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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Hawkeye7!

Happy New Year!

Hawkeye7,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Hawkeye7,

New Page Review queue December 2022
Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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ITN recognition for Walter Cunningham

On 5 January 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Walter Cunningham, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 10:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year, 2022

The Silver Wiki
Congratulations! You have been selected in second place for the Military Historian of the Year by a popular vote of your WikiProject Military history peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. As one of the coordinators, it is my pleasure to present the esteemed Silver Wiki. We thank you for your efforts and your diligence and ask you to accept this as a token of our gratitude and appreciation. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign

Congratulations, Hawkeye7! The article you nominated, American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hog Farm (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign and Rhea Seddon scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above articles have been scheduled as today's featured article for 23 and 24 February 2023. Please check that they need no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurbs, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 23, 2023 and Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 24, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of these articles at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before they appear on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:10, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 201, January 2023

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Tech News: 2023-02

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • You can use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags. [1]
  • Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now a prototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in the Phabricator ticket.
  • You can now use the thanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page. [2]
  • A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time. [3]
  • Matrix is a chat tool. You can now use matrix: to create Matrix links on wiki pages. [4]
  • You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages. [5]

Changes later this week

  • Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).

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A list of administrators

You might want to check out this list I created: User:Bri/Early sysops. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:07, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for George Pell

On 11 January 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George Pell, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Sandstein 10:23, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: December 2022



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Shannon Lucid scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 14 January 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 14, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:04, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild: Something is wrong here. That article has not yet been promoted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:29, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
I've tagged it. It is just waiting for the bot to do it's thing. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:56, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Um, okay, but why run it tomorrow? Wasn't Basiliscus originally scheduled? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Shannon Lucid

Congratulations, Hawkeye7! The article you nominated, Shannon Lucid, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Awesome

100+ Featured Articles
In acknowledgement and appreciation for an amazing tally of featured and other articles - an awesome asset. JennyOz (talk) 04:21, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
January songs
happy new year

And today, Shannon Lucid is already TFA, "about the astronaut Shannon Lucid. She is the last of the original six NASA women astronauts chosen in 1978 to fly"! - --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

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DYK for William Everett Potter

On 16 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Everett Potter, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the ferry General Joe Potter at Walt Disney World is named in honor of Major General William Everett Potter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Everett Potter. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Everett Potter), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Tech News: 2023-03

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Problems

  • The URLs in "prev" links on page history now contain diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID] in place of diff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [6]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
  • Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on Talk: and User talk: namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such as Wikipedia talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, including Wikipedia: pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [7]
  • On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [8]
  • The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.

Future changes

  • The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.

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Questionable MilHistBot assessment

I noted with interest that your bot MilHistBot today awarded a start-class automatic assessment in the WikiProject Military history, apparently for allegedly failing the B1 (insufficient referencing) and B2 (gaps) criteria. I wonder if you would care to comment, and especially point out instances of insufficient referencing and insufficient coverage of the subject. Or could it be that your bot itself leaves something to desire? Ereunetes (talk) 19:03, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Definitely. Do you know what article it was for? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:17, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
I am so sorry, I may have been so flustered that I forgot the most important thing :-) the article in question is Dutch States Army. Ereunetes (talk) 19:40, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Hmmm. B1 is obvious, but B2 is not. The Bot bases its assessment of the article on Ores, which rated it as C class. (Which is indeed the correct rating.) It concluded that B2 was not satisfied. I find the C class rating curious here. I told it not to accept the C rating as this tended to cause too many articles to be assessed as B class. I may have to make this check more sophisticated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:43, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Does this mean the article is going to be upgraded to C-class? I could live with that. If you could give a few pointers on why the article is lacking in the field of references (it is not obvious to me), I would be appreciative.--Ereunetes (talk) 22:26, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
I think I now understand why your rating-bot disqualified the references in the Dutch States Army article. I found a number of "citation needed" tags there in the Precursors section, that I had not noticed before (I have not visited the article in a long time). The tags were planted by @Nederlandse Leeuw on August 22, 2022. I contest the criticisms implied in these tags. I started a discussion of the matter on Talk:Dutch States Army. You are invited to take a look and possibly to comment.--Ereunetes (talk) 23:58, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
I have upgraded it is C class for you. Normally I wouldn't bother; the usual avenue for reassessment is Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Requests. I have left some comments on the talk page. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:02, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for your very quick reply and for "upgrading" the rating. What you write about the lacking citations is certainly helpful. The faulty journal citation was put in by another editor; I don't even know how the journal-citation template works (so I am sure it was not mine), but I'll make sure it is corrected. As to your other points, I think I'd better reply to those on the Talk page. Ereunetes (talk) 00:10, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

One more question. I first started the Dutch States Army article back in 2010 (see the revision history). Since then I have more or less lost track of it till very recently. I have a vague memory of a talk-page that was fairly busy. But maybe my memory is tricking me, because right now the only activity recorded is very recent, except for the B-class rating for the WikiProject Netherlands that dates back to August 2011 (!). So according to the revision history everything was quiet till on 14 January 2023 suddenly the WikiProject History was added to the top of the page. That seems like an extraordinary time lag to me. Has the article really remained under the radar for Military History for such a long time? Or has something happened to the revision history of this talk-page? I am sure the invitation to open a discussion that was at the top of the page was only recently added, as this is a relatively new feature. But that revision is not shown in the revision history. Do you happen to know what may have been going on here? I am a pure ingenue as far as Wikipedia administration is concerned--Ereunetes (talk) 07:57, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it has. SailingthroughHistory (talk) tagged the article as a Military History article on 15 January 2023. That caused the article to be listed in maintenance categories as requiring assessment and task forces. This triggered the MilHistBot and an editor watching the categories. We don't normally seek out articles; they are usually tagged by the creator or the New Page Patrol. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

AFL Women's season seven

Hey there – hope you're doing well. I recently nominated AFL Women's season seven as a WP:GAN#SPORT (I noticed you nominated the grand final article as well – keen to hopefully see more AFLW and related articles reach the level in the coming years), and just thought I'd reach out to see if you might have time to perform the review, if interested; if not, though, totally understand. Thanks! 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 12:08, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jim Molan

On 23 January 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jim Molan, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 17:49, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-04

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Problems

  • Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [9]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
  • If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [10][11]
  • The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.

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Bot Sentinel

I had been waiting for a new hook on this one but I see it got promoted Preparation area 5. It looks like Leeky also had some questions in the nomination. Generally hooks are not promoted when there is a symbol other than green. File:Symbol possible vote.svg. I think it should be unprompted because the hook is not about the bot. Bruxton (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

It has the grey AGF tick. I only take them from Template talk:Did you know/Approved, which consists solely of approved hooks. If anyone was waiting for something - and there is no indication of that - it would not have been in the approved pile. I don't see "the hook is not about the bot" as being significant either. Hooks are often about minor points. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:13, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
You take from the approved section, but the last mark has to be a green. Promotors often patrol and put a stop on the nomination like I did with this symbol. File:Symbol possible vote.svg Bruxton (talk) 00:31, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Just a note: I have unpromoted it so that the issues raised in the nomination may be addressed. Bruxton (talk) 00:38, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
If you state what they are, people might address them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
To be fair, I think this illustrates a place where our process can do with some improvement. It really should be more obvious when a submission is in "Good to go" state and when it's not. The fact that it's on a list that is called "Approved" just adds to the confusion. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:46, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
You are doing a great job Hawkeye7! When I started I had promotions reverted because I did not carefully read the discussions. The idea is when an issue is not bad enough to send it back to unapproved, it needs a hook or some other item addressed, promotors stop it with a symbol. Myself I remove the symbol, after the issue is resolved and then it can be promoted. RoySmith I am open to better ways. Bruxton (talk) 00:54, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Carefully reading the discussions can be difficult when they are long and convoluted, or just vague. Sometimes I have trouble telling which hook is approved/preferred. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:58, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I agree. Not sure if I can think of a better way to do it though. Bruxton (talk) 01:14, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I've been working on some software that can help. It's still very much a work in progress, but what I've got up now could help with this particular issue. Go to https://dyk-tools.toolforge.org/. Pick the template from the menu and click "Submit". And, oh wow, it less me that Bot Sentinel is approved. That's wrong! The last thing that happened was in Special:Diff/1135655699 where Bruxton gave it a {{DYK?no}}, which should have unapproved it. I guess I've got a bug I need to fix :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 01:33, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
RoySmith I do not think we want it to move to unapproved Roy. All promotors need to read the discussions. If it moves then it needs another reviewer and the whole process will be bogged. And I had my no-symbol at the beginning I just added another a bit ago. Bruxton (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-05

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Problems

  • Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [12]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • Wikis that use localized numbering schemes for references need to add new CSS. This will help to show citation numbers the same way in all reading and editing modes. If your wiki would prefer to do it yourselves, please see the details and example CSS to copy from, and also add your wiki to the list. Otherwise, the developers will directly help out starting the week of February 5.

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ITN recognition for Will Steffen

On 2 February 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Will Steffen, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 05:50, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Richard Woolcott

On 3 February 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Richard Woolcott, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:23, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 February 2023

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Tech News: 2023-06

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Recent changes

  • In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [13]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
  • Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [14]
  • Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [15]
  • Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.

Future changes

  • Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add skins=… for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.

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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023

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Jim Lovell

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 24 March 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/March 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:49, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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This Month in GLAM: January 2023



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Tech News: 2023-07

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

  • On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [16]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
  • The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [17]

Future changes

  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [18][19][20]

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Your GA nomination of Bonnie J. Dunbar

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Hard as nails

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Many thanks for another interesting article about logistics. Please accept this token of a horseshoe nail so that you shall not want. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:08, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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Albertdok in Antwerp

Dear, thanks for your quick reaction in the article American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign. I am fully willing to believe that the sources mention "Bassin Albert", however that is then simply wrong. It suffices to look at any map - check https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/197920661#map=15/51.2537/4.4047 for just one example - to see that the real correct local name is "Albertdok"; which I translated to English "Albert Dock" and I still hold that to be correct, since it is and was the correct local name. I can well imagine how the confusion arose, though: at the time, the Belgian military was largely dominated by French speakers (that's historical, and an interesting but sad story) and I can well imagine that the Belgian officers, with whom the Allied commmanders would normally communicate, gave the name in French, even if that was not the local denomination. The misnomer is explainable and understandable, still it remains a misnomer. And yes, cultures and languages in Europe are a complicated and delicate matter, sorry for that, it was not my doing :) Jan olieslagers (talk) 10:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

PS: this kind of confusion is widespread in articles especially on WW2, I already corrected quite a few in other articles, often basing upon UK sources. Such corrections were always silently acknowledged. Jan olieslagers (talk) 10:24, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
PPSS: looking at the article and its history, I must say I am quite impressed with the amount of effort and enthusiasm that you put into it. All my respect and appreciation!Jan olieslagers (talk) 10:24, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
The source says: "During October representatives of the two forces worked out an agreement, known as the "Treaty of Antwerp," by which the Americans were to use the basins north of a line drawn through the Bassin Albert, the British those to the south. River berths were to be allocated based on need."
Since most British officers were fluent in French but few in Dutch it would make sense to communicate in French (assuming the Belgians didn't speak English). (I normally have this problem with World War I articles.) "Albert Dock" would be a valid translation. Added "Albertdok" as the local name. Didn't see much benefit in translating into English. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Myself see less benefit in keeping a French name, but I can imagine you are reluctant to go against your sources. I will not further insist, though I still regret the use of a language that is fully out of place. Thanks, at least, for going along with me by adding the local name, for polite and constructive discussion! Jan olieslagers (talk) 19:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
There's a issue with the English. Dock: In British English, a dock is an enclosed area of water used for loading, unloading, building or repairing ships. Such a dock may be created by building enclosing harbour walls into an existing natural water space, or by excavation within what would otherwise be dry land. But In American English, dock is technically synonymous with pier or wharf—any human-made structure in the water intended for people to be on. The article is in American English, and so I (again following the sources) translated "bassin" as "basin" in several places. (My brother-in-law's folks come from Friesland but neither he nor they speak Dutch.) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:34, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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TFA

February songs
my daily stories

Thank you today for Rhea Seddon, introduced: "Continuing my series on the first women astronauts. The fourth in the series is Rhea Seddon, a surgeon. (Her first name is pronounced "Ray".) She flew in space three times on the Space Shuttle."! - The image in your edit notice seems to have been deleted. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

... and today the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you today for the TFA with a self-explaining title, American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
  • Germany FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
  • United States TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
  • Byzantine Empire Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included Berkelland LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, New England Trainsandotherthings, England Lee Vilenski, Indonesia Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, Washington (state) SounderBruce, Wales Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and Chicago PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

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Omaha Beach

The article is currently a featured article removal candidate. I heard you are good with this stuff, but I also heard you are busy, so you can ignore this if you want. Please fix the article. QuicoleJR (talk) 00:26, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Did PM Chris Watson support or oppose federation?

Hi Hawkeye7, I recently came across a clear contradiction in the artcles on the ALP and Chris Watson. The ALP lead says he supported federation, but the Chris Watson lead says he opposed it, both without cites. My knowledge of Australian history would barely fill Captain Cook's bicorne, but I don't think we should have a contradiction like that in two articles on important topics. I know you mainly do military history, but could you take a look at the messages I left on the edit pages? Thanks, Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 01:08, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

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Howard Florey

Hi. I agree that 'further reading' is for books not cited in the text. But the section listing items that are cited in the text is entitled 'References' (see this article for example Joseph Banks). My edit was therefore to correct the heading from 'Notes' to 'References' Thanks Point of Presencetalk 20:03, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

MOS:NOTES permits different styles. For examples, see USS Marmora (1862) and William D. Leahy, currently at FAC. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
Ok thanks. I'll resist the temptation to 'tidy up' in future then ;-) Point of Presencetalk 10:44, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Would you be willing to help Leonard W. Murray

Admiral Murray was a very important WW2 Admiral - not just my opinion - he was the only Canadian to command a theatre of war in WW2, and he is hoping to get to FA status in the next month. In time for the anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. I am trying to get a good peer review going before nominating for FA, and I really need an experienced peer reviewer who knows military history (not necessarily Canadian though). I would be most grateful if you could review the article and suggest improvements of any sort (we think it is pretty good already but an experienced second opinion is super helpful). Thanks Friendofleonard (talk) 03:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Sure. No problem. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:55, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Friendofleonard (talk) 13:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Hawkeye7 I will make some edits in the next couple of days (I am going to Navy archives tomorrow) and would you be ready to give it a review at the end of this week. Friendofleonard (talk) 03:07, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
I can have a look at the weekend. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:38, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
I have removed the peer review status and plan to get it into the FAC queue this weekend. I found it a little hard to navigate last time. Friendofleonard (talk) 03:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Hawkeye. The article has been given a thorough scrubbing, with many thanks to you for your detailed review - from which learned a lot. The comparison with Leahy was very helpful. I have now posted it for FA nomination in the nomination queue, and would appreciate further advice or support at this point. Thanks again. Friendofleonard (talk) 14:16, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Infobox at Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aye, Hawkeye. I went ahead and restored the original infobox that has been in use for some time. As I think you agree, we should have more than a passing, day old, marginal consensus to make the sort of change proposed --by an editor with an apparent Single-purpose account who has a history of making veiled statements with this sort of thing. See these Talk page sections: 1, 2 and 3. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 22:36, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:55, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion affecting AFL Women's season seven

Hey Hawkeye7 – hope you're doing well. There's a discussion happening at WT:AFL regarding the sequencing of sections in Australian rules football season articles, and thought I'd reach out in case you wanted to weigh in given you helped promote AFL Women's season seven to GA status and it would affect this article. Thanks! 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 00:28, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/ACM/Eligibility tracking

Shouldn't this have triggered an ACM nomination for Auntieruth and myself? I wonder if that from a few months ago is cropping up again. Hog Farm Talk 14:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

I will investigate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:39, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Getting the Bot to process these is a bit of work so I've processed them manually. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: February 2023



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  • Belgium report: Public Domain Day Belgium 2023
  • Brazil report: GLAM-Wiki initiatives in Brazil spark academic investigation
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  • Indonesia report: Launching of Wikisource Loves Manuscripts; Bincang GLAM continues
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  • Kosovo report: I Edit Wikipedia Online Campaign 2023
  • New Zealand report: Wikidata and the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Wellington WikiCon 2023 and Auckland Museum local suburb project funding
  • Poland report: The European GLAM Coordinators online meet-up; GLAM-Wiki workshop at the Wawel Royal Castle State Art Collection; Wikimedians-in-residence online meet up
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  • UK report: In Memoriam Jo Pugh / Cultural Diversity
  • USA report: Black History Month and More
  • Wiki Loves Living Heritage report: Wiki Loves Living Heritage launches 17 March 1pm UTC
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DYK for Esmond Venner Keogh

On 18 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Esmond Venner Keogh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Esmond Venner Keogh was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in World War I and later protested against the Vietnam War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Esmond Venner Keogh. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Esmond Venner Keogh), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Bonnie J. Dunbar

On 18 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bonnie J. Dunbar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (pictured) flew on five space missions and has spent more than 50 days in space? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bonnie J. Dunbar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bonnie J. Dunbar), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hook update
Your hook reached 10,394 views (866.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2023 – nice work!

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TFA

Thank you today for Jim Lovell, "about the second oldest living American astronaut after his Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 crew mate Frank Borman. He also flew the Gemini 12 mission with Buzz Aldrin, who is two years younger. Lovell was part of the Next Nine group of astronauts selected in 1962 that also included Neil Armstrong, and he was Armstrong's backup for the Apollo 11 mission. Today he is probably best known for his unsuccessful final mission, Apollo 13, which was made into the 1995 film Apollo 13, in which he appeared."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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trivial diffs

Hawkeye7, are you aware that the diff that FACBot provides when closing a nomination sometimes compares an old version of a nomination with itself? for example, in this diff, FACBot provides this diff, which shows no difference between the two versions compared because they are the same version of the fac nomination. if this was the intended behaviour, please ignore me. dying (talk) 15:26, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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April 2023

I've gone ahead with the re-nomination of the James Madison article. There is a rewritten Slavery section now per some of your comments from 2 months ago. Possibly you could finish the Source and Image review which you had started 2 months ago if time allows. Cheers. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:32, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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On behalf of the FAR coordinators, thank you, Hawkeye7! Your work on Hanford Site has allowed the article to retain its featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. I hereby award you this Featured Article Save Award, or FASA. You may display this FA star upon your userpage. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 13:13, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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  • For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [60]

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Promotion of William D. Leahy

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ACR woes

Hi, I recently put Maurice Suckling back up for ACR after my last attempt was hijacked by enforced absence. I've clearly done something wrong with the nomination as it hasn't turned up on the review page. Any ideas what? Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

False accusation

You accused me of making an unconstructive edit when I was merely correcting an error in a date field in an article I stumbled across. I believe my edit was correct, as the date is the same as your subsequent revision. I don't appreciate your threat of loss of editing privileges just for trying to help. 64.43.178.132 (talk) 23:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Terribly sorry. My apologies. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:23, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Apology accepted. 64.43.178.132 (talk) 23:52, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-17

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Problems

  • Due to security issues with the Graph extension, graphs have been disabled in all Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Foundation teams are working to respond to these vulnerabilities. [62]
  • For a few days, it was not possible to save some kinds of edits on the mobile version of a wiki. This has been fixed. [63][64][65]

Changes later this week

  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on April 26. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [66]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (calendar).

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WikiCup 2023 May newsletter

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, Chicago PCN02WPS, and London AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023

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Tech News: 2023-19

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Recent changes

  • Last week, Community Tech released the first update for providing better diffs, the #1 request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. This update adds legends and tooltips to inline diffs so that users unfamiliar with the blue and yellow highlights can better understand the type of edits made.
  • When you close an image that is displayed via MediaViewer, it will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history. This feature request was voted #65 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [72]
  • The SyntaxHighlight extension now supports wikitext as a selected language. Old alternatives that were used to highlight wikitext, such as html5, moin, and html+handlebars, can now be replaced. [73]
  • Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages. Here is an example at the Czech Wikipedia that uses preload=MediaWiki:July. [74]

Problems

  • Graph Extension update: Foundation developers have completed upgrading the visualization software to Vega5. Existing community graphs based on Vega2 are no longer compatible. Communities need to update local graphs and templates, and shared lua modules like de:Modul:Graph. The Vega Porting guide provides the most comprehensive detail on migration from Vega2 and here is an example migration. Vega5 has currently just been enabled on mediawiki.org to provide a test environment for communities. [75]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
  • Until now, all new OAuth apps went through manual review. Starting this week, apps using identification-only or basic authorizations will not require review. [76]

Future changes

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This Month in GLAM: April 2023



Headlines
  • Albania report: International Roma Day Edit-a-thon in Albania, 2023
  • Brazil report: "Every Book its Public" Campaign and Strategic Committee on Libraries
  • Czech Republic report: What's new at GLAM in the Czech Republic
  • Indonesia report: GLAM Mini Grants; Structured Data Marathon VIII; Wikisource Online Workshop
  • Italy report: Bridges between Wikimedia and culture
  • New Zealand report: BHL Whitepaper and outreach for Citizen Science Month and WeDigBio, Auckland Museum suburbs project update, New Zealand Women in Architecture Wikidata Project
  • Poland report: Another meeting of EU GLAM Coordinators; Guided tours for Wikipedians in museums in Krakow; Presentation on Art in Wikipedia; Online training on the basics of copyright law; Polish monuments among the top winners of WLM
  • Sweden report: ISOF workshop; More articles from students; SAAB veterans shared their knowledge during metadata edit-a-thon; ArkDes edit-a-thons
  • UK report: Democratising knowledge and cultural diversity
  • USA report: Into the Wikiverse; Earth Day 2023 Bushwick
  • Content Partnerships Hub report: Wikipedia day pitches by FAO and IEA
  • Wiki Loves Living Heritage report: Activities are starting!
  • WMF GLAM report: Biodiversity Heritage Library whitepaper and the #1Lib1Ref campaign
  • Calendar: May's GLAM events
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Tech News: 2023-20

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Problems

  • Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [81]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 May. It will be on all wikis from 18 May (calendar).
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Gorontalo Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Hakka Chinese Wikipedia, Hawaiian Wikipedia, Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, Croatian Wikipedia, Upper Sorbian Wikipedia, Haitian Creole Wikipedia, Interlingua Wikipedia, Interlingue Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Iloko Wikipedia, Ingush Wikipedia, Ido Wikipedia, Icelandic Wikipedia, Inuktitut Wikipedia, Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [82]

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

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Tech News: 2023-21

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Changes later this week

  • An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [85]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).

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Your GA nomination of Howard Florey

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Your GA nomination of Howard Florey

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Your GA nomination of Howard Florey

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Tech News: 2023-22

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Recent changes

Problems

  • For a few days earlier this month, the "Add interlanguage link" item in the Tools menu did not work properly. This has now been fixed. [88]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 May. It will be on all wikis from 1 June (calendar).
  • VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on small and medium wikis this week. Large wikis will follow in the coming weeks. This is part of the effort to move Parsoid into MediaWiki core. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [89]

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023

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Tech News: 2023-23

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The RealMe extension allows you to mark URLs on your user page as verified for Mastodon and similar software.
  • Citation and footnote editing can now be started from the reference list when using the visual editor. This feature request was voted #2 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [90]
  • Previously, clicking on someone else's link to Recent Changes with filters applied within the URL could unintentionally change your preference for "Group results by page". This has now been fixed. [91]

Problems

  • For a few days last week, some tools and bots returned outdated information due to database replication problems, and may have been down entirely while it was being fixed. These issues have now been fixed. [92]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 June. It will be on all wikis from 8 June (calendar).
  • Bots will no longer be prevented from making edits because of URLs that match the spam blacklist. [93]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics category navbox

Template:Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics category navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Izno (talk) 17:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023

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Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany

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American logistics in the Normandy campaign scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the American logistics in the Normandy campaign article has been scheduled as today's featured article for the anniversary date July 24, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 24, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/July 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:54, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-24

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the Dutch, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese Wikipedias. This was the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [94]
  • The Search Preview panel has been deployed on four Wikipedias (Catalan, Dutch, Hungarian and Norwegian). The panel will show an image related to the article (if existing), the top sections of the article, related images (coming from MediaSearch on Commons), and eventually the sister projects associated with the article. [95]
  • The RealMe extension now allows administrators to verify URLs for any page, for Mastodon and similar software. [96]
  • The default project license has been officially upgraded to CC BY-SA 4.0. The software interface messages have been updated. Communities should feel free to start updating any mentions of the old CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing within policies and related documentation pages. [97]

Problems

  • For three days last month, some Wikipedia pages edited with VisualEditor or DiscussionTools had an unintended __TOC__ (or its localized form) added during an edit. There is a listing of affected pages sorted by wiki, that may still need to be fixed. [98]
  • Currently, the "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is broken. Existing {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords incorrectly appear as missing templates in VisualEditor. Developers are exploring how to fix this. In the meantime, those wishing to edit the default sortkey of a page are advised to switch to source editing. [99]
  • Last week, an update to the delete form may have broken some gadgets or user scripts. If you need to manipulate (empty) the reason field, replace #wpReason with #wpReason > input. See an example fix. [100]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 June. It will be on all wikis from 15 June (calendar).
  • VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on English Wikipedia on Monday, and all other large wikis on Thursday. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [101]

Future changes

  • From 5 June to 17 July, the Foundation's Security team is holding a consultation with contributors regarding a draft policy to govern the use of third-party resources in volunteer-developed gadgets and scripts. Feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome at Third-party resources policy on meta-wiki.

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Your GA nomination of AFL Women's season seven Grand Final

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Your GA nomination of AFL Women's season seven Grand Final

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Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, Hawkeye7. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! Mann Mann (talk) 02:38, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Hawkeye7,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

Reminders

British logistics in the Normandy campaign

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 6 June 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 13:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

June songs
my story today

Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2019): "This article is about the British Army's Normandy campaign in World War II. Wrote it on my summer vacation last year." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Jörg Widmann is 50, and I began Stockholm pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-25

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Recent changes

  • Flame graphs are now available in WikimediaDebug. [102][103]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • There is now a toolbar search popup in the visual editor. You can trigger it by typing \ or pressing ctrl + shift + p. It can help you quickly access most tools in the editor. [104][105]

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Happy First Edit Day!

Your GA nomination of Howard Florey

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Congratulations. I reviewed the Howard Florey article you submitted for GA review, and found it to meet the guidelines of good articles. STEMinfo (talk) 00:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Howard Florey

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Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany

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Tech News: 2023-26

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Leslie

Since you caught that moment of "where am I?" I'd like to invite you to where it was meant to go, the talk page of Barbenheimer, where discussion of the opening image is occurring. I've never done that before, although I edit on pages sometimes while looking for information. Please come by and improve the page as well, this article and discussions are fun edits. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:03, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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Even the smallest contributions, even procedural, are helpful. Thank you for taking the time to look at the images. It is greatly appreciated! Adog (Talk・Cont) 04:06, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Oppenheimer

My wife and I just saw the new movie Oppenheimer this evening. I highly recommend it. Since I did B-class reviews on some of your "mad scientist" articles, I was able to recognize some of the principals involved that most people probably never heard of: Leslie Groves, Hans Bethe, Vannevar Bush, Ernest Lawrence, Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, and the traitor Karl Fuchs. Who was the female secretary-assistant that you wrote an article about? I think she was in there too. Djmaschek (talk) 04:10, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

That would be Priscilla Duffield. I haven't seen the movie yet - it only just opened here - but am looking forward to it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:45, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
I haven't had much to do with the article recently, but am glad you are watching it. Back when I started editing it, it was a pretty esoteric subject! Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 22:39, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
You did a great job. The article on Robert Oppenheimer has accrued over 4 million page views in the last three weeks. It has made the top 25 report two weeks in a row and racked up over 700,000 page views on Thursday alone. Fortunately, there has been none of the vandalism associated with appearing on the front page, but I have been flat out checking and correcting additions. There has also been activity on the Trinity article, and the associated articles on Kitty and Jean. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:53, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your kind remarks, and thanks again for your work on this. I'll try to pitch in. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 22:56, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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Battle of the Scheldt

Hi Hawkeye7 - Re your reversion of my alteration to British logistics in the Normandy Campaign I did not say that the opening of the harbour approaches was not necessary, but had emphasized that while Antwerp was captured on 26 June the port was not open until the approaches had been captured on 29 November. Hence Monty’s delaying of the capture of the Scheldt by the Canadians with his preoccupation with Market Garden affected Allied logistics, and allowed the Germans to bring up reinforcements! Admiral Ramsay had pointed out that Antwerp would be as much use as Timbuktu without the opening of the approaches. Hugo999 (talk) 04:33, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

The lead is a summary of the article. The article says: "Antwerp was captured on 4 September but the port was unusable until 29 November because the Scheldt estuary remained in German hands until after the Battle of the Scheldt". British logistics in the Normandy Campaign only covers the period up to 4 September. The details can be found in British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign. Antwerp was earmarked for British use, but Montgomery did not need Antwerp immediately, hence Market-Garden. Eisenhower did not give operation priority until 15 October. The approaches were cleared by 4 November, and there was three weeks of minesweeping required before it was opened on 26 November. Military historians disagree on how much earlier the port could have been opened had it been given priority immediately. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:57, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

american logistics in the normandy campaign

Hawkeye7, i had a few questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.

  • the ruppenthal source cited for the number of u.s. troops in the u.k. mentions that these were the numbers "[b]y 31 May", while the blurb asserts that these were the numbers "[w]hen the invasion commenced". would it be more appropriate to replace "When" with "Before"? to me, it seems plausible for the numbers to have fluctuated during the intervening week. in any case, i assume that a substantial portion of the troops had left the u.k. for normandy when the invasion commenced.
    Tweaked the blurb as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
  • the caption in the article for the image of the depot at ashchurch states that "[a]bout 5,000 US personnel worked" at the depot. however, i could not find this stated in the cited pages of the ruppenthal source, although i did see the source noting that "[i]n August 1942 the depot had a U.S. strength of slightly under 3,000 men". are the 5,000 personnel mentioned elsewhere in the source?
    Possible typographic error. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
  • the blurb and article lead both state that the mulberry port used by the u.s. troops was abandoned after being damaged in a storm. however, the article body does not appear to explicitly mention this, only stating that rear admiral alan kirk "decided that [it] was a total loss, and should not be rebuilt". the article on the ports notes that "it was considered to be irreparable", but was repaired and put to use again within a week. do you know if the port was only temporarily abandoned, or perhaps not abandoned at all? i admittedly don't have access to the stanford source cited in the article on the harbours, and so cannot confirm if the statement is accurately sourced.
    There were two Mulberries: the American Mulberry (Mulberry A) and the British Mulberry (Mulberry B). The American Mulberry was written off. I do have Stanford and can confirm that Appendix Five gives tonnages over the beaches, not the Muulberry. I have removed that statement from the article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
  • also, the blurb and article lead both use wording that suggests that the storm that damaged the mulberry port lasted for three days, while the article body states that the storm lasted for four. is this a discrepancy that should be resolved?
    Corrected the date, per the sources, in both the article and the blurb. It should have been 19-22 June. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

dying (talk) 11:21, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for this. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
it looks like you edited the draft version of the blurb rather than the blurb itself, so i have propagated your changes to the blurb. the changes made the length of the blurb fall below the character limit, so i have added "that was" to a sentence to compensate. please feel free to edit the blurb further if i have missed anything, or if my addition is not to your liking.
thanks for addressing these issues, and for looking into the stanford source for me! dying (talk) 21:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for that. The book is on the shelf next to me; I didn't even have to get out of my chair. I considered updating the Mulberry article at one point, but never did. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:25, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
haha, that's great! i'm glad that wikipedia has contributors like you with such extensive libraries to reference. dying (talk) 22:56, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

The article on American logistics in the Normandy campaign has a sequel, American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany. You are invited to drop by Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany and comment. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:41, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

July songs
my story today
Thank you for that, but today first for the other, introduced in 2020): "I realise that neither logistics nor the Second World War are popular subjects, but it is a subject close to my heart. I believe that events of 1944 are not comprehensible without an understanding of logistics, and that this article will therefore provide a valuable resource for readers." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Oppenheimer article mentioned in The New Yorker

High praise from The New Yorker! [124]

Leaving the theatre after seeing “Oppenheimer,” I was tempted to call it a movie-length Wikipedia article. But, after a look online, I realized I was giving Wikipedia too little credit—or Christopher Nolan, the movie’s writer and director, too much. A simple fact-heavy article about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist whose leadership of the Manhattan Project, during the Second World War, produced the atom bomb, turns out to offer more complexity and more enticing detail than Nolan’s script does. And it has more to say about the movie’s essential themes—the ironies and perils that arise when science, ambition, and political power mix—than the movie itself does.

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Wow. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:31, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
Well done, and a good reminder that Wikipedia articles are now sometimes the most useful works on the topic (sometimes the most comprehensive as well). Nick-D (talk) 23:42, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
Obviously my moving all the images around did the trick. You know it's the New Yorker when you read A simple fact-heavy article about J. Robert Oppenheimer COMMA the physicist whose leadership of the Manhattan Project COMMA during the Second World War COMMA produced the atom bomb COMMA turns out to .... See one of the funniest things I've ever read, Dept. of Amplification: William Shawn and the temple of facts. EEng 15:10, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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Recent Reversion of Edit

Hello, in the lead section of the article American logistics in the Normandy Campaign, you reverted my edit - placing a citation needed tag on the sentence “no one expected that it would.” I placed that tag there because it seemed to be very opinionated and was not backed up by any cited sources. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks! JuxtaposedJacob (talk) 17:18, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I have re-checked the sources and decided to remove the sentence. My apologies. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:40, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! Have a nice day!
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MILHIST A-Class preload

Hawkeye, didn't there use to be some sort of preload text when you created an a-class review nomination? I went through the process of starting an a-class review at Talk:John Bullock Clark, and when I went to create the nomination page through the MILHIST wikiproject template, it came up as a blank page. I'm also not seeing the link back to the a-class review page that use to be there on any of the existing nomination pages - did anything change with how ACRs are created? Hog Farm Talk 20:13, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

I had that experience too. I will investigate. I think I know what has happened. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:15, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
Moved discussion to Template talk:WikiProject Military history#MILHIST A-Class preload Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:14, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

william sterling parsons

Hawkeye7, i had a quick question regarding this blurb for this article. the blurb states that parsons "became the deputy commander of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project". is the use of the definite article before "deputy commander" appropriate here? i noticed that the article lead uses neither a definite article nor an indefinite article before "deputy commander", and am not sure why there is a discrepancy. the article body states that parsons and roscoe c. wilson were deputies of commander leslie groves, and is worded in such a way to suggest that parsons and wilson both served as deputies simultaneously, so i had been thinking of either dropping the definite article to conform with the article lead, or replacing it with the indefinite article if the original reason for the use of the definite article in the blurb was a desire to use an article before "deputy commander". dying (talk) 01:53, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

At first there was only one deputy commander, which was Parsons. Roscoe C. Wilson became a second deputy when the USAF became the third service in 1947, so all three services were represented. You can drop the definite article if you like. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:16, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
oh, that's interesting! i guess that means that all three options would technically be correct. however, since using the definite article may suggest that he never served alongside another deputy commander, while using the indefinite article may suggest that he always served alongside at least one other deputy commander, i am hesitant to use either article. on the other hand, i now realize that the definite article may have been added because the blurb uses the phrase "a rear admiral" later in the sentence (while the corresponding sentence in the article lead does not), so using an article before both "deputy commander" and "rear admiral" would improve parallelism.
it was a tough call, but after your explanation, i ended up dropping the definite article to conform with the article lead, so that if someone at wp:errors questions why the blurb doesn't use an article before "deputy commander", at least we can say that it was conformed to the article lead. i also ended up rewording the rest of the sentence so that an article isn't needed before "rear admiral". please feel free to change the blurb if my edit is not to your liking. thanks, Hawkeye7! dying (talk) 04:34, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

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Protecting the TFA

I saw your comments at Pppery's RFA. If you haven't already seen it, I thought you might be interested in the discussion at WT:TFA#Enough is enough, which (though sort of stalled) seems to be leading to a proactive semi-protection of the TFA. Although maybe that discussion is what initiated your comments.

I think the back and forth at the RFA might be due to a lack of clarity of terms; when you say "admins uphold the right of vandals to attack the front page by refusing to protect it", obviously vandals can't edit the front page, including the TFA blurb; they can (currently) edit the TFA article itself, but that isn't on the front page, it's just linked from there. In fact, no article linked from the front page is automatically protected. The TFA section of the main page is protected exactly the same as the other sections.

Finally, gently, I'm a little taken aback by the claims that "admins" uphold the right of vandals ... by refusing to protect it. In my experience, the occasional proposal to automatically protect it was supported by a majority of admins, but was opposed by a majority of non-admins, who saw it as a slippery slope to eventually increase the number of pages that are fully protected. It's unfair to blame admins for following the will of the community as a whole. Maybe you were blaming "admins" at the RFA to make your point, but it's inaccurate, and (in my own case) somewhat insulting. If you want to blame the community for "upholding the rights of vandals", that's slightly more on point, but still pretty unfair and insulting. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:57, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

You are completely right. The routine surge of vandalism of the TFA article has been a major frustration to me. I accept your point about it being unfair, but you know, with great power comes great responsibility. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:23, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
In fact, it appears User:Courcelles was routinely semi-protecting the TFA for about 2 weeks in July. I'm not sure why he stopped. Floquenbeam (talk) 23:10, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Because I flat out started forgetting? Courcelles (talk) 23:21, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Which is why we need the adminbot. It shouldn’t depend on one person remembering, not being busy, not having the power go out, etc. Courcelles (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
I thought maybe you got yelled at. I'd agree with the admin bot. A bot already move-protects it. Would adding a semi-protection task require a Bot noticeboard discussion, or could someone... just do it? Floquenbeam (talk) 23:26, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Nope, never got yelled at. But between some busy days, some standard Summertime power outages, and being good at long term memorization but not at short term daily chores, sometimes I forgot. I did not like the porn in TFA, at all. Courcelles (talk) 23:29, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
As to doing it, I think there’s a BRFA on hold… Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TFA Protector Bot 3 is very much forgotten about. Courcelles (talk) 23:30, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
I thought you had gotten yelled at too. Thanks for what you did. It was appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:23, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
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TFA for Howard Florey

Hi Hawkeye, does a TFA set for October 25 work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 03:38, 3 September 2023 (UTC) Btw, I'll take a shot at the blurb, but feel free to fix my mistakes. - Dank (push to talk) 15:17, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Should be okay. The article was only recently promoted. Unfortunately, I couldn't get History of penicillin through GA. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:48, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
I would be happy to help with that if I didn't suck at GAN. - Dank (push to talk) 20:27, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023

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Good article reassessment for Netball

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Assessment for Aviatik C.VI

On the assessment request page, you reassessed this article as a B, but forgot to update the talk page accordingly. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 08:43, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

I didn't assess it. Edits to the page made it look like I did. [164] Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
Curious, but thanks anyway.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:57, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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Good article reassessment for John von Neumann

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DYK nomination of James Edward Moore

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nerva

Hawkeye7, i had a quick question regarding this article. the statement that uranium-233 "has a higher number of neutrons per fission event" [link removed] compared to uranium-235 thoroughly confused me, as i had believed that uranium-235 had two more neutrons than uranium-233, regardless of any fission events. after looking through the cited borowski source, i realized that what was of interest was that uranium-233 had a "large ν-value", where ν is defined on page 6 as "the average number of neutrons (both prompt and delayed) released per fission reaction".

would it be proper to replace "higher number of neutrons" with "higher average number of neutrons released", or perhaps just "higher number of neutrons released"? admittedly, i am not a nuclear physicist, so i don't know if how the passage is currently worded is reflective of the literature, but i thought i might make the suggestion to help prevent others like me from being confused. dying (talk) 00:57, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done This comes from knowing the topic all too well. Uranium-233 emits 2.5 neutrons per fission event on average compared with 2.4 for uranium-235. Tweaked the wording to make it clearer as to what I am talking about. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:07, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
looks good. thanks, Hawkeye7! dying (talk) 06:04, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

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Lisa Nowak

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 14 September 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/September 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. I've also selected NERVA for September 28, 2023; the same applies to that. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 23:15, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

@Courcelles: Heads up. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
Watchlisted. I am surprised that’s even lasting routine editing without semi. Courcelles (talk) 23:36, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
I know I would get yelled at for protecting a month in advance, though. Courcelles (talk) 23:38, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
There's been considerable discussion at WP:ERRORS and even WP:AN/I and I've pulled the article from the main page. See there for details. Wehwalt (talk) 13:28, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
I have WP:ERRORS watchlisted but, due to the time difference, it all occurred while I was asleep. The irony is that before I started working on the article, the bulk of the article was about the 2007 incident. I rebalanced it by expanding the other sections. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:59, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you today for NERVA, about "the NASA nuclear rocket project. Unlike its forerunner, Project Rover, it developed entire engines and not just reactors for them."! - Sorry that I missed thanks for Lisa Novak, so late thanks for balancing that article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

TFA

Hi Hawkeye. I am looking at scheduling British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany on 30 November. Do you fancy generating a blurb? Gog the Mild (talk) 21:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

I will generate a blurb. However, I would greatly prefer that Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign be run instead. Since British logistics in the Normandy campaign was run in June, the readers will get the articles in chronological order. It will also align with the time of year. I have prepared a blurb for Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany/archive1 too. Please check both for my usual typos, and let me know if you prefer different images for either of them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:16, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
No problem. British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign it is - good points. And thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:20, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
I expect that I will also be scheduling February and May. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:21, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
February would be a good time to run British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:31, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
And perhaps save the Americans for VE Day? Gog the Mild (talk) 00:38, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Have to get that one through FAC first. We should also work in Talk:American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign at some point. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:03, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
No problem. You have the reviewers queued up. It will just roll through. Gog the Mild (talk) 02:47, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
We decided to run British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign in November, yes? At least, I have it scheduled for the 30th. If you are ok with that do you want to have first go at the blurb or would you prefer me to? Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Ok, I've found it. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:57, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Question

Hello, congratulations on getting NERVA to FA status. I went to the main page with the hopes of finding a good-quality article to use as a model and I found the one you wrote. I recently wrote this article [168], I've edited for years but only recently switched to the sfn template system. That article I've linked had a big number of newspaper citations despite initially believing I'd mostly write the article based on journals, so for the first time I applied sfn on some sources and the normal etiquettes <ref></ref> on others. Your FA also has variation, so my question was the following.

Could you explain to me when is sfn applied? As I understand it is used for journals and books, or for citations with pages. I don't know which one of the two. In my article there's two cited pageless journals, one is self-published (reference 16) and another is I believe a peer-reviewed journal (reference 5). I did not use sfn on the first but I did on the second. Would this be appropriate? Sorry for randomly coming here asking for help, hopefully you can lend me a hand. Regards, Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 21:55, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

{{sfn}} can be used for websites but is really only useful for books, journals and reports that have pages and therefore need a page number to locate the relevant textual source. Hence my style is to use it only for the former. The {{cite}} templates create the anchor and the {{sfn}} creates the appropriate links. They are easier to use than the older {{harvnb}} templates which require a name attrubute on the reference tag. This makes it simpler to add and remove text. Reference 5 could use a page number, being a book. Reference 16 is okay (I tweaked it to remove a warning); journals are a border case and some editors use sfn but others not, as the journal may be in (or is accessed in) electronic form. So your usage is fine and quite appropriate. I urge you to add access-date cards to the references, as this will allow the bots to create archive references when link rot occurs. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Thank you a lot for your help. Generally I only add access-dates for websites that do not feature publication dates, I find it superfluous in any other case. As far as I know, bots still create archives without adding an access-date. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 18:05, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Alan Shepard scheduled for TFA

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British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign scheduled for TFA

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Commiserations

 The Lead Coordinator stars 
On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your re-election to the position of Lead Coordinator, I present you with the Lead Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! You will need it, as while you are far and away the best candidate for the role, with an inspiring track record, I cannot but feel that a year of the attempted herding of cats that is MilHist constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. No doubt you will somehow manage to do the seemingly impossible with your usual efficiency and panache, for which all of us who appreciate the project will again be deeply grateful. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Uncivil conduct

I plan to report your actions on Relief of Douglas MacArthur to an administrator outside the content issue listed at Third Opinion. But I wanted to give you a chance to respond here first and potentially resolve the issue. My main concerns:

1. You are being dismissive when telling me to "read the article" multiple times when I asked for a source. Simply pointing to a specific citation will allow us to move the conversation forward.
2. You removed my citation needed tag, saying it was a blockable offense and "don't do it again." When I asked the source of authority for this offense you simply repeated the assertion without a source, ignoring my cited passage that indicates a different path you should have taken. I am well aware of the normal way of writing leads according to MOS:CITELEAD. But various situations call for a citation in the lead, such as (1) a quote of opinion in the lead, and (2) material in the lead that does not appear in the article (as in this case).

To be clear, I understand that some of the wording in the lead sentences I highlighted is sourced in the article. But the sentences, as written, do not appear in the article that I can see. Please restore the citation needed tags or point to the citations that support these sentences. Thank you. Airborne84 (talk) 01:03, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Hawkeye's comments at Talk:Relief of Douglas MacArthur#Civilian control of the military, which is what I presume you're referring to, are perfectly civil. You appear to be basing your arguments on a master's thesis and a War on the Rocks article that agree with your views, when Hawkeye is rightly noting that this issue is debated. 'Citation needed' tag bombing the lead of a featured article is very unhelpful behaviour, given that the material is cited later in the article. Threatening Hawkeye with bad consequences if they don't go along with you as you are doing in the first para of this post is also an unhelpful and uncivil way to conduct yourself. I'd suggest dropping the stick here. Nick-D (talk) 02:42, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Nick-D, no, Talk:Relief of Douglas MacArthur#Civilian control of the military, is a different section with a separate topic. This is about the section above it called "Lead issues." And I did not "citation bomb" the article. The first thing I did was ask on the talk page for a citation for material that appears unsourced. It is unclear to me why pointing to the citation(s) is such a hard thing. I don't treat other editors so dismissively. That would be uncivil. Airborne84 (talk) 12:39, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Please don't bite the newcomer next time Hawkeye7. You appear to value your time. I value mine. You wasted quite a bit of mine until someone else came along and provided the sources you would not provide (which were not in "Huntington" where you said I should read through). I hope you consider this the next time someone tries to improve an article you've working on, FA or not. Thanks. Airborne84 (talk) 00:28, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
  • Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
  • Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

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Promotion of American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany

Congratulations, Hawkeye7! The article you nominated, American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

DYK for James Edward Moore

On 19 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Edward Moore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Edward Moore was the chief of staff of the Ninth United States Army, which Omar Bradley described as "uncommonly normal"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Edward Moore. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Edward Moore), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of 2023 AFL Grand Final

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ITN recognition for 2023 AFL Grand Final

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TFA again

October songs
my story today

Thank you today for Howard Florey, about "the scientist who led the team that developed penicillin. They developed techniques for growing, purifying and manufacturing the drug, determined its chemical and physical structure, discovered how it worked, tested it for toxicity and efficacy on animals, and carried out the first clinical trials. The development of antibiotics revolutionised medicine and agriculture. His discoveries are estimated to have saved over 80 million lives, and earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945."! - Thanks also for the other great achievements just on this page! - Did you know that the image in your edit notice doesn't show? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I never got around to fixing it. Have now. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:18, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

A-Class Assessment

I am learning from the assessments and further comments on the History of military logistics review. It seems I need some catching up to do get up to speed on what is required for a review or various aspects of it. Great article. Trivial aside: I have a copy of the American Civil War railroad photo in the article, which I framed. Donner60 (talk) 03:45, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Those top-level articles are very hard to write. They have to cover a lot of ground and some of it I have little knowledge of. I tried to make the article as global as possible and not just restricted to Europe. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:23, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
I think you have handled it superbly. I have some familiarity with the topic but not over all times and all regions. I am not expert to be sure. I have found that some of the FA assessment information and instruction pages are applicable for A-class reviews. Now I have some information about aspects of the review that I did not fully understand earlier so I have some hope of being a useful reviewer of the higher class articles eventually. Donner60 (talk) 18:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
My field of expertise is the world wars, but only the English-speaking countries. I knew about the ancient period, and read a couple of books on the medieval period, including one that discussed meso-America, about which I know little. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Misplaced comment?

This looks to be misplaced, somehow. I would have moved it, but trying to edit the full source of a large page makes my phone unhappy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Caused by an edit conflict. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:36, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Hawkeye7:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 900 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Weird case changes

This is not constructive at all. It doesn't agree with the way anyone else on WP is writing, it's introducing confusing case inconsistency in the same page, it's WP:MEATBOT unconstructive and very unnecessary twiddling with code for no reader benefit of any kind, and multiple editors are reverting you.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  09:21, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

I was only following the advice in the MOS. MOS:PIPESTYLE: Links are not sensitive to initial capitalization, so there is no need to use the pipe character where the case of the initial letter is the only difference between the link text and the target page. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:49, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ken Mattingly

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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, Delaware BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

  • Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
  • England Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
  • Delaware BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
  • Berkelland LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
  • Ukraine Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of 2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships

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Nomination of 2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023

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Mercury Seven

Any thoughts on running this one on April 9 at TFA? - Dank (push to talk) 21:40, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

The 65th anniversary of their selection. Sure. Article is in good shape. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:52, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Niels Bohr

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 10 December 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2023. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before the article appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! Also note that Oppenheimer security hearing will appear on December 17, 2023, same caution.—Wehwalt (talk) 21:41, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Bohr postponed to December 27. Thanks for your understanding. Wehwalt (talk) 15:26, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm wondering why you changed capitalization at least twice,[196][197] once after being reverted and the edit explained.[198] (Others have now fixed it.) I hope you haven't been doing this elsewhere. I have never seen that done, and that is not the way we do it. Why did you insist on doing it? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:02, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I haven't edited that article in nearly a month. The explanation is above at #Weird case changes: I was only following the guideline. If you don't think that is the way we should do it, seek consensus to change the MOS. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:59, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Maybe that wording should be modified since you (alone) interpret it as you do. It applies to the last part of a piped link, in the following example the word "consensus" [[WP:Consensus|"consensus"]]. It does not apply to what's before it. Your interpretation is quite unique, and we have never seen others do it.
I'm not even sure that section applies here. The examples don't illustrate such usage. It does apply to what comes after the pipe character (|). -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 18:07, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
The guideline seems clear to me: Links are not sensitive to initial capitalization, so there is no need to use the pipe character where the case of the initial letter is the only difference between the link text and the target page. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:19, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
There is no dispute about that. This is more about changing something that doesn't need to be changed, especially reverting other experienced editors who reject your change. That's disruptive. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 01:53, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
It was only done while making another change (ie not a meatbot change). I wasn't the one being disruptive. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:12, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you today for your share of Alan Shepard, introduced (in 2017): "This article is about Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and one of twelve men to walk on the moon."! - Nice to see him on his birthday! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

... and today for British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, introduced: "The concluding article in the series on British logistics in the campaign in North West Europe in 1944-1945, taking the story down to the conclusion of the war in Europe. (Its American counterpart is still in the works.) For some reason the campaigns of 1945 has not been covered in the literature or the Wikipedia nearly as well as those of 1944. Once again though, I have uncovered some striking images and maps and high quality sources."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Logistics

Hey Hawkeye, long time no see. I'm continually amazed that railways in warfare and railways in World War I are red links. I have quite a few books on the subject but mostly focusing on the UK and all in English. I'm not sure I could do it justice. As our resident expert in military logistics, do you have any thoughts? Does the material you have on logistics in general cover railways? How would you go about writing something like that from a global perspective? Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

These top-level articles are always difficult to write, and I already failed at FAC with History of military logistics. (Almost) all my sources are in English too (I have a couple in Russian):
  • Pratt, The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 (1915) Covers everything up to 1915 pretty well. There's also:
    • Hess, Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation (2017) is about the American Rebellion
    • Showalter, Railroads and Rifles - The Influence of Technological Development on German Military Thought and Practice, 1815-1866 (1970)
  • Patrikeeff & Shukman, Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War (2007)
So far so good, but when it comes to the Great War I have great sources for the British:
  • Henniker Transportation on the Western Front (1937)
  • Brown British Logistics on the Western Front (1997)
  • Pratt British Railways and the Great War: Organisation, Efforts, Difficulties and Achievements (1921)
But are lacking works on Germany, Russia and France.
World War II is similar; I have good material on the UK (Red books) and US (Green books) but need material on Germany. I do have a Russian source (it's in English):
  • Construction of New Railway Communications During the Great Patriotic War (on the Example of Construction of the Kizlyar-astrakhan Railway in 1941-1942) Vinogradov, Sergey V. ; Ubushaev, Vladimir B. ; Ivanova, Ekaterina A. Voprosy istorii, 2019 (12), p.124-130
  • "The Trans-Siberian Railway and the Problem of Soviet Supply" A. J. Grajdanzev Pacific Affairs , Dec., 1941, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Dec., 1941), pp. 388-415 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2752258
  • Mierzejewski The Collapse of the German War Economy, 1944-1945 : Allied air power and the German National Railway (1988)
I would be willing to collaborate on such a project. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:14, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Hmm. At least you got some good feedback on that. The trouble you've got with such a broad article is the scope. At least we wouldn't have to worry about neolithic railways! I know wooden wheels on tracks go back millenia but it shouldn't be a stretch to scope it to mechanical trains. The equine equivalent articles, eg Horses in World War I, could be useful templates. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:14, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
I bit off more than I could chew. Structure wasn't really the problem, it was people continually asking for more, and the article swelled up in size. There were big gaps in my personal knowledge. Feedback was good, and gave me some areas to investigate. Boned up on warfare in pre-Columbian America. The advice to write the subarticles first was sound, but that would be a multi-year project for an individual editor. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:32, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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GA mentorship

Hello from the former colony on the other side of the world! I'm about to embark on my first GA review and thought I'd enlist your help. The article in question is Secret Empire (1974 comic). Given the dreadful state of comic articles on WP, I was especially impressed by this one. Meets all the criteria from where I'm sitting, except that a couple of the sources may be questionable. I'd love your input and help with the process. Ta! Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 03:09, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Sure. Ask away. I remember those issues. Steve Englehart wrote them about the same time as he was working on The Avengers. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:38, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm concerned about the state of sourcing in the article, in particular the use of Newsarama, 13th Dimension, and AIPT Comics. These sound more like fanzines than RS sufficient to meet GA criteria. There's also extensive use of primary sources, i.e. material created by Marvel itself. Have a look and LMK your thoughts. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 05:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
  • GA criteria require only "reliable sources" and not high quality ones like FAC
  • There is nothing wrong with primary sources so long as they are used appropriately. In this case, Marvel is used as a source for publication information, and is an authoritative source for this. So that is fine.
  • AIPT, Newsrama, Polygon and Scify are journalistic news site and not fan ones. They are okay.
  • That leaves 13th Dimension. However, since the article in question was written by Steve Englehart, I would accept it.
  • Therefore. the sourcing is fine. (Suggest including what I have written here in the review.)
  • It would be nice if the bibliography was aligned and in alphabetical order, but this is not required. (And Dittmer and Weiner (2012) is not used.)
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:30, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks so much! This makes it easier. I've claimed the article to review. I know I need to use the pass/fail templates, but is it required to use the GA review template as well? Or can I just write a few sentences explaining my rationale? Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 05:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
Use of the templates is not obligatory. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:41, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

The article is only a couple weeks old. Is that long enough to meet the stability criteria? Can an article be considered "stable" if it's only been online for two weeks w/ no chance for other editors to improve it?

Despite being new, the article has already been assessed as C Class by its own author. I didn't think editors were allowed to review their own articles and I'm not sure if I should accept the editor's assertion as a legitimate assessment. Said author/editor claimed they did it "as a placeholder" and admitted that nothing has been done to the article since then. If that's the case and if we accept the author's assessment, I'm tempted to say the article does not meet GA criteria, since nothing's been done to improve it since being assessed.

My tentative is to WP:GAN/I#HOLD the nom, but do I have grounds? Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 22:34, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

In MILHIST we usually have another editor (or, more often these days, automatically bycat the MILHIST bot) assess the article but self-assessment is common in some projects. You don't need to accept their assessment because you are already reassessing the article against the GA criteria, and a GA rating will override the original rating. It is common for articles to be nominated soon after creation. Stability is usually taken to me that there is no edit warring or a major upgrade in progress. You have no grounds to put an article on hold unless you have provided a list of changes you wish the nominator to make in order to meet the GA criteria. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

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New Brill Companion

You may have seen this already -- but if not, Brill have just published a new companion to diet and logistics in Greek and Roman warfare. I haven't checked but should be available via TWL. Much of it seems to be about what soldiers ate, but Part 3 is dedicated to how they got that food out to the armies, and looks at Persia as well as Greece and Rome themselves. UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:09, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I had not seen it. I will see if I can get hold of a copy. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:20, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

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December: story · music · places

Thank you today for Oppenheimer security hearing, introduced (in 2015): "This article is about Robert Oppenheimer's 1954 security hearing, which resulted in his Q clearance being revoked. This marked the end of his formal relationship with the government of the United States, and generated controversy as to whether his treatment was fair, or an expression of McCarthyist anti-Communist hysteria."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:05, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Frohe Weihnachten! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Thank you, - singing pictured on my user page (and here) ;) - Thank you today for Niels Bohr, introduced 10 years ago: "Continuing the mission to bring the Manhattan Project articles to Featured, I present one of the most famous physicists of all time: Niels Bohr. The Bohr model is what comes to mind when most people think of atoms." - My story today is about a cantata first performed 300 years ago OTD, and on DYK in 2010. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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