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Hello

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Hello, on my first edit I accidently entered private information into the page, could you help me remove it from the edit history page thank you so much for any help! it is under the College of Coastal Georgia: Revision history, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=College_of_Coastal_Georgia&action=history and is the latest two edits from me containing the personal information — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteLeaf95 (talk • contribs) 00:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can we meet? Allanur77 (talk) 12:15, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why? --BorgQueen (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you edit the page? Trump won the election. Blakelyelijahl (talk) 13:34, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Celebities don't count Blakelyelijahl (talk) 13:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can you change the page back? Blakelyelijahl (talk) 14:03, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IABot

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Thought you should know that the IA Bot isn't working properly at the moment and many of your IA Bot requests aren't doing anything. See here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321740 Kylesenior (talk) 23:50, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok. Thanks for letting me know! --BorgQueen (talk) 23:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
hi there, I am going to undo the #IABot action that archived the links on the "Johannes van Damme" page, as when you click them the Way Back machine cant find it, must not be allowed to be archived from that site ? its a Singapore government website that archives newspapers going back over 100 years, free to the public, so dont worry about it disappearing it will be there forever, thanks ! WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 09:10, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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Hi! You added some archive links to Rum yesterday. However, some of those are kinda useless, because they only archive the OED login page, instead of the actual entry. I've removed them here, but I'm not sure what the next steps are. Have you added archive OED links to many more articles? And in the future, can you make sure that useless links like that aren't added, or would that be a significant hindrance in the work? I'm not familiar with IABot, so I don't know the process here. Is there some way to automatically prevent IABot from adding those links? --rchard2scout (talk) 13:03, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, please see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/InternetArchiveBot/Problem --BorgQueen (talk) 13:10, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Fixed now. --BorgQueen (talk) 06:04, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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Hello BorgQueen, I hope your doing well. Thank you for requesting the Citation bot edits on various of my 2022 in [country] articles. I made those pages some time ago before I really knew to add dates to citations and have been meaning to go back and fix them, so I really appreciate it. Thanks again 😁 Johnson524 (Talk!) 21:09, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok, no problem! I kinda thought those pages were relatively unloved hence the request 😉 --BorgQueen (talk) 21:14, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary

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Precious
Four years!

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redundant groups

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Hi BorgQueen, I removed some account flags on your account that were overlapping with your +sysop flag. This helps statistics, and in some cases may prevent oddities due to group css collisions. This should have no impact on anything you do. Notably, +autopatrolled was not removed as it is no longer redundant. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 14:53, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Translation

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Hello! Strange request here, but an article about me and my Wikipedia work has been promoted to Good article status at English Wikipedia and nominated for similar status at Spanish Wikipedia. I'm curious if you have any interest in translating the entry for Korean Wikipedia or other projects?

Figured I'd ask since your profile suggests you do translation work. Either way, happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:00, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've heard about you lol. No, I'm not really into BLP articles. BorgQueen (talk) 19:32, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hah, hopefully good things! No worries at all. Take care for now, ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:02, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2001

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Looking over 2001, I think we've brought it to the point where it's worth talking about a GA nomination. The Culture section still needs a little work, and the article should have one more go-over to check for globalization issues, but other than that, it seems to broadly cover the year in line with the Good Article criteria. I've also added broad summaries of health and politics trends in addition to simply listing key events. I think the use of summary style writing is the strongest advantage that 2001 has over other year articles at the moment. What are your thoughts? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, it's worth a try. BorgQueen (talk) 22:53, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If I can ask your advice, how should I be approaching the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Years? It's apparent that there's a years-long pattern of disruptive WP:STONEWALLING and WP:OWNERSHIP of these articles that's preventing them from being improved (and some less than honest behavior in the discussion), but I really don't think a flame war will resolve that. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 14:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How about Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests? BorgQueen (talk) 14:39, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Are there no intermediate steps? I feel we're past the point where a compromise is possible, but I don't want to escalate any more than I have to. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 15:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have no other idea. BorgQueen (talk) 15:55, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you re: Mahmoud Moradkhani

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Thank you for your improvements to that article.

— iFaqeer (talk to or email me) 03:11, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, BorgQueen!

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Happy New Year!

BorgQueen,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Military uniform

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Your view would be appreciated here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Military_uniform#3.2_Visibility_or_camouflage Dreddmoto (talk) 22:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm actually more concerned about the apparent lack of RS on camouflage. Do you know of any? BorgQueen (talk) 23:50, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Malahai

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On 6 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Malahai, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the malahai (example pictured) served as a protective helmet, even though it is a fur hat? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Malahai. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Malahai), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 12,205 views (1,017.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2023 – nice work!

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A barnstar for you!

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The DYK Barnstar
Morning BorgQueen, just thought I'd send you a quick kudos for all the hard work you've been doing on DYK in recent days/weeks, it's great to see lots of different people participating there in the different processes and your work is much appreciated. And I hope you don't feel I'm treading on your toes, as I've been looking through some of the pending queues in the past day or two... as I said in the chat yesterday, I'm probably a bit more anal about some of those things than others are, but really it's just a case of making sure we're giving the best and most accurate information for our readers, who are the ultimate important thing here. Checking all the hooks can get a bit time-consuming, but with lots of us on the case going forward, nobody should end up having to do too much. Cheers, and happy editing  — Amakuru (talk) 11:33, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks lol. BorgQueen (talk) 11:34, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

12 years of, um, progress?

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I agree with you that wikipedia has changed a lot in the past 12 years. In some ways for the better, but not in all. We're paying more attention to quality, both in terms of good writing style and making sure everything is correct and verifiable. On the other hand, we seem to have grown a generation of wikipedians who are more into rules than actually getting stuff done. I find more and more somebody I've never heard of is quoting chapter and verse of some policy I've never heard of, and refusing to accept WP:IAR as a valid way of life. Oh well, I'm glad you're back and I'm glad you're picking up so much of the load at DYK. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:06, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@RoySmith: I agree with you. Lol. But oh well, it's probably a natural progress. Look at America... from its Wild West days to what it is now. :-D BorgQueen (talk) 15:09, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was somewhat starstruck when I saw you return to WT:DYK – I was thinking "BorgQueen? that BorgQueen? Left-DYK-twelve-years-ago-and-still-comfortably-holds-the-record-for-most-edits-to-prep-1 BorgQueen?" theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:06, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you remember me? Well, after a few failed relationships here I am back again. Weeping... 😂 BorgQueen (talk) 02:10, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oof – my virtual hugs to you. I don't remember you, I joined in 2021 – your reputation precedes you, though :) While you were making your last pre-break edits to DYK, I was trying to figure out which end(s) of a pencil shouldn't go up my nose – I was, like, five years old? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:14, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Really? I wish I were that young again! I'm learning to live with my gray hair... BorgQueen (talk) 02:23, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I do too at times. I graduated from high school at West High School (Sioux City, Iowa) in 2012. I am not looking forward to my 30th birthday this year. Now I see that my high school's article looks awful. Maybe I should fix that. SL93 (talk) 04:39, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

tags on the bottom prep

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I added a little tag to WP:PSHAW that warns a user when they try to promote to the bottom prep – maybe that's easier than having to re-mark the hooks with every new prep? (yes, this is a shameless plug, PSHAW will make promoting easier I promise) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:45, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, thank you. My life is a little easier now. Lol. BorgQueen (talk) 02:53, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see discussion Re: Livio Castiglioni image

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There has been ample discussion about the photograph of Livio Castiglioni, and there is also a version of the file here. There are several other open discussions about the matter on Commons and elsewhere. With this in mind, it was surprising to see it deleted just now. Would you please review and consider reverting? (Also, Justlettersandnumbers is much more knowledgeable about the matter than I.) Thank you, Cl3phact0 (talk) 13:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. BorgQueen (talk) 13:55, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Cl3phact0 (talk) 14:55, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Emerson Charles Denny

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I’m not sure what the extra references are for. Everything is already referenced to the next citation. SL93 (talk) 22:32, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Btw I think it might have some close paraphrasing issue. What do you think? BorgQueen (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what you mean. SL93 (talk) 22:37, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Nevermind. Perhaps I need more coffee. Lol sorry. BorgQueen (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The close paraphrasing cannot be changed - the years, his degrees, the colleges, and the names of what he participated in. Pinging RoySmith for thoughts. SL93 (talk) 22:41, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I hope I'm not wrong about close paraphrasing, but I will ping Nikkimaria in case they are interested in looking. If not, that is fine too. SL93 (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I definitely see where the concern is coming from, but I think it's largely passable. Terms like "mental testing" are probably worth quoting though - it's not clear what that is supposed to mean so would be hard to reword. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:10, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Very well. Thanks @Nikkimaria. BorgQueen (talk) 23:13, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nikkimaria Thank you. I took your advice. I have ideas of what they could mean, but I don't want to mess up. SL93 (talk) 23:15, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And sorry for the intrusion with the ping, RoySmith. SL93 (talk) 23:21, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wit

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Can we have a new article for 'did you know' pls. ? 60.241.54.238 (talk) 23:48, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate

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Just stopped by to say I appreciate you. Thanks for your work and your great attitude. Bruxton (talk) 00:18, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruxton: You're welcome. Btw I've swapped the Fire hook so it won't be consecutive. BorgQueen (talk) 00:29, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I am happy to meet you and work with you. Most everybody I work with in DYK is pleasant. It helps to have an administrator with your knowledge and demeanor. Bruxton (talk) 00:35, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto! Cielquiparle (talk) 09:20, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum

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On 18 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the title page of Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum shows an eagle atop a globe flanked by serpents (pictured), which symbolizes worldly triumph? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moving my hook at DYK

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Hello BorgQueen, hope all is well. Just out of interest, how come you moved my CLK GTR hook from Queue 6 to another prep area? Thank you for your time. X750. Spin a yarn? Articles I've screwed over? 18:11, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@X750: Oh, your Mercedes-Benz article has no problem. It's just that we've had a Mercedes-Benz article as a lead hook with an image the other day (and it did garner a lot of clicks! Congratulations.) so I didn't want to run another again so soon. But you won't have to wait for long! BorgQueen (talk) 19:40, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah okay cool, that totally makes sense. Wouldn't want anyone to think we're sponsored by Mercedes-Benz haha. Cheers for the explanation. X750. Spin a yarn? Articles I've screwed over? 20:04, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@X750: Btw I've tweaked the hook per this suggestion. BorgQueen (talk) 20:11, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've been thinking about this. How about {{tq|that... upon entering production in 1998, the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was named the world's most expensice production car by the Guiness Book of World Records, a record that stood till 2015? X750. Spin a yarn? Articles I've screwed over? 21:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A bit convoluted, don't you think? BorgQueen (talk) 21:49, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How about either of these: the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was the world's most expensive production car from 1998 to 2015? The "world's" bit implies it is certified by Guiness. Or: How about ... that upon entering production in 1998, the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was named the most expensive production car by the Guinness Book of World Records?
... that in 1998, the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR received the Guinness World Record for most expensive production car? Credit to PMC for the former, Epicgenius for the latter two. X750. Spin a yarn? Articles I've screwed over? 23:52, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done. BorgQueen (talk) 23:58, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Pleasure doing business with you. X750. Spin a yarn? Articles I've screwed over? 00:02, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Korean sources

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Greetings BorgQueen. I saw you are listed at the WP:Local Embassy as a speaker of Korean. I was wondering if I could enlist your help.

I've been communicating with the user Jang Won Lim. He is a declared paid editor and employee of a company called "Action Square". He has translated the article about this company on Korean Wikipedia (ko:액션스퀘어) into English here: User:Jang Won Lim/Action Square. Unfortunately, all the sources used are in Korean, and I am not a Korean speaker. I am finding it difficult to evaluate whether these are reliable sources, and therefore if the company is notable enough for inclusion here. Would you be able to have a look? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:36, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Drm310: It seems to be a notable company to me, yes. Its Korean Wikipedia page says that its mobile game Blade was a huge hit and won the presidential award. The sources do confirm that. BorgQueen (talk) 05:44, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And yes, the sources are mostly reliable I'd say. BorgQueen (talk) 05:45, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much, I appreciate it! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:21, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK query

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You approved my DKY article Religious significance of rice in India listed on 20 January. Thanks for that. It was my first after about 7 years when I had retired from DYK. This artcile has probaly been moved to be posted on main page. But it is not appearing in DYK prep list. Is there any issue with the artcile?Nvvchar. 14:33, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nvvchar: Not that I'm aware of. Sometimes it just takes time. But if you're concerned, you might want to ask at Wikipedia talk:Did you know. BorgQueen (talk) 15:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Nvvchar: The nomination is currently listed at Template talk:Did you know/Approved – from there, a prep builder will close the nomination and put it in prep. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 23:28, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You best keep the nomination watchlisted, then you will see on your watchlist when it gets closed for a prep. The list of the approved nominations is rather new. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:41, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

errors

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Just as an FYI, at errors, unless it's an actual BLP issue that needs to be addressed immediately, check the nom and do a quick search at DYK talk. Often you'll find it's been discussed. Valereee (talk) 23:52, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, I've realized that lol. BorgQueen (talk) 23:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry! I probably tend to be stupider than most. :) Valereee (talk) 00:01, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 2: Melissa Ong (nom)

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Hey, any chance you'd revert the changes on the caption and (shown)? I did want to make it clear that the image pictured is the shared and memed image, it's not just any image of Ong. No worries if not, thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:56, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone else would do something similar. The caption is a little longer than usual... BorgQueen (talk) 22:03, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully, nobody minds if I add a comment, then :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:13, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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ANI discussion regarding WikiProject Years

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I am notifying you because you were mentioned in a post regarding a dispute relating to WikiProject Years. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Zinc white

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On 5 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zinc white, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that zinc white was found in several versions of The Scream? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zinc white. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Zinc white), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Luttra Woman

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On 9 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Luttra Woman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the last meal the Luttra Woman (skull pictured) had was raspberries? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Luttra Woman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Luttra Woman), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 49,099 views (2,045.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks, bot! BorgQueen (talk) 03:38, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed DYK promoter hat

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The DYK promoter dunce cap

Since we're apparently "high priests" or something, I thought we should have a hat that reflects our prestige, nobility, piety, and judgement. What do you think? :P theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:37, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can we have a tin foil hat instead? We gotta fight alien mind control... BorgQueen (talk) 00:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... whose alien mind control, "Borg Queen"? whose? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please read Reptilian conspiracy theory... just for entertainment value! BorgQueen (talk) 00:42, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
please, that's stuff's crap. And I should know, I had my turn on the Jewish space laser just last week. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:48, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it's actually antisemitic. Sorry. BorgQueen (talk) 00:50, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
heh, no worries :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:51, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question

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Hi admin, greetings I would like to ask you a question. How to rescue sources What tool will I need? You did at Phisuea Samut for example. Thanks Taung Tan (talk) 19:48, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This page! BorgQueen (talk) 19:50, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Textbook

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Centrism • Waffle iron

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2023)

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Greenland is the world's largest island.
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Island

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input

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Hey, BQ! Got here from WikiProject Food and drink list of participants. I'm working on the redlinks at List of James Beard America's Classics, an award which I think indicates the recipient is quite likely notable. Picked out a bunch of restaurants owned by Black women to start with, moved three drafts to article space yesterday, but now I'm at User:Valereee/Corinne's Place, and it's less clear. In your opinion is the award itself enough to get the restaurant over the hump? It seems clearly notable within the Camden/Philadelphia area and within the state. (To any talk page stalkers: please comment and feel free to edit the userspace draft, especially if you can get to any of the paywalled sources in the Further reading). Valereee (talk) 16:47, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Valereee. I guess it's kinda borderline notable--perhaps would barely survive an AfD...? I'm not familiar with that award so can't really tell with any degree of certainty. BorgQueen (talk) 16:52, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks anyway! Valereee (talk) 16:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Valereee Have taken the liberty of expanding. IMO, more than enough WP:SUSTAINED in-depth coverage on the business over decades to satisfy WP:NCORP. I say ship it! Cielquiparle (talk) 04:24, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, @Cielquiparle! Valereee (talk) 12:03, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Cielquiparle since you seem to be able to expand anything... would you like to try Irradiation? It's a specialized area I admit, but we're writing at a very elementary level anyway and the article needs some help. BorgQueen (talk) 18:29, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately way outside my field. Cielquiparle (talk) 18:36, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Cielquiparle and @Valereee: I'm thinking about expanding Faithfulness, which is surprisingly a stub! Let me know if you're interested... (but perhaps it should be merged with Fidelity?) BorgQueen (talk) 02:05, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a merge makes sense and would probably be the best first move, and frankly I don't think I'd even bother with a move discussion.
Philosophy isn't an area I work in much, so probably not for me, but I'd be happy to do a gnomish run-through once it's been improved. Valereee (talk) 10:57, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Really? Fidelity made me laugh so hard because of high fidelity, low fidelity, etc. Not much to do with the "faithfulness" in the other page. I seriously would not merge them even if both require clean up, or a complete rethink. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Umm. Ok... BorgQueen (talk) 08:08, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Cielquiparle actually yeah, Fidelity talks about several different things that aren't related. I mean, Faithfulness has nothing to with audio and electronics, right? BorgQueen (talk) 08:16, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Unless you really love your Beats by Dre. Cielquiparle (talk) 08:27, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

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ITN recognition for 73rd Berlin International Film Festival

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On 2 March 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 19:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

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The Admin's Barnstar
For your efforts in making things happen on Wikipedia. Rickyurs (talk) 04:49, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. BorgQueen (talk) 04:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Manufacturing

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2023)

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An assortment of various foods
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Food

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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2023)

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Voting

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Promotion

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Thank you for promoting hooks. The two a day pace is stressful and I was hoping for a break. You are like Manna from Heaven. Bruxton (talk) 18:11, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cyrtodactylus santana hook

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Hi BorgQueen, with regards to Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2, I feel the changes to the Cyrtodactylus santana hook remove its purpose. It was created after a reviewer asked for something more hooky, and the complete tonal shift has removed the hookiness entirely. Best, CMD (talk) 01:16, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis The thing is the phrase wasn't in the article. If you're willing to edit the article to match the hook, I'm happy to restore it. BorgQueen (talk) 01:19, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The precise phrasing isn't in the article because the article maintains a more encyclopaedic tone. However, the information within the phrasing is the same as that present in the article. CMD (talk) 01:22, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Chipmunkdavis: very well. I've restored it. I just feel the phrase deviates a little too far from the article's, but I won't insist further. BorgQueen (talk) 01:29, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

prep building

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Hey there, BorgQueen! Thanks for all the work you've been doing here as of late :) I just wanted to note that in general, admins are discouraged from promoting sets they've built in prep; takes two to close a nomination, I suppose. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 17:06, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron Well, that doesn't make sense as no one else is doing it on a regular basis, and we're on a hectic schedule, don't you think? BorgQueen (talk) 17:15, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@RoySmith, Bruxton, and Valereee: Some input please? Am I really supposed to sit still after building preps, fully knowing no one is coming to help anytime soon and while we're doing two-updates a day? (None of the hooks in those preps were reviewed or nominated by me, btw.) BorgQueen (talk) 17:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You are doing great work. I suppose there are enough admins that you would not need to promote sets you have built to queues. I love that you and @Valereee: have been promoting. I am almost locked up in that I cannot promote my own reviews and articles so I have to be judicious with my own promoting. Bruxton (talk) 17:30, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Bruxton, that used to happen all the time to Cwm, who was a prodigious nominator. What we did was tell other prep builders that since Cwm has already touched many, many hooks, please look for Cwm nom'd/reviewed hooks to promote, because she can't. I'd open a section and ping the other prep builders about that. They'll immediately get it. Valereee (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's a problem. Edit to add: The fact there are so few people working at DYK that an admin who has built a prep feels like they are obligated to promote that prep if no one else steps up reasonably quickly is the problem, not the fact BorgQueen felt that way. Oh jeez, and of course it's a problem she felt that way, she shouldn't have to feel that way. Ugh, not striking on all cylinders, here. For me, if it happens to be a prep that contains a hook I nominated or reviewed, and someone else moved to prep, no problem. If it's a prep I swapped a couple of hooks into or made a few edits to, no problem. If I built the entire set, like I just did with P3, I wouldn't move to queue.
My basic philosophy is that someone will be along, and if they aren't...well, I consider volunteer work that no one but me considers important enough to do might just be unimportant for me to do. Someone will be along, or it's not important to the rest of the project. Valereee (talk) 17:31, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with leeky that the initial verification tick, the promotion to a prep set, and the subsequent promotion to the queue should all be done by different people. More eyes on something means more chances to find problems. On the no one is coming to help anytime soon issue, I look at the queue status often. Most of the time, we've got 6 or 7 filled queues, so there's nothing for me to do. If it gets down 5 or so, I'll process a set. We've also got eager new recruit Aoidh who is doing a great job. So my suggestion would be to be a little more patient about jumping to fill the last empty queue slot :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PS, when I started at DYK, I was all over the place doing initial reviews and building prep sets. And then I found I had my hands on so many ready-for-prime-time prep sets, I couldn't move them to the queue myself. My solution to that was to just concentrate on doing prep->queue promotions so I didn't run into self-conflicts. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:37, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's great! Now I got some free time to do something else. BorgQueen (talk) 17:39, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ayup. Valereee (talk) 17:41, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking of which... @RoySmith and Valereee: could you please check Q3, 4, 5, which I built and moved? In the principle of more eyes. BorgQueen (talk) 17:44, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll do Q3. Valereee (talk) 17:56, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! BorgQueen (talk) 17:57, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I genuinely thought you were having fun and really wanted to build preps, so thought I should give you some room. It's so great that there are more people helping. For now. Cielquiparle (talk) 07:34, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Cielquiparle: I was! Btw, the curretly oldest approved hook is something about COVID-19. Can you look into it? I wasn't sure if it was the best hook they could come up with. BorgQueen (talk) 15:41, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I thought so! I like your prep sets. It's like each person has a distinct style. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:34, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's interesting that you should notice that! I've felt that way, too. Valereee (talk) 16:38, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I should build prep occasionally then, but right now I hope someone else will clear the oldest hooks first... they've been waiting for a long time. BorgQueen (talk) 16:41, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Old hooks are often so daunting...usually the reason they're old is that there've been pages of discussion and argument. Valereee (talk) 16:44, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Although to be fair, most of the oldest ones right now, that's not the problem. But the oldest ones are only 5-6 weeks old, too. I would have thought most of those would be easy to fit in. Valereee (talk) 16:49, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Valereee please see Template:Did you know nominations/Coli Saco. A BLP hook mentioning COVID-19... is it really OK for Main Page? BorgQueen (talk) 16:51, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On its face I don't see it as a BLP issue if the sources are reliable...I don't know these sources. Is your concern that it's a BLP privacy issue, or just something that might have negative IRL consequences for this real live person? Valereee (talk) 17:03, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see that it's been discussed at dyk talk? Maybe it should be? Valereee (talk) 17:04, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OK I'll open a discussion. BorgQueen (talk) 17:05, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a privacy issue, and perhaps possible UNDUE. BorgQueen (talk) 17:05, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And I've asked for some additional ALTs at the nom. Although frankly I can understand why this is the one the nom came up with, it's really the only interesting thing in the article to someone who isn't interested in football. Valereee (talk) 17:10, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2001 again

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I don't know if you have the article watchlisted, but I just wanted to let you know that I've been working on 2001 these last few days now that there's agreement to remove those long birth/death lists. I'm still not sure how I feel about some of the wording so far, but I think the layout/format is working really well. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:12, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Thebiguglyalien: That's great! Congratulations. BorgQueen (talk) 05:30, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Original Barnstar
I appreciate your translations, participation in Intertranswiki and various things you do on here. I keep seeing your name about the place, so thankyou! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I do hope the transwiki project will get more active. BorgQueen (talk) 19:45, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Offensive backfield

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DYK for Mammalian kidney

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On 4 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mammalian kidney, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, amongst the kidneys of the vertebrates, only those of mammals and birds can produce concentrated urine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mammalian kidney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mammalian kidney), 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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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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ITN recognition for Vladlen Tatarsky

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On 5 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Vladlen Tatarsky, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 05:58, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting species to genera

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Please refrain from creating redirects from species to genera, as you did with Hymenaea oblongifolia. People are far less likely to ever create the article if there is a bluelink. Instead, please put in a request at places such as WP:WikiProject Plants/Article requests. Or just ask me. Abductive (reasoning) 00:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Abductive: (talk page stalker) Erm, I'm not sure I agree with this line of reasoning. Wikipedia should be for our readers, and a redirect is helpful for them. If volunteers want to make their work on Wikipedia easier, that's for them to do on their own time, with their own resources – for example, by modifying their common.css to include the following, which will make their redirects a lovely shade of green:
.mw-body-content a.external {color: #b0048b}
.mw-body-content a.external:visited {color: #6e0152}
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:45, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The guys at WP:WikiProject Plants have indicated their displeasure at the practice. I suspect that if a user were to attempt to mass-create such redirects they would find themselves at WP:ANI. Abductive (reasoning) 01:37, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm troubled by the notion that WikiProject Plants gets to write de facto redirect policy, but rest assured, I myself won't be venturing down that road anytime soon :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 01:41, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Abductive: I've deleted the redirect page as you've requested. No worries. BorgQueen (talk) 01:47, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Great! I made a stub for you. Abductive (reasoning) 02:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2023)

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Kayakers on the St. Lawrence River near Les Bergeronnes, Quebec, Canada
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

St. Lawrence River

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Question

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Would you mind explaining why you made this comment? The whole page was one elaborate contrivance after another, ending in a desperate challenge to a good source, as no other tripwire could be found. So after twelve years and 325 DYK hooks I doubt if I shall be making any more DYK contributions. Moonraker (talk) 22:29, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't going anywhere. No point in keeping it open. BorgQueen (talk) 06:46, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pings

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This edit didn't create a ping because you did not also add a (or change an existing) signature as part of the edit. This is explained here. Thought you might want to know that. Schwede66 09:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh OK. Thanks. BorgQueen (talk) 09:52, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Killer toy

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On 15 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Killer toy, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that precursors to the killer toy include ventriloquist dummies such as Otto (pictured) in the 1929 film The Great Gabbo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Killer toy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Killer toy), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Sankebetsu brown bear incident

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Aulus Vibenna

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Hello BorgQueen, the copy of the fresco of Aulus Vibenna in the DYK hook is not restored, but a facsimile, reproducing its state before the damage caused by air circulation. In the 19th century, when most tombs were opened, it was noticed that the paintings faded quickly after opening, so painters were used to make a facsimile. The only trick used was to wet the fresco with turpentine to brighten the colours and see them better (they copied by torchlight). I put a source about that in the article (altough actually this would belong to the Francois tomb article). Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 05:03, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh OK. Give me some time as I just woke up. Lol. @Alessandro57 BorgQueen (talk) 10:31, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I just hope you are not in California. :-) Anyway, I would substitute "restored" with "facsimile", or something like that... I am going to lunch now, and I'll drink an espresso for you too. :-) Alex2006 (talk) 10:46, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Alessandro57 I've changed the caption to Copy of the François Tomb fresco. I'm not convinced that it needs to say facsimile, as we normally keep it concise and simple. BorgQueen (talk) 12:12, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also copy is ok. Facsimile is more precise, but I wonder how many peoples know what really means...Thanks! Alex2006 (talk) 12:36, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Alessandro57 BTW I searched for an image of the fresco with a higher resolution but there isn't any on the net, it seems. I guess we'll just have to use what we have. BorgQueen (talk) 14:01, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I found one with 300 x 300 dpi... Alex2006 (talk) 16:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Where is it? @Alessandro57 BorgQueen (talk) 16:04, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
here :-) Alex2006 (talk) 16:06, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Alessandro57 thanks but the problem with that image is that the fresco's upper section has been cut. I think I'll stick to the image we have. BorgQueen (talk) 16:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, actually the first one is more decorative...OK, if I will find something better I will tell you, otherwise I will go the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco with my camera. :-) Alex2006 (talk) 16:33, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Alessandro57 Due to this suggestion at ERRORS, I've had to tweak the wording of praefectus vigilum. Apparently some of them love Latin. BorgQueen (talk) 10:49, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, @BorgQueen, I love Latin too. Otherwise I would not write such articles...~:-) Ave atque Vale! Alex2006 (talk) 11:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vladlen Tatarsky

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On 21 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vladlen Tatarsky, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb hidden in a bust of himself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vladlen Tatarsky. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vladlen Tatarsky), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing

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On 21 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb hidden in a bust of himself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2023 Saint Petersburg bombing. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hearst Castle on Earwig

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I'm assuming you check it and it's fine so I'm not super concerned, but I did want to just do my due diligence and check with you about this one that you promoted. For Hearst Castle Earwig shows a substantial match with this Flickr description. The image was uploaded on May 12, 2018 (you hover over the "Date taken" date to show this) and the version of the article on that date does not match the description on Flickr so it's not a case where the Flickr author lifted the Wikipedia article from that date and put it in the description. They may have edited the description later to match Wikipedia but is there a way to confirm that this is what happened? - Aoidh (talk) 04:07, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Aoidh: if you can find an old copy of the Flickr listing from the Wayback Machine, that'd enable you to do some manual date-for-date checking. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 04:12, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I did check Wayback Machine and unfortunately that page isn't there. If I were a betting person I would put money on the Flickr page being a copy of the Wikipedia page, but the lack of comments about copyright checks on the GAR and the DYK nom made me a bit concerned. - Aoidh (talk) 04:13, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, @KJP1: care to comment? BorgQueen (talk) 04:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I took a deep dive into the history of the article and the version that matches that Flickr description happened organically over many different diffs by many different editors (example for the lede sentence) so while there's not a smoking gun archive showing that the Flickr description wasn't edited in later, the chances of that many editors making that many slow edits over a couple of years in a way that just happened to all end up copy-pasting a random Flickr image's description is practically impossible. All's well, I just wanted to see if you had a quick and easy answer to that concern that I wasn't seeing. It's likely nobody commented on the Earwig match because it didn't match when they checked and only was recently updated. - Aoidh (talk) 04:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I thought too. @Aoidh BorgQueen (talk) 04:36, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Aoidh - BorgQueen, thanks for flagging, and to Aoidh for raising. I agree it does look concerning. I use Earwig for GAR and a 99.5% match would concern me. One is very clearly a copy of the other. So, the questions are - who copied from whom, and when? I can tell you which way round it was - Flickr copied from here at some point between 2020 and now. I wrote the Wikipedia article as it now largely stands in 2019, prior to taking it to FAC in 2020. As the article history shows, in May 2018 it was a very different beast.[1] I'm not very technical, and I have no engagement with social media, including Flickr, but I am absolutely confident that the version on there was not uploaded in 2018, as I hadn't yet written it. A section heading like The specter at the feast, which didn't exist in Wikipedia version in 2018, is a rather particular type of wording and there's no way the coincidence is random. What I'm not sure I can help with, is how my assertion can be verified. I have some experience in writing articles about buildings, and have successfully put a number up at FAC where they were subject to full Source checks. (As an aside, this one wasn't as it sank through lack of reviewer interest before that point.) But I don't want to cause any difficulty at DYK, so I've no problem if you want to pull it - as you know, I didn't actually nominate it. Sorry I can't be more help. KJP1 (talk) 06:36, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe you. No worries. BorgQueen (talk) 06:39, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@KJP1: No it's absolutely not a problem and there's no danger of the hook being pulled. As soon as I saw the extremely high match rate I was almost positive without even looking that a site had copied the Wikipedia article because that's (in my experience) almost always what that means. Since it is going to have many eyes on it on the front page I just wanted to be able to show that we had already taken a look and determined it wasn't an issue in case it popped up at WP:ERRORS or something. It's all good and the hook is a go, no issues here. - Aoidh (talk) 06:47, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Nike sweatshops

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Hearst Castle - again!

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Festucalex - This is the DYK that just keeps giving. One word in the article lead is currently generating quite a lot of debate. I did caution at the time of the nomination (nominator copied in here) that it might generate some noise. The issue of the extent to which Kane is modelled on Hearst/Xanadu is modelled on Hearst Castle tends to generate quite a lot of heat. I've never really understood why. Anyway, not suggesting you do anything, just wanted you to be aware. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 09:45, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Aoidh letting you know too. BorgQueen (talk) 09:46, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the concern noted at the nom page so I was kind of half expecting some kind of comment about this article, but the nature of this dispute is unexpected. - Aoidh (talk) 10:57, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Aoidh If the edit war continues on the Hearst Castle article, we'll have to pull it. BorgQueen (talk) 11:11, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I was concerned about that very thing. Since it's only two editors involved and the edit warring seems to have stopped after the discussion started (no reverts within the last 24 hours) up I'm hopeful that it won't come to that, but if it does come to that and it needs to be pulled then you'll have no objections from me. - Aoidh (talk) 11:18, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Huh. 〜 Festucalex • talk 10:02, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment formats

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Hi there, BorgQueen, and thanks for your work on assessments. I see that when working on Talk:Mira (YouTuber) you included a quality rating of B in the introductory "{{WPBS|class=b|blp=yes|". While this is permissible, it has the effect of removing the quality ratings from the wikiprojects which follow and can initiate downstream problems. I would therefore suggest that instead you add appropriate ratings to each wikiproject if they are not already there. An introduction of "{{WPBS|blp=yes|" is of course welcome. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:55, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh OK. Hmm. BorgQueen (talk) 08:50, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Ipigott I had actually done that to a few other articles as well! I'm reverting myself now. BorgQueen (talk) 08:56, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your understanding. You may see I already edited one or two more in connection with women. And thanks for your recent biography of Maria Vladimirovna Mironova. We look forward to many more.--Ipigott (talk) 09:04, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

re: pshaw and {{transl}}

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I can't think of a reason PSHAW wouldn't handle that correctly; if it can't, that needs to be fixed, because i'm pretty sure we require {{transl}} under SG?language tagging. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:41, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh OK thanks. BorgQueen (talk) 21:42, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2023)

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Conifers encroaching on a meadow in Washington state, United States
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Meadow

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Previous selections: Nike sweatshops • Sankebetsu brown bear incident

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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DYK for Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)

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On 3 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Island of Lost Souls (1932 film), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 1935 Paramount wanted to reissue the film Island of Lost Souls (poster pictured) but was denied by the Hays Code, due to the film's excessive horror? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Island of Lost Souls (1932 film). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 16,880 views (1,406.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Maria Vladimirovna Mironova

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On 3 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maria Vladimirovna Mironova. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maria Vladimirovna Mironova), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Le Corricolo

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Hallo BorgQueen, I have a problem: a month ago I wrote an article which I submitted to dyk. The hook was initially approved, but after the approval a user came by and raised close paraphrasing problems. I tried to solve them (actually I think that I solved them :-)), but he was not satisfied and left at one point, saying that someone else would come by sooner or later. Since so far no one has come by, can I request another reviewer? Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Alessandro57 I see you did request already. It just takes time. Can take weeks. BorgQueen (talk) 16:23, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. I will wait then, no problem! Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 16:25, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Medjed

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On 4 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Medjed, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that an ancient depiction of Medjed (pictured) became an Internet meme on Japanese social media? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Medjed. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Medjed), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 42,031 views (3,502.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Witch-hunts in India

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On 5 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Witch-hunts in India, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Witch-hunts in India. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Witch-hunts in India), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vampyrellida

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On 5 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vampyrellida, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that vampire amoebae are naked? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vampyrellida. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vampyrellida), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Partially blocked editor repeating same behavior

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Editor 망고소녀, whom you partially blocked from Martin Bormann after AN/I discusson, because of their disruptive editing concerning Bormann's children, has now begun the same kind of editing on Joseph Goebbels concerning Goebbel's children. [2]. I do not think it is disruptive yet, but it concerns me that they transferred their fixation from one article to another. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:44, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Beyond My Ken: Noted, and I'm not surprised. Please let me know when their edits do become disruptive. BorgQueen (talk) 18:48, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:51, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Tableau vivant

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Meadow • Nike sweatshops

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"Maria Mironova (Q4296110)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Maria Mironova (Q4296110) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 May 8 § Maria Mironova (Q4296110) until a consensus is reached. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:53, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution

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On 8 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution is surmounted by a statue of Liberty (pictured) inscribing the days of 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830 in a book? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sluishuis

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On 11 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sluishuis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sluishuis (pictured) has a publicly accessible jetty where boats can moor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sluishuis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sluishuis), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 34,491 views (1,437.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vanadium

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On 14 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vanadium, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that vanadium (pictured) was named after the Norse goddess Freyja? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanadium. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vanadium), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2023)

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An audio production facility
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Audio editing software

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Tableau vivant • Meadow

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2023)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Vandal Kingdom

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Seeking Resolution For Disruptive User

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I'm not sure how this works precisely, but I am seeking to report a user under the name MrOllie who is obstructing my edits. On the Buck Breaker article, he continues to insist that the citations provided to an excerpt are supported, though after having checked the citations, they provide zero relevance to what is written on the wikipedia page. The wikipedia page excerpt in question is referring to a conspiracy about attempts to instill homosexuality within the black community and to feminize black men. The citation in question (Afrocentric Worldview, Hetero-Normative Ethos and Black LGBTQ Intellectuals Matriculating through Afrocentric Psychology Programs at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs)), specifically discusses the LGTQ community in regards to the black community and within afrocentric studies and does not mention A) An attempt to instill homosexuality within the black community or B) An attempt to feminize black men. I hope you can warn him or settle the matter, as the wikipedia page itself is significantly lacking in reliable attribution and requires editing in order to reflect its lack-thereof.VirtualRebound22 (talk) 02:10, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

VirtualRebound22 has been repeatedly deleting content with obviously false edit summaries - first claiming that there are no citations, and then instead claiming they don't support the content when pressed. Both claims are obviously false - the citation obviously supports the claim if you check it. MrOllie (talk) 02:14, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry guys. Please contact another admin. BorgQueen (talk) 02:26, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for February Azure

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On 28 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article February Azure, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Russian artist Igor Grabar dug a trench in snow to paint February Azure (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/February Azure. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, February Azure), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2023)

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Popillia japonica, commonly known as the Japanese Beetle
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Japanese beetle

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Vandal Kingdom • Audio editing software

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DYK for Visa policy of Azerbaijan

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On 4 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Visa policy of Azerbaijan, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 2017 the British travel magazine Wanderlust rated Azerbaijan's electronic visa as the easiest visa to obtain in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Visa policy of Azerbaijan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Visa policy of Azerbaijan), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2023)

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The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible (mid-15th century)
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Bible

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Japanese beetle • Vandal Kingdom

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
  • As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

  • Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:32, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK help

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Hey BorgQueen, hope everything is going well. I now have four DYK noms piled up (some of them months old, and two recent ones). I wanted some help understanding what more is required on my part for them to be promoted. Really appreciate your help with this. I have some more ideas that I want to submit but I would like to make sure my nominations aren't being boycotted first.--NØ 18:35, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just wait. Probably it just takes time. BorgQueen (talk) 18:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thanks.--NØ 12:58, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sarita Colonia Nomination

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I saw that you moved a promoted Nomination to an image slot. My first concern is that the image was not put forward as part of the nomination; and my second concern is that it may not be qualified as a free image. It is licensed {{PD-Peru-photo}} Bruxton (talk) 13:08, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruxton moved to Prep 7 sans image. As for your first point, I was fairly certain the nominator, @Thebiguglyalien, wouldn't mind. But yes, we don't really know if the image is PD worldwide. Too bad! It would have gotten a lot of attention with that ghostly, eerie image. BorgQueen (talk) 13:24, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It was ghostly and spooky! If we can investigate the PD we may be able to use it. Bruxton (talk) 13:39, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Bruxton the problem is that I couldn't figure out when it was first published. 1926 is old enough but it could have been first published much later, I suppose. BorgQueen (talk) 13:42, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kinjirō Ashiwara

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On 12 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kinjirō Ashiwara, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kinjirō Ashiwara (pictured), a self-proclaimed emperor, initially called himself a general? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kinjirō Ashiwara. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kinjirō Ashiwara), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 34,778 views (1,449.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2023)

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Four T-72B tanks of the participants, 2013
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Tank biathlon

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Bible • Japanese beetle

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Religion

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I was not sure the Pope Sisinnius hook should be in the quirky slot. It involves religion and it is rather tragic. On the face of it it looks quirky but I hesitated because there are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world. I am not sure I am right so I just came here to explain why I did not place it in the quirky slot. Hope all is well! Bruxton (talk) 13:51, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruxton please feel free to replace it! BorgQueen (talk) 13:55, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is always a chance I am being too sensitive about it. I will ruminate on it. Bruxton (talk) 13:59, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2023)

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Epileptic spike and wave discharges monitored EEG
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Electroencephalography

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Previous selections: Tank biathlon • Bible

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Template:Did you know nominations/Order of Excellence for Women

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It looks like Template:Did you know nominations/Order of Excellence for Women was a slog just to get to this point, but I was reviewing it and while Order of the Righteous Son of Sudan is good at 1843 characters of prose, Order of Excellence for Women only has 993 characters of prose. It looks like the initial comment by User:Muboshgu noted this and suggested that it needed to be expanded, but it looks like that detail got lost in the shuffle of ribbon color and verifiability concerns. I'll ping User:FuzzyMagma here but I didn't want to bring it to WT:DYK because I feel like I should ping everyone and that's too many people to ping without a suggested course of action, so I wanted to check with you before bringing it there and pinging 9(+) people. How should this be addressed, or User:FuzzyMagma do you think you can expand it out with at least 407 more characters of prose appropriately so that it's not an issue? - Aoidh (talk) 03:17, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The DYK code ignores text inside the box. Take that into consideration and it passes FuzzyMagma (talk) 05:40, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It ignores it because that's not prose, so it's not taken into consideration. Text in tables like that are very specifically excluded from being counted as prose length in WP:DYKCRIT. The article as written is not long enough to meet DYK's requirements. - Aoidh (talk) 05:45, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@FuzzyMagma @Aoidh is correct I'm afraid. BorgQueen (talk) 06:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Aoidh How it is not prose? how did you define prose? when did text inside a table did not become prose?
Anyway, let me take it from the table so the code can read it as prose.
Here, fixed the prose problem. Please confirm when you have time FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:32, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@FuzzyMagma: Text within tables are not considered prose for the purposes of DYK, as explained at WP:DYKCRIT (Articles must have a minimum of 1,500 characters of prose (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, and tables etc.) (emphasis added) which has been the standard for over a decade. That said, moving the description into non-tabled prose satisfies WP:DYKCRIT, so there's no further issue from me. - Aoidh (talk) 17:43, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I will put this forward for discussion. Do you know what will be the best avenue for that? FuzzyMagma (talk) 06:30, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WT:DYK is thataway, but I would recommend against picking a losing battle. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:52, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron if it was dicussed before then can you please share that. Maybe there were valid point that were made, or you can tell me your opinion too or why you think it is a lost cause FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:35, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I went back and found when it was added to that particular page, which was December 29, 2007. However, it apparently existed elsewhere before that; this discussion predates that addition yet references that wording and this comment suggests that it was added to some other DYK rules page in April 2007, just over sixteen years ago. I went through each archive one at a time and looked for opposition to that addition and could not find any from its initial comment in Archive 19 all the way to Archive 36, when [[[Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 36#Proposal|this discussion]] proposed some IAR "wriggle room" with the tables and other exclusions and did not gain traction, but even that did not suggest that content in tables should count outright. From there, there have been brief discussions where editors who included a table in an article would push back on the idea of their own tables not counting and it would be explained why that rule was there, but on the whole I haven't seen comments by other editors supporting content within tables counting for prose purposes at DYK. - Aoidh (talk) 03:48, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2023)

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The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel.
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Water frame

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Electroencephalography • Tank biathlon

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

Administrator changes

added Novem Linguae
removed

Bureaucrat changes

removed MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:57, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2023)

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Outdoor Tai chi practice in Beijing's Temple of Heaven
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Tai chi

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Water frame • Electroencephalography

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DYK for Pachysentis

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On 7 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pachysentis, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that parasitic worms of genus Pachysentis have hooks on their heads (example pictured) and attach themselves to the intestine of the host? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pachysentis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pachysentis), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2023)

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Literal translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately.
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Literal translation

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Tai chi • Water frame

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2023)

[edit]
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Religious philosophy

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Previous selections: Literal translation • Tai chi

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2023)

[edit]
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Act (drama)

Please be bold and help improve it!

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A completely random question

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You have made 9,260 edits to Template:Did you know/Preparation area 1; how did that happen? I'm assuming it was in the early days of the project when DYK was substantially different in ways I don't know, but if it wasn't ... ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:31, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I recall that there was only Prep 1 back then. BorgQueen (talk) 21:37, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29 BTW I'm talking about 2007-2010. Time flies! BorgQueen (talk) 21:47, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah that would explain it! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:49, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Michelangelo's David is the classical image of youthful male beauty in Western art.
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A goalkeeper in action
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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Omid tahvili

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are you drunk???his name has also a Kurdish form in the webpage سورنا۸۱۱۸ (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@سورنا۸۱۱۸ I'm not. The sentence still requires a citation as per WP:BLP. BorgQueen (talk) 23:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@سورنا۸۱۱۸ I've changed his birthplace to Tehran, which is what the FBI source says. Hope this resolves the misunderstanding. BorgQueen (talk) 00:53, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
in Persian biographies,all sources say kermanshah,you changed it to Tehran!!!! it's funny how you insist on a wrong claim سورنا۸۱۱۸ (talk) 06:49, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@سورنا۸۱۱۸ Do you have a reliable source for that? BorgQueen (talk) 06:53, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Recent additions

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Hi, The table at the top of Wikipedia:Recent additions appears to be broken. I don't know enough about how it works to try to fix it. Cavrdg (talk) 07:25, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron I've noticed it too. Any ideas? BorgQueen (talk) 07:41, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Other than a bit of an awkward placement on the page because of the DYKbox, I'm not seeing much broken about it – what do you see? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 15:50, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron seems to have been fixed already lol. BorgQueen (talk) 15:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
aha, looks like some vandalism got reverted. glad it's all worked out! :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 16:00, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2023)

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Miss

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Aenetus of Amyclae

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Hello,

Wikipedia notified me today that you reviewed my translation of the page about Aenetus of Amyclae. As I am new in creating/ translating articles and I have never had an article of mine been reviewed, could you explain to me briefly what that means. I did not spot a difference in the article ( though I might have just not noticed). Νικόλαος Δημήτριος Πούλος (talk) 10:31, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Νικόλαος Δημήτριος Πούλος Must be an error. Nevermind. BorgQueen (talk) 10:52, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2023)

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Physiology

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Your GA nomination of Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum

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Industrial cooking of mashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

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  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

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Conversion to Christianity

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Because you used a bot, the blankety-blank wouldn't let me thank you, so I came here personally to be sure you know I am totally overwhelmingly grateful for your help specifically - and truly - for any help I get with the details of referencing. I mostly suck at keeping all the tiny little details WP requires straight, and am admiring of those who manage it. So thank you. Show up on everything I do! Your contributions on conversion were many and valuable. Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:46, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no problem. I didn't even know the bot edited that article btw. BorgQueen (talk) 19:49, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ha ha!! It said it was suggested by you, so how does that work anyway? Does it go around randomly? Jenhawk777 (talk) 15:07, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I usually assign them categories to work on. In your article's case it was Category:Use dmy dates from September 2023. BorgQueen (talk) 15:39, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

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Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets
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Did you know nominations/Parque Central Complex fire

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Kind regards. I have removed the copyvio at the DYK nomination of the Parque Central Complex fire article as a last resort to solve the copyvio issue. Do you consider that the nomination could be reopened in light of this? Pinging @BlueMoonset: too, the last reviewer. Many thanks in advance. NoonIcarus (talk) 15:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2023)

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Juice for public consumption
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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2023)

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vs graph for a moving particle under a non-uniform acceleration .
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Motion

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Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Ming dynasty, 15th century
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news

  • Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

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Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religious superstition.
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Your GA nomination of Luttra Woman

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Your GA nomination of Luttra Woman

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The article Luttra Woman you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Luttra Woman for comments about the article, and Talk:Luttra Woman/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Joe Roe -- Joe Roe (talk) 10:02, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FA review for EBSD

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Hi, I wonder if you can take time and participate in reviewing the Electron backscatter diffraction article and support or oppose my feature article nomination at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Electron backscatter diffraction/archive1. Thanks FuzzyMagma (talk) 22:29, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@FuzzyMagma I can't, I'm afraid. I know nothing about the subject. BorgQueen (talk) 22:34, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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An IT8.7 Target by LaserSoft Imaging
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Color calibration

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2023)

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Others

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I'm not sure "others" is needed here. If they are dead, are they not by definition separate from injured? Thoughts? Ed [talk] [OMT] 14:21, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@The ed17 you're welcome to revert if you think it's unnecessary. BorgQueen (talk) 15:28, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2023)

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Play (theatre)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

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  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
  • Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2023)

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Logo for 3dfx
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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2023)

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Human-centered design

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2023)

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Institute for sports science in Japan
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ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

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A Mountfield church in East Sussex
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

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Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
  • The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
  • Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2023)

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International trade law

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Online encyclopedias, also called Internet encyclopedias, are digital encyclopedias accessible through the Internet.
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Online encyclopedia

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Cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs: autotrophs use light, carbon dioxide, and water to form oxygen and organic compounds, mainly through the process of photosynthesis (green arrow).
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Seasons Greetings

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Merry Christmas, BorgQueen!
Wishing you Season's Greetings and a Happy Winter Solstice! As the year comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation for your dedicated efforts on Wikipedia and extend heartfelt thanks for your assistance throughout the years. May the holiday season bring you and your loved ones abundant joy, good health, and prosperity.

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Fish slice

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach.
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Shovel

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Visualization of one newton of force
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Mahatma Gandhi with a young Indira Ghandi, during his fast in 1924
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Hunger strike

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
  • Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2024)

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Various pâtés
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Pâté

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Uncooked rigatoni
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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2024)

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Foreign policy

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대사관 관련

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저는 한국어를 사용하는 한국인인데 영어를 몰라서 그동안 번역기에만 의존하며 영어 위키백과에서 활동했었습니다. 그러나 대사관이라는 문서의 한국어 문단에 BorgQueen님의 이름이 있어서 찾아왔습니다. 한국어로 말씀드리면 되는건가요? (I am a Korean who speaks Korean, but I don't know English, so I have been working in the English Wikipedia, relying only on the translator. However I came here because there is BorgQueen's name in the Korean paragraph of the document, Embassy. Should I say it in Korean?)Mamiamauwy (talk) 09:24, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mamiamauwy 넵. 어떤 도움이 필요하신가요... BorgQueen (talk) 11:27, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
제가 원래는 영어 위키백과가 아니라 제 모국어인 한국어 위키백과에서만 활동했거든요. 근데 한국어 위키백과에서 3개월간 차단이 되서 차단 기간이 만료되기 전까지는 한국어 위키백과에서 활동을 하지 못하게되었습니다. 그래서 그동안은 영어 위키백과에서 활동하려고하는데요. 이곳에서는 무엇을 하는것이 좋을까요? Mamiamauwy (talk) 12:21, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2024)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2024)

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Abdalá Bucaram
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Gabin in The Little Rebels (1955)
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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

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Pool (cue sports)

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A crewed submersible used for underwater exploration
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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2024)

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Papyriform columns in the Luxor Temple
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Ancient Egyptian architecture

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News program

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Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle
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Sun Management Center

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State of emergency

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2024)

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Turkish lira banknote
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National economy (Turkey)

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Breaking wave
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Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms
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Mechanism (engineering)

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Applied science

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Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863
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Ambush

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ITN archives

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Hi. I hope you are doing well. I am glad to tell you that Wikipedia:In the news/Posted/Archives are now fully available, with all the vandalism/disruptive edits removed. While creating the bot for the archival process, I went through a lot of the older posts, you are one of the editors whose name popped quite often in ITN in "back in the day", so I personally wanted to let you know about the archives its nice to see that you are still active! —usernamekiran (talk) 21:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know. BorgQueen (talk) 02:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa
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Cape (geography)

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Calder's Flamingo in Chicago
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List of public art in Chicago

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Smiling woman
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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Thoughts, please.

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Morning. ‘Recently Active Admins’ says you’re recently active. Have you got a minute spare for a NewUsers log that flags my concern?

09:31, 9 August 2024 User account Numfor32 talk contribs was created by Ntchotu talk contribs and password was sent by email (To make money)

Ain’t a single ‘beneficial to the wiki’ way that I can see that going! Wanted a second thought before I SPI this, in case that’s blockable on its own, or something.

Cheers. MM (Give me info.) (Victories) 08:37, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Matticusmadness please contact another admin. Thanks. BorgQueen (talk) 09:23, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2024)

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A fictional social network diagram
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Social experiment

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2024)

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Keygen

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Show Preview and minor edits

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Hello BorgQueen, you're a senior editor and an admin, hence I'll avoid the templated notices that I use for newer editors! At r/nosleep, I noticed you made 9 edits within 7 minutes. Most were minor edits but were not tagged as minor. Most edits were across sections, but some were in the same section and nearby each other. You can use the "Show preview" button and avoid multiple saves that increase the page history versions. Obviously you are aware of these, but just my observation! Jay 💬 14:47, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jay No, I haven't realized those edits could bother anyone. Please link an appropriate guideline page. BorgQueen (talk) 14:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What guideline are you asking for - what constitutes a minor edit vs a non-minor edit, or the impact on editors who watch pages? Help:Minor edit has Because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes, the distinction between major and minor edits is significant. My setting is to prevent pages with minor edits appearing in my watchlist, so if a page shows up in my watchlist, I assume it is a non-minor edit.
Help:Show preview has Publishing the same article several times in quick succession makes it harder for people to check what changed, and clogs up the page history. Jay 💬 15:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Both of those pages you've provided has the notice at the very beginning saying This is an information page. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. So I suppose they're not some enforced policies or guidelines I must follow.
You see, I'd say it's rather counter-productive to come after established editors over those minor issues, and I hope it's not something you do on a regular basis. Of course, I know what constitutes minor edits, and I'm aware of the preview function and I do use it. However, as someone involved in the Main Page's DYK process, I have to work on a lot of articles before they show up on Main Page, which is also time-sensitive, so I tend to fix them as quicky as I can. There are only a limited number of admins and editors who work regularly on DYK, and its excessive workload is a constant problem. It's not that I've created several pages of unnecessary edit history, have I? I personally prefer to fix one issue at a time when I work on articles, in order to prevent any confusion on my part, to avoid edit conflicts with others, and for my focus in my limited time. Thank you for your understanding. BorgQueen (talk) 15:34, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm good with your explanation that you do this only in DYK articles because of the time sensitivity. Yes, they are not guidelines but practices that make our lives at Wikipedia easier. I disagree that these are minor issues, or that established editors should be immune from them. At first I thought it is a newbie (not having interacted with you before), and I could do my standard notice and move on. Then I checked your user talk archives to see if there have been similar notices. Just checked a couple of pages since your archives are not searchable. I had to know why you edited the way you did, hence the notification. Jay 💬 17:03, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jay Very well. Having said what I've said, I'll use the minor edit more often from now on. I know you meant well for Wikipedia. BorgQueen (talk) 17:05, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for advice on DYK

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Hello. Thank you very much for your review of the article “Umehara ga kimeta” which was recently nominated for DYK. I have a request regarding this DYK. Currently, the hook of this article has received negative feedback.

In this opinion, the comparison between “was regarded” and “is regarded” makes sense to me, As for the rest of the opinions, they seems to be purely subjective. Also, the quoted Japanese sentences seem to have been clipped out of their context. My position opinion is that the source is a very ordinary tone article from a media outlet that meets reliable sources and that both the hook and the article are in line with the policy and guidelines.

I am afraid I do not yet have a full understanding of the DYK process and do not know if I should just wait or express my views or if there is something else I should be doing. If I find that a hook or article needs improvement, I am gladly willing to improve the article to the extent possible. Nevertheless, since the other person is an IP user, it is difficult from my side to distinguish the degree of validity of the person's opinion.

If the IP's opinion is influential, I would like to ask for 3rd opinions from one of the users who has a verifiable DYK contribution record and can read Japanese, is there any way to do this? I am sorry to say that this is the situation, but I wonder if you could give me some advice. I will be faithful to the best of my ability. Thank you in advance.--狄の用務員 (talk) 14:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@狄の用務員 お腹が空いたので、何か食べないと。 後ほど回答しますね。 BorgQueen (talk) 17:18, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@狄の用務員 私の意見では、記事の書き方が悪い。 ネイティブ・スピーカーによる大幅な書き直しが必要だ。 記事のテーマには興味がないので、あまりお役に立てないと思いますが。 あなたの努力に感謝します。 BorgQueen (talk) 18:48, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BorgQueen Thank you very much for your advice.Based on your experience with DYK, I take your opinion as correct.I will try to improve the main text of the article. 狄の用務員 (talk) 06:52, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2024)

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Director Sergio Leone (right) and actor Enzo Santaniello on the set of the film
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Once Upon a Time in the West

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Raegan Revord

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I want to use this title for my page but I’m gunna use different information Ctorres1995 (talk) 02:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See these answers. BorgQueen (talk) 08:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)

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Cancel culture

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Request for DYK help

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Hello BorgQueen! I got your name from Mike Turnbull who is trying to help me with a DYK query and who suggested that I get in touch with you. I am very inexperienced at DYK. I am trying one at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Jane Patterson People more experienced than I am say that it is in danger of being timed out. I wonder if you might have a peep at the page and, if it is in danger of being timed out, and if you think the amended hook is okay and so on, could you possibly rescue it? Sorry to ask but it seems like an interesting woman might be in danger of lapsing! Thanks for any help you can give. Balance person (talk) 12:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved
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Thank you very much! Balance person (talk) 08:07, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)

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Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago
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Caroline Islands

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)

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Polling station

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2024)

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Human geography

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2024)

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Eight gold Spanish escudo (1687), issued during the reign of Carlos II of Spain
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Currency of Spain

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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Comma coming

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Thanks the comma (in the news). Uncle Ed (talk) 17:59, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey @BorgQueen, nice to meet you. I noticed you were currently active and was hoping you might be able to help me out.

There's an editor over at my talk page that seems to be having a pretty bad day, can you help me out and let me know how to proceed? RachelTensions (talk) 15:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RachelTensions Sorry, I'm working on an article. Please contact another admin. BorgQueen (talk) 15:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, have fun with your article! RachelTensions (talk) 15:45, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2024)

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Josephson voltage standard chip developed by the National Bureau of Standards as a standard volt
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Gulf

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Jetty

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Entomology is the scientific study of insects.
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Entomology

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SAARC Region
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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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Wool weaving shuttle, with pirn in middle
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Pirn

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ANI

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding this diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eves_ministry&diff=prev&oldid=1258325773. The thread is User:Citation bot won't stop adding incorrect dates to articles. Thank you. Legend of 14 (talk) 19:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug
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Medical prescription

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Gastropub

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Ice cream social held in a U.S. community college
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Scandinavian Peninsula
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Peninsula

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Cheesecake recipe from a family cookbook
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Family cookbooks

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Katz's Delicatessen, a popular Jewish deli on the Lower East Side in New York City
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Jewish deli

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A kerosene storage tank
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Wooden rake
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Rake (tool)

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Cove

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2025)

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Ipomoea

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Angling for DYK

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Hail. I wanted to nominate March 2025 Venezuelan deportations for DYK, but I've been dealing with health issues (which would have been manageable if I wasn't also horrible at time management) and expanding the article has taken more than seven days. I'm not very familiar with DYK, having only nominated one article (which failed hilariously, I'd misread the instructions), and wanted to ask if it makes sense to nominate and ask for the seven-day limit to be stretched by a day or two, or if it's too late. If there's time, I'd also like to ask if the article is in any shape to nominate, what changes should be made to it, and if "...the March 2025 Venezuelan deportations were only the fourth time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked in U.S. history, and the first use of the wartime authority in peacetime?" would be a passable hook?

By my count, the article has been expanded fivefold since here. I've also bothered Casliber about this.- --Kizor 20:02, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kizor I think you should ask at WT:DYK. BorgQueen (talk) 05:57, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Jack Black in 2023
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Jack Black

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Plate (dishware)

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Japan as seen from a satellite. Honshu is the largest, middle island.
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Honshu

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Homemade sock monkeys have been part of U.S. and Canadian culture since the Great Depression.
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Stuffed toy

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Internet research

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Mainboard of a NeXTcube computer
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Motherboard

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

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WP:DYK for Christopher Bullock (civil servant)

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Hi there. I am currently working on the article Christopher Bullock (civil servant), and it would be a great DYK:

The problem is I'm not sure if he is eligible. Currently the page is rated as B-class and is 2306 words. However, the page is actually quite problematic and needs entirely rewriting, which is something I am in the process of doing here. Examples of why it needs rewriting (from before I tried to copyedit the page and somewhat gave up):

  • WP:TONE in "The survival of Britain in the Second World War was largely due to the foundations that Bullock laid for the vast expansion of the RAF. Of all the civil servants known by Lord Hankey, Secretary of the Cabinet, Bullock made by far the greatest creative contribution to the Defence effort. For ten peacetime years, Bullock worked as if already at war."
  • WP:NPOV and WP:V in "Among those who took against him was Sir Warren Fisher, the Head of the Civil Service, who was notorious for his wish to control senior appointments in the civil service and to second-guess defence policy.", which is referenced to here or here on TWL. If you read the ref, you may notice that this claim is not supported at all. For one that could be possibly libellous, that is not particularly promising.
  • Claims such as "On leaving the Civil Service, Bullock went on to pursue a successful career in business, being appointed to the board of a number of public companies." and others that are reasonably significant such as "on 12 June 1930, the prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, agreed to his appointment as Permanent Under-Secretary at the age of 38." are not sourced at all, which is particularly worrying on a BLP.

Therefore, you can see why it is necessary to rewrite the article, especially as the sources that have been used are not easily accessible and because of the above, I do not trust that they actually verify the claims in the article. If I essentially rewrite the article from scratch because of the above reasons, does that make it eligible for DYK?

If I were to strip back the article to reliably sourced and encyclopediaic claims, then rewrite it, it would be eligible under 5x expansion. If I were to move it to the draftspace as it is not appropriate to be an article in its current state, and then republish it, it would be eligible as a new article. So is it eligible if I just leave the current article in situ and write a new one in my userspace, before copy-pasting it in?

Thank you for your time, JacobTheRox (talk) 08:33, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not doing the DYK work these days. BorgQueen (talk) 10:09, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thanks for letting me know. I found you via WP:DYK/A so you may want to amend this to prevent people like me accidentally pestering you. Thanks, JacobTheRox (talk) 13:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@JacobTheRox  Done BorgQueen (talk) 13:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2025)

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Pneumatics

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2025)

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Headquarters

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Garden

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The World Destubathon

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You are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. It's currently planned for June 16-July 13, partly due to me having hayfever during that period and not wanting to run it throughout July or August in the hotter summer and will be run then unless multiple editors object. There is currently $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. As 250 countries and entities is too much to patrol, entries will be by user, but there is $500 going into prizes for editors covering the most countries. Sign up if interested! ♦ Dr. Blofeld

Some falafel for you!

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matty villani has a greasy hynie that needs to greased with lard and let his spincter blow massive amounts of creamcorn from the juice whole, he has got to stop eating so much creamcorn before he bends over for the night. a chimo, a chacha chimo, oley HoneyBun III (talk) 13:32, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2025)

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Remote sensing

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Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum

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Just stopped by to say that I enjoyed this article, which I stumbled across by accident, and which seems to have been written almost entirely by you. You certainly packed a ton of information into it! Choliamb (talk) 20:23, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Choliamb Thanks. I was amused to find how many biographical articles (mostly of ancient figures) linked to the book's article along with their portrait from it, as no other likenesses were available. Needless to say, most of those portraits are completely imaginary. BorgQueen (talk) 22:51, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2025

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2025)

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Classificatory disputes about art

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2025)

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Modern Pagan views on LGBT people

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2025)

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Urarina language

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A barnstar for you!

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The Minor barnstar
Thanks for the edits on Technical Geography! GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 22:45, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Improvement Draft:Vastav.AI

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Hello BorgQueen, I hope you're doing well. I’m currently working on a draft article titled Draft:Vastav.AI, and I came across your contributions, especially your expertise in copyediting and improving grammar on articles. Since I’m not very experienced in formal writing, I would really appreciate it if you could take a look at the draft and help improve the grammar and overall flow to meet Wikipedia’s standards. Your input would be incredibly helpful in making it more polished and encyclopedic. Thank you so much for your time and any support you can provide. AliveNull (talk) 21:28, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AliveNull Please do not use the list format unless you really have to. The relevant guideline is MOS:PROSE, which says: Prefer prose where a passage is understood easily as regular text that appears in its ordinary form, without metrical structure or line breaks. Prose is preferred in articles because it allows the presentation of detail and clarification of context in a way that a simple list may not. It is best suited to articles because their purpose is to explain. BorgQueen (talk) 21:42, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Magnesium

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Musician

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

added L235

Guideline and policy news

Miscellaneous

  • The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
  • Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!
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Malahai

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My edit summary may be unclear. See these names in List of fur headgear. --Altenmann >talk 05:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Destubathon runs until the 16th of July

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Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven't seen the Wikipedia:The World Destubathon contest update in the last few days that we've decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we're about 480 articles short!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:43, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2025)

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Human behavior

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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

History of hide materials

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
  • Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Town

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"Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 19 § Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:46, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Comic timing

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Previous selections: Liquor • Town

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).

Administrator changes

readded Euryalus
removed

Interface administrator changes

readded Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

readded AmandaNP
removed SQL

Oversight changes

readded AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
  • An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Lead Belly

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2025)

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An economic analysis of climate change estimating the median income change by 2050 compared to a baseline scenario
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Economic analysis of climate change

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2025)

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Exterior firefighting at an abandoned convent in Massueville, Canada
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Firefighting

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2025)

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An Antarctic fur seal biting another one while fighting
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Biting

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2025)

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The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. A family contains one or more genera.
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Genus

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).

Administrator changes

removed

CheckUser changes

removed Vanamonde93

Arbitration

  • After a motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections at WP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g. [[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.
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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2025)

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A woman in a crocheted cape
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Cape

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Previous selections: Genus • Biting

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Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion

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Redirects you have created have been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 16 § crayon time babyyyy until a consensus is reached. consarn (talck) (contirbuton s) 20:55, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merry nostalgia from… 2006! LOL. BorgQueen (talk) 21:36, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2025)

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A sign at an anti-monarchy protest in the United Kingdom
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Criticism of monarchy

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

99-year lease

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Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, BorgQueen. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account
  • When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
  • All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
  • A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
  • As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
    • There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
    • There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Impact for administrators

  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
  • It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
  • Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

  • Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
  • Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
  • See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

  • It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Tick Enable the user info card
    • This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
  • Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
  • Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
  • The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

  • How to use Special:IPContributions
  • How automatic IP reveal works
  • How to use IP Info
  • How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Performance

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Previous selections: 99-year lease • Criticism of monarchy

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2025).

Administrator changes

added Toadspike
removed

CheckUser changes

added asilvering

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2025)

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Various crop seeds
Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Crop

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Kidnapping

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ArbCom 2025 Elections voter message

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Hello! Voting in the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 1 December 2025. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Emergency management

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Previous selections: Kidnapping • Crop

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Computer algebra system

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Judgement

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).

Administrator changes

added
readded Valereee
removed

CheckUser changes

removed Spicy

Technical news

  • Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
  • Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

Miscellaneous

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Spoken language

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2025)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Telecommunications in Kazakhstan

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Previous selections: Spoken language • Judgement

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2026)

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Hello, BorgQueen. The article for improvement of the week is:

Outpost (military)

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 4 § Intellectual disability subcats

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Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 4 § Intellectual disability subcats on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 20:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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