On 14 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Happy Feet (penguin), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that for some time the penguin Happy Feet got more media attention than New Zealand Prime Minister John Key? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Happy Feet (penguin). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Happy Feet (penguin)), 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) 00:03, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora, I notice that you edit a lot on New Zealand topics and I wonder if you are located in New Zealand? If so, did you know that there is a Wikipedia conference in Christchurch in May? We even have some funding available to assist people from outside Christchurch to attend (by covering their travel costs). Registrations are open here: https://events.humanitix.com/2025-wikicon-aotearoa-chch Or feel free to put any questions on my talk page. Regards, MM MurielMary (talk) 06:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I am in New Zealand although I won't be able to make it. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:24, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's a pity! Maybe next conference! All the best, MM MurielMary (talk) 08:34, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tea in New Zealand, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand once consumed more tea per capita than Britain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tea in New Zealand. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tea in New Zealand), 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.

1=Launchballer 00:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 20 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Burma (elephant), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Burma the elephant (pictured) once escaped Auckland Zoo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burma (elephant). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Burma (elephant)), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Strange: The link to the Moon/the moon for Ngram Viewer that You posted does not give me two different values: it combines them and does not allow me to make the search case-sensitive. I wonder how You got the differentiated results. (Okeh, I found a trick: go to the URL code and replace "true" with "false." But there's no way could get the results using the UI.) Kdammers (talk) 05:33, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's really strange. When I use Ngram Viewer there is a button to the right of "English" which says "Case-Insensitive". Maybe Google is doing an A/B test of some sort? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:39, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the button is there on my screen, but it doesn't work. I've tried it on two computers in different buidlings and with Mozilla, Chrome and Brave. 2605:A601:F300:700:0:0:0:1F66 (talk) 00:09, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stargate_Project

Says, "The venture plans on investing up to $500,000 million in AI infrastructure in the United States by 2029."

Seems it should say "$500,000 billion..."

I do not have an edit option to change this. Hopefully you do.

Thanks for creating this wiki !

Andre AndreB772025 (talk) 19:02, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well $500,000 million is $500 billion (which is what the sources say) so it is correct, although I personally would prefer if it just said "$500 billion". The number you've provided, $500,000 billion is the same as $500 trillion which is not what the sources say. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:30, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas (goose), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the New Zealand goose Thomas has been described as an "icon of the LGBT community"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas (goose). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas (goose)), 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.

SL93 (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 12,030 views (1,002.5 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are currently making thousands of edits an hour using an automated script without as far as I can tell first obtaining consensus for adding templates to those pages, contrary to Bot policy. I would recommend seeking approval at WP:BRFA before continuing. EoRdE6^(Talk) 01:56, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EoRdE6 could you please clarify what you mean? Because I'm really confused about this message. First of all, I'm not using any automated script. I'm using Petscan and AutoWikiBrowser. And what precisely am I doing to be editing like a bot? Several other users including Ser Amantio di Nicolao and BrownHairedGirl have added these tags to articles throughout Wikipedia. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AWB is an automated script. See WP:AWBRULES, specifically rule 1. BrownHairedGirl was banned a year ago, that said given Ser Amantio di Nicolao's extensive history here I would trust their judgement. And that template seems to have at least been debated in the past Wikipedia_talk:Date_formattings#Should_all_articles_have_a_dmy/mdy_template? EoRdE6^(Talk) 02:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EoRdE6: The tag seems perfectly fine for now, as far as I am aware; I've been adding it based on BHG's work of about three years ago, which seems to have been relatively uncontroversial (the linked discussion notwithstanding). I've been doing it for most of this month, with only one negative comment that was withdrawn after discussion. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EoRdE6: So can I continue adding these templates or do you still think I shouldn't? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:31, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the lack of a response after four days I am going to assume that it's a yes. ―Panamitsu (talk) 03:20, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 1 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Davis (missionary), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Richard Davis made the earliest known continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Davis (meteorologist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Davis (missionary)), 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.

SL93 (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work! I’ve always wanted to write that bio, but never got around to it. You can’t use a photo of a living person under a fair use claim, though. That’s because one could take a photo of the person anytime, even if that is difficult. For example, Kim Jong Un's article was missing a photo for many years, even though you wouldn’t get anywhere near him even if you tried. Schwede66 01:42, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I had actually started that draft in April last year but lost interest in it and only in the past week I've gotten back into it. The fair use photo thing does make sense so I'll remove it although I must say the Kim Jong Un story is really funny. ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For my information: in around 2010 there was a now-deleted image, a sketch was added in October 2014, improved in December 2014, later changed to a photorealistic sketch, in April 2017 was temporarily changed to a statue (and was later changed back to the photorealistic sketch), later changed back to the black-and-white sketch, and later back to the photorealistic one, then finally in March 2018 it became a photograph. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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On 13 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nigel (gannet), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the "world's loneliest seabird" chose a concrete statue as his mate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nigel (gannet). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nigel (gannet)), 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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On 15 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jin (otter), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jin the otter went loose for almost a month after escaping Auckland Zoo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jin (otter). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jin (otter)), 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.

1=Launchballer 00:03, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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On 18 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inky (octopus), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Inky the octopus attracted worldwide media attention after escaping from the National Aquarium of New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inky (octopus). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Inky (octopus)), 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.

1=Launchballer 00:03, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quick tag: Looks like the categorization tree for the Nuevo Laredo radio stations (which are dual-catted) is resulting in them being tagged in. (Because someone put them in Category:Radio stations in Laredo, Texas.) Rolled back one and you might wanna clean up the pages with titles beginning in X in that cat. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 23:49, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I'll stop tagging these articles and will take a look. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:51, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see what's going on. In my PetScan query I specifically excluded Mexican/Canadian/other countries radio stations but it turns out that I had typed the categories incorrectly. For some reason I wrote "Radio stations in the Mexico" instead of "Radio stations in Mexico" (I had copied and pasted the "Radio stations in the United States" but forgot to remove the "the"). ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, I am totally in favor of American English being used on articles on rails in the U.S. That's what I came here for, to mark my agreement with your recent notes (on this issue) in various articles. But this discussion above appears to be about Mexico. Nonetheless, American English prevails in North America within the types of English (as opposed to British English), so I agree with American English in this context too.Dogru144 (talk) 05:57, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose there could be an argument for using American English in Mexican articles for the reason you've mentioned, but I believe almost every country that hasn't been part of the British Empire uses American English (bar a few countries like North Korea) due to having a much stronger political influence than Britain. If we use that as a reason that articles on non-English speaking countries should use American English then I reckon that it'd violate MOS:RETAIN which says that the first English variety of an article should be retained (unless there is consensus to change it or the used English variety violates MOS:TIES). ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry (tuatara), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tuatara Henry (pictured), who was named after Henry VIII, was planned "to have lots of wives"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry (tuatara). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Henry (tuatara)), 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.

jlwoodwa (talk) 00:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 00:39, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Happy Feet (penguin) 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 Traumnovelle -- Traumnovelle (talk) 04:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yay I've been hoping that someone would review this for a while. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article December 2010 Christchurch earthquake 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 Dora the Axe-plorer -- Dora the Axe-plorer (talk) 09:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my two reviews starting on the same day. This also happened for Edmonds (brand) and Paora. ―Panamitsu (talk) 09:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]