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October music

story · music · places

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. - I don't know why BWV 130 was approved as GA, but has no icon in the article and no credit, - perhaps related to the above? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:01, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, "about a science fiction magazine edited by Algis Budrys in the 1990s. It began as a print magazine and was one of the first to attempt the migration to an online format, but Budrys could not get enough subscribers to make the magazine profitable. It was never a major force in the genre, but it published material by some well known writers, including Ursula Le Guin and Harlan Ellison."! - I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

According to the GA review and the talk page, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 became GA today, but not for the list and the article and the credit. Bot or something else missing? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

It can take a day or two for the new GAs to show up in the stats. If it's not there in a couple of days, let me know and I'll take a look. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Good to know, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Someone added the icon manually, and I just added it to the list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I misunderstood what you were asking about -- the bot never adds the article to the list; that always has to be done by the reviewer. It should add the icon, but I think what probably happened is that the bot stopped partway through a run. If the system gets busy, it can refuse to let the bot continue. The bot is written to try to pick up where it left off when this happens, but it doesn't handle every possible case. If you see that happen again, once the bot runs and doesn't add the icon, then you can be sure it isn't going to try again and you can just add it yourself. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

thank you, always learning! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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Your bot account just posted a GA review notice on a redirect page; I’ve moved it to the correct page. Might suggest reprogramming it so it doesn’t post to redirects?? Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 03:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into doing that. EF5, see above -- do you want me to move your GA statistics under your old username to your new name? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Sure. E_F⁵ 18:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Done. The next time the stats update they should show your new name instead of the old one. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:10, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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Good article reassessment for Martha Hughes Cannon

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ChristieBot

Appears to have ceased operations. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I see the crashes but can't look at the error file or connect for about eight hours. Hawkeye7, you were kind enough to post the tail of christiebot-gan.err for me a while back, can you (or any TPS with toolforge access) do so again? The tool is called ganfilter. If we're lucky it'll be a malformed GAN template that is causing the crash, meaning it can be fixed without waiting for me to connect to toolforge tonight. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:45, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

The part from "During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred" then repeats over and over. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Hawkeye; I will have to look at this tonight. I've no idea what's causing this. I will probably have to post to VPT to see if anyone knows if something has changed in the environment. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Charles Brenton Fisk

Hello, a year ago you reviewed my article Charles Brenton Fisk. Since then, my English has improved, and, per the review, I copyedited the article heavily, as well as performing spotchecks. Accordingly, I have resubmitted it for GA review. In addition, your feedback was helpful on writing another article of mine, which became my first Good Article. This is more of a note on re-submission than a request for review, though I would still certainly appreciate it if you reviewed it. Much thanks, Ca ^{talk to me!} 05:10, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting your first GA promoted! I am busy at the moment and not currently doing GA reviews, but when I do start doing them again I'll have a look to see if your nomination is still waiting for review. Good luck with it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:20, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Freston causewayed enclosure scheduled for TFA

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Good article reassessment for Treats!

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Io Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Enjoy the holidays. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:13, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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nomination

I have nominated History of Christianity - again - please take a look and criticize at will. Here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive2 Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

	A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
	Have a great Christmas, and may 2025 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks -- and the same to you! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:23, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Gerald Durrell

Congratulations, Mike Christie! The article you nominated, Gerald Durrell, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:06, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Hello Mike Christie: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:55, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I also wanted to add that Gerald Durrell is one of my favorite authors - thank you for your work on his article. It's a great read now and gives the full measure of the man. —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! I hope you have a great holiday season too. And thanks for the compliment about the Durrell article; it was a pleasure to write about an author I have been reading for so many decades. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:11, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I read his books first as a child - and then, as I grew older, learned (as you do with parents) how much more complex the man behind the stories was than the stories themselves, and how much was left out or simply fictionalized for the sake of a good yarn. Oddly, it didn't decrease my enjoyment of his books at all. It made him, with all his flaws, even more admirable for being just another human being, not a fairy child blessed with an enchanted childhood, but someone who set out to reshape the world around him, and succeeded. —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:16, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I'd agree with all of that. For me, one of the best things about writing for Wikipedia is that you learn more, even about topics you thought you knew well. I had read Durrell's biography some time ago, but having to reread it more carefully for the article gave me a more complete picture of him. I read and reread his books when I first encountered them, in the 1970s and 1980s, and I still have some of those paperbacks, now tattered and falling apart. A big influence on me. I hope to bring James Thurber to FAC some time next year -- there's another figure with a larger-than-life reputation who was a flawed human being; I read Thurber when I was young, too, and look forward to integrating the material in the biographies with my own sense of the human being behind the words. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:49, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I've never read anything by Thurber - I'll see what the library has in stock! —Ganesha811 (talk) 15:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I recommend starting with My Life and Hard Times; it's a short collection of reminiscences, all originally published in The New Yorker, and if you discover you don't laugh at "The Night the Ghost Got In" or "The Night the Bed Fell on Father" you'll know you're not a Thurber fan. He was at one point more famous for his cartoons than his writing; you can get a flavour of his New Yorker cartoons from this, though the writer of that blog is quite wrong about Thurber's drawing ability -- Thurber could draw realistically when he wanted to. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Greetings of the season

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Season's Greetings and a request

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Mike Christie, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:45, 26 December 2024 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Also, was wondering if you were interested in giving Licancabur a look-over. I'd like to send it to FAC but SandyGeorgia noted that the prose might need some maintenance first. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:45, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Sure. Might be a couple of days before I can get to it, but I'm sure I can do it within a week. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:59, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Wishes

@Mike Christie Wishing you a Happy New Year in advance and hope that you are enjoying this festive season. Thanks for responding to my queries at FAC. Hopefully I will get an FAC next year (I am still too young for that). Looking forward to any potential collaborations in the future. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 17:58, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, and I hope you're enjoying the holidays! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:00, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for World Chess Championship 1972

World Chess Championship 1972 has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:05, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Query

Hi Mike! I hope you are well - happy new year!

I have a question on if something is technically possible with use of your bot.

I was thinking that we currently have a different list for "Wikipedians by" for GA, FA and FL - WP:WBGAN, WP:WBFAN and WP:WBFLN. Do you think it would be possible to tally these together on a new page?

I was thinking of a portable table matching up users for each bit with links to the lists?

Is this something that would be possible. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:04, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Interesting idea, but there would be quite a bit of work needed. Here are a couple of issues I can think of.

• I don't have any FL data, so I wouldn't be able to include that.
• I don't have FA data before about August 2006. That's a surprisingly large number of FAs, and (more to the point) FACs. So I don't think I could do anything that would match WBFAN.
• For GAN, there's a bot that records all current GAs, no matter how old. ChristieBot only records data for the GAs that were reviewed on subpages -- I think that started in around 2007. Again, lots of data before that. I do have some history in the database of articles that were GA when ChristieBot took over from Legobot but have since been demoted, but I couldn't provide complete data.

Having said that, I could do a couple of things that might be worth it:

• I could create a query for an editor that returns both FA and GA data on the same page.
• I could create a stats page that listed all editors with any FAC reviews or GAN reviews (with the constraints above) and have a column for each, and make it sortable.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:16, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Interesting. I think I'd be most interested in a count of promoted articles, the page could simply link to the individual pages that already exist to state what the articles actually are. Reviews would also be cool to include as well, but my initial thoughts was for promoted articles per person. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I'll put the idea on my to-do list. Not likely to be soon, I'm afraid. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

No problem at all. :) Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

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Promotion of The All-Story Magazine

Congratulations, Mike Christie! The article you nominated, The All-Story Magazine, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

FAC review

Hi Mike. I wanted to invite you to review an FAC for a Taylor Swift article in case you have some free time and interest. The coordinators would like to see a review from an experienced editor whose focus in not on popular music, and your review might just be what is needed to put it over the finish line.--NØ 16:06, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi -- it's not really something I have an interest in, but I am due to do a handful more reviews soon so I may take a look. Good luck with it either way. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:14, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

FAC statistics

I've completed the run-through for December at User:Hog Farm/sandbox. Per the original instructions you gave me, I didn't do anything to indicate the support converted to an oppose at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Independence Day (Nigeria)/archive1 as anything different than a regular oppose. There were a few edge cases - a support from a sourcing spot-check, etc. so I've ended up with a few supports on source reviews which you may wish to change. Hog Farm _Talk 02:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I had a look at a couple of those and I'll leave them as you have them. I have been inconsistent about recording "Support" for source reviews; recently I've tended not to do so, but there others like this in the database so I don't see a reason to change these. Thanks for doing these -- I'll post them on WT:FAC some time today. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:28, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

A very belated Million Award!

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Naruto (estimated annual readership: 2,900,000) to featured article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:32, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:35, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

GAN total stuck?

Hi Mike, I've been reviewing quite a few articles and have had several of my GANs passed ... but my total seems to have got stuck at 665, whereas by my reckoning at least 7 more have been added since I first reached that total earlier this month. Could there be a bad datum in my data set that is causing a blockage? (The reviews total is ticking upwards normally.) Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:36, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

It's a separate job that keeps track of that, if I recall correctly. I'll have to have a look -- it's been a while since I've looked at that code. Will let you know, probably tonight. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:23, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I notice that only 4 of my GAs this month are logged at User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/GANReviewTool/GANReviewLog, which may explain something, but shouldn't prevent GAs from being counted directly. There's a list at User talk:Chiswick Chap/TalkArchive2025 should you need one for comparison. Chiswick Chap (talk) 22:05, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, haven't forgotten about this, but have unexpectedly become very busy at work. I'll take a look when I get a chance. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:34, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Had a look at this this morning. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it seems possible that Havana Syndrome was causing the problem -- the bot was trying to parse the talk page history to find the nomination template and kept hitting a size limit. I've manually removed that from the bot run and restarted it and it seems to be catching up now. Let me know if you see a similar problem in the future, or if this doesn't appear to have caught all of them. It might take a little while; it's still running as I type this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:44, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Tupou VI

Tupou VI has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. I T B F 📢 16:04, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Congrats...

Just to say congratulations on your Freston article; it was great to see it on the main page - an excellent piece of work! Hchc2009 (talk) 20:27, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

TFAs

story · music · places

Thank you today for Gerald Durrell, "about one of the most influential people in the history of conservation biology. Durrell became famous for his books, and used the money from them to found Jersey Zoo. As recently as the mid-1970s there was still opposition at the highest level of the zoo world to the idea that zoos could help with conservation of endangered species. Durrell's work is one of the main reasons that that's no longer the case. One point that reviewers will notice: the article depends heavily on a single source: the only book-length biography of Durrell, by Douglas Botting. There are other reminiscences, and I've cited some material to them, but they are essentially books of anecdotes rather than of encyclopedic material." - I remember Dada Masilo. - Happy new year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you today for Freston (causewayed enclosure), "about another Neolithic site in England, this one being investigated by a Canadian research team, for some reason; only one excavation so far, so not a lot of findings to report, which is a pity as there's a possible Neolithic longhouse or Anglo-Saxon hall in part of the site, which I'm sure the team are keen to get to."! - I have an unusual musicologist on the same page, and a conductor waiting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Christie Bot

@Mike Christie The user Tim O'Doherty has transcluded the GA review discussion for the article Premiership of Liz Truss but the bot is yet to notify me on my talk page. Could you please take a look? Regards. MSincccc (talk) 18:58, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

The bot can be forced to crash when the system is low on resources, and it looks like that's what happened. In those cases the bot tries to pick up from where it left off, the next time it runs, but if it had already updated the database to show the review, and not yet notified you, there's no way it can tell. When it started up again twenty minutes later it would have assumed the notification had happened. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:30, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello again

Hello. Just wanted to drop in and say that I hope everything is going well with you. Aoba47 (talk) 02:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi - nice to hear from you! I'm well, and I hope you are too. I'm unusually busy in real life at the moment, and have been cutting back on Wikipedia editing -- it might be weeks, or longer, before I have more time to edit, so you might not see me around much for a while. All the best -- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:53, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

That is understandable. Everything is good with me at the moment. No major complaints at least. Best of luck with everything in real life. I hope that everything goes well. Aoba47 (talk) 00:24, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Oriental Stories

Congratulations, Mike Christie! The article you nominated, Oriental Stories, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Fantastic Novels scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 12:01, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

A goat for you!

I just read the page on radiocarbon dating. I think you were a primary author on it. If so -- wow -- what a great job your did. Although it's an amazingly complex topic, I felt I really understood how it worked. Kudos to you, Mr. Christie! Enjoy the goat!

Ted Wham

WhamboMPS (talk) 05:51, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:02, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Nice job! A goat for you!

Tesla and trade unions is now a featured article! 08:29, 10 March 2025 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FalloutInfinity2 (talk • contribs)

Books & Bytes – Issue 67

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GAN

Well, it seems that ChristieBot has not updated the GA nominations page with my recent nomination for the article Prince Louis of Wales and also the fact that I have already transcluded the GA review discussion for the article Mirella Freni. Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

The bot has now made both updates. It's sometimes forced to stop running, for example when system resources are low, so if it doesn't update inside the usual twenty minutes it might just be that it will have to wait another twenty minutes. If you see it successfully update the GAN page and omit your changes, that indicates a problem, but if it doesn't update the GAN page it is probably simply waiting till the system will allow it to complete a full run. I suspect that's what happened here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:50, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested change to GAN page

Hello Mike Christie, I hope all is well with you. I propose two minor (I hope) changes to the Good article nominations page:

1. At the top of the page, delete the overkill: "To add good article nominations to this page, please see the instructions." We have already said this, in a box above.
2. At the bottom of the page, Add a new Back button to help readers who have reached the bottom of the list. (This is similar to the Back buttons I have added to the Main GA pages.)

You can see how these changes would look, here:

• Wikipedia:Good article nominations (a sandbox)
• Here is a diff of the two proposed changes (a sandbox)

Let me know what you think. Thank you! Prhartcom (talk) 15:46, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Could you post these suggestions at WT:GAN? I'd prefer to get consensus for even minor changes, to avoid having to make the edits multiple times in case of slight tweaks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:21, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Question

Hello Mike Christie, just had a quick question that I don't seem to be finding the answer for in the documentation. How does ChristieBot determine the amount of GAs someone has successfully nominated? My description on the GAN page is correctly reflecting the amount of reviews I've done, but says that I've 0 GAs when I actually have 1. Thanks for any help you can provide. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:24, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Let me know the name of the article you got promoted and I'll see if I can figure out what happened. One common cause is username changes; if you change your username, ChristieBot doesn't know about anything done under the earlier name. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:09, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Elena Gorolová, my username has never changed. The article was only promoted yesterday, so maybe the bot didn't update yet. Thanks for your time, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:12, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

It can take up to a day to update it. Looks like it's caught up now; let me know if you see delays longer than a day in the future. Thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:20, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your time. I thought it was because I don't keep a userspace GA log, so I wanted to double check. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:24, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

User talk:ChristieBot/GAN errors

Hi Mike, I've been looking at User talk:ChristieBot/GAN errors for a couple of days and I can't figure out what the problems it is finding are most of the time. Based on the page history, it seems to clear itself within 11/12 minutes very consistently as well, which seems odd. Any idea what is going on? CMD (talk) 05:32, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

The short answer is that the Wikimedia system sometimes forces the bot to crash for reasons independent of the bot's tasks, and those will not usually repeat. If you see the same error over and over again, that's a problem; if the error disappears (or is perhaps replaced by a different error) ten or fifteen minutes later, then you can ignore it.

The long answer is that there are several things that can cause unpredictable errors. If the Wikimedia systems are backed up or running slowly, they will respond to the bot's requests for data with an error message -- the most common are pywikibot errors and SQL errors. The bot usually just moves on to the next task, but it will record the error message on the GAN errors page, though sometimes even trying to do that will fail. The pywikibot errors can happen at any point in the code, so what you've been seeing recently are errors that appear to refer to different articles -- that just tells you what the bot was trying to do when the error happened, and isn't caused by any problem with that nomination. The bot can't tell whether the error is real or not so it lists it in the Errors section at the end of the GAN page as well. The eleven minute delay to fixing it is because it takes about eight or nine minutes to run, and it runs every twenty minutes, so when it writes the error page it's only eleven minutes till the next time it runs, and it starts by clearing out the error page.

The most recent real error (as opposed to ones caused by the Wikimedia system) was a few days ago -- the editor who nominated This is Gavin Newsom had redirected their user page to article space. The bot looks up some user statistics such as date of last edit, and it follow redirects in order to account for renamed users. When it tries to look up user statistics on an article it gets an error message. That's an enhancement request I'll get to at some point (not to cause an error when that happens) but it's rare so I haven't done it yet. The user fixed it themselves so the bot quit complaining about it. The last day or two has been all system errors as far as I can see -- we've had a couple of months with almost no errors, so the system is apparently running a bit more slowly than usual at the moment.

When I see these on my watchlist I usually ignore them unless I see them repeating, and then I'll take a look to see if they're real. The hardest ones to spot are when there's a real error mixed in with the system errors, but often a real error causes something strange to happen on the GAN page and someone will complain about that. I'm glad you're keeping an eye on it. If you see something real I try to make it clear in the message what the problem is, so it can be fixed by anyone without waiting for me to wake up or come back from vacation or whatever. Usually it's either something with the nominator or reviewer's user page, or something strange about the nomination template on the article talk page. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:15, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the very detailed explanation, clear and makes sense. I'll ignore them unless they persists then, which should allow any random system errors to fix themselves. CMD (talk) 10:01, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Mike Christie, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Randompersonediting (✍️•📚) 02:42, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

FAC bot

The FAC statistics for the user Keivan.f appear to be inaccurate. He and I were co-nominators for the archived nomination of the article Catherine, Princess of Wales. However, the statistics page lists him as a "Content" reviewer rather than a nominator. Could you please look into this? MSincccc (talk) 06:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Fixed; data entry error on my part. Thanks for spotting that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:57, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Possible pulp era of science fiction article

Hi!

I've been toying with the idea of creating an article about the historiographic concept of the pulp era of science fiction. The idea struck me when I realized that although numerous sources mention a "pulp era" in this sense (as opposed to the broader sense of the era of the pulp magazines regardless of genre; pulp era currently redirects to pulp magazine), it is rather difficult to find sources that define the term or specify when this era was. Most sources I have come across seem to take for granted that the reader knows roughly what they mean by "pulp era", and the few that comment further upon the concept as such don't really seem to agree about what is included and what is not.

By contrast, I have found it fairly easy to find sources discussing the Golden Age of Science Fiction as a historiographic concept (and it's probably not a coincidence that we have an article on the Golden Age), and even though they don't entirely agree in their definitions there is actually some discussion about those disagreements and the attempts to define the period. I see that you looked into this as well at Talk:Golden Age of Science Fiction#Sources for particular time periods back in 2016.

I figured I would ask you about this since you have written numerous high-quality articles about the various magazines and so on and are as far as I can tell very familiar with the relevant sources. Do you know if there are any sources that discuss the topic from the angle "what do we mean by the 'pulp era' of science fiction" or similar?

To be clear, I'm not talking about creating an article covering the history of science fiction in this era—we already have History of science fiction and History of US science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950, and trying to cover the History of science fiction in the pulp era would likely result in overlap to the point of redundancy. Rather, I'm thinking about an article covering the notion that science fiction had a "pulp era" in its history (and what time period it encompasses).

What do you think, would creating such an article be a good idea or should I abandon it? TompaDompa (talk) 22:10, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

It sounds like the topic you're considering is the intersection between definitions 2 and 3 here -- is that right? I wonder if perhaps definition 3 would be the way forward -- that would cover retro-sf, for example. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow comes to mind; I don't think you could exclude that from a discussion of pulp sf even though it was made relatively recently -- unless the article became so long that you needed a subarticle to cover it, which is not impossible. There might be quite a bit of academic coverage to wade through -- I don't have much of that sort of source myself, other than historical or biographical material; I don't have many sources that cover the literary discussions. I do have Gary Westfahl's The Mechanics of Wonder which is probably relevant. I also just discovered that Foundation is online, here; there are other journals you'd have to look at but that's probably got something useful in it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:34, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

I would rather say that I'm thinking about an article that would answer the question "when was the pulp era of science fiction?" Another way of putting it might be that I want it to serve mainly a glossary function for the reader who comes across a sentence like "this theme first appeared in the pulp era" or "it was common in the pulp era for [...]" and ends up wondering "when was that, exactly?" (as was the case for my the first time I encountered the term). TompaDompa (talk) 19:55, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Found a source that I think illustrates what I mean fairly well: "Three Decades That Shook the World, Observed Through Two Distorting Lenses and Under One Microscope" by Gary Westfahl (in Science Fiction Studies, March 2004) spends the first paragraph briefly discussing possible definitions of the era in terms of starting and ending points. TompaDompa (talk) 22:14, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

I haven't worked on the history of science fiction article, but even though the pulp era refers to magazines, I think the glossary function you're considering would belong more naturally there than in the relevant sf magazine history article, and the importance of the pulp era lies largely in its relationship to the rest of sf. You might make a separate article out of it, as you suggest, but I don't see that it's necessary yet. As an aside, the concept is closely tied to that of genre science fiction, which doesn't have an article but probably could. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Right. I'll see how I end up approaching it. Thanks for your input! TompaDompa (talk) 10:48, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

I took a stab at it: Pulp era of science fiction. Check it out if you are interested. TompaDompa (talk) 23:25, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Looks good -- you did a better job on it than I would have thought possible, and I can see why you thought an independent article was worth it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:15, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Fantastic Novels, introduced (in 2014) as "a minor science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine of the 1940s, a companion to Famous Fantastic Mysteries, which was promoted to FA last year and which reviewers may find useful as a comparison. Fantastic Novels had a shorter run, and was less well-known"! - My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago. Listen ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Just wanted to stop by and say congratulations on the TFA. Aoba47 (talk) 02:13, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Abingdon (causewayed enclosure)

I hope that you will excuse an inexperienced editor. As the information this article that was in addition to that in Abingdon-on-Thames was small, I have incorporated it in the latter article, rendering the small article, in my view, redundant. TedColes (talk) 10:10, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi -- I think that was a reasonable thing to do, but I think the article on the causewayed enclosure could be expanded quite a bit, and so deserves to be separate, though at the moment it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest a merge. I've long meant to expand the article and perhaps this will prompt me to do so. Thanks for the note. 10:14, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Question

Hi Mike, I was reading through Wikipedia talk:Good Article proposal drive 2023 and am curious why proposal 9 was never implemented? IAWW (talk) 18:08, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

In fact it was implemented, but it was removed again. There was a discussion (early last year, I think, but I don't recall exactly) which you can find in the WT:GAN archives which was in favour of reverting to the old sort. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:49, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you IAWW (talk) 19:03, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

GAN Error

Hi Mike Christie, Hope you're well. Recently, I have nominated Barsha Raut for GAN but Bot didn't placed the nominator name. Please check it. Thank You! Fade258 (talk) 15:25, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

It looks OK to me -- what's the problem you're seeing? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:41, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

@Mike Christie, I am concerned about this error but it is solved now. Fade258 (talk) 15:58, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 68

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 68, March–April 2025

In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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Clownfish at GA

Sometimes wrong with how it is listed. The title doesn't show up nor does the note I give it. LittleJerry (talk) 11:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Not sure what is going on there. I can't look at it till this evening but will try to sort it out then if it hasn't fixed itself. Did you manually create the GAN template rather than follow the instructions at WP:GAN/I? Sometimes that can cause an error, though I don't think that's what happened here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

I followed the instructions. LittleJerry (talk) 22:08, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

I think it's now fixed. It looks like you did follow the instructions, but then added a note, and did two unusual things: you added two pipes before the note, and you added a second note parameter instead of editing the existing one. I'm not sure which of those caused the problem but will put it on my list to follow up. It should clear up the nomination the next time the GAN page updates. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Non-constituency Member of Parliament

Non-constituency Member of Parliament has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:54, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Great Wilbraham (causewayed enclosure) scheduled for TFA

Hi Mike, This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 19 July 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/July 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 14:09, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:17, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

GA nomination

Hi Mike, I hope this message finds you well. About a year ago you did a GA review for one of my nominees, Ged Nash, and you were kind enough to offer to review any future GAs I nominate. I was wondering if you'd be interested in potentially reviewing Tony Felloni, which I've just nominated for GA, if you're not too busy these days? I found a lot of the sources used for this article through ProQuest as part of The Wikipedia Library, but I note per your talk page you may have access to this. Many thanks and best regards, — ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 12:36, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm busy in real life at the moment and haven't been doing any content editing for several months, but might have some time next week. If I get time I'll pick it up; thanks for the note. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello again

Hello again. I just wanted to drop in and say that I hope everything is going well with you and that you are having a wonderful week so far. Aoba47 (talk) 20:59, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi -- and the same good wishes to you. I'm doing well -- very busy off-wiki but I hope to get more time here later this year. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:22, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. I am glad that you are doing well, and best of luck with everything off-wiki-wise. Lately, I have also been quite busy off-wiki, but I plan on making more time here in the future as well. Aoba47 (talk) 21:42, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

June 2025

Hello, I'm Patar knight. I noticed that you have been adding short descriptions to articles. However, the short descriptions you added are too long to be effective, such as at Henry Clay Folger. The guideline is that short descriptions should ideally be under 40 characters long, and no longer than needed. For more information, see the short description guidelines. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you. Importing Wikidata SDs is sometimes okay, but oftentimes they are too long and otherwise don't meet our guidelines. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:43, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

@Patar knight: You just templated someone with over 70,000 edits because you didn't prefer one of those edits made five years ago. You might want to check out WP:DTTR. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 01:48, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

While I don't think it's against the spirit of DTTR to use a template that's less threatening than lvl-1 warning equivalents and for something that's more esoteric like SD guidance, you do have a point on the date, so thank you for the ping. Typically, WP:SDLENGTH violations in the main maintenance category are from more recent edits, but the SD WikiProject is experimenting with fixing long SDs longer than 93 characters. The other templates that I sent tracked with this trend, but this one and the pages whose history I checked afterwards did not. Looking at your recent SD edits, there's no major issues, though I would be more liberal on including birth/death years for non-living people, so sending this wasn't needed. Apologies, Mike. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 05:05, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

No worries; it wasn't a very good short description. I know better now but no harm in letting me know (and thanks, Ed). Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:46, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Buggy GA count

Something is overflowing for the nomination at Talk:Winter Spring Summer or Fall, as the nominator is listed as having 999 GAs on the GAN page. (sdzerobot says they have one.) CMD (talk) 06:38, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

It's because the nominator has a section anchor in their signature. It's not actually overflowing the count; the 999 is just a signal that there's a problem with that nominator. I should probably change that to 9999 as we have a couple of editors around that number. I've made a change to address the section anchor problem and it looks like that's fixed now. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:19, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

I believe the highest is in the 800s? Promotion to FAs keep the numbers down. Take this as evidence the 999 was an effective signal then, as I noticed it. CMD (talk) 12:32, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi Mike, they are now listed as 0. Shouldn't they have 1 for Jungle Cruise? CMD (talk) 15:08, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Looks like the stats may have a problem in cases where there's a section link in the signature. I see a couple of dozen like this in the database; will have to investigate but they should be fixable. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 69

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 69, May–June 2025

In this issue we highlight a new partnership, Citation Watchlist and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	You don't get enough credit for maintaining ChristieBot! Thanks for all you do to make GAN function. IAWW (talk) 16:26, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:38, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Augustin-Jean Fresnel has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:55, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

ChristieBot

Hey Mike! Initially made a post on WP:GAN but didn't realise till then that the bot belonged to you. Any idea what's happened to ChristieBot? It looks like it's been inactive for a few days now – I noticed finished GAs/old GAs aren't being transcribed onto the WT:VG template. — ImaginesTigers (talk) 13:40, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Will take a look this evening, and I'll post at WT:GAN as well -- thanks for the heads up. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:51, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

It's now fixed. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:36, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for all your work maintaining this bot! Your impact here is immense. — ImaginesTigers (talk) 20:35, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks -- always good to hear. I appreciate it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:42, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Pledges

Hey Mike. There's some discussion going on at User talk:Kusma/Pledge about how the system would be formally implemented. My gut feeling is that having your input on set-up and maintenance needs to be step number one there. What do you think about the whole system? As far as I can see you haven't weighed in yet, and I think your thoughts on maintainability, etc are of outsized importance here. Curious to hear your thoughts! — ImaginesTigers (talk) 08:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up; I'll take a look. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:58, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Reassessments at WP:GAN

Could you make the "reassessments" section headers at WP:GAN subsections of the relevant GAN topic, rather than equivalent header sizes? That way you could just shorten their headings to "reassessments" and make the page look a little smoother. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:02, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Should be an easy change. I will try to fit it in this weekend. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:12, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

AirshipJungleman29, this is done -- I rolled it in with the pledge page function I just added. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:51, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Great Wilbraham (causewayed enclosure), "about a causewayed enclosure near Cambridge, in England. It was excavated briefly in 1975 and 1976, but the project was derailed by a tragedy: David Clarke, who was the director of the excavation, died suddenly in his 30s in the summer of 1976. The project archive lay untouched for three decades; in 2006 what could be found of it was written up, but no new excavation was undertaken -- by that time the location had become a scheduled monument."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Three of "my" recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, one my story today, Gary Karr, and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who's birthday is today - coincidence ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:17, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

GA/FA user stats tool down?

Hey, figured I should let you know that the tool at https://ganfilter.toolforge.org/ is giving me a 404 error. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 19:17, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

I restarted it; thanks for the heads up. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:33, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

FAC stats tools update

Well, it's already more than ten days into the month but I see that the FAC reviewing statistics for July have not been published yet. Everything fine ? Just checking up. MSincccc (talk) 14:07, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Actually I just forgot! I will see when I can get to it but I have a busy few days coming up so I'm not sure. Probably next weekend if I can't get it done sooner. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

GA credits

Hello. As per the instructions you sent, I would like my former username (GreatLakesShips) to be connected to my current name. ✦ Saltymagnolia ✦ 12:18, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Will do; I should be able to make the change this evening and will let you know when it's done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:42, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. ✦ Saltymagnolia ✦ 13:09, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Done. The next time the bot updates the stats page it should convert the old stats to your new name; let me know if that doesn't happen. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:36, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Some feedback on a GA candidate you reviewed 2 years ago

Hello! I nominated the Gdańsk article for GA status in March 2023 and you reviewed it, and since then it has been extensively cleaned up and is very well sourced generally concise and decent now. I've been working to get feedback from other people before renominating it, so taking into account your previous review, do you think this has been improved substantially enough to have a good shot at getting GA status? Is the bloat of the History section still a problem? (PS. I see you must be a considerably busy man, so sorry if you have little recollection of this!) Thanks, Luxtaythe2nd (_{Talk to me...}) 20:43, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't have time for a close look, but I did have a quick scan, and it seems much improved. I did see one or two sentences still without citations, which would have to be fixed for GA. The lists have gone which is good. I would suggest adding citations for those last couple of citations and then nominating it -- sadly, it's a long wait, but if you pledge to review another article in return you may find it gets picked up more quickly. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:33, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Oriental Stories scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 26 October 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 26, 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 15:55, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

ChristieBot giving me an incorrect message for GA review

Hey there, I nominated It (character) for GA and today that page got moved to Pennywise. The decision on whether to promote to GA or not is still to come, so I was surprised to see ChristieBot left me a message on my talk page saying the nomination failed when in reality no decision has been made yet. Just thought I should let you know. Gommeh 📖/🎮 04:43, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

It's a known bug. It's not trivial to fix; I don't know when I can get to it, so I'm afraid it's likely to happen again. It's harmless, but I agree it's annoying. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:04, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Cite Unseen September 2025 updates

Sweyn or Swein

I have request a move from Sweyn Forkbeard to Swein Forkbeard at Talk:Sweyn Forkbeard#Requested move 7 September 2025. Any comments from you would be helpful. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:41, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Have commented there. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:26, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 70

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 70, July–August 2025

• New collections:
  • Times of Malta
  • Africa Intelligence
  • Intelligence Online
  • La Lettre
  • Glitz
• Spotlight: Wikimania

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 13:15, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

(This message was sent to User:Mike Christie and is being posted here due to a redirect.)

Assistance

I am currently reviewing the article Arne Furumark. While I have already conducted a prose review and a few spot checks, I would appreciate your expert viewpoint if possible. Thank you. MSincccc (talk) 10:01, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm too busy to be able to do anything useful for eight or ten days, but if you still want me to look at in then I would be happy to see if I can find anything useful to say. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:57, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Request for bot

Hi @Mike Christie:. I hope you're doing well. Since you operated a bot regarding GAN. Is it possible to create a bot to automate the data in progress section of October 2025 GAN backlog drive? I hope for positive response. Thank You! Fade258 (talk) 14:16, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

I think this would be possible in theory, but as it happens I am pretty busy till at least mid-month and I couldn't do anything in time to be helpful. However, perhaps Wugapodes, who maintains the GA report, could help? Wugapodes, could you create a subpage of the report that could be transcluded? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:56, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

@Fade258: Luckily I have some time Sunday evening, so let me take a look then and see what I can do. Thanks for the ping Mike. — Wug·a·po·des 06:57, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Wugapodes. I am Sorry that I didn't replied the above message. I have asked this to User:DreamRimmer where he provide me a source code as I requested him to make a bot that automatically runs but due to IRL engagement he didn't able to do this. Can you make a bot for it? You can see a full details in Wikipedia:Bot requests. Cheers! Fade258 (talk) 07:14, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine) scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 18 November 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 14:55, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:34, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Survey

Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD. I would like to hear your thoughts about the process. Please check this survey if you are willing to respond.Czarking0 (talk) 02:18, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Today's FA lauds

I had enjoyed the article Oriental Stories when I had reviewed it at FAC and was glad to come across it on the Main Page as today's featured article. Well deserved and keep contributing as you do. MSincccc (talk) 11:10, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:11, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Request

Reaching out per User:ChristieBot#What to do if your username changes, I recently changes my user name from User:OlifanofmrTennant to User:Olliefant. I was wondering if you could connect these two to fix my user stats on the WP:GAN page Olliefant (she/her) 07:55, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Done -- the next time the stats page updates it should combine the two. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Reverting edits at Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine, but it was a problem

Hello, @Mike Christie. Thank you for reverting edits as you did at Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine (diff). I'm editing on mobile, but the text is too large on readable mobile. Take a look for Help:List-defined references and Template:Reflist#List-defined references.
Your edit summary was: Undid revision 1318955060 by KuyaMoHirowo (talk) no reason to replace it -- the raw tag uses the same defaults (Tag: Undo)
Text diff preview in wikitext:

KuyaMoHirowo • he/him (DM me on Discord at kuyamohirowo (DMs are open!)) :3 03:53, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're telling me -- there were no list defined references in that article. Are you saying it displays differently with {{reflist}}? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:06, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes. Some articles have {{Reflist}} template rather than <references /> tag. I did anything wrong with <references /> tag. KuyaMoHirowo • he/him (DM me on Discord at kuyamohirowo (DMs are open!)) :3 11:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I would recommend only changing <references /> to {{reflist}} if you need to add parameters to the reflist template. The <references /> tag is the same as the reflist template if there are no parameters, so the change you made has no effect. There are some differences in the tags depending on what future editors plan to do -- reflist has more options for layout, but it's better to use the references tag if you plan to use list-defined references. Generally I would suggest not changing references to reflist unless you need the layout options it allows. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

WP:GARP formatting

Hi Mike, as you might know, I still maintain a separate version of the pledge tracker. Most things happen almost automatically because I wrote a template, {{GARP}}, I just need to take the bot output at Wikipedia:Good article review pledges/Open and copy/paste the relevant fields into the template. It would make my life easier if your bot could provide a formatted version for easy copy/paste; see Wikipedia talk:Good article review pledges#Streamlining the tracker for the kind of format I am looking for (I am not totally sure that there should be hidden instructions though). This is basically just a quality of life improvement for me, so please ignore me if you are busy, but if you get around to tinkering with your bot, I would really appreciate it. —Kusma (talk) 20:20, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Answered there. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:23, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Kusma, just a note to say I haven't forgotten about this. I'm having minor shoulder surgery on Friday and so am unlikely to be editing much for a week at least, but please remind me about this in late November and I'll have a look at the code to see what could be done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I hope all goes well with the surgery and wish you a speedy recovery. I will ask again in a few weeks. —Kusma (talk) 09:17, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Poisoning of Margaret Warden

Congratulations, Mike Christie! The article you nominated, Poisoning of Margaret Warden, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 01:23, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

story · music · places

Congratulations! Thank you today for Oriental Stories, "about an early pulp magazine. It was started as a companion to the more famous Weird Tales, but only managed 15 issues over four years. It included several stories by Robert E. Howard, including the first of his stories about Red Sonya, the inspiration for the comics character Red Sonja."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

300 years ago: another one, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, on the occasion for which it was written, Reformation Day - it's not only Halloween today. You are invited to the peer reviews for another candidate. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Good article review for Bella Ramsey

Hello @Mike Christie. I hope you're well. I recently nominated Bella Ramsey's page for Good Article status under the Media and Drama category after working on this with @Rhain. I noticed you've reviewed similar articles and was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look? I'm new to the review process but I'd be happy to pledge to review another article if that would be helpful and is allowed under Wiki rules. Thanks! Crp74 (talk) 16:51, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

A feedback tool

Since you manage ChristieBot, I thought it would be appropriate to share my thoughts on a possible new feedback tool that would automatically redirect nominators to a feedback page, allowing them to assess a reviewer's performance during a GA assessment. From my own experience, informal suggestions (offered upon request) have helped me make changes and improve my reviewing skills.

The same feature could perhaps be extended to FAC if feasible. I can lend a hand if needed. Just a proposition for now, but I’d appreciate hearing your thoughts at your convenience. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 15:32, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

If there's consensus to add a link for this in a new review page, ChristieBot could do that. Are you thinking more automation than that would be needed? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:42, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that’s what I had in mind — a simple link from the review page to a short feedback section where nominators could leave constructive comments on the reviewer’s approach and clarity. Nothing too automated beyond that for now. Thank you for your response. MSincccc (talk) 10:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

You could take a look at this sample feedback page for clarity. Also, please do let me know when the topic might be proposed on WT:FAC and WT:GAN. I look forward to your response, and thank you for your cooperation. MSincccc (talk) 14:31, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

I'll leave it to you to propose this -- I'm barely editing at all at the moment (sore arm after surgery) and it might be a week or three before I get back to it. It should be easy for me to add the link if there's consensus to do so. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:57, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Assistance needed

Hello. I recently had my username changed from Saltymagnolia to Akaza, since the former, albeit quite distinctive, also happened to be a business I am unaffiliated with. When I changed it for the first time a while ago, you advised me to leave a reminder here, for ChristieBot to transfer any GA credits to my new username, which I would require again. Two of my articles (SS James Gayley and SS D. M. Clemson (1903)) have been nominated as GA candidates, with the former in the middle of a review. Is it possible to gain credit for those as well, once they are reviewed? I ask, since I changed the nominator info on their talk pages to my current username, yet they seem to be unchanged on the GA page, an issue which also seems to be affecting the two articles I am reviewing for others.

Thanks. ❆ AKAZA ❆ 18:15, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi -- I'll make the change in the next day or so. It should give Akaza credit for both the previous usernames. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. ❆ AKAZA ❆ 20:55, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Done. It should update the next time the stats page updates. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:06, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

There seems to be some sort of issue. While the previous credits have appeared, SS James Gayley, which was promoted earlier today, has not been credited to me, despite no longer featuring on the open reviews page. Will this also update once the statistics are updated? ❆ AKAZA ❆ 22:31, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

I also checked the GAN filter, which still lists the article as "under review", for some reason. ❆ AKAZA ❆ 22:40, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

I'll take a look, probably tomorrow. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:58, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

I think this is fixed now. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:05, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that seems to have fixed it. Thanks. ❆ AKAZA ❆ 14:42, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

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November music

story · music · places

Today I remember a singer who impressed me on stage. - Repeating: you are invited to a peer review after FAC, - in a poll, you could simply mark yes or no for the four open questions. It's an experiment. The piece has its 300th anniversary on Christmas Day, and should be as good as possible by then. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you today for Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine), "about a Canadian pulp magazine from the 1940s that is now extremely rare. It carried no memorable fiction, but has some interest for historians of sf because it was the setting for an episode of one of science fiction fandom's early feuds, between Sam Moskowitz and Donald Wollheim, later both important figures in the field."! - I have three biographies on the main page, miss a fourth one, work on a fifth, that means little time for FA matters. If you have ten minutes, you might take a look at the four questions open from my last FAC (see above), and if you have only five minutes, question 3 about a book source would interest me most. My places now include La Scala, - see music, Verdi three times, and twice in my story! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Look, today's image, - she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) - I reopened the FAC for BWV 110 after a peer review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:53, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

If you have a moment...

Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis has made it to FAC, and I've done quite a lot of work (largely thanks to Roy's review) in making the language more accessible. I know you made a lot of wise points on this at PR, and I've belatedly largely come round to your way of thinking -- however, I think I've now got my nose so deep in the article that I'm struggling to see what's clear and what's not! Would you be able to give it a look? One of the sticking points at the moment seems to be the blockquote in "Development by Lynne Goldstein": I think we all agree that the quotes need to be there, but it might be that there's a better way to help readers understand what they're all about. At the moment I'm working with a short introductory paragraph that puts them into "layman's terms". UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 06:53, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

I'll take a look today -- the timing is good, as it happens; I've been on a break from editing enforced by recent shoulder surgery, but that's now healed enough for me to type easily. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:59, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Poisoning of Margaret Warden scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 5 January 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 09:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! The blurb looks fine to me. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:03, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Billy Gallagher (businessman)

As you had seen, I had expanded the article a bit and just submitted the article at Template:Did you know nominations/Billy Gallagher (businessman) or inclusion at Did You Know on the Wikipedia main page. Thank you for your work in creating this article. Alansohn (talk) 09:45, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

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		Thank you for the help, even if we didn't end up needing to go through a whole process. I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to help a noob . You genuinely helped to make this experience better for me. I hope you have a good holiday and new year! Snuggle 📫 🖤 02:23, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! And enjoy the holidays yourself. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:20, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thank you for resolving and bringing some sense to me in that conflict with SchroCat in Wikipedia talk:Featured articles. I truly appreciate it for your calm and convincing responses. The conflict probably could've gone worse if you hadn't stepped in. Once again, thank you for that. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 21:12, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate it. I've been reined in by others a few times in my life and the memory does help me to try to stay diplomatic when I can. Happy editing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:29, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Io, Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:53, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Ealdgyth, and holiday wishes to you too. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

New GA editor feed

Hey Mike, hope you're enjoying the holiday season. I was curious if it is technically possible to generate a feed of GA reviews that have recently been conducted by newer reviewers (perhaps < 3 reviews), to be displayed on a page that can be subscribed to, and/or as a small table on WT:GA or WT:GAMENTOR. Ideally I'd like it to have a flag if there's no indication of a spot-check, but I doubt that's possible. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 10:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The bot currently maintains User:ChristieBot/Recent GAN activity; would a subset of that be what you're looking for? E.g. filtered by number of reviewer edits, or number of reviews, or both? Or a "length of review page" column could perhaps be added, to try to detect short and hence inadequate reviews -- though I think that would be technically a little more difficult to implement. I think something like this has been suggested before on WT:GA and rejected -- I don't remember the details but perhaps a TPS will recall it, or you could post a query there to see if anyone remembers. If I remember correctly, there was some concern about discouraging new reviewers if an alert of some kind for new reviewing was implemented. However, perhaps the unfiltered recent activity page is enough? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:07, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes, a subset of that, filtered by number of reviews, preferably compact so a portion could be transcluded as a table to a higher-traffic area of GA. I had a poke around the archives and found four conversations which mention a report of reviews by new editors (one, two, three, four), all of which seemed to garner quite positive feedback. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 14:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

There's definitely some support, but some comments about being WP:BITE-y as well. Can you propose this at WT:GAN and just make sure there's no opposition? I can definitely create the page; there's no technical obstacle that I can see. It would be updated daily, by the way, not every twenty minutes -- it's expensive to run the edit count query so it can't be more than daily. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:56, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Of course, I planned to post it there, just wanted to make sure it wouldn't cause too much trouble for you. Daily sounds fine, thanks for this Mike. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 15:00, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

	A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
	Have a great Christmas, and I hope 2026 brings you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 09:23, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks -- and all the best of the season to you too. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:27, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

I have been spending the past few days, since the end of my examinations, sending greetings to those with whom I collaborated this year, and just realised I had missed this space. It was great to review your articles, especially Poisoning of Margaret Warden. Regardless of the outcome of the proposed reviewer feedback tool, I look forward to further collaboration in 2026. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Cheers. MSincccc (talk) 16:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks -- same to you; hope you have a good year. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

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A postcard

	Happy Holidays!
	I haven't run into you in a while, but you had a really positive impact on me when I starting editing. Just dropping by to wish you a happy holidays and say thanks. Rjjiii (talk) 19:28, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! And holiday wishes to you too. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:57, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Hello User:Mike Christie/Archive20: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:59, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks; enjoy the holidays! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Query

Hello, I hope you're enjoying yourself over the holidays, I was wondering if you know of a way to see all the users who have completed a GAN review in the past year? alternatively a list of all the GAN reviews done in the past year would also work. I want to do a mini survey of editors experiences with GAN reviews and I'm struggling to find a way to reach out to the editors who could contribute. Thanks! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 17:12, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that's easy to do. If you email me, I can send you an Excel sheet of all the reviews for the past year (or as far back as you like). Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:48, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844

Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844 has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 05:01, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Query (II)

I realise that many of us are quite busy off-Wiki in what happens to be the last weekend of 2025. But I just wanted to know whether you intend to publish the FAC reviewing statistics for November and December 2025 together? I look forward to your response. Thank you. MSincccc (talk) 09:12, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

I do plan to -- I got half way through the November stats but never finished them. I'll see if I can get them done this weekend. Thanks for the reminder. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:01, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for publishing the December statistics this soon after the November one. By the way, is there any way I can apply my programming skills, learnt at school, to develop tools to improve the FAC and GAN processes? MSincccc (talk) 14:04, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Do you know Python? If so there might be something you can contribute, if you're interested. There are a couple of minor bugs and small enhancements that I haven't been getting around to. The source code is linked from ChristieBot's user page; it might be slightly out of date. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I do know Python, but at present I would only like to discuss potential future tools, as I don’t have the time to commit to a full project. Thank you for your response. MSincccc (talk) 16:53, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I can't think of any projects that wouldn't require interacting with the data or tools I've already built, but if I think of something suitable I'll let you know. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:41, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

A recent GA co-nomination

I recently reviewed Devil's food cake for GA. Although the article was nominated by user Rollinginhisgrave, they noted that user Abasteraster was a co-nominator. Could you please update the GA statistics page to credit both users, as you have done for one of my nominations in the past? Thank you. MSincccc (talk) 18:04, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi -- I'm traveling at the moment, so it'll be a week or two before I can get to this. Can you remind me of the one I did for you? I don't want to normalize co-noms -- it's not that rare and I don't want to have to do it manually, and of course once I agree to do it for someone, it would be mean of me to refuse the next request. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:54, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

The article concerned is Royal Foundation. You can find the review discussion here. MSincccc (talk) 19:11, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Where did we have the conversation about adding the conom credit for it? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:16, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, that was my error. We did have a discussion, but it was about co-nomination credits for the FAC nomination for Catherine, Princess of Wales. A quick check also shows that Keivan.f hasn’t been credited for the co-nomination on the Royal Foundation GA. MSincccc (talk) 19:41, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Ah, that makes more sense. I do try to keep conoms straight for FAC, but not for GA. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:43, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Poisoning of Margaret Warden, "about one of the most famous 19th-century murder trials in Scotland. A young farm servant, pregnant by the farmer's son, died of arsenic poisoning in 1826. She was almost certainly murdered by the farmer's wife, Mary Smith, but the best defence money could buy allowed Smith to escape. Trials were different in those days -- a murder trial with 48 witnesses would not be completed in 24 hours nowadays, nor would it finish at 5:30 a.m."! - Happy new year!-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

20 January is the 100th birthday of David Tudor (see my story) and the 300th birthday of Bach's cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, if we go by date instead of occasion as he would have thought, so see my story for last Sunday, and celebrate ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Port Charlotte High School

Port Charlotte High School has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. akidfrombethany!(_talk|^contribs) 00:30, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Good Evening! You contributed a review to my 2025 World Figure Skating Championships toward the end of last year. I currently have 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships collecting dust in the queue. If you have a free minute and are so inclined, I would appreciate any assistance. I would be happy to help review anything for you that you might have right now. Thank you so much in advance if you are able to help. Bgsu98 (Talk) 22:38, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

No promises, but I might be able to get to it this week. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:06, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 72

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• Renewed partnerships
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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your over 70k contributions in almost 20 years. Keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 18:50, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:58, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Username change (ChristieBot)

I just found out that a username change does not automatically connect your old GA and review stats. I checked documentation at User:ChristieBot and seems like I only have to notify you? Name change was: Vestigium Leonis -> Vestigia Leonis. It happened before any active nominations. Vestigia Leonis (talk) 09:37, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

I'll connect the old and new names, but I'm traveling till the end of the month so it'll have to wait for a week or two. Remind me again if it's not fixed by February. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:19, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

This is done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:09, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Vestigia Leonis (talk) 13:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Re. ChristieBot

I only realised this morning that ChristieBot appears to have failed to update UndercoverClassicist’s talk page when I initiated the review for the article Harvard School yesterday. This may be an error on its part. Could you please take a look? MSincccc (talk) 06:40, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

I spent some time yesterday fixing some old bugs in the bot, and for part of that time the function that posted to nominator's pages was not working correctly. Everything should be working correctly from now on. You may want to manually notify UC (and any other nominators who you reviewed yesterday). Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:31, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. MSincccc (talk) 13:55, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

GA stats for editor's newer account

DAP389's GA nomination/review statistics are not displaying correctly because most of their contributions are listed under DAP388. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 02:15, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up -- DAP389, can you confirm you want the accounts connected? I prefer not to have the bot connect two accounts without having the user confirm that's how they want it handled. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:37, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Many editors use the GA stats as a metric to determine what articles they review, so unlinked accounts can be deceptive, even if unintentionally. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 02:46, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Understood. I'm sure it's not the case here, but I have had at least one editor who changed their name ask me to connect the two, but not make it public, as they didn't want to advertise their previous name. (The numbers were small, so I'm sure there was no deception involved.) If we run into a case where someone does not want their old name connected, we can deal with it then. Or have you seen an instance of this problem already? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:00, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

That's kind of the problem; we don't know just by looking at it. It's not a super serious issue and probably not anything that happens deliberately, it's just that it can artificially inflate or deflate one's ratio, which is something that a lot of reviewers look at. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 03:32, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Mike Christie:, this is fine. I had the userpages transferred because I lost access to my old account but I guess they were never connected. DAP 💅 03:13, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

I'll make the change, probably tomorrow. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:43, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Done; it should take effect the next time the pages update. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:25, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I found another account where past GAs aren't being counted if Marcostev8 would like the nominations of Marcostev88 to show up. I was looking for nominators with 0 GAs to prioritize GA newbies, and Marcostev8 showed up even though they've successfully nominated a few under a previous username. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 22:38, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Thebiguglyalien that would be awesome if you could merge those past GAs to my new username if possible. Thanks for bringing it to my attention :) Marcostev8 (talk) 23:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Done; it should take effect the next time the page updates. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)