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Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ~ Prodraxis  ( Merry Christmas! ) 02:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message ~  Prodraxis  ( Merry Christmas! ) 02:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

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

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 * Useful scripts you can install to make responding easier,
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 * the question forum itself.

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

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

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

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

D2kZ (talk) 04:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind message! It's lovely to find someone with similar interests. I actually don't live in Ireland (I live in Wisconsin) but I'm moving to Galway next year for university, to study Celtic civilization and archaeology. I'm also not personally pagan, but I find it absolutely fascinating and love reading about pre-Christian religion. Anyways, I also hope to see you around while editing, and if you have any questions or need help, you can ask me or post a message at the Teahouse. Happy editing! :) sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Sawyer-mcdonell!


Happy New Year! Sawyer-mcdonell, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Jerium (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and likewise!! sawyer  * he/they *  talk  20:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are:, , and. 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) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2024!
Happy New Year! Hello Sawyer-mcdonell: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year snowman}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and back at ya!! sawyer  * he/they *  talk  23:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 60
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Issue 60, November – December 2023 
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Removing Non-Diffusing Categories
Please don't remove people from non-diffusing categories, like you did here. Roeds belonged in both the Category:17th-century Danish women farmers category and the Category:17th-century Danish farmers category per WP:EGRS. Mason (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * My bad; I got the message upon your last note on my talk page. I've got a better grasp on how things work now, and I think it's been a few weeks since I worked on categories. Again, I'm sorry you've had to clean up behind me. Thanks for your patience & see you around! sawyer  * he/they *  talk  20:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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

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


 * , with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
 * , with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
 * , with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
 * and, both with one FA and one DYK each.

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

DYK for Gates of Heaven Synagogue
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

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Deceased Wikipedians/2024
I was editing the page when I realized there was a conflict with your edit. Unfortunately, I mistakenly saved my changes. If you'd like to keep your addition, feel free to revert back to it. – DreamRimmer (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * no worries! i'll probably go and 'synthesize' the two revisions :) sawyer  * he/they *  talk  19:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2910 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much !!!! :) sawyer  * he/they *  talk  21:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Category - Church of Wales Church buildings in Gwent
Can I ask why you are putting buildings into a geographic category that no longer exists? Gwent has no geographic/governmental existence, it's a historic remnant. Would it not be better to put them in the Principal areas they are actually in, e.g. Monmouthshire, Newport? I can get the breaking-down of Wales, that make sense. KJP1 (talk) 07:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm organizing them based on the preserved counties of Wales, of which Gwent is one; I was talking with a Welsh editor about the diffusion of Category:Church in Wales church buildings, and she thought that the preserved counties would be the simplest way to diffuse it since they're the largest subdivisions of the country, & other Wales-related categories use a disorganized combination of principal areas, historic counties, & preserved counties, and it can be difficult to make sense of which ones are which. I'm not Welsh, so I'm not intimately aware of the differences between Welsh subdivisions. I'm happy to switch to diffusing by principal area (or historic county, or something else) if you think that would be better! sawyer  * he/they *  talk  08:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I see. I wouldn't personally think that the Preserved counties would be the best division. Basically, they're historic relics, that only have ceremonial functions, and not many of those. I would think that readers would want to know where the church buildings actually are, e.g. Newport, Monmouthshire etc. And that Principal areas of Wales would be best for that. It's the route others, including me, have gone done for things like; Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Registered historic parks and gardens in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. My suggestion would be that you flag your plans - already far advanced! - on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales. It's a pretty active page, and you'll definitely get views. I'd be surprised if there was support for doing it by Preserved counties, but who knows. KJP1 (talk) 08:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * that's good to know; thanks for giving me a heads up. it's quite late where i am, so i think i'll just come back to this in the morning & make a WP wales post. re-reading all the relevant articles about the subdivisions of Wales, i think i agree with your assessment. categories can be tricky, so i appreciate your message. sawyer  * he/they *  talk  08:31, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem. And I appreciate your taking on the task of splitting them . Certainly, Wales was too big. So the intention is right - it’s just a matter of agreeing on the best split. My “vote” will be for ‘by Principal Area’. KJP1 (talk) 08:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree with KJP1, best use the principal areas, i.e. the modern counties.  Dank Jae  20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks for the input. i've become a bit preoccupied today (see below), but i will start a discussion soon; hopefully it can create a consensus for future organization of Wales articles as well, as like i said earlier, it's quite disorganized as it is. sawyer  * he/they *  talk  20:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @KJP1 @DankJae i sincerely apologize, but i'm far too scatterbrained and don't feel up to making a new discussion post today, due to both Vami's passing and some IRL stuff. either of you should feel free to deal with the categorization however you see fit (i won't object to reorganization, category deletion, one of you making a discussion post, or whatever), or just leave it and i'll get to it at some point. hope you guys understand. i've got some scratchpad notes here sawyer  * he/they *  talk  23:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sawyer-mcdonell, done the ones that have at least two articles, kept the preserved ones as parent categories for now.  Dank Jae  00:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell
Hello! Your submission of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:24, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

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

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


 * , who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
 * , who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
 * , who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
 * , who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
 * , who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
 * , who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

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

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Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia
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Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia
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Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 02:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 61
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Issue 61, January – February 2024 
 * Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
 * 1Lib1Ref results

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Your GA nomination of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell
The article St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell for comments about the article, and Talk:St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Geardona -- Geardona (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of Vami. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the lovely music :) sawyer  * he/they *  talk  04:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Religion in South Ossetia
The article Religion in South Ossetia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Religion in South Ossetia for comments about the article, and Talk:Religion in South Ossetia/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 05:42, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank You
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to oversee the GAN of Umbanda. It is appreciated. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Of course! It's an interesting topic and I'm always happy to see more minority/syncretic/non-Anglophone/indigenous/etc religions getting covered well on here; I brought Religion in South Ossetia up to GA out of spite that it was a redirect, haha. Thank you for working on Umbanda, as well as Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Lakota religion, and numerous others. I also see you've been working on articles related to archaeology in the Isles, another major interest of mine - if you'd ever like to work together on one, let me know. Happy editing! sawyer  * he/they *  talk  17:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!


queen of 🖤 (they/them; chat) 06:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks :D sawyer  * he/they *  talk  06:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)



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Happy Easter!

 * happy easter !!!! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  00:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Di (they-them) (talk) 00:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * joke's on you, i spend too much time lurking at ANI to fall for a blue link ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  00:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).



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DYK for Religion in South Ossetia
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for another interesting article, and welcome to WP:QAI. Feel free to list articles for review on the project talk, - and review ;) -Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)-
 * thank you! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  18:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * lovely! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  03:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Our current top scorers are as follows:


 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

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

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read WikiCup/Scoring. 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) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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

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! Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  (UTC) 13:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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

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

Thank you so much for reviewing Louis Zhang Jiashu!
As the title says. Wasn't expecting a swift review, but little miracles do happen in life. Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 07:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * you're welcome! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  23:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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

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

Books & Bytes – Issue 62
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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;
 * with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
 * with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

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

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

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

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Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

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

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Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

 * ???? ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of St Melangell's Church

 * wahoo! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Well done. First of many, I hope. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Triple Crown
Just in case you're wondering, you were nominated for the award by. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 10:35, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

FA
Congratulations to your FA! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Have to echo this! Congrats! Well deserved! ~ Pbritti (talk) 03:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you !!!!! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * When do you want that as TFA? Any particular relevant date? Or just soon? I am willing to nominate, unless you want to do it yourself, at WP:TFAR. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * i have no preference, as Melangell's feast day (May 27) already passed. thank you for offering to nominate it! :) ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  16:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's featured article/requests/St Melangell's Church - feel free to adjust the blurb (which is on the long side), pick a different picture, support ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * lovely, thanks! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  16:49, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * 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) 19:49, 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) 13:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * wonderful! i've got a nomination for women in green coming up soon as well - Historia Divae Monacellae just needs a little more expansion :) ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  16:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
have a great day, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia :)

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 * thank you!! ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  03:37, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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So, uhm, you left a message on my talk page? Do you want to help me at something? Please let me know! Tewuzij (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * i just sent you a standard welcome message after i noticed you hadn't gotten one. nothing much to it! if you have questions, you can ask me. :) ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  21:58, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * How can I use VPN or TOR without being blocked from editing? Tewuzij (talk) 11:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * those are both automatically blocked; i would suggest just not using those when editing. if you sincerely need to use a VPN for privacy reasons (not sure why you'd need to use Tor) then you can apply for IP block exemption. ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  19:51, 1 July 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.

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DYK for Molokans in Armenia
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Such a cool subject! ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * it's very interesting!! i plan on getting it to GA at some point... when i can either peer pressure a Russophone to help me or dredge through several machine-translated Russian journal articles. ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  01:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I hate to say "I know a guy", but in this case, I might actually know a guy. I'll message you privately if I can get through to him about doing a couple translations in exchange for a coffee. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:23, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

A cookie for you! (June 2024 backlog drive)
~ Tails   Wx  16:04, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Public domain
Hey, I noticed you removed an image on the grounds that it wasn't PD. However, my understanding is that it was published in 1907. Account to copyright law in the United States, that's PD (95 years or older). It appears to have the wrong PD tag on the Commons, but maybe I'm missing something. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Kusma pointed out here that Pogany died in 1955, making it just barely out of PD in the UK - it's PD in the US, but not where it was originally published, as far as i know. ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  04:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Not to assume where you're from, but on the off chance that the image was uploaded from within the US, it would appear that the Berne agreement does not require the enforcement of UK copyright law in this case; see here. Maybe I'm missing something, but better safe than sorry! Good luck with the GA! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * indeed i'm in the US (for the next ~month anyways) but i'm now more confused. if it's not too much trouble, could you explain this on the GAN review page? Kusma would surely be more competent in this area than i am. in any case regarding commons, i don't think this is CSD-material over there, and given their backlog it'd probably be actually PD before a deletion discussion would even be closed. ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * For positive reasons, I'm going to be drawing down my Wikipedia presence for the next few weeks and I already accepted a GAN when I shouldn't have. I'd rather not step on Kusma's toes any more than I already have. Also, I agree: we can just let that image sit until it does become obviously PD. Best wishes for you if you're traveling abroad—I'm off to Edinburgh early next month! ~ Pbritti (talk) 05:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * no worries; i'll just link him this section. have fun in edinburgh! & i'm actually moving to Ireland to start university in august O_O ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  05:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

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