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WP:NRHPHELP link and info clean up

Doncram Re: WP:NRHPHELP See how I cleaned up the Alabama listing. If you have no objections, over time, I'll clean up states one by one. I think we are in an age when readers want to scroll down and eyeball what's there, reading as little as possible when they scroll. On a Google or Bing search, I really didn't immediately see a lot that led me anywhere on Alabama. But, boy oh boy, when I looked at the ALA Alabama state databases, it was a wonderful surprise of informational link. Every state is different; ALA can only list what the state provides. I've previously searched through midwest/east coast states and came up dry. I certainly didn't expect Alabama to be such a bonanza, but Hooray! for Alabama. Under History, People and Culture in the ALA link, they have hardbound newspapers, image digital collections. Wonderful. — Maile (talk) 22:17, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

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Main-page balance

You can always remove stale ITN items (older than 7 days), as long as there's a minimum of 4 items remaining. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:42, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Good to know. — Maile (talk) 12:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 37

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My apologies I have a habit of not looking into something before I revrert it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Real EJ (talk • contribs) 14:21, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews

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Citation policies

I have two questions: First, what policy states a requirement for citations to books have page numbers? WP:CITEHOW merely says pages or chapters are typically included "if appropriate." It's hard for me to imagine that pages wouldn't be generally required, especially for a GA, but I am not finding help there, either.

Second, I have used e-books without pagination, so used chapter titles as a replacement for page numbers is such cases. How would you handle such e-books and how do you recommend documenting that an e-copy was used? Thanks, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 20:25, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Ha! I'm not sure I have the definitive answer. I've also found myself unsure about ebooks without page numbers, but I see them used. On occasion I have used the e-books as sources, but can't remember if I used them in anything I submitted for DYK, GA or FAC. Perhaps the guidelines should be re-written. And each review process has different guidelines on what they consider important. @BlueMoonset: you've worked both DYK and GA for a long time. Do you have a suggestion, or know how reviews handle the e-books with no page # citations? — Maile (talk) 20:34, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

What about the first question: I cannot find that there is a requirement for page numbers at all. At History of Houston, where I am overmatched in my attempt to cleanup and expand the article, one legacy passage was supported with a citation to a dissertation. It was linked to a .pdf of a 400-plus page document. In another article, there were no fewer than three citations to books lacking page references. There's no indication that the editor was using e-books, though. I have tagged such citations with the "page needed" template in the past, but now I am not finding any policy that advises as to when a page would be needed. How can I tag such articles without a policy to support it? Thanks again, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 20:55, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

• WP:CITEPAGE
• WP:Citing sources search on the term "page number"

The above are pretty much all I could find. Feel free to tag missing page numbers as you like. The worst that can happen, is that someone else comes along and removes your tag. If page numbers don't exist in a source, then they don't exist, and no editor can make them appear out of nowhere. — Maile (talk) 22:34, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Kamakau Lilikalani

On 21 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward Kamakau Lilikalani, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Edward Kamakau Lilikalani (pictured) filed a petition with President Theodore Roosevelt claiming to be "the sole heir to the Kamehameha rights to the Crown lands" of Hawaii? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward Kamakau Lilikalani. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Edward Kamakau Lilikalani), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hawaii biographies

I'm glad to see there has been so much progress on these. I'm very pleased you brought them up.--Ipigott (talk) 13:23, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Bluelink bots replacing Google Books with Archive.org

Do you know why bots keep replacing perfectly fine Google Book links with archive.org links? It is slightly annoying and wonder why the bot can't distinguish between a google book in the public domain with full preview and a google book with limited viewing ability. Know where I can push this complaint. KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:19, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

I had noticed this recently, but I have no idea why. I would suggest you ask the bot's owner User talk:Cyberpower678. — Maile (talk) 10:07, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

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Open AFD

It has been 11 days that this article [4] is up for AFD. Wonder why this hasn't been closed yet. Deboleena.ghy (talk) 07:03, 31 March 2020 (UTC)