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The article Battle of Zama you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battle of Zama for comments about the article, and Talk:Battle of Zama/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Harrias -- Harrias (talk) 15:41, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What's the problem? FAOWN hardly applies, as these are not "significant changes"; no information is added or deleted. The sentences just logically belong together, not apart. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:27, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are doing a major rewrite, much of which consists of applying your personal preferences. IMO FAOWN very much applies. If it doesn't, BRD does. Besides, this is possibly the most reviewed FA on Wikipedia. More than 100 editors were invited to comment and twelve did, giving the existing article a strong consensus. Obviously I am happy to discuss individual changes to the facts, or tweaks to the prose which may improve it, but not to see a wholesale imposition of personal preferences. So perhaps if we could take them one at a time on the talk page? Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:37, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Major rewrite??? Seriously? Give me an example. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:48, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Give you an example? Look at the diffs. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:55, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can't point one out? Not surprising, because there are none. When I made actual major changes to Battle of Britain and Battle of Midway, were there any complaints? Nary a peep. Yet, when I moved a few sentences around to make the text flow better and more logically, you complain that the sky is falling. Okay *blanking WP:PA* what you've reverted to isn't so much worse that it's worth wasting my time arguing about. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:56, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battle of Carthago Nova (209 BC) 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 Ifly6 -- Ifly6 (talk) 00:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The current article claims the crossbow strings are made of leather, but this is incorrect and contradicts its own source. The source does NOT say the bowstrings are made of leather, but actually says the bowstrings were made of hemp and they had leather coverings. Intranetusa (talk) 02:54, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Continued at Talk:Battle of Crécy#Crossbow strings. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:16, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Gog the Mild! The article you nominated, Battle of the Trebia, 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, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild You've done it again! Cheers to another year full of FAs. Do you have plans to expand the scope of your FA nominations? Unlimitedlead (talk) 02:01, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations to the new one, and thank you today for collaboration John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, introduced: "A joint nomination between myself and Gog on one of the many curious individuals populating late-medieval England. This chap starts off as a bit of an arse, frankly—a plutocrat forced to work with men of greater ability though less lineage, and who clearly can't decide whether he prefers fighting the French or cutting off relatives, as he spends his time doing both in almost equal portions. But—but—whose story ends with, really, some poignancy. This started off with me piling in my editorial size nine boots some years ago, throwing in everything I had on him, following which it was reviewed for GA by Iazyges of this parish (shout out!). More recently Gog has shown me how it's done—as usual—with a fantastic copy edit."! - My stories on the Main page today are about Johanna Geisler and Huub Oosterhuis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Gog the Mild. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Battle of Galatas".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:29, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article Battle of Carthago Nova (209 BC) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battle of Carthago Nova (209 BC) for comments about the article, and Talk:Battle of Carthago Nova (209 BC)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ifly6 -- Ifly6 (talk) 23:04, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Zama, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the battle of Zama commenced with a charge by 80 war elephants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Zama. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Battle of Zama), 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, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Jo-Jo Eumerus § TRAPPIST-1. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:14, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, why you canceled my last edit there? The Battle of Trebbia (1799) does not belong to the Napoleonic era and to Napoleon Bonaparte too. Enfeed (talk) 16:09, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Gog, I must say I am quite pleased to see one of your articles that I reviewed on the Main Page as TFA, but I am even more please to see that the hook is loaded with commas. Some of them are actually quite excessive, methinks, but whatever: another win for me. Unlimitedlead (talk) 03:09, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Evening Unlimitedlead. Oh dear. I had hoped that using average dice to determine how many commas to randomly insert in a blurb would generate text indistinguishable from regular US prose. Clearly not. Perhaps if I removed one of the dice? Gog the Mild (talk) 20:23, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fear not, Gog. I'd rather you use too many commas than not enough commas :) Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I like commas too, and I'm writing UK prose. Harrias ^{(he/him) • talk} 20:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you today for Constantine III (Western Roman emperor), introduced: "Many people are vaguely aware that the Roman army left Britain around 400 (February 407) and never returned, ushering the Dark Ages into Britain. Have you ever wondered why? Or who ordered it? Or what happened to them, and why they never returned?"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]