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Your GA nomination of J. T. Compher
The article J. T. Compher 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:J. T. Compher for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 01:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- This review is at risk of failing due to time. Steelkamp (talk) 14:48, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
May Women in Red events
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DYK for Nick Schmaltz
On 3 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nick Schmaltz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nick Schmaltz's older brother and younger sister would team up against him when they played basement hockey as children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick Schmaltz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nick Schmaltz), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Brigid's cross
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Brigid's cross 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 Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 23:40, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Brigid's cross
The article Brigid's cross 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:Brigid's cross for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 17:00, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of J. T. Compher
The article J. T. Compher you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:J. T. Compher for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 06:21, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
GhostRiver, I thought perhaps that your review here might have fallen through the cracks. It looks like the nominator has responded to all of your comments in your initial review; when you have a chance, please stop by and see how things are going. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:39, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hiya I've been pinging you from Talk:Securitas_depot_robbery/GA1 and I just thought that maybe you (like me) don't pay much attention to pings, so I'm dropping you a line here as well. I suggested failing the review if you don't want to continue, but also I could ask for a second reviewer, maybe that's a better course of action. Mujinga (talk) 08:17, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Your GA nomination of Robin Lehner
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Robin Lehner 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 Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 20:40, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Beheading game
The article Beheading game you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Beheading game for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 07:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Editor of the Week
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| Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) |
User:HickoryOughtShirt?4 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
- I nominate GhostRiver to be Editor of the Week for being a positive addition to WikiProject Ice Hockey by writing and significantly expanding hockey articles on a regular basis. Excellent work in almost all fields. I would like to specifically recognize them for their good article nomination (GAN) of Connor McDavid, an article that needed a thorough overhaul and was a daunting task. I am always very impressed with their attention to detail and committment to the Philadelphia Flyers. GhostRiver has created 36 articles with 1, Tyler Skaggs, achieving Featured status. Of her over 10K edits, over 52% are to mainspace. Her participation in monthly GAN Backlog Drives and GA reviewing adds to the valuable work necessary to improve of hundreds of articles. This nomination was seconded by Kavyansh.Singh and AryKun.
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| Editor of the Week for the week beginning May 22, 2022 |
| Positive efforts at WikiProject Ice Hockey by writing and significantly expanding hockey articles on a regular basis. Excellent work at their good article nomination (GAN) of Connor McDavid, an article that needed a thorough overhaul and was a daunting task. Created 36 articles with 1 achieving Featured status. 10K edits with over 52% to mainspace. Participates in monthly GAN Backlog Drives and GA reviewing. |
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| Notable work |
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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 13:08, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Brigid's cross
The article Brigid's cross you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Brigid's cross for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Jim Beam warehouse fire
Hello, GhostRiver. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jim Beam warehouse fire".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 22:41, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Robin Lehner
The article Robin Lehner 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:Robin Lehner for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 10:40, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive
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Your GA nomination of Robin Lehner
The article Robin Lehner you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Robin Lehner for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 19:01, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
My future career
You must tell people about your future career 41.114.105.203 (talk) 07:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
June events from Women in Red
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I nominated Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Tyler Skaggs for TFA as planned. Only then did I see that you were injured. All the best for your recovery, and let me know if there's anything I can do for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:10, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gerda Arendt. I had hoped to do the TFA request for his birthday sometime soon, but then, well, things got in the way. I'm well on the way to recovery – my doctor just cleared me to play hockey again, although I'll probably hold off so as not to aggravate anything – but I also have an impending move coming up that has been distracting. In a couple weeks everything should be settled and I'll be fully back on the horse! — GhostRiver 18:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thak you, that's good news. I still remember when I got the news that a relative had an accident with a motorcycle. He survived. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt I am very lucky, that's to be sure. I am also very thankful for advances in helmets, otherwise I would have been in a much worse position. The bike is just a bike, and bones and bruises will heal. :) — GhostRiver 18:55, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- thank you for keeling us informed! - I like my talk today (actually mostly from 29 May - I took the title pic), enjoy the music, two related videos worth watching! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt I am very lucky, that's to be sure. I am also very thankful for advances in helmets, otherwise I would have been in a much worse position. The bike is just a bike, and bones and bruises will heal. :) — GhostRiver 18:55, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thak you, that's good news. I still remember when I got the news that a relative had an accident with a motorcycle. He survived. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Alex DeBrincat
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Alex DeBrincat 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 HickoryOughtShirt?4 -- HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 17:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jeremy Swayman
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jeremy Swayman 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 HickoryOughtShirt?4 -- HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 17:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Noah Syndergaard
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Noah Syndergaard 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. Cherrell410 (talk) 01:32, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Noah Syndergaard
The article Noah Syndergaard you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Noah Syndergaard for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cherrell410 -- Cherrell410 (talk) 02:22, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Tyrese Maxey
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tyrese Maxey 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 Buttons to Push Buttons -- Buttons to Push Buttons (talk) 14:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Tyrese Maxey
The article Tyrese Maxey 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:Tyrese Maxey for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Buttons to Push Buttons -- Buttons to Push Buttons (talk) 15:41, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2022 Kentucky Derby
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2022 Kentucky Derby 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 MrLinkinPark333 -- MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
Tyler Skaggs scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Tyler Skaggs article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 13, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 13, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:44, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
Your reviews of GANs
GhostRiver, I hope you are continuing to heal.
It looks like you're pretty busy with your own GA nominations that are currently under review. At present, you also have three open reviews of other GANs, which you haven't been able to address for nearly two months. I would like to suggest that, as there is currently a GAN backlog drive going on, it would be a good time to ask for new reviewers to take over and complete those GA reviews. Indeed, for Talk:Securitas depot robbery/GA1, the nominator has already requested a second opinion because you haven't been able to return to the review, and it is listed on the backlog drive's page as available for review.
The other two are:
These have been waiting since April; I'd like to set them to second opinion to attract a new reviewer, and to list them on the GAN backlog drive page. Thank you for your consideration. If I haven't heard one way or the other within seven days, I'll take that as permission to proceed with the second opinion process; I realize that you have limited energy, and it may be easier for you to go this route. Many thanks for all you've done at GAN. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi BlueMoonset, thank you for checking in. As I am still dealing with some of my injuries as well as a rather difficult moving process, it would be best to set them both to second opinions. My many apologies for the difficulty I have caused. — GhostRiver 20:02, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2022 Kentucky Derby
The article 2022 Kentucky Derby 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:2022 Kentucky Derby for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MrLinkinPark333 -- MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:21, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nick Schmaltz
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nick Schmaltz 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 Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 23:41, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Lowe Hotel
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Your GA nomination of Alex DeBrincat
The article Alex DeBrincat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Alex DeBrincat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HickoryOughtShirt?4 -- HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:41, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Corrupted Blood incident
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Corrupted Blood incident 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 Protonk -- Protonk (talk) 19:20, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Tyrese Maxey
The article Tyrese Maxey you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tyrese Maxey for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Buttons to Push Buttons -- Buttons to Push Buttons (talk) 01:42, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of J. D. Hammer
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article J. D. Hammer 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 Figureskatingfan -- Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:41, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Corrupted Blood incident
The article Corrupted Blood incident you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Corrupted Blood incident for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Protonk -- Protonk (talk) 17:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Women in Red in July 2022
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Your GA nomination of Nick Schmaltz
The article Nick Schmaltz 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:Nick Schmaltz for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 01:21, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, are you still hoping to work on this article? If so, please respond on the GAN. If there's no response in a couple days, I'll close this as unsuccessful. Z1720 (talk) 01:28, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Z1720 Hi, thanks for checking in. I am still planning to work on the article but will need until the end of the weekend due to some personal matters. — GhostRiver 04:07, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Z1720 I unexpectedly had to go to Delaware late last night and am behind. Will get to the review in the next couple of days. — GhostRiver 04:32, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Z1720 Hi, thanks for checking in. I am still planning to work on the article but will need until the end of the weekend due to some personal matters. — GhostRiver 04:07, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2022 Kentucky Derby
The article 2022 Kentucky Derby you nominated as a good article has failed 
; see Talk:2022 Kentucky Derby for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MrLinkinPark333 -- MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:02, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nick Schmaltz
The article Nick Schmaltz you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Nick Schmaltz for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 17:02, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jeremy Swayman
The article Jeremy Swayman you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jeremy Swayman for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HickoryOughtShirt?4 -- HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:03, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Lowe Hotel
Hello, GhostRiver. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Lowe Hotel".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:03, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
tyler skaggs
hello, GhostRiver! i am really sorry to hear that you have been through an accident, though am glad to hear that you will recover. i have also been involved in a collision between vehicles of starkly different sizes, and was also riding the smaller one at the time. i would likely be severely injured or dead had i not worn a helmet, and am very happy that you had worn one too. i had originally reached out to Gerda regarding the blurb for this article, as she was the tfa/r nominator, but she helpfully pointed out to me that it would be more appropriate to discuss details of the blurb with you.
i wanted to let you know that, in order to trim the blurb down to conform with the character limit for tfa blurbs, i am thinking of completely removing the sentence covering his career statistics. this sentence is dense with information, so it would be difficult to restate in significantly fewer characters. also, for main page readers unfamiliar with baseball statistics, the sentence does not appear to provide sufficient context to allow them to understand what the statistics mean. (for example, even if a reader knew what a strikeout was, the fact that skaggs had recorded 476 of them may be meaningless to that reader.) aside from removing the career statistics, i think i have been able to keep pretty much all other substantial details with the following draft.
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Tyler Skaggs (July 13, 1991 – July 1, 2019) was an American left-handed starting pitcher in professional baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels from 2012 until his death. Born in Woodland Hills, California, Skaggs was a supplemental first-round selection for the Angels in the 2009 MLB draft. Traded to the Diamondbacks in 2010, he made his MLB debut in 2012. Traded back to the Angels in December 2013, he was fifth in the team's rotation until an ulnar collateral ligament injury in 2014 and subsequent Tommy John surgery derailed his career. After a visiting game in 2019, Skaggs was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and was pronounced dead the same day. An autopsy concluded that he had accidentally died of asphyxia after aspirating his own vomit while under the influence of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol. His team wore patches with No. 45, his uniform number, for the rest of the season in his memory. (Full article...)
does this blurb look alright to you? alternatively, is there something that you would have preferred to keep in the blurb? dying (talk) 02:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
i have posted my draft on the blurb's page, as i try to post copyedits of blurbs about a week before they appear on the main page, but please feel free to revert or change anything there. there is no need to rush, as there is still plenty of time to work out any issues you may have with the draft before the blurb's appearance. dying (talk) 23:56, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for the article, "about an American baseball player who tragically died two years ago from fentanyl poisoning. ... All feedback is appreciated, and I hope that this is an enjoyable reading experience about a man's too-short life." Enjoy your first TFA! I hope that you are recovering well! - For celebratory music see my talk, on the birthday of a friend in Brazil. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Precious
athletes
Thank you for quality articles about people in sports such as Tyler Skaggs, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Didi Gregorius and Robyn Smith, for quality reviewing fighting the backlog, for "will pick up anything that seems quirky", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2751 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations
Congratulations on Tyler Skaggs being chosen featured article of the day and thanks for all of your work. — AjaxSmack 19:11, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of J. D. Hammer
The article J. D. Hammer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:J. D. Hammer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Figureskatingfan -- Figureskatingfan (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
GANs
Hi. Would you GA review Federico Gatti and Fabio Miretti? Please, understand that I had nominated them in April, but they haven't been seen yet. Dr Salvus 23:51, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Dr Salvus, I appreciate your reaching out, but I don't think I'm the right person to pick up your GANs. I am getting over some health issues, both physical and mental, and I am not particularly active at the moment. I would recommend finding someone who has been more active reviewing lately. — GhostRiver 00:35, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Women in Red August 2022
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Your GA nomination of Connor McDavid
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Your GA nomination of Hot Coffee (minigame)
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Your GA nomination of Spencer Knight
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Your GA nomination of Clayton Keller
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Hello, I'm VickKiang, previously you did a c/e for the Scythe (board game) article, which is now a GA now, so many thanks! I just came across again your sandbox version of Wingspan (board game). I will add some of the refs you used (better than current version) in the development section, with rewording, but if it is okay, could you please do some c/e for the current version? Also, IMHO the current gameplay section is all right, though your version is a bit more detailed. Many thanks for your help! VickKiang (talk) 03:39, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Connor McDavid
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Your GA nomination of Brandon Carlo
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Your GA nomination of Spencer Knight
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Your GA nomination of Hunter Greene (baseball)
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Your GA nomination of June 2020 Pennsylvania–New Jersey derecho
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Your GA nomination of Derick Brassard
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Your GA nomination of Dylan Cozens (ice hockey)
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Concern regarding Draft:Stonemaier Games
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Your GA nomination of Clayton Keller
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Women in Red in September 2022
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Your GA nomination of Dylan Cozens (ice hockey)
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Your GA nomination of Hunter Greene (baseball)
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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter
The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Brandon Marsh (baseball)
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Open GAs
GhostRiver, I know you're planning to get back to the GAs, but I thought it might be helpful to give you a list of what I have open of yours right now, since there are three, rather than pinging you to each GAN page. I currently have open GA reviews of the following articles of yours:
Still no hurry; I'll check in again in another week or so. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:28, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Brandon Carlo
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Your GA nomination of Brandon Marsh (baseball)
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Your GA nomination of June 2020 Pennsylvania–New Jersey derecho
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Your GA nomination of Hot Coffee (minigame)
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Your draft article, Draft:Stonemaier Games
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Women in Red October 2022
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Your GA nomination of Derick Brassard
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Women in Red November 2022
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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by- Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
- BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.
During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.
- Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
- Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.- Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.- Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
- Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
- Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
- Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Help with Tamara Gustavson updates
Hi. Since you’re a member of Women in Red, and interested in improving articles about notable women. I was hoping you could take a look at some edits I suggested to improve the article about Tamara Gustavson, which have been partially reviewed. I’ve declared a COI. The suggested edits are on top of the Talk page: Talk:Tamara Gustavson. Thanks in advance.Wiki64gus (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
The Ghost Inside's self titled
Hey GhostRiver!
My name is Dan, and it's a pleasure to meet you. I have taken notice of your work on many different content areas, but I don't think we've directly crossed paths yet. As my username may make obvious, I typically enjoy editing in music content areas, and I noticed yesterday that you made some amazing progress on the Ghost Inside's self-titled record since I last looked at it and even sent it to GAN, though it seems you had your hands tied up a little bit. I am an enormous fan of this band (they're actually probably my favorite straightforwardly metalcore band based in America), and if you do not have any near-future plans for it, I am wondering if it would be okay for me to take it the rest of the way up to that green marker.
Also, even though you cheer for a rival team, I am already a fan of you as an editor - I am a massive Penguins and NHL fan. The work you've done on both pro sports and great music inspire me. I have only one athlete to my name, not even one who plays for my favorites, but perhaps one day I can reach your level. dannymusiceditor oops 16:54, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
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Anarchism
Hi GhostRiver,
I saw your work on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to watch our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself!
And if you're looking for other juicy places to edit, consider expanding a stub, adopting a cleanup category, or participating in one of our current formal discussions.
Feel free to say hi on my talk page and let me know if these links were helpful (or at least interesting). Hope to see you around. czar 18:40, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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Your draft article, Draft:Sincere Engineer
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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.- Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.
The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included 
LunaEatsTuna, 
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Sammi Brie, 
Trainsandotherthings, 
Lee Vilenski, 
Juxlos, 
Unexpectedlydian, 
SounderBruce, 
Kosack, 
BennyOnTheLoose and 
PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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hey, are you ever going to make a 7th Wikipedia movie? Allaoii talk 23:42, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Raymond Sawada
On 14 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Raymond Sawada, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 17:52, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2023 May newsletter
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
- Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
- Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
- Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.- FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.
Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, 
MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and 
AirshipJungleman29.
So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them.
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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,- Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
- Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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Women in Red 8th Anniversary
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Women in Red August 2023
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Incomplete GA reviews
GhostRiver, you have two GA reviews that you opened at the end of March. I was wondering whether it might be a good idea, given your bereavement shortly thereafter, to cede these reviews to another reviewer. We have an ongoing GAN backlog drive, and not only does this mean that there are reviewers in larger numbers at the moment, but also that these nominations, Talk:Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone/GA1 (nominated February 16) and Talk:Killer toy/GA1 (nominated March 16), are eligible for extra reviewing points by virtue of their age—indeed, Mr. Ratburn would be eligible for 1 extra point (the only one so eligible at the moment after dozens were grabbed over the past 13 days), while Killer toy would be eligible for 0.5 extra points.
If I don't hear one way or the other within seven days (or within 24 hours of your next edit, whichever comes first), I'll note that they're available for the drive, since based on your few edits I imagine you're still grieving. I'm so very sorry for your loss. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:27, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi BlueMoonset, please mark both as available. I am not in the headspace to conduct reviews. — GhostRiver 15:56, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
- I have done so, and one of them has already been picked up for review. It's likely the other one will be as well in the next week or two. Thank you for your quick response. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:11, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
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Concern regarding Draft:Antón Castillo
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Just an enquiry about Justin Steele
Firstly, thank you for expanding the page. The guy is having a good year, may be the runner-up for the Cy Young Award, and deserved more than the page he had. I was in fact about to do it myself - was looking for material and whatnot - when I discovered you had beaten me to it.
I just gotta ask though. Did you do it because of a certain tweet highlighting the lack of info Steele's page? Just curious because that tweet is why I was collecting info on Justin Steele. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
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ITN recognition for Nic Kerdiles
On 30 September 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Nic Kerdiles, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Your DYKs….
I hate you just a little bit for making me click on Compartment syndrome…but you have some very interesting DYKs! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:48, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, 
BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-
BeanieFan11 with 2582 points- Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
- Epicgenius with 1518 points
MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points- BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points- Sammi Brie with 520 points
- Unlimitedlead with 5 points
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
- Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
- MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
- Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
- MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
- BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
- Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.- MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
- Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.
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