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Hi, this template imposes a view that as far as I can see does not reflect consensus. I'm not very adept in editing templates, so perhaps you can have a quick look before I break something? Thanks! --Randykitty (talk) 08:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Randykitty: What's the problem, exactly? What view? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:51, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• The remark that journal articles need to satisfy GNG... --Randykitty (talk) 10:07, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  (talk page watcher) That looks like a copy from {{R from book}}. Nobody (talk) 10:45, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  It says it needs to meet notability guidelines, not gng specifically. I don't really see a problem with that. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:06, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• OK. --Randykitty (talk) 14:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for catching that reference on Technical geography. I reviewed the article's content but not the journal it was from, and didn't notice the predatory nature of it. I deleted the claim until I can track down the original source (if it exists). GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 04:51, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. You can check WP:UPSD and WP:CITEWATCH to find such citations in general. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:50, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you post a list of the articles with Harv errors in the project WP:CGR? Thanks! Ifly6 (talk) 19:29, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done @Ifly6: Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:43, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for generating these. Do you know why slavery in Ancient Rome was not included in this list? How was the list created? XabqEfdg (talk) 17:04, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just crossed checked Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors with Category:Classical Greece and Rome articles by quality (recurse 1 level, convert from talk page) with AWB's list comparer. I did that on January 31st. The errors in that article come from after January 31st. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 06:18, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Headbomb, I hope all is well. My name is Matt and I'm a graduate student researcher at Northwestern. Recently I've posted to the BAG IRC chat and the User Bots/Scripts Noticeboard soliciting feedback on research cases that I have selected for a research project. Given that we are looking at WMF feature deployments' impact on user bots and scripts operation, we really value the bot community's perspectives on how we are thinking about these events.

I'm sure that you're quite busy, and I completely understand if you do not have the time. Given your experience on BAG, I just wanted to reach out and see if you had any thoughts that you may be willing to share on our characterizations of these feature deployments. Any information you share will not be included in any research reports, I'm just curious to know your thoughts on how we are framing these events.

Thank you Ggonnemm (talk) 16:27, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Ggonnemm:, I've looked at your research cases and I don't think I'd have much to opine on them.

The only one where I'd have an opinion is the Visual Editor's rollout, which I thought was done a bit sloppily. IMO it could have stayed in the oven a bit longuer before full deployment. And that's really about all the insight I can offer here. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:33, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, @Headbomb! I appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on this. Ggonnemm (talk) 16:37, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect National News has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 February 2 § National News until a consensus is reached. I think the redirect would be more appropriate as a disambiguation page. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 18:37, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]