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Just wanted to make clear that I have interacted with the owner of the Depths of Wikipedia account in the past, and have been interviewed by her for her newsletter (the interview has not yet been published; I have had no communication with her thus far about this page's existence). I don't think that's too much of a WP:COI to prohibit editing, but I want to be as open about this as possible, and will go through the full WP:AFC process in order to avoid any potential issue. Yitz ( talk) 05:19, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Moved to mainspace by Jtwhite88 ( talk), Yitzilitt ( talk), Deansfa ( talk), and Ezlev ( talk). Nominated by Ezlev ( talk) at 04:51, 1 April 2022 (UTC).
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Overall: main okay, ALT1 okay, ALT2 is not cited - cannot find buffalo or sexy primes in fn 7. [1]. So article is not fully referenced either. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Perhaps someone could add a "list of featured articles" tab to this page? Or even make a separate page for that purpose? "List of Articles Featured on Depths of Wikipedia"? Thoughts? FishandChipper ( talk) 13:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
I added a tag that flags a
WP:FORBESCON source as potentially unreliable as it pertains to the claim that Calloway gifted Rauwerda a siamese cat. The source is considered to be self-published. Per
WP:SPS, we should [n]ever use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people
, with the limited exception of
WP:ABOUTSELF. Calloway was not a participant in the Forbes-published interview, so I don't really see a way that this could meet
WP:ABOUTSELF for the claim involving Calloway. Are there any other sources that support the claim about the Siamese cat? —
Mhawk10 (
talk) 00:46, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
[2] Could be good for something. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 14:13, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
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I have two edit requests, which I cannot perform myself. Hopefully, neither of these are controversial. I would appreciate it if an editor can make these changes. Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Per WP:CITELEAD, can an editor change the second paragraph of the lead to
Rauwerda has additionally hosted a Wikipedia editing workshop and live comedy shows in connection with Depths of Wikipedia.
and change the last sentence of the third paragraph of "Activity" to
She has also hosted live comedy shows based around trivia from Wikipedia.<ref name="mash" /><ref name="NYT2022" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zhou |first=Naaman |date=April 25, 2022 |orig-date=April 18, 2022 |title=Wikipedia, In The Flesh |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/wikipedia-in-the-flesh |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |page=19 |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
The New Yorker reference supports the fact that Annie has hosted live comedy shows, but not that she has conducted an editing workshop. Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Can the following text in the last sentence of the second paragraph of "Creation" be changed to
Rauwerda apologized after Calloway reached out, and Calloway shared the account with her followers, leading to its rapid growth.
The word "subsequently" is redundant in this context, and this removes the need for an additional comma in this sentence.
Thanks in advance. – Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
The first section read that
"Depths of Wikipedia is a group of social media accounts dedicated to highlighting strange, obscure, and interesting facts from Wikipedia."
...But while it is a group of accounts, they are all one person. I added in the name to clarify. If anyone disagrees, let me know.
2600:4041:54BD:E800:5DF0:14CF:DA4B:C22D ( talk) 18:49, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
I'm not able to find it on instagram anymore. If it was, we should make this past tense. If this is something like an instagram algorithmic suspension, then the tense change wouldn't make sense. Has anybody reported on this? — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 18:22, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
I forgot the password (oops) and Instagram's moderation is bad, so from what I can gather, my furious login attempts got the account temporarily suspended. I'm talking to a meta person who is somewhat confident it'll come back soon? idk, fingers crossed[3] Cerebral726 ( talk) 18:27, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Unusual articles would be relevant as a "see also" entry, except I don't know if it's bad form to link to such articles that are outside of the main namespace in this way (especially one marked as a humor article). This article is Wikipedia related, so I guess it is already kind of meta. Oh well. VintageVernacular ( talk) 17:53, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
I deleted these two sentences under the "Activity" section: "On April 19, 2023, the Depths of Wikipedia Instagram account was suspended for an unspecified violation of "community guidelines on business integrity." [1] The account was restored two days later." I don't think a three-going-on-four-years-old Instagram account having been zucked (her words not mine) for two days was a particularly noteworthy occurrence. CongealedBox ( talk) 01:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hey all! Per the edit request process and my connection to Depths of Wikipedia, I'd like to gather consensus for an edit here. Particularly, I'd like to propose the addition of this text at the bottom of the Reception section:
On December 28, 2023, Depths of Wikipedia was mentioned on Jeopardy! as a collection of "bizarre pages" such as Mozart and scatology and death by vending machine. [1] [2]
References
I've tried to ensure this sounds neutral enough. Let me know what the community thinks here! Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 05:34, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I could argue this fact falls a bit on both sides of the guideline; while it was technically a brief mention in a television show, it also has some description/commentary attached to it showing how Depths of Wikipedia has been perceived. Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 20:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)A source should cover the subject's cultural impact in some depth; it should not be a source that merely mentions the subject's appearance in a movie, song, television show, or other cultural item.
— Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections § "In popular culture" and "Cultural references" material
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Just wanted to make clear that I have interacted with the owner of the Depths of Wikipedia account in the past, and have been interviewed by her for her newsletter (the interview has not yet been published; I have had no communication with her thus far about this page's existence). I don't think that's too much of a WP:COI to prohibit editing, but I want to be as open about this as possible, and will go through the full WP:AFC process in order to avoid any potential issue. Yitz ( talk) 05:19, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Z1720 (
talk) 19:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Moved to mainspace by Jtwhite88 ( talk), Yitzilitt ( talk), Deansfa ( talk), and Ezlev ( talk). Nominated by Ezlev ( talk) at 04:51, 1 April 2022 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy compliance:
Hook eligibility:
QPQ: Done. |
Overall: main okay, ALT1 okay, ALT2 is not cited - cannot find buffalo or sexy primes in fn 7. [1]. So article is not fully referenced either. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Perhaps someone could add a "list of featured articles" tab to this page? Or even make a separate page for that purpose? "List of Articles Featured on Depths of Wikipedia"? Thoughts? FishandChipper ( talk) 13:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
I added a tag that flags a
WP:FORBESCON source as potentially unreliable as it pertains to the claim that Calloway gifted Rauwerda a siamese cat. The source is considered to be self-published. Per
WP:SPS, we should [n]ever use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people
, with the limited exception of
WP:ABOUTSELF. Calloway was not a participant in the Forbes-published interview, so I don't really see a way that this could meet
WP:ABOUTSELF for the claim involving Calloway. Are there any other sources that support the claim about the Siamese cat? —
Mhawk10 (
talk) 00:46, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
[2] Could be good for something. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 14:13, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
I have two edit requests, which I cannot perform myself. Hopefully, neither of these are controversial. I would appreciate it if an editor can make these changes. Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Per WP:CITELEAD, can an editor change the second paragraph of the lead to
Rauwerda has additionally hosted a Wikipedia editing workshop and live comedy shows in connection with Depths of Wikipedia.
and change the last sentence of the third paragraph of "Activity" to
She has also hosted live comedy shows based around trivia from Wikipedia.<ref name="mash" /><ref name="NYT2022" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zhou |first=Naaman |date=April 25, 2022 |orig-date=April 18, 2022 |title=Wikipedia, In The Flesh |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/wikipedia-in-the-flesh |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |page=19 |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
The New Yorker reference supports the fact that Annie has hosted live comedy shows, but not that she has conducted an editing workshop. Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Can the following text in the last sentence of the second paragraph of "Creation" be changed to
Rauwerda apologized after Calloway reached out, and Calloway shared the account with her followers, leading to its rapid growth.
The word "subsequently" is redundant in this context, and this removes the need for an additional comma in this sentence.
Thanks in advance. – Epicgenius ( talk) 00:04, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
The first section read that
"Depths of Wikipedia is a group of social media accounts dedicated to highlighting strange, obscure, and interesting facts from Wikipedia."
...But while it is a group of accounts, they are all one person. I added in the name to clarify. If anyone disagrees, let me know.
2600:4041:54BD:E800:5DF0:14CF:DA4B:C22D ( talk) 18:49, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
I'm not able to find it on instagram anymore. If it was, we should make this past tense. If this is something like an instagram algorithmic suspension, then the tense change wouldn't make sense. Has anybody reported on this? — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 18:22, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
I forgot the password (oops) and Instagram's moderation is bad, so from what I can gather, my furious login attempts got the account temporarily suspended. I'm talking to a meta person who is somewhat confident it'll come back soon? idk, fingers crossed[3] Cerebral726 ( talk) 18:27, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Unusual articles would be relevant as a "see also" entry, except I don't know if it's bad form to link to such articles that are outside of the main namespace in this way (especially one marked as a humor article). This article is Wikipedia related, so I guess it is already kind of meta. Oh well. VintageVernacular ( talk) 17:53, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
I deleted these two sentences under the "Activity" section: "On April 19, 2023, the Depths of Wikipedia Instagram account was suspended for an unspecified violation of "community guidelines on business integrity." [1] The account was restored two days later." I don't think a three-going-on-four-years-old Instagram account having been zucked (her words not mine) for two days was a particularly noteworthy occurrence. CongealedBox ( talk) 01:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
References
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. A consensus could not be reached. |
Hey all! Per the edit request process and my connection to Depths of Wikipedia, I'd like to gather consensus for an edit here. Particularly, I'd like to propose the addition of this text at the bottom of the Reception section:
On December 28, 2023, Depths of Wikipedia was mentioned on Jeopardy! as a collection of "bizarre pages" such as Mozart and scatology and death by vending machine. [1] [2]
References
I've tried to ensure this sounds neutral enough. Let me know what the community thinks here! Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 05:34, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I could argue this fact falls a bit on both sides of the guideline; while it was technically a brief mention in a television show, it also has some description/commentary attached to it showing how Depths of Wikipedia has been perceived. Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 20:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)A source should cover the subject's cultural impact in some depth; it should not be a source that merely mentions the subject's appearance in a movie, song, television show, or other cultural item.
— Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections § "In popular culture" and "Cultural references" material