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		The Template Barnstar
		For all your work making DYK work. Thanks. --evrik (talk) 20:14, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2021. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:22, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Maile66,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 19:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I added the icon to my user page — Maile (talk) 21:41, 25 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Windows 11 you can do this by right-clicking the taskbar, then clicking Taskbar Settings. From here you can disable widgets

@SL93: Have you by any chance seen Sealioning? Just saying ... life is too short to respond to someone who does this. — Maile (talk) 12:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Lovely thoughtfulness. — Maile (talk) 01:10, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Master of Salad Award
	Awarded to Maile66 for staying strong, Popeye-strong, even in the face of UTTER LACK OF NOTABILITY. That's how we're going to win this war! ;) Drmies (talk) 13:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I proudly accept the award. If your ESP is working, you should now be seeing me taking my bows. — Maile (talk) 13:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was driving to work but I think I felt something--then again maybe I've been playing Tonight's the Night too often. How's it going Maile? Still here after all these years, I see: thank you for that. Ima go see what other AfDs you been in, just to mess with you. Take care! Drmies (talk) 14:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maile, it may be the Dutchman in me, but when I look at Hofstra University rape hoax I'm tempted to delete this on the spot as a BLP violation! Drmies (talk) 14:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to look through my edits of anything, as far as I'm concerned. I have no idea what you are getting at here. But there have been a lot of AFDs ... just within the last 12 months. The thing about AFD is, like all of Wikipedia, anybody can join in, regardless if they know WP's complicated, and often conflicting, guidelines on anythig and anybody. And you can often find a WP guideline to justify any direction of something. — Maile (talk) 16:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just joking, my friend--but I'm glad I saw that Hofstra thing. You run into these old things and you wonder how they got written up in the first place, and how they managed to stay around. How long do you think our project will last? Drmies (talk) 16:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The overall Wikipedia project? I believe it will out-live me. Judging from the Deceased Wikipedians/2024, Jimbo Wales dreamed up a doozie of international connections when he created Wikipedia. We all have become an international family. — Maile (talk) 20:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! What a nice gesture. — Maile (talk) 02:35, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award
		This award is given in recognition to Maile66 for conducting 1,668 article reviews in 2024. Thank you so much for all your excellent work. Keep it up! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:06, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). Near the end of the month, I have vacation pics to offer and the story of Werner Bardenhewer. I took the pic, and it was my DYK on his 90th birthday, in both English and German. He spent the day in Africa, and after his return said - chatting after a mass of thanks he celebrated at Mariä Heimsuchung - that we'd have to talk about these articles. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:41, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! — Maile (talk) 19:43, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Maile66, nice to meet you. Given your active participation and administration of Wikipedia, I'd be grateful for your review of my suggested expansions/additions to Kristina Romanova's BLP. While she is a former model, much of her current work as a CEO and business executive is undocumented in her article. I work for Aman and have declared my affiliation so I can't make these changes without Wiki approval. If you give your approval of these suggestions, I can take the time to implement them in the article. Thank you in advance for your input, Astraea2024 (talk) 11:29, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I think you need someone other than me to help you. I have relayed your request to: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#Kristina Romanova - my talk page. If you don't hear directly from them, I encourage you to post your request on that page. — Maile (talk) 18:53, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Maile. To respond to your comment, I did offer to help the editor when I first saw the article. (I saw it because of a copyvio they uploaded to Commons, and church architecture is in my wheelhouse so I took a closer look.) They did not respond. The WikiEdu staffer moved the page to user space and the editor moved it right back to mainspace. I don't know what else can be done to help someone who doesn't respond to a friendly message; AfD is the only recourse I know of as a new page reviewer when the page doesn't meet GNG or other standards (this page had lots of copyvios too) and the editor appears unwilling to talk. Do you have an alternative suggestion? Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there. No suggestions from me. I think you did what you could. — Maile (talk) 01:51, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, just wanted to be sure I hadn't missed a possible step. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:09, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery 18:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dcw2003 (talk)User dcw2003 requests:

Sorry to ask Maile66, but do you think you could do a quick review of the new page Arthur Albiero? I could also use a review of Ray Daughters who has been available for review for about six weeks. Do you know of anyone else who could do a quick review? I know its not great do ask, but Ray Daughters is an interesting biography of a rather significant American coach. I'm hoping you'll enjoy reading it.

Thanks!!

dcw2003

Albiero is a swim coach, one of the 100 greatest Coaches of the Century and recently released to the Article pages. There are few spelling errors or grammer errors, and the review could be quick.

Thanks again

Dcw2003

Dcw2003 This is out of my range of knowledge to review. I'm not even sure where to send you for this. You might try posting the question at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents and asking them where you should go for a review on this. Sorry I could not be of better help to you. — Maile (talk) 01:24, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]