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DYK for Ringyuichon Vashum
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Morris (doctor)
— Maile (talk) 03:09, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

 * Wobbly curtsy and shaky stumble Victuallers (talk) 21:09, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Christina Adane
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DYK for Elizabeth Cressener
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Nice photo of you
In case you weren't aware.... --Rosiestep (talk) 18:41, 31 March 2021 (UTC) Great Choice of pic and to see familiar faces. Nice to see the WiR Banners too. Well done!! I got to 360 women at 1 per day during lockdown. Scotland is coming out now as the vaccine is bringing figures down. Keep safe Victuallers (talk) 20:55, 31 March 2021 (UTC)


 * "360 women at 1 per day"; wow! Oh, and yes, featuring the banners was really cool, too! --Rosiestep (talk) 00:22, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth Sander
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Mary Wollstonecraft Award 2021

 * Thanks, it was good. Victuallers (talk) 23:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nominations/Gabriela Canavilhas
Thanks for nominating. Does this require any action on my part? Roundtheworld (talk) 07:08, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Probably no, but if you see any queries then feel free to resolve them. I may "be bold" to resolve issues if we get a pernickity review and there may be questions raised that you can answer most easily. However my intention was not to commit you to (even more) good work, but always good to co operate. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 07:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

An Abundance of Deborahs
It's funny — while I was writing that article, I initially included that she won the Malta Businesswoman of the Year Award, then went looking for a better source and ended up removing it because I couldn't find one, and not even realizing that it wasn't the same person until your edit just now. I appreciate the assist though! DanCherek (talk) 16:37, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Note to self

 * Template:Did you know nominations/Payal Ghanwani = Rhoda Birley
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Pirjo Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen = Anne Maria Barkly
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Truus Smulders-Beliën = Louisa Wilkins
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Fannie Mahood Heath = 21st Lady of Traquair
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Florence Kimball=WFGU
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Ivaritji=Hetty Jane Dunaway
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kyllikki Pohjala=Hetty Jane Dunaway's gardens
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Nathalie Lieven=Fawziya Abikar Nur
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Róża Maria Goździewska= Anna von Wattenwyl
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Beverley Anderson-Manley = Maria Empress
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Roberta Arnold = Renée Erdős
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Russula mustelina = Sara Borrell Ruiz
 * Template:Did you know nominations/2021 AFL Women's Grand Final = Marie-Hermine of Jesus
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Edith Warner = Marie-Adolphine
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh‎ = Maria Chiara Nanetti
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Julie Erichsen = Marie de la Paix Giuliani
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Theresa M. Korn = Mary Speke
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Giacomo Sartori
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Anna-Liisa Tiekso
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Stephanie Longfellow
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Orvokki Kangas
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Susan Beharriell
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Wu Jianmin (democracy activist)

Interview request
Hi Roger. Check out the DM to your Twitter. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC) :thx I did Victuallers (talk) 23:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

suffragettes and criminal biography category
Just noted today that Jessie Kenney was categorised in WikiProject Criminal Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jessie_Kenney&diff=next&oldid=1006334363

Looking at this category there is not a section for political prisoners treated as criminals or UK suffragettes specifically?

But if Jessie Kenney is categorised that way, should her family and the rest of the Eagle House (suffragette's rest) suffragettes or the Holloway brooch and Hunger Strike Medal recipients be in this category too?

For consistency and connecting with the treatment of women's suffrage prisoners??

I am happy to help categorising articles for the women imprisoned if it is needed. Kaybeesquared (talk) 10:59, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Oh thats a tricky question. Freedom fighter or terrorist? As you know Jessie (and Annie?) had explosives which puts her on the heavy end of the suffragette spectrum. I can see that criminologists would be interested in her but she doesnt go on my list of criminals. I guess she would "have a criminal record" as I don't thing UKgov have ever given a pardon.... although they did create an amnesty (in effect) in 1914. ... in summary .. dont know! ((I'm currently looking at Land Army leaders. Suffragette leaders like Katherine Courtauld went to work with Louise Wilkins to create small holdings for women who served in WW1.)) All the best. Victuallers (talk) 11:44, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Zahra Mohamed Ahmad
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * closed ... keep Victuallers (talk) 07:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Gabriela Canavilhas
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DYK for Catherine Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Wobbly curtsy Victuallers (talk) 13:44, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

May 2021 at Women in Red
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DYK for Rhoda Birley
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Matilda de Bailleul
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DYK for Euphemia de Walliers
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DYK for Louisa Wilkins
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DYK for Dorothy Renton
— Maile (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK
Re Did you know nominations/Marie-Adolphine Thanks but ... umm, no: they were beatified in 1946, canonised in 2000. I'm not familiar enough with DYK to know whether just to change it myself ... I leave it to you. Pam D  23:19, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

"Josephine Pullein-Thompson (Q17106618)" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Josephine Pullein-Thompson (Q17106618). The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 5 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:21, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Renée Erdős
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DYK for Working For Gardeners Association
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DYK for Anne Maria Barkly
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Hoffman's Course of Legal Study
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Could you please allow this article Wu Jianmin (democracy activist) to continue the Dyk?

 * Audreyw5678 has improved the article Wu Jianmin (democracy activist). Could you please allow this article to continue the Dyk? Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 01:40, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Jujiang, the article has improved a great deal and would be a good contender if it had been created in the last seven days - sadly its now quite old. More importantly you have learned a lot about this process. A short 1500 character new article with just four or five references and ideally a picture is a good contender and I think you could create another one. My interest is in articles about notable women but you should be able to create another article in user space and ask another editor to review it before you post it at DYK. Hope this advice helps ... we do need more Chinese articles. Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I see. Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 12:24, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Hetty Jane Dunaway
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Roscoe–Dunaway Gardens Historic District
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)


 * "Bigham" or "Bingham"? Shenme (talk) 03:07, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * good spot. Its Bigham! Thank you. Do feel free to correct mistakes if you see some more. Victuallers (talk) 07:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry to bother you with an unimportant/impertinent question, but I noticed that the notice said
 * Victuallers mentioned you on her talk page in "DYK for..."
 * You have gender set specifically here (but not as a global preference)? But why at all?


 * I've been amazed at the identification thing for quite awhile, and here also:
 * User_talk:Catamorphism - 2006 was too soon for "they/them" and an RFA.
 * User_talk:Abigail-II 2007 and driven off from here and elsewhere; a well-known name for many programming people since 1989, but too hassle about "what she said"; and even people mistaken in what the mistake is
 * Anne van Kesteren - at the center of web standards, but people seeing his many postings just assume she...
 * I just don't 'get' why it all matters so. One's actions identify far better than words, yes? Shenme (talk) 12:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2021
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A barnstar for you!

 * That was timely Eddie.... I was getting tired. Wobbly curtsy. Thank you Victuallers (talk) 07:02, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Marie Empress
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:04, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a collaboration based upon consensus
You forgot that last part, "based upon consensus", and please don't use edit summaries to lecture. --Hipal (talk) 01:23, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on that I havn't reverted your edit despite this being my page Victuallers (talk) 07:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't understand. If you're saying that you'd just like to move on, that's fine with me as well. --Hipal (talk) 16:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you are using the concept of consensus to protect an/your article by deleting items that only one person doesn't like. I am accused of lecturing and breaking the rule (says who) that you should not use edit summaries to do this (says who? more consensus?). My point was that I hadn't decided that I had a consensus to delete your comment. As for moving on .... I am not edit warring on your article. I'm moving on (see the edit summary) 20:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Glad you're moving on. --Hipal (talk) 21:34, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you are using... Best to WP:FOC, and avoid making assumptions of others.
 * ..your article.. Accusations like that are uncivil and disruptive to consensus-building.
 * I am accused... I'm happy to refactor in order to clearly convey only the facts of the situation.
 * you should not use edit summaries to do this See WP:ES, especially WP:SUMMARYNO. --Hipal (talk) 21:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Moving on, I have always been trying to do that, that article can enjoy the consensus of the recent few edits. Victuallers (talk) 22:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Katherine, Lady Berkeley
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DYK for Fawziya Abikar Nur
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Eve Pitts DYK
Thanks for thinking of this. It is a nice idea. Do I need to do anything more? I was very surprised that she wasn't already included somewhere in Wikipedia. DYK on a Sunday? --MerielGJones (talk) 12:22, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Speke
—valereee (talk) 12:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

a barnstar for you!

 * Pleasure - first for June! Victuallers (talk)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Gerda Höglund
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the thank yous.
Thank you for your recent 'thank yous' for work I did some time ago (eleven years!). It reminds me that the footprints one leaves on Wikipedia and Commons are basically indelible, but also that a helpful edit can be appreciated long afterwards. I have not been as active on Wikipedia as I once was for two reasons - other projects have gotten in the way and also a sense that Wikipedia is getting more bureaucratic than it was. Maybe that is not fair. Maybe it is that the rules it has always had are simply being enforced with more rigour now. I thinking of DYK, for example, which was a lot simpler to do in the past. I understand why the process is more cumbersome but I wonder whether really interesting stuff gets passed over because editors find it too exhausting to follow the procedures. I also had an edit reverted recently (Lawnchair Larry) because it was seen as original research. That really turned me off. I though it helped to understand the guy; put his adventure into context. I chose not to pursue the argument, because I had also added the information to the general article on cluster ballooning, where it is in a safer place. So, I will continue to do the odd edit, adding value from time to time, but I am generally treading softly these days. Thank you again, and for all that you do as both an editor and administrator. Verne Equinox (talk) 15:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the re-edit. I love it! Verne Equinox (talk) 17:35, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Mary Custis Lee
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 22,920 views Victuallers (talk) 06:50, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Eve Pitts
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How To ... More Women ...
Hi Roger. 6 years, 4 months, 4 days ago, you left a message on my talkpage regarding Wikimania 2015 submission. My turn. The deadline for Wikimania Virtual 2021 submissions is in 3 days. Yes, short notice, my bad, but it just dawned on me to give it some thought. Would you be interested in doing a round-table conversation with me (and perhaps others if there's interest) regarding 'moving the needle' at Women in Red? As usual, the door is open; you don't have to knock. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:13, 15 June 2021 (UTC) Sure I will push the door open :-) ~2323 days later to submission - need input or just turn up? I have an invite too for you to UK event... Victuallers (talk) 16:19, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Would like your input input (title; abstract) for this form. I can get it started but... Do you want to Skype for ideas or write back and forth? Yes, interested in what you have to say about the UK event. Also, I have some news to share with you. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:33, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Suggest "Killing off Women in Red: 6 years, 100s of editathons and editors, thousands of new articles - How is gender equality achievable?" - I think there is an answer to this, but it requires the kind of consensus that a Wikimania could deliver. I will create a skeletal doc and mail a link... Victuallers (talk) 17:10, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Great to see you both preparing for this. Maybe it would be worth mentioning that the project has been so popular that the tools for including both active and inactive participants have broken down and that many of our popular Wikidata redlists can no longer be updated as they are thought to require too many computing resources. Despite strong discouragement (and the risk of updates being replaced by the bots), contributors have begun deleting blue links (although they have not been able to add new redlinks). It could also be pointed out that while the objective of WiR is to create new articles on women, especially biographies, we have never had so many articles reaching GA standard and or so many enhanced images of women and their works appearing on Wikipedia's main page. Our extended meetups have attracted the attention they deserve with extensive coverage of topics including Black Lives Matter and Women's rights. Last but not least, thanks to the encouragement of our late friend Yolinda, we have never had so many DYKs based on WiR creations, sometimes with over 100 a month. And thanks to Humaniki, we can now look for details of progress by language, occupation, time periods, etc., etc. 19% for the English wiki might seem pretty low but at least we now have some 350,000 biographies of women, documenting their contributions to society today and yesterday. Additional support would allow us to move forward more quickly.--Ipigott (talk) 13:32, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestions, . Certainly, all/any of these would be good to include. Once we are informed if our session is accepted, we can get started on a slidedeck and sort it out. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:48, 18 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Nice summary Ian aka . I'm keen that we spread the credit wide and thick. We have been discussing how to get not only the core team members et al but also the huge pile of volunteering contributing effort included. I was thinking of ...


 * 31 languages, fr: and it: and ca: and eu: and .... 5 continents! How may countries?
 * in 200+ virtual editathons,
 * dozens of in person editathons (e.g. >60 in Scotland),
 * the stars who created an article a day,
 * the Pinterest, Twitter, FaceBook, Instagram etc work increasing our profile,
 * the DYK, GA, FA, Women in Green activists
 * the supporting wikiprojects like Women in Sport, Women Artists, Women Scientists, Women Scientists, Antarctic Women et al
 * the gnomes who ensure that wikiprojects, templates, and redlists get updated
 * the bean counters who ensure that we see our challenge and understand our progress
 * 800 en:wiki editors in US/UK/Aus/NZ/Nigeria/, and
 * 350,000 articles - amazing - that's over twice the number of footballers on wiki! More seriously - isnt that about 40% more than when we started? I remember a figure of about 260K articles at the start
 * I know this misses out hundreds, but have I missed out a whole section? I'm hoping to use a list like this to shape the work. Definitely a slide deck and maybe a video or "a paper". Any additions above would be gratefully received. Victuallers (talk) 13:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Women in Europe contest now with centenarians
Hi there, Victuallers, and thanks for participating in the contest. You might be interested in covering one or more of the centenarians in 's detailed redlist. We have decided to target them for the remainder of the contest as all but one are from Europe. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:30, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ian, I've started two! Victuallers (talk) 19:21, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tehani Egodawela
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DYK for Gemma Collis-McCann
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Gemma Collis-McCann
Hi, apologies if I did cause any offence on my recent edit of Gemma Collis-McCann, switching from 'was' to 'is', the rest of the sentence didn't end up making sense, but wanted to convey in the first paragraph that she's alive. I realise the article is new and improving. I'll step away and hope no hard feelings. All the best, Textualism (talk) 11:59, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

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Nilima Arun Kshirsagar
Hey, thanks for rescuing the article Nilima Arun Kshirsagar. Unfortunately, the hook now doesn’t represent any of the article text! Can I ask what the next steps should be? It seems a worthy article for DYK. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 17:32, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Finding a hook should be easier - although the original one with the covid-19 link would be very hooky. I was just looking around for a picture. "File:Amphotericin B new.svg" would work but I prefer "File:Liposomas articulo liberación activos.jpg". I think its more relevant but I have no idea about liposome delivery and what this diagram illustrates, maybe the nominator knows Victuallers (talk) 22:38, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Can I just express my real appreciation for your help on that article. Superb collaborative editing, and makes working on articles here all worthwhile! And also your help on Sunday Lecture Society! Your edits there made the article so much better. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Wobbly curtsy Victuallers (talk) 06:41, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for June Fernández
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2021
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Thank you for participating in my RFA
Your early evaluation was reassuring to see. I hope to honor the trust invested in me by the community. Please feel invited to call on me if I overstep or if you see ways I could be a better wikipedian. Or if I can help. Thanks again. BusterD (talk) 21:40, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Nilima Arun Kshirsagar
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

"Can we rid Wikipedia of its content gender gap? Views from Women in Red"
Woohoo! Our Wikimania 2021 proposal has been accepted! I confirmed the format change. Now we need a panel, and a moderator, and to complete all the other items in the email. Whew! P.S. I'm back home from vacation on Tue, 27 July, though I think I'll have wifi access while traveling. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:20, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * OK been thinking about this a bit. Got a month I reckon. I will leave a message in the morning on out shared file. Hope you enjoy the vacation. Hug. aka Victuallers (talk) 22:51, 14 July 2021 (UTC) Done Victuallers (talk) 06:49, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lorraine Lambert
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics


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DYK nomination of Kenya women's national volleyball team
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DYK for Lindy Cameron
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DYK for Lia Origoni
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August Editathons with Women in Red
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DYK for Tehani Egodawela
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Wikiprojects in support of Women
Hi Roger. Together with, we are trying to put together a comprehensive list of activities in support of women's coverage on Wikipedia. We have started with a list of wikiprojects on the English Wikipedia and will possibly continue with activities on Meta and in other language versions of Wikipedia. Are there any important initiatives in the UK we have missed - or indeed elsewhere in relation to the EN wiki? (This has also been under discussion on the WiR talk page.)--Ipigott (talk) 11:00, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure I have a draft I prepared for the Wikimania thing I'm doing with Rosie. I will copy it to the talkpage. Victuallers (talk) 12:24, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that sounds great. I hadn't realized you were working on this in parallel. Maybe you can also make use of some of the details we've been putting together.--Ipigott (talk) 14:48, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Kenya women's national volleyball team
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 * Thank you for the credit on this, as much as I'm unsure it was warranted. CMD (talk) 03:03, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you and a procedural question
Hi, Victuallers. First, I just wanted to thank you for the many times you've been kind enough to offer guidance or a morale boost to me re: the bios I've created for Women in Red. Wikipedia can be a bruising place for anyone researching and writing new articles, regardless of their level of editing experience on/off Wikipedia, and I just wanted to let you know that your input has helped. Second, I received an email alert letting me know that Eliza Kennedy Smith, one of the most recent bios that I created for WiR, was nominated for a DYK, which was heartening news. Unfortunately, when I checked the nomination data, I noticed something that seems odd. A second Wikipedian was listed as having created the bio with me, which is incorrect. I researched, wrote, and posted the bio myself, and was in the middle of editing it to bring it up to C-class or better when the other individual began editing it. Since, I'm not sure what the process is for DYK, I wanted to reach out to ask you if it's a normal procedure for a DYK nomination to list an article editor as a creator if he/she/they didn't actually create the article? Thanks in advance for your response. 47thPennVols (talk) 22:56, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, came here to thank for the QPQ donation for this DYK. I seem to recall that non-creator nominators didn't used to need it, but as it's written today it sounded like I'd need to do one. So thank you for bailing me out there!
 * Since I'm here, It's routine to acknowledge multiple editors who have contributed to a DYK-worthy article. I haven't seen a hard and fast threshold articulated, so it's mostly up to judgment. The other editor's contributions have been more cleanup than adding original content, but there was enough of it for me. I intended for the nomination to recognize the good work that went into the article. Hope you'll keep it up. Lagrange613 02:41, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * You are doing great work - I really like the article, but credit isn't a finite resource. Its a cake that gets bigger as you divide it. As you say "when the other individual began editing it"... that process is what makes Wikipedia work and "that person" is contributing even if its only to their own training. IMO we need to celebrate and thank others who contribute to our work. Its a compliment that they chose your work to complement with their time and to to assist with. Surely we need to thank that person in the same light as the person who nominated your article for DYK? Victuallers (talk) 07:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you both for responding and for your kindness and support. Since it's the first time one of my articles has ever been nominated for a DYK, I was just curious about the process. 47thPennVols (talk) 08:05, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The credit's are as suggested by the nominator (you can nominate your own work or look around to see who else needs to be recognised) - frequently just one person, but brilliant when it is two or three. (I did note that your collaborator was not always as civil as might be). Keep up the great work! Victuallers (talk) 09:08, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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Roger:Rosie 6 Aug Wikimania sync meeting
Hi. I need to change the time. Can we move it an hour earlier or an hour later? Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:56, 5 August 2021 (UTC) hour later Victuallers (talk) 21:17, 5 August 2021 (UTC) Sent updated invite. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:08, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Seems you and I had the same idea!
Good work on Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow, I decided to do Jeannine Mukanirwa as per Global Citizen's exhortation. -Indy beetle (talk) 04:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice work - I have tweeted your article at @wikiwomeninred. Two out of seven in 24 hours isnt bad... and I'm a "white bloke" ... so it seems its all my fault. Not sure I agree with the narrative of the piece (ie. lack of diversity is due to too many white anglophone blokes editing - after all we have created some nice articles on dinosaurs but only a few of us are actually dinosaurs), but the objective is great. Victuallers (talk) 11:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ... and it looks like someone has finished it! Victuallers (talk) 07:28, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Haha, I was honestly not thinking about creating articles for African women activists yesterday as I was hoping to create biographies about Paralympic athletes as 2020 Summer Paralympics is just around the corner. This was not the first time I worked on related to African activists as I have created few articles before. Well the issue was it was not easy to find proper reliable references but thankfully Global Citizen had some info about those activists which was very much useful for me. Anyway you deserve a credit Victuallers for your great work in contributing to WIR as well as . Abishe (talk) 08:59, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Paula Craig
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DYK for Gemma Collis-McCann
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Ewan's event
Good to meet you at the Women in Red event. Here's links to other users that I've found so far:


 * User:Giantflightlessbirds in NZ
 * User talk:Emcee47 in Kent

Thanks for your recent help with the Cornelia Chase Brant DYK. That seems rather bogged down in the fine print but so it goes...

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DYK nomination of Sally Fox (photographer)
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DYK for Ksenia Ovsyannikova
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DYK for Natalie Simanowski
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DYK for Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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DYK for Alia Issa
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DYK for Issy Bailey
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DYK for Lorraine Lambert
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DYK for Evelyn van Leeuwen
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DYK for Columbia Eneutseak
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DYK for Mahama Refugee Camp
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Possible USA base for meetup?
Hello! I did have one idea for a possible US partner, namely a new college student group at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. User AlwaysInRed recently sent some kind thank you notes to WiR and related editathons mentioning that their group would be using the redlists for their new group’s monthly meetups at the WPI Library and online, described at their grant proposal here. Perhaps they would be interested in serving as a base for an online US event, especially given their school’s historical focus on STEM? (For press it would be a nice fit.) As they are brand-new, I am picturing a need for participation by some “old hands” :-) but perhaps collaborating would feel more feasible to some who don’t feel up to taking it on alone. Just an idea—in the spirit of brainstorming! Innisfree987 (talk) 23:02, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a great idea (Barnstar in the post) I would anticipate that may find support from existing Women in Red editors. Hopefully pinging him/her might reveal their enthusiasm for helping us to address the gendergap. Victuallers (talk) 08:57, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Busby and Waters
That was well remembered from ten years ago! Moonraker (talk) 10:32, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Sally Fox (photographer)
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DYK for Isatou Nyang
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DYK for Aruba at the Paralympics
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DYK for Theodora Wilson Wilson
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QRpedia
Hi! I love your work and I just started using QRpedia in Croatia. I noticed that message that was given to people who have unsupported contente languages on QRpedia URL resolution, does not include link to other available languages and I wonder if you could maybe add that sometimes soon? Thank you in advance! --Zblace (talk) 18:54, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi do tell me more about your use of QRpediain Croatia. Is Serbian the first language, are you using it for a Wikitown or a GLAM? Have you made the press? Links to other languages you say - that depends, which language?. We had some issues with Welsh in the early days as Android didnt recognise it as a language and others can be quite long when they are using a Latin alphabet. I have thoughts about how to solve this but it would require us to develop a QRpedia 2.0 which would be couple of weeks of work.

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October 2021
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 * No idea what this means. Victuallers (talk) 17:14, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It means don't do this and this. ... disco spinster   talk  19:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Like you I try not to waste keystrokes but if I had something to discuss with you then I would make the effort instead of rudely reverting edits. There is uncivil and it is discourteous. Please do not not do this again.Victuallers (talk) 19:46, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Continuing to use false or misleading edit summaries is considered disruptive editing, and you could be blocked. It's nothing to do with wasting key strokes, nor is it a matter of what you think is discourteous. ... disco spinster   talk  19:51, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry I find your approach uncivil and discourteous. Please do not not do this again. 19:52, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Ada Lovelace Day
Glad to see this has got off to a good start with over 20 STEM bios from Australia and New Zealand. I've also seen a few more than those tagged and listed, possibly from less experienced users. Have you any records of new contributors? I would be happy to help them along.--Ipigott (talk) 09:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

And I've just been looking at your comments on today's Axios Big Tech's Big Tobacco moment. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 09:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Ian, great idea Victuallers (talk) 12:21, 12 October 2021 (UTC)


 * As far as I can see, there were four new members of Women in Red, two of them in connection with ADA. Only one was a complete newcomer. I don't know how many others registered on Wikipedia and have not been able to find any lists. Perhaps you can help. I'm glad you were successful in attracting so many new articles but we may have to review how to attract new members.--Ipigott (talk) 10:16, 13 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Four - great, but there were dozens of others. To identify new members then I think we need to just? pass a cursor over the 77 editors that the dashboard recorded. Its not foolproof as not everyone clicked it to record their contributions. We should be able to see how long they have been Wikipedians for tosort out newbies although I know some were returning editors who may have returned to editting because of the event.. There was a strong message to join us I think from each session, but out top priority was to get them contributing and to click the dashboard. The opportunity we have is to send a barnstar/cup of tea to all our new contributors inviting them to join Women in Red. We also have WIR leads in Ghana, Pakistan and Kenya and they are pure gold IMO for the project. They will know from eventbrite the email of everyone who attended (or said they would) and we could do something with those lists if our event leaders are willing to help. Victuallers (talk) 15:41, 13 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for suggesting the dashboard. Over the next day or two, I'll go through them more carefully and try to encourage some of them to join WiR.--Ipigott (talk) 15:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * We met today and I tried to ask about everyone sending a follow up email to all who signed up (c.50 in England) to tell them to sign up and find an editing buddy at WIR. However my temperamental internet ended my meeting at about this point. We didn't get the New York Times but we got a top 30 NY podcast and about 5 other interviews/thinkpieces in NZ and UK. Victuallers (talk) 16:33, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * That sounds fantastic. Sending out emails seems to be a good idea. I'll also start looking at them more closely myself. Membership of WiR is not really a priority. The important thing is that they should be encouraged to contribute editing.--Ipigott (talk) 05:53, 15 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I think I've more or less completed what I can for the time being. I've been going through the list of participants on the dashboard, concentrating on newcomers and editors with little experience. Those who appear to deserve special attention include, , , , , and . Maybe it's also a good idea to alert all those who added their names to the dashboard list but did not make any contributions. It may be possible to encourage some of them to start editing.--Ipigott (talk) 12:30, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I have given some attention to those editors and I have made a nomination for the Ghanaian ambassador at DYK... hopefully this may assist our cause. Victuallers (talk) 09:38, 17 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Roger. Your encouragement is really useful. While I'm here, I see that, who joined for the Manchester event a couple of years ago and has a colourful account of the event on her LinkedIn page, is close to creating her fifth article. I think she now probably has enough experience to move it to article space herself. If not, you might lend a hand. With all her competence in indexing, she could be a really useful member of Women in Red.--Ipigott (talk) 12:41, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And I've just seen we also have Agnès Kraidy which I will expand tomorrow.--Ipigott (talk) 20:29, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

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Just to alert you that I sent mail. Hope to hear from you soon. SusunW (talk) 19:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Marie Surcouf
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Hello
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DYK nomination of Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware
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Des/Les Cabrils
Yes, I created both of them. For some reason, the translation template kept one version of the article before I published the second one (I'm using different browsers on different PC's, home/office). They should be merged, Des Cabrils is the more current version of the article. Issue is that the "station" goes by both names; it's not a big place so I assume the locals just call it Cabrils. I think I'm familiar with merging articles, let me see and I'll get back to you here in a bit. Oaktree b (talk) 19:56, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I've read the help article on how to merge them, it's confusing. What I'd like to see happen is the Les Cabrils station no longer existing and pointing to Des Cabrils. The Des Cabrils is the more complete article. Are you able to merge them, or point me to where I can ask to do this? Oaktree b (talk) 20:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The usual problem is getting the attribution right but not a big problem here as its all you. If you can get one of them correct then you or I, can edit the other and replace everything with a redirect. I have admin stuff but not required for this one. The DYK nom can get a bit awkward if that needs renaming. Victuallers (talk) 22:20, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks for your help with Joan Ringelheim entry
Hi Victuallers!! Just a quick thank you for your help with the Joan Ringelheim entry!! I'm still very much a newbie and learning how best to do these things. It is also always challenging finding ways to properly underscore a person's impact. Grateful for your help! Mononoke99 (talk) 14:00, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Useful to see how many editors are attracted by your plea for help. Looks like a good article, but beware, you cannot cut and paste into Wikipedia. Not even a sentence unless its short, it has quote marks AND clear attribution. If you want help then shout at www.womeninred.org. Do you have or can you beg a picture of her from someone who owns a pic of her (a copy of a photo and "its OK" wont work). Victuallers (talk) 15:13, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Victuallers! Yes, was wonderful to see how many folks came to assist. Very grateful of the support and help. Will note citation preferences in Wikipedia for the future. Thanks again! And for your text box add and the pictures someone found. It really means a lot. There was a good struggle to establish this line of research and my fellow scholars and colleagues are very touched to see a Wikipedia entry. Mille mercis! Mononoke99 (talk) 18:13, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Marion Kaplan entry
Hello Victuallers!! You really are wonderful, taking the time. Much appreciated. Mononoke99 (talk) 12:47, 31 October 2021 (UTC) Its good work. Marion Kaplin is all over Wikipedia as a cited source. You have a few tricks to learn that will make you (even) more productive. Victuallers (talk) 12:52, 31 October 2021 (UTC) Hi Victuallers! Yes! I saw the creation of a wikidata page seemed to be important. Tho not sure yet how that happens. And how it came about that I could actually move it to accepted. So much to learn!! Looking forward to the process (and apologizing in advance for all the mistakes I'm sure to make!) Mononoke99 (talk) 14:51, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Lisa Federle
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DYK nomination of Isla Dewar
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DYK for Marie Surcouf
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DYK for Susan Bernal
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500 DYK medal

 * ... and thank you! Victuallers (talk) 23:06, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Just popped by to say thank you so much for my 100 medal! You are a real inspiration to me as a writer, your impeccable research and devotion to correcting our gender imbalances is beyond wonderful. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:49, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. And thank you, very wobbly curtsey. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 16:40, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Eva Olsson (scientist)
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DYK for Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware
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DYK for Sherita Hill Golden
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Thank you for the barnstar ;) Today 3 DYK, Brahms depicted + sadly Aga Mikolaj (listen!). May the roads that we travel make us meet again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Isla Dewar
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DYK for Jane Walker (charity founder)
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DYK alert
Hi Victuallers, hope you're doing well! I saw that you left a message on my talk page alerting me about the DYK nomination of Nisvan Erkal, and I was wondering if you needed any action on my end regarding the nomination? Thanks! Coolcactus04 (talk) 02:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No I dont think so. Looks like it was ticked straight away and that may be due to your efforts. The system will tell you when it makes the main page. Its great to see when someone improves an article I worked on. Do feel free to do more. Mabel Barltrop is my next one for Women in Red... Victuallers (talk) 14:03, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * That's awesome, it's a really interesting page. And yes, I will definitely continue, I'm really passionate about highlighting more female voices, especially in the STEM fields so I think the work that you're doing is also extremely inspiring! Coolcactus04 (talk) 15:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey Victuallers! I just saw that the Nisvan Erkal nomination was added to DYK today. Super cool to see, congrats! Coolcactus04 (talk) 16:39, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you

 * Why thank you! As you can see above it could be that a few will not be quite so visible as loading pics seems to be getting trickier. However, A very wobbly curtsey. My son-in-law is an Aussie so he should be impressed. Victuallers (talk) 16:00, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Uploading images of very recently deceased individuals has always been tricky, it's not suddenly got "trickier". There are plenty of images of recently deceased people out there, you just have to do the leg-work to get them appropriately licensed, just as I have done on a few occasions, so as to not abuse the fair use of non-free images. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:15, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think trickier is, in this case, a subjective view... and IMO it has... and as for leg-work, again that has to be judged against the amount of leg work actually done and not by the amount that you might imagine I could, or has not, been done. For that leg work I plead guilty. When I find an image that is free to use then I add it to the hundreds I ve found and its clear that work was done. When I fail to find a free to use image then some say I have to "do the leg work", but no one yet has ever asked what work has actually been done. Why do you assume its insufficient? What evidence do you have? Where is the bar? Proving that you have failed after numerous tries is very difficult to record or for others to appreciate. You could find hundreds of my failed attempts on YouTube or Flickr to find images but they might interfere with assumptions.Victuallers (talk) 17:08, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that in general, if you're dealing with someone who has been obviously in the public eye, just assuming it's too much trouble to go looking hard for a few months for a free alternative is simply not good enough. It's not in the spirit of fair use and it's disappointing to think that someone who advocates for Wikipedia to those who know not much about it would adopt such a curious position.  But there you go.  Have you emailed the owner of the photo at Flickr, for example?  Have you gone to the myriad publications who have images of her and requested they reduce their copyright?  The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 17:40, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think we need to disagree over this. The idea that anyone would "work hard for a couple of months" is a ridiculous bar. Even then how would you know? I may have been working hard for a couple of months, did you ask? As it is we had two experienced researchers working hard for about five or six hours and then less so for a couple of days... which is a level of effort that would surprise many, but who asks? We have contacted hundreds of people about the article. Some would say "Have you emailed the owner of the photo at Flickr, for example?" with an assumed level of doubt. Well yes I did and surprisingly after two days of discussion we have her informed consent. I doubt that work[ing] hard for a couple of months would have found many more. It looks as if we will have this level of discussion again and I would appreciate it if you ask about the level of effort before proposing deletion. I can see that you could just look to see if I had done anything else of Wikipedia for 9 weeks if the bar is going to be "working hard for a couple of months". Has anyone done this? did they stop editting and working to achieve this? Till next time, thank you for not working hard on image sourcing - we do need your valuable contributions at DYK. Victuallers (talk) 09:15, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I didn't propose deletion. And I don't follow most of the rest of your ramble.  I'm just glad that you, an admin, are now aware of a clearly worded guideline which hopefully you will comply with going forward. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 09:20, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks I got confused by seeing "six months" and a "couple of months of hard work" which I am very pleased, as an admin, are not mentioned at all. Keep rambling. Victuallers (talk) 16:43, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you need to take a break or at least start to pay more attention. Either way, please don't start giving tuition to others on how to use fair use images on Wikipedia. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:02, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * note here of policy Victuallers (talk) 11:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

a barnstar for you!

 * pleasure Victuallers (talk) 20:04, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mary Earle
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DYK for Nisvan Erkal
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DYK for Mabel Barltrop
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Could you assist in closing a discussion?
Hi Victualliers, we had a discussion on a merge at Talk:Murder of Deniz Poyraz and we came to sort of a result. I feel a bit uncomfortable to close it myself, as I am a bit prominently involved as the article creator, but actually all participants in the discussion agree to a merge Paradise Chronicle (talk) 23:04, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Tina Stege
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Victuallers. Many thanks for your work on this DYK. Roundtheworld (talk) 08:16, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * My pleasure - it was odd that it proved contentious so it was delayed for some weeks however it hits climate crisis, oceania and Women in Red - so cool that its on the main page today. Victuallers (talk) 10:34, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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DYK for Mauatua
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DYK for Mary Earle
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DYK for Nandivada Rathnasree
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 * Thanks for making the nomination! - Naushervan (talk) 12:55, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Elizabeth Caslon
Hi, hope you're well. I'm drafting an article on the Caslon type foundry and am thinking about how it can connect to the Elizabeth Caslon article. Just to warn you that the typeface you show in the article was actually commissioned by the second Elizabeth Caslon (née Rowe), this is explained by Hansard in Typographica on page 352 and Reed-Johnson on page 247. The NYPL dates the Caslon specimen 1785 but this is a confusion as it's a 1785 specimen bound up with later sheets; the Eliz. Caslon's New Pica sheet is one of these. This is explained by James Mosley in his book on British type specimens on page 27. He dates it to 1796-9, so does Paul Barnes.

My draft is at Draft:Caslon type foundry, I'm hoping to have it finished over Christmas. Feedback welcomed! Blythwood (talk) 22:58, 17 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Nice work! Looks ready for main space now. Looks like you did more thorough research than I did. Do feel free to correct my error over the wrong Elizabeth. Not many women in history so the second Elizabeth maybe merits her own article. Ping me when it goes to main space. DYK?? Victuallers (talk) 08:58, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Great, I've made the edits. It's live now! I really hope it's worth the wait, one of those things where I slowly came to realise that the topic was worth a full article. DYK is on the agenda, hopefully a GA nom too. Getting an expansion of the Vincent Figgins article to GA was a lot of fun to do and made me realise I had the materials to do the topic justice. Blythwood (talk) 22:37, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

RightsCon
If this interests you, please let me know as I have further information. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:33, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Saw that Desmond Tutu had died - Sadness and delight
Obviously sad to see the Bishop Desmond Tutu had died. But I was really surprised to see one of the Joburgpedia plaques that include a QRpedia code behind the BBC coverage. The plaque was made in Monmouth. Victuallers (talk) 19:56, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

January 2022 Women in Red
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DYK for Trudi Thomson
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See Women in Red 217
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DYK for Antonia Urrejola
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DYK for Catherine Omanyo
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Happy new year & YGM
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DYK nomination of Preet Chandi
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Photo of Ève Paul-Margueritte
Hi! I'm working on a translation, Lucie Paul-Margueritte, and will create her sister's, Ève Paul-Margueritte, next. Lucie's biography has a photo, as do those of her grandfather (Jean Auguste Margueritte), her father (Paul Margueritte), and her uncle (Victor Margueritte). But there's none in Eve's FR-WP biography (fr:Ève Paul-Margueritte) or on wikicommons. I found a photo of her here in a 1936 Algerian newspaper. As icensing for non-PD photos is not my forte, and I know you to be a yoda, if you have time&inclination, would you please assist and/or weigh in? Appreciate it. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:47, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Done! in Wikidata/commons/fr:wiki Victuallers (talk) 23:06, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You are Mr. Terrific! Thanks! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:12, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Question about one of your edits to Karen Ferguson
I noticed in your revison dated 09:17,10 January 2022 of the page on Karen Ferguson, you inserted the phrase "their (sic) were plans to reduce the minimum pensions guarenteed (sic) to pensioners."

"Guaranteed minimum pensions" is a legal concept in the UK that doesn't exist per se in the United States. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 addresses issues such as how corporations must fund their pension funds, but it doesn't contain any requirements for pension payment amounts, or even any requirement for employers to provide pensions at all.

Did you have a source for this change, or was it an assumption on your part? I don't mean this as a personal attack, by the way; my only interest is in making the article as accurate as possible.

Please respond on my talk page. Ormewood (talk) 19:20, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


 * It was my understanding after (quickly) reading the sources, but I realise that I may not be fully aware of the statutory US rights that she feared would be lost. Feel free to finesse. Victuallers (talk) 19:25, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, will do, and thanks for the quick response. Ormewood (talk) 19:30, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Preet Chandi
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A barnstar for you!

 * wobbly curtsey. thank you. Victuallers (talk) 15:57, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Kate Foster (diplomat)
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DYK nomination of Tatiana Saunders
Hello! Your submission of Tatiana Saunders 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 as soon as possible. The cropped photo is not used in the article, however, nor is the mention of equal pay made in the main hook actually in the article. My preference for hook is ALT1, though, and if this article is run without a photo on DYK, then that point is moot. In that case, I'd be happy to pass this nomination as good to go. Michael Barera (talk) 23:33, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Tess Posner
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February with Women in Red
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DYK for Daisy Bannard Cogley
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DYK for Kate Baer
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Bianca Baptiste's image
Hello! I saw a post about Bianca Baptiste on the Women in Red instagram - it turns out the image in the article isn't of Baptiste, but is of her team-mate Siobhan Wilson. I've moved the image off her biography, put a comment on the DYK and requested file name changes on Commons, but please could you double check that I've done those things OK? Thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 17:08, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you - its a tricky thing identifying footballers when all you get is numbers which are maybe right. I will fix on commons. Victuallers (talk) 17:10, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Image upload email template
Hi, Hope all is well! Does women in red have a template text that instructs people on how to upload an image of themselves to commons? I talked to Beth Parks and she said she would be willing to upload an image of herself, and I'd just like to send her the correct information. Thanks Eddie891 Talk Work 13:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Timely Eddie = I was just thinking that we need to organise one for another project. The best route is for Beth to get an existing web site to change its policy and mount a free to use picture of her. Most organisations needlessly claim copyright as you probably know. She is Editor-in-chief of a major journal - what a wonderful gift it would be if that journal started making pictures of their authors free to use!!!!! I would arrange a unobtainium plated Wikipedia barnstar and a thankyou letter signed by wiki royalty!.These instructions may help. Other possibilities are for one of Beth's mates who has a blue ticked Twitter account to publish a photo they took of her and to make the license crystal clear as cc-by-sa. Flickr will also allow you to specify an attribution license and YouTube will allow you to publish with a "Creative Commons" license. Once this is done then you or I can provide some protection from over-enthusiastic commons gate keepers as we move the image into Wikimedia Commons ensuring that its provenance is well recorded. Obviously if Beth loads not only a picture of herself but also photos she took of other notable women - then it looks more like a donation (and less like self-promotion which gatekeepers love to delete). HTH. Victuallers (talk) 16:24, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Note to self 2
Who are the undiscovered heroes? It easy to reach for Marie Curie and Emmeline Pankhurst as notable women, but who are the hidden heroes. Again there are people like Rosalind Franklin, Bell etc. I have listed some of these below. Less obvious are the people Women in Red have discovered who have less well known but interest stories worthy of more interest. They are in the second list. Anyone is welcome to add to these lists.

Notable women

 * Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
 * Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Notable non-Noble Laureate who discovered quasers
 * Rosalind Franklin - overlooked DNA discoverer
 * Dorothy Garrod - archaeologist, first woman Oxbridge Prof ref here
 * Caroline Hershal - astronomer
 * Annie Kenney - working class suffragette leader
 * Ada Lovelace - first programmer
 * Constance Markievicz - first woman MP, leading Irish nationalist
 * Christabel Pankhurst
 * Sylvia Pankhurst
 * Mary Quant fashion designer
 * Mary Somerville - first UK scientist (prev. "men of science")
 * Marie Tharp - "mid ocean ridge" discovery
 * Vivienne Westwood - punk creator

Even Less known women

 * 1) Barbara Bodichon - founded Girton College
 * 2) Emmeline Pankhurst forerunner - Lydia Becker arranged for first UK woman to vote
 * 3) Rosalind Franklin's forerunner - Florence Bell (scientist) - maybe devised the overall structure of DNA before Franklin or Crick or Watson
 * 4) Suffragette celebrants - Mary Blaythwayt's family - recognition of the suffragette's
 * 5) Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton - suffragette toff who dressed down
 * 6) Emma Clarke (footballer) - early black footballer
 * 7) Mary Jane Pankhurst - first suffragette martyr
 * 8) Rose Mary Crawshay Welsh suffragist
 * 9) Nokutela Dube - overlooked founder of the ANC
 * 10) "Nettie Honeyball" and Lady Florence Dixie - started women's football in 1890s
 * 11) Esmé Kirby - Snowdonia national Park
 * 12) Elsie Inglis - WW1 nursing leader
 * 13) Kate Marsden = explorer and female equivalent of "Oscar Wilde"
 * 14) Richard Pankhurst = devised first laws for British women to vote and arranged for first woman to vote.
 * 15) Margaret MacDonald - "Mackintosh" Glasgow girl
 * 16) Lilly Maxwell - "first" woman to vote in Britain
 * 17) Anti-Apartheid before the word was coined - Ida Wilcox = early equal rights USA/S Africa. Ignored by Wikpedia?
 * 18) Clara Mordan - funded the suffragettes

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DYK for Anita Kiki Gbeho
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WiR event numbers
I've started organizing the March set here. I remember you mentioning tabs or some such for the collaborations so I won't assign event numbers to any of them... that's left to you. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:09, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * More about this here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red. I think you're better situated to respond than me. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:37, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
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DYK for Bianca Baptiste
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March editathons
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Jane Cakebread
I just created the Jane Cakebread biography. She has an ODNB entry. As I think you have access to that source, perhaps there's more info available that you might be interested in adding? Also, the ODNB image is superior over what I included, but I don't know, licensing-wise, if it can be used in her article. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:05, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I have added a bit and some pics. I think you can get to the ODNB with this link Rosie. Victuallers (talk) 17:15, 1 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Review of DYK?
Would you or someone from WiR be able to review the DYK submission for Verena Conzett ? (Some days have passed since it was submitted and I think it gets overlooked...) Cielquiparle (talk) 11:43, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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DYK for Matilda Allison
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DYK for Margaret Lemon
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DYK for Hamdallaye, Niger
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That's a pleasant surprise seeing you work on an African community Rodge!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:57, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing Dr B. The article was inspired by Hadjo Djibo but I couldnt find much about her so I ended up learning about sub-saharan geography, which was interesting. Victuallers (talk) 17:26, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

NSP
Hellos it's nice to be working together again on Nari Shakti Puraskar awardees! I just made a DYK nom for Arti Rana and added you to it, cheers, Mujinga (talk) 12:18, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Wow has it been two years! Its a greatr set of notable women. I'm intending to do a few, and I love the collaboration. Victuallers (talk) 17:29, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Tatiana Saunders
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DYK for Asma Al Thani
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DYK for Helen Steven
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DYK nom
I just promoted Template:Did you know nominations/Peninah Musyimi with the image so that it could at least run for International Women's Month. No one moved it to the special occasions area for International Women's Day or else I would have promoted it for that day. I didn't even know the nomination existed until last night. SL93 (talk) 23:12, 12 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks . Not sure we (ie en:wiki) did our best this year for IWD. We ran one set of hooks on the day when two would have been possible (and then switched to two a couple of days later) and the featured article on the day was about a species of deer. I know we are all doing our best and what we are doing is very good. Its not your fault and not many will notice. We did disappoint some editors I think. However Women in Red cancelled some things because Ukraine has rearranged priorities. Thank you as always. Victuallers (talk) 10:46, 13 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I was wondering, Roger, if you could help with Germaine Bailac. It's been hanging around for quite a time after been nominated by but now apparently for some reason needs a "full review", whatever that means. I don't know why but there so often seem to be problems when my articles are submitted to DYK. As you seem to be one of the DYK experts, perhaps you could help to sort things out. I too have found the main page coverage of women disappointing this year but until I read your message above, I had not realized it was because of cancellations by Women in Red. If you are interested in posting more women during the remainder of the month, you might like to look at Francia Russell, the first article written by a completely new contributor.--Ipigott (talk) 12:36, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It does seem that DYK seems to have quite a few nominations that are left hanging. 's review of Gloria Rojas has been in a similar state for ten days and that review needs to be complete before Germaine Bailac can be ticked. The impassioned debate at Germaine Bailac about one hook v. another doesn't invite a reviewer to assist. However I'm happy to help. Maybe we can unlock Gloria Rojas? Victuallers (talk) 13:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, Roger, but I'm afraid the problems involved are far too complex for me to understand. Why should Gloria Rojas have anything to do with Germaine Bailac? If Gerda agrees, it's probably best just to scrap Bailac as I can see from your reply that it has already caused problems with the hook and now seems to be causing even more. The only reason I suggested to Gerda that she might like to promote it in the first place was that she indicated there was a distinct shortage of articles for Women's Month. I also suggested others but these seem to have been even more difficult to accommodate. All this explains why I do not nominate articles for DYK (including my own creations), even if I'm always happy when others do so (as dear Yoninah so often did). Hope I don't sound too grumpy about this but it can be frustrating. I really admire editors like who appear to have mastered the technique. Did you have a chance to look at Francia Russell?--Ipigott (talk) 16:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In order to get an approval, then you need to show that you have approved another (a "QPQ"). Gerda says she approved Gloria Rojas and she almost did this 10 days ago but its now awaiting resolution as she never completed the assessment. HTH. Victuallers (talk) 16:31, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There were A LOT of tears at the beginning of doing DYKs, @Ipigott - I didn't get it for a long time. There was one dreadful week where I'd proposed a DYK that got passed and it then turned out was beyond the laws of physics! I'll try and keep an eye out for your pages - or feel free to give me a nudge if you've worked on someone especially fascinating! Lajmmoore (talk) 20:10, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth I'm also happy to help with DYK submissions, especially if related to WiR. I agree the process can be frustrating, lately I have some energy for it again. Collaboration might be the best way forward to prevent burnout, I'm enjoying the collabs with Victuallers, right now we have Template:Did you know nominations/Vanita Jagdeo Borade and Template:Did you know nominations/Arti Rana on the go! Mujinga (talk) 10:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * : That's a kind offer. I'm not so much interested in including my own articles on DYK (unless they are needed to fill gaps) but it is encouraging for new contributors to see that their early efforts have been recognized. That's why I suggested Francia Russell above. Maybe you would be interested in taking a look.--Ipigott (talk) 10:30, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I had a look, unfortunately I'm struggling to think of something hooky there Mujinga (talk) 20:46, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Olive Morris
Hellos I've put Olive Morris up for FAC and sadly had to take away two photos before doing so because the National Archives seem to have messed up their uploads (you can read the saga at the peer review). (Where?) I thought I'd drop you a line because you are good at finding pix and I see the image we have of Olive herself was uploaded by you. Can you let me know if you know any more about the provenance of that one? Probably not right, it seems there is a real dearth of available pics of British Black Power women activists from the 1970s like Liz Obi, Elouise Edwards, Stella Dadzie, Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Beverley Bryan and so on. Cheers! Mujinga (talk) 21:19, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I devoted quite a bit of time to finding an image of her and I remember that thousands saw that when it was a DYK. I can't remember why that was deleted... I do think I felt that we were destroying our own riches. I suspect there would be more pain than gain to source another image. If I wanted to get a pic then I'd go to Brixton and beg. Good support for her there but they don't understand wiki's (silly) licencing. Victuallers (talk) 22:26, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah I agree it's hard and probably won't work out, thanks for the help. Sorry I didn't link the peer review before, here is the relevant discussion -Peer_review/Olive_Morris/archive1. In short, I've tried but not got anywhere. If RoC reply then that might help, they didn't get back to met yet to an email I sent a couple of weeks ago, not sure how active they are now. As I recall the DYK/googledoodle thing was related to a pic of the mural dedicated to her in Brixton, which was deleted at commons because of the freedom of panorama stuff - I agree it's a bit silly because a mural is in my view same as other public art. So it goes! Mujinga (talk) 10:09, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Peninah Musyimi
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge
Hi Victuallers, I'd like to let you know that I have boldly added Kenya women's national volleyball team to WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge attached to your name. Please let me know if you'd like it to be removed, or add other articles you have worked on that may be relevant! Peninah Musyimi perhaps? Best, CMD (talk) 05:43, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Fannie B. Damon
Hi! Another photo question. Currently, the Fannie B. Damon (1857–1939) biography doesn't contain a photo. I found this one of her in a 1995 book, but there's no info about when/where the photo was first published. Can it be added to her Wikipedia article nonetheless, and if so, how to license it? --Rosiestep (talk) 17:01, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Next time we're on a call, I'll ask you to talk me through the thinking and the process. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:30, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jane Cakebread
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

April Editathons from Women in Red
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DYK nomination of Barbara Shermund
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DYK for Arti Rana
—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Another good one! - Sorry that I am a bit too busy and miss things, - too many die who need articles. - I took a break today: Sunday flowers and sounds, don't miss the extraordinary marriage of the beginnings of the theme of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, and Prayer for Ukraine - here! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Journalist inquiry
Hi Roger, are you available to chat? I have something time-sensitive to ask of you - a journalist inquiry. Please ping me via our google chat when you have a moment. Thx. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:36, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I have sent you a zoom invite for now - I am off to a long meeting in an hour Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Read your response. Thanks for handling things! --Rosiestep (talk) 22:21, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thought this might interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:07, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Interesting work but as we discussed we use AI (google translate) to create many rough drafts already. Converting to a good draft is the problem, not having a rough draft (and meta's disregard for copyright niceties means that its tricky for us to find reliable text and images which are intended to be copyright free on Facebook. Victuallers (talk) 13:10, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Barbara Shermund
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Olena Stepaniv
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * 22,000 hits ... Victuallers (talk) 07:06, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Martine Bedin
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

DKY for Racial segregation in the United Kingdom
Hi Victuallers. I've had a couple of comments on this DYK that I've found a bit frustrating and I was wondering if you could please look and advise me? The hook is not a double-negative as claimed, and I think the article copy is fine (have clarified the lead just to be sure, and removed a vague tag that imo was unnecessary). The expansion to me is evident even with the blanking of the history, and my understanding that was a change from redirect to article constituted an expansion rather than new article in terms of DYK rules (though very happy to be corrected and change this on the nomination, it just feels a bit like that shouldn't be a barrier because either way it meets the criteria of being new/bigger. Would be very grateful if you could let me know what I could do to make this work better! Zeromonk (talk) 09:46, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * My inclination is to wave things through at DYK, however this is a substantial expansion on a sensitive subject. Missing out that the US troops were segregated because of American laws (that were tolerated in the UK) because that is how the US Army works creates the idea that the segregation of the US troops was a British idea. Many of these anecdotes are dealt with more fully elsewhere. Maybe use the template named "main"? Finding out that a colour bar in the 1950s was illegal surprises me - under what law? I find I understood less after reading the article. Could these ideas be explained? HTH Victuallers (talk) 15:11, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Bilquis Edhi

 * Thank you, its about 15 years since I first worked on her biog. She saved >16,000 babies and 90% of them were female. Victuallers (talk) 11:48, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Kateryna Antonovych
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Giulia Cassini Rizzotto
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for this woman and others! - dance and singing, peace doves and icecream - Freiheit! to listen to, - the livestream has it all, safety announcement, speeches, intermission ... but there's a good legend to find the symphony movement. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Alice P. Gannett
Hi. The photo in her biography is lousy but it's the only one I felt comfortable uploading. Can this one or this one be uploaded to WikiCommons under a suitable license? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:59, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * US licences after 1925 are not my speciality Rosie. Needs a bit of study. Victuallers (talk) 19:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok; thanks. No problem. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:15, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the template "Template:PD-US-no notice" can be used on commons for USA published pics after 1927 IF there is no known photographer or copyright claim when published. HTH Victuallers (talk) 14:19, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Roger. This really helped. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:19, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Hauser & Wirth
Hi Victuallers, nice to meet you! My name is Maddy. Art gallery Hauser & Wirth's article is very brief and outdated, and I'm hoping to work with the community to improve it. As an active member of WP:MUSEUMS, I thought you might be interested in my proposed changes at Talk:Hauser & Wirth. I'd love to discuss this further. Thank you, Maddy at H&#38;W (talk) 15:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm backed up at the moment and your changes look non-trivial. Come back if you cannot find help elsewhere. Victuallers (talk) 19:53, 25 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Victuallers, hope you are doing well. Unfortunately I've been unable to find help elsewhere so far, though another editor or two did appear to show some interest. If you have more time now, I would love to discuss my proposed changes with you. Thanks again, Maddy at H&#38;W (talk) 08:32, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Victuallers. I'm hoping to bring additional editors and perspectives to a discussion at Talk:Hauser & Wirth and would love your input, if you have the time to take a look. Thanks again. Maddy at H&#38;W (talk) 12:29, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thanks for making edits to Muhammadi Begum, an article that I wrote back in August 2020. I'll have a look later in the evening and see if I can make some changes. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  11:27, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Vanita Jagdeo Borade
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

APPLICATION FOR MENTORSHIP
I am looking for a mentor. I wanna go through a course under your tutelage for a period of time that you determine for a counter vandalism course and/or a course on proper page creation. After which I will be given rollback and new page reviewer privileges. I'm reaching out to you because I wanna do this the proper way. It will be a honor to learn. Cheers Amaekuma (talk) 07:49, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, as you may know I have created thousands of articles but I only exercise my contra-vandal rights as an admin rarely. I'd be pleased to help you. I will look at your profile and you might care to look at Women in Red which is where I direct most of my efforts. I did win a competion for writing articles about Nigerians one year and I was very active in supporting actors in a recent TV series that was made in Nigeria. Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Nathalie Viteri
Hello! Your submission of Nathalie Viteri 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! Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikimania 2022
Hi Roger. Do you want to chat about Wikimania 2022 in the next few days? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:11, 18 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Always like to chat Rosie, send me a zoom link? Victuallers (talk) 07:09, 19 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey Roger... Did you get the link? Are you able to hop on now? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:04, 20 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi! This year, Wikimania proposal submissions aren't viewable on-wiki; only organizers can see them. Do you know if a WiR proposal has been submitted? --Rosiestep (talk) 19:20, 7 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I havent found a volunteer. Date clash with my favourite candidate. Victuallers (talk) 19:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Maybe a submission with just you and me? Submission deadline postponed till 12 June. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:51, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sofia Halechko
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Paola Cabezas
I don't know if know it, but Cabezas translates into head and a hook on her hair seems really appropriate to me. Thanks for that experience.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 06:08, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for getting involved and substantially improving her article. I had noticed the head link - thats nice. Surprised you are not convinced by the image license. If you click through the you find its released with a free to use license by the Equadorian government on Flickr (ie solid claim from a solid source) There are 1000s of similar pics from this source on commons - it was the photo that inspired this (and another dozen or so) articles I have recently written. I keep saying that photos inspire articles so I thought I had to walk the talk. Victuallers (talk) 07:38, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * You inspired Sofía Espín too, which you may also find interesting. Victuallers (talk) 11:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Nice one
Thanks for the additions to Pooja Sharma (entrepreneur), especially the disambig page, somehow that slipped my mind! Mujinga (talk) 09:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC) You are welcome - its fun working with another Victuallers (talk) 15:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

David Canzini
Don't know if you are sufficiently interested in politics to deal with this, Roger, but David Canzini was profiled this morning on BBC 4. It was pointed out that he had no Wikipedia page. If you don't feel like making a start on it, perhaps you know someone who would be interested. It would be good to turn his red link blue before the profile is repeated this evening. There's some good background on the FT here. There's also a good piece in the Guardian.--Ipigott (talk) 05:36, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ian, but I'm doing Ecuadorian politics which surprisingly seems much more principalled than the UKs current populist. I think his supporters are making themselves less notable by having purchasable integrity. Victuallers (talk) 08:07, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thought as much. I've also alerted and posted a message on WP:UK. If there's nothing within the next few hours, I'll do it myself.--Ipigott (talk) 08:40, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I see there's already been a start on it with a long list of refs. Glad I'm no longer faced with the problem myself. Ecuador sounds much more interesting. 26 women in the last couple of weeks - amazing! You should be taking part in our translation contest.--Ipigott (talk) 11:44, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Ian, I am where I can but the work is driven by photos of "MP"s ... and they don't usually have an article in any language. I have added a couply where there was a Spanish version. .... and yes its much more interesting. They do take politicians to court on trumped up/political/corruption charges but they do seem to take some notice and not just mumble "truly and deeply sorry for what ever I appear to have done, but it wasn't me if you squint at it from this angle through these shaded specs ... so lets move on". Victuallers (talk) 12:14, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

June events from Women in Red
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 09:22, 31 May 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

DYK for Hanna Dmyterko
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:00, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Ecuadorian politicians
Just a reminder that people are not filed directly in if they're already filed in one or more subcategories, such as. The world has had hundreds of thousands, possibly even well into the millions, of politicians throughout history — so it's not useful for the parent category to be a one-stop list of everybody on earth who was ever in politics, and instead all politicians are subcategorized by nationality and/or role while  is supposed to only parent the subcategories, while not directly containing any individual people itself. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 16:17, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * thanks Victuallers (talk) 21:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Pooja Sharma (entrepreneur)
Just wanted to make sure you saw my comments on this nomination. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:40, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Olga Rudenko
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

pls read Millie Hudson
Hi @Victuallers, I just made some updates to British diver and long-distance swimmer Millie Hudson, who is featured in an upcoming DYK, and would just appreciate your giving it a read through...mainly because you are the author of Mercedes Gleitze, and they are interconnected. Many thanks in advance! Cielquiparle (talk) 11:30, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Nathalie Viteri
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DYK for Sofía Sanchez
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Wrong link!
How come the wrong Sofia Sanchez was linked in today's DYK? Is there any chance of re-running with the correct Sofía Sánchez (politician)? Somehow a correction needs to be made, perhaps with an apology, as the image did not correspond to the person linked. (cc )--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

I now see moved the page. Not sure how to deal with this. Maybe the DYK ran correctly but the DYK archive certainly needs attention.--Ipigott (talk) 12:41, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting this. We did get some picky points raised when it was on the main page so it must have been accessible to some. One of the points was about her name lacking an accent which is may be the reason it was moved. The stats should tell us how many saw it and with what name (I think). Victuallers (talk) 15:29, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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Sofía Sánchez DYK
I wanted to follow up on yesterday's discussion, which I didn't get a chance to reply to before it got deleted. My request was not about fixing the hyperlink in the source article. In fact, had you checked the article in question, you would have noticed that I had already fixed that hyperlink in the source article a few minutes before asking my question (Special:Diff/1093107824). Had I needed help to edit the Sofía Sánchez article itself, I would have of course posted on the relevant talk page. My request was to change the hyperlink in the hook itself, which I understand only administrators can do. Is there a reason why you both suggested that I could have done that myself? Or did you just not notice that the bad hyperlink was in the hook? --JECE (talk) 19:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @JECE: My read of your comment, if memory serves, was that you wrote "in the Sofía Sánchez article"- so I just assumed you meant the article. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:36, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Me too - although I was also just about to go to sleep. Errors are important but I dont feel that we get too excited about errors in articles at DYK. They are new and we should not be surprised to find that we have errors even though they have been overchecked. Hope its all fixed now. I think the hook was changed a few hours later as it mixed up all the stats. (see above). Victuallers (talk) 22:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

I see what you mean
The rephrasing part of DYK is out of hand. I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw this at ERRORS. I have no idea why a rewording and not an error was brought up there, especially when Gerda's hook was completely fine. SL93 (talk) 09:04, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I thought I was just crying outside the door of a hard line poetry society. These are not Haikus, but hooks that thousands of people find interesting everyday for a millisecond before they click to find out more. They never notice that the hook has been re-authored several times, but the author of the hook just feels that someone keeps kidnapping their children on the pretext of tidying their hair. I'm sure I could have phrased this idea better (but it would be very bad manners for anyone to change this text - unless its a genuine error!). Victuallers (talk) 09:18, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * 100% agree with the sentiments expressed here, it can frustrating as someone who has written something, collaborated on changes and then gone through a review process to then find unilateral changes have been made which in some cases are not an improvement. my response to this is to step away from DYK for a while then return, but i don't think that it solves anything. in any case keep up the good work both of you and cheers SL93 for the sidenote at Template:Did you know nominations/De Vloek! Mujinga (talk) 13:31, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sonya Legg
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Rosana Alvarado
—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Victoria Desintonio
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Inez Demonet
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in July 2022
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DYK for Paola Cabezas
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Please have a look at the too close paraphrasing and borderline copyvio at that article: verbatim translations are copyvio. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  13:34, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * They would be if the source wasn't openly licensed, in which case verbatim translations are not (even borderline) copyvio. Which is certainly where most of it came from. Victuallers (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please point me to the open source declarations? I am not seeing them, but I do see copyright info, eg "© Derechos reservados 2020 Grupo EL COMERCIO Queda prohibida la reproducción total o parcial, por cualquier medio, de todos los contenidos sin autorización expresa de Grupo EL COMERCIO Términos y Condiciones." Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  15:17, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure, I think you will find it here. Could be done better, but this is the attribution required. Victuallers (talk) 15:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see ... I would never trust es.wiki, and never translate directly from them. It's important to go to the actual sources, as there is frequent copyvio, source-to-text integrity issues, BLP vios, non-reliable sources ... the works ... at es.wiki.  It's kind of a mess ! Thanks for fixing that ... Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  16:08, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice to know your view and very generous of you to point out errors even if you didnt have time to fix them. I find its always important to fix things and its important to be convivial, I find, just in case suspicions prove groundless and it turns out that the article in question is not a featured article. Victuallers (talk) 16:21, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:36, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Pipaluk Freuchen
Hi, if you want to approve the DYK nomination you need to edit Template:Did you know nominations/Pipaluk Freuchen rather than Talk:Pipaluk Freuchen. I am sure that Amakuru is following the DYK process, but hopefully this can be resolved fairly quickly. TSventon (talk) 09:21, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sally Burch
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Hi: I'm just curious; may I ask if there was a reason why you deleted the project tags I added to the talk page? I see that you added a reply to someone else about their question in one of the edits. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Belle_Highwalking&diff=prev&oldid=1096118133&diffmode=source thanks, FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:38, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That would be my error, if I did. I'll look. Always appreciate your help. If it looks like I undid your stuff then revert me with "presumed error" - I think it will be. Victuallers (talk) 12:43, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for thanking me ;-) about the new Angela Fan page. Someone placed the page on WP:AfD Would you mind having a look and giving your opinion on Articles_for_deletion/Angela_Fan? Best, simon (talk) 16:44, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

I did have a look, I'm not too keen on getting involved at AfD, I'm more interested in improving the article. I think I'm pretty neat the epicentre of fixing the Wikipedia gender gap. I worry that the sources are receptive to the techology but the Wikipedia article seems to imply that the ambitions of the work are the same as the achievement. The source I looked said that historically Wiki articles continued and failed to remove gender bias it was a huge problem. And it is and that the translations offered might HELP human editors fix the problem. The claims made here seem to be a bit journalistic - can you really imagine that an AI tool is going to translate an article about a native American woman from Arabic into Chinese AND also fix the gender bias in the text? The cultural mismatches would be enormous eben if the translation was perfect .... and none of the sources imply that the translation between unusual languages is anything much better that a good draft. Now on the subject of improvent. The lede should explain why this person is important. What is notable about "Angela Fan is a research scientist at Meta AI in Paris focusing on machine translation". That is not notable. Tell the reader why she is notable. Did she invent machine translation? Is the AI that converts between 200 languages all her work and is it the first that can do this? Can it do this? Can it really remove bias in the text, how on earth does it do that? How many Wikipedia articles can it publish without human intervention per day. Has women in red decided to fold/ base all their new work on this model etc because the problem is now solved? Victuallers (talk) 20:53, 12 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot @Victuallers. This is very useful feedback. My current understanding is that there are 2 main projects: 1 - generate draft article based on various sources to help editor produce articles. This could help getting to a more balanced representation on wiki ; 2 - automatic machine translation in rare languages to help translate existing articles into rare languages (NLLB-200 model is now used by the Wikimedia Foundation language tools) . On both topics, Fan seems to be a lead researcher. I'll research more and try to clarify the content taking your feedback into account. Thanks again. simon (talk) 11:41, 13 July 2022 (UTC) simon (talk) 11:41, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Just a point. Creating drafts of articles is a non-problem - we could easily create 100,000 drafts of missing notable women... the problem is that that everyone of them would need to be checked/rewritten by a human editor. If this could be measurably improved then that would be amazing. However I only read that this is an aspiration (a very worthy one of course) in the sources. Is there any evidence that her approach will make a big difference? Being a bit better is expected but its not notable. I would have thought that Women in Red would be a aware of amazing new tools - we have seen articles about them, but no one has said (that I know) that a new AI tool is better. Of course this is my OR - it could be that you can point to sources that do show/claim improvements to this process. I do hope so. Obviously being able to translate (even badly) between Catalan and Navajo would be remarkable but is that the claim? Victuallers (talk) 12:05, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

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If you are keen to promote comedians, Roger, you might like to consider Gerd Thoreid and her picture for DYK. She looks to me like a good candidate but I'm not much good at DYK myself.--Ipigott (talk) 14:28, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * tweeted, and I asked her if she had a photo. Victuallers (talk) 09:19, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Robin now has an article. Victuallers (talk) 09:18, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * I will, I removed that bit while I remind myself about this article. Victuallers (talk) 17:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hi. In the Ada Lovelace page Revision as of 10:13, 16 September 2021, you changed "Lady Byron" to "mathematician Lady Byron". Do you have a source for the claim that Lady Byron was a mathematician? It seems generally accepted that she studied mathematics as well as other subjects and that she encouraged Ada Lovelace to study mathematics, but I've not seen any claim that Lady Byron was herself a mathematician other than an unsourced edit by Shreeveen to the Lady Byron wikipedia page in Revision as of 04:54, 8 June 2019. This lengthy description of her life makes no mention of it: https://campuspress.uwl.ac.uk/uwlarchives/2021/08/31/445/ 86.159.18.215 (talk) 11:37, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ?? the source you offer in the first para says "Annabella was intellectually gifted with interests in Mathematics and Astronomy" .... what do you want? -sounds like a maths wizz to me. Victuallers (talk) 11:56, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Ada Lovelace wrote and published mathematics. Her mother Lady Byron studied with a tutor. Unless there's more evidence of Lady Byron's mathematical activities, I don't think it is reasonable to put them both in the same category of mathematician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.18.215 (talk) 12:21, 15 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I think you have made your mind up. History.com calls her a maths whizz and Her husband called her the "princess of parallelograms" and I don't think that was due to her geometric embroidery or watercolours. The idea that she was not in "same category of mathematician" is easy to prove. Ada was oustanding ... but that doesnt mean that her mother wasnt a mathematician. I'm not going to edit war this, its a minor point, but it belittles her mother's contribution. Victuallers (talk) 12:44, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yes, that photo is really a Kuenssberg! But his son (also a Kuenssberg), who I've personally met.
 * I guess an easy enough mistake for anybody to accidentally make, as they're family.
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 * thats OK I create my articles in article space too ... although I find that the quality required to avoid getting "helpful" templates within two minute of publishing a work in progress becomes a higher and higher bar. My main reason for not using draft is to encourage others like yourself to collaborate as its great to find that "my" article has grown a paragraph or magically my typos have corrected themselves. Do have a great Xmas in Lux. Best wishes Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 12:03, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's always great to see others have been improving my articles. Perhaps it's because most of them are about Scandinavians that I usually have to wait quite some time before any solid improvements are made, unless someone has nominated them as DYKs. Fortunately, I rarely get any of those bothersome templates. Hope you have a great Xmas too.--Ipigott (talk) 12:23, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

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Preparing for March 8th
Are you available to chat on Friday at our usual time? If so, I'll send you a google invite. Thursday the 5th is also ok for me. Rosiestep (talk) 19:39, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hallo, in the "outcomes" for WIR M-N you listed the former but created the latter. Undoubtedly she's the primary topic ... is there a Request Move in progress or did you forget to do it? I thought of changing the link in the outcomes, but expected that you had it in hand, but that was yesterday. Just a reminder! Happy New Year. Pam D  23:48, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * OOPs. Good catch. fixed. Happy New Year! Victuallers (talk) 10:01, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Victuallers, coming across this painting of Catherine Cibber by Thomas Hudson, I was wondering if that could be added to the article your created. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 17:13, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, nice find Lotje ... I had looked but not found one.... but I added a cat to your find and found two more. Well done! Victuallers (talk) 18:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

MF woohoo
See email. Rosiestep (talk) 18:26, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

created
I've created this is it ok ? Hoariv (talk) 18:11, 23 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks like it has three articles in this cat.... but what categories is this category a member of? I would look at sibling categories to see if this followed the style of nearby cats. HTH. Victuallers (talk) 18:17, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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I am not a native speaker, but some phrases seem to be controversial, eg. Death and legacy. Xx236 (talk) 13:02, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * thx for noticing, but you need to be more explicit ... or just fix it? Victuallers (talk) 13:37, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Xx236 (talk) 10:23, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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Victuallers, I entirely agree with you about the notability of ambassadors. It is patently ridiculous that they are not considered to be inherently notable. But sadly the deletionists are taking over at AfD and it seems that there's little those of us who think this way can do about it. They just enjoy deleting the work of others, crow about their successes in doing it, and those of us who have the backbone to stand up to them (not many of us, unfortunately) are shouted down, mocked, sneered at and even threatened with "sanctions" (such as losing admin status - I have been threatened with this personally for stating an opinion at AfD) for "going against Wikipedia policy". The subject of inherent notability is a losing battle and one that I have largely given up on, as I know I just won't get the support. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:15, 8 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Not a comment on this article specifically, but "inherent notability" isn't really a thing. Notability is not about what you or I think is important but what's written about elsewhere. In the world we live in, sportspeople get more attention than diplomats; Wikipedia is just a microcosm of that world. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 11:43, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Harry, That doesnt work with my understanding of notability. The love island "star"s get lots more hits than MPs or ambassadors but only the latter will make it into the Guardian obits or the ODNB. Coverage = celebrity .not. notability. Victuallers (talk) 12:12, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree 100%. Wikipedia used to accept this too, but sadly the growth of the deletionist movement has ended this. There are still a few accepted cases of inherent notability around (e.g. WP:POLITICIAN), but they probably won't last much longer. It is now even being challenged that people with obits in major newspapers are notable (the claim is that they are only notable for dying - the fact that only a small number of people get obits and they are selected because of their achievements in life is apparently irrelevant). -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:51, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Elizabeth Avery
Hi Victuallers, I hope 2023 is starting off well for you! Nice one on creating Elizabeth Avery, I was just wondering if it would be helpful to add Template:Floruit for her dates, I thought I'd check what you thought before doing so. It would give fl. 1614–1653 Cheers, Mujinga (talk) 12:51, 9 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh just do it. I make too many errors, and even after they are fixed, there is always lots of room for improvement. Be bold! Victuallers (talk) 17:06, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Righty ho yes I'm fine to be bold normally just thought I'd check on this one, cheers! Mujinga (talk) 18:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

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Italian women
I found this book Almanacco della donna Italiana (in Italian). Florence, Italy: R. Bemporad & Figlio. 1925 that has a ton of photos in it. I've uploaded Virginia Tango Piatti and Laura Orvieto, but it occurs to me that perhaps there is a way to download the whole book and extract the photos? I have zero clue how to do that, but thought that perhaps you would and then it would give us a bunch of images for our Mediterranean editathon next month. No worries if you are too busy, but I know that like me, you believe in the power of the picture. SusunW (talk) 18:05, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks SusanW, it looks like a good source (see this) but I can only crop pictures out. Users like Fae have tools that can sometimes peel out pictures. You could try and raise it with him. Victuallers (talk) 08:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, same problem I have, but Fae's accounts on en.wp and commons, show no activity since 2021. Perhaps I'll just put it on the editathon page as an FYI. SusunW (talk) 14:31, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I am pretty sure, if you send an email, Fae will return your call. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 15:57, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks . I've done that. We'll see what happens. SusunW (talk) 22:14, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * I.C. :Thanks Gerda! ... 4 years!!!! Victuallers (talk) 15:01, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Victuallers, since you created the article just to mention the Commons:Category:books state she was born in 1884. Thought you might like to take a further look. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 15:03, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Editor of the Week
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 * I nominate Victuallers. Victuallers' article creation efforts at WP:WIRED is a tour de force. He has created almost 3,000 articles in total, personally tipping the gender imbalance scales in towards equity. As a helpful collaborator, Victuallers provides advice to others (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red*, and is actually one of the co-founders of the Women in Red project. In 2020, Victuallers created a biographical article about one woman every day for 360 days straight.

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 * Thank you. Thrilled by the nomination and I have posted a "designer"? thank you on both of your talk pages. Victuallers (talk) 09:59, 2 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I've been tied up all this week with my 80th birthday, Roger, and just noticed this today on the WiR talk page. It's high time you were recognized here. I have always enjoyed working with you and above all have found you incredibly effective at encouraging new editors from around the world.--Ipigott (talk) 16:06, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Nelly Weeton / Ellen Weeton
Look like dupes to me :) I don't have a strong opinion either way as to which is the name we should prefer - do you? And many congratulations on being an editor of the week!! Dsp13 (talk) 21:08, 4 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the congrats (grin). Good to see that editors are fighting over women's biogs. I thought I had not checked enough but it looks like mine was first in this case. I use wikidata to try and check that there is a gap in the articles, however I note that the other was created as a draft and I think they are very tricky to find - and this wouldnt help. Cheers. Victuallers (talk) 21:40, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hi there!
Long time no see! Good to know you're still active. BorgQueen (talk) 10:25, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Twitter has locked out @wikiwomeninred. so back to former haunts. Thx for the hug. Victuallers (talk) 10:46, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Twitter has locked it out? Why? BorgQueen (talk) 10:57, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * They tightened the security and started asking questions that referred back to stuff we had forgotten. I'm confident that we will get it back but at the mo it isnt working (which at least supports our argument that we are the rightful owners). Victuallers (talk) 12:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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A cup of coffee for you!

 * Thank you!! Victuallers (talk) 13:35, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks Karen! Victuallers (talk) 13:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * I resolved this by determining it's public-domain. Thanks for thanking me for my edit by the way, fixing copyright issues often feels like thankless drudgery. I see that you wrote most of the the article on Marian Smith and ended up fighting with the bots. I didn't go digging into whether the photo could meet Wikipedia's rules for fair use, but I saw that it was orphaned and I know editors are pretty strict about using non-free images to identify people. I saw it was old and went digging. The Quirky Kitty (talk) 23:07, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Sophie Whitehouse
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DYK for Mary Taft
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Funny name coincidence
Just noticed your thanks for a hyphen, and your handle. Coincidence is that I'm temporarily living in the Royal Edward Victualling Yard. Not a term I had ever used before, except as "vittles". Dicklyon (talk) 22:24, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Its an old name for ayone who supplies food and drink, e.g. an innkeeper. More recently it was the supply of same to ships. I took the name when I made my own wine and it became my handle. thx 4 noticing. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 00:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

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June 2023
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. ''Reposting very closely paraphrased copyrighted text after it has been already explained here is disruptive. I hope this is a one-off and we don't need to open a CCI for your many contributions, if this is the lack of care you show in avoiding copyright violations.'' Fram (talk) 14:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
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And yet you succeeded in posting the copyvio for a third time to the mainspace, before finally correcting it? Perhaps you can at least now delete the drafts and revdel the first two versions of the current page to hide the copyvio? And I sure hope that was the only part you copied from elsewhere instead of writing your own article. Fram (talk) 14:54, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

I suggest you refer this matter to a third party, it is obviously a matter of great concern to you. If you intend to open a CCI then do it. You are not encouraging co-operation with your requests. Victuallers (talk) 15:09, 6 June 2023 (UTC)


 * If you had shown any willingness to cooperate instead of posting the copyvio three times in a row in the mainspace, your reply would perhaps have some merit. I have long thought your content problematic, but at least it were just cases of largely misunderstanding what you were trying to summarize. While copying copyrighted text will mostly avoid that specific issue, it is just as problematic and unbecoming of any regular editor, especially an admin. But apparently this is not something you care about at all. Fram (talk) 15:27, 6 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for sharing. You maybe don't appreciate just how important I consider your contributions. Victuallers (talk) 08:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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... for taking part in the Editatona of the Helga de Alvear Museum.

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Thanks, Roger, for your kind words on our WIR anniversary page. You'll see I've added a couple of "historic" photos of you there. You might like to add some yourself, perhaps in connection with the many successful events you have managed to put together over the years. Good to see you are still adding a woman's biography each day. I'm now devoting more time to helping newcomers and encouraging other contributors to join the project. You'll see from our recent new members lists that I have been pretty successful over the past few months but it would be great to have more general support. Active new contributors from all walks of life are needed to ensure the continuation of our success to date.--Ipigott (talk) 09:07, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red anniversary
Thank you for sharing your memories and your kind words. Forever joined at the hip with you on this historic and fun journey. --Rosiestep (talk) 09:52, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * We need to meet up every four years or so :) Victuallers (talk) 10:18, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

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Congratulations!

 * Thanks, I was just logging on for the day and seeing Twitter suffering with self inflicted problems and the "____" above, so it was real lift to see the award. Thanks for taking the trouble and for your valued fellowship on the project. Victuallers (talk) 07:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * virtual Hug Victuallers (talk) 11:04, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * And sincere congratulations to you, Roger, for coming up with an idea which turned into such a successful project. Your commitment has never ceased.--Ipigott (talk) 13:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Happy anniversary, amigo. Looking forward to what's ahead. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:20, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

QR-Pedia
Hello dear Victuallers, i just want to let you know about the conversation with Andy and my attempt for a projectupdate on the german project. If you wonder how i came to write you? I came across you helpful action there. In case you feel or like to give us some hints in de:Wikipedia Diskussion:QRpedia your'e highly welcome. Best --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 11:47, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I agree with your summary Tom (and Andy's). Wikimedia UK were in my opinion risk-averse rather than opportunity-aware but to be fair its the membership who could drive this. I was involved with about a dozen projects (see map) and I had ideas for how to create a QRpedia 2.0 but it would require a funded project to launch it. When QRpedia was gifted to WMUK then it was given the use of free consultants for a year and it undertook to keep it running forever. I'm sure they would support a re-launch (if a fire of enthusiasm began). Roger aka Victuallers Victuallers (talk) 12:28, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your quick response, your expertise and advices dear Victuallers!

Your experiences with Wiki-Towns and the idea concerning a relaunch of QRpedia 2.0 are very inspiring. In fact, the project was not particularly commendably supported by WMUK. That may also have been due to the fact that there were some dissonances in 2012. We should try to make the best of it and work to secure the future operation and continued existence. At least the technical support and the secure server operation shouldn't really cause any difficulties, because there should be enough money available for it. It would be very embarrassing and damaging for Wikipedia if existing installations in museums suddenly stopped working. The operators of museums and other cultural institutions would also be harmed and would lose trust in Wikipedia. So there are very good reasons to support and expand the QR-Pedia and these installations. It is deplorable that so far this has not received the necessary professional support. We will try to do better together in the future.

Best regards --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 13:01, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Fixed for you :-) Oronsay (talk) 08:06, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks oronsay! Victuallers (talk) 08:36, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

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You have used many edit summaries like "new stub based on refs given, en:Elizabeth Montagu, en:A Father's Legacy to His Daughters and wikidata", which doesn't make it clear at all that you actually copied text directly from these articles (after all, you didn't copy text from the sources in most cases, nor from Wikidata, so why would it be different for the enwiki articles mentioned?). Please follow the instructions at Copying within Wikipedia and preferably note such copies at the talk page as well. Fram (talk) 14:15, 8 August 2023 (UTC)


 * thank you for your advice I will use the word copy in future. It can be tricky for some ppl to figure that out. You are the first person to notice this. And its nice to know that advice on Good practice exists. Victuallers (talk) 15:29, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * "You are the first person to notice this." Yes, like I was the first person to notice your copyright violations, hence the CCI. Because you refuse to remove your autopatrolled right, your edits don't get the scrutiny they clearly should have. It can indeed be tricky for most people to realise that an admin deliberately uses deceptive edit summaries or doesn't know the basics of our policies and guidelines and hasn't apparently bothered checking them even after the CCI opened (where you claimed to be wanting to help, but in reality did nothing to help at all). Perhaps instead of removing your autopatrolled right, you should simply hand in your admin bit as you obviously are not well-versed enough in and don't care enough about such basic policies. Fram (talk) 15:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I thought for a moment you had started to have discussions in line with the approach taken by all the other people who review "my" articles. This angry hyperbole will not do. It is as successful as your CCI. Calm down. Victuallers (talk) 17:27, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * "It is as successful as your CCI"? CCI has a huge backlog, and because you have made zero effort to actually help, nothing has been fone so far. Why you seem to think that is somehow bad for me and good for you is not really clear, but it again confirms my "hyperbole" in that you don´t care one bit about the issues you create. Fram (talk) 17:50, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * By the way, I had already noted in your CCI that you needed to provide proper attribution when copying within enwiki, but despite your superficially civil claims about wanting to help, you did absolutely nothing to rectify older problems and continued with the same issues. Fram (talk) 17:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Its the hyperbole Fram. It detracts from any argument you might have. "you did absolutely nothing" ... how do you know? I might have resisted copying the whole of the Welsh Wikipedia into a new article on the French Wikipedia without mentioning where it was from. Did I delete a comma? My offer of help at the CCI (to anyone who was convinced by the evidence offered) got lost in the hyperbole that followed it. In my opinion the invective is counter productive. Feel free to add your comment I am not going to continue this. Victuallers (talk) 18:24, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks like you did it again with Rose Edouin. Once is an accident. Twice may mean you are not paying attention. Please change your behavior or.... Thrice shows a pattern of neglect that calls into question one's responsibility and whether they should have access to the tools they have misused. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Umm "new start based on refs given, huge cut from G. B. W. Lewis and wikidata - a fair sized work in progress" is what it says Victuallers (talk) 15:47, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You're missing see that page's history for attribution. This is important. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:49, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I will add that very text. Seems obvious to me ... but if its not obvious then adding that causes no problems whatsover so "new start based on refs given, huge cut from G. B. W. Lewis and wikidata - a fair sized work in progress = please see see that page's history for attribution" would be fine? Victuallers (talk) 15:57, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Seems obvious to me Sure, but it's not always obvious to others. Be inscrutable. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Seems obvious to me Sure, but it's not always obvious to others. Be inscrutable. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for being such a great role model

 * Thanks I really appreciative that. Your editting and corrections to mine are a great contribution to the project. Victuallers (talk) 18:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Mary_de_Bode
Mother should be Penelope Wheeler. GZWDer (talk) 18:19, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * That seems likely the Elizabeth I found was a more distant ancestor. Could you make the change or supply a ref? Thanks so much for the constructive help. Victuallers (talk) 18:36, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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Congratulations on your efforts to increase the number of articles on women
Hi Victuallers, Saw your work (of course) on Helen Wilson Fell, who is a member, by birth and marriage, of two very remarkable families of Scottish immigrants to Australia. I saw too your personal aim of 250 articles on notable women, and am full of admiration that you are doing such a great job increasing the number of Wikipedia articles on notable women. Although I myself don't usually work in that space, I fully support the objective. Just for your interest, I did write one article on a remarkable woman, Dot Butler. Hopefully, it has contributed to your group's aims!

Good luck too with the 'deletionists'; I have come across this problem myself and am amazed at some attempts to delete articles as 'non-notable'. (Look at what they did with this one, The Bush Club, after I had tried to address earlier (2017) criticisms ot the article.) I see articles all the time that to me personally are 'non-notable' (reams of stuff on episodes of soap operas or Netflix series, etc.), However, if an article is of interest to any 'third party' person, then there has to be a good reason to 'delete' it; Wikipedia is a knowledge base covering a literally encyclopedic range of topics. I do work myself in the area of obscure topics; subject matter that has been forgotten or is on the verge of being forgotten in the public's mind, but to me these subjects are 'notable'. Articles on women and groups of women seem to be particularly vulnerable to action by 'deletionists', and it could just be another passive-aggressive power trip for grumpy (old or young) men. Anyway, best wishes for your valuable work.TrimmerinWiki (talk) 00:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for your kind words, and sorry for delay. I see Helen has been viewed about 60 times! I recently completed doing every British woman in the ODNB on the day Women in Red was formed (or near as) .... so it looks like Australian women are next in line. I'm up to about 260 doing one woman per day trying to match a previous run of 360. Liked seeing that you had fixed some of my errors .... that is essential! Wiki is co-operative. I create articles but its only by the work of others that they improve in quality. Deletionists and those who add tags are, I guess, in some way essential ... but they don't improve the project as much as constructive editting. Do hope to see you on my watch list or on my or the WIR talk page. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 11:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Lucy Eatock
I noticed that there was a mix of dates on the article. Some were "month day, year" and other "day month year". I changed them ll to "day month year" because I think that is the Australian format. Hope that's OK. You might want to check the links for Indigenous Australians as I'm not completely sure which is the correct usage. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 05:11, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - I use a number of tools and they don't agree on a correct format - and I have no strong views on the subject. Thanks for improving the article (alot!) in the spirit of a wiki. I'm not aware of the correct usage for Indigenous Australians either (esp. tricky as Lucy's genetics are disputed) - again I follow the sources and hope that a more informed editor can improve the new article. Victuallers (talk) 07:37, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * I'm noting that I started a discussion on your autopatrolled userright per some discussion at the ANI. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 20:44, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
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There isn't a rule that everything in draft invariably always has to go through the WP:AFC process in all instances; there can sometimes be instances where draft space is used for other reasons besides the AFC process per se. But if the creator has formally submitted the page to the review queue, then they can't just bypass that review by moving the page into mainspace while it still has a yellow "waiting for review" template on it. A page can be either moved to mainspace or submitted for AFC review, but not both at the same time. Bearcat (talk) 15:14, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You've done AFC review before, haven't you? (I'm sure you have, and even if you haven't, I know you've been around more than long enough to be eligible.) If you've assessed it and think it's good enough, then you're perfectly free to approve it as a reviewer. Bearcat (talk) 15:38, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2023
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Good to see you mentioned in The Signpost
An interesting article in The Signpost about use of QR for voice rightly mentions how you conceived and introduced QR to Wikipedia as QRpedia.--Ipigott (talk) 06:24, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks nice to see the work is being further exploited. I'll tell Terence. I wonder if we could back upgrade the existing plaques?? Victuallers (talk) 08:26, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Rather than updating the plaques, would it not be possible to trigger a voice option from the existing QRpedia plaques? Have we any recent information on their use and popularity? --Ipigott (talk) 09:02, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Ummm thats what I meant Ian,, there are/were plaques on Tutu's house, Gandhis and Mandelas. If the code was updated with new functionality then they would suddenly have a new life. This would improve codes that have been dormant for some time. e.g. in Odessa where access might be tricky Victuallers (talk) 09:13, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red - November 2023
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List of Aussie women
I noticed your annotation (??? who?) on the list of Aussie women that you are currently working through. The list was originally created by The Drover's Wife who included a number of women who do not have entries in the ADB, because they may still be alive or have died recently. ADB is working on 1996–2000 deaths at the moment. Oronsay (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks ... I wondered where they had come from, I presumed it was a list of ADB ppl ... given the title. Still caveat emptor! Thx again. Victuallers (talk) 18:31, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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