User talk:Sam Sailor

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2025)

Japan as seen from a satellite. Honshu is the largest, middle island. Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is: Honshu Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Plate (dishware) • Jack Black Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 14 April 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2025)

Homemade sock monkeys have been part of U.S. and Canadian culture since the Great Depression. Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is: Stuffed toy Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Honshu • Plate (dishware) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 21 April 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2025)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is: Internet research Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Stuffed toy • Honshu Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:44, 28 April 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338 Online events: New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (events facilitated by others): WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period! 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women) Tip of the month: Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2025)

Mainboard of a NeXTcube computer Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is: Motherboard Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Internet research • Stuffed toy Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 5 May 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]