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Women in Red at Wikidatacon 2021

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Thank you for being a panelist on the "Improving women’s biographies on Wikipedia using Wikidata tools - Experiences from Women in Red and the Smithsonian Institution" session today at Wikidatacon 2021. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:54, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
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Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen

Good day, Gamaliel! I wanted to thank and commend you for your article on Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen! I also wanted to check with you to see if you planned to submit this article for DYK. If not, let me know and I can submit a hook on your behalf. This would be a wonderful addition for DYK! Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@West Virginian: Thank you! I didn't think anyone would notice my article. I couldn't think of an interesting hook for DYK but if you have one please submit it with my gratitude. Gamaliel (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gamaliel, thank you for all your phenomenal contributions, to include this article! I've submitted an initial hook for DYK here: Template:Did you know nominations/Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen. Please feel free to share any additional hooks in the meantime! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:33, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merchandise giveaway nomination

A t-shirt!
A token of thanks

Hi Gamaliel! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}}talk ~~~~~
A snowflake!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How we will see unregistered users

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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Great paper

I really liked your paper. It was a shame I missed it when it first came out, but glad I was alerted to it by User:Atsme at the badpersons blog forum. To be honest, I think it may be my favorite work ever written about Wikipedia as a phenomenon.

jps (talk) 20:33, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

+1 - a masterpiece...and it's anchored on my UTP. Atsme 💬 📧 20:52, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ජපස and Atsme: Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it. Gamaliel (talk) 19:48, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I read it today, and I think it's something every experienced editor should read and take on board. I hadn't thought about increasing barriers to entry before, and I think we all should. valereee (talk) 23:15, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

February with Women in Red

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Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222


Online events:


Other ways to participate:

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Anne Rice Award

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The Anne Rice Award honors editors who have improved Wikipedia's coverage of women writers by creating a biography of a women writer who used a pen name, nom de plume, literary initials, or pseudonym on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for creating the biography on Agnes Woods Mitchell (pen name, A. W. M.); and Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen (pseudonyms, Christabel and Kathleen Westcott). --Rosiestep (talk) 21:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 48

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Books & Bytes
Issue 48, November – December 2021

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Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --15:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

  • AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
  • The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Your draft article, Draft:Beth B. Norden

Hello, Gamaliel. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Beth B. Norden".

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. If 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! 20:32, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March editathons

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Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225


Online events:


Other ways to participate:

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

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