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Your military history newsletter – Issue 244, August 2026





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WikiProject Notre Dame Invite

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Hey! I noticed you are a Notre Dame alumnus, hence I wanted to invite you to join our project. Also, I know you're already an active member of the project, but I just wanted to tell you that I'm currently in the effort to re-boot the project and make it more productive than ever.

Just out of curiosity, I know you're an alumnus, were you an undergrad? What dorm? Eccekevin (talk) 19:57, 9 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I graduated in 1980 (B.A., Economics). I lived in Lewis Hall. My M.B.A. is from Loyola Chicago in 1982. It was before ND had a MBA program in downtown Chicago, otherwise I would have gone to ND for that also. At the time, they only had a full-time program in Indiana, and although I was accepted, I turned it down so I could move back to my hometown in the W. Suburbs and commute downtown to Loyola's Graduate School of Business. Cheers! Funandtrvl (talk) 20:54, 9 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
That's great! I hope you get to visit often. Also, if you're interested, the current Lewis Hall section Hall is severly lacking. I found good sources , but I don't have time to work on it. If you want, that's definitely something that has to be done Archives.  Preceding unsigned comment added by Eccekevin (talkcontribs) 05:39, 10 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Notre Dame

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Hi Funandtrvl!

I know that in the past you've been an active Wikiproject Notre Dame. I am currently revamping the project and I'm looking for other people interested in contributing. We are in dire need, since Notre Dame has so much to be covered, but very few editors on it. There is so much to do, either adding content, or editing, or assessing. If you wanted to collaborate, there is the updated to do list (you can find it in the invite box). Are you an alumnus/a of the University? Please feel free to ask me for anything!

Best,

Eccekevin (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Precious anniversary

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Two years ago ...
refined templates fun
... you were recipient
no. 897 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Three years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:47, 25 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Funandtrvl (talk) 18:14, 27 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
... and four! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 25 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
Thank you again! Funandtrvl (talk) 22:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
... and six! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Notre Dame

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Hello Funandtrvl, I just wanted to thank you for your work for the WikiProject Notre Dame. I am currently making an effort to revamp it and improve all articles. I was wondering if you could help out, since any and all help is needed. If you want, you can check out the To Do list for the top priority, or take your own initiative and work on what's needed the most. The top priority articles in bad condition, like the colleges or the grotto, need a lot of help too. Additionally, photos or translation in other languages are also great.

Best and thank once more for your work on Wikipedia, Eccekevin (talk) 02:35, 16 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

thanks- I will take a look at it! Funandtrvl (talk) 17:50, 17 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Resources for finding county-level statistics

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Happy holidays Happy Holidays

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North America1000 14:44, 31 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Happy New Year! Funandtrvl (talk) 19:24, 2 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Happy Birthday!

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@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you! Funandtrvl (talk) 19:58, 16 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

A beer for you!

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Thank you for all your work on improving our London pub articles. Edwardx (talk) 12:02, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Edwardx: Thank you! I've been reminiscing at the same time that I've been reading & updating the navbox and articles! Funandtrvl (talk) 18:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Probably best to stick to virtual visits to London's pubs these days. At least we can still enjoy beer at home, even real ale in a bottle. Cheers. Edwardx (talk) 20:18, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy Birthday!

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--Thank you! Funandtrvl (talk) 19:56, 16 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

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I don't have an appropriately shaped barnstar but just wanted to say thanks for all your good work in the portal namespace. I watch quite a few of its pages, mainly to counter vandalism, and most of the good edits that I skip over are yours. Certes (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Certes:, thank you for the kind message! I've tried to clean up pages, and fix the problems, as much as I can. Cheers Funandtrvl (talk) 00:03, 24 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Sourcing

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Since you are part of the WikiProject:Notre Dame, would you help me source some pages that risk being deleted/redirected, like Alumni Hall, Badin Hall, Carroll Hall, and Keenan Hall. I am trying to improve them to make sure they pass GNG. Thank you.Eccekevin (talk) 10:12, 16 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • Comment: Eccekevin, this clearly violates canvasing for votes at AfD. You are free to post to Wikiproject talk pages, but canvasing individual editors you feel will support your position is a significant violation.  // Timothy :: talk  10:26, 16 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 25 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Gerda Arendt: many thanks! --Funandtrvl (talk) 22:35, 25 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Happy Birthday!

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Wishing Funandtrvl a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 21:38, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy April 1

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Ha-ha! April Fool's! --Funandtrvl (talk) 15:38, 1 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Points Guy help

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Hello. I saw you’re a member of WikiProject Travel and Tourism, and was hoping you could assist on The Points Guy. I posted a few suggested updates to the Talk page Talk:The_Points_Guy#Proposed_Updates_to_Article to improve the article - if possible, can you review the proposed changes? I have a COI, and didn’t want to update the article directly. Thank you for your help! Cheergirl325 (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sixteenth anniversary on Wikipedia!

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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

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Dear Funandtrvl,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more.

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 18:53, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy First Edit Day!

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Thank you @CAPTAIN RAJU: --Funandtrvl (talk) 21:25, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year, Funandtrvl!

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Moops T 00:16, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy Birthday!

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Always precious

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Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Senior Wikipedians

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WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older has been inactive for some time. The following three proposals may help invigorate this project.

  1. Change the name of this project to WikiProject Senior Wikipedians.[a]
  2. Open membership in this project to users who are at least 60 years of age and have made at least 50 edits in the past year.[b]
  3. Open supporting membership in this project to users who are less than 60 years old but have made at least 50 edits in the past year and support the goals of this project.[c]

Suggested goals for this project:

  1. To support collaboration and communication among members for the advancement and improvement of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.
  2. To encourage older people, retired people, and soon-to-be-retired people to participate in Wikipedia both for the advancement of the encyclopedia and for their own personal enjoyment.
  3. To encourage older people to share their experience and expertise for the improvement of Wikipedia.
  4. To encourage older users to use their experience and expertise to help younger and less experienced users.
  5. To encourage participation in local and regional Wikimedia events.
  6. To sponsor Wikipedia meetings and classes at places where older people gather.
  7. To advocate for the elimination of ageism and sexism in Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.

Notes

  1. The current name of this project, WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older, is somewhat cumbersome and excludes participation by any users under the age of 70 years.
  2. This current minimum age limit of this project is 70 years. A minimum age limit of 60 years should permit the participation of most retired users. The minimum activity level of 50 edits per year is arbitrary. A minimum activity level indicates continued interest. Members who do not meet the minimum activity level shall be moved to inactive status. Members who have died shall be moved to memorial status.
  3. A new class of Supporting Members allows those users under 60 years to support the goals of the project. Users approaching the age of 60 years may wish to become supporting members in anticipation of reaching the minimum age limit for members.

Please add your suggestions for this project at Senior Wikipedians. Thank you,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 01:15, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi Funandtrvl. Thank you for your work on Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum. Another editor, North8000, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

good start

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|North8000}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

North8000 (talk) 18:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Request for you to write a Wiki article

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Hello Funandtrvl, I was led to you by your latest edit of the "ACP Rail International" edit on August 7, 2024. I would like to request that you write an article for another company called AccesRail. It is a company that provides consumers access to booking plane, train and bus tickets all in website.

I attempted writing it myself, but I am not that experienced and also considered as paid editor since I work for a company that works for AccesRail, which most Wikipedia people seem to frown upon. There are plenty of articles in the Internet about AccesRail but most seem to lack notability, not sure if it is because I am the one presenting it.

We were hoping a Vanguard Editor like you would have a better chance at accomplishing this since it seems to be within your field of interest (Travel) as well.

Thank you in advance for considering it. LFTSOS (talk) 20:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Scott Bessent

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Hi Funandtrvl, I am working to update Scott Bessent's Wikipedia article. I see that you are a member of WP:Finance, and since Mr. Bessent works in finance, I'm hoping that you will take a look at the edit request I have posted here. Would you consider adding the information to the page?

Thank you, MG for Scott Bessent (talk) 14:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Elder Wikipedians

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WikiProject Elder Wikipedians

My proposal to make extensive changes to WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older was a bust, primarily because many users felt that the term "Senior Wikipedian" implied a higher ranking Wikipedia membership. Therefore, I am making two less ambitious proposals:

Proposal #1. Change the name of "WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older" to "WikiProject Elder Wikipedians".
Proposal #2. Drop the minimum age requirement to 60 years.

Please respond to Elder Wikipedians and let us know what you think of each of these proposals.
Thank you,  Buaidh  talk e-mail

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:32, 12 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy Birthday!

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P.S. I am really sorry for the lateness.DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 21:35, 18 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

You're invited! Earth Day Edit-a-thon & Meetup 2025

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Upcoming Indianapolis event - April 22: Earth Day edit-a-thon and meetup 2025

You are invited to join us at Ujamaa Community Bookstore (2424 Doctor M.L.K. Jr St, Indianapolis, IN 46208)for an Earth Day edit-a-thon and meetup hosted by IU Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute, Ujamaa Community Bookstore, Flanner Farms, and the Wikimedians of Indiana User Group. This event is supported by the Central Indiana Community Foundation—where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve write articles about earth day, the environment, and local food and environmental movements, history, and legislation.

  • Tuesday April 22nd, from 4 - 7 pm: Earth Day Edit-a-thon & Meetup (RSVP), focusing on Earth Day related topics like the environment, agriculture, plants, and animals, and local and regional food and environmental movements, history and legislationg
4 pm to 7pm at Ujamaa Community Bookstore in Indianapolis, IN.

We hope to see you there! Sincerely, Wikimedians in Indiana User Group

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Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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Voting for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on 29 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

November article improvement drive

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Starting on 1 November, the month-long 2025 Article Improvement Drive will target a number of content improvement areas and backlogs. Participating editors will be in line for barnstars and other awards; articles from all aspects of the project will be eligible so there will be something for everybody. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up now! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:17, 1 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2025 Elections voter message

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Hello! Voting in the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 1 December 2025. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Nominations are now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025!

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Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2025! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Nominations are open here and here respectively. The nomination period closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2025 when voting begins. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 30 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Nominations are now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025!

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Correction: nominations are open until 23:59 (UTC) on 14 December 2025. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:20, 2 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Happy First Edit Day!

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Hey, Funandtrvl. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 00:05, 8 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Voting is now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025!

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Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2025! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2025. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:54, 15 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi Funandtrvl. Thank you for your work on Sanhedrin Wilderness. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for creating this article! Your efforts and work were greatly appreciated! Have a blessed weekend!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|SunDawn}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

SunDawn Contact me! 23:31, 3 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Happy Birthday!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 73

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 73, January–February 2026
  • Four new partnerships
  • User survey thanks
Read the full newsletter

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Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

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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! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:58, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Portal-Class school pages

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A tag has been placed on Category:Portal-Class school pages 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 Read! Talk! 00:13, 18 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

You may be eligible to vote in the U4C election

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I am contacting you because you previously voted in elections related to the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). You may be eligible to vote in the current U4C election, which is open now and closes on 2 June 2026. You can find out more about the candidates and the election on the election page on Meta, and from there you can access the vote itself. Your participation in these elections is important to the governance of Wikimedia communities, and your time spent learning about the candidates and voting is appreciated.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk)

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Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 26 § Establishments and disestablishments in Wyoming on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 03:14, 26 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Books & Bytes – Issue 74

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 74, March–April 2026
  • New partnership: Swissdox
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Books & Bytes – Issue 75

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 75, May–June 2026
  • New partnerships: The Telegraph, Marg, The Tribune newspapers
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Residential buildings in the Bahamas

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A tag has been placed on Category:Residential buildings in the Bahamas 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 Read! Talk! 23:39, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Portal-Class African military history pages

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A tag has been placed on Category:Portal-Class African military history pages 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. JHD0919 (talk) 13:10, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Portal-Class Australian basketball pages

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A tag has been placed on Category:Portal-Class Australian basketball pages 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. JHD0919 (talk) 12:37, 27 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Rename all categories for userboxes

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Please join the discussion to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 August 12#All categories for userboxes. —⁠andrybak (talk) 22:45, 12 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Portal-Class philosophy pages by work group

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A tag has been placed on Category:Portal-Class philosophy pages by work group 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 Read! Talk! 22:45, 25 August 2026 (UTC)Reply