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Drafts pt 2.5

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OK, back to my previous set of drafts! In this case, it was the other end of what I started this thread with, drafts started in draft space by other people, but the difference with these 12 drafts is that they went unedited for too long so they got deleted. The downside from that is we do not have an existing draft to look at for content, and there is no archive saved anywhere, but I did write a short note about each person with a link to a listing of their works before the drafts were deleted, so they are not total mysteries to me. :) So if you will help with these, if any sources exist for them, I can easily request them to be restored so I can work on them. If there is content on those drafts once we can see them that gives more context to find additional sources, you may find them if you don't mind looking again and I will add those as well. :) It's fine by me if it therefore takes a little longer to go through these.

But first before we get back to the remaining 7 of those, as always other users are creating new drafts so I would like to finish those up first. :) Two to go there, so here is one:

Draft:Jonathan Sims is a British author, voice actor, musician, and games designer including the supplement Odd Jobs, and the RPGs Pitcrawler and Zero Void as noted here: [1] and his fiction credits here: [2] BOZ (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 02:15, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow that's a lot!  :) Thank you, I will get to work on this one soon! BOZ (talk) 03:11, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Uğurcan Yüce was a Turkish artist who worked mostly in Germany on comics and The Dark Eye ("Das Schwarze Auge") RPG, with a short bio and a long list of his RPG works here: [3] BOZ (talk) 20:19, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uğurcan Yüce is mentioned in some credits here. I was unable to find significant coverage about him. Cunard (talk) 23:08, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK thanks for looking, I will see what I can do with that. BOZ (talk) 23:35, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you see anything more for Christian Moore (game designer)? BOZ (talk) 04:21, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 23:08, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK cool, thanks! I will get to work on that in the near future. :) BOZ (talk) 23:35, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, back to remaining 7 from my list of abandoned drafts. :)

Draft:Lottie Hazell is a British game designer who co-founded Birdwood Games and designed the games 'Dog Park and Forever Home, and also wrote the novel Piglet, with a small bio here: [4] BOZ (talk) 02:51, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). The sources I found about Lottie Hazell were all about her novel:

Cunard (talk) 23:39, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks! Those are great finds, for the novel at least. I may bring back the draft just to see what I can add to it, and with so many sources I will probably start an article about the novel too. I will let you know how that all shakes out. :) BOZ (talk) 23:50, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, I put some work into the draft and built Piglet (novel). :) BOZ (talk) 19:49, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Matt Collville is a game designer with credits for Star Trek and other RPGs with a small bio here: [5] and other tabletop games here: [6] BOZ (talk) 13:29, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 05:26, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, and thank you. :) I will get this one restored and probably work on it tomorrow! BOZ (talk) 05:49, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you greatly, I was able to complete significant expansion of this article. :) BOZ (talk) 17:09, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work! Cunard (talk) 08:13, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As always, new drafts get created and so I push those to the top of my list. :) Right now we have two created this month, and here the first of those.

Draft:Michael Kirkbride has worked on video games mostly from what I can see, but for my purposes I know that he also done artwork for the tabletop role-playing games Elric! and Fading Suns, and the card game On the Edge. BOZ (talk) 02:45, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 08:13, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow that's great, thank you! :) I will work on this one in the next few days. BOZ (talk) 08:23, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Chris Kutalik is the other new draft; besides what is mentioned there, he designed By This Axe[7] and has done work for various tabletop role-playing games but primarily Labyrinth Lord per [8]. BOZ (talk) 13:35, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). I was able to find only articles that quoted him, were written by him, or mentioned him in passing in relation to articles he had written. Cunard (talk) 06:51, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks for checking! BOZ (talk) 12:36, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, back to the remaining five abandoned drafts for this section. :)

Draft:Andre Novoa is a Portuguese role-playing game designer who is the creator and owner of the company Games Omnivorous: [9] BOZ (talk) 13:12, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 01:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I will take a look soon! :) BOZ (talk) 01:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just looking over the restored draft, if it helps dig up any more sources, it says he is also a musician and studied cultural geography, both of which were part of his education, and he has an interest in extraterrestrial life and the politics of Portugal. I plan to put some work into this one tomorrow. BOZ (talk) 05:15, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here are two more sources:
  1. Yoon, Sunmin (Winter–Spring 2019). "Mobilities, Experienced and Performed, in Mongolia's Urtyn Duu Tradition". Asian Music. Vol. 50, no. 1. doi:10.1353/amu.2019.0003. ProQuest 2174568480.

    The article is available here on Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library. The article notes: "Based on Cresswell's concept of how mobility emphasizes performativity and the meanings of movement, André Nóvoa saw how the mobility of The Stingers ATX on tour became a process of creating their identity as musicians: ... As Nóvoa analyzes for The Stingers ATX, so Mongolian urtyn duu singers become real singers through the three mobilities discussed here. ... Through a "mobile ethnography" that informs this research as empirical process, I found that the process of singers' mobilities enable urtyn duu to be "real," as Nóvoa's research showed for The Stingers ATX."

  2. de Neergaard, Maja; Jensen, Hanne Louise (2020). "Embodied ethnography in mobilities research". In Büscher, Monika; Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene; Kesselring, Sven; Kristensen, Nikolaj Grauslund (eds.). Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-78811-545-2. Retrieved 2025-05-19 – via Google Books.

    The article notes: "Anthropologist and geographer Andre Novoa (2015, p. 98) labels the rigours of these travels and the descriptions of them as ritual passages for the researcher, concerning both a passage to participate in a foreign culture but also to becoming an established researcher. However, although a high degree of mobility was connected to the conduct of classical anthropological ethnography, the mobility itself was not the focus of investigation."

Cunard (talk) 06:43, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, thanks. :) BOZ (talk) 12:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, as always new drafts get created as I go, so do you see anything more for artist Draft:Draft Greg Preslicka? He has designed 4 board games as mentioned in the draft and shown here and art for 3 as shown here. BOZ (talk) 10:21, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are sources I found:

Cunard (talk) 21:33, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow, that's a lot! :) I will put some work into this one as soon as I can. BOZ (talk) 22:40, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, back to the remaining four abandoned drafts:

Draft:Jim Dietz is the founder of Jolly Roger Games (there is currently a disambiguation page at Jim Dietz) with a list of his board game work and a small bio here: [10] and his RPG work here: [11] BOZ (talk) 22:02, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 05:15, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh nice, thanks! :) Let me get the draft restored and see what I can do with it. BOZ (talk) 05:23, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And of course, as always new drafts are being created. Draft:Tommy Wallach has been involved in a wide variety of different protects, but for tabletop games he created Mother of Frankenstein a couple of years ago. [12] BOZ (talk) 10:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 05:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh nice, I will put that to work tomorrow. :) BOZ (talk) 05:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, back to my remaining three abandoned drafts. Getting there! :)

Draft:Wes Ives is a designer of Chivalry & Sorcery supplements (this one was originally created in article space, then moved to a user sandbox, and then moved to draft space) with a list of his RPG work and a small bio here (which suggests he may have died): [13] BOZ (talk) 20:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). I found some mentions here, here, here, here, here, and here but was unable to find significant coverage about the subject. Cunard (talk) 04:39, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK thanks, I will take a look and see what I can do with those. :) BOZ (talk) 12:52, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Andrea Radeck (Artist) is an artist with illustration credits for books including Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons supplements [14] as well as tabletop games Talisman and Forges of Ravenshire: [15]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). I found a blog here and passing mentions here and here. Cunard (talk) 01:12, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks! :) I will see what I can do with those. BOZ (talk) 01:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, and finally the last of these abandoned drafts!  :) Draft:Patrick M. Murphy is the co-founder of Bully Pulpit Games with his RPG work listed here: [16] and board games here: [17] BOZ (talk) 13:51, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). I did not find significant coverage about the subject. I found a passing mention here but it is unclear if it is the same person. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK gotcha, thanks for checking. Yeah, no idea if he did video games as well. BOZ (talk) 12:40, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Cunard Can you please analyse whether the following sources be added to cite CPI(M) ideologies?

References

  1. ^ a b Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.
  2. ^ Nigam, Aditya (2006). The Insurrection of Little Selves: The Crisis of Secular-nationalism in India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195676068.
  3. ^ Connor, Walker (1984). The National Question in Marxist-Leninist Theory and Strategy. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691101637.
  4. ^ "Constitution & The Rules Under the Constitution". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 18 March 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Hinduism and the Left: Searching for the secular in post-communist Kolkata".
  6. ^ "Party Programme". Communist Party of India (Marxist). The establishment of a people's democratic government, the successful carrying out of these tasks and the leadership of the working class in the people's democratic State will ensure that the Indian revolution will not stop at the democratic stage but will pass over to the stage of effecting socialist transformation by developing the productive forces.
  7. ^ "'Places of Worship Act Crucial to Maintain Communal Harmony' : CPI(M) Seeks to Intervene in Supreme Court Plea Against 1991 Act". 9 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Hinduism and the Left: Searching for the secular in post-communist Kolkata".
  9. ^ "Secularism can't be protected without separating religion and politics: Yechury".
  10. ^ "CPI(M) plans 'secular front' take on BJP". The Economic Times. 9 February 2015.
  11. ^ "'New Developmentalism' and Left Mobilisation in Kerala". Economic and Political Weekly. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Party Programme". Communist Party of India (Marxist). The Communist Party inherited the progressive, anti-imperialist and revolutionary traditions of the Indian people.
  13. ^ "Left parties unite against imperialism". The Hindu. 2 September 2014.
  14. ^ "'US imperialism influencing Indian policies'". The Economic Times. May 2007.
  15. ^ "Everything changes but CPI(M) remains same". May 2012.

XYZ 250706 (talk) 13:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi XYZ 250706 (talk · contribs). Related previous discussion. This topic area is not one of my areas of my expertise and I am not familiar with many of these sources. I recommend asking for advice at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Cunard (talk) 02:15, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cunard Ok. Can you please check whether the sources in Draft:Vikram Singh (CPIM) enable the draft to pass GNG? XYZ 250706 (talk) 13:54, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi XYZ 250706 (talk · contribs). I am not familiar with the sources in this topic area. Previous concerns have been raised at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Paid reporting in Indian news organizations, so it would require someone very familiar with the sources in the topic area to give a definitive answer. I recommend asking the editors at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics for help reviewing the sources. Cunard (talk) 19:47, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you find the better and full text of:

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Camp, L. Sprague de (1947-03-29). "The Unwritten Classics". The Saturday Review. pp. 7–8

The current link I have (see found manuscript that I just stubbed) is to an archive that wiki system calls unreliable, and also, it seems the text is continued on p.25 not present in the source I found. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:55, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The only copy of the source I could find was from the The Unz Review, which likely is the same place you found the source. Cunard (talk) 23:08, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and more :)

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Thanks for the sources. The above request can be ignored. The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy has been written and DYKed and I'll start on The Dark Domain shortly. Can I ask you about another title - https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?415399 (A Polish Book of Monsters: Five Dark tales from Contemporary Poland)? I see some sources, but experience tells me you can find stuff I'd miss. No hurry :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:14, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Piotrus (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

  1. "Nota Bene". World Literature Today. Vol. 86, no. 1. January–February 2012. p. 75. doi:10.1353/wlt.2012.0246. ProQuest 916338171.

    The review notes: "A Polish Book of Monsters  Michael Kandel, ed. Piasa Books  Five contemporary Polish authors, each with a distinctive voice, are represented in this collection of newly translated stories of fantasy and science fiction. Every selection contains an "utterly convincing alien world that nonetheless refracts our own," with fantastical characters and themes of power, violence, and possession (Helena Goscilo). Through these themes, each author has penned a tale that predicts a sinister future."

  2. Zechenter, Katarzyna (September–December 2013). "Reviewed Work: A Polish Book of Monsters. Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland by Michael Kandel" (PDF). Canadian Slavonic Papers. Vol. 55, no. 3–4. pp. 505–506. doi:10.1080/00085006.2013.11092747. JSTOR 23617376. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-03-28.

    The review notes: "Despite its title, the five stories in this collection focus on the darkness of fictional space and time and not on modern Polish politics, which is a blessing for the reader. True, recent Polish politics can be truly dark, but that is of no concern to the authors of the stories: a physicist (Marek S. Huberath), a chemist (Andrzej Zimniak), an editor (Tomasz Kołodziejczak), and two writers (Andrzej Sapkowski and Jacek Dukaj) contributed to the volume and belong to different generations of Polish writers. The stories, mostly science fiction, are set either in the future or the past, but, while being disturbing, their significance goes beyond that of stories that fall within the tradition of the best-known Polish sci-fi writer, Stanislaw Lern. Michael Kandel, the translator and editor of the volume, is himself not only a skilful translator of Lem's novels, but also an author of well-received fiction anda nominee for the 2012 American Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards for this very volume."

  3. Wodzynski, Lukasz (2011-07-04). "A Polish Book of Monsters: Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland". Cosmopolitan Review. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2025-03-28.

    The review notes: "A recently published collection of short stories, “A Polish Book of Monsters. Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland,” edited and translated by Michael Kandel (who is a well-known translator of Stanisław Lem), is a modest but commendable attempt to introduce some of the most interesting samples of Polish fantasy and science fiction to English-speaking audiences. ... Even if not all of the stories in “A Polish Book of Monsters” are masterpieces, it is nonetheless a recommended reading for all who have appreciation for imaginative literature. Allegorical reading is required to fully appreciate some of these works, but they are certainly worth the time and effort. The only problem with this collection is that the title might be slightly misleading. Four of the five stories are more than a decade old and even though they were authored by the biggest names in Polish fantastic literature, their source is hardly “contemporary Poland.”"

  4. Froggatt, Michael (April 2012). "A Polish Book of Monsters: Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland. Edited and Translated by Michael Kandel". Slavonica. Vol. 18, no. 1. pp. 78–79. doi:10.1179/1361742712Z.0000000004. ISSN 1361-7427. EBSCOhost 79680617.

    The review notes: "Michael Kandel, in his introduction to this collection of fantastic short stories, asserts that there is something unique about Polish monsters. While the monsters of the Anglophone world— Frankenstein, Dracula, Freddy Kruger — may still bear traces of humanity, and evoke thereader’s pity, their core purpose remains ‘to make us gasp and scream’ (pp. xvii-xviii). The Polish monster is a far more ambivalent creature, as ‘the Polish mind, even in the throes of patriotism, observes that the line between good and evil, between human and monstrous, canbe perilously thin’ (p. xix). It is the essential tragedy of the monsters gathered here, combined with the themes of courage and betrayal running through these stories, that the editor claims make them distinctively Polish. ... One does not need to accept Kandel’s editorial assertion — the ‘American’ monster is them, while the Polish monster is us — to enjoy the stories he has collected here in support of his case. His translations succeed admirably in evoking five very different worlds and moods, and while the stories collected here vary in quality, they do present an intriguing cross-section of fantasy writing in Poland over the last twenty-five years."

  5. Little, Michael (January 2011). "Michael Kandel, ed. and trans. A Polish Book of Monsters: Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland (New York: PIASA Books, 2010). Pp. 273. ISBN: 978-0-940962-70-5". The Polish Review. Vol. 56, no. 4. pp. 442–445. JSTOR 41549986. EBSCOhost 106101.

    The review notes: "Viewing the monsters in this collection through the lens provided by the introduction, we see them reflect ourselves. Literary monsters provide us a means to examine our essential humanity a help us practice the ethics of seeing the human in others. With this wonderful collection, Michael Kandel has offered us a chance for multiple insights: into a literature and culture that we risk overlooking, into what that literature and culture can help us understand about our own literature, and into even ourselves and others."

  6. Lodge, Kirsten (September 2012). "Review Article: Recent Polish Literature: Fantasy, Time, and Intertwining Worlds". Slavic and East European Journal. 56 (3): 447–450. JSTOR 41698563. EBSCOhost 84426729.

    The review notes: "In addition to visionary fancy and a pessimistic tone, the stories in Kandel's anthology display a fascination with various different worlds and beings, war and post-war devastation,and memory and forgetting. Although the recently translated novels of Olga Tokarczuk and Magdalena Tulli are composed in an entirely different genre, they too share these concerns."

  7. Cordasco, Rachel S. (2021). Out of This World: Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-05291-0. Retrieved 2025-03-28 – via Google Books.

    The book notes: "A Polish Book of Monsters also demonstrates the richness of Polish fantastyka, albeit in just five stories, each by a well-known author."

  8. Dudzińskiego, Roberta; Płoszaj, Joanny, eds. (2016). Wiedźmin – polski fenomen popkultury. Wrocław: University of Wrocław. p. 183. ISBN 978-83-64863-05-9. Retrieved 2025-03-28 – via Google Books.

    The book notes: "Kandel's translation eventually found its way into a short story collection A Polish Book of Monsters. Five Dark Tales From Contemporary Poland, published under the auspices of the Polish Institute for Arts and Sciences of America, New York in 2010. The collection, edited and translated wholly by Kandel, downplays the game link completely, going instead for the 'promoting Polish culture' angle. It contains a selection of five stories by some of the most prominent Polish fantasy authors - Andrzej Sapkowski, Jacek Dukaj, Marek S. Huberath, Tomasz Kolodziejczak and Andrzej Zimniak. The translator provides a short bio for each author, a characterization of Poland, and a fantastically insightful introduction into the nature of Polish monsters, which in his opinion differ from the Western counterparts in that "they come from within"."

  9. Salich, Hannah (2015). "Spellmaker or the Witcher? Authorial Neologisms in Translation — Wiedźmin by Andrzej Sapkowski and Its Two Renditions Into English". In Aullón de Haro, Pedro; Silván, Alfonso (eds.). Translatio y Cultura [Translation and Culture] (in Spanish). Madrid: Dykinson. p. 455. ISBN 978-84-9085-647-5. Retrieved 2025-03-28 – via Internet Archive.

    The book notes: "As has already been mentioned, there are two English versions of the short story. The Witcher is a rendition by Danuta Stok first published in 2007 by Gollancz (UK) as a part of The Last Wish collection, and Spellmaker is a translation by Michael Kandel published in 2010 by PIASA Books (US) in A Polish Book of Monsters (along with short stories by Polish fantasy authors such as Marek Huberath, Tomasz Kotodziejezak, Andrzej Zimniak and Jacek Dukaj)."

Cunard (talk) 23:08, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cunard Thanks, I'll be using them shortly. Re The Dark Domain, I assume you were unable to find mentioned reviews by Robert M. Price for the Crypt of Cthulhu, and Douglas E. Winter for Worlds of Fantasy & Horror? See also my comments on talk of that article on sources. That said, I don't think it is a high priority, notability is clear, and it should be DYKable. I don't know if I'll feel like GAing that... so many other topics to work on. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:21, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was unable to find copies of the reviews by Robert M. Price in the Crypt of Cthulhu and Douglas E. Winter for Worlds of Fantasy & Horror. I recommend asking for the sources at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. Cunard (talk) 23:39, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another book, if you don't mind...

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I've finished the work on the Polish Book of Monsters. Here's another one, if you don't mind. This one seems to be not very visible, as it was published by a Polish small press, but it was intended for an English market: Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winner Anthology (2000). Anything you could locate would be much appreciated. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:28, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Piotrus (talk · contribs). Thank you for creating A Polish Book of Monsters! Here is the only source I found about Chosen by Fate:

  1. "International Books & Magazine Received". Locus. Vol. 63, no. 4 #483. April 2001. p. 71. Retrieved 2025-04-05 – via Internet Archive.

    The article notes: "Elzbieta Gepfert et al., eds. Anthology: Chosen by Fate (SuperNOWA Publishing 83-7054-142-9, 202pp, tp, cover by Tomasz Baginski) English translations of Zajdel Award-winning fiction by various Polish authors. Various, trans."

Cunard (talk) 23:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AFD

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Hi Cunard. If you get the chance, could you check and see if you can find anything for Rachel Ren, a Chinese-born synchronized swimmer at AFD? Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:26, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs). I've commented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachel Ren. Cunard (talk) 00:12, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you get the chance, could you also check out the PRODed articles Ng Sui and Chuan Hung-ping? Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:28, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs). Thank you for letting me know. I've expanded and added sources to Ng Sui and Chuan Hung-ping. Cunard (talk) 17:43, 11 May 2025 (U
Thank you for your thanks on the 2 redirected articles above. My main intention in making them (and all the other Olympic-related redirects) is exactly as you said, that is, to buy time for eventual further research, and I was very glad to hear that this had worked for you. Best wishes, Ingratis (talk) 08:29, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your work on this, Ingratis (talk · contribs), as the articles could have been deleted before I got to them. That would have led to more work in requesting undeletion to see the articles' contents before I expanded and sourced the articles. Please keep up your good work on these Olympic-related articles. Thank you! Cunard (talk) 00:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Could you check if there's anything on Zhao Wei (basketball), a 1988 basketball Olympian? Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:59, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've responded at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zhao Wei (basketball). Cunard (talk) 08:50, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How about Liu Xiaosheng, the Asian champion in the 400m, currently at AFD? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:12, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Many sources have been found at the AfD so I will abstain from it for now to save time. Cunard (talk) 06:04, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Behave's Mavericks suggestion

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Nice work on this. I just reviewed this and gave it a tick of approval. I do have one minor concern which you can feel free to ignore or address. I didn't want it to become a stumbling block at the DYK review so I didn't raise it there. There is a potential notability controversy that I could see being raised. The issue is with the lack of any sourcing from materials outside Las Vegas media. It's possible that some editors might perceive this article as failing WP:NEVENT due to lack of evidence that it passes WP:GEOSCOPE, WP:DIVERSE, and WP:LASTING. I write a lot on stage works, and I generally try to include reviews from outside the geographic area of the production in order to demonstrate wider notability. I encourage you to try to incorporate other types of sources if you can find them so as to avoid a potential problem while it's running on the main page. I would hope that a notability issue wouldn't be raised given the number of materials you have used, but as you know the wikipedia community isn't always predictable when it comes to evaluating notability in relation to event pages. Best.4meter4 (talk) 15:48, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 4meter4. Thank you for reviewing the article and for the note. I tried to find sources outside of the Las Vegas area but couldn't find any aside from a short article in Travel Weekly. I think another notability guideline that could be applied to the show is Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Audience says, "The source's audience must also be considered. Significant coverage in media with an international, national, or at least regional audience (e.g., the biggest daily newspaper in any US state) is a strong indication of notability." The show received significant coverage in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which is the "the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada", so the audience requirement is met even though both the show and the Las Vegas Review-Journal are based in Las Vegas. I agree that the Wikipedia community at AfD can be unpredictable, but I think the guideline supports retaining this article. Cunard (talk) 05:25, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs)! Cunard (talk) 06:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wen Chia-ling

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On 5 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wen Chia-ling, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wen Chia-ling, despite her family's initial opposition to her becoming an archer, helped Taiwan's team achieve its best-ever finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wen Chia-ling. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wen Chia-ling), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Song in the Clouds

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I've randomly stumbled upon it, added an unreferenced template, and rather than AfDing this mess, I am hitting you - I assume you can find some refs to save this :) Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here 10:02, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Piotrus (talk · contribs). Thank you for flagging this unsourced article about a Chinese historical romance novel. I've added some sources to the article to save this. Cunard (talk) 00:36, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Miss Behave's Mavericks

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On 23 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Miss Behave's Mavericks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Miss Behave's Mavericks, a Las Vegas variety show, urges audience members to toss balled up one-dollar bills at performers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Miss Behave's Mavericks. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Miss Behave's Mavericks), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:47, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for you!

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The Winnowing Fan Barnstar
For your great efforts and work in saving the noteworthy articles! HilssaMansen19 (talk) 16:16, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Cunard (talk) 23:31, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ng Sui

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On 25 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ng Sui, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that diver Ng Sui was the last Hong Kong Olympian to compete for Britain in an Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ng Sui. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ng Sui), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Formosa Chang

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On 31 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Formosa Chang, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Taiwanese restaurant chain Formosa Chang drew inspiration from McDonald's for its non-greasy atmosphere and corporate practices? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Formosa Chang. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Formosa Chang), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken Ranch Casino

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Didn't check in on the article lately after my AfD vote, but I definitely appreciate the rescue you did on it, great job! Nathannah • 📮 01:21, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the kind words about my work at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chicken Ranch Casino! Cunard (talk) 08:21, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ng Ka Yee

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On 13 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ng Ka Yee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sprinter Ng Ka Yee set four Hong Kong records in 1988 ahead of competing in that year's Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ng Ka Yee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ng Ka Yee), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

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Wow, that's a fantastic new hotel article, nice one! If you feel like improving a few existing hotel articles in the next three weeks you're welcome at Wikipedia:The World Destubathon. There is $100 for quality articles too. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:07, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the kind words about Thompson Seattle and for sharing about Wikipedia:The World Destubathon! Cunard (talk) 10:12, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Huyou Skits

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Hey, I just wanted to say I respect you from that AfD. The effort you put into finding a good solution that preserved a lot of the good information is admirable. You can remove this freely, just wanted to say it. - Ike Lek (talk) 17:59, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ike Lek (talk · contribs). Thank you for your kind words about my work at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huyou and for supporting this alternative to deletion to preserve this information! Cunard (talk) 04:40, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Capsule reviews

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I am going to try and avoid commenting further at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lip Service (2000 film) because I think I have made my point clearly, and I'll leave it to the discretion of the closer to consider the arguments. However, I'd respectfully point out that WP:NFILM explicitly disallows capsule reviews (A capsule review or mini review is a form of appraisal, usually associated with journalism, that offers a relatively short critique of a specified creative work (movie, music album, restaurant, painting, etc.). Capsule reviews generally appear in publications like newspapers and magazines and may be placed within the context of a cultural digest section of a publication.) as contributing to notability: Examples of coverage insufficient to fully establish notability include newspaper listings of screening times and venues, "capsule reviews", plot summaries without critical commentary, or listings in comprehensive film guides. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 05:29, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I stated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lip Service (2000 film) that the subject meets Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline and stand by that position. Cunard (talk) 06:26, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Thompson Seattle

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On 3 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thompson Seattle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thompson Seattle. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thompson Seattle), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question RE: Teenage Wasteland

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Can we just... do that? Delete a page and redirect it somewhere if it's not needed? MagicBilby (talk) 04:49, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MagicBilby. Regarding Teenage Wasteland (film), I redirected the film after you nominated it for proposed deletion under the guideline Wikipedia:Redirect#Redirects that replace previous articles per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion. Cunard (talk) 07:52, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chicken Ranch Casino

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On 5 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chicken Ranch Casino Resort, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was that the Chicken Ranch Bingo once showcased 600 arrowheads on a wall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chicken Ranch Casino. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chicken Ranch Casino Resort), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Schwede66 03:55, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted articles

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As long as you are still willing and able to help me out when you have the time, this will be my third and final large thread for restoring gaming biographical articles. :) While the first two threads dealt with some kind of draft, this one is not about drafts at all, but rather deleted articles. These first 12 were not actually deleted, but were instead just redirected, so we do have the opportunity to peek at the full contents of the article to see what can be done about restoring them. The first three of these were redirected due to AFD, and the other nine were simply redirected by the choice of one editor due to lack of sourcing.

Ford Ivey (redirected) - died in 2021, he was the founder of the NERO International organization for Live-Action Role-Playing (LARP) games [18] BOZ (talk) 13:35, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). In my searches for sources, I found this article in The Boston Globe (which was mentioned as the third source in the AfD nomination) and a passing mention in a book. Cunard (talk) 06:17, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks! :) I can at least replace the Highbeam link with the newspapers.com link, and the second one truly is a passing mention but it does verify a date; I can always try to revisit this one in the future. BOZ (talk) 12:46, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cassern S. Goto (redirected) AFD - (aka "C S Goto") he was the author of novels and short stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe [19]. His ISFDB page: [20] BOZ (talk) 13:44, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). In my searches for sources, I found only a passing mention in a book. Cunard (talk) 08:25, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK gotcha, thanks for checking. BOZ (talk) 12:10, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Gelber (game designer) (redirected) - he was the co-designer of Paranoia and was also known for the 2003 Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game [21]. BOZ (talk) 15:09, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are sources I found about the subject:

  1. Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6.

    The book notes: "Before coming to West End Games, Greg Costikyan had already been working on an RPG design called "Paranoia." The core ideas for the game came from friend Dan Gelber, who had created a computer-controlled world of dystopic adventure. He'd been running these stories of "Alpha Complex" for his local group when Costikyan —a long with long-time friend and former SPI co-worker Eric Goldberg — approached him about turning the setting into a professional product. ... Goldberg would later recount Gelber handing the two of them 10 or 11 pizza-stained pages that described Alpha Complex. Costikyan and Goldberg then set out to turn those ideas into a complete manuscript. ... Gelber, Costikyan, and Goldberg licensed Paranoia to West End Games for publication. Because the game wasn't designed in-house, the three retained ultimate ownership of the game — something that would be an important distinction several years down the road."

  2. Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.

    The book notes: "Paranoia (1984) — by Dan Gelber, Eric Goldberg, and Greg Costikyan — is a satirical game of near-future backstabbing under the oversight of The Computer. It was originally published by West End Games and is largely covered in their history. It made its way into the UK through GW reprints of the first edition (1986) and the second edition (1987), as well as an adventure compilation called Double Paranoia (1986)."

Cunard (talk) 05:01, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK great, thank you! :) That does add a little more. :) BOZ (talk) 05:10, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The rest of these first 12, then, were articles that were simply redirected by one editor who challenged the notability, so any sources you can find would help! :)

Layman Allen (redirected) - law professor who invented the logic game WFF 'N PROOF; article was redirected before his 2018 death - brief bio and list of his games: [22]. BOZ (talk) 05:26, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are sources I found about the subject:

Cunard (talk) 04:37, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thank you! :) That should be more than enough to make something out of that tiny stub, which I shall do tomorrow. Thank you as always! BOZ (talk) 05:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New drafts are always a thing, so do you see anything more for Draft:Shadi Torbey? A list with his 14 games credits: [23] BOZ (talk) 13:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Good articles" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Good articles has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 27 § Good articles until a consensus is reached. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:03, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Chinese-language sources

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Hey Cunard! I am graduating from uni, so I probably won't be able to be on Wikipedia as often. I promise I will return whenever I am available and will try to contribute to AFD. In case I am unable to contribute directly, I have written two essays: List of Hong Kong sources and List of Taiwanese sources, which are translated from the zhwiki’s list of perennial sources. Since I frequently encounter editors questioning certain Chinese-language sources during AFD discussions or article creation, I usually refer them to the zhwiki's list. But explaining and translating the source descriptions into English for each case takes quite a bit of time and effort. To streamline this, I decided to translate the list once and for all for future citation purposes. I have added anchors to each entry, so if someone wants to cite specific excerpts from Ming Pao or HK01, simply typing WP:HKRS#MingPao or WP:HKRS#HK01 is fine. Currently, I have only translated the entries for Hong Kong and Taiwanese sources, as enwiki has a much stricter stance on state-owned media, and the assessment of Chinese sources differs significantly between the two WikiProjects. I hope these essays can be useful in future scenarios and especially assist you in discussions. Thanks again for everything you have done on Wikipedia, Cunard, and happy editing!! —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 05:51, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Prince of Erebor (talk · contribs)! Congratulations on graduating from uni! This is a huge milestone and an exciting life change. I'm sure you will have lots of new opportunities and responsibilities keeping you busy. Thank you so much for your valuable contributions to Sinophone cinema articles. Your work has significantly improved a deeply underrepresented area of Wikipedia and has made a lasting impact. I, along with many other readers, are incredibly grateful to you for your quality work. Thank you for taking the time to translate the Chinese Wikipedia's list into List of Hong Kong sources and List of Taiwanese sources. These are invaluable resources that will be very helpful when discussing source reliability at AfD. I hope to see you around AfD whenever you have the time and inclination. Thank you again for all you've done and congratulations again! Cunard (talk) 07:55, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for your kind words and appreciation, Cunard! You are one of the best people I have met on Wikipedia. I wish you all the best in your life as well!! —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 10:44, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are one of the best people I have met on Wikipedia. – this means a lot, thank you! Please know that the feeling is mutual. Cunard (talk) 10:51, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A question

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What's your workflow for finding sources that satisfy the general notability guideline? Nighfidelity (talk) 01:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nighfidelity (talk · contribs). I answered a related question here about how I find sources. Please let me know if you have any questions. Cunard (talk) 01:14, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Alexandra Yeung

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On 22 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexandra Yeung, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that cyclist Alexandra Yeung raced with one hand during the final 20 kilometres (12 miles) of a race in the Himalayas, and still finished in second place? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexandra Yeung. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alexandra Yeung), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:08, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

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Hi Cunard, I know you are a maven with the notability guidelines, so I am asking for your advice. Through typing the wrong first time, I discovered the article Kyle McDonald. This page looks like PR fluff without any notable sources. However, when I search on Google News, there is a crumb of notable coverage (like 404 media) on some of the stuff he's made, but little on him.

Can you see if he fails WP:NARTIST? If he does, nominate him for deletion. Thanks. - -1ctinus📝🗨 19:13, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 1ctinus (talk · contribs). Thank you for the kind words and the note. The Wikipedia article includes this article in The Verge, this article in Colossal, and this article in Spectrum News. I also found a lengthy paragraph of coverage in this book and a lengthy profile of him and his work in the University of Lisbon publication CROMA. I think there is enough coverage in reliable sources for Kyle McDonald to meet Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria. Cunard (talk) 08:34, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Weaponology

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Hello @Cunard! The article you have contributed to, Weaponology, requires addition reliable sources for verifiability. I would also recommend archiving your talk page as there is lag when typing. Thank you and happy editing! 11WB (talk) 03:14, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 11wallisb (talk · contribs). I restored Weaponology with sources I had found after it was nominated for proposed deletion, deprodded, and then redirected. I agree that more sources are needed. My talk page is still fairly small. I usually let it get much longer before archiving it. Cunard (talk) 08:38, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Michael Watson (cyclist)

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Hello! Your submission of Michael Watson (cyclist) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Connormah (talk) 16:39, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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Extraordinary Achievement Award
Thank you for your hard work on various subjects and the way you present so many sources so convincingly. - E.—UX 12:42, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the kind words about my work at these literature AfDs and for your work on improving film, television, and literature articles! Cunard (talk) 04:49, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]