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I have a picture of Chanticlare the Estate of Jesse Ricks, but not sure how to give it to you to use as I am not very tech savvy. You can contact me at diamondjody@msn.com 2600:8801:100:FD00:8102:B2C8:BB2C:9446 (talk) 07:48, 1 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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When adding ((WikiProject Star Trek)) [1] to the talk page of Star Trek related articles please make sure to include class and importance parameters. If in doubt include ((WikiProject Star Trek |class=Stub |importance=Low )) -- 109.79.177.69 (talk) 14:37, 8 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It seems like you didn't see my above comment ...

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Adrienne_Barbeau&diff=1064371172&oldid=1056680655
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Don_Mirault&diff=1066304989&oldid=433797355
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gilbert_Ralston&diff=1063871194&oldid=753287930
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jonathan_Farwell&diff=1066084757&oldid=812782862
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Leonard_Mudie&diff=1066112487&oldid=887177997
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Marsha_Hunt_(actress,_born_1917)&diff=1066028169&oldid=976481964
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Merritt_Butrick&diff=1064365191&oldid=960181292
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Mitchell_Ryan&curid=5036723&diff=1066305114&oldid=1029639221

... when adding the tag ((WikiProject Star Trek)) please make sure to also include the importance parameter: ((WikiProject Star Trek |class=Stub |importance=Low )). -- 109.76.204.243 (talk) 17:42, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks; sorry, I forgot about the importance parameter. I have added them to the list you provided. I will know for next time.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 17:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks.

You might already be familiar with the page Wikipedia:WikiProject_Star_Trek and the table embedded on that page that summarizes the quality statistics of various Star Trek articles. I made a small effort a while back to push up the quality of various Stub and Start class articles where I could, and made sure there were no tagged articles that were missing the importance parameter. It would be nicer if that number of unassessed articles continued to stay low or at zero. Keeping it tidy as you go is easier than a big cleanup later and chance are I am not going to spend much/any time editing Star Trek articles ... at least not until the next pandemic. -- 109.76.204.243 (talk) 00:16, 20 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ok; thanks for the info and the update. I agree. Thanks for your patience. --FeanorStar7 (talk) 00:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Poke[2] Poke[3] (I fixed the second one yesterday.)

Please try to remember to include the importance parameter. -- 109.77.197.59 (talk) 02:23, 4 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For tirelessly cleaning up the categories, wikiproject tags, and other messes I leave on the articles I accept from AfC. It seems like I see you on my watchlist for every accepted article. I'm glad someone's doing it, because the category system baffles me utterly. Rusalkii (talk) 22:24, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User:Rusalkii: thanks. Glad I can help. yeah, I've had a lot of practice with categories and tags. --FeanorStar7 (talk) 22:35, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi FeanorStar! Re this edit, are you doing some sort of mostly automated task? My understanding is that sorting should be by full name (WP:SORTKEY says Spell out abbreviations and characters used in place of words). While it doesn't matter all that much, still, when I go to the effort to do it properly rather than just going with the sloppier title-derived version, it irks a little to have that version implemented anyways. Best, ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 19:52, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User talk:Sdkb : thanks for your message. I am mostly doing this manually and was actually aligning the sort key (defaultsort) with the article title: R. Nelson Smith. The link you mentioned doesn't actually talk about personal names (Mr. Bean is the title of a show); so I'm now not sure which is correct. I also looked at the talk page archive for the WP:Categorization and didn't find anything (I might have missed it). I have been following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#Sort_by_surname --FeanorStar7 (talk) 20:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmm, interesting, perhaps it's less settled than I assumed, then. That page has the example F. W. de Klerk ((DEFAULTSORT:De Klerk, F. W.)), which goes against the passage I quoted above, so there may be some inconsistency. I'll post at WT:CAT to see if we can sort it out. Best, ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 20:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ok; thanks. I will keep an eye on the WT:CAT page. Thanks for asking.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 20:14, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't believe these are considered reliable sources: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_340#Is_VIAF_a_primary_or_self-published_source? (t · c) buidhe 18:02, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@buidhe: I think the LC authority records are more reliable than the VIAF records because the LC records cite sources in the 670 source cited fields. This can include publisher information, published material, internet resources, and email or phone calls with the author involved.

See as an example (under sources):

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97060119.html

From what I can tell of the VIAF records I have seen, they don’t source the dates they give very much (at least for birth dates).

cc: @AleatoryPonderings and @Only in death FeanorStar7 (talk) 21:24, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

VIAF just aggregates info from its components AFAIK—it clusters authorities automatically without editorial input from humans. LC is only as good as the sources it cites and should probably be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I've seen LC authorities that cite Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, both of which are not accepted at WP:RSP. I think the best approach is to track down the underlying data cited in LCCN and cite whatever that source is, so long as it's reliable. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:53, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Pretty much the same as above. The only real additional thing however is that while Ancestry.com isnt in itself reliable, a lot of the information sourced from it would be. Census records etc. So site those instead. Basically site the source of the info in the database when you can identify it, not the database itself. If you cant identify the source of the information, in almost all cases it would fail our usual tests for reliability. Only in death does duty end (talk) 09:54, 4 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thanks to everyone for their input. I appreciate it. I will stop using LC and VIAF as a source for dates.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:06, 6 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello. You recently either made or suggested revisions to the page Greshun De Bouse concerning categories, references, and birth year I believe. Will you provide specific examples on what is to be added or make the additions. I do not understand.Sbhpost (talk) 11:02, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021. Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators. January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details) February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details) March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details) April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now! Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Hello Feanor Star, The page that has been created by me is being attempted to be deleted by new user on English Wikipedia for some reasons. The article was already reviewed and confirmed by you when it was created. It is enriched with information that is backed up with reliable sources. Nonetheless, now it is under a speedy deletion note. Can you please check that and remove that note if possible?

Thank you Link to the article is below https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utkirbek_Kakhorov Film contributor (talk) 21:23, 14 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Edward Moore (Bishop of Travancore and Cochin), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bishop Moore Vidyapith.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:10, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For the purposes of being able to remove the ((uncategorized)) template from A. H. M. Shamsud Doha, template-transcluded stub categories are not sufficient, nor are hidden maintenance categories like Category:Possibly living people — a page is not properly categorized until it is in one or more content categories that are visible to the end user.

The problem is that every time you remove the template, the page pops back onto the uncategorized articles list again, with the result that I have to retag it again because that list can never be left in a permanently non-empty state. So, again, the rule is that stub templates and hidden maintenance categories do not render an article "categorized" for the purposes of being able to remove the template — a page is not "categorized" until it has at least one category declaration directly on it that is (a) not artificially transcluded by a maintenance template), and (b) actually visible to the end user in read mode. Bearcat (talk) 20:56, 2 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Bearcat: thanks for the information and apologies for the extra work. Not my intention. I thought the stub category was visible to the end user in read mode. I will be more careful in the future. ---FeanorStar7 (talk) 21:11, 2 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. How do I add an article to Google Knowledge Panel?Reza5757 (talk) 05:43, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think it's an automatic process which is done by Google itself. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Knowledge_Graph and https://support.google.com/knowledgepanel/answer/9163198?hl=en FeanorStar7 (talk) 07:32, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles. Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Thanks for this. Working to learn all the steps. Eventually. Thanks for always following on behind me. Star Mississippi 02:51, 22 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi FeanorStar7. I've noticed you work on copy-editing/categorising/WP-tagging new articles a lot. Since you are looking at them anyway, would you consider joining new page patrol so you can mark them as "reviewed"? NPP is currently struggling with a large backlog and we could really benefit from the help of experienced, content-focused editors like yourself. Let me know if you're interested and I can assign you the NPP right. – Joe (talk) 10:15, 2 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Joe Roe: Thanks for your message. I appreciate you thinking of me but don't think I am the right person for the new page patrol; I'm happier cleaning and tidying up articles after discussions have settled down. I have had times where I worked on certain articles and then within an hour they have been deleted, which defeats the purpose of the work I did on them. In these cases, there was no indication of problems (tags in the articles themselves would have helped); only after I looked at the history or the talk page did I realize why they were deleted. I hope this goes some ways to explain why I am declining. Thank you --FeanorStar7 (talk) 07:49, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fair enough, the offer's always there if you reconsider! – Joe (talk) 08:48, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

> 3 Jybe 1903; is this 3 June or 3 July?

Original source says : 6 1903, i.e. June 1903. Wisdood (talk) 15:03, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ok; thanks; and thanks for checking and fixing it. FeanorStar7 (talk) 16:59, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A tag has been placed on Category:73 births indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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Good morning and greetings from Calabria, I am writing to greet you and to know how you are, I'm fine enough for now. turning to look for help for the page, indeed the aforementioned draft I wondered if you could help me, so I wrote to you asking if you can fix something so that I can publish it. Right and no more than 10 minutes of your precious time, of course if I can do something for you I will gladly do it. Looking forward to hearing from you I thank you in advance. See you soon and thanks again for now. Luigi Salvatore Vadacchino (talk) 06:30, 8 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can. Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Szervusz! Kérlek,nézd át ezt a magyar oldalt. Helyesen a leánykori neve: Gottesmann Katalin, és 2 férje volt. - forrásolt. https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottesmann_Katalin Nyárizápor (talk) 10:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes. Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

I don't quite understand why this person has been tagged as living when he has been dead for over 500 years? Belle Fast (talk) 14:08, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for catching that. I probably copied the wrong template. It's fixed now. --FeanorStar7 (talk) 16:05, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Out of curiosity, what did this edit do? They look exactly the same to me. – bradv 17:36, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think I made a mistake and was thinking it was another talk page. Please ignore it. I will try to be more careful in the future. Thanks, FeanorStar7 (talk) 00:42, 23 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there. I've been going through the new pages queue and have noticed an inordinate number of ||more cats|| templates being tagged by you, including some on pages with four or five or more categories already listed. Please stop overtagging this tag, it is a pain in the ass having to go back and remove inapplicable tags. It's fine to use if there are one or two categories only — although SOFIXIT is a far and away preferred way to handle such things. Beyond that, please stop. Thanks. —tim /// Carrite (talk) 17:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Carrite

Hello: I’ve only been adding the more cats template if there are only what I call vital categories [e.g. 1950 births] or categories like [People from x] and vital categories and no other significant categories [e.g. American journalists]; in two cases, I didn’t add the tag; in another case I did, but then someone else added more categories after I left the more cat tag…

Example 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Erni_Dawkins&diff=next&oldid=1154035288

I didn’t add the tag; but probably should have taken it out after I added the categories.

Example 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jasmine_Gardosi&diff=prev&oldid=1153749161

only three categories here at the time I edited it; Living people; Year of birth missing (living people) and People from Birmingham, West Midlands; I added the more cats tag on this one.

followed by:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jasmine_Gardosi&diff=next&oldid=1153749161

that editor left the tag in place even after they added categories it seems.

Example 3

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Pineda_(politician)&diff=next&oldid=1154342897

in this case, I didn’t add the tag; but again probably should have deleted it after I added the category and other stub category tag I did add; it would have been four categories.

Also, because I couldn't find any documentation about what to do about the more cats tag after adding categories, I left it in. It sounds like that was a mistake. But please be aware that even if I worked on the article it doesn’t mean I added the tag; the page histories will bear this out; I’m pretty good about adding edit summaries. So to solve the problem, I won’t add the tag in the future; if I encounter pages tagged with it by other people or pages I think would need more categories, I will add more categories and take out the tag. I hope this will be satisfactory. Let me know. Thanks for alerting me to the issue. FeanorStar7 (talk) 17:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi FeanorStar7, thanks for your edits on Robert Plunkett. That's one of those articles that I had almost forgotten about. My desire to get List of presidents of Georgetown University up to Featured Topic status stalled a while ago, one article short. I was thinking of trying to push it over the finish line again and your edits reminded me that Plunkett might be a good one, since it's short and comprehensive and (I think) in good shape. Would you have any interest in leaving a FAC review if I nominated that article? Ergo Sum 01:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ergo Sum: thanks for your comment. I've never done an FAC review so am not sure what's involved. I'm happy to assist in other ways if that would be helpful. FeanorStar7 (talk) 01:22, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are in UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Sent by Baffle gab1978 using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Do you know how to address vandalism? I noticed some on this subject’s talk page but I don’t know what to do. Thank you! Elttaruuu (talk) 14:10, 16 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually I think I figured it out! I just clicked a vandalism button on their IP page Elttaruuu (talk) 15:29, 16 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. I noticed that you edited the Robert Fernley article. Thank you for your contribution.

I've noticed that there are two elements missing from his career. Since I'm not familiar with the process of adding them, could you please assist me in incorporating this information? I've included the relevant text and references below.

Thank you very much.

Fernley actively supported the National Centre for Motorsport Engineering (NCME) through the Fernley Foundation, collaborating to enhance graduates' qualifications in motorsport engineering and introducing apprenticeship schemes. He facilitated student involvement by loaning his 1981 Ensign N180B car, providing practical experience in operating a historic Formula 1 car. In recognition of his contributions, Fernley received an honorary doctorate from the NCME in 2019.

References: National Centre for Motorsport Engineering (NCME): https://www.bolton.ac.uk/explore-our-schools/national-centre-for-motorsport-engineering/ Ensign racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_Racing Fernley received an honorary doctorate from the NCME: https://www.bolton.ac.uk/blogs/university-of-bolton-vc-pays-tribute-to-former-f1-director-and-honorary-doctor/ Fernley Foundation: https://www.fernleyfoundation.org/

In 2022, Fernley spearheaded the Racing Star programme, promoting equal opportunities for aspiring racing drivers from diverse backgrounds. The programme included the Racing Star F4 Esports Competition, offering winners a pathway to secure a racing seat in Formula 4 and pursue professional racing careers.

ROKiT Racing Star programme: https://www.racingstar.com/ HShift (talk) 09:44, 5 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello FeanorStar7!

• The New Pages Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles needing review. We could use a few extra hands to help.
• We think that someone with your activity and experience is very likely to meet the guidelines for granting.
• Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time, but it requires a strong understanding of Wikipedia’s CSD policy and notability guidelines.
• Kindly read the tutorial before making your decision, and feel free to post on the project talk page with questions.
• If patrolling new pages is something you'd be willing to help out with, please consider applying here.

Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around!

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Thanks for your contributions to Ann M. Yastishock. Unfortunately, it is not ready for publishing because it needs more sources to establish notability. Your article is now a draft where you can improve it undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Let'srun (talk) 21:51, 27 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good morning from Campora San Giovanni, Calabria, I am writing to say hello and know how you are. In addition to this, to ask you for a small courtesy. Would you like to fix the page and make it a bit more encyclopaedic? I tried to create it, it seemed right that the actress too should have her "place in the sun", using an Italian expression. In any case, if I can do something for you, please ask, waiting to hear from you, I thank you in advance. Luigi Salvatore Vadacchino (talk) 01:54, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page. Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here. August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Kristiāna Zacmane. Unfortunately, it is not ready for publishing because it needs more sources to establish notability. Your article is now a draft where you can improve it undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. UtherSRG (talk) 15:16, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:18th-century executions in India has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal 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) 09:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Category:15th-century Tai people has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal 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. Mason (talk) 04:25, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, the article link of Udayan Bose on google leads straight to Rvsingh12/sandbox, which I created in error and you, rightly so, deleted it. Thank you for that. But how do we now change the link of the article on google so that it actually leads to the article rather than the deleted page. The URL currently on google of the Udayan Bose article is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rvsingh12/sandbox. Is there to fix this and please can you ? Thank you very much Rvsingh12 (talk)

@User talk:Rvsingh12: Thanks for your message. Google indexes things on their own. I have no way to change it. I think ultimately it will be fixed once they update their files. I don't know when that will be.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 10:17, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! As for your recent edits adding biography tags to disambiguation pages (John Spencer, Li Wenliang, Ken Hermann (disambiguation), etc.), I don't believe that DAB pages have ever been categorized as biographies or tagged with biography tags. If there's a misunderstanding on my part feel free to educate me. AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 02:32, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User talk:AllTheUsernamesAreInUse: Thanks for your message. I haven't been able to find anything in the MOS about adding or not adding bio tags to talk pages either way (I looked in the WP Biography and WP Disambiguation project pages and their talk pages and archives). I will say that there are over 8,000 articles listed under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disambig-Class_biography_articles so I think it's permissible. If you can find other evidence or I missed something, please let me know.--FeanorStar7 (talk) 02:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]