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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
DYK for National Casket Company
[edit]On 10 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article National Casket Company, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the National Casket Company made caskets for U.S. president William McKinley and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/National Casket Company. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, National Casket Company), 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, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 220, August 2024
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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:17, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Roberto Quintanilla
[edit]On 14 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Roberto Quintanilla, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla was responsible for cutting off Che Guevara's hands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Roberto Quintanilla. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Roberto Quintanilla), 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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 15,864 views (661.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2024 – nice work! |
GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 August 2024
[edit]- In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
- In focus: Twitter marks the spot
- News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded
- Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
- Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
- Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
- Humour: I'm proud to be a template
DYK for Barry Melbourne Hussey
[edit]On 16 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Barry Melbourne Hussey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Argentine naval officer Barry Melbourne Hussey was known as El Ingles ('The Englishman') by his comrades? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barry Melbourne Hussey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Barry Melbourne Hussey), 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, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Samoan branch of the Nazi Party
[edit]On 17 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samoan branch of the Nazi Party, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that non-white Samoan people were permitted to join the local branch of the Nazi Party in the 1930s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samoan branch of the Nazi Party. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samoan branch of the Nazi Party), 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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
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Hook update | |
Your hook reached 15,474 views (644.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2024 – nice work! |
GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Raid on Chesconessex Creek
[edit]On 17 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Raid on Chesconessex Creek, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an 1814 British raid on a fort in Virginia was guided by an escaped slave of the American garrison commander? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Raid on Chesconessex Creek. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Raid on Chesconessex Creek), 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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words about my first ILR excursion. UK paper is a bit harder to work with than US paper in terms of article depth, but I have Broadcast through my institutional ProQuest. When I saw that a lot of Newport newspaper was being added, and I saw the state of that article, I saw an obvious DYK project that could fix what turned out to be a longstanding error. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I don't know how much coverage local radio got in its heyday. It has now sadly declined and there are no properly local stations left. I used to have access to britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ through the Wikipedia Library, which was useful for all sorts of things, but access no longer seems to be available - Dumelow (talk) 07:39, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello, can you take a look at this article? I have a problem. I cannot put the sources - in English - can you help? Ilovestreaming (talk) 07:50, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- here User:Ilovestreaming/sandbox Ilovestreaming (talk) 07:51, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- news sources from Daily Sabah and Trt World and Anadolu Agency Ilovestreaming (talk) 07:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Ilovestreaming Wikipedia:Inline citation might be of use. Are they website sources? The easiest thing to do is to link the webpage directly between these tags <ref>[http://www.example.com Example]</ref> at the end of the sentence being cited. This will give you something that looks like Example in a list at the bottom of the page. I don't think the article currently contains enough information to pass our WP:Notability tests. Is the article about yourself? This is strongly discouraged per Wikipedia:Autobiography - Dumelow (talk) 08:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Dumelow , thank you - the article is not about myself - Secondly, I am trying to auto-citation, but the filter prevents me from adding sources. Can you review it, please? Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ali-Al-Suleiman/author/B08FTH58CJ Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:16, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- here you can see the full name of the topic ask you kindly to move the page to draft to wrok on it Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think the article pass Wikipedia:Notability (people) Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oh dear. I see you have been blocked for block evasion - Dumelow (talk) 09:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think the article pass Wikipedia:Notability (people) Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- here you can see the full name of the topic ask you kindly to move the page to draft to wrok on it Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ali-Al-Suleiman/author/B08FTH58CJ Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:16, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Dumelow , thank you - the article is not about myself - Secondly, I am trying to auto-citation, but the filter prevents me from adding sources. Can you review it, please? Ilovestreaming (talk) 08:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Ilovestreaming Wikipedia:Inline citation might be of use. Are they website sources? The easiest thing to do is to link the webpage directly between these tags <ref>[http://www.example.com Example]</ref> at the end of the sentence being cited. This will give you something that looks like Example in a list at the bottom of the page. I don't think the article currently contains enough information to pass our WP:Notability tests. Is the article about yourself? This is strongly discouraged per Wikipedia:Autobiography - Dumelow (talk) 08:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Ravenswood standing stone
[edit]On 18 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ravenswood standing stone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 4,000-year-old Ravenswood standing stone (pictured) now lies in a cul-de-sac in a 1970s Scottish housing estate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ravenswood standing stone. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ravenswood standing stone), 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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you
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The DYK Barnstar | |
This is for your interesting contributions. Pachu Kannan (talk) 04:32, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
Thanks so much Pachu Kannan, always good to hear someone enjoys them anyway! - Dumelow (talk) 08:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Russian ship Dmitry
[edit]On 20 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Russian ship Dmitry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1885 wreck of the cargo ship Dmitry was the inspiration for the arrival of Count Dracula in England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Russian ship Dmitry. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Russian ship Dmitry), 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.
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for 1683 Trent flood
[edit]On 22 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1683 Trent flood, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1683 ice floes on the River Trent in England badly damaged the bridges at Nottingham and Newark? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1683 Trent flood. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1683 Trent flood), 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) 00:04, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for William Hewett (British Army officer)
[edit]On 23 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Hewett (British Army officer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Hewett was the last-surviving British Army officer to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Hewett (British Army officer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Hewett (British Army officer)), 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.
BorgQueen (talk) 00:04, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
September 2024 at Women in Red
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DYK for Robert Turner (soldier)
[edit]On 29 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Turner (soldier), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Turner (soldier). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Turner (soldier)), 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.
BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Robert Stumper
[edit]On 29 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Stumper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Stumper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Stumper), 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.
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Andrew Gillison
[edit]On 31 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Gillison, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison (pictured) took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Gillison. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew Gillison), 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.
—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
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