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Philippine–American War

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I see that this edit of mine made some unintended changes, possibly because of an edit conflict which I failed to recognize. I was only intending to make the changes impacting (Deady 2005). I also see that you have made some subsequent edits. I don't want to bump heads with you in your ongoing edits of that article, so I'll just alert you to a possible problem by this talk page message.

Somewhat related -- you might take a look at Template talk:Sfn#Enhancement request: new paramer: name.

Cheers, Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 03:13, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message, kaibigan!
With respect to Template talk:Sfn#Enhancement request: new paramer: name: I am still just a newbie here at Wikipedia, and this is well beyond the scope of my current understanding of wiki markup. Therefore, I do not have enough information to either support or oppose your proposal at this time.
With respect to the Philippine–American War article: edit conflicts are inevitable when several people are simultaneously working in earnest on the same article. I will try to turn my attention to other articles if I see that you are editing this one. I would however like to ask your opinion about the following issues:

1. There are quite a few unreliable sources used as citations in this article. For example, these self-published sources:

  • Brunberg, Jon (2013). "Philippine insurrection". The Polynational War Memorial. (self-published).
  • Dumindin, Arnaldo (2006). "Philippine–American War, 1899–1902". filipinoamericanwar.com (self-published).
  • Constantino, Renato (1975). The Philippines, a past revisited (PDF). Socialist Stories (self-published). ISBN 971-8958-00-2.

2. Too many sources, most of which are used only once or twice. I think we should try to identify which sources are of the highest quality and keep those, while discarding those that are of lower quality. The sources which are high quality but redundant, could relegated to the ==Further reading== section, in case they might be needed for later. ns.

Regards, DiverDave (talk) 04:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)equally well regarded h[reply]

1. I'm not very knowledgeable on reliability of individual sources. As ought to be clear from my user page, I'm not an academic.

  • Philippine insurrection should be expunged; internally, it says: "Source: Wikipedia".
  • I don't know anystthing about Arnaldo Dumindin. His stuff does seem to be selfpub. I don't recall ever seeing anything in his cited articles which contradicted what I think is mainstream history.
  • Renato Constantino is an academic and a popularly published historian whose views as seen in his witinngs are (from memory) sometimes controversial and sometimes even at odds with other well regarded giatorians.

2. Agree. As articles develop, editors will add bits and supporting cites from what is handy to hand for them, though the bits added might also be supported by other sources cited elsewhere in the article. Cheers, Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:41, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OR

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this: " the condition had not yet been described or given the name "PTSD", but it existed nevertheless" is pretty much the definition of OR when dealing with a primary source. It is your interepretation that what is described there, is PTSD. You need a secondary source that says that the 1899 article is discussing PTSD. Please don't add, and especially please don't try to edit war, original research into WP. Jytdog (talk) 22:33, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I understand and agree with your point, but please try to keep Assume good faith policies in mind. DiverDave (talk) 15:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I would appreciate it if you could give your input regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_naval_ship_classes_in_service#Split_this_article_into_multiple_articles Thanks in advance Dragnadh (talk) 14:53, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Anatomy newsletter (#6)

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Released January 2018  · Previous newsletter  · Next

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What's new

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new good articles since last newsletter include Thyroid, Hypoglossal nerve, Axillary arch, Human brain, Cerebrospinal fluid, Accessory nerve, Gallbladder, and Interventricular foramina (neuroanatomy)
I write an Introduction to Anatomy on Wikipedia in the Journal of Anatomy [1]
Vagina receives a lot of attention on its way to good article status.
We reach two projects goals of 20 good articles, and less than half of our articles as stubs, in July 2017. [2]
A discussion about two preferred section titles takes place here.

Introduction to WikiProject Anatomy and Anatomy on Wikipedia

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We welcome all those interested in anatomy!
We welcome all those interested in anatomy!

Seeing as we have so many new members, and a constant stream of new editors to our articles, I would like to write in this issue about how our project and articles are arranged.

The main page for WikiProject Anatomy is here. We are a WikiProject, which is a group of editors interested in editing and maintaining anatomy articles. Our editors come from all sorts of disciplines, from academically trained anatomists, students, and lay readers, to experienced Wikipedia editors. Based on previous discussions, members of our project have chosen to focus mainly on human anatomy ([3]), with a separate project for animal anatomy (WP:ANAN). A WikiProject has no specific rights or abilities on Wikipedia, however it does allow a central venue for discussion on different issues where interested editors can be asked to contribute, collaborate, and perhaps reach a consensus.

Project and article structure

Wikipedia has about 5,500,000 articles. Of these, about 20,000 fall under our project, about 5,000 of which are text-containing articles. Articles are manually assigned by editors as relating to our project (many using the rater tool). As well as articles, other Wikipedia pages in our project include, lists, disambiguation pages, and redirects. Our articles are improving over time, and you can have a look at our goals and progress, or last newsletter, to get a better idea about this.

Our articles are structured according to the manual of style, specifically here. The manual of style is a guideline, which "is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply", and prescribes the layout of anatomy articles, most of which follow it.

Our articles are organised in a particular way. Most articles have a infobox in its lead, describing key characteristics about the article. Because we have so many articles, articles are often linked together in different ways. An article tends to focus on the primary topic it is written about. Further information can be linked like this, or piped (like this). We use navboxes, which are the boxes at the bottom of articles providing links to similar topics, as well as hatnotes. Typical hatnotes in articles include {{main}}, {{see also}} and {{further}}. This lets us link to relevant and related articles. The bottom of articles also shows categories, which store groups of related articles.

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For interested editors, our project offers a number of additional tools to help edit our articles. On our main page appears a log of the most edited recent articles. An automatic list of recent changes to all our articles is here. We have a list of the most popular pages (WP:ANAT500). To keep abreast of news and discussions, it is best to monitor our talk page, newsletters, and our article alerts, which automatically lists deletion, good article, featured article, and move proposals. We also have a open tasks page for editors to create lists of tasks that other editors can collaborate with. Articles are also manually assigned to a "discipline", so interested editors in for example, gross anatomy, histology, or embryology can easily locate articles via here.

Our project has all sorts of smaller items that editors may or may not know about, including a barnstar, user box ({{User WPAnatomy}}), welcoming template ({{WPANATOMY welcome}}) and fairly comprehensive listing of templates (here).

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Wikiproject Anatomy newsletter #7

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Released September 2020  · Previous newsletter

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Our new barnstar
new good articles since last newsletter include Epiglottis, Human nose, Pancreas, Prostate, Thymus, Trachea, T tubule, Ureter and Vagina, with Anatomical terms of location also awaiting review
A made-up eponymous term is used in our article that eventually makes it in to university anatomy teaching slides and a journal article
We reach a project goal of 150 B-class articles in July 2020, increasing by about 50% over five years, and are one good article away from our goal of 40 GAs, doubling over the last five years
In the real world, Terminologia Anatomica 2 and Terminologia Embryologica 2 are released ([4], [5]). Terminologia Anatomica 2 is now included in anatomy article infoboxes, and there is ongoing discussion about updating TE as well
A beautiful new barnstar is released ({{subst:The Anatomist Barnstar}})
Portal:Anatomy receives some attention, and two related portals are deleted (vale Human body and Cranial nerve portals)
Some things left out from past newsletters - A large amount of redirects are created to help link plural structures, and Cerebellum ([6]) and Hippocampus ([7]) are published in Wikiversity.
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I have been asked to write up something introducing the Featured article (FA) process to anatomy editors, but I took a more general approach to explaining why one might want to contribute featured content and the benefits to the editor and to Wikipedia. I also tried to address some misconceptions about the FA process, and give you a guide that is somewhat specific to health content should you decide to take the dive.

A vital purpose of Featured articles is to serve as examples for new and aspiring Wikipedia editors. FAs are often uniquely comprehensive for the Internet. They showcase some of our best articles, and can enhance Wikipedia's reputation if they are maintained to standard—but in an "anyone can edit" environment, they can easily fall out of standard if not maintained. Benefits to the writer include developing collaborative partnerships and learning new skills, while improving your writing and seeing it exposed to a broader audience—all that Wikipedia is about!

Looking more specifically at WP Anatomy's featured content, the Featured media is impressive and seems to be an Anatomy Project strength. The Anatomy WikiProject has tagged 4 FAs, 1 Featured list, and 30 Featured media. Working towards upgrading and maintaining older Featured articles could be a worthwhile goal. Immune system is a 2007 FA promotion, and bringing it up to date would make a nice collaboration between WikiProject Medicine and the Anatomy WikiProject. Hippocampus is another dated promotion that is almost 50% larger than when promoted, having taken on a bit of uncited text and new text that might benefit from a tune-up.

Whether tuning up an older FA at Featured article review, or attempting a new one to be reviewed at Featured article candidates, taking the plunge can be rewarding, and I hope the advice in my essay is helpful.

You can read the essay "Achieving excellence through featured content" here.

SandyGeorgia has been a regular FA reviewer at FAC and FAR since 2006, and has participated in thousands of nominations

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Permission to use image

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Hello,

Would I be able to use your image of the miller blade laryngoscopes for our page on WikEM.org?

Thanks for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elcatracho1992 (talk • contribs) 21:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! DiverDave (talk) 23:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Megacrania batesii

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Hello! Your submission of Megacrania batesii at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SL93 (talk) 04:49, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Megacrania batesii

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On 25 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Megacrania batesii, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the peppermint stick insect possesses an aposematic coloration and a robust chemical defense mechanism? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Megacrania batesii. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Megacrania batesii), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Precious

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glaciers and insects

Thank you for quality articles about nature, small insects such as Megacrania batesii, and large glaciers such as , Jacob sheep in the middle, for List of mountains of East Antarctica, supplying excellent photography, - Dave, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2520 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda; you are so very kind! 😊 DiverDave (talk) 14:44, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Calliphara nobilis

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Captions

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Hi Dave! A comment on the caption modifications you made here: complete sentences should have a period at the end, per Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Do you mind re-instating them, please? Thanks! MeegsC (talk) 18:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for pointing out my error, MeegsC, and especially for doing this in a polite and constructive way! I took the opportunity to read the relevant section of the MoS, which states

Most captions are not complete sentences, but merely sentence fragments, which should not end with a period or full stop. If any complete sentence occurs in a caption, then all sentences, and any sentence fragments, in that caption should end with a period or full stop.

Upon closer examination, the captions are in fact short sentences and not mere phrases. I have restored the full stops, and expanded my fund of knowledge. Have a great day! DiverDave (talk) 18:52, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great egret

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Hi Dave, you made an edit on how to identify this species comparing it to snowy egret but you did not give a citation for it. Also why only compare it to snowy egret, across most of its range the confusion species would be little egret, including the America’s now, and intermediate egret, as well as more restricted species such as Chinese egret or Western reef egret. Quetzal1964 (talk) 11:11, 19 March 2021 (UTC) (also David)[reply]

  • Thank you for pointing this out, Quetzal1964. The great egret has a worldwide distribution, and it should have occurred to me that it may be confused with other species in Europe/Africa/Asia. I have expanded the text and added an inline citation. The paragraph as it stands is far from exhaustive, as there are still other species that may be confused with the great egret. But the little egret and the juvenile little blue heron are so much smaller than the great egret, and the white morph of the reddish egret is so unusual as to be not worth mentioning IMHO. We can of course add these if you believe it would be helpful to the reader. DiverDave (talk) 05:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. Actually, the little egret is almost the same size as the snowy egret, they overlap in measurements. Snowy egret has occurred in Scotland, the only British record so far, a few years back but I didn’t go to see it having seen them in their native range. Little egret was proven to breed in Scotland for the first time last year, something I would never have expected when I was young.Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:35, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yucatan woodpecker

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Hi Dave: You've hit my watchlist again! ;) When you updated Yucatan woodpecker recently, I think you've defined two different references with the name – "eBird" (or maybe you named one and someone else had already named another one the same thing), which is causing an error message. Can you please take a look and see if you can sort it out? The error that's coming up says "Cite error: The named reference "eBird" was defined multiple times with different content." I don't want to step on whatever good work you're doing, so I'll leave it with you, if that's okay. Thanks! MeegsC (talk) 16:04, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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or who's leg is that in the Penetrating trauma article? Casint (talk) 04:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Idle curiosity moment. I knew that the en-UK and en-US had many differences but the one you "corrected" is a new one to me. The "of" in The term stampede is usually used of animals that are fleeing a threat is entirely correct in en-UK grammar. I'll let your version stand, though, as it is more likely to be understood by users of English as a second language. Just thought it might interest you to know that it wasn't some random historic vandalism. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:39, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Giriyak Stupa

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On 3 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Giriyak Stupa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to legend, Giriyak Stupa was constructed over the body of a dead goose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Giriyak stupa. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Giriyak Stupa), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Buchanania cochinchinensis

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On 12 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Buchanania cochinchinensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree (example pictured) at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Buchanania cochinchinensis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Buchanania cochinchinensis), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Wager Island

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On 29 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wager Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that of the approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only a few dozens returned alive to England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wager Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wager Island), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Ciprofol

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Hello! Your submission of Ciprofol at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, are you still planning on pursuing this nomination and proposing a new hook? If a new hook is not proposed the nomination may be marked for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:53, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the message, Narutolovehinata5. How about ALT1 ... that pain on injection and respiratory depression are less common with ciprofol than with propofol? DiverDave (talk) 19:16, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It has to be in the nomination page, not here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:34, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please check the nomination page; I have included ALT1 there DiverDave (talk) 20:28, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ciprofol

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On 16 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ciprofol, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit have been sedated with ciprofol? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ciprofol. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ciprofol), 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

October 2023 NPP Backlog Drive sign up

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New page reviewer granted

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Battle of Gaza (2007)

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Not sure what happened, but a bunch of references on the page are now 404ing. I see number 65 and 67 like this but there could be more. MaskedSinger (talk) 08:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noting this! I believe I have removed all of the dead links now: replaced with [citation needed] tags DiverDave (talk) 02:46, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No problem :) MaskedSinger (talk) 08:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CSD A1

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Hi, I declined two of your nominations for WP:CSD#A1, Empire Estates and Equipment Solutions and Chris Utomi Nwabuoku, because both have sufficient context to identify who or what the article is about. That speedy deletion criterion is only appropriate when no reader could reasonably answer "what is this article about?", and is a much lower bar than notability or verifiability. Please make sure you're familiar with the speedy deletion criteria, as their correct use (and avoiding misuse) is an essential part of the new page patrol process, and feel free to ping me if you have any questions. Cheers, Complex/Rational 22:50, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback; I will look more closely at the criteria.DiverDave (talk) 23:16, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November Articles for creation backlog drive

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Collab?

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Hi @DiverDave, I hope you are doing well. I am here after I found your name on the Copy editors guild list. Currently I am working on this particular project that contains a series of articles needing consistency. Most of them are fixed by me and the others involved in it but still there are some minute things and areas which are needed to be fixed. If you can help in any way by joining the project, it would be great. Thank you. (Please ping me if you are replying) 456legend(talk) 06:55, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary

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Precious
Three years!

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Invitation to join New pages patrol

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Marcan Priority

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It is a totally new material (aside that some of it is over 500 years old and some about 2000 years old). The book is actually as much about discovery, as much about how the (re) discovery was made (in case if there is ever a movie to be made), and it is also about the original Verrocchio/da Vinci project (not all encompassing, but most prominent and easy to see). Book is fictionalized account that allows for protection of very vulnerable real people, and leaves room for hypothetical statements. You can look up the YouTube channel dedicated to the book. You can search for Beyond a reasonable doubt Igor Chernyavskiy. There are 7 videos, all related to the book. At least three videos cover material the follows from the book, but not covered in it. Marcan priority is in the book, but not in the video, aside from the mention in the Last Supper. Gchernya (talk) 16:33, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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Hello DiverDave,

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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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"Repairing" redirects

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Hi,

I noticed a number of your edits that involve "repairing" redirects, often by adding a piped link to the current location of the linked page. The advice given at WP:NOTBROKEN is that it's generally better not to do this. Please see also WP:NOPIPE and MOS:NOPIPE.

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 08:37, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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