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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception idea
Hi GreatOrangePumpkin, I was just looking through the Cathedral FAC again and started thinking about a possible way to satisfy Malleus' most recent comment. I drew up a potential draft of a revision of the article with a concluding 21st century section at User:Mark Arsten/sandbox 3 if you're interested. It's just a suggestion though, since I was curious how it would look. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:02, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I will look tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder. Regards.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 18:49, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

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WP:FOUR for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow)

 * Hey, congrats on the promotion. It looks like we will both have an article in this week's Featured Content section of the Signpost. I'm impressed, after a failed GA nomination you got it to Featured status in less than six weeks--that's a quick turnaround! Mark Arsten (talk) 20:03, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but without your help the article would be nowhere near GA-status! :)-- GoP T C N 10:54, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

You're a legend
Keep up the good work ! --82.132.242.56 (talk) 12:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Whoever you are, you are the first to make such a precious compliment!-- GoP T C N 14:52, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Pumpkin, thank you for your recent reworking of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I was a bit puzzled by some of your edits which appear to have removed chunks of salient detail and references from Dostoyevsky's biography. It's also tricky that some of your main references are in German. WP:NOENG does say "English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones". This is difficult also because it seems you have also altered certain details from the original text with the German refs (I don't speak German). I do appreciate that the article needed reworking and that you have put in a lot of work over the last week. I hope you can help me to understand the rationale. Best wishes Span (talk) 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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Main page appearance: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow)
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary is a neo-Gothic church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow. Located in the Central Administrative Okrug, it is one of only two Catholic churches in Moscow and the largest in Russia. The construction of the cathedral was proposed by the Czarist government in 1894. Groundbreaking was in 1899; construction work began in 1901 and was completed ten years later. Three-aisled and built from red brick, the cathedral is based on a design by architect Tomasz Bohdanowicz-Dworzecki. The style was influenced by Westminster Abbey and Milan Cathedral. With the help of funds from Catholic parishes in Russia and its neighbouring states, the church was consecrated as a chapel for Moscow's Polish parish in 1911. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, in order to promote state atheism, the government ordered many churches closed; the cathedral was closed in 1938. During World War II, it was threatened with demolition, and was used after the war for civil purposes, as a warehouse and then a hostel. In 1996, following the fall of communism, it once again became a church, and in 2002 it was elevated to the status of cathedral. Following an extensive and costly program of reconstruction and refurbishment, the cathedral was reconsecrated in 2005. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

New Wikipedian from Clemson
Hi, I'm a student at Clemson University in South Carolina and I was wondering if you could help me out in getting acclimated to Wikipedia. I have been editing and writing the article on the Henry Whitfield House in my hometown of Guilford, CT. Here's the link to the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Whitfield_House Any feedback on formatting, citations, content, or anything else would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for your time! Tigerpride3Tigerpride3 (talk) 01:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow
GOP,

Great work on the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ...

I almost never edit FAs figuring that a casual edit more often hurts than helps, but in this case I'll add under See also the nearby St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow. I'm also surprised that the St Paul's French Church at Lubyanka doesn't have an article. BTW, are these 3 the only "officially recognized" non-Orthodox Christian churches in Moscow? I know there are some Baptist churches in Moscow, but they are not known for their buildings and seem to keep a low profile.

All the best,

Smallbones (talk) 17:40, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your compliment! :) I will create that church article in future. No, there are more than just 3 non-Orthodox, but it is true that there are only 2 (one is now a museum) Catholic churches in Moscow. The other one is very small, so basically this is the only "true" Catholic church in Moscow and in whole Russia.-- GoP T C N 17:56, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * And forgot to say that I appreciate your edits on St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow. It is not that far away from being listed as a Good Article, btw! :). Regards.-- GoP <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 18:01, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks for the barnstar! :) Without the help of copyeditors the article would never achieve such a status. -- GoP <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 17:57, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Belated congratulations
Hi, GOP. Just wishing you some belated congratulations on the Today's Featured Article! The church article really shone. — WP: PENGUIN  · [ TALK ]  14:21, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :)-- GoP <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">T <sup style="color:#8EE5EE;">C <sub style="color:#8EE5EE;">N 14:38, 31 March 2012 (UTC)