User:Asilvering

Userboxes This user teaches at a university or other institution of higher education. This user participates in WikiProject AI Cleanup. This user is a member of the Anarchism WikiProject. This user makes women green. This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red This user participates in WikiProject Books. This user is a participant in WikiProject Electronic literature This user is a participant in WikiProject Germany.

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Hi there! My watchlist and notifications are chaos. If you need to get in touch with me, please ping me or leave a message on my Talk page. If I don't respond within 48 hours, you're welcome to ping again. The same goes for if you emailed me and I haven't responded. You can also find me in the Wikimedia Community Discord server.

Stuff I work on:

• WP:AFC: mostly Literature, History, and Books.
• WP:AFD, especially Authors, Academics, and Literature.
• Maintenance tags for WP:@, WP:BOOKS, and WP:ELIT.
• Articles on Russian revolutionaries (redlist), Communards, and Geoffrey Chaucer.
  • The Le Maitron redlist.
• You can also find me working as an administrator at unblocks and WP:SPI.

Are you new to Wikipedia...

• and looking for a satisfying task? Check out Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup. You don't (or shouldn't) need to do any research to fix these articles - most of them are here because they are tagged with "lead too short". Find one of those, read the article, then rewrite the lead so it summarizes it accurately. Now you can remove the "lead too short" tag. Done! Since the "lead" is what is shown in Google Search results and so on, this is an immediately helpful and visible change. You've made the internet better already!
• and already have a strong background in writing and research? The Good Article process is always in need of new reviewers. If you're interested, consider acquiring a WP:GAMENTOR.
• and interested in translating articles to English? Make sure you read WP:HOWTRANS. Attribution is really important!
• and interested in writing biographies of women? Join Women in Red! It's a large and active wikiproject, and very welcoming to newcomers.
• and looking for help? Feel free to ask any questions on my Talk page. You can also ask at WP:TEA.

Being a new editor can be really hard. If I can make it easier for you, let me know.

Barnstars

The New Editor's Barnstar Thanks for your helpful feedback on the Growth Team features! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:39, 9 November 2021 (UTC) The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar While we do not always agree, I always appreciate your thoughtful comments. Thanks for all your efforts on the project.Onel5969 ^TT me 21:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thanks for your hard work in AfC over the last few weeks, usually a thankless task...! Your work is not going unnoticed. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 05:01, 30 June 2023 (UTC) The Editor's Barnstar Thank you for your work on Oskar Braun! Jahaza (talk) 17:11, 12 July 2023 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diligence Thank you for your work investigating neutrality concerns on Wikipedia. Your precise scrutiny is much appreciated. ––FormalDude (talk) 05:16, 30 July 2023 (UTC) The Teamwork Barnstar This is belated but thanks for your collaboration during the AfC backlog drive. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diligence For sorting out tags of old articles! Kj cheetham (talk) 14:29, 23 February 2024 (UTC) The Special Barnstar Thank you for coordinating the July 2024 GAN Backlog Drive! Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:12, 1 August 2024 (UTC) The Helping Hand Barnstar Thank you very much for patiently answering my many questions during the July 2024 GAN Backlog Drive!! Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 15:33, 1 August 2024 (UTC) The new admin baton This is a picture of the baton my sister would use to do baton twirling. It might be the wrong type of WP:BATON – but as this baton has a special place in my heart, it is the baton you are getting :) Congratulations on your successful RfA, Asilvering! May your mopping be as successful as the RfA. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 15:31, 6 September 2024 (UTC) The Original Barnstar Congratulations on becoming admin here, Thank you for your efforts:) Youknow? (talk) 06:51, 17 September 2024 (UTC) The Admin's Barnstar Thank you so much for single-handedly cleaning up the mess created by WhiteReaperPM's sock. Your efforts are highly appreciated. Ratnahastin (talk) 10:59, 29 September 2024 (UTC) The Special Barnstar Thanks for emailing me that source for the Barrett Watten article, and your help in maintaining the civility in the discussion surrounding it. GeogSage ^(⚔Chat?⚔) 21:52, 5 October 2024 (UTC) The Original Barnstar Now that voting is over, I wish to thank you for reviewing all the candidates' AfD records. Your hard work is greatly appreciated! starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC) The Original Barnstar Thank you for you helpful explanations regarding my Teahouse request! Therguy10 (talk) 23:24, 26 November 2024 (UTC) The Editor's Barnstar For putting together a varied list of areas new Nigerian editors can focus on. CMD (talk) 03:01, 27 November 2024 (UTC) The Admin's Barnstar For awesome, saint-like patience above and beyond the call of awesomeness in dealing with Butternutsquash911 bruh -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:04, 5 December 2024 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diplomacy Thank you for all the help. Sorry for any confusion I caused. CF-501 Falcon (talk · contribs) 19:19, 8 May 2025 (UTC) The Barnstar of Integrity For stating "I'm happy to take personal responsibility for this systemic failure." when referring elsewhere to the fact that "English Wikipedia is only interested in things that have significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources" without even sounding as if you are being ironic 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 21:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC) Editathons The Modest Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to asilvering for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2021 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 19:29, 21 December 2021 (UTC) Women in Red Translation Contest asilvering Thank you for your additions April 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:46, 1 May 2022 (UTC) The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar For reviewing at least 7 points worth of articles during the January 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby present you with this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:52, 15 May 2022 (UTC) Women in Red Translation Contest asilvering Thank you for your additions June 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:41, 1 July 2022 (UTC) Women in Green Editathon — October '22 Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nomination Federated Legion of Women during the WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2022 (UTC) Women in Green Editathon October '23 At last – here is your barnstar! Thank you for your excellent contributions through GA reviews conducted for The Fall of Language in the Age of English and Beatrice of Nazareth during the WiG "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 00:52, 11 December 2023 (UTC) The Articles for Creation Barnstar Thank you for your participation in the Articles for Creation's November 2023 Backlog Drive! You made a total of 107 reviews, for a total of 323.5 points. – robertsky (talk) 06:44, 25 December 2023 (UTC) Citation Barnstar This award is given in recognition to Asilvering for collecting more than 5 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC) The Minor Barnstar Your noteworthy contribution (5 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 160 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC) The Reviewer Barnstar This award is given in recognition to Asilvering for accumulating at least 50 points during the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:24, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Admin nominations

I have nominated the following candidates for adminship: via WP:RFA Rusalkii, with Vanamonde93 via WP:EFA CoconutOctopus, with Sohom_Datta KylieTastic, with Hey man im josh jlwoodwa, with Vanamonde93 It is my firm belief that we need as many administrators as we can get, and that anyone who is generally sensible, kind, and patient ought to be one. If this is you, feel free to reach out for me for advice at any stage of your Wikipedia career.

Good Articles

If you have an article on a humanities topic languishing in the GA nominations queue because its sources are in French or German and no one wants to touch it, I'm happy to have a look - ask on my Talk page. If you're working on premodern literature or manuscripts in English, French, German, Latin, or any historical forms of those languages, I'm happy to help with or review for those at any time; just ask. As author/primary editor Federated Legion of Women The Parson's Tale As nominator/shepherd Joan Mitchell Elisabeth Dmitrieff Joseph Favre As reviewer Lorenza Böttner Minnesota State Capitol Elisabeth Dmitrieff Joe Brown's Carmel Corn Literary reception of The Lord of the Rings Bradford Bypass La Salute è in voi Ernie O'Malley Peter Linehan Wihtburh Chaos magic Beatrice of Nazareth The Fall of Language in the Age of English Oda Gasinzigwa Yakub I of Germiyan Yakub II Walter Tull Ninfa Huarachi Émile Pouget John Higgins Humble and Kind A Spy on Mother Midnight Joseph Déjacque Nazran uprising Mohammed Deif David Mirvish Gallery Brunel University lecture centre

Translations
From French L'Opinion publique Nikolai Utin Blanche Lefebvre Marie Chiffon Mikhail Sazhin (painter) Yekaterina Barteneva Béatrix Excoffon Marie Rogissart Federated Legion of Women Adélaïde Valentin Céleste Hardouin Léontine Suétens Eulalie Papavoine Joséphine Marchais Anne-Marie Ménand Le Symboliste Aristide Delannoy From German Roter Ochse Lübschützer Teiche Stasi Bunker Agit 883

Useful stuff

My RfA debrief Special:EmailUser/Oversight User:Drm310/NCORP CSD req for AfC acceptance: {{db-afc-move|1=page to be moved}} c:COM:HIRTLE; c:COM:Copyright rules by territory <small>([[Template:Ping|Ping me]] if you wish to reply to me directly.)</small> <small>Please use [[Template:Ping]] to reply to AfC reviewers! Thank you.</small> If you see any articles that use those as references, please edit the article and copy-paste {{Unreliable sources}} at the top. Thanks! Great, thank you! When you're ready to try to publish your article, you'll need to have it reviewed, rather than moving it to the mainspace yourself, because of your conflict of interest. Add {{draft}} to the top of your sandbox, then click the blue "submit for review" button when you're ready to add it to the review queue. Reviewers will be looking to make sure that your submission meets these two guidelines in particular: [[WP:NPOV]] and [[WP:NCORP]]. I'm sorry to tell you that [[WP:NCORP|]] is a pretty high bar - you've started out editing Wikipedia in hard mode! But I wish you luck. If you need help, you can reply here, or ask at [[WP:TEA]]. -- Template:OKA Hi! I'll be taking this review. Signatures at the end for your convenience in replying. Feel free to push back against anything you disagree with - very few, if any, of the things I'll mention will individually be worth a GA fail on their own. Any changes too minor to bother you with, I'll just do directly in the article - but feel free to revert or question any of those as well.