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Your GA nomination of Obioye

The article Obioye you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Obioye for comments about the article, and Talk:Obioye/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! 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 Reverosie -- Reverosie (talk) 16:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Arigho

The article Arigho you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Arigho for comments about the article, and Talk:Arigho/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! 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 Reverosie -- Reverosie (talk) 17:23, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello! Could you please review another page as well?

Hey @Vanderwaalforces. Happy to see you supporting the articles I've been contributing. I really appreciate it. Means a lot. Thanks for reviewing my last page.

I was checking if you'd be able to review one of the latest page I've created about an actor Ankith Madhav. He appeared in Poacher series. Made a Wikipedia about him since he did not had any, and I've added his name to couple of films he was in as well. I'm also planning on working on Sreeleela's page since It looks like it needs improvement. Thanks a bunch. IcedKoffee (talk) 16:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi there. I wasn't able to verify the date of birth you put, where did you get it from? Also, citation 1 and 8 are the same, why not reuse citation 1 in the citation 8 position, instead of putting it as a new reference? Vanderwaalforces (talk) 08:51, 20 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello! I've found his date of birth from his IMDb here [1]. Oh, apologizes for the citation duplication - Let me fix this. Thanks! IcedKoffee (talk) 15:46, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Vanderwaalforces - Could you let me know if there are any further changes required or this page is good for now? Thanks a bunch! :) IcedKoffee (talk) 13:34, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Hi there. Please find a better source for the date of birth or omit it entirely. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello @Vanderwaalforces. I think it's best I remove it for now. Unable to find any proper reliable sources on Date of Birth, most of them are like celeb profile listing website, or IMDb. I think for now, I'm gonna omit. Thanks. Let me know if everything looks good otherwise :) IcedKoffee (talk) 14:31, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

May 2025 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
This award is given in recognition to Vanderwaalforces for accumulating at least 500 points during the May 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 17,000+ articles reviewed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:33, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

May 2025 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

Unnecessarily complicated Gears Award

This award is given in recognition to Vanderwaalforces for accumulating at least 150 points during each week of the May 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 17,000+ articles reviewed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:48, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 July newsletter

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:50, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors' June 2025 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2025 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2025 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Hall of Fame: Congratulations to Dhtwiki for their well-deserved addition to the Hall of Fame last month, and thanks to GoldRomean for the nomination.

Election news: Voting in the mid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

April Blitz: 14 of the 25 editors who signed up for the April 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 92,769 words in 30 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

May Drive: 31 of the 54 editors who signed up for the May 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 384,392 words in 216 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

June Blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 26,652 words in 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: Our July 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive will begin on 1 July and finish on 31 July. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 02:30, 30 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 148 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,270 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.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:19, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

The DCWC is open!

See a    "developing" or    "least developed" country? Write about it to earn points!

Vanderwaalforces, for the second running of the Developing Countries WikiContest, it is now open for submissions. Welcome to the contest! You can now list your work at your submissions page to earn points. The coordinators have addressed some of the queries at the last contest and we are hopeful that it'll turn out great for you—yes, you! If you haven't done so already, please review the following:

On behalf of the coordinators, we hope you enjoy participating and wish you the best of luck! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:52, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

You got mail

You might wanna check your email if you haven't yet 👍 👍 👍 👍

(I'm on mobile so I can't use Twinkle, haha) Tarlby (t) (c) 18:09, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

@Tarlby seen and responded, thanks! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:23, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Owodo

The article Owodo you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Owodo for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of AirshipJungleman29 -- AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:25, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29 Okay, thank you, I will address the issues you raised and let you know when I push it forward again. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:01, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Udagbedo

The article Udagbedo you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Udagbedo for comments about the article, and Talk:Udagbedo/GA3 for the nomination. Well done! 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 Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:25, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jens Lallensack Thank you for proving me wrong that I cannot take this article to GA! I'm so happy. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:03, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
You are welcome! Thanks for putting in the extra effort. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:01, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Declined G11

Just to let you know, I declined your G11 on User:ScholarsColab because their user page was not exclusively promotional — it contained some info about their Wikipedia activities, i.e. a COI declaration. In those sorts of cases (where there is still useful information that should be retained) it's better to remove content than to delete the page outright. Thanks, Giraffer (talk) 11:53, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

@Giraffer I saw what you did there, thank you so much! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:55, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
No problem. Giraffer (talk) 11:55, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates

Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates

The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Candidates.

Here is the schedule:

  • July 9–15 - Call for candidates
  • July 18–22 - Discussion phase
  • July 23–29 - SecurePoll voting phase

Please note the following:

  • The requirements to run are identical to RFA—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed.
  • Prospective candidates are advised to become familiar with the community's expectations of administrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful and unsuccessful RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing.
  • The process will have a seven day call for candidates phase, a two day pause, a five day discussion phase, and a seven day private vote using SecurePoll. Discussion and questions are only allowed on the candidate pages during the discussion phase.
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  • Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:11, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Oduwa

On 12 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oduwa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oduwa's reign saw cowries becoming so widespread as currency that nobles stitched them into their clothes, causing runaway inflation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oduwa. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oduwa), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 00:03, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to drop you a quick note of thanks. Onel5969 TT me 09:39, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

I’m glad I could help! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:39, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of List of governors of Akwa Ibom State

Congratulations, Vanderwaalforces! The list you nominated, List of governors of Akwa Ibom State, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists 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 list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 Vadodara bomb hoaxes

Hello Vanderwaalforces 👋

Hope you're doing well!

I wanted to invite you to share your thoughts on the ongoing **Articles for Deletion** discussion regarding the article **“2025 Vadodara bomb hoaxes”**:

🔗 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 Vadodara bomb hoaxes

The article covers a series of bomb threat hoaxes in Vadodara during 2025 — affecting schools, government offices, a power plant, and even the airport — with significant law enforcement and media response. Some editors have questioned notability under WP:NEVENT, but there is substantial coverage from reliable sources like *The Times of India*, *Indian Express*, and *The Print*. I believe it meets WP:GNG and WP:EVENT, and I'm trying to improve it further with structure and citations.

Would love to hear your opinion — whether Keep/Delete/Neutral — and any thoughts you have on the notability or encyclopedic merit of the topic.

Thanks in advance! --Warm Regards, Abhimanyu7  talk  09:16, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

@Abhiimanyu7 Hello there. Okay, I will take a look when I have time. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:43, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
"That's incredible—I thought you’d only do it when you had some spare time." --Warm Regards, Abhimanyu7  talk  15:57, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Rectified

Done. Bembety (talk) 12:58, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello Bembety, please go back to the draft and recheck; it definitely wasn't addressed based on my feedback. Also, more errors were added. Happy editing. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
I made a mistake and if change it to (Honors and recognition). please can I remove the section that is causing the issue sir? Bembety (talk) 15:31, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
@Bembety Actually, what I meant was, in this edit you disrupted the lead by removing Timothy Olurotimi Tayo is a Nigerian from it, right now the lead does not make sense. Also, in my comment, I mentioned that the lead needs to say that he is a fellow of the AAS and that he's a Nigerian professor of agronomy at the Osun State University. I think with this the draft would make more sense.
So, in a nutshell, your lead should read like so Timothy Olurotimi Tayo is a Nigerian agricultural scientist and professor of agronomy at the Osun State University. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:40, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
For the section you now call "straight", you can rename it to "Honours and recognitions" as it accurately reflects what the texts under there talks about. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:43, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Thank. I’ve gone through it and made some corrections. Please let me know if I’m on the right track. Bembety (talk) 16:03, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
@Bembety The problems are not fixed, you do not seem to be comprehending the jargon I am saying. Do you know what an article's lead is? The lead of an article is the introductory paragraph that comes first before every other section of the article, the lead is usually a summary of the important points of every article. Please read what a lead is here, after reading what a lead is, try fixing the one in the draft you're working on.
By the way, I literally gave you an exact format above you could use, I was even expecting you to simply copy it and paste it right there in the draft. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:11, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for guiding me through the process. Am I making sense now? Bembety (talk) 16:13, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Sir. The issue is that I didn’t expect the introduction of the article to be like that. But when I later sat down to review it, I realized the opening part was poorly written. Bembety (talk) 16:21, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
The draft looks pretty much in a better shape now, and I have accepted it to mainspace. Happy editing, and take care while doing so. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:23, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Thank you Sir. Bembety (talk) 16:35, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
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