User talk:RightCowLeftCoast/Archive 12
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Mandatory paid editing disclosure
Hello RightCowLeftCoast. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, and that you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.
Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:RightCowLeftCoast. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=RightCowLeftCoast|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Jytdog (talk) 22:33, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Airplaneman and Jytdog: would that not be WP:OUTING my real life identity?
- I have not been paid by my employers to make edits, ever.
- My employers are aware that I edit Wikipedia, but have not asked me to edit on their behalf.
- As stated on COI Noticeboard, I have edited Wikipedia while at work, therefore the IP which I am editing from may be used by multiple individuals. This explains the Checkuser result found and stated at the COI Noticeboard.
- I have been editing as an IP since 2006, and using solely this username since 2009.
- If I were to be paid by NuVasive to make edits on their behalf, it would be opposite to their interest for me to make the edits I did in May 2017 to the article about the companies former CEO, and current member of its Board of Directors. Thus it should be less likely given that edit, that I am a paid advocate for its interest. So, I find this attack upon me and my character to be wholly unwarranted.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 00:29, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- OUTING is not a get out of jail free card from PAID. Nope. I will respond to the rest at COIN. Jytdog (talk) 02:01, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- "I have not been paid..." is not the full answer to COI. This is a common misconception held by some editors. COI stems from a connection to a topic that may undermine your ability to write about it impartially (WP:ACTUALCOI), or that causes such an impression in another person (WP:APPARENTCOI). So you really haven't answered the question, do you have any such connection? You don't have to OUT yourself to answer this.
- Oh and by the way, the fact that you have said (or strongly implied) that you work where there are people with an actual COI makes me think it is rather more likely that you do have an actual COI yourself. It's obvious that for two editors here, you have an apparent COI but you don't see it yourself for whatever reason.
- One more by the way, you have listed your employer in your userboxes, so crying that another editor is attempting to OUT you is rather droll. ☆ Bri (talk) 04:30, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for this awful experience. I respectfully ask that Jytdog (talk · contribs) and Bri (talk · contribs) stop making me feel harassed on my own talk page. I sincerely hope a civil conversation about my lack of paid advocacy can be made clear at COIN.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 06:44, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Unless I am missing something, I don't see any mention of RCLC's employer in their userbox, especially nothing about NuVasive. RLCL has clearly stated they are not paid to edit and they don't work for NuVasive. You would not expect that to be the case from his edits. This amounts to an unreasonable degree of harassment, these cases have been dealt with uncivilly and inappropriately, and I would suggest RLCL file an ANI to report this harassment for the sake of all editors on Wikipedia. I would do it on his behalf, but I don't believe you are allowed to do so for somebody else. 2604:2000:E0CF:5100:41FC:D066:875B:F0A7 (talk) 04:14, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for this awful experience. I respectfully ask that Jytdog (talk · contribs) and Bri (talk · contribs) stop making me feel harassed on my own talk page. I sincerely hope a civil conversation about my lack of paid advocacy can be made clear at COIN.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 06:44, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- OUTING is not a get out of jail free card from PAID. Nope. I will respond to the rest at COIN. Jytdog (talk) 02:01, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018
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Invitation to join L.A. Area Task Force
This is an invitation for you to join the Wikipedia:WikiProject California/Los Angeles area task force. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 02:22, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018
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Hi. Shouldn't the title say "Los Angeles" instead of San Diego? George Ho (talk) 03:09, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- @George Ho: It can, as it is a joint meetup between two user groups. Yet it also serves as the monthly meetup for the San Diego user group, even though its out of the county. Just like how the May event occurred in Riverside County, California.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 03:19, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
- I created Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/March 2019 and Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/March 2019/Invite as redirects. George Ho (talk) 05:54, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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DYK nomination of Dawn Mabalon
Hello! Your submission of Dawn Mabalon 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) 22:02, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 00:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
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Happy editing, into 2019 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:06, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Dawn Mabalon
On 26 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dawn Mabalon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that professor Dawn Mabalon's (pictured) proofs of discrimination against Filipino Americans led to the neighborhood of Little Manila being listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dawn Mabalon. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dawn Mabalon), 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.
The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019
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Invitation to attend a mini Unconference in Mission Valley
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Your GA nomination of Groom Mine
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Groom Mine 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 Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 23:41, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
Self trout
Self-trout Sorry about being a bit aggressive on Groom Mine/GA1 last weekend... I wasn't feeling the best. Great work on the article, and Happy Editing! Eddie891 Talk Work 02:03, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Eddie891: No worries. It is hard to determine tone of context via text. As long as we both assume good faith of each others edits, this process will go through, and a GA will come out of it (hopefully). I am fallible, as my statement warns, and thus am able to make mistakes. Let me correct them, for the betterment of the article in question.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:06, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
Invitation to attend a Southern California Regional mini Unconference
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When: Sunday 3 March 2019, 2:00PM PST / 1400 until 4:10PM PST / 1610
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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019
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Your GA nomination of Groom Mine
The article Groom Mine you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Groom Mine 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 Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 19:21, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for adding Rescission Act of 1946 to OTD. FYI I think the length is fine, but it just needs a citation for the date and we can use it. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 17:26, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: Done, see this edit. According to the source
With President Harry S. Truman's signature, the act became law on Feb. 18, 1946.
- --RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 01:53, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, I ended up not using because there are already 2 US items scheduled and rebalancing the topics was a bit too much work. —howcheng {chat} 22:13, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: No worries, there is always next year.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:05, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, I ended up not using because there are already 2 US items scheduled and rebalancing the topics was a bit too much work. —howcheng {chat} 22:13, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia Day LA, February 24, 2019
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Asian Americans 2007 metro estimates
Template:Asian Americans 2007 metro estimates has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:41, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Groom Mine
 | Hello, RightCowLeftCoast. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Groom Mine at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:56, 21 February 2019 (UTC) |
White signature? Can't read the Cow part. I think there is some rule against that. Legacypac (talk) 18:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
- I will see what I can do, I am near the character limit on the signature.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 18:56, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 149th Armor Regiment
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Art + Feminism 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019
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SoCal Unconference tchotchkes
Moo! Astraprice and Calliopejen1 (not wikilinked to avoid pings) attended but didn't sign up on the attendee list, so you might've missed them in the tchotchke run. DrMel wrote down everyone's usernames if you want to double check spelling and capitalization. Enjoyed meeting and chatting with everyone, and look forward to our next meetup! Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 02:59, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Invitation for a Edit a thon in Chula Vista
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Your GA nomination of Dawn Mabalon
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- Thanks for your help - I think we are almost there!Canada Hky (talk) 13:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Dawn Mabalon
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Your GA nomination of South Bay Salt Works
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GAN for the 149th Armor Regiment
You probably haven't noticed, but I started reviewing your nomination over a week ago and would like to see your responses before continuing on.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:02, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019
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Watching for Grant link on Peter's Talk page, to add endorsement
Hi there.. Just a reminder, I am watching for the Grant page url or link on my Talk page. I just recvd a txt from @DrMel: that it's there but I'm not finding it. Peace. Vid2vid (talk) 02:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Vid2vid: here is the link meta:Grants:Project/Rapid/San Diego Wikimedians User Group/Mid 2019. Please feel free to review/edit/endorse as you see fit.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:55, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- @RightCowLeftCoast:Dear "Cow," :) ☺ I added on an ☑endorsement at the bottom. Glad to help out any way I can. ✔ Here is what I wrote: "This is an energetic, motivated, sharing, mentoring, productive, and knowledgeable collective of Wiki minds. I attended meetings with them and am very impressed. I plan to attend many many more future meet-ups and Edit-a-Thons, WikNic picnics etc. This Grant money would go very far and be conservatively and intelligently spent (eg standee sign with User Group name, professional looking wall signs, food for get togethers, supplies, buttons, bumper stickers, business cards and/or postcards, make tags, permanent markers, etc) Thank you very much for considering us!" .. Peace, ☮ have a great night and week. Oh PS, an idea, part of the $200 or $300 in your breakdown could be a raffled Wiki book.. Vid2vid (talk) 05:00, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Ongoing saga or feud between wiki user Kieronoldham and Vid2vid
Hi RightCowLeftCoast! I thought you might be interested in my 2 most recent updates to the Gacy serial killer wiki article. Added back Pogo the Clown, unbulleted, and Party = democrat small "d" after reading some arguments others were having with Kieronoldham on the Talk Page. Check out my reason for the one edit if you can. Of course, thank you to you personally for emboldening me and educating me about wiki practices, methods, policies, etc. Great to know you! Vid2vid (talk) 18:24, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- I think you are the only other editor who seems to have had an issue with me here, but RightCowLeftCoast has resolved the issue. I always say consensus governs. You forgot to add Patches in the infobox by the way. Best regards, --Kieronoldham (talk) 00:59, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Kieronoldham: Your ultimate, gentlemanly, exemplary decision is a shining demonstration of the highest class of Wiki Editor. You made my day! Kudos good Sir. Btw I'm done editing Gacy probably forever!!! :-D Vid2vid (talk) 01:28, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- It's okay, Vid2vid. You can place me back in my straitjacket now. All the best.--Kieronoldham (talk) 01:38, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Kieronoldham: Your ultimate, gentlemanly, exemplary decision is a shining demonstration of the highest class of Wiki Editor. You made my day! Kudos good Sir. Btw I'm done editing Gacy probably forever!!! :-D Vid2vid (talk) 01:28, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
Nomination of Bakbakan International for deletion
Over two months ago, on 24 February 2019, you tagged “Bakbakan International” as not meeting the notability requirements. Since then, no efforts have been made to prove the notability of the topic, so I have nominated the article for deletion, and I thought I would let you know.
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bakbakan International 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. Bsoyka✉ 08:14, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
DYK potential nominee
@Maile66, Gatoclass, and Materialscientist: I was not aware that an article that I had nominated for GAR, had been elevated nearly a month ago, as the bot had never informed me of the review opening, nor did the bot place the icon on the article page (I had to do that today). While I know it has been more than seven days since it was promoted, can I get a petition for an exemption to this, for this instance, per WP:IAR?--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 06:27, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- I don't have a problem with that. Please see WT:DYK IAR for Demographics of Filipino_Americans. — Maile (talk) 22:02, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
Event coordinator user-right
Hello, great to meet you! DrMel just emailed me to ask that you and her be given the Event coordinator right, which allows users to create accounts with fewer limits and give other people confirmed status, so they can avoid CAPTCHAs and create articles. I have done this. Enjoy! Graham87 04:18, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Graham87: Thanks. I had this right before, but only had asked for it temporarily then. Thanks for trusting me with this right, I will do my best to not abuse the right.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 06:11, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Graham87: Thanks Graham! DrMel (talk) 14:22, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Dear RightCowLeftCoast .. ideas to span 100pct width on cellphone?
Howdy! How have you been? I think we have a social SD Wikipedians / Wikiians get together event coming up soon in May. ** Hey, I have been editing my User Page and have 3 columns of userboxes. Any idea how to either (1) use options to WikiTable or (2) to use html span width=100pct, so it would look better on cellphones? Google searches are failing me. Thanks in advance if you have the time my Friend. Peter. Vid2vid (talk) 21:28, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Vid2vid: The next meetup is a more for taking photos to upload onto Wikimedia commons. It will be Sunday 19 May at the Palomar Observatory.
- As for getting to get the userboxes to better fit a cell phone, some people use a collapsible single column tables to make it more cell phone accessible.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 23:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
- High five! You know it all. I think this will do it. Thanx. Vid2vid (talk) 06:54, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- Nay, I am far from the most knowledgeable person on Wikipedia. There are far more experienced editors. I have just had some more experience at this, than you, for now. You may surpass me in the future, a time I look forward to.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 07:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- High five! You know it all. I think this will do it. Thanx. Vid2vid (talk) 06:54, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Interesting name
I have been using this user name for 9 years, but I am thinking about changing it due to the harrasment that I've been experiencing. So maybe you are going to read me with another user name, but still don't know which one.
--Jalu (talk) 13:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
- That's unfortunate. Being harassed on Wikipedia is never enjoyable. I hope that changes for the better.
- We at meta:San Diego Wikimedians User Group are looking for more cross border connections in the Baja California area. Perhaps such future collaborations can be mutually beneficial.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 15:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Upcoming 2019 Affiliate-selected trustee position on the Board of Wikimedia Foundation
Greetings RightCowLeftCoast,
My name is Gerald Shields, also known as user:Geraldshields11. I am asking for your top rank vote for me in the election for one of two open trustee positions on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
I am asking for your vote to help support emerging communities and promote an inclusive education environment on all wiki projects. Also, I plan to promote various other issues as I mention in my statement and answers to various questions. I ask that you show your support for the issues that need to be address by voting for me as one of your preferences.
My candidacy information page is Affiliate-selected Board seats/2019/Nominations/Gerald Shields on Meta or can be found at Gerald Shields candidate. As of the 7 May 2019 list of questions, I am the only candidate to have responded to all of the “Questions for all candidates - Questions for this individual candidate that do not apply to other candidates”. My answers give more details on why the San Diego User Group should vote for me.
Thank you for your time, discussion, and consideration of my candidacy. I appreciate it.
My best regards,
Gerald Shields
Invitation for a Edit a thon in San Diego
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When: Sunday 9 June 2019, 1:00PM PDT / 1300 until 3:00PM PDT / 1500
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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019
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Your GA nomination of Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley)
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DYK for Demographics of Filipino Americans
On 16 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Demographics of Filipino Americans, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the earliest permanent Filipino American residents settled in Louisiana's bayou country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Demographics of Filipino Americans. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Demographics of Filipino Americans), 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.
Your GA nomination of 149th Armor Regiment
The article 149th Armor Regiment you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:149th Armor Regiment 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 Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:42, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
ACR
I'm happy to see that you've nominated the 149th article for A-class review. The biggest problem that I see is that I don't think that the prose is really ready to pass the much-higher A-class standard. I'd strongly recommend that you ask user:John for a copyedit. He's helped me out quite a bit on some of my ACRs and FACs and helped me stomp on some of my bad writing habits.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:49, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
- @John: is it possible that you can look over 149th Armor Regiment, which is going for A-class review? If there is prose improvement that you, or someone at WP:GOCE, can help me with, I would appreciate it.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 23:20, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley)
The article Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley) 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 Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 19:22, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
Transparency, Privacy, Wiki Talk Pages?
Hey hey Cow :) Hey how's it going? This chat topic that I'm going to broach probably belongs on a Wikipedia official page about (what are) Talk pages, **on the very Talk section** of that said page... That being said, I know Wikipedia is all about complete transparency, and history of edits, and contributions for all of its users, registered users, but isn't it a little strange that somebody can watch (or set to watch) anyone else's User Talk page? I forgot that I had yours set to Watch for future replies to my own conversations, and I'm continually seeing what people write on your page over time. So... along those lines, is there a setting or feature where you can see a list of who's watching which pages, Wikipedia-wide? Or at least for ones own Talk page, could a user see a list of Wiki users who are watching it? I think that would be an interesting feature, suggestion, software enhancement! - What are your thoughts? Vid2vid (talk) 00:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Vid2vid: There is a way. But it's been a while since I looked that up. It's one of the tool links on the page's history tab, I am unsure at the moment which one though.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 04:02, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of 149th Armor Regiment
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DYK for 149th Armored Regiment
On 20 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 149th Armored Regiment, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first American tanks ever to engage in combat with enemy tanks were part of the 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 149th Armored Regiment), 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.