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Nomination for merger of Template:BLP nonbinary editnotice ↗

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CS1 error on Nnedi Okorafor ↗

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:{{Done-t}} — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">OwenBlacker</span> <small>(he/him; Talk)</small></span> 10:12, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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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> 17:24, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Category:Articles containing Island Carib-language text ↗

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may '''contest the nomination''' by visiting the page ↗ and removing the speedy deletion tag.   <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 03:31, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

:We recently changed the display name for the ISO 639 code <code>crb</code>, so this category is obsolete now; see Category talk:Articles containing Island Carib-language text ↗ — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">OwenBlacker</span> <small>(he/him; Talk)</small></span> 13:23, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

":American Mock Trial Association ↗" listed at Redirects for discussion ↗

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CS1 error on Juridical person ↗

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Requested move at :Talk:Silesian language ↗

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Question about rules clarification for translations

I saw you recently updated the translation rules so I have a question, are we allowed to remove bits that are no longer verifiable? I removed that María Barrier ↗ was born in Palma de Mallorca since the source link would just take me to an Instagram account's front page instead of a anything saying that's where she was born (I checked the internet archive just in case but no luck.) Is that alright? Urchincrawler (talk) 10:27, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

:Removing content that is verifiable is sensible; hopefully you shouldn't be penalised for that — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">OwenBlacker</span> <small>(he/him; Talk)</small></span> 18:39, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

How to contact judges for Wikipedia Loves Pride event regarding organizer error?

Hi, organizers of the event made an error by including foreign language articles under 300 words in the Suggested Articles ↗ section of the event. Although the rules say full translations are each worth 1 point, User:Freddy eduardo said in this discussion ↗ that full translations under 300 words would not count even if they were suggested articles, saying that their inclusion was a mistake on the part of the organizers. I haven't gone through every translation so I don't know everyone impacted. I know at the very least, the translations of GoGo for the Gold ↗, María Barrier ↗, and Hidden Mistake ↗ as well as User: Tony Polari's translation of Alejandra Menjívar ↗ (note: he expanded the article after I pinged him on the issue) and User:Magentic Manifestations translation of Murder of Wendy Calle ↗ would no longer count. I would like to request the following of the judges:
#Clarify the rules that translations under 300 words, even if they are complete translations of suggested aricles, do not count.
#To still count translations under 300 words of suggested articles made prior to that clarification. That or some kind of alternative like each still counts for half a point, that way those who did longer translations or who will go back to extend short ones after the clarification will be adequately rewarded, but complete translations of suggested articles under 300 words aren't rendered worthless point-wise.

How can I contact the judges regarding this situation? Thanks! Urchincrawler (talk) 17:13, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

:It would be useful if you could post on Event talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2026 ↗ rather than directly to me, as other people will also be able to reply there. Posting there will get the attention of the judges. — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">OwenBlacker</span> <small>(he/him; Talk)</small></span> 18:40, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

It was a mistake, I would bring it down, am a new editor so a tender an apology for that and will take note next time, thank you for the correction Xaynarb (talk) 15:53, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

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CS1 error on Prohibition ↗

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:{{Done-t}} — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">OwenBlacker</span> <small>(he/him; Talk)</small></span> 19:08, 27 June 2026 (UTC)