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Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford scheduled for TFA
[edit]This is to let you know that Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 5 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 5, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 19:24, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for the article, in collaboration, introduced: "In 1365 after 28 years of strife England won the Hundred Years' War and France signed a humiliating peace. In 1369 France reopened hostilities, using Fabian tactics and guerilla warfare. The English responded with the tactics of the first phase of the war, and in 1370 cut a wide swathe of fire and plunder across northern France. The French refused to be drawn. With winter coming on the English fell out and divided their forces. After a forced march Bertrand du Guesclin surprised a major part of the English, and wiped it out. With unusual coordination, a subordinate caught another English force the same day, also wiping it out. The English remnants were hounded remorselessly and the English position in France was wrecked." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
October harvest
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- Those are impressive; thanks. You would not happen to know the cultivar? Qwirkle (talk) 23:50, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford, gallantly introduced: "Another in a series of bold bad barons—yes, I'm typecasting myself!—this time the son of "Butcher Clifford" of Shakespearean fame. This chap was less a butcher and more a shepherd, who went from disgraced son of a traitor to a clapper of cannons, an astrologer and a commander at the Battle of Flodden; in between all this came two wives, many mistresses, mutual accusations of adultery and a lawsuit accusing him of denying his wife her conjugal rights. - Oh yes, and he was a loyal servant of the King occasionally as well." - Qwirkle, sorry no, answered on my talk. Formerly disgraced Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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About titles, honorifics and appeal to popularity
[edit]Hello and greetings,
This is just for your kind info. Since previously you have participated in an inconclusive RfC discussion at this RfC in year going by, and since some related aspects are under discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Titles, honorifics and appeal to popularity may be you want to join in to share your inputs or opinions.
Thanks and regards
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- As noted in the prior issue, Enterprisey's links-in-logs script has now been implemented as part of MediaWiki core. By my count, this is his third script that was replaced by implementing the code in MediaWiki core or an extension, along with link-section-edits and abusefilter-hide-search. Additionally, his reply-link script is being converted in part to mw:Extension:DiscussionTools. Are there any other scripts that might be worth integrating directly in MediaWiki? Thoughts would be welcome at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++.
As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy holidays! --DannyS712 (talk) 00:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
[edit]No images, fancy backgrounds or fancy code in those curly bracket things. Just a boring old plain text note wishing you a very peaceful Christmas season, and a Better New Year. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 11:24, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Natalis soli invicto!
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The 54,129 Days of Christmas
[edit]On the fifty-four thousand one hundred twenty-ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee:
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- Fifty-four thousand one hundred twenty-four calling birds
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Merry Xmas! Levivich harass/hound 18:15, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, Serial
[edit]Well, hello there! Bishonen | tålk 17:28, 11 December 2020 (UTC).
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I don't actually have anything to ask
[edit]But I wanted to get in early on this "commenting on SN's talk page about whether you're back" thing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:37, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
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Bishopsgate low level
[edit]Hello, just following up on the article for the Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station as you never quite got back to me. Since I last wrote you, I've figured out a few things finding more materials, but need some additional help. I'd really like to rewrite this article for clarity and section is off like other articles on transit stations.
Were the "local" (northern pair in the cut) or "main tracks" (southern-most pair) built first? It appears that the "local" pair of tracks is now called the "main" and the "main" is now called the "electric" to make trying to describe this even more confusing. It matters when each pair was built, because it clears up which pair of platforms was built first. As written, the article would seem to imply that the local pair and main pair were built at two different times, but knowing the Commercial Street section wasn't built until the 1890's, the only two platforms which could be reached before then are what is labeled on the diagram as the Down Local adjacent to the station and the Up Main accessed from Quaker Street.
Long story short, I need to know 1. which pairs of platforms were built together, 2. how and from where was the platform adjacent to the goods station accessed (it appears to be from within the goods station, itself), and 3. was their any kind of access - goods or otherwise - to the Suburban pair of tracks under the station itself? To add even more confusion, the diagram on the Great Eastern Main Line article appear to show the old low-level station only accessed from the Main (now Electric) tracks furthest from the goods yard. --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
You are missed!
[edit]Hi SN, I just wanted to drop a note to wish you a Happy New Year. I hope all is well – I miss seeing you around the place! All the very best, --bonadea contributions talk 15:55, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Wot bonadea sed GirthSummit (blether) 17:57, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
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The kraken wakes!
[edit]You back?
[edit]Just wondering. Liz Read! Talk! 23:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Requesting Your Input!
[edit]Hi Serial Number 54129, Could you please take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mary_Francine_Whittle which has been suggested for deletion? I would appreciate your input. Thanks! T. E. Meeks (talk) 12:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 20
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Pending requests
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As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, including nominating a featured script, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 20, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 20, 2021. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 18:51, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks Wehwalt, no congratulations necessary; it was the trolling at that particular FAC which encouraged me to disengage firstly from the process, and ultimately—to all intents and purposes—from the project. ——Serial 15:51, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Serial Number 54129, I wrote a new article today for the first time in ages. It still needs a bit of work, but I enjoyed writing it - I had fun, and I learned stuff. I also saw your username around, which made me happy. Fuck trolls, do what you makes you happy. :) GirthSummit (blether) 20:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- I saw that Girth Summit, that's a great article. And a nod to a favourite film of mine. I take that's the church who's yard allowed its residents to sleep with the snakes? (The escalating tones of incredulity from Woodward are fantastic!) ——Serial 20:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Serial Number 54129, I'll have to watch the film again to remind myself - it's been a while. It's a great film, but I've always found it difficult to take really seriously - my parents live nearby, I recognise most of the locations to the extent that I know some of the people who live in the buildings. It's hard to be terrified of even Christopher Lee when he's standing in Maggie's front yard... GirthSummit (blether) 20:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- I saw that Girth Summit, that's a great article. And a nod to a favourite film of mine. I take that's the church who's yard allowed its residents to sleep with the snakes? (The escalating tones of incredulity from Woodward are fantastic!) ——Serial 20:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- SN54129, I thought you did an excellent job on that. I hope you continue here.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Serial Number 54129, I wrote a new article today for the first time in ages. It still needs a bit of work, but I enjoyed writing it - I had fun, and I learned stuff. I also saw your username around, which made me happy. Fuck trolls, do what you makes you happy. :) GirthSummit (blether) 20:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
I won't coment there for obvious reasons, but
[edit]@El C, Newimpartial, and Nil Einne: perhaps not holding that discussion on a blocked editors talk when they can't respond would be better? I mean, think of the pings if nothing else... ——Serial 20:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021
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[edit]I'm puzzled by this edit. I seem to have upset you. And I would really like to know what it is you think I've done that would warrant a discussion about me at ANI. Paul August ☎ 15:40, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Are you planning to reply? I think you owe me a response. I'm trying to assume good faith here. Perhaps this is all some sort of a misunderstanding? Or, although I don't see it, I'm only human, I make mistakes, perhaps there is something about my behaviour in that discussion which crossed the line, perhaps you could help me see it? In any case, the accusation that an editor's behavior is so bad that it rises to the level of an ANI discussion is a very serious charge. Please respond. Paul August ☎ 12:32, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
[edit]Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.- The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.- Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.
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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 December 2#Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Soumya-8974 (he) talk contribs subpages 08:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 18
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Hello everyone and welcome to the 18th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:
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- GhostInTheMachine's TalkHelper2 is a newer version of their prior script, TalkHelper
- GeneralNotability's spihelper updated to 2.2.10, fixing a number of small bugs, automatically tagging globally locked socks as such in the sockpuppet template, and restoring open cases following an SPI history merge.
- Enterprisey's script-installer gadget has been updated with more internationalization of messages, as well as addition of a user preference,
window.scriptInstallerInstallTargetto allow controlling where new scripts are to be installed.
Open tasks
- Enterprisey is looking for beta testers for their new section-watchlist user script. See the announcement.
Miscellaneous
- The second edition of the m:Coolest Tool Award will be taking place in December.
- Enterprisey's links-in-logs script has now been implemented as part of MediaWiki core, see gerrit:640761 and phab:T207562.
My apologies for the delayed issue. As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:20, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 21
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My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts.
Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
[edit]Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of 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: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: N.I.R.A. has been accepted
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Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.
If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .
Thanks again, and happy editing!
SN54129 17:53, 12 February 2022 (UTC)WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
[edit]And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.- Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.
Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Your merge of Mark Bernstein (Wikimedian)
[edit]Hello. I agree with you that the page should not focus on the individual, but you seem to have completely ignored an open requested move in which merging is not a clear consensus outcome. I do not know who you are referring to with our
in the edit summary of this diff, but I am left wholly clueless as to what consensus you are referencing. Please self-revert your merge and offer your opinion at the move request rather than WP:BLARing the page without consensus. — Mhawk10 (talk) 17:58, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- I disagree. The article should not exist in any form per WP:OUTING and BLP1E, and moving it to another title does not address these fundamental policies (compared with which, WP:BLAR is merely a guideline). Hence why I did not (and did not need to) refer to consensus. I would be mindful about restoring these violations as they, and the respective talk page, have been reported to oversight. SN54129 18:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- They have been reported to oversight for days. You've created a redirect where the target does not so much as contain the name of the person, despite sources existing that do not so much as mention the person's username and thus pose no WP:OUTING concern. I will be restoring the page and removing all references to the individual's username pending the move request's completion. Per WP:BLAR, the content issues should be discussed at the relevant talk page when editors disagree. — Mhawk10 (talk) 18:21, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- I guess I was just beat to restoring the article by Wbm1058, but I suggest you participate in the talk page discussion if you strenuously object to the proposed move. — Mhawk10 (talk) 18:23, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I saw that; Wbm1058 is allowed to apply a rather personalized, possibly subjective, view of policy, and this is a perfectly reasonable example of them doing so. None of his reasons, you see, counter the issues of OUTING and BLP, but when do we ever let a little thing like that get in the way. SN54129 18:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- The whole point of the move request was to get rid of WP:BLP1E concerns by turning it into an article on the event. Much like an AfD, which is capable of doing the same thing, we generally don't blank the article during the discussion. The concerns about WP:OUTING are different, but to my knowledge the OS team has been monitoring the article alongside Trust & Safety for quite a while and has not chosen to nuke the article on the basis of WP:OSPOL. — Mhawk10 (talk) 18:42, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I saw that; Wbm1058 is allowed to apply a rather personalized, possibly subjective, view of policy, and this is a perfectly reasonable example of them doing so. None of his reasons, you see, counter the issues of OUTING and BLP, but when do we ever let a little thing like that get in the way. SN54129 18:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- I guess I was just beat to restoring the article by Wbm1058, but I suggest you participate in the talk page discussion if you strenuously object to the proposed move. — Mhawk10 (talk) 18:23, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- They have been reported to oversight for days. You've created a redirect where the target does not so much as contain the name of the person, despite sources existing that do not so much as mention the person's username and thus pose no WP:OUTING concern. I will be restoring the page and removing all references to the individual's username pending the move request's completion. Per WP:BLAR, the content issues should be discussed at the relevant talk page when editors disagree. — Mhawk10 (talk) 18:21, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for March 15
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ANI topic merge
[edit]Just letting you know I moved your TPA request involving Ngancheekean into a section above already dealing with them beforehand a couple headings above; no change in comments, just organizing it under one heading. Nate • (chatter) 22:13, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
- Busywork, which has resulted in a broken link. Never mind, they're as near as banned already. So thanks! SN54129 23:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
[edit]And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
- AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
- Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
- GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
- Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
- SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
- Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.
Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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