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Hi Cwmhiraeth! (A late) congratulations on passing RfA and becoming an administrator! PrussianOwl (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, PrussianOwl. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And a late congratulations from me as well. My head has been buried in the sand as of late, or I would have Strong Supported your RfA. Welcome to the mop club. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:38, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have found various menial tasks that are within my capabilities! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 16:05, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh, well done! Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw it on the newsletter. Sorry I wasn't there to participate, but congratulations nonetheless. Samsara 09:38, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Samsara. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations Cwmhiraeth on your RFA, You'll make a fantastic admin!, Happy blocking! :), Cheers, –Davey2010^Talk 20:41, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Davey! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:52, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too. I run User:Theopolisme/Scripts/adminhighlighter, and I noticed your sig turn cyan Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:37, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Do you find that script useful? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:34, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Lithodytes 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Andrew🐉(talk) 11:06, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 3 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pest (organism), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that many of the animals regarded as pests have co-evolved with humans, adapting to the warm, sheltered conditions that a building provides? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pest (organism). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2020—Issue 014

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Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Lythronax by FunkMonk, Lythronaxargestes and IJReid Meerkat by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Borchgrevinkium by Super Dromaeosaurus, reviewed by Amitchell125 Nakalipithecus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Gog the Mild Scanisaurus by Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Gog the Mild Sand cat by BhagyaMani, reviewed by Aven13 Pigs in culture by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Sainsf Sun bear by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Megacephalosaurus by Macrophyseter, reviewed by Aven13 Cinnamon red bat by Enwebb, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77 Banteng by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Cartorhynchus by Lythronaxargestes, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77 Black-footed cat by BhagyaMani, reviewed by Amitchell125 Homo ergaster by Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77 Black coral by Aven13, reviewed by Sainsf Heuglin's gazelle by Sainsf, reviewed by The Rambling Man Australopithecus garhi by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Hog Farm Chororapithecus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by IJReid Ornithocheiromorpha by JurassicClassic767, reviewed by IJReid

Newly nominated content

Gigantorhynchus by Mattximus Leech by LittleJerry, Chiswick Chap and Cwmhiraeth List of mephitids by PesN Sand cat by BhagyaMani Cinnamon red bat by Enwebb Kristianstad Basin by Ichthyovenator Nakalipithecus by Dunkleosteus77 Scanisaurus by Ichthyovenator Sun bear by Sainsf Heuglin's gazelle by Sainsf Black coral by Aven13 Australopithecus garhi by Dunkleosteus77 Chororapithecus by Dunkleosteus77 Northern crested newt by Tylototriton Megacephalosaurus by Macrophyseter Banteng by Sainsf Cartorhynchus by Lythronaxargestes Ornithocheiromorpha by JurassicClassic767 Black-footed cat by BhagyaMani Bat virome by Enwebb Echinodon by IJReid Homo ergaster by Ichthyovenator Dwarf dog-faced bat by Enwebb Doedicurus by Dunkleosteus77 Zebra by LittleJerry

News at a glance

This month saw two Tree of Life editors gain the mop: CaptainEek (WikiProjects Birds and Plants) and Cwmhiraeth (familiar name at DYK, WikiProjects Plants, Animals, and Insects) The April – May GAN backlog drive finished up, clearing the queue from nearly 700 outstanding nominations to about 350.

Interview with Jts1882

This month we're joined by Jts1882, who is active in depicting evolutionary relationship of taxa via cladograms. Part of this includes responding to cladogram requests, where interested editors can have cladograms made without using the templates themselves. How did you come to be interested in systematics? Are you interested in systematics broadly, or is there a particular group you're most fond of? As long as I can remember I’ve been interested in nature, starting with the animals and plants in the garden, school grounds, and local wood, and then more general wildlife worldwide. An interest in how things are classified grew from this. I like things to be organised and understanding the relationships between things and systems (not just living things) is a big part of that. Biology was always my favourite subject in school and took up a disproportionate part of my time. My interest in systematics is broad as I’d like to comprehend the whole tree of life, but the cat family is my favourite group. What's the background behind cladogram requests? I see that it isn't a very old part of the Tree of Life Well I can’t take any credit for the cladogram requests page, although I help out there sometimes. It was created by IJReid and there are several people who have helped there more than me. I think the motivation is that creating cladograms requires a knowledge of the templates that is daunting for many editors. It was one way of helping people who want to focus on content creation. My main contribution to the cladograms is converting the ((clade)) template to use a Lua module. The template code was extremely difficult to follow and had to be repetitive (I can only admire the efforts of those who got the thing to work in the first place). The conversion to Lua made it more efficient, allowed larger and deeper cladograms, plus facilitating the introduction of new features. The cladogram request page was recently the venue for discussion on making time calibrated cladograms, which is now possible, if not particularly user friendly. What advice do you have for an editor who wants to learn how to make cladograms? The same advice I would give to someone facing any computer problem, just try it out. Start by taking existing code for a cladogram and make changes yourself. The main advice would be to format it properly so indents match the brackets vertically. Of course, not everyone wants to learn and if someone prefers to focus on article content there is the cladogram request page. Examples of cladograms Jts1882 has created, showing different proposed clades for Neoaves Jarvis et al (2014) Prum et al (2015) Suh (2016) — a hard polytomy Columbea Mirandornithes (flamingos, grebes) Columbimorphae (pigeons, mesites, sandgrouse) Passerea Otidae Otidimorphae (cuckoos, bustards, turacos) Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts, nightbirds) Gruae Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Gruimorphae Gruiformes (cranes, rails) Charadriiformes (shorebirds) Ardeae Aequornithes (core waterbirds) Eurypgimorphae (sunbittern, kagu, tropicbirds) Telluraves Afroaves Australaves (core landbirds) Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts, nightbirds) Columbaves Columbimorphae (pigeons, mesites, sandgrouse) Otidimorphae (cuckoos, bustards, turacos) Gruiformes (cranes, rails) Aequorlitornithes Charadriiformes (shorebirds) Mirandornithes(flamingoes, grebes) Ardeae Aequornithes (core waterbirds) Eurypgimorphae (sunbittern, kagu, tropicbirds) (waterbirds) Inopinaves Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Telluraves Afroaves Australaves (core landbirds) Columbimorphae (pigeons, mesites, sandgrouse) Otidimorphae (cuckoos, bustards, turacos) Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts, nightbirds) Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Gruiformes (cranes, rails) Charadriiformes (shorebirds) Mirandornithes (flamingoes, grebes) Ardeae Aequornithes (core waterbirds) Eurypgimorphae (sunbittern, kagu, tropicbirds) Telluraves Afroaves Australaves (core landbirds) Do you have any personal projects or goals you're working towards on Wikipedia? As I said I like organisation and systems. So I find efforts like the automated taxobox system and ((taxonbar)) appealing. I would like to see more reuse of the major phylogenetic trees on Wikipedia with more use of consensus trees on the higher taxa. Too often they get edited based on one recent report and/or without proper citation. Animals and bilateria are examples where this is a problem. Towards this I have been working on a system of phylogeny templates that can be reused flexibly. The ((Clade transclude)) template allows selective transclusion, so the phylogenetic trees on one page can be reused with modifications, i.e. can be pruned and grafted, used with or without images, with or without collapsible elements, etc. I have an example for the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification (see ((Phylogeny/APG IV))) and one for squamates that also includes collapsible elements (see ((Phylogeny/Squamata))). A second project is to have a modular reference system for taxonomic resources. I have made some progress along this lines with the ((BioRef)) template. This started off simply as a way of hardlinking to Catalog of Fishes pages and I’ve gradually expanded it to cover other groups (e..g. FishBase, AmphibiaWeb and Amphibian Species of the World, Reptile Database, the Mammalian Diversity Database). The modular nature is still rudimentary and needs a rewrite before it is ready for wider use. What would surprise your fellow editors to learn about your life off-Wikipedia? I don’t think there is anything particularly surprising or interesting about my life. I’ve had an academic career as a research scientist but I don't think anyone could guess the area from my Wikipedia edits. I prefer to work on areas where I am learning at the same time. This why I spend more time with neglected topics (e.g. mosses at the moment). I start reading and then find that I’m not getting the information I want. Anything else you'd like us to know? My interest in the classification of things goes beyond biology. I am fascinated by mediaeval attempts to classify knowledge, such as Bacon in his The Advancement of Learning and Diderot and d’Alembert in their Encyclopédie. They were trying to come up with a universal scheme of knowledge just as the printing press was allowing greater dissemination of knowledge. With the internet we are seeing a new revolution in knowledge dissemination. Just look at how we could read research papers on the COVID virus within weeks of its discovery. With an open internet, everyone has access, not just those with the luxury of books at home or good libraries. Sites like the Biodiversity Heritage Library allow you to read old scientific works without having to visit dusty university library stack rooms, while the taxonomic and checklist databases provide instant information on millions of living species. In principle, the whole world can now find out about anything, even if Douglas Adams warned we might be disinclined to do so. This is why I like Wikipedia, with all its warts, it’s a means of organising the knowledge on the internet. In just two decades it’s become a first stop for knowledge and hopefully a gateway to more specialised sources. Perhaps developing this latter aspect, beyond providing good sources for what we say, is the next challenge for Wikipedia.

May DYKs

Slender Scotch burnet moth on a flower Northern plains gray langur Male vermilion flycatcher Canada lynx Meerkats Hilarimorphites burmanica Sun bear ... that coconut mites can be dispersed by wind, or perhaps by hitching a lift? (1 May) ... that Neanderthals went fishing? (1 May) ... that the Rowridge Valley in the Isle of Wight is the only known location for the wood calamint in Britain? (1 May) ... that Tetraponera penzigi is one of several species of ant that protect whistling thorn trees in East Africa from grazing giraffes and rhinoceroses? (3 May) ... that the Vietnam mouse-deer, which had been feared to have gone extinct nearly 30 years ago, was sighted again in 2019? (4 May) ... that most branchiobdellids use crayfish as hosts, living on their heads, carapaces, or claws, but in some instances inside their gill cavities? (5 May) ... that the song of the Madagascan hoopoe differs markedly from that of the African hoopoe? (5 May) ... that populations of the slender Scotch burnet (pictured), a European moth that lives in dry, lime-rich areas, have been declining? (6 May) ... that the spinosaurid dinosaur Ichthyovenator had two sails on its back? (9 May) ... that the scale insect Saissetia coffeae attacks many other plants besides coffee? (9 May) ... that entomologist Frederick Vincent Theobald wrote a five-volume monograph and sixty scientific papers on mosquitoes? (12 May) ... that the northern plains gray langur monkey (example pictured) is killed in India for food and to prevent crop raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus? (12 May) ... that the leech Limnatis nilotica can affect humans and livestock, entering hosts through the mouth, nose, or other orifices? (12 May) ... that while the termite Pterotermes occidentis inhabits dead blue palo verde in the Sonoran Desert, Marginitermes hubbardi prefers dead saguaro? (14 May) ... that the tree Barteria fistulosa is associated with Tetraponera aethiops, an aggressive species of ant that lives in its hollow branches and twigs? (15 May) ... that Miller's langur, one of the rarest primates in Borneo, was feared to be extinct until a 2012 study rediscovered it in an area where it was previously unknown? (16 May) ... that most of the known Gigantopithecus fossils are of teeth because the other bones are likely to have been eaten by porcupines? (17 May) ... that Tetraponera tessmanni, a very aggressive ant, is able to establish dominance over the whole of the liana in which it lives, which may be 50 m (164 ft) long? (17 May) ... that mesophyletid weevils have only been found in Burmese amber? (18 May) ... that Pyrocephalus, the genus name of the vermilion flycatcher (example pictured), literally means 'fire head'? (19 May) ... that the male bigtooth cardinalfish broods a ball of eggs in his mouth? (20 May) ... that in the Australian Journal of Herpetology, a first-year student and a high school teacher reassessed the taxonomy of Australia's entire reptile class, naming 33 novel genera and 214 new species? (20 May) ... that the Arizona dampwood termite exclusively colonizes dead parts of standing trees? (22 May) ... that Megaceroides algericus is one of only two deer species known to have been native to Africa, alongside the Barbary stag? (23 May) ... that besides eating ants and termites, the waved woodpecker feeds on fruits, berries, and seeds? (24 May) ... that populations of the Canada lynx (pictured) undergo cyclic rises and falls in line with those of the snowshoe hare? (25 May) ... that despite being known as the Mexican hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei is neither from Mexico nor a species of hydrangea? (25 May) ... that meerkats (examples pictured) use alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself? (27 May) ... that the frog Boophis fayi can be identified by its unusual green-and-turquoise eyes? (30 May) ... that members of the fly family Apystomyiidae (example depicted) have been found in Late Jurassic sediments in Kazakhstan? (30 May) ... that the sun bear (pictured) is the smallest of all bear species? (31 May)

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Enwebb (talk) 19:40, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Cwmhiraeth for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 05:43, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 5 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ant garden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ant gardens are cultivated by several species of ant, including Crematogaster carinata? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ant garden. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 12:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 5 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Crematogaster carinata, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ant gardens are cultivated by several species of ant, including Crematogaster carinata? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 12:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coelomera ruficornis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the presence of the beetle Coelomera ruficornis on its host tree (pictured) is tolerated by the ant Azteca alfari, but not by the ant Azteca muelleri? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coelomera ruficornis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cecropia pachystachya, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the presence of the beetle Coelomera ruficornis on its host tree (pictured) is tolerated by the ant Azteca alfari, but not by the ant Azteca muelleri? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Azteca alfari, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the presence of the beetle Coelomera ruficornis on its host tree (pictured) is tolerated by the ant Azteca alfari, but not by the ant Azteca muelleri? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Azteca muelleri, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the presence of the beetle Coelomera ruficornis on its host tree (pictured) is tolerated by the ant Azteca alfari, but not by the ant Azteca muelleri? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For all you technical DYK work --evrik (talk) 04:31, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well thank you evrik, that's very kind of you. You are very productive yourself. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:55, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Southern plains gray langur, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that cattle and deer sometimes stand under trees where southern plains gray langurs are feeding in order to consume the edible pieces that the monkeys drop? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Southern plains gray langur. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could you schedule File:Sojourner Truth, 1870 (cropped, restored).jpg for June 19th. It is one of my FPs so I thought I would ask you to do it instead. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 17:33, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs: Is there any particular reason for the 19th? I can move the picture presently listed for that day (the photographer is blocked and unlikely to object) if you wish, or I could list your image for one of the empty slots at the end of the month. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:42, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Juneteenth (June 19) is an semi-official holiday in the African-American community celebrating emancipation from slavery. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 17:50, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll do it in the morning. I hadn't noticed that the section heading was a link! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:15, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for doing this by the way! How are enjoying your new earned tools? --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 06:34, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs: The tools are good, thank you, but they create a bit of a problem over at DYK. I used to promote a lot of hooks to preps, building perhaps half of the prep sets. I could still do this, but then I would be unable to move those sets into the queue, a thing I have been doing nearly daily since getting the tools. So that leaves Yoninah to build most of the prep sets, but Yoninah is much involved in reviewing other people's nominations, suggesting hooks and discussing options, quite apart from her own nominations, and then can't promote these particular hooks. So another editor moving hooks into prep would be very helpful, especially for the hooks Yoninah is ineligible to promote. I know you recently built a prep set, and any help you can give in doing some more would be most welcome. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:32, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have noticed that exact issue. I am trying to do preps more regularly, especially hooks reviewed by Yoninah. However, I am still trying to get a handle on it. It is difficult not to get stuck on the same article and overthink it. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 08:39, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth and @Coffeeandcrumbs: thank you for promoting "my" hooks today. Last week I decided to do a mini blitz campaign to clear the nominations page and only got through 9 out of 200+ nominations. That wasn't very satisfying, and then when it came to balancing prep sets, I couldn't promote my own reviews. I'm not going to do that again so quickly. Meanwhile, BlueMoonset is planning a week-long blitz for other editors to clear the noms page; looking forward to that. Best, Yoninah (talk) 10:51, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A BlueMoonset blitz sounds like a good idea. I aim to review two articles every time I nominate one. "Every little helps", as it says in an advertising slogan used by the Tesco supermarket chain over here! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:05, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, I think some of the FAC items may be more your thing than mine.... if you have a moment. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, the source review needs attention... Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:40, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, I think the bot has miscalculated the bonus points for my DYK nomination for a third time. The article was created in 2006, hence 1 point for each year before 2015 would be 9 points. Together with the 5 bonus points, the total should be 14 points (not 13). Which begs the question – has the bot been updated since last year's tournament to take into account the change of year? —Bloom6132 (talk) 16:35, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jarry1250: We really need to sort this out; I can change the points manually, but there are other contestants also missing out on their bonus points.

@Bloom6132: On a slightly different matter, looking at this section of the Scoring page, it seems to me that the calculation in the bullet point below the table (starting "This bonus") is incorrect and should read "(10×2)+5". What do you think? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:08, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since the hypothetical article was created in 2009, it should actually read "(10×2)+11". I got 11 from: (a) 5 bonus points for being created in 2015 or before; together with (b) another 6 points since the rules are "award[ing] 1 point for each year created before 2015". If the hypothetical article was created in 2015, then yes, your equation above (i.e. "(10×2)+5") would be correct. —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hope I got the calculation right. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:27, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Bloom6132: Yes, I do agree with your calculation and will adjust your score. I should also do so for the other people with relevant DYKs. However we really need to fix the problem rather than tinker with the scores. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:06, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And yes, I agree. I hope this did not affect qualifying in previous rounds (cursory glance at the tables from rounds 1 and 2 indicates that it did not). —Bloom6132 (talk) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lithodytes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the gold-striped frog (pictured) sometimes breeds inside an active nest of leafcutter ants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lithodytes. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The DYK Barnstar
		I give you this DYK Barnstar for making so much Did You Know?s. 107.77.245.40 (talk) 03:38, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:13, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Nymphargus grandisonae 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) 22:10, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 15 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cochranella nola, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the small frog Cochranella nola has yellow intestines, a green tongue, and dark green bones? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cochranella nola. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 12:03, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi my welsh friend (I guess you are welsh, due to your name !!)

Thanks for advice. As the direct successor of Alphonse, I am very proud of the nomination, especially for July 14th, which is our French National day ! Have a good day.--Jebulon (talk) 11:03, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Diolch! I chose it for July 14th for that very reason. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:23, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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On 18 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nymphargus grandisonae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the male giant glass frog has a hooked spur on his upper arm which is used when fighting rivals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nymphargus grandisonae. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, in case of anything, I've contributed anonymously on Wikipedia and other Wikis for over 10 years (although it doesn't look like that because I get different IP addresses).

So, recently, I have found this article from the ScienceDaily news-source about animals having beliefs like humans: What it means when animals have beliefs. I like to know if it's good and verifiable enough to add information about that newly released. Thanks. --2603:9000:A511:9E76:BD3D:EADD:7515:B77F (talk) 16:02, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would think that ScienceDaily is a sufficiently reliable source, and I think this information could be added to a suitable article. I was surprised they used the term "beliefs", which has religious connotations, whereas I would have preferred "rational thought processes" or something similar. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:07, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think "beliefs" make a little more sense in my opinion, but alright. Maybe put it at Ethology, which deals with related behavior of animals, or Comparative psychology, which deals with the mental processes of animals? Thanks (for learning something new). --2603:9000:A511:9E76:BD3D:EADD:7515:B77F (talk) 23:38, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Not much I could do about the reference, but it feels sufficient. [1] --2603:9000:A511:9E76:BD3D:EADD:7515:B77F (talk) 23:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have reformulated the reference. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:04, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I found some more evidence over the last week to supplement it: https://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/doanimal.htm / https://aap.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00048407912341011 / https://www.jstor.org/stable/20012935 / https://animalstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1191&context=animsent / https://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2017/november/11012017Buckner-Animal-Cognition.php --2603:9000:A511:9E76:974:A52F:A26F:592 (talk) 13:14, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They look like good sources. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just like to remind you that I also transliterated and simplified it for the Simple Wikipedia, here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology#Historical_development It has to meet their Basic English standards. --2603:9000:A511:9E76:974:A52F:A26F:592 (talk) 19:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:56, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, I've noticed that the bot hasn't given me the the 5x Wikipedias bonus for Soviet Union women's national rugby union team which I submitted for the Wikicup today. Would you be able to assist with this please? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:43, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you are referring to the 1.2x multiplier. I believe the bot looks to the position at the beginning of the contest/year, and in this case the Turkish language equivalent article was only started in the month of "Haziran 2020‎", whenever that was. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:55, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I reserved a slot for this special occasion hook, which I helped write, in Prep 6. Would you mind promoting it? BTW no one else seems to be building prep sets lately. Best, Yoninah (talk) 00:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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On 22 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Huanchaca mouse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that one of the factors affecting the future of the Huanchaca mouse is the increased cultivation of biofuels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Huanchaca mouse. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:03, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, with only 64 approved nominations, most of them U.S. based, non-bios, and an overabundance of American Civil War hooks, it's almost impossible to build balanced sets. If I go ahead and do more reviews, will you promote them? Also pinging Coffeeandcrumbs. Yoninah (talk) 15:22, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and I will do a few extra reviews for you to promote. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:09, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, is the cutoff of 60 approved noms we specified for reverting to 1-a-days too low? —valereee (talk) 19:33, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The real trouble is the 250 unapproved nominations. We need a blitz to get that figure down. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:36, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: sorry, I don't follow those mathematical discussions. Cwmhiraeth knows more about than I do. Even if we slow down the rate, we don't have enough diversity in the approved hooks to build a balanced set. Yoninah (talk) 19:41, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth, the WikiCup doesn't consider DYK reviewing or prep building, is that correct? Do you think it could? It might help with the backlog at DYK in the first months of the year. —valereee (talk) 19:51, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiCup awards points for DYKs, but not for reviewing them. Any change in the rules of that sort would need to take place after the contest has finished in October. The amount of DYK-related activity at the WikiCup is relatively modest, most contestants seeming to prefer the GA and GA reviewing route. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:15, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, my idea of doing another mini blitz of reviews isn't working so well. I approved only 1 out of 6 reviews. Yoninah (talk) 21:15, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, are you saying to failed the other six, or just needed to query them? I'm assuming the latter. —valereee (talk) 21:40, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: I'm saying that the standard of article and hook writing is not what it should be. Even some of our regulars toss out any old hook just to get a pass. I feel we put a lot of effort into producing a respectable set for the main page, but no one knows all the work that goes on behind the scenes to get to that point. Yoninah (talk) 21:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth, your talk page is taking an awful lot of time to load. Could you archive it please? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, I agree, our qpq encourages people to simply pass hooks and articles. —valereee (talk) 21:51, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes, totally for next year! —valereee (talk) 21:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 23 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chilean seaside cinclodes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Chilean seaside cinclodes bobs its tail while it walks and flares its wings while it sings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chilean seaside cinclodes. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 23:10, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 12:02, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth! Sorry to trouble you again – the bot has shorted me one point again for this DYK nom (article created in 2007, so should be 13 bonus points instead of 12). —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:41, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I will make the alteration. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:50, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much! If the bot isn't fixed by the next round, would you like me to keep track of all the DYK submissions I make and ask you at the end of the round to correct them? Or are you fine with me asking in this "as we go" manner? —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:23, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jarry1250 did not respond to pings so I intend to look at all the contestants submissions before the end of this round and adjust them where needed, especially if a few extra points would be critical for anyone to reach the next round. One correction at the end of the round should suffice if the matter remains unsorted. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 16:05, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, regarding the Virginia coat of arms POTD, I've changed the bolded article from Historical armorial of U.S. states from 1876 to the original target, Virginia (and added a brief intro to the top of the blurb), which is an FA and more closely related to the featured picture in question. This also brings it more in line with past POTDs from the state heraldry collection for consistency. Does this work for you? — RAVENPVFF · talk · 18:23, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ravenpuff: All the POTDs I create automatically appear on my watchlist, so I had already looked at your changes and thought them OK. It is difficult writing suitable blurb's for topics of which I am completely ignorant! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scythrophrys, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Boie's frog (pictured) and the Banhado frog both resemble dead leaves on the floor of the forest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scythrophrys. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 23:33, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 00:01, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Proceratophrys boiei, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Boie's frog (pictured) and the Banhado frog both resemble dead leaves on the floor of the forest? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 23:33, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 00:01, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth, I hope you don't mind, but I thought it would be easiest to ask you to take care of these necessary moves and promotions, though if you'd prefer, the ones that involve preps could be handled by someone else, perhaps Yoninah. As I'm writing this, Queues 3 through 7 are filled, as are Preps 1 through 6.

• June 27: The hook about Ryan Williams in Prep 2 needs to move to Queue 5.

The rest are still in the special occasions area and at some point soon need to be checked and promoted into already-filled preps. (There's a small chance Prep 2 might be promoted to Queue 2 in the next few hours, in which case we'd need an admin to do the July 1 one.)

• July 1: The hook about the 6th Missouri Infantry will need to go into Prep 2.
• July 2: The hook about Asa Binns will need to go into Prep 3.
• July 4: The hook about US Independence Day will need to go into Prep 5.

Thank you very much as always. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueMoonset: I have made these various moves. What DYK currently needs is for the enormous number of unreviewed nominations to be reviewed. At around 245, they create a built-in delay of about thirty days between nomination and appearance on the main page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for moving the June 27 special occasion hook into Queue 5. But now you have 3 U.S. hooks in a row, and 5 altogether. I suggest swapping out the Pine Street hook in the second slot for something foreign from the preps. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:56, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth, I've been working on preparing a DYK backlog blitz (modeled on the GAN and GOCE ones), but life has intervened, so the earliest I could run it would be starting the weekend of July 3 (over a week from now). I'd originally thought to do it for a week, which is what GOCE does, but maybe nine days (July 3 through 11) would be better, with two weekends included, even though the first would include the July 4 holiday in the states. The draft page is at User talk:BlueMoonset/sandbox4, if you have any thoughts. I'm hoping we get dozens of unapproved nominations to be approved; if we get enough, it might even trigger a return to two-a-day, something I imagine most admins won't be thrilled by, but it would be nice to get the total noms down further, into the low 200s at least. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:21, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It looks good! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth Declining WP:RPP was likely not a great decision. Its pointless me doing it again and we'd better let the vandals have the article. Thanks @WikiMacaroons for doing [2] but from now on the article is off my watchlist.Djm-leighpark (talk) 11:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Djm-leighpark: Semi-page protection is meant for pages experiencing high or persistent levels of vandalism, which this page just wasn't. All pages experience some vandalism, from the smallest to the largest, but we don't want to shut out valuable new editors. A large portion of constructive edits are still made by IP's and new users, so we try to use page protection as sparingly as possible. Generally, if a page has had much recent disruption (at least 3 vandalisms not all by the same user is a good rule of thumb) within the last day, or persistent disruption over the course of a week, then semi-protection might be warranted. Sometimes protection for disruption over a longer scale is warranted, but it needs to really be persistent and troublesome. Hopefully that helps explain our protection policy a little better! Don't be afraid to submit pages for protection though if you think they need it, better safe than sorry, and an admin can always make the final call. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:32, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am sick and tired of chunks being knocked of that article and I was asked for pending changes anyway so the article doesn't get visibly done in. But anyway as I say its off my watch list so you admins can watch new editors (likely the same persistent IP's) make unsupported claims against the newspaper. Its far better off my watchlist you understand. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 12:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing Laal Kothi Paak Darbaar Sharif, it was a difficult task for an admin to review article with citation in other foreign languages, especially for an admin whose first language is English lol Majun e Baqi (talk) 14:00, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. It looks like you shuffled the hooks in Queue 6 when you promoted them from prep. Can you please put them back in the original order (Tomassetti, Senior Citizen, 16th Miss, Buyuk, Burton, Black Swan, Trump, Sign)? The new order has two politician hooks in a row, and I don't see why there was any need to change it. Can you please put it back to how it was? Thanks, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:51, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Squirrel Conspiracy: I shuffled the hooks because I didn't think it appropriate to put the hook about Donald Trump next to the quirky one about the cock. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
• The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
• Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, in the Wyoming coat of arms POTD, you added the following symbolism of the shield: the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1868, the agricultural riches of the territory and the military actions needed to subdue the native Americans and ensure the peace and the safety of settlers. Do you have an article where this is mentioned, or any source for this? I found one that describes the contents of the shield, but not its meaning. Thanks! — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ravenpuff: Did I have a source? The railroad bit, yes, the agriculture bit, not sure, and the sword bit, no. I did my best to write a blurb about a subject of which I knew nothing. Feel free to rewrite the blurb in any way you think fit. 12:38, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The Destub Barnstar
		Thank you for destubbing/expanding articles in many regions and logging them at The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge. Koridas 📣 20:36, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Koridas, it's an impressive barnstar! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:49, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Barbronia weberi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Asian freshwater leech Barbronia weberi has invaded North Carolina? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barbronia weberi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article about the painting is very short. Just out of curiosity, do you plan to expand it? (Ixion seems to be in much better shape.) Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Armbrust: I think it was my intention to improve the article and I had forgotten about it. I will either improve it, if I can find suitable sources, or rewrite the blurb for the POTD to refer to Ixion. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:04, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Armbrust: Having created Template:POTD/2020-07-24, I suppose I had better scrap it, because I now find that the image has appeared on POTD before Template:POTD/2017-09-07. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:14, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that would be best. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:56, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Discodoris boholiensis 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! CMD (talk) 02:54, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gastrotheca andaquiensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the female Andes marsupial frog carries her developing young in a pouch on her back? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gastrotheca andaquiensis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, for deleting the subpage 😙 --User:MissionZero2.0 | User_talk:MissionZero2.0 07:37, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey bro,how can I protect a page from vandalism Mamallarnarashimavarman (talk) 16:37, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mamallarnarashimavarman: Only WP:Administrators can protect pages. If you think that a page is in need of protection, you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:32, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've just had to correct the hook for this DYK on the main page given it was clearly incorrect - please see [3]. I'd suggest more closely checking sources for future DYK reviews. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:51, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for your help with Leila Hassan's DYK! Lajmmoore (talk) 07:58, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 18 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Corythomantis greeningi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the frog Corythomantis greeningi retreats into a hole, blocks the entrance with its spiny head, and injects venom into anything that tries to dislodge it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corythomantis greeningi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Calappa hepatica, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the reef box crab uses its powerful pincers to break open the shells of snails? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Calappa hepatica. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:02, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Discodoris boholiensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the sea slug Discodoris boholiensis exhibits photokinesis? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Discodoris boholiensis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:03, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Photokinesis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the sea slug Discodoris boholiensis exhibits photokinesis? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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) 00:03, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On 23 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abatus cordatus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the sea urchin Abatus cordatus broods its young for nine months in pockets on its upper surface? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abatus cordatus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I notice you promote practically every day, and I appreciate it. So I'll leave you off the pings. You're definitely our most attentive administrator! Yoninah (talk) 17:59, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:15, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, thanks very much for handling my recent RD1s

On American Academy of Actuaries, it wasn't actually just that user that had left copyvios; some of the copyvios were already on that page before (the ones from the issuu source). I think you've only revdelled the new user's contribs, but many of the previous contribs contained the copyvio too - the top revdel request template on the page had the source and revision span for those. If you get a moment, would you mind sorting those too?

Cheers, your help is really appreciated! Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 13:25, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Naypta: It's done now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:41, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm not mistaken, these three DYK submissions (Template:Did you know nominations/Ng On-yee, Template:Did you know nominations/Patsy Fagan, and Template:Did you know nominations/John Pulman on this contestant's page) are ineligible per the rule: "Only articles eligible for DYK through being newly created or newly expanded fivefold (not newly promoted to GA status)" From what I see in the respective page history, the aforementioned noms were not also newly created or 5× expanded. —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:06, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I should have noticed that. I have changed his submissions page and hope the bot will adjust his score accordingly. If not, I will have to try to work it out myself. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 15:10, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! If my math is correct, it should total minus 73 pts. (15 + 27 + 31, respectively, with all multipliers, extra base pts. and bonus pts. included). —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:33, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies all for my ignorance of this rule. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:59, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BennyOnTheLoose: That's OK. As I am sure you can appreciate, it's a logical rule because newly promoted GAs qualify for DYK without any extra work needing to be done (except for the QPQ!). Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:24, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I support the rule fully. I've looked back, and I also had three ineligible DYKs in round 3. (Cliff Wilson, Joe Davis and Idiot Wind). I don't think I had any ineligible ones in earlier rounds. Please check this, and take any action as necessary. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:28, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BennyOnTheLoose: I suggest we take no action on those. As far as I can see you would still have proceeded to Round 4 even if you did not have the extra points. Patsy Fagan would actually have been eligible for DYK as a fivefold expansion, but you may not have realised it at the time. Of course, Stephen Hendry was always my favourite snooker player. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:57, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I managed to score five points against Hendry when he played an exhibition at the local club, in 1987 (I think). He looked special even then. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:10, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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