User talk:Basestopp

Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.

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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Call Me by Your Name (film), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Bbb23 (talk) 14:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

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Do you have an interest in DOGE's released documents?

Hey Basestopp! I saw your edits related to the Department of Government Efficiency and I wanted to see if you had any interest in seeing/working with the documents released by DOGE? Wikisource, one of the other projects from the Wikimedia Foundation, and a sister project to Wikipedia, has a newly-created WikiProject DOGE, which has the goal to transcribe the various documents released by DOGE, so they are easily readable to others and searchable on Google and other search engines.

Wikisource is not Wikipedia, in terms of there is no articles to create. Wikisource is just a place where public-domain/free-to-use texts are transcribed onto. Those can be subsequently linked to a Wikipedia article.

Well, if you are interested in learning about what exactly DOGE releases, feel free to let join the WikiProject over on Wikisource or if you have any questions, feel free to ask! Cheers! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 19:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi, thank you I appreciate the offer, but unfortunately I have far too much on my plate and don't think I would have the time.

Best Basestopp (talk) 19:57, 22 February 2025 (UTC)