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Hello, how are you, , i understand you are buy in public office, and cant always respond promptly, could you please add the infoboxes above, kind regards and much appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 12:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will do tonight! I just have to take my grandma to the Doctor's office today. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 14:23, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-You, i hope your gran is okay and happy!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 16:37, 3 March 2020 (UTC) Also i forgot George Golla and Wendy Playfair, Ron Graham (actor)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 19:06, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes are done! Thank you for your patience with me!! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 06:05, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how are you, first waw wondering if you are able to complete the infoboxes today (2)How did you go on the image for the wikipedia articles (3) some, te

hello, how are you, its almost easter!, this means =fro Australians the Sydney Royal Easter Show, always exciting seeing the livestock and the dog competitions shows, the annual tradition that has spanned some 197 years, could you please add a infobox for the great S. John Ross (artist), who was associated with the event for over 50 years as a portrait silhouette artist, even numerous famous celebrities formed part of the beeline, to take home a bit of a "easter show" souvenir . i understand you have been busy politics and running for public office is always time consuming, i see you can also help me with my prior concerns,but i enjoy hearing from you and you always cheer me up, lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.102.44 (talk) 11:48, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is everything okay— Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 22:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry yes! I kinda fell behind on some Wikipedia stuff, but I finally got the time back tonight for it. Let me see what I can do for S. John Ross (maybe more than just an infobox ). –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 23:07, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

hello, sorry to be a nuisance but can you do the ones from before also, how did you go with the photos, kind regards, thank's again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 00:14, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a nuisance! However, there might be more efficient for us to make a system for this.
Here's an idea! I've filled up User:MJL/WV with as many of the articles you've requested infoboxes, filmographies, and images for. Feel free to add any I miss or that you also want done, and I (or anyone else) will cross out the ones we've finished (you can write [[User:MJL]] in the edit summary for me to be sure to see it). This will be easier for both of us keep track of what improvements need to be made! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, okay i have updated and amended the form — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 02:15, 11 March 2020 (UTC) Note/s: In filmography's i normally include films, telemovies, television roles, and mini-series, as a rule i do not normally add theatre credits, unless the actor/actress is specifically and exclusively best known as a stage performer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 02:30, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

S. John Ross (artist) now has an infobox. I swear I'll be doing more tomorrow! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 07:01, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank-you, how i did you go with the pictures, i really liked your idea of the documents and crossing off works as we go, unfortunately, no one has came to the party, lol

Hello, how are you, i appreciate your kindness in setting up a page where we can tick off articles as we go, but is is not how proceesing, are you able to complete the , and previous requests today, i was thinking about publishing a new article soon, regards

Hello, how are you, long time no hear from, hope you are well my friend!!!, was wondering how you went with the pictures, i see finally a consensus on the Margie Hines, i loved her voice it was so sweet, usually site's like Ancestry.com, are not used on wikipedia for referencing, but this obviously seem's to be correct and fit, and there is not a lot of other available information that was available. Now , also could you please help me on the article of Alan Rowe of Crawford Productions. Sorry i should sign my message, as Wandering Vagabond, lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 04:30, 20 March 2020 (UTC) Hello, how are you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 12:43, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi how are you, my good friend,hope you are okay?, good news, i have now know how tho do the infoboxes and add filmography, but extra assistance is always handy, especially with adding categories, that is one problem out the way, was wondering how you went with th e pictures and the other articles however. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.188.128 (talk) 04:01, 21 March 2020 (UTC) did you receive my message, are you busy in public office at the moment — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 03:26, 22 March 2020 (UTC) hello, how are you, was wondering if you could create an article actually for the conductor Dobbs Franks i am glad i have worked some things out because some people on her (wikipedia) can be spiteful and nasty.[reply]

Hello, how are you ,have send you some message.s dot how if you received them or to, can understand you are busy these days, i was wondering i you could created an article for Dobbs Franks, i am lad that i have worked some things out because some people o here (wikipedia), cn be spiteful and nasty

Hello from your friend WanderingVagabond, i have sent numerous messages , is everything okay, are you abl eto help with me create new articles, regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 16:16, 24 March 2020 (UTC) it is good, that i have figured this infobox and filmography thing, is one less drama for you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 16:28, 24 March 2020 (UTC) hello, why you not send message, did i offend you or do something horribly wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.188.128 (talk) 01:39, 28 March 2020 (UTC) Hello also i though you would be happy that i finally worked out this problems of doing infoboxes and filmography, you said, if only i would overcome this trouble and also it was wrecking articles,. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.35.147 (talk) 14:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, MJL. Following up on your message here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WriteJames#Managing_a_conflict_of_interest). I tried pinging you, but I'm not sure if it worked or not. WriteJames (talk) 16:05, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, MJL! I hope you have been keeping well in these times. I just got the time to edit Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which you had reviewed however it had failed the GA assessment. I have added the most recent happenings around the law to the article with references. I would be grateful if you could please review the article, as I have re-nominated it for GA. I have also take into account your previous suggestions. Would be eagerly looking forward to hear from you! --Tamravidhir (talk) 18:52, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested to know that it's back up for review. buidhe 07:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, im sorry we lost contact, i still need you, lol, i hoop eyou have been going well!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.188.128 (talk) 00:05, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MJL. It has been over six months since you last edited the

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! TheImaCow (talk) 15:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Have you tried this... Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA. It's poorly signposted and it took me a while to stumble across it. If I'm teaching granny to suck eggs, my apologies. Cabayi (talk) 15:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:List of trade unions in Mexico. Thanks! Zanimum (talk) 00:25, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: AG and Scots Wikipedia

Hello, MJL:

Sorry if this is not the most appropriate way of reaching out. I am a reporter with Gizmodo, and earlier we stumbled across that Reddit post about how one Wikipedia editor built out the entirety of Scots Wikipedia but may not actually know the language. Would you be able to put me in contact with that person so I can get their side of the story for a writeup? Would really like to chat, but no one's identity needs to be outed. Understand this is a sensitive topic and a weird thing. I can be reached at victoria.songprotonmail.com. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vsonggizmodo (talk • contribs) 19:55, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Vsonggizmodo: m:Requests_for_comment/Disruptive editing on sco.wikipedia on an unparalleled scale is one cross-project discussion that has been taking place on the matter, which also has additional discussions linked. If you'd like to reach out to the editor involved, you could always try to reach out to AmaryllisGardener directly, but there's no guarantee that they'd be up for responding, especially in light of the fact that the controversy is still ongoing. OhKayeSierra (talk) 02:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@OhKayeSierra: AG does not want to speak about this anymore and should be left alone. I ended up speaking with the reporter about the subject, so it's all good. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 02:44, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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Barnstar

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Good job. Here's a barnstar!

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		This is already your third barnstar regarding your work on the Scots Wikipedia. The past 24 hours must have been really stressful for you, and you've even gone as far as to take a break from work to deal with this. I've also seen that you've been getting backlash on Reddit, and I also saw the message you got on Reddit that you posted on Twitter. Moreover, you've been talking to some news sites to act as sco's de facto PR. Talking to news websites, starting up an AMA, dealing with discussions on Meta, and handling the abusive words of internet trolls who have nothing better to do with their lives, all in the span of a day. That's gotta take some hardcore dedication. You've received a lot of barnstars, but here's another one, to commend you for your being able to step up in the midst of internet backlash. You deserve it now more than ever. This could blow over relatively soon (and I hope it does), but history (at least for Wikimedia) will definitely remember your efforts. I'm probably using a barnstar meant for English Wikipedia admins, but eh, I don't care. and congrats on that IRL job promotion! Chlod (say hi!) 17:36, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Signpost article

Hello MJL,

You probably already saw the ping, but there's going to be a story in The Signpost on the Scots Wikipedia incident next month. Could you take a look at the draft article at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/News and notes ? Anything in particular you think that's misleading, or some topic not there that should be included? SnowFire (talk) 03:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SnowFire and Nosebagbear: Can we please call out the fact that Vice actually misrepresented what the Scots language even is (basically mixing it up with Scottish Gaelic). –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 06:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That seems logical - but I didn't write that half (I made the CRC part) - I realise that's not clear, so you needed to ping both to be sure you got the right one. Nosebagbear (talk) 10:01, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, Vice & the NY Post's articles were tabloidy and horrible and just wrong. I'd say the Vice article's biggest crime is mixing up the time and over-emphasizing the amount of actionable negative feedback AG received before the incident, really - outsiders don't understand that two people showing up on your talk page to yell at you is the price of doing business, and quite under expectations for seven years of editing. SnowFire (talk) 11:58, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SnowFire: No, I would really say the biggest crime was misunderstanding the Scots. Factual inaccuracies, like the one you just mentioned, are expected and not damaging in the long term so long as the truth gets out there. However, misrepresenting what the Scots language even is can't be undone for anyone who has already read that article and walked away from it. It just shows how little they care, and I know they don't care because I emailed the reporter to explain this with no response. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 16:35, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's Vice, I wouldn't worry about it. A lot fewer people read/watch them than you'd think (I'd know, my old company used to put up some Vice content, and I saw the numbers.) For the reporter you emailed, see https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/06/inside-vice-media-shane-smith.html :

A senior manager once joked that the company’s hiring strategy had a “22 Rule”: “Hire 22-year-olds, pay them $22,000, and work them 22 hours a day."

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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on

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Adminship request

Hello

I have been a user on Wikipedia for a long time now. I wanted to acquire adminship to stop vandalism on particular pages that contain topics which are extremely communal in our country but are protected by extended protection. I request you to please nominate me as I gone through the Rfa guidelines and I think I am capable of being an Admin.

Thank you! Superbsic (talk) 08:17, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]