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November 2023 GOCE drive award

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The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Sawyer-mcdonell for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:54, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays!

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Sawyer-mcdonell, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024.
Happy editing,
ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 19:35, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you !!! you too!!! sawyer * he/they * talk 19:58, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Merry Christmas

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Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 02:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 02:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse host - welcome

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Teahouse logo
Dear Sawyer-mcdonell,

Thank you for volunteering as a Host at the Teahouse. Wikipedia is a community of people working together to make knowledge free. You are an important part of that effort! By joining as a Host, and by following our expectations, you are helping new users to get started here at Wikipedia, and aiding more experienced users who just have a question about how something works. We appreciate your willingness to help!

Here are some links you may find helpful as a Host:

Editors who have signed up as hosts, but who have not contributed at the Teahouse for six months or so may be removed from the list of hosts.

About your user page...

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Your page is incredibly interesting! I can see you're into a lot of specific things about history and the middle ages and eras like that. It's also very cool that you are into Paganism - I have been doing some research on it lately, so it's quite fun for me to see someone who shares the very same religious beliefs as the ones I have read about.


As for your love for Gaelic culture and the Celts (and also the fact you mention your interests in local history), I can only assume that you are also from the island of Ireland? I live in the North personally, so I'm not very far away from you.

Hopefully I see you around Wikipedia during my travels. Cheers!


D2kZ (talk) 04:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind message! It's lovely to find someone with similar interests. I actually don't live in Ireland (I live in Wisconsin) but I'm moving to Galway next year for university, to study Celtic civilization and archaeology. I'm also not personally pagan, but I find it absolutely fascinating and love reading about pre-Christian religion. Anyways, I also hope to see you around while editing, and if you have any questions or need help, you can ask me or post a message at the Teahouse. Happy editing! :) sawyer * he/they * talk 05:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Sawyer-mcdonell!

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Happy New Year!

Sawyer-mcdonell,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Jerium (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Jerium (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and likewise!! sawyer * he/they * talk 20:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year 2024!

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Happy New Year!

Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]



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CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and back at ya!! sawyer * he/they * talk 23:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 60

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

  • Three new partners
  • Google Scholar integration
  • How to track partner suggestions

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Removing Non-Diffusing Categories

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Please don't remove people from non-diffusing categories, like you did here [1]. Roeds belonged in both the Category:17th-century Danish women farmers category and the Category:17th-century Danish farmers category per WP:EGRS. Mason (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My bad; I got the message upon your last note on my talk page. I've got a better grasp on how things work now, and I think it's been a few weeks since I worked on categories. Again, I'm sorry you've had to clean up behind me. Thanks for your patience & see you around! sawyer * he/they * talk 20:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 January 2024

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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gates of Heaven Synagogue

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On 12 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gates of Heaven Synagogue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wisconsin was almost razed in the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gates of Heaven Synagogue. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gates of Heaven Synagogue), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 February 2024

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Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2024

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I was editing the page when I realized there was a conflict with your edit. Unfortunately, I mistakenly saved my changes. If you'd like to keep your addition, feel free to revert back to it. – DreamRimmer (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no worries! i'll probably go and 'synthesize' the two revisions :) sawyer * he/they * talk 19:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

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Melangell

Thank you for quality articles such as Melangell and Gates of Heaven Synagogue, performed in collaboration, for "This was a big project and a whole lot of fun to research", for a user page that speaks in images, - pilgrim, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2910 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much !!!! :) sawyer * he/they * talk 21:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category - Church of Wales Church buildings in Gwent

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Can I ask why you are putting buildings into a geographic category that no longer exists? Gwent has no geographic/governmental existence, it's a historic remnant. Would it not be better to put them in the Principal areas they are actually in, e.g. Monmouthshire, Newport? I can get the breaking-down of Wales, that make sense. KJP1 (talk) 07:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm organizing them based on the preserved counties of Wales, of which Gwent is one; I was talking with a Welsh editor about the diffusion of Category:Church in Wales church buildings, and she thought that the preserved counties would be the simplest way to diffuse it since they're the largest subdivisions of the country, & other Wales-related categories use a disorganized combination of principal areas, historic counties, & preserved counties, and it can be difficult to make sense of which ones are which. I'm not Welsh, so I'm not intimately aware of the differences between Welsh subdivisions. I'm happy to switch to diffusing by principal area (or historic county, or something else) if you think that would be better! sawyer * he/they * talk 08:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see. I wouldn't personally think that the Preserved counties would be the best division. Basically, they're historic relics, that only have ceremonial functions, and not many of those. I would think that readers would want to know where the church buildings actually are, e.g. Newport, Monmouthshire etc. And that Principal areas of Wales would be best for that. It's the route others, including me, have gone done for things like; Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Registered historic parks and gardens in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. My suggestion would be that you flag your plans - already far advanced! - on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales. It's a pretty active page, and you'll definitely get views. I'd be surprised if there was support for doing it by Preserved counties, but who knows. KJP1 (talk) 08:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
that's good to know; thanks for giving me a heads up. it's quite late where i am, so i think i'll just come back to this in the morning & make a WP wales post. re-reading all the relevant articles about the subdivisions of Wales, i think i agree with your assessment. categories can be tricky, so i appreciate your message. sawyer * he/they * talk 08:31, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. And I appreciate your taking on the task of splitting them . Certainly, Wales was too big. So the intention is right - it’s just a matter of agreeing on the best split. My “vote” will be for ‘by Principal Area’. KJP1 (talk) 08:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with KJP1, best use the principal areas, i.e. the modern counties. DankJae 20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thanks for the input. i've become a bit preoccupied today (see below), but i will start a discussion soon; hopefully it can create a consensus for future organization of Wales articles as well, as like i said earlier, it's quite disorganized as it is. sawyer * he/they * talk 20:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@KJP1 @DankJae i sincerely apologize, but i'm far too scatterbrained and don't feel up to making a new discussion post today, due to both Vami's passing and some IRL stuff. either of you should feel free to deal with the categorization however you see fit (i won't object to reorganization, category deletion, one of you making a discussion post, or whatever), or just leave it and i'll get to it at some point. hope you guys understand. i've got some scratchpad notes here sawyer * he/they * talk 23:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sawyer-mcdonell, done the ones that have at least two articles, kept the preserved ones as parent categories for now. DankJae 00:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell

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Hello! Your submission of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:24, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 07:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia

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The article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Religion in South Ossetia and Talk:Religion in South Ossetia/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 08:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 02:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 61

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

  • Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
  • 1Lib1Ref results

Read the full newsletter

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Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell

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The article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell for comments about the article, and Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell

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On 6 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Saint Melangell's shrine was reconstructed from pieces of the 12th-century original found in the walls of the church and lychgate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 2 March 2024

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story · music · places

Thank you for your share in the obituary for Vami_IV! On Smetana's 200th birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of Vami. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the lovely music :) sawyer * he/they * talk 04:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia

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The article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Religion in South Ossetia for comments about the article, and Talk:Religion in South Ossetia/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 05:42, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

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I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to oversee the GAN of Umbanda. It is appreciated. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! It's an interesting topic and I'm always happy to see more minority/syncretic/non-Anglophone/indigenous/etc religions getting covered well on here; I brought Religion in South Ossetia up to GA out of spite that it was a redirect, haha. Thank you for working on Umbanda, as well as Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Lakota religion, and numerous others. I also see you've been working on articles related to archaeology in the Isles, another major interest of mine - if you'd ever like to work together on one, let me know. Happy editing! sawyer * he/they * talk 17:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Introduction
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A kitten for you!

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queen of 🖤 (they/them; chat) 06:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks :D sawyer * he/they * talk 06:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The Signpost: 29 March 2024

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Happy Easter!

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Easter Joy
Happy Easter to a fine editor! May you have a kind and joyful Paschaltide! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
happy easter !!!! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.[April Fools!] Di (they-them) (talk) 00:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

joke's on you, i spend too much time lurking at ANI to fall for a blue link ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

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A barnstar for you!

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The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the March 2024 GA backlog drive. Your noteworthy contribution (11.5 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Religion in South Ossetia

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On 9 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Religion in South Ossetia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the capital of South Ossetia once had more Jews than Ossetians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Religion in South Ossetia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Religion in South Ossetia), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 7,477 views (623.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of April 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC) [reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for another interesting article, and welcome to WP:QAI. Feel free to list articles for review on the project talk, - and review ;) -Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)-[reply]

thank you! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 18:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
lovely! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

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We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editor of the Week

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Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Generalissima submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate Sawyer-mcdonell for Editor of the Week. He is a relatively new user as far as active editing is concerned but has done really high-quality work on religious history topics, with a general but not exclusive interest on Celtic Christianity. Look at Gates of Heaven Synagogue or Melangell to see what I mean. We can all agree that religious history is a sadly under-represented area on-wiki, and we need more great editors like Sawyer to improve it and, in so doing, improve the encyclopedia!

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week: 

{{User:UBX/EoTWBox}}
This is not Editor Sawyer-mcdonnel
Sawyer-mcdonell
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning April 14, 2024
Although a relatively new user as far as active editing is concerned he has done really high-quality work on religious history topics. His general but not exclusive interest is on the topic of Celtic Christianity. Two examples can be found at Gates of Heaven Synagogue or Melangell. Religious history is sadly under-represented area on-wiki and great editors like Sawyer strive to improve it.
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Submit a nomination

Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies.

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I am sorry for going off topic as sometimes I do not pay attention, and I was trying to make it simple for Conservative People's party of Estonia as there is a lot of them.

I am still new here, but I am willing to learn a lot. Also, I added reliable sources that Pramila Jayapal's sister Susheela is running for congress in 2024. I was aking hypothecially, have apologized in teahouse when I was told that. 174.135.36.220 (talk) 02:27, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for reviewing Louis Zhang Jiashu!

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As the title says. Wasn't expecting a swift review, but little miracles do happen in life. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 07:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

you're welcome! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am still saying apologies about the teahouse talk.

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I am sorry for going off topic as sometimes I do not pay attention, and I was trying to make it simple for Conservative People's party of Estonia as there is a lot of them.

I am still new here, but I am willing to learn a lot. Also, I added reliable sources that Pramila Jayapal's sister Susheela is running for congress in 2024. I was aking hypothecially, have apologized in teahouse when I was told that. I do not know why somebody deleted this. 174.135.36.220 (talk) 07:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

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The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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TFA

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Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

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Hello! Sawyer777, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 18:04, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
???? ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of St Melangell's Church

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Congratulations, Sawyer777! The article you nominated, St Melangell's Church, 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, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
wahoo! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well done. First of many, I hope. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Crown

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Just in case you're wondering, you were nominated for the award by Cowboygilbert. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 10:35, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations sawyer777, you are awarded a Triple Crown for your incredible work on St Melangell's Church. Well done. Damien Linnane (talk) 10:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FA

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Congratulations to your FA! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have to echo this! Congrats! Well deserved! ~ Pbritti (talk) 03:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you !!!!! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When do you want that as TFA? Any particular relevant date? Or just soon? I am willing to nominate, unless you want to do it yourself, at WP:TFAR. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i have no preference, as Melangell's feast day (May 27) already passed. thank you for offering to nominate it! :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 16:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/St Melangell's Church - feel free to adjust the blurb (which is on the long side), pick a different picture, support ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
lovely, thanks! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 16:49, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
wonderful! i've got a nomination for women in green coming up soon as well - Historia Divae Monacellae just needs a little more expansion :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 16:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

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have a great day, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia :)

Staraction (talk | contribs) 03:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you!! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:37, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Not sure what to say

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So, uhm, you left a message on my talk page? Do you want to help me at something? Please let me know! Tewuzij (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i just sent you a standard welcome message after i noticed you hadn't gotten one. nothing much to it! if you have questions, you can ask me. :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 21:58, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How can I use VPN or TOR without being blocked from editing? Tewuzij (talk) 11:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
those are both automatically blocked; i would suggest just not using those when editing. if you sincerely need to use a VPN for privacy reasons (not sure why you'd need to use Tor) then you can apply for Wikipedia:IP block exemption. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 19:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

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The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Molokans in Armenia

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On 4 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Molokans in Armenia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was popular in many other parts of the Soviet Union? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Molokans in Armenia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Molokans in Armenia), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Such a cool subject! ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it's very interesting!! i plan on getting it to GA at some point... when i can either peer pressure a Russophone to help me or dredge through several machine-translated Russian journal articles. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I hate to say "I know a guy", but in this case, I might actually know a guy. I'll message you privately if I can get through to him about doing a couple translations in exchange for a coffee. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:23, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Historia Divae Monacellae

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A Barnstar!
Thanks for participating in the June 2024 backlog drive!
You scored 9 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this cookie. Thanks for helping out!

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Public domain

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Hey, I noticed you removed an image here on the grounds that it wasn't PD. However, my understanding is that it was published in 1907. Account to copyright law in the United States, that's PD (95 years or older). It appears to have the wrong PD tag on the Commons, but maybe I'm missing something. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kusma pointed out here that Pogany died in 1955, making it just barely out of PD in the UK - it's PD in the US, but not where it was originally published, as far as i know. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 04:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not to assume where you're from, but on the off chance that the image was uploaded from within the US, it would appear that the Berne agreement does not require the enforcement of UK copyright law in this case; see here. Maybe I'm missing something, but better safe than sorry! Good luck with the GA! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
indeed i'm in the US (for the next ~month anyways) but i'm now more confused. if it's not too much trouble, could you explain this on the GAN review page? Kusma would surely be more competent in this area than i am.
in any case regarding commons, i don't think this is CSD-material over there, and given their backlog it'd probably be actually PD before a deletion discussion would even be closed. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For positive reasons, I'm going to be drawing down my Wikipedia presence for the next few weeks and I already accepted a GAN when I shouldn't have. I'd rather not step on Kusma's toes any more than I already have. Also, I agree: we can just let that image sit until it does become obviously PD. Best wishes for you if you're traveling abroad—I'm off to Edinburgh early next month! ~ Pbritti (talk) 05:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no worries; i'll just link him this section. have fun in edinburgh! & i'm actually moving to Ireland to start university in august O_O ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Your GA nomination of Historia Divae Monacellae

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The article Historia Divae Monacellae you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Historia Divae Monacellae for comments about the article, and Talk:Historia Divae Monacellae/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 12:41, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 63

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

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Category:Armenian Apostolic churches in Nakhchivan has been nominated for merging

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Category:Armenian Apostolic churches in Nakhchivan has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:06, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WiG Editathon Barnstar

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WiG Editathon Barnstar
Thank you so much for contributing to Women in Green's sixth editathon, with your successful GA nomination of Historia Divae Monacellae and review of María Pacheco. Excellent work! Best wishes --Grnrchst (talk) 09:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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DYKN Historia Divae Monacellae

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I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Historia Divae Monacellae and I've proposed a slightly modified hook, so if you would give it a look? – Editør (talk) 11:20, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And a suggestion for the article: maybe you could use {{Sort}} for the Date column of the table 'Surviving manuscripts of the Historia' so that it can be sorted chronologically. – Editør (talk) 09:12, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
good idea - thanks for the suggestion :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 20:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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A barnstar for you!

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For your work on St Melangell's Church. It was a fascinating read after I spotted it as the featured article today. DJ Cane (he/him) (Talk) 21:29, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you!! i appreciate it ... sawyer * he/they * talk 21:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well deserved, Sawyer. You're a stellar editor. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:01, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you!!! i recall seeing you tweeting about wikipedia back in the day (like, a year ago) encouraged me to take it up while i've been out of school :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:10, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Historia Divae Monacellae

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On 15 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Historia Divae Monacellae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Historia Divae Monacellae, a medieval hagiography, tells of wild hares performing miracles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Historia Divae Monacellae. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Historia Divae Monacellae), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:04, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wingman's Barnstar

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For creating Historia Divae Monacellae and its DYK hook, which has apparently gotten me major brownie points with one of my Tinder matches. joeyquism (talk) 03:16, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August music

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Today I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for St Melangell's Church, introduced: "St Melangell's Church, built over Bronze Age sacred ground, housed a prominent shrine in medieval Wales. The titular Melangell, patron saint of hares, founded a monastery in the area in the 7th or 8th century, and the current church was built during the Norman period. After a period of decline during and after the Reformation, renewed interest in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in the reconstruction of the shrine and extensive scholarly analysis of the site; an entire journal volume dedicated to fresh archaeological discoveries was produced in 1994. This article was a stub marred by a giant blockquote and some very 2009-style references when I found it, but it was a diamond in the rough. I've been working on this on-and-off for around 6 months, and exhausted every scholarly source I could possibly find on this topic."! - Enjoy your first TFA day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:07, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! it's exciting - as i said, it was a lot of work and very satisfying to see that bronze star :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:11, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is great to see a Welsh church on the front page. And such a lovely article. Congratulations! A minor point on cites for Cadw and Coflein - we’ve templates for these, which I personally think give a slightly cleaner look to the cites. You can see how they work in Cites 7, 10 and 19 here. All the very best, and I look forward to seeing another Welsh church soon. KJP1 (talk) 05:45, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i know about the templates and actually used them previously, but at FAC i removed them because they're both a bit heavy on the redundant linking. if i can figure out how to edit templates (i'm pretty bad with anything technical), i will fix the redundant linking issue and re-add them to the article. thanks for your kind message! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you! - On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for improving article quality in August! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations to the move! - Sunday story about another of Bach's chorale cantatas, listen, as I listened to two impressive very different choral concerts, - music by 16 composers. In the latest cloudy pictures: a hidden deer, a cat and a blaze of a sunset. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

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The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

  • The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
  • Wikimania presentation
  • New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

Read the full newsletter

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Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" GA Editathon – October 2024

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Hello Sawyer777:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) & Alanna the Brave (talk)

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note to visitors

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to any who may be reading this, i will be at limited capacity to edit wikipedia consistently from 23 august to.... mid september or so. i am moving to Ireland and starting university, so i will be busy. however, i will do my best to check this lovely website at least once a day and i can be contacted via the WP:Discord, where i am sawyer3333333. i will still be a coordinator for the WP:DCWC, just more offline. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i have made it safely to this lovely island! :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September thanks

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story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in September! - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, is one of the pieces in my topic of this year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 26 September 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

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A barnstar for you!

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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For your kind comments at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:CKirby09 and User talk:CKirby09. --DB1729talk 00:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you, i really appreciate it! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:46, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That was a good sentiment to express, Sawyer. Glad to watch your talk page and see such acts of kindness on the project. Teaching high schoolers, I can't help but hope the kid finds a way for Wikipedia to be a productive outlet in what is often an uncomfortable age. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i remember being around 16 and having trouble making & keeping friends in the aftermath of COVID... i dunno. it moved something in me ... sawyer * he/they * talk 09:16, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 19 October 2024

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October thanks

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story · music · places

Thank you for improving articles on October! - My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:42, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Canada Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and Christmas Island AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

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Hello and good morning :). I love your signature, but see it's not quite compliant with accessibility norms. Could you make it a tad bit darker? (https://webaim.org/resources/linkcontrastchecker/?fcolor=000000&bcolor=FFFFFF&lcolor=618A3D) —Femke 🐦 (talk) 08:16, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

done, thanks for letting me know! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 11:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

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  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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The Signpost: 6 November 2024

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