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African Women biographies

Hello ! You are in the top 10 of participants to the African Women section of the The Africa Destubathon. Whilst you did not make it to the top 3, I would like to thank you for the numerous improvements to African Women biographies and thus for reducing the gap. Anthere

It's a pleasure - thanks for noticing! — Proscribe
Hi there, Anthere. Just saw that the new article on Molara Wood seems to have been left off the women leaderboard list. Proscribe (talk) 13:07, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
1979. Sigh. Ok... Anthere (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Hop Hop Hop. Fixed !!! A good piece. Would be unfortunate to miss it. Anthere (talk)

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Connie Mark

Hi, noticed Connie Mark was created this week. xx Eartha78 (talk) 19:08, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Loved your article on Evelyn Dove. Edwardx (talk) 12:26, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks, Edwardx – much appreciated! Proscribe (talk) 13:27, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Mohammed Mohiedin Anis

On 20 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mohammed Mohiedin Anis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Abu Omar returned home after the Battle of Aleppo to find that only 13 of his 30 vintage cars remained? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mohammed Mohiedin Anis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mohammed Mohiedin Anis), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:03, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Attention: WikiProject African diaspora participants

Hello fellow project participants. Not sure how many users are still active as normal Wikipedia editors but felt the need to attempt to get a gauge on who can be called on for help with articles falling under the umbrella of the African diaspora project. According to the project's article table there are over six thousand articles related to the African diaspora; there's not a hundred at FA/GA grade and there's over twelve hundred that are unassessed. With Wikipedia being one of the major information reference points in the world today we should consider this unacceptable. Much work needs to be done on the rating of the importance of articles as well. With more communication amongst participants and a dedication to addressing the articles on the to-do list I believe we can make this WikiProject one of the most well organized and thorough on the site. If you are interested in collaborative work with some of your fellow project members, have certain expertise on any particular subjects, ideals on/about the WikiProject, etc. simply drop your name under the "Project revision" section I've created on the project's talk page and state your intentions and main points of interest in our WikiProject and we can attempt to move forward from there. Hoping to hear from everyone soon! WikiGuy86 (talk) 04:16, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar
you are amazing and a constant inspiration. Thank you! MassiveEartha (talk) 20:36, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks for your appreciation, MassiveEartha. Kudos to you too for all you are doing. Proscribe (talk) 21:57, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Proscribe, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 01:37, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks! Does it work retrospectively i.e. for articles created before today that remain unassessed and noindexed? Proscribe (talk) 15:59, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)Hi! It is not retrospective but I have been meaning to go in and check off the ones I have expertise necessary to review, so that should help you get through the queue soon! Thanks for all your great work. Innisfree987 (talk) 04:22, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for sparing the time, Innisfree987! – Proscribe (talk) 09:56, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. The articles done may also count towards the ongoing challenge. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles please add them to the sub lists by continent at Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:50, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

TheFamousPeople.com as a source

Hi Proscribe. I've been looking over the use of thefamouspeople.com as a source or link in Wikipedia. There have been concerns of it being spammed, and doesn't appear to be a reliable source per Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2017_May_29#The_Famous_People:_Reliable.3F. I noticed that you've added it, and wanted to let you know why I removed it. If you disagree, let's discuss it. Thanks. --Ronz (talk) 03:28, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks - have replaced it with other sources. Proscribe (talk) 10:02, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

E. Howard Hunt

You are invited to join the discussion of Hunt's writing on the Talk Page: Talk:E. Howard Hunt Your input would be greatly appreciated. BuffaloBob (talk) 12:58, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Proscribe. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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Why not join Women in Red?

Thank you for creating articles on women and their works over the past few weeks as a participant in our World Contest. We have become aware of your contributions thanks to research undertaken by Bobo.03 at the University of Minnesota.
If you would like to receive news of future WiR events and participate in our discussions, you might now be interested in becoming a member of Women in Red where we are actively trying to reduce Wikipedia's content gender gap.
In any case, thank you for actively contributing to the coverage of women (currently 17.25% of English Wikipedia's biographies).
  • Our priorities for December:

Seasonal celebrations First ladies Go local #1day1woman Global Initiative

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--Ipigott (talk) 11:38, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for joining up so quickly. If you run into any problems, please let me know.--Ipigott (talk) 14:54, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Ways to improve List of Zimbabwean women writers

Hi, I'm Ongmianli. Proscribe, thanks for creating List of Zimbabwean women writers!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Hey, thanks for making this page! What you want to do, though, is to turn this list into a category. Check out Help:Category on help to turn this list into a Category. Nice attempt!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Ongmianli (talk) 01:49, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Women in Red's January 2018 worldwide online editathons.



New: "Prisoners"

New: "Fashion designers"

New: "Geofocus: Great Britain and Ireland"


Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Feburary 2018 at Women in Red

Welcome to Women in Red's February 2018 worldwide online editathons.

New: "Black women"

New: "Mathematicians and statisticians"

New: "Geofocus: Island women"

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red

Welcome to Women in Red's March 2018 worldwide online editathons.


Historically, our March event has been one of the biggest offerings of the year. This year, we are collaborating with two other wiki communities. Our article campaign is the official on-line/virtual node for Art+Feminism. Our image campaign supports the Whose Knowledge? initiative. Women's History Month 2018

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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April 2018 at Women in Red

Welcome to Women in Red's April 2018 worldwide online editathons.


Focus on: April+Further with Art+Feminism Archaeology Military history (contest) Geofocus: Indian subcontinent

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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Oakley Street, Chelsea has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Proscribe. Oakley Street, Chelsea, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you knowDYK comment symbol. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 12:01, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

May 2018 at Women in Red

Welcome to Women in Red's May 2018 worldwide online editathons.
File:Soraya Aghaee4.jpg



New: "Women of the Sea"

New: "Villains"

New: "Women in Sports"

New: "Central Eastern European women"


Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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Wiki Loves Food

Curd Rice
Curd Rice

Hello! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, Wiki Loves Food (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, it's going International. To make this event a grand success, your direction is key. Please sign up here as a volunteer to bring all the world's food to Wikimedia. Danidamiobi (talk) 20:56, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Oakley Street, Chelsea

On 10 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oakley Street, Chelsea, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar Wilde, Robert Falcon Scott, David Bowie, and Bob Marley all lived in the same street? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oakley Street, Chelsea. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Oakley Street, Chelsea), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Women in Red June Editathons

Welcome to Women in Red's June 2018 worldwide online editathons.



New: WiR Loves Pride

New: Singers and Songwriters

New: Women in GLAM

New: Geofocus: Russia/USSR


Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:15, 29 May 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Invitation to participate in study

Hello,

I am E. Whittaker, an intern at Wikimedia with the Scoring Team to create a labeled dataset, and potentially a tool, to help editors deal with incivility when they encounter it on talk pages. A full write-up of the study can be found here: m:Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews. We are currently recruiting editors to be interviewed about their experiences with incivility on talk pages. Would you be interested in being interviewed? I am contacting you because of your involvement in Wikipedia’s Women in Red project. The interviews should take ~1 hour, and will be conducted over BlueJeans (which does allow interviews to be recorded). If, so, please email me at ewhit@umich.edu in order to schedule an interview.

Thank you Ewitch51 (talk) 21:20, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

July 2018 at Women in Red

Hello again from Women in Red!


July 2018 worldwide online editathons:
New: Sub-Saharan Africa Film + stage 20th-century Women Rock
Continuing: Notable women, broadly-construed!


Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

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August 2018 at Women in Red

An exciting new month for Women in Red!


August 2018 worldwide online editathons:
New: Indigenous women Women of marginalized populations Women writers Geofocus: Bottom 10
Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
Notable women, broadly-construed!



For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative

  • All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards.
  • It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August.
  • Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.

Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

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September 2018 at Women in Red

September is an exciting new month for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons!



New: Women currently in academics Women + Law Geofocus: Hispanic countries

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

Check it out: Monthly achievement initiative

  • All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards.
  • It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in September.
  • Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.

Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

(To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:55, 26 August 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Buzz Johnson

I greatly appreciate your biographic work here in an under-covered area that badly needs it. I do have some comments that might improve some of the articles. Unless a person is world-famous, inclusion of minor material usually makes an article weaker, not stronger. The basic policy for this is WP:NOT MEMORIAL. I therefore removed some material from this article, to make it less like a memorial: WP does not usually reprint personal tributes from people who know the individual unless published in significant reliable sources, nor do we draw conclusions about a person's influences. For a person notable as Johnson, the facts speak adequately for themselves. (and we do not include a list of books or authors published by a publishe, except for particularly famous books).

You might want to look to see if you can similarly strengthen other biographies. DGG ( talk ) 16:34, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments, DGG - will do my best! Proscribe (talk) 09:02, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
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