User talk:Tarlby

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Welcome, and thank you for your successful edit to lighten up Ace's day! However, this is a user's talk page that intends to be fun and cool place, so please make joke edits, as you did to User:Ace.still.life. Readers looking for accurate information will not find anything there because it's a goober's userpage. User is suspected of being incredibly cool, administrators should give user an infinite supply of kittens and should appoint user to the highest level of administration there is along with User:Ace.still.life - Ace, a random autistic on the internet 12:58, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Tarlby! The article you nominated, Rain World, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, David Fuchs (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully you don't mind me creating a talk page section to say congratu-freaking-lations on the promotion of Rain World! It's such a well-written, well-sourced, well-organized, and well-presented article that I'm surprised you've never brought any other article to FAC or even GAN. For your first venture, it is amazing. Great job!!! nub :) 00:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Nub098765, it means a lot.

Ironically, I honestly dislike the process of content creation, which probably explains my lack of GAs and authored articles. It just feels like a slog for me to parse through sources and organize them into an article... which I think makes it even more special for me that I took the time to work on this particular article since February 2024. It took a lot of time and a lot of opinions from people more experienced than me. I don't think I could have done it without the amazing foundation the author @Czar made and left back in 2017. There were a lot of breaks in-between, but I'm still proud of myself. Thank you! Now I just have to think about what other article I can work on for the next two years. toby ^(t)(c)(rw) 00:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I can relate. Unless I'm really dedicated to a topic, I'm terrible at looking through sources. My attention enters a void from which I cannot pull it. 3 of my 6 total GANs have been improvements on foundations. Hopefully the article Fortnite Battle Royale can follow the same pipeline Rain World has with you. I wish you luck on Omori, a game which I have never played but which countless people have recommended to me. Perhaps I should play it. Anyway, again, nice job! nub :) 01:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Playing Omori was an unforgettable experience for me. I implore you to play it.

And good luck with your work on Fortnite! toby ^(t)(c)(rw) 01:30, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I just might!

And thank you!

Have a nice day :) nub :) 03:28, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Toby! You deserved it. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on getting Rain World to FA! It's one of my favorite games, so it's great to see someone putting so much time and effort into giving it the attention it deserves! Gasmasque (talk) 23:00, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. And yeah, it absolutely deserves the attention! toby ^(t)(c)(rw) 01:03, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Tarlby ... in the Teahouse (I think it was there), you recently posted something about a guest book, but now I can't find it. At the time I noticed it, I was focused elsewhere and so I planned to come back to it.

I remember one thing about it, though, that I must share with you. Somewhere in that post of yours I was startled — but in a delightful way — to see my name mentioned in connection with some sort of inspiration you mentioned. It couldn't have come at a more perfect time because a few days earlier in the Teahouse I'd had a rare skirmish with another editor after I'd responded to a message he or she had posted with what turned out to be slightly misplaced humor, as you may have seen. I apologized and I think everything's fine now, but it was a bit painful for both the other editor, apparently, and me. So your cheery little note buried in your message was just the right medicine for me! Augnablik (talk) 05:18, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Augnablik! Yes, I accidentally pinged you when creating my WP:GUESTBOOK which you can see here. I included on that page various little thoughts I've written overtime on my user page, and one of them is in reference to you!

And I am glad to have improved your mood with that. I hope you have a great day :) Happy editing! toby ^{in solidarity} 17:17, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if your ping wasn't intended but it brought about a delightfully recuperative result, I'd like to nominate it for a perfect example, although in a secular setting, of the Christian saying, "O happy fault!";)

So I see by your signature these days that you're back to Toby. Should we expect regular changes of user names, then? I guess it's one good way of keeping us mentally in shape.

When I went to sign your guestbook, I noticed the directions were for those who use the Source editor. I'm in the minority of editors who prefer the Visual editor. I can deal with having to use the Source editor from time to time, though with gritted teeth, but just thought to squawk a little. Since joining Wikipedia and immediately gravitating to the VE, but finding myself in a definite minority among editors, I've increasingly gained sympathy for left-handers. I'm sure that with your own appreciation for humor, you can see what I was trying to say. But by the time you read this, I'll probably have succeeded in signing. Augnablik (talk) 11:02, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I like that proverb!

I have various usernames across multiple social media sites, including Tarlby, Croissant, Toby, and Toe Beans (did you get the joke for the last one?). Out of the four, I think Toby is simply the best one. It's personal, friendly, and not too confusing like Tarlby. For the foreseeable future, I intend to keep it, because I like it :)

And yes, I did get the joke. I used to always use Visual Editor when I was a newer editor, but I've slowly been using the source editor more and more as time goes on. Thank you for signing the Guestbook! toby ^{in solidarity} 20:38, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Toby is a nice name, though I rather liked Tarlby too.

Toby or not to be? Augnablik (talk) 04:15, 5 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and thanks for reviewing Baby Shaker. If it interests you, I also nominated Ahmed Al-Kaf and Favre-Leuba for GA status last year. Again, it's your choice, and I respect that! :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 07:57, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! I don't usually review anything that is not VG related, but I might check them out eventually. toby ^{in solidarity} 06:57, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 11:10, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all the medals you give to this band of brothers, Gog! And I see from your user page that you've performed at least 600 reviews. That sounds like a big number! toby ^{in solidarity} 11:28, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it is, but like most big numbers it builds up a little bit at a time. I try to do a couple every week. Now on 655 . But I have nominated 79 FACs over the past eight years, so I need to have reviewed that sort of number if I am not to be a net drain on the system. I know, I know - I need to get out more. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:02, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tarlby, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:

• Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
• If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
• If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Sohom (talk) 21:29, 18 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Please take care when accepting pending change edits; those articles are protected because of frequent editing problems. You accepted this edit, which changed the values that were supported by the cited source. I have reverted the edits, but it shouldn't have been accepted. Hope this helps! Schazjmd (talk) 19:16, 28 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @Schazjmd; WP:PCR does not require that reviewers verify the sourcing for edits, and that reviewers do not take responsibility for the correctness of edits they accept except for the most blatant cases of vandalism and the like. I do always regret that these slips of verifiäbility pass by though, so I will be more diligent in the future! toby ^(t)(rw) 19:22, 28 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for your anti-vandalism efforts! SHSR T • C 05:08, 1 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! toby ^(t)(rw) 13:55, 1 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not certain I understand how lawsuits about child molesting catholic priests constitute BLP issues when no priests were named in the content. I can certainly provide references and sources for the thousands of lawsuits filed against the catholic church accusing priests of molesting young boys. Please explain how this is a BLP issue. ~2026-36607-02 (talk) 09:09, 1 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, Tarlby: I saw your email a while back. I would edit Letterpress again, but I couldn't seem to address all the nitpicks brought up at the FAC review. I could use a bit of your insight from your work at Rain World (very late congrats, BTW). —TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 05:56, 3 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @TrademarkedTWOrantula. Sorry about beïng late to respond. I'll look at the article later here when I have the time. toby ^(t)(rw) 03:00, 5 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Minions & Monsters is officially out. Awaiting for approval on the draft page for the film series. ~2026-33078-81 (talk) 21:03, 5 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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