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	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring East Timor (estimated annual readership: 1,170,000) to good article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 17:11, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your work on this vital article! – Reidgreg (talk) 17:11, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Season's Greetings
		When he took up his hat to go, he gave one long look round the library. Then he turned ... (and Saxon took advantage of this to wag his way in and join the party), and said, "It's a rare privilege, the free entry of a book chamber like this. I'm hoping ... that you are not insensible of it." (Text on page 17 illustrated in the frontispiece in Juliana Horatia Ewing's Mary's Meadow and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers, illustrated by Mary Wheelhouse, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1915.) Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fowler&fowler, very grateful for another yearly welcome. I'm afraid this book was not part of my childhood, I will have to look into it with new eyes. CMD (talk) 16:05, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I inherited this book from a relative, who may have inherited it from an older relative! Ewing is mostly out of print now. Fashions have changed. Her writing is probably more moralistic than is accepted now, even though she wasn't really by the standards of the late 19th century. Even so every now and then in her books you find some real gems of writing. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 18:42, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had it). My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new Year Gerda! CMD (talk) 14:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - Today a violinist from Turkey, Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... 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) 19:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today, between many who just died, Tobias Kratzer on his 45th birthday who was good for an unusual DYK mentioning a Verdi opera in 2018, - you can see his work in the trailer of another one that I saw, and my talk page has a third (but by a different director). 2025 pics, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:59, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear about a musician who hasn't recently passed away :) CMD (talk) 06:48, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2 others, though: today I have a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who became GA yesterday, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I knew I remembered you from somewhere: User talk:Chipmunkdavis/ArchiveOffice#GAR questions from Clovermoss! I'll have you know that the article cites way fewer primary sources now and is probably closer to a proper GA status than it used to be. I've read multiple books and made 400+ edits, but there's still a long road ahead. For example, the country interactions still need to be more seriously fleshed out. Not expecting you to do anything about that but figured you might find an update like this interesting. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Covermoss, I am always happy to hear about article improvement. It does look rather well sourced, although I note there is a citation to Encyclopaedia Britannica in the lead! I also see "Adherents commonly call their body of beliefs "The Truth"", which doesn't seem to be in the body. That said, I don't think you need to worry about GA status. Thinking about Government interactions and FAC, it might be worth getting some in put from those with much more FAC experience. It is my impression that a list of individual countries is not the best way to get through FAC, as it heads towards "overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings" territory and is not conducive to presenting an overall picture. This is not to say don't flesh it out, just a note that perhaps the fleshing out will identify strands of information that can be put together as a summary, perhaps with details moving to the subpage. CMD (talk) 07:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well the problem is that most reliable sources focus on government interactions rather than beliefs (this limited scholarship focus is mentioned somewhere in the article already), so I don't see how this could be an FA without that. What is wrong with a citation to the Encyclopedia Britannica? I didn't add it but I don't see why it can't be there. I already have someone that will help me with FAC when I'm ready, it's just that getting the article in the best shape I can before all that part I'm still working on. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:54, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Britannica has a no consensus on WP:RSP, so usually it gets raised if its present and replaced. Good to hear you've got a plan for the FAC. CMD (talk) 17:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like concerns about reliability are about the online version? The one citation is to their print edition. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:12, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For FAC, the concern is not reliability per se, but the "high-quality" aspect of FACR1c, hence the preference for secondary sources. CMD (talk) 09:28, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. I take breaks from the topic area on a somewhat frequent basis for my own good, but I'll try to remedy that when I feel ready to go back at things again. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I feel you. I've been avoiding updating some articles following this news. Getting in the way of a Good Topic that news is. CMD (talk) 13:35, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And I've managed a few more national park articles since! CMD (talk) 14:44, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Specifically see Wikipedia:Administrators' Noticeboard#Minor WP:HOUNDING and WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior from Chetsford. guninvalid (talk) 14:53, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chipmunkdavis, it seems your signature shows up as "CMD". This can mislead people into believing that is your real username; you should change it as to not give the impression of being the User:CMD; thank you. 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 16:28, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the note Yovt. I've had this signature for awhile, it has worked well for me. CMD (talk) 16:49, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nekonomics, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that nekonomics includes the leveraging of stray cat populations on islands to draw tourists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nekonomics. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nekonomics), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cat islands in Japan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that nekonomics includes the leveraging of stray cat populations on islands to draw tourists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nekonomics. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cat islands in Japan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chipmunkdavis. Thanks for creating the WikiProject Malaysia Triple Crown. It's good to see more interest in the Triple Crown awards in general. While I'm completely OK with you giving this award out since the person obviously meets the criteria [1], I'm just letting you know in general all awards, including project ones, go through the nomination process whereby someone is nominated (by themselves or others) and someone who is not the nominator checks and gives out the award. Also for future reference you can nominate someone for two awards at once, including with the same set of articles, as would have been the case here where the same three articles quality someone for both the Standard Triple Crown and the new WikiProject Malaysia Triple Crown. I would have approved both had they been nominated together, but people still have to be nominated. Also feel free to process other awards that get nominated. It seems like I'm doing it all myself these days so it would be good to have other people reviewing general nominations. No pressure though. Have a nice day. Damien Linnane (talk) 12:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Damien Linnane, my apologies. I looked around and didn't see any instructions regarding this. The WikiProject listings said to simply add to the list, and as they look like one-offs without what seems to be the advancement progression the standard crowns have, I didn't expect them to go through the same process. I waited until the Standard Crown, which I thought was the more serious crown, to be verified to then add the WikiProject one. Could perhaps the Wikipedia:Triple Crown/Nominations#Example nomination list have a multi-nom example? Let me know if it helps for me to fill out retroactive nomination paperwork. I've not really dealt with the Triple Crown area before, but it seemed an interesting way to support enthusiasm for article improvement, hence my nomination and creating the new crown. I tried to match the low pixel quality of the existing ones. CMD (talk) 12:46, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Oh it's not a problem at all, and there's no need to retroactively nominate them, I just thought I'd let you know for future reference. To be honest, the WikiProject Triple Crown's just never really took off, and I often forget about them as it isn't uncommon for there no be nobody nominated for one for many months; there has probably been a point where nobody has been nominated for one for an entire year. So it was exciting to see you make a new one. The old ones images were almost all made a long time ago. I'm happy for images to match the exiting quality or to be different, so it doesn't bother me if you change that. Anyway, thank you for pointing out the instructions were't clear. I've made some changes on both the nomination page and the main page accordingly. Damien Linnane (talk) 04:17, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Damien Linnane, the information for future reference is taken on board. WikiProject Triple Crowns would require WikiProjects to take off, which is likely the main problem. The intersection of active WikiProjects with Featured content creators? Likely small. Still, I've spent some time poking around thinking about how to make WikiProjects work, and I'll keep this in mind, with proper procedure, as a potential tool. CMD (talk) 06:12, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Flag changing IP(s) Moxy🍁 05:28, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]