I see that you check recent edits for appropriateness. I clicked through to see a set of the reversions that you had made for rejected submissions, and I agreed with all of what I saw you had done. It seemed apparent to me through the decisions you made and the comments that you left that you were giving human attention to the decisions you made rather than over-relying on tools and automation. Thanks for that, and thanks especially for the notes you leave. You are doing good review. Blue Rasberry (talk)01:39, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For answering a lot of edit requests and helping to keep the backlog at bay. For a while, I was taking care of that on my own, and it feels nice to see someone else get to it first every now and then! Actualcpscm (talk) 17:22, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Actualcpscm: thank you very much for the encouragement and for tackling those time consuming edit requests that tend to be pushed to the back of the queue. Keep up the great work! Best, M.Bitton (talk) 22:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A barnstar for your incredible work on the Horn of Africa relief map :)
Also, on a related note, I would love to do some more map work once I have more time in late summer. Do you have any good guides on how to get started on maps for Wikipedia? :) KluskaSlaska (talk) 16:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not giving this to you sooner! You have been a great help creating maps for many articles, don't stop doing what you do! – Treetoes023 (talk) 22:09, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Due to unrelated drama I won't bore you with, I found myself looking at the history of this article, and uuh, thanks. A whole lot of POV-pushing was going on. When I have fewer tabs open I will try to remember to come back and give you a barnstar.
Can you spell it out for me please? Pretend that I'm a well-meaning but slightly dimwitted editor. Actually, I don't consider myself dimwitted, but I don't spend a lot of time looking at discussions like those, about the protocols for discussing and editing highly contentious topics. — Mudwater (Talk)18:30, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, my question -- keeping in mind that I am not very familiar with these discussions -- is why do WP:ARBECR and WP:PIA mean that those posts should be removed from WP:NPOV/N? But, never mind. I can just post this question on the NPOV/N itself. Thanks anyway though, and please carry on as before. — Mudwater (Talk)19:30, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mudwater: they are removed, not just from WP:NPOV, because non-extended-confirmed editors are restricted to using the "Talk:" namespace only to make non-disruptive edit requests related to articles within the topic area. M.Bitton (talk) 19:41, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see. I was not aware of that, though now that I look again at WP:ARBECR, it does say that. And the editors who posted on the NPOV/N about the restricted topic area were not extended confirmed. I knew there had to be a logical explanation. Thanks. — Mudwater (Talk)20:28, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think a split is necessary. A better alternative (in my view) would be to describe what the word "Leben" and similar names stand for in various parts of the Arab world. For instance: in the Maghreb, "Lben" (without an "e") refers to the traditional buttermilk. The middle eastern "Lebneh" is a form of strained yogurt. M.Bitton (talk) 13:41, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
