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SEMI-RETIRED

My will to participate in Wikipedia has waned due to the harassment it brings, both on and off Wikipedia, with real consequences to living persons and their families. I am following only those articles I have contributed to extensively, and issues or content areas where bullies predominate.

I receive pings by email only; I may continue to occasionally check my watchlist and email, but please don't count on me to regularly respond to queries or to keep up with the work I once did.

This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia.

In appreciation

		The Winnowing Fan Barnstar
		For your decades-long effort to separate the grain from the chaff. Best wishes, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		Hi Sandy! I was assigned to the AD article a long while ago with some peers in my class and have been keeping tabs on the article since then. Similar to the previous barnstar (above), I'm honestly a huge fan of your work - you were super helpful back when I was learning the ropes of Wikipedia editing and I wanted to come back and say THANK YOU for all that. I hope all is well and that you know all your efforts are appreciated and remembered :) Bharatss-SB (talk) 20:37, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review/Thomas C. Hindman/archive1

This is the one that I rewrote from a version with crappy source-text integrity a couple years ago (essentially, the user had copied some of the footnotes from the book as article citations to make it look less like the article was reliant on a single source I think). I hope there are no hard feelings - you had thought this shouldn't be a FAR situation. But there were prose quality issues noted at the time; I've had trouble getting follow-up reviews. It's maybe not what FAR is intended for, but with the way work has been accelerating for me since I got promoted in June of 2023, I can't guarantee that I'll still be even a semi-active editor in another couple years, and I just really want closure on this. Hog Farm _Talk 01:12, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey, Hog Farm, great to see you; I may get a break after this week and be able to have a look. My life stubbornly refuses to settle down. I know you're swamped too, but you may want to look in on this. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:22, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

I've responded on the Longstreet talk page, which I hope will be more productive than a sprawling ANI discussion. It's yet another busy week for me in a summer/year of busy weeks. Hog Farm _Talk 01:10, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Historical Material

Dear Sandy, I leave you this mission here, to place this multimedia material where you think best. I know they are in Spanish but you can also place it on other Wikipedias. (BTW you can take screenshoots if you need for some article too)

• Renny Presenta
• Renny Presenta
• Canal 8
• Jorge Olavarria
• Caracas 1935
• Carlos Andrés Pérez
• 3 decadas de VTV
• President Lusinchi
• 27 de Febrero de 1989
• La Dueña - Amanda Gutiérrez

Wilfredor (talk) 00:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

How to approach questionable sources

Sometimes I wait too long in noting an obvious problem. I am pretty certain that none of these sources are appropriate for a FA, but I am not sure how to formulate "Sorry, but none of this information is appropriate unless reliably sourced, and none of the sources you use are adequate" in a tactful way. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:37, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus one safe way to start is to hope that they just are unaware of WP:WIAFA. I would first compose the message on talk, then revert, saying:

Ping|editor name, this article is a Featured article, which must meet high-quality standards of sourcing. The sources you used in diff|Y edit would not be likely to meet the sourcing standards expected at FAC or FAR; I will revert the edit so we can discuss. Please have a look at WP:FAOWN, and let's talk about ways to improve the article. I have searched high-quality sources for the information you want to add, but have been unable to find any, and am reluctant to use those sources for Z reason.

I often find that something along those lines results in a new collaborator. Good luck, Jo-Jo! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:36, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Thx. It seems like they might be figuring it out on their own. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:39, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Spanish prose question

Sandy, if you have a minute I have a question at Talk:Cerro_Panizos#Copyediting_notes that I'd like your take on, as someone who both knows Spanish and knows how to write good prose. No problem if you don't have time -- I know you're not very active these days. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:44, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Original Barnstar
		To SandyGeorgia on the occasion of the Minneapolis FA being kept. You put in years of work keeping this article honest. Thank you! -SusanLesch (talk) 17:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)