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DYK nomination of Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
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WP:AFC Helper News
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DYK for Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
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March editathons
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Antonietta Stella
Thank you for the nomination, but rarely have I seen such an underdeveloped article (no ref but a link to a copy of something else which doesn't support half of what it claims). It's better but not there yet, - actually far from there. I'll keep working, and hope that nobody will notice ;) - Could you check if you can support my nom for 20 Feb there, which also nobody noticed? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I've found that sometimes, posting a nomination there spurs article improvements. Please feel free to continue improving! TJMSmith (talk) 14:13, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sometimes, yes. I had no time yet, but will do, at least the recordings should be sources, and discogs is not regarded as reliable. - Thank you for Herwartz. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the next, Eleonore Schönborn. I learned to not have red links in the infobox, how about you? - Now last year, when LouisAlain was with us, he would have created the 3 articles in 2 hours, but I'm slow (1 per day) and want to do a woman for women's month today (couldn't yesterday because a man died). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:42, 2 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I am happy to remove the redlinks. I was not aware of any policy avoiding redlinks in the infoboxes. TJMSmith (talk) 13:03, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not a policy-driven person, not sure myself ;) - just was reverted a few times when I had red links there --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Vanessa Bryant
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Category:21st-century Ukrainian activists has been nominated for deletion
Category:21st-century Ukrainian activists has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 21:19, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Oleksandr Oksanchenko
Will you nominate him for DYK? - I took this pic in 2009. It was on the German MP (3 days after nomination, while they normally let you wait 6 weeks), with the song from 1885, in English Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 7 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you Gerda Arendt. That photograph is lovely. TJMSmith (talk) 12:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 9
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ITN recognition for Valeriy Chybineyev

 * thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Category:21st-century activists by nationality has been nominated for deletion
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Category:21st-century activists has been nominated for deletion
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DYK for Stella Madzimbamuto
— Maile (talk) 00:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC) Thank you for your share in IWD! I show two who didn't make it, one from Russia and one from Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for getting Inge Deutschkron to the Main page! Prayer for Ukraine cannot appear there (yet), - we have an RfC on DYK. Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:25, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Now, you can also listen on YouTube, and more music, the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices call "Freiheit!" (freedom, instead of "Freude", joy). Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:33, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Yelena Yesha, pioneer for Women in Tech
Hello TJ, I found you when I looked up Susan Gregurick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_K._Gregurick She is someone similar to Dr. Yelena Yesha. I am trying to get Wikipedia to add Dr. Yesha because I feel she career achievements warrant inclusion.

Forbes magazine highlighted Dr. Yesha's accomplishments in technology in a two-part profile: Part I: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Meet The Tenacious Pioneer Pushing Innovation To Address Real World Problems https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2018/12/12/dr-yelena-yesha-meet-the-tenacious-pioneer-pushing-innovation-to-address-real-world-problems/ Part II: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Pushing Technology Boundaries To Solve The World's Biggest Problems https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/02/20/dr-yelena-yesha-pushing-technology-boundaries-to-solve-the-worlds-biggest-problems-part-ii/

Since you are looking our for Women in Tech, I thought I would try submitting her information to you. I tried to add it myself (twice) but the article had 2 issues: 1) It was flagged for "copyright" even though the text was our own. And 2) it was flagged for "conflict of interest" for the fact that Dr. Yesha and I work at the same place. If I don't work on this though, I don't know who will. We are not profiting in any way from a listing for her. It's just something she asked for my help with. I am not being paid. I did most of it from home, not during work hours in any case. _______

HERE IS THE TEXT. The sites are not here but I could provide them (I think I saved them . . .). What do you think?

Dr. Yelena Yesha (born July 27, 1962), a pioneer for women in technology[1], is currently the Knight Foundation Endowed Chair of Data Science and AI[2] at the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing ("IDSC"). At IDSC, Dr. Yesha is also the Innovation Officer and Head of International Relations. In this role, Dr. Yesha assists faculty in engaging government and industrial partners to collaborate with the University and consults with faculty on developing research ideas into innovations.

Dr. Yesha was the Founding Director of the National Science Foundation Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA), an NSF-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that aims to develop long-term partnerships among industry, academia, and government. CARTA partners with Rutgers University New Brunswick[3], North Carolina State University[4], the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)[5], Tel Aviv University, and the University of Miami[6].

Dr. Yesha’s accomplishments in technology include leading initiatives for NASA, IBM, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). As Director of the Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, she oversaw the development of Beowulf—a high-performance parallel computing system now used in universities and research labs worldwide—and major components of the Linux operating system, which were later commercialized by Red Hat.

In the 1990s, Dr. Yesha represented the U.S. at the G7 Summit, leading the development of resources on electronic commerce, and examining its impact on policy, governance, and compliance. She later received funding from the European Union and NSF to build a Master of Science in Electronic Commerce program across Europe. From 1997 to 2005, Dr. Yesha was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Digital Libraries, and she now serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Smart Homecare Technology and Telehealth. Since 2004, Dr. Yesha has been a leader in bringing Data Science tools such as machine learning and AI to health care, improving physicians’ diagnostic capabilities, and advancing precision medicine.

Dr. Yesha received her B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and in Applied Mathematics from York University, Toronto, Canada, and her M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University She has published 11 books as author or editor[7], and more than 200 papers in prestigious refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings[8], and she has been awarded external funding in a total amount exceeding $45 million dollars.

An internationally recognized leader[9] in the areas of blockchains[10][11][12][13][14], cybersecurity, and big data analytics with applications to electronic commerce, climate change, AI[15], and digital health/medical informatics[16] (including radiology[17]), she is currently working with leading industrial companies and government agencies[18] on new innovative technology.

I found the TEXT with LINKS: _______________________________________________________

Dr. Yelena Yesha (born July 27, 1962), a pioneer for women in technology, is currently the Knight Foundation Endowed Chair of Data Science and AI at the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing ("IDSC"). At IDSC, Dr. Yesha is also the Innovation Officer and Head of International Relations. In this role, Dr. Yesha assists faculty in engaging government and industrial partners to collaborate with the University and consults with faculty on developing research ideas into innovations.

Dr. Yesha was the Founding Director of the National Science Foundation Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA), an NSF-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that aims to develop long-term partnerships among industry, academia, and government. CARTA partners with Rutgers University New Brunswick, North Carolina State University , the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) , Tel Aviv University, and the University of Miami.

Dr. Yesha’s accomplishments in technology include leading initiatives for NASA, IBM, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). As Director of the Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, she oversaw the development of Beowulf—a high-performance parallel computing system now used in universities and research labs worldwide—and major components of the Linux operating system, which were later commercialized by Red Hat.

In the 1990s, Dr. Yesha represented the U.S. at the G7 Summit, leading the development of resources on electronic commerce, and examining its impact on policy, governance, and compliance. She later received funding from the European Union and NSF to build a Master of Science in Electronic Commerce program across Europe. From 1997 to 2005, Dr. Yesha was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Digital Libraries, and she now serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Smart Homecare Technology and Telehealth. Since 2004, Dr. Yesha has been a leader in bringing Data Science tools such as machine learning and AI to health care, improving physicians’ diagnostic capabilities, and advancing precision medicine.

Dr. Yesha received her B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and in Applied Mathematics from York University, Toronto, Canada, and her M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University She has published 11 books as author or editor, and more than 200 papers in prestigious refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings , and she has been awarded external funding in a total amount exceeding $45 million dollars.

An internationally recognized leader in the areas of blockchains   , cybersecurity, and big data analytics with applications to electronic commerce, climate change, AI , and digital health/medical informatics (including radiology ), she is currently working with leading industrial companies and government agencies on new innovative technology.

Dr. Yesha is a fellow of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, and received the Faculty Fellow of the Year award in 2011. Forbes magazine highlighted Dr. Yesha's accomplishments in technology in a two-part profile: Part I: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Meet The Tenacious Pioneer Pushing Innovation To Address Real World Problems and Part II: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Pushing Technology Boundaries To Solve The World's Biggest Problems. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actionmoviefreak (talk • contribs) 13:39, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Dr. Yesha is a fellow of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, and received the Faculty Fellow of the Year award in 2011[19]. Forbes magazine highlighted Dr. Yesha's accomplishments in technology in a two-part profile: Part I: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Meet The Tenacious Pioneer Pushing Innovation To Address Real World Problems and Part II: Dr. Yelena Yesha: Pushing Technology Boundaries To Solve The World's Biggest Problems.

THANKS for your time and consideration Actionmoviefreak (talk) 20:38, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Helen (actionmoviefreak)


 * Hello T.J., Dr. Yesha is asking for an update. I requested the article be undeleted to try again. I did not hear back from you. Is there a chance you would write her up? Can you advise me how to get her added to Wikipedia since Wikipedia won't let me be the one to do it? Thanks for guidance. Actionmoviefreak (talk) 13:07, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Sweeney
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Precious anniversary
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Wikipedia Article Proposal: Her First $100K
Hello hello! Firstly, thank you so much for writing the Tori Dunlap article. I love your dedication to fostering the inclusion of underrepresented groups on Wikipedia. I'm writing to you to see if you'd be interested in writing an article about Her First $100K, Tori's passion/company? Her First $100K is dedicated to fighting the patriarchy through financial education and I think our mission aligns with yours. Let me know what you think!

Reach out at contact@herfirst100k.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herfirst100k (talk • contribs) 16:24, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Internet Archive Scholar vs. JSTOR
Hello, I see on your user page that you use JSTOR and I'd like to know more about your experience. By my calculations, a good 70 % of the main JSTOR content is now available for everyone at Internet Archive Scholar, with full text search provided e.g. at https://scholar.archive.org/. The service is still in beta, but I've used it for some source-finding and it seems quite usable to me; I wonder whether that's just my experience. If you have a chance, the next time you'd be looking for a source on Google Scholar or JSTOR or similar, to perform the same search on IA scholar instead, I'd be curious to hear how it ends up. Thanks, Nemo 19:05, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

April Editathons from Women in Red
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DYK for Oleksandr Oksanchenko
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pictured here, - yesterday we had Ukraine day: Prayer for Ukraine and two who were killed, in memory, also of those unnamed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Valeriy Chybineyev
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DYK for Charlie Cytron-Walker
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

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DYK for Lesia Vasylenko
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DYK for Barbara Maier Gustern
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New administrator activity requirement
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blue and yellow
Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. In case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Activists by century


A tag has been placed on Category:Activists by century indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 17:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Dylan Geick for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Dylan Geick& until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. agt x 02:50, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Waldemar W. Koczkodaj Page Deletion
The page of Waldemar W. Koczkodaj has been created by me as per request by the Waldemar W. Koczkodaj and he have provided the content to be put on the article, which is a conflict of interest, thus I would like bring down/delete or change the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grammerwikiedits (talk • contribs) 22:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

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Greg Locke approval, thanks!
Hey, thank you very much for approving my draft on Greg Locke! I'd temporarily abandoned work on it to focus on my studies, and so it was a lovely surprise to log on and discover that it had become a page. Thanks again, Swadge2 (talk) 04:06, 27 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I was about to start a page and saw you already had a great draft prepared. TJMSmith (talk) 11:45, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Laurie E. Locascio
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