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		Thank you for your contributions on the article for botanical explorer Julien Marnier-Lapostolle. -Wil540 art (talk) 21:26, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar, Wil540 art. --Rosiestep (talk) 11:36, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Rosiestep,

I hope you’re doing well. I’ve been working on creating a Wikipedia draft for Jayd Poels, a young Belgian field hockey player. I’ve prepared a neutral, verifiable draft with references from HLN, Le Soir, EuroHockey, and official league sites, and I’ve included an infobox with his club and international career.

Since this is my first draft submission, I would really appreciate your guidance in reviewing it and making sure it meets Wikipedia’s standards before I submit it for review.

Here’s the draft page I’ve prepared: Draft:Jayd Poels

Thank you so much for your time and support!

Best regards, Granchini

--Granchini (talk) 12:10, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Granchini and welcome to Wikipedia. I moved the information you pasted on my talkpage to the draft space you started on January 22, 2026: Draft:Jayd Poels. In the future, don't paste an article (or part of an article) on someone's talkpage. Keep edits regarding the subject on the subject's page. The way to notify someone that you'd like them to look at an article (or draft article), is to wikilink it, such as this: Draft:Jayd Poels. You'll be able to tell if you didn't wikilink it correctly if the link is redlinked such as this, where I'm introducing a typo: Drdft:::::Jayd Poels. Regarding initial guidance about the draft: the current version needs significant improvement to establish the subject's notability. Specifically, familiarize yourself with these policies: Notability (sports), biographies of living people, reliable sources, and verification. The current version also needs to be put in the correct format for an encyclopedic article. There are 161 examples of that here: Category:Belgian male field hockey players. I noticed that you declared a conflict of interest with the subject (Jayd Poels), ergo, if you haven't already, you should familiarize yourself (and comply) with this conflict of interest policy. Regarding further comments about the Jayd Poels draft: the volunteer editors at Articles for Creation (AfC) will provide that once you submit it for review. I don't participate in the AfC discussions, so it won't be me. In the meantime, I left a welcome message on your talkpage with additional helpful information for new editors. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:57, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] I noticed you're also working on the Jayd Poels draft on your userpage, in addition to Draft:Jayd Poels. Your userpage isn't meant for content writing, so I recommend that you move the info either to Draft:Jayd Poels or User:Granchini/Jayd Poels. Here are instructions for how to move a page. Hope this is helpful. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:13, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] NPP unreviewed article statistics as of February 02, 2026

Welcome to Phase 2 of the January–February 2026 NPP drive. During Phase 1, we reviewed 16,658 articles and 4,416 redirects, and there is currently a backlog of 16,475 articles and 23,782 redirects in the queue. Fantastic job! Completing 22,502 patrols in the first phase made a significant dent in the backlog. Let's keep our foot on the gas for Phase 2, and I hope we can achieve even more reviews than Phase 1. Best of luck!

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What's Wikipedia bio --EmiYfmania (talk) 11:37, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EmiYfmania and welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia has millions of biographies. If you browse this category and its subcategories and sub-subcategories, you'll be quite impressed: Category:Biographical works. Here is a link to the "wikiproject" for editors who are interested in working on biographies, and you're welcome to join it. The notability guideline for biographies is here. If your interest extends to biographies of living people, you should also acquaint yourself with these guidelines. In the meantime, I left a message on your talkpage with some information for new editors to help get you started. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Still on vacation, so missed some interesting stories, such as about Jubilant Sykes. Richie Beirach, jazz pianist, is still on as I write this. Which of his music samples would you have chosen? - I met five shy cats in three places yesterday-;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that's a tough one to answer. I listened to most of these (not all the way through for each one, but enough to get a sense of who Richie was). Didn't care much for the piano and duet solos. Did enjoy the quartets and ensemble pieces. Thanks for sharing; liked learning about him. Hope you're having a great vacation, G. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I’m a avid reader of Wikipedia but I feel like I should try editing some sources that im interested in, but I don’t know where to start or even begin my part, do you perchance have any good suggestions or advice to start? --Fisherystar (talk) 04:57, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fisherystar and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm glad you are interested in becoming an editor!! To get you started, I just left a message on your talkpage with a lot of helpful information/links for newcomers. Review that stuff and you should feel ready to start editing the articles that interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:49, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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