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WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon
Hi, you up for this? Starts on October 15th. You can work on any woman on any African country ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:16, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll try to do something, but I'm still in my #100wikidays through mid-November--that's priority till I finish.Penny Richards (talk) 22:26, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll see if I can allow new articles on women to be included too. But they'd have to be minimum 1.5 kb, no stubs.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:10, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Been browsing the people stub categories and it's appalling how few women bios there are, worse than anywhere I've seen. As some countries barely have a couple of stubs I'm going to permit new articles on women too, but the articles have to be minimum 1.5 kb bios and no stubs! Women in Red should have some missing lists but if you could see to it that better lists are drawn up for the African countries I'll list them on the contest page/subpage.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

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October 2016
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SomeImage.jpg

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SomeImage.jpg.

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 * Gotcha! Looks much better now, and I appreciate the explanation.Penny Richards (talk) 18:24, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Africa Destubathon
Hi, thanks for your work so far! Can you do me a favour though and always add every entry you do to the main list here as well as the entries page, regardless if yet approved or not as that's the master list of all articles being done. It's just veyr time consuming for me to be judging the articles, trying to contribute myself and chasing up what people have done and filling it out for people each time. So if you can take care of that this would be a great help, there's some part filled out ones underneath so you just need to add country, article name and then you username. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:33, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

An invitation to November's events
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New prize
Offering this book Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen Sheldon for the first person who can create or destub 50 biographies on African women for the Destubathon!♦  Dr. Blofeld  15:28, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Wonderful! Kathie Sheldon and I have been friends for many years, and we've celebrated this book's completion and publication. It's a great prize for the purpose.Penny Richards (talk) 15:29, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Awesome! Small world :-) Perhaps you could notify her and even get her contributing!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:31, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I told her about the prize this morning, she was pleased to hear it and hopes that it encourages improved coverage of African women on Wikipedia.Penny Richards (talk) 16:37, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:40, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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December 2016 at Women in Red
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Destubathon
Ends tomorrow, so would appreciate it if you could help create a few this weekend to get us to the 2000 mark!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Book
Hi Penny, there's another book being offered, African Women: A Historical Panorama. Would you like to receive it as a complimentary prize for your effort? I'm not sure how much use it would be more individual bios, but might contain some info to enable you to write about women in historical Africa. It should be interesting to read anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, thanks, that'd be very cool.Penny Richards (talk) 14:05, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Women and destub
Hello ! I published a brand new fresh barnstar on your user page :) Thank you ! Anthere (talk)
 * Lovely, thank you!Penny Richards (talk) 14:06, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Address Collection
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Collect your prize
Hi, please carefully read the instructions at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon for collecting your prize. I will need you to send me an email, your wiki name, what I owe you and your preference for currency in dollars or pounds/country of residence.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:42, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

An award for your contributions
(See you at our next event Women in Philosophy online edit-a-thon) Victuallers (talk) 13:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings
Merry Christmas from me! Thanks for your company during 2016. We have seen the percentage of articles on women rise from 15% to 16.77%. 20% is within our grasp and that's an increase of a third over what we first found. Victuallers (talk) 13:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

January 2017 at Women in Red
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Happy 2017
--Camelia (talk) 12:19, 31 December 2016 (UTC) Thank you, same to you; just waking up here in California, but we'll get to midnight eventually... Penny Richards (talk) 16:42, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy 2017!
Wishing good health and happiness as we start the new year! --Rosiestep (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, same to you! Penny Richards (talk) 19:23, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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February 2017 at Women in Red
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Articles
Hi, thanks for contributing to the US Challenge. Can you do me a favour and add the articles Rosie does to the list? Lots of interesting articles which would make good entries for the challenge.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:31, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure how I'd easily figure out which ones she starts. Does she want them to be included?Penny Richards (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so, but like Aymatth2 I don't think Rosie wants to have to keep listing the articles there manually.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:02, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It's a chore I don't particularly relish, either; I can do it for my own new articles, but my wiki time isn't abundant enough to do more than that right now.Penny Richards (talk) 15:41, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Connecting about disability topics
Hi Penny! I want to reach out to you to connect. I am the Visiting Scholar with San Francisco State University and I am improving topics about disability on Wikipedia. I heard you are a crucial person I should connect with on here. I'd love to hear your recommendations on topics. Feel free to message me on my Talk page or send me a message. Thanks! Jackiekoerner (talk) 23:49, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Hello! We can email back and forth easier than leaving user page messages. I'll send you a Wikiemail now. But my email address is easy to find (and I know Cathy K has it). Penny Richards (talk) 23:55, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

 * Thank you, and glad to meet you too.Penny Richards (talk) 03:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Pinterest boards
Hi Penny, if you have created Pinterest boards for WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/3‎7 and WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/38‎, will you please add a link to them in the yellow 'social media' boxes on each meetup page? If there aren't any for these events, no worries. Thank you, --Rosiestep (talk) 15:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Will do! I just made one for March 2017 Editathons. - Penny Richards (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Penny. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:58, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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Service award for article creation
You are one of a tiny number of editors selected at random from those who have created a good number of articles. There is some preliminary discussion about creating an award for article creation, and your input would be helpful. See the discussion HERE. The posts toward the end are the most germane. Lou Sander (talk) 16:04, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Paula Edwardes
What a fabulous hairdo and hat, and what a sad ending to her story. I'm glad she has a Wikipedia page. --MopTop (talk) 18:43, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree on both counts! Maybe somebody can find her death date or gravesite; maybe she found a happier ending after the events in the Later Life section.-Penny Richards (talk) 18:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Loeb
Dear Penny, thanks for sending the code so quickly. However, after I have redeemed it, nothing has changed. I still get the message that I have reached my view limit. I do not quite understand why. Should I contact Loeb directly? Thanks! Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:27, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It might be best for you to contact them first, to explain what you're seeing and doing. But if that's not effective, I'll check in with them too--if this is something that's happening to others I should find out why, anyway. Keep me posted about the outcome for you.- Penny Richards (talk) 14:18, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Penny Richards (talk) 18:22, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your work. My goal is to create more articles on women playwrights and get attention to them. There is likely no good reasons for why people like Babette Hughes and Doris Frankel didn't have at least stub articles yet. SL93 (talk) 17:26, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, just letting you know that I nominated an article of yours for DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/Anissa Rawda Najjar. SL93 (talk) 22:46, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Wonderful, thanks! - Penny Richards (talk) 23:09, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

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Women In Red Page Needs Some Love
Thank you, Penny, for your support of women on Wikipedia! A page that was restored by the Women in Red Project is in urgent need of an experienced wiki editor to champion it. Unfortunately, a singular editor has made it his mission to undermine the page, and has marked the page for re-deletion. Sending this note in the hopes that you will join the conversation, and give a valuable woman’s voice a chance. Here is the page link.Thanks for all the good you do! A-voice-for-women (talk) 15:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * "A-voice-for-women" has posted similar messages asking for support to seven user talk pages. She is a new editor, and therefore presumably didn't know that this was contrary to Canvassing, so I have posted to her talk page to let her know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:32, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Anissa Rawda Najjar
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WP:MUSICALS
Hello. Thanks for your contributions. When you add an article about an actor or actress who primarily appeared in musical theatre (including pantomime, Victorian burlesque, the banner template for the talk page should be the one for the WikiProject Musical Theatre project, rather than the Theatre project. If he or she primarily appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan, there is a WP:Wikiproject Gilbert and Sullivan, which has its own templates. All the best!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:36, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
 * That's good to know, thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 19:10, 8 July 2017 (UTC)