User talk:Joseph2302/Archives/2018/February

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Simon Shelton

Joseph,

I updated my late brothers wiki page this afternoon and you then removed my changes.

As I am his brother I know his date of birth and date of his passing, so please do not revert it back to the incorrect info.

Regards

Adrian Barnes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:C214:9C00:4D87:7EEE:62F8:789B (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Glen Muirhead

Hello! Your submission of Glen Muirhead at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 17:42, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Mauro Boerchio

The draft you reviewed, Mauro Boerchio, has played in the Serie C which is a fully professional league these meets the criteria. See his Soccerway Profile. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 21:04, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

My mistake. Accepted it now. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:09, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Muirhead (curler)

On 17 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Muirhead (curler), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that siblings Thomas, Glen, and Eve Muirhead are all competing in curling for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Muirhead (curler). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Muirhead (curler)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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The explanation of the abbreviations on the recent changes page could overlap with the list of changes. This has been fixed. [1][2]
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22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Mica McNeill

On 20 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mica McNeill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore crowdfunded £30,000 to compete at 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup events? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mica McNeill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mica McNeill), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Mica Moore

On 20 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mica Moore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore crowdfunded £30,000 to compete at 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup events? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mica Moore. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mica Moore), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's March 2018 worldwide online editathons. Historically, our March event has been one of the biggest offerings of the year. This year, we are collaborating with two other wiki communities. Our article campaign is the official on-line/virtual node for Art+Feminism. Our image campaign supports the Whose Knowledge? initiative. Women's History Month 2018 Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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DYK for Dom Parsons

On 21 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dom Parsons, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Dom Parsons won the first medal for a British male in skeleton in 70 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dom Parsons. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dom Parsons), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

hmm

Have you edited Wikipedia? Victuallers (talk) 16:37, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

tpw, to put this comment into context, I believe Victuallers is referring to two things: 1) WP:NOTNEWS #2, Wikipedia is also not written in news style, and 2) Mica McNeill has already finished competing in her event. Alex Shih (talk) 17:03, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

She hadn't finished her event when the change was made, there were still 2 runs to go. Competed in past tense makes no sense. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:57, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

I get it. Present tense made it more urgent and newsy, but your claim that the past tense "makes no sense" is a bit of an exaggeration. You are a Wikipedia editor and you have edited Wikipedia and that makes sense to me. The past sense of competed makes absolute sense, even if she is/was still competing. Still I can over this as she's now finished 8th I believe. Well done for maintaining her biog. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 21:21, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Well at least I bother to write Wikipedia articles rather than just complaining about other people. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:46, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

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