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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 6 § States and territories (dis)established in YYYY

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Your GA nomination of Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi

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Anglo-American

Hi. Not adverse to a dab, however the first item does not point to a particular subject, rather it is more of a definition than a link to an article on that subject. Therefore there is currently only one valid target. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 11:56, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

@Onel5969 I am not sure if this is against policy? There is also Anglo American plc. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:35, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I'm pretty sure it is. One of the 3 aspects of a dab page is "Ensuring that a reader who searches for a topic using a particular term can get to the information on that topic quickly and easily, whichever of the possible topics it might be." The first item on the dab page was little more than a definition, and definitely didn't link to get the reader to a particular topic. In addition, each bullet on a dab should only have a single blue link. Also, I'm not quite sure what you intended to refer to in that first definition. Did you mean inhabitants of those 5 countries? Those 5 countries as a group? Or that each of those countries might also be referred to by that term? Finally, re: the plc, that can be handled by a hatnote, since the demographic is clearly the primary target. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:59, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

@Onel5969 The point is that Anglo-American refers, primarily, to "both Britain and the US."; the redirect to Anglo-Americans is misleading. This is also true for many links pointing to it. Anyway, I fortunately found a proper single article to use in the disambig (Anglosphere). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:19, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Should this be merged with Anglo American disambig? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:22, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Sounds good. I made a slight tweak, since each entry should only have 1 blue link. Let me know what you think. And regarding the merge, yes, probably, that would simplify searches. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 10:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

@Onel5969 Could you do the merge? I also think that the Anglo-American Publishing does not belong there per WP:PARTIAL (but the plc is ok, since it is sometimes referred to without the plc). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:44, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Done. I added the publishing house, for while I understand your point about PARTIAL, I also think that someone searching for the publishing house might only put in the first two words. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 01:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Onel5969 Fair, but consider we have a bunch of other stuff like Anglo-American School of Moscow, Anglo-American loan and quite a few others I see from the search... Oh, we should probably redirect Anglo-american to the disambig too? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:00, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

I see your point now. In light of that, I'll remove the publishing house, and yes, Anglo-american should also point to the dab. I'll take care of it. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 10:48, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Małe zielone ludziki

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Polish language help

Hi Piotrus,

I wrote an article on the ToNiePokój escape room fire, and am doing some research for information to expand it. My Polish is not very good yet, and the passage "Prokurator zwróciła także uwagę na opinię biegłych, według których budynek był w złym stanie technicznym. - Nie było tam stałego źródła ogrzewania, a o wynajmie zadecydowała niska cena czynszu - dodała. W mowie końcowej wypunktowano także zlekceważenie obowiązku wprowadzenia stałego ogrzewania do lokalu usługowego i instrukcji obsługi tych urządzeń. - Piecyki gazowe, mające ogrzewać lokal, umieszczono w pomieszczeniach pozbawionych wentylacji i zawierających materiały łatwopalne - podkreśliła prokurator Sielska." (from [1]) is confusing me and Google translate is coming up with gibberish. If it is not too much trouble, would you mind giving me the gist of the passage? Thank you for any help you can provide. All the best, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 16:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

@Grumpylawnchair Sure. Here's my corrected Google Translate: The prosecutor also drew attention to the experts opinion, according to which the building was in poor technical condition. - There was no permanent source of heating there, and the low rent was the deciding factor in renting it - she added. The final speech also highlighted the neglect of the obligation to introduce permanent heating to the service premises and the [the neglect of the obligation to follow the] instructions for using these devices. - Gas heaters, which were supposed to heat the premises, were placed in rooms without ventilation and containing flammable materials - emphasized prosecutor Sielsak

Overall, GT did a good job; it changed experts to expert. I an not sure what else could be confusing, but I clarified one part that might be unclear in the original? Is there anything else you'd like to ask about this passage? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:55, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

No, thank you. I realised that I had used Firefox's local translate instead of Google Translate, and that's what caused the gibberish. I still have issues in understanding more formal Polish sometimes, since I learn as a hobby, and I guess that the conjugation confused me. All the best, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 04:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

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Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi

hello! i read through your GA review of ten no hate made. i don't mind assisting with some of the japanese, but i'm going in relatively blind, having only read versailles, claudine, and oniisama e... i'm a little pre-occupied right now, but if you can point me in the direction for what you need or give me some sources to work from, i'd be happy to help any way i can! Plifal (talk) 13:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@Plifal Much appreciated. I don't know if there are any academic works mentioning this in Japanese, but I'd expect there should be at least some reviews or such? I'd be very curious if there was any commentary by Japanese reviewers on the choice of subject matter (Polish history), which is very rare in Japan, but I'll settle for just learning what the reviewers said (assuming any can be found). Versailles is pretty famous, so I'd think someone would notice that spin off... _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:48, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

no worries! a cursory google search returned mostly book shops, but i'll see if i can dig for anything more.--Plifal (talk) 15:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@Plifal Based on my experience with Polish sources, a lot will be non-digitized (particularly considering the age of this). For Polish sources, I often stumble upon mentions of old reviews and such through google book snippets - then I ask a colleague in Poland to go the library and scan stuff for me. Not sure how that will work for Japanese language sources. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:55, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

ok understood, i'll do the same. i might be able to find something in the otaku district here too. i'll do my best!--Plifal (talk) 04:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Plifal Thanks. I am curious to find what sources, if any exist. I'd assume there would be outlets in Japan that would publish reviews of manga; if not academic (ex. Polish equivalent would be Nowe Książki) then presumably in otaku manga magazines and fanzines, which I'd expect to be pretty popular in Japan. Category:Literary magazines published in Japan has many options, and there is also Category:Manga magazines published in Japan, some of which could publish reviews. The big issues is how digitized they are, given that most editions were published in the 1990s. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Plifal A collegue send me a lists of potential reviews found by an AI, although (1) I am not sure if they are reliable and (2) they probably are not the old reviews, but some new ones?

[1] https://ameblo.jp/aisharyoko/entry-12651478782.html

[2] https://honkuimusi.hatenablog.com/entry/2022/09/22/080000

[3] https://booklive.jp/product/index/title_id/215654/vol_no/001

[4] https://renta.papy.co.jp/renta/sc/frm/item/39527/

[5] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13255241

[6] http://blog.happyblossom.boo.jp

[7] https://booklog.jp/item/1/4022607483 _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:44, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Piotrus thank you kindly! i'll look through these this week. i went to the otaku district here but couldn't find any old magazines carrying reviews, but did find cheap copies of the manga with some kind of accompanying text which may contain something useful.--Plifal (talk) 12:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

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Ten no Hate Made

hi! just getting back to you on the entries you sent me to look at/information for ten no hate made.

[1] https://ameblo.jp/aisharyoko/entry-12651478782.html - this is a blog and likely doesn't meet the criteria for reliability. while it mostly functions as a review, it does contain some insight that i think is available to source from the hardback editions i found last week, hopefully i'll get round to reading it soon.

[2] https://honkuimusi.hatenablog.com/entry/2022/09/22/080000 - this is also a personal blog and doesn't contain anything specific or sourced to draw from.

[3] https://booklive.jp/product/index/title_id/215654/vol_no/001 - this is a shop link the only thing it may be sourced for is verifying a reprinting that took place on 23 august 2013.

[4] https://renta.papy.co.jp/renta/sc/frm/item/39527/ - this is also a shop link.

[5] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13255241 - not sure what the policy is for goodreads, but this verifies that an original hardback collection was released in 1993 (isbn-9784022607485) (asin-4022607483)

[6] http://blog.happyblossom.boo.jp - is a blog that's unrelated to the manga.

[7] https://booklog.jp/item/1/4022607483 - similar to goodreads, it's a japanese book blogging website, also confirms the release date of the hardback.

i saw that manga: an anthology of global perspectives, edited by toni johnson-woods mentions the series a couple of times. not sure there's much information though.

--Plifal (talk) 11:51, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Documenting the destruction of Warsaw

Piotrus, as a man proficient in Polish and with broad interests and seemingly boundless energy, you might find something of interest within this. (Well [cough], I can't immediately think of anybody else who might do so.) -- Hoary (talk) 11:53, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Question before AfD

Hi. It seems like you're well experienced when it comes to Afd and notability guidelines. Do you think this article Rebecca Chambers is notable? I feel like [2] is the only sigcov, while this one [3] just only stated that the creator hates her. Thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:02, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

@Boneless Pizza! Thanks for asking. I am indeed interested in the notability of fictional characters, and I agree many are poorly done; that said, I am also upset when I see longer articles deleted or redirected without even a merger. I agree with your assessment of these two sources; one could argue that second SIGCOV source is provided by https://www.thegamer.com/resident-evil-zero-rebecca-chambers-facts-trivia-didnt-know/ but it is also written in the crappy listicle format, so yeah, this is pretty borderline (no other source in the article mentions her by name). This is a valid topic to bring to AfD, yes, although my vote there would certainly be along the lines 'whatever happens - it is borderline - please merge content (reception) rather than delete. PS. I restored this since I already spend 5m+ looking into this and writing a response. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Nominating it now. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:46, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

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Dr. van Wijk

Cześć, Piotrus. I hope your new year is off to an excellent start. Last month, you kindly reviewed my DYK nomination for Nicolaas van Wijk and expressed an interested in reviewing it at WP:GAN if no one reviewed it by mid-January. I'm writing in the hopes you might still be interested, since February is nearly here and no one has begun a review. No problem if the answer is no, but I figured I should ask. Best, ThaesOfereode (talk) 22:39, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

@ThaesOfereode Thanks for the ping. I'll try to find time next week as this week I am busy with a bunch of other stuff, on and off-wiki, although I can't promise anything. But feel free to poke me :) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:14, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

No worries; figured I'd ask! ThaesOfereode (talk) 16:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

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Lo siento

I got a fair bit more agitated with you on that particular "Features of" afd (part of your bundle), and while I totally disagree with your idea of how to nuke it all out of memory and what I perceive as you not perfectly upholding the value of commenting on "content, not contributors", I went to some places I shouldn't've gone to, and for this I apologise. Consider my endorsements of other editors telling you to "get off your high horse" and one-off "if this guy keeps going, we'll take it to ANI", all, um, promptly nullified.

I honestly believe that in an ideal world, there should be a long-term draft for rehab for the content, and it's a hell of a thought to consider the terms hyperlinked through the dozens of MU, MCU and Spider-Man articles that would turn redlinked. I guess it's not bad once you think about red links with possibilities. Other editors seem to think that there should be a "glorious cultural revolution of the content" that frankly, I disbelieve will ever come to be. Leaving it be will cause it to sit there, as rehab-ing the sum total of the pages would amount to a climb up Everest, Mount McKinley, and Kilimanjaro, respectively. Ain't nobody doing that.

Whatever I said, I didn't need to. I offer my heartfelt regrets at having stooped. Wherever you may be, I wish you a good one. BarntToust 04:38, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

I posit that at least the MCU wikiproject could start out with like a goal to transform one or two sub-section(s) on their "Features of" article a week, but hey, I might work on a pitch later about that. Would you be down to discuss somewhere about like, coming up with one of these for the comic WikiProject to reform the Marvel Universe and Spider-Man FO lists? Obviously I'm not asking you to do any heavy lifting of the pen or anything, I'd just like your thoughts and maybe an endorsement of a plan—doesn't even have to be any of what I'm writing here—so that meaningful reform happens. BarntToust 04:46, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@BarntToust Well. *silence* I did not expect that. Thank you. In my experience (I've been here a bit longer than you) the way we started our interaction generally ends up... nowhere good, to say the least. I am very happy to find this is an exception. As for the subject in question, I fully support rewriting such stuff. It can be done, I've done it myself on a number of occasions (hmmm, for example, hyperspace here is the old version, I recommend comparing them...). But in my experience such content generally needs to be torn down to nothing, nuked (per WP:TNT), then restarted from scratch. Here, I think the topic of Marvel Universe is obviously notable. I'd direct efforts to fix stuff there. I still feel that Features of... is irredeemably plot summary that does not belong here (per WP:TVTROPES). That said, it's clear consensus for now is to keep this stuff. So be it - we will see over the next few years if it can be fixed, or if consensus changes. Btw, if you are interested in notability (and rescue of) fictional topics, I recommend watchlisting the following pages: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Comics and animation, and Lists. And by all means, good luck with rewriting/rescuing related topics. I love fiction, I just believe we need to upheld certain standards of quality on Wikipedia (simply put, good encyclopedic articles go beyond plot summaries and/or lists of media appearances of a fictional entity - that's what differentiates us from wikia/fandom type of fansites). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:13, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Even better example than hypespace is what we (mostly TompaDompa) is doing with Template:Astronomical locations in fiction. Check the history of a number of entries there. Point is, content can be fixed. It just takes time, since there are very few of us doing the "heavy lifting", and there are zillions of articles to fix (not to mention, write up from scratch). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Whoa! Thanks for your directory to all of these very insightful revisions, and for your recommendations on versing myself on content rescue. I may take some remedial action eventually based on your reccos. BarntToust 16:36, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Your WikiCup submissions: three DYKs

Hi Piotrus, thanks for participating in the WikiCup. You recently submitted the following for DYK points:

• Klerykal fiction
• Wielka, większa i największa
• Małe zielone ludziki

Unfortunately, none of these are eligible for DYK points because they were all nominated to DYK as newly promoted GAs. I know this can be disappointing, but Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring#Did you know? states that only newly created or expanded DYKs are eligible for DYK points. The rules specifically exclude DYK submissions from receiving points if their appearance on DYK is solely because the article was a newly promoted GA. Epicgenius (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@Epicgenius Thanks for the explanation, I understand. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:59, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Weddings in the United States and Canada for deletion

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Your GA nomination of W leju po bombie

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Your GA nomination of W leju po bombie

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 February 21 § Conflicts in early years

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Your GA nomination of W leju po bombie

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DYK for Series fiction

On 24 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Series fiction, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that series fiction often suffers from "melodramatic inflation", requiring increasingly dramatic threats, which can lead to prequels and spin-offs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Series fiction. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Series fiction), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Jarosław Grzędowicz at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Saw https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/grzedowicz_jaroslaw among SFE's latest entries, and recognized the byline. Cheers! TompaDompa (talk) 21:27, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

@TompaDompa Thank you - I see you monitor it very closely :) I hope to publish few more entries about key figures of Polish sf/fantasy scene in the near future... _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Help with sources for Polish history article

Hi Piotrus, sorry to bother you again, but do you know of any books that cover the death of Grzegorz Przemyk (this is for Grzegorz Przemyk) other than "Żeby nie było śladów. Sprawa Grzegorza Przemyka" by Cezary Łazarewicz? Thanks for any help you can provide, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

@Grumpylawnchair Book, no - pl wiki mentions only this one (it has a dedicated if short article: pl:Żeby nie było śladów). I presume you saw this? I think these are books collecting his poems (he was a young poet, I think). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:23, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your time. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:40, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

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The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
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• MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

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Nomination of Literary work for deletion

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DYK for Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi

On 3 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the publication of Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi, the first legally published manga in Poland, has been described as the event that created the manga fandom in the country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:04, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jerzy Broszkiewicz

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Cone of Silence (Get Smart)

My concern with deleting this outright is that many of our core readership will be looking for this when their dad, or attorney, or even Uncle Brian makes a reference about the Cone of Silence. Can we redirect this instead as an ATD? Bearian (talk) 15:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

@Bearian Of course, redirects are always preferable to outright deletion. Be bold and go ahead, I have no objection. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:21, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Zaziemskie światy

On 7 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zaziemskie światy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that censorship in communist Poland delayed the publication of the novel Zaziemskie światy for nearly a decade due to its "inappropriate ideological basis" and positive portrayal of the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zaziemskie światy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Zaziemskie światy), 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, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

"Orbiter" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Your GA nomination of Na drugą planetę

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Deadline 1 (Week 2)---Zhang Linyue

Good afternoon, Professor! I am Zhang Linyue from the afternoon class of "Everyday Life and Social Structure". I have completed the student training and also joined the course plan. check it please! thank you!AYAO32269 (talk) 04:59, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

@AYAO32269 This is the wrong place. Please check the instruction in the syllabus and leave your message in the correct place _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Deadline 1 (Week 2)---JIA MENGZHUO

Hello professor. I am a student in this class (Sociology of Everyday Life). I have joined the dashboard system. and completed the training. Ask the professor to check.Zhuo1221 (talk) 04:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

This is the wrong place. Please check the instruction in the syllabus and leave your message in the correct place _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

@Zhuo1221 _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello professor. Would like to confirm if the message was sent on User talk:Hanyangprofessor2. Please check.Zhuo1221 (talk) 05:53, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

@Zhuo1221 Yes, this is where it should be. Please add it there. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:10, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Review started for DYK nomination of Novvot

Hello, I've started the review of Template:Did you know nominations/Novvot. I had a few notes about potentially rewording your first hook and a source that might be better support for the name "Persian sugar" I'll be watching the article as well as the template for changes. Overall, good work. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 21:11, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

This Month in Education: February 2025

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Proposed deletion of WIEM Encyklopedia

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WIEM Encyklopedia

		A beer on me!
		Nice save on that prod, you swooped in like an eagle. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 15:03, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Well, it was one of mine, and I try to clean up after myself :) Cheers, _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:19, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught

On 15 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught explores how school textbooks across the world distort history to serve political interests? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

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Question

Hi. Having just run into you at a DYK, and then looked at your user page, I was curious what your thoughts might be about a couple of issues. 1, as you are a teacher, are you concerned that when student submit papers to you, it may be difficult to know if AI wrote it? 2, as you have edited wp a great deal, do you see somehow people using AI to create their entries on wikipedia? Just curious. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:B988:8BEF:5DBE:59F6 (talk) 04:11, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

1. Yes - it is a common topic of discussion among teachers.
2. I don't do recent changes/new pages patrol these days, so I don't see it, but I am sure it happens. I have seen it a a bit from my students, although not much as they primarily do translations; but last semester we had some incidents of AI hallucinations being added to Wikivoyage (which is part of my Fall teaching). I am sure there are many more examples around the Wiki, but generally, AI hallucinations can be easily spotted.
3. I use it myself to polish the prose (at that level, AI is just a refined spellchecker...), craft DYK hooks, as well as article leads (of course, I proofread and fact check all AI output). All tools are good, if used responsibly.
4. See in case you haven't: Wikipedia:Artificial intelligence

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Sports fandom

On 17 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sports fandom, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that most sports fans are male, and class distinctions also influence which sports people follow? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sports fandom. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sports fandom), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Roco Kingdom

I improved Draft:Roco Kingdom (game) where I could. There is still a section about in-game characters maybe another editor in the future can review. The computer I use can no longer fully access the archived sources due to software incompatibility. Vacosea (talk) 00:26, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

@Vacosea Thanks, this is much appreciated! Could you find anything about reception of the franchise? Is there any reliable source saying these games/franchise/series are popular, important, etc.? I would also suggest adding translated title (English) to the references (using the translated title parameter - keeping the Chinese title but enhancing it with a translation en readers could understand). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:37, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy

On 19 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy features stories spanning two centuries of Polish literary tradition, exploring the theme of personification of evil? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

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Debby Kerner & Ernie Rettino

Given your look at Debby Kerner & Ernie Rettino, I would also suggest scoping out Hi-Tops (film). I still argue DK&ER are probably notable but I couldn't find much on the film. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:28, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

DYK for W leju po bombie

On 21 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article W leju po bombie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andrzej Sapkowski, the creator of The Witcher, described his short story W leju po bombie as the only one of his works that can be classified as science fiction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/W leju po bombie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, W leju po bombie), 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.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

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Polish assistance?

Hello Piotrus, looking through some old content of mine I found I wrote about A Wizard of Earthsea: "In 1984 it won the Złota Sepulka [pl] or the "Golden Sepulka" in Poland." The citations I had for this are poor, and I can't find better ones. Do you have insight into whether this is worth mentioning in an FA? If so, would you be willing to check for sourcing in Polish, just for that statement? Best, Vanamonde93 (talk) 00:18, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Vanamonde93 The award is notable, so I think it should be mentioned. A quick search (I am leaving home right now) yielded this seemingly RS: https://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_24425_kn_2023_146546 , seems to be in English even, and could be useful for something else, perhaps? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:03, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks! The book has so much published analysis that it might be difficult to work in elsewhere but I will have a look. Vanamonde93 (talk) 02:17, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Interestingly, it does post-date my writing of the FA, which would explain why I couldn't find it then. Vanamonde93 (talk) 02:20, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

FYI the Sepulka award is pretty niche. I still lean towards the view that FA on a book should list all awards, but I could see how for some it could be close to trivia. So it's your call. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:31, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Psychiatry Under the Influence

Hello! Funnily enough, I was tasked with finding a DOI for an article in one of my classes; which led me to your Psychiatry Under the Influence wiki page. To preface, I have never written or edited a wiki page so I don’t have the skill to edit a page properly. With this, I noticed that there is a small error within the citation referencing

Marecek, Jeanne (November 2016). "Robert Whitaker and Lisa Cosgrove, Psychiatry under the influence: Institutional corruption, social injury, and prescriptions for reform" [. Feminism & Psychology. 26 (4): 511-514. doi:10.1177/0959353516663966 . ISSN 0959-3535 C.

This error being, that the DOI links to a review of the source, not the actual source. And when I looked, it doesn’t appear that the referenced work has a DOI so it may cause some confusion. If you have a better solution than just removing it, feel free to let me know, as I am still learning about proper citation!

Thanks!

[ [User:Meowmiaoumeow|Meowmiaoumeow]] (talk) 16:17, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

@Meowmiaoumeow Perhaps I misunderstood your message, but I think this is as intended. As in, it was my intention to link to reviews of the book in question, because it is reviews (or other mentions of the topic - here, book - in independent sources) that can be used as a source. The book itself (which is the topic of the article) is a WP:PRIMARY source and it can be used at best to summarize contents. The article about a book has to be written from sources that talk about the book. See for example The Dark Domain which I am finishing right now, or non-fiction The Use and Abuse of History which I expanded recently.

Sidenotes:

• I think your sig code is broken
• funnily enough, I am a university lecturer who regularly assigns my students to edit Wikipedia. Kudos to you that you have done so by yourself (even if it is just to leave me a message about a potential error). I'd encourage you to try to edit Wiki yourself, it is fun for many of us here (like a video game... complete another article = get a unique achievement), and for me it certainly helped me develop professional skills in writing and collaboration that helped me become a professor :D Food for thought.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:04, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

To AfD

Hoax letter writers _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 05:48, 28 March 2025 (UTC)