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Night of the Doctor

Hi, I was just wondering if there was a source which backed up this addition? Thanks, Matty.007 19:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I made a quick search but did not find sources saying it in a clear way. It is an obvious fact as it is the episode the eight doctor regenerates into the war doctor, but it's true that a source would help. Personally I haven't found --Hyliad (d), November 17 2013, 20:53 (CEST)
Yes, I suspect it doesn't need a source being part of the plot, just trying to get that and War Doctor through DYK in time for Saturday, so trying to get no issues (linked here). Thanks, Matty.007 19:56, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you very much for the Editor of the Week nomination! That was very thoughtful and kind of you, and I really appreciate it. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

That's OK, it was richly deserved! Matty.007 18:42, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Re:Rose

I have added the most important info from the Confidential episode to the article but I haven't watched the commentary yet and I'm busy the next few days; the earliest I can get to it is probably next Wednesday (the 27th). It is possible to extend a GA review but in the case that doesn't work I will work on it with you and it can be renominated. I have a few more sources that may help and some other things (background, casting) can be stolen from other articles. I'm going to attempt to work on the publicity/broadcast/reception to make it more like "The Impossible Astronaut" and such (typically broadcast and reception go together). It takes practice to find information and sources but it's out there somewhere! Glimmer721 talk 03:15, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure how far we want to go into publicity since finding trailers can be tedious and that may not be GA-level. There has to be a way to work in Eccleston's quit story though...I have to get offline now but tomorrow I will work on adding info about why he really left as well as transferring some other things. Glimmer721 talk 03:20, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
On the other hand, Clive's website may work in publicity because it is tied into the episode itself... Glimmer721 talk 03:21, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

I believe I currently have everything for a GA article on the page except information to glean from the commentary. The only section I don't know what to do with is the publicity information. Cheers. Glimmer721 talk 20:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Glimmer721: as in the section in the article? We could put it as a subheading under 'Broadcast'? Thanks, Matty.007 20:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Yes I think the information about the second series commission and Eccleston leaving can go there; I'm just not sure if we need actual publicity stuff like trailers and stuff, since that kind of overlaps with the first series as a whole and is probably not necessary for GA anyway. Glimmer721 talk 20:31, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
OK. I won't edit it, as I've seen the size of some of your earlier edits, and edit conflicts are so annoying... Unless you want me to, of course. Thanks, Matty.007 20:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ruth Wanjiru

Gatoclass (talk) 10:24, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for War Doctor

Gatoclass (talk) 17:23, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Night of the Doctor

Gatoclass (talk) 17:23, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

Wikilove

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Thanks Speedy Editing, I have passed this on. Matty.007 17:34, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

BITalino

Hi,
I'd kindly ask you to please revert the deletion of this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITalino

It's as much advertising or promotion as these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RaspberryPi

hugoslv (talk) 21:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi hugoslv, I believe that Bbb23 got to this before I did, and went through it with you. If you are still wondering what was wrong, prose such as "BITalino is a low-cost toolkit that enables anyone from students to professional developer to create projects and applications with physiological sensors" seems to be using peacock terms. Thanks, Matty.007 17:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Rose 2.0

All right I have added all the good information from the DVD commentary and posted an update to the GA review. It should only need minimal editing now! Glimmer721 talk 23:01, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry if it seemed that I wasn't pulling my weight. Thanks, Matty.007 06:52, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
I'll nominate it for DYK; but I am not sure if it will be allowed; previous ITNs are definitely not allowed, but previous DYKs... I think it's a grey area. Thanks, Matty.007 17:31, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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Rose (Doctor Who)

This user helped promote Rose (Doctor Who) to good article status.

The Rose (Doctor Who) article to which you have significantly contributed, has been listed as a Good Article. SilkTork ✔Tea time 12:07, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the review and the speed with which you helped with issues. Thanks again, Matty.007 17:29, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Armed Forces Day (Poland)

Sure! By all means :) (Miles530 (talk) 19:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC))

Thanks! Matty.007 19:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Miles530: the nomination is at Template:Did you know nominations/Armed Forces Day (Poland), feel free to suggest an alt. Thanks, Matty.007 19:12, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Rose (Doctor Who)

Hello! Your submission of Rose (Doctor Who) 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! Bcp67 (talk) 20:26, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

  • I've raised a query about the hook fact for this - it doesn't look right to me but I don't know enough about the subject to be able to put it right. Would you mind taking a look? Thanks --Bcp67 (talk) 20:26, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
    • I was in the process of replying... I made a mistake, so have proposed an alt. Thanks, Matty.007 20:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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Dan Tan Seet Eng

I had a more thorough look at your article, and I'm not quite happy with it. The most basic issue seems to be that there's extremely little information on Eng. The article even openly admits that ("Little is known about Tan Seet Eng's personal life"). The coverage of his non-private life is not much better. Thus the article veers off-topic and discusses the sources for information on Eng in about as much detail as Eng himself. It also records clearly irrelevant trivia - or would you say it's a significant part of his biography that he wasn't named after his arrest? There's also a couple of weasel words ("it has been said", "rumored to be", "some believe"). Huon (talk) 22:35, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. In response to your points: there is not much that can be done about his private life; but there is significant coverage on the source of his notability, the fact that he is accused of being a major match fixer. I removed the paragraph about Perumal, and attempted to fix the weasel words. Is it better now Huon? Thanks, Matty.007 11:32, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the Christmas greetings! I have edited the draft to remove another few "it has been reported" and to bring the content into a more logical order, for example by gathering all the assessments of Eng's significance in a single paragraph. However, I'm not so sure about the "significant coverage on the match fixing accusations". For example, Eng has not actually been accused of anything in a court of law. His role within the match fixing organization is in doubt. Sources disagree with each other on whether or not he cooperated with authorities - Al Jazeera reports it, but the Daily Mail uses scare quotes for his "assistance". There are lots of allegations, but very few hard, uncontroversial facts. Huon (talk) 14:07, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
It is generally the case that he is a big fist though, Interpol, Europol, about four different police forces... It is doubtless that his capture is important, as is his information which he is co-operating. He has received global coverage, even in Al Jazeera and most (if not all) major UK news agencies. Thanks, Matty.007 14:11, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
And thank you for fixing the article, it is much appreciated. Matty.007 14:25, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Huon: do you think that this is able to be mainspaced now? Thanks, Matty.007 15:11, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
The draft's content is well-sourced, and I expect it would survive at AfD. So it's probably ready for the mainspace. Whatever its shortcomings, I don't think WP:BLP is among them. Huon (talk) 17:37, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the help, it is much appreciated. Matty.007 17:39, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Armed Forces Day (Poland)

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Thanks Jonesey95! Matty.007 12:30, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 04 December 2013

New wine grape article

I just finished Prié blanc. The grape has some nice pictures and a semi-interesting back story. Feel free to use for a DYK if it is piques your interest. If not, no worries. AgneCheese/Wine 20:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Looks good. I'll nominate it tomorrow if I remember. Thanks, Matty.007 20:27, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Agne27: nominated here. Thanks, Matty.007 12:29, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Trevisana nera

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DYK for St Tugual's Chapel

Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 17:17, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I didn't do it

Hi Matty.007. The WP:G11 for Yodle was actually added by someone else. See my encouraging an IP user to make policy-compliant edits. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:19, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

I was aware, I was replying to the IP, sorry if it came across like I was talking to you. Thanks, Matty.007 16:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

List of supernovae in 186

Hey Matty.007, it's me, exoplanetaryscience. I just created List of supernovae in 185, and I was wondering if you could review it? Just fyi, I'm going to make other lists for supernovae in 386, 393, 1006, etc... It would be helpful if you could keep away the critical reviews before the list comes out?

Also could you make a navigatable area for people to look up supernovae in the different years please? That would be really helpful.

Thanks! exoplanetaryscience (talk) 00:17, 14 December 2013 (UTC)


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Hi again Exoplanetaryscience, I'm glad to see you're still editing. I assume you mean similar to this or this, and will have a look at that soon. I have had a look at the page, and given it a couple of tags. Thanks, Matty.007 12:09, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the Christmas greeting! Do you mean a template like this? Thanks, Matty.007 12:21, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
One more thing, are you sure that we need a list of supernovae by year, given that we already have List of supernovae? Thanks, Matty.007 12:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Well, I realized that it was a list of important supernovae rather than just supernovae, so I figured a supernova list by year would include more and make a more navigable list to people interested in every one instead of just important ones.

exoplanetaryscience (talk) 14:21, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, bear in mind other editors may not share your view. Was that kind of navigation box what you were looking for? Thanks, Matty.007 14:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
So I was looking for a type of thing like some asteroids have, as in:
[Previous: (link to page) <--| (this page) |--> next: (link to page)]
or better yet possibly a new category like "supernovae listed by year" ? Thanks for the help. :D exoplanetaryscience (talk) 14:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
You could probably have 'Supernovae by year'. Looking at changing the box now... Thanks, Matty.007 14:46, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
You mean like this? Are you watching my page, so I don't have to keep notifying you? Thanks, Matty.007 14:54, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, i'm watching your page. Also, yes that's what I meant.exoplanetaryscience (talk) 14:57, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
So what you need to do is probably discuss it with the relevant WikiProject first/on a prominent talk page, then if it is approved use that. Thanks, Matty.007 15:19, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Okay, I'll try. On another topic, I'm trying to find the remnant of SN 386, which they claim to be g11.2-0.3, but when I look it up on wikisky, NED, and SDSS, they all point me to different locations, even varying by how I phrase it (SN 386, g11.2-0.3, SNR g11.2-0.3) I found, eventually [[1]], but it is vague about the details and the location of it has little more than an X-ray patch of brightness and no visible emission. Is there anything I could do to be able to get a better understanding of this odd remnant? exoplanetaryscience (talk) 15:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm afraid I don't know much about astronomy, so again you are probably better off asking at a WikiProject or an editor who you think is knowledgeable about the project. However, that link is a 404... Thanks, Matty.007 15:40, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/The Taste (UK TV series) at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 19:15, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. Reason it wasn't there is that I messed up the formatting, so needed help fixing that. Thanks, Matty.007 20:15, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Re: Topic ban

Usually I'm ok with lifting something after a good amount of time has passed, but in this case the issues were so severe (I should note that he still hasn't bothered to fix the hundreds of issues from back then) that I'm reluctant to allow anything from him whatsoever at DYK. I don't think nominations were discussed one way or the other, but to me I don't like the idea. I'd say to ask at DYK, but I don't knowhow many remaining people there are familiar with the backstory. Wizardman 03:24, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, I will see what he says about my nominations of his articles, then go from there. I had a read of the DYK thread and the ANI thread. Thanks, Matty.007 12:07, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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Prep 1

Hi Matty, just a quick heads up - the hook for Albert I. Prettyman that you moved into Prep 1 has a DAB link for Hamilton College (it's also a DAB in the article). I'm afraid I have no idea which college it's actually supposed to be so can't manage to change it. I don't know if you might find it helpful but I use a script that shows the status of links on articles - details of it are here. SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:18, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I forgot to check for DABs, I will have a look and try and fix it. Thanks for the heads up Sagaciousphil. Matty.007 15:27, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
It was the New York one if you're interested. Thanks, Matty.007 15:28, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Using the tool now, thanks for the link. Matty.007 15:31, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I hope you enjoy using it - I find it really handy! SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:39, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Julián Ladera

Hello Matty. Thanks for your interest on nominating Julián Ladera for DYK. Please feel free to do so too. Besides, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Cheers! MusiCitizen (talk) 18:33, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I hope that you too have a great Christmas and an amazing New Year. Link is at Template:Did you know nominations/Julián Ladera. Best, Matty.007 18:59, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Billy Hathorn

Hi Matty,

I put a couple of links on those two templates where you nominated Billy Hathorn articles. I just don't want you to take it personally. Seems Billy Hathorn has been banned from DYK since 2011. I didn't know it myself until this past June when it came up on the DYK talk page. I don't know how any nominator could know this unless they happened to see it on the talk page at some point. Anyway, I didn't want you to think it was anything you did, or didn't do. It's just one of those flukes that you never know about until you stumble over it. — Maile (talk) 00:46, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Replied here. Thanks, Matty.007 08:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Holiday Cheer

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Thanks MichaelQSchmidt! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Matty.007 16:00, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

What key is this in? Wait, wait!

Matty.007, where are the copyvios in Maureen Chiquet from? If you can identify them, I'll fix em up asap
("Shadows in the Rain" is a song from 1980 The Police album Zenyatta Mondatta. It was revisited on Sting's 1985 solo album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" which featured a number of very famous jazz musicians including Branford Marsalis. At the start of the track, Branford asks "What key is this in? Wait, wait!" [citation needed] I would add a YouTube link, except they are all copyvios themselves.)
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 12:39, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Pete.
Born Kathryn Daughtery Maureen Chiquet in St Louis, Missouri, in 1963, she went on to be educated at the prestigious Yale University in Connecticut. Shortly after being named CEO of Chanel in 2007, she spoke to the alumni magazine about her career. She said her time at the university had been particularly fruitful: “One thing that’s unique about Yale in my memory was the access you get to great minds. There was never a hurdle. Maybe that environment creates that feeling of power to do things that are extraordinary.” Graduating with a degree in film and literature, she was unsure of what to do next in her career: she walked out of one of her LSAT law exams. Instead, she found an internship in the city she had dreamt of living in since a child, as marketing intern at L’Oreal Paris. Speaking to Time, she described that moment as “the beginning of my career and love affair with the world of beauty and fashion”.[this from the source]
Chiquet was born as Kathryn Daughtery Maureen Chiquet in St.Louis, Missouri in 1963. She went on to study at Yale University in Connecticut, where she graduated with a degree in film and literature.[1] Unsure of what to do with her future, Chiquet reportedly walked out of one of her LSAT law examinations at one point. She went on to do a marketing internship at L’Oreal Paris, later describing the stint as "the beginning of my career and love affair with the world of beauty and fashion".[1] [this from the article]
It looked quite similar, but I am not sure if it is far enough away to not be a copyvio. Thanks, Matty.007 16:00, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I see what you mean now. This might be a case of Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Late at night here, but I'll see what I can do. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 12:03, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it's close enough or not... Matty.007 14:42, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final DYK

I've responded to your comment and nominated an alt in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final DYK. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:21, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, watching the page. Matty.007 16:22, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Older, approved DYKs that could use promoting

Hi there. It seems like just now it's only you and me promoting DYKs, and there are a few languishing approved in the older parts of nomination area that I can't promote due to either reviewing or nominating them myself. Specifically, they are:

Obviously I would want you to also double-check them, but they are all pretty good articles (I think) and ought ideally to be making their way into the queue. -Kieran (talk) 18:54, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, will do in the next hour. Mind if I give you a heads up on what I was planning hook wise (I will anyway, it was a rhetorical question):
The thing with these hooks is that they are neither biographies or American related (I don't think), so probably only one or two can go in each Prep, so we need to wait for an admin to free up preps. Thanks, Matty.007 19:15, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
I've interpreted the guidelines on US articles and biographies more as maximums to counteract WP:BIAS than as quotas. To be specific, the guidelines state "as a general rule you should never have more than 50% of hooks on US-related topics, biographical topics, or any other topic, except when it seems unavoidable." (emphasis mine)
Regarding the picture hooks, I was eyeing those too, although I think we will in the end have to pick some of them to run without pictures. The ones I'm most in favour of keeping are the frog and Hoover's birthplace. The rest are a bit less interesting. Also note that the Keith Henderson image has copyvio questions over it, so that hook should be run pictureless. -Kieran (talk) 21:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I try and run 3 bios and 3 US related, but less if I have to. I would quite like Template:Did you know nominations/Boro taxi and Template:Did you know nominations/Lord Kanaloa, so we'll have to see what we can do. I can't do anything else today I'm afraid though, getting late in the UK. Best, Matty.007 21:45, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Emil Rebreanu

Can Emil Rebreanu be put back into a queue? Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:25, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I put it into Prep 2 an hour or two ago. Thanks, Matty.007 19:36, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
I can't put it in queues as I'm not an admin. Thanks, Matty.007 19:37, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I really did not mean your nominations!

Hi Matty, just a note as I'm beginning to worry you think I was 'having a go' at you when discussing QPQs on WT:DYK - this was certainly not aimed at you, nor most of the other regulars at DYK as I do appreciate there are many reasons why nominations are not self noms. My concern is that recently a considerable number of these have been nominated with no QPQs (nor, as far as I can ascertain, any notification to the article creators/expanders). By trying not to appear as if I was being 'pointy' or specifying one editor I seem to have inadvertently managed to upset everyone else along the way! SagaciousPhil - Chat 19:57, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I wasn't offended, it just made me realise that I need to do more QPQs. Thanks, Matty.007 20:09, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC John Mutai was accepted

John Mutai, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

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Thanks Tikuko, I rarely submit to AFC, and only do it if I am unsure if an article is good enough. Thanks for the review. Matty.007 08:27, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy holidays


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Thanks Jianhui67! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Matty.007 08:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanx

Thanks for greetings, have nice holidays and a happy New Year! Brandmeistertalk 12:09, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the Christmas decorations Brandmeister! Matty.007 12:11, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Wright Opera House Block

I was not planning on submitting a DYK for the Wright Opera House Block; if you'd like to do so please go ahead. (I did a number of DYKs a while back, but then decided I'd rather not spend the extra time. No problem if someone else wants to spend the extra time, though. :)) Andrew Jameson (talk) 12:24, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah, it has already been nominated. Never mind. Thanks, Matty.007 12:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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inspired by this - you could do the same

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dread Pirate Roberts (December 22)

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit if you feel they have been resolved.

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DYK question

Hi, I just wanted to ask a question regarding my DYK nomination that you promoted (Template:Did you know nominations/Mick Carter, Carl White). This is going up on Christmas day from midday to midnight, right? Dyer will make his debut at 8.30pm, so the tense in the hook ("who debuts as") will be wrong after this. Is the hook allowed to be changed while it's on the main page (to "who debuted as")? –anemoneprojectors– 19:29, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hmm. You would have to speak to an admin, and possibly report it at Main Page errors to get it changed. Harrias or Gatoclass (and Crisco 1492) are all admins I've seen around DYk who may be around at the time, who would be able to change the main page. Sorry, Matty.007 19:46, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Ah thanks. I'll go chat to an admin. I'm an admin myself, but I don't get involved in the DYK process. But I would be able to make the change if it was allowed. Thanks anyway :-) –anemoneprojectors– 19:59, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I think it's best to leave it alone for the remaining few hours, or revise the hook now to a wording that won't need changing. Since it will still be Christmas Day in the UK even once he appears on screen, moving to the past tense makes it seem like this happened on a past Christmas Day, which isn't the case. Actually, having looked at the hook, since we don't like to use predictive wording (I keep WP:CRYSTAL in mind), I have changed "debuts" to "is set to debut" because you never know when a plan goes awry due to an unexpected preemption or the like. We've had hooks that run from before to after an event, and not worried about changing tense while it runs. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:57, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
That sounds fine to me. Actually I thought it might be better to say "... who is set to debut today as Mick Carter in EastEnders, was..." rather than "on Christmas Day". I put "on Christmas Day" in the hook in case it didn't go up on Christmas Day. Can that be changed now it's confirmed for the day? –anemoneprojectors– 23:09, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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DPR

Two comments on the DPR draft: Firstly, you must be careful about keeping apart fact and allegation, and you should clarify whether the government evidence for certain facts connects DPR or Ulbricht with those facts. You have sources that explicitly say Ulbricht is alleged to be DPR; that should be part of the "arrest" section's first line. Secondly, you should double-check that you cite the right sources for each claim. For example, the source for the "masked protagonist from The Princess Bride" does not actually say so, but the Forbes article cited as your fourth source does. Huon (talk) 23:21, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to look at this Huon, it is much appreciated. I have attempted to fix all the issues. Thanks, Matty.007 10:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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