User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2023/Nov

DYK for Hotel Chelsea
theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:01, 2 November 2023 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Nice to see this on DYK, great work! I love the history of this hotel. Eddie891 Talk Work 00:23, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Eddie891, I appreciate it. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Merchant's House Museum
theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! - Perfect timing - I just wanted to bring November thanks anyway, having updated pics to 24 Oct. I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

U.S.
Is this necessary/helpful? All English speakers know where NYC is. Just checking. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:38, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ssilvers, my feeling is that it's usually redundant. Mentioning that NYC is in the US can be helpful in some cases, such as when one is referring to something like the U.S. federal government, but even this can be sometimes avoided (e.g. Federal Hall, which says that the building is owned by the U.S. federal government without also saying that NYC is in the US). – Epicgenius (talk) 19:05, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Right, but what is your opinion of it in this case? -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The same thing applies here - it's probably redundant in this case. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:17, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/Manhattan
Template:Attached KML/Manhattan has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/New York City
Template:Attached KML/New York City has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/Queens
Template:Attached KML/Queens has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/Staten Island
Template:Attached KML/Staten Island has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/The Bronx
Template:Attached KML/The Bronx has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:58, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Nov 15: WikiWednesday Salon + Wikimedia NYC Executive Director job
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WikiCup awards


Such excellent work on the many GAs! Your quick revisions of articles are impressive and very much deserving of GA status- amazing work in the cup! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 12:54, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks . I really appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 15:53, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/Grand Army Plaza
Template:Attached KML/Grand Army Plaza has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 15:57, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/Times Square
Template:Attached KML/Times Square has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 15:57, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

November 2023
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions appeared to be constructive and have been appreciated. Please take some time to nominate yourself for adminship. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. jp×g🗯️ 11:14, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What he said. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:29, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, both of you. I'm busy in real life right now, but I may consider it when things quiet down and I have a chance to become more involved in areas that require the tools. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What he said. And thanks for hook thinking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What he said. And thanks for hook thinking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

James Johnson Sweeney
This bio (of an early director of the Guggenheim) is sadly deficient. It used to have more content, but that was apparently thought to have copyright issues and was deleted. In any case, a quick google search shows that there are plenty of sources out there, but I'm slammed right now and can't get to it myself. If you do add anything, I'll be happy to review. No worries if you're not able or not interested. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:19, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up @Ssilvers. I probably would not be able to look at this right now, but I'll see what could be done with the article, or ask others to help out. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:24, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! No rush.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:06, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Morris–Jumel Mansion
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

review, if you have the time?
Hi Epic, If you have some time in the next couple of months I was wondering if you could take a look at Peer review/Third Onondaga County courthouse/archive1. I've not written on buildings before, so it would be nice to hear from someone who has. No rush, and of course no worries if not. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:07, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Eddie891, thanks for the message. I can take a look in a bit. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:13, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day
Ezra Cricket (talk) 03:28, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Wed Dec 6: Hacking Night + job listing
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DYK for Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Subsection font sizes
Hi Epicgenius, hope you are well. Can you please explain the font size scheme with subsection headers? In some cases, the sub-sub-sections seem to have a larger font size than their parent subsections, e.g., when further subsectioning ===bbb=== into ====CCCC==== ? Best, Castncoot (talk) 16:32, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Castncoot, thanks for the message. Unfortunately I have no idea why that might be the case, but this may have something to do with CSS. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok thank you Epicgenius. So you've noticed this as well then? Do you use any particular workaround, or do you just settle with it? Castncoot (talk) 05:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah. You basically just have to edit your user CSS page (User:Castncoot/common.css) and add something like this: – Epicgenius (talk) 14:50, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Hillcrest High School Riot - Wiki
The "not news" reason for deleting my section in the Hillcrest High School Wiki has no precedent when viewing Wikipedia pages for other schools. For instance in the "Dwight-Englewood School" Wikipedia page an entire section was devoted to an event that was political in nature and other schools also have sections devoted to political controversies. Pitteb (talk) 15:36, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Please see the essay WP:CSECTION, which says: "Likewise, the article structure must protect neutrality. Sections within an article dedicated to negative criticisms are normally also discouraged. Topical or thematic sections are frequently superior to sections devoted to criticism." In other words, I'm saying the controversy sections in these articles should be trimmed and merged into the respective history sections for these articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:42, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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Editor experience invitation
Hi Epicgenius. I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀 (talk) 12:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Clovermoss. I can write up some brief responses in a bit. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)