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What you saw in the Tornadoes of 1961 article is the product of me trying to fix and expand an entire article by myself when I was very much a newbie. It did hurt my pride a little bit to see what you put in the edit summary, but I'm glad you fixed it. I would give you a barnstar, but I'm typing this on my flip phone and can't find how to do it. LOL! Could you do of a favor and fix the links in the the other articles too? I'm very busy right now and can't do it myself. ChessEric ( talk · contribs) 01:57, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Skarmory, I removed the statement about Mr Chapman's case in the personal section as the case was thrown out for lack of evidence. It falls under defamatory statements as it implies he was convicted of the accusation. I know that this for a fact and have removed the statement again. Cheers Dahlia2022 ( talk) 21:19, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. I would be grateful if you would leave my edit in and not re-add that personal section text. I'll have a read of the essay. Cheers Dahlia2022 ( talk) 21:56, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello you recently left me some messages on a talk page. I appreciate them but don't understand the complete revoke of the article, which held more then enough notable info on his career.
I've now sent this off to review and hopefully I get a positive response from this. LaylaDakota ( talk) 20:58, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Skamory. I am Itcouldbepossible, whom you have met earlier. Last time I told you about moving articles to drafts like Draft:xxx(2). But today I saw one problem, and wanted to let you know about it. For example, if you can move Testing article to draftspace easily. But next time when you move you might get an API error. The userscript automatically adds "Draft:" before the page name in the Move to Draft: field box. so on moving it will be like Draft:Draft:xxx(2) . That is not allowed. So while entering the name of the new draft that you want the article to be moved to, then you have to remove the Draft: from the Move to Draft: field. I hope you understand what I am trying to say. So when the script automatically appends Draft: to the page name, just manually remove it. Itcouldbepossible Talk 11:25, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing Talk:Sool... not sure why that didn't move too.. -- TNT ( talk • she/her) 05:52, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
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This is for all of the idiotic things you've done over the past year, Skarmory. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 06:43, 1 April 2022 (UTC) April Fools!
Hi Skarmory, we were in contact at the start of the year - I have just noticed that the following message still shows on the page 'Islamic Reporting Initiative'. A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process of resolving this? Is there anything I can do myself? Thank you so much in advance! Julianross CSR ( talk) 03:51, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am Itcouldbepossible, whom you might remember. Earlier, I had given you a small tip while draftifying articles. Don't know if you remember it or not. Today I have come here to enquire about your user rights. I have seen that you have many user rights. But what I want to know is, from where did you get some of them from. For example, I don't find any request made by your to become a page mover or file mover at the file mover request page or at the page mover request page. Using the 'edits made by a particular user' tool, I can see that you had not made any edits to the page, which means you had not requested it there, but you still have the right, that too granted by good administrators. Same applies for your file mover rights. There is nothing that worries me, for you are a good editor and I am really fine with you having these rights. But, what I want to know is that, from where are you getting these permission requests accepted, I mean where are you actually requesting for these right? How are the administrators seeing your request? Is there a separate place other than the generalized permission granting page? Itcouldbepossible Talk 09:18, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello Skarmory -- I've deprodded this and intend to do further work on it. I can see why you thought the article needed deletion, the creator is clearly promotional in intent and the modern house is unlikely to be notable. However, the lodge is clearly notable as being grade II* listed, the surviving park also appears significant, [1] and the former hall has some book coverage. Got to go offline now but I'll see else what I can dig up tomorrow. Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Hey there! Thanks for reminding me about adding a source on my edit! I believe this is the correct source. https://modestoarchsightings.blogspot.com/2022/07/slenderman-spotted-near-modesto-arch.html ModestoArchFan ( talk) 01:47, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
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I read you want to make a next request. Do you have any page were you prepare this? Here are a few worth checking. Jessica Biel-Timberlake, Leigh Allyn Baker-Kauffman,
Avril Lavigne-Kroeger, Madge D. Walters-Sinclair, George A. Ruthenberg, Rhea Seehorn-Larson, Deborah Larson, Deborah Seehorn-Larson. You'll likely find more. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 08:01, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks for your question! Unfortunately I can't help you. Ten years ago I was working with a Liberia-focused archive, but that job ended in 2014; I don't even live in the same country anymore. Since then they've moved the collection physically and administratively (it was part of a different entity at the time, and I think it's been moved to a different building), and the current website says that the whole collection is closed at the moment. Nyttend ( talk) 21:45, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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Regarding this edit, Chahak was not done; it still had 3 incoming links. You need to check Special:WhatLinksHere to confirm. (It's done now, so you won't find any incoming links any more.) -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 12:14, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Thanks so much for rating my article! Do you have any advice for how I can improve it and raise the class rating? Evansknight ( talk) 19:55, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello, please move this page as it was previously. Proposed in talk page. 2023 Social Democracy leadership election. Thank you. ThecentreCZ ( talk) 08:39, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I saw that you are active in reviewing redirects on AFCR, and I would like to contribute in this area as well. DreamRimmer ( talk) 06:19, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty).I don't think you read my !vote correctly - it was in opposition to the proposed action, with a detailed rationale. Just because I didn't state the term "Oppose" in bold that doesn't make what I said any different :) Please reconsider. -- Joy ( talk) 13:38, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
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for such a well explained close at Talk:Ptolemaic Kingdom#Requested move 30 May 2023. I get sick of the one sentence close rationales "Closed with (no) consensus to move". – Aza24 (talk) 23:05, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
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Tried to edit as instructed, only that a HUGE WARNING template appeared and can't edit my old page to state what happened. Nuclear Sergeant ( talk) 09:56, 8 July 2023 (UTC) 😭
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Hello, Skarmory,
I did the page move you requested. It was an odd one but I gather you wanted to retain a page history from a page move to a bad title. But now the page redirects to itself. Can you fix this to what you envisioned you wanted with this page? I know it shouldn't be a self-redirect but I don't know how you were trying to fix this. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 05:35, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Skarmory,
I'm not sure why you moved this article to this page title. I'm sure there are LDS members in the country of Georgia and this might be confusing to readers. We have always distinguished Georgia (state) from Georgia (country) in our categories and articles but recently an editor has been undoing what has been years of consistent practice.
One of my first mistakes when I began regularly editing in 2013 was changing all of these "Georgia (state)" pages to plain old "Georgia" and, boy, did I hear about it from veteran editors! Please consider reverting this move or at least opening up the page move for discussion. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 19:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I think I made a lot of progress on writing things so they are clear. Can I ask you to take a look at it and see if it something that would make sense to be posted to the talk page for discussion? Saikyoryu ( talk) 17:17, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Sorry I thought the RfC wasn’t active, as the last post being four days ago. Is there a certain time frame for that? thanks Wolfquack ( talk) 13:33, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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I don't understand why this page is tagged as part of a deletion discussion. You might want to remove this tagging. Liz Read! Talk! 02:16, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
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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: Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs · email), and Frostly ( talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Mr. Robot character redirects to lists 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 removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 01:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Skarmory. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:The Mountain People, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
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The redirect Mazur's theorem has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 29 § Mazur's theorem until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 21:19, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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 Generalissima ( submissions), 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:
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 Wikipedia: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 ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Skarmory. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " The Mountain People".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 03:03, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
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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:
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV ( submissions), 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.
Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello Skarmory,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.
Reminders:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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:
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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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:
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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)