Women in Red January 2025

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Women in Red | January 2025, Vol 11, Issue 1, Nos 324, 326, 327, 328, 329


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding {{User:ForsythiaJo/20%Userbox}} to your user page.

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--Lajmmoore (talk 17:50, 28 December 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Wikipedia Day 2024 - January 19

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Hello! Luiysia again :) Let's get together to celebrate Wikipedia Day 2025.

The meetup will be at the Wicker Park-Bucktown Library meeting room, and starts at 1:30 pm.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can find more details and add yourself as an attendee.

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.)

Hope to see you all soon!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia day location/space option for future meetup

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Greetings Luiysia! I noticed that the Chicago Wikipedia day meetup seems wildly oversubscribed. You seem possibly involved in the planning so I'm reaching out to offer help finding a larger space if/when that's helpful. It would probably a bad idea to change the location at this late a date, but I am faculty at Northwestern and can get us space on the Evanston campus pretty much anytime (the Chicago campus is...possible, but more complicated). Anyhow, I'm on the waitlist for January 19 and will try to join if it seems reasonable to do so. Otherwise, I'm so grateful that you took the initiative to revive some Chicago Wikipedia activities and am eager to help/support however I can! Aaron (talk) 23:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Aaron - Yeah since the banner went up we ended up having a ton of interest, way more than usual lol. We have casual meetups every other month. I appreciate the offer since there's been some interest in having them on the north side. It could also be good to have some outreach events at Northwestern (I know in the past we've had them at UChicago, UIC, etc). I'll reach out to you!
Luiysia (talk) 15:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome! That's great about the banner bringing people out of the woodwork. Thanks for emailing—I'll reply there re: planning other things up north :)
Aaron (talk) 22:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia party

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Hi,

I thought I signed up previously.

So please include me.

Thanks.

Nancy Liberationfemale (talk) 23:25, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nancy! Looks like you have signed up. I'll fix up the list to remove repeats. See you soon! Luiysia (talk) 17:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of The Corner That Held Them

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Corner That Held Them 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 Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:42, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red February 2025

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Women in Red | February 2025, Vol 11, Issue 2, Nos. 326, 327, 330, 331


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Announcements from other communities:

  • Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history

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Suggestion:

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--Lajmmoore (talk 08:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Your GA nomination of The Corner That Held Them

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The article The Corner That Held Them you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Corner That Held Them for comments about the article, and Talk:The Corner That Held Them/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 Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 03:42, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Meetup for March 15

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Hello! This is Luiysia again. Welcome to everyone who joined the mailing list from our Wikipedia Day meetup! Here are the details for our March bimonthly meetup.

The meetup will start at Sipping Turtle Cafe, in the Logan Sqaure neighborhood, at 11 AM.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red March 2025

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Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334


Online events:

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Tip of the month:

  • You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
    and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks

Moving the needle:[1]

  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)
  • 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 08:55, 25 February 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Humaniki".

GAN Backlog Drive

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Hey I was wondering if you could properly format and update the Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/January 2025 page so I could tally your points up. Thanks. IntentionallyDense (Contribs) 18:35, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Luiysia (talk) 16:39, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red April 2025

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Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336


Online events:

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

Tip of the month:

  • When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
    Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
    it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 13:19, 30 March 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Seeking help with a Chicago archival research topic

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Hi! I just posted to Meta with this and thought it might also help to personally ask you: are there any Chicago-area Wikimedians who might like to help dive into the Special Collections and University Archives about former Mayor Richard J. Daley at UIC? Thanks for any help or thoughts you could provide! Sumana Harihareswara 17:25, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

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Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338


Online events:

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
    are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:20, 29 April 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Fievel is Glaque - GA Review!

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I can see you've been waiting for a while on this one and I have answered your call! This article looks like it can be reviewed and over with in under a week if we're both quick enough. It looks pretty good, mainly a few prose issues, but after that I'm sure it'll pass. Surfinsi (talk) 16:37, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I have finished my initial review. Once you go through it and fix everything you can contact me and I'll look through the article again. Surfinsi (talk) 02:01, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Fievel Is Glauque

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fievel Is Glauque 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 Surfinsi -- Surfinsi (talk) 16:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Meetup for May 24

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Hello! This is Luiysia again. Hope everyone has been enjoying the warm weather! Here are the details for our May bimonthly meetup. The meetup will start at Botanical Cafe, in the North Center neighborhood, at 11 AM.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee. See you soon!

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:12, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: New Event-Organizer Tools for You on English Wikipedia!

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Hello,

I hope you're doing well! As an event coordinator on English Wikipedia, I’m happy to share some news with you. You now have the event-organizer right! This gives you access to the CampaignEvents extension, a powerful set of tools to help you organize and promote events and WikiProjects more easily. With the CampaignEvents extension, you can:

  • Manage event registration directly on English Wikipedia.
  • Use the Invitation List tool to find potential participants for your events/WikiProjects
  • Receive automatic promotion of your events via the Collaboration List

Learn more on mw:Help:Extension:CampaignEvents

Now that I have your attention, I’d also like to share some updates to the extension:

  • The Collaboration List can now be transcluded, meaning you can easily embed it on other wiki pages to share event details with more people by adding {{Special:AllEvents}}. Learn more.
  • Admins can now determine which namespaces are permitted for Event Registration on English Wikipedia, via Special:CommunityConfiguration. Right now, the Event namespace is permitted by default for Event Registration. However, other namespaces (such as Wikipedia, WikiProject, etc) can now be added as permitted namespaces by admins too. This can help other types of organized activities, such as WikiProjects, use Event Registration.For details, please visit: Permitted_namespaces

If you need help using these new tools, I’m here to support you. Feel free to reach out for guidance. You can also find some useful video guides on Commons.

We’re excited to see how you use these tools for WikiProjects or events! If you have any questions, please let me know.


Udehb-WMF (talk) 11:28, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Fievel Is Glauque

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The article Fievel Is Glauque 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:Fievel Is Glauque and Talk:Fievel Is Glauque/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Surfinsi -- Surfinsi (talk) 01:46, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WCNA E-mail

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Hey there! Heads up, you should have received some emails in the last few weeks from the WikiConference North America scholarship committee. Please check and respond ASAP. The emails may have gone to spam, so please check there if you don't see the emails. Thank you! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 19:00, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red June 2025

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Women in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340


Online events:

Announcements:

  • Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea,
    but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red.
    We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania.
    We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider?
    Can you suggest a DYK style hook?
    If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page.
  • The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period!
  • 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources.
    Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research
    the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 06:04, 29 May 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Chicago Meetup for July 13

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Hello! This is Luiysia again. Hope everyone has been having a great summer! Here are the details for our July bimonthly meetup, which will be a Wiknic.

The meetup will start at Welles Park, in the Ravenswood neighborhood, at 2 PM on July 13.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee.

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.)

See you soon!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:27, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red July 2025

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Women in Red | July 2025, Vol 11, Issue 7, Nos. 326, 327, 341, 342, 343


Online events:

Announcements:

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,514 articles during this period!
  • 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280 bios; 415,618 women)
  • 23 Jun 2025: 20.130% (2,072,236 bios; 417,132 women)

Tip of the month:

  • A nuanced article is more useful than a shiny pedestal. Readers can find hope in your subject's survival or achievements,
    but they can also learn from your subject's mistakes and limitations.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:20, 30 June 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

7.13 wiknic

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thanks for organizing and nice to meet you! see you at the next one Shotgunheist💬 14:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red August 2025

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Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346


Online events:

Announcements:

Tip of the month:

Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 14:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Chicago Edit-a-thon for September 18

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Hello! This is Luiysia again. Hope everyone had been having a great summer! Here are the details for our September bimonthly meetup.

We will be hosting this month's meetup at UIC's Wiki Week, at the September 18th edit-a-thon. It will take place at the Institute of Humanities from noon to 4 pm.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee.

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:16, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Luiysia, I'd very much like to attend the first presentation at 4pm on September 15. Do you think I could get a single seat? BusterD (talk) 12:10, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red September 2025

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Women in Red | September 2025, Vol 11, Issue 9, Nos. 326, 327, 347, 348, 349
Recognized as the most active, topic-based WikiProject by human changes.


Online events:

Announcements:

Tip of the Month:

  • Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published.

Progress ("moving the needle"):

Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 23:54, 31 August 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Your nomination of Fievel Is Glauque has failed

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Your good article nomination of the article Fievel Is Glauque has failed. See the review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Surfinsi -- Surfinsi (talk) 14:02, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Hello, Luiysia. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Out of the Blue ("Blue" Gene Tyranny album), a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:11, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10

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Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10, Nos. 326, 327, 350, 351, 352
Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.


Online events:

Announcements:

Tip of the Month:

  • Notable does not always mean admirable; you don't have to like an article's subject to make the article a useful contribution to Wikipedia.

Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever.
Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 6,283 articles during this period:

  • 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)
  • 24 September 2025: 20.20% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,088,533 biographies; 421,901 women)

Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 18:31, 29 September 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Chicago Meetup for November 22

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Hello! This is Luiysia again. This will be our final meetup for the year! Here are the details for our November bimonthly meetup.

We will be hosting this month's meetup at Cafe Jumping Bean in Pilsen, starting at 3 pm. Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee.

Additionally: Here is our proposed slate of 2026 meetups! We hope to do some more ambitious and frequent programming in 2026 including editathons, photowalks, and more; please add any comments on the timeline under "Discussion and feedback."

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:12, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red - November 2025

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Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 11, Nos. 326, 327, 353, 354

Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

Online events:

Announcements:

Tip of the Month:

  • Verifiability is increasingly important as AI evolves. You should ensure that every statement made
    is adequately sourced. There should be no less than three independent reliable sources for each
    biography, including at least one source for each paragraph.

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if
    you contributed one or more of the 20,473 articles created in the past year.
  • 21 Oct 2024, 19.963% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,030,245 biographies; 405,305 women)
  • 28 Oct 2025: 20.23% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,094,677 biographies; 423,778 women)

Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 17:06, 30 October 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Early Wiki Anniversary Wishes 🎉

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Happy Wiki Anniversary
Happy Wiki Anniversary

Dear Luiysia,

Your wiki anniversary is just around the corner, in 3 days! What a wonderful milestone of 6 years on Wiki (as per SUL). Your incredible contributions, with over 1,238 edits, have truly made a difference. Here's to another amazing year of collaboration and knowledge sharing!

Use this Tool to send wiki anniversary wishes to other amazing Wikimedians.

-- : Suyash Dwivedi (💬) 19:31, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Luiysia (talk) 00:00, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2025 Elections voter message

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Women in Red - December 2025

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Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 12, Nos. 326, 327, 355, 356, 357

Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

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Seasons Greetings

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Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 02:53, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia 25: Celebrate Wikipedia Day 2026 in Chicago

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Hello! This is Luiysia with an exciting announcement!

January's meetup will be a celebration of the 25th birthday of Wikipedia at the Hairpin Arts Center in Logan Square, starting at 1 pm on Saturday January 17th. Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee. This will include food and drink, fun activities, prizes, lightning talks, and more! We hope to see you there.

(If you would prefer not to see messages for Chicago meetups, go ahead and take yourself off this list.) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:10, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Luiysia, thanks for organizing this event! However, the discord chat invite link on the registration page seems to be invalid, so can you fix this? Best, Lyn1644 (talk) 20:10, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know! Fixed Luiysia (talk) 21:04, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red - January 2026

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Women in Red | January 2026, Vol 12, Issue 1, Nos 357, 358, 359, 360


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

Other ways to participate:

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--Rosiestep (talk) 23:32, 26 December 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

New Years birthday 🎈

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Hello @Luiysia! Happy New Year! Wishing you a year filled with knowledge, collaboration, and meaningful contributions. Thank you for your dedication to building free, reliable, and accessible knowledge for everyone around the world. May the new year bring you inspiration, successful edits, respectful discussions, and strong community spirit. Here’s to another year of improving Wikipedia together! Warm regards, — A fellow Wikipedian, Thanks! Happy birthday editing! (Iluziya7 (talk) 05:48, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]