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Merge proposal[edit]Hi, if you want to propose merging two articles you need to put the merge template on both articles and have them both point to a section on the destination article's talk page that gives your reasons why they should be merged so others can comment - see wp:merging#Proposing a merger. Richerman (talk) 22:36, 18 May 2017 (UTC) DYK for Open–closed political spectrum[edit] On 24 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Open–closed political spectrum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2017 French presidential election was not fought between left and right, but between open and closed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Open–closed political spectrum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Open–closed political spectrum), 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. Thanks for helping out at peer review![edit]
DYK for Battle of Bamber Bridge[edit]On 24 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Bamber Bridge, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of Bamber Bridge began when white American military police arrested a black USAAF soldier in an English village pub (pictured), and ended with a mutiny that left one dead and seven injured? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Bamber Bridge. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Battle of Bamber Bridge), 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.  The article Government News Network has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing Homepage?[edit]Congratulations on the promotion to FA status of your Northern England article. I think it would make for an excellent article on the home page. I think you should propose it at WP:TFAR. I will certainly support it. Best, Edwininlondon (talk) 20:51, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Northern England scheduled for TFA[edit]This is to let you know that the Northern England article has been scheduled as today's featured article for September 4, 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 4, 2017, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:18, 20 August 2017 (UTC) Thank you for "an increasingly distinctive cultural area, shaped by centuries of Celtic, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scottish invasion and more recently by the rise and fall of heavy industry"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 4 September 2017 (UTC) I've nominated this article for deletion. As a contributor, your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next Conservative Party (UK) leadership election. Robofish (talk) 22:57, 9 September 2017 (UTC) Invitation to Admin confidence survey[edit]Hello, Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment. The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators. To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form. We really appreciate your input! Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team. For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC) DYK nomination of Irene Clennell[edit]
DYK for Irene Clennell case[edit]On 21 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Irene Clennell case, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Irene Clennell was deported from the UK, despite having a British husband, because she had spent too long abroad? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Irene Clennell case), 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. Disambiguation link notification for October 3[edit]Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Airlift, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Supplies (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:43, 3 October 2017 (UTC) DYK for GRIM test[edit]On 30 October 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article GRIM test, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a GRIM test on a sample of published psychology articles revealed that over half contained at least one mathematically impossible result? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/GRIM test. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, GRIM test), 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. Precious anniversary[edit]
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 29 November 2017 (UTC) Two years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 29 November 2018 (UTC) ... and three --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC) ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit] Hello, Smurrayinchester. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for January 19[edit]Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited NSB Di 8, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page British Steel (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.) It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC) Your submission of Alem Bekagn at the Did You Know nominations page[edit]
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DYK for Alem Bekagn[edit]On 24 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alem Bekagn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the killings at the Alem Bekagn prison were visible from the windows of the Organisation of African Unity headquarters, but were never mentioned by the OAU? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alem Bekagn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alem Bekagn), 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. Invitation to join the Ten Year Society[edit] I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. Best regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evrik (talk • contribs) 14:19, 6 March 2018 (UTC) DYK for July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms[edit]On 9 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during storms on 1–2 July 1968, hailstones the size of tennis balls fell in Cardiff and blood-red rain covered Southern England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms), 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. List organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter listed at Redirects for discussion[edit] An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect List organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter. Since you had some involvement with the List organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. UnitedStatesian (talk) 13:26, 13 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter message[edit]Hello, Smurrayinchester. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Independent Group[edit]Hello. You moved the Independent Group DAB page to the main title, and the art movement article to a disambiguated title. However, you've left all the incoming links for the art movement pointing at the DAB page. Could you please fix them all? You can see the list here. Cheers, Number 57 13:49, 19 February 2019 (UTC) ArbCom 2019 special circular[edit]
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Well done. Keep it up. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 11:01, 30 January 2020 (UTC) Sarbecovirus[edit]Hi, did you think about renaming Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome-related_coronavirus into sarbecovirus ? This would make it clearer and more accurate with respect to the scientific literature (look at page 7). Sarbcovirus is a "subgenus" of the genus betacoronavirus. Reuns (talk) 14:27, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Riboviria › Nidovirales › Cornidovirineae › Coronaviridae › Orthocoronavirinae › Betacoronavirus › Sarbecovirus › Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data/Italy medical cases chart[edit]Why "Putting a footnote inside the percentage breaks the chart"? I see the chart correctly, so maybe it changes with browsers? Can we put it in some other place? --151.48.13.156 (talk) 10:38, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
Nomination for merging of Template:Relevance fallacies[edit]
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Precious anniversary
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Greetings - note on the mods to Northern England.
[edit]Respectfully, rather than dropping a template on you - I'd like to explain things in my own words. Thanks for the clean up on Northern England.
I do think you removed language was useful - and terms like generally, perhaps, maybe - are not encyclopedic.
You seem a very experienced editor - so I do not think I need to push on this. I was actually surprised you left the language in the article.
I think the article has fundamental problems - I added citations as to the sources of where the area is - and I added the gov. regional refs months ago. They are administrative areas and they have changed frequently. The lack of citations was noted 'years' ago- but no editor has ever addressed them.
Some of this is also nebulous and editorialized as are many articles of this nature about this region.
I think these are certainly not contentious matters - again, looking at your excellent contributions - I was a little surprised at these edits.
Respectfully: Dr.BeingObjective (talk) 15:44, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @BeingObjective: Hi, thanks for the message. I admit I'm a bit confused. I removed almost no text from the article (If you're worried about the "Historically, there has been a significant challenge in defining what geographies precisely constitutes the 'North of England'" sentence, I just merged that with another paragraph slightly further down the intro and trimmed the redundant end of it) and as far as I can see I didn't add any "generally"s etc (the word "maybe" doesn't appear in the article at all, and "perhaps" only once). You're right that it certainly wasn't a full page clean-up – I only had a bit of time and mostly just wanted to update some outdated information and I also quickly shuffled around a couple of paragraphs that seemed jarringly long or short. If I have time I will go over it fully, but I didn't leave the article because I thought it was perfect and needed no additional edits. Smurrayinchester 08:52, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
- Many thanks for the reply.
- The sentence was part of it and I do apologize - because, I rather followed a similar path of light edits, I really did not drill down too much when I visited the page - there were a few non-encyclopedic expressions, I did a few tweaks across the article -
- I was born -- in Rochdale, my parents left many, many moons ago, hence the interest. I also took a run at Blackpool (that really upset a few folks) and English Language in the north, I suspect it is some nostalgic thing. Just in case you wondered as to why I might even be reading these things - these articles likely do not get a lot of traffic. My usual focus is on medicine/science articles.
- Many thanks again, Cheers Doctor BeingObjetive MD. BeingObjective 16:45, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Nizza, Frankfurt
[edit]On 18 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nizza, Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nizza, Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nizza, Frankfurt), 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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- Good job! Feel free to put your articles up at Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! I added it to Portal:Germany and established a category for the related images. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Peter Schickele
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British overseas cities on territories and dependencies
[edit]Hello User:Smurrayinchester, I recall you did some top work with some overseas historical details on the City status in the United Kingdom article couple years back, I am finally getting around after long-standing requests such as
Talk:List of cities in the United Kingdom#List of cities in the UK and some that are in places of limited independence from the UK but are not in the UK
Talk:City status in the United Kingdom#British overseas territories and crown dependencies
to spin those details out into a new article and would appreciate if you could sanity check it.
User:The Equalizer/Overseas cities
I'm still tweaking some sentences and am aware I could add some refs to the prose and update population counts, but any thoughts on aspects would be useful. I'll eventually mention on the above talk pages too (or might just go ahead once ready as several will see the linked updates on the main space articles)
Regards, The Equalizer (talk) 14:15, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Also finding that as certain colonies received self government, the numbers of cities declared increased dramatically as the rules were not on the whim of a monarch and more defined on thresholds such as population and revenue which means a lot more to find, unsure whether I should restrict scope on the historical cities list for those and the dominions to either independence or responsible government being granted. Or just keep it as a list of key cities. The Equalizer (talk) 12:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @The Equalizer: Impressive work! And yeah, self-government is a bit of a grey area. I can definitely see the argument for cutting the list there. Otherwise it feels like every little village in Australia is a city! Smurrayinchester 13:42, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Cardiff Rift for deletion
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[edit]On 19 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Winter wonderland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that winter wonderland fairs have become a celebrated annual British tradition – but often for the wrong reasons? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Winter wonderland. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Winter wonderland), 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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Nomination of List of Torchwood items for deletion
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[edit]Could I request a look at the interventions of User:Maurnxiao in Talk:2024 United Kingdom general election, sections Infobox, Muslim Vote, and Workers Party.
A member of less than a week (although his very first post was challenging the status of sources as reliable, making me suspect he has been active under a different identity), entirely unaccepting of the principle of consensus, determined to see a level of coverage of one political party that is disproportionate to that given by mainstream news sources. Highly disruptive, unwilling to accept that his preference is not grounds to change the approach taken by the article. Time sensitive issue (election is in 10 days), so a quicker intervention would be desirable. Is seeking a topic ban suitable, or is some other solution more suitable.
With thanks. Kevin McE (talk) 08:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Obviously I feel an intense urge to defend myself after the way in which you have defaced my honor as an editor on here, but I should also really say that I had already acknowledged the lack of consensus and had stopped pushing for an inclusion of the Workers Party in the infobox with pictures should it be reintroduced. My question had been at what point does a regional party become significant enough in Westminster to be included. You had also promised to push for a "topic ban", whatever that is, if I should continue talking about Galloway in the talk page. I didn't make a single edit anywhere after that warning, and yet you chose to smear my name on so many different user talk pages? Maurnxiao (talk) 10:40, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @Smurrayinchester, matter now seems closed. Kevin McE (talk) 11:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
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