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Seminole Heights Page

Hello. My edits were completely constructive and factual. They provide a source that the "official seal" of Seminole Heights is a hoax. It also provides the original source the false seal claims to have come from—the 1912 Hillsborough High School Yearbook. I have access to the yearbook and this false seal does not appear anywhere in it's pages, and the faked seal doesn't even have the company name correct. Please cease reverting my changes as they are valid and sourced. Thank you.— Precedingunsignedcomment added by4thgenTPA(talk•contribs)

Seminole Heights

When the source claims an image as proof that a seal existed in a year book, the only source that can refute that is an image of the original, unaltered source. What other source would you like me to provide? Certainly any other source would be second hand in this case. This isn't an image that disproves another image as factual, it's not being provided as a source to make a claim.— Precedingunsignedcomment added by4thgenTPA(talk•contribs)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Loriendrew,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. Theopen letterfinished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in thecurrent issue ofThe Signpost.If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards:Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks toMPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went toJohn B123for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ( "one-a-day" ), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on theAwards page.Check out the newHall of Famealso.

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Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with theOctober backlog driveto under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Loriendrew,

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The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations toWaddlesJP13who led with 2084 points. Seethis pagefor further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

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Onel5969won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar.Rosguillled again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see theAwards pageand theHall of Fame.Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time:The previousWP:NPPguideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification andWP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in thefeedare now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Loriendrew,

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Redirect drive:In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with23851reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to0(momentarily). Congratulations toHey man im joshwho led with a staggering 4316 points, followed byMeenaandGreyzxqwith 2868 and 2546 points respectively. Seethis pagefor more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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Synesthesia category

Hi. You reverted my category edit ofGeorg Anschützsince "Category is about topic, not a place for people with synesthesia", but Georg Anschütz is not a person with synesthesia but a researcher of synesthesia, as mentioned in the article. TheCategory:Synesthesiacurrently includes researchers of synesthesia such asRichard CytowicandJoel Salinas.Furthermore, the current synesthesia category also includesTilden Daken,a person with synesthesia. Are you sure this category should not include people with synesthesia? If so, would you please explain the reason? --saebou(talk)22:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The best place for that would be atCategory:People with synesthesia.Unfortunately, that has been twice deleted, most recently viathis deletion discussion.Start by having a look atWP:DISABILITYCAT.--☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring)00:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does that mean thatGeorg Anschützcan be added toCategory:Synesthesiabecause he is a researcher? Furthermore, the other two people I added to the category,Patricia Lynne Duffy(author ofBlue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their Worlds) andDaniel Tammet(author ofBorn on a Blue Day), both wrote well-known books about synaesthesia.The guideline you showedsays that you cannot add people to the category "unless that condition is considered WP:DEFINING for that individual", and synesthesia is central to these two writers' writings. Synesthesia could be regarded asWikipedia:Definingto these people, and if the category is about the topic, I think famous authors of the books on the topic should be included in the category. --saebou(talk)08:03, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, the first two. Tammet's article shows synesthesia studiesofhim, not by him, and the book seems like a singular memoir–type whereas Duffy has a defined career incorporating synesthesia.--☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring)21:55, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Igor Sikorsky

Hi! I would like to point out that your removal of my edit inIgor Sikorskycontradicts bothWikipedia:Write the article firstandWikipedia:Red link.According to Wikipedia:Write the article firsteditors are encouraged to write the article first before adding it to a list, template or disambiguation page.Igor Sikorskyis a bio that does not fall into any of these categories. In turn, Wikipedia:Red link even encourages the creation of this type of links, explicitly stating thatred links help Wikipedia grow.Moreover, it also indicates thatred links can be created to biographies of people who would likely meet Wikipedia's guidelines for notability.Ivan Sikorsky, described in six language editions of Wikipedia, certainly meets this requirement. Also note thatIgor Sikorskycontains more links to non-existent articles, e.g.Sikorsky Avion AtlasorSikorsky H-2.Therefore, I'm going to revert to my previous edit. Best wishes,Teukros(talk)21:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not vandalise articles

It's FIVE times.[1].197.87.135.139(talk)12:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may be misunderstanding the term "vandalism" as you failed to support your change with areliable source.The existing source only supports 4x.--☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring)21:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First

It seems you don't understand about the usage of names (for example family members). Yet you think you do.Delectable1(talk)10:21, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the Rhiannon Giddens article which you also edited. Note the usage of first names for her parents IN the article.Delectable1(talk)10:24, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A more surgical revision of your edits have been made. Your undoing reintroduced the same spelling and styling errors, which you acknowledged in the edit summary, yet made no effort to repair. As for the usage of names, please look atMOS:SURNAMEandMOS:SAMESURNAMEfor future guidance in your editing of in–article names.--☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring)22:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2024

Please refrain from removing content without adequately explaining why, as you did at2006.Continued unexplained content removal may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you.ItsCheck the 2nd(talk)03:01, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moving this discussion to your talk page where your edit warring behavior has already been discussed.--☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring)13:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notification

There is currently a discussion atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidentsregarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread isRemoval of content without adequate explanation, edit war, and personal attacks.Thank you. —Tenryuu 🐲(💬•📝)17:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Patrick Gottsch

On7 August 2024,Did you knowwas updated with a fact from the articlePatrick Gottsch,which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatPatrick Gottsch,the founder ofRFD-TVandThe Cowboy Channel,led the effort to break theGuinness World Recordfor the largest parade of pickup trucks?The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Patrick Gottsch.You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Patrick Gottsch),and the hook may be added tothe statistics pageafter its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

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