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New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive



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I have sent you a note about a page you started



Hi FormalDude. Thank you for your work on Chavel Cunningham ↗. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol ↗ and left the following comment:

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Women in Red February 2026



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This month, February 2026, '''WikiProject Women in Green ↗''' is participating in the February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive ↗, in which we're aiming to review as many outstanding Good Article (GA) nominations about women and women's works as possible. If you want to help out, you can check out the project talk page ↗ for a list of nominations in need of review (including some WiG originals). If you haven't reviewed a GA nomination before, be sure to check out the reviewing instructions ↗ and guidelines ↗ and feel free to ask for a mentor ↗ to check your work.

We are also working together with a wikithon hosted on 5 February by Wikimedia UK, which will focus on writing and improving articles about women involved in sustainable development. If you want to join the event, feel free to sign up at the eventbrite page ↗; or if you would be interested in providing a 20-minute assessment and/or a full GA review of the submitted articles in the weeks following, put your name down on the project talk page ↗ for updates as the event progresses.

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Hi FormalDude. Thank you for your work on Chavel Cunningham ↗. Another editor, Laterthanyouthink, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol ↗ and left the following comment:

{{Bq|1=Thanks for creating the article. The succession of clubs mentioned in the infobox are not mentioned and cited in the body, and Soccerway doesn't appear to reflect all of the moves. It would be great if you could find sources to support these moves, and also his international goals.}}

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Laterthanyouthink (talk) 05:18, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you for the feedback, appreciate you adding room for improvement to the talk page, unfortunately it's not something I have the time to address myself. ––<span style="color:#0645ad">Formal</span><span style="color:black">Dude</span> (talk) 10:18, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - March 2026



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Super Bowl 51 Falcons offense


How long was the Falcons offense out on the field in the 4th quarter of Super Bowl 51? Mk8mlyb (talk) 07:55, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm not sure off the top of my head, but from a quick glance it looks like they held the ball less than 1/3 of the fourth quarter, potentially even under 4 minutes. You'd need to look up the time of possession/time of drives to be sure. ––<span style="color:#0645ad">Formal</span><span style="color:black">Dude</span> (talk) 10:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – April 2026



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