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Nomination of The State of Garbage in America for deletion
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Onel5969 TT me 13:49, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Éva Olsavszky moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Éva Olsavszky, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Onel5969 TT me 16:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Vladimir Zuykov moved to draftspace
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Luigi Mezzanotte moved to draftspace
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This Month in Education: March 2021
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The Signpost: 28 March 2021
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- News from the WMF: Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Rais Abin
On 30 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rais Abin, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 05:04, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Brenda Banks (animator)
On 31 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brenda Banks (animator), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brenda Banks was one of the first African-American women to work as a professional animator? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brenda Banks (animator). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brenda Banks (animator)), 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Carlo Mosca
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DYK for Arvol Looking Horse
On 2 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arvol Looking Horse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the age of 12, the Lakota spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse became the youngest ever Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arvol Looking Horse. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Arvol Looking Horse), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Mary Wollstonecraft Award 2021
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| On behalf of WP:WPWW, with appreciation for the women writer biographies you created during first quarter 2021. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:39, 2 April 2021 (UTC) |
DYK for Edmund G. Love
On 3 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edmund G. Love, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that author Edmund G. Love spent several years homeless, sleeping on the subway and interacting with other homeless people, leading him to write the book Subways Are For Sleeping? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edmund G. Love. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edmund G. Love), 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for creating the Edmund G. Love article, great job! I was thinking about creating it myself but you beat me to it. I've read three of his books (The Situation in Flushing, Hanging On, and War is a Private Affair; Subways Are for Sleeping is next on my list.) I've visited his grave and added a picture of it as well as a photo of him from the back of Hanging On to his Find a Grave page. Feel free to use them in the article. TomCat4680 (talk) 04:22, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! The Situation in Flushing was an important book for me. I was shocked he didn't have an article. I finally went ahead and made one years later. There is still plenty to add! Any help expanding would be appreciated. Thanks again, Thriley (talk) 05:05, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah I loved A Situation in Flushing. I've been railfanning like he did for 20 years, so I really enjoyed it. Hanging On and War is a Private Affair are pretty good too. TomCat4680 (talk) 16:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Jeff Hale moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Jeff Hale, may be notable but this is not yet established in the entry. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources, perhaps giving some description of his work or any awards he has won? I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Innisfree987 (talk) 07:45, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
John Michael Lock moved to draftspace
With the given material, it is entirely unclear how Lock is supposed to fulfill the nortability criteria at WP:NPROF or WP:GNG. Could you please provide text and refs that show this? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:28, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Another one
I think Draft:Elwyn Meader is good to go. A lot of the other sources out there just repeat the same things about him. You think it's ready to be moved to mainspace? SilverserenC 22:26, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
- Looks wonderful! I added a bit more from the saveseeds website. Do you find that to be an acceptable source? Thriley (talk) 05:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
J.P. Love moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, J.P. Love, right now relies on two sources, each only three paragraphs. It’s not yet clear that a full accounting of his life can be written from this brief material—are there others available? For the purposes of continuing to look, I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Innisfree987 (talk) 00:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
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19:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Matilda Geddings Gray
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Whew
Okay, I think i'm finally done with Draft:Albert F. Yeager. That was a lot of work. It came out rather well, I think. SilverserenC 01:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
- You went above and beyond! Albert is rescued from semi-obscurity to eternal encyclopedic existence! Do you especially enjoy doing agriculture related Wikipedia articles? Does any of your real life work involve agriculture directly? Thriley (talk) 03:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Fannie's done too. There sadly wasn't too much I could find on her history beyond what's there now. She's well known, but most of the sources just go over the same details that I covered. SilverserenC 01:51, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- That was fast! It is an excellent start. My hope with any of these biographies is that they spur further journalistic research as the years go on. I can’t wait for a long piece on Dr. Deno! Thriley (talk) 01:58, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Oh...oh dear. My ProQuest search for "John Fraser Hart", with quotations even, returned 237 results. This...is going to take a while. ^_^; SilverserenC 18:28, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
- Holy moly. He was prolific! I guess you want to make the article the authoritative source of his work? I’m all for that. Thriley (talk) 19:31, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
- Alright, there we go. That was quite a bit of work, but I think i'm done now with Draft:John Fraser Hart. If you don't have anything else to add to it, I think i'm going to go ahead and move it to mainspace. SilverserenC 22:41, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Peter Manso
Thank you for your article on Benjamin Diamary.
It is a very bare article, that could use more information. The references provide a lot of information about Peter Manso's life and work.
I have added rewrite and cleanup tags to the page. If you are able to resource more information, please do so. --Whiteguru (talk) 01:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Unsourced dates of birth and death for Wilma Marggraff
Your edits creating an article for Wilma Marggraff provided dates of birth and death, but the details aren't backed by the sources you added. Where did you get these dates? If you have a source for the dates of birth and death, why not add them to the article? Alansohn (talk) 02:21, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Women in Red
Hi there, Thriley, and welcome to Women in Red. I see that over the years you have written a few short biographies of women and am happy to see you now intend to add more. If you have not already done so, you might find it useful to look through our Primer for creating women's biographies. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:43, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Invest In Our New York Act
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A tag has been placed on Invest In Our New York Act, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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This Month in GLAM: March 2021
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Bare URLS
Hi. Any reason you don't fill in the bare URLS on articles? I'm thinking of pages like Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho, Patricio Castillo (actor) and Georges de La Fouchardière. --- Possibly (talk) 03:28, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
- Refill often doesn’t work on the browser on the main computer I use to edit. I am not sure why. Sorry for the mess! Thriley (talk) 15:16, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
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DYK for Elwyn Meader
On 19 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elwyn Meader, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the cucumber seeds that botanist Elwyn Meader brought back from Korea in 1948 became the basis for all modern cucumber hybrids grown worldwide? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elwyn Meader. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Elwyn Meader), 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon. [8][9]
- If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces. [10][11][12]
- Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use
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16:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Fannie Mahood Heath
On 21 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fannie Mahood Heath, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fannie Mahood Heath was nicknamed the "flower lady of North Dakota" for her garden that included over 450 different species of flowers, bushes, and trees? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fannie Mahood Heath. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fannie Mahood Heath), 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.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
- Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
- Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
- News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
This Month in Education: April 2021
The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
- Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
- Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
- News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
- Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
- Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
- News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
The article Sergio Esquivel has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Lana Zak for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lana Zak until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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nearlyevil665 17:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
May 2021 at Women in Red
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DYK for John Fraser Hart
On 3 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Fraser Hart, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that geographer John Fraser Hart does not use a computer, preferring to type emails on his typewriter and have an assistant re-type them digitally? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Fraser Hart. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Fraser Hart), 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.
—valereee (talk) 12:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
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- The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug. [17]
- Some things will not work for about a minute on 5 May. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This will affect the content translation tool and notifications among other things. This is because of an upgrade to avoid crashes. [18]
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- Reference Previews will become a default feature on a number of wikis on 5 May. This is later than planned because of some changes. You can use it without using Page Previews if you want to. The earlier plan was to have the preference to use both or none. [19][20]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).
Future changes
- The CSS classes
.error,.warningand.successdo not work for mobile readers if they have not been specifically defined on your wiki. From June they will not work for desktop readers. This can affect gadgets and templates. The classes can be defined in MediaWiki:Common.css or template styles instead. [21]
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15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Albert F. Yeager
On 8 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Albert F. Yeager, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that horticulturalist Albert F. Yeager's accomplishments led to him being referred to as the "plant wizard of the north" and the "Luther Burbank of North Dakota"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Albert F. Yeager. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Albert F. Yeager), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of David Vetter (farmer) for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Vetter (farmer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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DGG ( talk ) 02:11, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 43
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Books & Bytes
Issue 43, March – April 2021
- New Library Card designs
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 May. It will be on all wikis from 13 May (calendar).
Future changes
- You can see what participants plan to work on at the online Wikimedia hackathon 22–23 May.
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15:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Tomás Yerro moved to draftspace
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Disambiguation link notification for May 11
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This Month in GLAM: April 2021
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Nomination of Xinjiang Victims Database for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xinjiang Victims Database until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
- - mathmitch7 (talk/contribs) 13:04, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Fredrik deBoer
Hello Thriley,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Fredrik deBoer for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
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