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This Month in GLAM: March 2024



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DYK for Connecting Humanity

On 21 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Connecting Humanity, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary was one of the first two people in the Gaza Strip to receive donated eSIMs through the initiative Connecting Humanity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Connecting Humanity. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Connecting Humanity), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after 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 the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Mirna El Helbawi

On 26 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mirna El Helbawi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mirna El Helbawi (pictured) discovered a way to reconnect people in Gaza to the internet through donated eSIMs, and her organisation Connecting Humanity has connected more than 200,000 people so far? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mirna El Helbawi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mirna El Helbawi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after 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 the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious

connecting humanity

Thank you for quality articles such as Mirna El Helbawi and Connecting Humanity, for the most informative user page I have seen so far, for connecting Wikipedia to the UN, for your large-scale efforts for free education and sharing knowledge, - John, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2932 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare

On 28 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that home repair and maintenance educator Mercury Stardust and her friend Jory Vizcaino have raised more than $4 million for transgender healthcare through their TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after 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 the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red May 2024

Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307


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Nomination of Jonathan Yudelman for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jonathan Yudelman is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Yudelman until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 19:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2024



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Your GA nomination of Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)

The article Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present) you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ElijahPepe -- ElijahPepe (talk) 21:10, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

GA

Just a quick reminder- when nominating an article for GA, please note that you have to be a substantial author to the article. 48JCL (talk • contribs) 17:04, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2024

Women in Red | June 2024, Volume 10, Issue 6, Numbers 293, 294, 308, 309, 310


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Watchlisting DYK pages

Hi, have you watchlisted Template:Did you know nominations/Environmental damage of Gaza caused by the Israel–Hamas war? I would recommend watchlisting the article and nomination for any nomination you make until the article leaves the main page in case there are questions or in case you want to comment on the chosen hook. In this case the subject is controversial so there will be more comments to follow. I understand you are probably busy IRL, but ideally check every couple of days. TSventon (talk) 13:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war

On 29 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Israel's systematic destruction of trees and farmland in Gaza has been described as an ecocide? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Environmental damage of Gaza caused by the Israel–Hamas war. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after 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 the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2024



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Your GA nomination of Ecocide

The article Ecocide you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Ecocide for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of 48JCL -- 48JCL (talk) 00:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | July 2024, Volume 10, Issue 7, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 312, 313


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This Month in GLAM: June 2024



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question re ideas for charter

hi. we are looking for help, on working on a new approach to the Movement Charter, to replace the draft by the mcdc, which was declined by the wmf board earlier this month. would you be interested in helping? we could use your input. please ping me if you reply. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 15:52, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | August 2024, Volume 10, Issue 8, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 313, 314, 315


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This Month in GLAM: July 2024



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  • Albania report: For what matters most for your community
  • Argentina report: Mid-term digitization update
  • Brazil report: Structuring Wiki Loves Monuments through a Wikidata portal
  • Canada report: CCA Hosts Inaugural Wiki Edit-a-Thon
  • Germany report: The flight over the "Rosinenbomber" - drone deployment for Free Knowledge; Kicking off a German-language community of practice for building cultural heritage linked open data with the wikimedia projects
  • India report: GLAM partner ventures into 'Digitisation Plus' programs with Wikimedians
  • Kosovo report: Prompting what's most important - our community in Albania and Kosovo
  • New Zealand report: WikiProject International Botanical Congress 2024, a presentation to the Natural History Museum, London & Kew Gardens staff and a Research expeditions edit-a-thon
  • Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Programme
  • UK report: Translations galore
  • USA report: Wikicurious WikiNYC Civic Hall; San Diego 111; #5WomenArtists campaign
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library report: BHL-Wiki Working Group July monthly highlights
  • Special story: GLAM GLobal meetup & GLAM Global Calls
  • Calendar: August's GLAM events
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Editing hooks

Hi, I saw this edit of yours. Just for future reference, best practice when updating a hook is to leave the original one in place and add a new one, conventionally labeled ALT1, ALT2, etc. Sometimes people refer to the original as "ALT0" even though it's not labeled that. This just makes it easier to keep track of changes during a long discussion. RoySmith (talk) 23:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

September 2024 at Women in Red

Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317


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This Month in GLAM: August 2024



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Women in Red October 2024

Women in Red | October 2024, Volume 10, Issue 10, Numbers 293, 294, 318, 319, 320


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--Lajmmoore (talk 08:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

ANI

There have clearly been several edit-conflicts leading to accidental blanking of comments. DuncanHill (talk) 11:54, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi DuncanHill thanks for the message, my edit was reverted, I got the little 'your edit was reverted' message in my notifications. I know this doesn't happen when a comment is blanked, but if you know another way this works I'm unaware of please let me know :). Thanks again, John Cummings (talk) 11:57, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Usually it happens when someone gets an edit-conflict and follows the instructions, instead of abandoning the edit and starting again. It can also happen without an edit-conflict notice. It's been a problem on ANI for years. It looks like you did it to another editor's comment too. DuncanHill (talk) 12:00, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
DuncanHill thanks so much for explaining, I don't think I have ever written on ANI in the many years I've been on Wikipedia, sorry if I've accidentally deleted anything :) John Cummings (talk) 12:02, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
That's OK, and well done for keeping away from ANI for so long! DuncanHill (talk) 12:04, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2024



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Nomination of Andre Walker Hair Typing System for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Andre Walker Hair Typing System is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andre Walker Hair Typing System until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Akaibu (talk) 21:16, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red November 2024

Women in Red | November 2024, Vol 10, Issue 11, Nos 293, 294, 321, 322, 323


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This Month in GLAM: October 2024



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