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Hello! Your submission of Komboni at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Tryptofish ( talk) 00:37, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

I see you have claimed points for three DYKs on your submissions page at the WikiCup. The rule that applies to DYKs is "Points cannot be granted until the article has actually been featured on the main page. Merely being approved by a reviewer does not count." [1] So these articles do not qualify at the moment but will qualify for points when they have actually appeared on the main page. I have removed your score for the time being, so resubmit the DYKs after you get a notification on your talk page that they have been featured. There's plenty of time yet in this round! Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 14:02, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh, I thought I should put the entries there, and that the bot would score them when they actually appeared on the main page. I'll wait until I actually get credit for them then. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Give back to the planet what egoism has taken Wethepeople2017 ( talk) 21:32, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Category:Law firms established in 1570, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. — swpb ^T 14:16, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Category:1570 establishments in Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. — swpb ^T 14:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

On 2 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Komboni, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that approximately 80% of residents of Lusaka, Zambia, live in kombonis? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Komboni. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Komboni), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

On 3 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thompson Snell & Passmore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thompson Snell & Passmore holds the world record for being the oldest continually operating law firm still in existence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thompson Snell & Passmore. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Thompson Snell & Passmore), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede 66 01:51, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

On 4 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saint Anne's Guest Home, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Saint Anne's Guest Home is reputed to be haunted by a nun? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Anne's Guest Home. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Saint Anne's Guest Home), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Vanamonde ( talk) 13:07, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello ONUnicorn,

A HUGE backlog

We now have 809 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello ONUnicorn,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 809 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

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Hello, I'm not sure if you remember but in late 2015 you discussed with me a proposed edit request to update the Marsy's Law article. That old request was completed by another editor, but I was wondering if you could assist with a new edit request on the page. I have asked for a couple small updates to reflect that similar Marsy's Laws have been approved in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. You can see the edit request on Marsy's Law's Talk page. I have a financial conflict of interest (I work at Mac Strategies Group and am posting as part of my work there on behalf of Marsy's Law For All) so I am aware I should not edit the article. Can you review this request? Thank you. JulieMSG ( talk) 22:24, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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)

You must be an American, since over here (Europe) the notability of Lagaffe (as a character) isn't in question and a short google search would have revealed it. See for instance the Libération celebrating his 60th birthday France Culture celebrating the perannial hippie and even in Montreal he's so well known there's a quiz about him. 18:36, 14 March 2017 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kleuske ( talk • contribs)

I am indeed an American, but that has nothing at all to do with whether or not the article demonstrates his notability independent of the fictional work in which he appears. The comic is undoubtedly notable. The article on the character was copy-pasted word for word from the article on the comic. It cited no sources. It did not demonstrate the character's notability. On Wikipedia, the word "notable" means something a little different from what it means off-line. Moreover, a topic can be notable without the article sufficiently demonstrating that fact. If an article does not sufficiently demonstrate that the topic is notable, the article has no business being on Wikipedia. In this instance, the character is covered adequately by the parent article, which provides a greater context for understanding the topic; hence the redirect is more appropriate than a stand alone article. Does that make sense? ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 18:49, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Reading back I regret I started out like that. The article being c/p-ed was the reason I didn't revert you and I agree a C&P-job doesn't add anything. I advised the author to write an article in his sandbox (plenty of sources around). Nevertheless, per WP:GNG, it is the topic that's notable, whether or not the the article is any good has no effect on notability. The sources above (which talk about the character, not the comic), show there's sufficient notability. There's a ton more out there. Kleuske ( talk) 19:01, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Why this article was changed to redirect page? Luizengmec ( talk) 10:37, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Because it appeared to be a duplicate article. It's undesirable to have two articles about one thing (American football in Brazil). Especially when both articles are in bad shape. Although, now that you ask that and I have taken a second look at both articles, perhaps it would be better to merge the content from American Football Association of Brazil to American football in Brazil and make it a large subsection, rather than the other way around (as was done). That said, the sourcing on both articles is atrocious.

Thank you for pointing that out - they aren't really about the same thing. American football in Brazil should give an overview, whereas American Football Association of Brazil is just about one football association (albeit the largest and most important one). I've undone the redirect. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 15:04, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I see you also struggled with that but managed to find a solution? Apparently I'm too dumb for it, could you maybe give me a hand? Kaiserlicher Ritter ( talk) 05:22, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

@ Kaiserlicher Ritter: I'm not sure what you're referring to. I'd be happy to give you a hand if you'd give me some idea of what you need help with. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 14:36, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you! :) ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:11, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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Fixed the Shepardson ones. I kinda think the DAB page is the best target for Accession at the moment though. The page on Ratification discusses accession, but only in the context of the United States, which is one of many problems with Wikipedia's coverage of international law topics. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 15:50, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

I replied to your question for MarkBernstein but managed to mess up the ping, sorry. Don't press the issue with MB, as any response he makes would be likely to be construed as a violation of his topic ban under WP:ARBGG. GoldenRing ( talk) 15:57, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok, thank you very much. At least now I know it had to do with Gamergate. Gamergate was kind of a big mess all around. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 18:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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Hi @ ONUnicorn: Are you an admin?😶😶 BulbAtop ( talk) 04:54, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi BulbAtop, no, I am not an admin, but if you need help with anything I'm a generally helpful person. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:36, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Hello, yes the Morinaga page is for a course I am teaching. I'd like to leave it open for the student to edit for a little while if possible. Thanks very much. - Kjeric — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjeric ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok. Someone has already tagged it for deletion, so I'll move it to draft space so the student can work on it there. Just, in the future, please don't create totally blank pages in the main article space. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 01:50, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi. I was going to add the information to the Three Wheeler article, but can't figure out an appropriate place. Any suggestions? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:22, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

@ One15969: How's this?~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:32, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

That works well. Nice job. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Hiya, just checking you got my reply to the email you sent me the other week. I'm not putting any pressure on you to respond or commit to anything, just checking you got it! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:25, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

@ HJ Mitchell: I did get it and I've been putting a lot of thought into it. I was thinking maybe towards the end of May? I should have a lot more time on my hands starting around Memorial Day weekend. Does that sound good to you? ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 14:40, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

It's entirely up to you. I'll work around you. Whenever you're ready and you've got the time. Just let me know. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:12, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

@ HJ Mitchell: How about now? ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 14:45, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Sure! I'll get to work! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:38, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!

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)

With aloha and gratitude for your intervention, identifying multiple-bot actions against Ancient Punaluu image and establishing order. Alawa ( talk) 16:47, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. :) ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:50, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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The statement's not perfect but it'll do for now. You just need to answer the questions. If I get chance I'll go back through and tweak the nomination statement and maybe add a few details, but it's your RfA so don't feel you have to wait for me. Transclude it whenever you want (or you can ask me to do it for you). Don't feel you have to rush, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions (though I'm laving for work any second so I won't be around for eight or nine hours). Good luck! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:55, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I've drafted my answers to the questions and my acceptance, and I'll take another look at it and probably transclude it in the morning. (Probably 11-12 hours from now) Thank you again. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 02:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Well that went well! Swimmingly, in fact! I'm extatic to see you pass with such flying colours! Fair warning: most admin work is not that exciting and the most gratitude you're likely to get for it is a quiet (sometimes grudging) respect. But if you need anything—from a quick sanity check to "what have I let myself in for?"—don't hesitate to drop me a note or shoot me an email. By the way, I know you don't like automation, but if you find yourself doing lots of repetitive tasks, you'd be amazed at how much simpler some javascript can make your life. All the best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:52, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm a little stunned at how well it went. I've actually been stunned at how well it was going for the last 3-4 days. I think a big part of it was that you were my nominator, so again, thank you. Having read the how to on protecting a page, I see where automation helps since there are a lot of steps to remember.~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 12:37, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Amen to that, especially the last part. You don't have to overdo it like me but some tasks are much easier to do with a twinkle in your eye Regards So Why 07:56, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

I'll definitely think about it. It seems like there's a lot of steps to if you are, say, protecting a page.~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 12:37, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello, and good luck with your RFA! I'm traveling right now and using my alternate account so I won't comment there just yet. But I wanted to suggest you do some proofreading of your answers. The second paragraph has some apparently missing words, and in a later paragraph you misspelled "queue". People tend to jump on the silliest things at an RFA so I suggest you fix those things and any others I might have missed. MelanieN alt ( talk) 15:28, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll fix those. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 15:35, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

...I don't see the missing words? Which second paragraph are you asking about? ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 15:40, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Second paragraph of your answer to question 1. (I'd never "jump on the silliest things", but I did notice that one. Just stopped by while reviewing your RfA, btw. So far so good!) Rivertorch ^FIRE _WATER 15:55, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Ok... how am I missing it? I'm not seeing any glaring examples of missing words... ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:02, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Well, I can't find them now so I guess it was just me. There were a couple of sentences that seemed to me to be missing something but I guess my error. Sorry. Btw I noticed something at the developing discussion about your not liking Twinkle. Trust me, when you are an admin you will value Twinkle. It automates for you a lot of tasks involving multiple steps. Also there are some other tools (not Twinkle) you will want to install, that simplify things like closing AfDs. MelanieN alt ( talk) 16:07, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Oh, but "requests from COA editors" - did you mean COI editors? MelanieN alt ( talk) 16:12, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Oops, yes, I did mean COI. Thank you for that. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:17, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

And you fixed the missing words problem. Rivertorch ^FIRE _WATER 16:28, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Although the coffee is to keep you awake and sharp for answering RfA questions (do them in order lest you invoke the wrath of the !voting community), make sure you take breaks from this week of stress! Good luck, you've got my support -- There'sNoTime ( to explain) 19:13, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi ONUnicorn! I noticed that you threw your hat into the ring. Best of luck! Oh, and I'm not gonna lie: the RFA process can be nasty at times. To help ease your nerves, here's a kitten to cheer you up. This curious furry friend found this motorcycle helmet to be a really cozy napping spot! Aww... how cute! I'd love to snuggle in with her if I was small enough...

— k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 02:49, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi, ONUnicorn. I noticed you're up for adminship. What are the criteria for voters? Am I eligible? Kirk Leonard ( talk) 20:38, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, you are eligible. Basically, anyone with a registered account is eligible, although very new users' opinions are often discounted. Your opinion would probably be highly valued, in part because I mentioned my interaction with you in my responses to the questions. There's a page of advice for RFA voters, and it's a good idea to at least skim it before you vote for the first time. Again, I welcome your input, and thank you in advance. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 20:44, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

	A drink for you
	Seems like your Rfa will succeed (a extremely good thing) .Wishing you a very happy Adminship .To recover from the ill effects of Rfa take a sip out of this Indian deight ( Lassi) ⮘ FORCE RADICAL⮚ 09:12, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! That drink sounds delicious!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 12:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi ONUnicorn, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations for both your successful nomination and for your place on WP:100; you have an impressive amount of support. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project.

I also noticed when activating your adminship that I granted you rollback rights back in January 2008, which would have made you one of the first people I ever gave them to. :) Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 14:35, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Yay! Thank you Acalamari! I'll make sure to check out the reading list and help pages. I'm a little overwhelmed and surprised right now by the amount of support the community has shown. I'll do my best to live up to expectations. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Congrats from me as well. Here's your t-shirt, wear it with pride and welcome aboard. If you have any questions, I'm always happy to help. Regards So Why 14:49, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the t-shirt. I'll wear it with pride, and if I have questions I'll be sure to ask you. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations for adminship !! CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 15:47, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Mz7 ( talk) 19:49, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

• Well Done, and have a read (and smile) at Wikipedia:What you won't learn in new admin school Ronhjones   ^(Talk) 21:38, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

I'll add that to my reading list. :) ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:07, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Kudpung. I want you to know that what you said in your support really means a lot to me. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 04:56, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations, ONUnicorn; and best of luck with the mop. Vanamonde ( talk) 13:31, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 16:59, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

• I have been offline since the end of your RfA so I am adding belated congratulations. I am sure you will do a great job and continue to help the project in yet another way. Donner60 ( talk) 02:14, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
• Me too. Belated congratulations! Hawkeye7 ( talk) 06:19, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

so fix it!

Thank you for quality articles such as Wyandotte Caves, Education in Brazil and komboni, for welcoming and appreciating third opinions, for cleaning up article talk pages, for service from 2006 saying "Did what I could." - good luck for your admin service, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:26, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:32, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Congrats on your RFA! d.g. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 19:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 23:32, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Congrats on your successful run at RFA. May you enjoy many years of productive sysopping, as well as this tasty treat. Kirk Leonard ( talk) 01:01, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Ooh! Baklava! I love baklava. Thanks so much! ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 01:24, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA! lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)| lambast 03:16, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 04:57, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to the mop corps ONUnicorn, following your successful RFA! There's lots to do with the mop, and lots of discipline involved! You'll have to do drill, salute your seniors, polish your boots, and iron your uniform! And, as a recruit, you'll have to scrub the latrines in the barracks! Before you do any of that, though, you're welcome to sit down and have some coffee, It's only gonna get tougher from here. SALUTE! — k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 13:10, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 14:28, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi ONUnicorn, congratulations on passing your RfA - if you haven't already, please consider enabling two-factor authentication. A guide has been prepared here which will hopefully be able to walk you through the process. If you have any questions, please feel free to ping/email me -- There'sNoTime ^{( to explain)} 14:09, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Is it as much of a hassel as it sounds?~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 17:38, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) Well, on the one hand it makes it harder to compromise an admin account [2]...but on the other hand, you run a greater risk of losing access to the account by accident [3]. So 2FA is certainly a double-edged sword. Altamel ( talk) 06:12, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Since you are an admin, I have something to ask to you. I am currently working on an editor of a newspaper in my sandbox. Is it correct to use reports of his newspaper as references? I am worried as it may become primary source. For example, can this link be used [4]? RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি ( talk) 06:41, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

@ Royroydeb: I would say that article would be a good source for the information that he began a philanthropic effort to claim the bodies and give them a proper burial. Even though it is in his newspaper, it can be used to source simple statements of fact like that. However, it wouldn't contribute much to alleviating any notability concerns. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 18:44, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

I will add that the sources you have in the draft do indicate that he is notable.~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 19:17, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	Two near-perfect RfA's in the same month?! How is that even possible?! Belated congrats on getting the bit! — Gestrid ( talk) 07:01, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 17:37, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) @ Gestrid: Have you already forgotten what happened this past January? Mz7 ( talk) 05:47, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

@ Mz7: I was on an extended wikibreak at the time, so I didn't even see that. — Gestrid ( talk) 06:24, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Concerning the IP editor 139.192.217.233 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) and the reason why it keeps undoing the redirect of Fictional national animals: it is an IP-hopping vandal who has no discernible reasons, and a long, long history of being wholly incapable of explaining or discussing its edits, which tend to sit in the unpleasant boundary between "unhelpful good intentioned edits" and "blatant vandalism." That is, when its edits aren't blatant, poorly written WP:OR.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 14:01, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that information. If it keeps up I can semi protect the redirect, but it's been a while since they changed it. They seem to have moved on to other articles about fictional animals. ~ ONUnicorn^{( Talk| Contribs)} problem solving 17:45, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

The vandal's favorite targets are usually Largest organisms, Largest prehistoric organisms, and "List of fictional (insert animal here)" and goes through a cycle. If I didn't know better, I would even guess it's some sort of vandalbot.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 05:14, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi ONUnicorn,

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