User talk:Generalissima

Your GA nomination of Town of Seattle Ordinance No. 5
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Your GA nomination of Stuart Memorial, Dunedin
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Your GA nomination of Safe Return (statue)
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you very much! I'm originally from that part of the northwest and it makes me happy to improve its coverage. Generalissima (talk) 19:57, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sixpence (New Zealand coin)
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Your GA nomination of Pierre St. Germain
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Your GA nomination of Pierre St. Germain
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Precious
You are recipient no. 2920 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 8 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, Gerda; I'm honored! I'm on a wikibreak at the moment but this gives me the inspiration to do a lot more historical work when I get back. :) Generalissima (talk) 19:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Threepence (New Zealand coin)
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Your GA nomination of Threepence (New Zealand coin)
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Your GA nomination of Halfpenny (New Zealand coin)
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A cookie for you!

 * Aww, thank you so much for the cookie! It makes me very happy to see other numismatic nerds. Is there a specific area of coinage you have an interest in? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Centennial half-crown
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Your GA nomination of Sophia, a Person of Quality
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History of Christianity
Hello dearheart, I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I have been overwhelmed both here and in RL. I hope you know (without even needing to ask) that allowing the reassessment of the GA had nothing to do with my confidence in the quality of your original assessment. As I said before, you did the best review I've ever had. That has now closed with its GA intact.

There were several comments on western bias, and since those were valid, I have been working on that. The article is now 2000 words longer than it was. Sigh. I have opened a new peer review in view of all the changes that have been made. I will understand if you are sick of this - I know I am - but I am determined to see it through. No hard feelings if you want to beg off. You're one of the best editors I've run across, so I am glad to have become acquainted whatever you choose for this article. I will continue to think highly of you. Just wanted to let you know what's going on. Jenhawk777 (talk) 20:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I have just finished a rewrite of the section "Crusades". I think this is the last of the rewrites. I hope. I have been working on this article for nearly two years now. It is beginning to look like my life's work. I really need it to be the best it can be. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:31, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I apologize for not getting back sooner; I am amazed with how much better of a state the prose is in now! You have done wonderful work condensing things down and making it flow better. The most nitty-gritty fine-combed polishing will certainly happen at FAC itself, but I bet you would get a large number of interested reviewers with how things have been so far. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 23:22, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I was afraid maybe you were sick of me and this article. :-) You know this article better than any of the other commenters, so your compliment means a lot. Thank you.
 * It is down to 12,850 words! I keep going through it to delete extraneous detail wherever I can, but I'm getting to the end I think. Notes only contain additional evidence - according to WP policy - and no rabbit hole discussions. Eastern C. is in every section. I'm pretty proud of that! The Cambridge history gave the East its own book, but I didn't like it separated out like that as if it didn't belong with the rest. IMO it's as much a part of the History of C. as western is and should be included rather than separated, so I put it in every section. I hope that means no more western bias!
 * I keep going over sources. I have referenced the Cambridge history of C. from 39 separate chapters. I have several broad general Histories of C., and histories of specific eras, and specific characteristics, and the history of the humanities - because religion impacts culture and culture impacts religion - and the articles with the most up to date research. I think I have the best sources available. All of this required some reorganization, so it's a very different article than it was, but I honestly think it's a better one now too.
 * I can't seem to find a Middle Ages expert who is interested yet. Everyone who previously commented seems busy now. No one has commented in what feels like forever to me. :-) If you can think of someone, I could go ask them if they are interested in commenting. Everything's at a stand still right now. Thank you for your support. I genuinely appreciate it. Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:44, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Generalissima!!! It's down to 12,7!!! Jenhawk777 (talk) 05:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I was just looking at your recent revisions to it when you pinged. You have made such a wonderful improvement on it; I think this might be getting to the point where FAC'ing it is the best way to get eyes and feedback on it; it will be nit-picky feedback, but good feedback. If there are problems in the medieval section, they would certainly be brought up there, but I can't imagine them being major due to how much thorough review has already taken place. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:38, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I will follow your advice and do that then. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:08, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Independence Lost
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DYK for Sophia, a Person of Quality
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John Silva Meehan
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Thanks
Thanks for that copy edit. I recently informed Ipigott about that. Won't you fancy continuing. Thanks! — Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 18:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John Gould Stephenson
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Your GA nomination of John Gould Stephenson
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Your GA nomination of John Gould Stephenson
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History of North America
I saw you claimed this one for the Core Contest. How are things going with that? I think it is a great article to work on, although I imagine it would be very difficult. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:11, 27 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Mainly so far, lots of reading and taking notes! I haven't really been able to put anything to writing yet, since I want to make sure that I can write a broad overview which covers all the broad topics. I want to (when possible) avoid sources which cover a specific region or country in isolation, and instead make sure to bring in lots of works which focus on it from a continental or international perspective. I have a very wide source list here, but I've been mainly looking at stuff in the first two sections so far. My plan is to start writing properly next week. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:16, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * How is it coming along? QuicoleJR (talk) 21:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
 * with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
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 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
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The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Your GA nomination of Bonn–Oberkassel dog
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DYK for Gusuku period
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Jonathan Elliot (publisher)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Guandimiao
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Your GA nomination of Shipping discourse
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WAIT
OMG, I'm lesbian too! Lilly is cool (talk) 18:34, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aza Arnold
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Your GA nomination of Shipping discourse
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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
 * Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
 * Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
 * Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
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 * Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
 * Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
 * Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

Talk:Stephen Badlam/GA1
Generalissima, this GAN of yours has been under review since the end of November 2023, yet as far as I can determine, you haven't responded to on the review page at all, nor have you edited the article since early December. Do you plan to return to the nomination soon, or should I suggest it be closed? Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:36, 5 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Ope, I completely forgot that GAN was still open. Yeah, let me check in with the reviewer and see about it, I ended up stepping away when a different editor ended up making changes to it and then never remembered to get back to it. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:38, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Isaac Franklin
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about the John Silva Meehan delay
Sorry about this review still having not yet happened. I've been crunched at school and then under the weather the last few days in a way that's meant I'm only on Wikipedia glancingly instead of with the concentrated effort for writing out a review. But that explanation isn't an excuse, and this has been unfair to you, and I wanted to apologize for that. I'm still interested in completing the review, and my initial read is very optimistic about the article. Mainly I want to also read one or two of the article-length sources cited so I feel confident about my ability to do the source review. If that's alright, I'll plan to finish the review after I'm doing better—but up to you and what you'd prefer. Thanks. Hydrangeans (she/her &#124; talk &#124; edits) 18:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Oh, it's no hardship at all. Take whatever time you need; I plan to take this to FAC eventually, so a thorough review is well worth waiting for. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

The Core Contest is halfway through!
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DYK nomination of German Mission House
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Your GA nomination of Stephen Badlam
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Congratulations! - Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

29 May 1913: The Rite of Spring - today's story, actually something I saw at that place in a revival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about Samuel Kummer, one of five items on the Main page - more musing on my talk, again about shortening a hook --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aza Arnold
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DYK for Bonn–Oberkassel dog
theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for another interesting article. It's also featured on Portal:Germany. Today's TFA is again by Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

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Testing automatic spelling and grammar suggestions
[Continued from Talk:James_White_(inventor)]

Here are a few more. Some of the suggestions seem to be on target but others aren't so one can't trust them blindly. At least I figured out a way to ignore blockquotes, such as the ones in the article Isaac Franklin containing non-standard spelling.

German Mission House: no errors detected

Gusuku period:
 * Sentence: cereal cultivation did not occur in the Ryuykus prior to c. 800 CE, with plant foods largely limited to nuts.
 * Suggested change: replace "Ryuykus" with "Ryukyus"
 * Explanation: spelling error


 * Sentence: The lone unambiguous cultigens from the Shellmidden are bottle gourd seeds recovered from the Okinawan Ireibaru site.
 * Suggested change: replace "Shellmidden" with "Shell midden"
 * Explanation: spelling error


 * Sentence: Diplomatic relationships with the Ashikaga shogunate may have been opened by the lord of Shuri in 1403.The Hyōtō Ryūkyū-koku ki, written during the mid-13th century, depicts a group of Japanese travellers shipwrecked on Okinawa and finding themselves in the midst of fierce warfare.
 * Suggested change: add a space after "1403."
 * Explanation: punctuation error

Isaac Franklin
 * Sentence: Franklin and has younger brother William acquired a house several blocks outside of the Natchez city limits...
 * Suggested change: replace "has" with "his"
 * Explanation: grammatical error


 * Sentence: Unlike the "makeshift pens" used by itinerant slave traders in Natchez, the Franklin brothers' facility was a large facility able to confine large numbers of enslaved people at once.
 * Suggested change: remove the second instance of "facility"
 * Explanation: redundancy


 * Sentence: He hired agents in Virginia and Maryland to purchase slaves for his sales, although occasionally traveling to the region to supervise purchases.
 * Suggested change: replace "although" with "occasionally"
 * Explanation: grammatical error


 * Sentence: This soon became a cluster of buildings housing various slave trader's operations, referred to derisively as "Niggerville".
 * Suggested change: replace "trader's" with "traders'"
 * Explanation: possessive form error

Phlsph7 (talk) 09:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sentence: Routh failed to pay land taxes for a number of years, with debts compounded by large number of mortgages and court judgements against him.
 * Suggested change: replace "judgements" with "judgments"
 * Explanation: spelling error
 * And implemented! All of these except the Shellmidden -> Shell midden are valid and replacing occasionally were valid. Maybe capitalized words within links should be exempt due to the likelihood of it being a proper name? Generalissima (talk) (it/she)  15:43, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea. Unfortunately, I can only think of a rather complicated way of implementing that. I'll keep it in mind and see if that problem keeps coming up in other articles. Meanwhile, I modified the script to make the explanations a little more helpful. A few more tests:
 * Bonn–Oberkassel dog
 * Sentence: Canine distemper is a serious viral disease with a estimated fatality rate of 75% in puppies, often due to starvation, dehydration, and secondary infections over the course of three waves.
 * Suggested change: replace "a estimated" with "an estimated"
 * Explanation: article usage error
 * John Silva Meehan
 * Sentence: Returning without seeing combat, he begun work as a publisher...
 * Suggested change: replace "begun" with "began"
 * Explanation: "begun" is the past participle form, while "began" is the simple past tense form.
 * Sentence: ...and Meehan begun editing and publishing The Columbian Star...
 * Suggested change: replace "begun" with "began"
 * Explanation: "begun" is the past participle form, while "began" is the simple past tense form.
 * Sentence: the incoming administration begun a mass shift...
 * Suggested change: replace "begun" with "began"
 * Explanation: "begun" is the past participle and requires an auxiliary verb, while "began" is the simple past tense.
 * Sentence: "librarian of one side of the isle"
 * Suggested change: replace "isle" with "aisle"
 * Explanation: "isle" refers to an island, while "aisle" refers to a passage between rows of seats or shelves.
 * Sentence: in April 23, 1829...
 * Suggested change: replace "in" with "on"
 * Explanation: the correct preposition for dates is "on"
 * Sentence: at a significant lower rate...
 * Suggested change: replace "significant" with "significantly"
 * Explanation: "significantly" is the correct adverb form to modify "lower rate"
 * Sentence: ...and repeatedly and unsuccessfully attempt to reclaim the position...
 * Suggested change: replace "attempt" with "attempted"
 * Explanation: past tense consistency
 * Sentence: Meehans position became increasingly unstable.
 * Suggested change: add an apostrophe to "Meehans" to form "Meehan's"
 * Explanation: possessive form needed to indicate that the position belongs to Meehan.
 * Sentence: Stephenson officially accepted his appointment on May 23, 1861 and Meehan calmly left his duties at the end of the month.
 * Suggested change: add a comma after "1861"
 * Explanation: a comma is needed to separate the two independent clauses.
 * Guandimiao
 * Sentence: ...in preparation for the nearby South–North Water Transfer Project Excavation and study at Guandimiao has significantly broadened...
 * Suggested change: add a period after "Project"
 * Explanation: the sentence is a run-on and needs to be split into two separate sentences.
 * Sentence: The 228 Anyang-period tombs found at the site suggests a population...
 * Suggested change: replace "suggests" with "suggest"
 * Explanation: subject-verb agreement
 * Sentence: Pottery exports to Yinxu itself was unlikely due to the large distances between the sites.
 * Suggested change: replace "was" with "were"
 * Explanation: subject-verb agreement
 * Sentence: Some wells, associated with residential usage due to similarities to other wells in North China, with deep, narrow shafts.
 * Suggested change: add "are" after "wells"
 * Explanation: the verb "are" is needed to complete the sentence structure.
 * Sentence: ...primary containing the remains of cattle...
 * Suggested change: replace "primary" with "primarily"
 * Explanation: "primarily" is the correct adverb form to describe the action.
 * Phlsph7 (talk) 16:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John Silva Meehan
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Your GA nomination of Bonn–Oberkassel dog
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Your GA nomination of Frederick Seguier Drake
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Your GA nomination of Frederick Seguier Drake
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DYK for John Silva Meehan
WaggersTALK  00:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Guandimiao
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DYK for James White (inventor)
Z1720 (talk) 00:05, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Guandimiao
Z1720 (talk) 00:06, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for United States' Telegraph
&spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:03, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Daxinzhuang
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DYK for John Gould Stephenson
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Daxinzhuang
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 * Just a reminder that this is still open (and there is a danger that I will forget what I meant by my comments if you do not address them soon). —Kusma (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * oh crap i totally forgot about this. thank you for reminding me. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It has been another week—can we please wrap this up in the next couple of days? I don't think it will take you very long. —Kusma (talk) 08:34, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Gusuku period
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Your GA nomination of Bernard Mellor
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Source review
@Generalissima Hope you are doing well. We have collaborated previously on Prince Philip's DYK nomination and Aza Arnold's GAR. Given your experience at FAC and your long editing career here at English Wikipedia, I thought I could reach out to you regarding the Source Review for my FA nomination of Catherine, Princess of Wales. As it's my first time at FAC and the article is already a GA, it would be great if you could conduct a source review for it. Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your response. Regards and yours faithfully, MSincccc (talk) 07:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of German Mission House
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Your GA nomination of Bernard Mellor
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Edwin Ford Piper
The hook was sourced in the article. Will you return to the DYK? SL93 (talk) 18:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It needs an approval template or it won't be listed under the approved noms. SL93 (talk) 00:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Why do you think that it is a requirement? SL93 (talk) 00:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Auto Dollar
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Gill
Would July 10 work for you for a TFA appearance? - Dank (push to talk) 05:42, 4 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that works okay! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 06:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of German Mission House
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Your GA nomination of Auto Dollar
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Disambiguation link notification for June 5
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Texas Centennial half dollar, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Liberty cap.

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A barnstar for you!

 * Aww, thank you so much! That means a lot to me; I'm really happy people read and enjoy the niche articles I write. :) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Aza Arnold
RoySmith (talk) 00:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:GARC: Invitation to review Tupou VI
Hello Generalissima, You have been paired at good article review circles to review Tupou VI. At the same time, another user will be reviewing the article you nominated. Please wait 24 hours or until all users have accepted their nomination before starting your review in case a user in your circle decides to decline their invite.

To accept or decline this invitation to review the article, visit WT:GARC/Circles.

GMH Melbourne (talk) 09:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for German Mission House
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for German Mission House
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for an interesting article! - Today's story is about a tune used by Bach and Mozart. - (forgot to sign)

Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations to your new FL, to appear soon! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:GARC: Invitation to review Pseudotranslation in The Lord of the Rings
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GMH Melbourne (talk) 15:34, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

sorry
Sorry for the FAC, I can understand everything you said. I am considering to merge the article into Kossuth County. I promise I will try to stop doing facs. TALK 01:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)


 * not sure a merge would be necessary -- you should be able to find more sources about the referendum and at least a bit more about the legislative history. More information than would really be due for the Kossuth County article. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 01:49, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * 48JCL this isn't something to apologise for. Also I don't see why you're going to stop doing FACs, this is your first one, I think all you need is to just find a more broad topic. Best, 750h+ 03:13, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Texas Centennial half dollar
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Your GA nomination of Isaac Franklin
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DYK for Bernard Mellor
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Daxinzhuang
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Frederick Seguier Drake
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Tupou VI: GA Review
Sorry, but it has been 11 days and you haven't started. Will you or should I find someone else? History6042 (talk) 21:19, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Kekerengu
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Well, that was interesting, Generalissima. I've never seen a linked article that was not the bolded DYK get so much attention from so many different editors. In the 24 hours that this was up, Joseph Tetley was worked on by nine logged in editors, plus a few IP editors. Before you started on the Kekerengu article, the Tetley article looked quite sad. Look at it now and it's in a completely different state. I've just had a go myself and found many faults with the Prow bio; that's surprising because that website is run by a group of libraries and they generally get things right. In fact, the article has grown in size enough that it meets DYK requirements under 5x expansion. I'll nominate it.  Schwede 66  05:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There is, by the way, a biography of Tetley you might have access to if you want to go for a GA here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, I had not spotted that. Thanks!  Schwede 66  19:34, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Excellent work! Feel free to put your articles up on WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge!♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Oh thank you for alerting me of this! Question, can I add articles I've made previously about NZ stuff to this? Like, is there a specific time frame that's eligible? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:37, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, any created since it started, up to you! I always love seeing articles like yours on the main page and challenges as it keeps me excited about the project! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Mentorship?
Hi I think your work is absolutely fantastic, and I thought I'd ask for a long shot... I'm currently working on Draft:Timeline of the Canterbury earthquakes (it's far from finished) and was hoping that I could get a mentor to help get it to a featured list or something. It's a huge article, my largest by far, with currently 232 sources and I expect that it'll surpass 500. I understand that you might not be interested because the article is so big / you might not have enough time / it may not be a topic that interests you, so feel free to decline :) Thanks either way for reading this and keep up with the good work ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Ooh, I commend you on your work here and thank you very much for your compliments! I admit, I'm no expert on lists myself, especially those in a format I'm not the most familiar with about a subject that's not in my wheelhouse. The FL list itself has a number of timelines you can pursue to get a sense of the formatting - really, it's all about getting the formatting down and making sure everything is well cited. People at FLC are generally very helpful, so I wouldn't worry too hard there. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I will keep this in mind. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">Panamitsu (talk) 02:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Isaac Franklin
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DYK for List of historic places in Gore District
RoySmith (talk) 00:36, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

This user has been held in solitary confinement.
Is this userbox a joke, or did this really happen to you? I'm so sorry if it's true! ꧁ Zanahary ꧂ 07:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I forgot to respond here! Yes, it did really happen to me. It wasn't for a very extended period of time luckily, but US jails can be pretty dang cruel to people arrested at protests or demonstrations. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James White (inventor)
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Your GA nomination of Dick Walker (astronomer)
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Tupou VI: GA
If you don't start the review before July, I will get someone else to do it. History6042 (talk) 20:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I am so sorry for not responding sooner; I have been completely swamped with stuff lately. It's totally okay if you just put it up for second opinion. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks, no problem, I'll put it up for a second opinion. History6042 (talk) 21:06, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Dibs on The Motherland Calls
Hi Generalissima! I think I can deliver on this one - it looks like a really fun project, and you've provided plenty of time to get something comprehensive down. I would've taken the Hokusai one, but I'm more fluent in Russian than I am Japanese and I'm getting quite tired of having to rely on translation. Should be working on this throughout the next few months at most? <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; color:black; font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;">joeyquism (<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; color:black; font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;">talk ) 20:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Reward Board
I would like to take on the FA on the Weimar Republic task. Speciffically, on the page Reichsmark. Thank you. History6042 (talk) 20:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @History6042 Ooh, good choice! I wish you the best of luck, that'll be a tricky one. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:19, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. History6042 (talk) 20:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm going to switch to Papiermark. Thank you. History6042 (talk) History6042 (talk) 23:44, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Auto Dollar
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Generalissima. I'm just posting to let you know that List of historic places in the Chatham Islands – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for July 19. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Triple Crown


Just in case you were wondering, you were nominated for the award by. I'm intrigued by your user page and am surprised we haven't crossed paths yet. I'm responsible for the creation of Crown (Australian coin) and the obsolete New Zealand bank notes. On a somewhat more interesting note, I've also been held in solitary as well. I'm sure we'd have a few things to talk about. Feel free to reach out/email me if you'd like to chat, though no pressure. Have a great day. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:34, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Dick Walker (astronomer)
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:


 * with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
 * with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
 * with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
 * with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the DCWC!


Welcome to the 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest, Generalissima! The contest is now open for submissions. List your work at your submissions page to earn points. If you haven't done so already, please review the following:


 * Got open nominations? List them at review requests.
 * Looking for a topic to work on? Check out suggested articles and eligible reviews.
 * Not sure if your article qualifies? See the guidelines for more information or contact a coordinator for verification.
 * New to Wikipedia? Many experienced editors are part of this contest and willing to help; feel free to ask questions about the contest on the talk page.
 * Know someone else who might be interested? Sign-ups remain open until 15 July, so don't hesitate to invite other editors!

On behalf of the coordinators, we hope you enjoy participating and wish you good luck! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators:, , or. (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 00:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

July music
The story is today about the first published composition by Arnold Schönberg which I was blessed to hear. Listen, and you probably read what Alma Mahler (to-be-Mahler at the time, to be precise, who was present at the first performance) said, and yes that was too much for the Main page ;) - I wonder if with a bit more time we might have arrived at a hook doing a bit more justice to a quite unique piece, but I was busy travelling and today's appearance caught me as a surprise. - Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a Bach cantata premiered 300 years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021. It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA and Lando Bartolini went to the Main page. I made my story about his almost unbelievable career, from Luigi in Il tabarro in Philadelphia in 1968 (with a nod to Liberty) up to Calaf in Turandot in Beijing in 1999 ;) - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who was a pioneer of in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

GAN
Generalissima, this review has now been open for some weeks, with no comments for me to action. Obviously the shiny new GARC mechanism depends completely on all participants for its functioning in little circles of collaborating editors, so it'd be appreciated if you could make some time for your review. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:47, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Texas Centennial half dollar
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Your GA nomination of Texas Centennial half dollar
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Your GA nomination of Zhang Zhenglang
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Contributing to Santa Cruz de la Sierra draft
Just checking, are you cool with me contributing to your Santa Cruz de la Sierra rewrite? I could add info from the various sources or from the eswiki article - or like I'd really love to go through Embodying Belonging again and mine it for useful stuff. Erinius (talk) 10:49, 4 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Yeah, feel free! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 12:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dick Walker (astronomer)
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DYK for Zhang Zhenglang
&spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zhang Zhenglang
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Your GA nomination of Zhang Zhenglang
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Your GA nomination of George Hunter Cary
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Promotion of Qalaherriaq
Congratulations to delightful quality content! We thank you today espcially for DeLancey W. Gill, introduced: "DeLancey Walker Gill is an interesting fellow. He was notable for his ink drawings and watercolors of D.C. in the late 19th century, and the absolutely massive catalogue of photographs he took of Native American delegations to D.C. in his work for the Smithsonian and Bureau of American Ethnology."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. (A DYK for her is open, for hook wording or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers the chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Banana (2024 video game)
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Your GA nomination of Daxinzhuang
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DYK for Texas Centennial half dollar
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DYK nomination of Zou Heng
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Your GA nomination of James White (inventor)
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DYK for List of historic places in Kaikōura District
Looks like I didn't actually pull the hook. Got me! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I tried pinging you the day of about it. I should have probably let you know sooner, but I didn't want to sound pushy if you were on top of it already. SL93 (talk) 02:30, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Donch
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