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Thanking you

@BabbaQ: Hi, thanks for you help with The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff article! Can you add this article Amber Swartz–Garcia to the List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970 section, as you know by now it has been kept, I the same as you voted to keep it. Davidgoodheart (talk) 02:48, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry you better ask someone else about that. I am not great at that specific formatting sadly.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, do you know how to add articles to formats like the table of List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970 sections? Davidgoodheart (talk) 00:45, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Read above. Sadly.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Okay fine then, take care and I will get back to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:08, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Contact the article creator or someone else who has edited the article in question. They will likely be able to help you. --BabbaQ (talk) 00:20, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, please can you find some sources for to add to this article Murder of Gareth O'Connor. I have news to share with you, but all I can say for now is that I will be very busy come Sunday. Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:43, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Done! Ok, tell me. BabbaQ (talk) 23:08, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: I will start with saying that from Sunday to Wednesday I will mostly be at home during which I can do a lot of editing on current articles, which will help greatly in the near future. Also can you please make infoboxes for these articles Benoît Chamoux and Laila Khan. And could you please add some sources to this article Trevor Moore. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:51, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Great! Done. BabbaQ (talk) 21:06, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, and thank you for doing that for me! Could you please be able to add infoboxes to these articles Naomi Uemura and Lost Children of the Alleghenies. I have trouble making infoboxes that need pictures included which are already on the article page. More information that I can currently share is that I have fixed my problem that was slowing down my computer, and and am now regularly getting computer help. I will share more info in my next message to you. Davidgoodheart (talk) 18:54, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Good. Keep up your work. BabbaQ (talk) 16:20, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, all I can say for now is that I am experiencing some frustrating issues which for me are very complex. Could you please upgrade this article Muhammad ibn Qasim (al-Alawi) and fix the last external link on Naomi Uemura under where it says sources. I will try to solve what I am dealing with as much and as and as quickly as I can, and will get back to you soon, with more information to share with you. You have been a GREAT help as well. Davidgoodheart (talk) 07:39, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, see if you can put the info from this article https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oto_Iskandar_di_Nata&prev=search on this duplicate page Oto Iskandar di Nata, which contains much less information. More information that I can currently share is that I found files which I thought were lost for good, and am still finding more files, which I will use to make articles in the near future. Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:26, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Done. Good to hear. Keep up the good work. BabbaQ (talk) 09:00, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Your welcome, and the same to you too, I will get back you soon with ever more information. Davidgoodheart (talk) 09:21, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, see if you can copy this https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Hubert_Brasier and make it into a wikipedia page. It then needs to be added to the Hubert page. Davidgoodheart (talk) 10:22, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Done, take a look. BabbaQ (talk) 16:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Great! More info that I can share is that when I am able to I will be hiring people to help me create Wikipedia articles. Please see if you can add sources to this article Turbo Teen, and see if you can add some hatnotes to both Santiago Villalba Mederos and Santiago Mederos articles. Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:49, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Done, and done. Ok good to hear. BabbaQ (talk) 23:07, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ:, Hi, it looks like the Hubert Brasier page has been deleted already. Also just yesterday I had added characters to Category:fictional humanoids and someone has removed some of them claiming that they don't belong on the list. This is the exact reason why I will be making some independent Wikipedia articles, plus I don't agree with these people who are doing this as I think they are misinformed. Take care and I will talk to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:42, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2018)

St. Louis-style pizza is an example of St. Louis cuisine. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: St. Louis cuisine Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pub session • People's Republic of Angola Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2018)

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Seeing how you are doing

@BabbaQ: Hi! How is everything I haven't heard from you in a while is everything okay? Davidgoodheart (talk) 09:12, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for being incommunicado. I have focused right now on editing some articles of mine. Looking for vandalism etc! And you? If you have any article you want me to take a look at, just tell me :) BabbaQ (talk) 09:13, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ:, Its great to here from you! Could you please give this article George Cogar an info box, and see if you can format it the same way this article Tiffany Sessions' article's info box is formatted. Also thanks for your help as you surely realize that I can't do everything all by myself. Davidgoodheart (talk) 09:21, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Good job! Could you please make some infoboxes for these articles Felix Batista and Reena Virk. I am currently upgrading some articles right now, and will get back to you soon with some important info about my current situation Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:39, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Thank you. I did the two other infoboxes as well. :) --BabbaQ (talk) 17:15, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, thank you for doing those infoboxes. Could you please expand this article by leaving more info and sources Naga Vaishnavi. I am currently busy and must take care of important matters. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:44, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Great job! I will hopefully get back to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 06:17, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, can you please if you can add this page to that just I created Viveka (disambiguation). Also see if you can upgrade this article by adding sections, sources and info Shirley Duguay. Davidgoodheart (talk) 02:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I am getting computer help tomorrow, and I really hope that I can get my personal wiki finished soon. Also since I am constantly having edit disputes this won't be the only personal wiki that I will create. Davidgoodheart (talk) 05:19, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Done. OK nice to here that your work is progressing as expected. I have created a few new articles and been doing research for some more new articles to come in the last few days. Regards. BabbaQ (talk) 23:06, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Thanks for helping me out, I will talk to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, could you please upgrade this article Santiago Villalba Mederos. As you can see I myself have also been doing a lot of upgrading lately. Thanks you so much for you help! Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for all you help recently, as you are a truly great help to me as you make editing for me a lot easier! Davidgoodheart (talk) 18:47, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. For your encouraging words! BabbaQ (talk) 19:53, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Your welcome! I will get back you soon after I finish upgrading some articles. Davidgoodheart (talk) 20:05, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, can you please make info boxes for these three articles Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, Lesley Whittle, and Marita Verón. Also right now I need to find out how to check out how to view every thing that I have edited, so I can find some articles that I need to edit. I once knew how to do that, but can't currently remember how to do so at this time. Davidgoodheart (talk) 00:18, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Done! I am not really sure what aspect you mean. But if I am correct I think you mean contributions. You click on Contributions in the bottom of that page there is a Articles created button. Click on it and you can view every article you ever created. BabbaQ (talk) 23:06, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Yes, that is what I meant, thanks for your help! I will get back to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:14, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, I wanted to let you know that the Kidnapping of Amber Swartz–Garcia has been kept. Could you please make the history section of this article The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff the same way this article The Twin Towers is. I will have some important information that I will share with you soon, as well as information that I hope you can supply me with as well. Davidgoodheart (talk) 02:03, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Done!. I did my best feel free to change or add changes to the sections. BabbaQ (talk) 13:32, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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User:Lonehexagon submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate BabbaQ to be Editor of the Week. BabbaQ started editing on Wikipedia in 2010, and since that time has been dedicated to improving articles with additional citations and information with thousands of edits. BabbaQ regularly helps and mentors other members and always has a friendly, collaborative tone. They have created hundreds of new articles, often about Swedish subjects, music and people that are missing from the English version of Wikipedia. Others are as varied as discographies, historical biographies, and more. Many of the articles created have been expanded greatly by other editors, indicating that these are notable topics that people are interested in. BabbaQ has also improved many more articles with behind-the-scenes administrative work such as rescuing sources, moving pages and creating/fixing tables. BabbaQ is a participant in voting on Articles for Deletion, and has shown they will not just vote but also participate in discussions and work to improve articles about notable subjects to help save the article from being unnecessarily deleted.

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Editor of the Week for the week beginning September 2, 2018

Began editing in 2010 dedicated to improving articles. Helps and mentors others members with a constant collaborative tone of friendship. Created hundreds of new articles, many about Swedish subjects, music and people that were in short supply. Others articles are discographies and historical biographies. Improved articles with rescuing of sources, moving pages and creating/fixing tables. An active participant in voting and improving articles put up for deletion.

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Mentoring new members, creating articles, improving and expanding articles, behind-the-scenes administrative work, participation in articles for deletion

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Created hundreds of articles including Fallet Kevin, Fredrik Önnevall, Fredrik Svensson (presenter), Wille Crafoord, the Sanna Nielsen discography, Kjell Eriksson (radio presenter), John Madigan (ringmaster), Michael Anckarsvärd and many more

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Oh, thank you very much. I appreciate this a lot. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:57, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2018)

Jahangir (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. Pictured is a 17th century painting of Jahangir hunting with a falcon. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Jahangir Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Public good • Guacamole Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Kidnapping of Amber Swartz–Garcia

Hi. The Kidnapping of Amber Swartz–Garcia is nominated for deletion ... again.

Here is the current nom. Here is the nom that you weighed in on. Having fun! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Frank Andersson

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2018)

The People's Republic of Angola covers the period of Angolan history as a self-declared socialist state established in 1975 to the time it was dismantled in 1992. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: People's Republic of Angola Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Jahangir • Public good Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 10 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2018)

Anna Anka is a Swedish-American model, actress and author. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Anna Anka Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Club drug • Liqueur Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

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Nomination of Murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2018)

Guacamole is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Guacamole Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Anna Anka • Club drug Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Giving information

@BabbaQ: Hi, you have made some good edits to the Kidnapping of Jessica Ridgeway article, and I just want to let you know that I will be working on my "list of people who disappeared" article Tuesday, and I will be adding articles to it that were wrongfully deleted. I am personally getting real tired of all this unnecessary article deletion and edit conflict, so I am glad that I will now have my own wikis that no one can alter except me and who I let alter it. I am very glad that you will be taking part in it when it is ready, which hopefully will be soon. Take care! Davidgoodheart (talk) 05:37, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

OK, nice to hear! And sorry for being a bit "unresponsive" but I have had so much to do in real life and other work here on Wikipedia. And I want to give the best I can do when dealing with friends :) . Now I am back. I think your initiative is great. Let me know about further developments. Take care.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:30, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, I have some great news: today with the help of my instructor I really have learned to format articles for my private wiki. Hopefully at this rate I should have it done really soon. As well as making the "list of people who disappeared" I also plan to make articles like this one, and these will remain unpublished, but others articles that are not controversial can likely be published, but still I must make sure that everything that I do is completely fine to do without any legal issues. Good luck with your projects and take care and all the best! Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Nice to hear. Good luck with the rest of your work. Keep me posted. Take care! BabbaQ (talk) 10:30, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, I was wondering if you could you please make info boxes for these three articles Gary DeVore, Mary Rogers, and Murder of Revelle Balmain. I will add these to my own private wikis when they are complete. I would do it myself, but I have lots to do including computer projects that don't involve Wikipedia, as well and many things to do out in the community, so I am swamped with work and can only do some much at a time. Davidgoodheart (talk) 00:56, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Completed!.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, could you please make an info box for this article Murder of Elaine O'Hara. I will get back to you soon with news to share with you. Also thank you for making the info boxes for the last articles! Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:03, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - I am back from a short Wikibreak. I did the infobox as my first edit. :) You are welcome, I always enjoy helping you.

BabbaQ (talk) 12:17, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, thanks for your edit! Could you please fix the external links on the article Bret Hart. If you go to the bottom of the article you will see which links needs fixing. I will be working on my main article soon, and I hope that I can get it done in the near future. Davidgoodheart (talk) 02:30, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

I fixed those links, and about 10 other dead links. Cheers! BabbaQ (talk) 11:06, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi! how have you been? I just wanted to let you know that I have been working a lot lately on my article the "list of people who disappeared", and have encountered some difficulties as my page keeps freezing, but I will be getting help with fixing that soon. But until I do I will be sticking with editing articles that are on Wikipedia right now. Could you please make info boxes for these articles Ardeth Wood and the Santiago Maldonado case. The Santiago Maldonado case already has a picture, so maybe you could see if you could expand it. I will get back yo you soon, take care! Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart:-Hi, ok good to read that you are progressing with your work. I will be off Wikipedia tomorrow to celebrate Midsummers eve here in Sweden. So I am looking forward to that celebration. I have fixed the infoboxes. Nice to hear from you. Take care. BabbaQ (talk) 07:25, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, and welcome back! Did you have a nice celebration? I will get back to you soon. Davidgoodheart (talk) 08:03, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: - Yes I had a great celebration. Dancing around the midsommarstång and eating plenty of good food ;) I hope your work is progressing fine! --BabbaQ (talk) 17:54, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2018)

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman, builds a fire to help combat frostbite and hypothermia during a survival, evasion, resistance and escape exercise in Alaska. Note that there is a draft for the Survival page located at Draft:Survival. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Survival Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Civil ceremony • Xenophobia Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 June 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2018)

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Invitation to WikiProject Portals

Hi,

I noticed your interest in portals. Here is what has been going on behind-the-scenes with them...

Currently, there are about 1500 portals, comprised of 150,000 pages in portal space, the rest beyond the 1500 being subpages. Most of those subpages contain an excerpt, copied and pasted from some article. Such excerpts never change, and they go stale over time (no longer matching the original source material).

The Portal WikiProject was rebooted on April 17th, and has grown to 68 members. We've been busy redesigning the portal model so that portals will not need all those subpages.

The design concept called "selective transclusion", which is used for migrating excerpts (moving them to the base page), does so by displaying part of an article the same as a template. An added benefit of this is that it also keeps them fresh, by always showing the current version of the content that is transcluded.

We are also working on ways to make excerpted content, and listed entries, dynamic, so that the material or links shown automatically change over time without the intervention of an editor. Selected articles, could be set up to change daily, for example, to present a different article each day. This can even be made to show a different article every time a user visits the page. Currently, we can do this from a set list. We're trying to make it so that the list is updated automatically from an external source that is regularly maintained.

Other automated solutions are being sought or developed for each section type of portals. To automatically update and archive news, did you know entries, and so on.

Once we get a fully automated design worked out, it will be applied to all the portals that do not have dedicated maintainers. This will reduce the amount of maintenance they need. A single editor will then be able to watch over far more portals than before, ideally, with each portal taking up only a single page in portal space.

The Portal WikiProject is dedicated to updating, upgrading, and maintaining the entire portal system and every portal in it.

Come check us out, and if you like what you see, feel free to join.    — The Transhumanist   05:31, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Lill-Babs

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Lill-Babs has been completed.

I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty to add a couple of small details I thought would make the article more interesting.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:55, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

It looks great. Thank you for your improvements. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 12:13, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Fredrik Önnevall

On 12 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fredrik Önnevall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fredrik Önnevall. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fredrik Önnevall), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2018)

A view of the Sargasso art installation at the BCE Place for Luminato arts festival in 2011 Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Arts festival Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Kerobokan Prison • Paul Anka Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 14 May 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2018)

The Uzi is a weapon. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Weapon Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Arts festival • Kerobokan Prison Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 21 May 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

DYK for Fallet Kevin

On 22 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fallet Kevin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 20 years after confessing to the murder of a four-year-old boy, two brothers had all suspicions against them dismissed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fallet Kevin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fallet Kevin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Thank you very much

The RfC discussion to eliminate portals was closed May 12, with the statement "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time." This was made possible because you and others came to the rescue. Thank you for speaking up.

By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

I'd also like to let you know that the Portals WikiProject is working hard to make sure your support of portals was not in vain. Toward that end, we have been working diligently to innovate portals, while building, updating, upgrading, and maintaining them. The project has grown to 80 members so far, and has become a beehive of activity.

Our two main goals at this time are to automate portals (in terms of refreshing, rotating, and selecting content), and to develop a one-page model in order to make obsolete and eliminate most of the 150,000 subpages from the portal namespace by migrating their functions to the portal base pages, using technologies such as selective transclusion. Please feel free to join in on any of the many threads of development at the WikiProject's talk page, or just stop by to see how we are doing. If you have any questions about portals or portal development, that is the best place to ask them.

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Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company as of 2014. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Henri Nestlé Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Weapon • Arts festival Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 May 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Richard Rohr OFM (born 1943, pictured at podium) is an American Franciscan friar ordained in 1970. He is a known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Richard Rohr Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Henri Nestlé • Weapon Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 June 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Anis don Demina

Hi. Long time since last time now. I allmost hit the famous "wall" at my new work, therefor I have only been on svwp when I have had some time. But today I saw on Facebook that the article Anis don Demina, you created, need some more info! Anis new single has today reached over 1 milion streams (according to him). Maybe "wasted" should be mentioned in his article? best regards, Adville (talk) 12:30, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

@Adville: - I am back after a short Wikibreak. The issue you mentioned has been taken care of. I will actually take an extra look on the article in the next few days trying to find additional information. --BabbaQ (talk) 12:26, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Welcome back. I saw that yesterday too. Take care and dont hurry. Adville (talk) 15:24, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

New Page Patrol?

Hi BabbaQ,

I've recently been looking for editors to invite to join New Page Patrol, and from your editing history, I think you would be a good candidate. Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; we could use some additional help from an experienced user like yourself.

Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. If you choose to apply, you can drop an application over at WP:PERM/NPR.

Cheers, and hope to see you around, — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 12:55, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2018)

This cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps is an example of cable transport. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Cable transport Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Popular culture • Survival Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 July 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Getting new information

@BabbaQ: Hi, how have you been? Just as you celebrated your holiday in Sweden, I celebrated Canada day here in Canada. I have seen pictures of Sweden in an encyclopedia, and it looks like a beautiful place. I also feel that every country has its own unique beauty. By the way I noticed that you have been editing some wrestling articles recently, are you are wrestling fan? Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:36, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I have always wanted to visit Canada. In fact Canada and Sweden are very similar in terms of our values and lifestyle. I like Wrestling, though its not big or popular in Sweden. Do you have any favourite wrestler?--BabbaQ (talk) 19:06, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, your welcome for thanking me for my recent edits. My favorite wrestlers right now are Finlay and The Undertaker, though they have not been very active lately. Also I see that the "in wrestling" sections have now been removed from wrestling articles which I don't like at all as that info should absolutely be included, so I will also be making some private wiki wrestling articles as well. I will get back to you soon regarding my private wiki projects. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2018)

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2018)

Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Louis IV of France Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Indian Slavery Act, 1843 • Cable transport Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:13, 23 July 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Could you take a look?

Hello BabbaQ, I recently created a page Morris A. Young that was marked for speedy deletion due to being too promotional sounding. I know you have a lot of experience with editing and improving pages, which is greatly appreciated. I was wondering if you could take a quick look and see if there's anything you could do to help make that article sound more encyclopedic so it doesn't get deleted? I appreciate any help, but I do realize you're busy and may not have the time :) Have a great day, Lonehexagon (talk) 02:34, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for contacting me. I have done a few tweaks and added WikiProject templated at the article talk page. I am away on a trip and will have access to a computer later tonight. I will take a closer look then. But from what I can tell the article is not very promotional now. And I doubt it would be Speedy Deleted. Anyway, interesting article. I will do some research to try to find additional information. Regards.

Thank you so much for your time and effort! It looks like the notice for Speedy Deletion has been taken down :) I really appreciate all the help you offer other editors :) Lonehexagon (talk) 16:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2018)

Strawberry liqueur at a restaurant in Greece Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Liqueur Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Louis IV of France • Indian Slavery Act, 1843 Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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I took care of it for you

@BabbaQ: Hi, I took care of those links for you, so you won't have to do it now. I thought I could do this for you since you have helped me out a lot. I will talk you soon and take care! Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:57, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Oh, thank you. If you find time for it you can take a look at the article about Ebba Busch Thor. Any help is appreciated. --BabbaQ (talk) 09:43, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi, great news I recently got help from my computer guy, and I now now hove to format my project without his help, and my computer is working fairly well. Could you please add and infobox and sources to this article Megumi Yokota. Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:37, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Done! Interesting article by the way. Good to hear your work is progressing!--BabbaQ (talk) 07:03, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Hi! I just wanted to let you know that my work is progressing fairly well, and hopefully soon I will be able to a whole spend a day or two on it. When it is finished, do you think we could write some articles together about missing people? Also I looked at and made edits to that article that you wanted me to look at as well. Davidgoodheart (talk) 07:07, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

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A selection of MDMA pills, which are sometimes used as a club drug. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Club drug Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Liqueur • Louis IV of France Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp

I just wanted to give Margaret and Seana a voice. I'm sorry. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 11:57, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

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"The noblest motive is the public good." Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Public good Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Guacamole • Anna Anka Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

A barnstar for you!

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	For your contributions improving old articles with cleanups, sourcing, and info-boxes. E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

It's nice that my decision to give Margaret and Seana an article has been vindicated. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 15:06, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Margaret and Seana Tapp picture

Can you or someone else add photos of Margaret and Seana to their article? Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 18:28, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

I will certainly take a look at what I can do.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:29, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2018)

Musicians at a pub session, an event that involves playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pub session Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: People's Republic of Angola • Jahangir Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:17, 17 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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An herb garden. Herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Herb Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: History of American football positions • St. Louis cuisine Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Alexandra Pascalidou

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2018)

Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola. Hello, BabbaQ. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Cocktail Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Herb • History of American football positions Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 15 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •