User talk:Clovermoss

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• The Wikipedia Library – this cannot be used until you have 6 months tenure, no active blocks, and 500 edits. However, once you meet the criteria, it is a very useful resource. There is also the Wikipedia:Resource Exchange. I have subscriptions to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Niagara Falls Review, if you ever want me to verify something for you. I also have access to the James A. Gibson library at Brock University.

Random advice

Regarding some of the recent discussion threads on acceptable comments during requests for administrative privileges: I find it difficult to offer advice, as my previous advice was, in part, "don't take advice from random people on the Internet". However, along the same lines, I feel it's important to avoid becoming overly invested in seeking trust from random people on the Internet. For better or worse, some people (on- or offline) will behave in ways we can't understand. Our control over that is very limited, so we can only manage our reaction and temper how much we choose to engage. Best wishes again for everything you choose to do. isaacl (talk) 03:40, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't regret a word of what I said. Nothing is ever going to change if people suffer in silence and don't try to stop toxicity in our community, whether it's at RfA or elsewhere. I'm not asking for anything groundbreaking here – just for people to do the right thing and not cast aspersions or be needlessly cruel. I've always taken issue with the fact that people will act like it's the victim's fault for having feelings and feeling hurt by such situations. It's human nature. I realize that you're trying to be helpful, but please do think about what I'm trying to say? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 05:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I apologize for being unclear. My comments were not related to that thread, but to the previous actions to which you referred. You expressed regret about some previous actions that you made in an attempt to allay another person's concerns. I'm suggesting that you needn't be overly worried about the concerns of an anonymous person, as there may be no way to resolve them, but of course it's up to you. I agree that you are the best judge of what course of action to take. Please rest assured I understand what you have been saying, and feel free to pay me no mind, as per my advice. isaacl (talk) 06:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)