User talk:Goose276

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! Schwede 66 21:07, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: New Zealand troopship magazines from World War I has been accepted

New Zealand troopship magazines from World War I, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Stuartyeates (talk) 01:21, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on SS Marama

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

A missing title error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (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) 03:12, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Nautilus (motor launch) has been accepted

Nautilus (motor launch), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Stuartyeates (talk) 01:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ted Ashby (scow) has been accepted

Ted Ashby (scow), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Stuartyeates (talk) 00:11, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]