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Celebrating some awesome wiki achievements from last week - kudos to all, whether highlighted here or not, for making wikiHow better!:slight_smile:

Noteworthy Edits That Stood Out:

✯ @GenderfluidBean on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Prepare-Aquarium-Gravel-for-Bettas&diff=prev&oldid=25500750

  • GenderfluidBean found a stub they could help expand and dove in, clarifying existing steps and building upon them with new tips and warnings. 

✯ @RubyRoseRain on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Act-on-a-First-Date-(Girls)&diff=prev&oldid=25498601

  • Ruby did a helpful pronoun update here, updating the approach in this topic to reflect current best practices. The edit will help make sure that this topic speaks to readers with all backgrounds and experiences. 

✯ @Steve5 on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Make-a-LEGO-Board-Sturdy&diff=prev&oldid=25516936

  • Steve chimed in on this new topic to correct the terminology to the common terms used for this kind of LEGO piece. It’ll ring more true to LEGO enthusiasts now!

✯ @Moonmodule1998 on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Hide-Your-Period-Supplies&diff=prev&oldid=25516891

  • I don’t know how they do it, but Moonmodule has a knack for spotting formatting issues on all sorts of wikiHow pages. Rather than scrolling on by as they read, they dive in and fix the issues - here, fixing a double section and removing an unnecessary signature so that neither gets in the way of reader experience.

✯ @P-Hills on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Draw-a-Lizard-in-MS-Paint&diff=prev&oldid=25518528

  • Patti demonstrated some thorough and careful patrolling here. Rather than just marking the new edit patrolled, she took the opportunity to build upon it. She removed some old unnecessary formatting, broke up the long sentences to make each step easier to skim, and improved some of the wording throughout.

✯ @Ninox and @Artemi7 on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Repaint-Shutters&diff=prev&oldid=25518409 and https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Repaint-Shutters&diff=next&oldid=25518409

  • Ninox and Artemi “teamed up” here, perhaps without even realizing it - the combo of their back-to-back format edits got this article ready to go live. Some great work through the Format Greenhouse and RCP tool!

✯ @Kanishka-Williamson on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Repeat-Songs-in-Apple-Music-on-iPhone-or-iPad&diff=25527729&oldid=25527466

  • Kanishka updated the screenshots here so that the article would stay up to date for readers following along with the pictures. 

✯ @Midnight_52 on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Find-the-Right-Sports-Bra&diff=prev&oldid=25538460

  • Midnight_52 returned from a wikibreak with a bang, doing some great cleanup and formatting on this article. It’s much closer to being ready for promotion, now!

✯ @Galactic-Radiance on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Understand-Autism&diff=25537350&oldid=25168043

  • Alex tackled a few text tweaks and additions here, and found some fab new images from @MissLunaRose ’s collection to spruce up and update this helpful and sensitive topic.

✯ Newbie @ADORIANA on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Not-Lose-Your-Girlfriend&diff=25514525&oldid=25378436

  • Adoriana did a helpful edit throughout this topic, tweaking the writing and adding new advice as she went. This is a tough topic to offer a single solution on, so the more input, the merrier!

✯ Newbie @Pschaaf on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Read-12-Digit-UPC-Barcodes&diff=25517725&oldid=24962268

  • Pschaaf caught an error in the formula on this UPC topic and reworded the process to make it accurate. It now walks the reader step by step through how to calculate a barcode “check digit” themselves.

✯ Newbie @Jaclshr on https://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Keep-Safe-from-Swooping-Australian-Magpies&diff=25498503&oldid=25476072

  • Jaclshr has been helping to improve this page steadily over the last week or two. In these edits, they added some more magpie-friendly strategies and clarified the existing advice to help keep magpies and readers safe.

Promising New Articles

✯ @Kitty0 : https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Quizlet-Account and https://www.wikihow.com/Log-in-to-Quizlet

✯ @WF : https://www.wikihow.com/Check-the-Total-Views-of-a-YouTube-Channel and https://www.wikihow.com/Enable-Dark-Mode-for-Google-Maps-Navigation-on-Android and https://www.wikihow.com/Enable-Dark-Theme-on-Gboard-(Google-Keyboard)

✯ @Ttrimm : https://www.wikihow.com/Print-Your-Photoshop-Keyboard-Shortcuts

✯ Newbie @Dllexpert : https://www.wikihow.com/Install-D3dx9_31.dll

✯ @Blizzerand : https://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-iOS-Developer-Account

✯ Newbie @TobySilvae : https://www.wikihow.com/Teach-Vocabulary-in-an-EFL-Classroom

✯ @Awesome-Aasim : https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Technical-Support-Scams and https://www.wikihow.com/Turn-on-Independent-Service-on-an-Elevator and https://www.wikihow.com/React-to-a-Video-on-Tik-Tok

✯ @Ruah : https://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-C-Major-Arpeggio-on-the-Piano

✯ @Kanishka-Williamson : https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Playlist-in-Apple-Music-on-iPhone-or-iPad and https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Song-from-Apple-Music-on-iPhone-or-iPad and https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Playlist-from-Apple-Music-on-iPhone-or-iPad and https://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-Song-to-Playlist-in-Apple-Music-on-iPhone-or-iPad

✯ @Emma490 : https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-"Choose-Your-Own-Adventure"-Game-on-a-TI‐83-Graphing-Calculator

✯ @Mzm555 : https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Tickets-for-the-Studio-Ghibli-Museum

✯ College student submissions that have gone live:

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Repaint-Shutters

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Wash‐and‐Go-on-Natural-Hair

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Grid

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Strawberry-Cheesecake-Macarons

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Market-Yourself-with-a-Resume-Website

✯ ✯  https://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Card-Game-Strategy

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-RJ‐45-Cable

✯ ✯ https://www.wikihow.com/Replace-Strings-on-a-Steel‐String-Acoustic-Guitar

WikiHelpers (the folks who are helping other wikiHowians do what they do best):

✯ @Artemi7 , @Kitty0 , @Byankno1 , @MattheusG , @Eric and others helped out with the Help Team page

✯ @Eric and others helped out with the Article Review Team

✯ @Hailey , @Batreeq , @PatrickJC , @Galactic-Radiance , @MissLunaRose , @Byankno1 , @Artemi7 , @Eric , @XxVxX , and others helped out with NAB

✯ @Loiswade42 , @Eric , @InfernoTerra , @Davecrosby , and others helped handle issues on the ANB

Q&A Answerers

Last week, these folks each contributed several great answers to good reader questions that were put live in Q&A: 

Our Tool of the Week: 

For last week, big kudos to all the folks who helped with the NFD Guardian:

Welcome to Rockstar Newbies:

These folks got started on wikiHow this week and have already got their feet wet making helpful edits. Give them a warm wiki welcome:slight_smile:

Quality Patrollers 

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Congratulations Everyone!

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Awesome work guy and gals! I like the new Community Achievements format, though I know it is a lot of work for @Anna .

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Great job everyone! 

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☆•☆Well done wikiHowians and wikiHausers.◇°◇ Thanks Anna:slight_smile: How to Draw a Grid: A Step-By-Step Guide I can use this article for the drawing articles needing a grid. I got this from the previous discussion. It’s so cute ^=^

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Congratulations!!

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Great job! We all make a great team!

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Great job all!

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Congrats to everyone!