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The Signpost: 1 December 2025

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Test

test paranormalcaramel (talk) 19:37, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

how was my edit to the Cynthoni page vandalism??

all i did was turn it from a mere redirect to Stardust (Danny Brown album) into a proper page Inmyfuture1321 (talk) 03:12, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

yeah I reverted that with ultraviolet cause it showed up on the edit filter and then checked the recent changes and couldn't tell what was going on. i wasn't sure what the proper content was supposed to be so i didn't self-revert after that —paranormalcaramel (leave a message) 03:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

HOWEVER the sources you cited for that article were unreliable so really you should leave it as a redirect and work on your draft at AfC or in your sandbox —paranormalcaramel (leave a message) 03:16, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

whats afc? Inmyfuture1321 (talk) 03:21, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Aydoh8^{[what have I done now?]} 03:23, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for creation, which provides assistance to new users in writing articles, which I strongly recommend you use instead of posting to redirect pages. —paranormalcaramel (leave a message) 03:24, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Also, @Inmyfuture1321: I strongly recommend reviewing the notability guideline for music and musicians, since the article as you wrote it did not establish Cynthoni as meeting that gudeline. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:29, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 December 2025

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December blitz bling

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to ParanormalCaramel for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 21:29, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: this edit to the NWfP page. It was too big of an edit. PhilDaBirdMan (Talk |WikiProject Socialism | Current Incubator Initiative) 18:54, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

?? —paranormalcaramel (leave a message) 19:07, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

It’s supposed t be for a bad edit that needs humor. Your edit was too big. PhilDaBirdMan (Talk |WikiProject Socialism | Current Incubator Initiative) 20:07, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For all you do around here. Keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 05:37, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 January 2026

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The Signpost: 10 March 2026

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Pings galore

Hey ParanormalCaramel. I saw your confused comment at Special:GoToComment/c-ParanormalCaramel-20260725021100-what_the_fuck. You were pinged repeatedly by a known long-term abuse vandal, Salebot1. I am sorry that you were seemingly selected at random for their annoying antics and have been blocking them when I notice, but given that their attacks are automated, some might've slipped through the cracks. I hope this provides some information at least regarding why you've been pinged so much. Happy editing to you! Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 04:40, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

The Signpost: 2 August 2026

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The Signpost: 24 August 2026

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