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Sulgrave Club

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AgnosticPreachersKid is probably the best person to talk to regarding DC NRHP listings. He's done a bunch. Daniel Case (talk) 16:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Daniel Case. DC just isn't in my area of interest, but thanks for asking. Dincher (talk) 00:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On cursory glance it looks good - there are a couple of cosmetic changes I'd suggest. Mind if I go in and do them myself, or shall I itemize for you? I'll give it another, more in-depth look in a bit, once I've collected myself for the day and can think straight. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:26, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing - mind if I do it in the morning? I'm off to bed at the moment, and close enough to half-asleep that it might be dangerous for me to edit... :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sure and it's my pleasure - anytime. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:09, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry - didn't mean to take quite so long. Work got a little hectic this week. Anyhow, I didn't do much - I replaced every iteration of "Sulgrave club" with "Sulgrave Club", as it's the title of an organization and should be capitalized as such. The other thing I did was tighten one sentence a bit - "completed under the name of the Wadsworth House" sounded a bit awkward to me, so I cut it down a tad. The rest looks great! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Carniadactylus

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Wow...I'm really off the ball. I only just noticed that it was there. Thanks very much, and I hope it hasn't gotten stale. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:55, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The Land Before Time XIV

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  1. Can you help make this working page into a wikipedia worthy article: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Land Before Time XIV —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scratte2 (talk • contribs) 01:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't think so. I checked through the sources you provided, and they are all either fan or anti-fan pages, with concepts painted from fan/anti-fan perspectives; the closest link to being a reliable source is the Internet Movie Database link, which leads to a non-existant page. I'm sorry, but it would be against my code to assist in the creation of a page for a movie on which there is no reliable source available to verify that even the concept of the film is being developed. Oh no! It's not here!!! (talk) 02:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Hello Wilhelmina Will! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 5 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 317 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Tammy Ader - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Burton Armus - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  3. Dominic Messinger - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  4. Johanna Ray - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  5. Brian Siewert - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kinkonychelys

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Hello, Wilhelmina;

Since the description is from an American Museum of Natural History journal, I downloaded the pdf (link in article) and added some more detail about the specimens and etymology. As for making it longer, the sections on p. 2 and 5 about the rocks and associated fauna, and on p. 21 about paleobiogeography, might be of interest. J. Spencer (talk) 04:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't do anything extensive now, but I'll see what I can do when I get back from work. J. Spencer (talk) 14:19, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I added a paragraph about the paleoecology and provenance. It's at 1578 characters per Microsoft Word; unfortunately, I can't add much more without knowing something about turtles. J. Spencer (talk) 00:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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You need to allow for cross-wiki links.

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A lot of those red-links could be dealt with if this was allowed. HalfShadow 02:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, let me show you. Let's use the main page as an example. See all the red-links there? Now what you could do to make it tidier is to take all the red links and link them to here. For instance 'Canada' you would link to [[wikipedia:Canada]] and then cover up the link with a '|' (in this case [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]]. You can do an edit preview over there and see what I mean. HalfShadow 03:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Gatoclass (talk) 12:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Oh no! It's not here!!! (talk) 13:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Yongjiacaris

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Hello, Wilhelmina;

I don't know a thing about shrimp, but I'll have a look in the morning. J. Spencer (talk) 04:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added some more about the rocks and other fossils. J. Spencer (talk) 15:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!!! Oh no! It's not here!!! (talk) 02:31, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Rhabdognathus

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Hello, Wilhelmina;

Unfortunately, I can't do much for you on this one, at least not within the time frame you would need. I was able to find an online version of the text of Jouve (2007), though. Another article of interest can be downloaded from the AMNH here. I hope these help. J. Spencer (talk) 00:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jouve (2007) is a great reference, we can add some information from the paper to make the article eligible for DYK. Brochu et al. (2002) (full text here) describes a partial skull tentatively referred to Rhabdognathus (later considered the holotype of R. aslerensis by Jouve, 2007). If we can't get enough information by the five day mark, I'll try to find some more information and make an attempt at a 5x expansion (although this will require a lot of information in the article). Smokeybjb (talk) 02:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Linheraptor

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Hello, Wilhelmina Will;

I have made some additions to Linheraptor; I'll come back in the morning and see if there's anything else I can think of. J. Spencer (talk) 02:13, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Materialscientist (talk) 02:31, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!!! Oh no! It's not here!!! (talk) 10:08, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Extinct insect articles

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Hi Wilhelmina, first thanks for taking the time to create articles for the insect taxa I added to the 2009 in paleontology page. I would like to note my concern however that there were a number of errors in the stubs created, such as listing species as the type when they are not, or listing the genus as extinct when it is not. I have corrected them and will be expanding the articles soon.--Kevmin (talk) 04:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, sorry about that! I'll have to study those sorts of documents, referring to the sources, so I understand that better in future. Thanks! Oh no! It's not here!!! (talk) 09:10, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Scratte and Ice Age character redirects

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How come when ever I create the page about, Scratte from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs it always ends up being deleted? It is similar to the page on the Scratte page at Ice Age wiki and it hasn't been deleted once from there, or the other redirects like, Buck (Ice Age), Rudy (Ice Age), Momma (Ice Age) and Baby Dinos (Ice Age), as I think they should redirect to their sections on List of Ice Age characters.--71.97.199.130 (talk) 20:07, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know anything about that, but my guess would be that the wiki will accept the page because it is devoted to topics involved with the Ice Age franchise, whereas in Wikipedia the requirements for inclusion are more strict. And, action! (talk) 03:01, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest ignoring him, he is a banned editor likely hoping to recruit you to edit for him. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 01:46, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okey-doke! And, action! (talk) 03:09, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eels

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Just to point out that Category:Eels is only a disambiguation page, and the correct category for articles about eel species is Category:Anguilliformes or one of its subcategories. —Paul A (talk) 06:25, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay. I'll try and remember that. Thanks! And, action! (talk) 09:39, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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‎Prays curtisella

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Thanks for helping out with moth species. Please note though, that ZipCodeZoo is not a good source! See for instance ‎Prays curtisella you created, this seems to be a synonym of: ‎Prays fraxinella. See: http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/prays/fraxinella/fraxinella.htm Ruigeroeland (talk) 10:08, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well. Thanks for pointing that out! And, action! (talk) 17:50, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Question on your RfA

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I have posted an optional question on your RfA. -- RP459 Talk/Contributions 22:44, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you for your response to my optional question. I wish you the best of luck with this RfA and you have my support. -- RP459 Talk/Contributions 01:33, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And thank you, for asking, and for your support! Cheers! And, action! (talk) 03:00, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

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People are raising concerns about your lack of experience, activity, and your past blocks, and I have commented on your views regarding admins that you still have linked from your userpage. It doesn't look promising, and it may come to the point where someone may close your RfA early. A good number of candidates don't pass RfA at first attempt (I didn't, for one!), and having failed a RfA doesn't stand against a person when attempting a second or third time. It's your decision how to proceed. You may hang on to see if opinion dramatically changes in your favour (in my experience that is not going to happen), wait for someone to close it early as a fail, or withdraw gracefully yourself. While waiting for someone else to close the RfA will not stand against you in a future RfA, withdrawing when you judge that the community consensus is not in your favour WILL stand in your favour as it says something about your good judgement and your character. I feel that withdrawing now, and then spending some time working in areas of Wikipedia which will give you good experience and knowledge of the admin role, will stand you in good stead to try again in, say, 6 months. Working in Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, or in any of the Category:Wikipedia backlog areas. Good luck! SilkTork *YES! 10:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, I have closed it per WP:NOTNOW as you need more experience. If you need help, I am more than willing to help you with succeeding at another request. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, and whichever way it would have turned out, I hope the archive will serve to help other users who plan to nominate themselves, to learn more about how to prepare. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:51, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding to the userbox question I asked in the neutral section, it is indicating a calm mature response. A couple more suggestions before trying out RFA is to clean up your user page(s) to take off the gimmicks such as the car, and spiral on the Wikipedia logo. It looks fun, but is not what you would expect from a serious admin candidate. May be you are spreading yourself across too many wikis if you can only spend Friday here! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:09, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Abraxas sylvata

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It's cited now. Joe Chill (talk) 11:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Goodie-good!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not true. The article was originally 177 characters. 177 times 5 is 885. This article is longer than 885 characters. Joe Chill (talk) 21:58, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Before your improvements to the article, it was last edited on March 2nd, 2010, and measured at 1,615 bytes. From my experience, because this is the largest it was before you expanded it, and it was made this size months before your contributions, that is the size that would need to be expanded 5x. I could be mistaken though, I might recommend that you take this to BorgQueen, Bedford, or Gatoclass, as they are more experienced with reviewing DYK hooks. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 22:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
First: Prose size (text only): 177 B (31 words) "readable prose size". Expanded: Prose size (text only): 1558 B (269 words) "readable prose size". It goes by readable prose size which means the characters. It even says it on WP:DYK: "Articles must have a minimum of 1,500 characters of prose (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, tables etc.)". Joe Chill (talk) 22:14, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
According to the DYK rules, length refers to readable prose, "ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, tables etc.", and not the size of the source file. This is because it is a simple matter to copy large chunks of boilerplate HTML and other markup that provides no encyclopedic information. You appear to be using the size listings from the article history, which includes the information explicitly listed as not to be considered. In this instance Joe Chill is correct that the readable prose size has been expanded by more than 5x. --Allen3 talk 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. In that case, there is nothing holding the hook back. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 01:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Wilhelmina Will's Day!

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User:Wilhelmina Will has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Wilhelmina Will's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Wilhelmina Will!

Peace,
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A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you very much! That's the nicest wiki-present anyone's ever given me! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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It was very kind of you to send me that smile. Thank you!!! -- φ OnePt618Talk φ 02:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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For making at least 20 constructive edits to the Silver Reef article, this barnstar is for you. The Utahraptor Talk 03:27, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Utahraptor! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:29, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Wilhelmina Will, The Utahraptor has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Periclimenes

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Hi Wilhelmina,

Let me start by saying that I'm always happy to see new crustacean articles, and always happy to help improve them. That said, would it be possible for you to go over the Periclimenes sub-stubs you have recently created and add the taxoboxes and categories that they deserve? I'm sure you have seen the sort of changes I have had to make in the past, so you will be able to use that information to guide you. It would also be preferable for the articles to contain more content than a single line of dry text. When readers click on a link, they may reasonably expect to find out more information. If the only additional information is a word or two about distribution, then I think that would be better added to the genus article. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a competition to see who can create the greatest number of tiny articles.

At a more specific level, you have added an authority to Periclimenes agag that is not in the source you cite, and contradicts that given in your external link (ITIS). Where has it come from? --Stemonitis (talk) 06:12, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does indeed say that in the ITIS page. And I do not appreciate users trying to guess what I intend to do. If you want me to spend more time on an individual page, I will do that in future, but I do not want you spreading rumours that I am "competing to create the greatest number of tiny articles". Thank you, and good day. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 08:36, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please, don't take offence. I have spread no rumour and made no accusation. I was simply trying to emphasise where I think the encyclopaedia's priorities [should] lie. I have in the past merged large series of species-level sub-stubs into more informative genus-level articles. Most of those species articles were automatically created by robots, and as a result I had no qualms about upsetting the author. This case is different, because it involves work done by a real person. Like I say, I love to see new crustacean articles, but equally, I'd hate for a productive editor to be put off by having their work largely undone. To that end, I thought it best to try giving some friendly advice.

On the second issue, I see now that you are right about P. agag. I had (naïvely) expected the link to go to the species page at ITIS, not the genus page, and I hadn't read it properly, so that problem is entirely explained, and I apologise for jumping to conclusions and wasting your time on that point. --Stemonitis (talk) 12:20, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I apologize for speaking so tersely. I hope you can understand, though, why I'd initially be teed off at receiving that sort of message.Almost two years ago, I did frequently put a lot of effort into growing an article up to at least start-class, because I liked nominating them for DYK. Then another user claimed that I was violating copyright, and (though I still say it was uncalled for) they caused a huge hullabaloo about it, which I did not like. Since then I've been afraid to expand very much on the content of the pages I make, because I don't want to give others reason to treat me like that again. On occasion, I still muster the courage to expand on some of my pages, as long as I can get others to help, but not very often.
If you think it would be better for me to start putting more time into an individual article, then I'll start doing that again. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:26, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not to worry; I quite understand. My personal opinion (and it is only that) is that depth is more important than breadth: I'd rather see fewer, more detailed articles than many short ones. Maybe this comes from working on arthropods, where the chances of us ever having a worthwhile article on every species are effectively zero. I think the DYK process is a good one; it gives people a set of concrete criteria for aiming towards. There have been plenty of occasions where I thought I had said everything I could about a subject, but was still short of the 1500 characters needed, so I looked for more material and eventually far exceeded the 1500. The process seems to bring out the best in editors. If there ever were any copyright problems with your articles, I'm sure you've learnt from them, so I see no reason to dwell on past problems. It's entirely up to you how you edit, of course, but it would be a shame if you were put off expanding articles by events from a long time ago. --Stemonitis (talk) 08:25, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 06:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Meiacanthus

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Advice

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Hello, Wilhelmia! Can you help me, and review my DYK proposal here.

Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_July_7 at Bubanj Memorial Park

What do you think about it? All best! --Tadijaspeaks 16:25, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, no need, thanks, someone else already accepted it! :) -Tadijaspeaks 18:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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Thanks for the greetings. History2007 (talk) 18:05, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Wonder Ballroom

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Hello! Your submission of Wonder Ballroom at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 talk 23:49, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Sorry for the confusion, but I nominated a DYK hook as soon as I started and expanded the article. --Another Believer (Talk) 04:07, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jean-Joseph Marcel

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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 19:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject American Old West

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--The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 21:37, 17 July 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Hello, Wilhelmina Will. You have new messages at The Utahraptor's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 23:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My hidden subpage

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The Original Barnstar
For finding my hidden subpage, this barnstar is for you. The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 01:19, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also I fixed the status thing for you. Your status subpage can be found at User:Wilhelmina Will/Status. There are five status options: Online, Offline, Busy, Around, and Sleep (and yes, you do have to capitalize the first letter, unless you're using Qui). Just remember to change your status every time you go offline or online or when any of the other options apply. The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 01:23, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Warning, It's Dirty

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 01:47, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My Secret Page

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You seem to have found the incorrect one. :) ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:22, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still wrong. :) ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 16:44, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wrong again. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 21:11, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You got it! You can now use {{User:Hi878/Secret Page Icon}} It uses {{topicon}}, so you can figure out how to position it. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 21:22, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful! Now it's my turn to point and laugh at everyone else! Hee-hee! Cheers! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 21:55, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Robert S. Lancaster

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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Miniopterus brachytragos

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Miniopterus griveaudi

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Miniopterus mahafaliensis

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Bolivian election dyk nom

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Hi. I posted a reply at T:TDYK, thanks, --Soman (talk) 00:01, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Appiah

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Dennis Appiah fails WP:ATHLETE. I am creating French youth players wiki's and placing them in the Sandbox as they are likely to make their debuts this season. At the moment, Appiah fails WP:ATHLETE as he hasn't made played in a fully professional league and is thus non-notable, which means the deletion is imminent. Just an honest mistake on your part. Can you possibly revert it. — Joao10Siamun (talk) 01:15, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi

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thanks for the swift revert of the vandalism on my user page. --Soman (talk) 19:18, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 19:18, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstars 'R' U

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The Hidden Page Barnstar
I award you one for finding Trekphiler's page. Aren't you glad you answered the phone? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 00:59, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Trekphiler! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:03, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Lemrick Nelson

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Hello! Your submission of Lemrick Nelson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lemrick Nelson

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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 19:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Diogo Fernandes Pereira

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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 18:14, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Miniopterus mahafaliensis

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Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Miniopterus mahafaliensis you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Twilight Helryx 16:23, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:49, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're up?

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A cup of coffee (obviously)

Since you are, you might care for this. Drmies (talk) 18:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you very much! Just what I needed, in fact! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 18:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think you had too much caffeine, and now you're making up species: Kukufeldia? Come on now... Drmies (talk) 00:24, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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