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Happy New Year, Ser Amantio di Nicolao!

Happy New Year!

Ser Amantio di Nicolao,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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@Davey2010: Thanks very much - happy editing to you, too, in 2021 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:36, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maryam Yakubova (educator)

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Nomination of Master of the Death of the Virgin (painter) for deletion

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51 bad reference links created while editing on auto-pilot

51 articles in Category:Rivers of Mato Grosso with bad reference links. See results of this search.

The external link is missing an underscore: md_Mato Grosso_brazil.pdf → md_Mato_Grosso_brazil.pdf

Please fix them, as I fixed this page. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 20:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

@Wbm1058: Sure - I'll have to take care of it tonight, but I'll get to it then. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:00, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Also, I was wondering about your source for these articles. Did you manually read the names off the map or pull data from an uncited database? You started an article about Verde River (Bolivia), which is now a redirect: Verde River (Bolivia) to Verde River (Mato Grasso). There is an open proposal to merge this with Rio Verde (Guaporé River tributary). I am unable to easily determine whether these are the same river, or two different rivers. It's possible the river in Mato Grosso crossed the Rondônia border and the Bolivia border – why the "(Bolivia)" disambiguation in the title of the original version? wbm1058 (talk) 00:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

There is a third article, Rio Verde (Mato Grosso), also started by you, which may be the same river too. Was originally titled Verde River (Teles Pires River). – wbm1058 (talk) 00:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Wbm1058: I think they were created from lists of redlinks, way back when. Honestly, it's been so long that I can't really remember - back in the early days, when things around here were a bit looser. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Wbm1058: Fixes made. Sorry for not informing you earlier - I'm apparently more than a little woolly-brained tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I saw that. That was fast! Impressed with your proficiency with AWB. I figured it out. Your source was List of rivers of Mato Grosso, which was created by Kmusser, another editor from the DC area, at 14:56, 13 July 2009‎ . Perhaps you know him. You created the stub based on the red link in his list just over a day later, at 02:34, 15 July 2009. Earlier, List of rivers of Rondônia was created at 18:36, 22 June 2009‎ and Rio Verde (Guaporé River tributary) was created by you off that red link at 04:33, 6 July 2009‎. I started a discussion at Talk:Rio Verde (Guaporé River tributary). – wbm1058 (talk) 13:49, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Wbm1058: My proficiency with AWB is born of long practice - thanks very much. :-) I don't know Kmusser (though thinking it over a bit, I believe we have had the odd discussion now and again), and honestly don't recall realizing that the redlink list was as new as it was when I created the articles; I was simply on a spree stubbing rivers from countries all over the world. Like I say...things were a bit looser back in the day. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I can chime in, the original list of rivers was made by me and it was indeed reading them off of that map manually. Kmusser (talk) 03:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Kmusser: Ah, thanks. Funny - I hadn't realized my set of edits followed so closely on the heels of yours. Just one of those odd coincidences, I suppose. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:49, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Also to answer the question, there are two separate rivers named Rio Verde that are tributaries of the Guaporé, at least according to those Ministry maps, one is entirely in Rondônia (currently at Rio Verde (Guaporé River tributary)) and the second and probably more significant one forms part of the Bolivia - Brazil border (currently at Verde River (Mato Grasso)) and does not enter Rondônia, so no those shouldn't be merged, but there might need to be some renaming to clarify.Kmusser (talk) 04:03, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Davis Shop, Virginia

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Graham Waterhouse

As of 2020, he is a German citizen also. How would that be reflected in categories? Also got a PhD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

ps: I hope you found my "card", with thanks for yours. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: That would be reflected with a category such as Category:21st-century German composers, to which he can easily be added, then.

Very nice card, thank you - I'm glad you liked mine as well. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:34, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy 🍰 Day

And Happy New Year — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.33.6.222 (talk) 11:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@27.33.6.222: Thanks very much - I always forget my anniversary is this early in the year, for some reason. Seems like it ought to be later in the month. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:38, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

I really appreciate the well wishes for this new year you left on my talk page. Such a passionate quote from an amazing work of artistic beauty. Great joy and peace to you this year and may you encounter experiences that make you happy but also allow you to expand your wings and broaden your reach. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:03, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Tsistunagiska: Thanks very much - I'm glad you enjoyed. And I'm so, so glad to see you back in these precincts, you have no idea. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:29, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Every time I refresh my watchlist, there is a new edit (or three) by you, usually fixing a category or something related to it. You work tirelessly to make Wikipedia better in small ways, performing gnomish and thankless tasks that most people are completely unaware of. For this reason, I would like to award you the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 05:34, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku: You're very kind - thanks very much. It ain't much, as the meme says, but it's honest work.

Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:09, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Painters from Lucca has been nominated for renaming

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Thanks for your Authority control edit

Hello, I'm a newcomer here. Your edit for Everything Everything's A Fever Dream showed up on my watch page and introduced me to Authority control. I take very seriously Wikipedia's democratic internet space which all your hard work has sustained. Thank you very much! CharlesTStokes (talk) 19:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

@CharlesTStokes: Thanks very much for the kind words. You may also be interested in this: Wikipedia:Authority control; it talks about what it's used for around here. It's helped me wrap my head around the concept a lot since I've begun paying attention to it.

Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:06, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Glenaire, Virginia

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What is going on at this user talk?...

Seems a little odd to me, if you could please take a look at User talk:Encyclopædius's edit history? Page moves etc... Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 00:59, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@Shearonink: Not sure - I'll suss around a bit, maybe offline, and see if I can figure out what's what. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:28, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello Sir, can you help me with this article.

hello sir, i am a new wikipedia user, i am trying to contribute to wikipedia. i am basically from kashmir and i want to contribute to wikipedia with kashmiri notable articles. i have started drafting my first article on a kashmiri entrepreneur and i have checked it multiple times and it looks fine to me now, but since i am new i might be wrong, can you kindly assist and guide me on this article. please see if more information is required or it is enough. i'll be very thankful if you help me with my first article and also help me to publish it to main space.

Link of the draft:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Zeyan_Shafiq

Thanks and regards humsar.Hums4r (talk) 03:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hums4r: I'm sorry, business really isn't a field with which I'm particularly familiar, nor is esports. I'd ask someone with expertise in one or other of those fields for more suggestions. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:53, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Potential problem involving gadget

Hello Ser Amantio di Nicolao. You recently added, with Cat-a-lot, the category "Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)" to the pages Amanda Gourgue and Deanna Jurius. These are clearly not applicable categories, as these state legislators are in New Hampshire, and nothing on their pages mentions Georgia. I have no understanding how these Wikipedia gadgets work, but I just wanted to warn you that it seems that this one is doing some clearly incorrect things. – RoundSquare (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@RoundSquare: Not the gadget - it's me, sorry. I chose a wrong pair of articles when I made the edit. Thanks for catching it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:23, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

You made the billionth edit!

Congrats! Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Scorpions13256: Thanks very much. Wasn't quite aiming for it - just to get us close - but it's nice nonetheless. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:07, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

YOU DID IT!

Special:Diff/1000000000. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 01:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@JJPMaster: Happy to be of service, thanks. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	You just made edit #100000000 to the article Death Breathing: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_Breathing&oldid=1000000000 Congrats, and here's to a billion more edits. Ionmars10 (talk) 01:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ionmars10: Thanks very much for the hardware. Indeed - onward and upward. Here's to the next billion taking less than twenty years. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

WOW

You got the 1 billionth edit on Wikipedia there in Death Breathing. CONGRATS!!! MarioJump83! 01:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@MarioJump83: Thanks very much for the kind words. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations!! Fitting indeed... I feel like this will make the news. Ovinus (talk) 01:44, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Congrats on billionth edit!

It was quite fitting. Anyway congratulations we reached one billion! Your edit was the one it seems, was it a prophecy? Maybe. Des Vallee (talk) 01:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Des Vallee: A prophecy of good things to come, surely. Thanks very much for the kind words. :-) Onward and upward, and all that good stuff. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

• Congrats, we have been following the progress towards 1B closely at The Signpost newsroom. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Bri: Thanks very much - I've been following the progress closely myself. Didn't think I was going to be the one to get it, but I'll take it. At least it's not vandalism. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:31, 13 January 2021 (UTC)*

I guess the people on Discord (including myself) weren't the only ones. Again, congratulations on earning your place in internet history. I to am glad it wasn't a vandal from a school like last time. Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:33, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Death Breathing might not be the most auspicious title, but at least the billionth edit was made in mainspace (and not at, say, WP:3RR) and by a well-known(!) editor. Be prepared for the news media getting all over your story again. Speaking of which, could you write a paragraph or 3 for The Signpost. We'll likely put something in News and notes. If you're at a loss for what to write, pretend I asked these questions: "How does it feel making the billionth edit on enWiki using Wikipedia's current software? What meaning does this have for you, or for the project as a whole? What were you thinking when you started editing "Death Breathing"? How soon after making the edit did you find out it was the billionth? How are you going to celebrate? Is there anybody you'd like to thank? How does this milestone compare to (any of your previous milestones)?

BTW, congrats!!!!! Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:36, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Scorpions13256: Was that the millionth, then? I'm afraid I don't recall the incident in question - regardless, thanks again for the kind words. :-)

It was the 100 millionth edit. This was back in 2007. Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:42, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Scorpions13256: Well, I was around for it, that much I'll say. Asking me to remember anything that far back is a tall order, now... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:44, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Smallbones: I'd be happy to cobble something together for the Signpost later this evening. Got a couple of things on, but I'll try to write something up before I get to bed. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:41, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, no rush at all. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:04, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Smallbones: Still...I'll get working on it tonight. I've got a couple of thoughts in the back of my head.

By the by, sorry for the terser-than-usual comments, but I've been a bit more distracted than usual this evening. That should be quieting down, though. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:08, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

And here I thought I was fast in spotting that it was just made (a mere hour late)... Congratulations all around! Perryprog (talk) 01:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Perryprog: Thank you kindly. I must have been the slowest one on the uptake - I didn't realize I'd done it until I saw the messages on my talk page. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

And I only noticed because I was linking a diff and realized "hey, revision IDs don't start with a 1!" I have a feeling this talk page will be receiving quite a lot of similar comments throughout the next few days. Perryprog (talk) 02:03, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Perryprog: Honestly, I was just trying to help get over the billion mark before the twentieth anniversary. It was a nice bonus having the actual billionth edit. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Honorable mention (and tremendous luck) is also due to Trappist's Monkbot for "nine nines": Special:Diff/999999999. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 01:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@AlanM1: Indeed - a nice number, too. That being said...I doubt I'll be around to see "ten tens", unless there are some major advances in medical science. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:36, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

One billionth edit!

Congrats! --DB1729 (talk) 11:35, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Super cool. Congratulations! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:33, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

DB1729, Rosiestep: thank you kindly. It was a nice surprise, I have to say. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:19, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Amazinggggg. Congrats! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Another Believer: It's just a number. I mean, a REALLY BIG number. But still... :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Happy 20th, and happy future editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For having the ONE BILLIONTH EDIT!!!!!!! This is a revolutionary time in Wikipedia, and I'm happy to be there 🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 15:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@LightningComplexFire: Thank you kindly. It is indeed a revolutionary time in Wikipedia, and I, too, am happy to be along for the ride. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

And it happened 2 days before WP's 20th anniversary, what a coincidence! --🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 15:22, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@LightningComplexFire: Imagine that... :-) (Yes, things lined up quite nicely in making it possible.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:24, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I bet this will be on the news --🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 15:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@LightningComplexFire: Could be. I suspect it'll be mentioned, if anything, as part of twentieth-anniversary celebration pieces, rather than as something standalone. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:29, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

https://www.inspiredtraveler.ca/wikipedia-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-it/ You are mentioned here, but not for your edit 🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 15:32, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Somebody was going to do it, and Ser's chances were miles better than anybody else's - with 3,925,607 edits (as of this morning), Ser has more than anybody else, by over 1.8 million. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Eh, well, gotta keep myself out of trouble somehow. :-) (Actually, one can argue that I land in a whole 'nother kind of trouble sometimes, but that's a horse of a different color. Besides, a fellow can dream, can't he?) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

LightningComplexFire, and for some reason mentioned as an it. Steven Pruitt, under the pseudonym Ser Amantio di Nicolao, is the most active human contributor to the English-language version of Wikipedia. It made the equivalent of 659 changes a day for 16 years. Which despite the almost botlike efficiency required to get so many milestones still seems kind of mean. Asartea ^{Talk | Contribs} 09:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Asartea: I got the impression the article was one of those machine-translated things that get semi-auto-created from time to time. The syntax overall seems a bit fractured for English. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:05, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Are you gonna put that on your userpage? 🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 20:29, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@LightningComplexFire: I have a page for barnstars and other awards - I'll copy it over there at some point to keep it with my others from over the years. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:47, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, No, I mean are you going to mention you have the billionth edit? 🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 20:48, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@LightningComplexFire: Maybe. Hadn't given it much thought, to be honest. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:49, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Let's put it into perspective - out of 1 billion edits, Ser has made just over 3.9 million. That works out at about 1 in 256. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:27, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Redrose64: OK, now you're scaring me... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:36, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Whoa, that's... wow. This is genuinely much more impressive in my opinion. (If you want another fun statistic, a billion edits over twenty years works out to be around 95 edits a minute.) Perryprog (talk) 02:14, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Anyone who can generate a number with that many zeroes should be a Bitcoin miner. However, this is Wikipedia, so you win a barnstar. Certes (talk) 01:19, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Certes: I tried understanding Bitcoin once. Almost got somewhere with it, too. I'll stick to something a little more concrete, I think. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:49, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Huge congrats on the once-in-a-lifetime milestone! It's quite an honor to make the billionth edit. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@SNUGGUMS: Thanks very much - it is indeed. Honestly wasn't expecting it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:44, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

No problem at all :) SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Congrats! :) --Nintendofan885^{T&Cs apply} 20:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Nintendofan885: Thank you kindly. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:28, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

And now you've reached 4,000,000 edits. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:45, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Lot of time on my hands, what can I say? :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:48, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

For being the user to make Wikipedia's BILLIONTH EDIT! Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 01:55, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gatemansgc: Thanks very much - and just in time for dessert, too. :-) ==Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for your efforts

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Thank you for your continued service adding to Wikipedia throughout 2020. - Cdjp1 (talk) 17:38, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Cdjp1: Thanks very much. It was one of the few things that kept me sane in an insane world. Happy editing, and may this year be pleasanter than the last. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

At this point I don't need to write an explanation — you know why I'm giving you this. Thanks for everything. 👏👏👏 —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Pythoncoder: Thanks very much. I was planning on having Thai for dinner, but I might need to rethink that now. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:02, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Congrats!

		The Original Barnstar
		Congrats on the one billionth edit! X-Editor (talk) 02:06, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@X-Editor: Thank you kindly - it'll look good on the mantlepiece. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: You're welcome. You deserve it! X-Editor (talk) 02:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Do I really need to tell you why anymore ;) Asartea Talk | Contribs 07:30, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Asartea: You don't, but it never hurts to hear again. :-) Thank you kindly, and happy 20th! And happy editing, of course. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, well in that case, congratulations on making the billionth edit and having made over 3,938,397 edits and being the most active human editor on Wikipedia. Asartea ^{Talk | Contribs} 15:34, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Asartea: Why thank you. Not that I was fishing for that, or anything. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:36, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Congratulations for one billionth edit and active contribution throughout years! Ahmetlii (talk) 07:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ahmetlii: Thanks very much - it was very tasty. :-) Happy 20th, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Congrats on getting that achievement, not many will say that they know the person who did it. HawkAussie (talk) 08:19, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@HawkAussie: What can I say? I'm not even sure I know myself, and I've had years of practice. :-) Happy 20th, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy 20th anniversary

Celebration~!

You have been one of the valuable volunteers of this great human innovation which has stepped into its 20th year! You have set a perfect example for young generation like me to show dedication and commitment to improve the quality of Wikipedia by being the all time highest editor in English Wikipedia history. The success of Wikipedia is largely due to the dedicated editors like you. Hope you are doing well and have a prosperous onwiki experience in the future. Enjoy the 20th birthday anniversary of Wikipedia. Abishe (talk) 11:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Abishe: Thanks very much for the kind words; for my part, I always enjoy seeing your name attached to work around here, as I know it's a mark of quality editing.

Happy 20th, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Not only are you the most active human on Wikipedia, you are the person responsible for the 1 billionth edit! -Shift674-🌀 contribs 13:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Shift674: Thanks very much - you're very kind. Happy 20th, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

WP 20

Thank you for good wishes! - Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! I sang in the revival mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Congratulations - I've seen quite a bit of your work on the Main Page over the past few weeks. Nice to see someone carrying the standard for classical music. :-) Happy 20th, and happy continued editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:51, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you ;) - featured today a pic I took --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Very nice. A couple of my rehearsal photographs can be seen in this article, from a few months back. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:58, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing. Keep watching my talk for latest news, today Gotthilf Fischer, - not exactly my style, but a great inspiration for many! - I just found - after tedious search Category:Heads of universities in Germany. I'd like to fin that when looking for Category:Rectors of universities in Germany, and "Presidents" same, and without Germany same. Could I just write redirects? Probably not? - I'd never looked for "Heads". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Certainly - category redirects are possible. In fact, I like them - they work well with tools like HotCat. Let me take a quick look and see which would be the proper title. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:31, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: There doesn't appear to be any agreement as to terminology, so I'm going to leave it be for the time being. But Category:Rectors of universities in Germany now exists as a redirect.

By the by, started Dorothée Manski - edit #4,000,000 (technically 4,000,001, but who's counting?) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:35, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Congrats ;) - I never look at my count, but someone else mentioned 2.5 m - I'm number 2 in DYK, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt:I DNK that. :-) Congratulations. I don't know much about Manski - just found an entry for her in Baker's and saw that she had no article. Interestingly, there's an article on her husband in the German Wikipedia, but nothing about her... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:56, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Not serious question

Do you have the diff where the Abraham Lincoln hotdogs edit was? and yes, it applies to me that when it's a quarter past 5 and you had a busy day it's the most hilarious thing in the world --164.52.225.30 (talk) 19:39, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@164.52.225.30: Link is here, if it's of any use. Haven't thought about that page in forever. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Super late, I know, but...

congratulations on getting the billionth edit! I was casually editing a few pages a few days ago and the revision ID was around 998 million. Never thought it would arrive this soon!

Enjoy some pie for the moment being, KevTYD (wake up) 20:18, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@KevTYD: I've kept my fork. :-)

Yeah, it's been running at about 200,000 edits a day for a while now, though I think there was a small uptick earlier this week as the milestone drew near. I'm just glad that it arrived before the twentieth anniversary. Also that I got it, but that's honestly icing on the pie cake; I'm just glad that it was reached when it was. Rounds things out nicely.

Anyhow - happy editing, and happy 20th! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

You got the billionth? Cool, a very fine way for Wikipedia to round that number off. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:52, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn: Thanks very much. Onward and upward to the next billion, I suppose? We'll get there - hopefully in under twenty years. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:16, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@83.9.194.96: See [2]. It's all a bit symbolic, admittedly, but still and all. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:57, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

As far as I know, Graham87 (talk · contribs) is the only person who can satisfactorily explain the discrepancy between NUMBEROFEDITS being less than 1000000000 and the fact that revision numbers are now well past 1000000000. It's something to do with early edits being deleted, even when the page itself was not deleted. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Bit academic at this point - I wonder if it'll come out in the Signpost feature? (For which I still need to write my bit...perhaps I'll get cracking on that tonight.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Nah I don't know ... the NUMBEROFEDITS variable has always been a bit weird here. Graham87 03:45, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Graham87, @Redrose64: Eh, as I say - it's all academic. It's all symbolic of somethingorother, anyway. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:48, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

FWIW there's this old village pump thread, which confirms my memory that numberofedits used to be *higher* than the oldid (and I was in the thread). Graham87 05:18, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

• Congrats on having the 1 billionth edit! My guess is that deleted edits are probably the largest factor now. I believe numberofedits reflects the number of live undeleted edits while revid reflects the total number of edits. My currently deleted CSD log has several hundred revisions attached to it, if memory serves, that an admin is more than welcome to use for testing if they desire. -- Dolotta (talk) 21:06, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

• @Dolotta: Huh...hadn't thought of it within the context of deleted edits. Makes sense.

• Thanks for the kind words. :-) Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:51, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

ANI procedure

Dear Ser Amantio di Nicolao,

Would you be able to advise on the following situation? I would like to know if there are any ground rules for ANI cases, the way they are handled. I've just been blocked over a content issue by an editor who is not knowledgeable about the subject and has misunderstood a Talk page discussion. And subsequently they ignored my explanation. This reflects the whole procedure. Everybody here is very judgmental but not interested in checking the facts of the accusations, nor the counter evidence which has been completely ignored. I'll spare you the details for now because the background of the case is a dispute over fringe theories with a couple of believers, but it seems that rational thinking doesn't enter the equasion at any level. Nor do Wikipedia policies and guidelines for that matter. Are there no rules at all? Thank you.Saflieni (talk) 03:53, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Saflieni: I'm not sure what you want of me, exactly? ANI has rules - but one of them is that sometimes it's just best to back away, instead of continuing to fight an issue. I would suggest you do that. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:52, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, and I'm sure that would make sense under normal circumstances. But if regular people back away each time bullies and/or advocates make life difficult it becomes a process of natural selection favouring those attitudes and ideologies. It's already fifty shades of dishonesty in my experience. The negative impact on Wikipedia content is clearly visible, which is why I decided to stick it out in this specific case concerning fringe theories about genocide. That's a potentially dangerous issue to let slide, along with health and safety topics. Wikipedia was not created to end up as another source of misinformation on the internet, I believe. Saflieni (talk) 08:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Saflieni: you have not just been blocked - if you are blocked you wouldn't have been able to post here. You have been blocked in the past, but that block expired at 20:49, 29 December 2020 (UTC) - two and a half weeks ago. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:53, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Redrose64. It's a ban, you are right. Cleared that up. Now the rest of it: I'm banned over a content dispute, which I explain here. The block was for using the word lies in the context explained in WP:IUC under 2d, but I agreed that my choice of language was too confrontational. I didn't use such words afterwards as far as I know so I guess they had to invent something else. In both cases (again: the first one deserved, the second not) it was an admin who had previously inserted themselves as parties in the discussion who blocked/banned me, which I find a questionable use of privileges. Saflieni (talk) 09:30, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

User:Saflieni - Either appeal the ban to WP:AN, or don't appeal the ban. I tried to caution you that editors who complain about how unfair or unfriendly Wikipedia is usually find it to be an unfriendly place. You said that I was depersonalizing you. It appears that you are making it impossible to address your conduct, because you either deflect any criticism as depersonalizing, or counterattack that you are being personally attacked. You were topic-banned for your conduct in a content dispute. Content disputes complicated by user conduct are a common problem in Wikipedia, and sometimes can be dealt with by content resolution, and sometimes require a conduct remedy. You made it impossible to deal with the content, because of your conduct. (In my opinion, you got off easy. You were not blocked.) Either appeal the ban to WP:AN, or don't appeal the ban, and stop discussing it. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Saflieni: You've had some very good advice here from two other long-standing editors; I would suggest that you take it into account. Drop the issue and walk away from it - continuing to fight can lead to nothing good. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:18, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Who's fighting? I've respectfully asked you a sincere question and have explained why. You were listed as an experienced editor available for advice. But here's one of the problems I'm facing. A few editors hound me all over Wikipedia to leave false accusations and the most horrible insults to paint me into a corner. Yet they never respond to my invitations to have a normal dialogue.[3] It's the trolling behaviour you find everywhere where people interact from behind a computerscreen. They don't realize that the person on the other side is a flesh and blood human being. Robert McClenon's information is not true btw. Saflieni (talk) 17:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

@Saflieni: I'm not accusing you of fighting with me. But this issue has been raised, and dealt with, at ANI...yet you're asking for more assistance from other editors after its resolution. Hence my advice. It's been dealt with at ANI. Leave it be.

If you want to overcome the topic block, look at Wikipedia:Banning policy. In the meantime I would recommend lying low and doing the best, most non-controversial editing you can in other subject areas. After at least six months - preferably a few more - you can appeal for the block to be revised. But don't continue pushing the issue now - it will only aggravate matters further. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:31, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, but I specifically asked about rules and regulations, not for your assistance in continuing the ANI case. The topic block isn't even my main concern either. My edits kept disappearing anyway - deleted, reverted, hashed up by the fringe theory advocates who managed to claim ownership of the page. I'm more concerned about the fifty shades I mentioned. There was no evidence, just allegations. Nobody bothered to read my defence nor check anything. In the end they massaged a minor content issue into something suggestive of ... well, still nothing worth mentioning. Yet everybody got really worked up, like a pelting mob. That can't be right. But anyway. Not your problem I guess. Good luck Saflieni (talk) 19:29, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh, crikey. Please read WP:BLOCKBANDIFF and do not use one term as if it were equivalent to the other. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:41, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Redrose64 and Robert McClenon Thanks very much for the assist on this. Sorry to leave you with cleanup duty; I'm generally a bit non-confrontational by nature, but had the added dis(?)advantage of being out with friends for most of the day today, and so couldn't respond as I might have liked. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

No need to become unpleasant. The explanation of the editor who issued the ban shows me right (and then some): [4]. No evidence, rebuttals ignored, allegations taken at face value, and a difference of opinions about content as reason for the ban. Isn't this the opposite of what ANI was intended for? So much for "all Wikipedians are equal". For anyone with a sense of fairness: The accusing party just explained to me last night that their polarizing language was not directed at genocide scholars as I thought, but at me personally.[5] Combine that attitude with their shopping for blocks and bans at the Noticeboards where evidence is ignored and what do you get? It's a legitimate question. I'll try Arbcom again, but am now afraid it will be disrupted again like before.Saflieni (talk) 06:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@Saflieni: Stop. Leave it alone and stop. And read this. You are risking another block, and a longer one this time. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

I apologize. How did we go from I would like to know if there are any ground rules for ANI cases, the way they are handled. to this? I'll file my appeal and will leave you alone.Saflieni (talk) 07:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Respectfully: I've apologized. I found the WP:CANVASS page and read it. It's so common that I never realized it's frowned upon. Now I know. It really wasn't my intention, so I hope we can put it to rest.Saflieni (talk) 20:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@Saflieni: Yes, certainly - and I hope that my comments weren't taken as a threat. More as a warning - I wanted to give you the chance to be aware before plunging over the edge. As for WP:CANVAS - I admit, it is tricky sometimes to spot what's canvassing and what isn't. My own personal rule from long years' engagement here is to avoid anything that has even the appearance of canvassing. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:23, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Congratulations on holding the highest number of edits on Wikipedia, with at least one billion edits! TheRealLTG talk 21:59, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@TheRealLTG: Thanks very much, but that's not quite accurate. I have the highest edit count, and I have edit #1,000,000,000 on the entirety of the English Wikipedia, but I do not myself have one billion edits. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:49, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

That also depends on whether the last phrase is dependent on "Wikipedia" or "holding". 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:08, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Rosina Cox Boardman

I came across the article you did on Rosina Cox Boardman while doing stubs on women artists in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection. It's really quite the sweet little article, congrats and thanks! Possibly (talk) 03:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Possibly: Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed. I've always enjoyed miniature painting, and did a little run of articles like that a few years ago. My own particular favorite is Clarissa Peters Russell - the original source I had for her (the catalog of the inaugural exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts) says something to the effect that "not much is known about her". Thirty years later, and...well, you can see the result of additional scholarship. :-)

Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:04, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Sam fonteyn

Hello, I have noticed that you've been editing the page of Sam Fonteyn. He is my grandfather and I have a picture I would like to put up. Is there anyway you can help me with this? Sorry I'm rubbish with all of this. Thanks. Lostnspaced (talk) 13:17, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Lostnspaced: I would begin by looking at Wikipedia:Images: that will give you a lot of resources to tell you what to do. Best thing to do would be to upload the image on Wikimedia Commons, assuming you hold the copyright to it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Removal of category

Hi there Ser Amantio. Just wanted to ask for your reasoning behind this edit. Was it because the subject already belonged to the subcategory Category:South Korean television actresses?

Sdrqaz (talk) 19:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Sdrqaz: And the category Category:21st-century South Korean actresses as well, yes. Same for a lot of those I removed from the parent category. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:37, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

The explanation was much appreciated, thanks. Sdrqaz (talk) 19:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Sdrqaz: Surely - any time. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:45, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Assistance needed

You seem to have very high credentials with Wikipedia. I am requesting assistance. A group of people have hi-jacked a page that I have special interest in and have blocked me and others out of being able to edit it. It is causing harm to many families associated with the organization. Can you help edit and protect? Donoharm2021 (talk) 18:45, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@Donoharm2021: I can take a look at the article, but I can make no guarantees. What you describe sounds suspiciously like ownership - see WP:OWN for more information on that. Also, I have no higher credentials than many other editors - I've simply been here longer, and done more, than many other editors. That doesn't give me any special abilities. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:06, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for looking. We are not looking to own the page, only to be able to edit and put protection if possible. I have seen that you added authority control to a few school pages that have had similar issues and maybe it helped? The page is Bulloch Academy. While we would love to have the content removed from the page altogether, we would be most grateful to have the harmful content pushed down so that this description does not show up in the sidebar when the school is searched on Google. At this point, all truthful information about the school has been removed from the page and we are blocked out of editing. We have gone through all of the suggested Wikipedia resolutions and have been met with many roadblocks. I’ll spare you of all of the heartache and phone calls that we have had from our minority students and parents who are upset and hurt by this action. Thank you for any help that you can offer. Donoharm2021 (talk) 20:25, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@Donoharm2021: There's really only one way to push the content you describe down the page, and that would be to expand the article to provide a fuller picture of the entirety of the school's history and curriculum. But the information to which you refer is sourced, and should not be removed. It would be better to contextualize it.

As the article is protected, you can request edits on the talk page. That is what I would do - ask people to add sections about curriculum, athletics, etc. (making sure to provide sources as necessary). Otherwise that's all I can suggest. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:33, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions. We will try this when protections have expired on the page. Any suggestions for having an IP address and account unblocked? My request was denied and the account was identified as a sock puppet. Donoharm2021 (talk) 20:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@Donoharm2021: I would take that question up with the administrator that blocked you initially: explain the situation and ask for advice. It may be there's nothing further you can do, but they may be able to offer better guidance than I could; I'm afraid I don't deal very often with sockpuppetry issues.--Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:32, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help and suggestions. Donoharm2021 (talk) 00:24, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

@Donoharm2021: Certainly - good luck to you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:59, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Weird fiction/Iain Banks

Your edit to the Iain Banks page drew my attention to the list of Weird Fiction writers.

The list lacks references for many of the writers in the 1980-present section, including Iain Banks. I have been unable to find any reliable sources that cite Iain Banks as being a writer of Weird Fiction (the genre, as opposed to fiction that is a bit weird), and that is why I ended up reverting your edit on his page and also removing him from the list on the Weird Fiction writers page.

In an odd way, I'd like to thank you for drawing my attention to it, as trying to reference the 1980-present section properly will give me a nice little project to keep me occupied on an evening. :)

All the best. - H. Carver (talk) 02:04, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@H. Carver: Certainly - happy to be of help. :-) I figured that was likely to be the case with one or two of them, to say the least. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:09, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Tillmans, Virginia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tillmans, Virginia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tillmans, Virginia until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Hog Farm _Talk 03:50, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Request for French translation assistance

Hello! I'm writing to ask for your help expanding the new article on the Napoleonic looting of art. I recently translated most of it from the Italian Wikipedia, and I'm hoping to improve it up to GA quality. One of the problems that the page has is that it is mostly written, currently, from an Italian perspective—it seems like the French Wikipedia article entry might be able to help with that, but I, alas, don't know the language. I saw your name on the French WP: WikiProject Intertranswiki page and thought I'd ask. Would you be interested/available to help? Humbly, —WingedSerif (talk) 21:23, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Wingedserif: I can take a look, but not sure when - perhaps this weekend. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:37, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

February 2021 at Women in Red

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Greetings brøther, may I have some LÖÖPS? Do you like FŬŖŘÈȚ? Do you hate ȚǑM ÑŌÔĶ? If so, YOU HATE MR KRABS! Anyway, Check out Buffalo, it's cool. Right by the lake. And please visit after your "post-insurrection" lockdown. Were you in the insurrection? If so, I need to report you. Ok bye UwU.2603:7080:BB0E:FFE9:565:E0C7:B4B2:30BD (talk) 22:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@2603:7080:BB0E:FFE9:565:E0C7:B4B2:30BD: What are you talking about? I live near the Chesapeake Bay...I love Mr. Krabs. Especially fried and dusted with Old Bay. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:05, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

OMG YOU REPLIED THIS IS SURPRISING! Anyway...

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