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Hello, Schminnte,

I was surprised a few months ago to see the Retired banner on your User talk page as you had been so active there for a while. I see you have recently edited so I'm just posting a note to say that you are missed. I completely understand if this project was taking up too much of your time or that off-wiki events became more important than this little hobby of ours. But your absence has been noticed and I hope you are doing well, whatever you are spending your time on. Take care. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Liz, it means a lot to hear this from you. Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 22:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! It's good to see you again. —Ingenuity (t • c) 17:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As it is to see you! Burnout has mostly alleviated, and I did start missing the community. Looking forward to more work and creation. Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 17:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! — Jon (talk) 19:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your work combatting vandalism. I am currently reverting vandalism on the following pages, and saw that you also reverted some vandalism as well:

Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

I have requested protection for these pages, but I wanted to ask if you had any more advice for preventing vandalism since I've seen you received a barnstar for your work. Thank you! IAmHz (talk) 22:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @IAmHz, I'd like to thank you for helping out as well. I remember what it was like to be a newcomer to AV, so I do have some tips:

• For situations like this protection can help, but if its one account over and over again it's recommended to report to AIV instead.
  • Often if a vandal is actively editing it's better to leave them be after a revert, instead reporting to AIV.
• Remember to warn vandals.
  • This can be done easily by using the tool, Twinkle.
  • It is often easier to block vandals if they are warned first, since it shows they have exhausted good faith.

If you have anymore questions you can look at our policy page for vandalism or ask me here. All the best! Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 22:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Schminnte,

I really appreciate your prompt and detailed response. This gives me a much better idea of how to proceed in cases like this.

Thanks again! IAmHz (talk) 22:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Farewell Schminnte, sad to see you go. You'll be remembered. The Night Watch (talk) 18:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]