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WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

00:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Leeds Town Hall

Hi. Just letting you know that I have posted a comment about the above on J.Milburn's talkpage here, and he has suggested that I let you know. If you require further information or citations for the sculptors, please ask. Storye book (talk) 09:31, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Update: I'm currently working on improving the categorisation of Category:Leeds Town Hall in Commons - Its a longish job but I hope to finish that tomorrow and to upload a lot more pictures there. If there's time tomorrow, I'll add a paragraph on the article talk page, about the carving, in case there's anything that you might want to use. I hope that's OK. Cheers. Storye book (talk) 19:32, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Update 2: I have now tidied up the categorisation of Leeds Town Hall on Commons as far as I can at the present stage. I have worked out who all the keystone heads are, and labelled them accordingly. Sorry the one with the lionskin on his head was not Vulcan - it's Heracles/Hercules (my bad). The evidence is that Alexander the Great wanted to be seen as a Hercules, so he had images/sculptures made of himself with Hercules' lionskin on his own head. Interestingly, the Mawer Group sculptors took their idea of Hercules from Alexander. I hope to upload my remaining collection of images to Commons in the next couple of days, then as promised I'll write something useful on the LTH talkpage. Cheers. Storye book (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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17:26, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

List of city and town halls in the United Kingdom

The Original Barnstar
Congratulations for your excellent work on List of city and town halls in the United Kingdom. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 13:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, Dormskirk. You're most kind. Rcsprinter123 (note) 16:06, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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18:45, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

List of city and town halls in the United Kingdom

Hi - I am thinking of adding a few additional historic town halls (with images and listed building details) to your excellent list. I hope you are OK with that. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 16:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Dormskirk. Thanks for your kind words on the list and for letting me know this. Please go ahead and I will let you know if I dispute any additions. Rcsprinter123 (converse) 16:28, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Great. Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 18:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi - I have added a few others at the bottom of the list for the moment. I think you have done a great job of selecting the most prominent ones. Some of the "others" may be worth promoting to the main list but I am concerned that if I add too many extra photos the page will become difficult to load. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 09:21, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
I don't think we can have an "others" section, nor can we be judges of what is prominent enough to include. My only criterion when creating the list was the town hall had to have a standalone article (except a few in Scotland which you have now bluelinked - thanks). So everything in your new section ought to be added to the list. Where are the guidelines relating to maximum lengths and numbers of images? Rcsprinter123 (utter) 13:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
That makes sense to me. I will start adding them to the list. I have seen some articles of over 300kb (see here). The town halls list is currently only at 54kb so there is still plenty of room. Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 14:49, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Apologies for never getting round to this - blame the good weather. Let me know if you are putting it up again at PR or FAC. Another heave should do it I think. Johnbod (talk) 01:01, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

That's okay, Johnbod. I'll make a move with it soon and let you know. Feel free to make improvements whenever you like! Rcsprinter123 (notify) 16:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn

On 4 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn, raised money for a stained-glass window in 1934, but ended up spending it on a church hall instead? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

16:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Leeds Civic Trust

Hello! Your submission of Leeds Civic Trust at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ykraps (talk) 10:54, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 19:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

20:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Wishing Rcsprinter123 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


17:19, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Leeds Civic Trust

On 21 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leeds Civic Trust, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Leeds Civic Trust has created a trail of rainbow plaques (example pictured) to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of Leeds? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leeds Civic Trust. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leeds Civic Trust), 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.

--Guerillero | Parlez Moi 00:01, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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21:12, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review request

Hello. John Milburn recently did a peer review for the article on the Biblioteca Marciana (WP: Peer_review/Biblioteca_Marciana/archive1) and suggested that I contact you for further guidance prior to nominating the page for FAC. The article is currently a Good Article.

The Biblioteca Marciana is one of Venice's foremost monuments with a long history, an imposing building, and lavish art. My goal is to have the article promoted to FA and then nominate it for TFA on 25 March 2021 when Venice will celebrate its 1600th anniversary from the date of its legendary foundation on 25 March 421. The Marciana Library is ideally suited to commemorate the event since it is the only institution founded by the Venetian government that survives and continues to function today. I would like the article to present and cover all of the relevant information in a clear and meaningful manner, both for casual and advanced readers, and would appreciate any guidance and/or suggestions to further improve the article and make it a thorough source for information about the library. Venicescapes (talk) 18:29, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Venicescapes. I think the article is pretty good on writing and sourcing. I've left a few more comments on the Peer Review as you requested. Rcsprinter123 (confabulate) 19:57, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

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Happy First

Hey, Rcsprinter123. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
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Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

Dear Rcsprinter123/Archives/54,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

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WikiLoop Battlefield new name vote

Dear Rcsprinter123,

Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield. We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The voting is held at m:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.

xinbenlv Talk, Remember to "ping" me 04:58, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  • England Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, Denmark MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Tutorial and/or image request

Hi I wondered if you could help me with creating a city-region image? It's for Greater Brighton City Region and would like its local councils placed on a map similar to File:Greater Manchester numbered districts.svg and File:Greater Manchester UK district map (blank).svg. I'm happy to get a tutorial in making them or if you would prefer to do it yourself. It would be most appreciated. Jonjonjohny (talk) 10:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jonjonjohny, thanks for your request. I thought that it would be better to create a smaller scale map for this, to show more of a regional context as well as simply what the districts are, especially as they come from two different counties. I've created one showing the city region within the South East, and a close-up of the specific districts, which are both now on the article. Rcsprinter123 (yarn) 12:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Wow, thanks Rcsprinter123 they look really good! I'm impressed at how promptly you made them. I just realised though that they don't involve Arun district, would you be able to add those? Jonjonjohny (talk) 12:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
A good point, that's because the maps on the City Region's own site don't include Arun. Added now! Rcsprinter123 (orate) 12:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Headingley Hill Congregational Church

On 8 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Headingley Hill Congregational Church, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cuthbert Brodrick was invited to design Headingley Hill Congregational Church (pictured) after its committee rejected all of the entries in its architectural competition? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Headingley Hill Congregational Church. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Headingley Hill Congregational Church), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens

On 12 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a large, elderly, "decently-behaved" Russian brown bear once lived in the Leeds suburb of Headingley? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

19:11, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Announcing WikiLoop DoubleCheck

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Headingley Hill Congregational Church

Congratulations on the above article. I hadn't realised it was one of Brodrick's. I like Appleyard for the stone carving, although William Ingle was still alive at the time, and I can't really see the carvings in the Commons photos. But Appleyard was into grotesques as such, whereas although Ingle did do gargoyles he preferred natural animals to actual grotesques elsewhere on the building. Hence my guess. I have not yet found a contemporary article where the stone carvers are named. I have added (as citation) the only full article on the opening that I can find so far. I'll come and look at the building and hopefully photograph the carvings when I am free to do so. Cheers. Storye book (talk) 08:51, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Storye book, nice to hear from you again. Yes, many people probably don't realise it's by Brodrick, even as they pass it daily. He was an architect of smaller buildings just as much as the grand ones, yet also never particularly associated with the Gothic style. As you note, there is no information about the identity of the carvers, but if you could make an educated guess based on your observations of the grotesques when you visit them, I think that would be very interesting (not that we would have an RS to cite). I hope you don't mind, but I have changed the link for the 1866 article to a site which has no subscription requirement. Rcsprinter123 (commune) 12:19, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes I was hoping you would be able to make the link more generally available, like the foundation stone one. Brodrick certainly knew his neo-gothic, though - see the Barton upon Humber job, also the commonscat links below that section. He knew to let the stone carvers have their head, because they too knew what they were doing - to the extent that they fooled English Heritage (in its guide book) that what they had there were all genuine Romanesque carvings. Though there are plenty of clues. Even the woman at the desk in the church had spotted Queen Victoria in Elizabeth I's Armada portrait collar - put there I believe as a big hint about the rest of the carvings. But those by the Mawer Group are not grotesques (except maybe one by Ingle). You can see Appleyard's grotesques here, on Leeds School of Medicine (building by Thorp not Brodrick). That's why I thought the Headingley grotesques might be Appleyard's. Well, we'll see! Storye book (talk) 20:50, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

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16:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Headingley Hill Congregational Church

I have photographed all of the exterior of the above church (the interior is not accessible). See Category:Headingley Hill Congregational Church. I hope you enjoy the grotesques - they are rather beautiful, I think, with their relaxed posture, like feral dogs enjoying a meal. I was rather pleased to see the four Evangelist symbols on the tower corners. I don't suppose many people had noticed them, and they're rather nice quality. Cheers. Storye book (talk) 09:25, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Storye book. Thank you for putting the time in to phtographing the building. They are indeed wonderful carvings, and photographs. You really do find every angle. Rcsprinter123 (articulate) 12:41, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Glad to be of service! Storye book (talk) 19:49, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

13:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Maps in infoboxes

Hi, I like the map you added to Marshlink line .... except the images around it are now all screwed up, with two of them sandwiched together. I don't suppose you can fix that as well? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:28, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for spotting, Ritchie333. I've moved things around to avoid any sandwiching. Thanks for liking the map, too! Rcsprinter123 (discuss) 19:45, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Doncaster

Hi there I've changed the leading photo with a skyline photo of doncaster with minster and is an improvement over just the minster photo. You panoramic is on the economy tab so it hasn't been removed, just isnt leading photo. So please without any disagreements dont remove it unless you find an improvement. It's important to have the minster either in lead or near the top of the article as its one of Doncasters famous landmarks. Anyway your photo is still up and I've changed the leading photo so let's just leave it at that. It's a nice skyline photo with minster and town in distance. Have a good day now RailwayJG (talk) 17:33, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Lincoln and Rotherham

I noticed you changed the photos. I've added back the Lincoln skyline and why you removed it I don't know. And Rotherham I've readded my photo. You called poor and that was uncalled for. I appreciate your collage but dont insult my photos. I haven't done it to you. It felt like a personal attack. I haven't done it to you and so please dont do it to me alright? Thank you RailwayJG (talk) 10:52, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

RailwayJG: I am not making an attack on you. The photographs you have been adding all have lower resolution, worse lighting and worse composition than what was already being used. I think most Wikipedians would agree with me. I recommend you read through WP:UKTOWNS#Lead image. How well it can represent the town and the aesthetics of the article must be considered over adding something simply because you took the picture. This is what I prioritise. Rcsprinter123 (pronounce) 11:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Rcsprinter123 thank you for clarity on your stance. Thanks for your feedback. It's just in past I've had people say poor and it never was elaborated on. And when it was it was like a dig at me. Appreciate your response. And your photos are good. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RailwayJG (talkcontribs) 13:24, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for understanding. Rcsprinter123 (post) 16:26, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Wells House, Ilkley

On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wells House, Ilkley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that because of its isolated, moorside location, Wells House, Ilkley, is the only building by Cuthbert Brodrick known to have been surrounded by a designed landscape? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wells House, Ilkley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wells House, Ilkley), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

20:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • Free Hong Kong Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
  • IndonesiaHaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
  • England Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Checking in

Greetings from Venice. Thank you again for your earlier review of the Biblioteca Marciana. It was very helpful in preparing the article for FAC, which hopefully will go well. I was visiting your talk page and noted that you’ve not been regularly corresponding. So, given the current health situation, I wanted to ask if everything is okay. I hope so. Venicescapes (talk) 09:22, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi Venicescapes. Thanks for your concern. I can assure you that no problems have befallen me; I simply don't get many messages to my talk page. I have been semi-active with editing, as you'll see on my contributions. Incidentally, good luck with that FAC - I know you've put a phenomenal level of work into the Biblioteca Marciana article and it deserves nothing less. Rcsprinter123 (articulate) 12:22, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm glad to hear that all is well. It's a very surreal moment, and one is never quite sure. I'd like to remain in contact. If you have any further suggestions for the Biblioteca Marciana, please let me know. Of course, if you'd like to weigh in on the FAC, it would be greatly appreciated. Most of the articles at FAC seem to be music, video, or military related. Renaissance libraries don't seem to pique much interest.Venicescapes (talk) 15:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Clapham

On 7 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Clapham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that all three of the pleasure gardens run by the entrepreneur Thomas Clapham in Leeds and London failed due to debt and were sold for housing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Clapham. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Clapham), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Scarborough Town Hall

On 17 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scarborough Town Hall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its town hall (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scarborough Town Hall. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Scarborough Town Hall), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

21:26, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Please see note on your DYK review. Yoninah (talk) 19:33, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Majestic, Leeds

On 8 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Majestic, Leeds, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the former site of the Majestic Cinema, Leeds, which was gutted by fire in 2014, will become the national headquarters of Channel 4? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Majestic, Leeds. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Majestic, Leeds), 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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Location of photo on Poynton page

I noticed that you have reverted my changes concerning the location of the photo on the Poynton Wikipedia page. You state that the photo shows houses on Park Lane, whereas I contest that it shows houses on Bulkeley Road. My reasons for stating that it is Bulkeley Road include:

  • The Wikicommons page for the photo states that it is Bulkeley Road
  • The hairdressers ‘The Cut’ shown in the photo was definitely on Bulkeley Road (it was my regular hairdressers for around 10 years). It later moved to Park Lane and has now changed its name. But there is another hairdressers now in the location shown in the photo.
  • The photo was taken from just outside Vernon Infants school (now closed) just where it changes to a lumber Road. That is why there are yellow markings on the ground.
  • If you use Google Streetview from outside that school (

[140] ) and look towards Park Lane, then you can matchup the houses, lamposts, Keep Clear road marking and the Civic Hall which appears in the distance (note the Vernon Building Society building in the distance has now moved so that doesn’t match).

If you are still not convinced by my argument, then please let me know where exactly you think the photo was taken and what features match. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianOfRugby (talkcontribs) 22:25, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for getting in touch, BrianOfRugby – you are right of course. I didn't realise that The Cut (which is on Park Lane and was my basis to change) had moved, and now that you point out the school markings and other features it is obviously Bulkeley Road. I can only apologise for the reversion and have reinstated your edit. Rcsprinter123 (collogue) 00:59, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

16:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is England Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by England Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Gondor Hog Farm (submissions), Indonesia HaEr48 (submissions), Somerset Harrias (submissions) and Free Hong Kong Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

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High Peak maps

Hi there. I'd question the use of the High Peak map in the infobox of articles such as Peveril Castle and Devonshire Dome. To my eye, the resulting maps are pretty unhelpful for anyone unfamiliar with the geographical shape of Derbyshire (i.e. most people who aren't local). I didn't want to revert without understandiung your reasons though. Dave.Dunford (talk) 20:49, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Dave. I think you have a good point and I wouldn’t particularly mind any reversion. It was just a case of trying out the new map, but probably the county scale is more appropriate. I don’t think there’s any particular guidance on it; some places use district maps and some use counties - probably more suited to denser urban areas than High Peak really. Converting to use Mapframe for more would be an idea, but it’s not a project for me to commit to. Rcsprinter123 (witter) 22:48, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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Old Leeds Town Hall woodcut

You might be interested to see this set of details of an 1880 Town Hall event, taken from The Graphic. The full-sized image was already in Commons (taken from Leodis), but I found it in The Graphic and took close-up screenshots of the details. It's not very important, I suppose, but a nice curiosity - the stove pipe hats, murky polluted air, old Oxford place before the rebuild, mystery statue which I had thought would be the one of Victoria (now at Hyde Park) but isn't. I believe it's a woodcut because of the style of cutting, especially the sky. Storye book (talk) 11:04, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Storye book, how are you doing? I have seen the low res version before but not paid it much attention. It's certainly an interesting and atmospheric image showing a snapshot of the time. I think the statue will be Peel or Wellington who were out front with Victoria, both now on opposite corners of Woodhouse Moor. Rcsprinter123 (babble) 11:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Ah yes, Peel and Wellington, that makes sense. :-D Storye book (talk) 11:38, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks, Fastily, I will try to. I always forget what the right template is because anything I would go back to check has been deleted. Rcsprinter123 (address) 17:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
  • Republic of Venice Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
  • Scotland ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
  • Rwanda Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
  • Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
  • Botswana The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
  • Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
  • Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
  • United States Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
  • England Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

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Thanks!

I was going to thank the bot for this tremendous edit here (very useful, that page was growing out of proportions...) but obviously can't do that so here it is on a more personal note! Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:29, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

You’re welcome, RandomCanadian! The bot’s archiving away most days so that human editors don’t have to worry about it. Rcsprinter123 (shout) 01:25, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Primrose Hill Tunnel

On 9 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Primrose Hill Tunnel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Primrose Hill Tunnel was the first railway tunnel to be built in London? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Primrose Hill Tunnel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Primrose Hill Tunnel), 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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Geograph photos?

Hi Rcsprinter123, I was just wondering if you can tell me how to add photos from geograph.org.uk please as I found some free to use as long as credited photos I wanted to add to my articles on St Mary in the Wood Church, Morley, Leeds and St John's Church, Goole? Do you know how to add them please. Regards RailwayJG (talk) 21:55, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

RailwayJG: On the Geograph photo page, click on "Find out How to reuse this image" in the grey box below the description, then scroll to the bottom of the next page. Press the "This search should find it if it has been" button to double check it is not already on Commons, then either follow the processes for download and upload or geograph2commons as linked there. Don't forget to add categories. Rcsprinter123 (lecture) 22:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for the help :) RailwayJG (talk) 12:56, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Salford

Hi Rcsprinter I'm letting you know I've readded town to Salford. The anon keeps arguing city status for Salford but it's only the wider borough that has it. As similar with Stoke. Six towns but city status only applies to Stoke on Trent and not Stoke upon Trent which is the town named after. I get what the anon is saying of city but they made a comparison between Manchester and Salford. Manchester has always been a city and no towns formed it. But Salford was a town and borough. Only city status applied to the borough. Salford is more a large town and district of Salford borough then anything. What's your input? Regards RailwayJG (talk) 08:17, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

RailwayJG: I think that nobody sees Salford as a town. Although the city status does technically apply to the metropolitan borough, the central area by Manchester is widely considered a city, both politically and colloquially speaking. There is a stable version of the article and there is a reason why "town" is not in that version. Stoke is not exactly analogous. Rcsprinter123 (soliloquise) 15:24, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

So what is Salford technically then? Not a town or city but also not a district given its more the just that. There needs to be a term agreed either town city or settlement. Its seems weird to just say Salford Greater Manchester is West of Manchester as an intro. What exactly is Salford status? RailwayJG (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Map

In this change you added a map; this is new to my limited experience. Could you please confirm how this was generated (placement of the boundaries, in particular). Thx.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 15:05, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Rocknrollmancer: The template {{Maplink}} calls up a set of data stored at Wikipedia:Map data/Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency), which is in the GeoJSON format and is essentially a load of coordinate points tracing out the boundary. I intend to add the map format to all 650 constituencies before too long, if nobody brings an objection. Rcsprinter123 (chatter) 00:20, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
ThanQ, I did look at the coords; would I be right to think it's a representative boundary rather than an empirically-correct depiction which would need to be drawn?--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 00:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Yes, having the line completely accurate would result in a file too large for the software to handle and display, so the boundaries are slightly simplified – as long as you can tell it goes up this river and round that estate, a few tens of metres tolerance are fine. I'm not drawing the boundary though, I have a set of government-issued data with all constituencies as officially defined. Rcsprinter123 (remark) 01:04, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Yep, thanks, the horse grazing and similar agricultural are unknowns, particularly where two or three districts come together near Pleasley. I'm glad you're enjoying it all - I struggle with wiki-tables!--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 12:42, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

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Misspell on File:Oxted line.png

Hi; just noting that Woldingham is incorrectly spelled Woldringham; and Dormans spelt Doormans. Not sure if this is something that can be easily fixed by yourself. Thanks Nightfury 12:42, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your eagle eyes, Nightfury. I blame the late-night cartography. Correct spellings have now been uploaded. Rcsprinter123 (spout) 12:53, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
  • Republic of Venice Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
  • Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
  • England Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
  • England Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
  • Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
  • Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

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I'm working through a list of anomalous projectspace pages and found Wikipedia:IP Recent changes. Are you or anyone else using this? If not, can it be deleted? -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 09:26, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Tamzin: I am not and I have no recollection of creating it. Feel free to do what you like. Rcsprinter123 (reason) 11:54, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Sounds good, thanks. I've tagged as G7. It probably seems trivial, but it helps sort out the main thing I'm looking for, which is misplaced drafts and test pages. -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 12:10, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
  • Republic of Venice Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
  • England Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
  • Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, Botswana The Rambling Man and New York (state) Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Republic of Venice Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, England Lee Vilenski, Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, Rwanda Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. George Floyd mural Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Talk page archives for User talk:Sprinting faster

Hi! As you saw, I recently changed the archiving settings for User talk:Sprinting faster, which you reverted. I understand that you would like to have that talk page archived to your own talk page archives, but the bot doesn't work that way. From what I can see, there are three options here: allow for split archives, the way I set it up a few days ago; manually archive that talk page to your own archives (possibly with the help of OneClickArchiver and {{Archive basics}}); or just not archive that talk page at all (The talk page is currently at 13kB since 2011, so archiving doesn't seem necessary). Any of the three options is fine, and if you want, I could implement the first or the third for you, just let me know. Thanks! --rchard2scout (talk) 09:02, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I was basically happy for it not to be archived. Rcsprinter123 (interface) 11:13, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
Alright, I've removed the archiving config. Thanks for your quick response! --rchard2scout (talk) 12:59, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Dodgy map

Hallo, the map you added here has got a hole in it. I don't know whether you made it yourself or got it elsewhere - could you do whatever's needed to fix it /request that it be fixed, please? Thanks. PamD 07:29, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes, this seems to happen occasionally, with the ones which bound the sea/bodies of water. I don't have the abilities to satisfactorily edit the GeoJSON code (it is downloaded from the government website) so for now it is taken away. Rcsprinter123 (relate) 18:27, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Belated thank you

I wanted to express my deep appreciation for your trust and support in my July RfA. I have found the initial time intimidating. I'm naturally very cautious but my new wielding the tools deflated a bit my desire to do pagespace. It's building back but I did want to stop by to encourage you to contact me if you see me lose track or if you need help. Thanks again for trusting me. Hold me to it. BusterD (talk) 17:39, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Files for discussion

See Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2021 September 19#Paris logo. --Stefan2 (talk) 06:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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Map deletion

I got the IP vandal range blocked Special:Contributions/2A00:23C5:E680:9001:0:0:0:0/64 Carry on doing what you do :) 10mmsocket (talk) 07:20, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your interventions, 10mmsocket. Rcsprinter123 (pitch) 11:42, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
No worries. You may have seen that the other IP used by this editor has been blocked too. Using WP:BE I removed their posts from the article talk pages. 100% justifiable IMHO although they may be back in the future to make the same point. 10mmsocket (talk) 11:55, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

TransPennine Express Route Map

Hi Rcsprinter123,

The fun and games regarding the removal of the route map on TransPennine Express actually made me realise - would be it worthwhile updating the map to reflect the new and current route naming scheme used by TPE (as used on their geographical route map)? Unfortunately I'm not as well versed in photo or diagram editing, so would not be confident doing this myself.

Danners430 (talk) 11:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Danners430. I have updated the route names on the file as per your suggestion - North, South and Scottish Routes. They seem to have been official for a while now so no harm in making the update. Rcsprinter123 (natter) 15:41, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Delaware County, PA.

Hello there.

I admire the work you have done on making municipality maps for several American counties.

However, I would like to tip you off to one very slight error that you made on your municipality map of Delaware County, PA. On said map, you incorrectly labeled Colwyn borough, PA, as if it were a township instead of a borough.

By that I mean, you incorrectly left Colwyn borough unshaded giving it the same white color as all of the townships, when you were supposed to shade Colwyn borough in gray, so that it would be gray like all of the boroughs.

Here is what I mean. When you are looking at the page for any *other* municipality in Delaware County, PA, *besides* Colwyn, Colwyn shows up in white (the color of townships) when it *should* show up in gray (the color of boroughs).

Link here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Darby_Township_highlighted.svg#mw-jump-to-license

And here is where Colwyn borough is located, if that helps.

Thank you for all that you do. I hope this message finds you well. Mcleanm302 (talk) 21:24, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Mcleanm302 - I love people who can spot these kinds of small details. I am updating all the files now with Colwyn in gray. Rcsprinter123 (note) 22:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Southeastern map

Any chance you can whip up a duplicate of File:Southeastern network.svg with "SE Trains" instead of Southeastern? The new company goes live tomorrow and even though the name might not be settled it'd be nice (but not essential) to have this on there. Thanks in advance. 10mmsocket (talk) 13:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry 10mmsocket, but since the new operator will be keeping the trading brand name (at least for now) of Southeastern, I don't see the point of creating another version to reflect a change of legal name. If this situation alters in the future I will be happy to take another look. Rcsprinter123 (visit) 22:08, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Agree 10mmsocket (talk) 07:27, 18 October 2021 (UTC)