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ITN recognition for Bélgica Castro

On 9 March 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bélgica Castro, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:14, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Thangata - Landeg White

On 27th March you made a number of edits linking references to Landeg White's book on Magomero to Google Books. However, firstly, the majority of the pages references are to parts of that book that are not shown in the Google Books version and, secondly, the relevant part of the article was not written by retrieving it on 27th March 2020. I have therefore removed the reference to Google Books and retrieval on 27th March

By the same logic, the claim that numerous JStor articles were retrieved on 27th March could well be spurious, but as it is not demonstrably so, I would ask whether you actually retrieved and examined all these on that date. If not, the date is spurious and ripe for removal.

Sscoulsdon (talk) 14:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

@Sscoulsdon: All of the Google Books links you removed were and are still accessible to me. I do have JSTOR access. Nick Number (talk) 14:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Dear Nick,

As I understand Wikipedia's WP:CITE, the in-line citation should relate to the source from which the part of the article was prepared at the time it was prepared. Most of the edits I made were from three actual books (White, Pike and McCracken) that I owned and still own, and at a time when I had access to the SOAS library, and I'm fairly sure at least some of the papers such as Kandaŵire, Ng'ong'ola, and McCracken's 1984 paper were ones I read there rather than via JStor. You may say it doesn't matter, but (as I said above) the majority of the pages references are to parts of White's book that don't appear in the Google Books, and I think this applies to a minority of the McCracken references, so anyone trying to establish use those links will not find them in Google Books as the relevant pages aren't displayed there.

Another point is that WP:CITE says to only state the date the web page was retrieved if the publication date is unknown, so it's not necessary for journal articles. I see that on 25th April Citation Bot (not me) removed a number of these relating to JStor.

I realise that you must have put a significant amount of work into the references, but as the section now stands (mainly your work, but adjusted by Citation Bot and me) it meets the WP:CITE criteria.

Regards,

Sscoulsdon (talk) 14:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

@Sscoulsdon: Yes, I do say it doesn't matter, unless for some reason the edition on Google Books or JSTOR differs from the paper copy to such a degree that it no longer supports the facts cited in the article. Is that the case here? If not, having a link to some of the pages is much more useful to the reader than no link at all.

As you're referencing WP:CITE, see its Linking to Google Books pages section. It unambiguously states,

No editor is required to add page links, but if another editor adds them, they should not be removed without cause

Also, per Template:Cite book, the access-date parameter isn't required for links to published books, but it is also not discouraged. I don't particularly care if they get removed, but it doesn't seem like a very productive use of time. Nick Number (talk) 04:12, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Dear Nick,

I'm sorry that you aren't able to agree, but referring your own statement "...unless for some reason the edition on Google Books or JSTOR differs...", there is a very obvious difference where the Google Books version doesn't display the page referred to in the in-line citation. Perhaps your misunderstanding is because your starting point appears to be links to the whole book, and mine is in-line citations to specific passages. Many editors would choose to put links to books separately from in-line citations, and had you done so there would be no disagreement.

As to what's the best use of time, you obviously thought it worth your time to modify what were adequate in-line citations and in any event most of the removals were done automatically by a bot.

Sscoulsdon (talk) 05:34, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@Sscoulsdon: Ok, I still don't understand your point, so let's look at several of the instances where I added Google Books and JSTOR links:

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White 87–88 Before: <ref>L White, (1987). Magomero: Portrait of an African Village, Cambridge University Press pp. 87-8, {{ISBN|0-521-32182-4}}.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-y01f6nH1sgC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87 |first=Landeg |last=White |year=1987 |title=Magomero: Portrait of an African Village |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=87–88 |isbn=0-521-32182-4 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Link: points to page 87 on Google Books, and page 88 is also viewable. Effect of change: users without access to the physical book can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Kandaŵire 185–186 Before: <ref>J. A. K. Kandaŵire, (1977). Thangata in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Systems of Land Tenure in Southern Malaŵi, with Special Reference to Chingale, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 185-6.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158737 |first=J. A. K. |last=Kandaŵire |year=1977 |title=Thangata in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Systems of Land Tenure in Southern Malaŵi, with Special Reference to Chingale |journal=[[Africa (journal)|Africa: Journal of the International African Institute]] |volume=47 |number=2 |pages=185–186 |doi=10.2307/1158737 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 185 on JSTOR, and page 186 is also viewable (both paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Newbury 97, 107–108 Before: <ref>C Newbury, (1980). Ubureetwa and Thangata: Catalysts to Peasant Political Consciousness in Rwanda and Malawi, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol.14, No. 1 (1980), pp. 97, 107-8.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/484280 |first=M. Catharine |last=Newbury |year=1980 |title=Ubureetwa and Thangata: Catalysts to Peasant Political Consciousness in Rwanda and Malawi |journal=[[Canadian Journal of African Studies]] |volume=14 |number=1 |pages=97, 107–108 |doi=10.2307/484280 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 97 on JSTOR. Pages 107 and 108 are also viewable (all paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Kandaŵire 185, 187 Before: <ref>J. A. K. Kandaŵire, (1977). Thangata in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Systems of Land Tenure in Southern Malaŵi, pp. 185, 187.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158737 |first=J. A. K. |last=Kandaŵire |year=1977 |title=Thangata in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Systems of Land Tenure in Southern Malaŵi, with Special Reference to Chingale |journal=[[Africa (journal)|Africa: Journal of the International African Institute]] |volume=47 |number=2 |pages=185, 187 |doi=10.2307/1158737 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 185 on JSTOR. Page 187 is also viewable (both paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. White 79–81, 86–89 Before: <ref>L White, (1987). Magomero: Portrait of an African Village, Cambridge University Press pp. 79-81, 86-9.</ref> After: <ref name="Magomero 79–81, 86–89">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-y01f6nH1sgC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79 |first=Landeg |last=White |year=1987 |title=Magomero: Portrait of an African Village |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=79–81, 86–89 |isbn=0-521-32182-4 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Link: points to page 79 on Google Books. Pages 80, 81, and 86–89 are also viewable. Effect of change: users without access to the physical book can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Ng'ong'ola 37 Before: <ref>C Ng'ong'ola, (1990). The State, Settlers, and Indigenes in the Evolution of Land Law and Policy in Colonial Malawi, p. 37.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/219980 |first=Clement |last=Ng'ong'ola |year=1990 |title=The State, Settlers, and Indigenes in the Evolution of Land Law and Policy in Colonial Malawi |journal=[[International Journal of African Historical Studies]] |page=37 |doi=10.2307/219980 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 27 on JSTOR. Page 37 is also viewable. Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Newbury 107–109 Before: <ref>C Newbury, (1980). Ubureetwa and Thangata, pp. 107-9.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/484280 |first=M. Catharine |last=Newbury |year=1980 |title=Ubureetwa and Thangata: Catalysts to Peasant Political Consciousness in Rwanda and Malawi |journal=[[Canadian Journal of African Studies]] |volume=14 |number=1 |pages=107–109 |doi=10.2307/484280 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 97 on JSTOR. Pages 107–109 are also viewable (all paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. White 105, 117, 194 Before: <ref>L White, (1987). Magomero: Portrait of an African Village, pp. 105, 117, 194.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-y01f6nH1sgC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105 |first=Landeg |last=White |year=1987 |title=Magomero: Portrait of an African Village |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=105, 117, 194 |isbn=0-521-32182-4 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Link: points to page 105 on Google Books. Pages 117 and 194 are not viewable. Effect of change: users without access to the physical book can now read one third of the information rather than none of it. Ng'ong'ola 39 Before: <ref>C Ng'ong'ola, (1990). The State, Settlers, and Indigenes in the Evolution of Land Law and Policy in Colonial Malawi, p. 39.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/219980 |first=Clement |last=Ng'ong'ola |year=1990 |title=The State, Settlers, and Indigenes in the Evolution of Land Law and Policy in Colonial Malawi |journal=[[International Journal of African Historical Studies]] |page=39 |doi=10.2307/219980 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 27 on JSTOR. Page 39 is also viewable (both paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it. Baker 15–16, 19–20, 25 Before: <ref>C. A. Baker (1962) Nyasaland, The History of its Export Trade, The Nyasaland Journal, Vol. 15, No.1, pp. 15-16, 19-20, 25.</ref> After: <ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29545910 |first=C. A. |last=Baker |date=January 1962 |title=Nyasaland, The History of its Export Trade |journal=The Nyasaland Journal |publisher=[[Society of Malawi, Historical and Scientific]] |volume=15 |number=1 |pages=15–16, 19–20, 25 |access-date=2020-03-27 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Link: points to page 7 on JSTOR. Pages 15, 16, 19, 20, and 25 are also viewable (all paywalled). Effect of change: users without access to the physical journal but with a JSTOR account can now read all of the information rather than none of it.

I've enumerated the benefits of each of those. Please explain the detriments. Or those of any of the other Google Books or JSTOR links.

Jnv

What ur real name ? Are you from jnv Bhaskar mani 786 (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

To answer your second question, no. Nick Number (talk) 15:22, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Dolores Redondo

Thanks for reverting my edit to Dolores Redondo. Apparently I edited some old version of the article, because all I wanted to do was remove "th" from "December 10th", which of course would have been in perfect accordance with MOS:DATEFORMAT, but somehow I did all kinds of other things. Again, likely because I edited an old version of the page. Debresser (talk) 00:40, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

@Debresser: Ok, no worries. Nick Number (talk) 00:41, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Guglielmo Rapinett

Nice catch; note there is a Contributor copyright investigation open on the creator at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Contaldo80. I wasn't sure if they had copied from books, but the g12 unfortunately seems to confirm it. If you have access to that book, assisting in the investigation (where I'm pretty sure it's cited several times) would be useful. Thanks, Moneytrees🌴^{Talk🌲Help out at CCI!} 01:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

@Moneytrees: Thanks. No, I only have the same Google Books access as everyone else. I did take a look through some of that user's other created articles and only found one clear-cut copyvio - the original revision of Peter de Rome was lifted directly from IMDb. I've requested revdel for that and the one subsequent edit before someone else rewrote it completely. Ah, I see they were just taken care of. Nick Number (talk) 01:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

MOS:HEADINGS and WP:DONOTFIXIT

(Oookay. An edit summary not mentioning every single insignificant change isn't a rationale to revert. But fine. Made section spacing uniform, consistent with MOS:SECTION - either put them all in or take them all out. Bypassed redirect. Please state actual reasoning if reverting.)

See also Wikipedia talk:Typo Team#Why removing spaces in section headings and blank lines after them?
William Allen Simpson (talk) 01:58, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Manikpur, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

I have wrote a draft on it as you said me please review it and add it on the main page Yograv01 (talk) 07:08, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Added links that are needed for a village to get identified Yograv01 (talk) 06:15, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

@Yograv01: Unless I'm missing something, neither of the links you've included mentions Manikpur. Can you supply any links to reliable sources specifically about this community? Nick Number (talk) 16:22, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

@Nick Number: today I have joined a news cutting from hindustan news paper for that has the name of manikpur , muzaffarpur Yograv01 (talk) 04:44, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

@Yograv01: Ok. I can't read Hindi, and Google Translate isn't doing a great job with it. Can you sum up what it says about the village?

Also, I'm not familiar with this newspaper's licensing, but it's likely that your image will be deleted from Commons on copyright grounds. Rather than embedding an image of the story, it would be better to reference it with the Cite news template, for instance:

Facts supported by the newspaper article here.<ref>{{Cite news |title=कहानी का शीर्षक |trans-title=Title of the Story |newspaper=Newspaper Name |page=7 |date=2020-09-12}}</ref>

Nick it is written on the news paper cutting that J.P.Nadda is coming to manikpur village in muzaffarpur on 12.09.2020 and nick can I ask you for a favour? Yograv01 (talk) 05:30, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

J. P. Nadda Yograv01 (talk) 05:31, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

@Yograv01: Ok. What's the English name of the newspaper and the title of the story in Hindi and/or English? Nick Number (talk) 05:34, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

https://m.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-bjp-national-president-jp-nadda-will-communicate-with-farmers-today-with-social-distancing-in-manikpur-3484952.html this is the link Yograv01 (talk) 05:36, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

News paper name :- hindustan And tittle = BJP National President JP Nadda will communicate with farmers today with social distancing in Manikpur Yograv01 (talk) 05:38, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Hindustan Yograv01 (talk) 05:57, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Is a news paper also called Hindustan Yograv01 (talk) 05:58, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Link to this news paper wiki page is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_(newspaper) Yograv01 (talk) 05:59, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

@Yograv01: I added the reference to the article, removed some statements which didn't have references, and moved it to article space. If you'd like to add material about living persons such as Kodai Prasad Singh, those statements will need to be accompanied by references to reliable sources. Nick Number (talk) 06:14, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much brother for your support Glad that I talked you Yograv01 (talk) 06:16, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm glad I could help. Nick Number (talk) 06:17, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Dolores Cabrera y Heredia

I am going to nominate Dolores Cabrera y Heredia for DYK. Can you please review that the text is verified by the sources? --evrik ^(talk) 02:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Evrik: Yes, I verify all references before adding them. Nick Number (talk) 02:42, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

• Other authors may disagree. --evrik ^(talk) 03:10, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Opinions vary. Nick Number (talk) 03:16, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Movie synopsis

i have a question and its concerning the movie lost in time (2019 film). I took the synopsis apart from a website as i assume all movies has a standard synopsis. Was this what i did wrong? Do i have to write my own synopsis? i am asking so i do not repeat the same mistake and know how to fix the current one. i will forward to your reply. Obiorah Precious Oby (talk) 00:33, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

@Obiorah Precious Oby: Yes, the plot synopsis should be written in your own words. The site you took the text from is copyrighted. It's best to assume anything published after 1924 is, unless it states otherwise. You can use sources like that for information, but can't copy them directly. You may want to look at the Manual of Style entry on plot summaries of individual works. Nick Number (talk) 01:43, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. i now understand better. i will check out link you added. Obiorah Precious Oby (talk) 12:30, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

I have edited the page Lost in Time (2019 film) synopsis. I hope it's better now. Please let me know if it's okay now. Thank you Obiorah Precious Oby (talk) 17:48, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

@Obiorah Precious Oby: Yes, that is a huge improvement. I did make a few small changes to the wording, and unlinked English and Swahili in the infobox, as the template documention states "most major languages should generally not be linked". Thank you for making this revision, as well as for creating the article in the first place, and please let me know if you have any questions going forward. Nick Number (talk) 19:37, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Noted! Thank you for being so helpful. I will definitely let you know if i have any questions. Obiorah Precious Oby (talk) 19:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for tidying up links to The Century. Yesterday I left tabs open to fix today but you've done it already. Regards, Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 06:52, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Anytime. Nick Number (talk) 15:29, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Joseph Benwell Clark

Thanks for adding the Authority Control template and other improvements at Joseph Benwell Clark. In the template, as displayed on the page, the WorldCat identities link goes to the wrong Joseph Clark. Who can I ask to fix that, please? Moonraker (talk) 05:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Moonraker: Glad to help. The WorldCat identifier is stored in the WikiData entry, which I believe is populated automatically by VIAF, but I think it can be manually changed. Nick Number (talk) 05:20, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Oh, and also, requests for corrections in the records themselves can be submitted to bibchange@oclc.org. They're generally a bit overloaded and slow to respond, but they have nicely fixed a few things when I've asked. Nick Number (talk) 05:24, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks, I’ll get onto that. Moonraker (talk) 05:28, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Translations

Good afternoon Nick,

I am looking for an expert in translation to help me out translating these two articles from Wikipedia Spanish into English. I tried to translate them but wiki says that I don't have enough experience to translate them yet. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Miranda https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Cardona I was checking and you're widely known for your translations. Would you be able to help or should create articles from scratch? Any advise on how to become a translator like you in the future? --Enciclopedista100 (talk) 17:12, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Enciclopedista100: Hello and thank you for the flattery. I may be widely known by as many as ten people. Anyway, the main steps to my process are:

1. Run a chunk of the other-language Wikipedia article through a machine translator. I've mostly used Google Translate, but some people have been getting good results with DeepL recently.
2. Open all of the wikilinks from that part of the other-language article, and create English equivalents. For any which don't have English articles yet, create interlanguage links.
3. Go through the machine-translated text and convert it to human-readable English. The amount of work this requires can vary a lot.
4. Repeat the previous steps for the rest of the article.
5. Add and fill in an Infobox template, e.g. Infobox person, at the top of the translation.
6. Open each of the references. Verify that they are reliable sources, and that they do support facts in the text. If so, add them to the translated article using the appropriate Cite template. Add Wayback Machine or archive.today URLs as necessary for dead links. Optionally, fill in the trans-title parameter.
7. If any references aren't available, or if there are potentially contentious facts which remain unreferenced, look up new sources for them. Google and Google Books are usually the best starting points. Some newspapers like ABC have extensive online archives.
8. Add a References section, and External links if necessary. Below that, for biographies, put {{Authority control}} and {{DEFAULTSORT}} templates.
9. Open all of the categories from the other-language article, and add their English equivalents to the bottom of the translated article. If doing this in Draft or Userspace, be sure to wrap them in a Draft categories template.
10. Once the translated article is ready, publish or move it into mainspace. Per WP:TFOLWP, link the original in the first edit summary.
11. Link it to its Wikidata entry. The easiest way is to click "Add links" under the Languages heading on the left.
12. Create the Talk page, including a {{Translated page}} template and, optionally, ones for pertinent WikiProjects.

This may not be the best approach for everyone, but it has worked well for me.

Also, it looks like there is already an English article for Miriam Miranda and an active draft for Angelo Cardona, but there are many other good candidates for translation. Feel free to use my curated redlist for some suggestions. Nick Number (talk) 19:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Lovely! Thank you for the advise, much appreaciated. I will definitely take a look to your curated redlist! --Enciclopedista100 (talk) 20:44, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

WP:INTDAB

I thank you for informing me of this, and I apologize for ignorantly reverting your edit. Vincent J. Lipsio (talk) 19:26, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

@Lipsio: No worries. The format is a little quirky, but it does work well for identifying intentional dablinks.
Please feel free to join the Monthly Disambiguation Challenge. The leaderboard resets on Sunday, and new dabs with the most incoming links will be posted. Nick Number (talk) 19:40, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
		The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to the winners of the Disambiguation pages with links monthly challenge, who have gone above and beyond to remove ambiguous links. Your achievement will be recorded at the Hall of Fame. This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3814 links in the challenge of October 2020.

Five editors in four figures did some serious damage to WP:TDD#Table 1 Column 2. Narky Blert (talk) 09:30, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Dolores Cabrera y Heredia

On 3 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dolores Cabrera y Heredia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dolores Cabrera y Heredia, a Spanish Romantic poet and novelist, was a prominent member of Hermandad Lírica (Lyrical Sisterhood)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dolores Cabrera y Heredia. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dolores Cabrera y Heredia), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mohammad Aamer (disambiguation)

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@Shhhnotsoloud: No objection. When this redirect was created, it pointed to a dab for five cricketers. Four of those articles have since been deleted, rendering it unnecessary. Nick Number (talk) 14:20, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Re. your rather severe edit of Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections:_An_Investigation_into_Organized_Crime_in_Canada

Nick,

I did not want to do/write these corrections to the original entry but I had been asked to on numerous occasions as I possessed the archives and the television programs had covered a new genre of investigative television production, had caused quite a stir in Canada and elsewhere etc at the time. As they were made before the advent of the internet the newspaper comment is either not on the internet or certainly not easily available. I was and am in possession of the archives and newspaper cuttings supplied by the cutting services to which Norfolk subscribed covering all the newspaper headlines, reports, cartoons, editorials and reviews as well as the proceedings in Canada's House of Commons regarding the programs. I am the sole repository of these as my then company was involved.

My company, wholly owned by me, had acquired the copyright to the book Making Connections by Wade Rowland. Gage Publishing and Rowland had all financial benefits from the sales but we acquired the copyright prior to publication to protect our research which we wholly owned. The book Canadian Cataloguing ISBN 0-7715-9442-9 clearly states Copyright © Norfolk Communications Ltd., 1979. When I retired some years ago and wound up my Norfolk production group of companies I allowed the book copyright to become public domain.

I apologise for the delay in responding to your large edit but I had Covid-19 and then Long Covid and I am 83. As you will note I did not include any of the numerous praiseworthy reviews (such as in just about all major Canadian newspapers, two rave reviews in Variety, the US film and television publication, or laudatory editorials and such maters as it being listed in the Canadian Book of Lists under 'The Ten All-Time Best Television program Ever Produced in Canada' as the number 3. compiled by Jack Miller, Television Critic, The Toronto Star. I as an award winning journalist myself simply quoted without editing from the book Making Connections to let the book describe for contemporary audiences what the series was about, the reaction and the list of on air credits of all those involved as these could be checked from the book as I possess the films transcripts etc. (the programs were made on film and transferred to video tape for broadcast). I think this is an important piece of broadcast history.

As I reluctantly put quite a bit of work into this last year going through the numerous books of cuttings etc. I would like the edits to be restored if you would be so good but I am not up to doing it again. By all means edit the book entries (for instance the prologue is inserted without editing by me but Rowlands' at the end "I am especially indebted to ... etc." should be edited out because it is irrelevant but I was purposely not editing it so as to eliminate anything but direct facts or any conflict.

Again apologies that I have not been up to replying earlier.William Macadam (talk) 17:03, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@William Macadam: Hello. I'm sorry to hear of your illness. It must have been a very difficult year.

Regarding the article, there are a couple of key issues. The first is the copyright status of the book. As I mentioned in my edit summary, copyright.com states, "Rightsholder: ACCESS COPYRIGHT, THE CANADIAN COPYRIGHT AGENCY". I am not well-versed in Canadian copyright law, but is there some easily accessible evidence of your claim that the book is public domain?

The second is that, while I have no disputes about the quality or value of the information, a Wikipedia article is not the correct venue for large amounts of text from another work. Per the relevant guideline, "In Wikipedia articles, quotes of any original texts being discussed should be relevant to the discussion (or illustrative of style) and should be kept to an appropriate length."

I'm going to consult some Wikipedians more familiar with these issues, but I suspect the best course would be for you to pursue uploading the entire text to Wikisource. Nick Number (talk) 06:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@William Macadam: I've been advised that if you think it would be useful to include text from the book in the article, you should go through the procedure to donate copyrighted materials, sending a declaration of consent to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, along with whatever evidence you can provide of the book's copyright status. However, after doing that, my second point would still apply – the text should be quoted selectively in the article to illustrate a concise summary written in encyclopedic prose. If your goal is to make the entire book freely available, Wikisource would probably be the best choice. Nick Number (talk) 17:41, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Fixing my changes to ISC DAB page

I just wanted to thank you for correcting the changes I made to ISC. My apologies for misunderstanding - or rather, misapplying - the guidance in MOS:DABONE. I did try to look up the way it should be done, but didn't read far enough down the page, so feel a bit silly. Very glad you noticed it, fixed it, and, since you put the relevant link to MOS:DABRL, I learned, and now know better! With thanks 49.177.30.125 (talk) 08:52, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Editor (disambiguation)

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Go for it. Nick Number (talk) 17:09, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Ana Acosta

Hi there, Nick. Thanks for getting off to a good start on the WiR Latina contest. I see that Ana Acosta is still a bit too short with only c. 125 words of running text. As lists do not count as running text, perhaps you can adapt them or at least include intros. The others you have added look fine. Keep up the good work!--Ipigott (talk) 07:38, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Badge and barnstar for You!

July second place: Women in Latin America: WiR Women in Latin America contest, 2021

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	27 articles Nick Number Second Place July 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:37, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Badge and barnstar for you!

August second place: Women in Latin America: WiR Women in Latin America contest, 2021

	Women in Red Women in Latin America contest
	38 articles Nick Number Second Place August 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Sadia Sadia

Hello. I am the subject of a page [[1]][[2]] and recently subject to an AfD discussion. I found you in the 'history' section of the page. I was wondering if I might get your guidance - a couple of editors have helped me but I don't want to burden anyone uncountably!

My academic history has disappeared from my page. I've been told that references need to link to a page that confirms the information provided. How does that work for academic titles? I've searched wiki to no avail. Everyone from Jill Biden [[3]] to my occasional editor Claus Christian Carbon's [[4]] academic credits link to the institution.

Before I put it in the edit request queue, is this right?

Sadia received her MSc in Political Science and Economics (Gender, Culture and Society) from Birkbeck, University of London (UK)[[5]] in 1994, MA in Design Studies from Central St Martins, University of the Arts (UK)[[6]] in 2001, and PhD in Fine Art [[7]][] from RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 2019. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts [[8]][].

Thanks! GreenForestRanger (talk) 09:45, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

References

@GreenForestRanger: Hello. Those references look sufficient to me. I would format the paragraph like this:

Sadia received her MSc in Political Science and Economics (Gender, Culture and Society) from [[Birkbeck, University of London]] in 1994, MA in Design Studies from [[Central Saint Martins]], University of the Arts in 2001, and PhD in Fine Art from the [[RMIT University|Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite thesis |url=https://researchrepository.rmit.edu.au/esploro/outputs/9921864022801341 |title=The sacred ground: enhancing and constructing the transcendent state in the immersive installation environment |first=Sadia |last=Sadia |publisher=[[RMIT University]] |year=2019 |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> She is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/find-a-fellow/profile/148527 |title=Sadia Sadia |publisher=[[Royal Society of Arts]] |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref>

Thank you GreenForestRanger (talk) 07:26, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

a barnstar for you!

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	Nick Number Thank you for your additions September 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:22, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Second place - Women in Red Women in Latin America contest

2nd Place: Women in Latin America: WiR Women in Latin America contest, 2021

results table Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:02, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Compton Police Department

I've never seen an article with so many typos, format errors, and cite errors as Compton Police Department. All those newspaper cites with no titles were especially problematical. Thanks for working your script magic on it. GA-RT-22 (talk) 23:18, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

@GA-RT-22: No scripting involved, but thanks. It was quite a bit of work. Nick Number (talk) 23:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Rose Lee Maphis

On 18 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rose Lee Maphis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rose Lee Maphis and her husband Joe Maphis, known as Mr. and Mrs. Country Music, helped develop the Bakersfield sound? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rose Lee Maphis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rose Lee Maphis), 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.

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DYK for Adolph Schoeninger

On 31 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Adolph Schoeninger, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Adolph Schoeninger faced financial ruin three times before becoming one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Adolph Schoeninger. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Adolph Schoeninger), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 31 December 2021 (UTC)