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Your sister's BLP article
I am sympathetic to your situation and will gladly help you with the COI problem if I can! I have experience with that. I am totally neutral and uninvolved regarding your sister's BLP draft article. I commented on the AN as I happened to be there looking at something else.
One small point: You said "@Honest social medias such as Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook" in your comment at AN. I'm unsure what that means. I suggest avoiding WP:SOAPBOX if you're suggesting that Twitter is dishonest. I like Twitter. Don't alienate people who want to help you, unless my fondness for Twitter makes you consider my assistance unacceptable. It is possible that you meant something totally different with @Honest social medias. If so, please disregard this second paragraph. Let me know on my talk page if I can help with the BLP article. FeralOink (talk) 13:07, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
- User:FeralOink, I completely missed this point. I'd love the assistance. I mostly use Instagram myself and know my sister was on IG stories. Her story was preserved here. I don't know if this was posted on Twitter.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Tony! Good to hear from you. I assisted COI editors with updating organization articles, so I know the process. For BLPs, I became more of a detector of undeclared COI editors (e.g. wives, graduate students, see Connected contributors list, husbands, close relatives) of article subjects! I am eager to help you, because you weren't surreptitious. Also, I'm a woman: I want to help you determine if your sister is appropriate for a WP BLP. I realize that an event that took place, and it would have been helpful for your sister's BLP to be approved in main space by Jan2023 month end. It's never too late! Tell me (here or my talk page) what the draft space or sandbox URL of the BLP that the drive-by editor submitted. I will have a look, see what I can do with it.
- P.S. Re Twitter, I use it for professional contacts in banking and data security. Almost overnight, Elon went from a tech bro, Silicon Valley celebrity (revered for Tesla and SpaceX), to a bad guy of the New Right, NOT Alt-Right! Yet Fox News (Musk’s biz ties to China create unease in Washington for GOP and Dems) and left-wing tech blogs ("Free speech absolutist" Elon Musk’s ties to Chinese censorship) both suggest that he is looking out for himself. Twitter was losing $4 million per day for years; the former owners couldn't turn a profit, so whatever Elon does can't be worse! Sorry for going off topic. FeralOink (talk) 21:10, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- User:FeralOink, the current draft of the article is at Draft:Carla Vernón, I am having trouble using sources that I would ordinarily use because I think the perception is that as CEO my any press release was crafted by my sister. Then the camplaints are that everything traces back to my sister's press releases or her own quotes/voice.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Okay, Tony, I understand what you're saying. Press releases aren't good sources in general. However, articles written about her, that quote her, should be okay. I'll have a look and let you know in a few days.--FeralOink (talk) 06:15, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Tony, I haven't forgotten. Can you please obtain a photograph that is compliant with Commons (and/or en Wiki requirements) for the BLP? She is so pretty and chic! Also, it is consistent with WP:MOS to include a pic for a BLP. I found many pics online but none for which the licensing was appropriate. You were 100% correct, about the many Internet announcements of her recent professional appointment as CEO of a NASDAQ-listed company, all of which are essentially just copy-and-pastes of the original press release. HOWEVER, I found many WP:RS and WP:NPOV sources (primary AND secondary) that chronicle her history of accomplishment and recognition. I re-wrote the article on The Honest Company as a start, realizing that she only joined recently. Wikipedia has a tendency to consider mediocre tech bros, insignificant academics, women of minimal talent in the fine arts, and various professionals with weird quirks as BLP-worthy. Yet Wikipedia rarely includes people like your sister, who is Ivy-League educated, has a record of ascending accomplishment in a traditional career path while praised and recognized by her peers, and is compensated as deserved (if we had a genuine meritocracy). I will work on your sister's BLP draft tomorrow and/or Saturday.--FeralOink (talk) 01:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- User:FeralOink, I believe that I will be seeing my sister next week. I will try to get a pic. Thanks for the encouragement. Can we move further talk to her talk page.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- Tony, I finished my work on Carla's BLP and submitted it for review via Afc. I left a detailed note for you on the talk page. Your sister is amazing! I hope she is very happy in her role as CEO. She is definitely notable for a Wikipedia BLP!--FeralOink (talk) 07:33, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
- User:FeralOink, I believe that I will be seeing my sister next week. I will try to get a pic. Thanks for the encouragement. Can we move further talk to her talk page.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- User:FeralOink, the current draft of the article is at Draft:Carla Vernón, I am having trouble using sources that I would ordinarily use because I think the perception is that as CEO my any press release was crafted by my sister. Then the camplaints are that everything traces back to my sister's press releases or her own quotes/voice.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Kenny Williams
Hey. Below is the content of the Kenny Williams usbasket profile.
I can't verify most of this content with quick google searches, and most of it has clearly been given to the website by a fan or someone close to the subject. DaHuzyBru (talk) 04:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Full name: Kendall Ovial Williams
Nickname: Kenny
Outlook
Kenny is a great kid. He is tremendously gifted & he is a fantastic European pro. Kenny speaks well, loves basketball and life. He is fun, with great social skills at any level. Kenny is a teriffic person. He comes from a close family and hard working role models. He is one of the best players and persons you can bring on a team.
Year-By-Year Career
1992-1994: Ill-Chicago (NCAA): 22ppg, 5apg, 3rpg, 41% 3pt, 83% FT
1995: NBA Seattle Supersonics Camp
1995,1996: 2 USA Marathon Tours vs. NCAA Division I Colleges
1997: IAAA European Tour
1997-1998: Murcia (Spain): was waived after a calf injury early in the year, In Nov.'97 signed 10-day contract with Trefl Sopot (Poland), in Feb.'98 replaced Chris Ensminger in Porto (Portugal): 21.9ppg, 5.7apg
1998: Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) Free Agent Camp: Before the NBA lockout, Kenny played well in a camp in Milwaukee. Several NBA teams have expressed interest in Kenny.
1998: Upper Deck All Stars Tour
1998-1999: in Dec.'98 signed with Sopot (Poland): 24.2ppg
1999-2000: Turk Telekom Ankara (Turkey), in Oct.'99 signed by Gravelines (France-ProA): 7 games: 11ppg, 2.9rpg, in Jan.'00 went to Stargard (Poland), but in Feb.'00 left the team and moved to Turkey
2000-2001: SKK Szczecin (Poland): 6 games: 17ppg, 3rpg, 5.2apg; had to leave the team in Oct.'00 due to team financial problems, in April '01 signed at Doncel Distributel La Serena (Spain-LEB2)
2001-2002: Doncel Distributel (Spain-LEB2)
Nov.2002: Nike All-Stars Touring team (playing exhibition games against NCAA teams)
2003 November: Nike Elite All-Stars playing exhibition games against NCAA teams
2007: Drafted by Chicago Aztecas (PBL,2rd(15))
2007-2008: Cicero Cometas (ABA)
Awards/Achievements
MWC First Team -1993
Polish League All-Star Game -1999
— Preceding unsigned comment added by DaHuzyBru (talk • contribs) 04:16, February 27, 2023 (UTC)
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Good article reassessment for Jessica Hardy
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DYK for Lia Lewis
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DYK for Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972)
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DYK for Bob Scrabis (basketball)
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DYK nomination of Max Bielfeldt
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Brighton Rock (novel)
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Arbitration
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- A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
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ITN recognition for Gene Derricotte
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Conference POY possibility
Hi Tony - if you are interested in doing another conference POY article I wanted to suggest David Webber (basketball), 2001 Mid-American conference POY. I thought you might be interested since he is Chris Webber’s little brother. He also played in the CBA. Rikster2 (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- User:Rikster2 on my list.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:31, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
- User:Rikster2 under construction.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:40, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Michigan Wolverines rivalries navbox
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DYK for Foster Loyer
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Nomination for deletion of Template:The Painted Veil
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DYK for Ray Hall (basketball)
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DYK for Matt Hicks (basketball)
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Chicago landmarks
Hi Tony, I'm working on the Chicago landmarks page, which is a masterpiece and I know you spent a lot of time on it back in the day. So wanted to get your blessing (or not) on my proposed changes. Appreciate if you can weigh in on that talk page. Thanks! IntegrityPen (talk) 12:07, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 April 2023
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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 
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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.
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
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- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
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Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
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DYK for Fletcher Loyer
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DYK for Lester Rowe
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The Signpost: 22 May 2023
- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
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DYK for Curtis Aiken
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DYK for Josh Bartelstein
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- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
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- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
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DYK for Max Bielfeldt
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The Signpost: 19 June 2023
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DYK for Rick Suder
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
The Signpost: 3 July 2023
- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Incensed
- Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
Nomination for merger of Template:Mrs Dalloway
Template:Mrs Dalloway has been nominated for merging with Template:Virginia Woolf. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. --woodensuperman 15:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Lucky Jim
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DYK for Hanna Cavinder
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BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,- Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
- Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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 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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
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900 West Randolph
Hi Tony. I reviewed your DYK for 900 West Randolph]. It'll need a (pictured) for the hook if we're going to use the photos. Thanks, gobonobo + c 17:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of David Webber (basketball)
Hello! Your submission of David Webber (basketball) 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! Legoktm (talk) 07:44, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972)
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Your GA nomination of Matt Hicks (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Ray Hall (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Jett Howard
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Your GA nomination of Bob Scrabis (basketball)
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DYK for Chris Wroblewski
On 2 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chris Wroblewski, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chris Wroblewski was the starting point guard for the winningest team in Ivy League history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Wroblewski. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chris Wroblewski), 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.
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Your GA nomination of Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972)
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Your GA nomination of Curtis Aiken
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
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- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
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- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
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DYK for David Webber (basketball)
On 11 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David Webber (basketball), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that former basketball player David Webber broke a record previously held by all-time great Larry Bird? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David Webber (basketball). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, David Webber (basketball)), 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.
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DYK for 900 West Randolph
On 13 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 900 West Randolph, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/900 West Randolph. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 900 West Randolph), 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.
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Your GA nomination of Bob Scrabis (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Matt Hicks (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Jett Howard
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Your GA nomination of Curtis Aiken
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Your GA nomination of Elle Leonard
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Your GA nomination of David DeJulius
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Your GA nomination of David DeJulius
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Your GA nomination of Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972)
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Your GA nomination of Rick Suder
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Your GA nomination of Lester Rowe
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Your GA nomination of Hanna Cavinder
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Your GA nomination of Lester Rowe
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Your GA nomination of Hanna Cavinder
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Your GA nomination of Ray Hall (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Curtis Aiken
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Your GA nomination of Foster Loyer
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Your GA nomination of Foster Loyer
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Articles created
Hi. I see that your userpage says you created 2,264 articles in WP, but this tool lists only 1,509. Why is that? 212.180.235.46 (talk) 18:06, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
- User:212.180.235.46, How are redirect pages counted?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:16, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of David Webber (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Fletcher Loyer
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Your GA nomination of David Webber (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of Lester Rowe
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Your GA nomination of Fletcher Loyer
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Your GA nomination of Josh Bartelstein
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Your GA nomination of Chris Wroblewski
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Your GA nomination of Chris Wroblewski
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Your GA nomination of Hanna Cavinder
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Your GA nomination of Josh Bartelstein
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Your GA nomination of 900 West Randolph
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Your GA nomination of 900 West Randolph
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Your GA nomination of Fletcher Loyer
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Your GA nomination of David Webber (basketball)
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Your GA nomination of David DeJulius
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Your GA nomination of Chris Wroblewski
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Your GA nomination of Josh Bartelstein
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The Signpost: 31 August 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
WikiCup 2023 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
- Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was- Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.
Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.
I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)
Your GA nomination of Ray Hall (basketball)
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Good article reassessment for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:40, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Campbell's Soup Cans II
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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
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- An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text:
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
Technical news
- Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.
DYK for Campbell's Soup I
On 8 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Campbell's Soup I, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that climate change protesters vandalized and glued themselves to a version of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup I? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Campbell's Soup I. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Campbell's Soup I), 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.
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
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Category:Rafer Johnson family has been nominated for deletion
Category:Rafer Johnson family has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:10, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Max Bielfeldt
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Your GA nomination of 900 West Randolph
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Hey Tony
I was looking at your userpage and have you really not received a barnstar since 2016? That's kinda crazy if true considering how prolific you are. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
The GA Award
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Your GA nomination of Max Bielfeldt
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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, 
BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-
BeanieFan11 with 2582 points- Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
- Epicgenius with 1518 points
MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points- BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points- Sammi Brie with 520 points
- Unlimitedlead with 5 points
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
- Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
- MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.- MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
- BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
- Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.- MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
- Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.
The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (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) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Administrator changes
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Technical news
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
- Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
- Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
- Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
- Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
- Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
- An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.
Miscellaneous
- The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
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Your GA nomination of Campbell's Soup Cans
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Nomination of Johnson Keland Management for deletion
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Nomination of Johnson Keland Management for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnson Keland Management (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:13, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
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You mentioned "previous judgment of editors"...it happens to be me that placed Crockett at VA5 under politicians and elsewhere, the logic being that he held a Congressional seat and was a purported 1836 presidential contender before getting himself killed in Texas (compare Bowie, who I don't believe ever held elected office). This is YET another vindication that politicians, military, activists and jurists need to be a single section (I proposed this at VA3 but nobody seems to understand what I'm saying). If you would like to move Crockett to activists or military leaders, I wouldn't stop you
On a related note, there's a hatchet job going on with removal proposals of American politicians, orchestrated by a couple of fellas who dont seem to know much about American history and institutions. Recent American politicians was their first target and earlier American politicians is next. I fear Crockett may be one of their targets, and even Daniel Webster (one of the greatest American politicians and orators ever) may be a target. I hope I can count on your support to retain Crockett, Webster and others pbp 17:05, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
- User:Purplebackpack89 I supported your big merger discussion at VA3 about 3-5. It is at 4-3 so it has a chance. Every so often there will be big hatchet jobs in some field unless we consider expanding the project gradually over time (I proposed in proportion to main space articles). I will probably get back to this next year. Sorry about the cities. It looks like about 8-10 are going down. I am thinking about proposing in multiple levels like I have done for the hurdle rate increase from 55%. Given we are at 6,750,940 articles 1% is 67,509, 0.9% is 60,758 and 0.75% 50,632. Numbers like 67,500, 60,000, would be numbers now 50,500. I figure I need to wait 6 months or a year before bringing it back around. Instability in the project comes from 1. nomination flow which causes variation with recentism and pop culture bias and 2. quota undulations which cause variation with biases of the power bases of the day at the project. We are going to try to improve the nomination flow with an increased hurdle and increased support minimums. I think if we could gradually expand in proportion to the encyclopedia size, we would not have to take a hatchet to various fields every so often to quell the demand for space from others. I'm watching how the hurdle rate nom goes, but I think we are headed to a good place for the project. At 1% or 0.9% you might be able to get those cities back.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:49, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Elle Leonard
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ITN recognition for Harald Hasselbach
On 26 November 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Harald Hasselbach, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:26, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Remove Ludus latrunculorum
Tnx for the maintenance closes, but that one was closed with added but consensus was for removal. Copypaste error? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:22, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- Yes. Despite my tenure on WP, I have never tried to close discussions before. I think I did about 20 between VA4 and VA5 and it seems that this is the 2nd error that was pointed out. I will have to be more careful next time.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:26, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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Jamie Kalven FAC
Hi there! I don't think we've interacted before, but I've long appreciated your work for the Chicago WikiProject. I just wanted to let you know that I've submitted Jamie Kalven for FAC. I think he's quite an important journalist for Chicago, with an impressive portfolio of journalism and accomplishments in the South Side. I hope you enjoy the article, regardless of whether you end up participating in the review process. Edge3 (talk) 05:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Elle Leonard
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
- The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
Vital article top icon
Hello, TonyTheTiger! It's a shame that the proposal for a top icon has been getting so much opposes recently, it's probably due to the proposal being posted on the centralized discussions and as so it attracted many people who don't understand nor care about the Vital Articles WikiProject. I think it would be only fair to ping a few VA active users to try to counter-balance it. What do you think? The Blue Rider 
20:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:The Blue Rider, There is not much we can do to counterbalance it. I think it is a project decision, like GA and FA did. There is an argument for centralized discussion. I just don't think we should have to if the other projects didn't.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:38, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think that would violate the Wikipedia:Canvassing guideline.
- Tony, I dropped by about this comment, to say that the script at the top of m:User:WhatamIdoing/global.js might be useful to you. It turns timestamps into URLs that go straight to the specific comment. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:37, 13 December 2023 (UTC
- User:WhatamIdoing, I don't understand your point.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:40, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- No more canvassing than posting at the centralized discussions. The Blue Rider
08:20, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- The script lets you get a URL for an individual comment, which you can add as a link, so that you don't have to write something like "see my answer (time-stamped 13:13, 11 December 2023)". You can instead say "See my earlier comment". WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:46, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing Is this going to be a template or something in the future?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:44, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- It may become a default-on software feature in the future (part of the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion). However, "the future" could be years from now. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:17, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing Is this going to be a template or something in the future?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:44, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- @The Blue Rider, posting at WP:CENT is considered acceptable in terms of canvassing because anyone can be watching that page. Pinging individuals who support a particular viewpoint (e.g., "a few VA active users") is not considered acceptable because it's deliberately selecting people who are expected to vote in a particular way. A partisan Get out the vote effort is accepted in the real world (e.g., one can legitimately call all the neighbors and offer a free ride to the polling station to those who say they support your favorite candidate and to not make the same offer to those who support a different candidate), but it is not generally accepted here at the English Wikipedia. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:22, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing polling at their project is how GA and FA became top icons. Not sure about page protection.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:34, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- Precisely, people from CENT are excepted to vote in a particular way as much as VA users. The Blue Rider 21:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- Do you genuinely believe that editors you personally hand-pick from among the regular participants/supporters of WikiProject Vital Articles will have the same breadth of views about WP:VITAL as editors selected on, well, any other basis? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:40, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, we already had people from VITAL opposing the proposal and I'm sure if you do the percentages between people from CENT and VITAL that support/opposed you will even perhaps get an higher percentage of people opposing from CENT than VITAL. The Blue Rider 10:32, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sure. But I wasn't talking about people who have VITAL on their watchlist. I was talking about "editors you personally hand-pick". WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:24, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing what is the difference between hand-pick and WP:CANVASS?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- None. Hand-picking editors to invite to a discussion, especially if it looks like your side is "losing" at the time, will basically always be deemed a violation of the anti-canvassing rules. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:52, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing what is the difference between hand-pick and WP:CANVASS?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sure. But I wasn't talking about people who have VITAL on their watchlist. I was talking about "editors you personally hand-pick". WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:24, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, we already had people from VITAL opposing the proposal and I'm sure if you do the percentages between people from CENT and VITAL that support/opposed you will even perhaps get an higher percentage of people opposing from CENT than VITAL. The Blue Rider
- Do you genuinely believe that editors you personally hand-pick from among the regular participants/supporters of WikiProject Vital Articles will have the same breadth of views about WP:VITAL as editors selected on, well, any other basis? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:40, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- (Apologies for the length; and this seems like the most active discussion of this particular issue, feel free to move if desired.) The FA discussion was in 2006, which was a very different time for Wikipedia as I'm sure you're aware, so even if it wasn't advertised (which I tried to find but could have failed in searching) I'm not sure how relevant that is for modeling consensus building today. Even still, it attracted 35 vote-like things. The GA discussion that applies now, I believe, was from a 2010 proposal (which also is a long time ago now; earlier less discussed attempts at adding the GA icon seems like they were stopped in various ways and was at the time listed as a perennial proposal and a 2008 discussion listed how adding the GA icon was proposed/rolled back in various ways, including deletion discussions), and although held on the project talk page, the 2010 proposal was at advertised at Village pump proposals, a FA project talk page, WikiProject military history, WikiProject ships, WikiProject aviation, and WikiProject U.S. roads (that I could find). So the GA topicon decision was not solely a project-level decision, based on my understanding. Skynxnex (talk) 17:20, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:Skynxnex, It is interesting to learn what GA went through. Do you have an understanding of what changed for the final attempt to make it successful?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Geometry guy might know the history. To give you an idea of how much things have changed, I wrote WP:PROPOSAL in 2008. Before then, policy and guideline status was basically determined through an absence of edit warring to remove the tag. Things are much more formal and much more vote-based now than they were back then. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:55, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- No, I don't other than what I've read now as I was not involved in that discussion at all at the time, and just was not involved on the back house part of Wikipedia then. But my read is the 2010 proposal succeeded because GA was see as more rigorous/reliable than it was in 2006/2008 and the proposal was somewhat framed correctly and done in the right way so sufficient support was found. It still had significant opposition (including some people who expressed doubts about the FA topicon still). Skynxnex (talk) 20:08, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:Skynxnex, It is interesting to learn what GA went through. Do you have an understanding of what changed for the final attempt to make it successful?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Precisely, people from CENT are excepted to vote in a particular way as much as VA users. The Blue Rider
- I was asked a related question recently. The 2008 GA icon debate is discussed (with links) in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-05-19/Dispatches. I suspect GA Sweeps, which checked all early GAs for quality, had a significant impact on the 2010 acceptance of a GA icon: see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-15/Dispatches. I agree that the 2010 proposal was carefully done and appropriately advertised. Also there was a more of a sense that this was not such a big deal, and so less strongly expressed views on each side than in 2008. Geometry guy 17:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it, I recall participating in Sweeps.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:52, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:Geometry guy, are you involve in WP:VA. This sweeps makes me think about the issues recently raised about VA. It seems that there is broad consensus that VA has problems that would offend or confuse the reader. I am pondering whether it is possible to create a WP:WIAVA type set of criteria (similar to WP:WIAGA) that could be swept for and that would be generally supported as making VA a palatable and presentable focus for a top icon.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:05, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it, I recall participating in Sweeps.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:52, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- I don't recall ever being involved in WP:VA, but I had a look at the topicon discussion there. I think the main issue that needs to be addressed is that a topicon (as with anything on an article page) has to have some value for readers as well as editors.
- I actually like the idea of highlighting what is the core and most important content for readers: an "outline of knowledge" has precedent in the Propaedia, and can be useful for home-schooling or self-study. From this perspective, I think the term "vital" is unfortunate, as it suggests the importance to editors and the encyclopedia of the article, rather than its value to readers.
- The other issue is the one you raise: if these "core" articles are to be identified to readers, then the process by which articles are assigned a core/vital level needs to be transparent and widely accepted by the wikipedia community. Setting up criteria and reevaluating the current list could be part of that process. Educating the community about the process would be another part. I hope that is helpful. Geometry guy 18:40, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:Geometry guy, can you clarify your perception of the difference between importance to the encyclopedia and value to the reader.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- My understanding is that WP:VA is motivated by the desire that articles on vital topics should be of high quality and hence prioritised for improvement: the motivation is to attract editors and enhance the reputation of Wikipedia. I cannot speak for what readers want in general, but my hypothetical reader is someone who wants to be broadly well-educated about the core of human knowledge. Such a person may study a level 1 or 2 article in detail, but only care about the lead of a level 4 or 5 article. As your question highlights, there is a strong overlap between both interests, which is why I like the idea of a WP:VA top-icon in principle. Geometry guy 21:43, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:Geometry guy, can you clarify your perception of the difference between importance to the encyclopedia and value to the reader.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:WhatamIdoing polling at their project is how GA and FA became top icons. Not sure about page protection.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:34, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- The script lets you get a URL for an individual comment, which you can add as a link, so that you don't have to write something like "see my answer (time-stamped 13:13, 11 December 2023)". You can instead say "See my earlier comment". WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:46, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
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Requested GOCE copy edit of Campbell's Soup Cans
 | Hello, TonyTheTiger. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Campbell's Soup Cans at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Dhtwiki (talk) 23:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC) |
DYK nomination of Harald Hasselbach
Hello! Your submission of Harald Hasselbach 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! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Eric Montross
On 20 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Eric Montross, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ed [talk] [OMT] 06:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Campbell's Soup Cans II
On 23 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Campbell's Soup Cans II, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Hot Dog Bean screenprint from Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans II sold for $258,046 in 2013? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Campbell's Soup Cans II. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Campbell's Soup Cans II), 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.
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2023
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Ivy League POY
Tony – not sure where your article creation motivation lies these days, but I've been chipping away at the Ivy League POYs this year and I've gotten it down to 4 red links. Among them, one remaining Princeton player, Sean Jackson (basketball) (1992). I know you're a Princeton guy, so I thought I'd throw this player out there for you just in case you have the proclivity. No pressure either way. SportsGuy789 (talk) 20:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- User:SportsGuy789, I guess I have created at least 6 guys on that template. I guess I will get to him at some point. This is a likely season, since Prineton basketball has something to be excited about and he may have a post season run to time with a DYK. I might starts something in a month or so if Princeton basketball is still looking good.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:03, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- Princeton is the real deal this year, carrying momentum from last season's S16 run. A coordinated DYK during their ramping-up run this year could be neat. SportsGuy789 (talk) 21:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Campbell's Soup Cans
The article Campbell's Soup Cans you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Campbell's Soup Cans for comments about the article, and Talk:Campbell's Soup Cans/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", 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 at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Realmaxxver -- Realmaxxver (talk) 19:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)