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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Clementine cake

Clementine cake has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. X (talk) 08:16, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2024)

 
Full rack of fifteen balls, ready for the break shot
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Pool (cue sports)

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2024)

 
A crewed submersible used for underwater exploration
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Exploration

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Hi @Northamerica1000: Take a look for which one you prefer at the "Release history" table: "Distributor", "Licensee", "Marketer" or "Promoter". 2001:D08:2910:6981:17C3:AC68:5A64:93C9 (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi. I'm going to pass on becoming involved in the discussion there. North America1000 10:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree with the closing statement, although I agree with the close. There was a consensus against deletion of the content. There was not a consensus to retain the content. In particular, the MFD participants did not review the content. The reason that this makes a difference is that I think that the editors reserve the right to review the content of any of the individual pages and nominate them for deletion. Would it be possible to change the closing statement to say that there was a consensus against deletion at this time, or that there was not a consensus to delete? We didn't agree that the content should be kept, but that the nomination was flawed. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:44, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2024)

 
Papyriform columns in the Luxor Temple
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Ancient Egyptian architecture

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Proposed deletion of The Castle, Barbados

 

The article The Castle, Barbados has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability not established with substantive sources, this appears to be a farm/estate, not a notable community https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barbados+Farms+Limited+-+Castle+Farm/@13.2842152,-59.5971813,212m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sThe+Castle,+Barbados!3m5!1s0x8c43ef60ad2a9ffb:0x573b76fe2993ef05!8m2!3d13.284568!4d-59.597031!16s%2Fg%2F11k_br75pd?hl=en&entry=ttu

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Tax return

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

News program

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Protests against Trump footer/doc

 Template:Protests against Trump footer/doc has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 07:49, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2024)

 
Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle
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Sun Management Center

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2024)

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State of emergency

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2024)

 
Turkish lira banknote
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National economy (Turkey)

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Previous selections: State of emergency • Sun Management Center


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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2024)

 
Field hockey stick and ball
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Sports equipment

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2024)

 
Breaking wave
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Breaking wave

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2024)

 
Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms
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Mechanism (engineering)

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Nomination of List of Canadian women government ministers for deletion

 

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Applied science

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2024)

 
Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863
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Ambush

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2024)

 
Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa
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Cape (geography)

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Proposed deletion of List of almond dishes

 

The article List of almond dishes has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Without references

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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2024)

 
Calder's Flamingo in Chicago
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List of public art in Chicago

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2024)

 
Smiling woman
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Happiness

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2024)

 
A fictional social network diagram
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Social experiment

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Keygen

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Previous selections: Social experiment • Happiness


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Bakeries of Norway

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Bakeries of Norway indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. plicit 14:51, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2024)

 
Director Sergio Leone (right) and actor Enzo Santaniello on the set of the film
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Once Upon a Time in the West

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A tag has been placed on Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron – Rescue list requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Fram (talk) 16:23, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Cancel culture

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)

 
Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago
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Caroline Islands

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Good article reassessment for Crab dip

Crab dip has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:37, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Polling station

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Category:Natural Monuments of Nepal has been nominated for renaming

 

Category:Natural Monuments of Nepal has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2024)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Human geography

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