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My Awards

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with Australian articles Gnan garra 00:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for your tireless contributions and work on the Recent Deaths section. I stride to make my edits like yours. Keep up the good work! Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Death Star
		This Death Star award is again for all your hard work on the Recent Deaths pages. Kiwipat (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Recovery
		I am honored to award you this barnstar for your work in improving the article Kelley Abbey in the face of pending deletion. Your diligent WP:AFTER improves the project for all its readers. Great job! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For your excellent speedy deletion tagging :). Ironholds (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		Good catches on the Sandy Hook article Amadscientist (talk) 12:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For excellent work objectively streamlining over-referencing at Victoria Leigh Soto. Jokestress (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

	The Hard Worker's Barnstar
	For formatting the references on the annual "Deaths in XXXX" pages into a less-unwieldy more-efficient format, thus reducing pageload times. — Wylie pedia 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Nicos Anastasiades - Well spotted, he created eight such articles before I could get a block in! Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:48, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Special Barnstar
	Your userpage is brilliant!, I had literally laughed out loud & I thought me laughing at 4am would be impossible but seems not :) Thanks! :), Regards, -→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 03:19, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

HI! THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!

JackGann (talk) 07:11, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Multiple Barnstar

Thank you for fixing my linkrot on the Alan Henning page. --108.176.24.195 (talk) 02:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Dylann Ceriani is a very good contribution that also solved an unpleasant problem. Thank you very much for your work on it. BDD (talk) 16:32, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Way to pounce! I went to do this exact edit a minute after you... stop reading my mind!

EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 01:16, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for correcting the Powers Boothe article. I was going to revert it myself, but I figured I'd discuss it in the Talk page. I'm glad someone did it, though. DTXBrian (talk) 02:24, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I hereby award you this barnstar for your tireless contributions and upkeep of the Deepak Sathe page which got merged recently ; your efforts are appreciated. Keep up the good work! Jehowahyereh (talk) 06:01, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for responding to my call for help on Talk:Grenfell_Tower_fire and your tireless contribution to the page. Gxrneyme (talk) 01:17, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting the recent vandalism on Deaths in 2022! Renewal6 (talk) 11:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		The Current Events Barnstar
		In recognition of your contributions to the article Killing of Nahel Merzouk. --Cdjp1 talk 15:56, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for your tireless contributions to Deaths in 2024. Pachu Kannan (talk) 15:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for John E. Thrasher

On 6 June 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John E. Thrasher, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede 66 23:53, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks! MilesMogul87 (talk) 13:16, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

We all aim at accuracy and edit in good faith :) Varoon2542 (talk) 18:32, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A fox for you!

Thank you for your correction on the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting‎ article. I know it's a hot topic and emotions are high but I'm glad there was someone who was willing to make that important correction.

Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:13, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Current Events Barnstar (Sep 2025)
		In recognition of your contributions to the article Porepunkah police shootings, Australia (Aug 2025). Constantly and politely correcting, reverting, educating, despite the sealioning, agendas, and vandalism attempts; including maintaining the distinctions of what is known or emotion, and legal terminology accuracy (such as, the suspect, as not yet before a criminal court).–Q8682 (talk) 06:21, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My DYK

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A beer for you!

You probably need one about now. Here's hoping for a better year, in particular, one necessitating fewer new articles on terrorist attacks. E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:28, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Christchurch mosque shootings

Thanks for keeping the international reactions under control. AIRcorn (talk) 08:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to add my thanks as well. We are a country in shock trying to come to grips with the horror. NealeFamily (talk) 08:55, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

For your work on Christchurch_mosque_shootings.

Stuartyeates (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thanks for your work on the GT page! MartiniShaw (talk) 14:47, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fame at last...

How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. No mention of me though:). Nice diagrams, and a quick look at the page histories of shooting incidents will show a core of regular editors.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HI WWGB, I'm a researcher at Sydney Uni and would like to contact you. I'm not sure how best to do this and hoping this message somehow reaches you....Doctor 17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor 17 (talk • contribs) 08:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This initial contact led to this article. WWGB (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Were you aware?

I assume that you have been made aware of this. But, in the event that you were not, I wanted to point it out to you and bring this to your attention. Your name was mentioned in this article: How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the name move on the page I created

I was debating whether the page should have been titled ‘Killing of’ to begin with, but I was a bit unsure. I’ve created a few similar pages, and I wanted your view on whether all such articles should use that format until someone is convicted of murder, even when the circumstances are widely understood to be homicidal. Thank you ItsShandog (talk) 09:40, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@ItsShandog: We usually title such articles as "Killing of" until a murder conviction is reached, in accordance with WP:BLPCRIME. An exception is made when all perpetrators die in the incident; we go straight to "Murder of" as there will never be a trial. WWGB (talk) 09:49, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That makes a lot of sense thank you. ItsShandog (talk) 09:51, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Also is the wording in the body of the article okay? I made sure to word it so it doesn't make anyone sound guilty until proven in court. ItsShandog (talk) 09:54, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the Murder categories for the same reason, and made a few cosmetic changes to the article. Otherwise, it looks great! WWGB (talk) 10:08, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the help, much appreciated! ItsShandog (talk) 10:27, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on Jan 10. Please help translate.

Highlights
Let's Talk continues

Annual planning: The Annual Plan is the Wikimedia Foundation’s description of what we hope to achieve in the coming year. This is a time of urgency and focus for the Wikimedia projects and we invite you to shape this plan together with us.
Year 2 of PTAC: As it reached its first year, Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) shared a retrospective and proposed future improvements.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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Account security: All users with registered accounts can now use passkeys for two-factor authentication (2FA), providing a simple and secure way to log in.
Wikifunctions: An overview of the quarterly plan (January–March) and how it connects to the broader goals for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions.
Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 03, 04 and 05 include unregistered contributors on blocked IPs can now interact on-wiki to appeal a block by creating a temporary account.
Collaborative contributions: Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a learning session to share new releases around collaborative contributions and discuss future project ideas.
Structured task: The Revise Tone Structured Task is now live in A/B testing on pilot wikis: English, Arabic, Portuguese, and French Wikipedia. It helps new editors improve promotional language in existing articles through a quiz style onboarding experience and a guided in article suggestion.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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"The Birthday Cake Song" is an original song created for Wikipedia's 25th Birthday, performed by the WikiChoir, featuring Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons content.

Wikimania 2026: Call for sessions is open until March 1.
Wikipedia 25: Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best with docuseries, time capsule, and more.
Virtual celebration: In case you missed it, over 10,000 people have watched the virtual celebration that brought together generations of Wikimedians, featured an ode to the talk page, a dramatic reading of a real talk page, a Magnetikpunk song dedicated to Wikipedia, a passing of the cake baton from Maryana to Bernadette, "The Birthday Cake Song" and more. All of it written and performed by humans of Wikimedia.
Birthday mascot: Meet the Wikimedian whose casual sketch inspired Wikipedia’s 25th birthday mascot.
Legal: Learn about two recent submissions advocating the need for proportionality in Brazil’s new online child safety law.
Policy: The Global Advocacy team shared a report from digital policy organization InternetLab about the intersection between the open knowledge movement and public interest journalism.
Global Resource Distribution Committee: Refreshed Funding Principles are ready for review.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

Solving puzzles together: A final reflection from Maryana Iskander.
Wikimedia Enterprise: Mistral AI and Wikimedia Enterprise announced a new strategic partnership.

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Damien Byrne (deaths in 2026)

I would like you to notice that Damien Byrne did not really play Gaelic football, but soccer (English football). Even if he was Irish. Even an Englishman could play Gaelic or American football. Thanks! Italy & San Marino Friend (talk) 12:04, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Italy & San Marino Friend: Thanks, my bad. WWGB (talk) 12:33, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ok! Thanks. We can archive the conversation.:)

I wanted to avoid further editing in the main page.

P.S.: can Wiki editors have private talks for the future? Unsure if there's a way. Italy & San Marino Friend (talk) 12:37, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on 2025 Bondi Beach shooting

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

A generic name error. References show this error when author or editor name parameters use place-holder names. Please edit the article to include the source's actual author or editor name. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 09:57, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Canada shooting

Surprised for a veteran editor to add something unsourced.[4] Psephguru (talk) 11:15, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Psephguru: An earlier version of The Guardian included the phrase "withheld their name for privacy". That was obviously changed by staff as the day progressed. I thought I was on solid ground, but acknowledge that I should have re-checked the source before reverting. Regards, WWGB (talk) 11:54, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 February 2026

In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.

News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.

Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.

Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.

Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
I'll have the usual!

Opinion: Incoming Incurables
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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 3

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on January 30. Please help translate.

Highlights

Wikipedia Library: Wikipedia Library gained new content partnerships, restored access to the British Newspaper Archive, and added an Arabic language academic resource with more than 7 million records.
Gender gap: The Celebrate Women 2026 campaign will run from March 1–31 to advance the achievements of the women’s rights and gender equity movement globally.
Annual Planning: The Annual Plan is the Wikimedia Foundation’s description of what we hope to achieve in the coming year. We invite you to shape this plan together with us. Between now and the end of June 2026, we will have continuous conversations about how global trends may shape our future, how we can experiment, adapt and respond together.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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Patrolling improvements: A new feature available on Special:Contributions shows temporary accounts that are likely operated by the same person, and so makes patrolling less time-consuming.
Wikifunctions: How Abstract Wikipedia articles can be integrated into Wikipedia language editions to enable Wikipedians to write an abstract article once and have it available in many languages.
Suggestion Mode: A new Beta Feature for the VisualEditor, Suggestion Mode, is now available on English Wikipedia for experienced editors. This features proactively suggests actions that people can consider taking to improve Wikipedia articles, such as "add citation", "improve tone", or "fix an ambiguous link".
WDQS Blazegraph Migration: As part of the migration away from Blazegraph (the current backend of the Wikidata Query Service), an initial evaluation of open-source triple store candidates has been completed. Using the published evaluation methodology, performance, stability, and compatibility was assessed.
Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 06 and 07 include the new Watchlist labels feature that allows logged-in contributors to organise and filter watched pages in ways that improve their workflows. They also link to the 44 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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Wikipedia 25 celebration in Warsaw.

Funding Principles: The interim Global Resource Distribution Committee (GRDC) has published a first version of the Funding Principles which guides the broader grantmaking ecosystem across the Wikimedia Movement. Share your feedback in the Discussion page.
Wikipedia 25: Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia in Warsaw.
Responsible AI: Why the Global Index on Responsible AI matters for Wikimedians.
Open Knowledge: Why the Open Knowledge Movement and Public Interest Journalism must unite forces. Shared principles and interdependence, points of convergence and the path forward.
Journalism Awards: Applications for the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards are now open until March 1. Presented by the International Center for Journalists in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the awards seek to recognize African journalists whose reporting helps close knowledge gaps about Africa on Wikipedia.
UN General Assembly: Wikimedia Foundation was invited to speak at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) hall about Wikipedia’s role in global digital governance.
Advocacy: Wikimedia Foundation has adopted new and updated policies regarding the use of banners, logo changes, and blackouts on the projects, particularly for advocacy purposes. Specifically, the new "Use of Wikimedia sites for advocacy purposes" policy, and updates to the guidelines for CentralNotice usage and requesting wiki configuration changes. The policies establish clearer processes for advocacy activities, and require notification of Foundation staff for some proposed uses of the Wikimedia sites.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

Wikimedia Futures Lab: Reflections from a Wikimedian who attended the Wikimedia Futures Lab.

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"Visitor"

I didn't (and wouldn't) add that tag but I saw your edit on my watchlist. Perhaps "an attendee at the..."? aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 04:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Visitor :"someone who visits a person or place". I don't see any issue ... WWGB (talk) 04:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree , only suggesting an alternative as somebody seems to have an issue with it. aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 04:28, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Crews

On Bill Crews (minister), I can understand deleting the pix, but why delete the text "Personal life"? I guess you might say it needs a ref, but there are millions of things at wiki that don't have a ref.Sardaka (talk) 09:48, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia policy requires that "each fact or claim in an article must be verifiable". Without reliable sources, content may be removed, particularly when it relates to living persons. WWGB (talk) 11:31, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pardon me for persisting, but I don't think you will find one single article at WP in which every fact or statement has a ref.Sardaka (talk) 12:52, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The bar is set high for living people/biographies.The old version included (a) Bill was married twice (b) has four children (c) second wife's name (d) year of her death (e) cause of her death, with NONE of that material being sourced. Without any sourcing, that content does not have a place in Wikipedia. How do we know it wasn't just made up? WWGB (talk) 13:22, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian here need your help

hi there. I'm an Iranian living in Tehran. As you know we have totall internet blackout in Iran as the result of ongoing war. Somehow I can visit Wikipedia and it is the only thing that it works. Even Google is out of reach! Can I ask your help to creat a news page on Wikipedia so we can have almost realtime update to see what is going on? Or even we can chat to the world using wikipedia? I don't know how this works but you can be our voice in the blackout. Best regards! Gunslinger404 (talk) 06:04, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 4

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on Feb 13. Please help translate.

Highlights
Let's Talk continues

Birthday mode: This limited-time campaign feature celebrates 25 years of Wikipedia with a birthday mascot, Baby Globe. When turned on, Baby Globe is shown on ~2,500 articles, waiting to be discovered by readers. The feature is available for all Wikipedias to customise through Community Configuration until 6 April 2026. So far 17 Wikipedias have joined in the fun.
Wikipedia's 25th birthday party celebrated on Commons: Content from the January 15th global birthday party selected as Media of the day.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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Etherpad cleanup: For security and performance reasons, all current pads on Wikimedia’s Etherpad instance, the web-based "ephemeral" editor for real-time collaborative document editing, will be permanently deleted after 30 April. We will continue running this Etherpad instance to support events and other short-term collaboration, but will be periodically deleting data going forward. If you have content in Etherpad you want to keep, please create local backups, as data will be permanently deleted and will not be able to be recovered.
Activity tab: Wikipedia iOS app has rolled out the improved Activity tab to all users in version 7.9.0. A/B test results showed increased account creation among users with access to the feature. Updates include enhanced editing impact insights, module customization, and relocation of History into the Search tab.
Reference Check: The feature Reference Check has been deployed to all Wikipedias. In A/B testing, the impact was substantial: newcomers shown Reference Check were approximately 2.2 times more likely to include a reference on desktop (or acknowledge/explain why they did not) and about 17.5 times more likely on mobile web.
Semantic search: The Foundation has launched a limited Android mobile app experiment that tests hybrid search capabilities which can handle both semantic and keyword queries. The Phase 1 beta is now live on Greek Wikipedia. The goal is to understand whether combining meaning-based retrieval with keyword search helps readers find information more effectively. Testing will expand to English, French, and Portuguese Wikipedias in March.
Navigation experience: The Foundation will run an experiment for mobile web users, that adds a table of contents and automatically expands all article sections, to learn more about navigation issues they face. The test will be available on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.

Site notices: Site notices (MediaWiki:Sitenotice and MediaWiki:Anonnotice) now will render on all platforms, not just on the desktop site. Users on mobile web will now see these notices and be informed.
Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 08 and 09 include the new “Edit full page” button for people who are editing a page-section using the mobile visual editor. They also link to the 40 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
Wikifunctions: Abstract Wikipedia is going to have its public preview within the next few weeks, here is the preview.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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Gender gap: The Celebrate Women 2026 is coming! The Wikimedia Foundation will host a kick-off celebration that will work as a welcome session for both organizers and participants on March 5 at 13:00 UTC.
Language: New edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter highlights new feature developments and improvements in various language-related technical projects.
Let’s Connect Learning Clinic: Watch the recordings of past learning clinics about Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday Tool and Strengthening Local-Language Admin Communities.
Wikimedia Research Showcase: You can watch the recording of this month research showcase whose theme is about "AI and Communities".
Hubs: Lessons from hub pilots.
Banners & logo policies: Wikimedia Foundation has adopted new and updated policies regarding the use of banners, logo changes, and blackouts on the projects, particularly for advocacy purposes.
Digital Safety: The next edition of Digital Safety Office Hours will be on Mar 27 at 9:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC. The session will explore practical threat modelling: a structured way to think about risks, assess your exposure, and make informed choices.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

Wikimedia Enterprise: Ecosia Enriches Search Results and AI Answers with Wikimedia Enterprise.
Human centered AI: Members of the Wikimedia Enterprise team presented on "Wikipedia in the Age of AI and Bots" at the seminar of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Inclusive AI: Advancing Open, Inclusive AI with Free and Open Knowledge at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

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