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25 DYK Medal

 * Hi, I notice you have also listed yourself with 25 nominations under List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs. Is that a typo? I'm unable to find your DYK nominations anywhere. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:13, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yoninah Hey! Actually, I am really confused about the difference between the first and the second table. Now that I have rechecked the page, most of the DYK creators I know have their names in the first table instead of the second table, so I have removed my name now. Also, could you please tell me the difference between creation and nomination? As far as I understand, one nominates a DYK for which one improves the article to meet the DYK criteria. So, creating a DYK would also contain the process of nominating it, right? Although, I might be way too off, so could you correct my understanding? Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:42, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * "Creation" means you wrote or significantly improved the article, and "expansion" means you contributed to its 5x expansion. (More than one editor can receive a creation/expansion credit for an article.) With an article you created/expanded, you can nominate it yourself or wait for someone else to nominate it. If you nominate it, you list yourself as "creator" and leave the nominator parameter blank on the submission template. Then you will receive a DYK creation credit. If you nominate someone else's article, you list the other editor as creator and you as nominator on the template. You can also see the difference in the size and color of the box that the DYK bot leaves on your page. All the DYK credits you currently have are creation credits – light yellow boxes that fill the width of the talk page. See here for an example of nomination credits – dark orange boxes that are smaller. Does that help? Yoninah (talk) 14:06, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yoninah Thank you very much for your clear explanation! I apologize for my misunderstanding. I now understand the difference between creation and nomination. I was not aware that others could nominate a DYK which they had not created, so I felt that creation of a DYK automatically entailed nomination by the same user. Anyways, thank you again for your explanation!

Thank you

 * Atsme Thank you for your kind words! Due to your profound contributions to Wikipedia, you deserved the highest level awards. As I went through the list of people who received that Editor of the Week award, I was really astounded to see that you had not received it yet! So, I stole the opportunity to nominate you myself. There were innumerable reasons that I could have written to advocate the award for you. But, it would turn the nomination message into a whole Wikipedia article! So, I chose to only mention your invaluable contributions to articles on Wikipedia.  Adityavagarwal (talk) 04:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * SMirC-love.svg Atsme ✍🏻📧 04:17, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Adityavagarwal. Let me "hide" a big thank you here for your recent additions to the Editor Retention Project. They are much appreciated. &#8213; Buster7  &#9742;   06:03, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Buster7 Hey, thank you too for your immense contributions to the Editor Retention! In fact, you are the one who is working so hard to disseminate this award to other editors, so you deserve far more thanks than me! Your amazing work regarding the award is really praiseworthy as it maintains an amiable atmosphere on Wikipedia and encourages editors whilst recognizing them for their efforts! Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:36, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Buster7 Do you know how to check a user's GA/DYK/FA count? For Shyamal, I was not able to find any, so would you be able to help me with that? Also, in case you are able to find these details, feel free to add them to the nomination as well! Thank you! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:23, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Editor of the Week
User:Damien Linnane submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week in late January:
 * I nominate Adityavagarwal to be Editor of the Week for significant regular contributions, including the promotion of several notable articles to good status, two of which have since received Million Awards, as well as active participation in behind the scenes work, such as reviewing articles at FAC, participating in RfA and extensive work clearing the backlog at AfD. Not to mention constantly bringing positive vibes everywhere they go; they make Wikipedia a better place. User:Titodutta and User:Darylgolden both seconded this nomination

User:Buster7 subsequently submitted a second nomination in early February:
 * Adityavagarwal came to my attention as a frequent nominator of fellow WikiPedians for the EotW award. An active editor, he has helped 45 articles become GA over the last few years. He is the recipient of the Million Award for bringing Taxonomy (biology) to GA status, and two Quarter Million Awards for bringing Columbidae and Mallard to GA status. Not only an incredible editor but a kind and thoughtful human being. User:Atsme seconded with the comment, "I am humbled and honored to refer to him as a colleague, and hope for the opportunity to collaborate with him in the near future editing articles for which we share a common interest". He was the 2017 WikiCup Winner and is a member of many important WikiProjects; the Counter-Vandalism unit, the Guild of Copy Editors, the Typo Team, Environment, Ecology, Genealogy and Invention. He is an active responder at the Teahouse, helping editors find answers to varied questions. Common loon and Brown Pelican are just couple of the many articles ADDY has improved. This award is small thanks for the many industrious contributions he has made to the encyclopedia! His hard work is recognized and appreciated.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

Thanks again for your efforts! ― Buster7  &#9742;   01:48, 25 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Damien Linnane, Buster7, Titodutta, Darylgolden, Atsme and all others, I am really, really grateful for having been awarded the Editor of the Week award. Thank you very much for considering me to be worthy of this precious and rare award! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:29, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

 * Hey, Nick Moyes I was wondering if you could help count the GAs/FAs of Shy for this (see who shy is on the page)! I have counted his DYKs (1-Formiscurra) the way you said, so could you also check if I have counted it right? Also, feel free to edit there if you would like! I did not want to attract attention to the page at teahouse, as it is supposed to be a surprise for the nominee, so I have messaged you here. Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:51, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree with you - one DYK nomination, based upon this. I'll have to take a look at the EotW entry later on, if that's OK. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:01, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your help, Nick Moyes and yes it would be complete alright if you could look at the entry later on! Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:04, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

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