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A first for me today: a featured list (= a featured topic in this case) on the Main page, see Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 August 21, an initiative by Aza24 in memory of Brian. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Good close with an excellent summary at talk:climate change. Thank you. Guy ( help! - typo?) 22:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
The portal Portal:Global warming needs to be similarly renamed to Portal:Climate change. I put in a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. Just a heads up in case you want run with that too! Efbrazil ( talk) 17:55, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi "Amakura", [ [1]] is the link to where I got GM's pic from. Thegameshowlad ( talk) 15:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I requested this move a week ago. It looks like this is about all the response we're going to get. Would you be able to handle the move request? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 11:53, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
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"The result of the move request was: Not moved. There are more opposes than supports, and they cite the observation that the subject is commonly known in English without the diacritics. Some supporters pointed out that she uses it on her social media sites, but then others were identified that do not use it, so the MOS:IDENTITY argument is somewhat weak. Overall there is a rough consensus against moving at this time. — Amakuru (talk) 16:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)"
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Its interesting the point about the fact that we don't have articles or redirects for most "real" places, I'm assuming the point you made about us not having "Murder of X" articles or redirects was a reference to my point regarding Murder in England? I would note that the point about not having other articles/redirects might actually show that we need to change this ( WP:OTHERSTUFF) but in this case you (and others) made a good point that the film gets more views than the entire crime article. If I look at the other titled with the prefix " Murder in" a quick look shows things like Murder in Amsterdam, Murder in Canton and Murder in Soho (and several others and yes Murder in London is also a red link) that correspond to real locations but go to media (not counting things like Murder in Tarsis where Tarsis doesn't exist) the 1st has a hatnote to the general meaning but the other 2 don't. Then there are a few redirects such as Murder in Beverly Hills, Murder in New Hampshire (which has only had 47 views[ [2]] from its created over 2 years ago) and Murder in Manhattan that also redirect to media (again with no hatnotes). No sign of things like Murder in Ohio and Murder in Massachusetts etc. There is also Murder in the Second Degree that is a DIFFCAPS case to Murder in the second degree. The only redirects that I can see that do go to the general meaning are Murder in Canada and Murder in the United States which do not see many views[ [3]]. I think the main counter point is that when you put a term into the search box that doesn't have an exact match (or none at all) you get presented with search results (or taken to the correct capitalization [4]) while all this is lost of there's an article. For example if I search for "Murder in England" I get taken to the search results at the 1st results are Murder in English law, Murder of Sarah Payne and Murder. Crouch, Swale ( talk) 17:20, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
On 4 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Coventry City's promotion following the 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final was their first for 51 years, since they were guided into the 1967–68 Football League First Division by Jimmy Hill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2018 EFL League Two play-off Final. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final), 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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Thank you for another good one! - Every once in a while, I have a TFA, happy that it was also a tribute to Brian, in great collaboration, fine Main page, and see also. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:08, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Twin Cities riots. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 5#Twin Cities riots until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 12:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Please don't disrupt the articles. You have a long history of reverting the consensuses that others arrive at. (E.g. because "Ainuic" is not a common word, you should be able to do whatever you want instead.) The consensus is clearly against you, as the only non-IP in favor of the merge. If you want to change the names, that's fine -- I'd be fine with "Ainu language" for the Hokkaido language and "Ainu languages" for the family. But conflating the language with the family is POV and disruptive. — kwami ( talk) 03:47, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article, done in collaboration, saying "Fundamentally, although the article may appear to give Habyarimana and the Hutu a "harder time" than the other side, that's only because all the sources I used had a similar tone. Ultimately, this war was the precursor to one of the worst mass genocides of the 20th century and I don't think it's necessarily an NPOV violation to use the language from sources that describes that."! - Tough to write, I bet. You earned rich harvest. Nice to share the page with a singer (DYK) and a minister of work (ITN), and (reviewed) a holocaust survivor and a quirky lane. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Since you relisted it on September 1, the discussion has attracted only one !vote, with the rest being accusations and replies to accusations. It seems that what was to be said on the naming rationale, has already been said. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 22:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I've asked Sceptre ( talk · contribs) to revert the move of Glenn Martin (coach) because, with only 2 commenters, there was clearly no consensus for a move in my opinion, especially a move to one of the alternative titles with absolutely no explanation by the closer. I'm awaiting a reply at User talk:Sceptre and may consider a move review, depending on the reply. Would you consider temporarily withdrawing your RM at Talk:Abe Martin (American football) (which I would oppose) until this is straightened out? Thanks. Station1 ( talk) 16:28, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
On 12 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coventry ring road, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that driving on Coventry ring road has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coventry ring road. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Coventry ring road), 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.
— Maile ( talk) 12:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your work on this. What a great article. — AjaxSmack 21:20, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
When I am selecting POTD I usually use this list which is organised by age. The first three pages are dominated by banknotes, and it would be nice to reduce this a bit. So, how many images do you think it is reasonable to list (with a random selection) at a time? On 28 September I have listed US silver certificates Template:POTD/2020-09-28, and there are five in the 1886 series. I could expand this by adding six in the 1878/80 series, making eleven in all. Subsequent series were smaller size banknotes. There are several other series that could be added but forty-seven images on one day seems excessive. What do you think? Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:07, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you closed the AfD discussion for Baxter Leach as a merge to 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike about a year ago. The discussion had very little participation and was relisted twice. I've been adding more sourcing and content to the article as I think there is enough material to merit a separate article ( my latest revision) but it was reverted by another user citing the AfD discussion and I don't want to get into an edit war. Would you be willing to reconsider your decision? Citing ( talk) 02:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could you help us here? A new user, TheZoomTorah, has reverted three other editors' edits three times. By the message he just left me at Talk:Beth midrash, he is unfamiliar with Wikipedia style and policy. Are you able to invoke the 3RR rule on his talk page, or otherwise help out here? (The editor who left notices on the user's talk page is not an admin.) Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 14:21, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah Please discuss, not lecture. I'm your friend , trying to make wikipedia a better place. As is clearly stated here Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#News_organizations "Editorial commentary, analysis and opinion pieces, whether written by the editors of the publication (editorials) or outside authors (op-eds) are reliable primary sources for statements attributed to that editor or author, but are rarely reliable for statements of fact." As such matzav.com is a reliable source on what the creators of said app have said. The link was added because it may be of interest to a reader in this context, though i can see why you disagree. Why did you leave the link to yeshiva.co on the same page? I assume you aren't affiliated with them? TheZoomTorah ( talk) 15:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
On 17 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Faith Alupo, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 02:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey Amakuru. I've recently been working on improving the article on the Ikiza, the Burundian genocide of 1972. In the course of this I have acquired a book by the former US Ambassador to Burundi, Thomas Patrick Melady, entitled Burundi: The Tragic Years. In the work Melady brings up the killings of Tutsis during the Rwandan Revolution of 1962–1963, which he refers to as "selective genocide". He also writes, "It took weeks before reports of the Rwandise massacres received attention from the outside world. When they did, many world leaders echoed the Vatican Radio description of them as a genocide." The Rwandan Revolution article currently does not mention any allegations of a genocide against the Tutsis, though the disambiguation link at the top of the 1994 Rwandan genocide article offers to redirect the reader to the Rwandan Revolution article, as if to suggest they might be looking for that event under a genocide label. Seeing as you were the original GA nominator of the revolution article, could you help me verify whether or not a lot of people viewed the killing of Tutsis during the revolution as a genocide? If so, the article should be modified to reflect this, even if it is not the majority viewpoint. - Indy beetle ( talk) 08:30, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
On 18 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2017 EFL Trophy Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Coventry City won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final, earning their first major trophy since winning the 1987 FA Cup Final, despite being relegated from League One to League Two that season? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2017 EFL Trophy Final. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, 2017 EFL Trophy Final), 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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Hi, this well meaning but obviously non-Wikipedia-knowledgeable IP keeps adding a bulky quote to the lead of this article and I keep removing it. I don't want to get into an edit war, but his edits are unconstructive. Can you help here? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 21:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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The purpose of POTD is not clearly defined, nor are the rules set out to any great extent, but the guidelines are here. They include the advice to promote the oldest featured images in preference to the newest ones. I think POTD's objective is to display images that the English language Wikipedia has chosen as "featured" quality. The image has to be included on the page of the bolded article. I think the image should be the focus of POTD.
There is a page that I think Amakuru created that lists images that are ineligible for POTD for various reasons. An image rejected because the article is a stub is a challenge to expand the article, and I am happy to do this if the topic is not too boring. I enjoy selecting and writing blurbs for POTD because it brings me in contact with such a wide range of articles, some of which need improving before being fit to link from the main page. I have been doing this for about a year, but other people can, and sometimes do, create nominations, and even write blurbs! @ Brandmeister, Khajidha, The Rambling Man, Floquenbeam, and Colin Douglas Howell: Pinging the editors who commented on the "errors" page about my sawfly/Eucalyptus image caption, for their views. I thought the caption linked some interesting information on herbivory with an outstanding image. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:42, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Please check out the List of fugitives from justice who are no longer sought that I created. I could really use some help adding people to the list, do you think that you could help me out? I have been able to get almost no help and would be very thankful to get some help. If you are unable to help then please show me where I could perhaps get help. Davidgoodheart ( talk) 22:18, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi!
In the article of Karuruma smelter, under the section Company history under NMC Metallurgie, I find the sentences "Five years after the privatisation, a complete technical and financial audit has been conducted by the Privatisation to see if the conditions of the contract were respected by both parties. It has been decided between the parties, that Phoenix Metal haven't any more obligation. Phoenix Metal has promised to keep in mind smelting and will do a special effort to restart the smelter at first opportunity." a little confusing. Since you have lived in Rwanda and know Rwandan sources better than I do, can you fix the wording so that it correctly communicates the message? Thanks! Cysj1024 ( talk) 16:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, do you have time to promote one or two preps to the queue? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:23, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there Amakuru,
I saw that you reverted my move of Typhoon Goni. There are several reasons why this is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.
Goni 2015 did cause 70+ deaths and $1 billion of damage, it is likely nowhere as destructive or notable as Goni 2020. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 15:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work on Robert Fisk, which fixes exactly what initially made me uneasy. I've made a few more tweaks. I'd welcome if you could review these to make sure you think they are all fair, given that the article is now live-linked from the front page. (Which I am also glad about). Thank you so much for your work on this. Jheald ( talk) 18:15, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Amakuru, I'm disappointed in you and troubled by what seemed a mean-spirited revert.
In U.S. English, U.S. is indeed the overwhelmingly prevalent style. It's the Brits and their linguistic fellow-travelers who use US to denote the United States.
As noted before, US is a word while UK is not. Hence the abbreviation style difference.
I say this as one who has 40-some years' experience as a writer and editor.
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At the risk of wearing out my welcome here, I want to thank Amaraku for telling some about himself on his user page. – Sca ( talk) 23:39, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, since Cwmhiraeth built this set, she is unable to promote it. Will you do the honors? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 11:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Fancy a co-nom at FAC? The Rambling Man ( Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 21:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I queued him up in the image protection queue, but then realised that he’s in his NZ colours, so took him out. Do you think people will object? There’s a picture of the winning captain, but in a DJ. Again, not ideal. What do you reckon? Step hen 09:54, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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A first for me today: a featured list (= a featured topic in this case) on the Main page, see Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 August 21, an initiative by Aza24 in memory of Brian. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Good close with an excellent summary at talk:climate change. Thank you. Guy ( help! - typo?) 22:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
The portal Portal:Global warming needs to be similarly renamed to Portal:Climate change. I put in a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. Just a heads up in case you want run with that too! Efbrazil ( talk) 17:55, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi "Amakura", [ [1]] is the link to where I got GM's pic from. Thegameshowlad ( talk) 15:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I requested this move a week ago. It looks like this is about all the response we're going to get. Would you be able to handle the move request? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 11:53, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
"The result of the move request was: Not moved. There are more opposes than supports, and they cite the observation that the subject is commonly known in English without the diacritics. Some supporters pointed out that she uses it on her social media sites, but then others were identified that do not use it, so the MOS:IDENTITY argument is somewhat weak. Overall there is a rough consensus against moving at this time. — Amakuru (talk) 16:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)"
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Its interesting the point about the fact that we don't have articles or redirects for most "real" places, I'm assuming the point you made about us not having "Murder of X" articles or redirects was a reference to my point regarding Murder in England? I would note that the point about not having other articles/redirects might actually show that we need to change this ( WP:OTHERSTUFF) but in this case you (and others) made a good point that the film gets more views than the entire crime article. If I look at the other titled with the prefix " Murder in" a quick look shows things like Murder in Amsterdam, Murder in Canton and Murder in Soho (and several others and yes Murder in London is also a red link) that correspond to real locations but go to media (not counting things like Murder in Tarsis where Tarsis doesn't exist) the 1st has a hatnote to the general meaning but the other 2 don't. Then there are a few redirects such as Murder in Beverly Hills, Murder in New Hampshire (which has only had 47 views[ [2]] from its created over 2 years ago) and Murder in Manhattan that also redirect to media (again with no hatnotes). No sign of things like Murder in Ohio and Murder in Massachusetts etc. There is also Murder in the Second Degree that is a DIFFCAPS case to Murder in the second degree. The only redirects that I can see that do go to the general meaning are Murder in Canada and Murder in the United States which do not see many views[ [3]]. I think the main counter point is that when you put a term into the search box that doesn't have an exact match (or none at all) you get presented with search results (or taken to the correct capitalization [4]) while all this is lost of there's an article. For example if I search for "Murder in England" I get taken to the search results at the 1st results are Murder in English law, Murder of Sarah Payne and Murder. Crouch, Swale ( talk) 17:20, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
On 4 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Coventry City's promotion following the 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final was their first for 51 years, since they were guided into the 1967–68 Football League First Division by Jimmy Hill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2018 EFL League Two play-off Final. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final), 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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Thank you for another good one! - Every once in a while, I have a TFA, happy that it was also a tribute to Brian, in great collaboration, fine Main page, and see also. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:08, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Twin Cities protests. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 5#Twin Cities protests until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 12:23, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Twin Cities riots. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 5#Twin Cities riots until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 12:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Please don't disrupt the articles. You have a long history of reverting the consensuses that others arrive at. (E.g. because "Ainuic" is not a common word, you should be able to do whatever you want instead.) The consensus is clearly against you, as the only non-IP in favor of the merge. If you want to change the names, that's fine -- I'd be fine with "Ainu language" for the Hokkaido language and "Ainu languages" for the family. But conflating the language with the family is POV and disruptive. — kwami ( talk) 03:47, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for the article, done in collaboration, saying "Fundamentally, although the article may appear to give Habyarimana and the Hutu a "harder time" than the other side, that's only because all the sources I used had a similar tone. Ultimately, this war was the precursor to one of the worst mass genocides of the 20th century and I don't think it's necessarily an NPOV violation to use the language from sources that describes that."! - Tough to write, I bet. You earned rich harvest. Nice to share the page with a singer (DYK) and a minister of work (ITN), and (reviewed) a holocaust survivor and a quirky lane. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Since you relisted it on September 1, the discussion has attracted only one !vote, with the rest being accusations and replies to accusations. It seems that what was to be said on the naming rationale, has already been said. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 22:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I've asked Sceptre ( talk · contribs) to revert the move of Glenn Martin (coach) because, with only 2 commenters, there was clearly no consensus for a move in my opinion, especially a move to one of the alternative titles with absolutely no explanation by the closer. I'm awaiting a reply at User talk:Sceptre and may consider a move review, depending on the reply. Would you consider temporarily withdrawing your RM at Talk:Abe Martin (American football) (which I would oppose) until this is straightened out? Thanks. Station1 ( talk) 16:28, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
On 12 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coventry ring road, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that driving on Coventry ring road has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coventry ring road. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Coventry ring road), 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.
— Maile ( talk) 12:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your work on this. What a great article. — AjaxSmack 21:20, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
When I am selecting POTD I usually use this list which is organised by age. The first three pages are dominated by banknotes, and it would be nice to reduce this a bit. So, how many images do you think it is reasonable to list (with a random selection) at a time? On 28 September I have listed US silver certificates Template:POTD/2020-09-28, and there are five in the 1886 series. I could expand this by adding six in the 1878/80 series, making eleven in all. Subsequent series were smaller size banknotes. There are several other series that could be added but forty-seven images on one day seems excessive. What do you think? Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:07, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you closed the AfD discussion for Baxter Leach as a merge to 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike about a year ago. The discussion had very little participation and was relisted twice. I've been adding more sourcing and content to the article as I think there is enough material to merit a separate article ( my latest revision) but it was reverted by another user citing the AfD discussion and I don't want to get into an edit war. Would you be willing to reconsider your decision? Citing ( talk) 02:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could you help us here? A new user, TheZoomTorah, has reverted three other editors' edits three times. By the message he just left me at Talk:Beth midrash, he is unfamiliar with Wikipedia style and policy. Are you able to invoke the 3RR rule on his talk page, or otherwise help out here? (The editor who left notices on the user's talk page is not an admin.) Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 14:21, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah Please discuss, not lecture. I'm your friend , trying to make wikipedia a better place. As is clearly stated here Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#News_organizations "Editorial commentary, analysis and opinion pieces, whether written by the editors of the publication (editorials) or outside authors (op-eds) are reliable primary sources for statements attributed to that editor or author, but are rarely reliable for statements of fact." As such matzav.com is a reliable source on what the creators of said app have said. The link was added because it may be of interest to a reader in this context, though i can see why you disagree. Why did you leave the link to yeshiva.co on the same page? I assume you aren't affiliated with them? TheZoomTorah ( talk) 15:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
On 17 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Faith Alupo, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 02:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey Amakuru. I've recently been working on improving the article on the Ikiza, the Burundian genocide of 1972. In the course of this I have acquired a book by the former US Ambassador to Burundi, Thomas Patrick Melady, entitled Burundi: The Tragic Years. In the work Melady brings up the killings of Tutsis during the Rwandan Revolution of 1962–1963, which he refers to as "selective genocide". He also writes, "It took weeks before reports of the Rwandise massacres received attention from the outside world. When they did, many world leaders echoed the Vatican Radio description of them as a genocide." The Rwandan Revolution article currently does not mention any allegations of a genocide against the Tutsis, though the disambiguation link at the top of the 1994 Rwandan genocide article offers to redirect the reader to the Rwandan Revolution article, as if to suggest they might be looking for that event under a genocide label. Seeing as you were the original GA nominator of the revolution article, could you help me verify whether or not a lot of people viewed the killing of Tutsis during the revolution as a genocide? If so, the article should be modified to reflect this, even if it is not the majority viewpoint. - Indy beetle ( talk) 08:30, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
On 18 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2017 EFL Trophy Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Coventry City won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final, earning their first major trophy since winning the 1987 FA Cup Final, despite being relegated from League One to League Two that season? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2017 EFL Trophy Final. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, 2017 EFL Trophy Final), 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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Hi, this well meaning but obviously non-Wikipedia-knowledgeable IP keeps adding a bulky quote to the lead of this article and I keep removing it. I don't want to get into an edit war, but his edits are unconstructive. Can you help here? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 21:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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The purpose of POTD is not clearly defined, nor are the rules set out to any great extent, but the guidelines are here. They include the advice to promote the oldest featured images in preference to the newest ones. I think POTD's objective is to display images that the English language Wikipedia has chosen as "featured" quality. The image has to be included on the page of the bolded article. I think the image should be the focus of POTD.
There is a page that I think Amakuru created that lists images that are ineligible for POTD for various reasons. An image rejected because the article is a stub is a challenge to expand the article, and I am happy to do this if the topic is not too boring. I enjoy selecting and writing blurbs for POTD because it brings me in contact with such a wide range of articles, some of which need improving before being fit to link from the main page. I have been doing this for about a year, but other people can, and sometimes do, create nominations, and even write blurbs! @ Brandmeister, Khajidha, The Rambling Man, Floquenbeam, and Colin Douglas Howell: Pinging the editors who commented on the "errors" page about my sawfly/Eucalyptus image caption, for their views. I thought the caption linked some interesting information on herbivory with an outstanding image. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:42, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi!
In the article of Karuruma smelter, under the section Company history under NMC Metallurgie, I find the sentences "Five years after the privatisation, a complete technical and financial audit has been conducted by the Privatisation to see if the conditions of the contract were respected by both parties. It has been decided between the parties, that Phoenix Metal haven't any more obligation. Phoenix Metal has promised to keep in mind smelting and will do a special effort to restart the smelter at first opportunity." a little confusing. Since you have lived in Rwanda and know Rwandan sources better than I do, can you fix the wording so that it correctly communicates the message? Thanks! Cysj1024 ( talk) 16:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there Amakuru,
I saw that you reverted my move of Typhoon Goni. There are several reasons why this is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.
Goni 2015 did cause 70+ deaths and $1 billion of damage, it is likely nowhere as destructive or notable as Goni 2020. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 15:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work on Robert Fisk, which fixes exactly what initially made me uneasy. I've made a few more tweaks. I'd welcome if you could review these to make sure you think they are all fair, given that the article is now live-linked from the front page. (Which I am also glad about). Thank you so much for your work on this. Jheald ( talk) 18:15, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Amakuru, I'm disappointed in you and troubled by what seemed a mean-spirited revert.
In U.S. English, U.S. is indeed the overwhelmingly prevalent style. It's the Brits and their linguistic fellow-travelers who use US to denote the United States.
As noted before, US is a word while UK is not. Hence the abbreviation style difference.
I say this as one who has 40-some years' experience as a writer and editor.
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At the risk of wearing out my welcome here, I want to thank Amaraku for telling some about himself on his user page. – Sca ( talk) 23:39, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, since Cwmhiraeth built this set, she is unable to promote it. Will you do the honors? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 11:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Fancy a co-nom at FAC? The Rambling Man ( Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 21:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I queued him up in the image protection queue, but then realised that he’s in his NZ colours, so took him out. Do you think people will object? There’s a picture of the winning captain, but in a DJ. Again, not ideal. What do you reckon? Step hen 09:54, 11 November 2020 (UTC)