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Hi CaptainEek. Continuing from discord. So, the whole thing is regarding 2 Indian football clubs- ATK and Mohun Bagan (MB). ATK played in Indian Super League (ISL) (top tier league in India) and MB played in I-League (2nd tier league in India). MB is a century old club, and since the league in which they were playing was demoted to 2nd tier, they wanted to join the top tier. Both clubs are based in Kolkata.
So this was the overall summary of the situation. Now coming to the discussions happened in wikipedia related to this-
The problem is a lot of canvassing, meatpuppeting, sockpuppeting going on. And the accounts are rigging the discussions. The list of accounts which came up since the discussions started. They never showed up, and their first contribution was saying FOR mohunbagan. I know how this works. Anyone of them shares the link and screenshots all over the facebook fan groups and accounts come to canvass. Here is the list of accounts-
Just check everyone's contributions, you will understand.
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I want to ask one more thing. Can I go for RfC? ❯❯❯ S A H A 17:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I just noticed that one of your mentees, Blacephalon, has signed themselves up as a Teahouse Host. I took a look at their past contributions there and feel they haven't yet got quite enough experience to really be able to help out as one of the team of hosts. I considered politely declining them with a WP:TOOSOON message, but I think this might be borderline (325 mainspace edits). So I just wanted to seek your input on this, bearing in mind that anyone can help answer any question at any time without adding themselves to the host list, but neither do I want to come across as dismissive or critical of their interest there. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 20:58, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality articles about native birds of the Southwestern U.S. such as Cactus wren and Vermilion flycatcher, and planning expansion for more, for keeping our ship shape and clean, - captain sailing "the high seas of Wikipedia, hunting for good prose and other booty", you are an awesome Wikipedian!
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Shanting thank you for Cactus wren, about "a hardy desert bird of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, able to live without water and through the hottest of summers. As the state bird of Arizona, it is an icon of the Sonoran Desert."! - Congrats to what I believe is your first FAC! I had the 1 September one, and am still awfully proud ;) - I hope the birdie will fly high with mostly positive attraction. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:42, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
... and today for Vermilion flycatcher, "a bright red little bird found through much of the Americas. True to their name, they are aerial insectivores, and are quite nimble in flight. They are unique among the generally drab flycatchers due to their vibrant coloration."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey CaptainEek, could you please add my first article? /info/en/?search=Draft:Ali_Mansour_(actor) Diaa ahmedd ( talk)
Hi,
Since you happen to be an admin, I need your help. I think User:EEng is trying to troll me. Is there a way to stop that kind of behavior? Ber31 ( talk) 04:55, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear CaptainEek, I last contacted you to help me add a photograph to my Wikipedia page and you very kindly helped. Recently I have had help from Cordless Larry, a Wikipedia volunteer person, who unblocked me and has helped me to change my Username. I am still waiting to hear if my Username change request has gone through, from Wwwedgoldcouk to EddieLeVisco. I now contact you again to ask for help please, as before, you were kind. I am writing to as if you can help me add more facts to my Wikipedia page. The page is lacking some information and because you were so efficient before, and you said I may ask you, I write again. I hope this message finds you well. Thank you for your time and help. EddieLeVisco ( /info/en/?search=Ed_Gold) Wwwedgoldcouk ( talk) 07:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Nowhere did I say anything like what you atrributed to me. Please correct your false statement. Misquoting me and misrepresenting what I've said is not acceptable. Do better. FloridaArmy ( talk) 22:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Captain Eek, you suggestd me to upload to existing article on Sleep disorders in Anti-IgLON5 disease which i have made the first edit .Kindly let me know.-- NandanYardi ( talk) 01:54, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance. I'll add more to the article in next few days to enhance the content-- NandanYardi ( talk) 12:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi CaptainEek, in November 2019 you reviewed and rejected Draft:Memsource. I've taken the time to go through it and I've made comprehensive edits, which I think might address your concerns about notability. I've added new and relevant sources (which were not available before November 2019) and I've removed a lot of the unsourced statements and trivial sources. I was wondering whether it would be possible to have another look at it and see if there's anything else that could be done to improve or approve it.
For the sake of full disclosure, I do have a potential conflict of interests: I work in the language technology sector and have had a professional relationship with Memsource.
All the best, Aie555 ( talk) 10:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Nice job rewriting the lead at Vichy France. Is this a particular topic area of interest for you, or just an article in dire need of improvement? In any case, it certainly was, and you certainy did. Thanks! Mathglot ( talk) 07:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Captain Eek, One other thing regarding Vichy: the new lead makes a misleading statement about STO (service de travail obligatoire; "obligatory labor service"), implying that soldiers were the object of STO. This is false. At first glance I assumed that might've been an oversight, and I was just going to correct it in the lead. I double checked the body of the article, just to make sure the body coverage was accurate regarding STO. And lo and behold, the body also implies that soldiers were the object of STO. So, the good news is, that when rewriting the lead, you faithfully summarized the content of the body of the article including what it currently says regarding STO. The bad news is, the claims in the body are false; the object of STO were civilians brought in from France, sort of like in a draft; and they were neither prisoners, nor soldiers.
Is this something you'd like to work on? It's a bit urgent, because the article is so very misleading in its current state about a major feature of Vichy (and one of the things that later led to its demise), but I'm swamped right now. If you can't, I'll go do a quick slash-and-burn, but it won't be pretty. There's a dedicated article at
Service du travail obligatoire which explains pretty well what the STO program was all about. Let me know if you can't, because this really needs attention; it's kind of shockingly wrong right now. (please
mention me on reply; thanks!),
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Hello Captain Eek, do you think you could please assist me with something? Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 08:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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Looks like Willyhaase has returned as Hanna Haid. Praxidicae ( talk) 14:09, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
hi! I created some new items to help with documenting contemporary history. would like to hear any thoughts you may have. thanks! cheers!
here they are:
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Hi, can you provide citation for the change in the listed ranks for officers in the Air Training Corps article? You link to an OTRS ticket which is not accessible, so provides no citation for the change. - Cdjp1 ( talk) 12:26, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
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Greetings! You had blocked this user based on legal threats. The user has retracted those threats. I don't think there's obvious sockpuppetry going on with this user. Do you have any concerns about their conduct or conditions that should be imposed if they were to be unblocked? — C.Fred ( talk) 17:37, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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In response to your comment on my talk page: the Planned presidential transition of Joe Biden article could not be moved directly to Presidential transition of Joe Biden because the latter was occupied by a redirect to the former. Just so you know. RandomCritic ( talk) 16:25, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
This is posted on my commons page [11]. I know you're not an admin there, but I was hoping you or Barkeep49 could point my to the correct place to have this addressed properly. I'm rarely on commons, so its almost certainly someone from en WP.
Sorry I have to bring such filth to you. I hope you are both well and happy. Best wishes, // Timothy :: talk 02:23, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
I read the instructions immediately before leaving the chat and should have stuck around 🤦🏽♀️. I'll definitely make sure to stick around next time (the last time I had to request REVDEL early last year there was a different interface). Nate • ( chatter) 04:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Just FYI, I have been in discussion with EdChem at his talk page, and he advised me not to go to arbitration at this time as he was planning on another mediation attempt at WT:ELEM. So I had decided against going there, but if User:Sandbh decides he is in favour of going there himself, of course this can continue. Double sharp ( talk) 21:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
Third revert after RfC was closed: [12] -- Guy Macon ( talk) 21:11, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello CaptainEek I am new to Wikipedia and would like to learn more about the intricacies about it. Will you consider adopting me? Jackalope 10 01:43, 15 November 2020 (UTC)Jackalope 10
hi. just want to let you know, i just commented briefly in an existing discussion at WP:VPIL. feel free to provide any feedback, either on this page or my own talk page. thanks! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 21:03, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
What "astute Levivich" is this [13]? Must be some Levivich I've never met. E Eng 09:36, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I'm truly sorry I can't be more enthusiastic about your candidature, but I know your heart's in the right place, especially if you're friends with Bluerasberry (now that's someone who would be an excellent Arb, but he's probably too busy with all his off-Wiki activities). During the 1970s sailing was my semi-professional hobby. I often lend a seafaring wave to some of the things I write. This was an attempt to put a light breeze in a becalmed ocean of Wikipedia and get some more shipmates on board, but it didn't work:
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I am skeptical about those two sailors whose bows you fired a warning shot across. I think that they will be back. I think ArbCom can be too eager to avoid battle, or to avoid sitting as an admiralty court, or something. Thank you for trying to deal with it. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:18, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the brief look at Battle of Droop Mountain. I addressed all of your comments Wikipedia:Peer review/Battle of Droop Mountain/archive1, and will go forward with GA nomination. TwoScars ( talk) 20:03, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
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hi. could you please look at the draft below, and let me know what you think of it, as an entry? thanks! please ping me when you reply. thanks.
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It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
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John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
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hi. I have started a new discussion topic at WP:COUNCIL. feel free to chime in there or to reply there, or to share any comments here at your own talk page, if you wish. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk)
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Captain, I believe I received inaccurate advice
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I just had a look after you posted the ANI Notice on my talk page but for some reason, I can't find it. Is it okay if you send me a link to it? Thanks a lot in advance. -- StoyanStoyanov80 ( talk) 18:55, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot :D All the best. -- StoyanStoyanov80 ( talk) 18:58, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
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I remember you mentioning prepping for the LSAT (at least I think I do), good luck on the test if you take it in January. // Timothy :: talk 22:11, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hello CaptainEek,
I can try to assist you, but it will have to be somewhat sparingly. I am currently a graduate student in the middle of a Ph.D. program, so my time is a bit limited, sadly, since I have to both teach and research for the next several semesters before I finish. But I totally am for you trying to get this paper to an FA status! You have my blessings if that is what you wanted!! :) It was my dream to get all of the Toxostoma pages to be at least GA, if not FA status, several years ago, but that was back when I was an undergraduate and Wikipedia edits were much, much, easier to tackle.
I usually do not respond to my Wikipedia messages anymore, but I happened to see it at random today while searching for other emails, so your longshot worked out!! Let me know what you want from me going forward! LeftAire ( talk) 19:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
// Timothy :: talk 07:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Gallic Wars has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with the GAN.
Regards,
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Hi CaptainEek. Continuing from discord. So, the whole thing is regarding 2 Indian football clubs- ATK and Mohun Bagan (MB). ATK played in Indian Super League (ISL) (top tier league in India) and MB played in I-League (2nd tier league in India). MB is a century old club, and since the league in which they were playing was demoted to 2nd tier, they wanted to join the top tier. Both clubs are based in Kolkata.
So this was the overall summary of the situation. Now coming to the discussions happened in wikipedia related to this-
The problem is a lot of canvassing, meatpuppeting, sockpuppeting going on. And the accounts are rigging the discussions. The list of accounts which came up since the discussions started. They never showed up, and their first contribution was saying FOR mohunbagan. I know how this works. Anyone of them shares the link and screenshots all over the facebook fan groups and accounts come to canvass. Here is the list of accounts-
Just check everyone's contributions, you will understand.
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I want to ask one more thing. Can I go for RfC? ❯❯❯ S A H A 17:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I just noticed that one of your mentees, Blacephalon, has signed themselves up as a Teahouse Host. I took a look at their past contributions there and feel they haven't yet got quite enough experience to really be able to help out as one of the team of hosts. I considered politely declining them with a WP:TOOSOON message, but I think this might be borderline (325 mainspace edits). So I just wanted to seek your input on this, bearing in mind that anyone can help answer any question at any time without adding themselves to the host list, but neither do I want to come across as dismissive or critical of their interest there. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 20:58, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hey CaptainEek, could you please add my first article? /info/en/?search=Draft:Ali_Mansour_(actor) Diaa ahmedd ( talk)
Hi,
Since you happen to be an admin, I need your help. I think User:EEng is trying to troll me. Is there a way to stop that kind of behavior? Ber31 ( talk) 04:55, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear CaptainEek, I last contacted you to help me add a photograph to my Wikipedia page and you very kindly helped. Recently I have had help from Cordless Larry, a Wikipedia volunteer person, who unblocked me and has helped me to change my Username. I am still waiting to hear if my Username change request has gone through, from Wwwedgoldcouk to EddieLeVisco. I now contact you again to ask for help please, as before, you were kind. I am writing to as if you can help me add more facts to my Wikipedia page. The page is lacking some information and because you were so efficient before, and you said I may ask you, I write again. I hope this message finds you well. Thank you for your time and help. EddieLeVisco ( /info/en/?search=Ed_Gold) Wwwedgoldcouk ( talk) 07:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Nowhere did I say anything like what you atrributed to me. Please correct your false statement. Misquoting me and misrepresenting what I've said is not acceptable. Do better. FloridaArmy ( talk) 22:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Captain Eek, you suggestd me to upload to existing article on Sleep disorders in Anti-IgLON5 disease which i have made the first edit .Kindly let me know.-- NandanYardi ( talk) 01:54, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance. I'll add more to the article in next few days to enhance the content-- NandanYardi ( talk) 12:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi CaptainEek, in November 2019 you reviewed and rejected Draft:Memsource. I've taken the time to go through it and I've made comprehensive edits, which I think might address your concerns about notability. I've added new and relevant sources (which were not available before November 2019) and I've removed a lot of the unsourced statements and trivial sources. I was wondering whether it would be possible to have another look at it and see if there's anything else that could be done to improve or approve it.
For the sake of full disclosure, I do have a potential conflict of interests: I work in the language technology sector and have had a professional relationship with Memsource.
All the best, Aie555 ( talk) 10:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Nice job rewriting the lead at Vichy France. Is this a particular topic area of interest for you, or just an article in dire need of improvement? In any case, it certainly was, and you certainy did. Thanks! Mathglot ( talk) 07:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Captain Eek, One other thing regarding Vichy: the new lead makes a misleading statement about STO (service de travail obligatoire; "obligatory labor service"), implying that soldiers were the object of STO. This is false. At first glance I assumed that might've been an oversight, and I was just going to correct it in the lead. I double checked the body of the article, just to make sure the body coverage was accurate regarding STO. And lo and behold, the body also implies that soldiers were the object of STO. So, the good news is, that when rewriting the lead, you faithfully summarized the content of the body of the article including what it currently says regarding STO. The bad news is, the claims in the body are false; the object of STO were civilians brought in from France, sort of like in a draft; and they were neither prisoners, nor soldiers.
Is this something you'd like to work on? It's a bit urgent, because the article is so very misleading in its current state about a major feature of Vichy (and one of the things that later led to its demise), but I'm swamped right now. If you can't, I'll go do a quick slash-and-burn, but it won't be pretty. There's a dedicated article at
Service du travail obligatoire which explains pretty well what the STO program was all about. Let me know if you can't, because this really needs attention; it's kind of shockingly wrong right now. (please
mention me on reply; thanks!),
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Hello Captain Eek, do you think you could please assist me with something? Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 08:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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Looks like Willyhaase has returned as Hanna Haid. Praxidicae ( talk) 14:09, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, can you provide citation for the change in the listed ranks for officers in the Air Training Corps article? You link to an OTRS ticket which is not accessible, so provides no citation for the change. - Cdjp1 ( talk) 12:26, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
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In response to your comment on my talk page: the Planned presidential transition of Joe Biden article could not be moved directly to Presidential transition of Joe Biden because the latter was occupied by a redirect to the former. Just so you know. RandomCritic ( talk) 16:25, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
This is posted on my commons page [11]. I know you're not an admin there, but I was hoping you or Barkeep49 could point my to the correct place to have this addressed properly. I'm rarely on commons, so its almost certainly someone from en WP.
Sorry I have to bring such filth to you. I hope you are both well and happy. Best wishes, // Timothy :: talk 02:23, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
I read the instructions immediately before leaving the chat and should have stuck around 🤦🏽♀️. I'll definitely make sure to stick around next time (the last time I had to request REVDEL early last year there was a different interface). Nate • ( chatter) 04:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Just FYI, I have been in discussion with EdChem at his talk page, and he advised me not to go to arbitration at this time as he was planning on another mediation attempt at WT:ELEM. So I had decided against going there, but if User:Sandbh decides he is in favour of going there himself, of course this can continue. Double sharp ( talk) 21:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
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hi. just want to let you know, i just commented briefly in an existing discussion at WP:VPIL. feel free to provide any feedback, either on this page or my own talk page. thanks! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 21:03, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
What "astute Levivich" is this [13]? Must be some Levivich I've never met. E Eng 09:36, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I'm truly sorry I can't be more enthusiastic about your candidature, but I know your heart's in the right place, especially if you're friends with Bluerasberry (now that's someone who would be an excellent Arb, but he's probably too busy with all his off-Wiki activities). During the 1970s sailing was my semi-professional hobby. I often lend a seafaring wave to some of the things I write. This was an attempt to put a light breeze in a becalmed ocean of Wikipedia and get some more shipmates on board, but it didn't work:
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I am skeptical about those two sailors whose bows you fired a warning shot across. I think that they will be back. I think ArbCom can be too eager to avoid battle, or to avoid sitting as an admiralty court, or something. Thank you for trying to deal with it. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:18, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
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Something for you to ponder now that the voting has begun. I am sitting in the group photo exactly where I'm supposed to be sitting. I had forgotten to turn-off my shield of invisibility in all the other photos, except this one.
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hi. could you please look at the draft below, and let me know what you think of it, as an entry? thanks! please ping me when you reply. thanks.
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hi. I have started a new discussion topic at WP:COUNCIL. feel free to chime in there or to reply there, or to share any comments here at your own talk page, if you wish. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk)
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Captain, I believe I received inaccurate advice
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I just had a look after you posted the ANI Notice on my talk page but for some reason, I can't find it. Is it okay if you send me a link to it? Thanks a lot in advance. -- StoyanStoyanov80 ( talk) 18:55, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot :D All the best. -- StoyanStoyanov80 ( talk) 18:58, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
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I remember you mentioning prepping for the LSAT (at least I think I do), good luck on the test if you take it in January. // Timothy :: talk 22:11, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for being ready to serve on arbcom, - good luck! - I still have yesterday's good top story to offer, - and a little below is my vision for 2020. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:15, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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That one resolved, what do you think of Hippolyte et Aricie? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:28, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hello CaptainEek,
I can try to assist you, but it will have to be somewhat sparingly. I am currently a graduate student in the middle of a Ph.D. program, so my time is a bit limited, sadly, since I have to both teach and research for the next several semesters before I finish. But I totally am for you trying to get this paper to an FA status! You have my blessings if that is what you wanted!! :) It was my dream to get all of the Toxostoma pages to be at least GA, if not FA status, several years ago, but that was back when I was an undergraduate and Wikipedia edits were much, much, easier to tackle.
I usually do not respond to my Wikipedia messages anymore, but I happened to see it at random today while searching for other emails, so your longshot worked out!! Let me know what you want from me going forward! LeftAire ( talk) 19:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
// Timothy :: talk 07:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Gallic Wars has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with the GAN.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 19:20, 3 January 2021 (UTC)