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Happy editing! Bobby Cohn (talk) 20:52, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Marmalade

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Marmalade 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of David Eppstein -- David Eppstein (talk) 19:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Floating Orb (talk) 19:44, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Marmalade

The article Marmalade you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Marmalade for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of David Eppstein -- David Eppstein (talk) 21:22, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Jay Moorman for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jay Moorman is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Moorman until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Bakhtar40 (talk) 08:37, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, delete it. Floating Orb (talk) 01:38, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bakhtar40 can you please delete it? Floating Orb (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know it isn't notable. Floating Orb (talk) 18:25, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Floating Orb, in future, you can follow the instructions given at WP:G7 to speedily delete any of your own pages. — Anonymous 20:59, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I thought at first it was good, but once I knew it wasn't notable I wanted it deleted. Floating Orb Talk! ^{my edits} 21:00, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Marmalade

The article Marmalade you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Marmalade for comments about the article, and Talk:Marmalade/GA2 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:10, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bean GAN

Hi, this GAN has been running for quite a few weeks now, and it's moving very slowly. One week is the typical expected duration. I'll be away from my desk from the 17th so it'd be nice to get it closed out before then. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:28, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Floating Orb (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a test

How does my signature look now? Floating Orb 01:17, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now? Floating Orb 01:19, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now? Floating Orb 01:20, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HD Floating Orb 01:20, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

u {{SUBST:darkred|[[User:Floating Orb|Floating Orb]]}} (talk) 01:21, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

u {{darkred|[[User:Floating Orb|Floating Orb]]}} {{tq|[[User Talk:Floating Orb|Let's talk!]]}} (talk) 01:22, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

j {{darkred|[[User:Floating Orb|Floating Orb]]}} {{tq|[[User Talk:Floating Orb|Let's talk!]]}} (talk) 01:22, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

u Floating Orb 01:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now! Yay! Floating Orb Let's talk! 01:33, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Floating Orb Let's talk! 01:35, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Award

		The Bio-star
		Thank you very much for getting Marmalade to GA! Excellent work. GraziePrego (talk) 05:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Floating Orb Let's talk! 14:42, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Destubathon runs until the 16th of July

Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven't seen the Wikipedia:The World Destubathon contest update in the last few days that we've decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we're about 480 articles short!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:35, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marmalade FAC

My apologies for being so harsh in the review. Looking on the bright side, it's actually better to get it over with quickly than to have a review drag on for months. My recommendation would be to put this on a shelf for a couple of months, at which point you will be eligible for a WP:TWL account which will give you access to a vast array of additional research tools that will help you improve the article. Once you've done that, bring it to WP:Peer review for another look, and in particular make sure to link it into {{FAC peer review sidebar}} so it'll get special attention from people who are used to doing FAC reviews and will be able to give you better feedback. RoySmith (talk) 12:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'll see what I can do until then, Floating Orb Talk! ^{my edits} 16:34, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid Research Gate

Research Gate citations fail and flag red (bad ref) on a WP:RS-detector I use. Better to search the title for a) PubMed from which you can derive a PMID or PMC value to use in the citation (PMC is a full article function), or b) the URL of the original publisher, such as this source for the Liu ref in the marmalade article. Good luck! Zefr (talk) 18:59, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay! Thanks for letting me know, Floating Orb Talk! ^{my edits} 19:00, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What detector do you use? I would like to use it too, Floating Orb Talk! ^{my edits} 19:06, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scripts to install by both Headbomb and N Linguae. Zefr (talk) 19:34, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you! Floating Orb Talk! ^{my edits} 23:39, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zefr 03323357596 39.34.151.38 (talk) 18:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Marmalade

Marmalade 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. Laun chba ller 22:20, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]