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DYK for Frutiger Aero

On 31 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frutiger Aero, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite being invented in the 2000s, Frutiger Aero was not named until 2017? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frutiger Aero. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Frutiger Aero), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hey, thank you very, very much for finding that pic of Peggy!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For finding, in some extraordinary, mysterious way, free-use footage from the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere that was an irreplicable source to illustrate the article! BarntToust (talk) 01:10, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

You found a video that was Commons-friendly to screencap an image of Peggy, and it ended up being a gateway drug into a treasure trove of amazing footage that I screencapped to illustrate the article in a way that was otherwise lost to the past. And Peggy, the beginning of it all, sorely needed her own little image, the cute pupper! Thank you for opening a door to improve that article in a unique way. BarntToust (talk) 01:10, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I was actually looking for a good image of her for quite a while! Di (they-them) (talk) 02:01, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

DCWC August update

The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for a month, and we've already seen some momentous improvement in the quality of many articles about underrepresented subjects! So far, our top-scoring participants are:

Looking for ways to climb up the leaderboard yourself? Help out your fellow participants by answering a few review requests, particularly the older entries. Several more nominations needing attention are listed at eligible reviews, and highlighed entries receive a 1.5× multiplier! The coordinators would like to extend a special thanks to Thebiguglyalien (submissions) for his commitment to keeping these review pages up to date.

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Ixtal (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 14:24, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Death Battle

Should we add details on the Death Battle spin-offs DBX and Death Race? Canadienne Comedienne (talk) 14:30, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@Canadienne Comedienne: Only if there are secondary sources that discuss them. We should not add any info to the article that isn't covered by secondary sources. Di (they-them) (talk) 14:34, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for North Korean Defectors' Day

On 17 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article North Korean Defectors' Day, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South Korea has a day to celebrate North Koreans? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/North Korean Defectors' Day. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, North Korean Defectors' Day), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tina and Milo

On 16 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tina and Milo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tina and Milo has been described as the "first openly Gen Z mascots"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tina and Milo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tina and Milo), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 17,288 views (720.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Headless priest

On 19 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Headless priest, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, according to a local myth, a headless priest cursed León Viejo with earthquakes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Headless priest. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Headless priest), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Dogpool

On 20 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dogpool, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the character Dogpool was portrayed by "Britain's ugliest dog"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dogpool. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dogpool), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Di (they-them), I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled user right to your account. This means that pages you create will automatically be marked as 'reviewed', and no longer appear in the new pages feed. Autopatrolled is assigned to prolific creators of articles, where those articles do not require further review, and may have been requested on your behalf by someone else. It doesn't affect how you edit; it is used only to manage the workload of new page patrollers.

Since the articles you create will no longer be systematically reviewed by other editors, it is important that you maintain the high standard you have achieved so far in all your future creations. Please also try to remember to add relevant WikiProject templates, stub tags, categories, and incoming links to them, if you aren't already in the habit; user scripts such as Rater and StubSorter can help with this. As you have already shown that you have a strong grasp of Wikipedia's core content policies, you might also consider volunteering to become a new page patroller yourself, helping to uphold the project's standards and encourage other good faith article writers.

Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Elli (talk | contribs) 19:52, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

ENC Wiknic 2024

I am organizing the Wiknic at ECU this year. The school has told me to expect about 100 people to stop by with questions. Given you have experience editing Wikipedia, do you have any interest in helping answer questions during this event? You can reply here, find me at the event, or use the clues in my Wikipedia profile to find my email address relatively easily. I know people tend to remain anonymous here, so reply however you like. Frankcjones (talk) 21:24, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

@Frankcjones: I would be happy to help! Di (they-them) (talk) 21:25, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
@Di (they-them) Can you email me so we can meet before or at the Wiknic? Fjones18 @ gmail Frankcjones (talk) 15:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Sure thing, email has been sent. Di (they-them) (talk) 17:40, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for R/nosleep

On 28 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article R/nosleep, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/R/nosleep. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, R/nosleep), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:04, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Category:Domesticated foxes has been nominated for deletion

Category:Domesticated foxes has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 00:16, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

There's a chance this is a good category. However I struggled to find any policies on categories that told me what is and isn't a good category. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 00:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Antarctic English as the TOTW article

@Di (they-them) Hi! I wanted to thank you for the creation of the article Antarctic English and specifically let you know that it's a current candidate to be chosen for the meta:Translation of the week project, meaning if it succeeds it could be translated into many other languages in just a week. If you want to see how the process is going and vote yourself, you can check it at meta:Translation of the week/Translation candidates#en:Antarctic English. Have a nice day! -- Brunnaiz (talk) 14:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Blinking Sam

On 29 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blinking Sam, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blinking Sam. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blinking Sam), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 36,188 views (1,507.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frutiger Aero

Hello, Di (they-them),

Why on earth did you nominate this article for a deletion discussion when you are arguing to Keep it? AFDs are to consider deletion for an article, you shouldn't nominate an article to settle an editing dispute or to find new sources or for any content-related reasons. It's a waste of editor time and right now this AFD looks like a trainwreck that I know that I don't want to sort through.

You should also not nominate an article for a deletion discussion on behalf of another editor unless the editor is an IP account that can't do this themself. I don't know what you were trying to accomplish through this nomination but in the future please only nominate articles that you are arguing should be deleted. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 05:05, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

I see now that you nominated this article based on discussion at Talk:Frutiger Aero. I still think it would have been better if the editor seeking deletion had asked for help rather than you stepping in and nominating it for them when you actually want the article Kept. It makes the AFD discussion confusing for any editors stumbling into it who want to participate. Liz Read! Talk! 05:29, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Liz:, I wasn't the one that nominated the page. Another user put the AFD tag on the page but didn't properly follow !through with creating the discussion, so I created the discussion on their behalf. Sorry for the confusion! Di (they-them) (talk) 17:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
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