User:Doug Coldwell/Sandboxes/Archive 16

5 Million: We celebrate your contribution

	We couldn't have done it without you
	Well, maybe. Eventually. But the encyclopedia would not be as good. Celebrate 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@7&6=thirteen: Thanks for the nice words. Hope you got this ping.Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:19, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for George Edward Hilt

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2015)

Hello, Doug Coldwell. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Allegra Versace Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Comedy horror • Team sport Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

DYK for William Donald Scherzer

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)

Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards. Hello, Doug Coldwell. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Marie Serneholt Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Allegra Versace • Comedy horror Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:34, 9 November 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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DYK for Shelby Gem Factory

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DYK for Larry Paul Kelley

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DYK for Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2015)

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Hello Doug Coldwell, 7&6=thirteen has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:17, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :) ---Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:01, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

How are you?

Thanks for the smiley. I was remembering you yesterday night and wanted to send a mail today. Hope you are keeping well after the surgery. Cheers.--Nvvchar. 01:43, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Doing quite well - thanks. Being in good health helped. Also being so young (70) helped (hehehe). The 3 inch cut turned out to be a 6 inch cut because the surgeon encountered more problems than anticipated. He told my wife "He will probably be in a little extra pain for the first couple of days." He was right! Now some 3 weeks later I am back to my o' self. It's soooooooo good just to be normal.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:20, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

• You must be on full recovery mode now. Wish you well. You may like to see my 56 articles contribution to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Asian Month/ParticipantsAsia Month 2015 contest here User:Nvvchar/Wikipedia Asian Month articles November 2015. I hope I will the contest. I have posted most of them on DYK. Nvvchar. 14:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

• Yes, doing very well - thank you! Thanks for sending me your link. That will keep me busy for some time. I like looking over your articles, as I can always learn more good stuff and delicious Wikipedia techniques. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:41, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 November 24

Since you use this template, you might want to have input on the request to delete it.

Hello Doug Coldwell, 7&6=thirteen has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Bot confused

You copied from your own sandbox? I am shocked. Round up the usual suspects! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:18, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

The concept is so unusual -> most have no idea what it is about. It's STILL a secret! To our advantage and their disadvantage. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:54, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Theodoor Verstraete

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DYK for James L. Buie

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Frank H. Winter

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DYK for Herbert Grove Dorsey

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Towering achievements

	New heights
	Thanks for making Milam Building of very HIGH quality. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:01, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

We have set the bar pretty HIGH. Others will have trouble getting over these heights.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:04, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of St. Nicholas Hotel (New York City)

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DYK nomination of Vernon Arnold Haugland

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DYK for Harold Horton Sheldon

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Season's Greetings!

Hello Doug Coldwell: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:43, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

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Solstice & Season's greetings

	Merry Christmas and happy New Year
	Best wishes to you and your family. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:21, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

• @7&6=thirteen: Thanks! Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you also (hope it pinged).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:34, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Ping worked. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK

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Demarest Building

This one seems like a tough nut to crack. FYI How to research history of New York City Building. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bernard H. Paul

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Greetings

	Doug Coldwell: My granddaughter joins me in wishing you Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year 2016
	Nvvchar. 01:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

@Nvvchar: How cute that is! We have no grandchildren (we skipped a step). Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you!!!! --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:11, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

File:Xmas Ornament.jpg

To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 02:02, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Bernard H. Paul

I appreciate the "thank you" for my edits on Bernard H. Paul. Nice job on the article! I enjoyed reading it. --♥Golf (talk) 11:21, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for St. Nicholas Hotel (New York City)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Et tu

I told him you’d been good, made lots of useful edits, did not engage in, but fought against vandalism, were always willing to come to the aid of a friend, were a downright upright editor who had generally made wikipedia a better place in 2015 than you found it in 2014.

He told me he’d keep it in mind.
Carptrash (talk) 23:18, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

@Carptrash: he he he = I mean, ho ho ho -> Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 23:23, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Maddock

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DYK for Frank H. Winter

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Happy New Year, Doug Coldwell!

Happy New Year!

Doug Coldwell,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Vernon Arnold Haugland

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DYK nomination of Army and Navy Union of the United States of America

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DYK for Demarest Building

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DYK for Aaron T. Demarest

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DYK for Army and Navy Union of the United States of America

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DYK for Milam Building

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DYK for Steven Anzovin

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DYK nomination of Max Deutsch

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DYK for Max Deutsch

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DYK for Alfred Charles Garratt

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DYK for Holly Steam Combination Company

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DYK for Birdsill Holly

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Lambert Car

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DYK for Claire Giannini Hoffman

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DYK nomination of Edith Ellen Greenwood

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DYK nomination of Mary F. Hoyt

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DYK for Mary Shotwell Ingraham

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Image for Mildred Brown Schrumpf

Wow! Thanks for finding and posting that! Yoninah (talk) 21:09, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: Sure. I found her in University of Maine Women’s Hall of Fame. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• Yes, but you know the rules for posting images; I just know how to edit ;) Yoninah (talk) 21:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: I've been known to put up a few images. and I also have a few pictures at Commons. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:30, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• Nice. Could I ask you to help find images for some of the women I've been writing about for Women in Red? Yoninah (talk) 21:33, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: Sure = Flickr, of course, is my first choice for copyright free images. THEN I look in Google for a Fair Use one. Do you have a particular one in mind?
• @Yoninah: Here are some more ideas that you can take a look at = awhile back I did give some ideas on "Taking pictures" to User talk:7&6=thirteen on getting pictures.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:44, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you. I do look in Flikr first, but find very little that isn't copyrighted. I recently wrote articles on Sharon H. Abrams, Judith Magyar Isaacson, and Theodora J. Kalikow (from the Maine Women's Hall of Fame), Reynelda Muse and Gloria Tanner (Colorado Women's Hall of Fame), and Romona Robinson. Yoninah (talk) 21:51, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: I have to do a "ctl-alt-delete" as I have run out of RAMs today = but will start looking into those tomorrow. Here is an idea for Flickr, that seems to work for me 70% of the time on those copyrighted pictures -

I write articles for Wikipedia. Your picture
(link to her/his picture)
is interesting and would fit into one or more of the articles I am presently writing on.
There is at least one tag in use that makes your picture not usable on Wikipedia.
Would you consider downgrading your copyright tags to ONLY
"Attribution License" so I could use it on some Wikipedia articles.
Do you have any other similar pictures?
Thanks for your consideration.
Douglas Coldwell

• I give them just one license option so NOT to confuse them.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:02, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks, that's a great idea. People are copyrighting lousy images from years back on Flikr; they themselves probably don't remember them. Yoninah (talk) 22:09, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

A very big thank-you for adding images to Theodora J. Kalikow, Sharon H. Abrams, and (a bonus!) Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers! Yoninah (talk) 19:31, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Your welcome. I have a pretty good handle on pictures (because I needed for my DYKs).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:38, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Really, words fail me. Thank you so much for adding images to the rest of my requests. Next time, I'll ask for them one at a time. :) Yoninah (talk) 20:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Romona Robinson and Gloria Tanner have been challenged for Fair Use since they are still alive. So far I have NOT been able to find a copyright free image of either. I will have to look around more and send off some Flickr mail to see if I can get copyright free images.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:22, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Olive Hoskins

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Thanks again

All those image revisions are a serious bummer. However, I want to thank you again for trying to help. Yoninah (talk) 20:07, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Thanks for your comment. I had good intentions. Not all things work out. I did send Flickr mail, however no responses yet = which I am not surprised on, since many times Flickr answers take some time (or are never answered). Maybe next time we will have better luck on pictures. See you on my new articles in the future, which should come up in a couple of weeks (now doing research).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:18, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

It looks like only the images of the women who are still alive were rejected. Would you be able to upload this image for my new article, Lena Lovato Archuleta? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:50, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:25, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Yoninah (talk) 16:45, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Sure, no problem.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:38, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for C. C. Beall

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DYK for Marianne Means

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DYK for Mary Myers

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DYK for Ellen Fitz Pendleton

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DYK for Mary F. Hoyt

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DYK for Edith Ellen Greenwood

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Your GA nomination of Carl Edgar Myers

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DYK for Meaza Ashenafi

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DYK for Ruth M. Gardiner

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Your GA nomination of Carl Edgar Myers

The article Carl Edgar Myers you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Carl Edgar Myers 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:41, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

I have added the article to the GA category of "Engineers and inventors" which I thought more suitable than "Transport". Please note that the message above is Bot-generated, and this article won't qualify for DYK as a new GA because articles can only appear on DYK once. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:55, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: Thanks for GA and correcting the category = just goes to show you my little experience in GAs, but I am learning = especially from you, since it is very apparent you know your stuff! It so happens, as this GA was running the DYK nomination was running at the same time. It is now in Queue 4, due to come out in a couple of days = #1 postion! I suspect it will get a lot of views. Thanks again for all your support and help.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:06, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Benjamin D. Wood

Hi, I noticed you cited a number of newspapers in this article which are all viewable through Newspapers.com. I recently got a free subscription through Wikipedia:Newspapers.com, and wonder if you have one too? If you do, please remember to format your refs using {{|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:34, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Yes, do have such a subscription. Did not know about the "open access" part and that the public could see the pages also. O.K. = will do that! Thanks for info...--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:40, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Edgar Myers

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GA reviews

Doug Coldwell, I noticed that you have very recently started doing GA reviews, and all of these reviews have been started and passed in unusually short time period. Further, none of them have a single comment or correction.

I have to tell you that it is an extremely unusual GA-nominated article that doesn't have any issues: no typos, no grammatical flaws, no other violations. The standards for a GA are much higher than those for a DYK nomination.

In particular, I took a look at Talk:Bhikshuka Upanishad, which was opened with "I plan to review this article" at 11:43 UTC, and was passed 18 minutes later at 12:01 UTC without a single comment. The lead itself has issues, and to be a GA you have to meet the requirements of WP:LEAD: in particular, topics covered in the lead need to be covered in the body of the article. Yet almost none of the material in the opening paragraph appears in the body of the text: that it's a minor Upanishad, that it's written in Sanskrit, etc. There are also prose issues: "This text finds mention in South Indian Telugu language version of Hindu Upanishad anthologies" is problematic, for example, and it's unclear: is it actually included in those anthologies, or just mentioned (and in what context)? There are other issues that should be cleaned up, such as the variant orthography of "Chandrayana"—some will be easy fixes, but they are fixes that ought to be identified and done.

I think, before you do another review, you should consider whether this is something you can be good at, and wish to spend the time on. Spending under half an hour is simply inadequate: you should be doing a thorough review of the prose, considering whether the topic has been covered sufficiently, checking references to make sure they support the article's material, checking for close paraphrasing and copyvio, checking for adherence to those sections of the manual of style that are part of the GA criteria: in short, doing a thorough review. Those you have done so far are simply not up to the standard necessary.

I am also concerned about the fact that you nominated 31 articles for GA. It is extremely unusual that anyone would have so many articles reach that quality level at the same time. (Note that GA has no quid pro quo system, in large part because people who nominate do not necessarily have the understanding or knowledge of what is required of an article to become a GA, or, in some cases, the language skills to evaluate what is needed, even if they can make fixes to their own nominations when directed to by a reviewer.) I did notice that for three of the nominated articles, you made many edits to them shortly after nominating them, which would seem to indicate that they were not ready to be nominated at the time you did so. Something else for you to consider.

I hope you will stop and reconsider before continuing further, and also to think about whether all 31 articles are truly at or near the level required for a GA. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:17, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

1. - O.K. - I understand what you are saying. I'll try to raise the standards of the reviewing. I happened to have read over the articles that I reviewed BEFORE I decided to take on the article. After I read it over and then I decided to take it on - then I reread it. However, that doesn't mean higher standards shouldn't apply to Good Articles. I'll work harder on this and make sure higher standards are applied.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:24, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
2. - O.K. - I was just tweaking the articles I nominated for GA and added some more references. I thought that would be alright, to make sure the article would be sure to qualify for G.A. I believe they do now, but if you think I should withdraw the nominations = I'll do that! Of course I think my own articles are of quality = a little biased. Yes, they were all Did You Knows - but I was just trying to improve them still further. Should I withdraw my GANs? If I should, let me know basically what I should do. I just wanted to improve the quality of articles (so have always tweaked them, even after DYK), but didn't realize that by tweaking them it would indicate I am showing they do not met GA standards. Or you can withdraw them, if you feel they are not at or close to Good Article standards = I don't mind. I won't tweak them any further then.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:24, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
3. O.K. - I started a review on Talk:Jabala Upanishad/GA1 and found some issues that I have made a side note on. Should I withdraw myself from this review or can I continue? I do have the experience of 400 DYKs as you know and wanted to learn the higher standards of Good Articles. I would like to finish this one! After that I'll stop doing GA reviews. Should I continue this one or withdrawn the reviewing.

BlueMoonset You tell me what I should do. I would like to continue to create articles and make DYKs = maybe that is the thing I should stick to. I was aiming to get my 500 DYK medal and researching several articles offline with ILL books, etc. Will wait for direction which way I should go or if I should stop Wikipedia activities altogether. I didn't intentionally mean to harm Wikipedia = but if that is how you see it, I will be glad to stop all Wikipediaing.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:24, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - I do have 2 entries in DYK Hall of Fame (DYK STATS) in March 2016 so far (Ruth M. Gardiner = 15,777 and Carl Edgar Myers = 7,238). Carl Edgar Myers is already a GA. I believe Ruth M. Gardiner and Benjamin D. Wood (16,000 characters) is of the same quality = I am only slightly biased, since they are my children. Since many of my latest DYKs got high views and User:Cwmhiraeth encouraged me to nominate the Myers article for GA and surprised why I hadn't ventured into "GA territory" before with that many DYKs = got me thinking that since my latest articles I know are of my best quality I produced, why not pick the best ones and nominate for GA. I did this = these were not articles that were recently done in 2016, but done in 2015 (all previously DYKs). I guess I made a mistake in nominating them. I won't do that again! I realize now (that you told me) that I should not tweak further after being nominated for GA. Perhaps I should have tweaked and added these references BEFORE I nominated for GA. After nomination they should no longer be tweaked = O.K.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:02, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - It has turned out 98% of all my 409 articles I have created, from article 1 in 2007, have become DYKs. Some are multiple article hooks from 2 to 30 articles in a hook (9 in 1 and 16-in-1 and 30-in-1 were records at the time).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:37, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Doug Coldwell, I'm very sorry if you thought I was telling you to stop contributing to Wikipedia. Nothing could have been further from my intention. You've certainly submitted a great many articles that made fine DYKs, and I'm sure there are many more to come. Never let anyone drive you away from Wikipedia, and always be sure to enjoy the journey here. By all means, continue your work.

When nominating for GA, you want to make the articles the best they can be before you nominate them. It's why I was concerned when I saw you making significant edits to articles you had nominated earlier in the day or the day before: I thought, as a comparatively new nominator, you hadn't done this "best" step if you were still working on improving an article so soon after the nomination. However, I should be clear that there is nothing wrong with improving an article once you've nominated: articles can always be improved, whether new, at the DYK stage, through later improvements, and after being nominated for GA or even after becoming a GA or an FA. There's no such thing as the perfect article, and you may find necessary tweaks on a nominated article days or weeks later, even before someone starts the review—that's perfectly normal.

What I'd like to suggest, in terms of your 31 new nominations—the fact that the Myers article was listed as a Good Article means that you're certainly capable of writing articles that, with a bit of a work during the normal review process, can achieve GA status—is to give each of them a look while comparing them against the GA criteria. The thing is, an article can be good work, but still not meet the specific GA criteria, including the ones on meeting the manual of style guidelines on lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation, as well as the "Broad in its coverage" criteria (addresses the main aspects and doesn't include unnecessary detail). My guess is that a number of them will fall short of the GA criteria as they currently stand, and for those you might want to revert your nomination. You can always renominate once you have made the necessary improvements. As of the latest count, you have 33 nominations, which is over three times what any other nominator has.

As for Talk:Jabala Upanishad/GA1, if you have already found some issues and would like to give this review a try, then go ahead ... but please do not close the review, either to pass it or to fail it, without getting someone to check over your work and see whether anything has been missed. Indeed, I was wondering if you would be willing to resume your previous reviews—in effect revert the passage and start the process again. I'm happy to help you, if you're willing and able to take the time: it will require a fair amount of it to check the various sources, review the prose, and check against the manual of style and other provisions. Please let me know how you'd like to handle this review. If you decide not to continue, I can always have it closed and put back into the pool of nominated but unreviewed articles. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:32, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - alright, I will look over the 31 nominations and revert the ones I think don't met the GA criteria. I'll rework those for additional improvements and resubmit later.

Sure, I'd be willing to resume my previous reviews. How do I reopen these?

To reopen your previous reviews, you can revert the edit on the article talk page where you changed the "GA nominee" template to a "GA" template, and also remove the GA icon from the article and, if you added the article to the list of GAs, remove it there, too. If you notified anyone on their talk page that the article passed, I'd recommend adding to that post to say that you may have missed some issues as a new reviewer, and want to be sure all the criteria are covered. (You can certainly mention that the reopening of the review was at my recommendation if you wish.) Please let me know if you have any questions; I can help with these steps if you'd like me to. Again, when you add the new review material, please don't close these until I've looked over the articles and added my own thoughts. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:44, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Did the suggestions above. Am re-reading the 3 articles and making offline notes - will post those in the re-reviews in the next few days.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:02, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be willing to resume my Jabala Upanishad/GA1 = let me do some more reading on it and look for improvements and I will submit my suggestions later today. I will not close it out.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:26, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:02, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - I removed all my GANs I previously posted. I'll resubmit one at a time AFTER I have done some more tweaking on them from these ILL books that I used to create the 30 articles.

I have completed my INITIAL review for Jabala Upanishad. Did not close it out as you asked me to do.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:42, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Doug Coldwell, thank you for letting me know about both. I look forward to seeing you resubmit the articles to GAN one at a time after you've worked on them further.

Before I look over the Jabala Upanishad article and add my own thoughts to the review, I wanted to be sure that you'd highlighted everything you wanted to highlight—when I see "initial review", sometimes it means that the reviewer is still working and could be posting additional material soon. (Incidentally, when you find issues, as you did this time, the review would not be closed in any case: you would wait for the nominator to address the issues raised and then see if any issues remained—sometimes the changes to address one issue raise other problems: the newly revised text may have grammatical issues, for example.) I'll wait to hear back from you before I write up what I've noticed and whatever else I might find. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:44, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - O.K. Yes, I am done on my review.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - BTW, I did ask 3 top editors to look over my Jabala Upanishad review and the other reviews as I am redoing them.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - User:Ms Sarah Welch has addressed exactly the items I brought up. She went above and beyond the call of duty and did additional improvements too boot. As far as I am concerned it definitely meets Good Quality standards. I'll wait for your reply as to what I should do next on this GAN.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:30, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset - Like I say, I am working on the other 3 re-reviews and making offline notes. In the next few days I should have something on these. Just to let you know I am working on them and did not drop them. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:30, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Doug Coldwell, thanks for letting me know. Ms Sarah Welch did an excellent job in responding to your review requests. However, as you can see from what I've just posted at Talk:Jabala Upanishad/GA1 on the first two sections of the article, I think that the article has quite a few things that still need fixing before it does meet Good Article standards, things from citations to factual inconsistencies to unclear prose. It's probably going to take me a while, too, to finish checking the entire article, much as you expect it to take you a few days to finish the three re-reviews. I imagine it will also be the same for me when I work on each of the three after you've posted your new reviews. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell, @BlueMoonset: Just so you know, your in depth comments really contribute to improving the quality of the article. It forces one to return to the WP:RS, rethink the wording, remove inadvertent phrasing, do wordsmith-ing to more faithfully summarize what the WP:RS are stating, and avoid implying what the WP:RS are not. In my view, it is the GA reviewers who should get accolades, because identifying issues is time consuming and asking questions requires as much hard and creative work. @Doug Coldwell: you will be expert in a short while. Once again, both of you, please know your efforts are very appreciated. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 04:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Img upload

Can you kindly help me in uploading this file [1] to Wikicommons? It is freely licensed. I want to use this in this article Shamsia Hassani. Thanks--Nvvchar. 13:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

@Nvvchar:

Copter part with graffiti

That was easy!

Can I help in any other way?

You can place into article?

I have a spark of inspiration for a couple of things tomorrow (no fooling).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you very much. I have posted it in the article.Nvvchar. 13:52, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

• @Nvvchar: Looks good! --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:55, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism my elbow

Really? [2]? You should know better. Toddst1 (talk) 21:23, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 14:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Benjamin D. Wood

The DYK project (nominate) 00:01, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Dyserth Castle

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:12, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Lord Baltimore penny

On 13 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lord Baltimore penny, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Lord Baltimore penny (pictured) is the first copper coin issued for circulation in the Thirteen Colonies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lord Baltimore penny. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lord Baltimore penny), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Spark (horse)

On 14 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spark (horse), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Thoroughbred Spark was a gift to Samuel Ogle from Lord Baltimore regifted from the Prince of Wales? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spark (horse). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Spark (horse)), 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) 12:42, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Peniel Chapel

On 17 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peniel Chapel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peniel Chapel (pictured) changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of a theatre building with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peniel Chapel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peniel Chapel), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:02, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps

On 21 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a collection of light bulbs was bought by General Electric in 1912 for $10,000 and by 1931 was valued at over a million dollars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:47, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for The Electro-Magnetic and Mechanics Intelligencer

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:11, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Raymond Cazallis Davis

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Worm^TT(talk) 09:37, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Electro-Dynamic Light Company

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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:38, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Albon Man

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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:38, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for David Hall (publisher)

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— Maile (talk) 01:22, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Haskell Manufacturing Company

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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:09, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Haskelite

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— Maile (talk) 00:01, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Haskell canoe

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— Maile (talk) 00:01, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Haskell canoe

Haskell 57-pound (26 kg) canoe strength test by employees that weighed over 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) I count seven people. 3000 pounds / 7 = 428 pounds. They sure are heavier than they look! I notice a bunch of stuff in the canoe too; sand? Perhaps the caption should read Haskell 57-pound (26 kg) canoe strength test with a load of over 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg)? Good article! Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 04:40, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done Reworded according. Thanks for pointing out so I could make it clearer.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:34, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Carrom Company

Hello! Your submission of Carrom Company 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:55, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Carrom Company

Please see Rambling Man's comment on the hook here. Yoninah (talk) 06:25, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Henry L. Haskell

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— Maile (talk) 23:04, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Carrom Company

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— Maile (talk) 23:04, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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Hello Doug!

How are you? I see from your talk page that you are busy creating more DYK-worthy articles. That is wonderful! Do you have any more GA review comments on Yoga Yajnavalkya? @BlueMoonset has been very helpful, and has now wrapped it up. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for House of Flavors

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:18, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Tiny Town (miniature park)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:35, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for SS Jacona (1918)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:19, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Hybla Valley Airport

On 14 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hybla Valley Airport, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Hybla Valley Airport was the first licensed airport in Virginia? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hybla Valley Airport), 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) 14:22, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge

Hi. I was wondering if you'd be interested in participating in Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge in August. A chance to win £250 as well! If contests aren't your thing we welcome independent contributors too. If interested sign up at participants. Cheers!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:53, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for George Washington Air Junction

On 18 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article George Washington Air Junction, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the George Washington Air Junction was designed to be the world's largest airport, larger than the New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, and Philadelphia airports combined? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/George Washington Air Junction. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, George Washington Air Junction), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:31, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for I.O.O.F. Centennial Building

On 19 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article I.O.O.F. Centennial Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the historic I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is a three-story commercial building with an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/I.O.O.F. Centennial Building. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, I.O.O.F. Centennial Building), 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 13:01, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Stanhope Medal

Hello! Your submission of Stanhope Medal 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Andrew D. (talk) 15:37, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

• I'm glad we could work that out. I did some digging myself into the background of Chandos Stanhope. His surname is what got me started on this as I happend to have started a page Stanhope lens, myself. I was looking for an explanation of the doubled middle name. I don't see it clearly explained anywhere yet but think that it's parsed as

first name = Chandos

middle name = Scudamore

family name = Scudamore-Stanhope

Anyway, I was impressed by your proficient use of newspaper cuttings at Newspaper.com. I tried searching the Times archive via my local library service but couldn't find that particular snippet about his "readiness to risk his own life". Newspaper.com seems to require a subscription. Were you able to get that through the Wikipedia Library or some other free service? Andrew D. (talk) 13:18, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

• @Andrew Davidson: Yes! Through the Wikipedia library = its free just for the request and it has a yearly free re-subscription. Newspapers.com make for excellent references. BTW, I do believe you have it correct on the names, as this is the way I remember it in my research I did awhile back.--Doug Coldwell (talk)
• @Andrew Davidson: Here is a larger version of the Times article.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:37, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Dean Smith

You should've discussed a move of that magnitude, especially to a name that nobody knows him by. I requested it be undone. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:51, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Muboshgu New article. Moved from User: Doug Coldwell's sandbox. Surely you are misinformed. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:33, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Surely I am not. Surely the college basketball coach is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, as opposed to all the other Dean Smith's located at the disambiguation page, and surely the creation of an article about a test pilot doesn't change that. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:47, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Huh? You are sending but I am not receiving. There was no "move." Did you read the articles? They coexist. 16:53, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

This was an undiscussed move that I am contesting. I would've undone the move myself, but for this edit that makes it impossible without being an admin. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:55, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

• Yes, you should get the advice of an administrator before you move it back. That's the purpose of disambiguation pages, to separate all the "Dean Smiths." You can't favor one more than the others because you like college basketball. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:59, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

• That's why I posted at Wikipedia:Requested_moves/Technical_requests#Contested_technical_requests, for an admin. And it's not because I "like" college basketball (I don't watch it), it's because he's the primary topic for Dean Smith with the vast majority of news coverage. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:01, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages. An Administrator will have to decide on this.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:08, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

"This guideline does not apply to articles that are primary topics, even if the articles are prefaced by a "See also" hatnote or the like at the top of the page." If not an admin, community consensus will. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:19, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

The basketball coach is "primary" in your mind. To Canadians Dean Edward Smith is the "primary" Dean Smith, to Australians Dean Anthony Smith is the "primary" Dean Smith. Etc, etc.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:28, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

FWIW, I alphabetized the athletic names in the disambiguation page, and coincidentally the coach is now first in that subsection of the list. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:36, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Not just "in my mind", but according to things like Google results and page views (though I haven't pulled up those numbers yet, I'm sure they back my view). – Muboshgu (talk) 17:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

It's unfortunate that I didn't see this move before Muboshgu started the move discussion, as I would have reverted it fully (sorry Anthony Appleyard). That would have forced a proper move discussion:

• Dean Smith → Dean Smith (basketball)
• Dean Smith (disambiguation) → Dean Smith

While the move discussion is going on, Dean Smith should point to the basketball coach. If the current move discussion determines that the coach will not end up at Dean Smith, then Dean Smith (disambiguation) should be moved to Dean Smith forthwith. I note that per WP:MALPLACED, the base title should never redirect to the disambiguation page, which is the situation now. Can I get a friendly admin (BD2412 or Jenks24 for example) to point the redirect at Dean Smith to Dean Edwards Smith so that Doug won't revert the change again. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 23:31, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Stanhope Medal

On 23 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stanhope Medal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Stanhope Medal (pictured) for each year's most gallant rescue honours Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stanhope Medal. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Stanhope Medal), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:46, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope

On 23 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Stanhope Medal (pictured) for each year's most gallant rescue honours Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:46, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Hadley Field

On 26 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hadley Field, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first transcontinental night airmail service was established at Hadley Field? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hadley Field. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hadley Field), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:16, 26 July 2016 (UTC)