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Gourmand Cookbook Award

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I came across this award reviewing a draft and it appears to be a notable award mentioned in several articles. Thought you might be interested in creating an article. See also es:Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. S0091 (talk) 16:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, it has an entry in 8 language wikis. Definitely seems worth investigating, thanks! Valereee (talk) 17:37, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This Month in GLAM: March 2024

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Hi Valereee

I appreciate your advice. I don't think what I commented was battle-grounding or bludgeoning though, in this instance. Jack4576 (talk) 16:13, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, there are varying opinions on what constitutes those behaviors. But it's a risky move. Valereee (talk) 16:29, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand its risky but my primary interest in this website is to contribute toward improving it, intelligently, considerately, and in good faith, I'm not going to be constrained in my approach just because of some motivation to remove sanctions; even if they were imposed for justified reasons at the time.

Anyway appreciate your comments and advice Valereee. Despite our occasional disagreements in policy debates I have always valued your opinions and contributions. I'm thankful for your weighing in with advice. Go well. Jack4576 (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And you! Valereee (talk) 16:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing the T-ban thread at ANI

Hi, Valereee. Thanks for closing the lingering Nycarchitecture212 thread at ANI. I felt a pinprick of worry, though, when I saw Nycarchitecture's quite cheerful reply to your notification. Do you think it's possible that they misread your information about the ban being appealable after six months, as implying that the ban would expire after six months? Of course that is by no means what you said. But, as you remarked, they're quite new. And you didn't actually mention the word "indefinite" anywhere. Do you think we can be sure they got it? Bishonen | tålk 00:01, 12 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hm. Do you have any thoughts on how to fix? It's listed at Editing restrictions as an indef...I could leave another message at their talk explaining further? Valereee (talk) 10:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another message is a good idea, I think. The user is surely not going to look up what the editing restrictions log says. Bishonen | tålk 15:54, 12 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

They got it lol... Valereee (talk) 21:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

😀 Bishonen | tålk 00:29, 13 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
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Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

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Request to delete draft of Adel Rehman.

If Adel Rehman's draft is not notable then please remove this draft as soon as possible. It will be your great kindness. Rathorenareshrathore (talk) 07:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

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Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [1][2]

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