User talk:Ealdgyth#Query re: WP:AN

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: Yeah. No. I like my blood pressure within reasonable bounds. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:50, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

::Smart woman :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:11, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

::: I admire your idealism and optimism... should I start calling you 'Dona Quixote'? Ealdgyth (talk) 14:57, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

::::Nope ... too late ... it's pretty clear by now that Wikipedia processes aren't equipped to deal with the toxicity in the GENSEX area. Maybe other areas are the same, and I should have dropped the optimism long ago, but I had not been sufficiently exposed because of mostly being involved at higher levels of editing (FA). (PS, Doña). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:52, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Dear Ealdgyth, I would love to read your comments, should you have any, about the Queen Melisende article at the FA nomination page. You are one of the editors whose judgement I trust the most. I promise she will not raise your blood pressure! Surtsicna (talk) 10:07, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

: I make no promises. My wiki time is ... limited and I've got grandkids coming to visit over the Fourth of July. My house is a disaster and it needs to be cleaned... yikes! Ealdgyth (talk) 12:15, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

::Haha sounds like your blood pressure is already raised! I can only wish you good luck... and hope that it's not a bigger disaster by the time the visit is over :D Surtsicna (talk) 13:22, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

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