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Yoninah, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America1000 03:43, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Yoninah, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. –Davey2010Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 11:48, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
On 3 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tziporah Heller, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller, a senior faculty member at Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tziporah Heller. 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.
On 3 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rachel Henderlite, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that after Rachel Henderlite's 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Henderlite. 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.
Thank you for your constant support on DYK, - thanks with my review, and the peace bell by Yunshui! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:59, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, Gerda! Happy New Year to you, too! Yoninah (talk) 13:03, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and Presbyterian Church of the United States
I do not have any proof, but I suspect that the reason why the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and Presbyterian Church of the United States had similar names is at least in part a reflection of the general trend whereby when secession occurs within Presbyterianism, the seceding party often views itself as the true continuation of the older denomination. One means of doing this is for the new denomination to adopt a name which suggests a status to which they aspire. In the case of the Presbyterian Church in the United States thngs were somewhat complicated as it was originally known as the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America which clearly demarcated it from the Presbyterian Church of the United States. As regards the difference between "of" and "ïn," it may be that the Presbyterian Church of the United States choice of preposition was chosen in view of its historical links to the Church of Scotland. All of this is a bit of a quasi-educated guess however and to really answer the question one would need to look through the denominational records to see if the choice of nomenclature was discussed. Greenshed (talk) 01:21, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
I have been involved in the DYK review of Dhruv Pandove which is currently in the special holding area for January 9th. If you approve, would you be able to move it to Prep 1, which I calculate is the correct prep area. The nomination was originally for a single article but then a second was added, so could you check the credits as I am a bit confused about the "subpage" parameter. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:31, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
Invitation to a virtual editathon on Women in Music
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10 to 31 January 2016
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I have another one that I have been working on that could use another pair of eyes. It seems scattered to me, but maybe that's just because I have only been able to grab minutes here and minutes there to work on it since my mom is visiting. If you'd like to input and have time, I'd appreciate the help. I'm thinking she might be another GA candidate.
User:SusunW/Elizabeth Rona Won't be around hardly at all tomorrow, but maybe by Thursday I'll have a bit more time to polish it up. Have only 3 photos I know about, p 382[1] and [2] but am sure all would have to be fair use. How many fair use images can one use in a single article, do you know? This seems vague to me "Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information." SusunW (talk
) 03:34, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK issue
reduce overlinking? Well, the whole purpose of the hook is to show that a Muslim country has Christian heritage..Makeandtoss (talk) 12:21, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
@Makeandtoss: I see. Well then, you didn't have to link Jesus Christ, or John the Baptist. Hooks with blue links every few words are distracting to the reader. Yoninah (talk) 13:47, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Then just remove the link without removing Jordan... Makeandtoss (talk) 14:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Davina Delor
Yoninah, I don't see any sign that you promoted the
WT:DYK, but I doubt it will prove to be an issue. BlueMoonset (talk
Yoninah, there has been work on the article in response to your most recent review comments. Can you please check when you have a chance and see where the nomination stands? I didn't know whether, given the extensive close paraphrasing issues earlier, you might want Nikkimaria to give it a final check in that department. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Sorry for the inconvenience here, but I am hoping you can re-open Template:Did you know nominations/Corruption in Sudan. I am the article nominator and was working to address the concerns on the page before the holidays. I haven't had as much time over the past few weeks to address it but I have largely done so now, and I believe removed all close paraphrasing. I would like this DYK to get one more chance. Please let me know what more needs to be done. DaltonCastle (talk) 19:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Photo in Barbary Coast Article Again Under Threat of Removal
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When you get a chance, could you please weigh in on the new discussion to preserve the use of that valuable historic photo? Thanks. James Carroll (talk) 21:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for taking time in your schedule to weigh-in on this photo removal issue. Hope all is going well for you.James Carroll (talk) 16:18, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK preps
There is a section at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#15 years about using positive hooks for the Birthday, which may be relevant. I'm not saying we need to follow it, but you may have wished you read it before filling out a full prep. Thanks, JollyΩJanner 00:33, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Liza Levy
On 13 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liza Levy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liza Levy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Hi Yoninah: At DYK, which one is the "quirky slot". After checking out several pages, not finding anything about this. North America1000 14:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
Of course, it would be good to have a more complete article. I noticed that there are a couple of points where the content differs. According to the sources that I looked at, her father studied law at the University of Alberta. Also, it appears that her parents may have been already living in Calgary before she was born and so were visiting Russia at the time of her birth. I also found this [3] which suggests that Ernest Borek was teaching biochemistry at City College of New York at the time of his marriage to Kessler; apparently, Borek married his research assistant Sylvia Kerr after his divorce but I didn't find a date. --Big_iron (talk) 17:23, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, I misunderstood; I did not mean to step on anyone's toes. I gather that your internet access is somehow filtered: the Glenbow museum site is already referenced from quite a few Wikipedia articles and the other Google site provides a more complete preview of some of the book content. --Big_iron (talk) 00:21, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Sehadete Mekuli
University of Pristina and forced into early retirement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sehadete Mekuli. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
On 16 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kathy Bardswick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kathy Bardswick got her first job at The Co-operators Group when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kathy Bardswick. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Yiddish, her mother and grandmother speaking to her in German, and her friends conversing with her in English? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hana Wirth-Nesher. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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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Historical Sabbatical Years
Hi Yoninah, and hope you are well! Just came across this article
Historical Sabbatical Years that looks important and maybe you could improve it if possible. Thanks, IZAK (talk
) 20:39, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Ella Orr Campbell
Hi! You adopted the DYK for
Ella Orr Campbell, but I'm afraid there are continuing (though relatively minor) copyvio problems there. I'm sorry about this, and blame myself – I identified one of the sources it had been copied from, but missed another. It needs more clean-up. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk
Yoninah, I was wondering whether you could return to this nomination now that the most recent issue you raised has apparently been dealt with. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Counterpunches
I admit, it's not that quirky, but it isn't a wrestling hook I assure you. [4]JollyΩJanner 19:35, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Yoninah, I was wondering if you could take a quick look at this nomination (it's in the special occasion area under January 29) and promote it if possible to the space that Jolly Janner reserved for it in Prep 5. If I hadn't suggested the revised wording for the original hook, which Daniel Case used verbatim, I'd just promote it myself, as I had intended to do when I ran into the issue that I felt needed clarification and a bit of sourcing. However, having been involved, I'd like someone else to check the work done. Many thanks for your help. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:04, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Cecil Thomas
Sorry, I was't being awkward, I had no idea that that use of 'in the event' wasn't common elsewhere. It's quite normal in British English. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:21, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
I've never prepared a DYK area for the main page, but noticed you're the main contributing editor, so hopefully will know what to do here. I suspect the Betty Brosmer image is not properly free; it's marked free on Flickr, but a colorized image, from an album of colorized iconic images, that I doubt the colorizer owns the rights to. I nominated it for deletion on commons. I don't know what to do here ... partly because I'm the nominator of Modest Stein which is another DYK in the same preparation area, so the conflict is obvious. --GRuban (talk) 20:03, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Minuetta Kessler
On 1 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Minuetta Kessler, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Minuetta Kessler, a classical composer and concert pianist who wrote and performed her first piece at age five, created a game to teach musical composition to young children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Minuetta Kessler. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Would you have a bit of time to review with a critical eye Doris Johnson? I think she is deserving of a GA nomination but I hate to nominate one without someone else having looked it over. We so very often fail to see our own mistakes. If you don't have time, not to worry. Thank you! SusunW (talk) 14:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Varaha Upanishad
I was trying to post this article again on DYK after it got promoted to GA on 2 February 2016. But when I try to post it on the DYK template the earlier version [5] which was withdrawn by me appears. Can you please tell me the procedure to follow to post this as a GA article on DYK? Thanks.--Nvvchar. 01:13, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
African American woman state senator in Colorado history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gloria Tanner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Yoninah, I was wondering whether you could take a look at this two-article nomination.
When I found it, it had been approved, but the bio had significant overlap with the pre-existing choir article. The creator responded by ripping out all of the copied material, but that left Masa Fukada with enormous holes, so I restored some of the overlap and wrote some new bridging material so Fukada's article better represented his life as a musician.
Can you please doublecheck to make sure I haven't made any errors and that the article is 5x expanded with what remains as copied? Ideally, this would end with an approval, if it all works and I haven't missed anything else, but one way or another a new status icon would be welcome whatever it is. (So far as I know the school article has been fine from the beginning.) Thank you very much for whatever you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:53, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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How do I?
I have only ever had one other set of articles make 5,000 views, but I'd like to put Malouma there because she deserves the recognition and because it was a group effort to get the article done, to GA status and on DYK. The statistics show 7483 views. But when I go here Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics, I don't know where to put her. SusunW (talk) 16:22, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
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WP:DYKSTATS. Just copy a template from a different hook and fill in your details. BTW, where did you find that new statistics tool? Yoninah (talk
) 18:18, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Well the statistics tool wasn't working, so I clicked on a link that brought me User:Rjanag/Pageview stats and then clicked on thisSusunW (talk) 18:24, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
@SusunW: Wow, thanks! Seeing how many hits a hook gets in the end is one of the little pleasures of working on DYK, and I was beginning to despair of the process! Yoninah (talk) 18:29, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what I am doing unless I am writing. Basically technically I just stumble around, search for any answers I can find and periodically I run across valuable information and tools. :P SusunW (talk) 18:33, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Theodora J. Kalikow
Theodora J. Kalikow won a bronze medal in triathlon in the Senior Olympics? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Yoninah, your issues here have been responded to; next chance you get, can you please see whether the response satisfies the problem? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:34, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Tool for DYK hits
Please let me know the tool you are adopting to find out the number of hits of DYK. The earlier Magnus tool is non functional and gives an error report on my talk page. Thanks. --Nvvchar. 01:19, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
On 15 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Romona Robinson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Romona Robinson won a television news anchor job in Cleveland, Ohio, with a demo tape that showed her remaining poised and self-confident while "being wiped out by a hurricane-whipped wave"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romona Robinson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
PFHLai recently reminded me to be somewhat aware of the time that DYK preps will be viewed on the Main Page. Essentially, preps with odd numbers will be more visible in Africa, Europe and especially the US, whereas preps with even numbers will be more visible in Asia and Oceania. In light of this, I was toying with the idea of swapping our current lead hooks in prep 2 with prep 3 and prep 4 with prep 5. If I'm not mistaken, you chose most of the current lead hooks, so wanted to see your opinion e.g. if I'm missing any underlying reasons for their timing. Kind regards, JollyΩJanner 03:11, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Ella Orr Campbell
Ella Orr Campbell correctly identified it as an invasive species? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ella Orr Campbell. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Question for you there. North America1000 00:01, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Reynelda Muse
On 20 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Reynelda Muse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reynelda Muse. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Thanks for taking the time to help me better understand the DYK review process (so I don't make the same mistakes again)!Rwelean (talk) 16:29, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Mes Aynak photo
I was considering adding the exact same picture for lead hook. Nice one! JollyΩJanner 19:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Edwina Hume Fallis
On 26 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edwina Hume Fallis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in her colorful memoir When Denver and I Were Young, Edwina Hume Fallis warned against trying on another child's hat, because "you might bring home something you didn't like"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edwina Hume Fallis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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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Watching your additions and edits to Janet McNeill's page is giving me a great example of how to improve the other pages I've created recently. Thank you for your input and editing. 🍺 Antiqueightchat 01:12, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Runnels
Absolutely! You should be able to access the clip and paste the ref from here. <ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|title=Miss Ninetta M. Runnals, Colby Dean of Women 27 Years, to Retire|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4507426/portland_press_herald/|accessdate=3 March 2016|publisher=Portland Press Herald|date=19 April, 1949|location=Portland, Maine|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> SusunW (talk) 23:21, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Yoninah, would you please take a look and see if you can address any of the few remaining concerns at the bottom of the page. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
Four years ago ...
advice and support
... you were recipient no. 51 of Precious, a prize of QAI!
So appropriate that she get this for advice and support and on the Eve of International Women's Day :) Yoninah rocks! SusunW (talk) 17:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia email re Newspapers.com signup
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So- I have a couple of questions and you might already have the answers- What is the impact of DYK - should I for example always try to write an article and then create a DYK about it? Or - does it matter/why does is matter? Why do the articles have to be new? Why can't I create a DYK for an article I wrote before I discovered DYK but which has not yet every been proposed..(I can tell that I can't without major overhaul but I'm wondering what the reason for that is, it seems unnecessarily restrictive...) Some thoughts - some questions which I have been thinking...Can you have a DYK like - "Did you know Elizabeth Bloxham was fired from her job in a strongly Unionist area for her politics of Nationalism" if the only citation I have is her own words - not an independent source (it's not in the article because I have only her word for it -though it seems valid?..... ☕ Antiqueighthaver 16:53, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Patricia E. Ryan
On 9 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Patricia E. Ryan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that women's rights advocate Patricia E. Ryan thought she would head the Maine Human Rights Commission for five years, but ended up serving for over three decades? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Patricia E. Ryan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
On 10 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Janet McNeill, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Janet McNeill, a prolific Irish writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Janet McNeill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Something like - Did you know that the Students at the College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions on Midwifery by a woman even when she was the exceptional Emily Winifred Dickson, first woman Fellow of the College?
... that students at the Royal College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions on midwifery by a woman – even though she was a Fellow of the College?
Or Did you know that a professor refused to let Emily Winifred Dickson join his University course on the grounds that she had cheated him because that Winifred was a man's name?
The hook fact has some interest, but the reader has no idea who is Emily Winifred Dickson or the professor, and probably doesn't care, unless you add a short explanatory phrase placing it in context.
OR - Did you know that Mary Ryan, the first woman to be appointed as a professor in either Ireland or Great Britain, could not was not allowed to attend lectures in the university where she was studying for her degree? Women were not yet allowed attend lectures even though they could graduate!
This hook is very good. But the article is not long enough. The long quote does not count in the 1500-character count.
In both articles, the references must be filled out with more than just the article title. Use WP:Citation templates. Yoninah (talk) 23:23, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Oh - I didn't think of that - I'll go add content!..I got SusunW to help with the hook too..I like the ones you put up as well...I will go update now.. (well, in a sec when I finish the stub I' working on.. ☕ Antiqueighthaver 00:24, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
I added some content - which I hope works and brings the total over the necessary count.. ☕ Antiqueighthaver 00:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
@Antiqueight: yes, it does. What about the bald references? Yoninah (talk) 01:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
I have worked on those - I think - though actually when I looked at the "other reading" stuff I remembered I wanted to update the article with that info too. Today was a bad day though and I mostly bounced around aimlessly. Thank you for your help with this. ☕ Antiqueighthaver 01:39, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Newspapers.com access
You should have access now. All the best, HazelAB (talk) 15:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
On 14 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gilda E. Nardone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mother of women's advocate Gilda E. Nardone was a displaced homemaker? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gilda E. Nardone. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
The nominator has proposed an alt hook there. North America1000 15:49, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Olga Rapay
"Artists" red list. Supposedly this guy Peretz Markish is her father, but his file mentions nothing about her (not unusual, IMO). But, it also says his wife was Esther. The records I find for her show her mom was Zinaida Joffe. [7], [8], [9], [10]], [11] Is Zinaida a name for Esther? Rapay died in Israel and I am wondering if there are records there? Seems like this indicates there is an archive there? SusunW (talk
) 18:13, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
@SusunW: here is Peretz Markish's page on the Hebrew Wikipedia: [12]. It says he had one daughter, Olga (born 1930, although other refs say 1929), a ceramic artist, and two sons, Shimon (born 1931), a translator and librarian, and David (born 1938), an author and journalist. His wife, Esther, died in 2010. (Note: Hebrew articles usually lack sourcing, but you can get information to look up elsewhere). No, Zinaida is not a name for Esther. Here is something about Olga in Hebrew; you could plug it into Google Translate, or I could help you with it: Kiev opened an exhibition of porcelain and ceramics by Olga Rapay. Best, Yoninah (talk) 19:43, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm trying to gather sources before I start on her, and yes, I'd love help with it. If his wife Esther did not die until 2010, I wonder if Zinaida is a first wife? Hmmmmmm. SusunW (talk) 20:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
@SusunW: You're right! Esther had only one son, David. By the way, Olga is listed in Russian sources as Olga Peretsovna Rapay Markish. See also: [13], [14]Yoninah (talk) 20:22, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Woo Hoo! Okay, she will be tomorrow's "work of art" :) I like to try to round up the basic story line before I start. *Especially* if all the sources are in other languages. Details can be expanded as I go, but the basic critical stuff is better worked out first. Thanks for your help! I'll start her here
I just read that thing at the bottom of her harlequin sculpture and it makes me weep. What is the purpose of exonerating someone after death? I sometimes am left questioning mankind's entire existence. How can we behave such? SusunW (talk) 00:48, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Ninetta May Runnals
On 19 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ninetta May Runnals, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1959 the Women's Union at Colby College was renamed Runnals Union (pictured) in honor of Ninetta May Runnals, the college's first Dean of Women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ninetta May Runnals. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
On 20 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lyn Mikel Brown, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that SPARK, a group co-founded by Lyn Mikel Brown, started a 2012 petition against Lego Friends for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lyn Mikel Brown. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
On 21 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dorothy M. Healy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in addition to collecting and curating thousands of volumes for the Maine Women Writers Collection, Dorothy M. Healy raised thousands of turkeys on her farm? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dorothy M. Healy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Greetings, hope you're well. Don't know if you, 78.26 or Miyagawa are interested in a collaboration on this and find something to make it DYK worthy.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:49, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
@Dr. Blofeld: I'd be honored to help. The two sources I know will really help won't be available to me until Monday. 78.26(spin me / revolutions) 03:23, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
@Dr. Blofeld: I'll go through the OpenLibrary Sinatra books and see if anything jumps out. Miyagawa (talk) 10:14, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I've managed to sneak it over the 1500 character limit (I'll go DYK nominate it now), I couldn't find anything useful in the OpenLibrary sources, but I managed to get some expansion material out of Newspapers.com - although that was being difficult as it was bringing up hundreds of hits for "It Happened in Monterey" in which that phrase wasn't mentioned. Took a while, but I at least got some information out including the Bing Crosby cover as well. Miyagawa (talk) 11:54, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for that. The correct spelling is Monterrey but it's listed in my album and other places as Monterey.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:08, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
Great job both!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Bought a new top earlier which Sinatra or Orangemike would have been proud of! An orange long sleeved t shirt! I usually wear pretty boring blokey colours so this jazzes things up haha! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:27, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
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Brilliant! I get the chance to thank Yoninah for their contribution to DYK. What could be easier.... over 200 well written articles is the minimum for this award. However here we have an editor who assumes AGF and who calms wikidramas. Ada Lovelace day was celebrated because you saw an opportunity to do something for no reward. A big thank you from me, womeninred, DYK and Wikipedia. Victuallers (talk) 16:49, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
@Victuallers: thank you for the medal and all the compliments! You were the one who encouraged me to work on DYK, and I haven't looked back since! Best, Yoninah (talk) 17:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
I agree with everything Victuallers said and more. I truly don't know how you do all that you do with DYK. But in addition you help others with articles, and formatting issues and oh so many behind the scenes edits. Congratulations! SusunW (talk) 17:28, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
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On 6 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Esther E. Wood, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that educator, author, and speaker Esther E. Wood became known as the "town historian" of Blue Hill, Maine, though she disliked the moniker? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Esther E. Wood. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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.
Yoninah, I don't believe you were notified that the nominator came back with an answer to your question. Can you please check to see where this nomination stands? (And the hold date has been extended by a week because the D.C. primary isn't until June 14.) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:15, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Yoninah, I'm looking for some advice and thought i'd ask you given your record of bringing WP:Israel related articles up the formal quality scale. Since you've worked on many GAs and DYKs, but haven't worked on an FA as far as I could tell, do you view the latter as simply too time consuming to achieve? I have just brought
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DYK Stats question
Hello Yoninah, I recently added Carlos Brewer to the list of Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics using ErrantX's tool. How does one know the period of time that a DYK was listed on the Main page? I noticed that some entries were calculated based on a 6 or 8 hour period, but I assumed that 12 hours was standard. How does one ascertain the page views per hour statistic? Thanks. NotaBene 鹰百利 Talk 00:32, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Just divide by the number of hours it was on the main page. Today most should have been on there for 12. Some older ones will have been 6/8 hours because DYK ran more frequently in the past. --Errant(chat!) 09:23, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Here's the cover and some pages from the Maxwell House 1933 Haggadah. Was looking for something large enough, not too stained and one that had been lying flat when it was scanned. ;) We hope (talk) 20:42, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
There are quite a few copies of the more modern Haggadah books at eBay but some are quite hard to pin down a date on. I didn't see any pages uploaded there which would let me date them and have a look for copyright marks. Am assuming General Foods continued to copyright each edition since they started doing this circa 1934 from what I saw of their back covers with the copyright notices. Many listed there are fairly recent, so they'd be under copyright. Listing something as "vintage" doesn't tell you much since that's in the eye of the beholder. Have seen items from the 1980's described as "vintage" . :-) The older books look a lot alike--the white covered Haggadah at the link is probably from 1939, but not enough was uploaded to see about the copyright notice. There was a green version out that year too; not sure why there were two different colored covers. The cover started turning to blue in the 1950s--can get you something from a 1951 copy and a 1955 copy. We hope (talk) 23:38, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Yoninah, I was wondering whether you would be willing to take a look at this one to see whether it should be given an IAR exception on a four-day-late nomination. The creator/nominator is fairly new to DYK. The initial reviewer is also pretty new, and didn't make that call. It's one of the oldest reviews, and no one has stopped by to take a look at it. Thanks for anything you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:50, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Yoninah. I think that in your promotion to the DYK prep of Template:Did you know nominations/Augusto Barbera a bit of information got left out. The DYK talk page banner on the article and my own usertalk page seem not to have appeared. Crispulop (talk) 17:04, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Carole B. Balin
On 1 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carole B. Balin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that rabbi Carole B. Balin rediscovered the existence of 67 Jewish women writers from the late 19th- and early 20th-century Russian Empire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carole B. Balin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Carole B. Balin), 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.
I'm fairly sure, neither of us speaks Hungarian, and as far as I have found, Máté was not Jewish, but maybe she was? The link is in English and I am totally puzzled by it. [15] The first page of the weblink says "Hodmezovasarhely Victims of Fascism-During the Second World War". She didn't die in WWII and as far as I can tell, the people she assisted were victims of anti-communist sentiment after World War I. The references to her persecution in the Lexicon were very vague. Now this (which shows her as Mrs. Bela Zalai but note there are no identifying dates or any other information with the name. Zalai was possibly the best-known Hungarian philosopher prior to his death in a Siberian concentration camp in World War I. His first wife died in 1908, long before any war, and he was married to Olga in 1912.) I'm wondering if there is some other connection to this monument? If you don't have time, or aren't interested in it, not to worry. I just thought you might have access to sourcing that I don't. Thanks. SusunW (talk) 00:15, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi @SusunW: I'm afraid I'm really under the weather right now and am unable to look at it properly. Sorry, Yoninah (talk) 11:13, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
DYK submission
Thank you for reviewing my submission. I believe I have fixed the issue with the subheadings. Each paragraph that I have added to this article has inline citations. I am not sure about the section about communist history, as I did not write that portion. Would it be appropriate to remove that section, especially given its general lack of citations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Three8 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello Yoninah. I was unaware that my edit also removed the notices. I intended only to remove the colorful description of their domestic habits. Regards,
Kablammo: I thought that was the case. No worries. Yoninah (talk
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Appreciate your tip on the Earwig copyvio tool. I had never used it before, but I used it today in reviewing a DYK, finding some close paraphrasing. Acdixon(talk·contribs) 23:11, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Per this edit, it'd be better for you not to adjust British English sports hooks from those that are promoted. I've fixed it. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:43, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
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Question about hooks for multiple article DYK nominations
Hi Yoninah, I've been looking around in the documentation for an answer, but can't find it, so I hope you don't mind my asking you... I have created two new articles and would like to propose both for DYK with a single hook. My question is: Does the hook fact have to appear in both articles? Thanks! HazelAB (talk) 00:51, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for your independent review of the ALT hook at Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Troy_Alexander. When I review DYKs, I sometimes suggest alternatives to the DYK proposer when needed, and leave it up to them to ultimately propose it themselves. I do this to try to avoid bureaucracy, but I can see where this can be viewed as a COI of sorts even though I'm not unilaterally proposing and approving my own ALT hook. However, I think it'd also be an extreme case that a proposer would agree to any alt hook just to get their DYK approved. Maybe there's already a precedent on how to best handle this. Let me know your thoughts. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 23:07, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi @Bagumba: I agree that the bureaucracy can be overwhelming at DYK, but as a reviewer you have the choice of either hinting to the nominator what he could use as a hook (which often doesn't work, since poor hook writers write poor hooks), or stating it outright and then leaving it to another reviewer to approve (and yes, I think that poor hook writers would jump at someone else's good suggestion). This has been the practice for as long as I've been at DYK. Even in the latter case, when you've brought a review all the way to a new hook that you proposed, you can still claim it as a QPQ. Yoninah (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Agreed. My intention was to hint, hence my wording of "maybe something like ..." in the review, and waiting for the proposer's opinion as opposed to just approving my own tweak directly. If there has been past abuse with this practice, say among tag-team editors, I could see the reason for concern. We could get wider input, but I'm not too interested in investing the time; I'll trust your recommendation on this going forward. I'm more concerned about getting this "right" than any possible repercussions with QPQs. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 23:24, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
I too was intending to suggest an alternative at Template:Did you know nominations/Joigny coach crash and I was surprised, to say the least, at how this was handled. I thought it was pretty clear from [16] that I wasn't reviewing and passing my own hook. I'd appreciate it if you'd update your comment to reflect that as I don't appreciate the implied impropriety. Mackensen(talk) 02:24, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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