User talk:Joseph2302/Archives/2022/January

ITN
Hi Joseph2302! I'm a newbie Wikipedian who nominated the JWST for WP:ITN days prior to its planned launch. This was rejected for ITN. I hope you will help me understand Thank you for any help that you provide! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xarm Endris (talk • contribs) 13:33, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * basic WP:ITN policies for future events, and
 * how ITN-related scripts/bots are disrupted by premature event proposals
 * Hi,, we don't generally nominate articles for ITN until they actually happen- especially when the date isn't 100% confirmed, as is the case with JWST according to its article: JWST is scheduled to be launched no earlier than 25 December 2021. Because until it actually happens, it is still speculation on whether or not it'll happen, and we post what sources (newspapers/websites) are posting. Once it launches, it could be re-nominated again. As for the bot, it adds the date headers automatically at midnight (UTC) every day, so on December 25, if the header for that day already exists, then either the bot will probably create a duplicate header for that date. Which is why we don't just add the dates in the future manually. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:01, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Joseph, thank you for taking the time to educate a newbie Wikipedian. This was helpful! Please archive this section at your leisure. All the best for your 2022! --Xarm Endris (talk) 07:45, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No worries, and looks like it was posted on 25 December (day it launched). Joseph2302 (talk) 14:47, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Juan José Florián
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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Deon Lendore
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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hans-Peter Durst
Hello! Your submission of Hans-Peter Durst at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! DHN (talk) 00:45, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2021 New York City Marathon
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2021 New York City Marathon 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 Legobot, on behalf of RoySmith -- RoySmith (talk) 23:41, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Forresters Manuscript
I am the creator of the Forresters Manuscript page. The book is available only as a university book, and as such is too expensive for me to own. I could only check it out from my local university library and had already returned it by the time you raised your objections. I have since checked it out again (and returned it) and I tried to correct the problems you had with the page. If anything, you might feel it now has too many footnotes. I did take notes on the pages in the book that each ballad is in, and can correct it further if you wish. K9feline2 (talk) 20:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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21:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Hans-Peter Durst
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you
For your work on Jerry Conine's article - much appreciated. I don't know if you're able to help with Frederick Denman's article at AfD as well. Like Conine, he's also from Tacoma, Washington. I found this with some info about his miltary career (as Lt. Frederick L. Denman). It might be nothing more can be found, which is fine. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:51, 23 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I had a look on Newspapers.com and couldn't find anything unfortunately. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:32, 26 January 2022 (UTC)


 * No worries - thanks for taking the time to have a look.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:33, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2021 New York City Marathon
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Your GA nomination of 2021 New York City Marathon
The article 2021 New York City Marathon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2021 New York City Marathon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, 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 in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of RoySmith -- RoySmith (talk) 16:41, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Great minds!
Haha, 14:15 on the dot!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:29, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, obvious is obvious. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:31, 26 January 2022 (UTC)