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Hello AusLondonder! Follow the Wikimedia LGBT user group on Twitter at @wikilgbt for news, photos, and other topics of interest to LGBT Wikipedans and allies. Use #wikiLGBT to share any Wiki Loves Pride stuff that you would like to share (whether this month or any day of the year) or to alert folks to things that the LGBT Wikipedan community should know. RachelWex (talk) For more information about Wiki Loves Pride, → click here ←.

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

January 2020 at Women in Red

January 2020, Volume 6, Issue 1, Numbers 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153 Happy Holidays from all of us at Women in Red, and thank you for your support in 2019. We look forward to working with you in 2020! Online events: New: Activists / Public domain / Geofocus: Central America / Year-long campaign: Sports! Continuing: 2019 deaths / #1day1woman Editor feedback: Help us plan our future events at the Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Misplaced Pages!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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Women in Red January 2024

Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296 Online events: New: Education (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Temperance women Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2023 Announcement In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part of the #1day1woman initiative! Tip of the month: Check out the new navigation on our Women in Red Project home page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

WP:ANYBIO at AfD

Hello - I've only just become aware of this thread recently, so I couldn't participate in it. It appears the discussion has become stale. Is there any chance of reviving it? — Saqib (talk I contribs) 10:04, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | August 2024, Volume 10, Issue 8, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 313, 314, 315 Online events: New: | Women in film and stage | Indigenous women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (July, August, September) | Women in Sports (July, August) Announcements from other communities TBD Tip of the month: Check your athlete's notability before researching and creating her bio. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 19:56, 25 July 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Free Church of England

It seems that you are attempting to remove several pages from the Free Church of England pages including the deletion of the page for one of their bishops. Please remove these spurious requests for deletion - the FCE is a GAFCON body, part of the third largest communion of Christians (after Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox). Arrowe6365 (talk) 21:27, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

All articles must meet notability requirements. You should not be creating BLPs with zero secondary sources. By the way, the Anglican Communion is the third-largest Christian denomination. AusLondonder (talk) 21:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

These articles do meet notability requirements.

As I have already said, GAFCON is part of the third largest Christian denomination, the Anglican Communion is also part of that same denomination. Impaired communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't make a new denomination, just a different alignment - the whole point of GAFCON (of which the FCE is a part).

I will be honest (given the leanings that are clear from your talk page), it comes across as an attack against a body with which you personally disagree. Arrowe6365 (talk) 22:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

No idea what the last part of your message refers to. How about you add secondary sources when creating articles and we won't have an issue? It's really that simple. The Free Church of England is clearly not part of the Anglican Communion and to suggest otherwise is simply ludicrous. While BISHOPS is a ridiculous essay it explicitly refers to "Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican Communion bishops" AusLondonder (talk) 22:41, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

September 2024 at Women in Red

Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317 Online events: New: Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Islands A - H Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (Jul, Aug, Sep) Announcements from other communities August 30 is the tenth anniversary of WikiProject Women writers! Tip of the month: Try her pen name when searching for sources, and remember to add her to any of these that apply: List of pen names, List of literary initials, and Category:Pseudonymous women writers. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Rosiestep (talk) 18:55, 26 August 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Amara Bangoura (diplomat)

Hi, AusLondonder, how are you? I may be wrong, but I don't think we can delete a page as A7 if it contains a clear claim of significance such as "ambassador to Russia" – as long as that is a credible claim (even if unsourced or not supported by the source cited, as here). What's your take on that? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:06, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Justlettersandnumbers: I'm good hope you're doing well. Yeah fair enough you're probably right, there's a large number of these articles created by the same indefinitely blocked editor with no secondary sources and most of them lacking any substantive content and completely out of date, I've been slowing prodding them, just thought I'd try a CSD but I knew it was stretching it! AusLondonder (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, I think prod should work, it's effectively an unsourced BLP. Thanks for all the great stuff you do, including slowly clearing out this dross, of which there's still far too much. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:17, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for that nice message, appreciate it :) AusLondonder (talk) 12:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Category:LGBT YouTube celebrities has been nominated for deletion

Category:LGBT YouTube celebrities has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 02:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Organisations based in Pietermaritzburg

A tag has been placed on Category:Organisations based in Pietermaritzburg indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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. Liz 20:33, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi there Liz do you know what article was in this category before it became empty? Is there some way to check? AusLondonder (talk) 23:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

I would appreciate it if you could review the edit request on Talk: Gold Apollo AR924

I have proposed an update to the Gold Apollo AR924 entry, as the current information appears to be outdated and inaccurate. Thank you for considering these changes, and I look forward to your feedback. 58.152.168.150 (talk) 16:27, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for deletion

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Venezuela Solidarity Campaign 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.

Janhrach (talk) 16:26, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

re: heather chaplet category revertions

Thx, sometimes it's a little hazy if i'm stretching the categories, her work is all about fashion and sustainability and all that so figured those categories were appropriate. I'm learning as I go with the category thing, it's the one edit type that perhaps perplexes me more than any others. Gregorcollins (talk) 18:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gregorcollins: Hi there, no worries, categorisation can be a bit confusing. Generally very broad categories such as say Category:Cotton don't belong on biographies. If you look at the cotton category it mostly contains articles about cotton products etc. WP:CATSPECIFIC gives some general advice on this. AusLondonder (talk) 16:00, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

got it thx Gregorcollins (talk) 18:09, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Diplomats and honours

Just noticed your comment here and really had to laugh:

Actually, only a small minority of diplomats receive high honours (i.e. CBE and above), especially in the modern day. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

I decided to have a look at some British ambassadors to see whether this is accurate. Surprise, surprise, it wasn't. Menna Rawlings, ambassador to France, DCMG CVO. Karen Pierce, ambassador to the US, DCMG. Nigel Casey, ambassador to Russia, CMG MVO. Julia Longbottom, ambassador to Japan, CMG. Jill Gallard, ambassador to Germany, CMG CVO. Martin Harris, ambassador to Ukraine, OBE CMG. Alex Ellis, ambassador to Spain, KCMG. Notice a peculiar pattern here? A walled garden of articles, some with zero secondary sources (completely unacceptable for a BLP), of British diplomats awarded honours by their employer. AusLondonder (talk) 13:58, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

You have literally picked some of the most important of all UK ambassadors! Talk about cherrypicking to try to prove you're right. Try picking some lesser ambassadors or, indeed, all the other thousands of diplomats who aren't ambassadors (after all, I did say a small minority of diplomats, not ambassadors!). No, don't bother to reply. I know your opinions very well by now. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments, I except some of those articles will be going to AfD soon given lack of secondary sources. Ambassadors are not inherently notable, nor are they notable because their employer gave them an award. AusLondonder (talk) 11:23, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Bernadette Thompson moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Bernadette Thompson. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because a new user gamed autoconfirmed to promote their userspace draft to mainspace without review. 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 your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Cabayi (talk) 11:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cabayi: Is this just a courtesy notification as I did some categorisation work as it's not my article? AusLondonder (talk) 11:51, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

It is. Cabayi (talk) 11:55, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Italian sex offenders

A tag has been placed on Category:Italian sex offenders indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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. Liz 18:17, 27 September 2024 (UTC)