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Welcome to my talk page. Unless you request otherwise, I will respond here. If I left a comment on your talk page, i'll watch the page for a week or until you reply, whichever comes first. Alternatively you can respond here. Have a nice day.

TFA

Thank you for Isabelle Eberhardt, "an incredibly unique woman. Eberhardt challenged both gender and racial norms, explored extensively, spoke five language fluently, survived an assassination attempt and became a successful writer before a tragic death in 1904 at the age of 27."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It was my pleasure. :) I've just found her incredibly fascinating since I first read about her in a book about two and a half years ago. Her Wikipedia article was pretty poor at the time so naturally I had to fix that haha. Freikorp (talk) 05:17, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would also like to thank you for this well developed article on Isabelle Eberhardt. I had never come across her before but agree with you that her life needed to be fully documented on Wikipedia. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 10:19, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Today, we thank you for "an awesomely stupid film from the Resident Evil franchise"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Haha you are most welcome. I've loved this film since it first came out, in spite of the fact it's pure silliness. Freikorp (talk) 09:15, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Today, it's DJ AM, "a DJ who had a short but very interesting and tragic life." - sharing the Main page my my DYK #1000 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Crowns

Hey, are you still doing these?  — Calvin999 10:35, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Heya, yeah I guess so haha since nobody else ever does, that's why I started doing them in the first place. I'll start working on the backlog now. Freikorp (talk) 11:29, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Haha. Thanks.  — Calvin999 11:55, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

  • United States Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
  • Germany FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
  • India Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
  • United States Ceranthor, India Numerounovedant, Minnesota Carbrera, Netherlands Farang Rak Tham and Romania Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Freikorp reported to administrators' noticeboard for incidents Information icon

User:Freikorp has been reported to the administrators' noticeboard for incidents Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. for repetitive and disruptive editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peacenik162 (talk • contribs) 00:30, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, Peacenik162's attempt to have me blocked backfired severely. Their complaint was dismissed, and they instead received an official warning for edit warring. They ignored that warning, just like they've ignored every other piece of advise they have been given, and accordingly they have been temporarily blocked from editing. That's what happens when you completely trample all over Wikipedia's guidelines then falsely accuse other people of violating them. Better luck next time. Freikorp (talk) 08:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your user name

Considering Freikorps, would you consider changing your name? Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:34, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Beyond My Ken: I must say I'm surprised and somewhat perplexed to see this request. I am well aware of the history associated with the Freikorps. I am of German, Irish, Chinese and Maori heritage (yes, really) and I am fascinated by the history associated with all these peoples. I also have a strong interest in military history. I can only assume this request has something to do with the fact certain Freikorps were associated with the Nazi Party. However, the concept of volunteer Freikorp units dates back to the 18th century. The Freikorps were not Nazis; such a belief is an oversimplification of a complex issue. I'm actually mildly offended by this request as my interpretation of it is that I should be ashamed of my German heritage. I'd be equally upset if I'd picked a username based on Irish heritage that could be tangibly linked to Irish republican groups (A lot of Irish military and political groups are connected to The Troubles in some manner), and you asked me to change that, or if I'd picked a Chinese username that could be somehow connected to the current Chinese government, which as I'm sure you're aware has a pretty poor human rights record. I've been editing Wikipedia for 10 years. I picked the name 10 years ago when I was obviously younger and actually in the army myself, it's not a username I'd register today, though I don't see a major issue with it. Can you explain a bit better what your issue with it is? Thanks. Freikorp (talk) 01:56, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I know that you're a Wikipedia of long standing - if you weren't, I probably would have headed directly to WP:UAA instead of here. I can't say that I have as deep an understanding of the history of the Freikorps as you do, but I am aware that they predate the inter-war period. And you are right that to say "Freikorps = Nazi" is a drastic and unsupportable simplification. Nevertheless, in my opinion -- and I'm fully aware that many on Wikipedia would disagree -- "Freikorps" as a concept has been irrevocably stained by the historical connection between them and the Nazis, much as the term "stormtrooper" -- a perfectly reasonable description of a certain kind of shock troop -- is now permanently unusable without bringing up Nazi connotations. (It was no accident that Star Wars chose "stormtroopers" to describe the Imperial troops, the clear purpose was to make it obvious to the audience that they were the bad guys.)
We live in bad times, Freikorp. Every single day I deal with numerous attempts to soften the history of the Nazis, to make current neo-Nazi groups look more palatable, or to burnish the reputation of Holocaust deniers. I don't think that you are one of those people, I think you are a dedicated editor of Wikipedia, but I also think that a name that might have passed muster 10 years ago is, in 2018, less acceptable than it was.
Since you quite apparently don't want to change your name, I will do nothing further. I have no plans to go to UAA, or the noticeboards, or even to continue the discussion here. You have no reason to be worried that I'm going to hassle you in any way. I simply thought that, given the chance, you might take into account the feelings of other Wikipedians and consider a name change. That you didn't is, to my mind, unfortunate, but that's the way it is. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Beyond My Ken: I appreciate your honesty and the fact you've contacted me about the issue here. I can see your point about the Nazis having tainted the term. The Nazis tainted a lot of things unfortunately. I would, for example, wholeheartedly support my government bringing in a solid eugenics program. In saying that I feel the need to clarify I don't believe in necessarily preserving the "purity" of any race, as I said I am a mixed-race person, and the last time I looked into the very limited research that gets done on eugenics today it seemed to indicate that our species would be better off if there was more race-mixing. Nevertheless, the Nazis tainted the whole concept of eugenics research with their bullshit ideas about racial purity, so no government is going to bring one in probably for centuries, which is a right shame as far as I'm concerned.
I hate the alt-right, I really do. At this point I'm tempted to waffle into how much I hate them, but I won't. I'm a little hurt by you saying I'm not taking other Wikipedian's feelings into consideration. The fact remains you're the first person who's brought the issue up with me. If multiple people had told me they find my username offensive I would have changed it years ago. The Freikorps have been largely forgotten by history. I'd say at least 9 out of 10 people wouldn't have a clue who they were. When I was a teenager 'Freikorp' was my username for everything; today this is the only place where I still use it. Over the years many people have asked me what the name meant, several have asked me if I was German, but nobody ever asked me if I was affiliated with any kind of neo-nazi group. But i understand the alt-right movement is, unfortunately, gaining a lot of steam. I'd hate people to think I was affiliated with them. Tell you what, I'm OK with you bringing my name up at UAA if you want to. If a consensus is reached that it is offensive I'll happily change it. Before today I've literally never considered that somebody might be offended by it. Freikorp (talk) 09:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I just remembered, only one other person on Wikipedia has ever said anything about my username. In awarding me the The World War Barnstar, User:Matty.007 said it was "a suitable and yet fun username inspired by the German inter-war period". Freikorp (talk) 09:43, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

Please keep 3RR in mind on Y&R ANZ. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. I think I'm going to take a step back from that article anyway, I hate getting into conflicts on Wikipedia, but then again I also hate people removing referenced content without giving any explanation. What can you do? :) Freikorp (talk) 09:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

David Meade (author)

I would love to see the article David Meade (author) be reviewed. Feel free to review it. LovelyGirl7 talk 14:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@LovelyGirl7: I've started the review and have completed comments regarding prose, reference formatting and images. If these issues are addressed I will review whether the sources are reliable and verifiable, and we can move forward from there. :) Freikorp (talk) 09:46, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Freikorp: I’m still working on the article and addressing the concerns at the GA review, but what do you think so far about my edits I’ve did? I still have a couple more to address but just curious. —LovelyGirl7 talk 22:23, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Freikorp: I replied to you once again. LovelyGirl7 talk 19:05, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@LovelyGirl7: Sorry just noticed your last comment here as well. It's looking pretty good so far. Will let you know on the GA review page if anything isn't good enough. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Freikorp: I’ve replied to you once again. —LovelyGirl7 talk 01:56, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, I'm watching the page so I'll notice any new replies that come in. :) Freikorp (talk) 07:54, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Freikorp: I replied to some of your comments on the review again. I’m still working on fixing the issues though however. —LovelyGirl7 talk 17:34, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Freikorp: I’ve replied to you once again. I’m still working on addressing the rest of the concerns. You could check off the “Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions” as well.
@Freikorp: feel free to reply to my statements. Also I replied to the “David Meade told Washington Post” part. It is unknown as to when he said he got it from codes in the Bible. —LovelyGirl7 talk 15:38, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You don't have to use the ping function on my talk page. I'm automatically notified when my talk page is edited. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I replied again to some of your comments. --LovelyGirl7 talk 02:09, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Replied again. —LovelyGirl7 talk 12:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Replied once again. LovelyGirl7 talk 16:06, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied to you again. --LovelyGirl7 talk 12:14, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I replied to your statement about the Disclose.tv source. --LovelyGirl7 talk 00:34, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia meetup

G'day, Freikorp. I noticed the photo on your User page, taken at the "Wikipedia meetup" in Sydney. I am from Sydney myself, and I would be interested to know about events like that. Are they open to general editors, or just a group of friends? If they are open, can you tell me how I can find out when and where they will be held?--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gronk Oz, and thanks for your message. They are most certainly open to all editors. You can keep track of what's happening in the way of Sydney meetups by watching the page Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney. The January 2018 meetup, where that photo was taken, was actually the first meetup in Sydney for quite some time. We were hoping Sydney meetups would become a regular thing again though, as they apparently were a couple years ago. No one is 'in charge' of organising the meet-ups so at this stage I have no idea when someone will propose another one. Feel free to propose one yourself and just post it at that page. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:16, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks for that, @Freikorp: I have added that page to my Watchlist, and added the category "Wikipedians in Sydney" to my User page. It would be nice to meet some people in person.--Gronk Oz (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Daft Club cited reference

I hate to mention this, but that book appears to lift its wording directly from lines in the Daft Club Wikipedia article (and related articles). As I mentioned before, the information about the service shutting down was added as firsthand knowledge — a wiki editor noticed the Daft Club site stopped working back in 2003, and added the info to the wiki page. I leave for it to you to determine how to handle the use of the book as a source. jhsounds (talk) 02:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Well-spotted. Obviously I'd prefer if they hadn't lifted the information from Wikipedia as per WP:CIRCULAR. However, personally I don't have a problem with it in this case as we both know the information is completely accurate. The information cited is not used to say anything controversial or that is ever likely to be challenged in itself, and whether they lifted it or not it has been published by an established and reliable source. I'm happy to leave it as is. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:38, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Prison education

The article Prison education you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Prison education for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aoba47 -- Aoba47 (talk) 19:41, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
I'm awarding this to you for your outstanding contributions to Wikipedia, as well as for reviewing my GANs. You really make Wiki a better place! Best regards; Cartoon network freak (talk) 17:05, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much. :) Freikorp (talk) 19:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Crown

Congratulations to Freikorp, who is awarded the WikiProject Video games Triple Crown for their various video game-related articles. Well done. JOEBRO64 11:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

More than happy to process your nomination! JOEBRO64 11:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Riot shield

The article Riot shield you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Riot shield for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 15:41, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Purple Barnstar

The Purple Barnstar
I can think of no one on this entire site who deserves this barnstar more than you do. The fact that you endured months of belligerence and borderline harassment at both of Jill Valentine's FAC's and the later peer review, and that you never once lost your cool—I'm in awe! Bravo! I've been depressed about how the whole saga ended, so I've taken it upon myself to adopt Jill Valentine. I'm nearly done with the article, and hope to renominate it at FAC in a couple of weeks. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:54, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, and thanks for letting me know about the upcoming nomination. After how I was treated and the stress I suffered as a result I'm still not willing to work on the article again myself at this stage, but I'm very happy someone else has taken over the project. Best of luck with it; unfortunately as one person has made it their mission in life to make all the article's nominations as difficult as possible you're going to need all the luck you can get I'm afraid. Freikorp (talk) 03:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

for your excellent work on Death of Ms Dhu.[1]

Thanks. It's such a sad case. I really hope it finally results in people not be jailed for fines anymore. Freikorp (talk) 07:23, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, though it's been two years now, and nothing yet. I was moved by this mix of rap/choral music. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:41, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

please help translate this message into your local language via meta
The 2017 Cure Award
In 2017 you were one of the top ~250 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:02, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What a nice surprise. Thanks for letting me know. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:18, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Prison education

On 30 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prison education, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the United States, it is estimated that for every dollar spent on prison education, $4 to $5 is saved due to decreases in recidivism? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prison education. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Prison education), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
  • Republic of Texas Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
  • India Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
  • United States Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
  • San Francisco Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
  • South Carolina Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Death of Ms Dhu

The article Death of Ms Dhu you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Death of Ms Dhu for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Drown Soda -- Drown Soda (talk) 03:01, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Riot shield

On 5 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Riot shield, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that riot shields (example pictured) may actually encourage protesters to throw things at police? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Riot shield), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK stats archive

There's no need to edit the archive, other than getting complete months over from the actual page. Will archive March now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. Freikorp (talk) 23:19, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: April 2018



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Sydney meetup

Hi Freikorp. I'm contacting you because I understand you attended the most recent Sydney meetup in January. I'm a Wikimedian from Perth, and a member of the Perth meetup group. I will be visiting Sydney on the weekend of 26-27 May, and I'm interested in organising a meetup. Are you available to attend? I'm assuming that the preferred time would be the Saturday evening (26 May), but I could also make it earlier in the day, or on the Sunday during the day. If there's enough interest, I'll create a new page and ping a few other Sydney-based editors. Bahnfrend (talk) 12:37, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the late reply Bahnfrend; I got distracted then forgot this comment was here. Yes I'll be free that weekend and would be happy to attend if an event is arranged. Saturday evening or Sunday day would be preferable with me. :) Freikorp (talk) 05:25, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prison Education

Hello Freikorp:

I've finished going through the Prison education article after the work done by HLHJ. I see that you are getting some suggestions from other editors. When it happens I'm sure the peer review will be helpful. Because of its world-wide scope it's a massive undertaking to put an article like this together. Good luck moving forward.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:56, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot I appreciate it. Freikorp (talk) 22:46, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Ms Dhu

Looks great; cheers. Freikorp (talk) 06:36, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Death of Ms Dhu

On 20 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Death of Ms Dhu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a coroner's inquest into the death of Ms Dhu found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police and "deficient" treatment by hospital staff? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Ms Dhu. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Death of Ms Dhu), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 01:12, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Saumarez Homestead

Thanks for the kind note - alas, I can't take credit for it! The New South Wales State Heritage Register has been released under a CC-BY license, allowing us to use its wealth of information about historic NSW sites. Kerry Raymond has created a wikifier-thingamajig which makes it easy to generate articles (or parts of articles) from the SHR material (as she did previously in Queensland), and we're just starting to be able to roll it out this week. Some of the articles are more useful than others, and I've been making judgment calls about how much to use in merges where we've already got an article, but Saumarez is a great example of one of their entries providing a wealth of information that would take an immense amount of work to replicate on our own. The Drover's Wife (talk) 12:55, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for James Francis Dwyer

On 31 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Francis Dwyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before becoming a successful writer, James Francis Dwyer was sentenced to seven years in prison for forgery and uttering? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Francis Dwyer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, James Francis Dwyer), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:27, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mos:hash listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mos:hash. Since you had some involvement with the Mos:hash redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 00:33, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: May 2018



Headlines
  • Armenia report: GLAM meetings and collaborations
  • Australia report: GLAM Peak having impact & International Museum Day edit-a-thon
  • Belgium report: Public domain month celebration; Edit-a-thon Amnesty International Vlaanderen; Upcoming photo contest: Wiki Loves Heritage
  • Brazil report: New milestones for Brazilian GLAMs
  • France report: Bibliothèque universitaire de la Sorbonne; Laboratoire Latmos; Study day on photographic as heritage
  • Germany report: Two fantastic weekends with science fiction literature and the history of mining made audible
  • Ireland report: First Irish GLAM upload to Wikimedia Commons; Hunt Museum is first Irish GLAM to donate images to Wikimedia Commons
  • Italy report: Contests, webinair and meetings
  • Macedonia report: GLAM activities
  • Netherlands report: Women Tech Storm, GWToolset workshop and Wiki goes Caribbean
  • Norway report: Bodil Biørn and human rights
  • Portugal report: FEM's GLAM and Guinea-Bissau
  • Russia report: GLAM in Russia: need more contests
  • Serbia report: Wikipedian in residence in the Museum of Yugoslavia
  • Sweden report: Democracy; Museum of World Culture
  • UK report: Scottish Library and Information Council
  • USA report: AfroCROWD Wikipedia Editor's Article on Doria Ragland Tops Wiki Search List For UK Royal Wedding: Libraries Key in her Wikipedian Journey
  • Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes
  • Wikidata report: EuropeanaTech conference, Lexicographical data, plus all your usual news
  • WMF GLAM report: Recent travels; Structured Data on Commons updates
  • Calendar: June's GLAM events
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Your GA nomination of James Francis Dwyer

The article James Francis Dwyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Francis Dwyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 13:01, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:OPERPARA listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:OPERPARA. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:OPERPARA redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  10:44, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah not really interested hey. I don't even remember creating it to be honest. If it's not helpful just delete it, though personally I don't understand what the harm is/why it's worth the effort to get rid of it. Anyway have a nice day. Freikorp (talk) 10:53, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mazama

Hi Freikorp, I've opened a peer review on Mount Mazama. I'd appreciate any additional suggestions you have regarding the prose, comprehensiveness, or images, among others. Thanks! ceranthor 21:09, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:49, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ceranthor: Prison education has been nominated for FAC if you've got the time. :) Freikorp (talk) 10:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
Thank you for your help with the GAN reviews. I have a lot of respect for you as an editor/contributor and it is always great to work with you. Aoba47 (talk) 20:51, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Aoba47. The feeling is mutual; I really love how you work on articles that nobody else probably ever would take an interest in. I feel like I do the same, though not to the same level haha. I'm continuously amazed at how many articles you manage to nominate. :) Freikorp (talk) 02:14, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Great work with adding all of the Africa information to the article. I will look through the article again later in the week and provide any additional comments if that is okay with you. I will mostly focus on prose, and leave the discussions of the scope to the other reviewers that have already raised those points in the FAC. Aoba47 (talk) 19:14, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Aoba47: Also I'm planning on going through the source focusing on Lebanon that you provided tomorrow; I've just finished looking through the sources Squeamish Ossifrage suggested. Freikorp (talk) 11:21, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Aoba47. As you may have noticed the Prison education FAC was closed, however, I've nominated it for peer review. If you're still interested in providing comments on it you can do so there. See Wikipedia:Peer review/Prison education/archive2. Incidentally I've managed to get that source you recommended using from Resource Requests this morning though I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I'll start reviewing your current FAC now. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:44, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for the ping. I will look through it when I have the time (I will try to offer prose suggestions and maybe provide additional resources). Good luck with the peer review! Aoba47 (talk) 03:55, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiCup

I regret that as a WikiCup judge I have had to disallow your submission of Lucienne's Quest as a GAR in Round 3 because it was not completed or nominated before the close of the round on June 28th. I see that this may be critical as to whether you proceed to the next round or not, but it would not be fair to allow you to claim the points if it meant that another contestant was eliminated as a result. We are currently doing some extra checks. If you do proceed to Round 4, you can claim for the GAR in that round. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:37, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: No worries, I'm not too fussed if I progress or not, it's all just for fun really. :) Freikorp (talk) 11:52, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • South Carolina Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ms Dhu

122.108.141.214 has given you a puppy!
Thanks for taking my concerns and nitpicks about the article on Ms Dhu in the spirit they were intended, to help protect the article against future challenges and to embed it better within Wikipedia. 122.108.141.214 (talk) 07:44, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Spread the goodness of puppies by adding {{subst:Puppy}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message.
You're very welcome. And thanks for the review, it made the article a lot better. :) Freikorp (talk) 13:03, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: June 2018



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Mazama

Hi, Freikorp! I've nominated Mount Mazama for FAC. Just wanted to give you a heads up. ceranthor 18:32, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Hi, I just signed up to wikipedia and hopefully i'm posting this in the right place. I saw that you recently edited FF:TSW and thought you might be the person to approach with a possible correction. At the top of the movie's page, it's mentioned that The Spirits Within "remains the most expensive video game-inspired film of all time", however I don't think this is the case anymore, as the Warcraft movie's budget was $160m. Unless I'm missing something? SirIcarus (talk) 20:38, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SirIcarus. Thanks for bringing this up. I've looked into it and you're right, the article does need to be updated, however it appears the Prince of Persia film cost even more than Warcraft. I've found a reliable reference that Prince of Persia is the most expensive film based on a video game and have updated this at the article. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. :) Freikorp (talk) 23:23, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for that. I've been having second thoughts about my correction, as I'm not sure how these things are best calculated. FF:TSW was made in 2001, whereas both Prince of Persia and Warcraft were released much more recently. Adjusting for inflation might change the results, but perhaps I'm just overcomplicating things. SirIcarus (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, nevermind. Adjusted for inflation, The Spirit Within's budget would have been approx $168,777,807 in 2010, when Prince of Persia released. So PoP is likely still the most expensive. Though it doesn't help that the figures vary so much depending on where you look. Imdb says PoP cost $200m. A google search popped up $185m at the top and PoP's wikipedia article says it cost $150-200m. SirIcarus (talk) 01:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sandringham House

Hi, I've a favour to ask. I'd very much appreciate your taking at a look at Sandringham House. I guess that the subject matter may not be of any great interest however, and if a country house guide is just too far beyond your boredom threshold, I'll quite understand. KJP1 (talk) 21:28, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi KJP1. I've been a bit pressed for time of late, but I'd be happy to make time take a look if you have the time to comment on my current peer review. Let me know if you're interested. Have a nice day. :) Freikorp (talk) 04:36, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I'd not realised Mrs Dhu was a two-for-one offer! I'll happily have a look at Prison Education. I should say, without having read it in depth, my gut feeling is that the topic is very broad. The historical/geographical span is enormous and even in summary style, you have given yourself a huge amount of ground to cover. But I'll certainly take a look. KJP1 (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@KJP1: Oh, sorry I'd forgotten who had commented on that FAC. I'll take a look at your FAC later today, and feel free to contact me again for another review. :) Freikorp (talk) 02:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! All the best. KJP1 (talk) 08:50, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: July 2018



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Your triple crown noms

Hey! Would love to help process your Triple Crown noms as you've been doing it for everyone else. Wanted to check with you to see what process you normally go through so I can apply it to yours. Nomader (talk) 15:06, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Nomader. Thanks so much for offering to do this; I was starting to wonder if my nominations would ever be processed haha. Well in answer to your question, the DYK checks are the easiest, especially when they are supplied. I just check the links provided in the nomination table. People seem to either link to the actual DYK nomination or the credit for the DYK being given on their talk page. I find both of these acceptable; I have chosen the latter. With the GANs and FACs I also check the links provided to see the nomination. It's a requirement that the person worked significantly on the article (rather than just a fly-by nomination). Normally you can tell if the nominator worked on the article by skimming the nomination, however if there's any doubt obviously this can be checked with the article's revision history statistics. Also the person doesn't actually need to have initiated the nomination, they just have to be a major contributor, I just find in 98% of cases they are also the nominator. Let me know if you have any questions. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:55, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again Nomader. Just wondering if you had any questions or needed any more info on this. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 00:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, no questions! I'll be taking care of them today finally, work is just crushing me on some deadlines. :) Nomader (talk) 13:49, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! Haven't processed your Australian one because your DYK, Polyester Girl, doesn't have a WP:AUSTRALIA tag on its talk page. I've left it there just in case you want to edit it. :) Nomader (talk) 17:41, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Nomader. Thanks for letting me know, and thanks for processing the other nomination. I added the project Australia tag to Polyester Girl, but have decided to change the DYK nomination to something that already had the tag on it anyway. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 23:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

  • South Carolina Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
  • Hel, Poland Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
  • Scotland Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
  • Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Marshall Islands Nova Crystallis, Republic of Texas Iazyges, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, Wales Kosack and United States Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to 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. 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. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sydney meetup

There will be a meetup in Sydney on the 12 of September. More info at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/September 2018. Bidgee (talk) 09:59, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 11:03, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: August 2018



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Triple Crown

Congratulations on receiving the Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown. From games to films, you've served Wikipedia well. Way to reach such an incredible milestone! Nomader (talk) 17:33, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MotherJones controversy

Hi,

I added a section to the wiki page of MoJo, referring to their recent article, in which they clearly opt against the freedom of speech. You deleted my contribution entirely, with no reason stated. Was my text so bad, that you found no salvageable text in it?

The article in question: [1]

I'd appreciate your feedback on the topic.

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mother_Jones_%28magazine%29&type=revision&diff=861089159&oldid=861040528%7Ctitle=MoJo edit
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