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In case you're interested: I've listed Femke as good article nominee. – Editør (talk) 12:47, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hah, cool :). I wouldn't be surprised if a reviewer would like the article to be expanded further. The source you found on https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/verklaring/naam/Femme has more information on both the "Frede" part of the etymology and the "mar" part, if you click on those links. Potentially, there may be some more information on the social aspects in the following source; https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/355635. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for the suggestions and interesting paper! I have just added the Proto-Germanic roots for 'Frede' and 'mar' (using other sources that I found clearer about the root language) and I've added some info from the paper to the popularity section. – Editør (talk) 17:02, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article has just passed the GA review. Thanks again for your suggestions. – Editør (talk) 21:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 12 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hannah E. Davis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hannah Davis authored highly cited articles on long COVID while battling the disease herself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hannah E. Davis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hannah E. Davis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 12 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Femke: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Jerium (talk) 16:51, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jerium (talk) 16:51, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just to clarify (as you mentioned "failed verification") the wording comes direct from ref 44 in the Lee review, as mentioned in my edit summary. But yes, it's probably better to either leave it out or just replace with a general neuroinflammation review. What are your thoughts on this? sciencewatcher (talk) 17:55, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think it's great you're verifying the reviews by directly comparing it to the cited sources! It would be good if text-source integrity was as important in the scientific literature as here on Wikipedia. I've been watching the recent NIH seminars to try and make sure the reviews I cite are representative of the wider research community. I think the text is now more reflective of the 2019 views and review than the more recent one. Happy for the text to stay this way till the two ongoing N-is-big studies come out; those should give us more conclusive answers soon :).

I think we should leave it out, as it wasn't too important, there is a discrepancy between the review and the primary study and the primary study wasn't published in a great journal. I couldn't find your exact statement in source 44, but maybe that's me being blind. In the future, please do make sure the citation keeps matching the text on Wikipedia. If it contradicts the primary source cited, usually best to omit. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:25, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You might want to take a look at that first paragraph in the Neurological section. It needs replaced by a good review, with more accurate and up to date info. sciencewatcher (talk) 21:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That was certainly on my to-do list :). It's also a bit repetitive with other the third paragraph, which is more up-to-date, but partially based on a 2017 source, so not quite ideal per WP:MEDDATE. Plan to update the entire article and nominate it for GA around April-June. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 01:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Awesome, that's great to hear! sciencewatcher (talk) 04:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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On 13 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Melvin Ramsay, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that physician Melvin Ramsay refuted the suggestion – partially based on the fact more women are affected – that myalgic encephalomyelitis is a form of mass hysteria? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Melvin Ramsay. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Melvin Ramsay), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

WaggersTALK 00:03, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Long COVID is so scary. I couldn't imagine what's like to always feel fatigue and never recovers from it. I hope that you would have more energy soon. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 19:13, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for dropping by. It absolutely sucks yeah. I'm fortunately not always fatigued. My main symptom is post-exertional malaise, which means I need to pace myself and plan every little thing in detail to ensure I say within my energy envelope, and avoid migraines and fatigue. Recently dropped down to part-time, and also moved house; the new place is a bit smaller and much more efficient, so should be able to live a bit more :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:20, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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On 14 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carmen Scheibenbogen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Carmen Scheibenbogen was awarded the German Cross of Merit for her work on ME/CFS at the suggestion of patients and relatives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carmen Scheibenbogen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carmen Scheibenbogen), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 14 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Femke. Thank you for your work on Outcome switching. Innisfree987, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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