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DYK for Nujeen Mustafa
On 20 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nujeen Mustafa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nujeen Mustafa, a teenage Syrian refugee with cerebral palsy, traveled 3,500 miles (5,600 km) in a wheelchair to seek asylum in Germany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nujeen Mustafa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nujeen Mustafa), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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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Another collaboration?
I have a dwindling stack of drafts at User:BD2412/sandbox#Disambig resolvers. If any of these seem interesting to you, let me know, and I'll be glad to focus on that in collaboration. bd2412 T 21:47, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
- Hmm...I'm going to have to take some time and poke around to see what the sources look like on these. GMGtalk 18:58, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
- @BD2412: I think I may try to take a look at Toilet training if you're interested. It's a desperately anemic article that gets a sustained hundreds of daily views (and whatever happened on 10 December 2018 that prompted 276k views). The poor talk page is just a decade old desert of readers asking for a better article. GMGtalk 10:51, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'm up for it - I'll have a serious look over the weekend. bd2412 T 10:59, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'll be travelling over the weekend myself, but I was poking around some books this morning, and there is a lot of fluff parenting garbage, but there also seems a lot of really high quality sources available. In particular things like this [1] [2]. GMGtalk 11:19, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't get around to working on this - I did mean to, but I have been on a project that pretty severely cut into my editing time. bd2412 T 02:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey no worries. I still had fun working on it. Couldn't hurt to keep an eye out though. There are a couple of WikiEd students around who may need some guidance from more experienced editors. GMGtalk 11:44, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'll watch the page. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:44, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey no worries. I still had fun working on it. Couldn't hurt to keep an eye out though. There are a couple of WikiEd students around who may need some guidance from more experienced editors. GMGtalk 11:44, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't get around to working on this - I did mean to, but I have been on a project that pretty severely cut into my editing time. bd2412 T 02:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'll be travelling over the weekend myself, but I was poking around some books this morning, and there is a lot of fluff parenting garbage, but there also seems a lot of really high quality sources available. In particular things like this [1] [2]. GMGtalk 11:19, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'm up for it - I'll have a serious look over the weekend. bd2412 T 10:59, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- @BD2412: I think I may try to take a look at Toilet training if you're interested. It's a desperately anemic article that gets a sustained hundreds of daily views (and whatever happened on 10 December 2018 that prompted 276k views). The poor talk page is just a decade old desert of readers asking for a better article. GMGtalk 10:51, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia i Rumârește?
Sâ, hioc teș caus sâ (Romǎnǎ) ul hioc có jîşnéc niop sâșteș. Sâ vémcóț ces hioc coș jîṣșnéc ju hua "Jan Diu" ul hioc "sâ" jaușṣ lufi hîmóp. Țaum hioc tías fém cóp jînéc niop, ă Wikipedia i Rumârește? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.156.128.249 (talk) 18:20, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry anon. I don't speak Vietnamese, and unfortunately don't know of anyone who can translate for us. You may have better luck asking at the Vietnamese Wikipedia. GMGtalk 18:26, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Ne hioc "Vietnamese", hioc Rumârește. Jeal... :( 130.156.128.249 (talk) 18:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Got the same message on my talk. Google translate seems to think it's some combination of Romanian and Vietnamese. --valereee (talk) 18:34, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Apparently it's Istro-Romanian. Are there any other languages you speak? Sorry I'm not super helpful, but all I speak is English. GMGtalk 18:45, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Yeah, same message to Teahouse, where there's some detective work going on. Language is Rumârește, which has only 500 speakers left. I would assume this person speaks something else -- maybe Romanian, possibly some English -- in order to be able to find their way here. --valereee (talk) 18:56, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Random ping for User: Alex Nico, who seems fairly active and apparently speaks Romanian and Aromanian as well as English. So they may be able to help? GMGtalk 19:03, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the ping. Unfortunately, Istro-Romanian is a bit too different from Aromanian and Romanian to be understood by me.
- {{subst:DNAU|User:130.156.128.249}} Nu știu Vlășește/Rumârește, doar română. Putem vorbi în română? Poate așa pot răspunde la întrebare. Mulțumesc!--Alex Nico (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Apparently it's Istro-Romanian. Are there any other languages you speak? Sorry I'm not super helpful, but all I speak is English. GMGtalk 18:45, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Got the same message on my talk. Google translate seems to think it's some combination of Romanian and Vietnamese. --valereee (talk) 18:34, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Da, o să-mi dau silința, țaum română ne este mamă mea limpa. Voiam sâ știu dacă există o Wikipedia în rumârește, dar ne există. Asta e tot. 130.156.128.249 (talk) 20:17, 26 June 2019 (UTC) Yes, I will give my strength, no Romanian is our mother's speak. I wanted to know if there is a Wikipedia in the Istro-Romanian, but there is not. That's all. (Thank Google translater) 130.156.128.249 (talk) 20:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, only Aromanian and Romanian currently. But there are lots of language versions including languages with zero native speakers. So there might be an Istro-Romanian some time in the future. GMGtalk 20:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- (translated) Da, numai aromanieni și români în prezent. Dar există multe versiuni lingvistice, inclusiv limbile cu vorbitori nativi. Așadar, în viitor, ar putea exista un istro-românesc. GMGtalk 20:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
- {{subst:DNAU|User:130.156.128.249}} Mulțumesc mult de răspuns (Efharisto multu!). Când se va face Wikipedia în rumârește, vă așteptăm să scrieți! --Alex Nico (talk) 20:54, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for IDW work
My god, you did a fantastic job in rescuing that article on the Intellectual Dark Web! Very balanced, very neutral, very Wikipedian. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 17:35, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- Hey thanks. Feel free to stop by any time. GMGtalk 17:38, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Your comment on User:Buffs: an apology
Concerning your comment on User:Buffs' talk page: If you believe I have mischaracterized your motivations or actions, I sincerely apologise for my description. I do not want to impugn your reputation as an editor or your judgment in interpreting the policy as to whether blogs can be used as reliable sources. The overwhelming majority of blogs or self-published material cannot be used as RS. We agree on this point. Again, I am very sorry if I said anything, by statement or implication, disparaging you. Cheers, Mark Ironie (talk) 16:53, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
- No worries Mark Ironie. If I have anything, it's a thick skin, and I'm not sure I really have any reputation of any count worthy to be besmirched. El C just seemed intent on sorting things out and I didn't want them to misunderstand the situation. If I am anything, I am virulently contrarian. But that can be easily misunderstood by others as picking a side. If I can ever be of any help for anything at all please feel free to let me know and I'll do my best to assist in any way I can. GMGtalk 00:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
- Glad it's copacetic. I only mentioned your name because you started the RfC. It seemed pertinent at the time because it was the one of the three actions Buffs didn't start but I shouldn't have dragged your name into it. Thanks for the offer of help and that goes likewise for you. Cheers, Mark Ironie (talk) 00:33, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
- I mean, I come from a...sympathetic personal background, but the parties involved don't seem to have any interest in working together, and I have very many more things that i could be doing with my volunteer time on Wikimedia projects. If they ever do decide to have a nuanced discussion without name calling and walls of text, feel free to ping me and I'll be happy to offer a third opinion. GMGtalk 01:26, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
- Glad it's copacetic. I only mentioned your name because you started the RfC. It seemed pertinent at the time because it was the one of the three actions Buffs didn't start but I shouldn't have dragged your name into it. Thanks for the offer of help and that goes likewise for you. Cheers, Mark Ironie (talk) 00:33, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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Response to comment on Buffs page
Hi GreenMeansGo. El C asked me to please stay off of Buffs' talk page so I am going to respond here. I hope that's okay.
Regarding the extended relationship off-wiki, three of the events we were at I was the main speaker so there wasn't really time for friendly interaction. There is no concerted effort on our parts, I can absolutely see where that would be the impression though. I know it looks messed up that we agree on topics that we edit and I am not sure how to change that for the better. I hear you on the two person consensus. If there are only three people trying to gain consensus what do you recommend? I freak out over the idea of posting on Project Indigenous about things like that (I know that's what it's there for) because it feels like canvassing to me. Which is my problem, I get that and I should probably get over it for everyone's benefit. I would sincerely welcome any advice you might have. Thanks a bunch for your time. I really appreciate it. Indigenous girl (talk) 16:32, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Personally? I keep an eye out for editors who tend to agree with me as often as they disagree, and who make solid arguments regardless of whether we are on the same "side". I keep them in my pocket to ping when I reach an impasse. Unfortunately, that generally needs to happen before things devolve into overwhelming walls of text and bad faith name-calling. To that point, I also try to be the first person in line to call out people on my own "side" when they make poor arguments that are primarily driven by emotion and intuition rather than reason and evidence, and when they start approaching things primarily in terms of sides instead of arguments. If someone else makes a better argument than I do, then I should leave on the same side as they are, and thank them for their trouble. If someone is a Churchillian fanatic, who won't change their mind and won't change the subject, then Wikipedia is probably not the best place for them to contribute quite yet. GMGtalk 21:45, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Excellent advice and duly noted. I especially like and will particularly take into account, "If someone else makes a better argument than I do, then I should leave on the same side as they are, and thank them for their trouble." I think that's something that is a very important tool for rapport building. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Indigenous girl (talk) 01:03, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Concerning speedy deletion of Passivdom
let me improve the article and make it encyclopedic. I see you point. The article looks too descriptive. --Graphenon (talk) 15:03, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hey Graphenon. The problem is not that the article is "too descriptive". The problem is that the article reads like an advertisement, and Wikipedia is not a means of advertising or promotion. GMGtalk 15:07, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
- I've declined the G11 for the minute to give the creator to clean it up a bit more. If he hasn't done so, stick the tag back on. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:28, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Hope all is well with you. I need a photo and am not remotely sure how to do this. I found this image of "A Keméndy-ház 1883-ban" (Keméndy House circa 1883) in Toth's book, which says the sign at the top of the building says it's the "Institute of Irma Keméndy". It appears to have been cropped from this larger image which is on "Fortepan". The description about the project says "Fortepan is a copyright-free and community-based photo archive with over 100,000 photographs available for anyone to browse and download in high-resolution, free of charge. The images are free to share with the appropriate credit given as FORTEPAN / NAME OF DONOR. Please do provide the full credit at all times as it is a tribute to the selfless contribution of the donor." and the information on the photo says "1900. Hungary, Szeged Dugonics tér a Főreáltanoda (ma a Szegedi Egyetem központi épülete) felől nézve (a felvétel 1885 körül készült). DONOR: Fődi Gábor PHOTO ID: 24022 Results: 29 / 815". So, I want to use the fortepan image on the article for Adele Zay and the cropped one from Toth for the article on Keméndy, but I do not know how to mark one as a derivative of the other. Can you help? SusunW (talk) 15:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hey SusunW. I don't trust any image credit that just says 1900, because a lot of people don't care and just put that as a round-about guess. Probably the more accurate date then is the 1885 one. Because 1885 was more than 120 years ago, and the author is unknown, you can upload it using c:Template:PD-old-assumed. You can either upload the larger version and crop it on Commons using c:Commons:CropTool. Or you can upload them separately and use c:Template:Derivative versions and c:Template:Derived from to indicate that one is a crop (CropTool will do this for you automatically). I would recommend doing whichever one gives you a higher resolution file in the end. GMGtalk 15:25, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, GreenMeansGo. I totally appreciate your help! I am not sure I understand, but I'll give it a go. I took the 1900 to mean when it was published. What I know for sure is the house was destroyed in the 1879 flood, permits to rebuild were issued in 1881 and Toth says this is what it looked like in 1883, so probably taken 1883-1885. There's other images from this same website loaded on commons, so I'll probably just copy that format. I'll let you know how it goes. :) SusunW (talk) 15:44, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- No problem. Good luck with everything. There's also no harm in putting as much information in the file description as you can. Doesn't have to be a clean date only. It's not beyond me to argue to keep files at COM:DR based on newspaper clippings about buildings burning down, floods, and other assorted acts of God. GMGtalk 15:49, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I think I've done it, but not sure. Can you look at this and this. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help. SusunW (talk) 17:02, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I did a bit of arranging, but I'd say if you're copying the style used by User:Fæ then you're probably good. GMGtalk 17:43, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- That's exactly what I did! Find someone you trust, do what they do :) It also helped that I had found the Toth book, because it told me who the original author was and thus, clearly it is well out of copyright. I really appreciate the help. I figured if I stuck the template on there, you would fix my mistakes. SusunW (talk) 17:46, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- I did a bit of arranging, but I'd say if you're copying the style used by User:Fæ then you're probably good. GMGtalk 17:43, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, GreenMeansGo. I totally appreciate your help! I am not sure I understand, but I'll give it a go. I took the 1900 to mean when it was published. What I know for sure is the house was destroyed in the 1879 flood, permits to rebuild were issued in 1881 and Toth says this is what it looked like in 1883, so probably taken 1883-1885. There's other images from this same website loaded on commons, so I'll probably just copy that format. I'll let you know how it goes. :) SusunW (talk) 15:44, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Search engine (BMK case)
"I can't be bothered to look them up because they're too active at ANI and our search feature is crap." I hate our search engine. There must be more of us out there. We need to start a support group.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:38, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if it's been brought up previously at the Community Wishlist Survey, but it really should be. The search engine at Commons is so bad I just use google at site:commons.wikimedia.org in order to find images half the time. GMGtalk 01:19, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
Tis I (again) your most frequent pest. I have been searching for images to use on this new article, but alas almost all of them seem to be owned by the Historical and Geographical Society of Brazil. I found this on Colégio Piracicabano, ca. 1928 and am thinking it meets Commons:Template:PD-Brazil-URAA but am not sure. Reading the page for Brazil is confusing, as I don't really understand the right of panorama. Does that apply to buildings (architecture?) or just artworks in public spaces. But maybe it doesn't matter since this was published in 1928 without specifying any author and is not an artistic photograph? SusunW (talk) 15:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- As far as I know, most or all countries allow freedom of panorama for buildings (usually defined as something meant to be functionally inhabited by people). The differences are usually whether they allow FoP for artistic works, which Brasil seems to do. So you'd be fine either way. Since that book was first published in 1928, then obviously the picture was first published on that date or earlier, so you should be fine to use PD-Brazil-URAA as far as I can tell. I don't see a credit for an image author anywhere and I'm not really finding any additional information online (through I might be more effective if I spoke Spanish). GMGtalk 16:04, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- or Portuguese ;). I have searched and searched. Lots of images on Flickr for the Historical Society, but all are restricted use. As always, thanks for your help. SusunW (talk) 16:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- Derp. Brasil. Of course. I just looked at the source and thought "that looks Spanishy." GMGtalk 16:52, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- or Portuguese ;). I have searched and searched. Lots of images on Flickr for the Historical Society, but all are restricted use. As always, thanks for your help. SusunW (talk) 16:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
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Just introducing myself.
I'm following some of your work with great appreciation. Mostly editor retention. Yours, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 20:50, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks BeenAroundAWhile. If I can ever be of any help feel free to stop by any time. GMGtalk 21:58, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
be wont to
Hey GMG,
Hope you are well. I saw your comment on the thread Snoog started at the HelpDesk and agree. Earlier I'd been reading your comments somewhere and had thought about mentioning the spelling distinction between want (need, desire) & be wont to (have a tendency to). I hope you'll understand this is just meant as a friendly English geek comment, not as an attempt to be unkind. It's odd how SS is multiplying venues rather than discussing on the TP, but I've yet to understand them... 🌿 SashiRolls t · c 17:55, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Thanks for the clarification. I am not from a part of United States renowned for our English prowess. I only recently learned that most of my adult life I've said "talking across purposes" rather than "talking at cross purposes". I blame audio books personally. GMGtalk 17:57, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
- Spelling is annoying. Wont has got good roots, though. Rejoice! Be content. 🌿 SashiRolls t · c 19:36, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK for The Debut (Jackie Evancho album)
Hello. I see that you are active on the DYK talk page. Would you be willing to nominate this article for DYK, please? The Debut (Jackie Evancho album). The hook could be:
- "...that The Debut was Jackie Evancho's eighth consecutive release on the Billboard Classical Albums chart to debut at No. 1?"
Please let me know either way. Thanks for any help! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:07, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hey Ssilvers. I'm not sure I understand. You seem to be much more active in DYK than I am, with nearly 75 hooks to your name. What seems to be the problem? GMGtalk 21:21, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- I just write 'em. I have not nominated any for years. Usually there's someone who is happy to nom them for me, but he isn't feeling well. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. I see. Unfortunately I'm about as far as you can get from somebody who is competent in pop-culture topic. Maybe User:Ritchie333 is up to give it a go? GMGtalk 21:31, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'll try him. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:28, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. I see. Unfortunately I'm about as far as you can get from somebody who is competent in pop-culture topic. Maybe User:Ritchie333 is up to give it a go? GMGtalk 21:31, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- I just write 'em. I have not nominated any for years. Usually there's someone who is happy to nom them for me, but he isn't feeling well. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
GreenMeansGo, just checking to see whether your most recent comment here was meant to be an approval not only of the ALT2 hook but also a final (re)approval of the nomination as a whole. If so, it's important that you add a new approval icon, since your original icon has long been superseded by other icons that indicate that the nomination has issues and/or needs a subsequent review; without the final icon, the bot won't take the next steps in the process. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:43, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
- I was kindof holding out for the possibility of additional input from others, but since no one had bothered,
Done GMGtalk 14:47, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Template:unsigned
Don't forget that Template:unsigned says "This template should always be substituted". If you don't, the edit history gets cluttered by extra entries when the bot turns up to correct the mistaken transclusion. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:05, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Thanks for pointing that out. GMGtalk 17:18, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
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Long time no chat! :-)
Hi GreenMeansGo! It's been quite some time since we've said hello, and quite some time since I've seen you on IRC and other places... I wanted to leave you a message and wish you a good day and happy editing, and just let you know that I was thinking about you... I hope you're doing well, and I hope you remain active in this project and that we keep in touch. You do great work here, and it's valuable and highly appreciated. :-) Keep in touch... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:21, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey Osh. Hope you're doing well also. I'm still around. Well, at the moment I'm sitting in the middle of a field and sleeping on a cot in an abandoned building. But that's just for training purposes. I'll be back on desktop in a few days.
- My IRC participation has gone down quite a bit. I've reached that point where more is required than mere parental supervision, and making sure there's no sharp objects within reach of a small child. Nowadays we gotta make up elaborate scenarios where the doggie super hero defeats the evil penguin. Doesn't lend itself very well to real time chat unfortunately. GMGtalk 14:11, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- HA! Nonetheless, I'm glad you're doing well. Keep in touch. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:11, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation book cover (image file notice)
Hi! I hate doing the usual impersonal template-based notices for image-deletion process stuff, but since you're the uploader and a major contributor to the page in question (plus it's on the Main Page for at least a few more hours), I wanted to give a heads-up: I've marked My Year of Rest and Relaxation book cover 2019.jpg for deletion. However, it was for a totally chill reason! The cover is not actually eligible for copyright under US law—it's just a public domain painting plus some basic text, which doesn't rise to the threshold of originality for copyright—so I replaced it with a high-res version at Commons. Let me know if you have any questions, concerns, etc., but hopefully this comes as either good news or neutral news at worst. —BLZ · talk 19:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey, if you've hung out at Commons at all you know theres no hard feelings over a deleted file as long as there's good reason. Thanks for replacing it with a higher quality verion. GMGtalk 23:27, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
Thankyou Kindly
Hey there GreenMeansGo, Im a relatively new editor, and keen to contribute. I recently found your page, and your referencing material has been useful. Best wishesJoshua.paul1300 (talk) 04:48, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey Joshua.paul1300. Welcome to Wikipedia. If I can be of any help feel free to stop by. GMGtalk 11:42, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Backlog Banzai
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Toilet training
On 23 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Toilet training, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some German child-rearing theorists of the 1970s tied Nazism and the Holocaust to authoritarian, sadistic personalities produced by punitive toilet training techniques? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toilet training. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Toilet training), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
Please help
- Sir, I had posted a request on Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil's talk page(Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil). I tried very hard to add those informations myself but I couldn't do that. Will you help in adding those informations in the article? I had provided reliable references as links.
Thank you. (223.230.155.100 (talk) 17:18, 24 August 2019 (UTC))
- Hey anon. Sorry for the belated response. I'm afraid I tend to stay away from southeast Asian topics, because to be honest, I lack the cultural competence to contribute effectively in the subject area. You might try User:Vanamonde93 or User:Winged Blades of Godric, who are more immensely more competent than I am likely to ever be. GMGtalk 12:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'll take a look...Vanamonde (Talk) 15:27, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hey anon. Sorry for the belated response. I'm afraid I tend to stay away from southeast Asian topics, because to be honest, I lack the cultural competence to contribute effectively in the subject area. You might try User:Vanamonde93 or User:Winged Blades of Godric, who are more immensely more competent than I am likely to ever be. GMGtalk 12:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)