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 * Like all your previous barnstars ( so many of them! ), this one is just as richly deserved. Very well done, Mimi!
 * With kindest regards;
 * Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 19:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you both, very much! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 07:56, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Preliminary note there for you. Thanks for accepting the review! North America1000 04:14, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Achieved 20K edits today... ;-))
Dear Mimi, I hope you are keeping well, happy and joyful? I feel in a celebratory mood today, after achieving 20K edits a few hours ago. Yep; I'm now a Tutnum of the Encyclopedia!... It's obviously chicken feed to a superstar-achiever like you, but you're the one Wikifriend with whom I wanted to share the news, and it really feels like a truly great pleasure... It'll only take me a handful of decades to reach the heady heights of your achievements, Mimi&mdash;as I am definitely not in your league!&mdash;but it feels great to work here, where someone like me can write this message to a much-admired friend like you. So, thank you for being my friend, dear Mimi! All very best wishes to you as you stream ahead of most of us, in your amazing style; and please keep well and happy. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 21:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Just wondering if you are going to be looking at this article? ? Montanabw (talk) 03:37, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes, when the current project is done. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 03:53, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae
Ouch! That are a lot of articles! :) That will keep me busy for at least a month.. Just checking: hope you will take a long break from creating moth stubs to let me catch up? Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:36, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Soon as I've finished Odites; there's not that many more to go. :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 08:37, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * All done! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 08:58, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Wilhelmina, just FYI: I didn't have much time to edit Wikipedia the last couple of days, and will not be able to do much work until Tuesday, but will pick up the pace from then. I will let you know when I finished the last batch you created..! Cheers and happy easter! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing, I have responded to your comments there. North America1000 01:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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Online status?
How did you get your online status – on your homepage – to work and turn green, automatically, when you log in? KnowledgeBattle | TalkPage | GodlessInfidel 09:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, it isn't a matter of whether I'm logged in or not. There's a special status page in which I either write "Online" to signify that I'm here, or "Offline" to signify that I'm not. As it happens, I haven't touched that thing in years now. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 09:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks! KnowledgeBattle | TalkPage | GodlessInfidel ┌┬╫┴┼╤╪╬╜ 10:36, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem! Happy Easter! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 10:37, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Happy Easter to you too!... ;-D


Dear Mimi, Thank you for thinking about me today, and for sending me these delicious Polish eggs! In that case, here are some beautiful ones from Norway, for you to admire... Hope you are keeping well? With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 23:21, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I am, indeed! Thank you very much, Patrick! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 06:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hello: Thanks very much for the Easter eggs! Much appreciated.Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hi : A recent edit you performed here has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America1000 22:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Ha! Good one! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 06:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for you recent GA reviews. Much appreciated. Cheers, North America1000 14:11, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Help with Nick Brandt's page
Hi Wilhelmina Will,'m not doing much editing these days on wiki just don't have the time and would like to know if you could help out Mr Brandt on replacing an old photo with a new one. This is his email address nick@nickbrandt.com, please let me know. Thisandthem (talk) 08:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae part 2
Hi Wilhelmina, as you might have noticed, I dont have the amount of time to edit Wikipedia I used to have. Seems this situation will last for the time being. I will still be editing articles, but a lot less than I was able to in the past. Hence: I will not be able to process the enormous amounts of stubs you are able to create. Hope you dont mind spending time on other stuff as well..! I would still appreciate it if you add new stubs for moths, but a lot less than in the past.. I am still working through your last batch. Still quite some to do, but I'll get there..! Will let you know when I am ready for the next batch.. Oh: and there are three genera you already covered, but were missing species: Pisinidea, Hypercallia and Anchinia. If you have the time, could you make stubs for the missing species of these genera? I will expand them with the rest of the species on my to-do list. Cheers! P.S.: nice work on the catfish articles! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:06, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure thing! And thank you! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 03:17, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Four Seasons Mall
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GA review
It would be very nice if you could see if my response to your question about Talk:HMS Denbigh Castle (K696)/GA1 is satisfactory within the next day as I'm competing in the WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon contest and it ends in just over 25 hours.
 * Of course! I was out, otherwise I'd have gotten to it sooner. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 21:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your prompt response.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:06, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae part 3
FYI: Cleared my back-log! I have some other stuff on my to-do list (new Zookeys articles to convert to wiki-articles), but other than that: I am ready for a new batch of articles. Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:03, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Wilhelmina,

I have just written my first article for wiki and would appreciate some feedback from someone experienced, before I get it live!

Would you be able to have a look at it for me? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Arden_University

Best wishes,

Jane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janeyboo10 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Greetings! Off the top, the article looks promising, but I'd recommend two things, first:


 * Out of all of its references, a large portion seem to be primary sources, affiliated with the topic. While primary sources are necessary to an extent, for insider information on the topic, Wikipedia prefers for there to be a larger proportion of third-party sources; non-related publications giving some amount of detailed mention of the topic. I recommend looking at this page for more insight.
 * The article's tone sounds slightly promotional, particularly in the last two sections. Remember that an encyclopedia is always expected to take an objective approach to any subject it covers. A look at this and that should provide better insight than I can.
 * Hope that helps! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 09:51, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

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Happy 4th of July! / Your table of ribbons.
Dear Mimi, I hope you are keeping well? Assuming you live in the USA (and not in Canada): Happy 4th of July!... 240 years already! (One of your personal userboxes says: "... comes from Canada", not "... lives in Canada".)

While I am passing through here, please forgive me for pointing out the following: Since it is quite possible that other visitors will have the same experience, I took the liberty of copying your table of ribbons into one of my sandboxes, and simply re-coded where the columns begin and end, so that the table now always fits within the page boundaries. I also prepared three options for you. Of course, it is very likely that you prefer the current layout, in which case I can only apologize most grovellingly, and hope I can be forgiven. But if you sometimes thought you might want to change it but never found the time, then it would only be a matter of you picking up the new code from my sandbox. Come to think of it, this would enable me to create a new userbox, proclaiming most proudly: "This user's sandbox was visited by Wilhelmina Will!" Please keep well and joyful; With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 10:16, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * when I display your user page on my desktop screen, the text portion occupies the whole width of the screen, but then your table of ribbons does not show completely, as some of them are hidden beyond the right hand side edge of the screen;
 * when I display your user page on my iPad, I can see the whole table of ribbons, but the text portion of your page is now reduced to about 50% of the screen surface, and therefore also minimized, which makes it almost impossible to read.

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Stub?
Hello. How is York Rafael a stub? Should be a start if something. // Psemmler (talk) 00:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
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Two unnoticed posts... ツ
Dear Mimi, I hope you are keeping well? All is well here, on the west coast of Wales. Although you warned us all&mdash;on you user page&mdash;about the possibility of this happening, I wonder whether you ever noticed my two posts above, on July 4 and July 28? Chances are, you were either absorbed elsewhere, as per usual, or (worse fate of all) I am no longer to be counted among your esteemed friends and been banished into oblivion! (sob...) Ever hopeful this one will be seen, though... With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 09:26, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Dear me, I must apologize, Patrick! That was during a bit of an in-drawn time, when the focus was mostly on task-scoring on and offline, the latter particularly so. I'm sorry if I caused you concern, but I hope you'll be pleased to see in a moment that I finally derived signature inspiration from that picture you presented me with a while back! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 10:15, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Dear Mimi,
 * Phew! What a relief... I hope that the new code for your ribbons gallery will prove of some use (see details in message on July 4. Good luck with it. Yes, I did notice your new signature, and it had me wondering, indeed!....
 * Thank you for replying, and please keep well and happy.
 * With kind regards, as ever;
 * Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 10:32, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * P.S. How about:
 * If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... Mimi could be transported on their wings to the Heavens!
 * With kind regards;
 * Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 20:44, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... ツ

 * 1)  ... Wilhelmina Will could be transported on their wings to the Heavens!   &mdash; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 10:46, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Lol! Thanks Patrick, but the reason I left the end of the sentence ambiguous is so that it could be more all-encompassing for Wikipedia in general! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 21:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply, Mimi. I obviously wasn't sure of your intent; simply couldn't resist sharing this striking vision with you. In any case, very best wishes of success with this latest signature and also, when you have some spare time, with considering the coding options I offered for your ribbons gallery (if they're of any use to you, of course).
 * With kindest regards;
 * Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 22:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
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New deal for page patrollers
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In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Morpheis comisteon


A tag has been placed on Morpheis comisteon, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

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. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Evan Daniel Collett 04:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That is completely wrong. There is nothing nonsensical about that page. If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:52, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

New 10,000 Challenge for Canada
Hi, WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge is up and running based on The 10,000 Challenge for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Canada like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Canada but fuelled by a contest such as The North America Destubathon to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. I would like some support from Canadian wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile! Cheers. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 November 2016
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WikiMothLove

 * Aw, thank you! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:02, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Happy birthday!
Thanks for all that you do for Wikipedia. Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 00:13, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, very much! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy Birthday! ツ
Dear Mimi, Have a wonderful day! And thank you for all your amazing contributions to our encyclopedia! With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 12:22, 4 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Aw, thanks Patrick! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 23:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
 * First place – $200
 * Second & Third place – $50 each
 * Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address. After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are, , and.

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

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Nomination of Eurysthea lacordairei for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Eurysthea lacordairei is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Eurysthea lacordairei until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Param Mudgal talk? 11:59, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bacchisa dioica


The article Bacchisa dioica has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Doesn't Establish Notability.Very short Article.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Param Mudgal talk? 12:20, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Same to you and yours, as well! :D If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:04, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add interwiki to your pages
You are able to verify the interwiki. Xx236 (talk) 13:44, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * What? If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 13:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I don't understand you.Xx236 (talk) 14:02, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * At this point I think we're mirroring each other's statements. If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 00:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I don't understand you. If you don't like to inform me, why do you care to write cryptic text?
 * I believe that authors should interwiki, to prevent errors.Xx236 (talk) 06:58, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Calm down, all I'm saying is that I don't know what you mean by "interwiki". If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Aw, thank you! :D If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * then the swans would feed the beetles to the baby swans. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:03, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * LOL! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:05, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 2
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