User talk:Dantheanimator

Nomination for deletion of Template:Year in State of Palestine
Template:Year in State of Palestine has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 20:43, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution (second request)
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Vysokopillia Raion into Draft:Mykolaivka, Vysokopillia settlement hromada. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g.,. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted copied template on the talk pages of the source and destination. Please provide attribution for this duplication if it has not already been supplied by another editor, and if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, you should provide attribution for that also. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 12:12, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Belarus–Bulgaria relations
Hello, Dantheanimator. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Belarus–Bulgaria relations, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:01, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Mykolaivka, Vysokopillia settlement hromada
Hello, Dantheanimator. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Mykolaivka, Vysokopillia settlement hromada, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:01, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Belarus–Bulgaria relations


Hello, Dantheanimator. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Belarus–Bulgaria relations".

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! 08:38, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Mykolaivka, Vysokopillia settlement hromada


Hello, Dantheanimator. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Mykolaivka".

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! 20:28, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mykolaivka settlement hromada


A tag has been placed on Mykolaivka settlement hromada requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either
 * disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
 * disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
 * is an orphaned redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

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. CycloneYoris talk! 02:27, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mykolaivka rural hromada


A tag has been placed on Mykolaivka rural hromada requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either
 * disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
 * disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
 * is an orphaned redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

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. CycloneYoris talk! 02:28, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Ukraine Villages
Hiya - thanks for your article creations of Ukrainian villages. There's no earthly reason why you would HAVE to complete the geography and history sections of them, but adding these sections and tagging them for someone else to fill out is a little 'off' - if there is information to be got, sources to be found and worthwhile information to add, don't you feel you, as page creator should at least try to do that? And if it's not out there, just don't add the sections! I don't mean to carp, the articles are truly appreciated, but maybe a thing to consider. For now, they're marked as 'reviewed' and so are now searchable. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:11, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Alexandermcnabb thanks! About my articles, I'm assuming you're talking about the Ukrainian city district articles I made yesterday (not the Ukrainian village articles I made about a week ago which don't have any of the expand section templates). I definitely hear your point and kinda agree with you: while I personally prefer putting in the tags so that people who have better access to the sort of stuff that talks about the history and geography of the districts can put it in, I also agree that I should at least be putting in something. About these new pages, I was thinking of going back after I finished making the rest of Ukraine's city districts and adding in a sentence or two for each of the sections (probably a sentence mentioning the former name if applicable in the history section and a sentence reiterating the district's location and size relative to the others). For me, I usually prefer expanding a short stub rather than making a comprehensive article from scratch which is one of the main reasons why I've made a lot of stubs. Definitely agree with your point though and will take it into account. Many thanks for messaging me about this and def let me know if there's anything else I can do to make my new articles (esp. my Ukrainian hromada articles) better going forward. Thanks for reviewing them too btw! :) Best, Dan the Animator 21:33, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Infobox hromada
I thought I should let you know, since you're using the template a bunch: I actually created that template a month or so ago, and it's a bit incomplete still – it doesn't support that many parameters, and the formatting of the list of different types of settlements is ugly as all hell - so feel free to let me know if you have suggestions for changes to make to it that would improve your workflow or whatnot. One thing I often do with it is use the module parameter to add a cool map to the infobox that gets auto-generated based on Wikidata information. This gets used in Tokmak urban hromada, for instance. HappyWith (talk) 22:31, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey HappyWith, thanks for the message and sorry for the delay in my reply (I caught a cold and have been taking a wikibreak to catch up with my other stuff). About the template, even if it is still kinda new, just know that this has been by far one of the most useful templates I've used since joining Wikipedia. I agree it isn't as comprehensive as it could be but judging from what many of the Ukrainian Wikipedia hromada articles have, I don't think its far from perfect at all. In terms of the parameters, I think what's on there right now is great though I agree it could use some additions. Below's a list of some ideas of additions/modifications (bulleted and bolded) for the template so definitely let me know your thoughts on these.


 * Add a line for "Date Hromada Founded/Established": not too sure about this one given all the current hromadas were made in the same time (at least to my knowledge, because of the administrative reform) but it wouldn't hurt to add it in, especially since chances are most readers aren't familiar with the recent legislative history of Ukraine.


 * Add a line for "Hromada Leader Political Party/Affiliation": I noticed on the English ceremonial counties (example) it shows the party affiliation of the governing leader for the county so I'm thinking maybe a similar thing could be added here (either as it's own entry line or as an addition in parentheses next to the name of the hromada leader—in my opinion, I think the political party affiliation should be put in parentheses next to the governing leader to save on space/bytes).


 * Add a line for "Hromada Preceding administrative unit(s)": Given there are a lot of Wikipedia pages on the old administrative units of Ukraine, it may make sense to include a short entry of previous administrative affiliations so that those old pages are linked to the new pages. There's different ways this could be done but I was thinking just a one-line entry like "Previous admin. divisions: [insert name of previous raion]"


 * Add a line for "Hromada Flag and/or Coat of Arms": On a lot of the other national subdivision articles I've looked at, there is a clear tendency to include the flag and/or seal of the administrative unit. While many of the Ukrainian Wikipedia hromada articles don't have any flag/seals included in their infoboxes or articles, there are some that include them (example). I remember earlier on when I was seeing if there were things I could add to the hromada articles I noticed how Commons has a bunch of "hromada flags"; however, all the flags aren't necessarily meant for the hromadas but are rather the flags of the individual settlements. I'm not sure whether the flag of the hromada is by definition the same as that of the administrative center's flag but if it is, a line in the template should be added to support the addition of a .png file displaying the flag.


 * Add a line for "Webpage of Hromada": Not sure whether this would be better put in an External Links section on the article or in the infobox but including a link to the Ukrainian government's website for the hromada would be good. It doesn't really matter too much right now, especially since the sole source I've been using for my hromada articles is the same webpage that would be linked but given some Ukrainian Wikipedia hromada articles include it (ex: Komyshuva hromada article linked above) it would be good in the long-term to have it.


 * Add a line for "Code CATOTTG of Hromada": Not knowledgeable of the specifics of the code and how relevant/important it is but given the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles include it and it doesn't take up too much space, it may be a good idea to add a line saying the hromada code (similar to how articles such as the Komyshuva hromada article linked above do it). While the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles don't do this, if the code is included, the code's text could be linked to the Ukrainian government's directory listing of the hromada (example).


 * After a closer look at the template documentation page, it looks like this is already true but just in case, here's my suggestions on the settlements list: for the formatting of the template, it shows "Population" as a sub-header with the population "Total" and "Density" displayed as bulleted items while "Cities," "Towns," "Villages," & "Rural-Settlements" are all shown without any particular distinction. For better display, make "Cities," "Towns," etc. all bulleted items under a new sub-header called "Settlements," similar to how the "Population" sub-section is currently done. Also, next to this new "Settlements" sub-header, the total number of settlements in the hromada could be put in parentheses (mirroring how the census year is shown next to the "Population" sub-header).


 * While all these changes would improve the infobox in my opinion, in terms of helping my workflow, the best thing for me for now to be honest would be to keep them as-is. Technically, if these suggested (or other) changes were made after I made more articles, I would have to go back to each article and add the new infobox code manually rather than if the changes were made now and so all the articles would have already incorporated the changes. Considering though that I have to go back to each article anyways to add the links to the settlements and make other fixes/additions, I don't think the infobox has to be edited before I make additional hromada articles (or in any case, even if the infobox is changed while I'm creating additional hromada articles, I'll commit to fixing the any outdated hromada articles to incorporate the changes to the infobox). So feel free to modify the template at any point regardless of whether I'm actively creating new hromada articles or not.


 * For the module parameter, I noticed it before and tried to replicate it when making my first hromada article in Donetsk Oblast but it kept giving me an error. I initially thought it was because of an error I was making but since you mentioned it relies on Wikidata info, I think it may be because most of the new hromada articles I make aren't connected to their Wikidata items. I definitely think that all the hromada articles should include the parameter but given I don't know how to connect articles to their Wikidata items, I'll likely add the parameters in together with the settlement wikilinks and other edits when going back and revisiting each article (after the Wikidata items have been connected). Really sorry for the very long-winded reply but let me know what you think about the proposed template additions, the approach to creating the hromada articles, and anything else that you think of. Many thanks again for making the template and for all the support with the article creations! Dan the Animator 05:07, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestions! I'll address them one-by-one:
 * The date established: It's not actually true that all of them were formed in 2020. I believe the concept of the hromada originally comes from grassroots efforts in villages back in 2015 and 2016 - it was only in 2020 that it was made universal across the entire country as a standard administrative division. So yes, that would be useful as a parameter.
 * Leader party: I think most of the local leaders are non-partisan, but sure, that would be easy enough to implement.
 * Preceding administrative unit: I dunno about this one. Seems a bit vague as a parameter, and not sure how it's useful to a reader.
 * Flag and/or Coat of Arms: I think there are actually some hromadas with unique flags and COAs, so sure.
 * Webpage of Hromada: Yeah that'll be easy to implement too.
 * CATOTTG: This should be easy too.
 * I actually don't really know how to format the settlements list the way I want to. I can try to adjust it further, but my knowledge of the markup just isn't that good. HappyWith (talk) 14:57, 21 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Saw the template and many thanks for adding in everything! For the preceding administrative unit, yeah I agree, it's better to leave it off the infobox. About the formatting for the settlements list, how do you want it to look like? I'm not an expert in Wikipedia's markup but I still might be able to help add in the code to make that formatting. Dan the Animator 23:21, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Basically exactly like you described, like the population tab with the small bullet points. I was only able to implement ugly large bullet points that don’t seem to be laid out quite like the population stats do. HappyWith (talk) 23:54, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, on connecting articles to Wikidata items: This isn’t a thing on mobile, but if you’re on desktop, there should be a button in the lower left part of the sidebar on the left side of the screen under "Languages" that says "Add links". If you go there, you can just enter the language and name of the article equivalent in another language, and it'll automatically connect things for you. HappyWith (talk) 00:03, 22 September 2023 (UTC)


 * After testing various add-ons, modifications to the template code, and searching through other Wikipedia templates and template help pages, I haven't been able to figure out how to minimize the size of the bullet points yet either. From the explanations I've seen on Wikipedia and other websites regarding this, one possible way to make the bullet points smaller is to create a new separate template that utilizes CSS styling functions to modify the bullet size. Then, this template could be called upon instead of the, automatically making the bullets per the specified dimensions in the new CSS function. I still don't understand though how and why the population and area variables automatically have a unique styling. I'll continue searching and testing different things until I find out a solution but I likely won't be able to solve it. About the Wikidata items though: thanks! I tried out what you suggested and I think I understand how to do it now. It does take a little while to connect new pages to others so I might leave it until after I make the articles. Many thanks for telling me how to do it and sorry I couldn't help more with the formatting issue. Dan the Animator 01:06, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Mass creation of stubs on Ukrainian hromada's
Hi,

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. You currently appear to be engaged in the mass creation of articles on hromadas, based on a boilerplate and referenced to a single primary source. Such mass creation can be disruptive, and if you wish to continue creating large quantities of short, similar articles on this topic (or any topic) you should first see if there is a consensus to do so, or if the community would prefer this content be provided in a different manner.

This can be done by opening a discussion at WP:BRFA, and explaining that you are opening a request in line with the instructions at WP:MASSCREATE.

Thank you, BilledMammal (talk) 16:39, 29 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey BilledMammal,


 * Thanks for the message! Regarding my contributions, I am indeed mass creating articles. I read through the WP:BRFA page you linked but I don't think it's the appropriate policy in this case: that page is a request page for bots (e.g. programs) that create/modify pages but all the articles I've created have been done manually (no bot assistance at all). I agree with your point though that it is good to see whether the consensus of the community (which is probably primarily Ukraine & Geography Wikiproject members) matches the format of the hromada articles I've made up to this point.


 * The WP:MASSCREATE you linked appears to mostly be directed to the use of bots or semi-automated tools but there is a line that refers to WP:MEATBOT editing, which would be the more appropriate Wikipedia policy in this case (I think). For WP:MEATBOT, the section doesn't really say much regarding what is the criteria for having a BRFA for direct-editor mass creations but it does say Human editors are expected to pay attention to the edits they make, and ensure that they do not sacrifice quality in the pursuit of speed or quantity. I am reasonably careful with every page I make and check over each article before publishing and include all the fundamental necessary info for each hromada article. I'm guessing than it's more a concern of the use of a single primary source which may ostensibly reduce the quality of the articles?


 * Based on the checklist from WP:PRIMARY that you linked, I think the hromada articles that I've made in their current state would fall under straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge since they're simply a list of names together with numbers and a few basic facts representing simple statistics/info (all of which is clearly labeled and listed directly on the Ukrainian gov. website page, albeit in Ukrainian). Many of the hromada articles on the Ukrainian language Wikipedia likewise rely solely on government sources for verifying the information about the hromadas (here's a list of hromada articles on the Ukrainian language Wikipedia for examples). One thing the Ukrainian language Wikipedia articles do that I don't though is include various governmental sources from different parts of the Ukrainian government for verification. If it helps, I could add in some of these additional sources (such as the Verkhovna Rada source and other gov. agency sources that list/mention the hromadas) into the articles I've since made and into any future articles.


 * Aside of verification, typically the reason an article shouldn't have solely primary sources is per WP:GNG. I was able to find an independent, secondary source (from an NGO based in Ukraine) that includes all of the hromadas (linked here), although unnamed, (could be used to verify the existence and location of the hromadas) after a relatively brief search and I am certain there's other sources on the web/shelves that reference the existence/essence of the hromadas but I think WP:GEOLAND should cover this case due to the general rule that Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low. Although not official policy, this essay also explains it, where hromadas, being 3rd level subdivisions of Ukraine, would warrant individual articles (though any further subdivisions past the 3rd level arguably would not).


 * While the hromada articles I made should be of good enough quality to meet the above established policies/guidelines, I agree with you in support of a consensus-forming discussion on the formatting/style, nature, and any other aspect of these articles. I know there's already an established consensus within the English Wikipedia on the naming of hromada articles so there should be some sort of way to get a broad discussion like this started. I'm not sure though exactly where would be the best venue/page to have this discussion. I know you suggested WP:BRFA but I really don't think that's the right place for a broad discussion like this and a discussion that has no direct connection to bots since I haven't and have no intention of using a bot to make future articles. My instinct tells me the Wikiproject talk page for Ukraine would be an ideal place, and other Wikiprojects' member bases can be alerted to the discussion there but wondering what you think about it. Sorry for making my reply so long btw but I thought it would be good to lay out my reasons and stuff. Hopefully I addressed all the points you raised about the articles (not sure if it was a Twinkle auto message or not but in any case) and def let me know if you have any questions or comments about anything and many thanks again for telling me about this! :)
 * First, thank you for such a detailed response!
 * There are two concerns about mass creation. First, that the community may decide that there is a better way of presenting the data - for example, in a table instead of individual articles - and if it does decide that it can be a long and time consuming process to address the past mass creation, when it would have been easy to do at the start of the process.
 * Second, as you say, the references solely to primary sources, which is against what stated at WP:PRIMARY.
 * With that all that said, your situation seems quite ambiguous at the moment, so if you want to proceed without discussion then that is your choice, or even just a discussion at WikiProject Ukraine. As a general recommendation, however, in your position I would try to demonstrate WP:GNG compliance when creating the articles, to future proof them against possible changes in policy as happened with mass created sports articles. BilledMammal (talk) 04:56, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on February 8
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page February 8, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Dantheanimator&section=new&preloadparams%5b%5d=&preloadparams%5b%5d=1178538260 report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 09:07, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
 * A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=February_8&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1178538260%7CFebruary%208%5D%5D Ask for help])

Your withdrawn query to edit map
Hey ,

As you may have noticed, I have added back your self-reverted comment on Talk:International reactions to the October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict (see here). As I said, I considered whether you may have had a good reason for the self-reversion, but could not think of one that could not be indicated by simply striking through the original comment. If you think that there is valid reason to remove it again, please let me know. Thanks, Renerpho (talk) 23:47, 9 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey Renerpho,
 * Thanks for messaging me! I removed it given that the map (which the comment was about) was taken off the article already so I thought my comment wasn't necessary anymore. Thanks for striking it through tho: I completely forgot that that was the standard (I haven't taken part in wiki discussions in a while now) so apologies for that! Given that the map is still not on the article, I think it's best to keep it stricken for now (if the original, unmodified map ever gets re-added to the article tho, feel free to unstrike my comment if you want) Thanks again for letting me know and sorry again for taking it off!
 * Best, Dan the Animator 01:26, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I think that map has been removed and re-added half a dozen times by now. I'd be surprised if it remains gone forever. Renerpho (talk) 01:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Hromadas of Kremenets Raion


A tag has been placed on Category:Hromadas of Kremenets Raion indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 03:51, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Hromadas of Ternopil Raion


A tag has been placed on Category:Hromadas of Ternopil Raion indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 03:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Some doubts about your tags
Hi Dantheanimator, I saw that you added a lot of maintenance tags to some pages that happen to be on my watchlist. I didn't check all of them, but some of the ones I checked motivated me to take this to your talk page. E.g. the "update" tags at Battle of Avdiivka (2017) and 2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia‎, but also at least some of the "citation needed" at Revolution of Dignity. Please remember that there is a thing called WP:TAGBOMBING and also something like "just do it". All the best, Rsk6400 (talk) 15:09, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message! About the tags, I agree that I've been adding a lot but I wouldn't consider them tagbombing. Almost all of the tags I put I think make sense and are warranted for the quality of the articles. Regarding the specific articles you checked:
 * For Battle of Avdiivka (2017), it definitely should have some sort of aftermath/legacy section, or at the very least have clear-cut information about the end of the battle and the immediate events after. As-is, the last few sentences give the impression that the battle died down but didn't end (which the infobox would indicate otherwise). A one-to-two sentence mention of the current battle with a link to it couldn't hurt imo, tho I'm not against just having the hatnote and nothing else.
 * After taking a second look, I agree the update tag probably isn't necessary on the 2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia so apologies for that (thanks for adding in the NPOV tag btw!)
 * For the cn tags on Revolution of Dignity, I don't think I added in too many (six by my count) for the relative size of the article. Usually if the page is swamped by cn tags, I'd just put on an orange tag but I think there isn't enough cn tags to justify the switch. About the need for the cn tags in the first place: per WP:V, even if the info/claim is non-controversial, it should still have a citation so that a reader could verify it (and to ensure it's not WP:OR) - except in the case of the lede, where usually whatever is there should be based on similar/duplicate facts/claims made in the body (everything in the body should be cited)). In any case, the main reason I put the cn tags is for myself so when I go back to the page eventually, I can just ctrl-f to find all the places where I have to add sourcing rather than sift through the article, which is a lot more time-consuming.
 * I definitely know what you mean about tagging instead of editing although, don't worry, my intention is not to simply tag them and leave it for others. I've been making a personalized list of articles within the Russo-Ukrainian topic on my sandbox page (under the Russo-Ukrainian War articles (process) section) and trying to organize them based on their quality with the eventual goal of bringing all of them to GA-status (right now, I have an active GAN for the Prelude article). GA is a really slow process though and there's a lot of articles in the topic so to help myself and hopefully other editors too, I put the orange tags to remind myself of the major issues (if any) in the article (in the case of the cn and other mnr tags, they help with the actual process of fixing the article by letting be just ctrl-f rather than read through the article). I'm still in the process of going through the war topic articles so chances are I'll be putting in more tags (sorry in advance!) but once I'm done organizing my list, I'll go back and address the issues in each article. I know it's a bit personalized and definitely opinionated as to how it's organized but, if you want, feel free to use/edit my list as well. Btw, there's a whole bunch of articles I've noticed that are good quality but a relatively short and I've been meaning to ask another editor for their opinions on each one and whether they should be expanded or are good as-is so if you're not too busy and able to, definitely let me know (any referrals of other editors I could ask would also be hugely appreciated). Anyways, thanks for the message and always feel free let me know if there's any tag you're iffy about or want to collab or anything else! Best, Dan the Animator 18:54, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on Pauperism
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Pauperism, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Dantheanimator&section=new&preloadparams%5b%5d=&preloadparams%5b%5d=1185766442 report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 22:26, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pauperism&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1185766442%7CPauperism%5D%5D Ask for help])

Your GA nomination of Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 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 Cerebellum -- Cerebellum (talk) 12:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The article Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Talk:Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cerebellum -- Cerebellum (talk) 22:42, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The article Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for comments about the article, and Talk:Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", 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 at 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 Cerebellum -- Cerebellum (talk) 11:21, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you Johnson524! :) While I appreciate the barnstar, I want to thank Cerebellum without who I wouldn't have been able to pass the article, PenangLion who typed up most of the high-quality content in the article when it was still a current event, and all the other editors who've contributed to the article that made the GA possible. Many thanks to everyone and Slava Ukraini! Dan the Animator 18:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Btw, before I forget, in case you're interested, I also started a new Russo-Ukrainian war-related GAN for the article NAFO (group). Cheers, Dan the Animator 18:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling me! I'm not sure if I have the time to do the GA review myself right now, but I wish you the best on it 💪  Johnson  524  22:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Convert
Would you mind avoiding and writing  instead. The saving in the amount of typing is inconsequential so conv has no benefit. The downside is that it causes confusion for other editors who know what convert is (or at least, could guess), but who may not know what conv is. There are over 3.2 million templates in articles but hardly any. A complication is that cvt is a useful abbreviation for convert and cvt has an extra property, namely that it sets  so unit symbols are shown, not names. Some editors assume does the same, but it doesn't. Johnuniq (talk) 04:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)


 * thanks for the message! :) I didn't realize  was undesirable so many thanks for letting me know (and for switching it out in my past article creations too). I'll make sure to stick with the  template (or  when appropriate) instead and sorry for the mistake in the first place. Cheers, Dan the Animator 22:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Dantheanimator, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled user right to your account. This means that pages you create will automatically be marked as 'reviewed', and no longer appear in the new pages feed. Autopatrolled is assigned to prolific creators of articles, where those articles do not require further review, and may have been requested on your behalf by someone else. It doesn't affect how you edit; it is used only to manage the workload of new page patrollers.

Since the articles you create will no longer be systematically reviewed by other editors, it is important that you maintain the high standard you have achieved so far in all your future creations. Please also try to remember to add relevant WikiProject templates, stub tags, categories, and incoming links to them, if you aren't already in the habit; user scripts such as Rater and StubSorter can help with this. As you have already shown that you have a strong grasp of Wikipedia's core content policies, you might also consider volunteering to become a new page patroller yourself, helping to uphold the project's standards and encourage other good faith article writers.

Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Hey man im josh (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NAFO (group)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article NAFO (group) 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 DocZach -- DocZach (talk) 04:41, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NAFO (group)
The article NAFO (group) you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:NAFO (group) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of DocZach -- DocZach (talk) 05:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 11
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited 25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Hvardiiske.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:06, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Lady R update
I have recently updated and expanded the article on the Lady R incident as your banner requested. Thank you for doing that. I think it adds a lot to the article and I needed the prompted to get onto it. Please take a look at the article to see if the banner requesting the article expansion is still needed. Discott (talk) 14:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding in the background! :)  I've done some minor reorganizing so that it flows better (and doesn't feel too excessively sectioned) but the background itself is great! In case you're interested in further improving the article, I'd recommend rewording and expanding the lead to fully/better cover the content in the Background, "2023 accusation...", and Inquiry findings sections. If it helps, some questions to consider that the lead should be able to answer: what was South Africa's de jure & de facto position on the Russian invasion at the time of the incident (e.g. the docking was controversial because South Africa had publicly declared its "neutrality" to the invasion so the alleged arms transfer would've violated this "neutrality")? How were Russia-South Africa relations prior to the incident (briefly mention ANC/Vekselberg)? Briefly mention other causes for US-South Africa tensions (e.g. Mosi II exercises) and some more specific domestic reactions by South African officials/journalists (briefly). Briefly mention Russian and Ukraine reactions and mention the inquiry and what it found and reactions to the findings of the inquiry. Aside from that, I think once the lead is expanded this article'll be ready for a GAN. Many thanks for improving it and feel free to reach out if you want any additional prompts/guidance with it. Cheers, Dan the Animator 21:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Jamie Doran - copy editing
Hello - I just finished off the copy editing of Jamie Doran as part of the GOCE drive; you did most of the work and should claim credit for the effort on the drive page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives Chaiten1 (talk) 22:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks Chaiten1! :)  I think you improved the article more than me honestly so feel free to take credit for it. Cheers, Dan the Animator 21:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 GOCE drive award

 * Thanks Dhtwiki!!! :) Dan the Animator 02:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Hello. I have noticed that you often perform minor edits while leaving an edit summary of mnr edit. Given that you also check the minor edit box (which leaves an m icon next to the edit summary), this is effectively the same as leaving no edit summary. While some editors—including myself (and likely you)—review changes by looking at the diff, some do so simply by reading the edit summary and likely find it annoying when the edit summary does not provide information about what or why the edit was performed (e.g. "/* Section */ changed url status to dead" or "/* Section */ url is dead", respectively). Thanks, and happy editing!—Daℤyzzos (✉️ • 📤) 13:32, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for the message! About edit summaries, like you said, they're mostly to help other contributors review/give oversight to edits (although there are other reasons too ofc). I have usually used "mnr edit" and "mnr fix" for miscellaneous, quick edits that have essentially no need of review/oversight imo (some examples include removing excess whitespaces, adding in minor bits of markup/code to fix/improve previous edits, straightforward copyediting, adding in 1-2 links (if I add more, I'd usually say so), and standard content/text rearrangements (like putting stub templates on the bottom)). I also use it often when editing my user pages (which is completely legitimate per WP:USERPAGE) plus also occasionally when updating article talk page classifications/templates. That said, I've recently been adopting some more varied, specific edit summaries where it makes sense (like with copyediting, where I usually say "ce" and links additions with "+links"). Looking forward, I'll probably be limiting my use of the "mnr fix" edit summary for small, quick immediate followup corrections to previous edits given there's very little need to or practical other way of describing it (I don't think saying "added in hyphen with en-dash on Line 17" has any meaningful value over "mnr fix", for example). Feel free to let me know if there's anything else I can do to improve yk and thanks for everything! :) Dan the Animator 22:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * "added hyphen [per [insert MOS wikilink here] (optional)]" or "added hyphen to fix [wikilinked problem]". Thank you for increacing the specificity of your edit summaries! – Daℤyzzos (✉️ • 📤) 20:45, 4 July 2024 (UTC) Please do not ping on reply. I will still be notified.

Welcome to the DCWC!


Welcome to the 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest, Dantheanimator! The contest is now open for submissions. List your work at your submissions page to earn points. If you haven't done so already, please review the following:


 * Got open nominations? List them at review requests.
 * Looking for a topic to work on? Check out suggested articles and eligible reviews.
 * Not sure if your article qualifies? See the guidelines for more information or contact a coordinator for verification.
 * New to Wikipedia? Many experienced editors are part of this contest and willing to help; feel free to ask questions about the contest on the talk page.
 * Know someone else who might be interested? Sign-ups remain open until 15 July, so don't hesitate to invite other editors!

On behalf of the coordinators, we hope you enjoy participating and wish you good luck! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators:, , or. (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 00:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)