User talk:Trainsandotherthings/Archive 8

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Thank you

Hello Trainsandotherthings,

More than 2 years ago, you put an edit on my user talk page teaching me how to use piped links on Wikipedia. You showed me kindness that made me decide to continue on my Wikipedia editing journey. Yesterday afternoon, I received extended-confirmed status. I just want to say thank you for what you did all those years ago. It may look like nothing, but it meant a lot to me. I hope you have a good rest of your day.

Sussybaka6000 (talk) 17:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sussybaka6000: I'd long forgotten all about this message, but I'm touched to hear that it was meaningful to you and encouraged you to continue editing. I hope you'll be here to celebrate crossing 5,000 edits as well. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Narragansett Pier Railroad

On 20 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Narragansett Pier Railroad, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the owners of the Narragansett Pier Railroad included a family of industrialists, a dentist, a systems analyst, a lumberyard, and the founder of Textron? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Narragansett Pier Railroad. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Narragansett Pier Railroad), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

^Complex/_Rational 00:03, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Sacred Cod

Sacred Cod has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Cpotisch (talk) 13:37, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Some moral support

		The Original Barnstar
		I saw your comments at FAC. I'm sorry you're having a hard time. I originally came here to say that I thought you were a bit harsh on Gog, but I've decided instead to say that I totally feel your pain about broken cars (painfully remembering the several hours I once waited for a tow truck to show up) and stand with you to celebrate your accomplishments. I know barnstars are a bit silly, but you sounded like you needed somebody to cheer you up so I'm hoping this helps in some small way to do that. RoySmith (talk) 15:14, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

@RoySmith: I really appreciate this. It's been a difficult month, and I reacted quite strongly at the FAC because it felt to me like I wasn't being heard. Gog is doing his job as coordinator, but I felt that it was being forgotten that I'm human, just like everyone else. Let's just say if I had known my life was going to be this hectic, I wouldn't have gone to FAC at the time I did. Unfortunately, we don't get to control when our car breaks down or when life circumstances come together to leave you with little to no free time. I also didn't make clear with my earlier reply to Gog that I would be working more actively on the FAC. It's easy as a nominator to forget that the coords are a few people handling upwards of 50 nominations at once sometimes, and they can't religiously track everything. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:48, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Special Barnstar
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of, well, your deserving it. I hope that life becomes more manageable for you. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:58, 29 July 2024 (UTC)