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Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War

Hi, completely unrelated to the ongoing GANs, but I thought I'd mention that I now have some access to Konstam's Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65. I believe you mentioned before at some point that you did not, and so if you think it might be helpful for any of your multitude of ACW articles please do mention it. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:17, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! That may well come in handy! Hog Farm Talk 18:14, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thanks for participating in the WikiProject report! Cheers, and happy February! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 18:53, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Oregon

The article CSS Oregon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Oregon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 18:41, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Carondelet

The article CSS Carondelet you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Carondelet for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:01, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

February songs
frozen

thank you for another good one! - today: tymy joy - more on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Editor on a mission

Good morning Hog Farm, could I trouble you to don your admin hat for a moment. This edit history perturbs me. t seems to be a mass change to present articles from a Scottish nationalist PoV. Or in some cases near-random trivial changes. Is this allowed? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 09:46, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

FYI, a working link is Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:ECE1:BC00:C404:71B2:8E43:94C3 (t · c) buidhe 09:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Gog the Mild - Unfortunately, I'm busy enough today I'm not able to dig into that super deep right now, but it's a strange mix of seemingly innocuous changes, a tendency to change around infobox orders (I'm not up to speed on the various infobox laws, so I don't know what policy is on that), and a few that look definitely problematic. The constant changes of everything to call Scotland a kingdom seem iffy without any special context to do so, and some of the fiddling with titles looks suspicious, too. This definitely looks problematic. I wouldn't bother with messing with the trivial changes, but the more nationalistic problem edits should be reverted. I see @LuK3, EvergreenFir, and Mazca: have all put pblocks on the IP range for block evasion, could this be possibly related to the other evasion? Hog Farm Talk 07:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
The big partial block on the /33 is an inconsistent mush of different issues; that /33 is a dynamic range covering a fairly large number of UK users on Sky Broadband, nobody seems to hold an IP for more than a couple of days. There are a couple of consistent troublesome users on it but I think this "Kingdom of Scotland" dude is a different one. ~ mazca talk 18:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
What I take to be the same editor has just had a second bite at Battle of Inverkeithing, ignoring BRD and FAOWN. Plus made some other frivolous but irritating edits. I am reverting their changes to FAs as they make them, but worry about the changes to the now large number of other articles. Would I be in order to go through these, reverting them where I don't consider the changes improvements? Gog the Mild (talk) 23:01, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Gog, I would consider it to be appropriate to revert anything problematic made by them to those articles without edit warring. If the IP tries to edit war the nationalistic material in, the affected pages can be added to the range block (which I'm not sure I know how to do). Hog Farm Talk 18:59, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. It seems pretty certain that they are User:Cavalierfawkes, who has just had a[nother] go at an FA. I have spotted a couple of arguably useful edits, and so shall exercise care when reverting. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:18, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
  • (Non-administrator comment) The irregularly scheduled reminder to editors that what is exempted from edit warring sanctions is pretty tightly restricted to what is laid out here, and admins who patrol ANEW are pretty strict over it. Since their edits don't seem to provide an exemption, I suggest the first port of call be a discussion on their talk page (with only a single edit to it out of over 300 project-wide, I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope for a productive discussion, but you never know). If that comes to nothing, ANI is probably the best bet, unless they actually start edit-warring themselves (which they don't appear to have done yet, seemingly preferring to article hop: although I could have missed something). SN54129 14:39, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Baltic

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article CSS Baltic you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 17:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Marmaduke–Walker duel

Congratulations, Hog Farm! The article you nominated, Marmaduke–Walker duel, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Buidhe (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Baltic

The article CSS Baltic you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:CSS Baltic for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Baltic

The article CSS Baltic you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Baltic for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 13:21, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Request for input on a featured article candidacy

Greetings, I have nominated Lake Estancia for a featured article nomination. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. The instructions for the review process are here. Thanks in advance for any comments. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:57, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited CSS Fredericksburg, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Deck.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 05:56, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Fredericksburg

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article CSS Fredericksburg you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 19:20, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Red panda peer review

Would you be able to peer review the red panda article? We could use another non-biology person to look it over. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 16:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Daniel Sickles's leg

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Daniel Sickles's leg you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

GNIS locations

I fixed yet another one only a couple of days ago. Bucksnort, Tennessee isn't where the GNIS record puts it, according to actual coördinates recorded by the USGS in its own 1979 survey. Ironically, the GNIS places it at the other end of "Bucksnort road", on what was once "Pruett farm".

I also found this in a USACE report: "The GNIS Names files do not differentiate between various types of populated places. A subdivision having one inhabitant is as significant as a major metropolitan centre such as New York City." Uncle G (talk) 14:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

  • That USACE report line is pretty telling. My biggest pet peeve with these short stubs on these locations is that they all invariably copy over "populated place" which makes it hard to actually expand the article later if its saveable. It's hard to find sources for a mill or a landing or a logging camp if you're looking for a populated place based on the article. Hog Farm Talk 14:22, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
    • I still have a whole bunch of things to sift through. I am hoping that I can get some more into Geographic Names Information System. I'm not sure how to handle the Montana State Library's statement that it has tried to correct the GNIS three times and failed. Then there's the people who tried to match up the GNIS "corners" in Connecticut with landsat data for actual visible populated places:

      The process resulted in 258 successful matches of GNIS points with single residential polygons. Unsuccessful matches included 193 instances of multiple points per residential area and 267 points with no corresponding residential polygons. Many of the latter places were named "Corners" indicating, perhaps, minor populated places at road intersections.

      — doi:10.1145/792550.792568
      This was back in 2002, before Wikipedia was dumped on. Would that they'd thought it through further! Uncle G (talk) 16:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

FASA for Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt?

HF, did you want to set up a WP:FASA for Wikipedia:Featured article review/Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt/archive1? If so, here are the steps, except you don't need to update the stats, as they are current. Also, don't forget to !vote on old ones at WP:FASA! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:43, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Fredericksburg

The article CSS Fredericksburg you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Fredericksburg for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:41, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations - January 2022 MilHist Contest

The Writer's Barnstar
On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the January 2022 Military History Article Writing Contest with 35 points from four articles. Congratulations, Zawed (talk) 09:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Four Award

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Marmaduke–Walker duel. — Bilorv (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

— Bilorv (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Daniel Sickles's leg

The article Daniel Sickles's leg you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Daniel Sickles's leg for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:01, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for USS R. B. Forbes

On 25 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article USS R. B. Forbes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tugboat R. B. Forbes was the first iron mercantile vessel built in New England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/USS R. B. Forbes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, USS R. B. Forbes), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 25 February 2022 (UTC)


Geoff Young in Kentucky congressional race

Geoff Young is running in Kentucky's Congressional 6th district race. You are experienced in articles on Kentucky, Can I get some help on this article?

Any suggestions that you have about the article? I want to make it notable. Year2040 (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

@Year2040: - My experience with Kentucky articles is solely limited to minor geographic entities, and I have no experience writing post-1860 political content. The relevant notability guideline is WP:NPOL. You'll have to be able to demonstrate that this figure gets coverage in non-local media (for instance, a major statewide newspaper is much better than a local radio station), and the coverage will have to be significant and amount to more than statements that he is running. Additionally, Ballotpedia is probably not going to be viewed as a notability-brining source. Hog Farm Talk 15:18, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Re:Featured article review for Knights Templar

Dear User:Hog Farm, thanks for your message on my talk page. I am honoured that you have asked me to review the Knights Templar article. I will have a look soon. With regards, AnupamTalk 22:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for CSS Baltic

On 27 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article CSS Baltic, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the captain of the warship CSS Baltic stated that she was "about as fit to go into action as a mud scow"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/CSS Baltic. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, CSS Baltic), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Battle of Shepherdstown

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battle of Shepherdstown you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Djmaschek -- Djmaschek (talk) 04:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Pamlico

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article CSS Pamlico you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:01, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Second Battle of St. Michaels

Hog Farm - Thank you for reviewing the Second Battle of St. Michaels. It might have too many images. "Historic marker near the grave of Perry Benson" and "The British occupied strategically located Kent Island" could be removed. TwoScars (talk) 22:29, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I've removed all the images I thought were insufficiently relevant. (t · c) buidhe 05:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Hog Farm - Thanks again for reviewing the Second Battle of St. Michaels. I noticed you wrote the GA Battle of Shepherdstown. Glad to see that—Shepherd University's George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, was very helpful when I was researching my ancestor a few years ago. They had a Record of Events for his company and summarized his Compiled Service Record. From his Record of Status on Muster Rolls I could tell when he was probably present, and when he was on furlough. (Also could see that he added a year to his age at enlistment!) I wrote a 78-page report for relatives, and my kids, that told his story with lots of maps and photographs. I also found two memorials with his name on them. TwoScars (talk) 16:38, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022

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Your GA nomination of Battle of Shepherdstown

The article Battle of Shepherdstown you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battle of Shepherdstown for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Djmaschek -- Djmaschek (talk) 02:41, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of CSS Scorpion

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article CSS Scorpion you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:20, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Queen angelfish

Hello. Are you going to follow up on your review? LittleJerry (talk) 20:25, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Scorpion

The article CSS Scorpion you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:CSS Scorpion for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 19:00, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

FAC for Battle of Glasgow, Missouri

Since Ian is the only coordinator who hasn't recused on this one, I suggest ping/email him when you get a third support—he edits intermittently (you probably don't need this advice, though). (t · c) buidhe 00:26, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Your {{Copied}} templates are messed up :). It doesn't matter much, as you do properly attribute per WP:CWW, but I noticed them at Glasgow when cleaning up articlehistory, and fixed them there. Then I copied the corrected templates to the other articles, where I failed to ping you correctly, per my usual typos. The things I accomplish from an iPad!
  • Talk:Battle of Fort Davidson ‎ Fix one, User:HogFarm to check other two current current
  • Talk:Second Battle of Lexington ‎ Fix one, User:HogFarm to check the other two
Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:33, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
I think this should be fixed now? Took a couple tries of Fort Davidson, but I think I got it figured out. Hog Farm Talk 05:11, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Potential FA mentorship

Hi there! I saw your name listed at WP:FAM, and I was wondering whether you'd be willing to mentor me through preparing for an FA nomination, if you're willing and have the time. I created John C. Young (college president) on February 25, and it passed GA on March 2. I think it has a chance of meeting the FA criteria but I thought it'd be smart to seek the opinion of an editor that is more experienced in FA than me. If you'd be willing to mentor me, I would certainly appreciate it! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

@PCN02WPS: - Yes, I'd be willing to take a look at this, so long as you're okay with it being a few days probably before I could get to it - I've gotten a bit busier lately. Hog Farm Talk 19:53, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
Awesome, thank you! No worries on the wait, just take a look whenever you can! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:57, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
@PCN02WPS: - Just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about this. I just got really busy with work, and was trying to finish a backlog of stuff. I'll be out of town this weekend, but hopefully I can start looking at it at the beginning of next week. I just have this article, Wikipedia:Featured article review/Cliff Clinkscales/archive1, and Talk:Squib-class torpedo boat/GA1 on my radar right now, so I should be able to take a really good look next week. Hog Farm Talk 04:59, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
No worries! I appreciate the heads-up, take all the time you need. I'm in no rush. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 14:45, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Pamlico

The article CSS Pamlico you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Pamlico for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:41, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Squib-class torpedo boat

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Squib-class torpedo boat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:01, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Alabama Pitts

Hey there Hog Farm! 18 months late, but I think I'm ready to have Alabama Pitts get another look-over for GA. Would you be willing to review it again? I believe I've addressed most of your comments from Talk:Alabama Pitts/GA1, and I am prepared to discuss some of the others. If not, no worries! Eagles 24/7 (C) 02:39, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

@Eagles247: - I'm a bit swamped on and off wikipedia right now, but if it's still unclaimed in about a week I can review it again. Hog Farm Talk 18:42, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:51, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of CSS Scorpion

The article CSS Scorpion you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:CSS Scorpion for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 18:41, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

March songs

March songs

Thank you for support in the RfC for DYK! Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Now, you can also listen on YouTube, and more music, the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices call "Freiheit!" (freedom, instead of "Freude", joy). Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

I was hoping they would run it. Hog Farm Talk 21:05, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Daniel Sickles's leg

On 11 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Sickles's leg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Daniel Sickles's leg (pictured) is a popular museum display? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Sickles's leg. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Daniel Sickles's leg), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:26, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 25,458 views (2,121.5 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2022 – nice work!

Bruxton (talk) 03:57, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification! I had a feeling that this one would do good. Hog Farm Talk 03:58, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Missouri

Ramsay has come up again.

Uncle G (talk) 16:55, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Squib-class torpedo boat

The article Squib-class torpedo boat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Squib-class torpedo boat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:01, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Squib-class torpedo boat

On 19 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Squib-class torpedo boat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Confederate States Navy ordered six Squib-class torpedo boats from England, but they were never delivered? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Squib-class torpedo boat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Squib-class torpedo boat), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 5,140 views (428.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2022 – nice work!

the automation of this function is in beta testing mode—please let me know if I've screwed up! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 23:27, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS Varuna (1861)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article USS Varuna (1861) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 13:40, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS Varuna (1861)

The article USS Varuna (1861) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:USS Varuna (1861) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS Varuna (1861)

The article USS Varuna (1861) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:USS Varuna (1861) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:01, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for Battle of St. Charles, Marmaduke–Walker duel, and Battle of Glasgow, Missouri. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations - February 2022 MilHist Article Writing Contest

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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the February 2022 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 69 points from 8 articles. Great job! Zawed (talk) 07:55, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022

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A message of kindness

Perhaps it's the cider in me at the moment, but I'd like to take the time to thank you for the contributions you have made to MilHist and Wikipedia as a whole. You've done a great service by providing more information on the American Civil War, an incredibly important topic, and you've been a quality member of the project since you joined. It's what makes us old regs (been here 6 years, so I guess that counts for something) hopeful that it will be sustainable. Keep on chooglin'! -Indy beetle (talk) 05:00, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks very much for the compliments! I have full intentions for this to be sustainable, and hopefully move on to some "bigger-ticket" items - I'm aiming for Confederate government of Missouri for later this month, once a CPA exam section and a sinus infection are over. I briefly lived in Fayetteville as a child before winding up in the Ozarks, so I've got a bit of a NC connection. Hog Farm Talk 05:30, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site

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Your GA nomination of Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site

The article Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:01, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Can presidential cabinet lists in presidency articles require a citation?

I would like to trouble you with a question. Can a list of presidential cabinet members in an article about a presidency of a politician require a citation for WP:FA? Here's some context - right now, there are no Featured Articles about a presidency of a politician (only two Good Articles about a politician's presidency, which does not have a citation affixed to a list of presidential cabinet members), and some articles about a presidency of a politician (e.g. Presidency of Corazon Aquino) have a citation affixed to a list of presidential cabinet members. I don't think that this was covered in the WP:MOS. Cheerio! LunafreyaLaphicet (talk) 12:11, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

For FA it's required to cite all information with in-line reference see the FA criteria. Basic info like cabinet members should be easy to source! (t · c) buidhe 12:23, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@LunafreyaLaphicet: - Yes, like Buidhe said, this does need a citation. Essentially everything will need a citation unless it's self-proving like some math formulas, or patently obvious like "the Earth orbits the Sun". Hog Farm Talk 13:22, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
What if the citation for the list of presidential cabinet members is a website? After all, website citations are unstable. Some sources for cabinet member lists of presidents in certain countries (especially presidents of lesser-known countries) might not be easily available. LunafreyaLaphicet (talk) 13:50, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
The website may be used if it is reliable. As to the unstable portion, see Help:Archiving a source. Even if you are unable to archive the source for yourself, then there are other editors who work frequently with this and would be willing to help you out. However, even if it is not easily available, you will still need to add a citation for the material. I'm not sure what country you are referring to, but it should be doable with the possible exception of some defunct countries in non-English locations. If you're having trouble accessing a specific source that the citation would be in, you can ask at WP:RSX. Hog Farm Talk 13:56, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Duke...

It'll probably be tomorrow. I had to go to the grocery store and now my head is killing me. Ealdgyth (talk) 17:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

No worries; take as long as you need. Hope you get to feeling better. Hog Farm Talk 17:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations - March 2022 MilHist Article Writing Contest

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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the March 2022 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 51 points from 6 articles, an excellent month. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:03, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Battle of Glasgow, Missouri

Congratulations, Hog Farm! The article you nominated, Battle of Glasgow, Missouri, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

A question.

Hello. What does "per FAC" mean? Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 04:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@BeenAroundAWhile: it's an indication that the changes made were in response to comments at a featured article candidacy. Is there a specific edit you were concerned about? RE the cn tag you placed at Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment - the information is found (and cited) in the last paragraph of the body. Ref 47 covers Smith's June 2 surrender, and ref 48 covers McGhee's theory and the June 14 parole. Per my understanding of WP:LEADCITE I don't think a citation there in the lead is necessary but I can add one since it is directly referencing McGhee's theory if you feel strongly about it. Hog Farm Talk 05:10, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
I believe everyone would like us to eschew the use of abbreviations, per the guideline which states "Always consider whether it is better to simply write a word or phrase out in full, thus avoiding potential confusion for those not familiar with its abbreviation." Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations As for the cn tag, I would prefer the info be cited: To me it looks needed. Best wishes, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 07:28, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 10th Texas Field Battery

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 10th Texas Field Battery you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 20:21, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Goodbye Normal Street

Hello! Your submission of Goodbye Normal Street at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:37, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 17:40, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site

The article Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 15:40, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for USS Varuna (1861)

On 24 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article USS Varuna (1861), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that eight sailors on USS Varuna received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/USS Varuna (1861). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, USS Varuna (1861)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site

The article Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 05:01, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Battle of Little Blue River

Congratulations, Hog Farm! The article you nominated, Battle of Little Blue River, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Newspaper sources and the featured article criteria

Hello Hog Farm. I've been working on Pruitt–Igoe, an article about an ill-fated St. Louis housing project built in the 1950s, with an eye to taking it to FAC at some point in the future. I recently secured a subscription to Newspapers.com through the Wikipedia Library, which has opened up many contemporaneous newspaper sources from the 1950s and 1960s. In several cases these newspaper articles have verified facts that I could not find in other sources (e.g., the dates of opening, the exact number of units). I know that the featured article criteria require "high-quality reliable sources". Do old newspaper articles, used for basic factual information, meet this standard? Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 19:18, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

@Rublov: - I think it would be okay for most non-controversial facts, such as the date of opening. A scholarly secondary source would be preferable when possible, but I don't see any issue with using a reputable historical newspaper for the information like the two examples you gave. Hog Farm Talk 19:25, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Battle of Caloocan

Hola, Hog Farm. I've just had a look at your comments on the GA review page and after looking at the links again I agree that they shouldn't really be there as I must've mixed up the two units (and as such, I've altered them). Regards, Dabberoni15 (talk) 17:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

@Dabberoni15: - It looks like there's still one more - see the link in On February 4, a private from the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment fired on Filipino troops near Manila Hog Farm Talk 17:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Sure, but when I kept the link to solely the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment, it automatically redirects readers to a Civil War-era unit. Do you have suggestions for an appropriate pipe to go in the article? Dabberoni15 (talk) 17:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
@Dabberoni15: - Based on a few sources I've briefly consulted, I'd say the best pipe link would be 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment (1898). Hog Farm Talk 17:45, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, will do. Much obliged for your assistance, chief. Dabberoni15 (talk) 17:48, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
If I have time tonight, I might try to hammer out a start-class article for the Nebraska unit - I found several promising sources. Hog Farm Talk 18:24, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

USRC Forward (1882)

I have added addition history and citations to the article USRC Forward (1882) bringing the article up to B-class standards for the MILHIST Project. Since I am the major author of the article I don't feel it would be correct for me to reassess the article. If you would be so kind as to look the article over when you get time and possibly reassess it for b-class I would be most grateful. At some point in time while writing the article several years ago I got distracted and never completed it. Someone in the meantime assessed it as b-class without checking the references listed. Although I very seldom write articles anymore I felt it my responsibility to complete this. It was actually quite interesting and I might have to get back into some new article research. Thank you. Cuprum17 (talk) 19:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

@Cuprum17: - Generally, to get a ship to MILHIST B-class, there's two more things that would need to be done. First, with ship articles, it's generally expected that the dimensions and such from the infobox would be summarized in a separate section (generally called characteristics or some such thing). The lead contains some information not elsewhere, and that would need to be moved into the main history section, with the lead becoming a summary of the new characteristics section and the history section. CSS Scorpion is one that I managed to get to GA in March that might be comparable, as both articles are on the shorter side for ships. Hog Farm Talk 20:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
I'll keep hammering away at it. Thank you for the guidance and I will follow your suggestions, though not immediately. Real life beckons... Cuprum17 (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022

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1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment

Hey chief, I just saw your newly created article for that regiment and wanted to extend my thanks (it looks great). That being said, I wanted to draw your attention to two minor points regarding it. The first is a Wikimedia file which I think could be used in the article. The battle of Manila article states that this image depicts Company B of the regiment. In your view, do you think that this is an accurate description? Because if it is, I'd like to insert it into the article somehow. The second is perhaps a slightly broader scope issue. I'm under the impression that the 1st Nebraska was a volunteer regiment (as opposed to the Regular Army). If that is the case, then why wasn't it designated as the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment, like many other volunteer regiments? Thank you in advance for being so helpful. Regards, Dabberoni15 (talk) 14:45, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

@Dabberoni15: - I'm unsure about that image - the LOC page from which that image is sourced makes no claim that I can find that the image is of the 1st Nebraska, and neither does the file page on Commons. As for the title, I see we are currently using a mix of title formats - we've got 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (1898) and 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (1898) but also 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Spanish–American War). Additionally, many of that state units in the American Civil War were volunteer units, and it was determined not to include "volunteer" in the article names of those. I'll post a query at WT:MILHIST about how to handle this. Hog Farm Talk 17:38, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
I posted this on MILHIST but wanted to duplicate here. Brian Linn does not use "volunteer" in his work on the conflicts, and he's considered the leading authority for this period. The decision not to use "volunteer" for Civil War units is a Wiki thing as far as I know (and they have some other...odd...conventions in this area, at least to me), but for this period I'd say 1st Nebraska Infantry is far more common and appropriate. Intothatdarkness 17:07, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
Allow me to chime in as the guy who actually PERFORMED those many moves over the subject of "volunteer". I'm not sure what we decided was entirely correct, even though consensus was clear. Our MOS is not always up-to-date nor does it cover every circumstance. After hearing the scholarly case recently for NOT using the term "Union" army, a discussion which did not so conclude, I'm concerned when I look at museum artifacts which are labeled USV. During the Civil War (and this is not debatable), we had USV and USA. The OR index listing for Union Army is a set of redirects back to USA and USV. I think one day I will be forced to do those moves back to a different naming convention. (which I'd do gladly if that were the case) BusterD (talk) 22:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
This gets even more complicated because there was a category of troops considered United States Volunteers in addition to those volunteer units raised by states. So depending on the conflict and era, you can have state-raised Volunteers, United States Volunteers (units in essence organized and funded by the Federal Government), and the Regular Army. The 1st US Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders) is perhaps the best known of the USV regiments, but there were others. Obviously prior to the creation of the National Guard the state volunteer units were far more common. Intothatdarkness 12:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 10th Texas Field Battery

The article 10th Texas Field Battery you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:10th Texas Field Battery for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 13:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Yeehaw 🤠 –♠Vami_IV†♠ 01:55, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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