRS-level medical confirmation (e.g. [4][5]).

I don't agree with this interpretation, as it may discourage editors from mentioning hypotheses that are discussed not only in mainstream journalism but also in academic literature ([6][7][8][9][10]). So I'd like to start a discussion at WP:AN on this, but before doing so, I'd like to make sure that I'm not overlooking anything relevant or misunderstanding your position. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 18:17, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee I concur with Gitz on the principles of the matter. However unlike Gitz I'm not interested in writing further on the topic of Imane Khelif. So whatever will be the results of this discussion I would ask to have the same deal that Gitz currently has, i.e. converting the partial block on the Imane Khelif article to an indefinite voluntary editing restriction on the Imane Khelif article and topic. I ask this since the partial block prevents me from accessing the wikipedia Library, which hinders me in editing on other topics, and even on Wikipedia in other languages. So it is much more important to me to have access to the Wikipedia Library than to write on Imane Khelif. Vegan416 (talk) 20:04, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Vegan416, I've lifted that block under that agreement. Valereee (talk) 21:21, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Vegan416 (talk) 21:24, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, @Gitz6666! Thanks for checking in first, but there's just too much going on in my life right now. I'm primarily editing for fun. I don't really have the bandwidth to read all the diffs and try to remind myself of my thought process, so feel free to go ahead without me confirming for you. I trust you to in good faith do your best to represent what I was saying. Though again, that kind of thing is much appreciated! Valereee (talk) 21:19, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I may have overdone it with the diffs... sorry about that! I'll proceed accordingly. Thank you and enjoy the holidays, Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:33, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No worries about the number of diffs, that wasn't at all a reflection on you, just on my current bandwidth, which for anything that isn't either fun or distracting, is minimal. :) You enjoy the holidays, too. Valereee (talk) 23:36, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Permanent jewellery

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Hi Valereee; I have copied over the text that was transcluded from Sikhism#Initiation and the Khalsa to allow me to copy-edit the text and remove irrelevant content. Please see the top of either page's talk page for details. Good luck with the article and cheers, 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 22:44, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]