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Hullo No Swan So Fine - I too have researched and written on the SOH Corb tapestry for a forthcoming Conservation Management Plan. Stay tuned!! Annejwatson (talk) 00:17, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions to women's football/soccer articles. I thought I'd let you know about the Women's Football/Soccer Task Force (WP:WOSO), a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women's football/soccer. If you would like to participate, join by visiting the Members page. Thanks!

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Cromwell House

thanks for letting me know about the DYK User:Simon Edwards Esq

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello No Swan So Fine,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello No Swan So Fine,

New Page Review queue December 2022
Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

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Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello No Swan So Fine,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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I don't know of other songs from that film whose articles need that treatment.

Hardman's new biography

I created this article yesterday. I am awaiting more coverage and reviews of the book before further expansion, but feel free to contribute to it. Best, MSincccc (talk) 17:26, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Good start. The other big hitters from the centennial media cavalcade are Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History by Hugo Vickers, Fashioning the Crown by Justine Picardie and The Queen and Her Presidents by Susan Page. Vivat Rex! No Swan So Fine (talk) 20:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
The interesting part is that The Daily Telegraph reviewed both Vickers and Hardman in this article. I’m tied up with exam preparations and other on-wiki projects at the moment, but I may have a go at Vickers’s biography — happy to collaborate if you’re interested. Best, MSincccc (talk) 04:33, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
P.S. And now even The Times has done the same. MSincccc (talk) 07:16, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
@MSincccc:, concentrate on your exams - you only get one shot at these things in life and these silly articles will still be here when you are on the other side. Vickers has had quite the literary life! Regards, No Swan So Fine (talk) 18:33, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Nomination of Songs for Any Taste for deletion

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🍅 fx (talk) 04:05, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

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Elizabeth II memorial

Hi. Hope you're doing well. Since you started the article on Memorial to Elizabeth II, London and probably are a bit more familiar with the topic than I am, I just wanted to point out that a website has been launched for it which probably has more up to date information that if used with secondary sources can be utilized to further update the article. Thought it would be nice to bring it to your attention. All the best. Keivan.fTalk 00:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

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The latest exhibition

I had some spare time on my hands so I decided to create this article. Feel free to develop it since there is always a chance that I might have overlooked something. Cheers. MSincccc (talk) 09:55, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

FYI

Another user has merged the article Portrait of Rachel Reeves into her main article. Was that the best course of action, given that it now appears as a section within her biography? Best, MSincccc (talk) 13:42, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Honestly think the best thing to do is to leave it as it is. The information I sourced will have far greater visibility on her own article rather than having readers click through from her article to a seprate article on the painting tbf. It is frustrating as I love to create small but perfectly formed artiles on cuiros, but visibility is the key. No Swan So Fine (talk) 14:05, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
I get the frustration since it has occurred to me as well. Best of luck in your future endeavours. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 14:39, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Terrorist incidents in London in the 2020s

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An FA for the future?

This article became an FA more than eight decades after the actual event; perhaps this one will too, in our lifetimes? The work continues... Best, MSincccc (talk) 14:38, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

We will have the remainder of the 2020s to get this to featured status after media coverage moves on from this state visit. What's your take on it? Best, MSincccc (talk) 11:37, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for 1988 royal tour of California

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