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@Puddleglum2.0: It's great to have the WikiProject Report back again. Readers may wish to suggest their favorite WikiProject as a possible subject of future reports. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:21, 27 December 2019 (UTC) EiC[reply]

Yes, to all readers, please feel free to suggest WikiProjects that you would like to see featured. You can suggest them here or on my talk page; whichever is more convenient for you. Thanks! Puddleglum ^2.0 16:00, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"We have more garden than gardeners". Yes; pretty much all topics are like that. Articles about famous things get heavy traffic and are regularly vandalized and assiduously gardened, but the less famous topics get created and not much more. Promotional work such as edit-a-thons concentrate on planting more garden, and not on improving the health of the garden. Publicity is about the article count hitting the five million mark or eight or whatever million we're up to, since that's a nice simple number, but it counts weeds and sickly plants as progress. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jim.henderson: That's why I admire the people who take the time to expand articles, especially stubs. There's a lot more to an article than making a red link blue. When I do make stubs, I try to follow the advice of WP:Make stubs, and I also like to go back and try to expand my own articles when I think that I'm at the point where I can do that. The other thing is that article writing is hard. It's much easier when people help each other improve an article to be the best it can be. That's why I like Wikiprojects. Clovermoss (talk) 22:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks to Puddleglum2.0 for reaching out for an interview! I think we have a great corner of Wikipedia at Tree of Life and it's nice to share it with the rest of the community. Enwebb (talk) 23:39, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks to you Enwebb for answering my questions! Your answers and work are appreciated. :) Puddleglum ^2.0 05:13, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Puddleglum2.0 thanks for this great coverage!! I'm glad to see WikiProjects get some great coverage. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 05:36, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]