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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Just stubbed this—had been on my to-do list since your work on Justice and Jurisprudence. Will probably be building it out over the next while, but thought I'd mention it in case you were interested. Hope you're well; I'm back to active editing at least for a bit, after a couple months where life got in the way. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 03:24, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
On 5 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mississippi–1955, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Langston Hughes allowed his poem "Mississippi–1955", written in response to Emmett Till's lynching, to be republished in all newspapers that wanted to? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mississippi—1955. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mississippi–1955), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Thank you for including a redlink to The Sweet Flypaper of Life in your edit from a month ago at Mississippi-1955. I was inspired to turn it blue! I welcome your input if you would like to help at the new article (it's my first) and leave you with my gratitude if you decline. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 05:02, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Someone (not me) has brought one of your AfD closes to deletion review: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Gower (5th nomination) is at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 May 5. Cheers—S Marshall T/C 16:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
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. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.On 8 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beverley Manley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Beverley Manley was a prominent activist for women's rights in Jamaica while her husband was prime minister? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beverley Anderson-Manley. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Beverley Manley), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 13 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article László Bogdán, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during his fourteen years as mayor, László Bogdán transformed the town of Cserdi in what was known as the "Cserdi miracle"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/László Bogdán. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, László Bogdán), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 13 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cserdi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during his fourteen years as mayor, László Bogdán transformed the town of Cserdi in what was known as the "Cserdi miracle"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/László Bogdán. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cserdi), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
A pure technicality - nothing in mainspace turns on this - but why did you close this AfD as a redirect, not a merge? There were more merge opinions than redirect opinions, and no delete opinions after Trovatore first wondered about possible other homes for this material. — Charles Stewart (talk) 14:47, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
a mention is all they deserveand
never had widespread adoption within mathematics. Two of the three 'merge' !votes lacked comparable rationales. Hopefully that helps explain somewhat. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:31, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I see no problems with the structure and the prose is fine, With the many dozens of edits made in the past month it looks like you've addressed this.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:52, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the third Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
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This is ridiculously late, and I apologise -- I've been writing articles :) I've also, excitingly, landed a couple 'real publishing' writing gigs, which I'll be plenty excited to talk about when they're published. Due to the current increased amount of writing I have to do on a regular basis both on- and off-wiki, I'm planning to drop this down to monthly so I can spread out my responsibilities a bit. |
Hello Eddie891, I hope everything has been going well at your end. I came here because I needed your advice. There is an image on positioning theory, which was uploaded by the editor who started the article (Ping: Itsjessjj). It is captioned as "Positioning triangle adapted from Van Langenhove & Harré (1999a p.18)", and licensed under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). My understanding of copyright law is limited but would one not require the permission of Van Langenhove and/or Harré in order to upload this material on Wikipedia? Or is it okay to upload a specific excerpt from a paper for illustrative purposes (but this would require a different license)? I would appreciate your input on this. — The Most Comfortable Chair 08:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
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On 26 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fish kick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that although some sources have cited the fish kick as potentially the fastest way for humans to swim, it has not been widely used in competitive swimming? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fish kick. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fish kick), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pueblo speech you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tkbrett -- Tkbrett (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
On 28 May 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Eric Carle, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:50, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
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The article Pueblo speech you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pueblo speech for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tkbrett -- Tkbrett (talk) 01:41, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for improving articles in May! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
See my talk today, - it's rare that a person is pictured when a dream comes true, and that the picture is shown on the Main page on a meaningful day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the fourth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights. This issue's Category 2 articles are:
Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine. This issue's Category 3 articles are:
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Yes, I know I said I was going to switch to monthly. Let's just go "Vat doesn't really Get Time" and run with it. The Core Contest is on its last day of entries, and I've picked articles here with an eye to that. It's the first time it's running since 2017, and I for one am looking forward to overhauling Prehistoric religion. If you feel inspired by anything here, get in there quick! |
On 31 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Museum of French Art, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Museum of French Art once exhibited Napoleon's penis? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Museum of French Art. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Museum of French Art), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
TL;DR: I would like to restore the YouTuber Chuggaaconroy’s Wikipedia page as I have found several new sources that hopefully should be sufficient enough to establish his notability, and I would like to ask if the original article can be draftified/userfied for me to edit it.
Hello Eddie891, I'm PantheonRadiance. I'm messaging you today to discuss the circumstances surrounding the Articles for Deletion on Emile Rosales-Birou (Chuggaaconroy), a popular Let's Player and internet personality. Due to school obligations, I never got the chance to participate in this discussion, and I wish to discuss this with you now. Since the Deletion Review stated that I should discuss with the closer first, I have three points about the AfD I wanted to talk to you about.
1: One of the participants voted Keep, citing an article from the New York Times which mentions him. However, another user argued that the article didn't count because it was a trivial mention. From what I understand about a trivial mention, this is erroneous; as opposed to a basic one-sentence mention, there were four paragraphs dedicated to talking about Chuggaaconroy, from his start on YouTube as a kid, to the content he produces along with his subscriber and view count, his contact with YouTube itself and his videos containing occasionally rough language, and how his videos were discovered through the site's recommendations. From Wikipedia's policies the subject doesn't have to be the main topic of the article so long as the coverage of it is reasonably in-depth. The Sydney Morning Herald also published the same article too.
2: In addition to the rebuttal, two other participants stated that they couldn't find any reliable and significant sources on Chuggaaconroy, so I spent the past month looking for various other sources. Along with NY Times, he has also been featured on Wired, The Atlantic, the Irish Times, Independent.co.uk and even Nasdaq - all of them reliable outlets. For Wired, there were three articles which mention Chuggaaconroy - one which significantly goes in detail on his YouTube career along with some details on his personal life, one mentioning his revenue hit and content ID claims, and one from 2010 on his YouTube partnership with The Game Station/Polaris. The first article especially qualifies as in-depth coverage, and coupled with the two smaller mentions, these should contribute to his notability. Here are the rest of the articles.
Admittedly the Atlantic, Irish Times, Independent and Nasdaq sources are a bit scant, but when combined with the NY Times and Wired articles they should establish him as a notable YouTuber. If not, then…
3: Out of curiosity I also searched his YouTube channel name on Google Scholar and managed to find a few scholarly articles which go into detail about the Let’s Plays he produces along with his influence.
4: And finally, here are a few miscellaneous sources from Reporter, Sequart, Mashable (situationally reliable), STLMag ("There was this YouTuber I found, chuggaaconroy…"), and Examiner.net (not ".com"). Some of these sources might not be the most recent, but I think WP:NTEMP should apply here. In total, I collected about 30 good sources which I saved and archived, but I think you've seen enough.
So with these sources, I would like to ask if there is any way the article could be restored, or at least draftified/userfied, so that I may rewrite it using both the old sources in the original article and these aforementioned ones previously unused (and clean up the article in general). I tried the absolute best I could to find as many reliable sources as possible, and I really hope these would be enough to prove his article deserves to be restored. If not, then I understand; thanks in advance, and sorry for making you read so much, I'm still kind of new to this lol PantheonRadiance (talk) 20:34, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rahul_Easwar
News and updates associated with user scripts from the past four months (February through May 2021).
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My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts.
Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
On 3 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hall v. Decuir, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in Hall v. Decuir, the Supreme Court of the United States "all but endorsed segregation"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hall v. Decuir. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hall v. Decuir), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Babel Proclamation you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tkbrett -- Tkbrett (talk) 20:00, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
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On 6 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Henry Ellis (businessman), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Henry Ellis spearheaded a plan to colonize Black Americans in Mexico in the late 19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Henry Ellis (businessman). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Henry Ellis (businessman)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The article Babel Proclamation you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Babel Proclamation for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tkbrett -- Tkbrett (talk) 02:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
On 12 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Asfaw Yemiru, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Asfaw Yemiru's school educated over 120,000 Ethiopian students? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Asfaw Yemiru. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Asfaw Yemiru), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 14 June 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ann Russell Miller, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. TJMSmith (talk) 19:11, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi Eddie, I noticed you closed this as delete without explanation, yet there was a unanimous chorus to keep the article. Don't you think the deletion at least deserves an explanation? The result seems rather far from "delete". Thanks, Brycehughes (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
On 18 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Sweet Flypaper of Life, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Roy DeCarava's photos of Black Harlem life later included in The Sweet Flypaper of Life were rejected by at least two major publishers before Langston Hughes wrote the book's accompanying text? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Sweet Flypaper of Life. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Sweet Flypaper of Life), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Welcome, subscribers, to the fifth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights. This issue's Category 2 articles are:
Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine. This issue's Category 3 articles are:
This issue's reader suggestion from Sennecaster:
One topic I've been broadly thinking about lately is the concept of GA sweeps. There hasn't been one in well over a decade; discussion of a new one is traditionally stymied by the sheer number of GAs that would need sweeping, considering there are over ten times as many as there were at the last sweep. Nonetheless, there's no dispute that many GAs don't really count as 99.5th percentile articles, or even decent-quality articles (whether one's own personal reading of WIAGA is closer to the former or the latter, and how different those things are, is an exercise for the reader). I've been brainstorming ideas, and I've been wondering if we can tackle the problem with limited-scope sweeps. One idea would be sweeping popular or vital articles -- those that get enough views to make up a significant proportion of the "GA experience" to readers. Another would be focusing on shorter GAs, which might trend towards a less in-depth treatment of the topic than could really justify the rating. There may very well be a path here to maintaining GA standards, and either of those would have the benefit that they might be more likely to encourage people to work on rather than simply delist articles -- popular topics with lots of interested parties willing to help, or smaller topics that don't seem like too big a challenge to pick up.
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FYI, Andrew Guenther closed no consensus. --- Possibly ☎ 04:42, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
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This is a final Call for Candidates for the June 2021 Affiliations Committee election.
If you are interested in running, please post your application and follow all four steps on the nomination page by 30 June 2021 23:59 hours UTC.
If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share this with them and encourage them to consider it. If you have any questions about this process or the requirements, please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members.
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Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:15, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
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On 2 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wanamaker expeditions, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the third Wanamaker expedition, led by Joseph K. Dixon, travelled at least 20,000 miles (32,000 km) and visited 89 Native American tribes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wanamaker expeditions. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wanamaker expeditions), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 2 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joseph K. Dixon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the third Wanamaker expedition, led by Joseph K. Dixon, travelled at least 20,000 miles (32,000 km) and visited 89 Native American tribes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wanamaker expeditions. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Joseph K. Dixon), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pacific Salmon War you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 15:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Pacific Salmon War you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Pacific Salmon War for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 18:21, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello Eddie891:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1500 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!
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Hello, Eddie. As you graciously assisted with the Peer Review of The Great Gatsby article, I was hoping you might weigh in with your opinion—whether pro or con—on its ongoing nomination as a Featured Article Candidate. Right now, the article's nomination has been languishing as very few editors have volunteered an opinion. As any Wikipedia editor can participate in a review of a FAC nomination, it would be appreciated if you would contribute an objective evaluation of the article. → Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/The_Great_Gatsby/archive2 — Flask (talk) 19:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
On 15 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Everett report, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett report. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Everett report), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 15 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lulu G. Stillman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett report. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lulu G. Stillman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 15 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward A. Everett (New York politician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett report. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edward A. Everett (New York politician)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Eric Anthony Abrahams you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wasted Time R -- Wasted Time R (talk) 10:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Eddie,
I hope you enjoy your vacation and that you're the right person to ask this. On May 11, you confirmed my application for ancestry.com. On May 26, I received a log-in by mail. However, the log in information in the mail didn't, and still doesn't, work. Has anything gone wrong our do I still need for to wait for Ancestry to do something?
Best, --Linseneintopf (talk) 16:21, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
The article The Hill We Climb you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Hill We Climb for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of BennyOnTheLoose -- BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:41, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Eric Anthony Abrahams you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Eric Anthony Abrahams for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wasted Time R -- Wasted Time R (talk) 23:21, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Frances Spatz Leighton you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 10:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Pacific Salmon War you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pacific Salmon War for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 19:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello Eddie -- With the goal of helping to progress the WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) women’s rights-themed GA nomination goal for 2021, I’m proposing that WiG hold a special editathon event in the fall (maybe October/November?). I can assist with logistics, but I need to know how much interest/support there might be from WiG participants first. Please let me know what you think in the talk page conversation! All the best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 01:56, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello Eddie891, how are things at your end? Life became incredibly busy for me — unexpectedly at that — and I have been trying to manage a multitude of different things at once. But they are going smoothly thus far. In the midst of all that, I forgot that I nominated William B. Jordan for a peer review. I have followed how you have approached articles that you have worked on, amongst other things, to write Jordan's article to the best of my abilities. But I am not sure where it would stand in the context of a future featured article nomination because of my lack of experience in the area. I hold your content work in high regards, and if you could find the time to have a look at it, I would greatly value your inputs at the peer review. Sincerely. — The Most Comfortable Chair 07:26, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
June continued ... last year's flowers match the image on the user page nicely, see? - DYK that her last reply to me was in a thread Green for hope? - The DYK set in honour of Yoninah appeared yesterday, including Psalm 85, with the kiss of justice and peace - we wrote that together.
Fourth of July: Brian's birthday, remembered in gratitude for his unfailing inspiration and support - remember the Chapel - the missed - the music? - Can I interest you in a user's first FAC, Carillon? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
More music: 2 songs, the morning song - about rising from being down, in more than one sense - is a GA, - there should be more given my initials, but I also want to care for articles of those who recently died (now Esther Béjarano), and psalms in memory of Yoninah, - more missing than there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
+ more music, cello sonatas and a new song about a feast - a dear family member remembered today when she would have been 122 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:18, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Frances Spatz Leighton you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Frances Spatz Leighton for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 14:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Frances Spatz Leighton you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Frances Spatz Leighton for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 15:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Howdy - I just grabbed your name from the top of the recently active admins list :) Could I ask you to help put a stop to the ongoing edit-warring at Mirza Abad, Chakri? The entire history of that thing consists of Haseebmirza306 placing uncited material and everyone else reverting it back to redirect. Mulitply warned (half their talk page is about this) but entirely oblivious. Don't know what's indicated here, a page ban comes to mind (which will probably result in them creating a spelling variant, but may be worth a try)... Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:22, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome, subscribers, to the sixth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
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After my prior thoughts on GA sweeps and their viability, work is beginning to break down what parts of the backlog can be tackled. Planning is beginning at User:Vaticidalprophet/GA reform and its talk; feel free to give your opinion, participate in current GARs, and assess articles. The current plan is to look at GAs with outstanding cleanup tags as our first priority. Sorry for the delay this time around -- I've been having A Month healthwise. I expect to maintain this at an approximately monthly schedule and will try not to let it slip further. I'm enthused by the work going on at GAR lately and hope to work something excellent out of it. |
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Thanks for making the page on Harlem by Langston Hughes back in February. Completely shocked we didn't have a page on it for so long especially when similarly notable poems had pages way back in 2006. Guess it just goes to show there's still a lot of work to do on wikipedia. Paragon Deku (talk) 23:12, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).
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Thank you for improving articles in August! I try, today DYK for a GA by a banned user. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:35, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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On 30 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Cutts, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mary Cutts was told that her memoir on Dolley Madison needed more emphasis on "important men and masculine subjects"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Cutts. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mary Cutts), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Hey Eddie891, I noticed you closed Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Narayana_Verlag. This isn't a formal objection, but I do think it may have been appropriate to relist the discussion instead, since I do think the possibility exists of their being German-language sources that establish notability, and that's a pretty quick close by modern AfD standards. Anyway, thanks for closing it and helping out at AfD! Suriname0 (talk) 15:49, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pompey stone you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:22, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are
Gog the Mild,
Lee Vilenski,
BennyOnTheLoose,
Amakuru and
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
The article Pompey stone you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Pompey stone for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).
The article Pompey stone you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pompey stone for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 07:41, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the info to the Watauga Falls page. I was thinking of merging the Watauga Falls page into Falls Creek (West Branch Delaware River tributary). Do you think thats a good idea as well? Thanks -420Traveler (talk) 16:39, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi. I am having issues with the Fold3 subscription that you have approved. The account with Fold3 is (still) showing as expired, and I am not sure of the pathway to get this reviewed. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 08:22, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
On 6 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary V. R. Thayer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mary V. R. Thayer was briefly arrested on suspicion of spying after abandoning a 1929 business trip in the Soviet Union to explore the Caucasus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary V. R. Thayer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mary V. R. Thayer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi! Reply-link has officially been superseded by mw:DiscussionTools, which you can install using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. DiscussionTools, developed by the WMF's Editing Team, is faster and has more features than reply-link, and it wouldn't make sense for me to keep developing reply-link. I think the Editing Team is doing amazing work, and look forward to what they can do in the future. Thank you for using reply-link over the years! Enterprisey (talk!) 06:11, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DokuWiki is not a "speedy keep". There is nothing speedy in a discussion that lasted 22 days. The proper close terminology is "withdrawn by the nominator". Can you adjust the wording? TIA. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:34, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Eric Anthony Abrahams you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:41, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
The article Eric Anthony Abrahams you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Eric Anthony Abrahams for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 21:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
The article Eric Anthony Abrahams you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Eric Anthony Abrahams for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:41, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:38, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello Eddie891,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
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Thank you for awarding me my first barnstar! Here's to many more red links turned blue :) Unexpectedlydian (talk) 10:07, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
On 18 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pompey stone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Pompey stone was believed to date to the early 1500s for over 70 years before it was revealed to be a hoax in 1894? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pompey stone. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pompey stone), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hello. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/James Longstreet/archive1 is in need of additional reviewers. It requires a source review and at least one additional general review. If you are interested, please feel free to leave a review of the article. Thank you. Display name 99 (talk) 21:07, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Erhard Auer was the Editor in Chief of the Münchener Post, it was shut down by Hitler in March 1933 immediately after he became the Reich Chancellor. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party called the newspaper and its editors "Giftküche" (The Poison Kitchen) and "Münchener Pest ("Munich Pestilence" or "Munich Plague"). Hitler considered the paper one of his most vexing public adversaries, and the paper was the target of libel actions by the Nazi Party. The paper was one of the few early warning voices regarding the dangers posed by the rise of the Nazi Party, although their warnings went largely unheeded at the time. Auer was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp and died 20 March 1945. The first book written on Erhard Auer and the Münchener Post was in 2013, in Brazil. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 19:46, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
On 21 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Altars for Peace, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that four Altars for Peace, fashioned out of large trees by George Nakashima, have been placed on different continents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Altars for Peace. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Altars for Peace), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hello Eddie, I'm reaching out to you for admin advice on an AfD that seems to have been taken over by multiple single purpose accounts WP:SPAs, sock/meat puppets, block evasion. There is a lot of behavioral evidence. I am unsure whether to post a formal request on ANI, or open a SPI, or just wait and hope an admin intervenes at the AfD. As a regular editor, I'm not sure if I'm permitted to strike-out sock !votes. I'm also not sure whether filing a SPI is the correct thing to do because I'm pretty sure, based on behavioral and formatting evidence, that the IP SPAs might be the article creator (who is blocked), and I am hesitant that might formally "out" them in a SPI report. I am hoping you have a moment to please advise me with the proper route to take. Thank you in advance. The AfD is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rockin Rose - Netherzone (talk) 14:43, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln. — Bilorv (talk) 23:09, 21 September 2021 (UTC) |
Thanks, Bilorv! Eddie891 Talk Work 12:33, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Did you mean to close with an outcome of merge to Matt Darey? Thanks. --Michig (talk) 06:45, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche will be closing soon. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:32, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
On 28 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bob Zellner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that civil rights activist Bob Zellner was arrested at least 25 times and severely beaten on several occasions for his activism? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Zellner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bob Zellner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi Eddie891. You may recall you commented on the peer review for Prison education back in 2018; thanks again for your help in improving the article. No pressure, but I just thought I'd let you know the article is currently nominated for FAC. See here. If you would be wiling to take a look at the article again I would very much appreciate it, and do let me know if you'd like me to comment on something in return. Cheers. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:08, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
On 29 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1911 Capitol fire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol destroyed over 700,000 items held by the New York State Library, creating a "hole in [New York's] cultural heritage"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1911 Capitol fire. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1911 Capitol fire), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 29 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dinah John, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dinah John was one of an estimated fifteen Native American women from New York state to serve in the War of 1812? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dinah John. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dinah John), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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--Rosiestep (talk) 01:35, 29 September 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
today: the day of bold red and black, for Dante who died 700 years ago, and Peter Fleischmann who died recently, leaving us films full of vision. Dante: just heard Inferno, imagined by a woman, the main character both speaking and singing with an inner 4-part voice! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:31, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for improving articles in September, - a good harvest! On Peace Day, Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Today: a woman in red (back to the beginning of the thread), two who died under "in memoriam" and LouisAlain missed - my first editnotice read: "Every editor is a human being" which is quoted from a comment by Geometry guy in a 2012 discussion on WP:AN. --
Hi Eddie891 -- I'm just checking in with volunteers for the WiG Good Article Editathon (starting tomorrow!). Are you still set to help out with the 20-minute article assessments? You can watchlist the requests page here. Basic plan: as requests come in, volunteers will mark the request as "in progress," leave their comments on the talk page of the article, then mark the request as "done". We'll be aiming to identify any major issues in articles and suggest priorities for the editor to work on. If you have any questions/concerns, just let me know. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 18:41, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 3 reviews between July and September 2021. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 03:47, 2 October 2021 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space |
Hello, i have saw delete the article instead reback the article, i have reason here the article is now ready which is now expand as well thank you HurricaneEdgar 13:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
oh, ok thank you. HurricaneEdgar 13:33, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
--45.112.40.4 (talk) 14:04, 4 October 2021 (UTC) respected Eddie891 I believe after reading the deletion policy that Anup Shukla article was unfairly deleted, can I ask the administrator who deleted the article for a fuller explanation. because this article Anup Shukla exists for the last 8 years.
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Best, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
hi eddie, i want to create a strong bio for my knowledge panel on google. --Rgarcia002 (talk) 23:00, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
How to delete my Wikipedia account completely --Shamnas Rufaidh (talk) 04:01, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 18 November 2021. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to comment on the draft blurb at TFA. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:26, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Standard Galactic Alphabet. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I translated the page in from the Nederlands wikipedia and added a few citations and clean up. The page is notable. It has an omniglot entry. The script itself is still being used in video games, and is an important part of video game history. The article needs to be filled in a bit, but there is tons of information on it, so this shouldn't be difficult.
To see the article in Standard Galactic Script, see Standard Galactic Alphabet in SGA. Mechachleopteryx (talk) 01:23, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Having a bit of trouble uploading my company logo, any idea how to go about this? --CoRoverChatbot (talk) 17:05, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm unsure were the redirect outcome comes from? Only a single editor suggested this but then rationalised it with what is essentially a delete argument. Besides, the suggested target offers nothing helpful and the delete consensus seemed fairly solid. The new target doesn't even mention the industrial estate. I do favour appropriate alternatives where viable but there wasn't a case made here. Please can you reconsider or explain? Thanks. Bungle (talk • contribs) 21:44, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
On 23 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article May Childs Nerney, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as secretary of the NAACP, May Childs Nerney has been credited with "laying the fundamental groundwork" for "the most powerful organization battling racial injustice"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/May Childs Nerney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, May Childs Nerney), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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