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Happy New Year

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		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

History of Christianity

I don't know if you remember volunteering to help long - long - ago, but this page finally went GA and I have high hopes of taking it to FA status as well, but I am unsure how. I would very much appreciate your input and guidance on that. I made one attempt at FA years ago and did not succeed - I was completely unprepared - so now I want very much to be fully prepared, so I am asking for help. This is an important article and should be FA quality for all the right reasons. Do you have time to help a fellow editor? Jenhawk777 (talk) 05:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

I have now gone and made a formal request for a peer review aimed at taking it FA. I would be thrilled if you decided to do it. No hard feelings if you don't. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:33, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

I wish you luck with this, Jenhawk777. I'll try and take a look if I get time, although I'm not very active on Wikipedia these days. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:15, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I understand. Anything you can do will be appreciated. Jenhawk777 (talk) 14:45, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stanley Modrzyk

Popped up on my watchlist and thought it may be of interest. Ignore if not! Josh Milburn (talk) 12:36, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Josh. Was literally about to log off, but will take a quick look. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:38, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Asterix on postage stamps for deletion

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Your GA nomination of Lakota religion

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Your GA nomination of Lakota religion

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Request

Hello could you add your input a possible decision on my GA nomination on Haile Selassie I page, it currently is being reviewed but adding a fellow experienced such as yourself with dozens of GA successful and even featured articles relating to Africa does help upbring this article. And since you are very active i would with my most humble honour ask for you to review the GA nomination, and give some improvements if you see such. CtasACT (talk) 00:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@CtasACT: Thanks for bringing this to my attention. If I can find the time, I will. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your kindness: please do make sure when you have time that if the article needs some fix's you notify me, since the review seems to be stuck with one new user reviewing it for over 20 days no, and the last reply over a week from now. CtasACT (talk) 00:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Haitian Vodou

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History of Christianity

Hello! I am here to request some of that "tender love and care" you mention as needed for taking an article FA. This is a flagship article and should be among WP's best. Any comment you can make will be appreciated. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Early life of Mao Zedong for deletion

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Your GA nomination of Haitian Vodou

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Peerage title over name

Hey, Midnight. I have a question. Sry to bother you in particular. But just because we care deeply about Angela Lansbury's gold star FA status, and her article has the "Dame" above her name (within the infobox). I'm not well-versed in the reasons why. I perused MOS:DAME, and felt that I had a good grasp on it. And it stipulated why, and reinforced it.

Now, on Alan Bates, a user has removed Sir from above his name, and placed it in front of Alan (within the infobox). I personally felt that he is not comprehending the Wikipedia rule. Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but I don't see any discrepancy in his knighthood as to why his shouldn't be above his name as per common Wiki practice, while other actors do. If you could help me articulate it properly, I'd appreciate it. My understanding was that the "in front of" rule meant in the first paragraph, but it still meant the "Sir" goes above within the infobox. --Cinemaniac86^Talk_Stalk 07:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Cinemaniac86; I am afraid that I don't actually know what the rules are on these particular issues, but of course standardisation across different articles is ideal. Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikiproject

Hi, I see you're a member of WP:Folklore, would you be interested in joining a wikiproject on oral tradition (which folklore is a subset of)? Kowal2701 (talk) 18:38, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Kowal2701 and thanks for your message. I'm afraid that I'm really just focusing on a few religion-focused articles at present and don't have the time to start working on other topics. Nevertheless I wish you well the project. Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 18:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	You're absolutely crazy for taking on the quality improvements on Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, etc., but in the best way possible. I truly admire your work, and though it may be an understatement, I'd like to offer you this barnstar as a token of appreciation for your efforts. joeyquism (talk) 18:34, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, joeyquism. I'm afraid that I'm not as active on those political biography articles as I used to be, but it's nice to hear that people appreciate the work. I just hope it isn't all lost to gradual entropy. Midnightblueowl (talk) 21:11, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

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George Raffalovich

Hi -- I know you're the major contributor to Aleister Crowley so I thought I would drop you a note about George Raffalovich, one of his associates. A friend of mine is a relative of Raffalovich's, and has sent me some sources (that I've yet to review) about him. I am hoping to create an article about him. I don't think this is a conflict of interest but will mention it on the article talk page anyway in case anyone disagrees. Since you're interested in Crowley I thought you might also be interested in Raffalovich -- if so please drop by the article and help out to whatever extent you're interested. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:59, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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Rastafari reverts without explanation

Good morning,

I noticed you reverted all my recent edits to the Rastafari article without any explanation in the edit summaries. Can you explain why? If there are any specific objections, perhaps we can find consensus or I can take it to talk to see what others think. I'll explain my reasoning, too, in case that helps. Firstly, "Rastafarian" and "Rastafarianism" is largely an exonym of which Rastafari disapprove. They tend to reject the idea that it's an "-ism", and the article reflects that. Importantly, most articles highlight when something is an exonym and when the subjects at hand nay disagree with its usage, so this should too, without a strong policy-based reason to do otherwise.

The other edits were mainly for brevity and WP:NPOV. E.g., the following wording is both overly long and minimises the beliefs of the group:

"Central to the religion is a monotheistic belief in a single God, referred to as Jah, who is deemed to partially reside within each individual."

This is over-hedging, since we've already said these are their beliefs, so it's clear we aren't saying their beliefs are true in Wikivoice. We don't need to hold their views in metaphorical scare quotes, since it implies disdain.

Tweaking that to the following is more direct, and less likely to be read as pushing an antagonistic POV:

"Central to the religion is a monotheistic belief in a single God, referred to as Jah, who partially resides within each individual."

(Nor are we overly complicating the language to explain their beliefs here.)

Similarly "a specific interpretation of the Bible" is weak and vague. Specific how? I would argue it also appears to fail WP:NPOV, because it again minimises those views and holds them in an overly sceptical light. It's simply more accurate to move the text about Rastafari being Afrocentric up here to say "an Afrocentric interpretation of the Bible", not least because the interpretation they rely on descends from the Ethiopian movement in early Revivalist Black churches in the Americas. The context of this is well explained over at Black nationalism#Rastafari (and there's a section above it about Bedwardism, which led into Rastafari).

Finally, "Some practitioners extend these views into black supremacism" is WP:UNDUE in the lede because the term "black supremacy" appears only twice in the article—once in the title of an early 20th century book, and once in a section that says:

"There is no uniform Rasta view on race.[104] Black supremacy was a theme early in the movement, with the belief in the existence of a distinctly black African race that is superior to other racial groups. While some still hold this belief, non-black Rastas are now widely accepted in the movement.[108]"

"Widely accepted" versus "early in the movement"/"some still hold this belief" suggests "black supremacy" is the minority view (and an outdated one at that), and therefore this is likely undue given the prominence it has. At best, you could say "Early Rastafari was criticized as black supremacist, though practitioners of all races are accepted by most Mansions of Rastafari today."

I'll start a topic on the talk page with a version of this for others to chime in. That way, we can help get consensus if needed. Lewisguile (talk) 07:17, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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Palo (religion)

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December songs

story · music · places

Thank you today for the article "about an Afro-Cuban religion revolving around spirits that are housed in cauldrons and fed with blood. Much of the tradition derives from the Kongo religion of Central Africa, so there is much here to interest Africanists as well as those intrigued by religions of the Americas." - Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nation of Islam

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Brazil religion article suggestion

Hello, @Midnightblueowl. I was suggested to come you by Sawyer777 to suggest an article that I and another editor found on Portuguese Wikipedia: pt:Narcopentecostalismo which has a lot of English and Portuguese sources as well as some academic sourcing behind it. It seems very interesting and very GA-able, I found out while editing a gang article that is related to it because they created the Israel Complex which is an example of Narco-Pentecostalism. I'd totally create it but I don't do a lot of prose writing. Thank you! Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 23:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello Cowboygilbert and thank you for contacting me. Narcopentacostalism looks like a fascinating topic; in general I think there is a lot of work that could go into Pentecostalism themed articles as a whole here at Wikipedia. At present I do not have any plans to work on the Narcopentacostalism article (and what time I can afford to give to the project is already committed to several other religion-themed articles) but I wish you well if you choose to make a start on it. Even if you just translate the Portuguese article into English, that would be a good start. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:01, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

The only issue with me trying to start on it is that I have never created a religion-themed article (I have only made popular music articles) and I don't know Portuguese at all that I am relying on a machine translation to provide somewhat of a translation for the topic. But, I will ask other editors who speak and read Portuguese if they are willing to give a full translation or a partial translation of it. Thank you! Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 16:02, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Angela Lansbury nationality

You reverted my edit to the article, but why is the nationality in the lede "British-American" where MOS:CONTEXTBIO suggests usage of "and" to make it "British and American"? ScarletViolet tc 12:35, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi ScarletViolet and thanks for your message. I'm not too worried about what specific wording is used, but it is important that it reads smoothly. Maybe we should just be maintaining the FA rated version, which was "Irish-British and American"? Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

@Midnightblueowl: Sure thing! Will change it back to how it was before. ScarletViolet tc 09:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

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Io Saturnalia!

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		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

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Re-assessment of Mikhail Gorbachev

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Cher FAC

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Gardnerian Wicca

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Hello, Midnightblueowl! You have done monumental work with Haitian Vodou and related pages (Haitian Vodou in Cuba, Louisiana Voodoo...). I wondered if you would be interested in joining WikiProject Haiti. It's currently a bit dormant, so there might not be much to engage with. But more eyes on it would still be helpful, especially considering your expertise! Averageuntitleduser (talk) 00:07, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello Averageuntitleduser and thanks for your message. To be honest, I don't really involve myself with WikiProjects, and I don't get to spend as much time editing Wikipedia as I used to, but if there are any specific Vodou-themed articles that require attention, I don't mind lending a hand on those. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:16, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Understood completely! Maybe someday I will become interested in the Vodou topic area and return to you. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 16:41, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Korean shamanism

Thank you for your work on Korean shamanism; it's really fantastic. The article's probably one of the best widely-available writings on the topic in any language. The Korean Wikipedia and Namuwiki versions don't remotely compare. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 05:54, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words, grapesurgeon. Hopefully I'll be able to devote a bit more time to the article fairly soon and bring it up to GA quality. It's a fascinating topic. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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Hoodening article query

Hiya, I apologise if this is not the correct place to contact, I am unfamiliar with how wikipedia works behind the scenes. I was just reading your article on hoodening as I was looking into some kentish folklore for a novel I am writing, and noticed the tradition had a remarkable amount of similarities to modern pantomime shows, what with the horse costume and the cross dressed male. I did a little research to see if the two were related but couldn't find anything, though on the pantomime horse wiki page it says something along the lines of the first known pantomime horse to have showed up in 1885 in london, which would have been a very similar time to the hoodening tradition dying out and relative nearby geographically. I cant find anything to say why or how it originated in its modern form, which seems very different from the traditional greek or roman costumes, though the theater it was first performed at had previously featured an equestrian ring, and been owned by a circus owner and horserider, so that could be an origin and they could be completely unrelated. I am not a historian nor know how wikipedia articles work, so apologies if this text is redundant; I didn't know where else to ask and couldnt find anything online. The thought just got me curious and I was wondering if you'd know anything about it, or who to talk to/ what to read to find out more. Dumboocto (talk) 16:13, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello and thank you for your message. I cannot say anything to the origin of the pantomime horse specifically, although perhaps there are books and research articles out there which do deal in greater depth with the historical origins and development of British pantomime traditions? If so, those may be of help. Good luck with your novel. Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:16, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm currently writing Watt Town and I was surprised to see that there's no article for Revivalism (Jamaica) (one of the three Afro-Jamaican religions along w Rastafari and Kumina), idk whether you'd be interested? No worries if not of course, have a good one Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 22:39, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

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Forgive me for being nosy, but are you planning an African diaspora religions Featured Topic? I keep seeing your work at FAC it made me wonder. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 (talk) 01:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello SilverTiger12 and thank you for your message. I have never worked towards getting something to a Featured Topic status before, so had not given the issue any thought. Perhaps it is something that I would consider in future, although my focus is more on trying to improve the content of specific articles. Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:32, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you today for the article, "about an American new religious movement that emerged in the 1930s and which exerted a major impact in many African American communities during the 20th century. Over recent years, I have also brought three other articles on Black-oriented new religions of North America to FA status"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, probably as a result of being featured, the NoI article has attracted some edits that appear to me to be fairly speculative (eg linking parts of the NoI creation myth about creation of 'white races' to European colonialism). I reverted once but am reluctant to do so again as I don't have access to the sources. You might want to take a look.Pincrete (talk) 03:44, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I've actually now removed from NoI the 'European colonialism' link from the creation story part(speculative and unnec IMO) and a category addition 'Islamic Nationalism' on the grounds that although Islamic and Black nationalist, it isn't specifically 'Islamic Nationalist'. I'd be grateful still though if you'd take a look since you are the one who knows the sources.Pincrete (talk) 04:24, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

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Reverting edits

Hello,

I noticed you reverted two edits I made regarding Taoism and Confucianism. You claimed that they were "unnecessary" and too "broad". Respectfully, could you elaborate? I thought that if an article existed on a series, then that series should be included in that article.

Thanks DanyMations (talk) 21:56, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi DanyMations and thanks for getting in touch. Generally infoboxes are contentious anyway, as they clog up space and can look messy, so I would argue that they are best avoided in all cases. But it is particularly important to avoid those which are too generic. "Religion" for example, is a hugely generic and expansive concept, and the religion infobox would potentially apply to hundreds of thousands of different articles at Wikipedia. It wouldn't be useful placing it on each and every religion-themed article. Moreover, when one thinks of a topic like Taoism, there might be many different infoboxes on themes that are potentially relevant: religion, Chinese religion, Taoism, East Asian religion, Chinese culture, Korean culture, Korean religion, etc. If we were to put every potentially relevant inbox on the right hand side of the article, it would quickly become an absolute mess. In short, it's best to just avoid inboxes altogether. They really don't contribute much to an article. Midnightblueowl (talk) 22:01, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Understood (mostly). However, I have a few follow-up questions and clear-ups:

"the religion infobox would potentially apply to hundreds of thousands of different articles at Wikipedia"

- I thought that if an article existed on a series, then that series would be included in that article, not articles that are related to the series. For example, on Template:Islam, it does not include a link to the Quraysh (the tribe of the Prophet Muhammed ﷺ), so that article should not have Template:Islam (if that's a part of Wikipedia's style).

"In short, it's best to just avoid inboxes altogether. They really don't contribute much to an article."

- With all due respect, why would Wikipedia allow these templates and boxes if they're supposedly unhelpful? Is this your personal opinion or is it something Wikipedia editors are encouraged to remove/not support?

"they (infoboxes) clog up space and can look messy."

- If this is a matter of personal opinion, then I'd like to make the argument that having infoboxes are aesthetic due to theirmaximalist nature, which gives articles a sense of high informativity.

Thanks, DanyMations (talk) 22:33, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

A lot of the above is my own personal opinion, although there are a lot of other editors who share my view that infoboxes make Wikipedia worse. Elsewhere, you'll find other editors who think that infoboxes are the best thing since sliced bread. There is no firm rule regarding their use, except that you need consensus to add them to a page (Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes), particularly if their addition has been challenged. Midnightblueowl (talk) 22:38, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you again! DanyMations (talk) 23:10, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

AFA...

See this edit, where AFA's views are being scrubbed. You have access to better sources than I do - the best I can do is the ADL, but surely there's something scholarly on AFA's racism? Ealdgyth (talk) 15:47, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Ealdgyth: Thanks for your message. Have you looked at Robert Wallis and Dominic Alessio's recent book from Manchester University Press, Faith, Folk and the Far Right? It's available open access online. Other than that, Mattias Gardell and Jeffrey Kaplan's writings would have relevant (if older) discussions of the AFA and its approach to racial/ethnic identity. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:41, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Yep, I found that and some other things that worked. But glad to know I found your suggestion! Ealdgyth (talk) 12:50, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

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