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DYK nomination of Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball

Hello! Your submission of Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball 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) 23:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Yoninah; I've responded on the DYK nomination page. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 04:57, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 05:36, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 01:07, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Buddy Holly Center

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 01:43, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Women (Wikipedia in Residence) Project

Dear Michael, thank you for our last chat on google drive. Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) is applying for Wikipedia in Residence under the above mentioned project. We write to notify that we might need your assistance in the course of the project. i will be glad to hear from you if you will be willing or not to support. Regards 07:58, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! And yes, I'd be more than happy to support your project in whatever way I can. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 04:03, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Tuaau

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 03:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Silver Slipper (train)

I just reviewed your nice article Silver Slipper (train) for DYK. I notice that you use a very long url for your Google book references and thought you might find this tool useful. The url it produces is much shorter and you can adjust the page number by changing the last few digits of the url. Hope this helps, I have found the tool useful since it was pointed out to me. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:45, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks so much, Cwmhiraeth! Michael Barera (talk) 02:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Coffee! Michael Barera (talk) 02:47, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

No. Thank you! It's great content contributors like yourself that keep this project going. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 03:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

It is very kind of you to say that, Coffee. It really means a great deal to me. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 03:03, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Silver Slipper (train)

—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 00:08, 10 March 2016 (UTC) 00:01, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Amberrock! Michael Barera (talk) 01:30, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

My pleasure.—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 06:24, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Dallas SLRV

Hi Michael!

I think I've run into you a few times before. Thanks for the thanks (redundant)! If you have anything you want to contribute or that you may know, feel free to add @ Kinki Sharyo SLRV!

Cheers! TJH2018 talk 03:31, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, TJH2018! I'll have to poke around a bit online and see what I can find regarding the SLRVs.

PS: I'm moving this thread to my active talk page as I reply to it. It will automatically be archived to User talk:Michael Barera/archives/2016 once it has been inactive for seven days.

Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 04:09, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

OSU

Hi Michael - it's been a while! Hope all is well with you. Since we had you over, not much happened on campus until last year. If you haven't heard, I'm pleased to announce that there is a new undergraduate club called the Wikipedia Connection which I'm serving as faculty advisor to this year.

It's also motivated me to do a little bit more editing on Wikipedia myself, so here I am again after, what, 2-3 years now! Anyway, just FYI and also wanted to reconnect. Take care! Bdleaf (talk) 16:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

That is fantastic, Bdleaf! Thanks for the news, and if I can assist the Wikipedia Connection in any way, please let me know. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 22:54, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Lamar County Historical Museum

On 8 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lamar County Historical Museum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Lamar County Historical Museum in Paris, Texas, is home to the Biard Cabin, built in 1846 and now relocated inside the museum structure? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lamar County Historical Museum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), 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) 01:56, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 00:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of GE steam turbine locomotives

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article GE steam turbine locomotives you nominated for GA-status according to the 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 Legobot, on behalf of Sainsf -- Sainsf (talk) 18:01, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Sainsf! Please contact me when you need my assistance. I've never had a successful GA nomination before, however, so this will certainly be a learning experience for me. Michael Barera (talk) 19:10, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Your article looks beautiful. I will post my comments in a day or two. Cheers! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 04:59, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Sainsf! I'm unfortunately quite busy this week, but I'll do my best to respond to your comments in a timely fashion. Michael Barera (talk) 04:15, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

No problem, you just need to notify the reviewer that you would be away, else it might be failed. Thanks, Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 04:19, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of GE steam turbine locomotives

The article GE steam turbine locomotives you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:GE steam turbine locomotives for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sainsf -- Sainsf (talk) 04:01, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Sainsf! I am incredibly honored and humbled on the occasion of my very first GA. I greatly appreciate you helping me achieve this significant milestone as a Wikipedian. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 04:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

GAs are not difficult, and I'm sure you learnt a lot from this one :) Quality articles as yours can even go to the FA level! Come on, I wish to see more from you! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 05:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Silver Slipper (train)

The article Silver Slipper (train) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Silver Slipper (train) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 (talk) 14:21, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Pi.1415926535! I'll try to resolve all the outstanding issues in the next day or two. Michael Barera (talk) 00:03, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done: Should be good to go now, Pi.1415926535. Michael Barera (talk) 03:31, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars

The article Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Example -- Example (talk) 03:21, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: and @Example: Hopefully I didn't cause any problems by moving the article per the suggestion in the GA review. If I did, and there is a way to fix my mistake(s), please let me know. Thanks! Michael Barera (talk) 03:35, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Of interest, perhaps

What are you up to these days at Wikipedia? This might be something of interest to you. You do good work. — Maile (talk) 22:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Maile66! I've just had my first two GAs pass over the last few weeks (GE steam turbine locomotives and Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars), and right now I'm very busy with improving my photographs on Commons (now, I'm working on implementing and refining the accuracy of geocodes on my pre-2013 images, when I really started implementing it accurately, and after that I have a lot of work to do on applying perspective correction to my Sony ILCE-5100 images now that I've finally figured out how to do that in GIMP).

Hopefully, I'll have time to work on the Wikipedia side too this summer: I have my eyes on a few more DYK nominations (visible in my sandbox), hopefully some of which will ultimately be GAs.

The Wikipedia Library offer for a free Alexander Street Press account is certainly intriguing, but so far I've only been using freely available online sources (including Google Books), and my next goal is to include more book sources in articles that I write (which is enabled by my employer offering free interlibrary loan!). I'll think about it, though.

Thanks for your hard work, and all the best. Happy editing! Michael Barera (talk) 02:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar

A bit late but thanks (haven't logged in for months) NobuTamura (talk) 02:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

You totally deserve it, NobuTamura! Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Kinki Sharyo SLRV

On 10 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kinki Sharyo SLRV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that DART's Kinki Sharyo SLRV (pictured) conversion project saved over $50 million compared to the cost of buying new accessible light rail vehicles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kinki Sharyo SLRV. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kinki Sharyo SLRV), 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) 12:01, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 03:01, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for History of East Texas Normal College

On 2 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of East Texas Normal College, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that between 1889 and 1917, the campus of East Texas Normal College burned on three separate occasions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas Normal College. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of East Texas Normal College), 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Graeme! Michael Barera (talk) 01:22, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

Wishing Michael Barera a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 23:59, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Chris! Michael Barera (talk) 01:23, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for History of East Texas State Normal College

On 31 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of East Texas State Normal College, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that East Texas State Normal College president Randolph B. Binnion (pictured) asked prospective faculty members whether they danced and whether they belonged to a church? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas State Normal College. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of East Texas State Normal College), 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:01, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Graeme! Michael Barera (talk) 13:50, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Editor of the Week [6 August 2016]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for cumulative dedication. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Maile66 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Michael Barera to be Editor of the Week for cumulative contributions since he signed up in 2011. Not only has he made substantive content edits at the English Wikipedia, but his image contributions to Commons have been impressive. Overall, he's been busy in multiple Wiki sites. A contributor to DYK. A good contributor like this is someone we want to retain and encourage to do more, more, more. Michael is one of the politest and most hardworking editors here. His efforts deserve greater recognition.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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Thanks again for your efforts! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Maile66 and Kevin! This is a tremendous honor that means very much to me. Michael Barera (talk) 13:31, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Michael Barera, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 05:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Chris! Michael Barera (talk) 04:54, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Commerce Lions logo

Hey, do you have a wordmark for Commerce that we can use in the sub-articles of the main athletics program? Per WP:NFC#UUI §17, the main non-free logo (Lions head w/circle) can only be used in the main athletics article. All others need an individual sports logo or the athletics dept.'s main wordmark. I know you've created a few of the articles for the school, so I thought I'd have yo do this if you can. Thanks, Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 09:59, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Good question. As far as I can tell, the wordmark always appears with the lion-head logo (see here, here, or here). Would it be permissible to crop out the "Lions" or perhaps "A&M-Commerce Lions" bit out of one of the first two logos? I think it would certainly be under the threshold of originality and thus be PD, but would it be permissible to excerpt only part of the logo for our purposes? If not, then I think the best thing to do would be to simply remove the lion-head logos that are on the articles right now. Michael Barera (talk) 21:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, we can crop the wording in the first to as it would be {{PD-textlogo}}. I'm thinking I found one earlier but wasn't really sure if that was a log designed by them or not. I'll upload later today have you take a look... it'll be the second EL but transparent and better quality. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 04:23, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Michael, does this file work? Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 04:54, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that looks great to me! Thanks for uploading and implementing it. Michael Barera (talk) 00:42, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of History of East Texas State Teachers College

Hello! Your submission of History of East Texas State Teachers College 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! — Maile (talk) 23:16, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

No problems with article or your hooks. Just offering another ALT hook. — Maile (talk) 23:16, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Michael Barera (talk) 04:19, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for History of East Texas State Teachers College

On 29 August 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of East Texas State Teachers College, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that East Texas State Teachers College president James G. Gee declared Sam Rayburn, the congressman and college alumnus, "my personal enemy", during a faculty meeting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas State Teachers College. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of East Texas State Teachers College), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Gatoclass! Michael Barera (talk) 01:30, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for History of East Texas State College

On 5 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of East Texas State College, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that through its Forum Arts Program, East Texas State College students had the opportunity to see Lyndon B. Johnson, Alex Haley, the Ballet Folklórico de México, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas State College. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of East Texas State College), 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) 00:02, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Maile! Michael Barera (talk) 00:35, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK for History of East Texas State University

On 19 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of East Texas State University, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that East Texas State University was, in part, saved from closure in 1986 by 450 supporters making a bus trip to the Texas State Capitol in Austin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas State University. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of East Texas State University), 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) 00:01, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Cas Liber! Michael Barera (talk) 01:10, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Producing some great articles! Can I interest you in contributing to the new Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge? Will start a 1000 Challenge for Texas if there is the interest. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:12, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

That looks very intriguing to me, Dr. Blofeld. I'd be happy to participate, but I'm not sure how many other people would join in for Texas. Michael Barera (talk) 03:35, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Michael Barera. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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Thanks! Michael Barera (talk) 03:07, 22 November 2016 (UTC)