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Issues in some revisions in Philippines

Hello CMD. Can you please check the following revisions of Philippines? They appear to include improper synthesis, or the claims therein are not directly supported by the cited sources. Moreover, the text contains detail better included in the child articles, and it has lengthened the article prose size. If possible, could you please revise the content (maybe the previous revisions before these could be restored, or the new claims are further summarized).

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippines&diff=1169811722&oldid=1169786551
• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippines&diff=1172197392&oldid=1171184226

Thanks. Sanglahi86 (talk) 14:17, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Changes to International Units

Thank you Chipmonk for making your simplifications. The last user is some sort of highly qualified 'scientist' from USA who thinks that the ancient codes of centuries ago have some relevance to present science and so has been attempting to pervert this page with his high status perspective of whatever it is that he feels makes himself relevant to this world wide standard. He has been abusing his position for many years and so I am thankful to see someone else who has taken the time to correct the confusion that he has caused. Changes were made impossible through his convoluted methods of presenting information, when in fact it is or should be a simple affair with no need to mention anything about the three countries in the world who refuse to accept and implement the standards of the other 180+ nations.

I will support you should you wish to have someone who can take the time to keep these wikipages open and honest. I wish you the best of luck kk (talk) 13:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi kk, I am unfamiliar with the editing history of the page, my edits were mostly to fix some obvious tangential items and areas of duplication. Perhaps you can add your suggestions for improvement to the article talkpage? Best, CMD (talk) 02:36, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Nominating GA for Penang

Hey there & good day! I've been working on the Penang article for the past few weeks now & nominating it for GA. I was wondering if you're keen to help in its assessment? Thanks! hundenvonPG (talk) 02:55, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi HundenvonPenang, this is good news. I have enough involvement in the article that I think it would be best for someone else to review. However, a quick look. The sentence/paragraph "Meanwhile, George Town had a population of 794,313..." is unsourced, and a few more sources are clearly absent in Architecture, Sports, and Transportation. There are also a few too many images which some reviewers do bring up, but it is not a GA issue so other items may be more important. I'll watchlist the review. Best, CMD (talk) 08:36, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! Making the needed changes now. Also trying to unclutter the article by removing photos, though personally I'm rather undecided on which other photos to take off. hundenvonPG (talk) 10:15, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey there @Chipmunkdavis: Need advice/assistance. It appears my nomination of Penang for GA status prompted some IP address to accuse me of basically being a sockpuppet (in User talk:BlueMoonset#Current GAN on Penang). Utterly preposterous! I had zero idea of that last user who did the sockpuppeting, I only learnt of such issues now, and I had made some contributions on other areas too (eg. Oppo phones and Napoleon (2023 film)).

And by that logic, the Penang article cannot be improved and nominated for GA in spite of all the work that has gone in? Certainly this accusation was made in bad faith. Is there any action I can take? hundenvonPG (talk) 12:05, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

There's no action you need to take, presuming you are not a sockpuppet. Just let it work itself out. CMD (talk) 16:12, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks CMD! And Merry Christmas. hundenvonPG (talk) 16:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

CMD: just a note that a third IP has showed up at my talk page to attempt to raise my suspicions regarding the new Penang GAN, presumably because I was the one who delisted both of the articles back when the original sockpuppetry was finally uncovered a few years after the articles had been passed. Not sure whether you blocked the other two IPs after you deleted the original posts from my talk page, but it seems clear that they're somehow faking the widely variant addresses. Thanks for whatever you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: These are all throwaway proxy IPs so they'll keep changing, the simplest path is to just revert and ignore them. Best, CMD (talk) 02:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Will do. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:50, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Rock around the clock

This user has achieved 3 of Bilorv's Challenges.

I saw you comment in the edit history. It could be worse. Somehow I hit 158 (see here). I'm going to have to make a conscious decision to get up at the crack of dawn to finish. Have a userbox. --evrik ^(talk) 14:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much evrik, well-appreciated, did not know that userbox existed. I don't think I am going to actively try to achieve more, although the GA review one seems a good long-term citizen plan. Now, how to get another i into Niue Nukutuluea Multiple-Use Marine Park... CMD (talk) 14:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Hah! When I discovered the page, I had already achieved five. With a little focus I completed four. I'm going to finish four more, and I'm done. Maybe. :-) I may never complete the clock one. --evrik ^(talk) 14:46, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Chipmunkdavis. Thank you for your work on Asphendou Cave petroglyphs. Another editor, Aszx5000, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Very well made article - just checking the other articles you have created/overhauled, and I think you should be autopatrolled? thanks

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Aszx5000}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Aszx5000 (talk) 16:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

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

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

Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 10:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Thoughts on a GAN

I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the GAN for Botswana and whether it's ready. I'm reaching out to you because you did the article's peer review for the nominator a few weeks ago. They've also nominated The arts which I'm not too sure about, and they've received several complaints on their talk page about their reviewing, including one from myself and apparently one from you. I've also spoken with AirshipJungleman29 about the editor's activity at GAN as he worked with them at WP:GANMENTOR. Sorry for roping you in like this, but I still have concerns and I'm wondering if they're justified. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 04:15, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien: Thanks for reaching out, no need to apologise. The nominator is enthusiastic about improving Botswana-related articles, I have not encountered them on more general topics like The arts so don't have a comment on that at the moment. I did raise that talkpage question you mention, and also recently I think caused a withdrawal at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of general elections in Botswana/archive2 (although I was trying to be specific on improvements that would integrate the current text, with the caveat I'm not very experienced at FLs I don't think it was beyond improving to pass). These are two separate domains however, we might have issues with reviewing, but that doesn't necessarily mean issues in writing.

Specifically on the Botswana article, I meant what I said about it being better than many country articles. The main Politics section for example looks at a first read as very well done. While not all of my points were actioned (not that they all have to, of course), substantial improvements were made in response to my PR. There are comments I would still make regarding weight and MOS:PARA, but I wouldn't say it's a rushed nomination. (I have not evaluated GACR2 at all mind.) Are there any specific concerns I might help look into? CMD (talk) 10:09, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the Botswana article, I can only speak to the History and Politics sections. I'm the one who wrote the politics section, and it wasn't in great shape until I redid it by summarizing what I wrote on the associated child article. And like I said at the PR, I'm working on History of Botswana and the main article's history section seems way off. I edit regularly in this area and have interacted with this editor a few times. My concern is more that they might be biting off way more than they can competently handle as a brand new editor (even I wouldn't be bold enough to nominate one of the project's most core articles like The arts at GAN), especially given their history with reviewing, and the fact that their last GAN was justifiably quickfailed. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:55, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien: If you're asking me if they're being very bold and perhaps over-enthusiastic, I agree. There is an obvious pattern with many nominations, consistent with the nomination statement at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of general elections in Botswana/archive2 and the opening of Wikipedia:Peer review/Botswana/archive1. The editor has also spent a lot of time reworking Wikipedia:WikiProject Botswana, unfortunately otherwise a dead project like many are. On GANs, there has been some clerking that is feels unusual (eg. Talk:Bath City F.C./GA5). I also took a quick look at the Botswana nomination when it appeared, given that history. That said, I don't want to damp down too much on enthusiasm, I have not seen any particular issues regarding POV or similar (perhaps you know more?), and they are pleasant and collaborative. Do you have any particular paths forward in mind? The user has not responded to my talkpage question, so I feel a bit unsure of personally pursuing that there. CMD (talk) 01:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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Maritime SE Asia versus Island SE Asia

I understand you to be inviting comment on how Wikipedia differentiates the terms Maritime Southeast Asia and Island Southeast Asia. I had a discussion on this at [1] (it has a bit of a slow start on being clear on what it is about). The conclusion I have made is that, outside Wikipedia, there are those working on the region that use ISEA and Maritime SEA interchangeably. There are others who do not, including Peter Bellwood and most who work in the biology and prehistory of the area. (You will see there is a derivative study of usages on a linked page, but that rather petered out.)

It seems to me that it is not Wikipedia's role to fix this terminological muddle, however disappointing it may be to see the precision of the English language subverted. The problems arise in the world outside Wikipedia. But I never really reached a conclusion to the discussion linked above. I would be interested to know your view on this. ThoughtIdRetired _TIR 07:56, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi ThoughtIdRetired, I am not looking for comments on how Wikipedia differentiates the term. We have neatly sidestepped the issue, using Maritime Southeast Asia for the cultural/human space, and maintaining Malay Archipelago for the geographical archipelago (which also has its fair share of synonyms), thus never needing to use the term Island Southeast Asia. What I am looking for is sources on the terminological muddle. For whatever issues the previous source had, it is better than what has seemingly replaced it, which is an issue. CMD (talk) 09:06, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Noted. Island Southeast Asia seems to be the preferred usage in sources covering the subject areas of interest to me (early seafaring, biodiversity, etc. – because it is important in those fields to differentiate between islands and the coast of mainland Asia). I've just mentally flagged it as an issue in Wikipedia where I'll just go with the flow – because the sources I've seen, taken as a whole, show no consistency. I did try to find sources that had definitions; I contacted a few authors directly (e.g. Bellwood who was crystal clear on his own usage (always "ISEA" but including Taiwan) – but Watson Andaya never replied). Just out of curiosity, are you happy with the way Maritime Southeast Asia handles the terminology at the moment? ThoughtIdRetired _TIR 10:09, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

I don't think the current presentation there is great, but on the other hand it's not a well-developed article at all. I am not that familiar with seafaring scholarship, but regarding biodiversity I anecdotally agree with your experience that Island Southeast Asia or the traditional Malay Archipelago specifically exclude the mainland. CMD (talk) 10:22, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Regarding revert changes in India bhutan relations

Hi I noticed u reverted the changes I made on india bhutan relations. Them reasoning u gave was *seems sourced and no improvement* I want to say, I find removal of unnecessary information as improvement as well.because when I was reading that article it all seemed so irrelevant to the india bhutan relations. For example the mention about electricity prices from 4.32 to 4.11 and other random day to day news. It was all cluttered Also I removed 1972 row - reason no event actually took place to have a new column under 1972.

And no I'm not sourced MangoHuman (talk) 19:38, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

This does not feel like an accurate summary of the edits in question, which removed quite broad information about the changes in the relationship between the two countries. CMD (talk) 00:06, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dili

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Good article reassessment for Sacred Cod

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DYK for Asphendou Cave petroglyphs

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DYK for Ascension Island Marine Protected Area

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Your GA nomination of Dili

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Your GA nomination of Dili

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hello - why did you revert this commit?

no reason was provided [[2]] [[3]] Astropulse (talk) 05:36, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

i was just trying to organize the content. please revert it Astropulse (talk) 05:37, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

They were caught up, but looking at them now I don't understand why the oldest history is being separated from later history and merged with the parliamentary system text. CMD (talk) 06:08, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

i didnt know where to put it. it was too small to be own its own. but i think noe first 3 para are in correct order Astropulse (talk) 06:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

It was best where it was. There are now three separate paragraphs of a four-paragraph lead in some way covering History, which is only one of the many level 2 sections of the article. CMD (talk) 06:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

what if we move below text to end of first para. i think it is not really related to 2nd para.

Israel is located in a region known historically as Canaan, Palestine, and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to Canaanite city-states, then the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and is referred to as the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition. Situated at a continental crossroad, the region was then ruled by various empires. Astropulse (talk) 06:30, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

The region part might align with the geography parts of the first paragraph, but I'm not seeing how the rest does. Various empires is the lead in to the British Empire prior to independence. CMD (talk) 07:25, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Reviving the PH history taskforce

Hey! I noticed you just added your name to the PH History taskforce. Which is a weird coincidence/really cool since I'm trying to gauge right now if there's any interest in reviving the thing lol (figuring out how to run a project comes after). There's a discussion in here if you'd like to drop by, and thanks for the interest! NyanThousand (talk) 14:03, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

NyanThousand A worthy initiative, I have been involved in some general discussions about Wikiprojects recently, and it reminded me of the PH History taskforce as I converted it to a taskforce a few years ago, and I did some cleanup on the Spanish period article yesterday. Best, CMD (talk) 14:21, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

DCWC August update

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WikiProject

Hi, I see you've contributed a lot to Culture of the Philippines, would you maybe interested in a taskforce on oral tradition? No worries if not Kowal2701 (talk) 20:55, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

F query

Greetings. In this RfC you mentioned "per FFF." What is that, please? -The Gnome (talk) 14:19, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry The Gnome, I was shorthanding the earlier contributor Firefangledfeathers. CMD (talk) 14:37, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello

I need you to help make additional suggestions on this article page, Biafra Referendum as you review it for indexing.

Welcome. Wår (talk) 06:49, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Wår, the article needs better background and contextualisation as it is not what is usually understood as a referendum. See for example 2014 Venetian independence referendum which feels a similar case. Best, CMD (talk) 07:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Re: GAN error

That was weird. It used to be fine in the past listing dates as normal, but I guess at some point the template got picky and forced the dates to be listed not in the American way? IDK, but I fixed those two pages you mentioned, thanks. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:12, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Your recent edits o my sandbox1

Thanks for your corrections but I have undone one of your edits, explaining in the edit summary. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:17, 28 August 2024 Oh -- I meant to type "Undo" instead of "Undue". Sorry -- you have probably noticed that I am a really bad proofreader. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:26, 28 August 2024 (UTC)(UTC)

No need to explain here Wtmitchell, although explaining the typo makes it a lot clearer! CMD (talk) 11:42, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

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September music

story · music · places

Thank you for clarification! - Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Happy because my story today is about a Czech mezzo soprano who is mentioned on the Main page on her birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)

I assume she's not foreign to everyone :) CMD (talk) 13:42, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

We talked - as you may remember - about musicians foreign to the English Wikipedia, such as Márta Kurtág who didn't make it to the Main page and Maryvonne Le Dizès who almost didn't make it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't agree with the terminology. They may be non-English, but they are no longer foreign to the English Wikipedia, as their articles have been created! CMD (talk) 14:43, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, English is not my first language - what then is a good word for people from a non-English culture, causing references not being in English. I don't know if you followed to the Kurtàg case. When she died - years ago - it took time until the news came around in English, and time to create an article based on sources in Hungarian, and more time to be halfway satisfied, and then nominating and being told that it was too late. When I complained afterwards ("Had she been an American man, she would have appeared, but now she was an Hungarian woman"), at least the rules were changed: whichever article is accepted comes to the first position. Until then, they had a sort by day of death which meant that even if she had been accepted it would have been to the last position, kicked out soon by the next who had died later. - Thanks for trying to help rephrasing, but even if there was close paraphrasing (so far I understand that the tool didn't work for the reviewer), phrases such as "she studied at so-and-so academy" don't need protection, - they are no author's personal property ;) - What I came to say was thanks for your DYK article today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

It's perfectly fine as a word, it's just not one that I personally would like to use. I did not follow the Kurtàg case; I am not active at ITN. I wouldn't worry too much about it if things there don't work out at ITN, it has issues with process and purpose. Glad you enjoyed the DYK, I was lucky enough to come across an offline book which kickstarted my interest in the topic. CMD (talk) 12:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Which word would you use then for the Hungarian, the Czech and the French? - I had many bios fall off the ITN 7-days time limit, and wasn't concerned. I just got excited because it was (again, the second time I was concerned) a woman, and in both cases I had created the article. Two days ago, I watched a similar situation develop for a male musician (so it doesn't hit only woman), Herbie Flower, see Martin's talk, look for "Don't canvass for Herbie!". He was posted this morning, 3 hours past the deadline. - I'm not sure what you mean with "enjoyed the DYK". I rarely do these days. The mezzo was on OTD, on her 99th birthday. I hope she'll be shown again on her centenary ;) - Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with a DYK hook from 2010 and another from 2014, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, - I was happy with DYK then! (I made two this year, on my user page, but both not suitable for celebrating.) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

I suppose I wouldn't describe them collectively in most situations, although I'm sure it's not a firm rule. I am surprised bios are falling off, I suppose that's more evidence that ITN just isn't working that well. Nice to hear about the 150th, that gives me so music to listen to. Can't reply to everything, a very busy time for me. Maybe it will calm down next month. CMD (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello

Good evening and hello; I am studying your message in relation to comwrite; as I understand, users cannot use other versions except the latest one; but the other versions can be downloaded as image and used by anybody; in your free time, kindly check my newly uploaded food photos here Egg pie if this is ok, or give me some thoughts on this difficult for me, matter thank you again and very sincerely yours Valenzuela400 (talk) 12:08, 7 September 2024 (UTC).

People can download the images, but part of the utility is use on the wikis. The category is okay, but it's still odd to upload multiple different photos for each file. Just pick the one you like best! CMD (talk) 12:48, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve

On 12 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Shengli Oil Field

On 12 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shengli Oil Field, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shengli Oil Field), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for East Timorese civil war

On 18 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article East Timorese civil war, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that upon winning a civil war in Portuguese Timor, the political party Fretilin repeatedly requested that Portuguese authorities return? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/East Timorese civil war. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, East Timorese civil war), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for La Mojana

On 20 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La Mojana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that people of the Zenú culture built canals in the La Mojana wetland area of Colombia long before Spanish arrival? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La Mojana. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, La Mojana), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Consider reading your zhwiki pings or not?

Until now, you were pinged by zhwiki for 10+ times, where ALL of them were ignored by yourself, I'd love to know why? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 09:04, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

I am not a contributor to zh.wiki, I am unlikely to post very much there. CMD (talk) 09:15, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Constant to-and-fro edits on Malaysians

Dear Chipmunkdavis, I was hoping that I could enlist your help on the Malaysians page. I have started a conversation in the talk page of the article with regards to the addition of languages that have no official status or anything in Malaysia by an unknown editor in Wikipedia, but so far, there has not been any attempt seen to engage in the discussion. The user is constantly adding languages that he/she perceives as "native" to Malaysia. Gandalfett (talk) 08:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Gandalfett, it is on my watchlist. I believe the general WP:MY consensus on using non-official languages only where they are specifically relevant holds for this page as well. CMD (talk) 08:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for M503

On 26 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article M503, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that to protest changes to the flight route M503, Taiwan cancelled 176 flights between China and Taiwan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M503. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, M503), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Undeletion

Hi, while you reconsidered your request I've gone through with it anyway. Ignoring any discussion of double moves, I think it's probably a valid redirect. Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 07:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks User:Pickersgill-Cunliffe. I saw it because it popped up on my watchlist, and because of how move history is displayed I didn't realise it was a quick double move. Of course, the relatively lengthy time spent checking the history and CSD criteria before posting somehow missed what I saw almost immediately after posting on your talkpage... CMD (talk) 07:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

October music

story · music · places

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know Professor was a title that could be given by a President! CMD (talk) 05:13, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

countries differ, and I don't know Finnish, - there might be little differences in meaning that we don't know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

DCWC closing update

The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has come to a close! After a thrilling finish to the event with a slew of submissions on the final day, we have our winners. With 608 points, Thebiguglyalien (submissions) comes in third with his series of Kiribati and Botswanan submissions; BeanieFan11 (submissions) flies into second place at the last second with 771 points after a string of good articles about sportspersons; and after leading for much of contest's three months, Generalissima (submissions) finishes with a whopping 798 points to take home the Gold Belt Buckle. Congratulations to our winners!

In addition to his spot in the top three, BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins the special awards for submitting under the most countries (44 countries) and for writing the most articles about women (15 Did you know? nominations)! Magentic Manifestations (submissions), after making 16 submissions under the Indian flag—15 of them good articles—receives the awards for most submissions for a single country and most featured or good articles promoted. For their submission of one FAC review, five FLC reviews, and 20 GAN reviews, Simongraham (submissions) wins for most article reviews.

The results of the contest have far exceeded any expectations the coordinators had for it at the beginning: among the submissions to the event were 3 FAs, 10 FLs, 88 GAs, dozens of article reviews of every kind, and more Did you know? submissions than we can count! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...

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Anti-Systemic Bias Barnstar

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		Thank you for participating in the Developing Countries WikiContest! You've received 243 points, and here's a special award for your contributions.

... sawyer * he/they * talk 19:14, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Fisheries in the Philippines

On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fisheries in the Philippines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fisheries in the Philippines), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Aquaculture in the Philippines

On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Aquaculture in the Philippines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Aquaculture in the Philippines), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Municipal fisheries in the Philippines

On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Municipal fisheries in the Philippines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Municipal fisheries in the Philippines), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Commercial fisheries in the Philippines

On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Commercial fisheries in the Philippines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Commercial fisheries in the Philippines), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for History of fisheries in the Philippines

On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of fisheries in the Philippines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, History of fisheries in the Philippines), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for The Taehongdang Party Secretary

On 11 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Taehongdang Party Secretary, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that North Korean series The Taehongdang Party Secretary was created to help promote the consumption of potatoes during a rice shortage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Taehongdang Party Secretary. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Taehongdang Party Secretary), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:04, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Noken system

On 13 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Noken system, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the noken system used for voting in parts of Indonesia can produce turnouts of 100%? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Noken system. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Noken system), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Your opinion

Hey I have pinged you on India talk page but you haven't given your feedback yet.I would surely waiting for your response.Thanks. Edasf (talk) 04:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I have replied to that multiple times, and my initial comment from 16:35, 10 October 2024 is still applicable. CMD (talk) 05:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I have provided sources as well please see. Edasf (talk) 06:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

That was only part of my comment, and you have not. Please don't ask others to go hunt down and read citations for you. CMD (talk) 06:24, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Reminder: GA backlog drive

Hello! Just a reminder that, if you have time, you are welcome to join the GA backlog drive; it runs until the end of October. You are receiving this message because you signed up on the drive page but have not yet listed any reviews. We hope to see you there! Either way, happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 05:46, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Flags of dependent territories

Hello, Chipmunk. As you have seen, I have recently become aware of the article Gallery of flags of dependent territories, and I see that there's an appalling amount of unconstructive editing, which has been going on for many years. In this situation I'm never entirely happy with the idea that the unconstructive editing can just be reverted, both because that takes up editors' time which could have been better spent on more productive work, and, perhaps more importantly, because for a while a damaged version of the article is on the public face of Wikipedia. Also, of course, "for a while" repeated countless times can add up to a very large amount of time. My inclination is to semi-protect the article, but since you have far more experience of the problem than I have, I thought it would be a good idea to ask you whether you think that would be a good thing to do. (I see that you have been dealing with the problem from time to time for 14 years.) JBW (talk) 19:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

JBW, an interesting thought. This is a function of these sort of Gallery pages. They are not articles with content to refine, they mostly don't need updating, and they are in a relatively complete state very quickly. Thus, edits that do happen tend to be unconstructive. Even Flag families, ostensibly an article with text that could be modified, which is not well sourced, sees a lot of unconstructive edits. CMD (talk) 04:59, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes, what you say about this kind of page mostly not needing updating was exactly what I thought. From what I saw when I checked the history, it looked as though almost all editing is unconstructive editing by IP editors and, less often, new accounts, while the constructive editing (mostly reverting the unconstructive editing) is all or almost all done by established editors, such as you. If that is so, semi-protection should help, and is unlikely to cause any collateral damage. I'll make a more detailed check, and if it confirms that impression I'll go ahead. JBW (talk) 10:17, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Baguia Fort

On 24 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Baguia Fort, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a fort in Baguia was restored to be converted into tourist accommodation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baguia Fort. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Baguia Fort), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fisheries in the Philippines

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fisheries in the Philippines you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 06:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aquaculture in the Philippines

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aquaculture in the Philippines you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:03, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the October 2024 GAN backlog drive

		The Minor Barnstar
		Your noteworthy contribution (4 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Malaysia Monument

On 4 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Malaysia Monument, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Chinese community of Kota Kinabalu sponsored the creation of the Malaysia Monument just 20 days before it needed to be completed to mark the formation of Malaysia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Malaysia Monument. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Malaysia Monument), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC)