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Persian Gulf naming dispute

Hello - hope you're enjoying your holiday. I've reverted a number of edits at Persian Gulf naming dispute to restore the article to a state before vandalism. Unfortunately that means your edit here has been reverted for which I apologise, and hope you can reapply your work. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 05:20, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for letting me know. I have reapplied the date fixes to the latest version of the article. Keith D (talk) 10:49, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Spencer Matthews

Another "Yorkshire-ish" page for you to please check RE my recent edits. I think that ref 14 - the book which is the same as ref number 1 - should have an IBSN number. Thanks as usual.

Tech News: 2017-19

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  • When you edit you can switch between the visual editor and the wikitext editor. This works if the wiki you edit has the visual editor. The menu will now say Visual editing and Source editing instead of Switch to visual editing and Switch to code editing. This is because it was confusing when the menu said you could switch to the editor you were already using. [3]
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02:25, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

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22:08, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Abu Eesa Niamatullah

Hello! I am notifying interested projects and editors that I've listed Abu Eesa Niamatullah for discussion at AfD, and you were listed on the revision history page.

I invite you to contribute to the discussion. Mujaddouda (talk) 23:35, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Lupton family

Please check my recent additions if you are able. Thanks as always Teddy

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Updated maps

Hi Keith; hope the time away has been good. Don't know is this is an issue or not but all the maps for Yorkshire are out of date, specifically they should have a blue line running up them to show that the A1(M) will be fully open this summer (some parts are already being used). I am assuming the maps are transcluded, but I don't know if this is an issue or not, or indeed to whom I should be reporting it to. See Settle for an example. Thanks Keith and regards. The joy of all things (talk) 22:10, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, had a good break but will take me some time to catch up. Thinking about it the East Riding of Yorkshire maps are also out of date as the B1244 was reclassified as A1035 in 2013, there is also a new Beverley northern by-pass that opened earlier this year which is missing from the maps but that is not on the OS maps as yet. Nilfanion (talk · contribs) created the maps from the OS OpenData information may be you could ask them to see if an update can be done. Keith D (talk) 19:59, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

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  • You can see new files on Special:NewFiles. You can now pick which dates you want to see files from. [21]
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  • New users on Wikivoyages and Wikipedias (except French, English and German) now get a notification when a page they created is connected to Wikidata. Other wikis will get it 13 June. [24]

Problems

  • The MediaWiki version from two weeks ago was rolled back. It was fixed late last week. Changes that were planned to go out last week did not happen. [25]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia wikis can show fewer links to articles in other languages. This is to make it easier to find the languages likely to be useful to the reader or editor. Everyone can still click to see the full list. Logged-in users who use the compact language links will see languages they have in their Babel box on their user page in the first, shorter list. You can turn the compact language list off or on in your preferences. [26]
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19:04, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Please Keith can you replace the photo file that was removed 5 edits ago by the editor esmgee. This is an important and very popular article with strong Yorkshire references. Thanks as usual. Ted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.182.69.169 (talk) 12:37, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

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  • When you search on Wikipedia you can now find pages on other Wikimedia projects that could be relevant. You see them next to the search results. [34]

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  • Wikimedia wikis use OCG to create PDFs. The OCG code has a lot of problems and will stop working. It has to be replaced. An alternative is Electron. You can tell the developers what you need the PDF service to be able to do. Electron now works on all Wikimedia projects. [36]
  • Administrators can soon search for deleted page titles and find results that are similar to what they searched for. Today the search only finds pages that are exactly the same as what you search for. This is to make it easier to find pages when you don't know the exact title. Administrators on Arabic, Catalan, English, Persian, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian Wikipedia and on mediawiki.org can test this by adding &fuzzy=1 to the end of the web address when looking at Special:Undelete. [37][38]

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15:29, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Dieumerci Mbokani

Hi!

Mbokani isn't a player of Olympiacos F.C. yet. According to Greek media he's on a plane to Greece in order to discuss his transfer to the club. Because of this various IP's and some users adding him to the club or even changing his stats. Pavlos1988 (talk) 18:44, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-25

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  • ORES had some problems on 13 June between 16:00 and 19:40 UTC. It has now been fixed. [39]

Changes this week

  • irc.wikimedia.org has to be rebooted. This will probably happen on 21 June. It may be postponed. Some tools use this to get the recent changes feed. They will not work when it is down. [40]
  • Special:PageData will be an entry point for machine-readable page data. [41]
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15:44, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm confused

Removing a G12 because it's been previously prodded? Also, FWIW, I went back on my own A7, because I figured I would give someone else the chance to look at it, who might be more "hip" and know whether it could be saved. TimothyJosephWood 17:53, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

It looked as though there had been a previous speedy deletion of A7 and as there is supposed to only be a single speedy on an article I removed the subsequent tag. Keith D (talk) 17:56, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Keith D What do you mean one single speedy on an article? An article can and should be tagged with multiple criteria if it fits and while I'm not contesting a non-deletion on a 50% copyvio, I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Articles can and are speedied repeatedly. It's one of many reasons we have {{salt}}.CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:00, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
(edit conflict)I... I'm pretty sure you're confusing PROD and CSD. An article can be tagged for as many CSD criteria as it's eligible for. And even if A7 had been declined (instead of me really just "passing" by removing my own tag after having second thoughts), having an A7 declined doesn't really reflect on whether it's eligible for other criteria, and definitely not one with legal implications like G12.
PROD is the one that can be challenged by anyone, even the creator, and it shouldn't be readded, but that's only another PROD, and itself doesn't affect CSD or BLPPROD at all. TimothyJosephWood 18:02, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
(edit conflict)Huh? Articles get tagged (appropriately) with multiple CSD criteria all the time. Also, removing a copyvio tag without removing the related copyvio? I'm also very confused. I think you goofed, it's OK, mistakes happen. Waggie (talk) 18:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
You are right it is PROD that is only a single event which is what I was alluding to in the edit summary. Sorry I was not thinking straight, as I keep loosing the connection at the moment, will reverse. Keith D (talk) 18:11, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Umm... assuming Chrissy was successful in removing the bit that was copyrvio, it's not exactly eligible for G12 any more, since that requires no non-infringing content on the page worth saving. I think the most it needs right now is a revdel of everything from this edit backward. Unless I'm missing something, the article's probably gonna stick, unless someone who knows more about it than I wants to go to AfD, but looking around the web, I have my doubts. TimothyJosephWood 18:17, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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"Timothyjosephwood I'd say this is a pretty decent G11 candidate but I cba to deal with it at the moment. Also worth noting the creator's username + record label name... CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:22, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Possibly G11. The creator has been recently warned (by myself) for COI editing. Let's let the dust settle a bit before continuing, though, please. I'm sure the editor is confused and upset right now. I say we give them a chance to improve it further before tagging it with anything else. Waggie (talk) 18:27, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
I have removed the restored G12 and redacted the text of the earlier revisions. Hope that sorts it for now. Keith D (talk) 18:29, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Salt End

Hi Keith. I have revamped Salt End because there were tags stating citations were needed and also because most of the information was hideously out of date. However, I noticed that I had left some typos behind and I cleaned up after myself, but there's a good chance I have missed some. Could you swing by when you have time? Thanks and regards. The joy of all things (talk) 15:04, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Tranby Croft (band) for deletion

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St Helen's Church, Kilnsea

Dear Keith, I see you started Kilnsea and I'm wondering if you know anything about the Church of St Helen there? I found it [42] while doing a Geograph search for something else entirely. It certainly looks like Burges's work, but I can't find it in J. Mordaunt Crook, who is rarely in error. However, the 2005 Pevsner/Neave Yorkshire:East Riding says "Built at a cost of £420, of which £150 was contributed by 'Mr A. Burgess, a civil engineer of London'. The plans were provided free by his two sons - one of whom was the architect William Burges." I can't find it on the Historic England site, though it must be listed if it is Burges. Google suggests that it's now a private house, and may have fallen into the sea! I'd be fascinated to know anything about it and could add it to the List of buildings by William Burges. Thanks in anticipation. KJP1 (talk) 12:41, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I cannot find any details of it being listed - the only listed structure in Kinlsea appears to be the Acoustic Mirror. The previous church is the one that fell in to the sea, this one was built to replace it. The account of the consecration in the York Herald, 29 April 1865 page 9, says "Burgess, Esquire, C.E., Blackheath, Kent, who contributed £150, and the designs, plans, and specifications for the buildings". The church was still standing in 2015 when I took a couple of photos of it and it is not that near the sea to have fallen in to it. I suspect that the pub and the road would go first. It was de-consecrated in the 1990s and looked rather overgrown and unused in 2015 so may have since been converted into a residence. Keith D (talk) 13:59, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks indeed. It is fascinating - I cannot work out what he was doing in that remote part of Yorkshire, why his father should have made a significant donation, why we don't know who the patrons were and why Crook doesn't mention it. One would think there may be some connection with Bewholme Vicarage, they're too close for coincidence. His big Yorkshire patron was Ripon. Were they Ripon livings perhaps? Definitely worth some further investigation. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Here is another snippet that may throw some light on it from the Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 22 April 1865 page 4 "But the great liberality of Mr. A. Burgess C.E., of Blackheath, who having occasionally passed the place on his professional visits to Spurn Point and struck with the poverty of the place, having heard that an effort was being made for building a church, most kindly offered plans free of all expense, and gave £150 towards its completion;" Keith D (talk) 18:35, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi Keith (Talk page stalker) - still have you on my watchlist after my request about Salt End (thanks for tidying that BTW). KJP1 - I had seen some stuff when I was re-writing the Yorkshire Coast article; there is a pastscape listing[1] and also a book listing which suggests the church has an octagonal font.[2] Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 18:47, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1042676)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ Morris, Joseph. "The East Riding of Yorkshire". archive.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
All very helpful. So, is the answer that Burges Sr, visiting Spurn Point for his engineering work (what were Walker and Burges doing there?), gets his sons (?) to draw up the plans and chips in £150? Did Burges Jr ever actually go there? All very interesting and certainly worth some more digging. Thanks to you both and best regards. KJP1 (talk) 20:32, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Keith, have now created the article, here, Church of St Helen, Kilnsea. You don't have an online reference for the 1865 Yorkshire Gazette, by any chance? KJP1 (talk) 08:14, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
I have added reference detail to the article. Thanks for creating. Keith D (talk) 10:31, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
This James Walker (engineer) tells me that he was Chief Engineer to Trinity House, leading to considerable involvement in the construction of lighthouses. And Alfred was his partner in Walker and Burgess(s). And this [43] was built by Trinity House at Spurn Head in the early 1850s. Is that what Alfred was doing? KJP1 (talk) 09:01, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks indeed! KJP1 (talk) 10:47, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
  • To round this tale off, I've submitted a listing request to Historic England, following their confirmation that the church isn't listed. It bloody well should be. It really is surprising where Wikipedia sometimes takes you. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 21:11, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Hi Keith - I have stuffed up ref number 7. Please leave in quote - thanks as always with your Yorkshire connections - Ted

I have fixed the ref problem for you. Keith D (talk) 10:49, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-26

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15:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Ben Bradley (politician)

Hi Keith, you edited this page saying "If we are keeping then lets have a valid date format". I think we should remove the content sourced by facebook, and have said so on the talk page - guessing by your edit summary you agree? Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 21:07, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

As you modified it I assumed that we are keeping the change. I think we should get a better source for the information and was going to tag {{better source}} before your edit but I got an edit conflict. Keith D (talk) 21:12, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Eduelanka

Hi Keith. Please check again. I don't think this is a BLP. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:29, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I have changed tag. Keith D (talk) 10:31, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2017-27

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  • Very old and inactive unpublished translations in the Content Translation database will be removed. This is because of technical maintenance. If you have not worked on a translation after 1 January 2016 you will lose it after 6 July. If you want to keep the unfinished translation you need to open it before 6 July with the Content Translation tool. You can continue working on it later. Translations that were started or have been worked on after 1 January 2016 will not be affected.
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15:31, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

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SMILE! 9 July 2017

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Tech News: 2017-28

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Future changes

  • Mobile users will be able to edit Wikipedia without JavaScript. This will make it possible to edit the wikis from older mobile phones. This will probably happen on 18 July for most wikis. [50]
  • We will not use Tidy on Wikimedia wikis in the future. It will be replaced by June 2018. It could be earlier. Editors will need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors.

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15:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

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Could you please look into SubRE's editing history, he is vandalising pages I've created and it all seems fishy, my full real details social networking profiles and phone number will be given to you if asked

PS Hull is lovely!was there last weekend Asouko (talk) 10:53, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi, glad you liked your visit to Hull, hope that you took in some of the City of Culture events that are on while you were there.
Had a look at their editing history and apart from a couple of previous edits that seem to be valid from last year, all they appear to be doing now is trying to get rid of things by Phase (band) with deletion requests for a number of their song articles. They also appear to have removed some of the referencing to the main article, some of which were dubious, such as the facebook one, but some of the others look to be OK. Not an area of expertise so would not know if they were considered reliable. Will have to see how the ADF's go as looks like there is another delete in there from an established editor. Keith D (talk) 21:25, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Keith Hoping that you can check some new edits on these two pages - Glen Affric and Lupton family. Your comments on the talk section of the Lupton family page are again welcome - we hope that you can comment again how the page should still be given an "up-grade" - given that it is a very well-researched (thanks often to you!). Thanks again Ted101.189.184.64 (talk) 07:20, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hello

Last year, there was a discussion about Leeds and City of Leeds. I created Talk:Leeds/newdraft as a proposal. Could this be deleted? Thanks. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 10:07, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes I have deleted it for you. Keith D (talk) 10:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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11:01, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello again

I'm sorry to trouble you but is it possible that you could temporarily restore Talk:Leeds/newdraft? Apologies. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 13:53, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

I have restored it for you. Keith D (talk) 20:54, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for tolerating my lack of organisation. The page can be deleted now. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 21:35, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Lupton family

Thanks Keith for keeping your clever watchful eyes on this page - I have added a couple of refs - Please check if able. Also these 4 pages -

Earl of Courtown

new refs added

Pippa Middleton

are all refs OK?

Glen Affric

Are all refs OK?

Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness

Are all refs OK? Thanks Ted

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21:45, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Michael Palin

Dear Keith D

Yesterday I altered Michael Palin's entry on Wiki........as you are aware I altered his place of birth from Broomhill, Sheffield to Ranmoor, Sheffield. From what I can establish you appear to have altered it back again. I've emailed Wiki and asked for my change to be reinstated.

Regards

Paul (Michael Palin's office)

Paul Bird Director Mayday Management PS Ltd 34 Tavistock Street Covent Garden London WC2E 7PB

Tel: 020 7497 1100 Mob: 07834 316 285

paulbird@maydaymgt.co.uk

www.themichaelpalin.com

www.palinstravels.co.uk

www.facebook.com/themichaelpalinpage — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.218.138.56 (talk) 11:37, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

I chnged it back as it was changed by an IP editor without supplying any explanation and reliable source to support the change. Keith D (talk) 19:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Cathy Barry

Hi. A few months ago, an article on the famous UK porn star Cathy Barry was deleted with only 3 votes in favour - evidently very few editors noticed. Would appreciate it if you could help, as it seems bizarre that an article on a clearly notable figure can just be deleted on the say so of so few editors?!

92.18.55.1 (talk) 12:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

The current entry is essentially the same as the one that was deleted so the present WP:G4 deletion will probably occur. The only substantial new material is the material relating to her husband so is not really relevant to her notability. You will need to provide some more substantial references that support her notability and add then to the article before the deletion request is actioned, or detail them on the talk page. If you think that the previous deletion was wrong then you could try Wikipedia:Deletion review, but read the criteria there before nominating or it will not succeed. Keith D (talk) 19:01, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Referencing a now deleted "Tweet"

Hi Keith,

I was hoping you could advise me on the best course of action that I should take regarding the following matter. I wish to reference a now deleted "Tweet" (aka. a message sent using Twitter) that was posted by a well-known local personality in the United Kingdom. The message was posted following the death of a now disgraced British celebrity in 2011, and I would like to make reference to the Tweet within this person's Wikipedia page. Whilst I am unable to find a URL for the Tweet in question, I did manage to capture it using screen capture software before it was deleted. I was wondering, therefore, whether I could reference this Tweet if I were to upload the image to Wikipedia and reference it accordingly? The only issue is that I do not have the URL for it.

--Zoyetu (talk) 17:53, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Probably not very good to do this as tweets are not reliable sources unless they are about the person who originated them. See Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources. Keith D (talk) 19:32, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
The Tweet was commenting on the death of this celebrity at the time, but was also describing the "Tweeter's" relationship with him, if that makes sense? So yes, I would say that it was about the person who originated it. Does this change things? Shall I just add it to the article and then you can remove if necessary? --Zoyetu (talk) 23:01, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Sorry I got the link wrong in my last reply, I have now fixed that. I would read that paragraph and the following one which relates to tweets. I guess it would fail under point 2 "so long as it does not involve claims about third parties;" Keith D (talk) 23:19, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for that. I have uploaded the image and updated the article. Have a look: Link --Zoyetu (talk) 11:07, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
I am not really sure if this is really relevant to the article as he interviewed many people and just to pick 1 is rather WP:UNDUE. Keith D (talk) 20:45, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
If you feel that it should be removed (either the file or the paragraph in which it is referenced) feel free to do so. --Zoyetu (talk) 13:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Driffield importance

You reverted my change of importance for Driffield but I don't understand why. The Yorkshire project rating criteria say that "towns that are not former boroughs" are High. [72] Could you clarify please? Lineslarge (talk) 19:51, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Probably because the assessment pages are way out of date, I appear to have done > 95% of the assessment for the Yorkshire articles I have set a selected few to allocate as Top (16 at last count), remaining cities and very large towns to High, remaining towns to Mid and villages to Low. Keith D (talk) 20:00, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
OK that makes sense, thanks. It would be nice if you could update the criteria when you get a free five mins. Lineslarge (talk) 20:18, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Quick question

Hey Keith_D, hope you're well. Could you please email me? My email is on my user page.

I see you've worked on XXXTENTACION’s Wikipedia and had a question I wanted to discuss. Thanks!

CMCreator900 (talk) 16:23, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

I would prefer not to use e-mail for wiki work. You can ask here or send e-mail, though I will probably respond on wiki.
The only change I made to that article was to fix a partial |accessdate= in a cite. Keith D (talk) 20:58, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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Lupton family

More changes to this page. Please check thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.39.128.90 (talk) 07:11, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Louis C. Mosher

Hi Keith, how are you? Could I ask your help to establish this guy's Jewish ethnicity? I 've gotten rusty at wiki editing. Anyway, I'm planning to place the references below then add the Jewish categories then place a link at the List of Asian Jews. Will the below do the job?--Jondel (talk) 13:00, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

<ref name=Scharfsteinp320 /><ref name=ACMH-Philippine>{{cite web |accessdate=May 8, 2011|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html |title=Philippine insurrection |work=Medal of Honor recipients|publisher=United States Army Center for Military History |date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> *{{Cite book |last=Scharfstein |first= Sol |author2=Gelabert, Dorcas |year=1997 |title=Chronicle of Jewish History: From the Patriarchs to the 21st Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrAdxFjB7k4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |publisher=KTAV Pub. House |isbn=0-88125-560-2 |accessdate=May 12, 2011}}

Hello, I guess that the <ref name=Scharfsteinp320 /> applies to the second quoted reference. The first reference just redirects to the home page of https://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/ so does not help at all as that page does not mention Mosher. The second reference is also not very helpful as it does not give a page number to substantiate Mosher Jewishness, though looks to be useful from the title. Keith D (talk) 18:06, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

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  • The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [81]
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