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DYK for Guy Fort

On 17 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Guy Fort, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brigadier General Guy Fort is the only American-born general officer to be executed by enemy forces? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Guy Fort. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Guy Fort), 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.

— Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 00:03, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

I like coffee so much. I guess you may like it either, let's drink together. So cheers :D The Stray Dog Talk Page 17:18, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks! --SouthernNights (talk) 21:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for William Pinckney

On 15 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Pinckney, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Pinckney was only the second Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Pinckney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Pinckney), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 10,537 views (439.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 03:34, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great work researching, writing, and saving Will Cook (writer) from deletion! Always happy to see your username pop up--a sure mark of quality work. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 21:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks for both the barnstar and the kind words!--SouthernNights (talk) 19:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Alex Shieh

What was the reason for the article's speedy deletion? I had contested the nomination citing the feature in the New Yorker magazine and it doesn't seem like you saw that and instead decided to outright delete it. I would rather have it go through an AfD process than it just being deleted entirely. Regards, Tintinthereporter226 14:48, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Tintinthereporter226: The article has been moved back to Draft:Alex Shieh so you can keep working on it. We can't have a redirect from the main Wikipedia space to the draft article b/c that is not allowed under Wikipedia policies. That said, the article's subject doesn't appear to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. But if you can convince the editors in the Articles for creation process that the subject is notability, you can bring the article back to the mainspace.--SouthernNights (talk) 14:59, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate your comment and advice. Tintinthereporter226 15:04, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

There has been an AfD on this topic, it closed only two weeks ago: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Shieh. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:16, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

I am fully aware of the AfD. The draft is quite different from the article that was at AfD. Tintinthereporter226 15:18, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

I would prefer to bring this to either my talk page or the draft's talk page since I do not intend to fill up someone else's talk page with something that doesn't really concern them that much. Tintinthereporter226 15:20, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

DoubleGrazing, Tintinthereporter226: As an FYI, the AfD from only 2 weeks ago just further solidifies that the draft article needs to pass the Articles for creation process before being again moved to the Wikipedia mainspace. That means uninvolved AfC editors must decide the subject meets our notability guidelines and passes our other article creation criteria. If I see the article recreated or moved back to the mainspace before that happens, I will delete it again and permanently block the article from being recreated.--SouthernNights (talk) 15:51, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

The draft is quite different from the article that was nominated at AfD. As I have mentioned to DoubleGrazing, as an example, I have removed the Time source which did not provide significant coverage to Shieh, and the unsourced addition of his middle name. I am not aware if there is no cooldown on AfD nominations or not, however, so apologies if I am mistaken in some way. Tintinthereporter226 15:58, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

I would also note that I do not intend to add the draft back into mainspace without an Afc process.

Regards, Tintinthereporter226 16:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Tintinthereporter226: Good luck with the article.--SouthernNights (talk) 19:01, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

As a note to everyone, the draft was rejected by AfC and this editor was blocked for various issues including using sockpuppets. I've deleted the draft and also deleted and salted the redirect the editor created.--SouthernNights (talk) 15:55, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Hello SouthernNights. Please reverse your deletion. It was inappropriately tagged – it was not recently created and is discussed at the target Subdivision (land)#United States. –– Invasive Spices (talk) 20:38, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

The redirect was created August 31, 2023, so yes it is recent. And it is extremely unlikely anyone will ever search for that topic with a misspelled phrase like "Sudividing real estate in the USA," so it fits the criteria for speedy delete.--SouthernNights (talk) 21:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

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