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Hello Hawkeye7: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD (talk) 06:30, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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I nominated him for TFA on his birthday, - or should we wait for next year? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hawkeye,
Thanks for the appreciation of the Sandstone article. I'm the maintainer of a database originally intended to build up a .kml file for all the world's nuclear testing, but I've decided that I may as well spread the data around. It's in an Access database, and I've been writing Basic code to generate all the content pages (excepting, of course, the freehand content) like "Operation Sandstone" and is brethren, not only US but USSR, GB, France, China, India, Pakistan and NK. The "root" page is "Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary", which links to the others through country-level pages down to the series (Operation) pages. I've spent the last month perfecting the VBasic code and am in the process of final application to all the pages. I redrew Crossroads through Tumbler-Snapper last night, and will plow on until all the pages are to the same level of detail. I've added references to the reflist at the bottom of the pages; placing inline refs on each line of the tables would not, I believe, be very illuminating. If you have suggestions, please, lay on.
If you'd like my humble efforts in editing your copy, I'll be glad to; just send a link or whatever is needed. My knowledge is pretty specialized (I'm a retired aerospace/software engineer and unrequited scientist of several kinds), but I may be able to add something to the effort.
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- If you click on the link I gave you, it will take you to the review page.
- What you need to do to the nuclear tests is add a reference to the ultimate source. Otherwise, someone will eventually come along and remove it as unsourced. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:14, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on this FAC. I have attempted to address them - what do you think? Norfolkbigfish (talk) 10:34, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
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Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) was an American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, as did his father, was one of only five men to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only man to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army. After graduating first in his West Point class in 1903, he participated in the 1914 occupation of Veracruz and served on the Western Front during World War I, becoming the U.S. Army's youngest major general. Thereafter he held a variety of posts, including Superintendent of West Point and Chief of Staff. He retired in 1937, but was recalled to active duty during World War II. After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, he escaped with his family and staff to Australia, where he became Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area. He fulfilled a famous pledge to return to the Philippines, and officially accepted Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945. He oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951, implementing many reforms, and led the United Nations Command in the Korean War until President Harry Truman had him relieved of his commands in April 1951. (Full article...)
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Do you have a citation for the claim that his GCB was awarded by Australia, and over the objections of the British government? I have no reason to doubt either claim, but the citation given doesn't support them, it just says he was awarded the British GCB. Colonies Chris (talk) 09:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think the article needs an additional reference, but in articles like this, the wording sometimes carefully states the situation. Under the old Imperial Honours system the Australian government would send nominations for awards to Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom. However the awards were still British, and the British Secretary of State for War enforced rules for quotas and eligibility. After conferring with the British, the Australian government was intending to nominate MacArthur for a KCB, George Kenney for a CB and Robert Eichelberger for a CBE for the Papuan campaign. The issue blew up when the news reached Australia that the British government was intended to confer a KCB on George Brett, a former subordinate of MacArthur, for his role as deputy ABDA commander in 1942. MacArthur considered that being given the same award would an insult, and said that he would decline any lesser award than that customarily given to four-star generals like Harold Alexander, ie the GCB, and that his subordinates would similarly decline honours. On being asked for his advice, Thomas Blamey told the government that he agreed that it was an insult, which he felt was a calculated one by the British to diminish the importance of the war in the Pacific. The Australian government then went to bat against the British, who in the end were forced to give way. As a result, MacArthur was awarded the GCB, Blamey the GBE and Kenney, Eichelberger and Edmund Herring received the KBE. See Hetherington, John (1973). Blamey, Controversial Soldier: A Biography of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. pp. 288–292. ISBN 0-9592043-0-X. OCLC 2025093. User:Anthony Staunton in the expert on awards. You could ping him for more details. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:13, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
- The Governor General’s index cards for Honours and Awards for the Second World War are on line. See http://static.awm.gov.au/collection/images/large/RCDIG1068971/RCDIG1068971--662-.JPG The Governor General recommended the award and also presented the award. Blamey, Controversial Soldier is a good reference for the background. Anthony Staunton (talk) 11:33, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Hawkeye7 - Many thanks for reviewing so many of my British field marshal articles. I noted your comment that many of the British field marshal articles could be a lot better. I would welcome any generic guidance you can give me for improving these articles. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 23:01, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hey, about the bomb availability for Hiroshima...
http://books.google.com/books?id=JM4OD4jMsjkC&pg=PA16&dq=demonstration+only+two+bombs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AODpUvSvF4mHogTNkIDADw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=demonstration%20only%20two%20bombs&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Haf2g1mbsH8C&pg=PA86&dq=two+bombs+demonstration+Truman+and+Hiroshima+cult&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MOHpUqLQBcnzoATy-IGgAw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=two%20bombs%20demonstration%20Truman%20and%20Hiroshima%20cult&f=false
Are these informations good enough? I was wondering because the U.S. only had two bombs by August 1945 with a few more coming later on until September and I wonder if these were good enough.XXzoonamiXX (talk) 05:24, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- No, there were three; there was also the Trinity gadget. I'm unsure how many they thought they'd have and when in May 1945. As noted in the article, the Demon Core was ready shortly after Nagasaki. Looking at the books here, we actually have four sources: Sherwin, A World Destroyed (1977), Hewlett and Anderson The New World (1962) and Compton Atomic Quest. That Teller and Strauss claimed supported a demonstration comes from US News and World Report of 15 August 1960 (which your source questions). How about bringing Chicago Pile-1 to GA instead? Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:36, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- I might look into this information deeper but besides, I was asking if these information were valid for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki article. One of them says by August 1945, the U.S. only had two bombs left. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 19:22, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- It is the sort of thing that we would not say in the article, because it would lead to a misunderstanding. In the 1940s they did not have nuclear weapons like we have today, they only had piles of bomb components. Counting bombs was therefore problematic. What we normally count is the number of cores. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:25, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, point taken but we're talking about the bomb available for combat use. There is no doubt the bombs was still processing after the two bombs were used in combat but i'm talking about the bomb availability. I could say that the U.S. only had two atomic bombs after wasting the first one for the Trinity Test but the rest will not come in until last August 1945. Is that ok with you? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 02:58, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
- No, we are not talking about bombs actually available for combat use. They would only be so after the 1st Special Ordnance Sq assembled them. So when we talk about bomb availability, we mean components to make them: cores, initiators, detonators and assemblies. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:01, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
- Any information regarding the cores and stuff would you like to give me in addition to the combat bombs? Otherwise, I might screw up.XXzoonamiXX (talk) 18:49, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Can you answer me please? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 18:57, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- What more do we need tyo add? We already say: Groves expected to have another atomic bomb ready for use on August 19, with three more in September and a further three in October.[187] On August 10, he sent a memorandum to Marshall in which he wrote that "the next bomb ... should be ready for delivery on the first suitable weather after 17 or 18 August."' Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:33, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Can you answer me please? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 18:57, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Any information regarding the cores and stuff would you like to give me in addition to the combat bombs? Otherwise, I might screw up.XXzoonamiXX (talk) 18:49, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- No, we are not talking about bombs actually available for combat use. They would only be so after the 1st Special Ordnance Sq assembled them. So when we talk about bomb availability, we mean components to make them: cores, initiators, detonators and assemblies. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:01, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, point taken but we're talking about the bomb available for combat use. There is no doubt the bombs was still processing after the two bombs were used in combat but i'm talking about the bomb availability. I could say that the U.S. only had two atomic bombs after wasting the first one for the Trinity Test but the rest will not come in until last August 1945. Is that ok with you? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 02:58, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
- It is the sort of thing that we would not say in the article, because it would lead to a misunderstanding. In the 1940s they did not have nuclear weapons like we have today, they only had piles of bomb components. Counting bombs was therefore problematic. What we normally count is the number of cores. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:25, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- I might look into this information deeper but besides, I was asking if these information were valid for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki article. One of them says by August 1945, the U.S. only had two bombs left. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 19:22, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you justify
Referencing failing at [1]? I think all is referenced, save for the last sentence (to which I've added a ref just now, in case this was your reason). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, that was the reason. B class now. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:28, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi again! Great to hear from you. Most of the info on hewiki is not sourced, but the little that is is sourced to a book from 2013 about the battles of Mishmar HaEmek that I just ordered. I will translate a sentence or two right now, and hopefully add more info from the book once I get it. Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 10:13, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- I have expanded the article from the sources currently available to me. Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 12:36, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for that! Great to hear from you too! There's some excellent military history being done over there. I just wish they would make more of it available in English. Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
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Poke me if I don't get to it within the next week. Graham87 08:18, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks Graham. Much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:19, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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- Thanks Piotr! Good to hear from you! Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:44, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
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You are out of control with your changing articles to Australian English. This page is not Australian in any way; there was no Australian involvement at all. If you change it back, I'll have to report you for vandalism. Magus732 (talk) 06:10, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- By the way, threatening me in an edit summary is very dumb; everyone can see what you wrote. Magus732 (talk) 06:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- I created the article back in 2009. It is about an action on Australian territory. I'm sorry you feel I was threatening. The English cannot be changed now even if we agreed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:51, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, you are wrong. Just because you wrote it, that means nothing. Also, it doesn't matter where an article's subject matter takes place; it matters who the major players are. There is no tie to Australia on that page. And it can be changed by a simple consensus vote, which would undoubtedly end up with American English being selected. So I'm asking you once more to stop changing this page. Magus732 (talk) 17:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- Using a misleading edit summary in your edit where you changed the variety of English used doesn't help your case. As a US operation conducted on what was Australian territory at the time, either variety of English can be used here, and it doesn't make a great deal of difference really given that only a handful of words appear to be affected (if I'd written this article I would have used US English, but there's nothing intrinsically wrong with Australian English here). I'm surprised that there's no discussion at Talk:Landing on Emirau given that a few editors are now involved. Nick-D (talk) 23:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- When I wrote the article on the Admiralty Islands campaign, I used a mixture of US and Australian English. This was historically accurate, but the proofreading editors wanted a choice to be made. So after a brief discussion we settled on Australian English. When I created the Landing on Emirau I conformed to that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:59, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- Using a misleading edit summary in your edit where you changed the variety of English used doesn't help your case. As a US operation conducted on what was Australian territory at the time, either variety of English can be used here, and it doesn't make a great deal of difference really given that only a handful of words appear to be affected (if I'd written this article I would have used US English, but there's nothing intrinsically wrong with Australian English here). I'm surprised that there's no discussion at Talk:Landing on Emirau given that a few editors are now involved. Nick-D (talk) 23:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, you are wrong. Just because you wrote it, that means nothing. Also, it doesn't matter where an article's subject matter takes place; it matters who the major players are. There is no tie to Australia on that page. And it can be changed by a simple consensus vote, which would undoubtedly end up with American English being selected. So I'm asking you once more to stop changing this page. Magus732 (talk) 17:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- I created the article back in 2009. It is about an action on Australian territory. I'm sorry you feel I was threatening. The English cannot be changed now even if we agreed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:51, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
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And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).
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Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.
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DYK and QPQ
Hi Hawkeye. Thank you for approving the DYK for Landing at ANZAC Cove, and also for your note about QPQ.
I've been copy-editing Jim Sweeney's work for several years now (with a large break in between), and these days I copyedit and nominate the articles, while he actually writes the articles. It's a fantastic thing to be able to help with that, and it's also great that he puts in the much greater effort needed to research and expand the article in the first place.
On our first collaboration in 2013 (after a long hiatus), I told Jim that I would be submitting the article for DYK because it was eligible as a GA. He said that he had given up on DYK previously after the rules kept changing. I had forgotten that he had used DYK previously.
When I first submitted Jim's 2013 work to DYK, I did a QPQ review because it seemed obvious that the rules required me to do so.
The reviewer then corrected me by saying "unnecessary QPQ done".
So I stopped doing QPQ reviews.
From your comment, I think that it's an open question as to whether new nominations require QPQ reviews or not. Personally, I've always been more comfortable with doing one review for each nomination (regardless of who created or expanded or improved the article), so from now on I will be doing that.
(I've probably reviewed several dozen DYK nominations, and only ever nominated less than two dozen, but that's a minor detail.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:34, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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Frank Berryman TFAR
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Tadeusz Kościuszko nominated for FA
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Feeling abandoned and seeking advice
Please reply about this, either here or on my talk page. On a good note, amazing stats of the last two days inspire me to get this FAC show on the road. Before you reply to me, please see the 2014 talk threads. A lot has happened since the A-class review. I've run out of ideas and feel painted into a corner. Multiple people started to help and then just abandoned in mid-stream, most likely because this was not their priority. I have no desire to get between personalities - I just want to get this passed at FAC. I've never been through the FAC process. Can you help either with editing or with something constructive? I have the feeling posting about this once more on the MH talk page might be something folks over there are tired of reading about. — Maile (talk) 16:53, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- No worries. FAC can be scary and a bit of a gauntlet. It's also kind of depressing when others show little interest. I have an article at FAC right now but cannot drum up the reviewers. What was the sudden spurt in interest in Audie about? Anyhow, I suggest just nominating it. Military career of Audie Murphy is also very good too. You could send it to A-class or GA. (Aside: Does TNG really stand for Texas National Guard? What is the abbreviation of the NG in Tennessee?) Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:49, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks. This is what I needed - feedback about whether or not I should take the leap. And I shall. The Military career of Audie Murphy is essentially what made it to A-class when it was in the main article - good idea, I'll submit that as A-class. I've been told the spike in views was due to Social Media. — Maile (talk) 11:18, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
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USCGC Unalga (WPG-53)
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Hi, thanks for the review. Attempted fix of all issues. Best, Matty.007 09:47, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- I've passed the article. Cheers. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the review. Best, Matty.007 11:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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Frank Berryman (1894–1981) was an Australian Army general during the Second World War. After serving during the First World War on the Western Front with the field artillery, he spent nearly twenty years as a major. He joined the Second Australian Imperial Force in April 1940 and became chief of staff of the 6th Division, later becoming Commander, Royal Artillery, 7th Division. He commanded "Berry Force" in the Syria–Lebanon campaign before returning to Australia in 1942, where he became chief of staff of the First Army and then Deputy Chief of the General Staff. As chief of staff of New Guinea Force, he was involved with the planning and execution of the Salamaua–Lae campaign and the Huon Peninsula campaign, and in November 1943, he became commander of II Corps, which he led in the Battle of Sio. He was the Australian Army representative at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. After the war, he directed the Army's response to the 1949 Australian coal strike, became the Director General of the 1954 Royal Tour of Elizabeth II, and was Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. (Full article...)
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Joachim Peiper - Request for Clarification
Hi, My understanding of the Joachim Peiper article is that it was last assessed and given "C" status in March or May of 2008. In your comments dismissing the B-status review request you said "Doesn't look like it's been changed much either. Still C class" (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Assessment/Requests&oldid=603275413). This perplexes me b/c in the span of six years the article has increased from (37,673 bytes), the size when it was assessed and then edited to meet the assessor's objections in 2008 (but not reassessed afaict!!) (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Joachim_Peiper&oldid=215536070), to (74,645 bytes) in its current state.
I'm confused b/c I don't know how you could reasonably say that Joachim Peiper "Doesn't look like it's been changed much..." since 2008, when it obviously has been changed. I think I must be failing to understand something, because your comments in dismissing the request don't seem to reflect the reality of the evolution of the article, and they certainly don't seem to provide useful insight that would help me, an editor new to the subject, make the improvements necessary to merit B-status when all I have to go on is the original 2008 assessment, which never drew a response after the article was edited to address some apparent objections of the initial reviewer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joachim_Peiper/Comments).
Like I said, I'm confused here and fear I may have misunderstood something, especially because I just made a big effort to improve significantly the article lead (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joachim_Peiper&oldid=603203176) - although in fairness, I only NOTED that improvement on the talk page this morning, and the section I'd started by saying I thought the lead was too short has only now been struck to show that's no longer the case. But otherwise, I don't know what I missing and want to understand.
So I would appreciate it if you could help me to understand the situation better so that I can contribute more effectively by understanding more clearly how these administrative processes work. Thanks for your time! JDanek007Talk 09:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- It's really quite straightforward. The B class assessment is a mechanical process based on a simple five-point checklist. And the problem with the article last time it was assessed (which was on 6 June 2013 - it was upgraded from Start to C) was not the degree of coverage, which I consider more than sufficient for a B class article but the fact that it was not fully referenced (point B1). It still isn't fully referenced so it is still a C. The reality is that for the article to progress, you have to either dig up references covering all the unsourced material or remove it. There are already a few {{citation required}} tags but not all the unsourced material is tagged. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:53, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- Ahh, OK! That makes so much more sense now! I was misled by the prominence given to the " This article has an assessment summary page." link on the talk page, which I thought was related to the only instance the article was ever reviewed - hence why I stated 2008. I really appreciate your clarifying this for me, Hawkeye7! And just out of curiousity, is there a special place one goes to to find out when an article was last assessed by Military History project? I am, of course, feeling a little foolish still for thinking J.P. article hand't been assessed since 2008, but wasn't aware of how to determine when the last time actually was. Cheers!! JDanek007Talk 18:51, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- There's no special place I'm afraid until the article reaches GA level. An article history section with then be added to the talk page. I found out by looking at the talk page change history. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:49, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- OK, good to know. Thanks again! You've been a great help and a swell Wikipedia pal. Cheers! JDanek007Talk 20:52, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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- Sorry for coming to the review late as I've been very busy lately. Well done on all the extra work! I'll get to reviewing the other article very shortly. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:27, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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Greed
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DYK nomination of Holger Glinicki
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Australian Paralympians
Hi Hawkeye, sorry that I've been reviewing these slowly as I've been very busy over this holiday. I just wanted to let you know that Cameron Rahles-Rahbula passed the GAN, and a few days before this GAN (I don't know if you've seen it) but I reviewed both Melissa Perrine and Andy Bor. They are both on hold, don't worry! Please tell me if I'm reviewing too many articles at once, and if you want me to slow down I can if you want to? Thank you! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:02, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Apologies for not letting you know
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- No worries at all. I'm on an Easter break at the moment, so my internet access is a little sporadic. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:49, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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Great job on the Dayton Project!
Great job on the Dayton Project! I enjoyed reading the article and appreciate your recent additions and hard work. Mvblair (talk) 14:58, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Angelou FAC
Hi Hawk, hope all is well with you. Favor to ask: would you mind taking a look at my latest FAC [2], which is over there languishing? I would muchly appreciate it. And let me know how I can assist you, of course. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:21, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not doing the WikiCup this year, but I do have a bag of GAs that can be reviewed: Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Gesche Schünemann, Maya Lindholm, Annegret Brießmann, Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball), B1 (classification) and B2 (classification). Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:21, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
2012 Summer Paralympics
I have reviewed the suggestions you made at Talk:2012_Summer_Paralympics/GA1 and have made all the suggested changes including fixing/updating references as required. Let me know what you think. - EronTalk 20:54, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- Three {{citation needed}} tags that need fixing, and we'll be good.
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- Okay, thanks for highlighting that. I have added in citations for those. - EronTalk 19:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hey! Can I request if you could review Cody Rhodes and Goldust for GA? I would like to promote this since I believe it met the criteria. If you want I could do something in return. Cheers! FairyTailRocks 06:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:00, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Cameron Rahles-Rahbula
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Australian paralympians
Hi Hawkeye, I've reviewed all the remaining GANs for Australian Paralympians (Steve Graham, Trent Milton, Ben Tudhope and Joany Badenhorst). All four have been put on hold until those minor issues can be addressed to. It was a pleasure reviewing these, thank you for nominating them and I'm sure if those points can be addressed to then they will have no problem with passing the GANs. Thanks! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:08, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
- I want to say well done on all the work you've put in to all the Australian Paralympians' articles. Every one you submitted for GAN has been promoted to GA. It was a pleasure to review them, sorry if I reviewed too many at once and if I delayed on some of them for too long. It was a good thing that you met Peter Higgins in London otherwise these wouldn't have been submitted for GA! Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 21:39, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for your reviews! Much appreciated! It's often easier to review a set of related articles together. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:44, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Hawkeye,
As promised at the WMAU meeting, I've had a bit of a look over Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics to assist with the GA review. I don't want to formally review it myself, as having been involved in the Paralympic collaboration I might be considered to have a COI, but hopefully these comments will be helpful.
- In the "Team Support" quasi-section, some positions are introduced with a colon, others with a dash. This could be made more consistent, or ideally converted into prose.
- The summary section looks a bit out of place, as it's essentially a reduplication of the lead paragraph (and not a usual feature of WP articles)
- The article could benefit from some photographs or other images.
Other than the above, it's fairly solid and I don't think it should have any problem passing a GA review =). Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:55, 4 May 2014 (UTC).
- We only got one photograph at the games. I hope that the APC will release some more. I did not think that the international brigade would have any interest in Australian athletes, but the outcome was disappointing even in that regard. We did the best we could, but we have to send someone (me! me! me!) to Rio. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:59, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Paul Tibbets source
Hey Hawkeye. I have an article at FAC so I stumbled across yours. I started reading and I quickly came to one of those points that always bothers me in articles but are sometimes unavoidable, where it's pretty clear the year is not known so the text says "later" or "soon thereafter" and so on. In short, I started looking for a source for the timing of Tibbets' move to Miami and came across the book Seven Hours to Zero with the info and used it to source that tidbit. It seems to me the book has lots of relevant information you might want to see for this article. Since I was able to download the book (in a manner not easy to duplicate), I wanted to know if you wanted a copy. Shoot me an email and I'll forward it. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:50, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. I like the Wikipedia articles to have dates as accurate as possible, in order to make it easier for kids to paraphrase the text. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:05, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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G'day
Evening Hawkeye, did you just double-close Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians? Looks weird. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 10:09, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes. I'll fix. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:17, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Just checking whether at FAC...
...you might consider taking a look at Warlugulong, a shortish article about a painting, and commenting at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Warlugulong/archive1? It is languishing near the bottom of the list and, while I've been doing my best at reviewing other articles, isn't getting much attention. Thanks for your work at FAC regardless! hamiltonstone (talk) 01:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi Hamilton (and Hawkeye!), as I have a FAC open myself at the moment I've had a few other people's on my list to review in depth and this is one of them, so happy to have a look in the next day or so. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- You could also take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Vannevar Bush/archive1 Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:23, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hawkeye, you opportunist -- well perhaps I will, I see Hamilton's squeaky wheel has been greased so my input probably isn't necessary there... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed, Ian you are right, so thank you Hawkeye, thank you talkpage stalkers. :-) hamiltonstone (talk) 23:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hawkeye, you opportunist -- well perhaps I will, I see Hamilton's squeaky wheel has been greased so my input probably isn't necessary there... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- You could also take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Vannevar Bush/archive1 Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:23, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Annabel Breuer
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- Sorry, I don't know what happened to the template. Please see Template:Did you know nominations/Steve Graham, Trent Milton, Ben Tudhope, Joany Badenhorst. Yoninah (talk) 21:10, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's okay. I closed it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:07, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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- Please see new note on DYK nomination page. Yoninah (talk) 10:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Hawkeye, what was the reason you closed the nom for? Thanks, Matty.007 17:54, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- The nom of Steve Graham was ineligible, because he had already appeared in the front page in DYK. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:40, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:22, 25 May 2014 (UTC) 00:57, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Hawkeye7, why did you just promote this? The latest icon there is the slash, Vensatry makes a comment about the new hook which isn't a whole-review tick by any means, and there's nothing there to indicate that the article has been sufficiently corrected to address the issues I raised. Given that there are three dozen approved articles, why pick one that wasn't? BlueMoonset (talk) 17:35, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've been away for a few days, and missed that this was promoted and ran back on the 23rd. The question, however, still remains. I've only just now adjusted some issues with the article; it's a shame that they remained when it ran. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:38, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- My apologies. It can be hard to find seven hooks even when there are three dozen nominally available. I was looking for a non-picture, non-biographical hook. The slash referred only to the hook, and that problem seemed resolved.
Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- My apologies. It can be hard to find seven hooks even when there are three dozen nominally available. I was looking for a non-picture, non-biographical hook. The slash referred only to the hook, and that problem seemed resolved.
re: Virtuti Militari
Not seeing anything outside Wikipedia for his silver cross. You may want to ask User:Halibutt, he may have access to some sources I don't. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:53, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Piotrus:, thanks for pinging me. Leclerc received II class Virtuti (Commander's Cross) (along with Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and Pierre Koenig). It was pretty easy to figure out BTW as top three classes are usually awarded per rank, that is I class for Marshals and C-i-C's, II class for divisional commanding officers, III class for other officers. I added my source to the article. //Halibutt 12:19, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you! Much appreciated! Sometimes I'm just amazed at how knowledgeable my fellow editors are. Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:26, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I was just trying to note on this template that the reviewer can't approve his own (ALT1) hook, when you promoted it to Prep 4. Could you return it to the queue and use something else? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:18, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
- Done, but I don't understand. The reviewer hasn't approved his own hook. Skr15081997 nominated it and Hybernator approved it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hybernator suggested ALT1 in this unsigned post. Yoninah (talk) 22:30, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hawkeye7, I'll let you pull this one back as it's an error: the most recent icon is my slash, and this nomination is far from settled. If you feel it should be approved, you're welcome to do that (and specify the approved hook) and wait for someone else to promote it, but not promote an unapproved one. If the last icon isn't a tick, you shouldn't be promoting. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:51, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
- Put a tick on it then. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:03, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
- I frankly think at this point it needs an experienced admin, given the extensive controversy surrounding it, to approve the nomination. The only reason I intervened when I did was that an unsupported, inaccurate hook that the nominator had objected to for those reasons had just been approved, and clearly shouldn't have been. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:18, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've posted a request for closure. Cannot ask for an admin closure as the tools are not required. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:49, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- I frankly think at this point it needs an experienced admin, given the extensive controversy surrounding it, to approve the nomination. The only reason I intervened when I did was that an unsupported, inaccurate hook that the nominator had objected to for those reasons had just been approved, and clearly shouldn't have been. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:18, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
DYK hook
Hello Hawkeye. Regarding the hook for Paul Palaiologos Tagaris, rather than ALT1 which has been imported in Prep4, both the reviewer Surtsicna and I feel that ALT2: "... that Paul Palaiologos Tagaris was an Orthodox monk and impostor, who at one point claimed to be the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and even managed to be named Latin Patriarch of Constantinople by the Pope?" is better, as it is both "catchier" and summarizes the article in its essence. Regards, Constantine ✍ 09:21, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- You made it hard to find ALT2 by embedding it in the discussion. Switched the hooks. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:42, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Hawkeye7. I saw this DYK hook in the queue "that long hair was once banned in Singapore?" and it's slightly misleading because the article said that it was only for men but the hook does not. The DYK reviewer, Soman, also proposed that "for men" be added to the hook. Could you change the hook to "... that long hair for men was once banned in Singapore?" Thank you. starship.paint "YES!" 02:46, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't see a problem. In my country the idiom only ever refers to men. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:55, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
- I see. Since you mention your country, I'd have to say that I am from Singapore, and I was misled... starship.paint "YES!" 13:48, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi again, I think that the FA review for Greed is winding down and will be my last attempt to get it promoted. Since you supported its promotion on its last review I was hoping that you may be able to support it again this time around. Either way thank you very much for your help.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 20:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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I have noticed that the ALT1 hook has been placed in the prep area. Can we use the ALT2 hook instead? The ALT1 hook is partly misleading since the Talk 'N Text team lost in the finals series, and it says there that they were undefeated. -WayKurat (talk) 12:00, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Moto E
I admit, while we did a shoddy job on Moto E, I'm pretty sure that after the troubles we've faced with the DYK, none of us will want to work on one for a while. Thanks for keeping us inspired. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 20:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Preps 4 and 1
Hi, the 2 preps you just filled cover the date of June 14, and there are 2 hooks in the Special Occasions Holding Area that need to go on those dates. (I couldn't fill the preps myself because I approved both hooks.) Yoninah (talk) 21:20, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
- Added the hooks. I was under the impression that we were going back to three per day. If this occurs, then the hooks will need to be moved. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
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Oh. I thought you left me one to do. :) While you're at it, perhaps you could promote some of the hooks that I approved, since I can't promote them myself. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
FA congratulations yet again
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Paul Tibbets and Vannevar Bush to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR (specific and non-specific date slots) and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. BencherliteTalk 23:25, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- I have specific dates in mind for these two. 11 March 2015 would have been Vannevar Bush's 125th birthday; and 6 August 2015 is the 70th anniversary of Paul Tibbets's famous mission. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:14, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
American Biographies
Can you point to the part of MOSNUM that says that biographies about US citizens should use DMY. All I see is that articles on Modern US military sometimes use MDY. Nothing about biographies. If that was the case then all the other biographies would use DMY, but they do not. Only a very slim handful do. Better to rectify this situation by unifying all the dates to MDY in the biography articles since the articles are not military articles. JOJ Hutton 19:43, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Articles on the modern (20th and 21st century) US military normally use DMY. Consistency between articles of a similar category is not sought, as categories overlap. Changing the date format of an article is absolutely prohibited. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:51, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Changing date formats IS NOT absolutely prohibited, especially when they are using the incorrect date format. They can be corrected if need be. That said, biographies are not Modern military articles. They are just that, biographies. Articles on certain military units and battles are military specific. Biographies are not. JOJ Hutton 21:49, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Military articles are all those which fall under Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history and include Military personnel, including both leaders and common soldiers, as well as other people involved in military affairs. Per WP:DATERET: The date format chosen by the first major contributor in the early stages of an article should continue to be used, unless there is reason to change it based on strong national ties to the topic or consensus on article talk. And WP:STRONGNAT says articles on the modern US military use day before month, in accordance with military usage. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:05, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'm well aware of the wording of the guideline, but I think its very important to remember that biographies are not military specific. They carry the weight of many aspects of a persons life. Simply because some biographies fall under the wide umbrella of the military project does not automatically infer that they are "modern US military" articles. These few, final holdout, articles should be changed to reflect the citizenship of the subjects entire life and not one aspect of it, per WP:STRONGNAT.--JOJ Hutton 18:12, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- If you want to change a particular page, you need to seek consensus on its talk page.
- If you want to change WP:STRONGNAT, you will need to seek consensus at the Village Pump.
- If you want to change the format used in the United States away from DMY, you need to talk to the Pentagon.
- Which military biographies have you written btw? Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:30, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'm well aware of the wording of the guideline, but I think its very important to remember that biographies are not military specific. They carry the weight of many aspects of a persons life. Simply because some biographies fall under the wide umbrella of the military project does not automatically infer that they are "modern US military" articles. These few, final holdout, articles should be changed to reflect the citizenship of the subjects entire life and not one aspect of it, per WP:STRONGNAT.--JOJ Hutton 18:12, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Military articles are all those which fall under Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history and include Military personnel, including both leaders and common soldiers, as well as other people involved in military affairs. Per WP:DATERET: The date format chosen by the first major contributor in the early stages of an article should continue to be used, unless there is reason to change it based on strong national ties to the topic or consensus on article talk. And WP:STRONGNAT says articles on the modern US military use day before month, in accordance with military usage. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:05, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Changing date formats IS NOT absolutely prohibited, especially when they are using the incorrect date format. They can be corrected if need be. That said, biographies are not Modern military articles. They are just that, biographies. Articles on certain military units and battles are military specific. Biographies are not. JOJ Hutton 21:49, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Mustang wine
Hi. I am new to DYK. Do you know why Did you know nominations/Mustang wine has been removed from its talkpage? Where may I follow the process now please?Zigzig20s (talk) 03:12, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Nothing is wrong. I promoted it into a prep area, but an admin has moved in into Queue 2 to replace another hook that was pulled. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:59, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Is the rest of the process hidden from view?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- No. You can watch it all happen at Template:Did you know/Queue. The hook is currently in Queue 2. You will receive a notification message when it runs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:43, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Is the rest of the process hidden from view?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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Need a favor
DYK - looks to me like you picked the lead hook in Prep 4, the one about Ben Essing. If my calculations are correct, that set will hit the main page on June 20, 8:35 a.m. New York time, which would be 7:35 a.m. Texas time. Wouldn't that be a more logical place for the Audie Murphy hook (hopefully, the lead) in the special holding area for June 20? The next set would be evening in Texas. This is assuming rotation schedules aren't changed before then. — Maile (talk) 21:11, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Someone else just took care of this. Thanks, however. — Maile (talk) 23:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- My apologies. I was in on a long-distance air flight. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Paul W. Tibbets IV
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Bafilo Chra
I've revamped the last of the Togoland Campaign pages Battle of Chra and incorporated a Peripheral Operations section which includes the small amount of information in the Battle of Bafilo page. Given the lack of notability of Bafilo and equal lack of information I would like to delete Bafilo but I'm not sure how, do I nominate it somewhere? ThanksKeith-264 (talk) 15:15, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
- You want WP:AFDHOW. Follow the instructions there. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:27, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
- ThanksKeith-264 (talk) 20:44, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C,
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Hi Hawk, the bot is now on trial. There are two articles ready to go. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 23:43, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
- I will run the bot on them when I get home in a few hours time. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:47, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Frick at DYK
Your Frick hook is being discussed at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Frick — Maile (talk) 21:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Tim Frick
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people in sports and battles
Thank you for supplying quality content on people in sports and military, and battles such as Battle of Sio, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (13 May 2010)!
Two years ago, you were the 171st recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize. I am amazed how you capture the spirit of wheelchair sports people such as Annabel Breuer (a pleasure to translate to German) and Janet McLachlan (on the Main page)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
- I met Annabel for the first time last week. She was thrilled to be on the front page. So thank you too! Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:50, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
- I've also created another article, on Laura Fürst, which could be translated into German.
Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:56, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
- My own list is long, a few more Schütz compositions until 13 July when we perform them. Yesterday I started one, only to notice that the hymn on which it is based also had no article. Three translations are planed already. Plus the time sink ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
- I've also created another article, on Laura Fürst, which could be translated into German.
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If you would please take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan O. Jansson. I guess the only thing needed now is a approval of the hook. --BabbaQ (talk) 17:43, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Another Sesame Street FAC
Hey Hawk, I have another FAC languishing, so would you mind taking a look at it: [3]? For some reason, my FACs tend to languish, which I've never been able to figure out, so could you review it so that it doesn't fail for lack of response? I'd really appreciate it, thanks. Hope your summer is going well. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:58, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
- It's winter here and it's freezing, although I am just back from two weeks in sunny Toronto with the wheelchair basketball players. I will take a look asap. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:05, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah
Thanks for promotion of my DYK nomination. Where is it now? I did no find it in prep area 2! Mhhossein (talk) 14:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
- No, it is now running on the front page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:32, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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I believe consensus was to use ALT6 in the DYK now at Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2, can you change it please? I suppose I might do it myself. Frieda Beamy (talk) 22:12, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there. I removed Alice Teodorescu from the prep as she'd already run; looks like I failed to close the nomination properly when I selected her -- sorry! Espresso Addict (talk) 00:45, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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Rating C-4 (explosive)
I notice you have reverted my rating of C-4 (explosive). There is a reference for each paragraph - sometimes more. How doesn't that qualify for B1 in your opinion? (The Use in Terrorism section has 7 references - the accuracy tag is a B2 issue) (Hohum @) 12:23, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
- The first paragraph of that section is missing a reference. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:24, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
Elsa
Yes, my newly created article Template:Did you know nominations/Elsa Billgren was reviewed within almost an hour and "good to go" :)--BabbaQ (talk) 23:51, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
- Nearly got allocated to a prep area too. It missed out only because the previous one had an image of a person. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:39, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
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Could you please take a look at the DYK nom for Fittja gård. I have to agree with user Yngvadottir that the reviewer has reviewed the article like it was up for GA. He aims too high for a DYK review when it comes to details. Anyway, atleast take a look.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
This just in...
It was announced today by the Swedish Academy that hen (pronoun) will be included in Svenska akademiens ordlista next year. This is like the equivalent of its being included in the the Oxford English Dictionary. Would you consider the following alternative hook?
...that hen will be the first gender-neutral pronoun to be included in official glossary of the Swedish Academy?
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Table abbrev
Would it be possible to include tooltips or links or something for the abbreviations in table headings like in the Melanie Hawtin article? Nikkimaria (talk) 02:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- I've pasted in the key from the Australian articles, slightly modified for the different format used in Canada. Hawkeye7 (talk)
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Thanks for the assessments of 802d Air Division (C) and 923d Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight (B).
- But is there a chance that you reversed them? I am not finding a missing reference in the 802d page, and there's a missing reliable source for the 923d's lineage during its time at Morrison. If you point out the missing reference on the 802d, I'll see what I can do. In any case feel free to downgrade the 923d. --Lineagegeek (talk) 22:24, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- Ooops. Sorry about that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:00, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hey—do you think you could pull Template:Did you know nominations/Cuphead back out of the queue? I had left a note that I had a possible image coming over OTRS czar ♔ 02:55, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Done. Good luck with OTRS. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:05, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Hawkeye, I had recently created an article about a Paralympic athlete called Mac Marcoux. I wasn't planning on writing much about it, but after finding extensive amount of references about the athlete, I decided that the article has to have a better fate than an untouched stub in the abyss of unread Wikipedia articles. I figured you had lots of experience improving articles to GA and FA including some paralympic athletes. I'm more worried about the broad in coverage aspect. Can you read over it and see if any information is missing? Also, can you grade it too? (at the talk page). Thanks, TheQ Editor (Talk) 00:45, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
- I've given it a copy edit like I did for the Australian Paralympians. Added a little bit of extra information about La Molina. Coverage is fine. Added some more links. Also some categories and changed the infobox to Canadian red (revert this if you don't like). Tidied up the references by adding the required publisher tag. Graded it as a B and added two more projects. Also approved the DYK nomination. You can nominate it for GA now. Well done! Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for the help. TheQ Editor (Talk) 22:43, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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Prep
Thanks for DYK prep. I suggest to spread the two for 15 August in two sets, to avoid two of my hooks in the same set, two date-related in the same, and (too) many singers in a row. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- This was not overlooked, but one is about a statue and the other is about a singer. With the change to a 12-hour cycle it will run from 09:34 to 21:34 in Germany, so I did not regard the use of a second set as being much of an option. When more hooks become available I may separate them. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:41, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
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Redirect
Hello. I see that you've blanked the redirect Unity of command. I've reverted the blanking to restore the redirect for now. If this was done for a particular purpose, feel free to revert it but with an adequate reason in the edit summary. Thanks. KJ Discuss? 23:40, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- But you have no idea what that purpose was. Neither do I. Here is what links to it:
- None of these wants to link to the redirect article. So we have to either remove the redirect, or edit all the articles to remove the link. What was your reason for reverting the change? Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:52, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- Per WP:BLANK If you want to delete the redirect, please bring it up at WP:RFD. KJ Discuss? 00:41, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
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Did I forget to give you one? Your excellent work with all the GAs and FAs you nominated are excellent. Plus, the help with Mac Marcoux was greatly appreciated too. Thank you once again. ΤheQ Editor Talk? 19:10, 21 August 2014 (UTC) |
- And thabks for your review of Heike Friedrich! Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:25, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
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The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:
Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.
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There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
More FA congratulations
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Alsos Mission to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR (specific and non-specific date slots) and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. BencherliteTalk 13:42, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello — Thanks for your extensive work on the Richard Hamming article. There might be a rough edge still to polish, though. Could you take a second look at your edit here? It leaves this sentence: “His wife Wanda soon followed, … working fior Bethe and the day, including and Edward Teller.” I'm not exactly sure how many of the physicists in the previous text you wanted to include in the revised sentence, so I haven't tried to complete this myself. Unician ∇ 01:36, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for that! I'm still working on the article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:03, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi mate, just verifying entries in the monthly contest... You assessed this one as B on 31 July and then C the day after -- can you let me know if it was a typo the day before, or change of mind afterwards, or what, 'cos Lineagegeek would like to claim 3 points for climbing from nil assessment to C but that only makes sense to me if the B-Class assessment in between was finger trouble or something... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:02, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- It was. As Lineagegeek pointed out, I assessed two of his articles at once and got the assessments the wrong way around. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:07, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- Great, tks. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:23, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
Hawkeye7, You made a mistake and wrongfully killed this DYK without notice. The artist is plainly notable. WP:GNG. You even promoted it, and then undid it. Please see mmy comments and reopen the discussion. 11:12, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- The artist does plainly pass WP:GNG and WP:ARTIST, but the article is up for deletion. It would be most helpful if you expressed your opinion on the deletion page, where you will see my comments on the matter. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:20, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- Done that. I've done all I can do. But killing the nomination for a DYK is still wrong. This should be a WP:Snow decision on the notability "issue". 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:32, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- EEng removed it from the queue. I went to restore it but he had filed an AfD. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:58, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- Done that. I've done all I can do. But killing the nomination for a DYK is still wrong. This should be a WP:Snow decision on the notability "issue". 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:32, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
A-Class bot
Hi Hawkeye, PM seemed to set the bot in motion on Talk:Les Holden a few days ago but nothing's happened -- was something missed? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:40, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- An error on the nominations page was preventing the MilHistBot from finding the talk page. I have corrected it, and it the page has been promoted. I'll see if I can get the Bot to handle errors like that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:24, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Okay, the Bot is now smarter and can handle that situation. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:35, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Hey Hawkeye, I think the bot's fantastic, so I hope you don't mind if I make a few minor suggestions. It would probably be a good idea to blue-link its talk page, even if it's just a redirect to yours; it probably shouldn't mark its edits as a minor—strictly speaking, they're not 'minor' edits, and some people have their preferences set to omit bot edits marked as minor from their watchlists; and it's probably worth filling in the tasks parameter in the infobox on its userpage so that passers-by have some idea what it does. But like I say, I think it's fantastic—it saves so much time that coords can now spend elsewhere! All the best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:13, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm minor edits must be the default. I've changed it to make them major. Added the tasks and blue-linked the talk page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:32, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks! Keep up the good work. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:27, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm minor edits must be the default. I've changed it to make them major. Added the tasks and blue-linked the talk page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:32, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- Tks for taking care of the Holden situation, mate. I agree with Harry, the bot is great, one of the best things anyone's done for the project. Of course no good deed goes unpunished and I have to admit I've been wondering how you'd feel about taking on automating the FAC closing instructions, since we haven't had a really reliable script since the demise of Gimmebot. Note that someone did volunteer in July to try and push this through but nothing seems to have happened since then. My point here is to sound you out on whether you might be interested and if so to perhaps just head off any other (slow-moving) attempts. Of course I can't offer anything like leave to run more than one solo FAC at a time (!) but I'm sure you'd gain the eternal gratitude of the FAC community... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:14, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
- I was the one who volunteered, but I was never able to get in contact with the developer, and without the password, could not run the GimmeBot. I'll have another look at it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:15, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
- Do we have a manual procedure that I can verify it against? Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, this is what our gnomes use as a guide to manually closing FACs. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:50, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- That seems very simple compared with closing an A class review. How do you want to trigger the Bot? By adding
{{subst:Fa top|result=}}
to the nomination page? Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:41, 8 September 2014 (UTC)- Sorry mate, missed your reply till now. Tks for looking into this! I've always assumed (without knowing for sure) that Gimmebot and others that have been used in the meantime periodically checked the Featured_log and the Archived_nominations pages to run. OTOH I'd be quite happy if we as coords just triggered closure the same way we trigger the MilHist A-Class bot, by marking the article talk page, if that's simpler. Will ping Graham and (in case he's around) Ucucha for their thoughts... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:30, 11 September 2014 (UTC).
- It's reached the top of my to-do list, so I will work on it next weekend. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:49, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry mate, missed your reply till now. Tks for looking into this! I've always assumed (without knowing for sure) that Gimmebot and others that have been used in the meantime periodically checked the Featured_log and the Archived_nominations pages to run. OTOH I'd be quite happy if we as coords just triggered closure the same way we trigger the MilHist A-Class bot, by marking the article talk page, if that's simpler. Will ping Graham and (in case he's around) Ucucha for their thoughts... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:30, 11 September 2014 (UTC).
- That seems very simple compared with closing an A class review. How do you want to trigger the Bot? By adding
- Sure, this is what our gnomes use as a guide to manually closing FACs. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:50, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Do we have a manual procedure that I can verify it against? Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- I was the one who volunteered, but I was never able to get in contact with the developer, and without the password, could not run the GimmeBot. I'll have another look at it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:15, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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- I've nominated the stub for deletion here. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:48, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
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I left you a message at Template talk:Did you know nominations/St. Gregory the Great Parish Church (Indang). Thank you. --Carlojoseph14 (talk) 05:07, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Nobody has struck ALT1 or ALT2, so they were still valid. I can't read the text while pasting up the prep areas. Switched to ALT4. Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:19, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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Would you please take a look at this, including Alt 1? Thank you. This is moving out of step, but that is what happens when the process is short-circuited. I left a note on the original reviewer's talk page, but he is on wiki break. Thanks for your assistance. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:42, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
- I already moved it to Prep 4. Double-checked the ALT hook. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:45, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
- It also ties precisely into the "Summer of Monuments" theme. Thank you. Nice work! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:48, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Richard Hamming
The article Richard Hamming you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Richard Hamming for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:22, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
- I've given the article a well-deserved GA; I enjoyed reading it. I've made a few small tweaks, and I've taken the liberty of listing him under Computing and Engineering, given that that's probably where he's best known. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:25, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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I had to make a nw QPQ for Martina Montelius DYK. Please approve it when you find time. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:07, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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Raymond A. Thomas dyk
Hi Hawkeye, I was wondering if Template:Did you know nominations/Raymond A. Thomas should be on a queue or something for an upcoming approved dyk. Regards, — dainomite 18:07, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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Your approval of Template:Did you know nominations/Sandra Bullock filmography went through without your signature line. Yoninah (talk) 21:55, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks. If you could promote some of the hooks I have approved that would be great. Particularly the solar flare pic. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:03, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
- I'd like to, but every time I look, you've already filled all the prep sets! Yoninah (talk) 23:34, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
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FA bot tasks
I saw your comment at WT:FAC about getting a replacement FAC bot up and running. Might you be interested in taking over some or all of the tasks of UcuchaBot? The code is here - it's all gibberish to me but you might understand it! I have a particular interest in the TFA-related tasks listed on the bot's user page (tasks 1 and 4) but bot tasks 2 and 3 might fit in nicely with your FAC work anyway. Yours, BencherliteTalk 23:15, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
- Just butting in: Bench, Ucucha has been active lately commenting on an open FAC so might be best in the first instance to ask him if he can fix this issue -- though Hawkeye as a backup is a good idea too... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:29, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
- I asked him by email a few weeks ago and the gist of the reply was that, in this post-Toolserver world, he needs to find a new server. But the bot has been inactive for months and getting a back-up is now more of a priority. Boring jobs like adding
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- I asked him by email a few weeks ago and the gist of the reply was that, in this post-Toolserver world, he needs to find a new server. But the bot has been inactive for months and getting a back-up is now more of a priority. Boring jobs like adding
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HMS Richmond helicopter crash
How likely is it that you will be changing your mind about this? I'm not seeing how a draw is an acceptable outcome - something is either notable or it isn't, you can't really have something which is half notable, at least not in the way Wikipedia seems to define it. Patrol forty (talk) 16:32, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
- It's notable in the way Wikipedia seems to define it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 18:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Trinity (nuclear test)
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- I've added the actual review. Thanks for nominating the article. Protonk (talk) 03:15, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Darol Froman
![]() | On 23 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Darol Froman, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Darol Froman was the scientific director of the Operation Sandstone nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in 1948? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Darol Froman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Your GA nomination of Trinity (nuclear test)
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- This is excellent news, well done Hawkeye7! One of my favourite articles for some reason (I do like to quote from it).
- Do bear in mind, though, that the Table of Contents currently has two Explosions, whereas the Trinity test itself only really involved one. I tried to think of an appropriate level 2 heading to replace the first one, but couldn't quite think of an appropriate one. This should probably be fixed.
- As a new GA, is this eligible for DYK? All manner of fascinating hooks could be found. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:17, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
MilHistBot
I think getting a working bot for FAC (and hopefully all of the FA sub-forums) is a great thing. You should be commended for getting it going this far. However, I have a slightly uncomfortable feeling with the bot that's doing the automated tasks for the FA process bearing the name of a prominent WikiProject. People could misconstrue things very easily. I was wondering if you could set up a second bot account under a different name, say FAbot, so that editors don't assume MILHIST is now running the FA process, or that the project has some sort of favoritism. I'm not saying that it is/does, but I think it might just be a good idea to prevent misunderstandings ahead of time. Imzadi 1979 → 18:40, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, I will do that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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Not sure if you recall, but you reviewed the article I started and DYK'ed about a month ago. But it made it to the front page and got about 15,421 views in the time it was up there. Should it be added to the statistics page as it mentions on the template if its necessary? Or is there a whole different process to that. Apologies as I am confused and new as to how the DYK process works. --Acetotyce (talk) 00:23, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
James Chadwick
I am sorry your article got caught up in this mess. If we can get the images sorted out and kept, I'd prefer that, but the image review never actually finished, so...
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Hi Hawkeye, two things. There is a grammatical problem with the hook--it needs to say "...was featured". I hope this can be fixed. Second, though, I'm having doubts as to whether it's appropriate to run this on the front page, image and all, and I'm going to ask Crisco about it. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:50, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't think that the sentence was ungrammatical (although it was a bit long) and the painting is a WP:Featured Picture. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:58, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ask Cris if he can promote the next prep area. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:01, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- Well, "September Morn featured on cigar bands" is certainly not common parlance. I saw that Crisco intended to pull the image (there's a note on his talk page). I'll ping him, Crisco 1492, about this prep area thing. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:08, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- I've added "was". As with Hawkeye, "featured on" is acceptable to me, but "was featured on" is also acceptable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:49, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- Well, "September Morn featured on cigar bands" is certainly not common parlance. I saw that Crisco intended to pull the image (there's a note on his talk page). I'll ping him, Crisco 1492, about this prep area thing. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:08, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ask Cris if he can promote the next prep area. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:01, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK credit templates
Hi Hawkeye, just letting you know that when you promoted these three hooks to prep, you forgot to add the DYK credit templates. Fixed now. :) 97198 (talk) 12:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
- Yikes! Thanks for that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:26, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Trinity (nuclear test)
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DYK for J. Carson Mark
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—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, the pickin's are rather slim on the nominations page, but I think that this hook would fill out Prep 4 nicely. Since the original reviewer didn't adequately review it, however, I did, and so I'm not sure if I'm allowed to move it to prep. Could you do the honors? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:03, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Done I did not assemble a prep this morning because the number of approved hooks was so low. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:29, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Alvin M. Weinberg
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Brian Brushwood DYK
Hi Hawkeye7, I notice you've moved the Brian Brushwood DYK nom to the prep area, but I wanted to point out that I had approved ALT1, not the original hook. Could you fix this? -Thibbs (talk) 11:27, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm. The original was not struck, and I read it to mean the opposite. Switched to ALT1 hook. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I appreciate it. Sorry for not overstriking. I've only done a few DYK approvals so it's good to know that the proper way to flag this for clerks/admins is to overstrike all but the approved hook. Shamefully this isn't the first time I've failed to properly express my wishes as an approving editor. In another case I had approved some poor guy's request to run the DYK on a certain date but it ended up getting scooped up some night I wasn't watching and run about a week ahead of schedule. Can you share any insights on how I should have flagged that approval for the reviewing admin? Should I have put the date-related instructions in bold next to my approval tick? Or should I have manually moved the approved nom to the special holding area? -Thibbs (talk) 11:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Makode Linde. I am not sure the reviewer is reading the sources correctly. Or maybe I am wrong. Take a look. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:54, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- While I'm doing that, could you take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Caitlin Doughty? Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:09, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- I do now know how that could have slipped by me.. anyway it has been done now :). Thanks for notifying me.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:47, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
- I have added a few more sources to the Linde article and an aditional alternative hook. --BabbaQ (talk) 17:49, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
- I do now know how that could have slipped by me.. anyway it has been done now :). Thanks for notifying me.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:47, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Masque of the Red Death DYK hook
Hi Hawkeye7. Thank you very much for promoting the DYK. It is now in Prep 4. However per Template:Did you know nominations/Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) the original hook was modified to ALT1. But the hook you promoted was the original one. In any case, feel free to choose whichever hook you like better. Take care. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 22:15, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Done. It can be hard to spot sometimes. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:29, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- No arguments from me. :) Thank you for your hard work at DYK. All the best. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 22:35, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry again, but there is an extra question mark to the hook. Whenever you have the time... Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 22:40, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry to bother you again Hawkeye7. But can you keep an eye on ALT1? Somehow it got reverted and I reverted back. Thank you. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 18:13, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I changed the last hook in the set because the wording didn't appear in the article at all. But now it doesn't seem so quirky anymore... Yoninah (talk) 23:30, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Replace it with another hook. It can be promoted again later. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:35, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
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Will you be placing the above in the Special Occasion Holding Area for DYK so it will run on Veterans Day (November 11th)?
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- You should ask on the nomination. The nomination had been moved to Prep area 5, but I have now marked it to be used on 11 November. Hawkeye7 (talk) 18:34, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Hoylande Young
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Hey Hawkeye! BlueMoonset promoted my DYK nom for the above article, but if you'd like to use it as a picture hook in another prep area (like the Flag of Tonga nom back in late August), I wouldn't mind if you bump it to a later slot. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:12, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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No personal attacks (your comments at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case)
Please stop. If you continue to make personal attacks on other people, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Thank you.
Baseless accusations of vandalism, point disruptions, are personal attacks. Most of the rest of your comments were simply wrong. Please, if you feel so strongly about it, start a discussion on an appropriate noticeboard. Start your own arbcom case for all I care. Perhaps next time include the aspect that you are the editor that promoted that hook, evidence of your carelessness (you are quite often the promotor of these problematic hooks, actually). It might explain to the arbs why you make such a heated statement which turns out to be mostly hot air, sadly. Fram (talk) 09:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Without being familiar with the background here, this warning seems rather over the top - Hawkeye's criticisms are strong, but are a critique of your contributions rather than you as a person. HJ Mitchell's criticisms are much stronger, but you haven't threatened him with being blocked... Nick-D (talk) 10:02, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- It's the standard NPA warning. "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki." is one of the definitions of PAs given. Accusing people of vandalizing the main page (I removed a hook from the DYK section; even if I had been wrong in doing so, it would never have been vandalism which has a completely different definition) and of abuse of admin privileges for issuing a warning, is not done. HJMitchell has gotten his warning last week already[71]... Fram (talk) 12:09, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Looks like just more intimidation tactics to me. Just ignore it, Hawkeye. Fram, perhaps you might like to go away and think about why you rub so many good editors up the wrong way and whether that's actually likely to accomplish what you want. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:58, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- No. What I want is people who take DYK seriously. If people don't like to be confronted with what they do wrong, there is a simple solution: improve your quality. The other option, letting error after error be presented on the main page, is not acceptable. If that rubs people the wrong way, going as far as calling the removal of a hook that was not supported by its article "vandalism", warranting an immediate desysop, then I don't think the problem lies with me but with those people who seem to have their priorities wrong. If "good editors" get so worked up when a problem gets detected, then they should increase the quality of their DYK work or stay away from DYK (or help in other ways, but not reviewing or promoting hooks or creating queues). Fram (talk) 17:26, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Looks like just more intimidation tactics to me. Just ignore it, Hawkeye. Fram, perhaps you might like to go away and think about why you rub so many good editors up the wrong way and whether that's actually likely to accomplish what you want. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:58, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- I've been associating with Hawkeye7 ever since I began to write in military history articles and I've always found him to be a most courteous and helpul editor. Could it be that things have got a little exaggerated?Keith-264 (talk) 16:13, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- It's the standard NPA warning. "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki." is one of the definitions of PAs given. Accusing people of vandalizing the main page (I removed a hook from the DYK section; even if I had been wrong in doing so, it would never have been vandalism which has a completely different definition) and of abuse of admin privileges for issuing a warning, is not done. HJMitchell has gotten his warning last week already[71]... Fram (talk) 12:09, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- If people don't like to be confronted with what they do wrong, there is a simple solution: improve your quality. Are there any examples of you setting such an admirable example?Keith-264 (talk) 17:54, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- In what way? Fram (talk) 08:22, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Alvin C. Graves
Hello! Your submission of Alvin C. Graves at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Peter I. Vardy (talk) 15:43, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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...for this; that's very sweet of you. I hope you noticed that I deliberately broke my computer so it would appear that I could be Editor of the Week by not doing anything (or alternatively my browser started to inexplicably refuse to load Wikipedia causing me to smash my keyboard on the desk and kick my screen over; not that I have a fiery temper or anything; I'm made of sugar and spice and boiling lava all things nice). Belle (talk) 10:14, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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13:48, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
FACBot
Hi mate, just looking at the FACBot -- tks so much for getting this up and running. Couple of things, related to steps and timestamp... As I said at WT:FAC a while back, and Graham agreed, the coordinators transclude the FAC nomination page into the Featured Log (or the Archived Nominations) when we promote (or archive) the review. The bot should then take the date/time the template was transcluded to the log (or it could simply take the date/time the coordinator put the FACClosed template onto the FAC page -- if we're doing our job properly these will always be the same day, usually within a short time of each other). The FACBot won’t need to add the FAC page to the Featured Log or Archived Nominations page as it will already be there courtesy of the coords. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:38, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
- I noticed that the archiving code was still there and have removed it. It wouldn't have had any effect if the nominations were archived. Are we talking about the date/time to be used on the nomination page, or the talk page? Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:54, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
- Heh, on re-reading I probably could have clarified that... I'm talking primarily about the timestamp used at the top of the nomination page, i.e. "The article was promoted by <coordinator hh:mm, dd Mmm yyyy> (UTC)". This hasn't exactly been consistent over the years. Sometimes it seems to have been the timestamp of when the review page was removed from WP:FAC and transcluded to the Featured Log or Archived Nominations, and sometimes it's been when the bot went through and did its housekeeping chores, often a few days later. I've always considered the closing time of a FAC (especially for the purposes of people making their next nom after a promotion, or the two-week waiting period after an archived nom commencing) to be when the coordinator puts the FACClosed template onto the review page, so to me it makes sense to use that time in "The article was promoted..." (or "not promoted"). The version of the article linked in Article History should be from that moment too, so the date in Article History should be the same as the date at the top of nomination page. Does that seem to work? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
- Graham, pls weigh in if you'd like... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:35, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
- The diff immediately after the date was also inconsistent. I've chosen to follow your version. The Bot is complaining about Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Little Athletics/archive1, which was closed in September, but which it cannot find on the September archive page. Do you want the Bot to notify you when this happens? Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:01, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Matthew Sands
The article Matthew Sands you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Matthew Sands for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Neonblak -- Neonblak (talk) 18:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
FACBot and article history
I've noticed something odd about the bot- it lists correct archive date for unsuccessful FAC's, but is faulty with promotion dates of successful ones. For example, it listed ...And Justice For All as promoted on October 20 when it became FA on October 5, and listed William H. Seward that became FA as October 8 as one that was promoted on October 20. Why is that? Snuggums (talk / edits) 03:30, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- This has been corrected. Per the above, the delegates wanted the promotion date used. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:01, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Priscilla Duffield
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Priscilla Duffield you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ian Rose -- Ian Rose (talk) 12:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Triple Crown
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