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Hi there, this is a quick note to say thank you for your help at GA review and that I've pushed it to FAR if you have any further thoughts to offer. Any help appreciated! Jim Killock (talk) 13:15, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck - I will certainly get a review in, though I usually try to let a few others go first so that I don't end up simply repeating the GA review. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 13:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC) UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 13:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much! Will come back later - btw Dudley Miles made similar points to you on a couple of things I hadn't fixed eg web links and the post expulsion narrative so apologies for not fixing those better the first time round. Jim Killock (talk) 12:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Ove Jørgensen you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ove Jørgensen for comments about the article, and Talk:Ove Jørgensen/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:04, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Émile Gilliéron you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Émile Gilliéron for comments about the article, and Talk:Émile Gilliéron/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Usernameunique -- Usernameunique (talk) 17:45, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article PY Ta 641 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:PY Ta 641 and Talk:PY Ta 641/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 20:22, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Alison Frantz 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 16:20, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article PY Ta 641 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:PY Ta 641 for comments about the article, and Talk:PY Ta 641/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:04, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, UndercoverClassicist! The article you nominated, Beulé Gate, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As you peer reviewed the article, you may be interested in commenting during the its FAC process. Thank you for your time. Borsoka (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Borsoka -- I'll certainly take a look if I get the chance. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 07:21, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Alison Frantz you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Alison Frantz for comments about the article, and Talk:Alison Frantz/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 18:05, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your time and comments on this one -- they are much appreciated. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 18:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello UC. I noticed the math on Steve Winwood's age was incorrect. Born in 1948 he'd be 73 until May when he (God willing) will turn 74.

Only noticed this bc my wife's birth year is also 1948. Any husband knows - get the age correct (or err to the *lower.* ha ha) or you WILL pay for it! LMBO.

Hope this helps. If *you* would, please make the correction/edit. Thanks. Terry --Terry themusiclover (talk) 19:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Terry,

I'm not sure I see the mistake here. I see the DoB given as 12 May 1948 and the age as 75. That's correct, by my count: his last birthday was in 2023, and 2023-1948 is 75. He'll be 76 in May, assuming all of those dates are right? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 20:02, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any information on where the Greeks got the word "tigris"? Check out what I wrote here. LittleJerry (talk) 00:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting stuff -- you've certainly gone to the key source (Liddell and Scott) that I would have. What you write sounds eminently plausible. I did find page 97 of this one, which pushes the "popular idea" back a bit: the Greeks (or at least Strabo) also thought there was a connection between arrows and the river Tigris, and the Romans (or at least Varro) thought that extended to the animal as well. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 07:26, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know where to find the Persian letters? LittleJerry (talk) 23:43, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fast and loose, but the Persian-language article has ببر as its title, which is also what comes out of Google Translate when you do "tiger" from English to Persian. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 08:23, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

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The article Spyridon Marinatos you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Spyridon Marinatos and Talk:Spyridon Marinatos/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cplakidas -- Cplakidas (talk) 10:42, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I easily add a source to an article? I just added one to the Mark Chapman Wikipedia page and I got it right on like my 4th/5th try --Movies09 (talk) 19:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello - the easiest way is normally to go into source editing mode and add ref tags: write <ref>YOUR CITATION HERE</ref>, replacing the middle bit with information about the source. There are some more creative things you can do later on, but that should work: most articles are fairly unfussy about the format as long as it's obvious where you got it from, and another editor could go and check that reference with the information you've provided. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 20:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Walter Abel Heurtley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alan Wace recruited Walter Abel Heurtley, a former military prison governor, to help manage the students of the British School at Athens? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Abel Heurtley. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Walter Abel Heurtley), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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) 00:03, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I created an artcle on the Ghana Universities Debate Championship, IDK how to get it published. --Desmondd23 (talk) 00:39, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello -- could you put a link to it here -- is it on Wikipedia in draft space or similar? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 07:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Spyridon Marinatos you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Spyridon Marinatos for comments about the article, and Talk:Spyridon Marinatos/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cplakidas -- Cplakidas (talk) 17:21, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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On 26 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article PY Ta 641, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tablet PY Ta 641 was instrumental in proving that Michael Ventris had indeed deciphered Linear B? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/PY Ta 641. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, PY Ta 641), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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