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dyk

Hey, Epicgenius! So here's the thing about dyk: if you haven't created preps, you have no idea what prep-setters and admins at dyk do or what challenges they face. Many editors who are regular nominators and reviewers think they'd be willing to admin, but have never filled preps, and when they become admins and start moving preps to queues, they quickly realize they didn't know what they were volunteering for. A prep-setter doesn't just create a balanced set. They also do a quick re-review on many of the hooks; you get to know whose hooks you don't have to review too heavily, but you always have to at least go check for a recent edit war or tags. If the nominator or the reviewer are new or known to be sloppy, you'll have to do a full re-review of that hook. Often prep-setters have questions they have to ask at the hook, and they deal with pushback from noms/reviewers/passersby for that. Then once you've finished a prep you have to deal with fallout at DYK talk and ERRORS. Admins do the exact same thing -- a re-review, because prep-setters miss things too, then the move (fairly simple), posting questions at DYK talk and pinging involved parties, dealing with pushback from them, and finally any fallout at ERRORS when someone finds an error you missed. So if you think you would be willing to admin at dyk, definitely go fill preps for a while to see if you like it or not. Some people love it -- I did, and I like adminning there -- but not everyone is cut out for it. It's a high-visibility job. People catch your mistakes, and the only way to prevent that is to catch other people's mistakes first. —valereee (talk) 15:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Valereee, thanks for the advice. That is good to know. I think this sort of stuff should be enjoyable for me, even if a bit difficult. I just read the project page on prep areas, and it seems a bit difficult to get a good balance on hooks. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

That's one of the most fun parts of setting preps. The thing to do for your first prep is pick the bottom empty set (which right now gives you three days to fill it but normally six days.) Count to figure out whether the image hook needs a bio or a non-bio (it alternates by day). Go find one, vet it, and transfer it. That'll let the other prep setters know you'll fill that set. Not that they or an admin won't move stuff in and out if they need it or think another set is better for that hook, but in general one prep-setter works on a set. Then start putting the puzzle together -- no more than four bios (alternating in the set with non-bio), no more than one music/science/military/whatever subject. Not too many from any one country, though 2 - 4 USA hooks will be necessary. A balance of geographical area, not all from English-speaking countries. A balance of long and short. And of course a quirky. It's an art. Don't be afraid to trim or tweak hooks, but read the nom first if you do, as there may have already been discussion. Keep on top of talk in case someone asks a question about one of the hooks in that set, because some people won't realize they need to ping you as the promoter. :) Ping me any time, and Yoninah will often leave pointers on how to improve at your talk. When she stops, you know you're getting near the point of competence. :) —valereee (talk) 15:47, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

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Subway articles

Once again, very impressive work on very important station complex and line articles. There is more to be added about the change in BMT plans re:Canal Street. Eventually, Clark Street Tunnel should be its own article. Also, the citations for IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line are really messed up and include self-published sources like nycsubway.org, and there is more history that could be added. A lot of my older GA nominations should be looked at again for things like this. Also, for Union Square, it is worth mentioning the impromptu 9/11 memorial, and the post-2016 election post-it notes (https://mashable.com/article/power-of-post-it-note-protest-subway-therapy, https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/post-it-notes-left-union-square-election-preserved-article-1.2913344, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/19/post-election-subway-therapy-sticky-notes-taken-down-but-not-thrown-out/, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/nyregion/subway-election-therapy-wall-sticky-notes.html). Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, the pleasure is mine. I do agree that the Clark Street Tunnel should get its own page in the future. I've also noticed that there's a lot more that can be said about the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, especially its construction, and will have to work on it gradually. The biggest mess, though, is the Canal Street article - there are a lot of details about the BMT station that are just not mentioned at the moment, and the article in general needs more refs.

As for the Union Square station, the article already mentions both the 9/11 memorial and the post-it wall (the second paragraph of 14th Street–Union Square station#Artwork). I thought one paragraph would be sufficient, seeing as how the artwork was not sanctioned by the MTA but seems to be covered by multiple reliable sources. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I fully agree. I missed it somehow. Don't forget the Stantec studies, like the one that found making Clark Street accessible was infeasible, and which provides some sourcing for station layout (i.e. platform length/width). Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

It also is probably worth mentioning the 1990 fire in the Clark Street article. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree and can get around to that soon. In the meantime, I was looking at the study for Union Square, which says: This technology does not meet ADA standards, and since there is currently no technology that does, there is no fully accessible solution for the southbound platform. We are including an option for providing elevator service to this platform in this report with the understanding that this will not provide a fully accessible solution at this time. So I suppose this means the southbound platform can get an elevator, it just won't be ADA-accessible because gap fillers, by their very nature, are ADA-inaccessible. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. Also, unrelated, but the 1990 Clark Street Tunnel fire was very notable, and there were major reports done on fire safety/communication, etc. in its aftermath. It would warrant an article of its own. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I also think the 1990 Clark Street fire should get its own article. (I think the fire happened just east of the Clark Street station, though, not in the tunnel under the river.) In terms of recent NYC Subway disasters, the fire has had at least as much of an impact as the 1991 Union Square derailment or the 1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision did. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:11, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Also-the provisions in the Eastern Parkway Line used for the Clark Street Tunnel connection were initially intended for a line over the Manhattan Bridge. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:27, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

That is interesting. If we can find a reliable source for this, I could add it to the Borough Hall or Eastern Parkway Line articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I have seen reliable sources for this-if you cannot find them, I can look for them after I get my final paper for the semester done today. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I started a draft Clark Street Tunnel article here: User:Kew Gardens 613/sandbox 7#Clark Street Tunnel. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Have you seen this article before? Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:53, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, I have, but thanks for clipping it. The first part of that source seems to largely duplicate the New York Herald Tribune ref that's already in the Fulton Street station article. But it has some info that isn't mentioned in the NYHT source, specifically the 535-foot length of the station. The second part of the source could be used for the Broad Street station article though. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Outstanding work on the article. We really shouldn't be using The Station Reporter as a source. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:44, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

There is stuff to be added about flooding/water intrusion problems at Canal. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:52, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

There was a report put out. I found two articles I had clipped (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/98305321/, https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union/99774843/) Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree. I've noticed quite a bit of info about how Canal Street's proximity to the old Collect Pond contributed to tons of water problems there. I can add these sources in later. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:04, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

It was a paper, not a report. I haven't found it online. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:14, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I found it. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:18, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

This journal is a great source for construction details. I found one article with details on underpinning and other aspects of subway construction from 1919, one on sewer siphons, SI transportation, and Columbus Circle construction Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:40, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

That's very interesting. I might have to look through this journal to, um, shore up some architectural articles as well. That Canal Street article was really detailed, and I expect the others will be no different. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:46, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Also one on train dispatching, the Manhattan Bridge Plaza, and the ENY tunnel Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for spamming here, but also Joralemon, and here, excavation, the Atlantic Av improvement, and Brighton Line improvements Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

No problem. I will just add all these links to a subsection of User:Epicgenius/sandbox/to do, where we can both track it easily. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:59, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Signaling, car design, and ventilation, and IRT track design as well Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:47, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

There is this thorough masterpiece on Dual Contracts construction. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 30 days. Epicgenius (talk) 22:32, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 60 days. Epicgenius (talk) 16:30, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 360 days. Epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 11 September 2023 (UTC) – Epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, by the way, we might want to flesh out User:Epicgenius/sandbox/article-draft1, my sandbox on the Manhattan Bridge subway closure. I'm planning to bring the Manhattan Bridge article to GA, which will probably require condensing the Manhattan Bridge#Trackage history section, and the closures are a notable topic that I've been meaning to finish writing about for a while. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@Epicgenius I have been very busy, but, when I have a chance, will try to get back to this. Amazing work on all the bridge articles. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The 2025-2029 Capital Program recently came out. Some articles may need to be updated to reflect this. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Updating the complex articles (since they are all extremely short)

1 World Trade Center

• Needs history section
• Needs design section, which I will write shortly
• Needs destruction section
• "List of tenants" may need to be split to a separate article due to length
• "92nd Floor" section needs removed and incorporated into above "Destruction" section

2 World Trade Center

• Needs history section
• Needs design section
• Needs destruction section
• Potentially needs rewrite, after reading it I spotted a few errors

3 World Trade Center

• Actually has a history section, but needs expanded
• Rewrite Destruction section
• May need a "design" section

4 World Trade Center

• Has history and destruction sections
• Both need expanded
• More images needed

5 World Trade Center

• Half of the article is about 9/11, meaning half of the article is about 1 day when the structure existed for 31 years
• Needs a design section
• Either the gallery section needs removed or expanded to comply with MOS, it's currently just 3 images chilling around

7 World Trade Center

• Needs architecture section
• Needs more history pre-2001
• The destruction section may need to be summarized per WP:SUMSTYLE

I added the above subheaders just in case we need a list of things to do. :) Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 16:36, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

@Sir MemeGod: Thanks for starting this section. I might move this to User:Epicgenius/sandbox/to do when we're done figuring out what to do (since idk where else to put it). Epicgenius (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

By the way, Construction of the World Trade Center has some info about the Twin Towers' structural design, so we can copy some of the relevant info into these articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:46, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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I sent a message on the Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company talk page that may interest you. Wobs100 (talk) 02:43, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Audubon Park, Manhattan

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Chefmikesf vandalism?

Hi Epic. You seem to have your finger on the pulse, so I figured I should send this issue to you. I received a note on my talk page from user "Chefmikesf" (I don't want to use the @ sign and risk him seeing this). They asked if I could assist with a page, Minimally invasive spine surgery, that they're expanding or updating and take a look at the sandbox. I replied after taking a look. Then I was invited to contribute their sandbox. Then I got concerned. I went to their user page, looked up contributions and saw a pattern -- he/she's reaching out to editors and turning them in for vandalism afterward. They're visible at "User contributions for Chefmikesf". Okay, thought I'd ask. If you don't have any insight, perhaps let me know who I should reach out to? Middleground1 (talk) 21:14, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi@Middleground1, this is Epic from his mobile account. Do you have any diffs showing the things you are alleging he is doing? A quick check of his contributions shows a very small number of edits to the Wikipedia: (projectspace) namespace, and none to noticeboards like WP:AIV. Accessedgrant (Epicgenius mobile alt) (talk) 04:23, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @epic -- he sent me this link to a diff and this link to a sandbox. Middleground1 (talk) 12:39, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Middleground1, sorry, I was unclear. I meant diffs of him turning other editors in for vandalism. – Epicgenius (talk) 12:41, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Epicgenius No worries. This is where "vandalism" screamed out at me. To be honest, I don't even know what it means in this context, but seeing my username and vandalism was kind of unnerving. And there are other editors' talk pages listed on here, too. Middleground1 (talk) 13:21, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Middleground1, I'm very sorry as I may be missing something here. I did a CTRL+F on his userpage, his userpage's page history, and his contribution page and didn't see any mention of "vandalism". Perhaps you could help me out a little? I would appreciate it.

I do see, on his userpage a list of COIs that he has added - these are his own COIs with article subjects. Per WP:DISCLOSE, a userpage is one of the places where an editor may properly disclose a COI (the page says to use a userbox, but I don't think this is the only way a user could disclose their COI). – Epicgenius (talk) 13:33, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Epicgenius Sorry to drag you into this. It's actually under his user page>contributions> "User contributions for Chefmikesf". I found it here:

Special:Contributions/Chefmikesf

Maybe this amounts to nothing and he's just doing his thing. He must have found me because I made some updates to the Johnson & Johnson article, and today found in the talk section of it that he might be a little protective of that page. Perhaps I rattled his feathers. No clue, just weird. Please don't spend too much time on this. Middleground1 (talk) 15:35, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Middleground1, no worries. I see what you mean now. In my view, this looks like an editorial dispute rather than an accusation of vandalism - some editors helped Chefmikesf work on an article, and another editor reverted the edits, so Chefmikesf opened a thread on the talk page. This seems appropriate and in line with WP:BRD. I don't think there's any action to be taken with regard to Chefmikesf, who has done everything entirely properly up to this point.

The lack of response by Pats322, while a bit concerning, is not so problematic as to require admin intervention. Even if it was, I'm also involved, having reverted one of Pars322's edits just today. If Pats322's behavior becomes problematic, I suggest contacting one of these recently active admins to help out. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:56, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Epicgenius Thanks for taking the time to look into it. I'm glad no intervention is required. I suppose I got paranoid when he approached me out of the blue (of all the talk pages in all the towns in all the world, he typed onto mine) about MIS (which I have to have next year). Then he seemed to want me to take on the scope of a project he selected for himself. That got me curious, so I poked around, saw the vandalism lurking next to my name, then saw that he was on the talk page of a completely different article that I happened to fix the same day as he.... Cue the Twilight Zone music.

As long as he's benign, I'll reply to last note he left on my talk page.

Thanks again. Middleground1 (talk) 13:11, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Robert C. Weaver Federal Building

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Attack at Central Synagogue

I saw your edits at the article for Central Synagogue and I appreciate your points about the name of the individual arrested; I have been focused on the incident and not the individual, whose name I had included in the sources I inserted. I made this edit to the article to provide a bit more detail about the incident. I hope that this provides appropriate context and that it addresses your concerns. Alansohn (talk) 14:46, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

@Alansohn, thanks for your edits, and your edits look good to me. If more detail emerges, I would suggest splitting it out into its own subsection. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:08, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Quincy Market is under review

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Marin Civic Cente

Yikes, that was a lot of work! I'm glad you were able to retain and augment the political maneuverings, which I had not known about until I researched the article 14 years ago, I found them fascinating. Acroterion (talk) 03:26, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

@Acroterion, thanks, I appreciate it. The Wikipedia Library came in very handy - I found a bunch of articles in the newspapers.com archives that I wasn't able to find through the usual channels. – Epicgenius (talk) 03:27, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Now we need better pictures. We were there 30 years ago, before the dawn of good digital cameras, and I don't have good film pictures from the visit. Acroterion (talk) 03:30, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Indeed. Hopefully there's a Bay Area resident and/or a FLW enthusiast who can help out in that respect. – Epicgenius (talk) 03:32, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Denver election and ANI

I noticed you took action on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Legal threats. I'm wondering if we need to do more given this and the following edits. Seems we have a long-term issue. Jerod Lycett (talk) 06:10, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Jerodlycett, the most recent edits on that page, by the TAs that were already reported, were reverted two days ago. Their IP (they all share the same IP) has been blocked for a month. The account you mentioned has also been blocked indefinitely. Please let me know if there's other disruption that isn't by these accounts. – Epicgenius (talk) 12:45, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

In the meantime, if people keep trying to re-add the same information, I would recommend asking for pending changes protection at WP:RfPP (or I can just add the protection). – Epicgenius (talk) 12:48, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Old North Church

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Seeking a little input

I've been quite impressed by the Boston building articles you've ushered through GA lately. I saw that Old State House (Boston) will run at DYK alongside an article I wrote, Columbine sawfly, and realized you might have come across sources handy for a new article I'm working on. While I've found plenty to make a reasonably good article on Paul Revere's (plagiarizing) depiction of the Boston Massacre (see my draft here), maybe you've found something I haven't. Please let me know if you know any trees I should go barking up! Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:15, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

@Pbritti, thanks, I appreciate it. Funnily enough I also worked on the Paul Revere House article, and that page cites a couple of sources, which says that Revere displayed depictions of the incident on several anniversaries:

On March 6, 1771, for the first anniversary of the Boston Massacre of 1770, Revere hung pictures of the incident from his window. He repeated this for the next several anniversaries of the incident.

References

There are also some sources in the Boston Globe and local newspapers (available on newspapers.com through TWL) and on ProQuest (also available through TWL) that also talk about this artwork. The search terms "Paul Revere" "The Bloody Massacre" didn't pull up that many ProQuest results but did give me over 600 newspapers.com results. A lot of the ProQuest results I got were passing mentions. You might have more luck with searching "Paul Revere" "Boston Massacre". In the meantime, this is a sample of what I found on ProQuest:

• "PAUL REVERE DISMOUNTS" The Independent (1922-1928); New York Vol. 118, Iss. 4011, (Apr 16, 1927): 415. talks about some of the reproductions. If you can't access this on TWL, feel free to email me.
• "'Pictures have now become a necessity': The use of images in American history textbooks" Masur, Louis P.  The Journal of American History; Oxford Vol. 84, Iss. 4, (Mar 1998): 1409-1424. devotes a paragraph to this and two more paragraphs to how it is depicted in textbooks. If you can't access this on TWL, feel free to email me.

These sources (for example) should be available through TWL:

• "PAUL REVERE.: His Work as an Engraver -- $800 for His "Boston Massacre." New York Times (1857-1922); New York, N.Y.. 22 June 1901: BR5 talks about the engraving being sold for a record price.
• "Revere engraving to be auctioned" Virginia Bohlin SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE.  Boston Globe (1960-); Boston, Mass.. 27 Jan 1991: A42. says it was to be auctioned for 20-30K. (Newspapers.com has copies of this newspaper.)
• "Provident gives collection of works by Paul Revere to Worcester Art Museum" Magiera, Frank.  Telegram & Gazette; Worcester, Mass.. 25 June 1999: C1 says that The Provident Cos., and before that Paul Revere Insurance Co., owned this print. (Newspapers.com has copies of this newspaper.)

This book (Paul Revere's engravings by Clarence S. Brigham) may also have some info if you can get access to a copy of it. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:48, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

This is outstanding! I'll be chipping away at the draft later this week with a goal of publishing it sometime this weekend. Looking forward to taking advantage of your hard work! Thank you very much. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:50, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

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Reference to quote

The reference link does not offer a source for this quote, only that it happened. Other references to this quote and others take sourcing all the way back to the OG author. Suggest removing the reference until it is strengthened. Anaphi61 (talk) 15:00, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

@Anaphi61, is this regarding Frederick C. Bogk House? If so, for Wikipedia's purposes, the verifiability policy (WP:V) only requires that the source we're citing includes the information in question.

However, if we know of the reference that has the original quote, we can use that reference instead. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:05, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

WikiThanks

Just wanted to send you a thank-you note for reassuring me that my article on The Cross was good enough to revert the draftification and reopening my DYK nomination. It was my first attempt at publishing an article without going through AFC so I was a bit discouraged and initially thought I must have misunderstood something. I appreciated your attention to detail and noting other challenges with that user's behavior. Thanks for making Wikipedia a friendlier place; I appreciate you. PeterCooperJr (talk) 17:59, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

@PeterCooperJr, no worries. Keep up the good work on Massachusetts articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:03, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

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August 2026

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to 352 and 353 Riverside Drive when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Specifying |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= needs to be defined in the template in order to work. You can look at the documentation for the template being used, but it is also helpful to use the preview button before saving an edit; this helps find any errors that have been made and ensures that the values added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is highly recommended that editors use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions of if I can help explain further, please let me know! You can also contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 04:02, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

I 100% support your goal of adding WP:ALT to images, but you need to make sure you are doing it correctly... Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 04:03, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 My bad. I guess |image_alt= is not in fact a valid alias for |alt=. Accessedgrant (Epicgenius mobile alt) (talk) 04:15, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

To be clear, sometimes it is. But not always. This is why is so important to preview your edits. We are trying to make things consistent across Infoboxes. The general rule of thumb is that if there is only 1 image, then the param is |alt=, but if there is also a |logo_alt= (for example) then you need to distinguish the alts so you get |image_alt=. Again, really appreciate what you are doing! Just ask you to double check you are using the right param. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 04:18, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

@Zackmann08, thanks, I appreciate you catching me on my mistakes. (I did know that you were changing the parameters to be consistent across infoboxes. For some reason I just thought that |image_alt= was the appropriate parameter for alt text, since we were replacing |locmapin= with |pushpin_map=, and |refnum= with |ref_num=.) – Epicgenius (talk) 12:10, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

These things happen. It is impossible to keep all params consistent across Infoboxes, but we do try. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 01:30, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Old State House (Boston)

On 26 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Old State House (Boston), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that crowds celebrated American independence by burning decorations on Boston's Old State House (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Old State House (Boston). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Old State House (Boston)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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Deletion request

Hi Epicgenius. Do you mind deleting Richard Kozlow? It's been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2026 August 19 for over 7 days. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:44, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, no problem. I've deleted the page now (the entire page was either a foundational copyvio or not a viable revision to restore to). – Epicgenius (talk) 19:48, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Good detective work, I thought it was on the older website but there was an archive I missed on the newer one, thanks. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:52, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Actually, could you check again? Wasn't that archive older than the article content, therefore it shouldn't be a typical G12 and should've been CP deleted? Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:57, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Sure, let me double check. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:00, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, so I had another look. The supposed infringement was added in 2006; the archive is from 2009, but I can't check right now to see if there was an older one (archive.org just went down for me).

There is a non-copyvio version of the page, albeit in such poor quality that it would be draftified if created today. (This is how it looked when it was created.) I temporarily restored the page to get this sorted out, but these versions seem to not have infringement, solely because of how stubby they are. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:14, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Archive.org has been up and down for me today. I don't think it's worth restoring to non-copyvio revisions because as you say, it would be draftified and end up G13 deleted or PROD'd. Tenshi! (Talk page) 20:18, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

That's fair enough. I'll try to see if archive.org works again in a few hours. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:59, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, I checked archive.org again and was able to access it. This snapshot from 2009 is the earliest snapshot the Internet Archive has of Kozlow's bio. This snapshot is three years after the info was added to the article, and a year after the artist died. It is possible that this was a reverse-copying situation, so I would not rush to delete it (and would probably not have done so if I'd been able to access archive.org beforehand, which was my mistake). – Epicgenius (talk) 22:32, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

I really don't think it is a reverse copy, text was added all at once in 2006, not wikified, unsourced, in a story-like fashion, and generally not neutral. To me, this is very suspicious, but if you want, I can ask for another copyright clerk's opinion on this. Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:48, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, that's a fair assessment. Yeah it would be good to have another copyright clerk's opinion. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:52, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Left a note on the listing page. Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:56, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for Larkin Administration Building

On 28 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Larkin Administration Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frank Lloyd Wright once entered a busy ladies' restroom at the Larkin Administration Building to show visitors the wall-mounted toilets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Larkin Administration Building. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Larkin Administration Building), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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