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Nomination for deprecation of Template:EngvarB

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Template:EngvarB has been nominated for deprecation . You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page.

Issues with my page

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Hello Pam,

This is JP the subject of the page you helped with. I have posted on my own talk page as the subject of the page. I am alerted to this issue and informed to create an account and request edits. From my POV my page is under pressure without acknowledgment of facts and sources, this reflects negatively on me and credibility. They now want to delete this page. I would appreciate any time you have if you can fix this efficiently.

Thank you.

Joanna Iamjoannapickering (talk) 00:17, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Iamjoannapickering Let's just wait for the deletion discussion to run its course. PamD 09:52, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: A/b: Auto/Biography Studies has been accepted

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A/b: Auto/Biography Studies, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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~ L 🌸 (talk) 05:36, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 October 2025

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Joenia Wapichana

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No idea why you did this. It's a clear case of misspelling. She was born Batista de Carvalho and this year legally added Wapichana to her name [1] (notice the source incorrectly uses a diacritic on her proper name following Portuguese orthographic conventions, but I think the move request sufficiently shows we should use no diacritic on it). She never went by Wapixana nor was it an official surname of hers. Yacàwotçã (talk) 16:11, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yacàwotçã Because so many of the sources use this spelling, and a reader may well find that spelling, which it appears she used until recently, and needs to have confirmation that they have reached the article on the person. PamD 16:14, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's precisely why redirects exist (and I wonder whether someone would seriously think there are two different people named Joenia Wapixana and a Joenia Wapichana). And she hasn't "used it until recently", unless proven categorically, because misspellings exist, and they don't make it reality. The UN isn't immune to typos. It should be removed, and if you're truly so eager to use it in the article, it should be at most a footnote, something like: "Some sources spell it Wapixana, but her social media accounts, the Chamber of Deputies official website, etc., all use Wapichana." Yacàwotçã (talk) 16:32, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yacàwotçã There are multiple sources with the "x" spelling, but the lead could be improved .. but no time right now. Will have another look later. PamD 17:33, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red - November 2025

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Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 11, Nos. 326, 327, 353, 354

Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

Online events:

Announcements:

Tip of the Month:

  • Verifiability is increasingly important as AI evolves. You should ensure that every statement made
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Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if
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  • 21 Oct 2024, 19.963% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,030,245 biographies; 405,305 women)
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Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Welcome to the drive!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome PamD! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources
Cielquiparle (talk) 10:34, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for discussion of Template:British barrelled name

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Template:British barrelled name has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. U-Mos (talk) 12:41, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Passione (play) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Passione (play) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Passione (play) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
Go D. Usopp (talk) 15:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sanity check on proposed List of places of worship in the City of Milton Keynes, if you can spare a moment?

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A couple of months ago at UKGEO, you kindly contributed to the discussion that I opened about the horrible List of churches in Milton Keynes, where the consensus seemed (to me at least), WP:TNT. So I have started again and will shut that one down.

If you can, would you have a look at User:JMF/sandbox3, please, before I put it live. No need to look at the individual lines, what I need to get right is the lead. Does it read ok? Could it be improved? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JMF I wonder if it would be better not to split the table? If sorting on anything other than civil parish is useful, it would be frustrating to have to sort and check six oe so different tables. And wikipedia can cope with big tables. I don't think the instructions about sorting are needed, I don't see them elsewhere.
On the lead, it might be better not to mention marriages, but stop the first sentence short and then as second sentence : "The criterion is ... or is an Anglican church (these are excluded from the register...)" Sorry, can't quote exactly, on phone and husband is using our computer.
Slightly confused as your two endnotes suggest that a building might be a registered POW but not registered for weddings (even if in practice this is rare or never happens), so the criterion is perhaps unclear?
Might have another look tomorrow, on computer, but I have a busy morning. PamD 23:59, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No rush, I'm grateful that you are willing to do it at all. I've given it the tweaks you suggested - I was never sure of them, which was one reason to ask. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 13:13, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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