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November 2023 GOCE drive award[edit]

The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Sawyer-mcdonell for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:54, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays![edit]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Sawyer-mcdonell, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024.
Happy editing,
ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 19:35, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you !!! you too!!! sawyer * he/they * talk 19:58, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Merry Christmas[edit]

Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: 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, ~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 02:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Teahouse host - welcome[edit]

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Dear Sawyer-mcdonell,

Thank you for volunteering as a Host at the Teahouse. Wikipedia is a community of people working together to make knowledge free. You are an important part of that effort! By joining as a Host, and by following our expectations, you are helping new users to get started here at Wikipedia, and aiding more experienced users who just have a question about how something works. We appreciate your willingness to help!

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Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:40, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About your user page...[edit]

Your page is incredibly interesting! I can see you're into a lot of specific things about history and the middle ages and eras like that. It's also very cool that you are into Paganism - I have been doing some research on it lately, so it's quite fun for me to see someone who shares the very same religious beliefs as the ones I have read about.


As for your love for Gaelic culture and the Celts (and also the fact you mention your interests in local history), I can only assume that you are also from the island of Ireland? I live in the North personally, so I'm not very far away from you.

Hopefully I see you around Wikipedia during my travels. Cheers!


D2kZ (talk) 04:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind message! It's lovely to find someone with similar interests. I actually don't live in Ireland (I live in Wisconsin) but I'm moving to Galway next year for university, to study Celtic civilization and archaeology. I'm also not personally pagan, but I find it absolutely fascinating and love reading about pre-Christian religion. Anyways, I also hope to see you around while editing, and if you have any questions or need help, you can ask me or post a message at the Teahouse. Happy editing! :) sawyer * he/they * talk 05:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Sawyer-mcdonell![edit]

Happy New Year!

Sawyer-mcdonell,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Jerium (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Jerium (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and likewise!! sawyer * he/they * talk 20:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup![edit]

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]

Happy New Year 2024![edit]

Happy New Year!

Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]



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CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and back at ya!! sawyer * he/they * talk 23:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 60[edit]

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Removing Non-Diffusing Categories[edit]

Please don't remove people from non-diffusing categories, like you did here [1]. Roeds belonged in both the Category:17th-century Danish women farmers category and the Category:17th-century Danish farmers category per WP:EGRS. Mason (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My bad; I got the message upon your last note on my talk page. I've got a better grasp on how things work now, and I think it's been a few weeks since I worked on categories. Again, I'm sorry you've had to clean up behind me. Thanks for your patience & see you around! sawyer * he/they * talk 20:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 January 2024[edit]

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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter[edit]

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gates of Heaven Synagogue[edit]

On 12 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gates of Heaven Synagogue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wisconsin was almost razed in the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gates of Heaven Synagogue. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gates of Heaven Synagogue), 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) 00:02, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 February 2024[edit]

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Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2024[edit]

I was editing the page when I realized there was a conflict with your edit. Unfortunately, I mistakenly saved my changes. If you'd like to keep your addition, feel free to revert back to it. – DreamRimmer (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no worries! i'll probably go and 'synthesize' the two revisions :) sawyer * he/they * talk 19:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious[edit]

Melangell

Thank you for quality articles such as Melangell and Gates of Heaven Synagogue, performed in collaboration, for "This was a big project and a whole lot of fun to research", for a user page that speaks in images, - pilgrim, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2910 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much !!!! :) sawyer * he/they * talk 21:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category - Church of Wales Church buildings in Gwent[edit]

Can I ask why you are putting buildings into a geographic category that no longer exists? Gwent has no geographic/governmental existence, it's a historic remnant. Would it not be better to put them in the Principal areas they are actually in, e.g. Monmouthshire, Newport? I can get the breaking-down of Wales, that make sense. KJP1 (talk) 07:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm organizing them based on the preserved counties of Wales, of which Gwent is one; I was talking with a Welsh editor about the diffusion of Category:Church in Wales church buildings, and she thought that the preserved counties would be the simplest way to diffuse it since they're the largest subdivisions of the country, & other Wales-related categories use a disorganized combination of principal areas, historic counties, & preserved counties, and it can be difficult to make sense of which ones are which. I'm not Welsh, so I'm not intimately aware of the differences between Welsh subdivisions. I'm happy to switch to diffusing by principal area (or historic county, or something else) if you think that would be better! sawyer * he/they * talk 08:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see. I wouldn't personally think that the Preserved counties would be the best division. Basically, they're historic relics, that only have ceremonial functions, and not many of those. I would think that readers would want to know where the church buildings actually are, e.g. Newport, Monmouthshire etc. And that Principal areas of Wales would be best for that. It's the route others, including me, have gone done for things like; Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Registered historic parks and gardens in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. My suggestion would be that you flag your plans - already far advanced! - on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales. It's a pretty active page, and you'll definitely get views. I'd be surprised if there was support for doing it by Preserved counties, but who knows. KJP1 (talk) 08:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
that's good to know; thanks for giving me a heads up. it's quite late where i am, so i think i'll just come back to this in the morning & make a WP wales post. re-reading all the relevant articles about the subdivisions of Wales, i think i agree with your assessment. categories can be tricky, so i appreciate your message. sawyer * he/they * talk 08:31, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. And I appreciate your taking on the task of splitting them . Certainly, Wales was too big. So the intention is right - it’s just a matter of agreeing on the best split. My “vote” will be for ‘by Principal Area’. KJP1 (talk) 08:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with KJP1, best use the principal areas, i.e. the modern counties. DankJae 20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thanks for the input. i've become a bit preoccupied today (see below), but i will start a discussion soon; hopefully it can create a consensus for future organization of Wales articles as well, as like i said earlier, it's quite disorganized as it is. sawyer * he/they * talk 20:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@KJP1 @DankJae i sincerely apologize, but i'm far too scatterbrained and don't feel up to making a new discussion post today, due to both Vami's passing and some IRL stuff. either of you should feel free to deal with the categorization however you see fit (i won't object to reorganization, category deletion, one of you making a discussion post, or whatever), or just leave it and i'll get to it at some point. hope you guys understand. i've got some scratchpad notes here sawyer * he/they * talk 23:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sawyer-mcdonell, done the ones that have at least two articles, kept the preserved ones as parent categories for now. DankJae 00:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell[edit]

Hello! Your submission of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell 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! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:24, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter[edit]

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia[edit]

The article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Religion in South Ossetia and Talk:Religion in South Ossetia/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 08:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell 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 Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 02:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 61[edit]

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Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell[edit]

The article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell for comments about the article, and Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell/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 Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell[edit]

On 6 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Saint Melangell's shrine was reconstructed from pieces of the 12th-century original found in the walls of the church and lychgate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell), 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, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 2 March 2024[edit]

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story · music · places

Thank you for your share in the obituary for Vami_IV! On Smetana's 200th birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of Vami. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the lovely music :) sawyer * he/they * talk 04:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia[edit]

The article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Religion in South Ossetia for comments about the article, and Talk:Religion in South Ossetia/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 Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 05:42, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You[edit]

I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to oversee the GAN of Umbanda. It is appreciated. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! It's an interesting topic and I'm always happy to see more minority/syncretic/non-Anglophone/indigenous/etc religions getting covered well on here; I brought Religion in South Ossetia up to GA out of spite that it was a redirect, haha. Thank you for working on Umbanda, as well as Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Lakota religion, and numerous others. I also see you've been working on articles related to archaeology in the Isles, another major interest of mine - if you'd ever like to work together on one, let me know. Happy editing! sawyer * he/they * talk 17:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
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A kitten for you![edit]


queen of 🖤 (they/them; chat) 06:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks :D sawyer * he/they * talk 06:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The Signpost: 29 March 2024[edit]

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Happy Easter![edit]

Easter Joy
Happy Easter to a fine editor! May you have a kind and joyful Paschaltide! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
happy easter !!!! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice[edit]

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.[April Fools!] Di (they-them) (talk) 00:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

joke's on you, i spend too much time lurking at ANI to fall for a blue link ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the March 2024 GA backlog drive. Your noteworthy contribution (11.5 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Religion in South Ossetia[edit]

On 9 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Religion in South Ossetia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the capital of South Ossetia once had more Jews than Ossetians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Religion in South Ossetia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Religion in South Ossetia), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 7,477 views (623.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of April 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC) [reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for another interesting article, and welcome to WP:QAI. Feel free to list articles for review on the project talk, - and review ;) -Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)-[reply]

thank you! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 18:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
lovely! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter[edit]

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editor of the Week[edit]

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Generalissima submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate Sawyer-mcdonell for Editor of the Week. He is a relatively new user as far as active editing is concerned but has done really high-quality work on religious history topics, with a general but not exclusive interest on Celtic Christianity. Look at Gates of Heaven Synagogue or Melangell to see what I mean. We can all agree that religious history is a sadly under-represented area on-wiki, and we need more great editors like Sawyer to improve it and, in so doing, improve the encyclopedia!

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Sawyer-mcdonell
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning April 14, 2024
Although a relatively new user as far as active editing is concerned he has done really high-quality work on religious history topics. His general but not exclusive interest is on the topic of Celtic Christianity. Two examples can be found at Gates of Heaven Synagogue or Melangell. Religious history is sadly under-represented area on-wiki and great editors like Sawyer strive to improve it.
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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies.[edit]

I am sorry for going off topic as sometimes I do not pay attention, and I was trying to make it simple for Conservative People's party of Estonia as there is a lot of them.

I am still new here, but I am willing to learn a lot. Also, I added reliable sources that Pramila Jayapal's sister Susheela is running for congress in 2024. I was aking hypothecially, have apologized in teahouse when I was told that. 174.135.36.220 (talk) 02:27, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for reviewing Louis Zhang Jiashu![edit]

As the title says. Wasn't expecting a swift review, but little miracles do happen in life. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 07:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

you're welcome! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am still saying apologies about the teahouse talk.[edit]

I am sorry for going off topic as sometimes I do not pay attention, and I was trying to make it simple for Conservative People's party of Estonia as there is a lot of them.

I am still new here, but I am willing to learn a lot. Also, I added reliable sources that Pramila Jayapal's sister Susheela is running for congress in 2024. I was aking hypothecially, have apologized in teahouse when I was told that. I do not know why somebody deleted this. 174.135.36.220 (talk) 07:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 62[edit]

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter[edit]

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

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TFA[edit]

story · music · places

Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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