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Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates
Hello Howcheng,

I thought you might find the above worthy of your attention. It seemed to me that if experts are actually willing to write POTD "blurbs" ahead of time, they should be able to do so even when the FP hasn't been scheduled yet.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Samsara (FA • FP) 16:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Can you please semi-protect the page User:Curtaintoad? Thank you. —Preceding undated comment added 23:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Why? There's no vandalism taking place there. — howcheng  {chat} 23:48, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Because I would like to prevent any vandalism from taking place on my user page. Thank you.  Curtaintoad  (talk to me) 23:26, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, we don't protect pages as a preventative measure. You can request protection if you're experiencing vandalism, but not until then. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 23:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/William Kurtz
I have verified that the article is verifiable and well-written. However, I almost forgot: you must review another article, unless you are totally new to WP:DYK. --George Ho (talk) 05:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not new ... it's just been a long time since I put something up in DYK (certainly it was before this rule). — howcheng  {chat} 05:54, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * There are other submissions in Template talk:Did you know, in case that you don't remember the last nom you reviewed. --George Ho (talk) 09:27, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

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About gastropod POTDs?
Hello Howcheng, I wanted to ask you a favor: when there is a picture of a sea snail shell or any other kind of snail shell that is going to be coming up as POTD, I know you already do leave a note on the talk page of the article for that snail, but often we at Project Gastropods don't see that until it is too late. Could you possibly also put a very brief note on the talk page of Project Gastropods? That would be really great if you could. Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 22:47, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm going to turn this around. I usually write the blurbs based on the articles. It would be far easier (for me) if WikiProject Gastropod members could fix up the articles more so that it's easy to copy-and-paste text. We're currently in the middle of Featured pictures thumbs 27 and there are a few shells that haven't been selected for POTD yet. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 06:21, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

TFA image
Hi, Howard. You must have more experience handing Main Page images than anyone else does, so your input here would be appreciated. Thanks! —David Levy 05:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for William Kurtz
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Wikipedia Takes LA photo event
I'd like to encourage you to start an LA page with Wikipedia Takes America. Or you can do the same at the regular LA meetup page if you like.--Pharos (talk) 12:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Regarding MV Sun Sea (urgent)
Not that I disagree, but the MV Sun Sea incident item at Selected anniversaries/August 13 which I added and you edited has some POV and accuracy issues, I think. It implies that human rights groups immediately condemned the detention, which I don't think is the case; the Amnesty statement was issued months later, and implies that it might have been acceptable had they been released sooner. As well, I think "refugees" should be changed to "refugee claimants", especially considering some were deported on criminal grounds. Also, it seems that the Canadian authorities boarded on August 12, not 13.

How about


 * 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants who where subsequently placed in detention by Canadian authorities.

It's locked now, so I can't edit it. It goes live tomorrow. Inverse Hypercube (talk) 21:33, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Independence Day of Pakistan
✅  TheSpecialUser TSU 04:59, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

There is just one more thing I'll be doing and that is adding a section (Culture) and then minor fixes. Not a big change so you may proceed there :)  TheSpecialUser TSU 05:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 05:06, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

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Camouflage artists

 * Current problem ... that Impressionist, Vorticist, Pre-Raphaelite, Expressionist, Surrealist and Cubist painters became First and Second World War camoufleurs?
 * There are no "Pre-Raphaelites" among the artists. Solomon J. Solomon was described as a "Pre-Raphaelite" in his article, when in fact, he was everything that the Pre-Raphaelites most despised! Could someone remove this?

I read your comment and find it hard to comprehend why anyone would fail to realise that the words "Pre-Raphaelite" were the ones that had to go.

I'll try to give a specific rephrasing in future comments. Amandajm (talk) 03:58, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * "Could someone remove this?" It's unclear what you meant. You could have been requesting the removal of the entire blurb. — howcheng  {chat} 03:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Possibly unfree files/TOC
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DYK image: Mary Roach
Hi: Sorry about not picking up the problem on the Mary Roach image. I did find it on Wikimedia Commons so I thought it had been ok. I must not have read it closely enough - although as you noted, the proposal for deletion also came later. Thanks for the heads up on taking a closer look at these. Sorry it was too late to do anything more on that article by the time I got the message. I have been offline since 9:24 UTC August 17 and just logged back in a few minutes ago. Donner60 (talk) 05:22, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Posted this on the Mary Roach Talk template and Infrogmation talk page: My fault. I took a quick look at the image on Wikimedia Commons and apparently did not read it carefully enough, or perhaps did not understand it well enough. For what it is worth, I think I understand it better now. Sorry about the mistake. Donner60 (talk) 05:52, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

POD request
Hello Howcheng I have come to ask if you can make File:Pedro II of Brazil - Brady-Handy.jpg the Picture of the day on September 7? It is the 190th anniversary of Brazilian Independence and Pedro II is one of the most important figures in Brazilian history. Spongie555 (talk) 18:46, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, September 7 already has a battle anniversary scheduled, and it's been there for while. Pedro II is the featured article, however. — howcheng  {chat} 04:14, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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Lilioceris
This is a coutesy - you previously deleted Lilioceris. I'm not sure why,or what it looked like. I am recreating a page of that name, which I hope will meet with your approval. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The page was simply a redirect to Scarlet lily beetle. Since there are more species in the Lilioceris genus than just that one, go ahead and make the article about the genus, please. — howcheng  {chat} 16:22, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Comment on Bodhi Day talk page
When the Japanese switched to the Gregorian calendar, Bodhi Day was stationary at December 8. However, Bodhi Day should be celebrated the 8th day of the 12th lunar month using the Chinese calendar; this would make it a floating holiday. The 11th lunar month always contains the winter solstice. Bodhi Day is Jan 18, 2013 give or take a day or so depending on when new moon is in your area.98.218.130.31 (talk) 01:51, 23 August 2012 (UTC)GoddessQueen

Bridget Bishop Cite tag of June 2011
Please look at the article on Bridget Bishop. If you do not think the citations are adequate then please provide further guidace. If you feel that the article now meets the citation criteria then please remove the cite tag. John5Russell3Finley (talk) 15:11, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The "Nature of allegations" section could still use more footnotes. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 16:03, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

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POTD notification
Thanks for the notification on this. I suppose that these things probably sometimes get decided at the last minute, but if there is any way the gastropod project could get notification a day or two earlier next time, that would be extremely helpful. I was on vacation and did not get to read your note until the photo was already up, but if I had read it in time, I certainly would have tweaked/added to the caption. Best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 20:10, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I gave the project the notification as soon as the image was scheduled. Sometimes I do the scheduling a few days in advance, sometimes not. Sorry. — howcheng  {chat} 20:12, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your hard work with POTD, which is an excellent part of the encyclopedia; I do understand how sometimes there is no lead time. Perhaps we will have better luck next time a nice shell image goes up. All good wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 23:24, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

POTD


Thanks for choosing the image for the POTD. I find the caption well written.--MrPanyGoff (talk) 06:09, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

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Three Little Pigs POTD
Hello, Howcheng. It looks like we both got duped by. This was sneaky... Ooops... Oh, well... Just an fyi. Take care. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:05, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Berkeley City Club


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Better rendering of the Lyapunov fractal
Hello, Howcheng. I am the author of the image of Lyapunov fractal that was potd on September 13 (actually, the original author was a user called Wickerprints, but I am the one who made the render which was featured). I have made some time ago a much better version of this image, with far better antialiasing. I have not been active on Wikipedia lately and I'm wondering what is the best way to upload the new version. The image is now on Wikimedia and I don't have the rights to change it. You can view the new version on my DeviantArt account :. The image there (the one marked for download in the upper right of the screen) is 6000x4000 and 22MB, which might be a little excesive for Wikipedia, keeping to 3000x2000 might be best. Thanks for your help. Bernard (talk) 21:37, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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Village_pump_(policy) - probably something you should be aware of. --Rschen7754 21:35, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

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GFDL
There is a discussion at Commons:Commons_talk:Featured_picture_candidates. Please participate. -- Jkadavoor (talk) 16:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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phoyo
i have to create a page foor you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantmaquito (talk • contribs) 23:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Plagiarism means wrongly attributed
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Request
Hello Howcheng, just to let you know that I am trying to create a new WikiProject called WikiProject Featured pictures! When it has been created, you might like to be a participant in the WikiProject! Regards,  CURTAINTOAD! TALK! 06:37, 28 October 2012 (UTC).

Thevar Jayanthi
The Thevar Jayanthi article is now cleaned up, so could it be readded to the Oct 30 template? --Soman (talk) 18:12, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, --Soman (talk) 11:55, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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Tomorrow's Featured Picture...
You did check and realise that Industrial CT scanning has a maintenance tag right at the top of the page, right? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:35, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I'm scheduling it anyway. I've repeatedly stated that POTD appearances are not related to article quality most of the time. — howcheng  {chat} 17:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a shame, that you don't consider the encyclopedic nature of WIkipedia to be of importance to what you promote on the main page. Frankly, I'd struggle to see anything worse linked to on the main page than that article.  It's a complete mess.  I'm sure there are other featured pictures with associated articles that are in a far better state... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:40, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, "Rust is iron oxides." - nice picture but with that opening sentence (and the maintenance tag), are you sure you're checking the individual articles you're bold-linking? I suggest you stop bold-linking article for the time being, it's becoming a serious issue that we "advertise" such pathetic articles.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, please note that The Horn (Mount Buffalo) is a very tiny and unreferenced stub, and shouldn't be advertised using bold links on the main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:53, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

RFC to come
Hello Howcheng, it shouldn't come as any surprise to you, but I'll be formulating an RFC in due course to prevent WP:TFP using bold links to articles which are sub-standard (or in many cases, a pure embarrassment) on the main page. As a courtesy I wanted you to know this up front because you seem to be just about the only person actively involved at TFP. I've made several dozen adjustments to the few articles you've slated for main page, but some of them are beyond quick repair. Anyway, I'll obviously let you know when I've got my case together and will keep you updated as appropriate. Best, The Rambling Man (talk) 21:27, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please do not advertise an article on the main page with the following text: "In his long career, Reshevsky proved a formidable match player. In 1941, he defeated I. A. Horowitz in a U.S. Championship playoff match by . In 1942, he defeated Isaac Kashdan by . In 1952, he defeated Svetozar Gligorić by . In 1956, he defeated William Lombardy by . In 1957, he defeated Arthur Bisguier by . In 1957, he defeated Donald Byrne by . In 1960, he defeated Pal Benko by .[15]". Please.  The Rambling Man (talk) 21:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That was an easy fix. — howcheng  {chat} 21:58, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm sure you'd already spotted it when you selected it for main page prominence. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:15, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it wasn't there at the time. It was introduced in a recent edit. — howcheng  {chat} 00:39, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Erie Canal
You added more footnotes to the Erie Canal article. I have removed it. Can you be more specific aboutyour concerns about the article? You can use the fact tag to do it. Thanks. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:57, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

POTD caption
Hi! Are we switching to a new format, or are these intended as placeholders? They don't seem so bad when the subject is a person, but today's "rust" caption was a bit on the uninformative side. Thanks! —David Levy 00:23, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oops! I forgot to write it. Too busy cleaning out my kids' rooms on this school holiday. — howcheng  {chat} 00:45, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

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Main Page/Errors
There's a comment on the Errors page that an item on today's On This Day is on the wrong date, and does not belong on today's date. You specifically moved it from the previous date to today's date a week or so back. I have no idea which of you are right, but could you please come to the Errors page and comment on the situation. My general thought is that, if there is doubt as to which is the correct date, then the item should not be on the MP. - TexasAndroid (talk) 13:58, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Pedro
I note that today you selected an image that did not even appear on the page is was bold-linking. I do not understand why you would do that? As this is an encyclopedia, we should be providing links to quality articles where the images are actually used, surely? And you're listing two stubs back-to-back on 18/19 November, the first of which has fewer than 60 words of prose? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:45, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It was in the article, but I note that it has been replaced by an inferior image. — howcheng  {chat} 21:36, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you confirm that you're now happy to run pictures that are used (sometimes) in very short stubs? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:53, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, stubs are fine as long as there is enough text to create a POTD blurb. — howcheng  {chat} 23:06, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

POTD gastropod shells
Hello Howcheng,

Just a request that when you have a sea snail shell or other gastropod shell coming up as POTD, could you please leave a note to that effect on the talk page of the gastropod project, here? That way we would see it for sure. When a note is left on the article talk page it is not likely to be noticed by any of us. Thanks so much. Invertzoo (talk) 23:10, 18 November 2012 (UTC)


 * About your last note on this subject back in August, we at the gastropod project can certainly try to fix up each article so it is easier for you to work with when you are putting together a POTD, but we need to know in advance that one is being submitted. Right now no-one is telling us. I don't know quite how to get this to happen. Invertzoo (talk) 23:16, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that was written at the last minute. — howcheng  {chat} 03:07, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

POTD exception proposal
Hi, I've noticed that "Exceptions are made for anniversaries of events, or for national holidays" on Picture of the day. Sadly the page does not indicate where or how to propose any exceptions. It would be great if you could point out the current procedure. I'm asking because I'd like to propose this image for POTD on 12 January 2013 (the persons' birthday). Regards, Peter Weis (talk) 21:27, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I think this could be included in an overall RFC about the way POTD works. I'm hoping to gather some other opinions about the fact we advertise such incredibly sub-standard articles at POTD, the above concern, along with the lack of advance visibility on both selected articles and blurb really need to be urgently addressed.  The Rambling Man (talk) 21:37, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no formal procedure. You can schedule it yourself Peter, or just drop me a note. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 22:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick response. It would be marevellous if you could point out what to do. Regards, Peter Weis (talk) 00:32, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * FYI, 2013-01-12 is already slotted for the anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake: Template:POTD/2013-01-12. You may try Template:POTD/2014-01-12. The log of images to go to the main page is, after all, over a year long. Jujutacular (talk) 06:14, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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November 24 POTD caption
It seems like you've taken care of tomorrow's caption, but, in case you didn't realize, there was no caption for today's POTD until I added one around 02:00 (UTC). I assume it is/was fine since you haven't made/didn't make any changes to it. --  tariq abjotu  20:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed. Thanks so much. I was out all day yesterday and completely forgot about it. — howcheng  {chat} 21:51, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

soory howcheng
i miss you so mutch more — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantmaquito (talk • contribs) 11:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

POD request expanded
hi howcheng ill expanded my caption on Galeries Lafayette please see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-01 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantmaquito (talk • contribs) 11:16, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

POD request expanded
ill expanded with caption so please see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-02 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantmaquito (talk • contribs) 00:11, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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Page moves
Please don't move pages like 1872 Scotland vs England football match to Scotland 0–0 England (1872 association football friendly) etc without a clear consensus to do so. I have reverted your move and encourage you to stop doing this kind of thing without a clear consensus. Alternatively you could take this kind of thing to WP:RM. In any case, making a page much more difficult to find is abundantly silly, and your page moves are a waste of time, yours, mine and the community who have expressed concern at your actions. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:15, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but what "concern" has been expressed? I've moved a number of football articles to use that format without any complaints until now, so to say that the "community" is "concerned" is rather disingenuous on your part. — howcheng  {chat} 02:25, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, could you point me towards those pages you moved "in this style" please? Thanks.  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:23, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Just look at my move log. But if you're planning to move them back, note that there has been no opposition whatsoever. — howcheng  {chat} 17:59, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Despite all the discussions...
... you've scheduled Taos Pueblo to be a bold-linked article, with its various maintenance tags. And the Chromodoris joshi joke stub which you think is worthy of main page notability. Honestly, this is beyond a joke. Oh and Sea salt? Which has a massive tag right across the middle of it? I'm staggered.... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:08, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm continuing with my normal scheduling plan. — howcheng  {chat} 22:02, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you just confirm that's to schedule bold-linked articles which are stubs, articles with one or more major maintenance tags etc? Just for the record.  Cheers.  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:05, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I intend to continue scheduling the POTD from the FPs in roughly the order of promotion, as they have always been done. — howcheng  {chat} 04:36, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * That's not what I asked. I asked if you are going to continually schedule stubs and articles with maitenance tags as the bold-linked article in the POTD blurb? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:43, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, and by the guideline you stick to per FIFO, it also says " In order for them to be properly protected and be reviewed for content, they should be done at least three days in advance." This isn't happening either, so perhaps we should actively modify the guideline to select half-decent articles with associated FPs? Shouldn't be too hard.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:13, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you seriously expect creators of other featured content to not have their work featured unless there's an FA attached to it? Utter nonsense! FP is not subsidiary to FA, it is its own process, and has to be run as such. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:58, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, you don't understand at all. All I'm suggesting is that bold-linked articles in the blurb for the FP should be of a decent quality.  I didn't say FA.  Perhaps you could read the background before commenting without substance.  The Rambling Man (talk) 16:11, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

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Template:POTDArchiveLinks
I took the liberty of making this automatically update until 2020. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:57, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries/December 10
Re this edit where you stated that
 * 1927 – George D. Hay introduced the phrase "Grand Ole Opry", which became the name of one of the world's longest-running radio broadcasts, on WSM's Barn Dance radio show.

had an unreferenced section (and is therefore ineligible to be considered for the December 10th anniversaries)? If you wouldn't mind explaining your reasoning on that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 07:51, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see from looking at the 2011 notes that Grand Ole Opry was actually moved to Ineligible for maintenance reasons then (and not in 2012 as I first thought). But anyway, it would be helpful if you would explain what the specific maintenance reasons were at that time. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 08:06, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Same as last year: There's a section that is unreferenced. — howcheng  {chat} 08:15, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, well, it's a shame I didn't know in advance that an unreferenced section would make the blurb ineligible (somehow I missed last year's ineligibility in 2011)....I would have tried to fix that unreferenced section, either find references or delete it, (especially since 11/2011 all the other sections have been referenced). The Anniversaries section sometimes seems to get a little heavy on political/military events, I think it's good to have cultural or arts anniversaries available...oh well, I'll get the issues fixed up now so it will be eligible next year.  Thanks for replying, Shearonink (talk) 16:05, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh, I just checked the page views...had no idea the article had gotten 64,000 hits over the past 90 days...not one of WP's Top Ten Viewed, but still...not bad... Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 16:10, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed all the references issues I could find - so the Grand Ole Opry blurb can now be moved to the pool of Eligible anniversary/articles, since it's no longer 'Ineligible'. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 01:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hi, Howard! Please remember to locally upload and protect Commons images before using them in ITN. Thank you! —David Levy 17:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I protected the image on Commons itself. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 17:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see that you transcluded the image at Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en. For some reason, the cascading protection didn't work (and as I type this, it still hasn't taken effect).
 * Such problems are known to occur, so please protect images directly (as I did upon discovering that the image was unprotected). Thanks!  —David Levy 18:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * KrinkleBot overwrote my edit. That's the first time I've seen that happen. — howcheng  {chat} 18:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I just noticed. I suppose that the timing worked out badly.  (The update happened to come in between your two relevant edits.)  That probably is unlikely to occur often, but it's another reason not to rely on this protection method.  —David Levy 18:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


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 * Next time, I'll protect the image directly and let the bot do its update whenever it gets to it. — howcheng  {chat} 18:27, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks!
 * Of course, the bot really shouldn't have done that. Perhaps we should request that it be programmed to never remove transclusions manually added within the past hour or so.  —David Levy 18:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


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I re-added the inclusion template because, as the template says, there was no clear inclusion criteria. Just stating "they are known for using photomontage" is not enough. Incidentally, I checked a few of them out (as I'm sure you must have done), and for instance, Tim Hawkinson has no mention on his article at all of any photomontage usage, nor does John McHale, George Grosz, Johannes Baader, David McKean etc etc... I hope you understand why this list is non-encyclopedic and why I've tagged it as such. I've added some notes on the article talk page if you'd like to continue the discussion there. If not, I'd appreciate it if you could either leave the tag in place or solve the issue by setting out clear inclusion criteria with references where necessary. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:36, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Desert Cottontail Images
There's no such thing as a photo of a rabbit that isn't cute. I've been caring for around 50 wild cottontails on my property for over a decade. I am an expert on the little critters. Every photo in that article related to something mentioned in the text. I'll make a gallery, but sometimes I must question the motives; when after a year of that page getting more and more hits monthly because of the addition of visual aids (photos), why is the decision made out of nowhere to remove them?? I worked hard to capture those animals on film in those poses for that article, and in a BLINK ...... an admin comes in and says: "Too Many Images". Very uninspiring....Pocketthis (talk) 03:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I still don't understand why this all happened, but I'll learn to live with it. It's not the first time, and I'm sure it won't be the last; that I don't understand an editing decision. OK..upward and onward... Thanks. Pocketthis (talk) 03:33, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I see you've saved me the trouble of making the Gallery. OK the photos you've chosen, are the ones I would have chosen.
 * The article just isn't that long. When you have a lot of images, it messes up the layout. I dropped the carrot image because it really served no purpose. Thanks for your understanding. — howcheng  {chat} 05:06, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I won't put it back, however, it did serve a purpose. Only about 125 folks per month were clicking on it. That is only a fraction of the hits the other photos were getting. So, you eliminated the least popular image; but it did serve a purpose. Thanks.... Pocketthis (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello, The carrot image was there to illustrate the "Eating Mechanics" section. It shows the position the food must be in for them to eat.

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Hi HowCheng, just to let you know I had to select an image quickly for today's POTD. I went with Thomas Cranmer. If there's no reply here by this afternoon my time I'll schedule a week or so, so that article editors get warning. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:34, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for filling in. I was busy pretty much all day and completely forgot about it. — howcheng  {chat} 06:47, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, we all have days like that. Do you need me to schedule some? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:44, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Image deletion script
Hi Howard, I use your image deletion script, and lately, some screwy things have been happening with it. Sometimes, but not always, instead of leaving the notification at the right user page, it puts it at. (see e.g. ) I believe this has happened both when the user page actually does exist, and when it does not. I see you haven't changed the code for the script anytime recently. Any idea what's going on? Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:16, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's really weird. I'll look into it. — howcheng  {chat} 22:17, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * This is still going on. :( Any thoughts? Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Overlooked POTD
Is File:Democratic presidential ticket 1864b.jpg ever going to be WP:POTD.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've been scheduling recently, so thanks for bringing that to my attention. Any date in particular? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:51, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The recent election season would have been nice, but I suppose 11/8/13 would do: Template:POTD/2013-11-08. Jujutacular (talk) 14:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
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1985 Third Punic War item at OTD
Hi Howcheng,

I left a rather disgruntled post at WP:ERRORS about this, but then saw that you're the one who added the info to the article, and added the item to today's OTD. You do so much unheralded work on the main page that I'll defer to your judgement about this, and I've removed my comment at WP:ERRORS. But if you're open to a little constructive criticism: I think adding that factoid to the article was a little silly (it has zero historical significance, has nothing to do with an official end to anything, and was just a fake press event), but WP articles are filled with that kind of thing, so I can be safely ignored on that. But I'm a little more unhappy it showed up in the OTD section; it looks like a typical DYK hook, and is an order of magnitude less important, relevant to the war, or relevant to 1985 than anything it replaced. And I'm a little unsettled you're the same person who did both.

With a paragraph invested in this, I still am not quite sure what I want you to do... I guess it isn't horribly important. I suppose I'm just asking you to think twice about doing this kind of thing, because at least one person thinks it was suboptimal.

And because I never say it, while I'm here, thanks for being such a workhorse at OTD and TFP. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your concern. Yes, I admit it was kind of a back-door way of getting Third Punic War onto OTD. The problem was that there are no other solid dates in the article, so it was the only way of getting it in there. While I realize that not every article can make an OTD appearance, Selected anniversaries/February 5 doesn't have anything between 1958 and 2000 and (more importantly) I'm always trying to widen the pool of eligible articles. If there's a lot of protest, I'm not married to having the article listed there, so I certainly have no objections to its removal. — howcheng  {chat} 19:25, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. There doesn't seem to be a lot of protest (so far, only one editor has mentioned it, and he's a well-known crank and troublemaker), and there's only 4 1/2 hours left, so I guess leave it. But for the future, and for whatever my opinion is worth, when you're trying to decide how far to stretch things to get a good article onto OTD, I'd say this was a bit too far. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I saw that earlier and though it was a pretty poor choice for OTD. It's supposed to be for historic (not just historical) events, not gimmicks. But good work on the other items! <b style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:maroon;">Modest Genius</b> talk 21:46, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

POTD update
Just to let you know, I'm maintaining POTD with a week's scheduling ahead of time. Don't seem to be mangling it too badly. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Let me know if you get tired of doing it and I'll take it back. — howcheng  {chat} 00:34, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It's fine for now, but yeah I'll let you know if it looks like I can't handle it. I think 10–20 minutes a day won't kill me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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This is beyond a joke now. You've listed the Jacky Winter article for POTD main article tomorrow. It has a grand total of 71 words in the article. Truly embarrassing that you would wish to list this on the main page. I thought you were looking out for terribly weak stubs like this? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:45, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Wow, you're right! I messed up because Reagan was featured on 6 Feb both years.  Still, the Jack Winter article was appallingly weak.  Of course, Himalayan Bluetail is so much better.... Wow, we feature better articles at DYK or ITN these days than this stub.... 21:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * To note, User:Crisco 1492 has been scheduling them as of late. — howcheng  {chat} 21:28, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * (e/c)There appears to be some history between you two here that I'm not familiar with, so I'll step back and let you gents sort it out. But I can't help but note that:
 * Howcheng didn't actually schedule tomorrow's POTD;
 * I'd have thought that the focus of POTD was the picture, not the article; and
 * I wonder if, because of #2, we should consider not bolding any article in the POTD caption?
 * I now return you to your regularly scheduled argument, already in progress. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right, there's no quality control applied to the POTD articles. The pictures may be wonderful but the articles can be utter tripe, as demonstrated tomorrow.  The bold-linked article from POTD on the main page is the only article which has no criteria for promotion, it's all about the picture.  As I've said before, if people want to promote their pictures, Commons is the place for that, this is an encyclopedia.  We regularly feature pathetic quality articles under the POTD banner.  At the very least we should stop bolding articles in POTD blurbs as if we're directing people to something we should be proud of.  Most of the time we should be heartily embarrassed by the article behind the bold link.... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll not comment any further than this: Himalayan Bluetail is twice the length of Jacky Winter, and I've already avoided several articles as I found them too short (under 500 characters) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:46, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Churchill photo
Hi Howcheng-- I understand your wanting a photo of Churchill facing the viewer, but that's a really ugly picture you put up; the one you took down was not only a better photo but also was much more Churchillian, and evocative of his character. I wish you would please change them back. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:26, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see Talk:Winston Churchill. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 17:18, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

FP sets
I was looking at the Uranium set and was wondering how it should be shown on the main page. Do we have a template that works for multiple images in the POTD template, or should I merge them as one image? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It depends. Sometimes I make a collage, sometimes I just pick one. — howcheng  {chat} 00:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, I think I'll do a collage with this one (it's a process, so the images have little EV alone). Thanks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:09, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * This is what I ended up with. The protected version is clickable, like Extermination of Evil last year. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:20, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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Proposal to implement TAFI that affects OTD
Discussion is ongoing about how to implement Today's articles for improvement on the Main Page. A proposal is being worked on with general community support, where TAFI is put it on the left hand side, below the DYK content. In order to balance the Main Page, part of this proposal involves increasing the OTD content by one item per day. Since you are an editor involved in the process, I would ask if you could comment on the proposal. -- Nick Penguin ( contribs ) 17:29, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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Musa Çelebi
Hi, you've tagged Musa Çelebi for insufficient source. Well I can add more sources, but I'd like to learn the criteria for the number of sources. Wouldn't 3 reliable sources suffice for a 5 kB article ? Cheers. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 14:27, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that should have more footnotes. I usually go for at least one footnote per paragraph. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Tall images
I recently selected File:Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum).jpg for Template:POTD/2013-03-04, but it's quite a tall image. Do you have any workarounds? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:30, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Took care of it. — howcheng  {chat} 02:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:19, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Unused
Just double checking: The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (NSFW) should go at POTD/Unused, right? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Jujutacular (talk) 01:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, probably. — howcheng  {chat} 01:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Considering the last nude drew criticism (really now? that was beautiful), I figured as much. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:31, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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OTD issue
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File:Robinhunicke 240x160 August2009.jpg
Is File:Robinhunicke 240x160 August2009.jpg going to be the WP:POTD every year on her birthday?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Template:POTD/2012-03-15 conflicts with File page, which suggests it was on the main page on 3/15/12, Template:Potd/2011-12-20 (oops that is commons) suggests it was POTD on another date. What is going on?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I see a skull... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:57, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * As you can see, she has only been POTD once. — howcheng  {chat} 15:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There was a typo, now fixed: . --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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when you add citation/verification template, remember the Talk Page notification
I had to track you down - in March you added a template to the Temple in Jerusalem/Construction section article without opening a discussion on the article's Talk Page about specifically what needed to be cited. Please open such a discussion, otherwise I will remove the template. Note I added some new references to that section today.HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:09, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
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if is picture of the day why do you put video? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.50.126.218 (talk) 18:31, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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April Fools'
Since you seem to have missed my last post, and Fish Day is just a week away, I'm posting again. Is it possible for you to schedule the April Fools' Day image, so I don't seem to be promoting my own selection? You may prefer one of the others (available here). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:20, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, sorry. Forgot to reply. I will take care of it. — howcheng  {chat} 06:52, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:42, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

FILE RENAME

 * OK....I've cooled off a bit. I'm re-typing my message to you. I would appreciate it in the future, if you would extend me the courtesy of notifying me when you find a file name inappropriate on one of my photos. I will then reconsider the new name for it. This is a courtesy that should be given to any fellow photographer, and the fact that you are an admin, and have the power to make the change without notification should make no difference. A photo's name sometimes has very personal meaning to the author, and was named as such for a reason. I didn't know that Wiki had any rules about naming a photo exactly as its likeness implicates. I will remember that when naming my photos in the future. Thanks. Pocketthis (talk) 19:10, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Please rename photo
I made a typo when naming this photo: File:Kissing Juvenile Cotontails.jpg. Would you please rename and correct the name to File:Kissing Juvenile Cottontails.jpg. Thanks Pocketthis (talk) 23:44, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your quick response Pocketthis (talk) 15:48, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion
Hi. Can you offer your opinion on a photo in this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:57, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Could WP:Selected anniversaries for April 1 be archived?
Hello, Howcheng. I was wondering if it would be alright to archive the Selected anniversaries for April 1 into an archive to be used with other articles about April Fools Day for 2013. Sincerely, Super Goku V (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Knock yourself out. — howcheng  {chat} 03:42, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * How does this look? --Super Goku V (talk) 05:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good. I'm not exactly sure that's entirely necessary. Someone will compile a copy of the Main Page (here's one from last year), although I'm not sure who will be doing it. — howcheng  {chat} 05:45, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Already done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:32, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

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San Diego Comic-Con International meetup proposal
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/LA/SDCC1. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:13, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, could you check my comment here?--  K a t h o v o  talk 20:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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Great American Wiknic for LA in June
Howdy! I would like to invite you to again join with a local edition of the Great American Wiknic this June :) Also, please add any preliminary details to Wiknic.--Pharos (talk) 17:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * +1 --Rschen7754 03:39, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you can borrow much of the content from Meetup/LA/6, to start a Meetup/LA/8 for the Wiknic this year. The sooner you get a preliminary page where people can sign up, the better.--Pharos (talk) 19:56, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

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—David Levy 02:02, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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TAFI
Hi, Howard. As discussed at Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement, TAFI has been removed from the main page for the time being. I'm letting you know because I realize that this affects the quantity of OTD items. Thanks! —David Levy 14:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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D-Day
Is there any particular reason you took out D-Day from the list of notable anniversaries for June 6? That anniversary is more notable than the other six put together. Could I suggest you put it back, so it will at least appear next year (which will be its 70th anniversary)? Andreas JN 466 16:42, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It's simply out of rotation this year. That day has a pool of 20 eligible articles, and D-Day had appeared on 8 of the 9 previous years, so it was time for it take a break. And yes, I intend to put it back in next year for its 70th anniversary. — howcheng  {chat} 18:33, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Can't say I agree with that reasoning, especially given the obscurity of the other entries. A major event like that should remain year after year. --Andreas JN 466 20:17, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "Major" events are still subject to article quality rules, which don't apply here. Regardless, please see the FAQ question #1. — howcheng  {chat} 00:01, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

POTD
Could I ask you to look at the blurb for Template:POTD/2013-08-05 and check if it is too racially divisive? Owens and Hitler make for a fascinating story, but there's not much you can do with 500 characters. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:35, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I think for this one you might want to focus more on the event itself. There's no reason to bring FDR into it. — howcheng  {chat} 15:40, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * That's the thing, the darned article doesn't go into much detail about the event. Anyways, trimming all relations to Hitler and FDR. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 20:10, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

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1920s in Los Angeles
Hi there - I noticed your name at the Meetup LA8 page for the wicnic so I thought 1920s in Los Angeles might interest you. If not, no worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

1920s in Los Angeles
Hi there - I noticed your name at the Meetup LA8 page for the wicnic so I thought 1920s in Los Angeles might interest you. If not, no worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Wiknic
Hello! I'm bringing the guac to Pan Pacific Park on Sat. How many people do you think there will be?? Got a guess??? (So looking forward to it.) JSFarman (talk) 22:40, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd say plan for 10–15 people. Thanks! — howcheng  {chat} 23:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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