User talk:Generalissima

Your GA nomination of Bæddel and bædling

The article Bæddel and bædling you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bæddel and bædling for comments about the article, and Talk:Bæddel and bædling/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tenpop421 -- Tenpop421 (talk) 21:01, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shō Taikyū

The article Shō Taikyū you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shō Taikyū for comments about the article, and Talk:Shō Taikyū/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Borsoka -- Borsoka (talk) 01:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shō Sen'i

The article Shō Sen'i you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shō Sen'i for comments about the article, and Talk:Shō Sen'i/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Borsoka -- Borsoka (talk) 05:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shō Hashi

The article Shō Hashi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shō Hashi for comments about the article, and Talk:Shō Hashi/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Borsoka -- Borsoka (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cycling in China

The article Cycling in China you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cycling in China for comments about the article, and Talk:Cycling in China/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 23:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zhao Chongguo

The article Zhao Chongguo you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zhao Chongguo for comments about the article, and Talk:Zhao Chongguo/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Borsoka -- Borsoka (talk) 02:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pan Shu (psychologist)

The article Pan Shu (psychologist) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pan Shu (psychologist) for comments about the article, and Talk:Pan Shu (psychologist)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hydrangeans -- Hydrangeans (talk) 04:43, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zhang Jingsheng

The article Zhang Jingsheng you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Zhang Jingsheng and Talk:Zhang Jingsheng/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Queen of Hearts -- Queen of Hearts (talk) 06:05, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zhang Jingsheng

The article Zhang Jingsheng you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zhang Jingsheng for comments about the article, and Talk:Zhang Jingsheng/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Queen of Hearts -- Queen of Hearts (talk) 18:04, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Bæddel and bædling

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Bæddel and bædling, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

• This was a fascinating read on a topic completely new to me (and I'm sure many others). Thanks for writing the article. —Ganesha811 (talk) 00:45, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Clayton Falls Creek

The article Clayton Falls Creek you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Clayton Falls Creek and Talk:Clayton Falls Creek/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 04:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Clayton Falls Creek

The article Clayton Falls Creek you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Clayton Falls Creek for comments about the article, and Talk:Clayton Falls Creek/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 06:42, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

The article Algemeyne Entsiklopedye you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Algemeyne Entsiklopedye for comments about the article, and Talk:Algemeyne Entsiklopedye/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Czar -- Czar (talk) 06:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Guandimiao

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Guandimiao, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Four Award

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Guandimiao. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:10, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tkies-kaf (1924 film)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tkies-kaf (1924 film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 20:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Ivan Petrovtsii

On 26 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ivan Petrovtsii, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ivan Petrovtsii's vulgar poems were condemned by senior Ukrainian officials in spite of their popularity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ivan Petrovtsii. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ivan Petrovtsii), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
• Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
• MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Pan Shu (psychologist)

On 1 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pan Shu (psychologist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pan Shu had to write psychological theory in secret during the Cultural Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pan Shu (psychologist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pan Shu (psychologist)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

1=Launchballer 00:02, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tkies-kaf (1924 film)

The article Tkies-kaf (1924 film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tkies-kaf (1924 film) for comments about the article, and Talk:Tkies-kaf (1924 film)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Happy Feet (penguin)

Hi since you seem to have an interest in New Zealand and featured articles I thought I'd ask you if you'd like to participate in a peer review about Happy Feet as I'd like to try get it to be my first featured article. Do you know anyone who may be interested in mentorship for a topic like this? ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your feedback ^_^ for some reason I thought that you weren't going to. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Nah, I love helping folks out on stuff like this! More FA submitters (and hopefully, more FAC reviewers!) is really important to the encyclopedia. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:54, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi I've just done a FAC nomination for that article thanks to your help. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:18, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of David Einhorn (poet)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article David Einhorn (poet) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MSincccc -- MSincccc (talk) 04:45, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Caccothryptus

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Caccothryptus you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Esculenta -- Esculenta (talk) 03:43, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of David Einhorn (poet)

The article David Einhorn (poet) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:David Einhorn (poet) for comments about the article, and Talk:David Einhorn (poet)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MSincccc -- MSincccc (talk) 10:04, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Gu Jiegang

On 11 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gu Jiegang, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that historian Gu Jiegang secretly continued research into children's copybooks during the Cultural Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gu Jiegang. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gu Jiegang), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Caccothryptus

The article Caccothryptus you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Caccothryptus and Talk:Caccothryptus/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Esculenta -- Esculenta (talk) 16:43, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Caccothryptus

The article Caccothryptus you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Caccothryptus for comments about the article, and Talk:Caccothryptus/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Esculenta -- Esculenta (talk) 21:04, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for History

On 15 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught explores how school textbooks across the world distort history to serve political interests? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, History), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Dusky dolphin FAC

Hello, would you be able to review? LittleJerry (talk) 01:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Nosy Komba

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Nosy Komba, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Wow. Nosy be next? CMD (talk) 14:47, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Sadly, would require more French than id be comfortable machine translating and asking friends to check; there's books on the topic. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 15:49, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Fair point. I know it mostly from a wildlife perspective, which luckily is often in English. CMD (talk) 05:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1453

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1453 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Spartathenian -- Spartathenian (talk) 01:45, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1453

The article 1453 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1453 and Talk:1453/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Spartathenian -- Spartathenian (talk) 12:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Gu Jiegang

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Gu Jiegang you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 22:24, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Caccothryptus

Hello! Your submission of Caccothryptus at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. And by issue, I mean two small quibbles that can be dealt with rather easily. It's a really interesting article and hook! GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 04:06, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John J. Beckley

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John J. Beckley you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jon698 -- Jon698 (talk) 17:32, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Erlitou

On 23 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Erlitou, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that clapper-bells are the oldest bronze-cast objects found at Erlitou? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Erlitou. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Erlitou), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Ling (bell)

On 23 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ling (bell), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that clapper-bells are the oldest bronze-cast objects found at Erlitou? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Erlitou. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ling (bell)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John J. Beckley

The article John J. Beckley you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:John J. Beckley for comments about the article, and Talk:John J. Beckley/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jon698 -- Jon698 (talk) 06:04, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus

Hello, Generalissima. You have new messages at Talk:Llullaillaco.
Message added 07:30, 25 March 2025 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:30, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1453

The article 1453 you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:1453 for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Spartathenian -- Spartathenian (talk) 13:41, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Erlitou

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Erlitou you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 17:04, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Guandimiao and Nosy Komba

This is to let you know that the above articles have been scheduled as today's featured articles for 7 and 28 May 2025 respectively. Please check that the articles need no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurbs, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of these articles at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before each article appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 14:43, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Star for you

		The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
		For your excellent lists on New Zealand topics, especially Endemic plants of the Chatham Islands. Dracophyllum 08:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Generalissima by Dracophyllum on 08:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oh my gosh, I hadn't seen this until now - thank you very much Dracophyllum! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 23:21, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Your GA delisting of Dixie Mission

Thanks for all your painstaking work on all the articles on this page! Apologies -- I'm not sure if you are the one to consult, but I'm not clear on the delisting of Dixie Mission, which said "A 2006 GA that has a number of uncited claims and citation needed tags. It's also pretty reliant on primary sources."

I saw only two tags. I removed a sentence that had blocked access to the note, which left the second one covered by the note. The 2006 and 2009 reviews did not object to the sources. Unless I'm mistaken, the other uncited claims from the 2006 GA were either removed or marked Done in 2009. I'd be glad for your advice.ch (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Request

History of Christianity has been completely reworked and is nominated - again- for FA. Please take a look.Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:25, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Caccothryptus

On 12 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Caccothryptus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the reclassification of the species in the beetle genus Caccothryptus was based primarily on their genitals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caccothryptus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Caccothryptus), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

The 2025 Core Contest has begun!

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TFA

Thak you today for Bæddel and bædling, introduced: "I've got a LGBT history and medieval history crossover for you guys. Bæddel and bædling are two obscure Old English nouns found in a couple of old glossaries and penitentials that refer to some sort of sexual or gender variance, but have absolutely no solid idea on what kind!" - Great new content all around! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

Wishing you peace, joy, and renewal this Easter season. Thank you for all you do to keep Wikipedia growing and thriving.

Stay well, and happy editing! MSincccc (talk) 18:38, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

DYK for John J. Beckley

On 21 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John J. Beckley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John J. Beckley, the first librarian of Congress, came to America as an indentured child servant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John J. Beckley. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John J. Beckley), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Zeng Laishun

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Zeng Laishun, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of History

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, History, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer

The article Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer and Talk:Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 01:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer

The article Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer for comments about the article, and Talk:Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 00:02, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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Your GA nomination of Gu Jiegang

The article Gu Jiegang you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gu Jiegang for comments about the article, and Talk:Gu Jiegang/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 16:02, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of List of historic places in Mackenzie District

Congratulations, Generalissima! The list you nominated, List of historic places in Mackenzie District, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Making "Chinchilla" a good article

Hello, I'd like to help making the article Chinchilla a "good article", both in french and in english: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla_(singer) Would you accept to teach me how to do so ? My plans so far are to:

• Find a source for the missing citation, and probably more sources / content.
• Upload illustrations (when I'll be granted the rights)
• Continue fixing the format issues in french.

Yours, Cyrix Sòng (talk) 14:20, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Generalissima. I'm just posting to let you know that List of historic places in Mackenzie District – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 16. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:34, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
• Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
• History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
• Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Little Squalicum Park

On 3 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Little Squalicum Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a disused industrial pier was incorporated into a city park? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Little Squalicum Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Little Squalicum Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

SL93 (talk) 00:02, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Flora of the Chatham Islands

Hey, Generalissima. I checked in on Endemic flora of the Chatham Islands, and I found that Te Papa finally put its plates of Ceramium chathamense under a CC BY license. This means every plant in the list now has a viable image. Since flora isn't my field, I'm leaving the decision of which plate to use up to you; you can find them at Commons. Have a good one! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 02:58, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus

Hello, Generalissima. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Llullaillaco/archive1.
Message added 06:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 06:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

TFA again

Thank you today for Guandimiao, about "a Late Shang archaeological site in central China. The late Shang - or Anyang period - was centered at the site of Yinxu, about 200 km to the north of this little village. Despite its distance from the great capital, it shared a lot of cultural and material similarities, though who knows how much political control extended. Like the Shang capital, the villagers shared a propensity for sacrifice - mostly animal, in the form of cattle, pigs, and dogs - but some humans too! I hope everyone enjoys this article."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Loveless at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step III of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 08:01, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

MEVC GANs

Hi Generalissima, I've nominated several articles relating to the Mount Edziza volcanic complex for GA over the last four months and I was wondering if you would be interested in doing a review since you participated in my previous FANs and you claimed that you admire my dedication to the MEVC. Most of my GANs can be found in the Geography section of Wikipedia:Good article nominations, although one of my GANs can be found in the Earth sciences section. Volcanoguy 16:51, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Arthur Loveless

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Arthur Loveless you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 14:43, 24 May 2025 (UTC)