User talk:HaEr48/Archives/2017/June

Would you like to assist

Though this sounds perhaps absurd, I would like to get some suggestions for an article that I wrote here in order to improve it to a good article or a feature article. Yes, that sounds too optimistic, but at the very least I would like a third-person to step in and look at the article and point out flaws and things that need definite improvement for the article to even reach such status. Reply if you are interested, if not then simply delete this headline, thanks. TTTAssasinator (talk) 01:53, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

@TTTAssasinator: Hey, sure I'd be glad to take a look. Which articles do you have in mind? HaEr48 (talk) 02:17, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

@HaEr48: The article is David Thai, it's a biography of a criminal. The article was rated as a C-class article on the quality scale. I tried having it reassessed several months ago to get it to B-class on the quality scale but it was rejected. Essentially I think I covered all that there is about the person, at least info that is accessible about the person using a book and news articles to piece it all together. Currently I'm thinking about adding a personality section if it is not in-depth enough, but that's about all I can do as I think I've covered all that is possible. What I'm more interested in is if it's even possible for the article to be higher in quality, such as whether the prose is lacking, or POV and whatnot. Looking forward to your thoughts.TTTAssasinator (talk) 03:44, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for H. J. de Graaf

On 4 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article H. J. de Graaf, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that H. J. de Graaf was called the "father of the study of Javanese history" by historian M. C. Ricklefs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/H. J. de Graaf. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, H. J. de Graaf), 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.

Mifter (talk) 00:05, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Al-Insan

Hello! Your submission of Al-Insan 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! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:15, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Kediri campaign (1678)

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Kediri campaign (1678) has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Good luck with the GAR review.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you! Learnt a lot from your copyedit. I have some questions. What's the advantage of using & mdash ; rather than just — ? Also, I noticed at some point you changed my – to & nbsp ;–and then back to – again, what's up with that? I'd like to understand the difference for my future reference. HaEr48 (talk) 23:31, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm still trying to get my head around these codes myself. I removed the nbsp's because the text wasn't displaying properly. I'll have to do more research to see what I was missing. Not using the code means that a date range like 9-10 June could end up "breaking" at the end of a line. Here's a start, if you'd like to read further. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hyphens_and_dashes Twofingered Typist (talk) 11:35, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of As-Sajda

Hello! Your submission of As-Sajda 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! RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 14:35, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

GOCE

Hi, I'm working on the copyedit you requested for Muhammad I of Granada at GOCE, I'm doing it section by section because I think the changes are a little easier to review this way. Seraphim System ^(talk) 18:54, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

@Seraphim System: Thank you! sounds good to me! HaEr48 (talk) 00:47, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

I added some more notes. The copyedit is basically done but in my opinion it's not quite ready to pass GA yet. Then again, there's no harm in trying—what I would recommend is submitting it to WP:PEERREVIEW before GA. What do you think? Seraphim System ^(talk)

DYK for Poerbatjaraka

On 25 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Poerbatjaraka, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Javanese philologist Poerbatjaraka obtained a doctorate cum laude at Leiden University, even though previously he had only attended primary school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Poerbatjaraka. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Poerbatjaraka), 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.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:12, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Al-Insan

On 25 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Al-Insan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to Abu Hurairah, the Islamic prophet Muhammad often recited the Quranic chapter Al-Insan on Friday during the early morning prayer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Insan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Al-Insan), 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.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:12, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/Women Wage Peace

You are invited to join the discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/Women Wage Peace. Hi HaEr48: I actually did already perform a QPQ before creating the DYK nomination. It is listed under the "Reviewed" section; it's the review for Template:Did you know nominations/Disneyland Railroad. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:05, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Poerbatjaraka

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Poerbatjaraka has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:12, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Al-Mujadila

Hello! Your submission of Al-Mujadila 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! RRD দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 17:18, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

GOCE complete

with the help of Jasphetamine! --Paradoxasauruser (talk) 18:55, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

@Paradoxasauruser and Jasphetamine: Thanks so much for completing this CE request! Now, on to WP:GAN :) HaEr48 (talk) 05:23, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the credit @Paradoxasauruser: it is nice to my little part of something bigger got noticed! :) HaEr48 let me know if you post another request so I can help out -- you're good to work for. Jasphetamine (talk) 18:43, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Cheers to you and @Jasphetamine:! Wikipedia is collaborative indeed :) -- Paradoxasauruser (talk) 18:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)