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Welcome, welcome, welcome Staraction! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Cielquiparle (talk) 05:19, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for joining in on the drive... it's fun, right? Don't forget to remove the "unreferenced" tag after you add a reference, or if the article still needs reference, change it to "more citations needed" . I went ahead and did that for Battrum. Marcus Markup (talk) 09:34, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good...thank you! Staraction (talk | contribs) 14:32, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Is an absurd subject heading, and thanks for writing the article. I've made a few edits to better meet WP:IMPARTIAL in my eyes, and I wanted to give a space for you to comment on or question them if you saw fit. Feel free to revert this off your page otherwise. While I'm here, I wanted to raise that "note[d]" is part of MOS:SAID because it can imply something is true; see this discussion for elaboration. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 11:01, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Rollinginhisgrave, thanks for your message. I was unaware of the connotations of the term TERF and I think your rewrite is wonderful; thank you for doing it! I've went back in and made another edit, mostly as a copyedit. Let me know what you think.

Also, I appreciate the link to MOS:SAID, as I was mostly unaware of that formal guideline as well (although I understood it, I think). I'll be more careful with the words to watch in the future. Best, Staraction (talk | contribs) 23:15, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I wish there were RSes thoroughly documenting both sides of this Internet battle. I was unable to find any for the gender-critical feminist/TERF side at all. If you are able to find any, please let me know! Staraction (talk | contribs) 23:47, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your copyedits look great. I know this subject area is dicey, and I totally get how sources may only exist on one side of the conflict, and I don't really have a good solution to dealing with those instances. WP:OPPONENT and WP:IMPARTIAL are certainly important to keep in mind, which dog whistle (see Dog whistle (politics)#Criticism), TERF, and putting in wikivoice that the trans community is attracted to "aspect[s] of falling into more than one category at once and...transformation through time" do not meet IMO. I think you're making the right call on changing the DYK hook; I wouldn't be comfortable putting "gender-critical feminists" on the main page without qualification. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 00:22, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Rollinginhisgrave. If you're interested, here was my original thought process with some of these choices.

• I knew that people described themselves as TERFs, but don't think I fully realized the connotations of the term while writing this. I also knew that some people take issue with the term gender-critical, so I chose the former. I'm seeing now how this is flawed, especially because TERF is used in a bit of a derogatory(?) way in the WBUR source.
• Dog whistle probably should've raised some red flags for me. I think the issue here is my understanding of the word noted; I was under the impression that noted is a term that can be used to describe somebody's own opinions. However, thinking about it a bit more and reading MOS:SAID makes me realize why noted is usually interpreted as more "objective"^[a] than some other choices, like "speculated".
• I think the quote "aspect[s] of falling into more than one category at once and...transformation through time" is also somewhere I tried to qualify the claim, but failed. Looking back on what I originally wrote, potentially looks like where I tried to do that (plus the noted from before).

This analysis was less for you, and more for me (to make sure I don't make similar mistakes in the future). Let me know if I've completely missed something here. Thanks for your suggestions and your patience with me; I think this is the first time I've tried to write about a CTOP from scratch like this. Best, Staraction (talk | contribs) 01:32, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you've pretty much got it spot on. Cases like the quote about falling into more than one category at once are one of the most common areas where I see issues with NPOV, and I have tried and failed to write an essay on it at WP:IMPLIEDWIKIVOICE — maybe you will get some value from it. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 01:51, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, @Rollinginhisgrave. I've never considered attributions and implied wikivoice like this. I'll keep this in mind going forward. Take care. Staraction (talk | contribs) 02:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Staraction. I'm just posting to let you know that United States congressional delegations from Arkansas – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 28. 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) 22:22, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations, Staraction! The list you nominated, United States congressional delegations from Wyoming, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Thank you for bringing articles to the main page, and for your visit to my talk with Bach news. - My story today is a Bach cantata, mentioned with the Christmas cantata which is up for FAC again, and the conductor of the video is mentioned by name in movement 1 of the Christmas cantata. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda — I'll give the two cantatas a listen. Best wishes for the holiday season & good luck with your FAC nom! Staraction (talk | contribs) 20:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your kind words! Wishing you a wonderful 2026 as well. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 22:35, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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