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A belated welcome!

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The welcome may be belated, but the cookies are still warm!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Normal Name! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Engr. Smitty Werben 04:01, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protolanguages

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Hi,

I saw your question about protolanguages. For any language that doesn't have an ISO-639-1 or 3 code, you can use the three letter code "mis". I use "transl" if it doesn't use Latin letters and "lang" for those that use Latin letters. Thanks for your help with the Moss project.

Ira

Ira Leviton (talk) 00:41, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ira Leviton! And thank you for your work on Moss as well.  – Normal Name (talk) 02:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

edit summaries

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Just noticed this and wanted to compliment you. I have multiple times told newer editors that the edit summary is as important as the edit, and that a good edit summary might be longer than the actual edit. This is a great example. —valereee (talk) 00:12, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compliment! I agree that a good edit summary is important and I try my best to give edit summaries that will help other editors if they are looking at the edit history of an article.  – Normal Name (talk) 17:40, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage Value

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Thanks for your cleaning up the presentation on "Marriage Value", my knowledge is of the subject rather then Wikipedia editing so appreciated. 78.149.212.92 (talk) 09:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to clean it up, thank you for using your knowledge to improve Wikipedia.  – Normal Name (talk) 17:40, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ReferenceExpander

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Just a friendly heads-up in case you weren't already aware, since it's installed on your common.js: Careless use of ReferenceExpander has caused serious problems. It's currently at MFD, and a large cleanup project is underway to repair the citations damaged by the script. I and several other users have !voted that the script be deleted or disabled, and I wouldn't recommend using it at all unless you thoroughly check every reference it modifies against the previous revision. If you're interested in a more detailed explanation of the script's issues, Folly Mox has provided an excellent summary at the MFD. — SamX [talk · contribs] 05:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Women in Red June 2025

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


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Women in Red July 2025

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


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Guild of Copy Editors' June 2025 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2025 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2025 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Hall of Fame: Congratulations to Dhtwiki for their well-deserved addition to the Hall of Fame last month, and thanks to GoldRomean for the nomination.

Election news: Voting in the mid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

April Blitz: 14 of the 25 editors who signed up for the April 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 92,769 words in 30 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

May Drive: 31 of the 54 editors who signed up for the May 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 384,392 words in 216 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

June Blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 26,652 words in 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: Our July 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive will begin on 1 July and finish on 31 July. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 02:30, 30 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 148 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,270 articles.

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Women in Red August 2025

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


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