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    Welcome to my talk page. Please feel free to drop by any time, just to say hello if you want. thanks!!

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    link to pump tabs

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    Brooklyn navbox draft

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    Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

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    You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!

    Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for:

    This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    -- Environment of New York City Task Force

    Update- No Earth Day or plan day to discuss other options but this is plan so far some need to come to Orlando only, Orleans, Ohio, California, Amsterdam or Nevada,New York,Coldarao,Maine,Missouri,North Dakota,japan,South Korea,South Dakota,United Kingdom,New Jersey,Montana,Rhode Island,Spain for Amazing Citizens get to pick first always, Second choice-Medium acting citizens Alabama,Massachusetts,Maine,Mexico,California,Salvadorian,Indian community,Mexico,California,Texas,Utah South Korea,Spain different part of Florida, New Jersey United Kingdom. Third choose Medium bad people a fresh start to continue to be a model citizen all needs to be Australian,Salvadorian,Japan, Maine Indian community,Texas and different part of Florida,Utah,New Jersey,Rhode Island Employed Full-Time always but Part-time or Reduce hours! Veterans and Firefighters and Medical Disability Single Dads or LGBTQIA no drama or chatty behavior (pending Single 👀Mom) no husband blocking or boyfriend blocking or run mens Pocket,lying, no good girlfriend code of honor, remove your envy or to do harm to other women. Clean record and driving must go to work and be on time, must try to update or enhance job skilled or attempt something new or enhance your job roles must stay for 3 to 5 year or 10,20 years max if stay for 20 years and no hiccups of any kind model employee maybe company can start apprenticeship to help update and add new policy for a fresh take on the job, Role or Career. Pending or possible upcoming career is Medical Marijuana only with medical card and states can look at hooka lounge for all cigarettes, Vapes, Medical Marijuana no hard drugs with time limits 2 to 4 with last hour sombering up with cop presence Must be 5 miles away or more if in walking distance like factory style and with THC Candy and Chocolate,Food or Drinks,Bakery Products from residents open space and STD clearance with clear windows check in and out (no sex or violence in this lounge) must be state residents with one full year in state. Hot job get ready now AI/Machine Learning specialist, Data scientists and renewable energy engineers. Then second Healthcare nurse practitioner, physical therapist, medical and health services managers,information security analyst,data scientists,renewable energy (wind turbine technicians,Solar photovoltaic installers.Third choose for my Re Must not block men or women from dating, getting to know each other as comforter buddies or Support Person so they don't feel alone in the world life to short not to take chance in life but safe one always and always "do no harm" and more people need to recognize and speak up if you see something say something in a safe way and always let law enforcement do there job and report it.I would like to see two or three max in rotation of different opportunities too. This is for top choice always The Moore if following directions, if all retired time for a change (Now Weekes family+then Moores+all who choose Holloway +the Dowett family and Jones and (second Full Sweezer family by 2026) on this list with two to three with relocation options

    WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

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    Happy Hanukkah!

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    Wil540 art has given you some Potato pancakes! Potato pancakes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else some Potato pancakes, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy Hanukkah!

    To spread the goodness of Potato pancake, you can add {{Potato pancakes}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

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    New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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    Hello Sm8900,

    New Page Review queue April to June 2023

    Backlog

    Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

    Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

    WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

    Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

    You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

    Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

    Reminders

    WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

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    The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

    • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
    • Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
    • Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

    Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

    Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

    I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

    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
    • Membership news, obituary and election results
    • Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
    • Closing words
    – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.
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    Your draft article, Draft:Joanna Hathaway

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    Hello, Sm8900. This message concerns the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Joanna Hathaway".

    Drafts that go unedited for six months are eligible for deletion, in accordance with our draftspace policy, and this one has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission, and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

    If your submission has already been deleted by the time you read this, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions here. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the draft so you can continue to work on it.

    Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 20:26, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiCup 2025 September newsletter

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    The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

    Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

    In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

    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 – Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), Frostly (talk · contribs), Guerillero (talk · contribs) and Lee Vilenski (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) 00:48, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Women in Red September 2025

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    Women in Red | September 2025, Vol 11, Issue 9, Nos. 326, 327, 347, 348, 349
    Recognized as the most active, topic-based WikiProject by human changes.


    Online events:

    Announcements:

    Tip of the Month:

    • Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published.

    Progress ("moving the needle"):

    Other ways to participate:

    --Rosiestep (talk) 23:55, 31 August 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

    Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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    Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 16

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on August 16. Please help translate.
    Wikipedia 25 logo
    Wikipedia’s 25th birthday logo.
    Wikipedia 25 Birthday cake icon
    Wikipedia 25 Birthday cake

    Upcoming and current events and conversations
    Let's Talk continues

    • Wikimedia Futures Lab: Apply before Sep 4 to join The Wikimedia Futures Lab, the in-person convening hosted on January 30 – February 1, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany with participants from affiliates, contributors and external experts, to learn more about global trends and discuss potential movement-wide responses.
    • Wikimania 2026: The theme and date for Wikimania 2026 have been decided: Liberté, Équité, Fiabilité (Freedom, Equity, Reliability). This edition will take place in Paris, from July 21 to July 25, 2026.

    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
    See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

    • Tech News: Some of the latest updates from Tech News week 34 and 35: An A/B test comparing two versions of the desktop donate link launched on testwiki and English Wikipedia for 0.1% of logged out users on the desktop site. The experiment will run for three weeks, ending on 12 September; Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find.
    • Spread Wikilove, thank comments: A new improvement was added to the "Discussion tools" Beta feature; it is now possible to thank a user for their comment. This new feature is released for a 3-months long test.
    • Community Wishlist: Template authors can now use additional CSS properties, since the CSS sanitizer used by TemplateStyles was updated. These improvements are a Community Wishlist wish.
    • Wikipedia Mobile Apps: The Android app team has launched a new experiment in Italy that lets logged-out readers of Italian and English Wikipedia set their own donation reminders based on how often they read. This new approach responds to feedback from donors who say their motivation to give is tied to their reading habits. Instead of one-size-fits-all banners, readers can now choose reminders that fit their own usage, all while keeping their privacy intact.

    Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
    See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events

    Board and Board committee updates
    See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

    Other Movement curated newsletters & news
    See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library · Milestones · Wikidata · Central and Eastern Europe · other newsletters

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    MediaWiki message delivery 18:13, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

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    September 10: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting

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    September 10: Annual Election & Members Meeting

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election & Members Meeting, in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan and also via Zoom.

    The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect new members to the Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats – half of the elected seats on the board – and the elected board can appoint up to five more board members. As part of the Members Meeting, we will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Programs Plan for the coming year, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year.

    Election info:

    • To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months.
    • Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person.
    • The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 8 and 8pm EDT on September 10.
    • For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ.

    Meeting info:

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy.

    P.S. Next event, September 19 — NYC 400 Edit-A-Thon: Nueva Yol

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    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:48, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The Signpost: 9 September 2025

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    UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.
    Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!
    The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.
    And other new research findings.
    Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.
    With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.
    It's an easy one.
    * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:06, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This Month in GLAM: August 2025

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    Headlines
    Read this edition in full • Single-page

    To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

    Your draft article, Draft:War in the Pacific (wargame)

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    Hello, Sm8900. This message concerns the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "War in the Pacific".

    Drafts that go unedited for six months are eligible for deletion, in accordance with our draftspace policy, and this one has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission, and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

    If your submission has already been deleted by the time you read this, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the draft so you can continue to work on it.

    Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 22:25, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Feedback request: History and geography request for comment

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    Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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    Voting for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on 29 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:26, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 17

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on August 29. Please help translate.

    Upcoming and current events and conversations
    Let's Talk continues


    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
    See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

    Cybersecurity
    A better way to protect Wikimedia from malicious bots
    • Better bot detection: How we are improving bot detection and replacing our CAPTCHA.
    • Temporary Accounts: Temporary accounts are now deployed to almost all wikis except the last 11.
    • User Info: This new feature displays data related to a user account when you tap or click on the "user avatar" icon button next to a username. It's meant to be useful for different users with extended rights as well as newcomers.
    • Newsletter highlights: The latest Readers Newsletter is now available. It includes considerations about Wikipedia's declining pageviews in the recent years, how the Foundation and communities may work on addressing this together, and the formation of two new teams — Reader Growth and Reader Experience.
    • Activity Tab Experiment: The Foundation launched an experiment testing a new Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app to our beta testers. Instead of only showing editing activity, this tab also surfaces insights about reading and donation behavior.
    • Search Suggestions: To make it easier for users to find articles, logged-out users on both desktop and mobile will see suggestions of articles for further reading on English Wikipedia beginning the week of September 22. All non-English wikis received this update in June and July.
    • Paste Check: The Foundation is working on a new check: Paste check. This check informs newcomers who paste text into Wikipedia that the content might not be accepted to ensure it is aligned with the Movement's values. This check will soon be tested at a few wikis.
    • CampaignEvents extension: The CampaignEvents extension has been enabled for all Wikisources. The extension makes it easier to organize and participate in collaborative activities, like edit-a-thons and WikiProjects, on the wikis. To request the extension for your wiki, visit the information page.
    • Structured Task: The Add a Link Structured Task has been fully released at English Wikipedia. This release is an important step in making editing more accessible for new contributors, especially on mobile.
    • Tech News: Read more updates from Tech News week 36 and 37.
    • Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions is now available on 65 Wiktionaries and has a new capability to copy function calls from one Wikipedia to another.
    • Multilingual Contributors: The Language and Product Localisation team is launching a CentralNotice campaign to attract multilingual contributors to specific Wikipedias. The campaign will feature regionally targeted banners to reach potential native speakers.


    Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
    See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events


    Board and Board committee updates
    See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter


    Other Movement curated newsletters & news
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    MediaWiki message delivery 01:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Fri Nueva Yol Editathon + Oct 3-5 WikiGameJam NYC

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    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wikipedia NYC 400 Edit-A-Thon: Nueva Yol on Friday Sep 19 from 5pm to 8pm, hosted with the NYU Latinx Project.

    And if you're interested in the development of wiki-based games, we'd like to invite you to apply for the WikiGameJam on Oct 3-5 — we're hoping to publicly showcase some of the best projects at our next Wikipedia Day!

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy.

    (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Happy First Edit Day!

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    Hey, Sm8900. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
    Have a great day!     DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:40, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

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    Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

    Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June.

    Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed GoldRomean to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as lead coordinator, and Miniapolis and Mox Eden return as 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.

    June 2025 blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 26,652 words comprising 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    July 2025 drive: 30 of the 54 editors who signed up for the July 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited a total of 379,557 words comprising 151 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    August 2025 Blitz: 11 of the 17 editors who signed up for the August 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 65,601 words comprising 25 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    September 2025 Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

    Progress report: As of 06:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 222 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,010 articles.

    Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators.

    To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

    MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:46, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

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    Feedback request: History and geography request for comment

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    Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10

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    Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10, Nos. 326, 327, 350, 351, 352
    Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.


    Online events:

    Announcements:

    Tip of the Month:

    • Notable does not always mean admirable; you don't have to like an article's subject to make the article a useful contribution to Wikipedia.

    Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever.
    Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 6,283 articles during this period:

    • 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)
    • 24 September 2025: 20.20% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,088,533 biographies; 421,901 women)

    Other ways to participate:

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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 18

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on September 13. Please help translate.

    Upcoming and current events and conversations
    Let's Talk continues

    • CEE Meeting: Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 26-28.
    • Learning Clinic: The next Let's Connect Learning Clinic will talk about "Mastering the Capacity Exchange (CapX) Tool" and will take place on September 30 at 13:00 UTC.
    • Big Fat Brussels Meeting: The tenth in-person gathering of Wikimedians enthusiastic in free knowledge advocacy, Big Fat Brussels Meeting, will take place on October 3-4.
    • Wikimedia Research Showcase: "Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata’s Role in Learning and Culture" will be the featured theme for the next research showcase taking place on October 15 at 16:30 UTC.

    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
    See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

    Wikifunctions now available on 123 Wiktionaries

    Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
    See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events

    Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
    See also: Progress on the annual plan

    Board and Board committee updates
    See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

    Foundation statements

    Highlights from other Movement curated newsletters & news
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    The Signpost: 2 October 2025

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    This time "not merely negative".
    Wickedpedia wrangles post-truth politics.
    Unexpected news!
    Fifty hot topics from fourteen noticeboards.
    Policy, politics, icons, captchas, and LLMs.
    And other recent publications.
    When to walk away.
    Rest in peace.
    Celebrities, deaths and software.
    All invited!
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    This Month in GLAM: September 2025

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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 19

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on September 26. Please help translate.

    Upcoming and current events and conversations
    Let's Talk continues


    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
    See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

    Dark Mode will soon be available on all Wikimedia sites.
    • Mobile Editing: Insights on mobile web editing on Wikipedia in 2025 are now available. This report highlights that ~95% of IP mobile users editing via wikitext open the editor but make no changes at all, a vast untapped potential. It also pinpoints where contributors most often drop off.
    • Dark Mode: Dark Mode user interface will be rolled out on all Wikimedia sites on October 29. All anonymous users of Wikimedia sites will have the option to activate a color scheme that features light-colored text on a dark background. This is designed to provide a more comfortable reading experience, especially in low-light situations.
    • Community wishlist extension: The new Community Wishlist extension has been released. This will allow users to add tags to their wishes to better categorise them, and (in a future iteration) to filter them by status, tags and focus areas. It will also be possible to support individual wishes again, as requested by the community in many instances.
    • Paste Check: 22 Wikis are now testing a new Edit Check feature, Paste Check, to help avoid and fight copyright violations. When editors paste text into an article, Paste Check prompts them to confirm the origin and licensing of the content.
    • Tone Check: The Wikimedia Foundation is working on a new check for newcomers: Tone check. Using a prediction model, this check will encourage editors to improve the tone of their edits.
    • Search Suggestions: Search Suggestions was deployed on English Wikipedia. Upon clicking an empty search bar, logged-out users see suggestions of articles for further reading. The feature is available on both desktop and mobile.
    • Unsupported Tools Working Group: A new Unsupported Tools Working Group has been formed to help prioritize and review requests for support of unmaintained extensions, gadgets, bots, and tools. The group has chosen Video2Commons as the first tool for its pilot cycle. The group will explore ways to improve and sustain the tool over the coming months.
    • Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 40 and 41 including about Sub-referencing – a new feature to re-use references with different details.
    • Wikimedia Research Showcase: Don't miss the next Wikimedia Research Showcase, "Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata's Role in Learning and Culture" taking place on October 15 at 16:30 UTC.

    Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
    See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events

    Foundation statements

    Other Movement curated newsletters & news
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    The Signpost: 20 October 2025

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    And the "Global Resource Distribution Committee" emerges.
    Two shortlisted WMF Board candidates removed from the ballot.
    Who was bumped and why?
    ...while Musk prepares to launch "Grokipedia".
    Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.
    Don't get too excited before you read this.
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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 20

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on October 11. Please help translate.

    Upcoming and current events and conversations
    Let's Talk continues


    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
    See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

    The naming contest for the new Wikimedia project, known until now as Abstract Wikipedia, is ongoing.
    • Making it easier to say thanks: Users on most wikis will now have the ability to thank a comment directly from the talk page it appears on. Before this change, thanking could only be done by visiting the revision history of the talk page.
    • Account security: Improvements to account security and two-factor authentication (2FA) features were enabled across all wikis. Another part of the project is making 2FA generally available to all users. Along with editors with advanced privileges, such as administrators and bureaucrats, 40% of editors now have access to 2FA. You can check if you have access at Special:AccountSecurity.
    • Abstract Wikipedia: The naming contest for the new Wikimedia project, known until now as Abstract Wikipedia, is ongoing. Voting is now open until November 3.
    • Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 42 and 43 including the community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
    • Wikimedia apps: The Wikipedia iOS App launched an A/B/C test of improvements to the Tabbed browsing feature into Beta for select regions & languages. Called “More dynamic tabs”, the experiment adds user-requested improvements and introduces article recommendations within the tabs overview, showing “Did you know” or “Because you read” content depending on how many tabs are open.
    • CampaignEvents extension: Campaignevents extension will be deployed to all remaining wikis during the week of 17 November 2025. The extension currently includes three features: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List. For this rollout, Invitation List will not be enabled on Wikifunctions and MediaWiki unless requested by those communities.
    • Event registration tool: Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.


    Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
    See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events

    • Digital safety: Explore how you can help make Wikimedia safer by taking our new self-paced course, Safety for Young Wikimedians.
    • Wikimedia Core Curriculum: The Wikimedia Foundation has developed seven online video learning modules covering the core English Wikipedia policies. You are invited to use, adapt, and translate the course.
    • Advocacy: The Wikimedia Foundation has signed onto a statement that calls on governments and UN bodies to keep discussions about the future of internet governance accessible to non-government actors like industry and civil society. This statement is part of ongoing joint advocacy with affiliates to influence UN discussions about the future of internet governance such as the Global Digital Compact campaign and WSIS+20 deliberations.
    • GLAM: The Wikimedia Foundation and several affiliates have signed onto the Open Heritage Statement, which supports galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM institutions) to have the legal rights they need to collect, preserve, and provide access to cultural heritage.


    Foundation statements


    Other Movement curated newsletters & news
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    Concern regarding Draft:Archbishop of Canterbury (Catholic Church)

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    Information icon Hello, Sm8900. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Archbishop of Canterbury (Catholic Church), a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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    Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:06, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Women in Red - November 2025

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    Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 11, Nos. 326, 327, 353, 354

    Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

    Online events:

    Announcements:

    Tip of the Month:

    • Verifiability is increasingly important as AI evolves. You should ensure that every statement made
      is adequately sourced. There should be no less than three independent reliable sources for each
      biography, including at least one source for each paragraph.

    Progress ("moving the needle"):

    • Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if
      you contributed one or more of the 20,473 articles created in the past year.
    • 21 Oct 2024, 19.963% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,030,245 biographies; 405,305 women)
    • 28 Oct 2025: 20.23% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,094,677 biographies; 423,778 women)

    Other ways to participate:

    --Rosiestep (talk) 17:08, 30 October 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

    Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion

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    Redirects you have created have been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 30 § Next Israeli election redirects until a consensus is reached. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 22:58, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    November article improvement drive

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    Starting on 1 November, the month-long 2025 Article Improvement Drive will target a number of content improvement areas and backlogs. Participating editors will be in line for barnstars and other awards; articles from all aspects of the project will be eligible so there will be something for everybody. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up now! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

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    The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

    1. Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
    2. English Island, South Australia Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
    3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
    4. Canada History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
    5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
    6. Oklahoma TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
    7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
    8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

    Our high scorers in the final round were:

    • Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
    • vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
    • TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

    The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

    The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

    • English Island, South Australia Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
    • Canada Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
    • AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
    • Canada History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
    • Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
    • Oklahoma TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
    • Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

    A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

    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 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

    On behalf of the judges, Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email):

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