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Thanks for the heads up, DreamRimmer. Was the first time I've done that and wasn't sure I did it right. Will check out the script! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:53, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hello there!

Hi Jonathan - hope you're keeping well and having a happy New Year! Just wanted to stop by and say it was a pleasure getting to know you at the end of last year through Train the Trainer (I've only just found out what your username is, otherwise I'd have wished you a Merry Christmas too!). I hope to get involved in more Wikimedia UK outreach work soon. :-) Patient Zero^talk 01:31, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Patient Zero, good to hear from you! Glad you found me here :)

Was great getting to know you too! I'm excited to run a training session or similar soon. Anything like that on your radar right now? Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I am hoping to be able to do that near to where I live in the forthcoming months, ideally with a group who identify as neurodivergent in some way and from an accessibility/inclusion perspective. I also wouldn't mind travelling a little further to do that if needs be! Patient Zero^talk 22:17, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

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AFD

Hello, Jonathan Deamer,

I encourage you to withdraw the AFD you provided a nomination statement is. Then it can be closed as several editors want to happen. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:50, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Liz, thanks for being in touch. Agree that closure seems like a good course of action, but am I able to withdraw a nomination that wasn't really mine? I didn't create the AfD myself. WP:PROCEDURALCLOSE says: "A deletion discussion that is poorly formatted should not be closed for this reason alone, in order to avoid biting new users. Instead, fix it." So I fixed the nomination created by another editor. I still see it as "theirs" to withdraw, but happy to be told if there's policy or consensus that suggests otherwise. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 07:37, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing it! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 07:29, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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A suggestion for the future

Just reviewed your article on Camberley Kate, great work and really interesting subject matter. I have a suggestion for your future articles, as I'm not sure if you have applied for access to The Wikipedia Library yet. It's a really good method of finding sources, especially using Newspapers.com through it. Just for Camberley Kate alone, here's some examples I found:

• Dangerous? Not My Dogs Says Kate
• The story of Camberly Kate and the rabies town where many of the dogs are muzzled
• Moral of a good life
• The Dog Woman
• Memory of Kate lives on

Feel free to add these to the article, if you're so inclined. And that's just a sampling of the sources that can be found and just from Newspapers.com alone. There's a lot of other really useful databases in The Wikipedia Library. Silverseren^C 17:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Silver seren, this is really helpful! I do use Wikipedia Library occasionally, but I always search from the main homepage rather than going directly to Newspapers.com, and that doesn't seem to return sources like the ones you found quite as readily. I used it to access The BMJ for my work on Elizabeth Ward recently, but I'm sure there is lots of local news coverage for her too. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks too for reviewing the article/DYK :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:30, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Jonathan Deamer. Thank you for your work on Robin Hood's Stone. Ingratis, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for the thanks! and for this article. I moved it because although German Wikipedia uses the "curly" apostrophe, English Wikipedia doesn't. Also, when translating from other wikipedias, for reasons of copyright, article history and so forth it's necessary to include in an edit summary the attribution statement given at WP:TFOLWP. On this occasion I've added it but please bear it in mind in any future translations.

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@Ingratis: Thanks for the helpful pointers! I quite enjoy the translation tool, so good to know. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Good start

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DYK for Belzan

On 19 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Belzan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that food critic Grace Dent reviewed a Liverpool restaurant that served her rice pudding flavoured with a substance that is banned in the United States for its lethality? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Belzan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Belzan), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Translated articles (continued)

Hi Jonathan. I left you a note above: "when translating from other wikipedias, for reasons of copyright, article history and so forth it's necessary to include in an edit summary the attribution statement given at WP:TFOLWP." I've since sought advice on this, and - with good intentions - have somewhat misinformed you: a translation from another-language wikipedia does need to be attributed but the wording in WP:TFOLWP is only a recommendation - any form of words that conveys the message is fine, and that certainly includes the wording automatically added by the translation tool, so if that is how an article has been translated, there is no need to add anything else. One less thing to do! Best wishes, Ingratis (talk) 13:32, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying! It makes sense that the tool would do the right thing by default, but I nonetheless like how explicit the attribution statement you suggested is. Will keep in mind! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:31, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Camberley Kate

On 29 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Camberley Kate, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that eccentric Yorkshirewoman Camberley Kate is estimated to have cared for more than 600 dogs in her lifetime? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Camberley Kate. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Camberley Kate), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Elizabeth Ward (British campaigner)

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Thanks! You were missed; next time! :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 19:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Creepy Porn Lawyer

Hi, there!

I just wanted to inform you that the purpose of that page I created was not meant to disparage Avenatti, but to merely highlight the resonance of the nickname among many. Hope I've cleared things up in this regard. NavyBlueSunglasses (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Ron's Place

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Layi Wasabi

Thank you for your job on the article. I lost connection when I was working on the article. Thank you. Best, Reading Beans 12:21, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome! Hope I didn't steal your thunder. Didn't notice what an established editor you are until afterwards :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 12:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jonathan Deamer, nah, you didn't steal my thunder. I was surprised that you even did a WP:BEFORE which is something that don't happen much anymore. Thank you for the gracious work you’ve done. Best, Reading Beans 17:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Nadler

what's the problem with the statement off his own website? Joshua Olsen (talk) 14:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Joshua Olsen, thanks for reaching out.

The main issue with this edit is that it's a statement from Nadler's website claiming that he said something in the House, rather than an independent and reliable source claiming that he said something in the House. In general, we base what's in the encyclopaedia on what's written in such such sources so that we have more confidence we can trust it, rather than using what people say about themselves.

The quote also didn't have any context - it wasn't clear to me whether this was something Nadler had said, voted on, whether he was for or against it etc. It also needs to use inline citations, not a bare URL.

Finally, your edit immediately after this one on the same page was a sentence fragment that didn't make sense and didn't appear to be supported by the source. It wasn't clear whether or not it was vandalism. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Rafa Riquelme

Hello. I was personally involved in the case and know the edits made to his page to be fact. I'm working on accumulating sources and evidence, but I feel strongly that this information needs to remain on his page. Asdfjklmary (talk) 21:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Everything on Wikipedia needs to be verifiable based on reliable sources. Biographies of living persons have especially strict rules around this. Please don't add this information to the page until it's been reported in a reliable source. Even then, please note Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline, which it sounds like may apply here. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 05:48, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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Abusive clone account

I have no doubt JonathanDeamer2, one of today's school-kid puppets at Clovis West High School, isn't actually you:) DMacks (talk) 07:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Haha, that's funny :) Thanks for handling! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 07:24, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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List of landlord Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom

I've now fixed the sortkeys of all the MPs - it's worth doing when creating a table like this, as it means they sort properly if you sort the table on multiple keys in succession. I fixed Bob Blackman's party, after I wondered why an SNP MP was represeting Harrow, but I don't know about Geoffrey Cox (British politician) where 1 + 1 = 1 so something is wrong! An interesting table. I do wonder whether most of the "total=1" are people renting out their permanent home while relocating to constituency or London for the job, so different in some ways from those who're into landlording in a bigger way. PamD 18:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks very much @PamD - I didn't know about sort keys, and will double check my sums! Any other recommendations for improvement welcome. I'm adding a "total by party" table now. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 18:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Ward (British campaigner)

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Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Ward (British campaigner)

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Thanks for your contributions about Landlord MPs

I've never really left a thanks message before, but just wanted to thank you for your work contributing regarding List of landlord Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom (and its related category). MPs and their property portfolios don't often get attention outside of occasional controversy, so it's great to see you've been inspired by the latest controversy do do this.

Hope to have something I'm able to contribute something to it in future and wish you the best with your efforts Bejakyo (talk) 23:33, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Bejakyo, it's so kind of you to be in touch! I really appreciate it. Would love if you're able to contribute to the article too - let me know if I can help! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 00:04, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Boardwalk Battle moved to draftspace

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Nomination of List of landlord Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom for deletion

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Category:Landlord members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom has been nominated for deletion

Category:Landlord members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. PamD 19:30, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

regarding the deleted Landlord List article

Hey again, I'm sorry to see that the article and the associated category have been deleted. I wasn't able to contribute much beyond some minor stuff and being in favour of keeping the article (but missed the discussion on the category sadly). It's a shame to see both of them deleted like that.

Thought I'd ask if you think there's worth in us and some other of the keep/keep-but-expand lot and drafting a new non-list/generlaised article? either specificly on MPs and Landlords/Landlordism, or with Westminster Parliamentarians in gernal (as in including Peers of the House of Lords too), as well as the history of that. Alternatively could go broader again and talk about the intersection of landlordism and politics in the UK and the history of that? There's a few different ways of going about it

No pressure with anthing ofc, just wanted to see where you're at Bejakyo (talk) 17:55, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Bejakyo, sorry for my slow reply! Thanks very much for reaching out on this. I was especially motivated to produce the now-deleted article because a lot of the heavy lifting could be done with some nerdily fun work writing a script to scrape the Register of Members' Financial Interests. I'm less excited about researching the history of the topic more broadly, though I recognise that might be what's needed for an encyclopedic article. I'm sure I would get involved here and here if any other willing editors started such an article, just probably wouldn't lead it. Let me know if you or anyone else does go ahead though! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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September 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

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Nomination of Peanut (squirrel) for deletion

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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Category:19th-century Seattle politicians has been nominated for splitting

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DYK for Tyromancy

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	Thanks for creating the bear pit article!!! Lajmmoore (talk) 17:18, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks and you're welcome @Lajmmoore! It's cool when one stumbles across a familiar name while editing...I noticed you on the Long Boi edit history the other day, and before that found an academic article you'd written about the "Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest" exhibition when I needed details for some photos I was uploading to Commons after seeing the exhibition in Canada :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Arbitration

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