Talk:Disease X/Archive 1

Question re DYK
Hi, , I have been expanding this interesting article (another related to the COVID-19 situation), and wanted to clarify the 5x expansion requirement for DYK. I can see that I am up to 16,754 bytes and 6,545 characters of prose. The last main edits were from 24 February 2020, and had 3,640 bytes (I would be at a 4.6x expansion on net bytes added basis), but I cannot see how to work out the characters of prose? Also, I have deleted some existing paragraphs (they were tangential and not directly linked to Disease X), and don't know if I get credit for that in the DYK expansion calculations (e.g. is there a gross bytes added basis)? Thanks in advance. Britishfinance (talk) 22:17, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Britishfinance, there is a general expectation that the article needs to be nominated within seven days of the beginning of the expansion. Using the WP:DYKcheck software (the link explains not only how to install the software for your own, but how else to determine your prose character count), it says that the article is currently at 6,652 prose characters, and is 5x expanded from the version of the article as of [before the additions on] March 18, 2020 (when it had 1,254 prose characters). So you can nominate it any time between now and March 25 (seven days after March 18) with perfect safety. Congratulations, and good luck with the nomination! BlueMoonset (talk) 22:30, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that - I wasn't aware of that tool :) Britishfinance (talk) 22:31, 20 March 2020 (UTC)