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As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes ↗, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows:

May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library ↗, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor

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New England Wikimedians summer events!

Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County ↗, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate

Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA) ↗, where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand

3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting ↗, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more

Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August:

Wikimania 2014 in London ↗

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Re: Fun Awards Idea

Haha, I love the idea of awards like "The Marinated Tofu Award" or "The Vegetable Crudites Award"! If we wanted to make it official within the Vegetarianism and Veganism WikiProject, here's how we could go about it:

1. Define Award Criteria

'''Purpose''': We'd need to decide what contributions these awards would recognize—such as quality article writing, helpful collaboration, or passion for plant-based topics.

'''Categories''': Some fun categories could be:

* Best Article on Vegan/Vegetarian History

* Best Plant-Based Cooking Content

* Outstanding Collaboration in the WikiProject

* Most Creative Edits

2. Create Fun Award Descriptions

Each award should have a fun, creative description, like:

'''"The Marinated Tofu Award"''': Awarded to someone who has made significant contributions to an article with thorough, thoughtful edits.

'''"The Vegetable Crudites Award"''': Given to someone who has contributed fresh, creative ideas to the project or quickly improved discussions.

3. Nominations and Voting

'''Nominate''': Members could nominate contributors for the awards (maybe monthly or quarterly).

'''Vote''': After nominations, members could vote for the winners, or a smaller group could decide.

4. Add It to WikiProject Pages

We’d create a new section on the WikiProject page for these awards.

Announce winners in an informal "award ceremony."

Display the awards on user pages with links to their contributions.

5. Create Digital Badges

Digital badges (like a tofu or vegetable icon) could be created for winners to display on their user pages as a visual recognition of their contribution.

6. Collaborate with the Community

We could start a discussion on the WikiProject’s talk page to finalize the awards and get input from the community before launching.

It would be a fun way to recognize contributions, keep the project positive, and encourage more involvement in plant-based topics!

What do you think? :)

Other Potential WikiProject Awards for Veganism and Vegetarianism

Here are a few other fun and creative '''WikiProject Awards''' that could be developed for the '''Veganism and Vegetarianism WikiProject''':

1. The Plant-Powered Pioneer Award

'''Description''': Given to an editor who has significantly expanded or started a new article that advances the understanding of veganism and vegetarianism, especially in new or underdeveloped areas.

'''Criteria''': Major contributions to lesser-known topics or expanding articles that were previously stubs.

2. The Leafy Greens Contributor Award

'''Description''': Awarded to a user who consistently contributes high-quality, well-researched content to articles about plant-based nutrition, recipes, or ethical veganism.

'''Criteria''': Regular, high-quality edits to content related to plant-based diets, health, or ethical considerations.

3. The Vegan Advocate Award

'''Description''': Given to an editor who has gone above and beyond in advocating for the inclusion of plant-based perspectives in other Wikipedia articles or talk pages.

'''Criteria''': Contributions to discussions that bring attention to veganism or vegetarianism in areas outside of the main project.

4. The Compassionate Editor Award

'''Description''': Awarded to someone who has been exceptionally kind and constructive in their interactions within the WikiProject, fostering collaboration and a positive environment.

'''Criteria''': Acts of kindness, helpful feedback, and positive collaboration.

5. The Tofu Taskmaster Award

'''Description''': For an editor who has shown outstanding organizational skills, such as creating task lists, improving the structure of articles, or handling projects within the WikiProject.

'''Criteria''': Organizational leadership in editing tasks, helping coordinate efforts to improve articles, or managing specific sub-projects.

6. The Seedling Award

'''Description''': Given to a new member who has shown a strong commitment to the project and contributed meaningfully early on.

'''Criteria''': New contributors who have shown enthusiasm, have learned quickly, and made notable contributions in their first few months.

7. The Ethical Contributor Award

'''Description''': This award is for someone who emphasizes the ethical aspects of veganism or vegetarianism in their contributions, bringing attention to animal rights, environmental impacts, and ethical issues.

'''Criteria''': Contributions focused on the ethical side of veganism and vegetarianism, such as the moral philosophy behind these choices.

8. The Veggie Vandalism Protector Award

'''Description''': Awarded to a user who regularly patrols articles related to veganism and vegetarianism, quickly reverting vandalism or making sure articles maintain neutrality and quality.

'''Criteria''': Efforts in preventing vandalism and maintaining a high standard of content integrity.

9. The Harvest Helper Award

'''Description''': For those who’ve assisted others by providing excellent reviews, suggestions, or guidance in article improvement or talk page discussions.

'''Criteria''': Offering helpful advice, improving articles with constructive feedback, or mentoring new users.

10. The Green Gourmet Award

'''Description''': This would go to an editor who contributes significantly to recipes, food-related content, or articles on plant-based cooking.

'''Criteria''': Significant contributions to plant-based cooking content, recipe pages, or food-related topics in the WikiProject.

Destubathon runs until the 16th of July

Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven't seen the Wikipedia:The World Destubathon ↗ contest update in the last few days that we've decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we're about 480 articles short!♦ <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#aba67e">''Dr. Blofeld''</span> 16:52, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Milton Mills (vegan physician) ↗ moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Milton Mills (vegan physician) ↗. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because '''it needs more sources to establish notability''' and '''it is promotional and reads like an advertisement'''.
I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page ↗.
When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. <span style="color:black"><b>Proto</b></span><span style="color:gray">bowl</span><span style="color:red"><b>Addict</b></span> <sup><i>talk!</i></sup> 03:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Vance Lehmkuhl ↗ moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Vance Lehmkuhl ↗. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because '''you may have a possible Conflict of Interest'''.
I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page ↗.
When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. '''<span style="color:#536895;">Onel</span><span style="color:#ffb300;">5969</span>''' <sup><i style="color:blue">TT me</i></sup> 15:24, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
:That is an untrue accusation (and libelous). I was not paid to develop this article. It fits within the WikiProjects that are mentioned on the talk page.MaynardClark (talk) 16:13, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Magnus Klaue ↗

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Hello, MaynardClark. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation ↗ submission or draft ↗ page you started, "Magnus Klaue ↗".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion ↗. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 02:11, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

:Why aren't we notified BEFORE the deletion has been done?
:If we forget, why not routinely notify article creators, say, 5 months after inactivity, or 5.5 months after inactivity.̴̴ The "Magnus Klaue" article was an English translation of the already-existing German-language article.̴̴̴ MaynardClark (talk) 12:22, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
::FireflyBot automatically sends a message after the first 5 months (#Concern regarding Draft:Magnus Klaue ↗). It does not send follow-up notifications. -- <span style="color:#4E8321">Recon</span><span class="skin-invert" style="color:#073131">rabbit</span> 20:00, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
:::Why would I not see such a message from FireflyBot? MaynardClark (talk) 02:55, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
::::It's on this page. I found it by scrolling up to 2 February 2025. I have this problem too. All I can advise is keeping a list of drafts you are working on so that they don't fall by the wayside. -- <span style="color:#4E8321">Recon</span><span class="skin-invert" style="color:#073131">rabbit</span> 12:15, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Plant-based cat food

Hi MaynardClark, I know you have been active on the vegan and vegetarian dog food page. If your knowledge extends to plant-based cats, I would appreciate your input on the AfD discussion for this page if you're interested.

See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plant-based cat food ↗

Sklabb (talk) 10:43, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

:Is that good? Thank you for working on this article.MaynardClark (talk) 19:06, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Help with article review

Hi, I work for journalist Vicky Ward ↗. I recently rewrote her career section in my sandbox to add many more citations and improve the organization all while removing promotional phrases. I am looking for an editor who can review it and replace the current section if they think it meets all policies and criteria. Since I have a conflict of interest I won't do this myself, but I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you! Tatianacooper16 (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of :Mobility portfolio ↗ for deletion

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The article will be discussed at '''Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mobility portfolio ↗''' 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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Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

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'''Election news:''' Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators ↗, we welcomed {{noping|GoldRomean}} to the coordinator team. {{noping|Dhtwiki}} remains as lead coordinator, and {{noping|Miniapolis|Mox Eden}} return as coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox ↗ for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here ↗.

'''June 2025 blitz:''' 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz ↗ copy edited a total of 26,652 words comprising 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are here ↗.

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Draft:Vern Bennom Grimsley ↗

Hello, MaynardClark,

Would you consider moving this draft back to your User space? Then it wouldn't be deleted every 6 months and then get restored. Just remove any AFC tags from the page and our AFC bots wouldn't list it as eligible for deletion. Thank you. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 02:14, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

:Yes, I would happily do that. MaynardClark (talk) 03:41, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

ChatGPT

Hi Maynard,

I know in the past you have done good work on veg related Wikipedia articles and I really appreciate that but over the last year you have been using ChatGPT which was confirmed in a recent email you sent me. I have noticed this myself and I have also had private complaints from two members of WP:VAV ↗ that you are using an AI chatbox to generate responses. When you are questioned about this you ignore replying. I also noticed some of your articles were deleted and they were essentially very poor quality. There doesn't seem to be any effort. I do not know why you ended up using this ChatGPT but unfortunately it gives the WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism a bad image if you are using this. It seems like you have lost interest in doing genuine research into animal rights and you are just copying and pasting content from AI answer generators. This is a very lazy approach.

I have never used any AI chatbox. All the research I do is my own and it takes me many hours of honest research to write a Wikipedia article from all sorts of historical archived material. I have spent countless hours doing research and writing articles. Outside of Wikipedia there are only a few historians involved in archiving and documenting historical animal rights material and I am in contact with them. It's going to be problematic if you are emailing some of these scholars material from ChatGPT or other AI answer generators under the name of our WikiProject. It will give us a bad image. We do not use AI generated material. What happened to good honest old fashioned historical research? What made you switch to this AI nonsense? I am not looking for an argument here I am just curious to your change in behavior.

In regard to this AI edit you made https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Veganism_and_Vegetarianism&diff=prev&oldid=1318927720 ↗ you copied personal phone numbers and email addresses onto the WikiProject. Veg Historian (talk) 10:30, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

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Articles for Creation backlog drive

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Guild of Copy Editors – December 2025 Newsletter

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|<span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Guild of Copy Editors ↗ December 2025 Newsletter'''</span>

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Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box ↗ to your watchlist.

'''Election news:''' The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure <s>nearly</s> everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors experienced in drives or blitzes and in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to '''nominate themselves or another editor (with their permission, of course) to be a Guild coordinator''' ↗ until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June 2026.

'''September Drive:''' 43 of the 63 editors who signed up for the '''September Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 693,541 words in 265 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''October Blitz:''' 14 of the 15 editors who signed up for the '''October Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 75,108 words in 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''November Drive:''' 38 of the 65 editors who signed up for the '''November Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 590,816 words in 240 articles. Barnstars awarded are posted '''here''' ↗.

'''December Blitz:''' The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 14 December (UTC) and will end on 20 December at 23:59. '''Sign up here''' ↗. Barnstars awarded will be posted '''here''' ↗.

'''Progress report:''' As of 01:49, 8 December 2025 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 293 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,730 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, {{noping|Dhtwiki|GoldRomean|Miniapolis|Mox Eden}}.
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You are invited to discuss on the merger of WK Kellogg Co ↗

{{reply to|MaynardClark}} The reason why I am sending you this message is because User:ScrubbedFalcon closed the discussion as merge, I 100% disagree with merging this article into another article. I have created an against the merge section on the page Talk:Ferrero SpA ↗, with multiple reasons of why I am against it. Catfurball (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Catfurball}} I think that the W. K. Kellogg company, responsible for the cereals that many of us know and love, deserves its own separate and distinct article. It makes finding clear content easier and faster for those who are beginning their readings in (or study of) this topic. MaynardClark (talk) 19:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2025 Annual Report

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<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Our '''2025 Annual Report ↗''' is now ready for review.</div>

'''Highlights:'''

Introduction

Membership news and election results

Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page

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Your draft article, Draft:Vern Bennom Grimsley ↗

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the April 2026 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December ↗. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

'''Election results:''' In our December 2025 coordinator election ↗, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators ↗ will open on 1 June (UTC).

'''December 2025 Blitz:''' 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the '''December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''January Drive:''' 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the '''January Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''February Blitz:''' 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the '''February Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''March Drive:''' 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the '''March Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''April Blitz:''' Sign up for our '''April Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗, which runs from 12 to 18 April. Barnstars will be awarded '''here''' ↗.

'''Progress report:''' As of 09:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 81 copyediting requests ↗ since 1 January 2026. The backlog of articles needing copyediting ↗ stands at 1,794 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Dhtwiki|GoldRomean|Miniapolis|Mox Eden|Wikieditor662}}.

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Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas ↗

You are invited to participate in the '''Destubathon of the Americas ↗''', a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#aba67e">''Dr. Blofeld''</span> 17:16, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Ron Pickarski ↗

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Pennymac Financial Services

Hi MaynardClark, I'm working to add updated info to the PennyMac Financial Services ↗ page, which currently contains data that is several years old. I see that you're a member of WP:BIZ ↗, so would you be be willing to take a look at my suggested edits: Talk:PennyMac_Financial_Services#Page_updates ↗? I hope you'll consider updating the lead as requested. Thanks, HomeWithAYard (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors – June 2026 Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the June 2026 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April.

'''Election news:''' Nominations for the '''mid-year coordinator election''' ↗ ends at 23:59 on 15 June. Voting will last from 00:00 on 16 June to 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced on the election page.

'''April Blitz:''' 18 of the 21 editors who signed up for the '''April 2026 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ copy edited 122,993 words in 56 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''May Drive:''' 34 of the 66 editors who signed up for the May 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive ↗ copy edited 543,972 words in 211 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''June Blitz:''' Our '''June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ will start on 14 June and finish on 30 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted '''here''' ↗.

'''Progress report:''' As of 22:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 132 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 1,691 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators.

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Your draft article, Draft:Milton Mills (vegan physician) ↗

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