User talk:Kevmin
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DYK for Ansorge Hotel
[edit]-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Anticlea elegans
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On 31 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anticlea elegans, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anticlea elegans. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anticlea elegans), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Progradungula barringtonensis
[edit]On 31 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Progradungula barringtonensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Progradungula barringtonensis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Progradungula barringtonensis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:04, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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| Thanks so much for writing Anticlea elegans and Progradungula barringtonensis and for helping out with this year's Halloween DYK set! Di (they-them) (talk) 15:30, 31 October 2024 (UTC) |
Disambiguation link notification for November 1
[edit]An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Paleobiota of the Green River Formation, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Scottia.
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CS1 error on Paleobiota of the Green River Formation
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Hi, thank you for your contributions. I note your recent revert at this article.
WP:NAMB asks us not to use a hatnote when the topic is unambiguous. While "Gamergate" is ambiguous, "Gamergate (ant)" is not. There's no realistic way somebody seeking, say, Gamergate (harassment campaign) would unexpectedly end up at this article instead.
Why do you believe the guideline should not be followed? 162 etc. (talk) 21:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- The gamergate articles have a complex history on wiki, and having cross linking to the disambiguation page is of value. NAMB is not the end all and be all of how to go about disambig use on pages.--Kevmin § 22:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- How is it of value? 162 etc. (talk) 22:46, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, and it seems that two other editors recently have removed the hatnote as well [1] [2], which you've reverted. Clearly, others are also in favour of following the guideline. 162 etc. (talk) 22:53, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- The page has been on my watchlist for close to 10 years and most of that time it was in the primary topic placement with hatnote to Gamergate (harassment campaign). After the move to disambiguated pages, BOTH have had corresponding hatnotes to the disambiguation page, which also lists two other instances of the term in current usage that people may be looking for. WP:IAR is validly being used in this instance, and as WP:NAMB is a guideline its valid to deviate from its outline in instances where benefit is gained.--Kevmin § 23:35, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- The question remains: How is this hatnote useful? Why do the readers of Gamergate (ant) need a link to the disambiguation page, when it is essentially certain that they are exactly where they wanted to be? 162 etc. (talk) 00:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- The page has been on my watchlist for close to 10 years and most of that time it was in the primary topic placement with hatnote to Gamergate (harassment campaign). After the move to disambiguated pages, BOTH have had corresponding hatnotes to the disambiguation page, which also lists two other instances of the term in current usage that people may be looking for. WP:IAR is validly being used in this instance, and as WP:NAMB is a guideline its valid to deviate from its outline in instances where benefit is gained.--Kevmin § 23:35, 6 November 2024 (UTC)