I get demoralized by messy talk pages full of arguments, so I archive discussions fairly quickly. Archives from my Talk Page can be found in the following places:

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The University of Wisconsin categories for faculty, alumni, etc., have used a certain type of dashes and this has been the case for years. I have the concern about understanding the different types of dashes. I do know other categories used similar dashes: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is an example. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 00:40, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@RFD: interesting, thank you for the response! I'll try to remember then, so as not to create extra work for others. Thanks! - Astrophobe (talk) 05:22, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Astrophobe: Many thanks for your response. RFD (talk) 09:57, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Astrophobe

Thank you for creating Jan Leighley.

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Very well written and sourced article! Thanks for all your contributions to WP.

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Samf4u (talk) 03:08, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Samf4u: thank you so much for taking the time to say so, it means a lot to me! :D - Astrophobe (talk) 03:26, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Since you liked my other Inuit artist stubs, I though you might like this one too. It's the artist's co-op where they have been buying, selling and reprinting Inuit works for 60 years. Lots of coverage, but my writing is a bit dry. Feel free to edit if you like.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 07:10, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

{{yo|ThatMontrealIP]] Oooh, thanks so much for sharing! I missed this message at first (just a busy few days) and I'm about to head to bed now, but I'll Watch the page as a reminder to myself to look through it carefully later. But at first glance it looks like a really great page! - Astrophobe (talk) 04:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@ThatMontrealIP: Sigh, of course I screwed up the one thing that you can't just edit: a ping. - Astrophobe (talk) 04:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, courtesy notice: the "e" got dropped from the link for some reason. Fixed it for you. Have a nice day! --47.146.63.87 (talk) 00:46, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Astrophobe. Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. EnterpriseyBot (talk!) 12:01, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

please see my note at Talk:Mae_C._King DGG ( talk ) 23:30, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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On 27 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that political scientist Elizabeth Theiss-Morse has written a book on the flexibility of the American national identity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse), 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

political sciences and Inuit singing

Thank you for quality articles about women such as Kay Lehman Schlozman, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Lyn Ragsdale and Aasiva, for translations from French, for service from 2007, for remembering Boris Tsirelson, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2376 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Wow, thank you so much, I really appreciate this. That really means a lot to me! - Astrophobe (talk) 15:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 15 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kristin Goss, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that United States Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens cited political scientist Kristin Goss in a case related to gun control? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kristin Goss. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kristin Goss), 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.

Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:02, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 23 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Berge equilibrium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in a Berge equilibrium, every player of a strategic game makes sure other players do as well as possible? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Berge equilibrium. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Berge equilibrium), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please see note on your DYK review. If the hook fact is not cited inline, then there is no call to AGF it. AGF refers to an offline cite, a foreign-language source that you are unable to read, or a Google page that you are unable to view in your country. In this case, the hook fact is not even cited. If you haven't already done so, a quick read through Supplementary Guidelines will familiarize you with more of DYK's many rules. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:48, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I do know what AGF means, I interpreted "he stayed with Harris for 11 years" as the inline citation supported by "'Young Architect's Triumph: Design for new Manchester Art Gallery selected', Lancashire Daily Post, 11 June 1925, p. 4.". I attempted to access that publication and very quickly hit a paywall in attempting to look at a newspaper archive. But I guess I was too loose in considering that a direct cited statement of the hook. - Astrophobe (talk) 19:59, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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		On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for your recent new article on Melissa Schwartzberg, author of Counting the Many, which received the 2016 Spitz Prize. Rosiestep (talk) 17:32, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 2 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Neil Malhotra, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Neil Malhotra found evidence that voters reward incumbents for disaster-relief spending, but not for disaster-preparedness spending? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Neil Malhotra. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Neil Malhotra), 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.

—valereee (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Astrophobe

Thank you for creating Lilly Goren.

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After reviewing your request for the "eventcoordinator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:

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Hi Astrophobe, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 23:45, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Julia Azari, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Julia Azari has shown that U.S. presidents increasingly defend their legitimacy by claiming to have a political mandate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Azari. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Julia Azari), 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) 12:02, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

sir, pls approved my account Pkschhonkar (talk) 18:42, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I approve of your account. It's beautiful. - Astrophobe (talk) 18:54, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Astrophobe

Thank you for creating Nadia E. Brown.

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Nice work!

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North8000 (talk) 11:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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You can view it here: Template:Did you know nominations/Esther Pineda G.

I encourage you to nominate future articles you create, expand 5x in size, or improve to GA, as most of the content in DYK is from North America and Western Europe. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Hi, thank you very much, I'm really pleased to see that! :D - Astrophobe (talk) 02:49, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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On 20 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Esther Pineda G, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Venezuelan sociologist Esther Pineda G popularized the term violencia estética ('aesthetic violence') to describe the damaging pressure on women to respond to prevailing ideas of beauty? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Esther Pineda G. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Esther Pineda G), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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How dare you. The nurse said he could call himself 5'7". Guy (help! - typo?) 21:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hahaha, good point JzG, far be it for me to tell a man what height to call himself. Now maybe if he takes up professional basketball it'll merit a mention in his Wikipedia biography ... - Astrophobe (talk) 21:42, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Astrophobe, Fauci was a college basketball player of some distinction, despite his lack of height. Guy (help! - typo?) 08:57, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Editor's Barnstar
	For all the work you do, especially on biographies! Kj cheetham (talk) 12:59, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thank you very much, Kj cheetham! I will display it proudly :) - Astrophobe (talk) 05:33, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, as a very minor suggestion, don't forget the Biography project when tagging projects for bios. :) -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good reminder, thanks! - Astrophobe (talk) 19:11, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I know, you don't know me, but I just wanted to say, people like you made my life a lot easier

ArriehM (talk) 00:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you ArriehM, what a beautiful kitten! I really appreciate that. Can I ask what bit of work prompted this? I'd be interested in knowing what in particular proved to be useful for you. - Astrophobe (talk) 15:06, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The Women in Red Barnstar
		You have really made a big difference to our coverage of women this year, Astrophobe, with over 260 new biographies of women over the past 12 months, all well presented and informative. We look forward to more along the same lines in 2021.

--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you would like to add this to your user page:

This user has made 264 women blue.

--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you so much Ipigott! I really appreciate the kind words. I'll be thrilled to display these! By the way, how do you count how many WiR pages a person has written specifically? Is there a tool that counts related categories? - Astrophobe (talk) 17:32, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Saw your Women in Red post. Exceptional work this year! Essentially triple the number of articles I've been able to create in seven years. Hope you'll keep up the hard work in the new year. :) — Bilorv (talk) 14:01, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness, thanks so much bilorv! I really appreciate that. :) But don't sell yourself short — next I have to take a page out of your book and try to actually write some Good Articles! - Astrophobe (talk) 17:40, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for your continued service adding to Wikipedia throughout 2020. - Cdjp1 (talk) 13:25, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thank you so much, Cdjp1, I really appreciate this! - Astrophobe (talk) 19:15, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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You said to create a talk page. Relatively new to this. A11200 (talk) 03:20, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi A11200, I was referring to a conversation I opened at Talk:Crooked_Media. It's time for us to discuss how to change the page for the better, so that we can build a consensus on what the page should contain and how it should be written. I completely agree with you that there is a lot of purely promotional content on the page that needs to be removed, but the challenge is to decide how to make it as fair as possible. - Astrophobe (talk) 03:37, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it’s important to assess the bias of the page just as I would say Fox News is conservative.

Also, loaded and subjective words/phrases need to be removed. It’s important to note that even numbers can act as promotional content since crooked media is trying to appeal to advertisers. That is one of the reasons that I added the source from media bias fact check. A11200 (talk) 03:47, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]