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IAGS
editHey, I noticed your edit. I am not allowed to edit anything PIA until I get my EC permissions back, but I do want to ask you to just check that line again... It now links the same thing twice. Not pushing any specific edit here... just suggesting you look at your edit again. (please dont kill me for this, admins) Slomo666 (talk) 02:44, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
- hey, good catch - i assumed (incorrectly) that ‘genocide’ there just linked to the general page for the term. will tweak that shortly Blaithnaid (talk) 11:05, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
- Your assumption is not strange. This has been the subject of a number of edits actually, but I could never change it for the reasons I gave above. (And to be fair, the person who is responsible also shouldn’t have if I recall correctly) Slomo666 (talk) 12:14, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Like A Good Old Friend
editHi Blaithnaid, Thank you for your work on Like A Good Old Friend. All good — you just need to add the categories. Morekar (talk) 18:06, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors – December 2025 Newsletter
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Hi Blaithnaid, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.
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- have done as you listed, now off to work! very much appreciated! Blaithnaid (talk) 15:16, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
December blitz bling
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| This barnstar is awarded to Blaithnaid for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 21:31, 22 December 2025 (UTC) |
- thank you so much!!! just to double check - i was gunning for the Cleanup Barnstar, and unless one of my copyedits was deemed unsatisfactory, i believe i hit the correct wordcount for it. is there some other particular reason that my word totals past 4k were converted into rollover? just looking for some clarification. cheers! Blaithnaid (talk) 22:54, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
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editI would like to tell you, anyone can vandalize the "Wikipedia sandbox." Please don't put warning messages for me. ~2025-42551-48 (talk) 23:19, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- that is absolutely not the case - the sandbox specifically states that you are not authorised to place "copyrighted, offensive, illegal or libelous content" in it. specifically in your case i would refer to "offensive content". read Wikipedia:Misuse of the sandbox for further information Blaithnaid (talk) 23:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
Bubblegum Splash CSD
editHey @Blaithnaid, I just wanted to let you know that I removed the CSD template from this article. I think it should be sent to AfD instead and 100% admit that I think it's 50/50 if it should be CSD or AfD. If you send it to AfD ping me and I'll be more than happy to explain why I removed the CSD and asked for it to be sent to AfD. Good catch on this one by the way! Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)
- hey, no bother at all, and thanks for the heads up! Blaithnaid (talk) 11:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC) Blaithnaid (talk) 11:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC)
Innapropriate PRODing
editHi, "no indication of notability" is not a reason to delete an article, you are expected to do a search for sources beforehand (WP:BEFORE). Notability is relative to all available sources outside wikipedia, not just those in the article. The first Google result for me was a journal article solely on this documentary. A poetics of opacity: disability, race and gender in Khady Sylla’s Une fenêtre ouverte (McMahon, 2024) Kowal2701 (talk) 22:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
- hi! i'm fairly new to working as a new page reviewer, so i'm still getting the hang of when/if to use which deletion process. the explanation for proposed deletion on WP:PROD doesn't specifically mention WP:BEFORE, as that appears to be targeted primarily at AfD, so i wasn't taking WP:BEFORE's guidance into account when proposing the article for deletion. nonetheless, WP:PROD does make mention of considering alternatives to deletion, e.g. improving the article. i did perform a search for sources relating to the film, and all i can say is that i suppose i didn't look hard enough, because i didn't locate anything that made me believe this met WP:GNG (maybe i should ditch DuckDuckGo!). i'll probably do a bit of work on the article in the next few days based on the sources i've located, thank you for the feedback. Blaithnaid (talk) 02:35, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive
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- sweet jesus! thank you for pointing that out hahaha Blaithnaid (talk) 03:26, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
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I moved someone else's page because they misspelled Illinois and it got reviewed. Why?
editI moved someone else's misspelled page and then it gets reviewed. Again. Did the original page even get reviewed? And I fixed their spelling mistake (don't know how it went under the radar for a bit). Thanks. DetectiveClarinet15 (talk) 02:47, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
- i'm afraid i'm not sure i entirely understand what you're asking - all pages on wikipedia must be reviewed to determine whether they are suitable for inclusion on the website. if a page is marked as 'reviewed' that just means it has been deemed acceptable for inclusion. you can read more about the process at WP:NPP
- if i've misunderstood what you meant though let me know! Blaithnaid (talk) 02:59, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying! So all pages are reviewed, huh... didn't know that. Thanks for teaching me!
- DetectiveClarinet15 (talk) 03:03, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
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editHi, ive seen you have been really active on the Vegyn topic for a while now, and I wanted to chat with you about some specific things that some of my friends and myself had been discussing about vegyn. My instagram is @humanshuman.love if you want to reach me. Thank you for everything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Humans' Human (talk • contribs) 00:56, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
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- thank you, you're very kind! looking forward to getting back into it :) Blaithnaid (talk) 01:27, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
January–February 2026 NPP drive - Phase 2
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I have sent you a note about a page you started
editHi Blaithnaid. Thank you for your work on Galway Community College. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Thanks for creating this page for a joint secondary school and tertiary education facility. In the longer term it mgiht be worth greating a combined page for GRETB that could cover both the Community College and Galway Technical Institute, but for now the current structure seesm reasonable. It's a short article, and it would great to see it expand from new reliable sources.
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January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Backlog Crusher Award
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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
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Backlog update
At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.
After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.
2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

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January–February backlog drive
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Guild of Copy Editors – June 2026 Newsletter
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Hello and welcome to the June 2026 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Election news: Nominations for the mid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 15 June. Voting will last from 00:00 on 16 June to 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced on the election page. April Blitz: 18 of the 21 editors who signed up for the April 2026 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 122,993 words in 56 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. May Drive: 34 of the 66 editors who signed up for the May 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 543,972 words in 211 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. June Blitz: Our June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz will start on 14 June and finish on 30 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 22:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 132 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 1,691 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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