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I went ahead and pushed my draft out into article space. XOR'easter (talk) 05:01, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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- I withdrew my nomination, since consensus was unanimously for keeping. Personally I'm still not totally convinced myself, but WP would be nowhere without consensus, and it's the boss. Have a nice day and hope to read some other articles from you. No hard feelings I hope, and I apologise for being somewhat repetitive about it when my arguments did not convince others. :) Double sharp (talk) 07:21, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note Double sharp. Of course no hard feelings, I understand it's all part of the process. Thanks for your hard work, and good luck keeping Wikipedia's coverage of the solar system as orderly as such a thing can be. - Astrophobe (talk) 00:59, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Promotion of Simonie Michael[edit]
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- Thank you so much, Gog the Mild, that means a lot to me! And thanks for your work at FAC. - Astrophobe (talk) 19:54, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
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Would also like to add that it's lovely to see another editor creating high-quality content focused on Inuit. Can't wait to see what you do next! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:14, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Premeditated Chaos: thank you so much for the quick award and for the really kind words! The next time you work on anything related to Inuit and would like any help with sourcing or writing, please let me know. I was so sad when I noticed a few years ago how few articles there were on any Inuit, and some of my favourite pages to write were Qapik Attagutsiak (an absolutely amazing story), Aasiva, Becky Han, and of course Simonie Michael. Always happy to lend a hand to improve coverage in that area. Thanks again! - Astrophobe (talk) 21:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hah yes, imagine my deep irritation when I found out that Inuit clothing, a deep and rich topic with plenty of sourcing, was still a redirect in the year 2020. I wound up doing quite a few articles as spin-offs from my work on that, including a few Inuit fashion designers. I keep meaning to go back and FAC the research and history subtopics, but my current obsessions are pulling me elsewhere, unfortunately. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:05, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Simonie Michael is a fascinating political first. He was the first Inuk elected as a legislator in Canada. Inuit in Canada have pursued (I think) a completely unique strategy for political inclusion among Indigenous groups in North America, by creating a government of their own and joining it into the structure of the colonial country as a subnational government. Michael was an important figure in this political history. He was a labourer in Iqualuit during WWII, learned English from American military personnel and became a translator, founded a cleaning and construction company, and eventually held basically every elected office in Iqaluit. His major political victory was helping to end the dog tag system in which the Canadian government assigned Inuit numbers instead of names, which Michael viewed as dehumanizing."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
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Revdel[edit]
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Thanks for your vigilance on copyright violations and dealing with the copied text at Swan Lifeline. For future reference, the start and end parameters in ((Copyvio-revdel)) refer to the revision IDs and not the diffs. See this example. Not a huge deal, but if you put in the IDs, then there are admin tools the can do a lot of work for the reviewing admin in setting up the earwig report, and preselecting revisions in the history. Cheers! Whpq (talk) 22:47, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Whpq: Thanks so much for the note, and sorry I misread that part of the template documentation! I'll remember that for next time. - Astrophobe (talk) 22:51, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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