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The article Richard Scott Smith has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
See WP:BLPCRIME, Accusations, investigations and arrests do not amount to a conviction. Sources only reflect Accusations of Women and a Television Series, I only found one warrant for Ident Theft at Newspapers.com
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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. CommanderWaterford (talk) 14:51, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Native Plants Journal for deletion
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Ron Kim Feud
I mentioned the Ron Kim Feud in Andrew Cuomo's response to nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemicYousef Raz (talk) 05:04, 18 February 2021 (UTC) You're welcome to comment:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Cuomo's response to nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemicYousef Raz (talk) 05:41, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Sacconi Rossi moved to draftspace
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ITN recognition for Syarifudin Tippe
On 18 February 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Syarifudin Tippe, 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. SpencerT•C 16:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Jean Sagols moved to draftspace
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DYK for Lillian Michelson
On 22 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lillian Michelson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that film researcher Lillian Michelson interviewed elderly Jewish women about the appearance of the underwear they wore in the 1890s to develop accurate clothing for Fiddler On The Roof? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lillian Michelson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lillian Michelson), 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.
Precious
willows, books and people
Thank you for quality articles about varied topics, such as Lillian Michelson, Théo Tobiasse, Point Breeze (estate), The Present Crisis and Erfahrungsfeld zur Entfaltung der Sinne, for hundreds of stubs and translations from several languages, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2541 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:58, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
- I'm honored. Thank you! I don't usually seek recognition, but it feels great to be appreciated. It is truly a joy to be part of this project. Best, Thriley (talk) 03:01, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Slot Assumburg moved to draftspace
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Disambiguation link notification for February 24
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Copy pasting without translating
Hi, you seem to have a habit of copy-pasting large amounts of context from the French Wikipedia while leaving the work of actually translating the content to others. You did this with List of French historic monuments protected in 1840 a while ago (which was a lot of work for me to fix) and now I see you've done it with Norma (comic artist), and I'll assume you've been doing it in between, too. Please stop doing that and just translate it yourself, it's not that hard. Lennart97 (talk) 09:58, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
- Lennart97, my apologies. I tend to edit in manic bursts and that has lead to sometimes neglecting to finish articles I have started. I’ll go back on my past articles over the next few days and correct any unfinished translation. Thank you for your work on the List of 1840. That should have been my mess to clean up! Best, Thriley (talk) 02:07, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- I really appreciate your reply. No worries, and I do apologise for the way I ended my first message - that was unwarranted and unnecessarily uncivil, I now realise. Keep up the good work and happy editing! Lennart97 (talk) 10:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
A request
In the future, at least for the articles that you recommend to me, could you make them in Draft form rather than Mainspace, so I have time to work on them? Having a 1 week time limit if we're going to bother with DYK is a bit restrictive, especially at the moment with my thesis work going on. SilverserenC 00:08, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
- Silver seren, of course! I wasn't thinking about DYK when I created it. I made the initial stub after cleaning off my bookshelf and I was reminded that I had noticed months ago that J. Russell Smith didn't have a page. I thought of you later in the day as he seemed to be a figure you might enjoy researching. I'll do drafts in the future for articles that I think you might be interested in. Good luck on your thesis work! Best, Thriley (talk) 00:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Thank you for creating Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Brelle.
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Seems like a promising subject for an article, but I believe the article itself could use more time in the oven for things like creating a 'Biography' section, adding an infobox, gathering more varied references, and other expansions based on the corresponding French article. Recommend WP:DRAFTIFY.
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DYK minor issue to address
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Silver seren took off the Stub tags, and I have given it the tick to proceed. --Gronk Oz (talk) 07:04, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
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Hallo, I came across this while stub-sorting ... I noticed the red link for JE Lange, checked him out and found that Jakob Emanuel Lange already has a link from his standard abbreviation of J.E.Lange. But then I looked at the two refs, and neither seems to mention Lange. Where did you dredge him up from, and could you add that reference, please? And please take the time to add proper references rather than blank URLs: you've got the link to hand and it's much better if you can fix the ref while you add it rather than to leave it to someone else to come along and use "ReFill2" to make a botched mess (sometimes) of it. Thanks. PamD 08:28, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- PamD, Sorry for that. I rushed the article through and was mixing up my sources and my mushrooms. I corrected the issue. Best, Thriley (talk) 08:36, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- Just take care not to mix the edible and the inedible mushrooms! Happy Editing. I go down all sorts of interesting rabbit holes while stub-sorting. PamD 08:39, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- Luckily this one is indeed an edible mushroom! Best, Thriley (talk) 08:40, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- Just take care not to mix the edible and the inedible mushrooms! Happy Editing. I go down all sorts of interesting rabbit holes while stub-sorting. PamD 08:39, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Jean-Pierre Galland moved to draftspace
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DYK for Rosemary Margaret Smith
On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rosemary Margaret Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that botanist Rosemary Margaret Smith had both an entire genus and a separate species named after her for her major discoveries and classification of ginger? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rosemary Margaret Smith. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rosemary Margaret Smith), 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.
March 2021
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Vermont Progressive Party, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. You don't simply get to remove appropriately sourced content without an adequate and valid reason! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 19:55, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
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Éditions Syllepse moved to draftspace
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DYK for Norman C. Deno
On 6 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Norman C. Deno, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that plant scientist Norman C. Deno's research on seed germination techniques resulted in him writing a book with germination methods for thousands of species? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Norman C. Deno. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Norman C. Deno), 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.
I have sent you a note about a page you started
Hello, Thriley
Thank you for creating Aframomum mala.
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Thank you for creating the page, you might want to fix reference 2, it generates a template error.
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Review for Wikipedia eligibility
I wanted to create a page in Turkish Wikipedia. I would like to learn your thought too before. Can you please review the following page? Deniz Unay--Emremer (talk) 07:13, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
- Note that, before reviewing this draft, you should read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deniz Unay. 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 12:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
- Chicdat, Thanks! Thriley (talk) 02:11, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
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DYK for J. Russell Smith
On 12 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article J. Russell Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that geographer J. Russell Smith worked with the USDA to make 20 new varieties of Chinese chestnut, with the aim of creating a blight-resistant tree? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/J. Russell Smith. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, J. Russell Smith), 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.
Hmm...
Working on Draft:Edmund G. Love and came across something tricky. Apparently Love's daughter, Shannon Gay Love, was murdered in 1967 while visiting London with a university colleague (who was the murderer, apparently). I'm...not sure if I should include any mention of it in the article or not. SilverserenC 03:01, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- Silver seren, That is absolutely horrible. I'm not sure what is typically done with information like this. I think it is important to acknowledge the life of his daughter, but I don't think the details of her murder are relevant unless you can find sourcing documenting the murder's influence on Edmund's work. What do you think would be correct? Thriley (talk) 04:13, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was basically what I was looking into. It doesn't appear to have affected any of his later works though. So I think i'll just omit any mention of it for now. SilverserenC 04:25, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- I added her name to the article, but I didn’t add anything about her murder. Did you see his wife’s name mentioned anywhere? Thriley (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- No, I didn't. There might be something in one of the reviews of his military books, since those were written during the time period where he was married to her, but I don't know if they'd mention a personal detail like that. SilverserenC 18:02, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- I added her name to the article, but I didn’t add anything about her murder. Did you see his wife’s name mentioned anywhere? Thriley (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was basically what I was looking into. It doesn't appear to have affected any of his later works though. So I think i'll just omit any mention of it for now. SilverserenC 04:25, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Clare Grady
Hi there. So I have to ask, do you have a personal connection to Clare Grady? Sorry for the hassle; between the WiR query about her morale and the way the entry switches back to her first name (corrected now), I need to do my due diligence before sending this to Main Page. The entry reads as neutral to me but if there is a WP:COI, it would be good if it were disclosed on the entry’s talk page. Thanks for understanding why I have to ask. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:51, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- No I do not. I learned about her through the Kings Bay Plowshares action. I do not know her personally. Thriley (talk) 21:54, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply! Innisfree987 (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- No I do not. I learned about her through the Kings Bay Plowshares action. I do not know her personally. Thriley (talk) 21:54, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Clare Grady
Hello! Your submission of Clare Grady 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) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Innisfree987 (talk) 22:51, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Lester Collins (landscape architect)
On 15 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lester Collins (landscape architect), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lester Collins developed Innisfree Garden over 55 years, and it was listed in the US National Register of Historic Places in 2019? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lester Collins (landscape architect). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lester Collins (landscape architect)), 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.
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Problems
- Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.
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Future changes
- You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems. [16][17]
- You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
- You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database
JOINSwill no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later. [18]
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23:20, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Clare Grady
On 17 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clare Grady, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on Saint Patrick's Day in 2003, Catholic Worker Clare Grady broke into an Army recruiting center and poured her blood on the walls, windows, and a US flag in a protest against the invasion of Iraq? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clare Grady. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Clare Grady), 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.
ITN recognition for Jean-Philippe Vassal
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The article The State of Garbage in America has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Can't find any in-depth coverage of this report.
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Books & Bytes – Issue 42
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 42, January – February 2021
- New partnerships: PNAS, De Gruyter, Nomos
- 1Lib1Ref
- Library Card
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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
- There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
- The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "Discussion tools" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.
Problems
- You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 March. It will be on all wikis from 25 March (calendar).
- Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis. [19]
Future changes
- Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain. [20][21]
- Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from
wg*tomw.config.wg*will soon no longer work. [22]
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16:51, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
April editathons from Women in Red
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German A. Korobov moved to draftspace
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Roger Lécureux moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Roger Lécureux, 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 16:22, 23 March 2021 (UTC)