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Thank you very much for the warm welcome. I'll have a look through all these policies and read them. Whenever I forget to sign, its most often a mistake. A mistake that I typically correct fairly quickly with subsequent edits. Thanks again. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 14:36, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you, I don't typically edit medical articles too much but these policies are nonetheless helpful. I'll be sure to reach out if I have any additional questions about them. Thanks. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 14:38, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi DonSpencer1[edit]

Hi DonSpencer1. I've reverted your Fortification edits as the changes are so large it's hard to understand the where it's going. Is it possible to please apply changes in smaller batches so it's manageable to understand? WestportWiki (talk) 21:39, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, you got it. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 21:41, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for being so reasonable. WestportWiki (talk) 22:14, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Retroactive Cases and Deaths in California[edit]

Please escalate the issue described below regarding the following Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:COVID-19_pandemic_data/United_States_medical_cases

The page above contains two tables:
- Cases by State by Date.
- Deaths by State by Date.

For the past few weeks multiple requests have been made to indicate that Retroactive Cases and Deaths occurred in California on Feb 6 and 17. These deaths have been widely reported by many news sources as well as by the CDC (reference Talk page associated with URL above). Despite multiple attempts to get these pages updated two errors keep reoccurring:

1) CASES Table - When rows are added to the Cases Table for Feb 6 and 17 for cases in California, as was done a few days ago, the Cases table later regresses back so those rows no longer appear (this situation occurred again on 5/8 at 10:15 pm ET). Why are these rows being deleted after people keep adding the rows? Further why do people say this issue is fixed when it is not?

2) DEATHS Table - The Deaths table has never been updated with rows showing that deaths occurred on Feb 6 and 17 in California? This issue is most important because those deaths were the first certified deaths to occur in the US, and these occurred over three weeks earlier than what is currently incorrectly shown in the Deaths Table.

To be sure, presently both tables fail to report that cases and deaths occurred in California on Feb 6 and 17 per the following references:
- https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-23/morgues-hold-key-to-early-spread-of-coronavirus
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-first-united-states-death.html?searchResultPosition=1
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/us/california-deaths-earliest-in-us/index.html
- https://fortune.com/2020/04/22/new-coronavirus-deaths-california-us-covid-19-victims-earlier/
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm
Thank you for your help adding this all important information to these two Wikipedia tables.
Morebits (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Lets try to keep the conversation at Template talk:COVID-19 pandemic data/United States medical cases#Retroactive cases in California as there are a lot of subject-matter editors there. From a quick overview it does look like most of the references used on that template are being sourced from public health government databases. Secondly, when you make an edit request on a semi-protect page be sure to format it in a "change X to Y" format with sources. Now, its not enough to just list random sources and make editors dig through them to see which one sources which statement. What we're looking for is: "change California death count on Feb 6 to 1, see New York Times citation. With that in mind, I will go ahead and re-open your edit request so another editor can look at your edits. Thank you. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 17:28, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit with Alan Howard[edit]

Hello Donna, Thank you for your review, especially pointing out the placement of references. One question: you changed the section title "Later research on very low calorie diet and coronary heart disease" into just "Later research on low calorie diets". The contents of the section refer to "very low calorie diet" and "coronary heart disease" and so I wondered what your reasoning is? Not a big deal. I am content with the article now as it is and grateful for your review. Tomp-uk (talk) 10:50, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, lets try to keep the discussion in one place by commenting at Talk:Alan Howard (nutritionist)#Request to review citations and secondary sources. I'll describe more in detail there the differences between primary and secondary sources. As for the headers, they should be short and sweet, nothing too wordy. Thank you. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 16:29, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT Youth Scotland[edit]

Thank you so much for offering your help with improving the LGBT Youth Scotland page. I can't tell you how appreciated that is. From next week, I will begin using the relevant talk page for suggesting some edits and additions to make the page more accurate and informative, and would appreciate your input and advice. A lot of the information is out of date by over ten years, so it will be really good to understand how best to update it while preserving the history of the organisation. Sending warm wishes! LGBTYS2020 (talk) 09:54, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, if you need to get a hold of me you can do so here or by sending me an alert on Talk:LGBT Youth Scotland. And I see another editor has left you a note about your username, I've added a little explanation about that on your talk. All the best, Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 13:56, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.[edit]

Hello Donna,

thanks for your edits and your answers at HWWA respectively the corresponding talk page. ♥

Best regards,
Atomiccocktail (talk) 11:15, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, happy to help! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 13:50, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Template:COVID-19 testing by country[edit]

Dear DonSpencer1, I have reverted your recent edit adding Northern Cyprus because of multiple issues with it (see the edit summary). Please be more careful when adding new entries to complex tables. Take some time to understand the meaning of various parameters and how they are used. Don't just copy an existing entry and tweak some of its parameters while leaving other parameters untouched—that's almost always wrong. I will re-add a proper entry for Northern Cyprus shortly. Thank you! — UnladenSwallow (talk) 12:23, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no problem at all, I was more than willing to self-revert. The back-and-forth at Talk:COVID-19 testing#Edit request Cypriot data was a little confusing with respect to the actual data entry. I see you re-added Northern Cyprus data and added a note. Thank you! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 13:48, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Implemented I have relinked to Muuga Harbour. Thank you. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 13:51, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Asturian miners' strike of 1934[edit]

Thanks a lot for editing Asturian miners' strike of 1934. When you have finished could you please remove the tag that indicates that the article needs editing?--J Pratas (talk) 18:13, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, happy to help! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 18:19, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A big thanks for your outstanding detailed editing of Asturian miners' strike of 1934. You have significantly improved the article. How about giving a hand also on Francisco Franco or Spanish Civil War ? Topics are somehow related...--J Pratas (talk) 10:10, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@JPratas: Do you think the lead of Francisco Franco needs some copy-editing work? I'd love to get it trimmed down a bit and more in line with MOS:LEADLENGTH. The detail and citations are there so I think it could be a great lead if cleaned up a little. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 14:07, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you but I have a problem with it. I have made that suggestion in the talk page. I got push-back from user Rjensen (which opinion I respect and value). He wrote that "in this case a short lede will short change readers and they will miss key aspects". So I would not make it shorter. But the text, both lede and article, surely could benefit from some editing. --J Pratas (talk) 14:57, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@JPratas: The lead is objectively too long and it can easily be trimmed without removing any material content (as other editors have attempted to do). Please don't confuse content disputes with copy-editing. Its sentences like "in all of Europe" that could easily just be "in Europe", you know what I mean? We can take this 8 paragraph lead to 4 (maybe 5) in no time at all. This issue, again, is not the content, but the overly drawn-out wording. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 15:39, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I understand. I agree with you. I saw what you did the Asturias 1934 article and that is why I suggested you to step in. I am not native in English so I am not capable of doing what you are doing. Thanks. --J Pratas (talk) 15:56, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well I think many people on that talk have Spanish as their first language, too. OK – I will continue copy-editing and formatting of the article. Thanks. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 15:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have Spanish as my 3rd language. :) . But I love Spain. J Pratas (talk) 16:11, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thats great, I love writing about Spain, too. Thanks for your great work. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 16:24, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020[edit]

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@Chrispainter0624: you take full responsibility for using programs like Twinkle. You've incorrectly posted this message on a couple of editor's talks. Please slow down when reverting other editors. On Climate of Spain your program accidentally added "Ho ho ho I can edit stupidos Spain" to the article. I know it was in good faith – so no worries. Just slow down, thanks. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 05:01, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I need a bit of help, thanks for the edits![edit]

Hello Donna, first of all, thank you for your edits at the Hilda Tenorio article. Now, although I've been editing here on Wikipedia for quite some time, I've always taken it very casually, almost like a thing to do on my free time, and as such, I don't know the intricacies of how it works. I would like your help and expertise in this issue. See, I added various categories at the end of the Hilda Tenorio article and as you know, category articles of people are ordered alphabetically by last name, but the problem is that in the case of Hilda Tenorio the system thinks or supposes that "Hilda" is her last name (rather than Tenorio) and because of that it adds her name to the "H" section rather than the "T" section. I was wondering if you could help me to solve this annoying hindrance. Any ideas how to solve this. Seguro64 (talk) 20:16, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Seguro64: I would love to help you out with Hilda Tenorio! She seems like a very interesting person in the world of Mexican bullfighting. OK I am going to look into this category issue right away and if there is anything else I can do to help you with the article, let me know! Looks like you beat me to the punch! I think that default sort template should do the trick. Also note that Help:Category is a great resource for implementing technical categorization for a whole host of cats, e.g. WP:SORTCAT, WP:PAGECAT, & H:CAT. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 20:35, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that was indeed the issue, I saw you mentioned the HelpDesk in your user page only after I posted this so I didn't want to bother you and went there instead. And yes, Hilda is such an interesting person, she's already recovered from her brutal goring from last year and getting in shape for the future. Will add more WomenInRed! Best regards, Seguro64 (talk) 20:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good to hear! I read about her injury online and that she postponed her trip back because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Yes, I am always available to help other editors out with these types of things and the Help Desk is a great place for technical questions. I'm also keen to add more content about her novelty among Mexican female bullfighters from her entry on the Spanish Wikipedia. Happy editing! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 20:57, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
I just want to say thanks for your great work on removing resume-like content and copy editing from Melanie Johnston-Hollitt!
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Thank you very much! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 18:10, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for the barnstar. I love these goofy things and try hard to raise the voice of women and other Wikipedia-underrepresented groups. Much appreciation. Jessamyn (talk) 19:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well deserved. I think its important to support editors – even in goofy ways – for their hard work, especially the great work you do. Thanks again. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 19:22, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ilkay Altintas Wikipedia Page[edit]

Hi, thanks for your edits. I'm adding in more information to the introductory section, and also to the Career section of this page. The way it's been edited is minimizing her contributions to supercomputing and high performance computing research. (You also went out on a limb and wrote down when her photo was taken - it was taken in 2020, not 2019.) 1919lantern (talk) 00:05, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@1919lantern: I did not go out on a limb – the image on Ilkay Altintas is dated 21 August 2019. Where are you getting that it was taken in 2020? As an aside, however, thank you for removing the unnecessary citations, it was causing technical glitch on the article and you inadvertently fixed it. Now, some of your edits are helpful – others are not. When you added 7 citations to source one sentence you violated our citation policies. That is considered excessive citing and impacts the readability of an article. Secondly, we have specific policies regarding letter case. We denote phrases like "Founder and Directer Director" as "founder and directer director". To start, please fix the excessive citing and letter case issues before we discuss other edits. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 02:49, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@DonSpencer1: I'm extremely sorry, Donna, for my incorrect statement. I mixed this image up with another image and was under the impression that it was taken in 2020. Thank you for sending me the Wikimedia commons link so I could see the date - I really appreciate it. Aside from that, thank you for letting me know about the excessive citing and the founder and directer note. I'm a little confused on the founder and directer edit - I'm not sure I've seen director spelled as directer anywhere else. Any info you'd be able to provide me with would be greatly appreciated.1919lantern (talk) 05:27, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@1919lantern: Ah a spelling mistake on my end – "director" is the right spelling (in lowercase). Also note how "Computer Engineering" is now "computer engineering" per the same policy. Let's keeping going with cutting down the number of citations. For example, the sentence In addition, she is a big data MOOC instructor through Coursera and edX, having taught over a million learners till date still has 4 citations. It only needs one, preferably this one. There are still a handful of sentences with 4+ to 5+ citations. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 16:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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@Rosiestep: thank you so much for these newsletters, I really appreciate them. I've been looking through #1day1woman and have taken some time to edit a couple of articles on that list, namely Megan Montaner and Itziar Mendizabal. Thanks again. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 16:41, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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@The Most Comfortable Chair: thank you so much for reviewing the article and giving me such comprehensive, constructive feedback. It will take me some time to do further reading on the topic and complete more research so I will resubmit when I'm ready. Thank you again! Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 19:25, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Julie Brill citations needed?[edit]

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Toro de la Vega[edit]

Hello DonSpencer1. How are you? I have been looking up on the festival since the review and I found some sources that may help in expanding the article. Particularly, A, B, C and D look interesting to me. I also found a bunch of other papers on Google Scholar that could help with the article. This month is going to get terribly hectic for me, but I will have lots of free time in May and June. If you are still interested in working on the article, let me know and we can collaborate. Stay safe. — The Most Comfortable Chair 12:36, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gracias, The Most Comfortable Chair! I will read through these sources. I am busy in real life so it might be some time before I can find the time to do anything with them. I will post them to the article talk page as a resource there. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 05:21, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Spain & List of top international rankings by country[edit]

Hola Donna @DonSpencer1:, He visto que tienes interés en temas históricos y te contacto para interesarte en List of top international rankings by country y la discusión actual sobre eliminar ciertos records de España...check it out...Talk:List of top international rankings by country#Spain section and list criteria.--PLUS ULTRA CARLOS (talk) 13:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hola. Sí, puedo. Voy a ver. Donna Spencertalk-to-me⛅ 02:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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