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<div style="margin:0.5em 0; color:#202122;">I write mainly about early twentieth-century British boxing, printing history, and online platform ranking. Leave a message below and I will usually reply here, so each thread stays in one place. Please sign your post with four tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>).</div>
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WP:GARC ↗: Invitation to review Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard ↗

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Hello, you have been paired at good article review circles ↗ to review Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard ↗. At the same time, another user will be reviewing the article you nominated. '''Please wait 24 hours''' or until all users have accepted their nomination before starting your review in case a user in your circle decides to decline their invite.

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Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:27, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Printing press ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Printing press ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Printing press/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A.Cython -- A.Cython (talk) 01:24, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

FAC

I am sorry that your nomination of Pat O'Keeffe ↗ was closed at FAC as unsuccessful. I recommend reviewing other articles at WP:FAC ↗ while you get this article ready for another nomination: reviewing articles helps nominators learn the FA criteria ↗, clears the backlog so that your article is more likely to get noticed, and builds goodwill amongst FAC reviewers. If you have any questions, please ping me or post on WT:FAC ↗. Z1720 (talk) 17:27, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

:{{ping|Z1720}} Thank you for the message. I have learnt quite a lot these last few months and have enjoyed dipping into GA, PR and FAC reviews. I have re-nominated Pat O'Keeffe ↗ and regardless of outcome, look forward to contributing to FAC reviews on a regular basis. '''Metalicat''' (talk) 10:46, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Your nomination of Printing press ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Printing press ↗ has 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:Printing press/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing ↗ somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A.Cython -- A.Cython (talk) 02:05, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Hiya!

I reviewed your DYK for printing press. It's a great article, must be a pretty big feat to do a GA on a topic as broad as that. 🥤 ↗Spravato!🍒 ↗/🧋 01:25, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you. It has taken a lot of time and help from others. '''Metalicat''' (talk) 07:35, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Promotion of Pat O'Keeffe ↗

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|text = Congratulations, Metalicat! The article you nominated, '''Pat O'Keeffe ↗''', has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The '''nomination discussion ↗''' has been archived.{{parabr}}This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it ↗ to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, {{user0|David Fuchs}} via FACBot (talk) 23:05, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
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Hello

Hello Metalicat, I hope you're okay. I have an FAC nom ↗ that would benefit from a review by you, and I'd appreciate you taking a look. Ty! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:19, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:Sure thing {{u|Vanderwaalforces}}. I will take a look Sunday night or Monday. Also, a look at my nom ↗ would be appreciated. '''Metalicat''' (talk) 20:03, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Pat O'Keeffe ↗ scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that Pat O'Keeffe ↗ has been scheduled as today's featured article ↗ for 16 August 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2026 ↗, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2026 ↗. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be posted there. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors ↗ from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Z1720 (talk) 15:49, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:{{ping|Z1720}}Thank you! '''Metalicat''' (talk) 16:21, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
:*Sorry to do this, but I missed a nom for the 16 Aug date, so Pat O'Keeffe has been moved to August 20, 2026. Sorry again for the confusion. Z1720 (talk) 22:47, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
:*:{{ping|Z1720}} No worries at all. '''Metalicat''' (talk) 22:55, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Printing press

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|text = On 29 June 2026 ↗, '''Did you know ↗''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''Printing press ↗''''', which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ''... that around 1473 a Dominican friar denounced the '''printing press ↗''' ''(example pictured)'' as a "whore" set against the "virgin" pen?'' The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Printing press ↗. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Printing press ↗), 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 nominate it ↗.
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Triple Crown

right|thumb|Congratulations {{u|Metalicat}}, I am pleased to award you a '''WP:Triple crown|Triple Crown ↗''' for your great work on the article [[Pat O'Keeffe ↗. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:46, 3 July 2026 (UTC)]]

FAC rev - sentences trimmed

Re FAC review. In this reply here ↗ it looks like some sentences from the reviewer were deleted when a reply was posted. Not a big deal, and I don't care, but I've never seen that before in a FAC review (a nominator deleting text posted by a reviewer). The only thing similar I've seen is nominators collapsing (hiding) text with templates e.g. {{t|collapse top}} etc. Like I said: it doesn't bother me, I'm just posting a note cuz it might bother some other reviewers (and maybe the FAC coordinators). Noleander (talk) 13:14, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

:{{ping|noleander}} im so sorry, that certainly wasn't my intention. My fat fingers! will sort it out. '''Metalicat''' (talk) 13:22, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
:::All five restored from the history now, apologies again for the slip. I'm going to give myself a... {{trout}} '''Metalicat''' (talk) 13:40, 9 July 2026 (UTC)