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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

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Sorry to bother

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I started work on sourcing the IWD article a little better and i am struggling to come up with how to actually source that May Day is celebrated in places like Ethiopia or Somalia. Would something like lonelyplanet do? Not really confident it would though, hence me asking. I used info from Air France, a german Telecom company and RTE (electricity company) to source the same info in other places, which i assume is acceptable? Otherwise i am just not sure what to look for to verify it, given i don't speak amharic lol. Any thoughts, pointers or hints on the matter would be appreciated. 91.248.136.141 (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind! Who would have thought that the federation of Somali trade unions has an english language website hahaha. And i found something for Ethiopia as well after an idea for new search terms. So... sorry to have bothered you. 91.248.136.141 (talk) 22:19, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming a title (of "U.S. intervention in Venezuela")

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Best greetings; I've created an article by the name of "U.S. intervention in Venezuela", but a user renamed its title to "Foreign involvement during the Venezuelan presidential crisis". Actually, although it was mentioned in AFD ([1]) (concerning the disagreement of the rename), --but-- he renamed it without surveying the view of others. Afterwards, I'd undo its change (to return it to its first title), but seemingly I hadn't/haven't such option to undo that. Hence, I appreciate your help --to solve the discussion (to return its first name). Ali Ahwazi (talk) 17:07, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ali Ahwazi: Have you discussed this with Jamez42? At the very least, this should be something brought up on the article talk page, perhaps involving people who were in the AFD, rather than pinging someone completely uninvolved. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 17:13, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Need help

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Hi, Howcheng. I need this portrait in original size, could you sent me the deleted version to pamyat at list.ru? thanks. --Алый Король (talk) 01:40, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

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UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

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Your comment plz

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I was working on this article and found some POV issues, which I then raised at WP:ERROR. Some users are repeatedly removing the POV tag, despite the ongoing discussion. I tried to express my objection in details, but would rather seek a comment by an un-involved experienced user before restoring the twice-removed POV tag. Can I have your input please? --Mhhossein talk 13:06, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Woohoo

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Source of Manufacture section in the Cream Cheese article

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Hello Howcheng, I was reading the Cream Cheese article recently and was left curious as to how exactly lowering the pH below the isoelectric point of the proteins would impact the coagulation. Being unable to find articles specifically on the subject and seeing that you were the first to add this kind of information to the page I was wondering if you had source or further readings on the subject. Thanks!

Mikidep (talk) 14:02, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mikidep: Sorry, I only got the information from a Wired magazine article myself. —howcheng {chat} 21:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back!

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Hi, Howcheng. Welcome back and I hope you enjoyed your vacation! Just so you know, I am working on July 18 as I write this message. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:20, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs: Thanks, I've got 3 weeks' worth of notes to write, so that's very helpful. —howcheng {chat} 21:21, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If you don't mind I would like to do the notes for the three days I did. It would be great learning experience. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:23, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's great, it would certainly help to have some more hands doing these updates. —howcheng {chat} 21:28, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Any concerns on 20 July? Any concerns at all? I am going to stay hands-off on 21 July and skip to 22 July, that is if you have no objections to me continue on. I am going to start doing two per day and get ahead of schedule like I believe you prefer. If you like what you have seen so far, I am happy to continue. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 19:39, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Sorry I didn't reply in time. You can keep going as long as you want. I did this every day for 8+ years so it's nice to not have to worry about it. Just let me know if you need me to step back in for any reason. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 15:25, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On this day

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John William Finn was born July 24 according to his article, but July 23 according to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 23. Art LaPella (talk) 06:08, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

August 1

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I proposed some changes to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 1, mostly because I wanted to see Herman Melville listed on his 200th birthday, and I just kept going. Please have a look and feel free to undo anything that's incorrect or which you don't think works. Jonathunder (talk) 23:00, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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OTD

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Thank you for allow me to do this for the past few weeks but I think I would like to stop doing it soon or take breaks so I don't burn out. I will continue until August 15. I have learned what a great amount of work you have done for the past few years. If you ever need another Wiki-break please don't hesitate to ask. It was fun and very educational! Maybe we can do a schedule where we alternate every other month. You take August 16 to September 15. I take September 16 to October 15, and so on. Up to you. Cheers.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 22:29, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for allowing me to extend my OTD vacation for a few more weeks! —howcheng {chat} 15:42, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's it for me. Be back to do this in September. August 1718 is the last one I updated. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 22:02, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to keep going. Feel free to tag back in, if you feel like it. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 07:56, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Coffeeandcrumbs: I was actually going to restart today but then my computer got caught in Windows update hell (it took 2 hours!!), so I couldn't do anything during that time. —howcheng {chat} 02:09, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Already working on August 20. You can do the notes and start on August 21. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 02:18, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, with help from another user, I have created a QUARRY-based system that allows me to find GA and FA-level articles to use for born/died section. So I am going to keep adding more eligible BIOs as we go, even on days that I am not updating fully. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 02:32, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs: Thanks for doing the births/deaths. That really saves me a lot of time. In fact, that was probably the section that took me the longest to do and thus was the biggest headache for me. If you are going to keep doing those, then I'm fine with doing the regular blurbs. Of course, if you want to jump in and do it, I'm not going to stop you either. :) —howcheng {chat} 16:40, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think we have struck a nice balance. I might throw some event blurbs into the eligible section now and then. Right now I am happy just doing the births/deaths. If I do any more it is going to be rescuing some ineligibles. I am also open to taking a couple of months a year to give you a break. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 18:16, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I discovered Louis XVIII of France when searching for birth dates but I think it is a waste to use the article for born/died. There is an ineligible blurb at Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 30 that you could use Louis XVIII article to rescue. Or another event blurb could be written. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:11, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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OTD of September

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I wonder if you present the probable problem with nominating these articles for OTD of September: one, the assassination of Mir Asadollah Madani for 11 September, second, the Battle of al-Harra for 26 August. Thanks!Saff V. (talk) 12:47, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)@Saff V.: I have been doing the OTD section recently and I would probably not include Mir Asadollah Madani and Event of Mubahala because they low quality articles. Battle of al-Harra is a great addition. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:06, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Aha, I hope to be successful in doing the OTD section and Thanks for a response quickly, But could you explain to me exactly problems cause low quality. especially about Event of Mubahala?Saff V. (talk) 13:26, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Event of Mubahala is a not that bad but there are several issues tagged. Look for where it is tagged with "[Citation needed]", "[Which?]", and "[Who?]".
Mir Asadollah Madani is very short and give almost no detailts about imam's life and career. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:35, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I get it and will give it try to solve the issues. Thanks!Saff V. (talk) 13:40, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Excuse me, but "I have been doing the OTD section recently"means that Howcheng will not be active in this section from now on.Am I right?Saff V. (talk) 05:53, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Saff V.: No, I'm still active. —howcheng {chat} 16:09, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I was removing mentioned issues of Event of Mubahala.Now is it ok to go for OTD of 26 August?Regards!Saff V. (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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1936 Naval Revolt on OTD

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Just an FYI, Howcheng: I took 1936 Naval Revolt off OTD for Sept.9th. It was pointed out on WP:ERRORS that the articles says this revolt took place on Sept.8th. I've swapped in 1493 Battle of Krbava Field to fill that spot on OTD for now. Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:21, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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On this day

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At the bottom of Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 6, Ri Ul-sol died on November 7 not 6, according to that article and its reference. Art LaPella (talk) 04:47, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another On This Day

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At the bottom of Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 7, Paul Sandby died November 9 not 7, according to that article. Art LaPella (talk) 01:17, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Art LaPella,  Fixed --- Coffeeandcrumbs 01:36, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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DYK for Lucia Visconti

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On 21 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lucia Visconti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the unpaid dowry owed by Lucia Visconti's family upon her marriage to Edmund Holland remained a source of friction between England and Milan for more than 60 years after her death? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lucia Visconti. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lucia Visconti), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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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Suvorov

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I'm not sure if we should change the 1729 date, but for Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 24, the Alexander Suvorov article uses both 1729 and 1730 for his birth, several times each. Art LaPella (talk) 05:29, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK I moved him to May 18 (death date). —howcheng {chat} 06:50, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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OTD question

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Hi Howcheng - I saw you update the article history for German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, which spurred me to go look at the OTD entry for the article (I hadn't noticed it was there yesterday) - anyway, the line needs to be corrected (it states the ship suffered "heavy damage" but that's not accurate) but I don't really want to spend the time necessary to navigate the labyrinthine maze of templates. I'm guessing you know your way around the OTD setup better than I do, so could you point me in the right direction? Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 16:56, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Parsecboy: It's Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 17. Please edit as necessary. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:58, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll go fix it. Parsecboy (talk) 17:03, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Euphronios Krater

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I've moved this back. This is a proper name for a specific vase, not the others attributed to him. See WP:VAMOS also. Johnbod (talk) 18:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnbod: No problem. The only thing is, the article always refers to it as the "Euphronios krater", so that probably should be corrected. —howcheng {chat} 18:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed - I'll look at that. Obviously it is "the krater" in running prose. Johnbod (talk) 18:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could I ask you to be more careful?

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My last two consecutive article edits have been to clean up unfortunate typos from your edits. This and this. Think about that. I'm just looking at articles in my favorite sections DYK and OTD and I come across goofs twice consecutively by one editor? For that to happen, what rate of errors are you committing?

It is a pet peeve of mine that 'experienced' editors seem to not use "Show preview"? When I see "300December" and "desribes" I can only believe that is true, and perhaps due to too much hurry? Shenme (talk) 01:38, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The difference between sex and gender.

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Hi

It appears you do not understand the difference between sex (i.e male and female, a biological construct) and that of gender identity. Th Wiki is not about gender identity, it is about the male and female sex. Hence it is *sex and not gender. Male and female, this is where we get sex, heterosexual, sex-equality, sexism etc from. Gender has nothing to do with it and I made clear the two things should not be confused.

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Non-free use of File:Pepsi targeted ad 1940s.jpg

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Thank you for uploading File:Pepsi targeted ad 1940s.jpg. However, there is a concern that the use of the image on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. Details of this problem, and which specific criteria that the image may not meet, can be obtained by going to the image description page. If you feel that this image does meet those criteria, please place a note on the image description or talk page explaining why. Do not remove the {{di-fails NFCC}} tag itself.

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Hello again! I've highlighted a sentence which you violated so you know.Jonteemil (talk) 17:15, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You may not be aware of this, but I'm one the people who wrote NFCC#8, so I'm very familiar with how it works, although I must admit it has been many years since I have done enforcement of it. However, I agree that the article was used in too many places, so I've limited it to Pepsi and Edward F. Boyd, where it's the most relevant. —howcheng {chat} 20:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I was not aware of that. Good that you limited its use. Cheers.Jonteemil (talk) 23:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries

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I see that you reverted 17 of my edits to "Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries" pages. I admit that in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 27 I messed up when I dropped the y in livery. Other than that, I believe my changes are correct in that they removed bogus image options lint errors. My changes also improved the displayed captions. For example, Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 26, the right-most image caption improved from "border=yes" to "B&O Royal Blue". In other examples, I prevented bad line breaks. Your edit summary each time was "there's a reason for this". Kindly let me know the reason(s) that applied to the 17 reversions (other than, of course, misspelling "livery"). (I am glad to see that you did not revert my edit to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 14, where the lint error I fixed was fostered content.) Cheers ... —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:42, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomalocaris: Sorry, but I really don't care about lint errors. The point is not to make the gallery viewable for readers; it's to make it easier to update the events that are displayed. What you call "bogus image options" are actually parameters for the {{main page image}} template, which is used to display the image. This makes it possible to then just cut & paste the line into the template. If we were to use proper image gallery syntax, then that's just more work to prep the day's blurbs (see [3]). Thus, please leave those as-is. Thank you. —howcheng {chat} 06:55, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
What am I supposed to see in the "see" link?
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Lines 7 and 13 show how I was able to cut/paste the line from the gallery; the other part of that is farther down the page: {{main page image|File:Traian Vuia aircraft.jpg|Traian Vuia's monoplane|width=x137}} → {{main page image|File:Bouvet capsizing March 18 1915 (cropped).jpg|The French battleship ''Bouvet'' capsizing|title=The French battleship Bouvet capsizes after striking a mine during the Battle of Gallipoli.|width=175}}
Lint errors are a serious problem in Wikipedia, and one tiny lint error on a page can cause the rest of the page following to display with incorrect indentation, color, or font size. Therefore, I hope when you say "I really don't care about lint errors" you mean, "I really don't care about lint errors for pages that are used as scratchpads for other pages; of course I do care about lint errors on actual production pages."
Again, my apologies for not being clearer. Yes, that is exactly what I meant.
Please explain the purpose of "title=" and why it appears sometimes and not other times.
Please explain the purpose of "border=yes".
Please explain the purpose of "|width=100" and "width=x137". Can these both be right? —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:49, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
For those, please see the template documentation, although I'm not exactly sure how the x137 syntax works (User:David Levy is the one who usually uses that). Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 18:00, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Refimprove

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Hi. I removed the refimprove section tag on Book of the Law, it seemed fine. Am I missing something there? The section is well in need of a paragraph break or two though. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:29, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Randy Kryn: That big long paragraph only has one footnote, right at the beginning. Thus, the tag. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 22:33, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
When I talk to people about editing Wikipedia they seem hesitant to even attempt to do it, like putting your footprint in new cement or something. So I usually use the example of paragraph breaks, "just find a too-long paragraph and put a break in there". That one is a doozy of a text wall, so good catch. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:36, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
p.s. looks like Regardie's quotes in the long graph (I've added one break) are probably from the same source referenced. Putting it near the start was likely some editors way of referencing the quote bank. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Births

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At Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 14, the Arthur Matthew Weld Downing article says April 13, not 14. Art LaPella (talk) 04:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wilfrid

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I did not know what to do with this eligible article. I was think as feast day on April 24 but I thought I would leave it up to you. It is well sourced but there is a bit of confusion about the feast day. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 01:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC) @Coffeeandcrumbs: I'm afraid we can't use it, then. I can deal with ambiguity about the year (c.f. Mariah Carey) but not the actual date. —howcheng {chat} 15:55, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please, add the article of Treaty of Trianon (1920) to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 4 because of its centenary today. --Norden1990 (talk) 22:24, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! --Norden1990 (talk) 22:50, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Jeannette Expedition of 1879–81

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Hi, Howcheng. I'm a little confused with the dates. Do you mean June or July? 1879 or 1881? I can go fix Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 13 and Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 13 myself, but I thought I should check with you first. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 23:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: I'm not sure why I thought the sinking was on July 13. Please feel free to fix it. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 02:54, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's now back on the June 13th OTD/SA template. Thanks, Howcheng. --PFHLai (talk) 08:03, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Selected anniversaries for September 8

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Hello Howcheng, I would really appreciated if you could add the article Huey Long to the Selected anniversaries for September 8. It was delisted for this year due to atrocious references. In the past month, I've done a lot of work and I think I'll actually be able to nominate for GA in another week of editing. On top of that, this year is also the 85 anniversary of his shooting. Thanks! ~ HAL333 18:11, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@HAL333: 85th anniversary doesn't have get any special treatment, unfortunately. If the GA passes, are you planning to put in for a DYK appearance? If so, that would disqualify him from OTD year. At any rate, I won't be touching that page until a few days prior, so if you do get to a good point, your best bet is to leave a note on the talk page so that I'll see it when I do the update. Thanks and good luck! —howcheng {chat} 18:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks! ~ HAL333 18:30, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Helen Mirren

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Hi, Howcheng. Just an FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Mirren&diff=968513948&oldid=968439307 Your {refimprove} got reverted, too. --PFHLai (talk) 06:01, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if I run it, you can be sure TRM is going to flag it. —howcheng {chat} 06:43, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I know... --PFHLai (talk) 13:05, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Obama

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Hi, Howcheng. Do you mean that Obama is better on MainPage for the 13th anniversary of his becoming POTUS than on his 60th birthday? I prefer anniversaries with nice round numbers, if available. Oh, well... it's okay. --PFHLai (talk) 21:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: No, just that people don't normally get to appear for birth/death anniversaries if they are already in a regular blurb. We also might make an exception for really significant birth dates like centennials. Also, it seems that putting him in this year might seem like a political statement, so I don't think he'll make an appearance until next year at the earliest. —howcheng {chat} 04:17, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that was indeed for next year. Note my edit summary. Not a 100th, though. --PFHLai (talk) 11:57, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Selected anniversaries for August 9

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Hello. I saw the changes that you made to the selected anniversaries for August 9, which will be shown on the Main Page in a few days' time. I do not know if the selection of blurbs among those that are in the staging area is random (aside from the restrictions), but my attempt to change some of those was reverted. I did see that my edit resulted in that page having too many 20th century events, but it had already happened at least once, such as in 2018. Was that a valid excuse for the revert? Also, do you think the use of the word cheers (in a probably inappropriate use) in the edit summary might have qualified as a breach of a now-vacated motion?

I would have wanted to have the anniversaries for the Fat Man bomb and the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia displayed on the Main Page, as those events are celebrating their 75th and 55th anniversaries respectively this year. Would it be possible to exempt this year (and not again until the 100th anniversary) from the restriction that the anniversaries for Little Boy and Fat Man should not appear in the same year? Thanks. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 17:36, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@LSGH: Nagasaki unfortunately will always live in the shadow of Hiroshima. If they didn't happen so close in succession, that might be a different story. As for Singapore, the Picture of the Day for August 9 is about Singapore, and it is longstanding custom that we don't duplicate content between sections of the Main Page, so that one is a non-starter. Additionally, 55 is not an anniversary that gets priority: it's multiples of 10 when less than 100 years old, and multiples of 25 for older than 100 years. Articles are not chosen at random. I make an effort to maintain variety in chronology, location, and topic, but sometimes it's just not possible. Please see WP:Selected anniversaries#When guidelines conflict for more details. Lastly, I think you're stretching a bit to find that in violation of anything. It seems to be a perfectly normal British greeting to me. —howcheng {chat} 02:51, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I get it now. The two bombs served a very similar purpose anyway. And yes, a lot of other editors use that word when participating in discussions, though they would normally use it as part of a positive or helpful reply. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 05:20, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hit the road, Jack!

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Hi, Howcheng. If interested, Percy Mayfield's 100th birthday is coming up on August 12th. He wrote this song, and many others. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 15:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Howcheng, for fixing the referencing on Percy Mayfield's wikipage. I just found out about AllMusic, and then found out you have gotten everything fixed already. Thank you. Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 10:10, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Project Thread on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 14

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Hi, Howcheng. There are quite a few broken links used as references in this article. Some broken links are re-used quite a few times. It looks worrisome. I don't think this can be easily fixed. I'm taking this anniversary off SA/OTD for now. Could you pick another item to replace it, please? Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 00:00, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Howcheng, I hope you don't mind me messaging you here - I see you are the person who updates the 11 September OTD most frequently. Rather short notice but I was wondering if Batu Lintang camp could be added for tomorrow - it's the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp in 1945 at the end of WW2. In the selected anniversaries edit box it says it has an unsourced section - I have just been through that section in the Batu Lintang page and added the refs, but can't removed the unsourced warning from the OTD box. Thanks! Jasper33 (talk) 12:23, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jasper33:  Done 16:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Howcheng, much appreciated. Jasper33 (talk) 07:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Shouldn't Last use of capital punishment in Spain be in the omitted notes for both 2019 and 2020? Valenciano (talk) 13:02, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Valenciano: No, the meaning of "omitted" here means "was taken out of rotation" or "moved from active to inactive status". —howcheng {chat} 15:27, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Got it, thanks, was just wondering. Good job on those pages by the way. Valenciano (talk) 15:42, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Beethoven's 250th

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Hi, Howcheng. I'm not sure if there are any plans for Beethoven 250th birthday to be featured on MainPage. There is no official record of his birth. He was baptised on December 17th. Shall we have this on the SA/OTD template? It's neither a birth nor a death, so I don't know what the format should be. Any thoughts, please? Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 20:59, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We are OK with baptized dates I think. —howcheng {chat} 21:19, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'll ask on Template talk:Born and died list to see if baptism can be included in that template. --PFHLai (talk) 05:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Howcheng, the page is listed as ineligible in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 14. Do you know what it's meant by "too detailed"? --Mhhossein talk 16:11, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein: If you look at the page last year, there was a {{too detailed}} tag on it. —howcheng {chat} 02:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey I noticed you were the one who added a copy editing tag to the article on mathematician Brook Taylor for "cleaning up the stilted language of the original Britannica article." I went through and did some minor edits, but I couldn't determine why you added the tag in the first place, or if my edits fixed the problem. (This is the version you flagged by the way, and this is the current version). I'd appreciate some clarification if you have the chance. Cheers. Fredlesaltique (talk) 08:18, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Howcheng. I recently created the page Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities, which is about a Romanian holiday celebrated on 24 January. I created it with the intention of adding it later to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 24, but I didn't know that I can't edit a selected anniversaries page if it will be shown tomorrow. Since you seem to be the most engaged person on the subject of selected anniversaries, is it possible for you to add this holiday at January 24's selected anniversaries? There is no holiday featured yet from what I see. I would appreciate if you did this but I also understand if this request is rejected or ignored as I am asking for a last minute change to an important page. Regards. Super Ψ Dro 23:21, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Super Dromaeosaurus: So sorry, I wasn't on wiki for a day so I missed your message. We'll have to put it in for next year. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 08:06, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I guess it was just bad luck. Don't worry about it. Super Ψ Dro 09:14, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Footnote 21 in Siege of Kaifeng (1232)

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Hi, Howcheng. I see that you have reverted my edit in the SA/OTD template for Feb. 26th with a note saying "footnote 21 ("Siege of Kaifeng" section)". May I ask if you plan to insert this footnote, please? The date currently appears in that section of the article, but that sentence with the footnote and the date is not related to the hook on the SA/OTD template. I don't have the book to check, so I cannot insert the footnote myself to a sentence related to the hook material. Please advise. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 20:55, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: Ah you're right. I rewrote the blurb to sync with the article. —howcheng {chat} 21:18, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Howcheng. Thank you for your quick response on the SA/OTD template. I should let you know that I am going to make further changes there. I have done more digging and was fortunate enough to find an online version of the ref for footnote 21 here. Accordingly, Feb. 26th, 1233 was not the date the emperor left town, but the date he reached the destination GuiDe; considering the means required for transportation back then, he must have left earlier than that. A few lines further down in that same paragraph in the ref, it says the invaders were allowed into the city on May 29th. I think the original blurb can still be used, but on the SA/OTD template for May 29th, instead of Feb. 26th. I shall start moving things to the "new" date after this edit here on your talkpage. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 02:35, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting inputs & help

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Greetings,

Lot many events like Women's protest March do take place on International Women's Day, amongst them, since 2018 Pakistan women take out Aurat March and is leading to substantial social discourse in Pakistan, with substantial media coverage.

Earlier I requested help to see if Aurat March and/or International Women's Day can be nominated Wikipedia main page 'Ongoing' sub section of Wikipedia:In the news section ?

The Rambling Man suggested me to seek your inputs whether it would be better idea to include Aurat March and/or International Women's Day at WP:Selected anniversaries than WP:ITNC.

Please do guide.

Thanks and regards

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@Bookku: IWD has been included every year for many years. Aurat March looks to be good quality so we can also add it. —howcheng {chat} 05:19, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Howcheng, just a heads up that I think you missed a closing "noinclude" tag when you updated tomorrow's OTD, which I think would have caused it not to appear on the main page correctly. Luckily I just happened to glance at WP:Main Page/Tomorrow and spotted that the OTD was missing. I think I've fixed it, but if you see any issues then do let me know. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 18. The Ippolita Maria Sforza article has conflicting birth years, 1445 and 1446, and the reference is offline. [[User:|Art LaPella]] (talk) 05:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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On the Lise de Baissac article I rolled back your edits because you changed the footnote O'Connor 2012 to O'Connor 2016 which is incorrect as it refers to the wrong O'Connor book. That's understandable on your part as the wrong O'Connor book is listed in the bibliography. So, I have made the appropriate changes in the bibliography and notes to get the O'Connor references correct.

However, my rollback seems to have had an unintended consequence. The footnotes related to Binney, 2003 have a weird error message in red as follows: Binney 2003, p. 141. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFBinney2003 (help). I don't perceive what the problem is and a search on Wikipedia help didn't enlighten me. Can you help or explain? Thanks. Smallchief (talk) 08:51, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Howard Cheng,

I have placed the article about the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman in the Staging area of the Selected_anniversaries/September_1 page. Actually I am unsure who is checking newly proposed articles and sorting them into the sections Elegible and Ineligible. Now there are six articles instead of the regular five are and so I would like to apologize for causing the trouble with that single article. At least it would be nice if the article about the rescue would appear at the 1st of September 2023 because than it´s the 50th year anniversary.

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@Yeti-Hunter: I do the most of the initial work and then there other eyes on it before it hits the Main Page. Thanks for your contribution! —howcheng {chat} 15:32, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I thought we discussed this last year. Can we drop this non-event for this year and all of the succeeding years? December 30 was inauguration day in the Philippines from 1949 to 1969. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:36, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck: ??? But I did that based on your suggestion. It seemed to me like you wanted to highlight the second inauguration instead. —howcheng {chat} 17:51, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I asked "What make this more significant than his inauguration 4 years later so that we can highlight Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos?" I did not suggest to replace it with Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.
Seriously, what's the Marcosphilism? Don't foreigners know other Philippine presidents other than Marcos? (I suppose so!) December 30 comes in the Philippines, and nobody remembers, "Oh, this was when Marcos/Macapagal/Garcia/Magsaysay/Quirino/Quezon was inaugurated!" Old chap Manuel L. Quezon was inaugurated in the middle of World War II in what is basically the sewers. (I'm not asking you to replace this with that one in 2022.) You're not even linking to the actual inauguration article. The article you linked to just had one pitiful sentence about the inauguration; I don't even know if that was cited on the reference on the next sentence. Howard the Duck (talk) 18:04, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I misunderstood then. But the inauguration article itself is unusable because it's an unreferenced stub. As for the interest in Marcos, the dude ruled the country for over 20 years, so like it or not that makes him extremely significant to modern Philippine history. And we do have other Philippine articles on OTD, so it's not like this is the only thing we're presenting about Philippine history to our readers. —howcheng {chat} 18:17, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's understood, but for Marcosphiles and Marcosphobes, December 30 isn't one of the days you'd celebrate or condemn. As I've said last year, there are plenty of other Marcos-related stuff rather than a routine inauguration. Post something most presidents don't do.
Also, if we're highlighting the inauguration, it's a bad cop-out -- and for someone who's been basically handling OTD pages you should know this -- as the boldfaced link alludes to an event that's barely spoken about the article itself. If you'd want highlight the second inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos, boldface that, not... this. Otherwise, find something else. Howard the Duck (talk) 21:16, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with your interpretation of the rules (I mean, I did write them). But if you're really concerned, you should bring it up at Talk:Main Page to see if there's consensus. —howcheng {chat} 09:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Is there anything I have to do to remove these nonevent (first and second inaugurations) in OTD for 2022? I've already removed it on December 30. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:22, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Date of death

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In Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 3, Bohemond I of Antioch died March 5 or 7 according to that article, not March 3. Art LaPella (talk) 05:10, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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75th anniversary of Operation Big Bang on April 18

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I have rushed a translation from German and hoped to have cleared up a few metric ton issues. Would you still consider this for tomorrow? --Aeroid (talk) 20:21, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Aeroid: Hi, I didn't see this until now, so it's a little late. However, there are couple of problems with the article: the second paragraph in the "Blasting" section does not have any citations, and the "Background" and "Results" sections could also use a few more footnotes. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 01:03, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Can we include Asir Adrawi on 20 May's OTD appearance? Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 18:08, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@AafiOnMobile: The quality looks good to me. Go ahead and put it in. Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 18:09, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Given your response, I added Asir Adrawi to 20 May, Faizul Waheed to 1 June, Taha Karaan to 11 June and Ebrahim Desai to 15 July staging areas. I'll see few other names from articles that I've created or improved. Regards, ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:28, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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2022 May 18 - OTD

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Was wondering if Bath School disaster might be included in OTD this year. Previous OTD appearances were 2013 & 2017 and it was TFA for May 18th in 2020 so it hasn't been seen in OTD for 5 years. Thx, Shearonink (talk) 15:52, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Shearonink: Seems like that should be good this year. There's no other events with a round-number anniversary that might force its omission. —howcheng {chat} 16:43, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lol I missed that it was a round-number anniversary...wow, 95 years ago. Btw, Irene Dunham, the last Bath School student from the day of the disaster just died earlier this month. She had missed school that day because of a sore throat... Shearonink (talk) 18:04, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Way in advance but OTD question about Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 11

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Last year I improved Mountain Meadows Massacre enough for it to achieve WP:GA status. It's been listed in the OTD section before but hasn't appeared since 2011. I realized recently (after I had added the Massacre article back into the September 11 OTD a while back) that there are now two US OTD entries from the 1850s (Christiana Riots + the Massacre article) now listed and that probably won't fly. I was thinking it might be appropriate for the Massacre article to appear again, especially in light of the Under the Banner of Heaven/Andrew Garfield-FX on Hulu TV series that's been in the news recently. (I confess I haven't been watching it but the book the series is based on includes extensive coverage of the Massacre.) Anyway, wanted to get your thoughts, etc. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 17:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Shearonink: Christiana Riot was on last year, so I'll be sure to cycle that one out when I actually do the updates. Looking at the other available articles, September 11 seems to have a lot of US-related ones, which means all of them are competing with each other to get featured. As a side note, I tried to feature Alexander Hamilton one year because the musical was just released on Disney+ at the same time, but someone else foiled my plans on that because they weren't aware of the connection. :( —howcheng {chat} 22:35, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Heh I was thinking maybe it might be time for the Japan/murder/genitals article to be rotated out? I'm going to take a look at the eligible OTD articles and see if I can't come up with a new diverse mix. Shearonink (talk) 15:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I seem to have mixed-up my dates on the Japanese murder... Sada Abe is May 18th. Shearonink (talk) 15:26, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I swapped out the Christiana riot for a France/Catholic Church event from the 1200's - I think the Sept 11th OTD diversity is pretty good in this version. Shearonink (talk) 15:53, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Shearonink: Thanks, but I am still going to rotate other articles in when we get closer to the date. We try not to have repeats when they're not necessary. —howcheng {chat} 18:24, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ah ok, thanks for the reply. Shearonink (talk) 04:09, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Re Global Accessibility Awareness Day primary source

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I wasn't sure about adding it either, so I started a discussion on WP:HELPDESK#Query on when to use a primary source KaraLG84 (talk) 22:04, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Lakh crore

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Template:Lakh crore has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:50, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OTD stats question

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I've been keeping an eye on Bath School disaster stats and it received a jump in pageviews on/around May 18th (over 25K the day of). Is there a template or something for this when an article appears in OTD? Or is my faulty memory porting something in from DYK/Main Page FA/whatever...? I think I'm thinking of Top 25 or something like that. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 19:18, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Shearonink: AnomieBOT will add one to the article talk page (or reuse it if already exists), or add it to the Article Milestones template, as it did here. —howcheng {chat} 00:51, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to if there was a bot that did a pageviews template... yeah I knew about the milestones thingy...that is so nice :). Shearonink (talk) 02:11, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know of one. —howcheng {chat} 06:43, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Death date

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At Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 22, Constantine X Doukas died May 23 not May 22, according to his article. Art LaPella (talk) 02:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just changed that myself, and this is the first time I have ever made such a change. Art LaPella (talk) 01:41, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June 13

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How do I add: * 1973 - Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the Los Angeles Dodgers for first time, going on to set the record of staying together for 8 ½ years[1]

References

  1. ^ "This Day In Dodgers History: Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Bill Russell Begin Streak As 'Longest Running Infield'". Dodger Blue.

Thanks. --evrik (talk) 01:23, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GAAD and your help

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Hi, thanks for your help of making GAAD article ready for “On This Day” section. Would it be ok for you to a) be mentioned when talking about featuring the event there and b) use your full name? Disclosure, I'm FTE for the Wikimedia Foundation and also part of the Wikimedia Accessibility User Group. Thanks again, Volker E. (WMF) (talk) 05:33, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but be sure that the other editors get the full credit. My involvement was very minimal. —howcheng {chat} 06:46, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Where are On This Day entries discussed?

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Before you post... or do you unilaterally decide what to post and the blurbs attached? Please guide me. Thank you! QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 14:51, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@QueensanditsCrazy: There is no discussion, but I'm not a dictator: anyone is free to participate. However, entries may get overruled due to quality issues, or milestone anniversaries getting priority, which then may force a reshuffling in order to maintain diversity in years, location, and/or topic. We strive to minimize the bureaucracy surrounding the process. —howcheng {chat} 16:09, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I see, thank you! I have some complaints/suggestions to make, should I make them here or at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 5 ? QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 16:33, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The OTD talk page is best. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 06:34, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Carl Karcher article changes

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Just a comment on the changes you made to this article. The image does not fit in the infobox. It would be better in the article under the Restaurant business section. I can see the hot dog cart and the building better than Carl, himself. The previous image or another photo of Carl image would be better for the infobox. Also, the image description on the Wikimedia Media Commons should be noted as former Karcher headquarters. The headquarters no longer exist in Anaheim when the company was sold and moved to Tennessee.

Just a comment. Msw1002 (talk) 07:43, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Msw1002: I get that, but the non-free content criteria mandate that we cannot use a non-free image when a free alternative exists, even when the free one is of lower quality. —howcheng {chat} 00:39, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year, Howcheng!

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Help with "On this day"

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I've been hoping to get an article I've written mentioned in WP:Selected anniversaries for a while, but I'm not quite clear on what the process for this is supposed to be. I see that you've been doing them the last few years, so you seem like the person to ask. If I have a couple entries for this month (Island No. 2, which I've put on the page for January 19, and Chain Island, which I've put on the page for Januar 26), should I do anything extra to make sure one of them gets run? If both of those days' queues are full for this year, of course, I can try to find something else. I remember about a year ago I tried to follow the instructions and just add stuff to a day, and it just got removed before publication because I'd put it in the wrong place or something. jp×g 21:41, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JPxG: I'm actually not involved anymore. It's obviously too late for Jan 19, but you can just add Chain Island directly to WP:Selected anniversaries/January 26 yourself. When the Jan 19 page becomes unprotected in a few days, you can add Island No. 2 to that page as well. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 19:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clarification tag

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Per the source [4]: "The Rangers burned the first year of Kreider's three-year entry-level just by having him practice." HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 16:59, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: I saw that in the source, but what does it actually mean? —holly {chat} 20:22, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
They used up a year of his contract so they have to renew his contract sooner. So instead of renewing it in three years, it's now two. It's something that got changed with the new CBA. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:39, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
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National Historic Lookout Register

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I was looking at National Historic Lookout Register. If we bring it up to 1900 characters, it would qualify under a 5x expansion. As an aside, if I were a data guy, I would figure out how to upload all the data from this website nhlr.org/lookouts/number to wikidata. --evrik (talk) 19:29, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik: I looked into adding a new property to Wikidata for Los Angeles Cultural Historic ID numbers and I couldn't make heads nor tails of the instructions. —holly {chat} 22:33, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to Selected anniversary

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Hi! I'm Pbritti, and I've thought about proposing something be added to the "On this day" section for a while. With my most recent article creation, Book of Common Prayer (1559), I feel like I have a good suggested blurb for June 24. However, I'm not exactly confident I fully understand the rules and eligibility requirements. Before I go screwing anything up, I wanted to make sure someone who knows what they're doing is watching me and can revert me quickly if I do make a mistake. Thanks! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:16, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pbritti: Just stick it in the staging area. Someone will come around and vet it and/or clean it up if necessary. Thanks for contributing! —holly {chat} 22:31, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome. Thanks! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:37, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gordon Coutts

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On 12 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gordon Coutts, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Scottish painter Gordon Coutts left Australia without paying maintenance to his estranged wife, but was arrested in New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gordon Coutts. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gordon Coutts), 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.

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Wrong photo for David Laventhol

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Hello Holly

Just letting you know I reversed your edit of a photo for David Laventhol, as that photo is actually of Tom Johnson (journalist). Tom was the publisher of the LA Times before David.

The photo you uploaded is mislabelled at the UCLA archive. I'm also writing to them to get it corrected.

For clarity, I'm a close relative of David and so quite certain what he looked like!

Kind regards,

Jonathan Laventhol (talk) 20:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonathan Laventhol: Thank you! —holly {chat} 06:25, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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User:V.B.Speranza and MOS:TERRORIST

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The user edited the Hezbollah page thus. I attempted to engage him in discussion, but he simply deleted my entry on his Talk page and reverted my revert.-- Orgullomoore (talk) 21:51, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I gave you the sources and proof that more then half the countries consider Hezbollah as a terrorist group, you left a message in my talk page which I decided to delete since it served no purpose once I reverted your edit V.B.Speranza (talk) 21:55, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Boys, take it to the article talk page. Not sure why I need to get involved, especially seeing as how I'm semi-retired. —holly {chat} 21:56, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Howcheng. I'm happy to take it to the talk page, but it seemed to me like V.B.Speranza would ignore it based on how quickly he deleted my message on his talk page and how quickly he reverted my revert. I singled you out based on the WP:ANI's advice to skip the drama and find an active admin ("Want to skip the drama? Check the Recently Active Admins list for admins who may be able to help directly."). I didn't realize you were semi-retired.--Orgullomoore (talk) 21:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Orgullomoore: Even in my more active days, I'm more of a mop admin than a referee admin. —holly {chat} 22:04, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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Signature

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Thanks!!

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Thanks for adding a public domain photo for Swim Coach Peter Daland. He was one of the greatest swim coaches of the late 20th century, and a Hall of Famer. He even helped start Swimmer Magazine!!! Thanks again!!!!! At USC, he had many, many NCAA championships, even beat Indiana after Mark Spitz. Dcw2003 (talk) D. Wasserman Dcw2003 (talk) 22:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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LA Meetup: February 17, 2024

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LA Wildfire edit-a-thons January 26 and February 2

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In response to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, WikiLA has organized three edit-a-thons to create or improve articles about the historically, culturally, and/or architecturally significant structures that were destroyed or damaged during the fires, and the organizations and entities that stepped up to help. Please join us.


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  • Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
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Good article reassessment for Eilley Bowers

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Article Tone

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Please give examples of why an article could be flagged for "Inappropriate Tone". Thepublicschoolmusician (talk) 09:22, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
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Invitation to participate in research

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Ivan Lebedeff Photo

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I agree that it would be beneficial to have an image of the actor Ivan Lebedeff that isn't a test card for a movie it seems that the photo you referenced had three persons, and you mixed up Ivan Lebedoff with another Russian exile in Hollywood, [Mir], who is also in that photo. For reference is another photo of Mr. Lebedoff from the same April 1932 Los Angeles Times photo shoot. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cvhkw I'm reverting the image back to original one for the article, though I will try to find one of him out of costume. LienEmpire (talk) 02:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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  • Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
  • Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

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  • Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
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The Signpost: 20 October 2025

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Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, Holly Cheng. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account
  • When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
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  • A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
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Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Impact for administrators

  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
  • It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
  • Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

  • Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
  • Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
  • See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

  • It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Tick Enable the user info card
    • This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
  • Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
  • Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
  • The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

  • How to use Special:IPContributions
  • How automatic IP reveal works
  • How to use IP Info
  • How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

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