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February 2009
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Hi there! I'm new to DYK and the whole process, but I nominated a hook for General Aircraft Hamilcar. You moved it and stated in the edit summary you were moving it to the queue, but I can't find it! I realize I'm probably looking in the wrong place, but could you point me to where it is? I'd be real greatful, I'm quite excited about getting a hook on the front page! Thanks, Skinny87 ( talk) 23:53, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
[1] The Bot wrote the wrong DYK tag (one to be used on article) on my talk. I did not know where should I report, but since it is given on your behalf, reported here.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for sending me this, but I had nothing to do with article apart from adding a couple of images. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 13:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks a lot for your contribution. Cheers. CeeGee ( talk) 14:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I created this article and nominated for DYK. It appeared as DYK on Jan 30th, but no message was left on my talk page regarding this. Would you know why? Regards, Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 17:08, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
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A little embarrassed to be mentioning it, but I self-nominated the article Ingrid Espelid Hovig, and it made the DYKs, but the DYKadminBot seems to have ignored me. Should I just swallow my grief silently, or is there something to be done about that? MURGH disc. 20:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
I think it's long enough now. My hook would be:
I cleaned up a couple instances of awkward verb conjugations...not sure if that's what you were referring to. But I think's the article's in good shape now. Cbl62 ( talk) 00:06, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Dravecky ( talk) 00:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
I've declined your speedy deletion nominations for various radio station redirects under R3, as that criterion requires the redirects to have been recently-created, but they are all at least seven months old. Please use RFD. Stifle ( talk) 12:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
I'd be most pleased if you could verify the hook for John Maynard (cricketer), especially as today is the first day of the first Test match between England and West Indies (starts in <1 hour), so it'd be lovely if he appeared on Main Page during the match. (It lasts five days). -- Dweller ( talk) 13:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Re this, the respondent to my comment has misunderstood me. What the nun said Jesus gave her was a concept, but the hook implies a physical object - the one that is pictured. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Dravecky, and thanks for the work you do. I don't know if it's worth worrying about, but the hook is wrong. It says: ... that before a shogunate tribunal in 1787, the temples Myōhō–ji, Ankokuron-ji and Chōshō-ji in Kamakura all claimed to be the site where Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan, had his hermitage in a hut in the 13th century?}}
In fact, the shogunate sentence notwithstanding, as I say in the article they still make that claim. No big deal, but if it could be, why not correct it? - urashimataro ( talk) 03:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
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Development has been slow but continuous:
Penubag has done a fantastic job on the images for the awards we'll be using for our project's collaborations and contests. We now have 3 awards: a medal, a trophy, and a race ribbon. They all look tight. The trophy needs a small adjustment, but other than that, all 3 award images are complete and ready to use to create awards with.
Spartaz has warned us of (threatened to take) G4 (speedy delete) action if we run a competition that resembles the previously deleted Awards Center page. So whatever we do, any contests we run must differ substantially from the methods used there.
One type of competition I've been exploring is edit racing. I'm in the process of working the bugs out of this concept - the first race didn't work as expected - you see, because we only had an award for first place, the opponent didn't think it worthwhile to continue once it was clear who the winner would be. And since editors are in different time zones and usually need to start the race at different times, we need to base winning on personal start times - he who completes his assigned edits in the least time (rather than first), wins. And last but not least is quality control. What good is winning if your edits are ripe with errors? So I'll be exploring possibilities such as using a referee (whoever is overseeing a particular race), having participants watching each other for errors to knock them back, etc. I'm not sure yet.
Rich Farmbrough has been applying his bot expertise to filling in blanks in the country outlines (the population and area entries). I'm amazed at the number of edits he pumps out each day on a myriad of projects - ours makes up but a small time slice of his activity, and yet he has saved us many hours of manual work. Perhaps we should look into how he gets so much done. :)
Zlerman has chosen to work on one outline at a time, and is taking on Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He also has been keen on noticing and reporting design issues pertaining to the whole set of country outlines. Keep up the good work!
Highfields has been filling in the names of capitals, and is our first race winner. Check out the award on his user pages.
As you probably know, this project has expanded to include working on any and all sets of pages that are linked to from the country outlines. Once the set of country outlines go live (in article space), traffic will likely increase for all the links included on them. The quality and usefulness of those pages will reflect heavily on the country outlines (the outlines, which are essentially lists of links, are only as good as the links they present), and therefore we've branched out to solve the biggest problems with those as well. So far, we've taken on:
Blackadam2 and Thehelpfulone have been helping out with the "demographics of" pages mentioned above.
And we have a couple speed addicts (addicted to wiki-velocity, not drugs)...
Both Robert Skyhawk and Thehelpfulone prefer (and excel at) simple AWB search/replaces. Robert hasn't actually joined our team yet, but he has been helping out quite a bit from the sidelines (via the WP:AWB/Tasks page. Unfortunately, there has recently been a non-AWB chore that has been holding things up on the AWB front - an edit to all the the headings which had to be reverted before too many new edits were made, because any new edits would make the reversion more difficult. The headings have been restored, so now the way is clear for AWB operations, and there are many search/replace tasks in the queue. AWB assignments have started again!
There's a similar bottleneck on the "Demographics of" pages (the "keying" mentioned above), but that's almost cleared too. :)
With my internet access somewhat crippled, I've been finding it difficult to keep up with you guys. However, I expect to be accessing a Linky-capable workstation on a faster server (I'm on it right now, as you can probably tell from my contributions list for today), and so I should really pick up speed. Feels goooooood. :)
Recruiting has been a bit slow (but steady), due in part to my crippled access, and because we've been waiting for the images for the awards to be completed. I expect the team to grow more rapidly as the bottlenecks are removed.
Well that's what's been happenin', and here's what's in the pipeline...
I'm about to begin work on a set of lists that corresponds to all the standard links on the country outlines, and these will be presented on the Topic outline of countries which will be organized exactly like the country outlines. Aside from being an extremely useful navigation aid, it will allow editors to easily see the state of country coverage on Wikipedia. I'll provide you with a link once I get up to speed on this.
In the meantime, keep up the good work!
Cheers,
The Transhumanist 05:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I am the creator of the Fahd Armored Personnel Carrier article, and i noticed that you have moved the hook to the next update section. First of all, thank you for doing so. I am afraid that the hook you choose includes information that is not mentioned in the article. The last hook suggested : (... that the Fahd APC has numerous specialized variants ranging from an IFV to a command post vehicle, making it possible to form independent units capable of dealing with different threats ?) is okay regarding date, size, and references, and these information are mentioned in the article. Since you have more experience in DYK nominations, i am asking you to replace the hook in the next update page with this one, and carry on any remaining step, if you do not mind. Thanks again. One last pharaoh ( talk) 13:46, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello again. I suggest that the hook be as follows: ... that Egypt's Fahd APC has numerous variants ranging from an IFV to a command post vehicle, making it possible to form independent units capable of dealing with different threats? One last pharaoh ( talk) 14:59, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice. - AnakngAraw ( talk) 23:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Dravecky ( talk) 14:33, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Jayjg (talk) 21:18, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dravecky
Don't know if you've seen the above-captioned article. While it may not be a perfect article yet, its subject is fascinating, and it's thoroughly referenced. Any suggestions for how to improve it?
Best Bongo matic 14:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the other two DYK credits for the other two articles in the current triple hook, but I haven't received notification of getting credit for Stephen Zetterberg. Cheers, -- Wehwalt ( talk) 23:47, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Should my six Lincoln hooks be with the Darwin Day hooks, since they are the same day?-- King Bedford I Seek his grace 19:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Wow! I'm just getting around to updating the DYK Stats page, and your Bacon Explosion hook drew an astounding 40,500 views. That's the third most of all-time. Congratulations! Cbl62 ( talk) 02:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Article (DYK date) | Image | DYK views | DYK hook | Nominator |
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Bacon Explosion (Feb. 6, 2009) |
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40,500 | ... that the 5,000- calorie Bacon Explosion (pictured) was created in response to a Twitter challenge to develop "the ultimate bacon recipe"? |
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The bacon cabal stikes again, see chocolate covered bacon. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 01:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
My, by golly, it was nice for sweet old you to welcome little old me, I thank you. Sweet kisses.-- Vanlla-C00kie ( talk) 21:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hate to bother you, but I didn't get credited for Mt. Broderick Pullman Car. Thanks.-- King Bedford I Seek his grace 21:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the support. - Chandan Guha ( talk) 01:41, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help at DYK. I'm new there, but quickly becoming a regular. Oddly enough, I would be willing to try this delicacy. I can't imagine it's that much different than when syrup hits the occasional bacon strip. I found both hooks' references to check out, so who gets the lucky job of deciding which hook is eventually used? Law shoot! 04:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
As one of the major editors of Charles Laquidara, can you take a look at the discussion on Talk:Charles Laquidara and provide your opinion? Thanks. -- The Red Pen of Doom 16:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Shubinator ( talk) 22:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dravecky, May I please ask you what happen to my DYK nomination. It was there no more. I put it back. Was it declined? Thank you.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 17:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your great amount of work with maintaining DYK. Heads up - when you did the manual update [3] looks like the credits were not done. Cirt ( talk) 21:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up. Looks like YM forgot. Shubinator ( talk) 03:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Nice. By the way, the picture should be protected. I can do user credits. Shubinator ( talk) 05:47, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hello, Dravecky. May I please ask you why only I was given the credit for the article from the four creators listed in my initial nomination? | creator = user:Herbythyme | creator2 = Mbz1 | creator3 = user:Invertzoo | creator4 = user:Manxruler. Thank you.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 20:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Good catch finding those entries. Thanks! -- Ronz ( talk) 20:50, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Editor for deletion is supposed to be a humor page. When you go off putting true statements on there, it ruins it for everyone. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 21:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
The third anonymous parameter and the entry= parameter both do the job. See my update to Talk:Isaiah Jones, Jr. and my update to the Template:Dyktalk (doc). davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 00:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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Ikip ( talk) 01:02, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Gatoclass ( talk) 05:03, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for nominating it! :) Altairisfar talk 15:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
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For doing so much to keep the DYK project running smoothly over the last three months, I hereby award you the coveted DYK medal! Congratulations, Gatoclass ( talk) 05:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC) |
About time you scored one of these :) Cheers, Gatoclass ( talk) 05:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Nothing odd or unusual ... I couldnt decide which was older and thought the important thing was to get a set loaded even if it wasn't the oldest as I only had a small amount of time but very aware that you guys had been doing a lot of work for dyk recently and you deserve a rest if only a short one. Victuallers ( talk) 22:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for doing the update...I was just about to grab an admin. Want me to do credits? Shubinator ( talk) 03:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, could you make inter links for two words in the hook for Wonsam, such as [[Hanbok|robe]] and [[Yangban|nobility]]? Thanks.-- Caspian blue 15:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Dear Dravecky
I recently failed a DYK nomination of International status and usage of the euro, since it lost out on being a new article due to the fact it was nominated 9 days after creation. However, you promoted the article to next update on account of IAR. May I ask why you felt IAR applied? Allventon ( talk) 18:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
-- Dravecky ( talk) 18:57, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I've added a link to User:DYKadminBot/count to the T:DYK/Q page. I got sick of scratching around to find this page to update it, and I figured maybe other people might feel the same way :) Gatoclass ( talk) 17:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Don't forget to protect the picture. Shubinator ( talk) 08:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Heh...whaddya think of this? (Note the edit summary) Shubinator ( talk) 02:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dravecky, Thanks for making the changes I suggested to the page for radio station KLTI. IF I can find verifiable information on the stations history, I plan to add it at some point in the future, perhaps with logo's, etc. I'm an old radio guy myself, working for 21 yrs at KIRX, KRXL, & KTUF in Kirksville, Mo., so this Wiki radio project is right up my alley. MAY I ASK A FAVOR? (that is if you're not tied up with your MLB spring training, lol). I recently made my first attempt to create a wiki page for radio station KIRX. I hope to add some images of logo & station airstaff, etc. in the coming days if I can meet the rather draconian Wiki Commons image rules. You have much more experience at page creation and editing than me, so I'd appreciate if you could give the page a look-see and offer any advice or constructive critique on changes needed. Much thanks! Sector001 ( talk) 18:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer on the Prettyman/1886 team split. I think the alt hook that you selected was the better choice, and I'm fine with just leaving the 1886 team out of DYK. Prettyman is the more interesting article, and I appreciate your promoting it. Cheers. Cbl62 ( talk) 23:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
I was delighted to receive your announcement that my article on the Boaz mastodon had been selected for DYK for today, Feb. 27, but the article is not mentioned in today's DYK. Is it possible it will appear another day? Bootboy41 ( talk) 12:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Cbl62 is confused and so am I. He just came to make a reply about Godefroid Munongo which you removed here I think. You said that it had not been touched in nine days. True. I (the author) made my last comment .... nine days ago when I addressed the concerns, lengthened the article and added two academic based references to support the hook fact. Cbl62 made a comment 24 hours ago... which I wrote to him about and he has replied. The idea that we can delete hooks if the author takes no notice was mu idea. Its not meant to allow people to delete a hook that had no outstanding comments bar am enquiry that was addressed within 24 hours. I am not sure you have followed procedure as I would expect it to be rejected and the reasons given first. Can you reconsider your position please Victuallers ( talk) 18:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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