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January 2014

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Contents of Meat Atlas

I reverted your addition of the detailed contents of Meat Atlas. Even if the material is available under CCbySA licensing, that doesn't make it appropriate content for an encyclopedia article. A general overview of the book, and an indication of any notable authors who may have contributed, is sufficient. Anything more starts to become promotional. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:14, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice! Do you think I can place the section I just posted in the talk-part of that articl instead? That might still be helpful for somebody (or myself) to write a few summarizing sentences later. NewJohn (talk) 15:24, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't see how such material, placed in the talk page, could assist you or other editors. You have access to the book, so you can always reference that if you choose to further summarize it. Any other editor who would choose to summarize the book would do well to obtain a copy rather than rely on the contents summary posted on the talk page. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:29, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Did you know?

Hi John, thanks for creating Meat Atlas. Just to let you know, in case you don't already, that you can nominate that for a WP:DYK spot on Wikipedia's front page. You choose an interesting factoid from the book (did you know that ....?), maximum 200 characters (not counting the words "did you know that"), and it must be in the article and clearly sourced. Also, the new article must be linked in bold in the hook.

So for example, "did you know that, according to Meat Atlas, Brazilian meat company JBS's revenue in 2012 exceeded the gross domestic product of Barbados, Iceland, Mauritius and Zimbabwe combined?"

It's posted on the main page for a few hours, which gets the new article some extra hits. If you'd like to try it, there's a template that's pretty self-explanatory here. The only snag is that you must nominate it within five days of creation, i.e. by 18 January. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:06, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks SlimVirgin! I'll make a proposal later.... Maybe: did you know that, according to Meat Atlas, the world’s biggest meat company JBS can accommodate a daily slaughter of 12 million birds, 85,000 head of cattle and 70,000 pigs? NewJohn (talk) 09:40, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

I nominated the thing Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_January_13. Thanks again! NewJohn (talk) 12:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

It looks good! I'll keep an eye on it as it makes it way through. How long that takes varies a lot, by the way. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 16:51, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Meat Atlas

The DYK project (nominate) 00:13, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

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DYK nomination of Farmageddon (book)

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DYK for Farmageddon (book)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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Nice new article. Hafspajen (talk) 05:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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Civility Warning

Hallo NewJohn. PLease refrain from using wording like 'manipulation of source see afd'. The sources have been handled, and properly so. If you have issues with details, go for the disk. I would prefer not to see the same bullying and hate speech that happened to the topic in the deWP. I would be happy to discuss things in a civil manner. Polentarion Talk 08:56, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

It's way beyond details. And why would one head a section here with "warning"? What happens if.... ? You are really not very goog in dealing with criticism. -- NewJohn (talk) 09:08, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

It's just about manners, and it's about the rules here. An AfD is not an article disc. Polentarion Talk

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