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Original research: List of countries by southernmost point , etc

@CASSIOPEIA: Hey Warofdreams- I have marked List of countries by southernmost point, List of countries by northernmost point etc as possibly containing original research. Is there a way to justify the claims made on those pages that works for Wikipedia? For instance, looking at Google Maps, I KNOW that the southernmost point of Tajikistan is in Ishkoshim District (see Extreme Points of Tajikistan and the talk page and related discussions). But there is "no source" that gives that information (in English at least). How can we produce the lists that we want to make without violating the rules of Wikipedia?? Thanks for any help. Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:08, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: for countries where the extreme point is on the border of another country, Florida State University's library of International Boundary Studies are a great resource which are referenced for a small number of entries and should provide enough information to reference the remainder. Other borders might have to be case-by-case, but are more likely to be mentioned in sources such as studies of the country. Warofdreams talk 14:31, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't think @CASSIOPEIA: would approve of this methodology. I provided maps of the extreme points of Tajikistan, but it was rejected because there weren't secondary sources mentioning those extreme points. Geographyinitiative (talk) 14:33, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow? These are good quality secondary sources, not maps. Warofdreams talk 14:52, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge

Your articles are welcome! Hope you're well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Bureaucrat chat for RFA - Money emoji

I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Danish Trade Union Confederation

I completed a review for you at Template:Did you know nominations/Danish Trade Union Confederation, and noted one minor quick fix. When you have a moment, please follow up. Cheers! Flibirigit (talk) 19:39, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Danish Trade Union Confederation

On 3 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Danish Trade Union Confederation, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Danish Trade Union Confederation, the country's largest trade union centre, promotes a model in which pay and working conditions are negotiated without state involvement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Danish Trade Union Confederation. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Danish Trade Union Confederation), 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) 00:01, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

3rd Comintern congress delegates

Hi. Hope all is ok with you. I saw you are working on CGT articles. If you by any chance come across good references on who were the CGT delegates at the 3rd World Congress of the Comintern, please add a note on the talk page. I've gotten some names, but the sources are incoherent. --Soman (talk) 23:35, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, hope all is good with you. I will be sure to let you know if I do come across any references, though I haven't seen any, and a quick search doesn't turn anyone up. Warofdreams talk 17:10, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

LCC Candidates

Hi, I have two queries regarding your sourcing and don't have access to The Times to check myself. In 1961 you list two candidates, Kensington South - M. Nielson and Streatham - A. Cowan. I was wondering if these were Margaret Neilson and Anthony Cowen, but in both there is a slight difference in spelling. Graemp (talk) 12:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

The spellings are those given in The Times, but the listings do have some misspellings. The first is listed as "Miss M. Nielson", so I would be confident it is Margaret Neilson. The second sounds likely but perhaps there might also have been an A. Cowan standing for the Liberals? Warofdreams talk 16:23, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. I thing we can say with a fair amount of certainty that it is Margaret Neilson. I don't think there is enough certainty to make a call on Cowan. Graemp (talk) 18:16, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

P. P. Narayanan

Hi Warofdreams! Since you created the P. P. Narayanan article, you may be interested in the draft at User:EternalSelf/sandbox, which is a revised version of the declined draft at User:Ppnfoundation/sandbox. GoingBatty (talk) 18:18, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Some of the information from the draft is now in the article. GoingBatty (talk) 19:31, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Louie Simpson

Hi, This one might tickle your researching instincts. Louie Simpson is given in wikipedia as the name of the Labour candidate who contested West Dorset in 1923 and 1924. Craig lists the candidate as Mrs. L. Simpson. So, is Louie her name or her husband's name? Craig usually lists married female candidates by their initials rather than their husbands. The NPG has this portrait of a politician from 1924 called J. Simpson. Could the NPG have a portrait of the West Dorset Labour candidate, Mrs Simpson and what was her forename? Graemp (talk) 16:04, 24 May 2020 (UTC) https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw52524/J-Simpson?search=ap&firstRun=true&title=&npgno=&eDate=&lDate=&medium=&subj=&set=569%3BBassano&subSet=36%3BBassano+1924&portraitplace=&searchCatalogue=&submitSearchTerm=Search&wPage=3&rNo=61

Interesting idea, but sadly not, the 1927 Labour Who's Who lists her as Louie Simpson, married to a Dr Robert Simpson. Warofdreams talk 16:42, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

I'd still say that the sitter is her and that there was a transcribe error. Graemp (talk) 11:59, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

That's definitely a possibility. I'll check whether the Illustrated London News has a contemporary image of her, for comparison. Warofdreams talk 12:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Good news, the ILN published this picture of her on 18 October 1924, so it is definitely her, just with a transcription error on the NPG website. Warofdreams talk 15:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Well done. I thought you could be relied upon to nail this. Alas I no longer have on-line access to the ILN database. Is it the same image? Graemp (talk) 19:16, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, the same image, slightly cropped and much lower resolution. Also, I've now written an article on her: Louie Simpson. Warofdreams talk 20:23, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

I am impressed with you getting the article up so soon but will be more impressed when you add the npg image to it. Graemp (talk) 12:59, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers

Hello! Your submission of General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers 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! Yoninah (talk) 12:56, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers

On 16 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when one president of the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried to negotiate with the Nazi government, the other planned to resign in protest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers), 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.

Guerillero | Parlez Moi 00:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Stonegate (York)

On 16 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stonegate (York), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stonegate (pictured), a street in York, is "narrow, quite long, and with a variety of good things"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stonegate (York). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Stonegate (York)), 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) 12:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Residents' Association of London for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Residents' Association of London is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Residents' Association of London until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. doktorb _words^deeds 20:59, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Scottish Socialist Party source

Hello. I saw that you added in the Scottish Socialist Party to the list of female leaders of British political parties. Thank you for improving the page. Please could you tell me where you got the information, so I can add it as a reference? Thanks, Alextheconservative (talk) 17:38, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

The first thing to say is that they are co-spokespeople (or, historically, co-convener) of the party, the role which is generally presented as the leadership one, rather than the co-chairs. The information is basically from looking at old versions of our article on the SSP and seeing whether it checks out, hence not having a start date for Curran. For McLaren's election in 2018, there's a reference here: https://www.thenational.scot/news/17221044.roisin-mclaren-socialism-offers-scots-positive-post-indy-vision/, while https://scottishsocialistparty.org/national-conference-debates-report/ mentions that Bonnar was newly elected in 2016. It's harder to confirm the date that Curran handed over to Webster, but there are various news reports stating that Webster was in post in 2012. Warofdreams talk 18:44, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Alextheconservative (talk) 07:32, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

I really need your advice

Hi there, I've noticed you are a member of countering systematic bias on Wikipedia, as well as a lover of history. I want to create a page for the kingdom of Kush that deals with the military history of Nubia. I have enough reliable sources, however, I am scared it will be nominated for speedy deletion; this is why I haven't even created it yet. Is there a way I can protect page if I create it. (Kwesi Yema (talk) 17:13, 27 September 2020 (UTC))

If you've got the reliable sources, that would be a very interesting article. At the moment, we have an article on the Kingdom of Kush, with a short section on its military, but I would love to see more! While it's not possible to protect a page once it's on Wikipedia, it can only be speedily deleted under specific circumstances which shouldn't apply to a referenced article on this topic, which has a clear claim to notability. If you're worried about it being deleted before it's finished, you can create it in your userspace, User:Kwesi Yema/Military of Nubia or a similar title, and then move it to become an article when it's ready. Warofdreams talk 18:18, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Then I'll create it in my user space to get everything prepared. I'll inform you to check it out if the sources are reliable enough before I post it. Kwesi Yema (talk) 19:15, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

By God's grace I'm done. You can view the prototype here. User:Kwesi Yema/Military of Nubia. I'm creating the page. Please cross check and ensure everything is in the right shape. Kwesi Yema (talk) 16:07, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

The article looks great. Having a quick check through, I see you've taken quite a bit of the text from other Wikipedia articles. This needn't be a problem in itself, so long as there is sufficient new material. It does look like some of it is completely new, is that right? If so, then I would definitely expect a well-referenced article on a significant topic, like this, not to be deleted, and hopefully benefit from gradual ongoing edits if other editors find additional sources. Warofdreams talk 18:04, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, the main deal is hereMilitary of ancient Nubia. A few content were from other articles. However, the only issue now is that when you search "military of ancient Nubia" on the web, my page wouldn't be directed; in fact, you won't even find it on Google. You can only find it through manual search on Wikipedia. I've decided to attach the link to various articles such as Ancient warfare and African military systems to help make the article more prominent. Kwesi Yema (talk) 18:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

It's a great idea to link from other articles, but Google will gradually pick up your article anyway, which should help people searching for information on the topic. Warofdreams talk 18:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Alright. Thank you very much for your support till now. Kwesi Yema (talk) 20:45, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

FYI

Template:Did you know nominations/Marygate DYK is looking for non-US articles. This one fit the bill! --evrik ^(talk) 16:51, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the nomination! Warofdreams talk 18:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Marygate

On 24 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marygate, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first large bathhouse in York was built at the bottom of Marygate (pictured) in 1836? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marygate. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Marygate), 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.

—valereee (talk) 00:01, 24 October 2020 (UTC)