User talk:Sainsf/February 2019–April 2020

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Thank you ...

March
... with thanks from QAI

... for improving article quality in March - click on "March" for travel pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

So sweet of you Gerda! Indeed, I feel blessed to be back and feel the warmth of Wikipedians as if not a day has passed since I left :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:37, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

Hello. How are you? Can you look at GA review of this article, please? It has been nearly a month now and I could not see any sign of care from anyone (yes, I know that there are a lot of nominees). So I thought it would be better to personally ask. --► Sincerely: A¥×aᚢ Zaÿïþzaþ€ ⚔ (hail sithis!) 04:05, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi! I am a busy person IRL nowadays, but I occasionally take out time like once a week to do a few reviews. Your article looks good overall, and I would be happy to take up the review in the next one or two weeks when I get some time (I am already on 2 other reviews). Meanwhile, I would say it seems good but before the review starts, please work on providing inline citations, which are clearly missing in many sections of the article; basically many sections look unsourced as we do not know which sources have been used to get that particular info. This appears to be the most prominent issue to me and resolving this asap would also ease the review process in future. Good luck, and hoping to work with you soon! Sainsf (talk · contribs) 13:29, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello again. Thank you for your response. Good luck with your other reviews! I didn't fully understand what you meant there. There are 39 references in the article (overall). I published this edit, which reuses references in multiple places. Originally, I avoided that, because I divided some of the texts into separate paragraphs. --► Sincerely: A¥×aᚢ Zaÿïþzaþ€ ⚔ (hail sithis!) 00:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
@Aykhan Zayedzadeh: Sorry for my delayed response, I totally missed out on your question. What I mean by having inline citations is that no part of your article body should look like it has no sources to support it. Having a citation right at the end of a part implies the part is backed up by that source, lack of a citation raises questions. So, as you have worked out nicely in your recent edits to the article, it is a good practice to put your refs right after the parts they support throughout the article. The issue seems to be gone. I will try to take up the review if possible, if I can't then I hope someone else will soon, as one can't really say anything on how long GA noms might have to wait. Good luck! Sainsf (talk · contribs) 08:32, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Cactus Wren GA

Howdy hello Sainsf! I know I'd been a little slow at getting back to your feedback on Talk:Cactus_wren/GA1, but I did clean it all up about two weeks ago. I know you're a busy feller, but if you've the time I'd appreciate your examining my questions on the GA and seeing if my fixes were up to par so that we can get this article moving right along. Thanks a bunch, Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 07:20, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for the delay from my side. I did see your replies but did not have the time to go through them right then. I have had some free time since yesterday so I was anyway planning to get back to your nom too. No worries, we do not have much work left. Cheers, Sainsf (talk · contribs) 08:14, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you ...

April
... with thanks from QAI

... for improving articles in April, and reviewing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

happy birthday

Wishing Sainsf a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 14:09, 18 August 2019 (UTC)


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Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Sources in Odia

Hi! I saw that you've identified yourself as someone who speaks Odia on your user page. Can you see if there are any sources in Odia that would help more firmly establish notability for B. Vijayalakshmi (ବି ବିଜୟଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ)? It's not one of the languages available on Google translate. I noticed that the article exists in other language versions, and I'm hoping that some more sources can be found in non-English languages. Anything you can add would be great. Thanks, Enwebb (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi! I had a look at the article and the AfD. I tried my best to find more sources but there aren't any available online, not even in Odia. I will voice my opinion at the AfD nevertheless; the article has improved and despite the few sources that mention her she is a person notable enough to have an article. Cheers, Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:35, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your efforts and for weighing in at the AfD! Enwebb (talk) 13:50, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ocelot

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ocelot 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 Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 02:40, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you ...

Vision in 2020
missing Brian

... for improving article quality in December! There's a peer review open for Clara Schumann and a FAC for Jauchzet, frohlocket!, DYK? We miss Brian who would have helped. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much dear :) I will try my best to help out with those articles if I have time. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 05:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ocelot

The article Ocelot you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ocelot for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:42, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Half Million Award for Ocelot

The Half Million Award
For your contributions to bring Ocelot (estimated annual readership: 530,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 23:14, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Much thanks for your work on this vital article! – Reidgreg (talk) 23:14, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much for this lovely award :D Sainsf (talk · contribs) 02:30, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Snakefly

Hello, the Chap won't be back until the 28th. Then he has 3 of us reviewers to face at once! William Harristalk 03:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh, didn't know he had so many noms up. Lovely start of the decade for him :D Sainsf (talk · contribs) 04:09, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
He has had a number of candidates sitting on the queue for some time. Perhaps the festive season has encouraged some reviewers to feel sympathy for him. Nonetheless, come the 28th he will be a busy lad! William Harristalk 10:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Haha, I would have expected most reviewers to be on a break at this time. Anyway I hope he enjoys his holidays while he can :P Sainsf (talk · contribs) 11:21, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Peace Dove

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IUCN → cite iucn

If you are going to continue to manually convert {{IUCN}} to {{cite iucn}} as you did here, please also convert |assessorn= to |authorn=. This would also apply to |assessor-linkn=, |assessor-maskn=, and their variants. Because {{cite iucn}} is a citation template, it makes some sense that it should use parameter names that are consistent with the cs1|2 templates that coexist in article pages. For that reason, support for |assessorn=, |assessor-linkn=, and |assessor-maskn= will be going away.

I will modify my script to catch and fix {{cite iucn}} templates with |assessor...= parameters and will be using Cheetah as a test bed so please leave those templates with |assessorn= as they are; the script will do the repair.

I have hacked {{make cite iucn}} which you may find helpful.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:07, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Sure, noted. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 14:10, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Montsoreau GA

Hello @Sainsf:, sorry for my late reply. I am very happy you are reviewing the article, I will do my best to be responsive and modify promptly what needs to be modified. All my very best,--Suavemarimagno (talk) 15:39, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Suavemarimagno:! Glad to see you proactive about this. The article needs a considerable amount of work (mainly a thorough copyedit), but I will be happy to guide you through all of it gradually if you are consistently active throughout the next few weeks. Let's make this work :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 15:49, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi @Sainsf:, I am up for a second round of modifications! :) --Suavemarimagno (talk) 13:55, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to the 2020 WikiCup

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The 2020 WikiCup began at the start of January and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you are interested in joining, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Creative editors like yourself seem to enjoy taking part, and many return year after year. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:27, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
For doing both the Good and Featured article reviews for cactus wren, and being all around helpful throughout the process, I award you this barnstar. It was my first GA and FA, and I'm super excited its been promoted; you made the process chill and welcoming. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 19:44, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Wow, this is lovely :) I've been following your FAC and it's a wonder how well it turned out. I'm especially impressed by how well you handled it as a relatively new editor! I know how tough it is to improve an article all the way to an FA when you're new to it, so it is an honour if I can help even with a review to help your work shine. Congratulations, I await your next nom :D Sainsf (talk · contribs) 20:43, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
And yes, though you've definitely learned a lot in this whole process, as you are still new to GAs and FAs don't hesitate to contact me if you need any help. I would be more than happy to work with you :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 20:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Ocelot

On 17 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ocelot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that artist Salvador Dalí claimed that his pet ocelot (both pictured) was an ordinary domestic cat that he had "painted over in an op art design"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ocelot. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ocelot), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

January
... with thanks from QAI

Thank you for improving articles in January! Today - 20 in 2020 - is a birthday, she is pictured on the lower choir pic, enjoy listening. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Picture of the day

On 16th February, a photograph of the Dharmaraya Swamy Temple is planned to be picture of the day on the main page of Wikipedia, as can be seen here. This photograph became a featured picture about 10 years ago and should have appeared at POTD ages ago, but was rejected because the article about the temple was substandard. I have become interested in the POTD project and have now improved / expanded the article. Now I know nothing about Indian temples, so I wondered if you, as an Indian, could check the article, and the POTD blurb for any gross errors - the sort of thing that readers might complain about at Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I had a look. I've not checked the sources so I can't yet vouch for the accuracy of all details though they appear to be proper and the details about Draupadi are indeed correct. I'll check the sources later. Great job on the article :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 22:08, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Hey Cwmhiraeth, I checked the book sources but I can't check the one with only snippets visible. The Economic Times source is fine but the Bombay Mirror one is a dead url that I am unable to find an archived source for. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 16:21, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

That's fine, thanks. The article does not have to be perfect, just free of the worst errors. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:34, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
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WikiCup newsletter correction

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Your GA nomination of Canada lynx

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Canada lynx 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 Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 03:00, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy Easter

or: the resurrection of loving-kindness --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you dear sister :) Happy Easter to you as well, and may you stay safe and healthy during this global crisis. Lots of love, Sainsf (talk · contribs) 12:50, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vietnam mouse-deer

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vietnam mouse-deer 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 Usernameunique -- Usernameunique (talk) 07:01, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

Hlo there!!! I'm Tanisha from Odisha. And let me inform you that I'm a new user at wiki. So would you like to help me? Tanisha priyadarshini (talk) 12:44, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Tanisha, welcome to Wikipedia :) Happy to see an Odia here. I would be glad to help you with anything I can here. What do you wish to work on? Sainsf (talk · contribs) 13:42, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Sainsf I have not started anything yet. But whenever I'll start working on wiki and if I'll face any problem , at that time I just want you to help me . Thanks. Regards-Tanisha priyadarshini (talk) 14:59, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure. I will try my best to help you out. I mostly work on improving articles and reviewing them for GA and FA criteria, so if you work on something similar then great! Sainsf (talk · contribs) 18:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jaguarundi

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Your GA nomination of Canada lynx

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Review request

Hi, thanks again for your recent review of Thomas Stephens (historian). I wondered if you might also consider taking a look at The Red Dragon (magazine) please.  ~ RLO1729💬 02:23, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Looks nice. I will take it :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 03:35, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
Great, thanks!  ~ RLO1729💬 03:36, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jaguarundi

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Possible GA review

Hi again! A while ago I mentioned the Agatha Christie article to another editor but haven't heard back. It's a bigger job than the other articles I've been working on but if you were interested in reviewing it I could let the other editor know. Thanks,  ~ RLO1729💬 01:40, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I am an avid reader of Christie's works, would love to review this! You requested for an experienced editor for this so I thought you meant someone familiar with literature articles and stuff. So if it is fine with you I will take this. It is a long one so I will do the review slowly starting next week. Thanks for letting me know :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 02:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Great, many thanks! Although I'm sure it would be OK for you to just take it on formally, as a courtesy I'll check with the other editor in case he has already put background effort into reviewing the article and is still intending to do it.  ~ RLO1729💬 02:48, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Thanks again for undertaking this review Sainsf. My co-Agatha-editor Tbytheriver and I are looking forward to your comments. We began editing this article collaboratively back in October 2019 but it has been around much longer and so there have been many other editors involved along the way. We have endeavoured to broaden the article's depth and breadth of coverage as well as improve its academic precision and uniformity of style, but expect there is still room for improvement.  ~ RLO1729💬 05:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Then it would be a great read! Always happy to help (though this time I have a big guilty pleasure because I'm getting time to binge read her mystery stories again after ages in lockdown and I am really curious to know all about her) :D Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:18, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Christie GAN

Hi Sainsf. I see you've picked up the Christie GAN, and I wish you luck with it. I've added some very brief pointers to help RLO1729 on their talk page, which you may want to consider. I'd rather let them and you know than plaster {{cn}} tags across the article, or start kicking up a fuss on the talk page. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 07:36, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Noted. These will surely be considered if this has to pass at GAN. Cheers, Sainsf (knock knock · am I there?) 07:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Meerkat

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