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Happy St. Patrick's Day

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I hope your St. Patrick's Day is enjoyable and safe. Hopefully next year there will be more festive celebrations.
Best wishes from Los Angeles.   // Timothy :: talk 

DYK for DALL-E

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On 18 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article DALL-E, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the machine-learning model DALL-E, widely reported on for its "surreal" and "quirky" output, also learned to solve Raven's Matrices (a form of IQ test) without being specifically taught to do so? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/DALL-E. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, DALL-E), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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Your GA nomination of Extremely Online

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Feedback requests from the Feedback Request Service

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Your GA nomination of Van Sickle Island

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Congratulations

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Your DYK hook about the machine learning model DALL-E drew 8,052 page views (671 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of March as shown at Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics#March 2021. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 19:02, 19 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Incomplete DYK nomination

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16:52, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for comment

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Your GA nomination of 1-Pentadecanol

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Martensdale

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Thanks for reviewing that one! I found it really interesting to write, and I hope it was just as interesting to read. Hog Farm Talk 04:48, 24 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Darn tootin' it was. I love when there's weird historical drama lurking behind permastubs! Really a "bruh moment" for the settlers there. I didn't know that was a type of thing that could happen! jp×g 04:49, 24 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
I've added an infobox, but the map is intentionally not displaying at the moment - I commented out the coords. Turns out, the masking trick I thought worked didn't, and from reading the documentation of Template:Coord, I'm not entirely sure how to handle that. I'll raise a question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) and see if there can be something brought up. I took another look at the relevant 1910 topo as a potential replacement, but the topo was evidently drawn after Martensdale was taken apart, because there's only a couple buildings in the area near Lerdo where it would have been. Hog Farm Talk 05:34, 24 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Extremely Online

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The article Extremely Online you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Extremely Online for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Editoneer -- Editoneer (talk) 20:01, 19 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Gateway Generating Station

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The article Gateway Generating Station you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Gateway Generating Station for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Most Comfortable Chair -- The Most Comfortable Chair (talk) 11:41, 20 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Aramburu Island

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DYK for 1-Pentadecanol

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On 27 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1-Pentadecanol, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 1-pentadecanol is synthesized by creeping cucumbers, mutant fungus, and the Shell oil company? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1-Pentadecanol. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1-Pentadecanol), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Van Sickle Island

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On 28 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Van Sickle Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a syzygy of celestial bodies caused Van Sickle Island to flood in 2017? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Van Sickle Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Van Sickle Island), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 28 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 28 March 2021

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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Spider Clark

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Thanks so much for your review, and also for your help in tracking down a couple more sources! I really appreciate it! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 00:48, 30 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of WhopperCoin

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Your GA nomination of Simp

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Chrysler research video

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Here is a 1 minute video my wife and I make in 2012 on the ILL books I used to create the "The Three Musketeers" article and the associated biographies of the engineers. Owen Ray Skelton is already a Good Article. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:53, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Doug Coldwell: I was impressed to see that a lot of your images came from actual historical collections at libraries, and I was wondering what your process was! Mine is a bit less refined, and for the most part I'm limited to whatever's on various completely legal websites. I am glad to see that someone is actually going through dead trees to write articles. One question I have for you, though: how do you come across those old newspaper clippings? Are you just getting them online, or have you got access to microfilm, or what?? jp×g 20:58, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
I use newspaper clips ALOT for many articles as you may have noticed. I have for many years and it is an excellent source for references. Here is how you do that - go through the Wikipedia Library and apply for a free subscription to Newspapers.com and they will give it to you. Look under "Request access to sources" and apply for the newspapers by filling out their application. When they ask for the reason you would want it, tell them you make Good Articles and would be using it for that. They will process your application and get back to you with a key code to your FREE subscription (normally expensive). I am an expert on using the source for references, so in the future if you have any questions - just ask me!.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:09, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
I have used newspaper clips for many years for references on many of my 500 DYK articles I have created over the last 15 years and they are excellent sources. As an example my most recent DYK article was Language Integrator, created on February 11, 2021. It's a small article and uses ONLY newspaper clips (seven) for references. However if you will click on "check views" on the articles Talk page, you will see it got 19,919 views on the day it became an official Did You Know article on the main page. It was vetted through the DYK process and approved. Most editors approve newspaper clips as good references - as if they were book references. I know the searching method and "clipping" method reference format for newspaper clips - so just ask if you need help or short-cuts.
To answer your question about collections at libraries - it so happens the state I am from is Michigan. They are very big on colleges and universities. They have outstanding libraries with very good reference books. It so happens I have access to all those libraries through the Michigan Inter-Library system called MEL (Michigan Electronic Library). With all those libraries available to me it is like having the Library of Congress at my fingertips. They just send the books I need to my local library and I just walk across the street to pick up the books. All I have to do is figure what book I want and look it up in WorldCat to see if it is in Michigan (usually it is). The video I sent you talks about the ILL system MEL.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:20, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Here are some ILL MEL books I have recently ordered that will be sent to my local library for me to pick up to use for 3 weeks. It so happens that I have created 500 Did You Know articles and am just upgrading those to Good Articles. My goal is to have 200 Good Articles by the end of the year.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:38, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Here is an article on Mel. All those pictures are mine and those are samples of books I have used through the ILL system.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:46, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
FWIW - I did 28 Good Articles this GAN drive for March 2021. I did 34 Good Articles in the last GAN drive in October 2020. That means I did 62 Good Articles during these two months that happens to have 62 days - so you know what that means. I will continue improving Paul Rapsey Hodge over the next few days, as I think your suggestions for further improvements are great. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:13, 31 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
FYI - Notice how many newspaper clips I have added for additional information and additional references (e.g. Patents). They make excellent sources for expanding articles. Notice also that Newspapers.com not only picks up old newspapers in the United States, but also old newspapers in England. I highly recommend getting the free subscription to Newspapers.com from the Wikipedia Library. It makes for a nice additional source for material and references, as if you had access to a big library of books.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:11, 1 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Project accounting

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Thanks for your much-needed copyedit of Project accounting, and I do love your edit summaries! Thanks for everything you do here. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Feedback request: WikiProjects and collaborations request for comment

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Your GA nomination of DALL-E

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Your GA nomination of DALL-E

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A toast sandwich for you!

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  Thank you for writing Gateway Generating Station. It was a lovely read! — The Most Comfortable Chair 04:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
@The Most Comfortable Chair: It was a lovely write, as well. I'm glad someone has managed to get something out of it! jp×g 21:54, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

GA Barnstar!

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  Log off, internet nerd!
Thanks for being Extremely Online and helping the article, you can find fun things in the littlest things so try to see laziness and boredom as you greatest enemies. Thanks for existing. Editoneer (talk) 08:28, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Editoneer: You're welcome. I live to exist! jp×g 21:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

19:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

March drive bling

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  The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to JPxG for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 21:23, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Miniapolis: I didn't have a chance to go as far in as last time, but I'm glad to have been of some help anyway! jp×g 21:56, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Anything you can do is a help. Thanks again and all the best, Miniapolis 22:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Triumph Tiger 900 (2020)

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On 8 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Triumph Tiger 900 (2020), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while the 2020 Triumph Tiger 900 shares a name with a previous model (the 1998 Tiger 900) and looks similar to its predecessor (the 2010 Tiger 800), it shares its design with neither? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Triumph Tiger 900 (2020). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Triumph Tiger 900 (2020)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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 Aramburu Island

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On 11 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Aramburu Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Aramburu Island is named after its creator, a Marin County supervisor who ordered it cut off from the mainland because he "did not think any homes should be built" there? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aramburu Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Aramburu Island), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

A pumpkin beer for you!

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  Have this pumpkin flavored beer for quickly and awesomely tableifying giant pumpkin, a task I dreaded :) CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! 22:46, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! If you're interested, the way I make tables is with find-replacing stuff in Sublime Text (i.e. I replaced * with \n! scope="row" | ). It helped that the rows were all formatted consistently to begin with. Happy to help! jp×g 22:49, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Van Sickle Island

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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

March 2021 GAN Backlog drive

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  The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar
Thank you for completing 21 reviews in the March 2021 backlog drive. Your work helped us reduce the backlog by over 52%. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 13:29, 21 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Zrerieh massacre

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Can we know with this has been relised? There is a clear consensus and all arguments for deletion has been met. -- Maudslay II (talk) 07:42, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Burgos trials

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Hi JPxG, thank you very much for your work on Burgos trials. Happy editing, Modussiccandi (talk) 08:48, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of 1-Pentadecanol

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Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment

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A barnstar for you!

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  The Citation Barnstar
Congratulations on achieving a new Wikipedia record by sourcing Passive attack as part of your extraordinary efforts to improve unsourced articles at AfD. It had no inline or explicitly-cited sources from 1 February 2004 to 14 April 2021 (17 years, 79 days) -- the longest interval of any article in the history of the English Wikipedia. SailingInABathTub (talk) 14:31, 23 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Gateway Generating Station

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The article Gateway Generating Station you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Gateway Generating Station for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Most Comfortable Chair -- The Most Comfortable Chair (talk) 04:01, 21 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Extremely Online

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The article Extremely Online you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Extremely Online for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Editoneer -- Editoneer (talk) 08:41, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply