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		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And a Happy New Year to you. Hope you're not too busy to nominate again this year; I like reviewing your articles. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm unlikely to nominate at FAC any time soon - I think my time is better spent at GA and just in general doing articles. Ealdgyth (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you and all who helped today for Daisy Bacon, about "the editor of Love Story Magazine for most of that magazine's life. (This is new territory for me, as I've never before nominated a biography of anyone born in the last 1,000 years.) Love Story was the most successful pulp of them all, reaching perhaps 600,000 readers, more than any of the western, detective, horror, or science fiction magazines. I found out about Bacon when researching Doc Savage and The Shadow, since she edited them for a few issues right at the end of their run."!

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible - Best wishes for your recovery! Perhaps music helps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:46, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

story · music · places

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Mike. I was pointed to this post of yours regarding updates to GAN stats. The stats show that I have 17 reviews (see number 7 under albums), but I've only reviewed 16 GANs. Is there a way to fix my stats? Thanks, voorts (talk/contributions) 17:10, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Here's what I have in the database with you tagged as the reviewer -- can you tell me which of these is incorrect? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:23, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Stony Point railway line was moved to Stony Point line during the GAN process, leading to it being double counted. Thanks! voorts (talk/contributions) 20:26, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks -- I'll have to see if I can figure out a systematic way to clean up double counted reviews like that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:28, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for taking a look. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:48, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Mike, happy new year. I'm considering taking "The Day Before the Revolution" to FAC; despite my initial difficult in finding sources, it has filled out quite well, and is at a point where more material would really need to be new before I'd want to add it. Would you be willing to take a look beforehand? If you have the time, I'd particularly appreciate feedback on the organization of the themes and reception. Best, Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:54, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would definitely like to take a look. I'm in hospital at the moment recovering from surgery and have time on my hands but it'll depend on the drugs whether I'm able to do a useful review. So it could be a few days before I comment. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 07:10, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! Sorry to hear you're in the hospital: I hope you recover quickly and easily. Please take your time, I am not in a rush. Best, Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm glad to see it was successful! I hope the recovery process is as easy as it possibly can be. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 08:11, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks -- me too. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Mike, just wanted to say a massive thank you for the priceless photos of Cyprus you have been uploading from your family collection. I haven’t quite seen the like of some of them (colour photographs, even!) in Cypriot sources. File:Turkish rally Nicosia 1950s.jpg is especially fascinating to me as someone whose grandfather was there on the day. I can help pinpoint when this was taken, and can provide exact coordinates too. Going by the description, it would be after the Ford garage was set on fire. That was on 27 January 1958 (as per). The clothes confirm this is winter, and there is a large number of students in the photo. This can then only have been taken on 28 January 1958, the final day of the Turkish Cypriot protests of 27-28 January 1958, and it is just inside the Kyrenia Gate. Truly one of the best photos I have seen of this foundational event. I’ll share with some fellow Cypriots. Many many thanks! GGT (talk) 23:34, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm so glad! It's been a labour of love converting these from slides and picking the ones to upload. (I have hundreds of baby photos of my sister who was born in Nicosia but I'm not uploading those!). My father worked for the UK Ministry of Defence and he was posted to Cyprus in the late 1950s. The earliest date I've found for the Cyprus pictures is April 1956, and I know we were back in the UK by late 1959, so these pictures are all in that three year span. I hope the pictures are useful! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And FYI I have updated the date on the Commons file per your comments. I wonder if your grandfather is in the photo somewhere! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, I remembered that you were one of the experienced FAC reviewers back when you did a GA review for me last year. I'm just wondering if you could have a look at my first FAC nomination if you have the time. It's my first, but it's co-nominated with someone who has experience with the FAC process. If you don't have the time or interest, no worries. -- ZooBlazer 01:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi -- I'm currently taking a break from FAC as I'm recovering from surgery, but I'm finding some time every day to edit, and should be back at FAC inside two or three weeks. Your article isn't the sort of thing I know a lot about but when I get back to it I'll at least take a look. Best of luck with it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hope your recovery goes well! -- ZooBlazer 02:43, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Evening Mike, how are things going? Argosy (magazine) has been scheduled for March and I wondered if you fancied having a crack at the blurb? Cheers. Seeing the comment above, if not, do say so, and I'll have a thumb-fingered attempt. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:12, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll have a go. What's the limit again? 1100 words? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:17, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

925-1,025 characters including spaces. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:21, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Have done some trimming on the FAC talk page; am on my iPad and don't have a good byte counter but I think that's probably still a sentence or two over, if you want to cut some more. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:34, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks Mike. I've trimmed a bit more. I'll have a go at the last 100 characters in the morning. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:01, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Down to size. Feel free to play with it further. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That looks fine. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:01, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]