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Welcome! A very big WELCOME to WikiProject Gastropods for you, a new member! We are delighted that you decided to join the Project! Thank you JoJan (talk) 12:56, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Physella acuta is under review

Your good article nomination of the article Physella acuta is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

October 2025 GAN Backlog Drive

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This award is given to Barbalalaika for accumulating at least 7 points in the October 2025 GAN Backlog Drive. Your dedicated reviews contributed to the successful reduction of the backlog and helped improve the quality of articles. Here's our token of appreciation. Thank you for your time and efforts, and hopefully we'll see you soon again! Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the GA review of David Taylor (snooker player). It's definitely a better article because of your advice. Sorry it took me a while to finally respond to everything. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:27, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Barbalalaika; just wanted to let you know in case you review another snooker article that there is a cue sports section, which David Taylor (snooker player) has been moved to. Hope you don't mind, cheers, Kline • talk • contribs 13:23, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Ohhh, cue sports. Today I expanded my English vocabulary. I apologise for the honest mistake, and thanks for looking out! Barbalalaika 🐌 13:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm the one to thank you for the pleasant teamwork! And I think you were pretty speedy :) It was a really interesting article. When I have time for GA reviews again, if you still have open submissions, I'd love to review them. Barbalalaika 🐌 13:36, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hildegardes Vianna has been accepted

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Theroadislong (talk) 16:40, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Physella acuta has passed

Your good article nomination of the article Physella acuta has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 00:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Neritina pulligera is under review

Your good article nomination of the article Neritina pulligera is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chickenpox4dinner -- Chickenpox4dinner (talk) 00:10, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Physella acuta

On 20 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Physella acuta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the snail Physella acuta can twist its shell by up to 120 degrees to defend itself against predators? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Physella acuta. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Physella acuta), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Neritina pulligera is on hold

Your good article nomination of the article Neritina pulligera has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chickenpox4dinner -- Chickenpox4dinner (talk) 14:44, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Tips & tricks?

Since you are way ahead of me when it comes to learning DYK promotions, would you care to share some tips and tricks you've learned so far? I'm still confused about the best placement for hook positions in a specific queue, for example, but I do understand how to look out for the differences between one hook and another in differeent queues. Also, I'm unclear on how to prioritize queues when I promote. Viriditas (talk) 21:20, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I'm not sure I can help you. I literally only promoted three hooks one day and one had to be reworded, the other had a source verification problem, and the third was moved to another prep area to comply with the guidelines. lol.

In this sense, I really underestimated our job in quality control. It's stated in WP:DYKPROMO under "procedure".

I honestly think we'll learn prepping as we go. There's a lot to keep track of and the experienced lads and lasses know it. I got the feeling they are very patient, happy that people are interested in helping them out with the load, and also happy to help us along the way.

What I understood so far about hook placement (but I'll tell you all that's also in WP:DYKVAR): we need to make sure that the hook in the first position doesn't have an image with the same theme as another recent hook with image; the last hook is quirky, or at least positive, if possible; and everything in between can be in any position as long as it yields a varied set of themes. Themes shouldn't show up more than twice in a set and I assume they shouldn't be directly next to each other, either.

About queue prioritisation: not sure there is one always. Under "Local update times" at TM:DYKQ you can see when each prep will go live, and I reckon if that day is a theme day (I haven't found out yet where I can get this information, do let me know if you find it), then that one is handled differently. But other than that, I believe you can just work on any prep area.

But -- I believe we should just throw ourselves into it and learn as we go :) Mistakes aren't the end of the world. The more experienced editors will be there to lend a hand. Barbalalaika 🐌 11:10, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

That was helpful, so thank you. Maybe I just think it is harder than it looks. That has happened to me several times before. Then when I ended up completing the task, I was like, why was I freaking out about this? Viriditas (talk) 11:22, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Regarding how to handle "theme day", this was just answered by another editor. Viriditas (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK prep

Hey there Barbalalaika, thanks for your work on these preps. I see you originally put The Dance of Anitra in the picture slot for prep 6, then removed it to a different slot for prep 4, saying removed pictured hook, was a repeating theme. Just curious what the issue was? I was hoping to see that article run with a photo, since I'm quite fond of it—but I also realize that it's easy for me to say that, as one who's both biased and not the one doing the work. Cheers, - -Usernameunique (talk) 21:06, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi there! I'm a new prepper and forgot to take into account that statues of people and pictures of people fall into the same "category" when it comes to pictured DYKs. It's good practice to avoid repetition. But since I'm learning more at literally every moment, I've heard from someone else that a space of a day is fine, and prep 6 was two days apart. So I'll reinstate it. I quite fancied it as well :) Barbalalaika 🐌 21:15, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Oh interesting, I never would have thought of that—I was looking for another artwork that had recently ran, or was about to do so. In any event, thanks for explaining, and for restoring it to the picture slot! Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 21:37, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Neritina pulligera has passed

Your good article nomination of the article Neritina pulligera has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chickenpox4dinner -- Chickenpox4dinner (talk) 19:05, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Neritina pulligera

Hello! Your submission of Neritina pulligera at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:21, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Promotion of Physella acuta

Congratulations, Barbalalaika! The article you nominated, Physella acuta, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		Malacology barnstar
		By the power vested in me by myself, I am delighted to award you the malacology barnstar for your work getting Physella acuta up to Featured Article status. AxonsArachnida (talk) 02:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

My first barnstar, and it's the malacology barnstar!! Thank you so much!! <3 Thank you also for the valuable comments on the FAN! Barbalalaika 🐌 13:41, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Neritina pulligera

On 10 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Neritina pulligera, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during their migration upstream to reproduce, smaller neritid snails were observed to "hitchhike" on the bigger Neritina pulligera to save energy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Neritina pulligera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Neritina pulligera), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for The Hairy Leg

On 2 April 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Hairy Leg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a dismembered hairy leg (pictured) signalled censorship in a newspaper during the Brazilian dictatorship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Hairy Leg. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Hairy Leg), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 12:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 17,080 views (1,423.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of April 2026 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

This is a great article. Good job! Viriditas (talk) 10:42, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Viriditas! @Parzeus is the author of the original article in Portuguese and has to be credited, also for the great research :) Barbalalaika 🐌 09:16, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the generosity @Barbalalaika, but it's a team effort, we already have a translation of the article into indonesian and russian (shout-out to @Gnolihz and @Счастливый Горец)! Just happy to see that other people enjoy reading and writing about weird urban legends, brazilian history & folklore and/or disembodied human parts xD Parzeus (talk) 18:09, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Fascinating. @Parzeus: how much influence did the legend of saci have on the people? Was it just a coincidence or synchronicity, or did the hairy leg tap into and draw from this deeper well of stories familiar to the native people? Also, do you think the story may be overblown? I ask because after many years, scholars are beginning to reevaluate similar incidents, such as the 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds, which may have indeed been overblown by earlier writers. Viriditas (talk) 22:32, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Physella acuta scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for May 28, 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 12:35, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Hi! For my first FA nomination I bring the world's most cosmopolitan snail. Physella acuta is capable of outcompeting many native snails outside its native North American range, granting it a great deal of research. It is also a critter most aquarists in the northern hemisphere inevitably meet."! - Enjoy your first TFA day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:06, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Gerda Arendt! Letting an article out I to the world is honestly scary... well, it was already there, but it doesn't get more public than front page. It's definitely an emotional experience! Barbalalaika 🐌 08:19, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Dothistroma septosporum: Reward Board Sign-up

Hello! I saw your post on the Reward Board regarding getting Dothistroma septosporum to B-class. I would like to help in improving it. EnIRtpf09b (talk) 07:30, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there @EnIRtpf09b and sorry about the late answer. That's great, thank you so much :) The literature I gathered so far is in my work PC. I'll reply with a list of DOIs tomorrow. I really appreciate your willingness to improve the article! Barbalalaika 🐌 18:54, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

@EnIRtpf09b

A review of Pinaceae resistance mechanisms against needle and shoot pathogens with a focus on the Dothistroma–Pinus interaction - 10.1111/efp.12201 (this one's much more pathological, I as an ecologist found it hard to digest, but maybe still helpful)

Some UK studies:

Has Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) co-evolved with Dothistroma septosporum in Scotland? Evidence for spatial heterogeneity in the susceptibility of native provenances -- 10.1111/eva.12395

Substantial heritable variation for susceptibility to Dothistroma septosporum within populations of native British Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) -- 10.1111/ppa.12528

Pathogen impacts and implications for species diversification in UK forestry -- 10.1093/forestry/cpaf019

Other European countries:

Dothistroma Needle Blight in protected pine forests in Italy -- 10.3391/mbi.2020.11.4.05 (weird website but not predatory. It's number 5 in the list)

Dothistroma Needle Blight on High Altitude Pine Forests in Montenegro -- on ResearchGate

Dothistroma needle blight Mycosphaerella pini E. Rostrup, a new quarantine pathogen of pines in the CR -- in Journal of Forest Science, from the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

New hosts for Lecanosticta acicola and Dothistroma septosporum in newly established arboreta in Spain -- 10.1111/efp.12650

D. septosporum is very similar to Lecanosticta acicola, so many studies on the lattere have some information on it:

A look into the genetic diversity of Lecanosticta acicola in northern Europe -- 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.06.012

Lecanosticta acicola: A growing threat to expanding global pine forests and plantations -- 10.1111/mpp.12853

The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola -- 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120847

That's what I have! If you need anything or have any questions, don't hesitate to come to me :)

Barbalalaika 🐌 11:07, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the refs! I do have certain doubts about stuff but I'll discuss them once I've read all these papers. You can find a draft of the article at my sandbox. EnIRtpf09b (talk) 15:19, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

My first question. Many of the papers mention D. septosporum and D. pini as being the causal agents of the disease in question (red needle blight). However, the article lacks a mention of D. pini. Furthermore, the article seems to be written largely about the disease and not about D. septosporum. I wonder whether besides additional sources, a major rephrasing or even a WP:Move may be in order. Whatcha think? EnIRtpf09b (talk) 16:51, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Good thoughts. The article is about D. septosporum but yes, both D. septosporum and D. pini cause the illness - although much less is known about D. pini. I hadn't realised that Wikipedia lacks an article on Dothistroma needle blight (AKA red band needle blight).

On one hand, I think we can't rename an article from a fungal species to an illness. Even if most material we have is on DNB, D. septosporum and D. pini should be covered by WP:NSPECIES (although D. pini doesn't have an article yet, either).

On the other hand, moving DNB to its own article would leave D. septosporum and D. pini barebones, since there's very little on them that doesn't concern the illness. But maybe not necessarily a bad thing?

I'm not experienced with how Wikipedia handles this - Maybe that's a good topic for Wikipedia:WikiProject Fungi? They'll certainly have an opinion on how to organise this. Barbalalaika 🐌 17:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

@EnIRtpf09b courtesy ping since I never know if people get notifications from replies in my talk page Barbalalaika 🐌 17:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Ping received! Yes, I'm pretty sure you need to ping for me to get notified. EnIRtpf09b (talk) 11:25, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@EnIRtpf09b well, since no one replied to us in the Wikiproject OR in Help Desk, I'll go ahead and suggest you edit the D. septosporum article itself. The information on Needle Blight can always be moved to a new article later :) Barbalalaika 🐌 11:30, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Will be doing soon. Cheers! :) EnIRtpf09b (talk) 18:05, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey there! I also saw the post, and I'd be interested in helping as well (though I think it's almost ready for B-class already!). I have a couple of suggestions as to how to organise the article re: the disease versus the fungus; I'll post those on the Talk page, and I'd appreciate your inputs! DeemDeem52 (talk) 16:32, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

question for u

Alexa wants to know too!

why r u obsessed with snails? like, how did u get interested in snails? just asking. AltoHampton (talk here) (le contrebutions) 01:43, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

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당신을 위한 반스타!

	임의의 친절 반스타
	Thank you so much for your help. II52tt52 (talk) 22:45, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Aw, 감사합니다 ! Fingers crossed the article passes, feel free to drop by if I can be of any help with snail articles :) Barbalalaika 🐌 16:45, 16 June 2026 (UTC)