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I just found out that Elizium23 appealed his block. I have offered some advice, but I am discouraged by the number of topic bans he has proposed for himself. The whole unblock request screams "I cannot set aside my bias on anything". Scorpions1325 (talk) 06:09, 16 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 19 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey made historian Alec Ryrie suspect "there is such a thing as 'Anglicanism' after all"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can u please explain what wrong have i done in the draft Battle of chikabalapur Seikh ali khan (talk) 17:52, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Seikh ali khan: Unfortunately, there were more than a few issues. The biggest issue was that the draft violated copyright by copying large portions of a book verbatim without providing attribution. Additionally, it's evident that the sources used are copied from the footnotes of the text which was plagiarized without consideration to what those footnotes actually reference or what texts they refer to. Beyond these concerns, there were numerous grammatical problems. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Pbritti: 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, —Ganesha811 (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A very holiday greeting to you, too, Ganesha811! ~ Pbritti (talk) 07:11, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, @Veverve: I count six reverts on Fiducia supplicans in the last day so I just wanted to ping you and ensure you didn't go further. I know that there's been a ton of disruption over the last couple days and you've done an exceptional job fighting it, but I say we just accept the instability for the next couple days and come back. Merry Christmas and a happy new year from a very snowy Colorado! ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok, I agree. Merry Christmas to you too! Veverve (talk) 16:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Merry Christmas!!
	May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for all your help and support since the "1845 illuminated Book of Common Prayer", and your excellent work on Wikipedia!    – Uriel1022 (talk) 18:32, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Uriel1022: A very merry Christmas and bright new year to you, too! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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– robertsky (talk) 06:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC):@Robertsky: Happy holidays to you, too! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Pbritti: 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, Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

With apologies for the belated note. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A belated happy holidays back at you, Ser Amantio di Nicolao! ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:37, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Tucker Hall at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Generalissima (talk) 04:23, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy Holidays. Recently, you've been targeting Syro_Malabar_Logo.png, a non free image used which your request for speedy deletion was denied. This image with the exact same non free has been used before. I'm humbly requesting you to stop targeting this page because the higher authorites have said that this page goes along wikipedia guidelines as a non-free image as a Logo for the "Syro Malabar Church" page. The image is low resolution Phillypaboy123 (talk) 20:08, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Phillypaboy123: The image is still too large. See WP:IMAGESRES. I will tag appropriately. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Pbritti,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to draw attention to a significant gap in Wikipedia coverage regarding the Metropolitans of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church, who have played pivotal roles in the history of the Marthoma community.The following Metropolitans, despite their historical importance, do not currently have dedicated Wikipedia articles:

1. Geevarghese Mar Koorilose II (1802-1808)
2. Zacharias Mar Philexenos I (1807-1811)
3. Geevarghese Mar Philexenos II - Malankara Metropolitan (1811-1829)
4. Geevarghese Mar Koorilose III (1829-1856)
5. Joseph Mar Koorilose IV (1856-1888)
6. Joseph Mar Athanasios I (1888-1898)
7. Geevarghese Mar Koorilose V (1898-1935)
8. Kuriakose Mar Koorilose VI (1936-1947)
9. Geevarghese Mar Koorilose VII (1948-1967)
10. Paulose Mar Philexinos III (1967-1977) (joined the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and replaced)
11. Mathew Mar Koorilose VIII (1978-1986)

These Metropolitans have significantly contributed to the rich history of the Marthoma community, and it is essential to document their legacies for the benefit of researchers, scholars, and the community at large.I kindly request your assistance in creating dedicated Wikipedia articles for each of these Metropolitans to ensure their rightful place in the historical records.Thank you for your dedication to maintaining the accuracy and completeness of information on Wikipedia. Your efforts in addressing this gap will undoubtedly contribute to preserving and sharing the invaluable history of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church. Joleoooo (talk) 06:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). 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) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Pbritti: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz(T) 20:29, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 00:10, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy new year, Mr Serjeant Buzfuz! ~ Pbritti (talk) 06:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

First, apologies that the DYK review has led to extra work, and my thanks for the careful handling. I hope the fellow editor with concerns, with whom I've had a good deal of dialogue in the days since the end of December, will agree to leave things stable until after DYK, and I will sort those referencing issues. I do indeed believe that the points noted are covered by references of which I have had sight and mostly have copies. Now, as an experienced reviewer myself for WikiProject Ireland (I led the drive to rate every article, which a small team of us successfully completed), I wanted to understand a little more about the re-rating of the article. On priority for Ireland, it was rated as Mid by BHG all the way back in 2008, I think due to Ballagh's prominence - he has been described as one of Ireland's leading living artists, and has been on the scene for over 50 years - but you are not convinced? On the B, I thought that was reasonable after the major expansion, having gone over the six criteria areas, but I'd be happy to sort out gaps (after DYK) if you could guide me on the aspects where you consider it falls short. Many thanks, SeoR (talk) 10:13, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@SeoR: Easy part first: WikiProject ratings are squishy and subjective, so if you feel confident that he qualifies as a mid-importance WP Ireland subject, feel more than welcome to restore him to a mid-importance rating. As for C-class, there were a number of verifiability issues that I partially resolved in some of my edits, but that required the removal of content. Overall, there are additional MOS and formatting improvements that can be made. This is not an indictment of the work that you've done (it's a pretty good article!) but rather just a mark that additional tweaking needs to be done. Thank you for your understanding regarding stability. I was a bit surprised when this article came up on the DYK talk page and wanted to take prompt action to give the article the best chance of running. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:07, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Crystal clear! After more than 10k ratings, fully agree re squishiness. I will go for Mid for Ireland then, yes. While on quality, flag noted and sure, let’s improve some more before I reconsider B. On the other issue, I hope the editor who wishes to make further edits is ok to wait for DYK, then carry on. Many thanks, SeoR (talk) 16:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@SeoR: Excellent! I hope you don't mind, but I looked at your editing stats–holy cow, you're a rating machine! Glad someone takes care of doing that. The good news for this article is that the other registered editor involved seems welcome to discussion. If you need someone to pop over and offer a third opinion at any point, I'll gladly lend an impartial eye. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, and no, I don't mind at all - I've been told my user page may over-share a bit for some tastes, but I like to be upfront about my Wiki input, and I'm happy that stats are public data. Thanks too for the kind words re the rating work; in a way, someone's got to do it, and I started soon after joining, long ago, and came back to it. In going through all the Ireland-related articles, I and the few other hardy souls were able to catch at least some basic issues - but I have since started new thematic sweeps, as there was just too much to do to secure initial ratings for all 60+k content articles to allow too much editing. The offer of a fresh eye is appreciated, and could be welcome; I think the 29/12 editor and I are now communicating OK on both the article's Talk page and their personal one, but there was some little issue at first, and if there are further slips in the discussion, I'll reach out. For now, I think we're all approaching this in a good way. SeoR (talk) 19:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 9 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Origins of Early Christian Literature, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in her 2021 book The Origins of Early Christian Literature, Robyn Faith Walsh found that German Romanticists were in part responsible for modern scholarly assumptions about the gospels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Origins of Early Christian Literature. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Origins of Early Christian Literature), 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) 00:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, I just made a update to summarize the introuduction paragraph to the "Joseph Kallarangatt" article and i know you're the expert on how to do pages like this so when you get the chance can you check it out. Thnanks Phillypaboy123 (talk) 01:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I reverted you for reasons of WP:UNDUE. If you want further explanation than my edit summary, use the article talk page. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, could you take a look at the intro to Draft:List of Neo-Latin authors and let me know if the introduction is near what you think is wanted? If so I will find references for what I've added. If not, it would be great to know a bit more about what is needed here. Jim Killock (talk) 21:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@JimKillock: I'll try to take a look at this sometime late Thursday. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jim Killock: I would not approve this draft. Unfortunately, much of it remains unreferenced. In particular, mentions of individuals without English Wikipedia articles that could satisfy the verifiability policy need citations. ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:35, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey Pbritti, I was looking at recent edits at the Raphael Thattil page and it seems like the IP Address 49.37.233.54 is uploading a lot of BarVarghese's images and it looks like direct copyright images. Bringing this to your attention. Thanks in advance Phillypaboy123 (talk) 23:14, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Phillypaboy123: Thanks for the heads up! I'll fill out the sockpuppet investigation once I have time, but that might not be for a day or two. Good catch. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Baldwin-Reynolds House at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step III of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with ((db-g7)), or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 09:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It seems our old friend is at it again. - ZLEA _T\^C 15:33, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ZLEA: Nuts. I can't help until sometime later tomorrow, so I'll see what I can do then. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:04, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Here's a few titles to add to your watchlist, Draft:Kosovo Air Force and Draft:Kosovo Airforce. I've nominated them both for G4 speedy deletion, but I suspect their deletion will only be temporary unless the titles are salted. - ZLEA _T\^C 16:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Free and Candid Disquisitions you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Fritzmann2002 -- Fritzmann2002 (talk) 17:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 30 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tucker Hall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tucker Hall. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tucker Hall), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 30 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ewell Hall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tucker Hall. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ewell Hall), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The article Free and Candid Disquisitions you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Free and Candid Disquisitions for comments about the article, and Talk:Free and Candid Disquisitions/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Fritzmann2002 -- Fritzmann2002 (talk) 01:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]