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Happy New Year![edit]

Happy New Year!
L293D,
Have a great 2020 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.

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– Utopes (talk) 09:15, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup![edit]

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

  • The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
  • Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Revert explanation request by Jim Soobuck on 04 Jan 2020[edit]

Killingworth, Connecticut (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) 

Hello, I'm L293D. An edit that you recently made to Killingworth, Connecticut seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

THIS IS LOCAL HISTORY RECENTLY DISCOVERED. HOW DID I MAKE AN ERROR POSTING THIS?Jim Soobuck (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Jim Soobuck (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jim Soobuck: You're mistaken. You, or at least the account you are using right now, made exactly two edits to the page Killingworth, Connecticut. In both edits you made, you added the following text : <ref></ref><ref></ref>. The <ref> HTML tags code for reference start, and the </ref> tags code for reference end. Basically, these tags are so that you should put reference info between them, and a small number between square brackets will appear, like this: [1]. You did not add anything remotely close to recent local history, you added some useless wikitext. L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:15, 5 January 2020 (UTC)


Revert explanation request by Jim Soobuck on 05 Jan 2020


Killingworth, Connecticut (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This is what I tried to post: →‎Washington Fredrick Willcox, U.S. Congressman (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893), born on North Chestnut Hill on August 22, 1834 < ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_F._Willcox</ref > Jim Soobuck (talk) 05:22, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jim Soobuck:. I see what you were trying to do. I think you typed that text in the small box at the bottom of the edit page, which was intended for edit summaries. I have done the edit for you here. Apologies for the misunderstanding. Also, Wikipedia should not be cited as a source, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:50, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of HMS Sea Nymph (P223)[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article HMS Sea Nymph (P223) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 01:01, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of HMS Sea Nymph (P223)[edit]

The article HMS Sea Nymph (P223) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Sea Nymph (P223) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:01, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Accepted draft enquiry[edit]

Hi L293D, could you please tell me why you accepted Tarlac Montessori School? Is this ready for mainspace? Two issue tags have been added to the article, the source in intro text looks like a directory listing but may be ok, the source for the History section does not work, the other two sources were added to the references section and it's not clear what is being referenced and seem unnecessary — the first is about a student at the school who was "chosen by the international Scout movement as its representative to the recent week-long 24th Asia-Pacific Jamboree..." and the second one is about the school organising "a team of eleven (11) duly-registered Scouts and two (2) duly-registered Outfit Advisors serving as SW Supporters and Advisers." I think this needs to go back to draftspace as it needs more work? Steven (Editor) (talk) 02:16, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Defending the notability of obscure articles I have no interest in isn't what I'm good at, but as an AfC reviewer, I understand that I can be called upon to explain why I accepted a draft. I felt the article was notable as a school because it was the only redlink out of 11 schools listed at {{Educational institutions in Tarlac}}. I agree that in its current form, the article is mediocre at best, so maybe the best thing to do is to send it back to draftspace for some hypothetical person to add reliable, independent, third-party sources that cover the subject in detail. L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:09, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Revert explanation request by Mylittlelie on 26 Jan 2020[edit]

Papercutz (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I added a pic that I took... what's wrong with that?


Mylittlelie (talk) 04:00, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Mylittlelie: Sorry about that, this was an error on my part. I've reinstated your edit. L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:04, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you![edit]

Hello, L293D,

I don't often check the edit filter log but I am tonight and noticing all of the great anti-vandalism work you are doing. Thank you so much! It's kind of endless, thankless work but it makes such a big difference to catch vandalism early, warn the new editors and block them if they persist. Thanks again! Liz Read! Talk! 01:39, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the kind words Liz! Much appreciated. L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Your email[edit]

Gidday, thanks for the email. In my opinion (and it is only my opinion, another editor may have a different point of view), I think having a section on the camp would be useful context. From the account of the escape, it seems as though the camp was a trifle easy to escape from and a brief explanation may help the reader understand why. Note that the location information could form part of the camp section so there is already some relevant material in the article. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 08:06, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Zawed. I'm sorry this took so much time, but I'm finally done piecing together a prison camp section. Would you be willing to re-review? L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Yes, would be happy to. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 04:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Would you like me to start a new nom? L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:15, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Sure, ping me when done and I will go and claim it. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 06:13, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Zawed: done. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:53, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Another editor has beaten me to it! Zawed (talk) 00:39, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw that. You're still very welcome to contribute at the review page. L293D (☎ • ✎) 00:47, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
And already it has made GA. Well done! Zawed (talk) 21:23, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Wanna join the Catholic Wikipedia group Collins Gibore (talk) 06:58, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
  • The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news

  • Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
  • When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]

Arbitration

  • Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank your for anti-vandalism work, especially tonight. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for barnstar, LuK3! L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:43, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by L293D, on behalf of Legobot -- L293D (talk) 18:31, 12 February 2020 (UTC)


New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020[edit]

Hello L293D/Archives,

Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

Redirects

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.

Discussions and Resources
Refresher

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.

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16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt[edit]

The article Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by L293D, on behalf of Legobot -- L293D (talk) 16:18, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Revert explanation request by 3DS Alyssa on 25 Feb 2020[edit]

Dassault Systèmes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)


3DS Alyssa (talk) 17:07, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

@3DS Alyssa: Sorry about that. My undoing (rollback) of your edit as vandalism was because of a misclick by me, using an anti-vandalism tool. I undid my revert within seconds. So, your edit was not vandalism; however, your edits were problematic because first, you obviously have a conflict of interest, second, what you wrote was either unsourced or sourced to self-published info, and third, it looks like you were hijacking the article, which is about Dassault Systèmes and turning it into an article about 3DS. Basically, just don't write about a company that you work for, because no matter how much you try, you will never be able to write in a neutral way about it. L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:19, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
@L293D: Thanks for the answer. What are our options to get the page updated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3DS Alyssa (talk • contribs)
The best answer is: spend hundreds of hours learning how Wikipedia works by writing about other stuff, or fighting vandalism. The not-so-good answer is: at least read a bit of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Reliable sources, and then do your best to present facts in, what you could call the most "boring" way possible, and cite these facts with reliable sources, not self-published ones. Don't use Allcaps, even if it what you are writing is spelled in allcaps, and finally, only add info that is truly relevant to the subject and would interest an average reader. L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:18, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020[edit]

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

DYK for Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt[edit]

On 1 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1941, two German POWs escaped from their British prison camp and stole a plane from an RAF base to try to reach the continent? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt), 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:03, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter[edit]

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  • England Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  • United States Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  • Somerset Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  • Pirate flag CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included United States L293D, Venezuela Kingsif, Antarctica Enwebb, England Lee Vilenski and Nepal CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter correction[edit]

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Common Surnames of Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas[edit]

Hi, Would like to have a discussion about this. Dinopce (talk) 15:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Dinopce Sorry about that, my bad. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:09, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi,

I would like to add or edit a few things on the page of Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas. I'm a Chitraguptavanshi Kayasth myself.

This article is not accurate.

Eg:In the common Surnames title at the bottom of this page,those 12 are the names of sub-castes of Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas. They're not surnames per se. However,some of us keep the names of our sub-caste out of those 12 mentioned as surnames. Dinopce (talk) 16:18, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Dinopce Go ahead and be bold making those edits! That revert from me was an error. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:21, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Please let me know if any of my edits will not be in accordance with your policy. Dinopce (talk) 16:24, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

    • Sure, I will. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:25, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, there's some error in this page. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayastha

In the 2nd para,the link "Chitragupta kayasth" is redirecting me to the same page rather than redirecting me to the Chitraguptavanshi page.

Wanted to bring this to your notice. Dinopce (talk) 03:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Submarine Barnstar[edit]

Hello L293D, I've improved the quality of your barnstar, see File:Submarine Barnstar.png. Jerm (talk) 01:07, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that's awesome! L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:18, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the complete policy of making any edits[edit]

Hi L293D,

Plz send me a vid or an article that will teach me the policy of editing the Wikipedia articles.

Plz correct me if I'm wrong but wikipedia doesn't just require quoted statements but also it should be meaningful and should not be degrading towards a particular community. As far as I know,it should be in a person's own words for quick understanding.

Also,how to report somebody if I'm suspicious towards his intention?

Thanks in advance Dinopce (talk) 14:31, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there is no quick and simple guide to Wikipedia editing, but I can point you to some pages that will help. First, if you have 15 minutes, you can watch this YouTube video, that explains what Wikipedia is and how to use it. Wikipedia articles must adhere to the Neutral point of view rule and the verifiablilty rule. As for your last point, "how to report somebody", keep in mind that on Wikipedia, you should always Assume good faith on the part of other editors. If you really have a problem with someone, you can contact other uninvolved editors via a WikiProject talk page, or, as a last, resort, use a noticeboard known as ANI (Administrator's noticeboard). L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:50, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

In appreciation[edit]

The Featured Article Medal
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of your gracing Wikipedia with a second well written and well researched Featured Article. I hope that there will be many more to come. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:30, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Gog for this FA medal! I'll try! L293D (☎ • ✎) 21:18, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/French ironclad Hoche at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 19:10, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Imperial Triple Crown Jewels[edit]

I'm very pleased to present the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels to L293D, for work on "Did you know?" and the good and featured article processes! — Bilorv (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Congrats on the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels! You might be interested in a userbox I made, {{User crown|Imperial}}:

This user has been awarded an Imperial Triple Crown.

.

— Bilorv (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Alert[edit]

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Please carefully read this information:

A community discussion has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The specific details of these sanctions are described here.

Broadly, general sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

– bradv🍁 16:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Some stripes for you![edit]

 Military history service award 
For scoring 35 points in the WikiProject Military history 2020 edit-a-thon March Madness, I am pleased to award you this token of appreciation from the Project. Thank you, and well done. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:59, 2 April 2020 (UTC)


Category created by AfC/R[edit]

When you created Category:Exceptional Lie algebras via WP:AFC/R, you forgot to populate it. I believe you did the same at Category:Somali Sea, which got nominated for C1 before it was populated. If you are using an automated tool, it should be reported to WP:VPT. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 09:48, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Also, you put it in Category:E8 (mathematics) instead of the reverse. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 09:48, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
Most of the times, the user who opened the request will populate it himself. However, it is true that I should probably do it myself, since it's been several times that the category was left blank. As far as I know, the tool I use isn't built to populate the category automatically. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:09, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Desktop improvements prototype[edit]

Hello, L293D!

Thanks for taking the time to participate in the user feedback round for our desktop improvements prototype. This feedback is super valuable to us and is currently being used to determine our next steps. We have published a report gathering the main takeaways from the feedback and highlighting the changes we’ll make based on this feedback. Please take a look and give us your thoughts on the talk page of the report. To learn more about the project overall and the other features we’re planning on building in the future, check out the main project page.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 12:37, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Complaint against a local administrator[edit]

Can i file any complaint against a regional / local administrator? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashraful Islam Munna (talk • contribs)

@Ashraful Islam Munna: Yes, you can, but you probably shouldn't. Is this about an administrator on the English Wikipedia? If so, I recommend that you tell me about it first, and I'll tell you if it's worth a complaint. If this is about an administrator on another Wiki, tell me which Wiki it is, and I can give you better instructions. L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
L293D, this query was posted to your talk page not very long after I had responded to a similar query on my talk page from the same editor using a different account, where I asked for clarification as to whether it concerned an administrator on another wiki. Apparently Ashraful Islam Munna didn't like that, and decided to try someone else. Ashraful Islam Munna, please read WP:FORUMSHOP. If, as seems highly likely, you are referring to the administrator who blocked you on Bengali Wikipedia for sockpuppetry, then you need to follow the instructions which you have already been given to appeal for a review by another administrator there. If not, then you need to clarify what you are referring to. JBW (talk) 20:12, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi![edit]

Can you help me edit a page? I want to remove direct quotes under Trippie Redd's wikipedia page? Please let me know if it's doable. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bajablast99 (talk • contribs) 02:43, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bajablast99: Usually, you can go the to top of the page an click "edit". Unfortunately, the page Trippie Redd is currently protected until November 2020 due to persistent violations of our biography of living persons policy and vandalism. So, you can either post your specific request right here, or post it on the talk page of the article. I can edit the page, and if your edit request makes sense, I can do it for you. L293D (☎ • ✎) 17:53, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for French ironclad Hoche[edit]

On 24 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article French ironclad Hoche, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the French ironclad Hoche (pictured) had such a large superstructure that she was nicknamed "le Grand Hôtel"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/French ironclad Hoche. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, French ironclad Hoche), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

1974 White House helicopter incident scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that 1974 White House helicopter incident has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 8 May 2020. Please check that 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/May 8, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 16:07, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the article, about a "strange incident in which a helicopter mechanic, Robert Preston, stole a helicopter and flew around Washington D.C., then back to Maryland, being pursued by police in helis and cars. He turned back towards D.C. and actually landed on the south lawn of the White House while under fire from the secret service."! - Thank you also for the comments right below. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

thank you for all the reviews[edit]

Cheers! Rama (talk) 12:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome! But, I have to say, why aren't you autopatrolled? If you're going to create a ton of notable articles every day, please apply for this user right, that would save page reviewers time! L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:29, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Probably because I used to be an administrator, and losing these privileges removed APAT as well. Rama (talk) 12:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
That was a real shame. Just another case of ArbCom getting involved when it really should let the community deal with isolated incidents. Newyorkbrad and TonyBallioni's statements really summed up my opinion on that case. ArbCom was created to arbitrate, not to govern. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:59, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
I have to say, ArbCom did a pretty decent job with the GiantSnowman case in early 2019, but their de-sysop of Kudpung was just sad. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:08, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter[edit]

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

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RfC script[edit]

I just created redirect for Muhammad Ali Mirza and marked it as accepted/redirect created on RfC and later came to know that there is a script as well for RfCs. Can you help me about how can I install that script? I am more active on AfC than on RfC. Thanks - Aaqib Anjum Aafī (talk) 15:25, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

I assume you're talking about my AFC/R script? If you want to install it, paste mw.loader.load("//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:L293D/AFCRHS.js\u0026action=raw\u0026ctype=text/javascript"); in your common.js user subpage. L293D (☎ • ✎) 17:12, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, this is what I was asking for. Thanks a lot. - Aaqib Anjum Aafī (talk) 17:27, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of HMS Sea Rover[edit]

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Your GA nomination of HMS Sea Rover[edit]

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Your GA nomination of HMS Sea Rover[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Germans of Huguenot descent[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Category:Germans of Huguenot descent requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 27. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020[edit]

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter[edit]

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  • England Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, Denmark MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that 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.

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April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive[edit]

The Invisible Barnstar
Thank you for completing 2 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 08:14, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

"Simur and Mandel" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Your draft article, Draft:Alif[edit]

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

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. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter[edit]

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • Free Hong Kong Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
  • IndonesiaHaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
  • England Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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.

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

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Your RfA[edit]

Hang in there. My RfA was brutal as well so I understand. Words of encouragement from a long time ago...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt
-Ad Orientem (talk) 02:05, 17 September 2020 (UTC)


Hey, here's a cookie of encouragement for you! Hope you stay fine despite comments made in the RfA. Best, Walwal20 talk ▾ contribs 02:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Walwal20 has given you a cookie of encouragement! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better :) Walwal20 talk ▾ contribs 02:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • I closed your RfA per your request. Thank you for your offer to serve as administrator, and your contributions to the project. –xenotalk 12:50, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Sorry to see this - I took a preliminary look before the last rush of votes, & might well have supported. Wait 6 months or more & you are likely to be ok (with no further foot in keyboard incidents). Johnbod (talk) 14:23, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • I'm sorry this happened to you, L293D. Personally I think you're owed an apology. —valereee (talk) 15:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • I didn't see the RfA; I did just now, and saw it was closed. You got put through the wringer. I wish I had paid attention and had seen it; perhaps I could have done more than just express sympathy afterwards. It's painful but you have invested in the project and I hope you can overcome the bad taste you must have right now. Take care. Drmies (talk) 15:27, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • I am quite cross to see this outcome. As Drmies said, you were put through the wringer by people who really should know better, and as Valereee said, you are owed an apology. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:11, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • It must have been an awful feeling to see the RfA go south so quickly. I hope you're doing ok. I do not think the criticism of you was justified.-- P-K3 (talk) 18:43, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Just wanted to add my agreement with the above sentiments. This was not one of RfA's finest hours. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 23:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Hey L239D, Sorry to see what happened with your RfA. I hope you don't get discouraged by this. Thank you for your amazing work on Wikipedia :) ‐‐1997kB (talk) 01:57, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Both the RFA and that AFD reflect poorly on Wikipedia in my eyes; you were subject to PAs (from admin!) and some of the oppose votes were wrong on basic facts (and one was based on your presumed political leanings!). I found that pretty discouraging as a bystander; I can only imagine how you feel. The others above are right: you are owed an apology for how you've been treated by a vocal minority. I hope you stick with the project despite this unpleasantness, and that you don't hesitate to stand for RFA again in the future should you want to. (I really am impressed with how calmly you've handled all this. You would make a fine admin.) Lev!vich 02:18, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks you all for the kind words, here and at the RfA. While I am disappointed with the outcome, I understand the concern raised by some that I may not be able to deal well with stressful situations. I did not anticipate this would be much of a problem as I had stated that I wouldn't take part in Wikidrama, but I understand that conflict can not be avoided forever. I will continue to edit here as I did before, and will consider running again in the future. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:56, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
For stepping up at RfA. Ad Orientem (talk) 17:03, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

October 2020 GAN Backlog drive[edit]

-- Eddie891 Talk Work 13:15, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

About Johns Hopkins Children's Center page swap[edit]

I guess, you didn't understand what happened with Johns Hopkins Children's Center page swap, we were both performing the swap at the same time, hence the problem. See mine and yours. Glad you realized and fixed it. Happy editing. —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 04:06, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I did realize what happened, and I removed it subsequently from RM/TR. I had wondered what would happen in such an event, and apparently I completely undid you action, which makes sense. According to popups, my script ran exactly 13 seconds after yours, which is way more than the time it took me to fill out the form. L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:28, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Revert explanation request by Omerkh on 26 Sep 2020[edit]

Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)


Hi, this is about a revert you made on an article I had edited. I just noticed it now in 2020 as I am not a regular contributor to wikipedia. Following is detail you need:

An obituary appeared in "The News" of Pakistan upon her death. It's not common to have Irish ladies as politicians in Pakistan and I had personally seen her name for the first time. I was intrigued but did not find much information available to know about her story. The obituary already contained some information so I decided to include that information into the wikipedia entry. The edits include adding some context to places (for e.g. Tarmons, County Kerry -> changed to -> Tarmons, County Kerry, Ireland), fixing some mistakes about sons/daughters, using full names instead of partial names, and so on. I did mark my comment as "Made some changes from new article published in the News, by Muhammad Saleh Zaafir dated 15 January 2008". Since the changes are mostly contextualized changes, it is not necessary to cite this article.


Omar (talk) 06:06, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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Category:Wikipedians who have 3D printers[edit]

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Mar Jose Porunnedom[edit]

Hello, it's mentioned by you in WP:AFC/R#Redirect request: Mar Jose Porunnedom that request was accepted and a redirect was created. But I could still see that no redirect from Mar Jose Porunnedom has been created to Jose Porunnedom! May I know why?--Joseph 💬 18:08, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

My bad, I forgot to remove the comment after I found out that the page was salted. Someone else has pinged the admin. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:41, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

"Stonks" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter[edit]

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is England Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by England Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Gondor Hog Farm (submissions), Indonesia HaEr48 (submissions), Somerset Harrias (submissions) and Free Hong Kong Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary[edit]

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:36, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2020[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020).

Administrator changes

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Sorry[edit]

Ok i promise I won't do stupid things about like when i changed about angel Jibreal.Sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocksonhimesh (talk • contribs) 15:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Please share your input[edit]

Hi L293D, this is just a friendly message to let you know that a very promising RfA is going on, and the community would be interested in your opinion on this candidate. Thanks! Lungespine (talk) 05:57, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open[edit]

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol December Newsletter[edit]

Hello L293D/Archives,

A chart of the 2020 New Page Patrol Queue

Year in review

It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.

Rank Username Num reviews Log
1 DannyS712 bot III (talk) 67,552 Patrol Page Curation
2 Rosguill (talk) 63,821 Patrol Page Curation
3 John B123 (talk) 21,697 Patrol Page Curation
4 Onel5969 (talk) 19,879 Patrol Page Curation
5 JTtheOG (talk) 12,901 Patrol Page Curation
6 Mcampany (talk) 9,103 Patrol Page Curation
7 DragonflySixtyseven (talk) 6,401 Patrol Page Curation
8 Mccapra (talk) 4,918 Patrol Page Curation
9 Hughesdarren (talk) 4,520 Patrol Page Curation
10 Utopes (talk) 3,958 Patrol Page Curation
Reviewer of the Year

John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.

NPP Technical Achievement Award

As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.

Six Month Queue Data: Today – 2262 Low – 2232 High – 10271

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Appealing edit restrictions[edit]

Hello L293D, I hope you're doing well in these odd times. For the past year or so I've focussed almost entirely on content creation and WP:Selected anniversaries, and because of the former, I'd like to appeal my current edit restrictions on DYK, as I have missed the chance on probably 20 or 30 occasions this year to nominate my own work. As usual, the Arbcom pages aren't particularly helpful in this respect, so I was hoping you'd be able to point me in the right direction. Even if the restriction was only lifted to the extent that I could nominate my own and thus have to perform a QPQ, and still not be able to comment on the rest of the process/errors etc, that would be a start. Cheers in advance, and stay safe. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 09:57, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi The Rambling Man, I am pretty sure that the way to go is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment. Then start a new section titled Amendment Request: and then the name of the case that you are appealing. I suggest you use this permalink as a template. Best of Luck, L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:07, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I haven't been at DYK recently, but if I have time to I'll post a short statement at the Arb appeal about how I think DYK needs more "tough" reviewers. L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:58, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, much appreciated. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:30, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
I think I've filed it correctly! We'll see. Thanks again for your help. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:03, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing[edit]

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Happy New Year, L293D![edit]

Happy New Year!

L293D,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup![edit]

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