Blaze Wolf
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Note 4: If I remove your comment and you add it back, I will revert you and warn you for doing so. If you do it again after that then I will report you for harassment. This crap has gone on for way too long and I've become less and less tolerant of it. Removing comments from my own talk page is perfectly allowable per WP:OWNTALK.
Semi-retirement
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It's about time I officially declared myself semi-retired. I don't edit nearly as much as I used to anymore, mostly because I don't have the time to do so, but also because I'm simply not nearly as interested in editing Wikipedia anymore. Don't worry, I'm not leaving forever (yet, we'll see what happens). In addition I'm starting college in a few weeks so my time will be even more limited because of my job. I will retire from being a mentee (tho anyone I'm currently helping can still ask me for help) but will continue with the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy. I enjoyed my time here and meeting all these people. Will I ever return to editing Wikipedia full time? Who knows. Maybe when I'm an old man if Wikipedia is still around. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 03:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's sad to see your activity drop, but I wish you a good time in college. Rusty 🐈 03:34, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Adding on to this, I'll respond to your talk page messages while you're inactive if that's okay with you. Rusty 🐈 03:35, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Rusty Cat: I'm retiring from mentoring so I won't really receive nearly as many, but that's fine if you respond to others on my talk page. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 03:36, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Good luck in college and wherever/whatever you go and do! DMacks (talk) 04:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
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Teach
editUser:Blaze Wolf can you teach me on anti vandalism I saw on Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit you train TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 19:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: Heya! As you may be able to see on my userpage I am semi-retired. While I can teach you it would be extremely slow. Also you don't have very many edits yet so I suggest you get some more edits and get more involved on Wikipedia before getting into anti-vandalism so that way you understand how Wikipedia works as it will help you in deciding what is and isn't vandalism. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 04:25, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- am not new TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 14:59, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: Your account is only 4 weeks old. That seems pretty new to me. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 15:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- I had usd my dads laptop for wikipedia TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: Are you saying you edited under a different account at some point? ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 15:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- kind of TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:27, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- its my dads it not mutipple accounts TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: First of all, you should not have been using his account. We have a policy against multiple people using one account (see WP:NOSHARE). This seems to further demonstrate to me that you need to edit for a lot longer as you don't seem to have an understanding of our policies which is very important to anti-vandalism work. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 21:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: Are you saying you edited under a different account at some point? ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 15:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- I had usd my dads laptop for wikipedia TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TheSmartWikiOne: Your account is only 4 weeks old. That seems pretty new to me. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 15:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- am not new TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 14:59, 14 November 2024 (UTC)