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Sorry if I overreacted, but I am quite mindful about criticisms of Israelis, for obvious reasons. For the other businessman, I only found this. A bit of a mystery man...Zigzig20s (talk) 10:11, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your reviewing efforts. Regarding the Yahoo News reliability, OK. If you search Google with <" Cardell "Billy Leatherwood" "Cheyenne Jackson" "> many sources turn up backing the claim. These more recent entertainment news sources are generally outside the scope of my expertise, are there any that would be considered more-or-less reliable? All the best, 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Now this is a proper piece of jewellery. I think Burton bought it in the aftermath of The Exorcist II. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 21:48, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Want to create a page about this?Zigzig20s (talk) 23:02, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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On 16 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Roland Rudd, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the public relations man Roland Rudd succeeded in becoming president of the Oxford Union at his third attempt? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Roland Rudd. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:58, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Hook source placement. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:09, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Philafrenzy, it has been a while. I know we haven't seen eye to eye on things. As a newbie editor, I was fairly unfamiliar with the policies. Now that I've been here for a little while, and familiarized myself with the community and its guidelines (like WP:NORUSH) I think I have a better understanding of your position. I'd also like to thank you for your edits on David M. Cote. While I may not agree with all of the changes, I can see that you're dedicated to improving Wikipedia. Would you be willing to collaborate on further improvements to the article?--FacultiesIntact (talk) 16:42, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Phil, Thanks for the note on my talk page. I'm happy to discuss with you the text in the article and cite quotes directly from the sources on the article talk page. But please do not rollback my good faith and well sourced edits. I'm just as much a veteran on this project as you and that is disrespectful. I've already opened two threads on the talk page to invite collaboration and you have not participated. I'll open another one and we can discuss your concerns and workout some changes we can both agree on. I look forward to collaborating together. Best, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 20:41, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
There's enough content for DYK, but it needs your help to reshape it, probably not your cup of tea either Edwardx (talk) 19:03, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
On 25 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jeremy McMullen, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the British barrister Jeremy McMullen represented Dame Shirley Porter and the trade union president Arthur Scargill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeremy McMullen. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:20, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
On 27 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Seminar Studies in History, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Seminar Studies in History was one of the first series of academic history books to include documentary sources as standard? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seminar Studies in History. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:06, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Philafrenzy. Kevin Wheatcroft, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 20:11, 28 June 2015 (UTC) |
On 4 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Wheatcroft, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the owner of the world's largest collection of Nazi memorabilia sleeps in Hitler's bed, but has "changed the mattress"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Wheatcroft. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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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On 5 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sarah Kyolaba, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Suicide Sarah was Idi Amin's favourite wife? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Kyolaba. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
Do try and pass this thank you on. Thanks. Victuallers (talk) 00:12, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I see you've been creating a page with a list of burials at Kensal Green. Although I can see what you are doing, for a long time now we have been adding names to the Buried at... category on the biographical page for each individual, that way its easier to maintain a big list of names, with proper links to biographical pages. KGC already has about 250 entries there. We keep a short list on the main page too (although KGC's is a bit big, and could be trimmed). By building a separate list page you are making unnecessary work as its an extra place to maintain and cross-reference, and it duplicates the category links. Much rather put the effort in to make sure that everyone notable has a biography, even if only a stub. We take this approach for each of the major British cemeteries. This approach has been talked through a few times in the past, the last time was: [here]. best regards, Ephebi (talk) 22:38, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
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It looks like a Victorian-era look and the person doesn't have backcombed hair. Woovee (talk) 10:41, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
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Are there still some issues which need to be addressed here Template:Did you know nominations/Coffee production in Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pl let me know so that I can do the necessary changes. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 00:16, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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On 17 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cannon Hall, Hampstead, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Cannon Hall, Hampstead (pictured) was the childhood home of novelist Daphne du Maurier, the author of Rebecca? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cannon Hall, Hampstead. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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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On 18 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eugene Vielle, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eugene Vielle is said to have piloted 150 different types of aircraft by the end of his career with the Royal Air Force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eugene Vielle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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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On 20 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that according to the philosopher Julian Baggini, "Vegans are the only group who can oppose China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival (typical dish pictured) without any fear of hypocrisy"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lychee and Dog Meat Festival. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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) 12:51, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
After a deeply dull DYK for Marcelo Odebrecht on today's front page (the rules prevent mentioning his arrest for alleged corruption as the DYK fact), I've decided to focus on more clickable stuff. Owen Swift (Kensal Green burial) looks like killer DYK material, sure to go the distance, but really needs an image. He died in 1879, so something should be possible, even an illustration. Do you think you might be able to find something? Edwardx (talk) 09:44, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
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Gatoclass (talk) 17:36, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Phil, thank you so much for taking File:Gladsmuir, Hadley Common.JPG. Can you say what side of the house this is taken from? I'm trying to work out how it relates to other photographs I've seen. Sarah (talk) 15:29, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
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Just a note that I modified the hook at Template:Did you know nominations/Dutch letter. Do you have a timeframe for when you plan on finishing the review? North America1000 23:13, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
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Trent Park, Cockfosters, and the Illuminati - what more could you want?
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On 10 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Goldicutt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the architecture of John Goldicutt was influenced by his travels in Italy, where he produced architectural drawings such as View in Rome (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Goldicutt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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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Hall Philafrenzy, the company name seems to have no "c" in it, which means that the commons category and image file names have all got the wrong spelling. I don't know whether you want to fix them? PamD 22:44, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for the nice copyedit improvements.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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The Clerkenwell workhouse may well have been "fit for nothing but to be destroyed" at the time, yet today it would be fit for nothing but to be converted to "luxury flats". Edwardx (talk) 12:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
This has not been a pub for some time. The building shown replaces and earlier one built in the 1960s - there is a picture of this on Wikimedia Commons. Cj1340 (talk) 15:11, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
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On 25 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kenneth Tempest, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kenneth Tempest took part in the RAF Bomber Command's last operation of the Second World War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross not long after? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kenneth Tempest. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |