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Add topicSee also these subpages to which content has been moved:
- Thanks received & Older Thanks received
- Criticism & Older Criticism
- Requests & Older Requests
- Other discussion to keep
I don't use an archive-bot as I want to be a bit more selective in what gets retained in searchable space. Not that I'm concerned about retained content, but there's no need to add to bloat by auto-archiving newsletters, for instance.
Links to things to consider for inclusion
[edit]Issue --> https://clinicalomics.epubxp.com/i/1040438-nov-dec-2018/5?m4=
http://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/latest-business-and-people-news-28?topic=249&CID=actdirect.2339934.APCT*%2520Applied%2520Clinical%2520Trials%2520Direct%2520%7c%2520Bi-monthly&eid=188358419&bid=2339934 — Preceding P. I. Ellsworth, ed. put'r there 17:39, 8 September 2019 (UTC)unsigned comment added by 104.129.194.127 (talk) 20:37, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
- i want to talk to you 81.166.42.81 (talk) 00:39, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
"List of pharmaceutical companies with biotechnology products" listed at Redirects for discussion
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The redirect List of pharmaceutical companies with biotechnology products has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 24 § List of pharmaceutical companies with biotechnology products until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 19:03, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
Hello Ceyockey, in recent edits I noticed that you removed some categories like Category:Flora of Australasia and Category:Flora of Southern America from Category:Flora by continent. The scope of the container category is intended to be botanical continents rather than geographical ones, with some differing names and extents. Maybe the category could be named something like "Flora by botanical continent" but I think the removed subcategories do belong there. Geographical categories for flora follow the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions and Wikipedia's application of the scheme is described at Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
Also, for "Trees of" categories, they are subcategories of "Flora of" categories and ideally should also be using the WGSRPD scheme. Thanks, Declangi (talk) 18:12, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
Mangled edits on Black hole
[edit]Hi. Please check your edits. Thanks. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:15, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have NO IDEA why citations are sometimes duplicating ... it has NEVER happened to me before, so it is a weird new "feature". --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:23, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- What tool do you use? ProveIt? Johnjbarton (talk) 02:45, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Johnjbarton: I'm just manually editing, not using any tools. There are automated routines that appear to run from time to time and contribute to the editing, but I don't know what routines those are. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 22:05, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- What tool do you use? ProveIt? Johnjbarton (talk) 02:45, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- As an aside @Johnjbarton I've revised your brief article summary after looking at those for 'star' and 'pulsar'. Regards --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:27, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- The WP:SHORTDESC is primarily used for the Search bar. Its key property is then to help users understand the field of study. Trying to stuff definitions into there can defeat the purpose by making the description unintelligible to random readers. However in this case I think its ok. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:48, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Johnjbarton: the description has been shortened to "Very dense astronomical body", which is ok, though I'd consider editing to "Most dense known astronomical body". --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 22:09, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- The WP:SHORTDESC is primarily used for the Search bar. Its key property is then to help users understand the field of study. Trying to stuff definitions into there can defeat the purpose by making the description unintelligible to random readers. However in this case I think its ok. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:48, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
Nomination for merger of multiple redirect comics templates
[edit] Template:R comics with possibilities, Template:R comics from alternative name, Template:R comics to list entry, Template:R comics from merge, Template:R comics from related word and Template:R comics to section have been nominated for merging with Template:R with possibilities, Template:R from alternative name, Template:R to list entry, Template:R from merge, Template:R from related word and Template:R to section. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entries on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PK2 (talk; contributions) 00:52, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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November 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award
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Happy First Edit Day!
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Happy First Edit Anniversary Ceyockey 🎉
[edit]Hey @Ceyockey. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 21 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey and a blessed New Year. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 17:09, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).
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Books & Bytes – Issue 73
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Issue 73, January–February 2026
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Upcoming films about time travel
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[edit]- News and notes: Entirety of Wikinews to be shut down
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January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2026
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[edit]- News and notes: Six Serbian Wikipedia editors banned following controversy about political bias
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Bridgewater Associates updates
[edit]Hello Ceyockey, as a participant in WP:Companies, I thought you might be interested in my recent request to the Bridgewater Associates article. I would appreciate your review at Talk:Bridgewater Associates#Updates to "History" and "Products" sections. If you agree with the updates, can you kindly make the edits? Thank you! Jaren Laurel Strategies (talk) 13:35, 27 April 2026 (UTC) Jaren Laurel Strategies (talk) 13:35, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
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Ways to improve African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society
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Thank you for creating African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society.
I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:
There are two sources, but only one seems to focus on the AARCH itself; it would be helpful to have more in order to support notability.
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2026
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Miscellaneous
- The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
[edit]Hello Ceyockey,
Backlog update
At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.
After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.
2024 and 2025 NPP Awards
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[edit]- News and notes: Offline: Osama Khalid still in prison
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Could you help with ADP article update?
[edit]My name is Justin and I work at ADP in a marketing and comms capacity. I'm trying to update the ADP article and was encouraged to reach out to editors who have previously worked on the article.
I see that you made some extensive updates a few years ago so I'm hoping that you can take a look at the Talk page requests that I've posted. Any feedback you can provide would be much appreciated. Justin at ADP (talk) 15:11, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2026).
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- Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
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Miscellaneous
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Books & Bytes – Issue 74
[edit]Issue 74, March–April 2026
- New partnership: Swissdox
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The Signpost: 21 June 2026
[edit]- From the editors: Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2026).
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- A request for comment asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.
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Arbitration
- Following a series of motions, changes to the contentious topics procedure to restructure awareness have been implemented.
- The arbitration case Michael Jackson has been closed.
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The Signpost: 13 July 2026
[edit]- News and notes: An exclusive club
Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger gets a community ban for canvassing.
- In the media: Battle for a soul – who won?
Commissars, winners and losers, blocks or bans, a Wiki red card, social engineering on wikis, and Swift action!
- Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making
Rules we can actually read, trust and change!
- Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias
And other research findings.
- News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community
The Wikicurious team shares their approach to Wiki-event organizing.
- Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026
Quarterly update on the activities of the City University of New York's Wikimedian-in-Residence, Richard Knipel.
- Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act – for now
A possible future recategorization by the UK Government remains an existential threat to Wikipedia.
- On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy
Father's Day, Canada Day, and the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community
If strategy priority 1.1 is supporting the community, can we not increase the support to the community? Increasing grantmaking to 25% of the budget would be a move toward equality in the movement.
- Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of World Cup.
- Comix: schnozzed
on lollerskates.
Books & Bytes – Issue 75
[edit]Issue 75, May–June 2026
- New partnerships: The Telegraph, Marg, The Tribune newspapers
- Tech tip: Expired partnerships
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[edit]- In the media: Union drive, most prolific editor make headlines
AI's impact on Wikipedia, World Cup editing, and encyclopedia's place in public life.
- News and notes: Foundation rejects voluntary recognition of union, proposed board eligibility rules sharply restrict candidates
Further: harassment allegations at Wikimania, and new RfC for Abstract Wikipedia.
- WikiConference: "Kurier, Signpost, wikipress: You can be a Wikimedia journalist" - Wikimania presentation by User:Noé Recap
A recap of Noé Gasparini's Wikimania 2026 presentation on the variety of wikipress outlets.
- In focus: Is Larry Sanger the co-founder of Wikipedia?
A look over the years.
- Arbitration report: Think, and not just about content
ArbCom continues business.
- News from Diff: Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026!
Wikimedians of the Year 2026 announced at Wikimania 2026 - Paris.
- On the bright side: The beautiful game
2026 Men's FIFA World Cup, Wikimania music, and wikipress.
- Traffic report: Odyssey and Oyarzabal
To take you in the sun to (Ithaca), to show you the World Cup, it's the time of the season for editing!
- Comix: Well-spotted
You dasherdly—dash–dash−dash-dash!
The Signpost: 24 August 2026
[edit]- News and notes: Union process progresses, unanswered questions about Littler Mendelson remain
And Raju Narisetti leaves WMF board after nine years.
- In the media: Wikipedia editors save Sam Altman's life
Can AI do that? Meanwhile, Ruwiki gives porn the shaft, and has Grokipedia ghosted?
- Recent research: Women in blue? Wikipedia's gender gap reverses in some areas
And other new research findings.
- Discussion report: Again and Again
The community comes to consensus.
- Traffic report: Look out, here comes the Spider-Man!
Plus The Odyssey and varied topics caught in his web.
- Humour: Her tastes, her Wikimania, her upcoming tour... Baby Globe reveals everything
A short (parody) interview with Baby Globe via the French wikipress outlet, Regards sur l’Actualité du mouvement Wikimédia (RAW).
- On the bright side: The great outdoors
Blue Angels, Indigenous Peoples' Day, and the Perseids meteor shower.
- Opinion: Are we embarrassed yet?
One editor wants to find out more about a Department of Justice investigation of Wikipedia and its editors.
- Special report: Paris Syndrome: Labor Strife, AI Anxiety, and a Leadership Test at Wikimania 2026
Notes from a delightful Wikimania and the ugly week that followed.
- Comix: WP:FAOWN
"Explaining civilly" probably should go both ways...
New pages patrol September 2026 Backlog drive
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The Signpost: 16 September 2026
[edit]- News and notes: The Balance of Power
Wikimedia employees unionize, officer departs, The Signpost gains sister on Wiktionary
- In the media: Shocking photos may be changed on Wikipedia
The image gallery anyone can edit.
- Disinformation report: Have UN Secretary-General candidates manipulated Wikipedia?
Speaking diplomatically, not all of them.
- Recent research: Google's AI overviews may have reduced search engine referrals to English Wikipedia by 5%
And other research findings.
- WikiConference report: The backwater symbiosis – reflections from Wiki Conference India 2026
The fourth iteration of Wiki Conference India.
- Traffic report: Heaven let your light shine down
The recently deceased dominate while still leaving room for some entertainment.
- Serendipity: Wikipedia Family Mosh Pit
A poem by Mollystarkdean.
- Obituary: Passing of Gobonobo, community leader advocating for women and minorities
Promoter of cultural knowledge and organizer of global cooperation.
- On the bright side: Fantasy video games, hopeful science fiction, and the change of seasons
The Legend of Zelda, Star Trek, and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
- Comix: The Adventure of the Unknown Corpse
An elementary case for fiction's greatest detective.
Books & Bytes – Issue 76
[edit]Issue 76, July–August 2026
- New partnership: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- New Partnership Manager joins the team
- Spotlight: TWL page on Meta
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