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Twinkle

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Bullock

Hi Jenny. I've taken Bullock out again - he's resigning, not retiring (his seat is not up for election this cycle anyway, unless there's a double dissolution). Once the Bullock -> Dodson changeover is effected (as far as I know Bullock hasn't submitted his resignation yet), which should be before the election, there'll just be a little swap down in the Senate tables where the continuing senators are listed. :) Frickeg (talk) 11:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I know, trust Bullock to mess things up! On the links - they are being used as our references at the moment. Once formal election guides (like the ABC ones) come out, they can probably be moved down to external links. Frickeg (talk) 08:14, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I couldn't remember the specifics on this, so I looked it up for Jenny McAllister and it seems to be that the parliamentary vote counts as the "election", so Dodson's term has now begun. Frickeg (talk) 01:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 in Australia

Thanks for your kind words! In general, I usually only add items with an article link, whether it is to an article about the event, or to people or organisations involved. But it's not a strict rule, anything with a lot of coverage should be fine, and may prompt creation of an article. With anniversaries of events, I would probably not include them unless the anniversary itself had an article (such as Australian Bicentenary), just because it is fairly subjective about which anniversaries to include and of course the original event should be in the year article when it happened anyway so it's kind of repeating the information. --Canley (talk) 05:01, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the 'birthday' greetings Jenny! Just reading the message on your userpage, I hope you're feeling more and more comfortable with your contributions here - you sound like the sort of person that Wikipedia needs more of. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 11:23, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

A belated thanks for the barnstar! This is some of my absolute favourite kind of work to do on Wikipedia, but it's still nice to be appreciated! Frickeg (talk) 05:53, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Old edits

Try using the "undo" button first, but it will most likely fail if the edits are old and there have been subsequent edits to that section. If it doesn't work, just edit it back to the original state. --Canley (talk) 08:48, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Orange Sky Laundry - editing user space draft

As a general rule of thumb I don't edit other people's user-space drafts without invitation - I'll wait until it gets moved to article space, as I'm sure User:JennyOz/sandbox/Draft1 will. However if you want me to start on some of the basics (eg WP:SURNAME or WP:NEUTRAL, per my comments on User talk:JennyOz/sandbox/Draft1) while it's still in your user-space, let me know. Mitch Ames (talk) 14:02, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Jenny! Sorry to be out of the loop on this (tied up with some other stuff in real life), but great work! I really think you can move this article into main space (if you need help to do this let me know). Once that happens, you can expect other people will start to modify it but that's OK. They would not do it if they didn't think the article useful and collectively people know about the various policies (I don't think any one human could possibly know them all - I am sure I don't). Kerry (talk) 23:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Mitch and Kerry thanks both for your messages (and sorry for delay in replying). Mitch, I really appreciate your advice and you are very welcome to make any changes. Thanks though for asking. I will also reply to your specific help back over at the draft talk page. Kerry, thanks for your comments. Funny (ha ha) thing is though..., because it was my first article, I did it via the Articles for Creation process. So now it's waiting with the other 700:) Oh well, luckily I'm very patient. And you're right about no-one being able to know every policy and lots kindly jumped in to share their advice when I asked for suggestions. I look forward to anyone improving the article. Thanks again. JennyOz (talk) 23:49, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't realise it was AfC, but I can help with that! Kerry (talk) 00:09, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Kerry, Wow! I'm gobsmacked! Thank you! I didn't realise you could do that. I'll do the changes to the red links today, once I absorb what just happened. Thanks a million. JennyOz (talk) 00:32, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nominations/Orange Sky Laundry

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DYK for Orange Sky Laundry

On 18 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Orange Sky Laundry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in their second year of providing a free mobile laundry service for the homeless, the co-founders of Orange Sky Laundry were jointly awarded Young Australian of the Year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Orange Sky Laundry. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Orange Sky Laundry), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

... for the piano-related clipping. Interesting historical stuff.

I too hate the word "over-arching". See a full list of my pet hates here.

Cheers.

PS. Hi, Jenny. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 11:12, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Coords

Hi, Jenny! I saw your comment to Scott Davis and just thought I'd give you the short intro to coords.

If you are looking at an article which is using the infobox Australian place (as Cowra and most Australian places do), then you can added the coords either as Degrees Minutes Seconds like this

| latd = 33 | latm = 50 | lats = 6 | longd = 148 | longm = 41 | longs = 33

Or if you have decimal degrees

| latd =33.835 | longd = 148.6925

There are plenty of websites that will convert between DMS and decimal degrees if you want to do that, but the infobox supports either format.

In the Australian place infobox, it is ASSUMED you are talking about a latitude that is South of the Equator and East of Greenwich (because all Australia is in the SE of the world), so there is no need for negatives. In other parts of Wikipedia and on Commons, you would put -33 or -33.835 to signify south of the equator.

If you want to know what are the coords of an Australian placename, then this is your best place to go : Gazetteer of Australia.

There's more to coords than the above, so let me know if your needs extend beyond the infobox Australian places and I will try to explain. Kerry (talk) 21:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thanks @Kerry Raymond: - when I'd had a quick look and compared the coords on maps with those on Cowra, it was the minus sign that confused me so you have just cleared that up for me. Certainly hadn't occurred to me that the infobox had an inbuilt assumption. It takes me so long to look up and fully comprehend each new procedure so your help is very welcome. Thank you sincerely for taking the time to message me with the intro. JennyOz (talk) 22:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Please feel free to ask me for help whenever you need it; I don't pretend to know everything (Wikipedia is a vast and sprawling beast). Kerry (talk) 00:27, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I haven't done new page review for a while, so I hope that was what you needed. If you want to delete the redirect from Draft1 Orange Sky Laundry in your sandbox just mark it with db-author and an admin will delete it. --Canley (talk) 08:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rhiannan Iffland

On 1 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhiannan Iffland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after being granted a wildcard entry, Australian high diver Rhiannan Iffland went on to win the 2016 Cliff Diving World Series championship in her rookie year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhiannan Iffland. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rhiannan Iffland), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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FWT review etc

Hi Jenny, thanks for your great review and support of the FWT list. I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing Australian Cricket Hall of Fame which is also at FLC right now? It's looking a little lonely having received not one glance of attention since I nominated it a few weeks back...! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man Crikey, so many heros! Will have a look over. JennyOz (talk) 15:13, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Advanced warning, on the heels of the FWT promotion, I will soon be looking at listing Trans-Tasman Trophy at FLC, so any review/tweaks you can make on that would be much appreciated. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:05, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man, Thanks for the warning:) Will have look at T-TT when finished with ACHoF (but can't commit to any time frame). Congrats on FWT promotion! JennyOz (talk) 08:05, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, there's no deadline, things can hang around FLC for three months sometimes, I tend to try to "canvass" reviewers who I know are keen-eyed, interested in the subject matter and put in great reviews, and their time is precious, so I appreciate any help you can give whenever you can. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:10, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man, Just to let you know that I will add my couple of points to the T-T Trophy tomorrow. Haven't forgotten:) JennyOz (talk) 18:44, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Cool Jenny, thanks! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Get Krack!n'

Hi J Bar, thanks for creating an article for the Kates' new show. I'm not sure though that there is meant to be an apostrophe at end of its name? JennyOz (talk) 04:15, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll fix that up. They must have used one in an early article. J Bar (talk) 05:24, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, J Bar - I thought that might be the case. Thanks JennyOz (talk) 05:38, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Avenue Range Station massacre

G'day, I wondered if you would mind taking a look at this article, the latest in my work on the frontier wars in SA? I'd like to get a few opinions before nominating it for GA review. Cheers,

Hi Peacemaker67, sure thing! Actually, I read the Waterloo one earlier and just finished reading Dernancourt (noticed the coincidence of name Congreve!). Will get back to you soon. Regards, JennyOz (talk) 09:51, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Jenny! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:33, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Peacemaker67, I have added some comments to the article's talk page. Sorry I was not able to attend sooner. Thanks for such a comprehensive coverage of the events and their multiple retellings. Best wishes, JennyOz (talk) 03:20, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Jenny. Your feedback is really appreciated! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:13, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a copy-editor?

Hello, again, JennyOz – I hadn't run across your user name before, so out of curiosity looked at your user page. I also don't like getting in to arguments, so avoid them whenever possible. It looks like you have an attention to detail, so you might like to participate at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. You could help cut down on our backlog of articles needing copy-editing. Some of the articles are in pretty good shape, and only need polishing. Others are in bad shape, or written by a non-native speaker of English, and require a lot of work. Normally, it is not contentious editing, and there's no rush; you don't have to finish an article all on one day. If you're curious, you can look at articles that have been copy-edited already and see in the revision history what the copy-editor did. Look in the archives. I'm sure each copy-editor has his or her own style of copy-editing and what he/she considers important enough to change. If you're really interested in beginning, you might like to look at the tools I've placed at the top of my talk page. Feel free to copy (in edit mode) and paste to your page any that seem useful. (Be sure to click "Cancel" to get out of edit mode.) If you're interested in Australian topics, you might look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia. For fun, you might look at User:Carptrash#I just resurrected, and User:EEng and User talk:EEng.  – Corinne (talk) 16:29, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year

Hey Jenny, I have the above list at FLC, and I always appreciate your insightful comments, was wondering if you'd have a chance to cast you eyes over it? No worries if not, as you'd expect from me, it's practically perfect........ ! Hope you're well, The Rambling Man (talk) 21:58, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi The Rambling Man, will happily look at this tomorrow. JennyOz (talk) 12:46, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks, take your time, any help gratefully appreciated, as always. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:31, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image of statuette

Following your advice, we now have a fair use image of the statuette at the (still awful but not quite so awful) Laureus World Sports Awards article. Work there continues....... I'm aiming for WP:FTC before Xmas. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:36, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks! Looks good, it's a very handsome piece of silverware. Let me know when you are nearing end of fixing Awards article. I won't put it on my watchlist just yet (fear of clogging up). As for Featured topics, I only very recently realised there was such a thing when editing this. The Laureus set should fly through. Regards, JennyOz (talk) 04:58, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ellyse Perry

Hi Jenny, a brief departure from the lists I so enjoy making, I've asked Lugnuts if he'd like to help get Ellyse Perry up to featured article status, and then I suddenly thought of you, and wondered if you'd like to join it too? The article is in good shape already but could use a copyedit and source review before we nominate it. What do you reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

G'day The Rambling Man, funny you should ask. I spent the weekend swapping between Ian's women's fifer list and, when it was sending me cross-eyed, Ellyse's article. (She is such a magic person. Her interview discussing how she accidentally celebrated her double century on field a tad early was simply delightful.) I only did gnomey edits and only got down to the beginning of her football section. Yep I'm in. There is a massive amount of prose from earlier in her cricket days. Let me know the plan. PS As above, alert me when any more of the Laureus set are ready for FLC listing. JennyOz (talk) 10:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Great, once I get clear of my sandboxing for the Segrave Trophy, I'll take a closer look at Perry and see what's happening. With regard to the Laureus lists, well I have six more up my sleeve just waiting for the FLC backlog to clear, plus the main article is now re-worked completely at at GAN waiting for a kind editor to pluck it from obscurity and review it. The lists are: Breakthrough, Sportsman, Sport for Good, Comeback, Team and Spirit of Sport. I'd be happy to take any comments on their respective talkpages should you feel so generously inclined! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:30, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

hi JennyOz, thanks for the thanks over my edits at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian law cleanup list.

Coolabahapple (talk) 07:09, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

Hi Jenny, the above list is now at FLC, if you have the time and feel the inclination to have a look! Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:29, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Jenny, thanks for all your ongoing reviews and support. Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability has been sitting without attention for a while now, I wondered if you'd "do your thing" on it if you have the time and inclination? Thanks again, The Rambling Man (talk) 13:20, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi The Rambling Man, Ha! I had already started looking at it! Am quite keen to help get the whole set finished as they roll through. (Segrave looks interesting too.) Regards, JennyOz (talk) 13:48, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I have a few more Segrave-esque up my sleeve... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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USMCWR

@JennyOz: Thanks for fixing my typo> Pendright (talk) 06:36, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@JennyOz: I’d like to nominate the USMCWR article for an ACR! So, would I be testing your patience if I asked you for a read through beforehand? If I am, no problem, I’ll understand. I hope all is well down under. Regards! Pendright (talk) 05:33, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pendright, Nice to hear from you again. I thought you might be heading to ACR, have been watching your changes. I will be very happy to have another read through. (All's okay downunder though a bit chilly.) Best wishes, JennyOz (talk) 05:57, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz: Great, thank you! Pendright (talk) 20:00, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz: As of this hour, I’m unable to find any italics on either the slogan ( Recruiting) or the esprit de corps (Camp Lejeune). What am I missing? Pendright (talk) 06:52, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Pendright, well that's weird. When I view this sentence "Although joint training with the Navy proved satisfactory, it did not engender the Marine esprit de corps that was expected.", esprit de corps appears in italics, and in this, "The slogan Free a Marine to Fight proved to be a strong drawing card for the Reserve...", Free a Marine to Fight is italicised. (I wouldn't worry about them.) JennyOz (talk) 07:52, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz: It is me whose weird! Either I've been out in the sun too long or it's time to pack it in. Anyway, I removed both sets. Humble pie is not as digestable as apple pie. Thanks! Pendright (talk) 12:06, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Free a Marine to Fight is now supported by two links, one showing pages 1 – 20, the other from 21- 41. Please let me know if this is sufficient or more information is needed. Thanks so much for your time and effort, it sure paid off. Pendright (talk) 01:37, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Pendright, I noticed you'd added the second one. I think it addresses the issue perfectly! Congratulations on the promotion! You deserve one too! Best wishes, JennyOz (talk) 02:57, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed comments on the Australian Defence Force article. Nick-D (talk) 10:05, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Nick-D!, always happy to help, especially when Australian articles heading to main page. JennyOz (talk) 10:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My sincere thanks

Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Laureus World Sports Awards/archive1 has just been promoted to featured topic. Thanks for your help in getting it there! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TRM, Congrats! I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot - not only the interesting sport content but markup, MoS, collaboration and more. JennyOz (talk) 04:42, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Vinny Lauwers

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DYK for Vinny Lauwers

On 10 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vinny Lauwers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian yachtsman Vinny Lauwers circumnavigated the globe solo with his "mistress"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vinny Lauwers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Vinny Lauwers), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Precious

Australian sports

Thank you for quality articles about sports people from Australia, such as Rhiannan Iffland and Vinny Lauwers, for improving Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851, for diligent corrections with clear edit summaries, "interested in current issues and BLPs in Australia being recorded correctly", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Wow, thank you Gerda! What a lovely note. I feel honoured... and I love blue sapphires! JennyOz (talk) 10:19, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome! It's a Yogo. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

It's a wonder how many improvements a featured article can have after I've assumed that it's reached the perfect state :D Thank you for the corrections Jenny; really appreciate it. Lourdes 07:13, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lourdes, Thank you for the work that went into the article, not only an interesting and enjoyable read but an important record of Australian history. JennyOz (talk) 07:48, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Deputy PM

Hi Jenny,

Just so it is clear, my edit summaries are not about you or your edits (which are clearly improvements). I was and am peeved that I made edits in several sections and then got an edit conflict and, as an IP editor, lost all the changes I'd made and was presented only with your last saved version so could not cut-and-paste my changes in. It's a fault in the software.

Cheers, a lowly IP, 125.168.41.242 (talk) 05:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP, thanks for your note. I didn't get an alert when saving and I was not aware IPs don't get alerts. I actually had another edit conflict today, with another logged in user, which I noticed when checking via 'show changes' and chose to cancel rather than attempt to save. Anyway, I understand you were frustrated and I did not take your summaries personally. Hope your day got better:) Best wishes, JennyOz (talk) 05:46, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Jenny... to be clear, I did get an edit conflict alert, but all it displayed was your latest saved version, so unlike a usual edit conflict, it did not display what I had done and allow me to integrate the changes. Of course, there is no way that you could have known I was working on any changes. I have no idea if this was a software glitch or a design fault that produces edit conflict notices to IP users that are utterly useless for actually retaining changes from both editors. I just wanted to make sure that you knew the edit summaries were not directed at you.  :) 125.168.41.242 (talk) 15:21, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Reviewer Barnstar
For your assistance on Neil Armstrong Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Hawkeye7! I enjoyed reviewing and learning more about Armstrong. JennyOz (talk) 12:20, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WAVES

@JennyOz: Thank you so much for your edits of the WAVES article, you have a keen eye. They were also timely, because I’m planning to nominate it for an ACR. Having reviewed the article, do you have any suggestions you’d care to offer. Pendright (talk) 06:09, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pendright, You're very welcome. I'd been promising myself to read some more of your articles after enjoying USMCWR so much. The one thing I remember noticing was the singular WAVE, mostly when referring to a member (WAVES itself not actually being a plural), but I guessed that was a common usage. I'd be very happy to have another look and will let you know if I have any suggestions. Best wishes, JennyOz (talk) 06:48, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz: The literature seems inconsistent on that point, so I followed what I thought was the most common usage. Thanks for your kind words and for looking at the article. Pendright (talk) 20:30, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz: With your help, the WAVES article has managed to sucessfully cross the ACR finish line. Thanks again! Pendright (talk) 06:02, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Commonwealth Games

Thanks for editing my contributions to Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aussiesportlibrarian (talk • contribs) 12:10, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Trove citations

Thanks for spotting the dodgy Trove citations, I have fixed the references to The News. I remembered reading a discussion between some Wikipedians and the NLA about this (newspaper names and links in the automatic citations), I think it was this post and this post on the Trove forum? I remember they did roll out some fixes a few years back, it may have been to do with these discussions. Probably a good idea to set up redirects for the capitalisation issues, but they'll have to fix the link to The News at their end. --Canley (talk) 07:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January to March 2018 Milhist article reviewing

 Military history service award 
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of two Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period January to March 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 09:35, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi KCVelaga, belated thanks for this! JennyOz (talk) 10:58, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

All for your efforts. Regards, KCVelaga (talk • mail) 11:57, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Banking RC

YW, Jenny. :) Thanks for all your edits on the main article. --122.108.141.214 (talk) 07:47, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April to June 2018 Milhist article reviewing

 Military history reviewers' award 
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded these stripes for reviewing a total of seven Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period April to June 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 06:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Thanks AustralianRupert and for all you do. JennyOz (talk) 11:01, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, Jenny. Thanks for your efforts. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:11, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wish

Hello. Help improve article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thank you. 125.214.51.223 (talk) 08:36, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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