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Happy holidays!

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Sm8900!

The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

Dec 28: WikiWed Salon (+ Wikipedia Day on Jan 15)

Dec 28: WikiWednesday @ BPL + on Zoom
WikiWednesday is back in-person, pizza included!

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Happy New Year from Women in Red | January 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nos 250, 251, 252, 253, 254


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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

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Government commission moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Government commission, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Boleyn (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Sun Jan 15: Wikipedia Day returns to NYC!

Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day 2023 NYC
Wikipedia Day NYC is back in-person at Jefferson Market Library, cake included!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wikipedia Day 2023 at Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, a Wikipedia and Public Domain Day celebration and mini-conference as part of birthday festivities marking the project's founding in 2001. In addition to the party, the event features presentations by Jason Scott of the Internet Archive and Anne Hunnell Chen of the International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive, panels, and, of course, lightning talks. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

And there will be WIKICAKE.

1 - 5PM at Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan
After 5PM, migration to afterparty at Ace Hotel, 20 West 29th St
Livestreaming is likely, watch the wiki meetup page

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. New York Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

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Category:State border guards in the United States has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:07, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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Invitation to Boston-Gathering, celebrating Wikipedia’s 22th Birthday

After several years of distancing, I wan to invite you tomorrow (Jan 17th at 6pm) to the Boston-gathering at MIT.

Details can be found at Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wikipedia_22th_Anniversary_Celebration

Hope I can see you tomorrow  — Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 20:43, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: History and geography request for comment

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Talk:Military police

Your view would be appreciated here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Military_police#Photographs Dreddmoto (talk) 19:51, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red in February 2023

Women in Red Feb 2023, Vol 9, Iss 2, Nos 251, 252, 255, 256, 257, 259


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Help request

I have been trying to put some custom navboxes in the upper portion of my user page, which would place them next to some userboxes which run down the right side of the page.

every time I try to do so, the navboxes seem to be automatically displayed below the userboxes. I tried changing the navboxes' width, but it didn't seem to help.

I placed the navboxes in a collapsible box, which does seem to work fine in displaying next to the stack of user boxes. however, is there a way to enable navboxes to be displayed next to user boxes? I appreciate any help. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 15:20, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm going to leave this help request open, but what you are asking is evidently not something most of the helpers have much experience with.
Navboxes are generally assumed to be full-width, whatever that happens to be in the context where they are called.
Userboxes are designed to cluster in various ways, in a grid or in a column down the page.
As you've discovered, you can put navboxes into a container. Adjusting the width of that container may make the navboxes behave the way you want, but the layout considerations are liable to be different for different views, such as mobile, legacy Vector and new Vector.
Other than as a display of your technical virtuosity, I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish with your tab header and the numerous userboxes and navboxes. If you could perhaps diagram the look you are after, people could offer more concrete suggestions. Everything is under your control, if you know how to invoke the right magical mumbo-jumbo. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 17:35, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
hi. ok, that si very helpful to know. I appreciate your answer. I will leave this tag up, but only for a little while longer. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 22:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
The only way I know of to put a userbox on the same line as a navbox is to have them in a table, and even then there could be (vertical) alignment issues. I think you'll just have to play around and see If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 09:22, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Sm8900. Thank you for your work on Nautical operations. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for creating the article!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|SunDawn}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 11:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

hi. thanks for your nice note, @SunDawn! Sm8900 (talk) 14:17, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Question re odd text on user page

hi. could you please tell me the text below seems to be appearing in the footer section for my user page? I have looked and looked for where this text might be from? I coudn't find it. thanks!

#invoke:Navbox #invoke:Navbox with collapsible groups

--Sm8900 (talk) 14:01, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

This is because your userpage has too many templates, and so the navboxes at the bottom of the page cannot be rendered. See WP:PEIS for more information. Primefac (talk) 14:44, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Wikipedia proposals request for comment

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New page reviewer granted

Hi Sm8900. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group. Please check back at WP:PERM in case your user right is time limited or probationary. This user group allows you to review new pages through the Curation system and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or nominate them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is vital to maintaining the integrity of the encyclopedia. If you have not already done so, you must read the tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the deletion policy. If you need any help or want to discuss the process, you are welcome to use the new page reviewer talk page. In addition, please remember:

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ok, sounds good. I appreciate your note, and your help. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 13:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: CN India

Hello Sm8900. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of CN India, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A1 and A3 does not cover redirects. Thank you. BangJan1999 15:35, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

@BangJan1999, that sounds totally fine. I appreciate your reply. Sm8900 (talk) 15:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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Feb 15: WikiWednesday Salon in Brooklyn

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Women in Red March 2023

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Mar 8: WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central

Mar 8: WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central
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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
  • Germany FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
  • United States TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
  • Byzantine Empire Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included Berkelland LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, New England Trainsandotherthings, England Lee Vilenski, Indonesia Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, Washington (state) SounderBruce, Wales Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and Chicago PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

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