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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	:) Bittujpatel (talk) 13:00, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

My first barnstar! Thank you :) Enwebb (talk) 15:15, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hi! Thank you for your message regarding Pavel Mitkov's page! I'll be fixing the parts that don't sound neutral. The 'excellent marks' were supposed to mean the highest in the Bulgaria, since here they are called "Excellent", but I'll fix it :) Same goes for the quality of the canvas. Thank you again :)

Justtryanother (talk) 06:20, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I noticed your helpful content additions at Stephanie Murphy and Bill Posey. Keep up the good work! Marquardtika (talk) 19:44, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks, Marquardtika! Enwebb (talk) 19:52, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Indian flying fox

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Indian flying fox you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:01, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Indian flying fox

The article Indian flying fox you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Indian flying fox for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:41, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Great work on the Indian flying fox article!

		The Fauna Barnstar
		A barnstar for your excellent work on the Indian flying fox article and your endless love for bats :) Pagliaccious (talk) 18:52, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the hard work you put in as well! Enwebb (talk) 18:57, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Inland free-tailed bat

On 20 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inland free-tailed bat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the inland free-tailed bat can survive the most extreme range of body temperatures of any mammal known? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inland free-tailed bat. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Inland free-tailed bat), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Honduran white bat

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Honduran white bat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Honduran white bat

The article Honduran white bat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Honduran white bat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 13:21, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your unending diligence in improving bat and bat-related articles!

		The Fauna Barnstar
		Congratulations on yet another good article in the name of bats! May your endeavors on Wikipedia as well as in grad school always yield such success. Pagliaccious (talk) 17:25, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! It's no more than those excellent animals deserve! Enwebb (talk) 17:09, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Underground Eiger

Hi User:Enwebb. Many thanks for you recent additions at Richard Stanton (cave rescue expert). A you may know, there is a version of "Underground Eiger" at YouTube uploaded by no less than Sid Perou. We can't link to it, of course, as it's almost certainly in beach of copyright. But I also remember watching that film as a youngster and being totally entranced and inspired. Maybe it's worth an article itself? (Even Sid has no article yet, alas). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:36, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

@Martinevans123: I actually have not seen Underground Eiger and did not realize it was on YouTube! I'd certainly be willing to help with both of those articles. I don't normally write about caves, but having wandered into the subject blindly, I find I rather like it down here! Enwebb (talk) 00:05, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

@Martinevans123: alright, The Underground Eiger exists but it could use some more sources, particularly some that assert its notability. Also, turns out it is freely available to watch, so I linked to it on the British Film Institute's website. Enwebb (talk) 04:23, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		For providing almost immediately enlightenment in a dim place with The Underground Eiger! What speedy work. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:17, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

p.s. am surprised I can find nothing about the molephone. I wonder where that might be lurking? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, there definitely appears to be a gap on underground communications device. Perhaps worthy of a new section on Caving equipment? Caving equipment#Communication with a note on speleophones? A nice overview of such devices appears here [1] (note that Gibson and others [2] spell it as "Molefone") Enwebb (talk) 21:09, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

A good idea. Well found. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Aaaand Sid Perou is live now too, though a little sparse @Martinevans123:. Enwebb (talk) 00:43, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Well done, Enwebb. Great work! Martinevans123 (talk) 08:40, 8 July 2018 (UTC) I wonder are you related to ArrWebb at all?

I'm a Yank and my Webb ancestors immigrated before 1800, so perhaps—but distantly! Enwebb (talk) 13:20, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Don't mind me I'm only browsing. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:24, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

cave radios

Hi. As far as I can tell, the Heyphone was designed to operate on the same LF frequency as the Molephone (87 kHz, not 79 kHz as I erroneously put in my summary but couldn't figure out how to change). But the upper end of VLF is much lower at 30 kHz so I'm very curious to know what radios actually operate down there. It seems difficult but perhaps not impossible to use voice at such low frequencies; for VLF submarine communications it's all low speed data. Karn (talk) 08:27, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pteropus

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pteropus you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:40, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Addition of cave rescue experts to "cave rescue" page

Hello Enwebb, just regarding your addition to the cave rescue page of Richard Stanton (and to which another user later added John Volanthen). I have opted to remove the line, as these are but two practitioners in the world of cave rescue. Notable as their achievements have been in Thailand, they would say themselves that it was simply part of their voluntary service, so no need to add them to an article covering the global concepts of cave rescue. If people want to look them up, they can find their respective pages on Wikipedia. Hope you don't mind! Fattonyni (talk) 11:52, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pteropus

The article Pteropus you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pteropus for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pteropus

Hello! Your submission of Pteropus at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Kosack (talk) 18:14, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Dan Dubeau

Hey, thanks for heads up. I understand your concern, and I just added a reference. No need to propose deletion yet. Thank you for being prompt on addressing me, though. It's always appreciated! Fhsig13 (talk) 03:25, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Fhsig13: just following procedures; thanks for addressing the issue quickly! Enwebb (talk) 03:33, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

No worries, I totally understand! Fhsig13 (talk) 03:34, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Morning. I just noticed that Dan Dubeau got deleted, but I can't figure out from where or by whom, or why for that matter. Not to point fingers, but I thought I'd just inquire with you to ensure that you didn't accidentally leave your request for deletion open, or if you happen to know what might've happened, since I can't find a discussion for it anywhere at WP:AfD Fhsig13 (talk) 17:57, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

@Fhsig13: it was on my watchlist, so I saw what happened. Someone (not sure because the page is deleted) tagged it as an WP:A7 stating that the article did not credibly state the notability of the subject . . . And then it was deleted by Ad Orientem. It's a subjective call. It was a pretty short article, if I remember, so maybe next attempt try to hammer down why the person is notable enough for an article. Good luck. Enwebb (talk) 19:48, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

@Enwebb: Thank you for looking into that for me. I have put in a request for deletion review, as I obviously can't request undeletion on it because it was a WP:A7 speedy-deletion. I also don't want to discuss it with Ad Orientem personally at this time, only because we just had an unrelated falling-out moments ago. If you'd like to share an opinion on it, the review case is here. Fhsig13 (talk) 20:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

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I am working on my technique, thank you, open to advice and critique

Hello grammarian and PhD candidate Enwebb. You were exactly correct. The paragraph on Neil Swidey, who does brilliant, meaningful investigative journalism at the Boston Globe was "lifted" (not with any ill intention) straight from the Boston Globe's bio page. I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing (particularly in terms of drafting a "new article"). Your observation was spot on, so thanks :) Frankly, I am not even 100% certain I have left you this message in the correct manner! LG — Preceding unsigned comment added by LindseyGentile (talk • contribs) 21:57, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Not to be a new user pain (though I suppose everyone must navigate that stage) but I realize I neglected to close properlyLindseyGentile (talk) 22:01, 24 July 2018 (UTC) LindseyGentile (talk) 22:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

@LindseyGentile: Hello! I appreciate that you did not mean to plagiarize, but that is what happened. You are new here, so I would encourage you to read the core content policies of Wikipedia, which broadly outlays the policies we abide by on the site. You can also read the section on copyright violation here. I know it seems like there are a lot of rules around here, but you'll pick them up quickly if you stick around and aren't afraid to ask questions. You can find editors especially willing to help out at the Teahouse, though most anyone will help you if you ask. Enwebb (talk) 22:12, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice -- especially about Teahouse. That way I will not have to solicit you each time I have a question :) I have been reading up on rules, and am really enjoying the collaborative wonder that is Wikipedia! LindseyGentile (talk) 14:41, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your most recent feedback. I have always considered myself a good researcher, writer and academic, however....it has taken a month to get at all comfortable. I do appreciate your note of encouragement - and suspect those are less frequent than notes of admonishment on Wikipedia :) What a wonderful tool, resource, and source of enjoyment Wiki'ing - which I realize is likely "not a term" :) can "sometimes" be. LindseyGentile (talk) 00:17, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

Hello Enwebb, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing Harry Tachian, Enwebb.

Unfortunately Barkeep49 has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

Hi there. The page does not establish that Tachian is notable (owning a notable sports team doesn't mean he's notable - WP:INHERIT). A WP:BEFORE also didn't have me come with anything suggesting he meets a SNG, ANYBIO, or GNG. I am redirecting to the Football Club.

To reply, leave a comment on Barkeep49's talk page.

Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 23:00, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: thank you for your feedback! I will keep that in mind as I review pages in the future. I had thought that the subject may have met the GNG with the coverage I was seeing [3] [4] but I can see now that the article itself was perhaps lacking in expressing that. Enwebb (talk) 01:13, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@Enwebb: Hey there. So I would suggest that neither of those sources are RS as they both look more like WordPress blogs than truly professional w websites with editorial controls that would make them RS. Even if they were generally RS, ISN is posting a press release (they even link to it at the bottom) and Front Row is really about the team not Tachian and that kind of coverage is why I redirected to the club which does seem to pass GNG. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Spectral bat

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Your GA nomination of Spectral bat

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Authority parentheses

Hi Enwebb, why have you removed parentheses from authorities for Paratriaenops species originally described as Triaenops species? Similarly, why are there no parentheses around the authority for Vampyrum spectrum (originally Vespertilio spectrum)? Thanks, WolfmanSF (talk) 05:23, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I'd be happy to see the policy that says that parentheses around authority are expected. As I've been processing the bat stubs, I've noticed it's about half and half whether parentheses are used are not. I'm making it consistent by not having parentheses. Enwebb (talk) 05:28, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

I see now what you're talking about Template:Taxobox#Authorities. I'll keep an eye out in the future. Enwebb (talk) 05:33, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Author citation (zoology) pretty much covers it. Plant conventions differ, if you ever work in that area. WolfmanSF (talk) 07:49, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Pteropus

On 19 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pteropus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that flying fox teeth are used as currency in the Solomon Islands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pteropus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pteropus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:12, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Freddie Oversteegen

Nice job on creating that page. It's incredible that it was not already there!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:59, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

I was equally astonished! Thanks for taking the time to leave a message—it's appreciated! Enwebb (talk) 15:05, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Enwebb, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news

• The New Page Feed now has a new "Articles for Creation" option which will show drafts instead of articles in the feed, this shouldn't impact NPP activities and is part of the WMF's AfC Improvement Project.

As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.

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Other

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Moving to Draft and Page Mover

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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Enwebb, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal

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Great work on the Little Brown Bat article!

		The Bio-star
		Congratulations on your recent nomination of Little Brown Bat for a GA review. You've put it a ton of great work and it's greatly appreciated. I'm sorry for not contributing to the article as much as I would have liked, but your tireless contributions improved the article tremendously. Great work on an article about a very important bat! Best regards and I hope that the GA review goes well, Pagliaccious (talk) 19:03, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Pagliaccious no worries, and thanks! Always open to collaborating in the future (though maybe not another GA for a few months, phew!). Enwebb (talk) 19:07, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

White wagtail

You are reviewing this article. I think I have done most of the changes, though I am not sure. Qwerty number1 (talk) 15:13, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Have, again, done most of the tasks. However, I am unsure about how to sort out the bare refs. Can you help me understand how to do this? Thanks, your effort with this is really appreciated, Qwerty number1 (talk) 21:20, 2 December 2018 (UTC)!

@Qwerty number1: so what I mean by fixing the bare URL is providing more information than just the URL. Right now, for example, the IUCN ref looks like this

<ref>https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22718348/88050593</ref>.

There's no information about the page. When you cite the IUCN, you cite it as a journal. The IUCN is nice because when you go to the page, all the citation information is listed at the top. So what the reference should look like is this:

<ref>{{cite journal|author=BirdLife International|year= 2016| title= Motacilla alba| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2016| page= e.T22718348A88050593|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718348A88050593.en}}</ref>

which gives you something like this in the references section instead of just the URL:

References

Hope that helps! Enwebb (talk) 02:03, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

I am afraid I may be unable to say what medieval writer(s) made the mistake since I do not have the book the reference referred to. Sorry, Qwerty number1 (talk) 17:49, 3 December 2018 (UTC) Have removed gallery,assuggested!Qwerty number1 (talk) 18:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC) Is there any icon one needs to add to the page? Thanks, Qwerty number1 (talk) 17:21, 5 December 2018 (UTC)! Wut!? A notification says it is not a good article, but the review page says it is!? Qwerty number1 (talk) 17:24, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

@Qwertynumber1: not sure why that happened? I passed the review. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Enwebb (talk) 02:20, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Little brown bat

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Your GA nomination of Little brown bat

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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Enwebb,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.

Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.

Training video

Due to a number of changes having been made to the feed since this three-minute video was created, we have been asked by the WMF for feedback on the video with a view to getting it brought up to date to reflect the new features of the system. Please leave your comments here, particularly mentioning how helpful you find it for new reviewers.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy (belated) Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Enwebb, 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 2019. Happy editing, JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 07:27, 27 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

I was on holiday in Singapore since December 18th until yesterday, and did not have a chance to send you a message earlier! JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 07:27, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

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