User talk:Generalissima - Wikipedia

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The article Shipping discourse you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Shipping discourse for comments about the article, and Talk:Shipping discourse/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vortex3427 -- Vortex3427 (talk) 08:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Daxinzhuang you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Daxinzhuang and Talk:Daxinzhuang/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 09:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Just a reminder that this is still open (and there is a danger that I will forget what I meant by my comments if you do not address them soon). —Kusma (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

oh crap i totally forgot about this. thank you for reminding me. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

It has been another week—can we please wrap this up in the next couple of days? I don't think it will take you very long. —Kusma (talk) 08:34, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Gusuku period you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Gusuku period and Talk:Gusuku period/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kanguole -- Kanguole (talk) 08:23, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Bernard Mellor you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Bernard Mellor for comments about the article, and Talk:Bernard Mellor/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Bluecrystal004 -- Bluecrystal004 (talk) 20:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article German Mission House you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:German Mission House for comments about the article, and Talk:German Mission House/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:21, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Auto Dollar you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Auto Dollar for comments about the article, and Talk:Auto Dollar/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 14:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Aww, thank you so much! That means a lot to me; I'm really happy people read and enjoy the niche articles I write. :) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC) Reply

Thank you for an interesting article! - Today's story is about a tune used by Bach and Mozart. - (forgot to sign)

Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 18 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations to your new FL, to appear soon! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Isaac Franklin you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Isaac Franklin for comments about the article, and Talk:Isaac Franklin/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 20:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Just in case you were wondering, you were nominated for the award by Cowboygilbert.

I'm intrigued by your user page and am surprised we haven't crossed paths yet. I'm responsible for the creation of Crown (Australian coin) and the obsolete New Zealand bank notes. On a somewhat more interesting note, I've also been held in solitary as well. I'm sure we'd have a few things to talk about. Feel free to reach out/email me if you'd like to chat, though no pressure. Have a great day. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:34, 25 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

The story is today about the first published composition by Arnold Schönberg which I was blessed to hear. Listen, and you probably read what Alma Mahler (to-be-Mahler at the time, to be precise, who was present at the first performance) said, and yes that was too much for the Main page ;) - I wonder if with a bit more time we might have arrived at a hook doing a bit more justice to a quite unique piece, but I was busy travelling and today's appearance caught me as a surprise. - Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today's story is about a Bach cantata premiered 300 years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 2 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021. It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA and Lando Bartolini went to the Main page. I made my story about his almost unbelievable career, from Luigi in Il tabarro in Philadelphia in 1968 (with a nod to Liberty) up to Calaf in Turandot in Beijing in 1999 ;) - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who was a pioneer of a concise infobox in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Dick Walker (astronomer) you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Dick Walker (astronomer) for comments about the article, and Talk:Dick Walker (astronomer)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sgubaldo -- Sgubaldo (talk) 10:05, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Zhang Zhenglang you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Zhang Zhenglang and Talk:Zhang Zhenglang/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Thebiguglyalien -- Thebiguglyalien (talk) 00:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Zhang Zhenglang you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Zhang Zhenglang for comments about the article, and Talk:Zhang Zhenglang/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Thebiguglyalien -- Thebiguglyalien (talk) 06:01, 8 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article George Hunter Cary you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 12:42, 8 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations to delightful quality content! We thank you today espcially for DeLancey W. Gill, introduced: "DeLancey Walker Gill is an interesting fellow. He was notable for his ink drawings and watercolors of D.C. in the late 19th century, and the absolutely massive catalogue of photographs he took of Native American delegations to D.C. in his work for the Smithsonian and Bureau of American Ethnology."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. (A DYK for her is open, for hook wording or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers the chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Daxinzhuang you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Daxinzhuang for comments about the article, and Talk:Daxinzhuang/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 20:46, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello! Your submission of Zou Heng at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:11, 14 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Looks like I didn't actually pull the hook. Got me! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 19 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Theleekycauldron I tried pinging you the day of about it. I should have probably let you know sooner, but I didn't want to sound pushy if you were on top of it already. SL93 (talk) 02:30, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

That you did, SL93, my bad – I glossed over the message and didn't realize it was about this one, I thought it was about one of the hooks still under discussion because i had a very strong memory of pulling it. Oh well :) thanks for staying vigilant! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 05:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Congrats on your latest FA promotion :) sorry I could not officially support; Wikipedia really exhausted my ability to review (and tbh generally contribute) properly. if there's anything I can do to make up for that just leave me a message! Elias / PSA 🏕️🪐 ^{[please make some noise]} 06:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'm afraid I can't download that thesis from the page (I'm not sure anyone can), and I'm not physically in Cambridge to go and see about a physical copy -- but it does say that you can request a copy for non-commercial research by filling in the form at this page? I recently requested some images from the archivist at Pembroke for an article, and they were impeccably efficient and helpful, so hopefully the UL's system is the same. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 20:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yo @Generalissima, FYI, there is already a He Zhen (anarchist) article. Not sure if this draft is supposed to be a full-on rewrite but I thought to save you some trouble in case you didn't know there was already an article. Cheers, Bremps... 01:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, it's just a rewrite! No worries. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:15, 29 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for a month, and we've already seen some momentous improvement in the quality of many articles about underrepresented subjects! So far, our top-scoring participants are:

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theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 2 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Generalissima, you opened this review back on 2 May, and haven't started it yet, despite having made over 2500 edits on Wikipedia in the over three months since. If the review hasn't made significant strides within seven days, I will close it and put it back into the pool of nominations awaiting a reviewer. You also have another review open (Late Shang) that could use your attention. Thank you for your understanding. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:32, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Schwede66 01:48, 8 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Thank you! - Today I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one - also DYK - is the topic of my story, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Hello! Your submission of Bangué at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Z1720 (talk) 04:15, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Congrats Laura :) The Night Watch (talk) 00:16, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Donald MacKay (architect) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 03:03, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Donald MacKay (architect) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Donald MacKay (architect) and Talk:Donald MacKay (architect)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 03:45, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Donald MacKay (architect) you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Donald MacKay (architect) for comments about the article, and Talk:Donald MacKay (architect)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 15:43, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your article on Bazaruto Island. I note that at 03:06, 15 August 2024‎ UTC you withdrew the GA nomination for this article. I have actually completed a review as part of the 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest without realising you had withdraw it. I am not sure what the protocol is, but I feel the article is close to GA if you would like to take a look at my comments. Please ping me if I can help. simongraham (talk) 13:46, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article George Hunter Cary you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:George Hunter Cary for comments about the article, and Talk:George Hunter Cary/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 18:43, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Generalissima, I'm reviewing India at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the moment and it is one of the most exhausting reviewing experiences I've undertaken. The prose is clear but very repetitive; just look at the athletics section. I'm unsure how to proceed with evaluating against the GA criteria 3b–summary style and 1 in general. I noticed you held up Palestine at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a high quality Olympic article, but I wanted your feedback whether the gap between these articles is large enough, based on the GA crit, to be problematic? Thanks in advance, Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 05:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Rollinginhisgrave Hmm! That is an interesting case. You're right the prose is repetitive; it seems to be stating much of what has been said in the table in the prose (this is done a little bit with the Palestine 1996 article, but there also isn't that much else to say when you have a single athlete!) The GAN is certainly a good overview, but I think you're right that the prose of the individual sports needs to be in a stricter summary style for an article that big. A more condensed prose would probably help with the readability too. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:26, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thankyou! Very helpful. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 05:35, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Capital Bicycle Club you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Capital Bicycle Club and Talk:Capital Bicycle Club/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 12:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Capital Bicycle Club you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Capital Bicycle Club for comments about the article, and Talk:Capital Bicycle Club/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 05:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

•   Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
•   Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
•   AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
•   BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September 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. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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Well done you. I don't know that our paths would have crossed except for the WikiCup since we edit in different areas and seeing your work is a pleasure. Congratulations on topping the leader board and thank you for your good work on Wikipedia. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 16:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for the kind words! I appreciate your articles too. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Queen Anne Pool you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Queen Anne Pool for comments about the article, and Talk:Queen Anne Pool/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 03:04, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Suiattle River you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Suiattle River for comments about the article, and Talk:Suiattle River/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 05:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Bangué you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Bangué for comments about the article, and Talk:Bangué/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Skyshifter -- Skyshifter (talk) 21:22, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Bazaruto Island you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Bazaruto Island for comments about the article, and Talk:Bazaruto Island/GA2 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chipmunkdavis -- Chipmunkdavis (talk) 09:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Gusuku period you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Gusuku period for comments about the article, and Talk:Gusuku period/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kanguole -- Kanguole (talk) 23:22, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for two months, and we've seen tremendous improvement in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas from a wide range of editors! The coordinators would like to highlght some of the newer faces who have been making notable contributions in the contest, including but by no means limited to:

•   Arconning (submissions) – 386 points, with several good articles primarily relating to the Olympics
•   Vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) – 141 points, who created multiple articles about abortion rights and laws in African countries
•   TheNuggeteer (submissions) – 126 points, who has contributed to several articles associated with the Phillippines
• Jaguarnik (submissions) – 125 points, with several good article reviews and an appearance in the In the news section of the Main Page
•   Averageuntitleduser (submissions) – 119 points, and has written about several Haitian topics and historical figures.

Only one month remains until the end of the contest, so it's time to make your remaining nominations! Please consider answering some review requests, particularly the older entries, as a way of helping out your fellow participants and moving up the leaderboard. Good luck!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Ixtal (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:00, 4 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Yuan Shikai coinage you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chipmunkdavis -- Chipmunkdavis (talk) 05:44, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Generalissima, I have answered all your comments on the infant school nomination. I was wondering if you would like to support it. Llewee (talk) 12:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for starting on Talk:Late Shang/GA1. It would be great if you were able to continue with it, but I see that you're very busy, and this is probably heavier going than most. What do you think? Kanguole 16:40, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nosy Komba you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 18:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ivan Palmaw you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 11:41, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

pardon if this isn’t the right place to ask this, but I was curious about the image of wikipe-tan and commons-tan, and saw someone say you commissioned it? apologies if this is weird I’ve just been obsessed with this today. Razzlemandius (talk) 01:30, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Razzlemandius I did yes :) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:14, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

thank you so much for your contributions to wikipedia! also good pronouns, i also use it/she Razzlemandius (talk) 08:29, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Ivan Palmaw you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ivan Palmaw and Talk:Ivan Palmaw/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 09:43, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Ivan Palmaw you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Ivan Palmaw for comments about the article, and Talk:Ivan Palmaw/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 19:41, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Zhong Jingwen you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vigilantcosmicpenguin -- Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk) 01:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Zhong Jingwen you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Zhong Jingwen for comments about the article, and Talk:Zhong Jingwen/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vigilantcosmicpenguin -- Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk) 05:22, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Nosy Komba you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Nosy Komba for comments about the article, and Talk:Nosy Komba/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 06:22, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Benjamin F. McAdoo you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 04:41, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey Generalissima, and thanks for your participation in the Developing Countries WikiContest so far! I've declined your submission of this GAN review as it was opened, as well as much of the comments written, before the contest began. Please let me or another coordinator know if you have any questions. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1909 Chinese provincial elections you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Elli -- Elli (talk) 20:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much Tamzin; I genuinely got misty-eyed reading this. This has definitely been a wild ride, and I hope that I stick along long enough that I can also be a jaded former admin someday. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:29, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you today for Qalaherriaq, "on Qalaherriaq (AKA Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua and many, many other names), a young Inughuit lad who served as a interpreter (after an essential abduction) in the 1850s, converted to Christianity, and tragically died at around 22. This was my first article in a series on Inuit interpreters."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Memento dollar you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 02:04, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Wing Sam Chinn you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of HistoryTheorist -- HistoryTheorist (talk) 05:22, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please supply an inline reference to the end of the sentence containing the hook fact in Benjamin F. McAdoo, as is required by the DYK rules. It is currently in the queue and should not have been approved without this. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:53, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Cwmhiraeth: This has been resolved! Sorry about that. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Memento dollar you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Memento dollar for comments about the article, and Talk:Memento dollar/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 16:01, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Hello! Your submission of Albert Bumgardner at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Flibirigit (talk) 21:43, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there! The trial of the RfA discussion-only period passed at WP:RFA2024 has concluded, and after open discussion, the RfC is now considering whether to retain, modify, or discontinue it. You are invited to participate at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase II/Discussion-only period. Cheers, and happy editing! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Di (they-them) (talk) 00:59, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

• Thank you very much, Di! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  No problem :) Di (they-them) (talk) 02:59, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Yuan Shikai coinage you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Yuan Shikai coinage for comments about the article, and Talk:Yuan Shikai coinage/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chipmunkdavis -- Chipmunkdavis (talk) 07:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lake Te Wapu you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article 1909 Chinese provincial elections you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:1909 Chinese provincial elections for comments about the article, and Talk:1909 Chinese provincial elections/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Elli -- Elli (talk) 07:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the review at DYK! It means a lot because I partly joined the DCWC to try and force myself to finish that draft, and I thought it may have been too late. Originally I was going to write an article on fisheries management areas as I find it interesting as a topic (see my request for a map here which sadly no-one was able to do). However, I noticed the distinct lack of articles on fisheries for the Philippines or Indonesia (the other country I know of with FMAs), so I thought I may as well make one of those articles. Sadly, sources begot sources and the article got too long and the scope kept creeping and we are where we are. I've never made a good topic; I don't know how to evaluate whether this is every article you would expect from a topic on Philippine fisheries. I am generally quite hesitant to nominate GAs, and the sub-articles started as holding pens for overflowing information so may still need work. I know I wouldn't consider the Aquaculture article a GA, and would also have to take another look at Commercial fisheries. If you have thoughts from the perspective of someone who hasn't had their brain turned to mush by this topic for months, I'd of course welcome them. CMD (talk) 08:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

• @Chipmunkdavis: GA criteria is fairly lenient, and I don't think you should be super hesitant to nominate stuff as long as its fully sourced and provides a somewhat decent overview; I feel even Aquaculture would pass it. The only things I could possibly think of that'd be missing would be sport/recreational fishing (although I have no idea how much of a thing that is in the Philippines), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources itself, and possibly a split on illegal fishing in the country if theres enough info on that. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:34, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Oh, maybe traditional fishing practices too if there's anthropological/historical papers on that? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I do always also say the criteria are lenient, but perhaps I also don't treat my own work the same way. The second opinion is really quite helpful though, I will keep it in mind. Recreational fishing does exist, perhaps mostly as tourism, but it's not going to be a big thing on its own as for the vast majority of people anyone recreationally fishing would eat or sell the resulting fish anyway. However, there is definitely enough out there to have a dedicated article on illegal fishing, I suspect there would be for most countries. Further, while I haven't looked into it specifically, I suspect you could really get into the weeds and have articles on the tuna fisheries, the sardine fisheries, and specific species farming if you wanted. For example, I WP:REDYESed genetically improved farmed tilapia, itself a subset of wider tilapia farming. So I'm not sure where the boundary lies in GT between the actual articles and the possible articles. CMD (talk) 01:32, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

CMD From what I have seen the line for GT is where the components parts provide a overview of the whole topic. There's way more you could say add to Wikipedia:Good topics/Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Wikipedia:Featured topics/Everglades, or Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Han dynasty, but they give an overview of the topic collectively from a bunch of different angles under the main article. I don't think specific species fisheries would be needed, since they'd be given some coverage across all the articles. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:53, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would like to take up your reward board task about the Austro-Hungarian government. The article I would like to do this on is the Central Powers. History6042 (talk) 14:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William Aitken (architect) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MaranoFan -- MaranoFan (talk) 20:21, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Wing Sam Chinn you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Wing Sam Chinn for comments about the article, and Talk:Wing Sam Chinn/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of HistoryTheorist -- HistoryTheorist (talk) 02:28, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Zou Heng you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 07:07, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have finally nominated the article. Please take a look if you can: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive1. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:16, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Lake Te Wapu you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Lake Te Wapu for comments about the article, and Talk:Lake Te Wapu/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 14:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Albert Bumgardner you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 14:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks so much for your admirable work on such a wide variety of topics; keep it up! You've received 798 points, placing 1st. :)

... sawyer * he/they * talk 18:38, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has come to a close! After a thrilling finish to the event with a slew of submissions on the final day, we have our winners. With 608 points,     Thebiguglyalien (submissions) comes in third with his series of Kiribati and Botswanan submissions;     BeanieFan11 (submissions) flies into second place at the last second with 771 points after a string of good articles about sportspersons; and after leading for much of contest's three months,     Generalissima (submissions) finishes with a whopping 798 points to take home the Gold Belt Buckle. Congratulations to our winners!

In addition to his spot in the top three,   BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins the special awards for submitting under the most countries (44 countries) and for writing the most articles about women (15 Did you know? nominations)!   Magentic Manifestations (submissions), after making 16 submissions under the Indian flag—15 of them good articles—receives the awards for most submissions for a single country and most featured or good articles promoted. For their submission of one FAC review, five FLC reviews, and 20 GAN reviews, Simongraham (submissions) wins for most article reviews.

The results of the contest have far exceeded any expectations the coordinators had for it at the beginning: among the submissions to the event were 3 FAs, 10 FLs, 88 GAs, dozens of article reviews of every kind, and more Did you know? submissions than we can count! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Ixtal (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 19:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

... sawyer * he/they * talk 19:07, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Benjamin F. McAdoo you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Benjamin F. McAdoo for comments about the article, and Talk:Benjamin F. McAdoo/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 19:25, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply