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Happy Montanabw's Day!

User:Montanabw has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Montanabw's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Montanabw! Peace, Rlevse 01:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

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Awww, gee! That was really super nice! Thank you! Montanabw^(talk) 04:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

'tis the season

Louisa Venable Kyle wrote a children's book on The Witch of Pungo --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:50, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Precious translates to the PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Ten years ago! - Did you know that few users still have that on their current talk, only the brave ;) - I miss PumpkinSky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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September 2024 at Women in Red

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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

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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AraAppaloosa

Found today. Last year, back in my days of "if it ain't a true breed, WTF do we have it in Wikipedia", I recommended merging AraAppaloosa. Months later, someone did a merge of sorts, which was half-baked, [1] but I didn't double-check their work back then. I did today. Awful.

Since you were the primary editor of record in the last version of AraAppaloosa, I thought I'd point it out, bow my head in shame that I didn't catch the half-merge earlier, and let you decide if the article should be re-established or if all of the original content should be pasted into the target article (not just one paragraph).

Articles affected: AraAppaloosa (original content), Appaloosa Horse Club (merge target), Araloosa (a redirect used only in Part-Arabian).   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 15:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

I wasn't notified at the time, so we will have to agree to disagree. I removed the merged material from Appaloosa Horse Club because it didn't fit, and restored the article. We can chat further, but this particular mix is one of dozens of designer crossbreds out there, most of which at similar levels also have articles. Montanabw^(talk) 18:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

No disagreement here. Your decision is fine.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 19:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

September thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in September! - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, is one of the piece in my topic of this year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)