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Holiday wishes

Happy holidays

Happy New Year!
HickoryOughtShirt?4,
Have a great 2020 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.

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DYK for Donna Tobias

On 1 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Donna Tobias, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1975, Donna Tobias became the United States Navy's first female deep-sea diver? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Donna Tobias. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Donna Tobias), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Legendary Entertainment

Can you please remove Red Notice and Jurassic World 3 off the upcoming state? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.173.184 (talk) 04:34, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Fly Eagles Fly

New hear so not sure how my of this works. But those badges or whatever they are called on your main page are interesting. donc tu are Canadian mais u like the pittsburgh penguins. It’s kinda funny Lmaokeeponediting (talk) 06:18, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to the 2020 WikiCup

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition began at the start of January and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you are interested in joining, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Creative editors like yourself seem to enjoy taking part, and many return year after year. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Cwmhiraeth, alright you've unintentionally twisted my arm enough . I've signed up. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:35, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK review

Thank you for the review of Template:Did you know nominations/ Church of Atheism of Central Canada v Canada (National Revenue). I think the transclusion issue may have been because I accidentally included a space before the title in the template when I nominated it. Can I ask, are you preferring the april fools hook or the regular hook? Just so I know whether to put it in the April fools section or not. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:48, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

The C of E I prefer the April Fools one (actually laughed). Thank you for creating such an interesting article. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:58, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Donnis Thompson

On 5 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Donnis Thompson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when Donnis Thompson was appointed the University of Hawaii's first women's athletic director, she was given a budget of only $5,000? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Donnis Thompson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Donnis Thompson), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Derrick Henry article.

Greetings. Tried to add info about Derrick's recent game, but when I was denied of it because it was a semi-protected article, I lost the paragraph I made. But don´t worry, it´s okay. Sorry for any inconvenience. Good night. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjeims (talk • contribs) 04:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mjeims and welcome to Wikipedia. I am sorry you lost your information, I had to protect the article from vandalism. If you wish to try and re-write it I can add it to the article. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:53, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
And what a spectacular running back he is. Roll Tide. Drmies (talk) 03:29, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Christine Duffy

On 6 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christine Duffy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Christine Duffy, the president of Carnival Cruise Line, was considered too short to become a flight attendant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christine Duffy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Christine Duffy), 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Desmond Napoles

Those edits were prime candidates for RD2 revdeletion. Plz don't be bashful about using that element in your toolbox. Drmies (talk) 03:28, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Drmies, thank you. I'll be sure to use it from now on. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:29, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

JoAnne Graf

Hi, I just promoted your hook to prep. Just wanted to mention that the article JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex is a mess. It doesn't even mention JoAnne Graf. Yoninah (talk) 21:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah, thanks for the tip. On it. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:17, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

I bet you never heard of ....

The International Ice Hockey Association that existed from 1940 to 1947. Flibirigit (talk) 02:38, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Flibirigit No, that was a little bit before my time. I do see that the second VP Frank F. Sargent is a red link though. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:40, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm already working on those red links of course. Flibirigit (talk) 02:43, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Haha of course. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:44, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bessie S. McColgin

Hello! Your submission of Bessie S. McColgin 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) 14:18, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

SMA NYC page

The flag on this article was less than 12 hours old before the article was deleted. How can I get the page back so I can discuss the issues with the editors? I modeled the content on other company pages that are active on the site without any flags/warnings, so I'd like to know what I'd have to do to keep the SMA NYC page active. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrooklandKendall (talk • contribs) 23:51, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi BrooklandKendall and welcome to Wikipedia. I do have to agree with Seraphimblade suspicions as well but if you claim that was not your intention I will believe you. The article was not ready for mainspace and you even edited the article after the tag was placed and chose to not fix the issues. I strongly recommend using WP:YFA for making a new article. This will allow experienced editors to go over the draft and make sure its an appropriate article. As well, I will add that if you have any connections to SMA NYC you must disclose it using WP:DISCLOSE per our Wikimedia Terms of Use. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:37, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of W2S

Hi! I just wanted to ask you about this speedy deletion, as I have a few concerns about it. The first is that my understanding is that G5 only applies when a user created a page after being blocked or banned and, although it's possible that I'm unaware of the full context and Zaydx is linked to a third account who was blocked or banned prior to the creation of W2S, from the limited information available to me from the block log and SPI, that's not the case. As it turns out, the G5 tag was itself placed by a LTA account and they were themselves blocked prior to you deleting the page - not that that necessarily justifies keeping the page, but it doesn't sit quite right with me particularly given, and this is the key point for me, there was both an AFD discussion and a talk page discussion that were leaning towards a pretty clear redirect consensus. I'm unsure if you read those prior to deleting, but I very much hope you did, in which case it would perhaps have been nice if you had commented on the AFD to explain why you felt that it was necessary to speedy delete rather than allowing the discussion to play out and implementing the redirect. I'm sure there are explanations for all of this, I just think this is one of those cases where perhaps it would be good to explain the reasoning a bit. Many thanks! Hugsyrup 10:31, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Hugsyrup, Scope creep hi there and thank you for dropping the note. I saw the Afd in a previous revision and mistakingly thought it was from a previous version. Thank you so much for correcting me, I apologize for this entire mess. I will redo it as a redirect as that seems to be where consensus is. In the future I will make sure to go much slower when checking revisions. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 11:16, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
No worries at all, thank you for the quick response and fix! Hugsyrup 11:23, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Cedar Fair and Canada's Wonderland page editing

Frasererin01 (talk) 19:42, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Trevor de Cleene

Hello

I'm new to all this Wikipedia stuff, but you've left me a message asking me to verify my sources.

My sources include: NZ Army WW1 Casualty Lists Trevor de Cleene's unpublished written memoirs and photos(which were handed down to me upon his death) Direct personal experience being his son, David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magiciseverywhere (talk • contribs) 05:35, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Magiciseverywhere and welcome to Wikipedia. I am sorry for your loss and appreciate your willingness to transcribe the documents onto Wikipedia but they must be published somewhere to be verifiable. This is because no one can fact check the source. If someone were to vandalize the page saying "this is wrong" we would have no way of knowing which is correct because no one but you can access the source. Please check out our reliable sources policy. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:38, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your information. Then I can use the published sources of:

The Manawatu Evening Standard "The Sixteen Members of Parliament for Palmerston North, 1875-20" Geni Family Tree

Magiciseverywhere, sure! Just make sure everything is sourced using Wikipedia:Inline citations. As well, please sign your name after you're finished typing using 4 ~. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation. I don't understand how to do what you're saying so I'll have to learn or leave it for now. In the meantime, are all the edits I just made now lost because I'm not going to rewrite anything if it gets deleted so easily if I don't get the procedures exactly right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magiciseverywhere (talk • contribs) 05:51, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Magiciseverywhere It isn't lost but I wouldn't re-add it without sources. I can post it in your sandbox (User:Magiciseverywhere/sandbox) and after sources are added to every sentence (it can be the same source, just has to be accessible and reliable) you can post it back. You should also discuss it on Talk:Trevor de Cleene as this is a pretty big edit and some people may oppose some additions. As you have a conflict of interest, you should use WP:Edit requests so someone else can look it over and make sure it is neutral. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I've had a go at the referencing you've requested. Is there any way I can send you through Trevor's memoirs for you to validate for yourself? Otherwise, I'll just leave it for now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magiciseverywhere (talk • contribs) 06:32, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Magiciseverywhere and thank you but that still wouldn't work as it wouldn't be accessible to everyone. I am off to bed right now but if you have more questions, check out the WP:Teahouse. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:34, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Dreams(video game) page editing was reverted

Hello Magiciseverywhere my username is Subtenko and I was editing the dreams page with information from the Early Access game I bought "Dreams" which has a release date of Feb 14th this year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_(video_game)

I got a message saying my changes were reverted because of 'self promotion'? Why did this happen and how? Players could buy the game early so I'm adding things like what the menus have and the submenus within the game. I was about to add picture references to the wiki page as well.

Hi Subtenko and welcome to Wikipedia. The changes you made violated our neutral point of view policy. While I am glad you enjoy this game, adding sentences like "...an ever expansive place of of dreams from their smallest to biggest of ideas within the community" and "There is said to be a 10 year plan for Dreams so we can expect many updates!" is probably more for a forum than a Wikipedia page. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:19, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Subtenko. The changes you made did not follow an encyclopedic tone. I strongly recommend checking out similar games to see how they are written.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:28, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Kolleg St. Blasien

This article had 35k dropped in today that looks like it came from somewhere else. Completely unreferenced, by a new SPA. If you want to take a look... MB 23:20, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

MB, thanks for the note . I just reverted it and sent them a welcome message. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:06, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Bessie S. McColgin

On 12 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bessie S. McColgin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bessie S. McColgin, the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, was seen as a "superior orator"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bessie S. McColgin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bessie S. McColgin), 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.

--valereee (talk) 12:01, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Chelsea McClammer

On 13 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chelsea McClammer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chelsea McClammer (pictured) was the youngest member of Team USA's track-and-field team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chelsea McClammer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chelsea McClammer), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Megan Fisher

On 14 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Megan Fisher, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Megan Fisher is the first woman with a lower-leg amputation to complete an XTERRA off-road triathlon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Megan Fisher. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Megan Fisher), 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) 00:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Carol Leonnig edits

Hi, I wonder if it is possible to edit Carol's wiki page to note in the lead that she has won three Pulitzer prizes (which as documented below on the wiki page). It only mentions one which is a bit misleading? Also the box to the left should indicate that as well -- she was on the team that won in 2014. She also has a book that is being released (in the news today) and I wonder if that can be added? I don't know very much about editing and have a conflict so not sure how to improve this page, so much of it is old. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MHKelley (talk • contribs) 19:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi MHKelley and happy new year! I have added the Pulitzer prizes to the lead but will need to do more research on the book before adding it. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

User talk:BINDU Foundation BD

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 11:31, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Yup, I'm just about to revert them for again spamming on their talk page. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:13, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 Done, thanks. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:43, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for George Downing (surfer)

On 22 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article George Downing (surfer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that George Downing created the first surfboard with a removable fin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/George Downing (surfer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, George Downing (surfer)), 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) 02:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Ronke Sokefun

Hi good day, i would kindly ask for the undelation of the page 'Ronke Sokefun' as i have realized my mistakes and wishes to improve the page and correct them. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecapitalking (talk • contribs) 07:00, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Thecapitalking and welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and the article was 94% plagiarized. You will have to start from scratch as nothing was worth saving. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Ok but would i be allowed to create a new page since this one was deleted
@Thecapitalking: Yes, as long as it isn't plagiarized. As well, pings won't work unless you sign your post with 4 tidals (~) at the end. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:23, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
@HickoryOughtShirt?4: thank you, id get to work immediately Thecapitalking (talk) 07:27, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism

Could you please deal with this? Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 03:16, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Scotty Munro, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bill Hunter (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Just a minor question

Was it intentional for you to have two of the same userboxes on your userpage? The userbox in question is this, "This user wants YOU to properly cite your sources."MegaGoat (Talk) (Contribs) 19:19, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

@MegaGoat:, Ha, I guess I'm just really passionate about sourcing . Thank you for pointing that out to me. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:37, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Dev Dley DYK

Hello HickoryOughtShirt?4! Hope you are having a good new year! I have reviewed your DYK submission, or at least tried. I look forward to working with you. Cheers! Usedtobecool ☎️ 19:42, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

@Usedtobecool:, I assume you mean Template:Did you know nominations/Haruwa-Charuwa system? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:48, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Nah! Not that. That would be inappropriate, surely. I meant any feedback you might have on my reviewing of your nom itself. Last time I tried reviewing, it didn't go so well, I think because I lack experience to judge the spirit of the rules rather than just words. Sorry about the confusion! I am going off now. I will get back to the DYK first thing tomorrow. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 23:31, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
HickoryOughtShirt?4, I made a couple edits to the article and have now approved the nom. Please feel free to review those. Cheers! Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:08, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Usedtobecool, ohhh. I actually enjoyed your review and agree with you on all the points. I think it was a good first review (and not ust because I got a green tick ). HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:07, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello again, HickoryOughtShirt?4! Hope you are doing well! So, I had to reiterate my approval and therefore review some of the things again. Anyway, I've removed the birthplace cos all I could find was "Kamloops lawyer" in the sources I revisited and I wasn't sure that amounted to the same thing. Similarly, I wasn't sure "graduated with a law degree in 78" amounted to LLB so I removed that as well. I did that only so I could speedily reapprove. I probably was being lazy too in not going through all the sources (Did I say yet that I absolutely hate mobile editing?!). Feel free to revisit, review and reinstate if and as appropriate. Thanks and kind regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 18:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Dev Dley

Hello! Your submission of Dev Dley 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) 20:20, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

German female hockey player

I thought you might want to read about Kratzer. Flibirigit (talk) 03:18, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Women's hockey in Canada

I thought you might be interested in Preston Rivulettes and Ladies Ontario Hockey Association. These have been on my watch list and to do list, but I have not had time to revisit since I wrote the Hilda Ranscombe article. Flibirigit (talk) 03:26, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Flibirigit:, ya that looks like an interesting article. It will definitely take some time to improve. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Mackay Yanagisawa

On 26 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mackay Yanagisawa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mackay Yanagisawa was forced to re-mortgage his house three times to keep the Hula Bowl running? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mackay Yanagisawa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mackay Yanagisawa), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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Help make Canadian women blue

I think you will be interested in the red links at Viceregal consort of Canada. These seem like great candidates for articles! Flibirigit (talk) 17:46, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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"StopAd injection" code

Howdy! Please take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/LINFAN01 with an eye to today's contributions, which have all involved adding some really weird hidden text to the ends of articles. I have no clue what this is but it looks fishy and I've never seen anything like it before. Thanks much! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 00:13, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Julietdeltalima:, they could be gaming the system. I'll keep an eye on it. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed

Hello, HickoryOughtShirt?4

Thank you for creating Susan Folkman.

User:Insertcleverphrasehere, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Nice new article. I'd suggest taking it to DYK if you haven't already.

To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Insertcleverphrasehere}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

— Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)(click me!) 03:55, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Insertcleverphrasehere, Thank you. I'm debating whether I should nominate it for DYK. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
HickoryOughtShirt?4, her research seems interesting, there has got to be a good hook in there somewhere. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)(click me!) 03:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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