User talk:Kavyansh.Singh/Archive 4
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DYK for Joseph Kinnicutt Angell
On 6 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Kinnicutt Angell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to one legal scholar, "no intelligent lawyer could well practice without" the books of Joseph Kinnicutt Angell? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Kinnicutt Angell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Joseph Kinnicutt Angell), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Colors (Morandi song)
Hi
The review of the article mentioned above was conducted, please see Talk:Colors (Morandi song)/GA1 I just had it n the wrong page. Cheers, MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:20, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
- No issues, I have changes it now. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:35, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
GA review
Hi there, I am reviewing One Astor Plaza. I have finished the review. I have never reviewed before, and as a listed mentor was wondering if you please could look at my checklist and do a check to see I filled it in correctly? I intentionally went through all the noms and picked a non-controversial subject, and also chose an article that was a very strong chance of passing. Obviously if it were a fail, much more detail would be needed. Thanks very much - MaxnaCarter (talk) 08:16, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Kavyansh.Singhplease do let me know if you can help, thanks! MaxnaCarter (talk) 01:28, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @MaxnaCarter, sorry for the delay, was a bit busy. I have now taken a look at the review page. Thank you for volunteering to do a GA review. I see you have assessed all GA criteria, which is a good sign. Something I say to all new GA reviewers is that the GA criteria is not too strict, but still try to give few suggestions to the nominator. There are rarely any "perfect" article, is it even exists. There is always at-least one suggestions you can give to the nominator; any suggestion (even if outside the GA criteria) which improves the article is an improvement for Wikipedia and its readers. For example, in this article, I see that:
- there are a lot of duplicate links MOS:DUPLINK (like Broadway, Palladium Times Square, Minskoff Theatre, Ben Schlanger, Sam Minskoff and Sons, etc.) which can easily be spotted by this script. Suggest the nominator to remove most of these, as they do not help the reader until the two links are at considerable distance.
- Ask why is there "pp. 721, 722" in Ref#99 when it normally would be "pp. 721–722" (continuous page ranges)
- This is a great article by an experiences nominators, but it may be a bit technical for non-experts, which most of the Wikipedia readers are. While reading, if you find any difficulty understanding anything, feel free to ask the nominator to simplify that. This is difficult for few highly technical scientific/mathematics related articles, but not too hard here.
- Try to spot-check few sources to verify the source-to-text integrity.
- In short, the GA review should contain constructive criticism of the article. Most of the points to be considered while reviewing are specified at Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles. Best of luck ahead, and please feel free to ask me anything you find difficult. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 02:37, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for the pointers @Kavyansh.Singh, will do! MaxnaCarter (talk) 02:57, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @MaxnaCarter, sorry for the delay, was a bit busy. I have now taken a look at the review page. Thank you for volunteering to do a GA review. I see you have assessed all GA criteria, which is a good sign. Something I say to all new GA reviewers is that the GA criteria is not too strict, but still try to give few suggestions to the nominator. There are rarely any "perfect" article, is it even exists. There is always at-least one suggestions you can give to the nominator; any suggestion (even if outside the GA criteria) which improves the article is an improvement for Wikipedia and its readers. For example, in this article, I see that:
Your GA nomination of Margaret Abbott
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Margaret Abbott 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 Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 07:40, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Margaret Abbott
The article Margaret Abbott you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Margaret Abbott 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 Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 4, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 4, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:37, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
TFL notification – July 2022
Hi, Kavyansh.Singh. I'm just posting to let you know that List of marches by John Philip Sousa – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for July 4. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:28, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for the Help
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| I wanted to thank you for your help on how to discuss about changing the image in the infobox for the article about Ronald Reagan HistorianL (talk) 20:01, 16 June 2022 (UTC) |
- @HistorianL: Welcome to Wikipedia! Feel free to let me know if you need any help or have any questions. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:17, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for James Markham Ambler
On 17 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Markham Ambler, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that due to the efforts of James Markham Ambler, the Jeannette expedition became the first Arctic expedition "without a single case of scurvy"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Markham Ambler. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Markham Ambler), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hey there. Sorry the tool freaked out. Just letting you know I saw it in the log. I will troubleshoot and patch whatever the bug is in the morning. –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- No worries. Otherwise, it is great. Thanks for all your help! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:50, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- My pleasure. Bug fixed, by the way. I had an epiphany and was able to figure this one out quick :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 07:16, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Kavyansh.Singh,
- Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
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Your GA nomination of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) 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 Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 19:04, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)
The article Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) 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:Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 16:23, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Margaret Abbott
On 4 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Abbott, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Margaret Abbott (pictured) was the first American woman to win an Olympic event, but never realized it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Abbott. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Margaret Abbott), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
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barely had to read the first sentence of today's FA to know it had your fingerprints all over it! Happy fourth :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:20, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: Well, my sincere attempt for "wall to wall coverage" with TFA, TFL, and a DYK! And one more thing, the Truman article was created exactly a year ago, July 4th! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 11:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign, introduced as "arguably the most under-rated presidential campaign in American history. By various accounts, Truman was a fine man, who was nominated for vice-presidency by Franklin D. Roosevelt for his fourth term. Just 82 days after being inaugurated for his unprecedented fourth term, Roosevelt died. Truman ascended to the presidency, explaining the burden of the presidency as "the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on [him]." In 1948, he tried to "earn" a term in his own right, but almost all predicted a victory of his opponent—the young and charismatic Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey. Various Democratic Party bosses wanted General Dwight D. Eisenhower (considered the most popular man in America) to run, and drafted him. Due to his unpopularity, Truman even agreed to run as Eisenhower's running mate! Eisenhower declined. Truman had to face division withing his own party; two new parties were formed by influential Democratic leaders challenging Truman in the election. Truman campaigned around 22,000 miles, gave 352 speeches, and traveled almost the entire nation (except deep south). Almost all polls predicted a "landslide" for Dewey. Elmo Roper discontinued polling way before election, saying "My whole inclination is to predict the election of Thomas E. Dewey by a heavy margin and devote my time and efforts to other things." The top 50 political writers were asked their opinion about the election. All predicted a victory for Dewey. On the election day, Chicago Tribune printed the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN", boldly anticipating a victory for him. Truman won! He won by a margin of over 2 million popular votes. Truman's picture, holding the erroneous headline of Chicago Tribune has been described as "greatest photograph ever made of a politician celebrating victory"."! - Happy independence! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- My pleasure, Gerda! I like today's main page, especially having authored both the TFA and TFL. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 11:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- My addition is Taruskin, and Brook may come. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:08, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- (Brook came only two days later ...) yesterday I attended a unique concert - the 18th Thomaskantor after Bach conducting - and with some good luck caught him happy afterwards! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- ... and another concert 14 July: Voces8, pictured - I have a FAC open, in case of interest --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda! Will try to take a look! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 04:57, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Congrats to your latest FA! The pending list normally takes articles only one year ahead, DYK? - I have new pics to offer, see July songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:26, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gerda! I had either the opening ceremony of 2024 Paris Olympics, or the Next Women's day for the TFA. What do you think would be better? I've been pretty less active from a month or so due to IRL, hoping to do more for Wiki soon! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:32, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'd go for the women's day, - two chances until the opening ceremony. They prefer fighters for women's right but don't always get them. Or, simply her birthday? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- The FAC is still open, and you offered good comments in the last round. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- I'd go for the women's day, - two chances until the opening ceremony. They prefer fighters for women's right but don't always get them. Or, simply her birthday? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gerda! I had either the opening ceremony of 2024 Paris Olympics, or the Next Women's day for the TFA. What do you think would be better? I've been pretty less active from a month or so due to IRL, hoping to do more for Wiki soon! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:32, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)
The article Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) 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 Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 19:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Special Barnstar |
| I've been impressed by everybody who's got Wall-to-wall coverage, but this is a new one: having both the TFA and the TFL at once. Congratulations on this display of absolute dominance over the main page! — Bilorv (talk) 23:13, 5 July 2022 (UTC) |
- Well, Bilorv, thanks a lot!. I too think this is one of the most difficult one to do. "absolute dominance", well, as always, Wikipedia is the real winner! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:04, 7 July 2022 (UTC) |
- Oh Gog, thanks a lot! This always encourages me to review more FACs, which is always a pleasure to do! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:59, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- That wasn't the idea, but it is a pretty good side effect.
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- That wasn't the idea, but it is a pretty good side effect.
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TFL notification for August 2022
Hi, Kavyansh.Singh. I'm just posting to let you know that Gabor Medal – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for August 5. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 04:56, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
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List of US presidents
Sorry about that change I made at List of presidents of the United States. I had forgotten it was part of an RFC. GoodDay (talk) 05:31, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Promotion of Margaret Abbott
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that's great - thank you for your support for the Bach cantata - pics and thoughts on 13 August --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:07, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for you work on that article! I supported because it met the criteria, and you work on Bach related articles is excellent! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:34, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- thank you for your support, - today: "my" concert of the year (so far) is on the Main page, but not pictured, and I don't understand why --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:01, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comments for Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, making it a featured article! - images of a rich summer, especially in music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- Glad to see it has been promoted! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello Kavyansh.Singh,
- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
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This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 7 September 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which will be found (once written) at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/September 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! I'll take a look at the blurb as soon as it is created. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:37, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi :D
I was away for some time and am wondering what you've been up to. Any cool articles in the pipeline/recently 'completed'?— Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 19:06, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, Ixtal! Glad to see you back. I have been busy in recent few months due to real life, but have been trying to contribute to Wiki. Haven't created and articles recently, but yeah, I'm trying to get the articles I worked on earlier to GA/FA status. Currently, I'm trying to get List of presidents of the United States, a really important list (and one of the most viewed article of the site) to FL status. Mr. Bean is at FAC queue. And the remaining of my Wiki time is spent building preps for DYK or reviewing drafts at AFC (though I must admit my activity at those places is much less than what it used to be). Hoping to get back to it soon. How about you! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:33, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
Lead images in the US prez & vice prez 'list' pages
I must be softening with age. Looking over the intros of List of presidents of the United States & List of vice presidents of the United States, I would accept a lead image in both pages. But they'd have to be in sync. Say, if the former had the White House as the lead image, the latter should have the veep's residence (for an example). GoodDay (talk) 17:55, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- That's great, GoodDay, I really appreciate it! I have no objection to the lead images being similar in both pages, it indeed seems a good idea. I would suggest you to start a discussion on the prez list talk page about which image should we be selecting, and I think leaving a note in the veep list talk page that "there is a discussion ongoing list of presidents of US which may affect this page, please join the discussion there ..." would be better than two different discussion, which will lead to unclear consensus. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:02, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
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"daisy"
hello, Kavyansh.Singh! i had a few suggestions for this article and the associated blurb that i thought i might bring up with you in case you find them helpful.
- i do not know if this is a commonly-held opinion, but personally, i think the word "officially" is somewhat overused, as the word can convey a sense of authority, even though there may be none underlying its use. for example, if i ran a popular 5k race in 29:50, but because of the large crowd of participants, i only crossed the start line 45 seconds after the starting pistol was fired, then i may have officially completed the race in 30:35, as this result would have been determined by race officials timing the event. if, however, i then promptly stuffed my face with a dozen cookies, i think it would be inappropriate for me to make myself feel better by claiming that, officially, i only ate four cookies, simply because the cookies i ate were smaller than average. there are no cookie-counting officials around, and no authority in my decision to only count every third cookie i ate. instead, it may be more accurate for me to state that i ate the equivalent of four average-sized cookies.similarly, i do not know if it is appropriate to state that the advertisement had "officially aired only once". from reading the article, i did not get a sense that there were any authorities keeping count, and was unsure what standard of counting was being used. the descriptions of later airings suggest that the one airing that was counted was the only commercial airing of the advertisement. is this the case? if so, would it be more appropriate to state instead that it had "commercially aired only once"?
- Fair enough, removed the work 'officially' from the lead, but it would still be accurate. It is supposed to mean that Johnson campaign paid to air the ad just one. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:45, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- although "counting from one to ten incorrectly" is a technically accurate description of what corzilius did in the advertisement, i feel that it may come across as a bit mean-spirited, albeit inadvertently. corzilius was barely three at the time, and i think children at that age are not expected to be able to count to ten. would "attempting to count from one to ten" avoid highlighting the fact that she had made mistakes while doing so?
- Both of those are accurate description of the event, but the fact that she counted 'incorrectly', or had 'errors' needs to be mentioned explicitly as that has some context in the article. Interestingly enough, it was decided that her mistakes in counting would be more appealing to the audience. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:45, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- oh, apologies, i had only meant that the rephrasing might be helpful for the blurb and the article lead. i do think that directly addressing her errors is appropriate in the article body, but had felt that calling attention to her blunders explicitly in the blurb and lead seemed uncalled for when this detail was not more fully discussed there. in any case, as this was simply a question of style, i defer to your judgement. thanks for addressing these issues! dying (talk) 07:59, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
- Both of those are accurate description of the event, but the fact that she counted 'incorrectly', or had 'errors' needs to be mentioned explicitly as that has some context in the article. Interestingly enough, it was decided that her mistakes in counting would be more appealing to the audience. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:45, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- the blurb and article lead use the wording "petals of a daisy", while the article body uses "petals off a daisy". did you have a preference regarding which to use? i don't think they all have to be the same, but i did not know if the variation was an error or by design.
dying (talk) 19:17, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Opera in Ukraine
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Thank you for promoting Opera in Ukraine with image! - 1 September: I remembered the Vespro della Beata Vergine, 2 September: the last of the Rheingau Musik Festival concerts, and yesterday we read The Story of Mr Sommer, and followed Ruth Lapide. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for Daisy (advertisement), introduced: "Although aired just once, "Daisy" ad is referred to as one of the most controversial, yet most popular political advertisement. The ad was broadcast on September 7, 1964, with the intention of highlighting Lyndon B. Johnson's anti-war and anti-nuclear positions. However, the ad in-turn was interpreted as an attack ad on Barry Goldwater (Johnson's opponent in the election) and his positions on nuclear weapon. Immediately after its broadcast, the ad was pulled off, but it was frequently replayed and analyzed by network news. Johnson won the 1964 presidential election in a landslide victory, defeating Goldwater by a margin of almost 15 million votes. The Daisy ad is considered a significant reason was his victory, and is considered a turning point in political and advertising history."! - Lars Vogt on the same page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:05, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, Gerda! Really happy to see "Daisy" on the main page! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:49, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- look! - a rainbow pic today, and a deer yesterday (but hard to see) - Jubilate Deo --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- The rose pic was taken on 11 Sep 2021, and this year was full of music that day, Tag des offenen Denkmals, not only singing in church and rehearsals for Verdi's Requiem, but two concerts at special places pictured, one a synagogue (pictured on its wall). Today three DYK: a piece we'll perform on Sunday, a violinist we heard in June playing the Berg Concerto, and a Youth Orchestra shaped by a conductor who recently died. Almost too much of a good thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- ... and today I wrote an article about music premiered today, Like as the hart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:50, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- travel and strings sound --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Well, would ya look at that!
Congrats on Daisy – to quote Gog the Mild, a "thing of beauty" :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:21, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- @theleekycauldron, in my opinion, the most interesting article I've ever worked at (even more interesting than Bush & broccoli)! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:54, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
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... and a rich year it was, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- One year already! Great! Thank you, Gerda for all you are doing! It has been quite a year, building preps and working at DYK, writing articles and discussing. I really enjoy all this work, though sometimes real life keeps me away from all that. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:46, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
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- @Reidgreg, thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 11:09, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
Tara Lipinski FAC
KS, thanks for striking your oppose at this FAC, but would you mind changing it to a Support? I'm afraid that it's going to be failed because it's been languishing too long. Thanks, appreciate it. Best, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:15, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Christine. I understand the frustration, I've gone through that. I took a look at the article at a time when it already had been reviewed by many editors and was close to promotion. The existence of closed paraphrasing and source-to-text integrity issues at that stage was quite concerning. I have strike the oppose as you made several improvements, but I am not comfortable supporting until someone else takes a look at the sources. Perhaps you can request a review at the top of WT:FAC. Cheers – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
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leaving the month with reformation and a cat treat - I listed the golfer in WP:TFARP. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:08, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda, but I had already listed it there. I don't have strong opinion for any particular date. Hope you are doing good! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:18, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
- I see! - I didn't know you can go ahead more than one year. How about discussing with the delegates how the chances are that this rather slim article would be chosen for the Olympic opening of 2024? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello. This FLC hasn't got a comment since 24 August. Would you give one to have this promoted to the FL status? Dr Salvus 23:14, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- Will surely take a look and submit my suggestions. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:19, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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I've put in the FAC nomination for the James Madison article which you helped to do the GAN for. There have been some additional edits done since then and possibly you might have some comments if time allows. ErnestKrause (talk) 12:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
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So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.- Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
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Louis H. Bean scheduled for TFA
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I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:17, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
I nominated the next one, Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Margaret Abbott. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks!! Hope you are doing good! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:10, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you today for the article, "about Mr. Bean, not that one, but one who was really good predicting elections, and was the "Lone Prophet" of Harry S. Truman's fantastic victory in the 1948 presidential election. We don't know much about him, and he would have been a normal office assistant like million others, had he not developed a passion in election predictions. The article is mostly based on secondary sources about his life and career."! - Enjoy the day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- Glad to see Mr. Bean on the Main Page, and also glad to see you around, Kavyansh—hope you're doing well! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:49, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Extraordinary Writ: Thanks! Hope you are doing good. I known its too late, but, congrats on becoming an Admin! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:56, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
- Glad to see Mr. Bean on the Main Page, and also glad to see you around, Kavyansh—hope you're doing well! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:49, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- And the nex TFA is around the corner! - Today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you today for the article, "about Mr. Bean, not that one, but one who was really good predicting elections, and was the "Lone Prophet" of Harry S. Truman's fantastic victory in the 1948 presidential election. We don't know much about him, and he would have been a normal office assistant like million others, had he not developed a passion in election predictions. The article is mostly based on secondary sources about his life and career."! - Enjoy the day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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WikiCup 2023 May newsletter
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
- Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
- Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
- Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.- FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.
Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, 
MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and 
AirshipJungleman29.
So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
Another presidential desk review?
Hi there! a few years ago you reviewed a few presidential desk articles I created. I am looking at getting Resolute desk up to FA statue and I put it up for review. If you are interested and available I would love to have you take a look at the article. Here is a link to the review page. Hope you are doing well! Found5dollar (talk) 01:51, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
margaret abbott
Kavyansh.Singh, i had a quick question regarding this article and the associated blurb. is there a source stating that abbott signed up in october for the olympic tournament? although the tournament was held in october, neither the blurb nor the article lead mention this; instead, they both assert that abbott signed up in october. the article body, however, does not appear to assert this. in addition, the source cited by the body for her signing up for the tournament states that she had first read about it "[o]ne summer day in 1900", and does not appear to actually state when she signed up for the tournament. dying (talk) 09:00, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
- (watching:) in german, the equivalet of "signed up for the olympic tournament in october" would mean that the tournament was in october, without naming the time of the signing up, - perhaps it's some translation thingy? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
- Gerda, that is a good point. in english, i believe "signed up for the olympic tournament in october" is ambiguous: it is not clear if "in october" describes the tournament or the signing up. interestingly, i had actually used this wording myself when i drafted my question before realizing that it was ambiguous, and then reworded it so that "in october" appeared before "for the olympic tournament", to try to avoid "in october" being interpreted as a description of the tournament.in any case, the blurb and article lead both use "In October 1900" to begin a sentence, making it clear that it describes the main action of the sentence: abbott's signing up. also, both the article body and cited source don't seem to mention october in the same sentence they mention her signing up, so i don't think there was any opportunity for misinterpretation, at least with respect to that cited source. dying (talk) 23:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- I agree with your concern that the phrase can be misinterpreted. I have made a minor change in the lead and in the blurb. I guess that will fix the issue. Hope you both are doing good. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:58, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- looks good. thanks, Kavyansh.Singh. i also hope all is well with you. dying (talk) 10:27, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- I agree with your concern that the phrase can be misinterpreted. I have made a minor change in the lead and in the blurb. I guess that will fix the issue. Hope you both are doing good. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:58, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- Gerda, that is a good point. in english, i believe "signed up for the olympic tournament in october" is ambiguous: it is not clear if "in october" describes the tournament or the signing up. interestingly, i had actually used this wording myself when i drafted my question before realizing that it was ambiguous, and then reworded it so that "in october" appeared before "for the olympic tournament", to try to avoid "in october" being interpreted as a description of the tournament.in any case, the blurb and article lead both use "In October 1900" to begin a sentence, making it clear that it describes the main action of the sentence: abbott's signing up. also, both the article body and cited source don't seem to mention october in the same sentence they mention her signing up, so i don't think there was any opportunity for misinterpretation, at least with respect to that cited source. dying (talk) 23:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Imaging winning gold in Olympics, but still no one knows about you. But this is an interesting case, even she didn't know that she won the Olympics!" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
Jörg Widmann is 50, and I began Stockholm pics. - The golfer had above average stats! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello Kavyansh.Singh,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
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You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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