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I'm not sure I know what an unofficial proper name is, but tell me why you think it is one. The Monuments Men was the title of a book and movie, and the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program members were some sometimes referred to as Monuments men with Monuments capped as the short name for that program, but I don't see much in sources with Men capped, or at least not until they're copying the book or movie title. Dicklyon ( talk) 05:30, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
There is a firm policy that limits reversions on a single page to 3 times within a 24 hour period (WP:3RR). The policy contains no 'my version is better' exception. You have now reverted 4 times in under 4 hours. Four hours is appreciably less time than 24 hours. Agricolae ( talk) 00:21, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
You first reverted 3 and a half hours ago - how is three and a half hours not a reasonable amount of time to defend your choice on the Talk page? Agricolae ( talk) 00:24, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Looks like technically a 3RR violation, but Agricolae, it's really your fault for repeatedly removing 9 KB and refusing to take it the talk page when challenged. Please do that, and a consensus may emerge. Dicklyon ( talk) 03:27, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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Maybe I missed it. When did the prohibition against Original Research cease to be a policy? Agricolae 01:31, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi! I'm curious on your removal of sections 'Early life' and 'Career' on Evalyn France. Is there some sort of guideline on not having those sections for less information? I personally think it is easier to read with the sections. Thanks for the changes btw!! Cheers, Engineerchange ( talk) 17:41, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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It's interesting to read the self-published history of LHP alongside more objective sources. Their shmarmy pseudo-history really makes my skin crawl. Like most articles, it starts with a pro-school bias because 1. people like their schools and 2. the readily available sources, such as newspapers, didn't like to make waves with parents who might be their advertisers and were owned and run by white people. From reading many sources, apparently the private JC became unviable after Valencia College opened, so they converted their all-white JC to an all-white grade school. Thanks for your work on this! Jacona ( talk) 17:11, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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There is a firm policy that limits reversions on a single page to 3 times within a 24 hour period (WP:3RR). The policy contains no 'my version is better' exception. You have now reverted 4 times in under 4 hours. Four hours is appreciably less time than 24 hours. Agricolae ( talk) 00:21, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
You first reverted 3 and a half hours ago - how is three and a half hours not a reasonable amount of time to defend your choice on the Talk page? Agricolae ( talk) 00:24, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Looks like technically a 3RR violation, but Agricolae, it's really your fault for repeatedly removing 9 KB and refusing to take it the talk page when challenged. Please do that, and a consensus may emerge. Dicklyon ( talk) 03:27, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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Maybe I missed it. When did the prohibition against Original Research cease to be a policy? Agricolae 01:31, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for making copyedits to Grand Central Terminal art; your wording is almost always less awkward than mine! I do want to ask, I saw you've found some sources and added some to it, that's great! Are there any changes you've made to the facts stated? I did notice you changed 1940s to 1920s, which most sources don't seem to clarify. Yours does well and is pretty convincing. I got my date from here, which isn't as precise, but doesn't seem to state it's that old of a problem. I wish an older source could be found.
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Hi! I'm curious on your removal of sections 'Early life' and 'Career' on Evalyn France. Is there some sort of guideline on not having those sections for less information? I personally think it is easier to read with the sections. Thanks for the changes btw!! Cheers, Engineerchange ( talk) 17:41, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help on Francis Pharcellus Church-- your copyediting was invaluable in catching the (number) of errors my rushed editing made, not to mention the great content you found, specifically (though not exclusively) by tracking down Bigelow-- great find! The article would not look near as good without your help, and I'm excited to see the article grace the main page come Christmas! As Church himself wrote; "Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world." I like to think that collaboration is one of those overlooked wonders. Happy holidays and I wish you all the best in the year to come! Eddie891 Talk Work 22:50, 20 December 2021 (UTC) |
Thanks, Eddie891! Just happy to help; I think this might be my first DYK. PRRfan ( talk) 14:44, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
On 25 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Pharcellus Church, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1897, Francis Pharcellus Church wrote " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Pharcellus Church. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Francis Pharcellus Church), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Thank you for quality articles such as Herman J. Lombaert and Henry J. Reilly, for beginning articles about historic places such as Strivers' Section Historic District, for quality copy-editing and adding to content on the way as for Francis Pharcellus Church, for your first DYK in 15 years of service, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2686 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:07, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
![]() John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos (c.1812), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
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Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 20:35, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Moral lesson: John Vanderlyn was an American painter who studied in Paris, and his life-sized Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos was one of the first large nudes exhibited in the United States. Peddling the poison as well as the cure, this overtly sensuous work was presented to the public as a moral lesson on the consequences of lascivious behavior. Visible in the distance is the ship of Princess Ariadne's secret lover, Theseus, for whom she has betrayed her people by helping him to escape the Labyrinth and slay the Minotaur. Ariadne's bliss will come to an end when she awakens from her post-coital reverie, only to discover that the faithless Theseus has sailed away without her. |
It's interesting to read the self-published history of LHP alongside more objective sources. Their shmarmy pseudo-history really makes my skin crawl. Like most articles, it starts with a pro-school bias because 1. people like their schools and 2. the readily available sources, such as newspapers, didn't like to make waves with parents who might be their advertisers and were owned and run by white people. From reading many sources, apparently the private JC became unviable after Valencia College opened, so they converted their all-white JC to an all-white grade school. Thanks for your work on this! Jacona ( talk) 17:11, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Can you please help me do some grammar work on the Norfolk and Western 611 page? Trains13 ( talk) 11:57, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
I've recently done a lot of clean-up and copy-edit on the Southern Railway 1401 page. Maybe you can rectify my work? Trains13 ( talk) 19:27, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Appreciate your efforts at cordiality. While I disagree with your position on the unsourced portion on a matter of principle (whatever, it'll get citogenesised into reliable sources eventually), I just wanted to say your efforts in sourcing new content were appreciated. My whole point in that was to remove an unsourced section but you arrived and improved the article (even if full resolution was not achieved). Keep up the good work and I hope to disagree with you elsewhere; it seems to result in some rather nice additions. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 06:09, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
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Nice article, you should create a lead section. Also, when citing stuff from Newspapers.com, you should clip the article in question. That makes it easier for researchers to view the document, as well as those who do not have a subscription to Newspapers.
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