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Hey. A little confused about your change of the text to "Mifepristone alone will end approximately 50% of pregnancies; there is no evidence showing an increased rate of continued pregnancy after mifepristone with high-dose progesterone treatment."

The ref says as its conclusion "In the rare case that a woman changes her mind after starting medical abortion, evidence is insufficient to determine whether treatment with progesterone after mifepristone results in a higher proportion of continuing pregnancies compared to expectant management." [3]

This was a better summary IMO "It is unclear if anything can be done to stop an abortion due to mifepristone if a women changes her mind after taking the medication." Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 05:47, 3 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Since there are only 6 known cases of attempted high-dose progesterone treatment post-mifepristone, there is definitely no evidence showing anything, and there's some very *very* dangerous information out there from anti-abortion groups promoting high-dose progesterone that we should not be promulgating. (also an expert in the field reviewed the changes and is very familiar with the study and agreed that the former wording is less ambiguous.) Keilana ( talk) 01:12, 4 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Which wording do you mean by "former wording"? Do you mean the wording you changed it to or the prior wording? Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 11:58, 5 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Oof, didn't realize that was ambiguous. The expert I talked to said that the wording I changed it to is less ambiguous, and that the prior wording was less accurate. Keilana ( talk) 17:33, 5 June 2016 (UTC) reply

With respect to the percentage of pregnancies ended with mifepristone alone the ref says "The proportion of pregnancies continuing 1-2 weeks after mifepristone alone varied from 8% (95% CI 3-22%) to 46% (95% CI 37-56%)." I disagree that this is about 50%. We could say 54% to 92%. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 20:56, 8 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Doc James: So Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy cites the percentage of pregnancies ending after mife alone as 60-80% under 49 days gestational age. (This is from the initial studies where medication abortion was conducted without any miso - Kovacs et al 1984 and Shoupe et al. 1986). Grossman et al included studies from all gestational ages where medication was used, so they're not quite comparable but I'm happy with saying 54%-92% of pregnancies end with mife alone at any gestational age and 60-80% end with mife alone under 49 days. Does that sound good to you? If you want copies of any of these sources let me know, by the way. Keilana ( talk) 13:38, 9 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Have added it here Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 13:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Doc James: Sorry to be a nag, but I'm still not happy with saying "it is unclear if anything can be done", there's just no evidence that mifepristone's effects can be reversed, and I'd rather say that. Are you okay with that? Keilana ( talk) 14:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC) reply

I am not clear what you are proposing. Do you mean this [4]? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 14:15, 9 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Doc James: Sorry for the confusion, I definitely made that comment pre-morning coffee. :) This is what I've proposed. Does it look ok? Keilana ( talk) 01:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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aww, thank you Gerda! Keilana ( talk) 20:12, 4 June 2016 (UTC) reply

You just blocked an IP editor for vandalizing Toy Story 2. They're on their 3rd IP now. Can you please block again and protect the page? EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 04:15, 8 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ EvergreenFir: Hey, sorry I just saw this now. Looks like it's been taken care of! :) Keilana ( talk) 18:56, 8 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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Thanks for the lovely message! I'd love to pick your brain at some point about engaging lots of different people with editing, and strategies for particularly boosting pages on women or other under-represented groups. Would it be easier to email about this? (Happy with whatever form of communication you prefer!) Thanks! Zeromonk ( talk) 19:38, 14 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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Hi Emily. Would you be able to point me to a template or "ideal article" that I can model an article on, please? -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Anthonyhcole: Sure! It's going to be a bit different for an article where there's enough information to write an FA (e.g. Barbara McClintock) and an article where there isn't. A couple of articles that show the outline I use for modern scientists (18th century or later, usually) are Ynes Mexia, Tilly Edinger, and Leonora Bilger. If we're talking ancient women, Agnodice is a decent example. Does that help? Best, Keilana ( talk) 04:11, 16 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Yep, that's exactly what I needed. Thanks. (It's for Maree Smith.) -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 07:57, 16 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Anthonyhcole: Yay, glad to help!! She seems like a super interesting lady, have fun writing about her! Keilana ( talk) 22:10, 16 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Anthonyhcole:, Ann T. Bowling just passed GA today after a very extensive review. It may be of use to you. Kei started it, I took it from there with her help. Montanabw ^(talk) 07:25, 19 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks Montanabw. That's a fine GA you've got there. I heard Smith interviewed the other day and immediately thought, I bet that's another woman in red. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 09:49, 19 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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Greetings, Keilana. I don't think we have interacted before, but I've admired your work from afar. Since women in science is your area of expertise, I was hoping to get some help on Keity Souza Santos. I created the page based on a post on the Women in Red project page, but finding sources was a bit of a struggle, and now another user has been questioning the article's notability. I was wondering if you could take a look, and you felt it was notable, whether you could give me some pointers with respect to sources. Regards, Vanamonde93 ( talk) 11:02, 25 June 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Vanamonde93: I think she's notable but just barely, from the Sao Paulo award. I don't speak Portuguese so I've been unable to find anything that you haven't already. Keilana ( talk) 22:04, 25 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Okay, thanks anyhow! I don't speak Portuguese either, which is unfortunate. Also, congrats on your award! It's well deserved. Vanamonde93 ( talk) 07:13, 26 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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THANK YOU I AM HOLDING A KITTEN RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY Keilana ( talk) 22:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Congratulations! I've just seen here that you have been named Wikipedian of the Year together with Rosie. With all the work you have been doing on women scientists, you certainly deserve it. Now you really are famous, whatever some might think.-- Ipigott ( talk) 15:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you!!! Keilana ( talk) 22:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Congratulations! It's a well deserved honor. Smallbones_{( smalltalk)} 02:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC) reply

What Smallbones said. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 03:06, 28 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you both! :) Keilana ( talk) 14:10, 28 June 2016 (UTC) reply

• Yes, congrats! I just now read the Signpost headline, and thought that name sounded familiar. Nice! Softlavender ( talk) 05:20, 5 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you! Keilana ( talk) 14:17, 5 July 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Montanabw: Thank you! :) Keilana ( talk) 23:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jean Bartik you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wugapodes -- Wugapodes ( talk) 16:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Congrats! I just heard the good news!

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Thank you! Keilana ( talk) 20:08, 27 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi. I'm bumping into your topic today and unable to find the page I need scanned up in Google Books. I assume you have this one on your shelf, could I trouble you to confirm the article title and let me know who exactly wrote the biography for "Vera Popova" in Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey, and Margaret Rossiter (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge, 2014; pg. 311? Please reply to my talk page if you can help, ta. Carrite ( talk) 18:51, 29 June 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks very much for the info, I will make the fixes to the relevant page(s). I'm actually not working on Popova but rather on the Institute for Noble Maidens, which is a fairly important topic in Russian pedagogic history that can use some TLC on Wikipedia. Thanks again. —Tim /// Carrite ( talk) 19:05, 29 June 2016 (UTC) reply

The article Jean Bartik you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Jean Bartik for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wugapodes -- Wugapodes ( talk) 19:20, 29 June 2016 (UTC) reply

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final/Wrap-Up Hello to our truly awesome GA Cup competitors! Thursday, June 30 saw the end of the 2016 GA Cup. It was a huge success. In the final, our five competitors reviewed an astonishing 207 articles, the most in any GA Cup final thus far. We continue to reach our goals and make a substantial impact in how quickly articles are reviewed for GA status. On March 1, the start of this competition, the article longest in the queue had languished there since June 26, 2015 [6]; in the July 1, 2016 list, the average wait length is just four months [7]. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for their enthusiasm, and for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success. Remember that most articles can't even be considered for FA status unless it's been passed to GA first, so our efforts have created hundreds of potentials FAs. That is, as they say, a big deal. The final this time represented a real horse race between our 1st and 2nd place winners. First-time competitor (who had won all previous rounds) Sainsf earned an impressive 1456 points with 91 articles reviewed during the final. Close behind, in second place was Carbrera, also a first-time competitor, reviewed the most articles (94). Their enthusiasm was a treat to witness. Congrats to you both! The competition went relatively smoothly, with very little drama this time. We had to clarify one rule: in order for the points to count, you must mark your reviews as completed; it's not up to the judges to ensure that all reviews are completed by the end of a round. We were strict about adhering to this clarification, especially at the end of the final. We intend on stressing it in the stated rules for our next competition, which will be announced soon, so watch out for it. We also intend on applying for a grant through Wikimedia to include gift certificates for our winners, to further incentivize the GA Cup. MrWooHoo should receive special recognition for acting as our main judge, and for stepping in for the rest of the judges when real-life busyness took over. He reviewed the majority of the submissions during our final round. Thanks for your hard work, and for the hard work of all our judges. We look forward to the next competition. Again, thanks to all our competitors, and congrats to our winners. Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The article Jean Bartik you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jean Bartik for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wugapodes -- Wugapodes ( talk) 00:41, 4 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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I may not create them, but instead I will try to save ones already created: User_talk:Montanabw#First_ever_AfD_alert_of_the_day. Montanabw ^(talk) 03:51, 17 July 2016 (UTC) reply

That's awesome! You're awesome! Keep on keeping on. Keilana ( talk) 20:45, 17 July 2016 (UTC) reply

This one is a month-long tl;dr, but new eyes might help; people are getting pretty nasty and the same debates are being repeated over and over again: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kanwal Ameen. Montanabw ^(talk) 03:37, 19 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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See, I hoped for just a second that this was my IRL sweetheart, with whom I live and own a cat, but alas. The IP geolocates to Atlanta. ( Cuchlaine King will be bluelinked later today, thanks for the inspiration! <3) Keilana ( talk) 22:49, 20 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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What a delightful knowledge cat! ;) He can help me with my anemia workshop this morning.... Keilana ( talk) 14:38, 30 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi Keilana - I just contacted you via email about a potential collaboration with the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) in October. They reached out to me and I think your involvement would be great! I hope you are well! KellyDoyle ( talk) 14:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC) reply

@ KellyDoyle: Hey, I'm a little behind on emails but I'll get to it this weekend! :) Keilana ( talk) 00:18, 4 September 2016 (UTC) reply

The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 23:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi Keilana. Who can we call on for advice and to follow new pages on women in math on Wikipedia? I know you will be very busy with the start of Med School. I'm not sure who else to call on. I have added lists of women in math whose pages are stubs or who do not have pages on the Year of Science page for computer science, technology and math and on the WP Women in Red page on mathematics. Added my name to WP Women scientists. Still working on my article on Writing women in mathematics into Wikipedia. Might follow up with a detailed email but see that you prefer first posts here. Mvitulli( talk) 02:51, 1 September 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Mvitulli: Hi! Some other awesome people who can help you are @ Rosiestep: and @ Megalibrarygirl:! Everything you've done so far looks really great, by the way. Keilana ( talk) 00:17, 4 September 2016 (UTC) reply

If you need references or copyediting, Mvitulli, let me know. :) Megalibrarygirl ( talk) 13:59, 4 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. >>> Sign up for the September Drive! <<<

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October 2016
	Women in Architecture & Women in Archaeology editathons Faciliated by Women in Red

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Hello Keilana,

I came here because I need opinion from experienced female Wikipedians on an article I am about moving to mainspace (I'm still working on the inline references though). The reason I'm not using article for creation is that this is not a case of COI, rather I want to weigh perception from any experienced female Wikipedian on the article, and you're the only Wikipedian I can confirm is female. Maheeda and Cossy Orjiakor are two controversial Nigerian celebrities, and they are very open about what makes them unique. I created articles for them on my sandbox and am still working on it. Usually I don't use sandbox, but I just feel somehow odd about these two. Could you read the article and let me know if it sounds disrespectful? Please I will appreciate if you can do a brief research on them to acquaint yourself with their lifestyle before a reply. Maheeda Cossy Thanks. Darreg ( talk) 19:05, 26 September 2016 (UTC) @ Darreg: Hi, my apologies for taking so long to get back to you. I don't have time right now to review articles, but I think submitting to AfC is the best way to get things reviewed. Best, Keilana ( talk) 16:12, 2 October 2016 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on October 31, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Hi Emily! I'm a friend / collaborator of User:Ironholds and am piloting a new tool called Cartograph that visualizes gender focus in Wikipedia articles. I was been hoping to get Wikipedians interested in gender issues to give it a spin, but so far I've only been able to get a few folks try it. I reached out to Oliver and he suggested I get in touch with you. Any ideas about how I can drum up a few more folks? Oliver mentioned you were also busy, so I understand if you can't make time for this right now! 01:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shilad ( talk • contribs) reply

Please see Category:Women-related WikiProjects.— Wavelength ( talk) 02:22, 11 October 2016 (UTC) reply

November 2016
	Announcing two exciting online editathons Women in Food and Drink and Women Writers as well as our strong support for articles on women in connection with Wikipedia Asian Month Faciliated by Women in Red

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This request should be a snap for you: could you please split the CRISPR article? My latest thoughts are to move that article to "CRISPR (biology)" and split to "CRISPR (technology)". The redirect created by the move could then be turned into a disambiguation page. The moment the native Cas9-gRNA complex molecule is artificially modified in any way, you move that info to the technology page. Or whatever name you see fit. The point is that likely the majority of readers visiting that page want an introduction to the Cas9-gRNA complex, its artificial variations and its applications, but the press just refers to "CRISPR" (which is how they find the page) and there may also be some non-Cas9 applications of CRISPR as well. I would do it myself if it were not for the many Essjays at this site.-- 172.56.33.71 ( talk) 10:02, 31 October 2016 (UTC) reply

You might want to review Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology#CRISPR article status.-- 172.56.1.128 ( talk) 14:07, 31 October 2016 (UTC) reply

I would love to, but it's a little more complicated than just wild-type CRISPR/Cas9 vs modified CRISPR/Cas9, and it's not a system I've ever used or worked with beyond "the sister lab of my undergrad lab used it". Sorry I can't be of more help! Keilana ( talk) 16:10, 3 November 2016 (UTC) reply

• Of course, yes, when you do knockouts and such to probe the biology, you are modifying the wild molecules, but at this website, we simply describe the results of such research, not how such discoveries were made. Sigh. There are so few people here who claim any level of qualifications. You do not have to have worked with CRISPR. Editing at WP is not quite a matter of health and safety: really, with a little guidance a competant librarian could do the split well enough. I will just have to rummage through the non-anonymous users until I find someone willing to help.
• You may want to update User:Emily Temple-Wood (NIOSH) along the lines of the recent updates to User:LilaTretikov (WMF). I tried to suggest in your BLP that you were no longer VP of Wikimedia DC. Maybe you still are, in name, but the DC web site still says that you are so somebody reverted. Whenever your status updates on that, you may want to remind them to update the DC website page.
• At the risk of sounding creepy: I expect that you consider Jytdog a familiar of some sort, but you might want to Google that name sometime and look at his editcount report and his block log and ask yourself: no matter how polite, who is the antagonist? For example, he has over 600 edits on Monsanto. Spend the ten seconds its takes to scan the TOC of that article ask yourself: which sections did he edit? Huh? Yeah, those sections. There are many such, uhm, "activists" at WP. He comes to the project with his own modest COI issues and what does he do as a ever-so-typical coping defense mechanism? He sees COI in others at every twist and turn. Where are his FAs? 90K edits and he might not have even one Class B article. In his dwelling on articles related to health, and in creating WP:MEDRS (a list any receptionist in the industry could create: "Nothing but the best; champaign and caviar"), he is armed to destroy the product of the work of anyone he just does not like and to seek the attention of talented people (consider the attetion-seeking of those with a factitious disorder). He does mention his latest block on his userpage, but do not let that fool you. You might be able to use your admin this: he moved one of the pages I created in my poorly thought-out split from "CRISPR human applications" to something like "CRISPR interference human applications". See? He read that incorrect, uncited sentence and acted upon it. He did not have comprehension of the subject matter. He did not under stand the subject matter but he insisted on doing the Editting. I admit that I was fooled for a few minutes. He was dismissive of my work and so assertive and confrontational that I assumed that he must know what he is talk about. Right? Wrongo. The difference between Jtydog and me is that I was willing to the work to recognize the error. He does not do that: he just politely plows ahead.
• You have used the admin tools in the past but now you have, quite understandably, lost interest. There are many admins here who lost their interest in sharing knowledge long ago but remain because of a deep-seated hunger to hunt persons. And the same IRL. Try to keep an eye out for and avoid them both here and there. Just imagine how little would be left if Jytdog had editorial control over the next edition of your chapter in that book. There would be about three sentences left after he wsd done with it.
• I care about sharing knowledge. For the typical reader the high-traffic CRISPR page has been broken all year. You do not need a high school education to see what I mean. To demonstrate this to yourself, look at this diff and you will see that the error I posted about on the noticeboard was introduced in January. It has been sitting for ten months. It is fixed now, but thousands of readers a day have, all year, been following that link to "CRISPR interference" to search for info about the technology and just run into a time-consuming dead end. They probably gave up and went to some other site that has its act together. I care about correcting such wastes here.-- 172.56.32.131 ( talk)`

19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber ( submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK ( submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden ( submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 ( submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer ( submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit ( submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha ( submissions) and Muboshgu ( submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 01:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC) reply

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan ( talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Hello! We are leaving you this message because you have previously indicated that you interested in helping the Wikimedia Foundation Support & Safety team in developing our training modules this year.

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It occurred to me about a week ago that when Jytdog says on his userpage "Via email with an oversighter, I disclosed my real life identity..." that he is talking about you. I am operating on the probability that I am 85℅ likely right. Good as certain, not that it is so important.

I have a lot of other stuff to say, but maybe I will find the willpower to hold off for now. Regards, Mr. Skin T. Bronze.-- 185.61.149.221 ( talk) 06:33, 14 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi Keilana.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC) reply

File:Roza Shanina.jpg December 2016
	Two new topics for our online editathons Women in Aviation and Women in the Military Our geographical topic of the month is Caribbean Women During the period of 21 Nov - 8 Dec, we are also supporting BBC 100 Women Women in Red

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Emily: can you update (or find someone who can update) this French version of this page?

• https://fr.wikiversity.org/wiki/Calcul_infinit%C3%A9simal

I just used Google translate and somebody said it was gibberish. Please let others know about the English page, especially high school and college students and faculty.-- 2602:304:CDC1:90:64C5:4976:D62C:FF33 ( talk) 11:47, 25 November 2016 (UTC) reply

[8] Drmies ( talk) 17:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Drmies: Unfortunately it's nonexistent...I wish I could read that though, from what I gleaned off Google Translate! Keilana ( talk) 19:59, 2 December 2016 (UTC) reply

I got a Ph.D. so I charge a lot more. Drmies ( talk) 00:26, 3 December 2016 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break. There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll. If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA). If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December. We apologize for sending out this newsletter late. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<< Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Earlier this month, I created a new article for Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii to try to reduce by one the list of women on the WIT missing article report. The article still needs to be reviewed, but I'm more here to ask about the report itself anyway. It's still showing a missing page for her because it's got her family name as just Tanaka, not Tanaka-Ishii as she uses. I don't know who would make any changes to the report and can't see for myself how to do it. Apologies if this is needless bother for you. Triplingual ( talk) 21:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi Triplingual, it's not a bother at all! The report is auto-updated, so no worries with that. What I've done is create a redirect from Kumiko Tanaka to Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii, which should solve things. :) Keilana ( talk) 20:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Excellent, thank you for this and for the project! Triplingual ( talk) 01:25, 20 December 2016 (UTC) reply

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email).

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 20:02, 14 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you so much! Keilana ( talk) 18:31, 21 December 2016 (UTC) reply

	Wishing you a very happy holiday season and a fulfilling 2017. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 18:07, 21 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you! <3 Keilana ( talk) 19:48, 23 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2017!

Hello Keilana, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2017. Happy editing, CAPTAIN RAJU ( ✉) 22:19, 23 December 2016 (UTC) reply Spread the love by adding {{ subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, Keilana!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw (talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{ subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

	Happy Holidays!
	Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season! Ed  [talk]  [majestic titan] 23:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello Keilana,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Gustatory rhinitis for deletion, because it doesn't appear to contain any encyclopedic content. Take a look at our suggestions for essential content in short articles to learn what should be included.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Okamialvis ( talk) 16:15, 27 December 2016 (UTC) reply

January 2017
	Women Philosophers & Women in Education online editathons Faciliated by Women in Red

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Dear Em... Wishing good health and happiness as we start the new year! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:15, 1 January 2017 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December. This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points. We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules. In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 22:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Hey, not sure if you'd be interested in contributing personally or not, but some WikiProject Cannabis members are organizing a 420 collaboration in April. I know some people hear 'cannabis' and immediately envision lazy stoners, but I'd like to get as much community buy-in for this collaboration as possible so we can improve many Wikipedia articles. My hope is that you and Wiki Project Med will support our efforts, especially by improving articles related to medical marijuana and health. I'll be pinging other Wiki Project Med board members and participants for help, too, but just wanted to give you a heads up. Thanks! --- Another Believer _{( Talk)} 23:05, 9 January 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Another Believer: Hey! If I have the time, I'm happy to participate. That's iffy though, given medical school, but i'll give it a shot. Best of luck :) Keilana ( talk) 17:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply

No worries, I completely understand. You know you're always welcome if and when you have the time and interest. --- Another Believer _{( Talk)} 17:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply

For your comment on Everymornings RfA candidate poll. I completely agree, and Asperger's hasn't ever hindered my editing of Wikipedia. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:03, 15 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you. Keilana ( talk) 20:40, 15 January 2017 (UTC) reply

+1 - echoing TPoD's comments. Thanks for your input over there. Patient Zero ^talk 10:46, 18 January 2017 (UTC) reply

~The Special Wikipedian Tribble Award~

It does my heart good to say THANK YOU to editors who stand out above the fray, whether they are being mindful collaborators working to improve articles, or working to expand worthy articles to save them from AfD. It is never an easy task if the subject is controversial, especially considering the mine fields one has to navigate to avoid edit disruptions. Thank you for all you do and all you've done to make editing an enjoyable experience, and a special thank you for your courage in reminding us to AGF regardless of the hurdles some editors must overcome. ❤️ Atsme 📞 📧 19:45, 15 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Its trilling seems to have a....tranquilizing....effect on the human nervous system..... Keilana ( talk) 21:23, 15 January 2017 (UTC) reply

A warm and fuzzy feeling...😁 ^{Atsme 📞 📧} 22:59, 15 January 2017 (UTC) reply

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3 Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday saw the end of Round 2. Shearonink took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 499. In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an astounding 236 points, and in third place, Cartoon network freak received 136 points. Originally, we had plans for one wild card for 9th place, however it appears that both Chris troutman and J Milburn were tied for 9th place. Therefore, we have decided to have both advance to Round 3. In Round 2, 91 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased to a little over 6 months. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep decreasing the backlog. To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 has already started and will end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Also, we'd like to announce the departure of judge Zwerg Nase. We thank him for all his hardwork and hope to see him back in the future. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Hi. I just thought I'd mention that a post has been made on Jimbo's talk page [9] that links to an article about you. Keep up the good work. DrChrissy ^(talk) 19:24, 6 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Thanks! Keilana ( talk) 19:28, 6 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Because you are amazing! And I am so proud of you!

Rosiestep ( talk) 21:22, 6 February 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Rosiestep: <3 Keilana ( talk) 21:31, 6 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Dear Keilana!

We've never meet and I never believe that we have shared any conversations on wiki platforms. I'm reaching out to you as I've just read the article about you written by Andrew McMillen.

You sound like such an amazing person and for all of the hardship you've been through with the trolls, I want to reach out and thank you for standing up and making out community great!

Keep up your spirits and go bash some trolls!

Regards -- VicVal ( talk) 07:13, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Same here - I read the same article, it was very inspiring. Thank you very much for your time, effort, and courage :)

-- Psquared2 ( talk) 14:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Also just read that article and wanted to show my appreciation. Way to go and keep it up! -- Amphioxi ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:53, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I too have read the article, and you are amazing! Keep up the good work! Have a nice day! LA If you reply here, please {{ Ping}} me. @ 16:15, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I'll join the chorus. Keep up the great work. Mr. Darcy talk 16:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I also came here from the article and reading about the hardships you faced and how you chose to overcome them made me want to show some support. The fact that here on Wikipedia people will be judged by the accuracy and quality of their work, rather than by their age, gender, or appearance makes me want to start contributing to Wikipedia again. Hashhar ( talk) 00:04, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Ditto. Let me know if I can help in some way! -- Distributed ( talk) 01:47, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I also read the article and just wanted to say I think you and what you are doing is awesome! It takes something special to turn something so toxic into something valuable. Bowenandarrow ( talk) 02:37, 8 February 2017 (UTC)Bowenandarrow reply

Thank you all very much! :) Keilana ( talk) 19:20, 7 February 2017 (UTC) reply

What you are doing is fantastic and your strength of character is amazing. Alecclews ( talk) 02:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I also read the article and want to say thanks for your work here. Emir of Wikipedia ( talk) 13:03, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you for helping to make the world a smarter place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.236.147.174 ( talk) 17:50, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Just read Andrew's piece. Good on ya, Emily! You rock! I'll tell you something: I'm a tiny white male grammar gnome on this site, and I get a tonne of abuse here. (Seriously, brothers and sisters, if you're that invested in bad grammar, get help. Right now.) Given that you do, like, important stuff, I can only imagine the crap that comes your way. Onwards and upwards, friend! And thank you for your service. Laodah 00:22, 9 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Read the Andrew McMillen article as well. Don't let the so-and-so's get you down Fbell74 ( talk) 06:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Just read the McMillen article. As the father of a 14yo daughter you're just the sort of awesome I like to share with her. Thanks for your inspirational persistence. I quote Mitch McConnell "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted." You're awesome! Roccitman ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Read the article. Good job young lady! Give it to them! #ShePersisted. -- Alexf ^(talk) 03:21, 10 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Just read that article. Keep polishing those turds, you are great inspiration! -- OlafJanssen ( talk) 12:34, 13 February 2017 (UTC) reply

I just read that article as well and wanted to stop by to say thank you for all of your work on here and well done for enduring and out-lasting the trolls and thugs. Decent editors can and should stand up to that kind of filth and you are setting a brilliant example.-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 13:04, 15 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Utterly beaming with pride and downright speechless - you're an inspiration -- Samtar ^{talk · contribs} 11:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Hi Emily: I recently heard about your Wikipedian of the Year award and your troll-fighting technique (which is unstoppable.) You've done some amazing and inspiring work, and I'd like to nominate you to attend ORD Camp in 2018. ORD Camp is a two-day, invite-only unconference held in Chicago the last weekend in January (the 2017 edition just occurred), and is sponsored by Google and Inventables. You can learn more about it here: http://ordcamp.com/ and see who came this year here: http://ordcamp.com/wiki/camp-2017-whos-coming/ The catch is, in order to nominate you, I need to provide the organizers with an email address. I promise not to use your address for anything spammy, trollish or malevolent. I'm easily findable online -- google "Andrew Huff Chicago" or me3dia. I'm my username on gmail.com should you prefer to converse via email. Cheers, —Andrew Me3dia ( talk) 23:05, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Me3dia: Hi, lovely to hear from you! You can reach me anytime at keilanawikigmail.com. Thanks so much! Keilana ( talk) 16:32, 9 February 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Keilana: Are you doing okay? Alexis from Chemical Heritage Foundation has been trying to contact you about coming to Philadelphia. Can you call her? Thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom ( talk) 20:19, 14 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Hey there! I'm hosting a meetup at the at the Sulzer Regional Library on Saturday March 25th from 12 PM to 4:30 PM. You're welcome to come and work together with other editors on articles or other contributions, get to know other editors around Chicago, and ask any questions you might about using or contributing to Wikipedia. Food will be available, and we'll likely go out for dinner afterwards as a group. If you're interested in joining us, please RSVP at the event page here! Thanks, I JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 20:23, 14 February 2017 (UTC) reply

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I've sent you an email, no rush -- Samtar ^{talk · contribs} 10:55, 20 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Hi Keilana, VisualEditor (or one of the related pieces of software) screwed up the order of the infobox parameters in this diff. Do you remember seeing this happen on any of your other edits? I'm hoping to find an editor who has experienced this problem repeatedly, because a reliable way to reproduce this, even if the method requires clicking three times and saying 'There's no place like Wikipedia', would really help the devs figure out how to fix it. Please {{ ping}} me if you've got any information about it – I'd really appreciate it. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 23:16, 22 February 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Whatamidoing (WMF): All I can remember is that it asked me if I wanted to continue without filling in genereviews parameters, I said yes, and then that happened. This has happened a few times before. Hope that helps! Keilana ( talk) 02:41, 23 February 2017 (UTC) reply

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion. In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog. In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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FYI there are some anatomy articles languishing at WP:GAN...just sayin' (I find active memorizing better than passive...). Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 01:25, 18 March 2017 (UTC) reply

Heh, you're absolutely right... I think I could pass that off as studying! (Neuroanatomy can bite me.) Keilana ( talk) 20:59, 19 March 2017 (UTC) reply

Emily, thanks so much for the talk two weeks ago in class! - Fuzheado | Talk 19:57, 21 March 2017 (UTC) reply

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Wrap Up Hello, GA Cup competitors! Saturday, April 1 concluded the 2016-2017 GA Cup. 64 reviews were completed by our finalists. Although the backlog increased by 42 over the reviewing period instead of declining, the increase suggests that the contest is encouraging editors to nominate articles for review. Congratulations to Shearonink, who is the winner of the Cup, finishing with 672 points! Once again, just as in last round, this is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! It was a close race for second place between Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, who achieved 164 points, and Sturmvogel_66, who earned 150. Though Sturmvogel_66 reviewed one more article than Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga managed to earn 14 points more due to reviewing older articles. Our two wildcard competitors, Kees08 and Chris troutman, came in fourth and fifth, respectively. There were some bumps in the competition this time: The sign-up deadline and the first round were both extended due to fewer competitors signing up then was planned for. And there were delays in tallying points and getting out the newsletter. The judges apologize for this latter difficulty. Lastly, mid-way through the competition we bid farewell to Zwerg Nase, who stepped down from their position as judge due to other commitments. Information about the Final can be found here. Thank you to all of our competitors, and congrats to our winners! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

Hi Emily: I am 16 and I am grateful to have discovered you. I loved the way that you fought the haters by giving them some more info to chew on! I just felt the need to tell you how awesome that you are because, a compliment can't hurt. I hope you know that to someone who has actually believed that I was incapable because of my gender, you are another driving force in my want to succeed. If you would like to respond, please feel free to do so by shooting me an email at SaffronCake3303@gmail.com/ - StarGazer3303 ( talk) 02:35, 15 April 2017 (UTC) reply

Hey if you know something about this topic, you are free to contribute to Pregnancy in art. Thanks 2.51.16.229 ( talk) 11:21, 18 April 2017 (UTC) reply

Hi Emily (if I may),

I'm the series editor for The Best American Science and Nature Writing, an annual anthology published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We'd like to include one of your stories in the 2017 edition of the anthology. Could you send me an e-mail (tf@timfolger.net) so that I can provide you with more details? Thanks. -- Timfolger ( talk) 18:46, 19 April 2017 (UTC) reply

Precious

Five years!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:25, 22 April 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you Gerda! <3 Keilana ( talk) 16:50, 27 April 2017 (UTC) reply

... and four years! also ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:25, 1 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Hello Emily. Recently at Wikidata, a small group of users created a huge number of requests for deletion of many thousands of "empty" items. Four of those, d:Q21128904 ("heart injury"), d:Q21129031 ("red blood cell changes"), d:Q21129497 ("bone marrow changes") and d:Q21129562 ("thyroid damage"), were created by you in October 2015. It seems that we're not too sure what to do with them, so could you help, either by dropping us a message at d:Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions#Items_created_by_User:Emily_Temple-Wood_.28NIOSH.29 and/or improving the items by adding statements? I'd be very thankful! All the best. Jared Preston ( talk) 11:12, 24 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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I just read the article at backchannel.com about you and your work at Wikipedia, and I felt compelled to congratulate you. It's marvelous that you've responded to the rage and bile of the haters, and used it create such a wonderful project. The world needs more people like you. Keep up the good work! Konczewski ( talk) 16:32, 7 June 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you very much! :) :) :) Keilana ( talk) 15:48, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply

I read the article on backchannel. I just wanted to thank you for what you do and wish you keep up the good work. It takes people like you to make the world a better place. AugierLe42e ( talk) 2017-06-04T21:27+02

Thank you so much! You made my day! :) Keilana ( talk) 15:46, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply