User talk:No Swan So Fine/Archive 11

The article Tina Green you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tina Green for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 16:00, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Colin Powell (economist) 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 Legobot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 13:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

The article Tina Green you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tina Green for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

The article Colin Powell (economist) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Colin Powell (economist) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 14:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

A good article indeed. Philafrenzy (talk) 05:27, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Homage to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:13, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks very much for the image. I hate doing buildings articles without! Hope I’ve made good use of it and that you are keeping well. KJP1 (talk) 07:21, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

On 6 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Les Dés Sont Jetés, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when he saw the tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés, Jørn Utzon exclaimed: "See that? Ours will be better!"? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Les Dés Sont Jetés), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

looks like DYKUpdateBot never credited you for the second article in this hook! for your edification, then. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

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I thought you might like this. Sadly, a rather ‘forgotten thing’. KJP1 (talk) 22:47, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you today for The Tower House, introduced (in 2015): "This article is about a Grade I listed French Gothic Revival style turreted house in Kensington, London, which was built by William Burges, a master Victorian architect. Built between 1875 and 1881, it was the residence of Burges before his death, and he hosted numerous parties at the house. After a period of neglect in the 1960s, it was restored and was purchased in 1972 by Jimmy Page, who has owned it ever since. The house was a real labour of love for Burges and some of the intricate detail he put into it was a fine example of his prowess and talent, not only as an architect, but as a furniture maker and jewel craftsman. Page himself has commented that he's still finding new things in the design work even today, such is the attention to detail. This has been extensively researched by myself, KJP and Gareth and we believe we've written a highly comprehensive article on the subject which does it justice."! - I think you did, and like to see it on my day. - Which song would you give me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

I have waited a long time to get a shot of the Cerberus Privy! KJP1 (talk) 21:50, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello No Swan So Fine,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000^[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.^[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

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Hello, No Swan So Fine. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Earth Goddess (sculpture).
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Anyanwu (sculpture) 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 Legobot, on behalf of TLarish -- TLarish (talk) 20:41, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Hello No Swan So Fine,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

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I realize the first-time GA reviewer did not put the article on hold, so you might not be aware at all that there are comments awaiting your attention here. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:31, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi No Swan So Fine,

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Thank You-RFD (talk) 15:00, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi...sorry to trouble... are you able to adjust copy vio on this here] before I complete review. please? Whispyhistory (talk) 18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes - The majority of the copyvio is the direct inclusion of quotations and "National Portrait Gallery". No Swan So Fine (talk) 18:36, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks... promise to review nicely. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:37, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Can you expand the lead? Whispyhistory (talk) 18:39, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

And put in something about its relationship to the conversation piece genre. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:37, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I hope that No Swan So Fine doesn't get carried away with these additions. Philafrenzy (talk) 13:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm determined to keel over while writing about these eco-friendly Hanoverians when Old King George VII sends me my telegram. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:41, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

You can be buried next to him at Kensal Green. I will red-link you shortly. Philafrenzy (talk) 13:58, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Additions look good.... I did not understand some of this conversation but have enjoyed looking at the image. Whispyhistory (talk) 16:06, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Realise now I accidentally linked to some elderly walrus and not the intended lad himself. God save any future kings! No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:25, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

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Hi No Swan So Fine, just a reminder to check into Talk:Anyanwu (sculpture)/GA1! Best, CMD (talk) 01:39, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

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The article India Jane Birley you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:India Jane Birley for comments about the article, and Talk:India Jane Birley/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 01:42, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Morning Swan, hope you are well. I’ve been doing a bit on Queen Anne's Gate, second to Barton Street/Cowley Street, my favourite street in London. What it really needs is a good, bright panorama shot, ideally from the Petty France/ex. Nat Trust offices end down to The Two Chairmen. If you happen to wander that way on a sunny, crisp winter’s morning… All the best. KJP1 (talk) 10:34, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

In reference to your edit of Will Smith, Jada Pinkett did not play any role in G.I. Jane;^[1] rather, its lead character was played by Demi Moore, and it was she who shaved her head as part of the role. Pinkett shaved her head because she was suffering from the autoimmune disease alopecia areata, and so the comparison with G.I. Jane was in extremely poor taste. Martin Kealey (talk) 00:52, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

No Swan So Fine,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. See this for background context.
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Hello

I work at Europeana - https://www.europeana.eu. I thought you might like to know that we used one of your uploads here in a recent.

It was your photograph of the Horniman Museum and the blog is here: https://www.europeana.eu/blog/museums-of-the-year-in-europe-in-2022-and-2023

Many many thanks for uploading and sharing your photographs!

Best wishes,

Adrian Acediscovery (talk) 20:35, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for starting the article so quickly -- we need to move fast before the men in black arrive. I have nominated it at ITN where you have been credited as the creator. I'm not sure if editors get pinged with a notification when they are mentioned in this way. Did you get one? Andrew🐉(talk) 09:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

I didn't, but thank you very much. I'm just having a patriotic chow mein. It's almost as fascinating as an earlier rapid cut and paste job I did! No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:42, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

ITN is doing its usual jobsworth thing but I'm continuing to follow developments. I like this post from the US Naval Institute, "In 1945, the crew of USS New York spotted a sphere that they thought might be a Japanese balloon weapon. The captain ordered it shot down but none of the guns could score a hit. Finally, a navigator realized they were attacking Venus." Andrew🐉(talk) 15:43, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

There's a second balloon now and so I've re-opened the nomination at ITN to give it a second wind... Andrew🐉(talk) 14:01, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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Thankyou for your appreciation of the article Diorama Arts Cooperative. Friends of mine had a fashion company called Slag there from 1984 until the end, so there is a personal involvement. Contacting people who were there in 1976 has been something to remember, as Larry Butler got married there and his first son was born there.

I only used to visit occasionally as I live outside London but it certainly left an impression on me. Various coincidences came to light while researching the article, including one where Jon Keliehor played at a 'faerie fair' in Lyng, Norfolk in 1981 which I was also at that year (aged 15). It was a non-electric fair which suited Jon and his percussion ensemble. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:18, 24 March 2023 (UTC) http://fairsarchive.org/the-fairs/lyng-fair-1981

Very impressive research and social history, I really enjoyed reading it. I was on Peto Place yesterday and intrigued by the architecture. The synchronicity of Wikipedia when I am deep into research constantly delights me as well. No Swan So Fine (talk) 17:23, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

I have a lot more info in emails that can't be cited though. I've put some of Larry's email content on the article's talk page and mentioned Matchbox Theatre and Playspace. Stories like when the Co-op was founded in '76, there was a ceremony named something like "the musicians' welcome". The building had been part of Bedford College Geography dept and all their stuff was left there which the Co-op had to clear out. All the soil samples from around the world were made into a rooftop garden! It was never a squat with Larry being the official caretaker and various therapists working there.I should mention actor Martin Burrows more who became the director when the Co-op was formalised; he was the interface between them and the Crown Estate. I could go on... Richard Nowell (talk) 10:18, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Quick facts Eight years! ...

Precious

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Thanks for adding a statue of my great-great-grandfather. Perhaps I ought to see if I can get enough info for a page on him, as founder of the International Bible Reading Association. 2A00:23C8:1800:8E01:F4EF:5D11:FB39:AC5E (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

I've had a go here. No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:54, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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The article 2023 Wimbledon school incident has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Great British Nuclear. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

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Hi there, I noticed you undid the request for speedy deletion of Great British Nuclear. GBN is the new trading name for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd - you are correct that they have different identities but they are legally the same identity. You can find out more on their website, look at the bottom.

I've requested the BNFL article be moved to GBN, and in the meantime GBN should be deleted. Maybe put future edits on the BNFL page for now?

Thanks! Dreichh (talk) 11:37, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

• Hmmmmmm...Thanks for noticing this! Yes - that sounds like an elegant solution. Is this a re-branding? As long as we clearly delineate the history of BNFL pre GBN it will look good. No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:41, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

  Yeah, looks like they couldn't be bothered with making a new company and just used BNFL instead. Bit odd, but there we are. Dreichh (talk) 11:48, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

  Unbelievable. And to think they did it during this week of heightened nuclear tension. Insane. No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:58, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Tremendous work on Nobel Prize medal; the kind of page that makes me proud to be a Wikipedian jengod (talk) 06:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Jengod:, I never think anyone notices my pages! The two lists were great fun to research. No Swan So Fine (talk) 12:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi No Swan So Fine! I saw your contribution on Rubinstein Bagels's Afd recently. Might you help and check another one? There's here. Many thanks, gretuful to be part of community! Paranoya23 (talk) 07:57, 24 July 2023 (UTC) Paranoya23 (talk) 09:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC) Hi No Swan So Fine! May you vote for Keep? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paranoya23 (talk • contribs) 10:11, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi No Swan So Fine! I've finished adding all the works covered in Philip Ward-Jackson's Public Sculpture of the City of London (2003) to the list of public art in the City of London. I count 88 missing items missing an image (out of a total of 390). Does anything there capture your imagination? Note especially the Grade I listed buildings whose architectural sculpture isn't all illustrated yet: St Paul's Cathedral, Mansion House, the Bank of England and Gibson Hall. Best, Ham II (talk) 08:52, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

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Slightly belated, but thanks for creating that. I've just taken Swiss Cottage Library to GA and am DYK'ing it so hopefully it gets some more attention :) Lovely photos: unfortunately I only noticed the article after my trip to the archives, I might be able to get some content for next time (I recall the Ham & High having a quote). – Isochrone (T) 23:16, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you @Isochrone:! I was impressed by your research on the library, and was quite amazed I managed to find what I did through Google Books. It really has been shoved around the site, but it was in a fantastic condition. No Swan So Fine (talk) 07:49, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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indeed to follow the previous tagging... indeed JarrahTree 12:14, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

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How did we not have Monkton House, West Dean before? It’s very rough and ready, if you’ve any time. KJP1 (talk) 09:04, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the contributions. It is now looking much better. You know there’s an FA in there!!! KJP1 (talk) 15:37, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@KJP1:! What's next for our obscure listed house hit squad? My research fingers are itching! No Swan So Fine (talk) 14:13, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, I have to say that our combined efforts make the Historic England listing look rather paltry. It is fun to go digging. I shall ponder. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 14:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Here's my contribution for today, Sabrina Fountain. KJP1 (talk) 12:28, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Quick facts my story today ...

October songs

my story today

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And, unwittingly, I've used another of your images, here, All Saints Cottage, Canterbury. My partner went to the dance school in that building, a long time ago. KJP1 (talk) 07:36, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks @KJP1:! There really is too much beauty on this earth. I recall walking down that street to 'knock off a few more red pins' before repairing to the nearby Dolphin with my partner, and then another road another sky... (cue "I Stayed Too Long At The Fair" by Barbra Streisand) No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:54, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hello! You are always so generous with your Thank Yous - thanks! This page is dedicated to you! (Have you heard the album?) Best wishes, Helen Puffer Thwait (talk) 21:18, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, did you need extra time for this and the other GA review? APK hi :-) (talk) 07:47, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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