It's a Guadagno ditto! edit

No need to respond, B. You're still "the Man", Charlie Brown. Always in a good way. Enjoy your upcoming weekend! Regards, Bringingthewood (talk) 23:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024 edit

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

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  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

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DYK for Eric Sievers edit

On 8 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eric Sievers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Eric Sievers helped the San Diego Chargers set an NFL record for receptions by tight ends on a team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Sievers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eric Sievers), 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.

WaggersTALK 00:02, 8 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Citogenesis- you replying to my topic 'Overzealous editing to have article in the news section of the main page' edit

Thank you for relying to the topic 'Wikipedia talk:In the news/Archive 110#Overzealous editing to have article in the news section of the main page'

When Louis Gossett Jr died I forgot to put a project of his named Backstairs at the White House in the lede. I didn't pick up on it right away, but at one point I did notice most obituaries weren't mentioning it.

Your reply was an eye opener. Yes I did notice things like that while the user didn't lie, the person would put a completely false citation to confirm a project.

This is something I had to correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Gossett_Jr.&diff=prev&oldid=1220827473 The citation did not mention that specific project.

Louis Gossett Jr. was a wonderful artist/actor and much of his later work was overlooked. I just think the user wanted to highlight, but there are many strange edits.

Filmman3000 (talk) 05:30, 8 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Filmman3000: Thanks for the message. I'm sure sometimes it's an honest mistake, while other times it appears to just be leaving a citation to give the appearance that WP:ITNQUALITY is met. Regards. —Bagumba (talk) 15:28, 12 May 2024 (UTC)Reply