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I tried to give 2021 a good start by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct. For moar private "happy new year" see here. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! I sang in the revival mentioned. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Proud today of a pic I took. - On the church article's talk, there's a request for Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, - should we? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Vami IV,
We would like to inform you that after the self nomination period, we are now voting for the board members and we count on your participation to take part of this first important election.
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Thank you for your edit at CCI. Your help is much appreciated. I hope to see you around CCI more often! Keep up the great work. :) MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 20:19, 4 February 2021 (UTC) |
On 10 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden, a Baroque church completed in 1739, was bombed in 1945, not restored until 1984, and served as the seat of the state parliament from 1990? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dreikönigskirche, Dresden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Dreikönigskirche, Dresden), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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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That was a good one, could not have done it without you! Can I interest in Marienkirche, Prenzlau? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:41, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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... for improving articles in February! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:56, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Further down on the page, there are conversations about the current arb case request - I feel I have to stay away - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:49, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Why did you revert the entire sourced list of abbots of Maulbronn? Edit summary simply says 'no'. I spent quite a while tracking that list down and then improving it to the standards of User:Francis Schonken as part of an ongoing effort to add rulers for all Imperial Abbeys on English wikipedia (on .de 73 out of 95 abbeys have lists, on .en 23 out of 95 had them, I've brought it up to 26 so far).
I was about to add a list for Wettenhausen Abbey today after another lengthy search and noticed Maulbronn was missing; I'm holding off for now but I will probably resume in a few weeks if there is no further arbitration needed.
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Hello!
The first meeting of the Board of Wiki World Heritage User Group (WWH UG) was held last February 13, 2021. Board members discussed several topics including the dispatching of roles inside the board. You can find the minutes of the meeting via the following link [1].
Also, the board discussed the importance of capacity building for the group members and we would like to invite all the members to fill the following form [2] in order to help define the learning priorities.
Furthermore, the board discussed some ideas for the 2021 annual program but we would like to hear also from the members in case they would like to propose some activities. We would like to invite you to update this page and add any potential activities[3].
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Hi Vami IV. Just wanted to clarify your triple crown nomination. Are you aware you're only eligible for Triple Crowns if you have the same number of nominations in all three categories? For example, if you only have one piece of featured content, there's no point in listing 10 or even 500 DYKs. You're only eligible for one triple crown as there's only 1 piece of featured content to accompany your DYKs. So unless you're adding another 9 pieces of featured content, please remove the superfluous DYKs and GANs. Otherwise can you explain what's going on at your nomination? Thanks. Damien Linnane ( talk) 07:09, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Harry F. Sinclair House you nominated for
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criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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I wonder if we could have something like de:Schlosspark, and how it would be called, - possibly just the German word? --17:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC) Gerda Arendt ( talk)
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... for improving articles in March! On Bach's birthday -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:14, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
... and today: Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. All the best for the Maulbronn project! And some day perhaps Eberbach Abbey? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:01, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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I have some good news about the AFD we are participating in. I think I found some sources from counties that may be far away from the school. One of them is from Mississippi. I would love to know if this changes your opinion. I was going to ping you, but I felt that the page was getting too cluttered. Thank you for your time. Scorpions13256 ( talk) 15:57, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Found some copyvio, deleted previously thanks to a copyvio notice placed on the page. I found the range of copyvio for revdelling, then I realized that the source itself is a copyvio. It wasn't cited, but I'm still a bit confused on if I need to do anything else. Thanks in advance -- Sennecaster ( talk) 03:42, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for all the work you do! Best! Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I've Done.) 01:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC) |
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for what you do for buildings with a history! With the Dreikönigskirche pictured again on the Main page, I made a redirect to Barfüßerkirche, Frankfurt, but that really deserved an article, based on the German de:Barfüßerkloster (Frankfurt am Main). Do you agree? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:44, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
About a year ago, you did a GA review for me. That was one of the first GA submissions I had done. Now that I've done a few more, and a few reviews myself, I have a better appreciation for just what poor shape the article was in when I submitted it, and for how much effort you put into helping me improve it. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoySmith ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Vami IV, and a big thank you for working on this massive time-sink – every bit helps! Just to save you a little time, there's no need for notifications such as this – once a CCI is opened, there's no further need to notify the user of any action you're taking to clean it up (and that one is anyway site-banned). Thank you again, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 10:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Could you kindly review the rewrite at Talk:Alice Greenough Orr/Temp and see if we’ve got it fixed now? Thanks. Montanabw (talk) 15:14, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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This khanda is bestowed upon Vami IV for his tireless devastation of the persevering blights of copyright violations on this eternal land. Please accept this extension of your arm and wield it in the name of the inquisition against the most heinous stains on the Encyclopedia. Sennecaster ( What now?) 03:33, 8 April 2021 (UTC) |
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On 11 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harry F. Sinclair House, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harry F. Sinclair House. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Harry F. Sinclair House), 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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Welcome, subscribers, to the second Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
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I've been working on expanding an article about a minor ACW article on the Texas coast, and one of the sources mentions Sabine City, Texas. Based on our article for Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas, it may well be a historical name for that place, but I'm not sure. I know you're interested in Texas history, and thought you might have some knowledge of what Sabine City would be known as. Hog Farm Talk 05:45, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the third Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
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This is ridiculously late, and I apologise -- I've been writing articles :) I've also, excitingly, landed a couple 'real publishing' writing gigs, which I'll be plenty excited to talk about when they're published. Due to the current increased amount of writing I have to do on a regular basis both on- and off-wiki, I'm planning to drop this down to monthly so I can spread out my responsibilities a bit.
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Congratulations! Can I help with TFA nom, perhaps? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:34, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Congrats on the Triple Crown(s)! You might be interested in a userbox I made, {{User crown|Imperial}}
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Welcome, subscribers, to the fourth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.
This issue's Category 1 articles are:
Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.
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Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine.
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Yes, I know I said I was going to switch to monthly. Let's just go "Vat doesn't really Get Time" and run with it.
The Core Contest is on its last day of entries, and I've picked articles here with an eye to that. It's the first time it's running since 2017, and I for one am looking forward to overhauling
Prehistoric religion. If you feel inspired by anything here, get in there quick!
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FYI, here is a partial list of of widely-visited stub/start articles that might be of use!-- Coin945 ( talk) 18:03, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Vami. I noticed your comments with CommanderWaterford's ANI. I was considering to open an ANI myself due to an unecessarily escalating conflict but CW got blocked before i could. This conflict involving possible TAGTEAM with CW calling over a current and demonstrably friendly administrator who made 3~4 unilaterally sided interventions, i think the ANI would still be welcome. Could i ask you to review the 4 sections involves (About same as 2~3 A4 pages) ? This would be my first ANI and i need mentoring.
That ANI would also be a record against "ICANTHEARYOU" edits by power users.
If interested, i will then only share pointers toward these sections in chronological order.
Best regards, Yug (talk) 13:19, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
This is to let you know that the Fort Concho article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 4, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 4, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:13, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Vami, this is June. I am sad to see the snow on your user page. A friend is in hospital (see my talk), too many died ... - I hope you'll come to terms with some users not seeing how good you are. Gianna Rolandi on the Main page, remembered singing Bach, - perhaps give it a listen? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:37, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:47, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the fifth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.
This issue's Category 1 articles are:
Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.
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One topic I've been broadly thinking about lately is the concept of GA sweeps. There hasn't been one in well over a decade; discussion of a new one is traditionally stymied by the sheer number of GAs that would need sweeping, considering there are over ten times as many as there were at the last sweep. Nonetheless, there's no dispute that many GAs don't really count as 99.5th percentile articles, or even decent-quality articles (whether one's own personal reading of WIAGA is closer to the former or the latter, and how different those things are, is an exercise for the reader).
I've been brainstorming ideas, and I've been wondering if we can tackle the problem with limited-scope sweeps. One idea would be sweeping popular or vital articles -- those that get enough views to make up a significant proportion of the "GA experience" to readers. Another would be focusing on shorter GAs, which might trend towards a less in-depth treatment of the topic than could really justify the rating. There may very well be a path here to maintaining GA standards, and either of those would have the benefit that they might be more likely to encourage people to work on rather than simply delist articles -- popular topics with lots of interested parties willing to help, or smaller topics that don't seem like too big a challenge to pick up.
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Did I handle 2nd Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment correctly from the Aleutian06 CCI? The body is about 80-85% copyvio it like, and the copyvio is foundational all the way back to the first edit, so I blanked it. It also probably helps with the blanking that I doubt the article would be kept at AFD, anyway. Hog Farm Talk 04:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
For unsalvageable articles, you can obliterate the copyvio and then send the aftermath to AfD, or just send it to WP:CP. The possibility of rewriting an article at CP is built into that system, so if someone really cares and can prove notability, the article can be reborn. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 01:21, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Fort Concho, about "a former US Army installation located almost literally in the middle of Texas. It is in fact the best-preserved 19th century US Army installation anywhere in the country, let alone Texas. For that reason, it has the distinction of being a National Historic Landmark."! - I like to share the page - meaningful on Fouth of July - with the pictured DYK, Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle, Bruck. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:50, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
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On 9 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Quintín Quintana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Chinese ex-slave named Quintín Quintana became a successful merchant and pro-Chile leader in the War of the Pacific? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Quintín Quintana. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Quintín Quintana), 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 improving articles in August! I try, today DYK for a GA by a banned user. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
This is a two-parter. So the old version of one of the entries contains three references - the NPS source is PD and the Bart Christmas one seems to say different things that the text it's suppose to be supporting, so those are clear from a copyright perspective. However, I don't have access to the Sifakis source, and can't check it for copyvio.
As this article duplicated the subject and content of 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and the 29th Ark. is not independently notable, I redirected it there. Although the 37th Ark. looks like it probably contains copyright violations, as [sic] is used directly in the text in what is not a direct quote. So 1) Do I need to do anything to the history of the now-redirect if copyright violation status is unknown and 2) is there a special symbol for article redirected/PROD/AFD on the CCI page, or do I just leave a note as to that effect? Hog Farm Talk 03:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Ardfern is now complete. Thank you for your assistance in the evaluation of this CCI!
Your work is always appreciated in our lonely corner of the world. Thank you for the thoughtful splitting of the remaining diffs and your determination to see all of the NI locations and history stubs cleaned of copyvio. Sennecaster ( Chat) 12:13, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
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For your continued dedication to industriously building quality pagespace and continually offering well-reasoned assertion while quietly maintaining an even keel, I award you this distinctly calm and adverbially abundant barnstar. Wikipedia is an invariably better place when you're editing. BusterD ( talk) 19:35, 4 September 2021 (UTC) |
I didn't know where else to put this to still air my thoughts but not disrupt things further: my RfA experience is still eating me alive. I just can't not think about, talk about it, and no amount of Triple Crowns can make me feel less broken. I feel rejected and hurt, and resent those who have rejected and hurt me. Said I was an embarassment to the Project for beliefs I no longer hold, or said I'd make a bad janitor because of a typo in a copypasta that I used for all of a week. I know I'm not, as there are still people who frequent this page whom I didn't know or interact with much before RfA who think I'm alright, even if others don't. If they even if those others think about me. But a friend of mine is all but retired from this Project now, and I feel like my Triple Crowns are sitting on a cursed head. An LTA comes around once in a while to stick a "you suck" sticker onto my talk. I feel bitter and jaded, feel unable to move on, and feel that inability poisoning friendships and affiliations I've made over the last year. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 10:41, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
Dear Vami IV, I'll be very glad to cooperate with to bring this article the recognition it deserves. I think it just needs some cleaning up here and there, some updated visitor statistics, something about the museum, and more the style of life at Versailles, rather then just the building and architecture. The visitor statistics are a little tricky. It says 15 million, but half of those people went to the park, which is free, and not to the Chateau. Also, the number of visitors to the Chateau has dropped between fifty and seventy percent in the last year due to the COVID virus, and it was closed for long periods of time, which also should be mentioned. Let's see what we can do together to get this to good articled status. Cordially, SiefkinDR ( talk) 09:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
I think COVID needs to be at least mentioned, because it changes all the rules. Admission to Versailles is much more complicated now than it used to be; you have to reserve places in advance.
It's interesting that you consider this an architecture article. Personally, I think this primarily a history article, with a very interesting cast of people.
What is your feeling about the separation of the garden from there rest of the article? I think the gardens might merit a bit more space, along with a link to the full garden article.
Cordially, SiefkinDR ( talk) 18:34, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm not against if we can work it into the body with proper sourcing.
It- ok well yeah it's both actually, as I've learned writing palace articles for years now ( Ludwigsburg Palace).
I want to include a quick guide to the garden, but haven't found my footing there yet. Am hoping to, between Versailles's website and English-language books on the garden, find that footing once I've more or less finished the history and architecture sections. Also there is a link to the Gardens' article in the relevant section. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 01:40, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
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I had low-key FA aspirations for
User:Hog Farm/Black Terror (ship), but when making the google books preview rounds in order to get "thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature", I wound up coming across a reasonably significant RS with fairly strong evidence that the other sources are following an early conflation error caused by confused 1860s reporting. So now I have to figure out how to reconcile two unreconcilable accounts before I can even move the darn thing into mainspace. Yeehaw
This turned out to be so not worth staying up to 1am on a work night for.
Hog Farm
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 04:40, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 46, July – August 2021
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Thanks for your kind words on my former talk page. I am editing again, but I don't want to make a big deal of it. I have no idea how long I will choose to continue. I am kind of skittish. I may quit again after completing a few projects... ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 23:17, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I have many files in many folders. Is there a way to search the MEGA folder for a filename, or for text within all the files? ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 12:50, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
@ Lingzhi.Random: I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to devote to this, but I've created a MEGA account using the email address that you know. Sharing sources is a good place to start. -- Worldbruce ( talk)
On 25 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sawmill Fire (2017), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sawmill Fire of 2017, which burned more than 45,000 acres (18,000 ha), was started at a gender reveal party? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sawmill Fire (2017). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Sawmill Fire (2017)), 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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Hi, I would like you to help me out at Francisco Franco. Recently, a semi-protected edit request came about a user removing fascism and related templates from the page. Thought of it as removal of content and reverted it, and the user has reverted back. But the article states - "Although Franco adopted some trappings of fascism, he, and Spain under his rule, are generally not considered to be fascist;". If so, the template contradicts the article, or the user is wrong. Being a Wikidodo, I don't think I will escalate it any further, and I would like your opinion. Thanks! Interesting Geek ( talk) 05:04, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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You recently changed this to be downrated from C class to start class. The article now contains thirty nine distinct citations of the fifty inline citations, and I went to lengths to add citations. Can you please explain why and how the extra sources have caused this to be downgraded, preferably with "citation needed", as it implies you have not cross-checked with the citations given, which are mostly online and in the public domain. Your comment states 'There are areas without citation (B1 & B2)'. Can you please elucidate as to what is meant by B1, B2 and B3 as I am not seeing a link to where this is codified. Keith H99 ( talk) 12:40, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
I've come to apologize Hey. I've come to apologize. I truly hope you can find it in your hear to forgive me. I've worked very hard on Talk:Bengal famine of 1943/Verify and Black Monday (1987) and Marshall Plan etc. Genuinely I have tried very, very hard. But I have come to realize this project just has far too many dark memories for me. It just ain't a good thing in my life. Last time I quit, it was for a year and a half. I hope this one is forever. Sorry. ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 12:27, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm a relatively new user, and a MilHist article I had contributed significantly to was rated recently by User:Sadenar40000. I went to ask for some feedback from their user page given that the assessment left all the B-class criteria unassessed, and noticed that there was some previous discussion about the user's MilHist related assessments without any reply from the user. Taking a look at their contributions, it seems that the user is engaging in an effort to mass-rate articles, with assessments being made about every 10 to 30 seconds. I was wondering whether this kind of "drive-by assessment" with near-zero time spent on each article is good practice? I understand it clears the backlog, but I'm not sure the ratings given are of any actual value to the contributors. Again, I'm quite new to Wikipedia and it's entirely possible that I'm overreacting :) Thanks, Ljleppan ( talk) 14:13, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Back in June 2019 one of your edits to article Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies left a phrase:
I cannot imagine what you wanted to say, but those words are still there. Could you review that please? Shenme ( talk) 00:30, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Congrats on your volunteering for long hours, no sleep, and high drama as a wikiproject coordinator. You appear to be adapting well. Your edits/actions seem to indicate you have found a nice groove. How are you feeling? BusterD ( talk) 17:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Coordinator life has been rather quiet so far. I do a lot of what I used to do already, which seems to be welcome by the WikiProject. I'm surprised to be here, but I feel welcome and it helps that I have been very productive.
While we're meeting, I'm glad you're back. I likewise hope you're doing well. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 18:00, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
I apologize for leaving you on read. It would be more productive to remove any doubt from those watching this page to just say that I have no more interest in RfA. I don't want to discuss or conscious it anymore. I have nothing more productive to contribute and I will instead focus on turning a new leaf. I repeat here now that I will not accept another nomination. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 02:55, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 20 November 2021. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to comment on the draft blurb at TFA. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild ( talk) 21:29, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for improving articles in October! - Today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - click on songs. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:52, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi Vami IV, I am interested in the rating of the articles as this was also an issue at Wikipedians per article count. I have seen that at the Portal Germany they use to check new articles on their B rating. Is this something regular, and if so, could this modality be included in other projects, or maybe even wikipedia? To bring an article from stub to GA seems a rather difficult task for new editors, but to bring a stub to C or B status seems achievable, at least to me it happened. And it would leave plenty of C or B class articles for the editors who are already experienced in bringing articles to a GA. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 08:01, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to see a Wikiproject or new awarding system which gives article upgrades some sort of recognition. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 04:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 47, September – October 2021
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Hello,
I have edited the above in line with your suggestion that the article needs a more defined structure. If you are one of those kindhearted editors who gives a B Class nom a second chance, please take another look. Georgejdorner ( talk) 01:16, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Okay, assessed as Start class. Many thanks for your review. Georgejdorner ( talk) 21:15, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
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Since you reviewed Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign, could I trouble you to take a look at its twin, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:42, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Harry F. Sinclair House, "about a historic, Gilded Age mansion in New York City built in the last three years of the 19th century by a seasoned New York architect. It's a pretty charming place, today housing a Ukrainian cultural nonprofit."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:03, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
So, I just found out that SpaceX Starship belongs to the Rocket Cargo program, and because of that it kinda belongs to MILHIST; and I applied the article for A-Class review since is more helpful than FAC; maybe it is partly because of the nature of the topic ( Eel on Musk), my noviceness and the review's lower difficulty. Anyways, I would love to have a comment about the article - it has changed a lot since your GA review! CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 09:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Seeing this edit reminds me of a recent trip to a bookstore. I saw Mitcham's work about Vicksburg on the shelf, thought "hey a new book about Vicksburg" saw the first two quoted praises on the back of the book were one of the Duck Dynasty guys (definitely not a trained historian) and someone who wrote a book called "The South Was Right", and immediately put it back on the shelf. Also, I wish I'd seen that list of unreliable sources sooner - I literally just spend $10 on a copy of Goodrich's Black Flag a couple days ago.
If you want to talk about particularly bad sourcing, I've seen John Newman Edwards cited in a handful of places. I blame Edwards for the reason that to this day it's hard to find decent works about Shelby, even though he was of some significance. Hog Farm Talk 03:32, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
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It sounds weird, but you really helped me to push myself to the limit via this essay and yeet SpaceX Starship to the stratosphere. Thank you for the essay, and here's one more article to the library of quality™. I also created a proto-Wikiproject of sorts, which you can view at my userpage. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 08:16, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Vami IV: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 21:04, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
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Proud today of a pic I took. - On the church article's talk, there's a request for Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, - should we? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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We would like to inform you that after the self nomination period, we are now voting for the board members and we count on your participation to take part of this first important election.
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On 10 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden, a Baroque church completed in 1739, was bombed in 1945, not restored until 1984, and served as the seat of the state parliament from 1990? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dreikönigskirche, Dresden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Dreikönigskirche, Dresden), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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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That was a good one, could not have done it without you! Can I interest in Marienkirche, Prenzlau? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:41, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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... for improving articles in February! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:56, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Further down on the page, there are conversations about the current arb case request - I feel I have to stay away - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:49, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Why did you revert the entire sourced list of abbots of Maulbronn? Edit summary simply says 'no'. I spent quite a while tracking that list down and then improving it to the standards of User:Francis Schonken as part of an ongoing effort to add rulers for all Imperial Abbeys on English wikipedia (on .de 73 out of 95 abbeys have lists, on .en 23 out of 95 had them, I've brought it up to 26 so far).
I was about to add a list for Wettenhausen Abbey today after another lengthy search and noticed Maulbronn was missing; I'm holding off for now but I will probably resume in a few weeks if there is no further arbitration needed.
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Hello!
The first meeting of the Board of Wiki World Heritage User Group (WWH UG) was held last February 13, 2021. Board members discussed several topics including the dispatching of roles inside the board. You can find the minutes of the meeting via the following link [1].
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Hi Vami IV. Just wanted to clarify your triple crown nomination. Are you aware you're only eligible for Triple Crowns if you have the same number of nominations in all three categories? For example, if you only have one piece of featured content, there's no point in listing 10 or even 500 DYKs. You're only eligible for one triple crown as there's only 1 piece of featured content to accompany your DYKs. So unless you're adding another 9 pieces of featured content, please remove the superfluous DYKs and GANs. Otherwise can you explain what's going on at your nomination? Thanks. Damien Linnane ( talk) 07:09, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Harry F. Sinclair House you nominated for
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This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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I wonder if we could have something like de:Schlosspark, and how it would be called, - possibly just the German word? --17:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC) Gerda Arendt ( talk)
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... for improving articles in March! On Bach's birthday -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:14, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
... and today: Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. All the best for the Maulbronn project! And some day perhaps Eberbach Abbey? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:01, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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I have some good news about the AFD we are participating in. I think I found some sources from counties that may be far away from the school. One of them is from Mississippi. I would love to know if this changes your opinion. I was going to ping you, but I felt that the page was getting too cluttered. Thank you for your time. Scorpions13256 ( talk) 15:57, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Found some copyvio, deleted previously thanks to a copyvio notice placed on the page. I found the range of copyvio for revdelling, then I realized that the source itself is a copyvio. It wasn't cited, but I'm still a bit confused on if I need to do anything else. Thanks in advance -- Sennecaster ( talk) 03:42, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for all the work you do! Best! Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I've Done.) 01:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC) |
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for what you do for buildings with a history! With the Dreikönigskirche pictured again on the Main page, I made a redirect to Barfüßerkirche, Frankfurt, but that really deserved an article, based on the German de:Barfüßerkloster (Frankfurt am Main). Do you agree? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:44, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
About a year ago, you did a GA review for me. That was one of the first GA submissions I had done. Now that I've done a few more, and a few reviews myself, I have a better appreciation for just what poor shape the article was in when I submitted it, and for how much effort you put into helping me improve it. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoySmith ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Vami IV, and a big thank you for working on this massive time-sink – every bit helps! Just to save you a little time, there's no need for notifications such as this – once a CCI is opened, there's no further need to notify the user of any action you're taking to clean it up (and that one is anyway site-banned). Thank you again, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 10:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Could you kindly review the rewrite at Talk:Alice Greenough Orr/Temp and see if we’ve got it fixed now? Thanks. Montanabw (talk) 15:14, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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This khanda is bestowed upon Vami IV for his tireless devastation of the persevering blights of copyright violations on this eternal land. Please accept this extension of your arm and wield it in the name of the inquisition against the most heinous stains on the Encyclopedia. Sennecaster ( What now?) 03:33, 8 April 2021 (UTC) |
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On 11 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harry F. Sinclair House, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harry F. Sinclair House. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Harry F. Sinclair House), 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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Welcome, subscribers, to the second Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status. Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy. This issue's Category 1 articles are:
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I've been working on expanding an article about a minor ACW article on the Texas coast, and one of the sources mentions Sabine City, Texas. Based on our article for Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas, it may well be a historical name for that place, but I'm not sure. I know you're interested in Texas history, and thought you might have some knowledge of what Sabine City would be known as. Hog Farm Talk 05:45, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the third Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
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This is ridiculously late, and I apologise -- I've been writing articles :) I've also, excitingly, landed a couple 'real publishing' writing gigs, which I'll be plenty excited to talk about when they're published. Due to the current increased amount of writing I have to do on a regular basis both on- and off-wiki, I'm planning to drop this down to monthly so I can spread out my responsibilities a bit.
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Congratulations! Can I help with TFA nom, perhaps? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:34, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Congrats on the Triple Crown(s)! You might be interested in a userbox I made, {{User crown|Imperial}}
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Welcome, subscribers, to the fourth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.
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Yes, I know I said I was going to switch to monthly. Let's just go "Vat doesn't really Get Time" and run with it.
The Core Contest is on its last day of entries, and I've picked articles here with an eye to that. It's the first time it's running since 2017, and I for one am looking forward to overhauling
Prehistoric religion. If you feel inspired by anything here, get in there quick!
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FYI, here is a partial list of of widely-visited stub/start articles that might be of use!-- Coin945 ( talk) 18:03, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello Vami. I noticed your comments with CommanderWaterford's ANI. I was considering to open an ANI myself due to an unecessarily escalating conflict but CW got blocked before i could. This conflict involving possible TAGTEAM with CW calling over a current and demonstrably friendly administrator who made 3~4 unilaterally sided interventions, i think the ANI would still be welcome. Could i ask you to review the 4 sections involves (About same as 2~3 A4 pages) ? This would be my first ANI and i need mentoring.
That ANI would also be a record against "ICANTHEARYOU" edits by power users.
If interested, i will then only share pointers toward these sections in chronological order.
Best regards, Yug (talk) 13:19, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
This is to let you know that the Fort Concho article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 4, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 4, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:13, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Vami, this is June. I am sad to see the snow on your user page. A friend is in hospital (see my talk), too many died ... - I hope you'll come to terms with some users not seeing how good you are. Gianna Rolandi on the Main page, remembered singing Bach, - perhaps give it a listen? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:37, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:47, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Welcome, subscribers, to the fifth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
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One topic I've been broadly thinking about lately is the concept of GA sweeps. There hasn't been one in well over a decade; discussion of a new one is traditionally stymied by the sheer number of GAs that would need sweeping, considering there are over ten times as many as there were at the last sweep. Nonetheless, there's no dispute that many GAs don't really count as 99.5th percentile articles, or even decent-quality articles (whether one's own personal reading of WIAGA is closer to the former or the latter, and how different those things are, is an exercise for the reader).
I've been brainstorming ideas, and I've been wondering if we can tackle the problem with limited-scope sweeps. One idea would be sweeping popular or vital articles -- those that get enough views to make up a significant proportion of the "GA experience" to readers. Another would be focusing on shorter GAs, which might trend towards a less in-depth treatment of the topic than could really justify the rating. There may very well be a path here to maintaining GA standards, and either of those would have the benefit that they might be more likely to encourage people to work on rather than simply delist articles -- popular topics with lots of interested parties willing to help, or smaller topics that don't seem like too big a challenge to pick up.
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Did I handle 2nd Arkansas 30 Day Volunteer Regiment correctly from the Aleutian06 CCI? The body is about 80-85% copyvio it like, and the copyvio is foundational all the way back to the first edit, so I blanked it. It also probably helps with the blanking that I doubt the article would be kept at AFD, anyway. Hog Farm Talk 04:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
For unsalvageable articles, you can obliterate the copyvio and then send the aftermath to AfD, or just send it to WP:CP. The possibility of rewriting an article at CP is built into that system, so if someone really cares and can prove notability, the article can be reborn. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 01:21, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Fort Concho, about "a former US Army installation located almost literally in the middle of Texas. It is in fact the best-preserved 19th century US Army installation anywhere in the country, let alone Texas. For that reason, it has the distinction of being a National Historic Landmark."! - I like to share the page - meaningful on Fouth of July - with the pictured DYK, Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle, Bruck. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:50, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome, subscribers, to the sixth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.
Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.
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After my prior thoughts on GA sweeps and their viability, work is beginning to break down what parts of the backlog can be tackled. Planning is beginning at User:Vaticidalprophet/GA reform and its talk; feel free to give your opinion, participate in current GARs, and assess articles. The current plan is to look at GAs with outstanding cleanup tags as our first priority.
Sorry for the delay this time around -- I've been having A Month healthwise. I expect to maintain this at an approximately monthly schedule and will try not to let it slip further. I'm enthused by the work going on at GAR lately and hope to work something excellent out of it.
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On 9 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Quintín Quintana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Chinese ex-slave named Quintín Quintana became a successful merchant and pro-Chile leader in the War of the Pacific? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Quintín Quintana. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Quintín Quintana), 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 improving articles in August! I try, today DYK for a GA by a banned user. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
This is a two-parter. So the old version of one of the entries contains three references - the NPS source is PD and the Bart Christmas one seems to say different things that the text it's suppose to be supporting, so those are clear from a copyright perspective. However, I don't have access to the Sifakis source, and can't check it for copyvio.
As this article duplicated the subject and content of 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and the 29th Ark. is not independently notable, I redirected it there. Although the 37th Ark. looks like it probably contains copyright violations, as [sic] is used directly in the text in what is not a direct quote. So 1) Do I need to do anything to the history of the now-redirect if copyright violation status is unknown and 2) is there a special symbol for article redirected/PROD/AFD on the CCI page, or do I just leave a note as to that effect? Hog Farm Talk 03:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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Your work is always appreciated in our lonely corner of the world. Thank you for the thoughtful splitting of the remaining diffs and your determination to see all of the NI locations and history stubs cleaned of copyvio. Sennecaster ( Chat) 12:13, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
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For your continued dedication to industriously building quality pagespace and continually offering well-reasoned assertion while quietly maintaining an even keel, I award you this distinctly calm and adverbially abundant barnstar. Wikipedia is an invariably better place when you're editing. BusterD ( talk) 19:35, 4 September 2021 (UTC) |
I didn't know where else to put this to still air my thoughts but not disrupt things further: my RfA experience is still eating me alive. I just can't not think about, talk about it, and no amount of Triple Crowns can make me feel less broken. I feel rejected and hurt, and resent those who have rejected and hurt me. Said I was an embarassment to the Project for beliefs I no longer hold, or said I'd make a bad janitor because of a typo in a copypasta that I used for all of a week. I know I'm not, as there are still people who frequent this page whom I didn't know or interact with much before RfA who think I'm alright, even if others don't. If they even if those others think about me. But a friend of mine is all but retired from this Project now, and I feel like my Triple Crowns are sitting on a cursed head. An LTA comes around once in a while to stick a "you suck" sticker onto my talk. I feel bitter and jaded, feel unable to move on, and feel that inability poisoning friendships and affiliations I've made over the last year. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 10:41, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
Dear Vami IV, I'll be very glad to cooperate with to bring this article the recognition it deserves. I think it just needs some cleaning up here and there, some updated visitor statistics, something about the museum, and more the style of life at Versailles, rather then just the building and architecture. The visitor statistics are a little tricky. It says 15 million, but half of those people went to the park, which is free, and not to the Chateau. Also, the number of visitors to the Chateau has dropped between fifty and seventy percent in the last year due to the COVID virus, and it was closed for long periods of time, which also should be mentioned. Let's see what we can do together to get this to good articled status. Cordially, SiefkinDR ( talk) 09:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
I think COVID needs to be at least mentioned, because it changes all the rules. Admission to Versailles is much more complicated now than it used to be; you have to reserve places in advance.
It's interesting that you consider this an architecture article. Personally, I think this primarily a history article, with a very interesting cast of people.
What is your feeling about the separation of the garden from there rest of the article? I think the gardens might merit a bit more space, along with a link to the full garden article.
Cordially, SiefkinDR ( talk) 18:34, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm not against if we can work it into the body with proper sourcing.
It- ok well yeah it's both actually, as I've learned writing palace articles for years now ( Ludwigsburg Palace).
I want to include a quick guide to the garden, but haven't found my footing there yet. Am hoping to, between Versailles's website and English-language books on the garden, find that footing once I've more or less finished the history and architecture sections. Also there is a link to the Gardens' article in the relevant section. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 01:40, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
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I had low-key FA aspirations for
User:Hog Farm/Black Terror (ship), but when making the google books preview rounds in order to get "thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature", I wound up coming across a reasonably significant RS with fairly strong evidence that the other sources are following an early conflation error caused by confused 1860s reporting. So now I have to figure out how to reconcile two unreconcilable accounts before I can even move the darn thing into mainspace. Yeehaw
This turned out to be so not worth staying up to 1am on a work night for.
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 46, July – August 2021
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Thanks for your kind words on my former talk page. I am editing again, but I don't want to make a big deal of it. I have no idea how long I will choose to continue. I am kind of skittish. I may quit again after completing a few projects... ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 23:17, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I have many files in many folders. Is there a way to search the MEGA folder for a filename, or for text within all the files? ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 12:50, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
@ Lingzhi.Random: I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to devote to this, but I've created a MEGA account using the email address that you know. Sharing sources is a good place to start. -- Worldbruce ( talk)
On 25 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sawmill Fire (2017), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sawmill Fire of 2017, which burned more than 45,000 acres (18,000 ha), was started at a gender reveal party? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sawmill Fire (2017). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Sawmill Fire (2017)), 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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Hi, I would like you to help me out at Francisco Franco. Recently, a semi-protected edit request came about a user removing fascism and related templates from the page. Thought of it as removal of content and reverted it, and the user has reverted back. But the article states - "Although Franco adopted some trappings of fascism, he, and Spain under his rule, are generally not considered to be fascist;". If so, the template contradicts the article, or the user is wrong. Being a Wikidodo, I don't think I will escalate it any further, and I would like your opinion. Thanks! Interesting Geek ( talk) 05:04, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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You recently changed this to be downrated from C class to start class. The article now contains thirty nine distinct citations of the fifty inline citations, and I went to lengths to add citations. Can you please explain why and how the extra sources have caused this to be downgraded, preferably with "citation needed", as it implies you have not cross-checked with the citations given, which are mostly online and in the public domain. Your comment states 'There are areas without citation (B1 & B2)'. Can you please elucidate as to what is meant by B1, B2 and B3 as I am not seeing a link to where this is codified. Keith H99 ( talk) 12:40, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
I've come to apologize Hey. I've come to apologize. I truly hope you can find it in your hear to forgive me. I've worked very hard on Talk:Bengal famine of 1943/Verify and Black Monday (1987) and Marshall Plan etc. Genuinely I have tried very, very hard. But I have come to realize this project just has far too many dark memories for me. It just ain't a good thing in my life. Last time I quit, it was for a year and a half. I hope this one is forever. Sorry. ♦ Lingzhi.Random ( talk) 12:27, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm a relatively new user, and a MilHist article I had contributed significantly to was rated recently by User:Sadenar40000. I went to ask for some feedback from their user page given that the assessment left all the B-class criteria unassessed, and noticed that there was some previous discussion about the user's MilHist related assessments without any reply from the user. Taking a look at their contributions, it seems that the user is engaging in an effort to mass-rate articles, with assessments being made about every 10 to 30 seconds. I was wondering whether this kind of "drive-by assessment" with near-zero time spent on each article is good practice? I understand it clears the backlog, but I'm not sure the ratings given are of any actual value to the contributors. Again, I'm quite new to Wikipedia and it's entirely possible that I'm overreacting :) Thanks, Ljleppan ( talk) 14:13, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Back in June 2019 one of your edits to article Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies left a phrase:
I cannot imagine what you wanted to say, but those words are still there. Could you review that please? Shenme ( talk) 00:30, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Congrats on your volunteering for long hours, no sleep, and high drama as a wikiproject coordinator. You appear to be adapting well. Your edits/actions seem to indicate you have found a nice groove. How are you feeling? BusterD ( talk) 17:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Coordinator life has been rather quiet so far. I do a lot of what I used to do already, which seems to be welcome by the WikiProject. I'm surprised to be here, but I feel welcome and it helps that I have been very productive.
While we're meeting, I'm glad you're back. I likewise hope you're doing well. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 18:00, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
I apologize for leaving you on read. It would be more productive to remove any doubt from those watching this page to just say that I have no more interest in RfA. I don't want to discuss or conscious it anymore. I have nothing more productive to contribute and I will instead focus on turning a new leaf. I repeat here now that I will not accept another nomination. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 02:55, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 20 November 2021. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to comment on the draft blurb at TFA. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild ( talk) 21:29, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for improving articles in October! - Today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - click on songs. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:52, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi Vami IV, I am interested in the rating of the articles as this was also an issue at Wikipedians per article count. I have seen that at the Portal Germany they use to check new articles on their B rating. Is this something regular, and if so, could this modality be included in other projects, or maybe even wikipedia? To bring an article from stub to GA seems a rather difficult task for new editors, but to bring a stub to C or B status seems achievable, at least to me it happened. And it would leave plenty of C or B class articles for the editors who are already experienced in bringing articles to a GA. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 08:01, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to see a Wikiproject or new awarding system which gives article upgrades some sort of recognition. Paradise Chronicle ( talk) 04:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
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I have edited the above in line with your suggestion that the article needs a more defined structure. If you are one of those kindhearted editors who gives a B Class nom a second chance, please take another look. Georgejdorner ( talk) 01:16, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Okay, assessed as Start class. Many thanks for your review. Georgejdorner ( talk) 21:15, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
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Since you reviewed Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign, could I trouble you to take a look at its twin, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:42, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Harry F. Sinclair House, "about a historic, Gilded Age mansion in New York City built in the last three years of the 19th century by a seasoned New York architect. It's a pretty charming place, today housing a Ukrainian cultural nonprofit."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:03, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
So, I just found out that SpaceX Starship belongs to the Rocket Cargo program, and because of that it kinda belongs to MILHIST; and I applied the article for A-Class review since is more helpful than FAC; maybe it is partly because of the nature of the topic ( Eel on Musk), my noviceness and the review's lower difficulty. Anyways, I would love to have a comment about the article - it has changed a lot since your GA review! CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 09:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Seeing this edit reminds me of a recent trip to a bookstore. I saw Mitcham's work about Vicksburg on the shelf, thought "hey a new book about Vicksburg" saw the first two quoted praises on the back of the book were one of the Duck Dynasty guys (definitely not a trained historian) and someone who wrote a book called "The South Was Right", and immediately put it back on the shelf. Also, I wish I'd seen that list of unreliable sources sooner - I literally just spend $10 on a copy of Goodrich's Black Flag a couple days ago.
If you want to talk about particularly bad sourcing, I've seen John Newman Edwards cited in a handful of places. I blame Edwards for the reason that to this day it's hard to find decent works about Shelby, even though he was of some significance. Hog Farm Talk 03:32, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
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It sounds weird, but you really helped me to push myself to the limit via this essay and yeet SpaceX Starship to the stratosphere. Thank you for the essay, and here's one more article to the library of quality™. I also created a proto-Wikiproject of sorts, which you can view at my userpage. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 08:16, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Vami IV: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 21:04, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
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