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DYK nomination of Frank J. Canova

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DYK nomination of Basil Goulandris

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DYK for Tony Rudd (stockbroker)

On 9 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tony Rudd (stockbroker), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that stockbroker Tony Rudd was recruited by the future British Home Secretary to be an extra in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Rudd (stockbroker). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tony Rudd (stockbroker)), 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.

Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 12:03, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of David Berguer for deletion

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Berguer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Grade II* listed pubs

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Grade II* listed pubs requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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DYK for Pauline Smith (artist)

On 16 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pauline Smith (artist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mail artist Pauline Smith created the Adolf Hitler Fan Club? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pauline Smith (artist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pauline Smith (artist)), 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.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:03, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

editing encyclopedic

Hi , can you point me to the wikipedia shortcut that governs editors on what is encyclopedic please.Hmcst1 (talk) 12:25, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Five pillars. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:47, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Frank J. Canova

On 20 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank J. Canova, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frank J. Canova has been described as the inventor of the smartphone? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank J. Canova. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Frank J. Canova), 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.

Alex ShihTalk 00:02, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Nairn Transport Co route map.jpg

 

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DYK for Basil Goulandris

On 22 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Basil Goulandris, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Greek shipping tycoon Basil Goulandris and his wife Elisa died childless and left an art collection worth an estimated $3 billion that has been the subject of a family feud ever since? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Basil Goulandris. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Basil Goulandris), 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.

Alex ShihTalk 00:42, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for R. W. Symonds

On 22 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article R. W. Symonds, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Robert Symonds, expert in old English furniture, claimed that his girlfriend thrust a pair of curling tongs in his ear? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/R. W. Symonds. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, R. W. Symonds), 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.

Alex ShihTalk 12:29, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Town magazine covers 1960s.jpg listed for discussion

 

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Changed to single images from montage. FUR rationale fixed to point to the right article. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:47, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Town magazine covers 1967.jpg listed for discussion

 

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Changed to single images from montage. FUR rationale fixed to point to the right article. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:48, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Norah C. James

On 23 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Norah C. James, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Norah C. James' first book Sleeveless Errand was ruled obscene and ordered by the Bow Street Police Court to be destroyed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Norah C. James. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Norah C. James), 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.

Alex ShihTalk 12:02, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of CWM FX for deletion

 

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DYK for Incident at Clovelly Cottage

On 25 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Incident at Clovelly Cottage, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Incident at Clovelly Cottage (1895) was the "first successful motion picture film made in Britain"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Incident at Clovelly Cottage. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Incident at Clovelly Cottage), 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.

Alex ShihTalk 12:02, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red's new initiative: 1day1woman

 
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DYK nomination of Anita Halpin

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Proposed deletion of West Sussex Record Office

 

The article West Sussex Record Office has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of notability for this record office. I do know that the "Sussex Declaration" (copy of the Declaration of Independence) was found there; but the notability is of the Sussex Declaration, not the record office; and is already well-covered at Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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Nomination of Wyndham Lathem for deletion

 

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Nomination of Dante Society of America for deletion

 

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A. E. Sewell

You could have just reverted the last edit. I have no restored the new detail. However, it does still seem a bit drab having all those images directly below each other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.202.98 (talk) 22:23, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree the article needs work, particularly the images but left/right is not the answer. Are you using mobile view? For BMD have you tried familysearch.org rather than FMP? Philafrenzy (talk) 22:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

References

Please create proper references for your sources. Although if you leave the bare URLs a bot or someone using "reFill" will come along and do something with them, it doesn't generate as good a reference as you would be able to do yourself with just a little bit of effort. Thus a "reFill" user turned "http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/beautiful-country-house-and-estate-in-the-heart-of-the-surrey-hills-160606" into ""A beautiful country house and estate in the heart of the Surrey Hills". 23 June 2017.", but it should be more like ""A beautiful country house and estate in the heart of the Surrey Hills". Country Life. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017." naming "Country Life". PamD 18:59, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

I am aware that some people don't use that tool properly (I don't use it at all) but I think you should be taking that up with them Pam. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:01, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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Philafrenzy, do you plan to make the necessary expansion to this article so it meets the 5x expansion requirement, or should I mark it for closure? It's been a week since you were pinged. Please respond on the nomination right away. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:19, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rich Piana (bodybuilder)

 

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Amy Burvall

Wikipedian,

I noticed you reverted punctuation and spelling to the British format, but Ms. Burvall appears to be American, and that's why we're using American syntax and spelling on that page. If you have other reasons for doing it, please use that article's talk page to explain and collaborate with other editors. Further reversions without discussions there could be construed disruptive editing. I'm assuming good faith and doubting that's your intent. Thanks mate. 209.117.61.226 (talk) 11:38, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

It was the reordering of the sentences I changed back. I am quite happy to use American dates etc. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:43, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Lush

You can't just take something out and call it "non notable". If we were talking about Lush Building, Oxford Street, sure, that's non-notable (and why we don't have an article on it), but in this instance it was added by an IP here and my general spider-senses told me that it was something the silent majority who don't normally edit WP might expect to find if they're looking in the article. Just my 2c. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:32, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

It's in "Notable buildings". My spider sense tells me its not a notable building and the IP, who only made one edit, worked for Lush! Philafrenzy (talk) 15:36, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
We should probably just change that section to "Properties". As to who made the original edit, it could just be somebody who bought something from there, and given the queue I found when I went in there Christmas shopping (good stocking fillers for female relatives), that's a whole bunch of people. I think also I was thinking about systemic bias a bit; shopping for fashionable personal hygiene artefacts isn't really something I think the stereotypical Wikipedian demographic do that much. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:40, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
We are not really a shopping guide and three floors isn't much in that street. I don't feel strongly about it but doubt the average cosmetics shopper would bother to add it. I changed it to buildings from properties. Also, listed buildings should really be immediately below that. Philafrenzy (talk) 15:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For making several improvements to Bartlett's Buildings that improved it a good deal.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 03:14, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you I dream of horses. You have inspired me to expand it a bit more. More later. There's a lot of mileage (pun intended!) in these old London streets, even the ones that no longer exist. Perhaps particularly those. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:39, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
I'd hate to say this so soon after complimenting your efforts, but can you try to use stub templates more specific than {{stub}}? Category:Stubs has gotten quite backlogged. Thanks.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 01:48, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
Sound advice. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:21, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
Sound advice, yes. You don't have to follow it if you can't figure out stub sorting, or have another equally legitimate to not stub sort. That's what {{stub}} is for.
One of my pet peeves is when people use the page curation bar to get to the next page on Special:NewPagesFeed ASAP, backlogging Category:Stubs in the process. You don't appear to be rushing through anything, never mind NPP; given that, an occasional {{stub}} is okay. -- I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 02:57, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

WNM

We've noticed a big banner on Wikipedia homepage asking for donations. We are happy to donate, however we need your expertise to amend details of some article. Are you happy to do that for us? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikidonors (talkcontribs) 09:26, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

I assume this relates to World News Media. No I am not. We don't edit articles for money. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:31, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of A. Alisaffi

 

The article A. Alisaffi has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Sources are offline and given in the article:
  • Tyler, Varro E. (1991) Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works. Revised edn. Sidney, Ohio: Linn's Stamp News, Amos Press, pp. 2-3.
  • "Greece: The Alisaffi forgeries of the first type of head" by W.D. Beckton in Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, Vol. 35, 1925, p. 66.
  • "Alisaffi forgeries" by N.C. Ure in H.P.S. Bulletin, Hellenic Philatelic Society of Great Britain, No. 54, 1984, p. 22.

Philafrenzy (talk) 06:43, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Shirley Pitts

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FYI, There is also a need to clarify at least a couple of points in this article. 7&6=thirteen () 16:52, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

A. Alisaffi

I was unable to prove that any of the publications used in A. Alisaffi exist. Are you sure you didn't mistype an ISBN? I also get no results on Google that aren't from Wikipedia mirrors, and absolutely nothing on Google Books. Ten Pound Hammer(What did I screw up now?) 17:54, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of A. Alisaffi for deletion

 

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Email

I would like to send you an e-mail. I have something to discuss. Please email me. 7&6=thirteen () 15:56, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Done. Philafrenzy (talk) 17:42, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Merja Makinen

Hello, I noticed you reverted my edits to Merja Makinen. I took a look back at my edit, and don't really understand why. The punctuation changes I made to the "selected publications" section are certainly unimportant (I didn't bother very hard to standardize that section anyway). However, the other changes I made were removing a red link to a nonexistent topic, correcting "twentieth century" (it doesn't take a hyphen in that usage), and removing the capital letters from a few parenthetical phrases which didn't need them. These are not terribly important corrections, but they are corrections, so I'm wondering why you didn't let them stand? Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated, as I am always trying to learn more here. Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 19:36, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

This often happens when multiple changes are made in one edit, some valid, some not, some purely stylistic choices. It might be better to split this sort of thing up. The red link to feminist writing is not an error for instance, it's a probably valid topic (in my opinion) that doesn't exist yet. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:07, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
Understood, thanks! Jessicapierce (talk) 01:31, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Anita Halpin

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File:Town magazine covers 1960s.jpg listed for discussion

 

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Oakwood

Stop disruptively reverting. You appear to be ignorant of some basic guidelines, even after I linked to them in my first edit summary. Kindly read up on WP:IG, and if you do not understand an edit, do not revert it. I do not appreciate people like you wasting my time like this. 95.145.130.78 (talk) 11:17, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

User now blocked and his edits reverted by someone else. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:17, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Sarah Ansari for deletion

 

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A gentle reminder...

...that MoS is not mandatory. It is merely a guideline, and should not be edit warred over. Thus spake ArbCom. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:59, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

It is nothing to do with the MOS as such, you appear to have misunderstood the purpose of the references section. It lists the sources and publications used in the body of the article. That is why including further reading inside references is a terrible idea, it confuses sources with non sources. This is not the idea of me or Wikipedia or the MOS, it is simply standard scholarly practice. A pity since the rest of the article looks good. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:06, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Shirley Pitts

On 26 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shirley Pitts, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Shirley Pitts was trained by the Forty Elephants and became the "queen of shoplifters"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shirley Pitts. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shirley Pitts), 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.

— Maile (talk) 13:18, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Main page errors FYI. See also User talk:GRuban. 7&6=thirteen () 16:46, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest

Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:53, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Proposed updates to Pitney Bowes article

Hello, Philafrenzy. I see that you added a fair use photo of a Pitney Bowes machine to the Postage meter article, and your account name suggests an interest in stamps and postage-related things. You may or may not be interested, but I've proposed an expanded and updated Pitney Bowes article on behalf of the company, which has had quite a fascinating history! I've saved my draft in full here, and submitted an edit request at Talk:Pitney Bowes to update the infobox and add the proposed "Overview" section. Given my conflict of interest, I will not edit the article directly and seek uninvolved editors to review the draft for accuracy, neutrality, and verifiability. Is this something you might be willing to help with? Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:51, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

It probably is a fascinating history but there is a limited amount of time I can spend on Wikipedia (contrary to appearances) and corporate histories aren't my favourite topics. Hopefully someone else will help you out. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:46, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
No problem, and thanks for the quick reply. Inkian Jason (talk) 21:05, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Carolingians descended from Charles Martel for deletion

 

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DYK nomination of Achilleas Kallakis

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 October 11#Minori Suzuki

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Celebrity Mastermind Edit Dispute

 

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DYK for John Potter (chemist)

On 22 October 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Potter (chemist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Potter's story of his role as a secret agent in occupied France was exposed as false only after his death? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Potter (chemist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John Potter (chemist)), 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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DYK for Onesimus Ustonson

On 30 October 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Onesimus Ustonson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Onesimus Ustonson (invoice pictured) supplied fishing tackle to the naturalist Joseph Banks for the second voyage of James Cook? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Onesimus Ustonson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Onesimus Ustonson), 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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Steven Marshall (Railtrack)

Could you please check the exact date of death again? At Deaths in August 2017 he is listed at August 28 while the article states September 28. Both are referenced with the obituary in The Telegraph but unfortunately I cannot access the whole press article. Both obviously cannot be right so either the statement in Steven Marshall (Railtrack) has to be corrected or he should be listed in Deaths in September 2017 at September 28. Thanks. --Proofreader (talk) 13:21, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

I can't access the pages either and prepared the article from the obituary in The Times which was dated 14 October, so I am inclined to think that September is correct. Do you know who added it to August deaths? Philafrenzy (talk) 15:34, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Achilleas Kallakis

On 3 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Achilleas Kallakis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Achilleas Kallakis has been called "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Achilleas Kallakis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Achilleas Kallakis), 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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DYK for Kimmie Taylor

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DYK nomination of Reginald Appleby

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Book reviewers

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Book reviewers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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