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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Detroit-style pizza 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 Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
The article Detroit-style pizza 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:Detroit-style pizza for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Kitchen hack
On 24 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kitchen hack, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NPR called Robinson Crusoe the "patron saint of the kitchen hack" (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kitchen hack. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kitchen hack), 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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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
On 3 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Feed sack dress, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks(example pictured) at any given time during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Feed sack dress. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Feed sack dress), 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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Hi Valereee, you are receiving this notice because you are listed as an active Articles for Creation reviewer.
Recently a list of reviewers by area of expertise was created. This notice is being sent out to alert you to the existence of that list, and to encourage you to add your name to it. If you or other reviewers come across articles in the queue where an acceptance/decline hinges on specialist knowledge, this list should serve to facilitate contact with a fellow reviewer.
To end on a positive note, the backlog has dropped below 1,500, so thanks for all of the hard work some of you have been putting into the AfC process!
Thanks for bringing Detroit-style pizza to GA-class through your volunteer work on English Wikipedia, and have a good one! North America1000 14:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks again, and by the way, that pizza is scrumptious. It is really good, I've had it before, although not in Detroit. North America1000 16:11, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
I went through Detroit twice a few months ago and not only tried the real stuff (plus a Detroit-style coney) but was able to buy some Wisconsin brick cheese so I could make the pizza at home. Wish I had the exact right pan, but I'm loathe to spend $40 on the authentic pan for something I'll likely make once or twice a year. Trying to convince myself a nice heavy pan is always a good addition to the kitchen :) —valereee (talk) 17:41, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Sharper, whoa, I was waiting for my watchlist to refresh and realized I hadn't visited a certain edit, and I clicked, and as it was mid-refresh I misclicke to (what I thought was) your edit, which wasn't what I was interested in, and I just shook my head, closed the window, and went back to my watchlist to try again. I didn't even realize I clicked revert, not just clicked to the edit, and my apologies, I didn't look at it closely enough -- I didn't realize I'd actually made an edit! Sorry, just a freak misclick! —valereee (talk) 17:32, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
No worries, thank you for clarifying! Sharper {talk} 17:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
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Arbitration
A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
PS: It is actually explicitly mentioned in the lede for The birds and the bees. It's a tricky one to disambiguate!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
ThatMontrealIP, yes, that was my original understanding of 'the talk', too, and it's surprising we don't have an article for that, either. I was thinking The talk (racism) and The talk (sex) might eventually be the correct titles? —valereee (talk) 10:46, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! To tell you the truth, I don't know hat is the best solution. I do think that the (parenting) modifier is too definitive in that it leaves out the other meanings. I just wanted to make sure you knew about the other possible meaning of the phrase, seeing as this is global encyclopedia whose editors span many cultures!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 19:10, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm with you. I think I'll just leave it to the community. Someone will no doubt have a better idea. :) —valereee (talk) 19:22, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
I reverted one of your changes.
Hey, I brought the first sentence of George Floyd article to the previous version as the newer version seemed a little awkward to read. Hope that's okay with you. Regards, --Amazingcaptain (talk) 18:16, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
FYI, this edit request seems to be a common cut and paste from at least one (unreliable) website. I'm not sure if I'm going overboard with WP:BLP and revdel'ing it, but I wont that particular one as there's been quite a few intermediate edits after. Do you know what is common (not necessarily written) practice on highly visible BLP talk pages? Or what is your M.O for this page? (I'm too lazy to query at WP:BLPN or WP:AN.) Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 12:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Bagumba, hm, no, I don't. I don't have any particular MO in mind, feel free to declare one! We could maybe just archive it? —valereee (talk) 12:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
I've deleted BLP vios as I see them, leaving "<REDACTED>" if any of the request is worth salvaging. Copyvios I delete—also revdeling unless there's been major edits since.—Bagumba (talk) 13:01, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Works for me! —valereee (talk) 13:03, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Pinging El C for their take too (hope you dont mind this on your page valereee), as they made a note about the film actor BLP issue.—Bagumba (talk) 13:05, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Not at all! I appreciate the opportunity to learn :) —valereee (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Summarily removing that request was the right call. Thanks for taking decisive action, Bagumba. El_C 18:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Veganism and vegetarianism wikiproject
Hi, I looked around on some vegan related articles and see you have an academic interest and you are an experienced editor and have done good edits. I have proposed a a wikiproject on veganism and vegetarianism, I would be interested in knowing if you have any thoughts about the matter, you can leave comments on the proposal page if you are interested, thanks. Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hey Valereee, I wanted to ask about your edit on the Howard Brennan page: do you really think that is necessary? We take on the eyesight issue elsewhere in the article. Thanks.Rja13ww33 (talk) 16:02, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Rja13ww33, this wasn't an eyesight thing, it was whether pretty much anyone could see that accurately from that far away. —valereee (talk) 16:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok. Brennan has said he had "super" eyesight for things at a distance (he was farsighted). (Prior to the post-assassination sandblasting accident.) Maybe I'll add a quote from him on that at some point. Thanks.Rja13ww33 (talk) 16:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
We can argue how best to use the sources if the article survives AfD. The point of pulling up additional sources, even if they're simply additional sources for what's already there, is to show that there is significant coverage in reliable non-primary sources, which is the rationale the nominator used for AfD. Prove the article is worth keeping first. Then we can argue about details. :) —valereee (talk) 16:55, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
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 Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
. 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:Detroit-style pizza for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
; see Talk:Detroit-style pizza for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 07:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
Lee Vilenski with 869 points, 
Hog Farm with 801, 
Kingsif with 719, 
SounderBruce with 710, 
Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and 
MX with 515.
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