User talk:Lajmmoore

Hello, Lajmmoore, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

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Hello Lucy, this is just to appreciate your sharing on the knowledge circle. I have always been interested in creating spaces and engagement for women (researches online). I wish to create articles for women. I love Wikipedia most amongst all the Wikimedia project, probably because I love research. My issue will be seeking the list of women to create. I hope to make more impact. Ngostary2k (talk) 16:46, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great work! Srsval (talk) 14:18, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :D Bacilah (talk) 18:46, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU <3

Leedsproject2019 (talk) 14:22, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For a barrage of new, high-quality articles in 2019, most of which expand Wikipedia's coverage of African women. Yay! Alarichall (talk) 10:39, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just reviewed Choukri Djibah. Thanks for writing this article. Mccapra (talk) 22:47, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I’ve just reviewed Khadidja Hamdi. Thanks for this well-written article. Mccapra (talk) 06:02, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve sent you two lots of baklava already so here’s a kitten instead for writing Hawa Al-Tagtaga. Your articles are really well written. Great work!

Mccapra (talk) 05:31, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lajmmoore

Thank you for creating Mary Pirie.

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North8000 (talk) 20:21, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Great that you've made this new page for Mary Pirie! --MerielGJones (talk) 12:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		Mary Wollstonecraft Award
		On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for creating the recent new article on Sandra Pierrette Kanzie, the first woman from Burkina Faso whose works were published. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:44, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I just read the article about Aicha Snoussi. Thank you for creating it! Greetings from Tunisia.Kawayashu (talk) 11:41, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kawayashu: Thanks so much, and thanks for taking the time to read it. (Lajmmoore (talk) 12:14, 18 May 2020 (UTC))[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Well done for creating the article on the Wrens of the Curragh! Amazing work! Smirkybec (talk) 11:58, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are recipient no. 2426 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much @Gerda Arendt: what a lovely surprise! (Lajmmoore (talk) 14:47, 29 July 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Thank you so much for Constance Weldon. gobonobo + c 01:58, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lajmmoore! Thank you for signing up to take part in #MedievalWiki 2020! We've freshly made a project badge, which you are welcome to display on your userpage should you wish. Here's the direct link to our Meetup page for your easy reference. See you on Wednesday! Medievalfran (talk) 20:18, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Asia contest October
	Lajmmoore - Thank you for your participation! (3 articles) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:03, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Asia contest
	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions in November 2020 - 3 articles WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for a great Leeds Wikithon event! :) LH

EriedgenArc (talk) 15:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! With 13,197 views, your Saint Ninnoc hook is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of December.Accordingly, it has been included at DYKSTATS December. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 20:22, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Asia contest
	Lajmmoore Second Place December 2020 CongratulationsWomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:27, 1 January 2021 (UTC)![reply]

Hi! I have another one that will have more references for sure if you're interested: Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851. It's where Sojourner Truth gave her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. I'm so glad you're interested in helping out. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:30, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Megalibrarygirl, OK Cool! I'll have a go at the Ohio one first! Lajmmoore (talk) 19:11, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lajmmoore, awesome! I think I have some images from that one, or either the one after it in Massillon. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:42, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Megalibrarygirl: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to make this article live - it's here now Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851 - I really struggled to find any info about it (apart from the Sojourner Truth story). If you've got any tips, please let me know! I'll have a look a Massillon. Lajmmoore (talk) 21:37, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lajmmoore, I added an image. :) Some of these conventions are really hard to track down. They were talked about during their time, but historians have ignored a lot of them. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:56, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Megalibrarygirl phew! i thought it was me. will have a go at the Massilon one next! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A utterly fascinating page! Dsp13 (talk) 10:10, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dsp13, Thanks so much! So interesting to learn about her! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your impressive beginning. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Alarichall submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

It is my pleasure to nominate Editor Lajmmoore to be this weeks Editor of the Week. This user has been a Wikipedian for just under two years, but in that time has created over 200 articles in English Wikipedia. Their start in life on Wikipedia doesn't seem to have been the easiest: their first two articles were deleted, but they were not put off, and rose above initial problems (with some [help from me]) to successfully recreate those articles and to create many more since with no difficulties. They have focused their efforts on extending Wikipedia's biographical coverage of women from the Global South, helping to correct a well known bias in Wikipedia's coverage. Where I have seen their editing work, I have been very impressed at their ability to track down and assimilate reliable information about important figures about whom information is not readily available on the Internet, including dealing with source materials in languages other than English (e.g. Aïcha Ben Abed, Paulina (wife of Pammachius), Fatima al-Suqutriyya). They have done their editing work in particular through active involvement in Women in Red (along with other projects), and notices on their talk page evidence a string of successes in getting pages they have created onto 'did you know?', again bespeaking their enthusiastic engagement with the wider Wikipedia community. I note too that they are doing a PhD and are contributing material to Wikipedia in the course of their research: User:Lajmmoore/PhD Research. I've had many PhD students of my own and, while all lovely people, they are uniformly fabulously reluctant to share their knowledge in this way. Lajmmoore points the way towards a more open future for academia, and a greater willingness among the gatekeepers of the world's knowledge to share it.

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Lajmmoore

Editor of the Week for the week beginning January 31, 2021

A 2 year editor with over 200 articles in English Wikipedia. Focused efforts on WP's biographies of women from the Global South. Able to track down and assimilate reliable but hard to find information about important female figures. Active involvement in Women in Red and other projects. She opens a future for sharing the world's knowledge.

Recognized for

an impactful beginning

Notable work(s)

Aïcha Ben Abed, Paulina (wife of Pammachius), Fatima al-Suqutriyya)

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 22:31, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Buster7, Thanks so much! This was such a lovely surprise and it really is encouraging! Thank you Lajmmoore (talk) 15:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Lajmmoore! Well deserved recognition. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:01, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Africa contest
	23 articles Lajmmoore Second Place January 2021 Congratulation! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:22, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Africa contest
	8 articles Lajmmoore Second Place February 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A deserved barnstar! I'm pinging everyone who signed up as a participant with an update, now that we're two months in: over 100 articles have been created in January and February! Let's help make the final month of the contest a success too :) Dsp13 (talk) 14:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your DYK hook about Julia Chinn and her common-law marriage to the VPOTUS drew 18,399 page views (767 per hour) while on the Main Page. It was one of the most viewed hooks during the month of February and earned a place near the top of the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 16:27, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if this is the sort of thing that might be up your alley, but a couple of years ago I purchased this catalogue from the National Museum of Women in the Arts gift shop:

Philippa Glanville; Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.) (1990). Women Silversmiths, 1685–1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-23578-2.

I've pretty well bled it dry of all the women in NMWA's collection (they claim to have the most extensive collection of silver by women silversmiths of any museum, which I quite believe), but there are a lot of other names listed, in case you ever want to follow it up. Not sure about notability, unfortunately, but at least it's a starting point.

Incidentally, if you ever do get to the Washington, DC area, I highly recommend NMWA for a visit - it's a fine little museum, very nicely done. One of my favorites in the city, honestly. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:56, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Africa contest
	15 articles Lajmmoore First Place March 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:25, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I only just noticed this. Amazing work! Well done :-) Alarichall (talk) 18:07, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

		Mary Wollstonecraft Award 2021
		On behalf of WP:WPWW, with appreciation for the women writer biographies you created during first quarter 2021. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:28, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Europe contest
	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions April 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:35, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your excellent recent work on museums in Pacific countries. I was fortunate enough to have visited the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery a few years ago, and it's good that the article now does justice to this museum. I also greatly enjoyed your Susan Karike article. Nick-D (talk) 10:04, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D, Thanks so much - that's so kind to hear. I'm trying to work my way round the Pacific island museums, tidying up where necessary, so it's lovely to hear its appreciated. Lajmmoore (talk) 12:03, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ayidris4real (talk) 10:17, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I noticed that someone with a masked IP published a false information about me here. A search on Google in English and Farsi clearly reveals that I am not a self-claimed thinker and artist as my biography has been published in the media. Moreover, several authors have published it in their books and many reviews on my works have also been published in journals. Some of these sedondary sources are available on the Web. The reason why this person with a hidden IP has published this false information about me on Wikipedia is that I have worked in different fields. However, as I explained here this hostility is not justified. As you have created this entry about me on Wikipedia, if he or she publishes again any false information about me, please remove it. Thanks. Taraneh Javanbakht — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.23.194.41 (talk) 12:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the message - I'm sorry I missed the vandalism. In case it happens again, I'll ask a few other editors to keep an eye on it as well. Lajmmoore (talk) 14:03, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi all. Perhaps add this information to the article talkpage? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:53, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rosiestep, Good idea! Is there a fancy way to do that, or do I just copy/paste? Lajmmoore (talk) 20:08, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Using the {{tpq}}, I think it would be fine to copy/paste the whole comment including the IP "signature". --Rosiestep (talk) 07:03, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rosiestep, Frustratingly I can't get the tool to work! Would you be able to do it, so I can see how its done? Lajmmoore (talk) 06:53, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure; done. See: Talk:Taraneh Javanbakht#Vandalism. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:26, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Europe contest
	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions May 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:55, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lajmmoore I trust you're well. Kindly help me out with this image of a late Nigerian first lady. Working on her article and couldn't find a free image. Does the image above qualify for Fair use like you did with Felicia?? Thanks really!--OtuNwachinemere (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OtuNwachinemere, hey! Lovely to hear from you! Since she's dead, you can use any image under the Fair Use terms. There's the "upload file" in the left hand tool bar, if you click that, then click "upload non-free file" then it will take you through a few questions. Step 1 is added the image, Step 2 is describing, then Step 3 is the more legal bit. Under Step 3 - select "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use." Then there's a box for the page name, then in the next box, select "This is an historic portrait of a person no longer alive." This opens another box entirely! In that box - which starts "Deceased since" - you add when they died, and in the subsequent boxes where you got the image from, etc. If you don't know, put unknown. Then there's two further questions. The first is "Please explain why a free alternative to this image cannot be found." - here you want to say something like, "the subject is deceased, so a new image cannot be taken, and there are no images freely available". The next question is "Please explain why you are confident that our use of the file will not harm any commercial opportunities of its owner." - here you'd want to put something like "it is low resolution" The final question is "In view of this, please explain how the use of this file will be minimal." - here say something like - "it will be used in one article". There a box for "further relevant infomation" which you might have to click (but not put anything in) in order for you to be able to press upload. Let me know if you have any issues! If the steps feel like too much hassle, I'm happy to do it for you, just let me know! Lajmmoore (talk) 14:11, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssoome!!! Gosh I'm so excited at this new information. Thank you so much Lajmmoore. Really Thanks a whole lot. The many good things i will do with this solution. Thank you!--OtuNwachinemere (talk) 22:59, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So i completed the upload successfully but the infobox just won't display the photo, so i just inserted it above the box. that is ok?--OtuNwachinemere (talk) 23:01, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OtuNwachinemere, Perfect! I just checked, and you'd put the filename in the infobox area for "image caption" - but the box the filename goes in is just called "image". Easy to miss! Article looks great. Happy editing! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:51, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my bad! Thanks for helping me out Lajmmoore. Super thankful.--OtuNwachinemere (talk) 09:05, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Creativity barnstar

I award you this barnstar in part because of your diligence in creating biographies about women who are associated with under-represented countries on English Wikipedia. But it's your creative depiction of this work, e.g. commons:File:Circular list of 20 countries with lowest % of biographies for women on EN Wikipedia - spring 2022.jpg, which amazes me with its awesomeness. Thank you for what you do! It is noticed. Rosiestep (talk) 19:31, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Awww thanks @Rosiestep: This is so kind! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:49, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

yay now I know how to send people kittens! :)

Eritha (talk) 13:12, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have been working on this draft for Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter for a couple years (lol). I just submitted it but I wondered if you could help me improve the article? I tried to find an image that I could use- there are a number floating around on library websites, for example SFPL but I wasn't sure if I could use them, & I'm also not sure how to insert images. Thanks! Fifthcoastbobcat (talk) 19:53, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fifthcoastbobcat, Congratulations! I remember you mentioning this page - so excellent its live! The library website link looks good to me - they are a trusted sources (I think). My other pro tip is to find sources using a search via Google Books, or Google Scholar. A quick scholar search showed https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v30n02_03 & https://www.jstor.org/stable/40545573 - lmk if you've got issues accessing them! Lajmmoore (talk) 07:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments on my article on Wanjuhi Njoroge - they are very helpful as I am totally new to editing Wikipedia. I am a volunteer at the Science Musuem Group. I don't know how to get the article moved from Drafts but I can see on the Women in Red page that you seem to have it in hand. CuriosityScribe (talk) 09:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your useful comments about my article on Sheila McGuffie. I have changed it a little and would be grateful if you can make it live if you think it's now ok. I wasn't sure if the additional 2 references you suggested (which I knew about but wasn't sure if they were suitable - so thanks for confirming that they are!) should be placed in an 'External Links' section or in the 'References' section -I chose the latter. I've searched quite a lot for more references for Shiela, including all the WES journals, but this is all I could come up with. Maybe once it's published others will be able to add to it. CuriosityScribe (talk) 12:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CuriosityScribe, Looks great! I've added a tag and done a little copy edit - there's one place where adding a reference is needed. To improve, you could also add some sentences linked to the info in the infobox! e.g. She went to University at + reference. Happy editing! Lajmmoore (talk) 13:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CuriosityScribe, you could also add her name to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/184 page Lajmmoore (talk) 13:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey ho Lucy! I totally thought I'd registered for the amazing MedievalWiki event you're doing right now, but I didn't! So this is just me apologising that I'm not there! I'll be doing some editing over the next couple of hours, at any rate... Thanks ever so much to you and the team for running it. Alarichall (talk) 13:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alarichall, No worries! Join our dashboard :) https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Leeds_IMC/MedievalWiki_WikiData_at_Leeds_IMC?enroll Lajmmoore (talk) 13:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw that I (Daniel Quasar) now have an article on Wiki and that you were the one to get it going! Thank you for this and what a wonderful surprise! I have been smiling all night since I saw it earlier. You've made my year. ^_^

	Women in Red Women in Latin America contest
	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions August 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:42, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently published a couple of Wiki pages on Women in STEM - Ella Mary Collin and Kathleen Mary Cook. If I search for each of them in the Search Wikipedia box they come up, but if I Google search for them neither show up! I presume I did something wrong when moving them from my Sandbox. I used the 'Move' option under More and it seemed to work. I'd appreciate your advice. Thanks. CuriosityScribe (talk) 19:32, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CuriosityScribe, congratulations on your new articles! Amazing work! So, I imagine it is something to do with the fact you're pages might be going through a sort of "triage" system, where another editor sort of signs them off? I don't help with it, usually, but I'll try and find the policy and the description and get back to you! Lajmmoore (talk) 07:03, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CuriosityScribe, so I think the process is detailed as part of this and what you're waiting for *I think* is a review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_Curation/Help#What_is_Mark_as_Reviewed_and_how_does_it_work?

It's not something I any of, so I would suggest asking the same question you put above on the Women in Red talk page and I imagine someone there might be able to help! Happy editing Lajmmoore (talk) 07:13, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Lajmmoore CuriosityScribe (talk) 08:24, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red | October 2021, Volume 7, Issue 10, Numbers 184, 188, 209, 210, 211 Online events: New: Women in STEM New Contest (Oct/Nov/Dec): Women in Oceania contest Continuing: Women's rights | #1day1woman Special event: 12 October: Ada Lovelace Day 24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon See also: Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow Women in Red on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Rosiestep (talk) 01:35, 29 September 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Hi Lajmmoore, Glad to see you are jumping in to the Women in Oceania contest! Could you wait until October to start adding articles? Because it is a contest, and you are often a contender, it would be best if your entries are all in the set time of the contest. Thank you. Best, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 19:54, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OOPS! I had forgotten the contest bit. Thanks for the reminder! I'll leave that one there, but wouldn't expect it to count! Cheers Lajmmoore (talk) 19:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for attending the session. Always nice to have a friendly "face" in the crowd. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 23:41, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rosiestep It was really interesting! It's always really nice to hear about wikidata in more detail. Lajmmoore (talk) 07:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Oceania contest
	18 articles Lajmmoore Third Place October 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:16, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jacquetta Hawkes you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caeciliusinhorto -- Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 20:00, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have discovered the article binabinaaine and add some minor infos from a Gilbertese point of view (te aine means simply the woman in Gilbertese, same word fafine in Tuvaluan). There is nothing in the article about binabinamwaane (women that acts like they are men), that exist in the Kiribati society but unfortunately I have never seen an English essay about this close category.--Arorae (talk) 10:58, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Arorae - your edits are brilliant - they are really appreciated. You can add sources that aren't in English to the article, so if there's something in Gilbertese or another language then that would be a brilliant addition. It's something I had wondered about, but like you say - could not find a source. Lajmmoore (talk) 11:54, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article Jacquetta Hawkes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jacquetta Hawkes for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caeciliusinhorto -- Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 11:21, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

		Women in Green GA Editathon — October '21
		Thank you for your excellent contributions to Jacquetta Hawkes during our first Women in Green editathon event! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for considering joining the WIR MMS crew—since MegaLibraryGirl is mostly offline and Rosiestep’s hands are tied as a trustee, I’d be so grateful for backup. It’s really not technically hard at all—only a bit daunting as far as so many people receiving it! But the task itself is just three blanks to fill in (subject line; source code of the invite, already proofread at that point; and the name of the page that has the addressees, helpfully saved on the page where we draft the invite).
I can show you exactly, if that sounds like something you’re up for! Innisfree987 (talk) 03:56, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Innisfree987 yeah, I'll help out. I'll look for the guidance (I'm assuming there is some!) - do I need to ask for special permissions for my account (I'm not an admin)? Cheers Lajmmoore (talk) 11:22, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So many thanks! Guidance is at WP:MMS and yes it’s a special perm. You see that to request it, they usually like to see someone’s previously submitted a request to have a mass message sent, to demonstrate understanding of the guidelines. We could try to get our act together well in advance of January so you could make a request to have them send the invite to notch one (might be feasible actually; two editathon pages are already started). Or you could just request an exemption as I did. Either way, I’m happy to write out an exact sample as a model. Innisfree987 (talk) 18:05, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Innisfree987: ... oh I could join in with this as well. Might not need permission as I'm an admin but need to check. Victuallers (talk) 13:47, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Victuallers, oh that would be great too, and I do think you already have the permission, as an admin. When you go to: Special:MassMessage, can you see a form to fill out? Innisfree987 (talk) 20:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Oceania contest
	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions November 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:25, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	Women in Red Women in Oceania contest
	4 articles (tie) Lajmmoore Third Place December 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:19, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lajmmoore! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

-- 11:13, Friday, January 7, 2022 (UTC)

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For all your work on Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem!

Eritha (talk) 19:56, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't had a chance and Gunung Padang, an example, is a priority. Forthcoming treatment for bowel and liver cancer may also interfere. Doug Weller talk 15:54, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have only just started but have already been welcomed, helped and then been given supportive comments by editors who, when I look at their pages are just, well, absolutely astounding in knowledge and range. Thank you!

Balance person (talk) 21:39, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Lajmmoore, and thanks for participating in our translation contest. Unfortunately, with 108 words Veasna Chea Leth is still too short. To qualify for the contest it has to have at least 160 words of running text. I realize the Catalan article is just as short but if you can find additional material, you can expand the article and return it to the main contest list. Otherwise you should start with longer articles in other language versions.--Ipigott (talk) 10:37, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Woops! I forgot there was a word limit - thanks for catching this @Ipigott Lajmmoore (talk) 13:40, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well done for creating the missing Yangsze Choo.

Don't forget, when re-using a ref from another article, to update the access date. When I see refs with access dates earlier than the first creation of the article, my first thought is that someone has copied a chunk of another article, unacknowledged. Not the case here obvs, just saving work by using the ready-formatted ref, but the access-date should always be saying "this is the date on which I consulted that website, so the state of it on that day supports the statement I'm sourcing" - useful if the site disappears and someone is hunting it down in archive sites, or if it's a fast-changing website.

I've also added publication dates to some of the refs, always good to include ( but not all-numeric, per MOS), ditto authors. Not sure what to do the Tatler Asia ref - some editors put "staff" as author-name. And undated too!

Ah well. The NI Troubles are rearing their head in Big Jubilee Read. And so it goes. Cheers. PamD 22:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tips @PamD - it's obvious now you point it out that the copy/pasting didn't change the date, my bad! Well done for all your work on the page itself! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:43, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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	Lajmmoore Thank you for your additions April 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:43, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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