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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2023)

Literal translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Literal translation Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tai chi • Water frame Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Religious philosophy Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Literal translation • Tai chi Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Act (drama) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Religious philosophy • Literal translation Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2023)

Michelangelo's David is the classical image of youthful male beauty in Western art. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Man Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Act (drama) • Religious philosophy Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2023)

A goalkeeper in action Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Goalkeeper Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Man • Act (drama) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Miss Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Goalkeeper • Man Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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WikiProject Eurovision News Desk Dear Eurovision Wikipedian, Our project pages have undergone a full color change and now resemble the Swedish flag . Content and design updates are taking place daily. The new Archive tab will make it easier to find and view just about all of our archived pages. It is a work in progress. Issue 49 of the newsletter is currently pending delivery. While we await that, you can now receive daily and/or weekly Eurovision news updates. Sign up below have a wonderful week. To receive a daily or weekly Eurovision news update please click on the appropriate button. Cordially, News Desk Editor-in-Chief Ktkvtsh (talk)

Ktkvtsh (talk) 04:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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WikiProject Eurovision Weekly Update 15-18 August 2023

Eurovision Weekly News Update 15-18 August 2023 Recently in the news... Recently in the news... Wild Youth were accused of being too drunk when performing at the Ballygar Carnival in Galway, Ireland. The carnivals organizers released a statement supporting the band. Patricia Bredin, the first representative to Eurovision from the United Kingdom, has died aged 88. Azerbaijan will close applications for their selection on September 30. Mae Muller has canceled her November tour. Belgium will choose their 2024 representative internally. EasyJet is launching a new route from the United Kingdom to the Icelandic city of Akureyri, near Húsavík. Mae Muller puts music career on hold to focus on film and television. Happy birthday to... 15th Kølig Kaj 16th Marc Moulin, Jari Sillanpää 17th Katri Helena, Carrie Grant, Ilinca, Anton Lissov 18th Ronnie Carroll, Hugues Aufray, Gundars Mauševics Cesár Sampson Did you know... Natalia Gordienko, who represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, holds the record for the longest continuous note in Eurovision at 17 seconds. The largest number of nations to take part was 43 in 2008, 2011 and 2018. The most covered Eurovision Song Contest song is Domenico Modugno's "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", also known as "Volare". The song has been covered by famous stars such as Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, David Bowie and many more. Even though the Eurovision Song Contest took place 67 times, it has 70 winners. In the 1969 contest, 4 countries topped the scoreboard with an equal amount of points; the United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands and France. Lacking rules to resolve tie situations, the EBU had to declare all 4 contestants as the winner Eurovision entrant... Guy Bonnet is an author, composer, and singer, born in Avignon, France in 1945. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 (performed by Isabelle Aubret). In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "Marie-Blanche" coming 4th out of twelve contestants. In 1983 he represented France in Eurovision again with "Vivre" (finishing eighth). Dave Benton (born 31 January 1951, birth name Efrén Eugene Benita) is a pop musician from Aruba who lives in Estonia. He is one of the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. At the age of 50 years and 101 days at the time of his victory, Benton is the oldest singer ever to win Eurovision, as well as the first Black winner. Born Efrén Eugene Benita in 1951 on the Caribbean island of Aruba, he was fluent in English, Dutch, Spanish and Papiamento, the creole language of the island. As a drummer and a backing vocalist, he worked with The Drifters, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, José Feliciano and The Platters. Benton's daughter Sissi participated in Eesti Laul in 2021 with the song "Time", attempting to follow in her father's footsteps and represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. She qualified to the superfinal, where she placed second. Marion Welter (born 1965) is a Luxembourgish singer. When she was 15 years old, she became part of the band Quo vadis. She studied music in a music academy and has worked in several styles of music, such as classical music, pop and jazz. She represented Luxembourg with the band Kontinent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö, performing the Luxembourgish song "Sou fräi" (As free). The song ended the contest in 21st place (out of 23 contestants) with 10 points. Before and during her performance, she had an acute attack of malaria that seemed like a severe migraine. She became infected with malaria during a vacation in Kenya in 1990. Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva (Azerbaijani: Samirə Azər qızı Əfəndiyeva; born 17 April 1991), known as Samira Efendi or Efendi , is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Mata Hari". Efendi gained popularity in her home country after participating in the singing competitions Yeni Ulduz (2009), Böyük Səhnə (2014) and The Voice of Azerbaijan (2015-2016, third place). In 2017, she was the Azerbaijani representative in the international singing competition Silk Way Star, staged in Almaty, Kazakhstan, finishing in third place. In 2014, she participated in Azerbaijan's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest but was eliminated at the third heat of the competition. On 28 February 2020, the Azerbaijani broadcaster İTV announced that Efendiyeva had been internally selected to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Cleopatra", held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. However, the contest was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She instead represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Mata Hari". Efendi qualified to the final, where she ended up in 20th place out of 26 countries, receiving 65 points.

Ktkvtsh (talk) 08:34, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Lucy Letby

On 18 August 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lucy Letby, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 21:55, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Physiology Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Miss • Goalkeeper Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter Issue 49

→ Issue 49 ← Headlines Loreen won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Eurovision Choir canceled indefinitely. Junior Eurovision 2023 to be in Nice, France.
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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2023)

Industrial cooking of mashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Mashed potato Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Physiology • Miss Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Fishing industry Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mashed potato • Physiology Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Here's something that you may want to add

Hi BabbaQ! You can add this Category:Members of the Ten Year Society of Wikipedia editors this to your userpage. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:07, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Antebellum South Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fishing industry • Mashed potato Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2023)

Juice for public consumption Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Juice Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Antebellum South • Fishing industry Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Disambiguation link notification for September 21

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Lasse Berghagen, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Berns.

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Zsolt Süle

Could you take a look at the AFD for Zsolt Süle? Pottyantós WC (talk) 09:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Pottyantos WC has been indefinitely blocked as of 23 September. David notMD (talk) 19:52, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2023)

$v$ vs $t$ graph for a moving particle under a non-uniform acceleration $a$. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Motion Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Juice • Antebellum South Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2023)

Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Ming dynasty, 15th century Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: The arts Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Motion • Juice Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 October 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2023)

Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religious superstition. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Superstition Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: The arts • Motion Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2023)

An IT8.7 Target by LaserSoft Imaging Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Color calibration Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Superstition • The arts Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 October 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

ITN recognition for Lasse Berghagen

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Power (social and political) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Color calibration • Superstition Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 October 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2023)

Various forms of severe weather Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Severe weather Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Power (social and political) • Color calibration Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 30 October 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Unexplained reversion

Hi. I'd like to know why you reverted me in Tusse. See Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest#Participation_overview. 195.178.166.244 (talk) 14:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

You are free to edit it again. But likely will someone revert it, as it has no relevance to the person in question.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Ten years of editing

Hi BabbaQ! You can add this Category:Members of the Ten Year Society of Wikipedia editors to your user page Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I will. And thank you for the heads up.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Play (theatre) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Severe weather • Power (social and political) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 November 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2023)

Logo for 3dfx Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: 3dfx Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Play (theatre) • Severe weather Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 November 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2023)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Human-centered design Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: 3dfx • Play (theatre) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 November 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2023)

Institute for sports science in Japan Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Sports science Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Human-centered design • 3dfx Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 November 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter Issue 50

→ Issue 50 ← Headlines Three countries announce representative. Junior Eurovision 2023 won by France.
At the time of publication the project statistics were as follows
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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2023)

A Mountfield church in East Sussex Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: East Sussex Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Sports science • Human-centered design Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2023)

Online encyclopedias, also called Internet encyclopedias, are digital encyclopedias accessible through the Internet. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Online encyclopedia Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: International trade law • East Sussex Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 December 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2023)

Cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs: autotrophs use light, carbon dioxide, and water to form oxygen and organic compounds, mainly through the process of photosynthesis (green arrow). Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Carbon source (biology) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Online encyclopedia • International trade law Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 December 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Merry Christmas!

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2024)

Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Fish slice Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Carbon source (biology) • Online encyclopedia Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

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)

Happy New Year, BabbaQ!

Happy New Year!

BabbaQ,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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ITN recognition for Per Myrberg

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Happy New Year 2024!

	Happy New Year!
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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2024)

An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach. Hello, BabbaQ. The article for improvement of the week is: Antacid Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fish slice • Carbon source (biology) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •