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DYK for Fang Gan

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On 18 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fang Gan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fang Gan failed the imperial examination more than ten times, apparently because of his cleft lip? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fang Gan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fang Gan), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Xinxiu bencao

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Xinxiu bencao has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Kzyx (talk) 03:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

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The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Hi there. John Higgins removal

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Hi there. You made a mistake on the John Higgins homepage . Can you undo the edit you made please ?. Thanks 92.251.155.97 (talk) 23:17, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Editor's Barnstar
Thank you for starting Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Clovermoss: Such an honour. Thanks Clover! :) KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 02:08, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I really do appreciate your enthusiasm. I'm trying to find mine but my brain is fickle 😂. Just know that I am trying to find the motivation to dig through sources and I will eventually get back to you on all that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:47, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Clovermoss: As the Singaporean phrase goes, own time, own target! 😌 KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 15:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good expression. I think part of my reluctance to do anything at the moment is because there's already a lot of mentally heavy stuff on my plate. 😅 I'd much rather chill and write about libraries at this moment in time. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:37, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Clovermoss: Or bridges! 😂 I can relate, my energy/interest levels can fluctuate quite a bit too. It's alright, we have all the time in the world... KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 04:48, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore

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Hello! Your submission of Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore 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 at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:05, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

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The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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DYK for Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore

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On 28 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that many Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Rony Tan

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A tag has been placed on Rony Tan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rony Tan. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:03, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexandermcnabb: I had no access to the previous iteration(s) of this article, so it simply cannot be a recreation--any similarities are coincidental. More importantly, the subject clearly meets our general notability guidelines, with sources dating back to the 1980s. I urge you not to nominate this for deletion on a whim. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 08:56, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Having skimmed through the previous AfD, it seems that the sourcing then was indeed poor. I certainly did not consult or cite those sources. On the other hand there is plenty of substantive and reliable coverage in local newspapers as Today, the Straits Times, and the New Paper. More to follow KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 08:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings and request

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Hi there Kingoflettuce, my name is Sculture65.

I noted about your Prosecution of S. Iswaran article creation and perhaps I will like a request you to create one article pertaining to Pritam Singh trial over Raeesah Khan since that is also ongoing. Think you can do it too? Thanks.

Sculture65 (talk) 05:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Canada Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and Christmas Island AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

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DYK for Nathania Ong

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On 13 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nathania Ong, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nathania Ong had not seen Les Misérables before successfully auditioning for the role of Éponine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nathania Ong. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nathania Ong), 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.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Incorrect move

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You have incorrectly moved the page back to the incorrect capitalisation. JW literature doesn’t capitalise ‘death’ in the phrase “Memorial of Jesus’ death”. It is always lower case. Put it back the correct way.—Jeffro77 Talk 12:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source please? Chryssides' Jehovah's Witnesses: A New Introduction (p. 101): "The other rite in which Jehovah’s Witnesses take part is the annual Memorial of Christ's *D*eath..." It makes no sense for a proper name to be rendered in sentence case. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 12:15, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jeffro77 It would be like insisting that "Day of Atonement" be retitled to "Day of atonement". I'm sure it would be appropriate for JWs to also refer to it in the lower case, since the Memorial is also a memorial, but then it wouldn't be in reference to its proper name and moreso a description of what the celebration is. We'd be better off with "Jehovah's Witnesses' annual commemoration of Jesus' death" as a title then. In any case the fact that Chryssides unambiguously refers to it as MoJD is more than good enough for me. Hope this helps! KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 12:27, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not at desktop right now but I could provide literally dozens upon dozens of JW references using lower case for article specifically about this JW practice. I’ll add some here when convenient. There’s no need to be asinine.—Jeffro77 Talk 13:04, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Watchtower, April 2021, p. 19: "And each year we deepen our gratitude for the ransom by attending the Memorial of Jesus’ death and by zealously inviting others to join us."
  • The Watchtower, September 2020 p. 10: "That evening, a crowd of 20,919,041 gathered to observe the Memorial of Jesus’ death."
  • The Watchtower, January 2019, p. 27: "On the night of the Memorial of Jesus’ death, we attend this important event not merely because we feel it is a duty..."
  • The Watchtower, January 2019, p. 27: "Each year, we make an effort to invite as many as possible to attend the Memorial of Jesus’ death."
  • New World Translation (Glossary) p. 1703: "Lord’s Evening Meal. A literal meal consisting of unleavened bread and wine as symbols of Christ’s body and blood; a memorial of Jesus’ death."
These references are sufficient to establish that they do not use the term as a title. Note in each case that they use Memorial as a title but not the rest. However, they do use "Lord's Evening Meal" as a title:
  • The Watchtower, September 2024, p. 19: "It is thus understandable that Jesus wanted to have them with him for that final Passover and for what immediately followed—the Lord’s Evening Meal."
  • The Watchtower, December 2024, p. 11: "During the Lord’s Evening Meal, Jesus offered unleavened bread to his apostles and told them that it represented his body."
Their Bible encyclopedia, Insight on the Scriptures, has an entry for "Memorial" which simply says "See LORD'S EVENING MEAL", where the subject is discussed in detail. There is no entry for "Memorial of Jesus' death" at all.
These are again sufficient to demonstrate their actual usage of the terms, and which is the official name of the observance.--Jeffro77 Talk 01:56, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
1) Are there any non-JW related articles here that have sentence case titles for festival names? I'm hard-pressed to think of any. It could just be a quirk on the JW style guide's part. Either we rename it to a matter-of-fact descriptive title or we retain the title case name (per Chryssides and common sense), or this becomes Watchtower wiki. 2) There's no need to be rude. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 13:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to be precise about it, the solution is to rename the article to the name they do use as an actual title for the observance, "Lord's Evening Meal". (An alternative would be simply Memorial which is actually the part they use as a title from the phrase "Memorial of Jesus' death", however that would be unnecessarily ambiguous.)--Jeffro77 Talk 01:56, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See also here where Chryssides states: "This annual celebration is the only event in the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ festival calendar, and is referred to as the Memorial or the Lord’s Evening Meal."--Jeffro77 Talk 02:19, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jehovah_s_Witnesses/EslQEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&pg=PA101
It'd be rather odd for "Memorial" to be the only official title (apart from LEM), as opposed to a shortening of the full title "Memorial of Jesus' Death", which for whatever stylistic/religious(??) reasons is rendered in official JW literature as MoJd... Just look here, any fair-minded person would be forgiven for thinking that the event name was MoJD. I'd be more persuaded to change if there were non-JW precedents here, i.e. find me an article about any festival that has such a strange titling convention. Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 05:10, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whether you think it’s odd isn’t particularly relevant. I have directly shown that the official terms as used in their Bible encyclopaedia are “Lord’s Evening Meal” (the preferred term) or “Memorial”. I have also shown that they capitalise “Lord’s Evening Meal” but do not capitalise ‘death’ as part of a name at all. Since they don’t use “Memorial of Jesus’ death” as a title of the ritual, suggesting it as a ‘precedent’ is an irrelevant distraction. (Their use of title case in headings is also a misleading distraction; Wikipedia doesn’t use title case in headings.)—Jeffro77 Talk 05:26, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's not immediately clear to me, otherwise they'd have taken pains to stress in their website (linked above, no mention of Lord's Evening Meal on that page by the way) that only Memorial is acceptable as a "title". I don't think it's just me who would find this proposed change odd. I have also directly shown the Chryssides citation, and there are many other news articles that report the name per the standard convention. Now imagine if the JWs insisted on capitalising all the letters in "Lord", would you be pushing for the title to be "LORD's Evening Meal" then? KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 05:36, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You were and are wrong. Your counter arguments are tenuous. I’ve already demonstrated how the denomination uses the terms from their literature and also provided a source of Chryssides using the correct names. I’ve tried to restore accurate presentation but you’re too disagreeable to continue, so it can stay wrong.—Jeffro77 Talk

DYK nomination of Ly Singko

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Hello! Your submission of Ly Singko 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 at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Asian Challenge

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Feel free to put your articles up on Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge ! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:58, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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