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		For your ceaseless contributing. I'm not sure how you manage it, but it deserves a barnstar! Hiding T 19:46, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! For me, Wikipedia is what happens when you're supposed to be doing other things. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 20:41, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GentlemanGhost,

I frequent a few pages, update, do that sort of thing for music profiles, from MIA to U2 and a few producers. Noticed that the Griffin Guess user page is constantly vandalized by the same non contributor user IP address. Its obvious its someone who is constantly vandalizing the account to maliciously target Mr. Guess and any functioning facts of his bio. Since I'm not as savvy as you to file a formal complaint to block this person(s). Please let me know if you by chance would kindly find the time to do so. I've reset the page officially today -- many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseykukui (talk • contribs) 19:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, your sockpuppetry seems pretty savvy to me. The best recommendation that I can make is to try to achieve some consensus on the article's talk page, rather than reverting edits ad nauseum. As a last resort, you can try dispute resolution. I'd follow some of the helpful links people have left on your talk page, particularly about reliable sources. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 18:52, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm BeenAroundAWhile. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Leeann Tweeden, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Anybody's Facebook page (even mine) is not a Reliable source. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 22:34, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I responded on your talk page. Cheers, GentlemanGhost (séance) 17:06, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey just a heads up, if you see a huge pile of orphans from any one particular Russian federal subject (Altai Krai or Bashkortostan are frequent flyers), don't worry about them - I have a script that sorts the category by district and outputs it as a formatted list to be pasted right into the article. It's less of a problem when you're just adding a couple, but when you get huge categories like Bashkortostan, trying to add them by hand is kind of a waste of time. I'm going through bit by bit and updating them when I can; I know I'm a little behind right now but I am going to get them done this week. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great! I'll leave it to you. Thanks! --GentlemanGhost (séance) 00:18, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm not really sure which one it is. I'll have to research it. Chronologically, it seems like it would be the TV special, not the series. --GentlemanGhost (séance) 13:01, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! I have recently made a request for an assessment of the article Puppetry of the Penis on WikiProject Theatre. I have been editing this article for over a month, adding almost 3000 words, new sections, an infobox, media and more references for verifiability. I noticed you were a very active (and helpful) editor of WikiProject Theatre, and was wondering if you had the time if you could have a look at the article and provide me any feedback. Any general feedback would be much appreciated and possibly an assessment of the article for importance and quality. Thank you very much. Rubyredgirl (talk) 10:16, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rubyredgirl: Hi! The improvements to the article look pretty solid! I've bumped it up to a C rating on the talk page. It probably could get a B rating, but it needs to be more thoroughly checked versus the criteria—one of the WikiProject banners probably has a list of what that is, otherwise I'll look it up. I just did a cursory look at the article but I was happy to see so many refs and not merely to promotional pieces. Aesthetically, I would put the list of penis tricks into prose rather than a list; the white space just feels a bit too dominant and although the names are descriptive, they don't give us that much information. There's nothing wrong with listing them all–Wikipedia is not paper, after all–but I think a prose pargraph is the way to go here. Another bit of Wikipedia ethos: although "Controversy" sections are common, they're frowned upon. Too often, they are a dumping ground for poorly-sourced complaints about the article subject. Obviously, this group is controversial and I feel like the coverage of this has good sources for that and isn't excessive. Still, I think you could integrate it with the "Reception" section. Maybe even keep "Controversy" as a sub-heading, but it's better if the article is about all reactions to their work, whether they be good, bad, or indifferent. For the Theatre work group, the article was already rated as low importance and I kept that intact. Some subjectivity comes into play here, but it's not an assessment of the overall importance of a topic but rather how much attention needs to be paid to it by the various projects. If it was in the Top 1000 most popular Theatre articles, I'd raise the importance level. Most articles are not, and therefore are of lesser importance to the project. But hey, it's an interesting topic, so I'm sure it should get a decent amount of attention anyway, regardless of how "important" it is to any given WikiProject. Sorry if this a shallow evaluation, but I wanted to respond right away. Very nice work! --GentlemanGhost (séance) 11:49, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is the checklist which I (or anyone else) would use to decide to bump the rating up to a B. --GentlemanGhost (séance) 11:56, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@GentlemanGhost: Hello GentlemanGhost! I really appreciate you taking the time to look over the article and assess it, as a new Wikipedia editor I am very grateful for your expertise. The article has since been bumped to a B rating by other editors and I have done some revision based on other editors' feedback, but let me know if you still feel it needs improvement to meet this qualification. Completely agree with your point about the list of "tricks", it was there when I began editing the article and I was not sure the protocol for removing it. This has been discussed on the talk page and ultimately I decided to remove it as I had added other mentions of some of the tricks in the "Summary" section that were properly referenced and so the list was a bit irrelevant (and definitely did not go with the aesthetics of the article). As for your feedback on the "Controversy" sections, I did not know that they were frowned upon, thank you for bringing this to my attention! I think the subsections on the legal disputes and productions bans are still pertinent to the article as they don't provide subjective opinions, rather they are a factual account of the certain difficulties the show has faced because of its subject matter. Perhaps the section should be renamed? But it is still different to "Reception" which is about critical reactions of the show itself by journalists and critics (good and bad). Let me know your thoughts on this. I also agree with your rating of its importance, it is definitely not one of the more searched articles that fall into the Theatre category, and is a lesser well known show. Anyway, thank you so much for your time in responding and providing your feedback, this is extremely helpful and I appreciate your support as an editor. Rubyredgirl (talk) 03:08, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rubyredgirl: Hello again! I'm glad some other editors took the time to check the B-rating checklist. I had a feeling it met all the critereia. Thanks for responding to the feedback. As far as the controversy section, I can't point to a specific policy right offhand, I just know that such sections are a frequent lightning rod for discussion. I think it's fine to leave it as is until such a time as there is a consensus to change it. Happy editing! --GentlemanGhost (séance) 13:46, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there. I'm working to improve the Daniel Lubetzky article, but have a COI. I noticed that you edit many BLPs and seem to take a collaborative approach, and was hoping you might be willing to check out my edit request at Talk:Daniel Lubetzky. Looking forward to working with you, SarahB2245dl (talk) 14:35, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Never mind! The edit request has been answered. Thank you, SarahB2245dl (talk) 14:56, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am glad to hear it. Hopefully, they can provide the assistance you need. Cheers, GentlemanGhost (séance) 20:11, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello @GentlemanGhost I recently created Draft:Darwin Del Fabro, about a queer Brazilian actor and was hoping that you or another member of WP:Theatre would be kind enough to take a look and let me know how it could be improved. Or, if it looks ok, to move it to the mainspace. Thank you in advance for your help and consideration Volcom95 (talk) 21:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC) Volcom95 (talk) 19:41, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Volcom95 - Sorry for the late reply. I haven't been on much recently. I made a few small changes which I hope you like. Since it's already being reviewed, I will let that play out, but it seems to me that it will be approved. Cheets! GentlemanGhost (séance) 19:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your feedback.Volcom95 (talk) 01:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I responded on the nomination page (tl;dr I agree with your proposal). Thank you for the heads up! --GentlemanGhost (séance) 17:10, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You just popped up on my watchlist, and I just wanted to say that it's nice to see you around : ) - jc37 17:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Good to see you, too! My activity here is less than it used to be but I am still around. : ) --GentlemanGhost (séance) 17:07, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and me too lol

And please feel free to drop me a note or ping if there's something you'd like me to look at/help with, or that you think I'd be interested in

I hope that you're having an awesome day : ) - jc37

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Ah, I wondered where all the new ones came from. By all means, finish your work. I'll leave those alone. --GentlemanGhost (séance) 06:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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