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deletion of digitaljournal.com?
Why did you delete digitaljournal.com? The site has been online for years with sources for all of the listing details.

Nomination of List of Parkruns in the United Kingdom for deletion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Boston Parkrun
Hello Szzuk,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Boston Parkrun for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Natureium (talk) 14:24, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Don't copy and paste please
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Nomination of Black Combe Parkrun for deletion
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Nomination of Guernsey Parkrun for deletion
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Loggerheads Country Park
Hi, I did a lot of work on your article to bring it up to Wikipedia standards. Please look at the history to see my revisions. I looked at several sources and found information that either wasn't stated in the source or that was closely paraphrased. Please try to stick to the source on your next article and avoid copying from it. I also added Wikipedia links where appropriate; this gives the page more weight. Finally, I formatted the references. There's no need to use a long string as the ref name; it just clogs up the server. Three letters will do. If I can help you with anything in future, please contact me at my talk page. Best, Yoninah (talk) 23:20, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Loggerheads Country Park
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Shipley
Hi - thanks for the contact. My preference is to have separate articles for historic houses as they have their own identity and are linked to historical figures and events. A similar problem arises when the houses are used as schools and the history is swamped by unconnected and more transitory information. Good work on writing up country parks. I have just spent the afternoon at Swinley Forest. Regards Motmit (talk) 18:46, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Leasowe Lighthouse
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DYK nomination of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden
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A page you started (West Park, Long Eaton) has been reviewed!
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Nomination of List of Parkruns in the United States of America for deletion
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Erdor
Hi - would you consider reopening the AfD on Erdor? I don't believe the strength of argument establishes a consensus for Keep. WP:NEXIST concerns the actual existence of sources, not WP:MUSTBESOURCES arguments when no one is able to demonstrate the existence of sources. All !votes were WP:VAGUEWAVEs which declared sources existed but, on inquiry, were unable to actually name any of the alleged sources. I don't believe WP:NEXIST covers keeping an unsourced article for 14 years when no one is able to actually provide evidence of a single source when asked. Per WP:NRVE sources, while not needed in the article per NEXIST, still must be verifiable. Thanks. Chetsford (talk) 19:08, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Came to nitpick the same: WP:NEXIST would require at least demonstrating the existence of sources. They might not be in the article, but a claim with no evidence should be ignored. The AFD doesn't include a single example of a valid reliable secondary source. We have a keep for "If more sources are found", a keep for "There's sources" (none given) and a keep for "per above" (none given). There's no demonstration of sourcing, so the closest "keep" argument from this AFD is to follow BOZ's redirect suggestion.-- ferret (talk) 19:28, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I've relisted it. Regards. Szzuk (talk) 20:20, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

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Gloucester Park, Gloucester
Thank you for creating Gloucester Park in Gloucester, I was going to create it one day but i could not find any links but looks like you found some and got around to it before me. Many thanks again D Eaketts (talk) 18:23, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the comment, I've been creating a lot of park articles as you can tell from my talk page, I'm finding them easier to write and reference the more I make. I'm currently writing Victoria Park in Bideford, they have some cannons around the bandstand that I'd like to see one day. Szzuk (talk) 18:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds good Szzuk, I am mostly concentrating on the history of Gloucester, more specifically the Grade I and II listed buildings and churches in and around the city and i try to the same depending on the article, The park was just a one off article to include in my list of Wikipedia articles. D Eaketts (talk) 18:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I maintain List of Parkruns in the United Kingdom, I added the South West England section today, I fill in missing parks just because I like parks, I'm a national trust member and particularly enjoyed creating Bath Skyline and Plymbridge Woods. Szzuk (talk) 18:57, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Ooo, looks good Szzuk, I hope one of my articles will be better than C one day. Looking forward to seeing one of them on the main page as well and I will have a look at your other articles over the next few days. D Eaketts (talk) 19:25, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Heads Up
I have reverted the last change on the Articles for deletion/Dekker Dreyer as the last revision was consisting of a broke template of two lines that the bot was not able to remove from AfD lists. For example it is still on WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television and WikiProject Deletion sorting/Actors and filmmakers because of the revision that you did despite being closed for so long now (and as you can see by checking revision history for both lists, I haven't done anything or relisted it on those pages. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 17:51, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure let's just leave it be now. Thanks for the heads up. Szzuk (talk) 18:55, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Bulk AfD
Hiya. Sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to do a bulk AfD and getting into a terrible mess. I can't seem to make the template Subst:AfD1 work... Any help appreciated? Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 07:47, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd forgotten setting them up can be problematic, I will assist. Szzuk (talk) 08:29, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

It's basically the last two columns of list of mountains in Fujairah apart from Jebel Wamm, which is good. I also asked User:SportingFlyer... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:38, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * It is best to wait a couple of days to see if there any other responses. If there is no policy reason they shouldn't be bulk nominated then I think it should start with 5 articles. Can you do before on them and write a nomination for that 5? I can do the back office stuff probably avoiding a wp:trainwreck and post back to you what steps you would need to take to do another 5 at a later stage, but I don't want to do all of these, it isn't really my interest. Szzuk (talk) 09:11, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, and I appreciate the help/lack of interest in UAE mountains! And, yes, if I can get the procedure to work I'm more than happy to take it on. The template, for now, defeats me utterly... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:14, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * If you want to drop some likely delete articles into my talk page with the nomination I will get them on and we'll see how it goes. Szzuk (talk) 18:57, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Hiya. Here goes!

These articles are part of a series of tens of geographical stubs (settlements as well as mountains) created some ten years ago, presumably as part of a WP page creation drive. They all fail WP:V, GNG and WP:GEOLAND. I've done BEFORE on them as well as following the markers (which all lead to random terrain, scrubland, wadi beds and, in one case, an oil terminal) and they are all simply misleading cruft that has led to thousands of pages of rubbish spawning all over the Internet and obscuring the actual, verifiable geography of the UAE.

Qur al Rikibi - pin points to non-notable area of terrain West of Dibba. Qur or khor is bay in Arabic.

Jabal Ruham - pin points to flat scrubland off Fujairah/Mleiha road

Jabal Rumh - pin points to non-notable area of hills north of village of Aqdah

Jabal Ruwaydah - pin points to wadi near village of Tawyeen. There are sources for an area called Ruwaydah on the Batinah coast of Oman. Also in Qatar! There's a single mention of a 500 metre high Jebel Ruwaydah at the head of the Wadi Sidkha (near Khatt), but that seems a little tenuous. It's certainly not at this location and arguably not notable.

Jabal Safad - Pin points to random terrain inland of Qurayyah. It's a mountain in the Druze area of Lebanon...

Jabal Satif - Pin points to non-notable side of wadi in lowland North of the E87 road.

Jabal Sha'ra - Pin points to area now in Oman (would have been UAE in 1940s/50s), but it's just random terrain anyway. It's the Biblical Mount Seir, BTW.

Jabal Shariyah - Pin points to non-notable rocky terrain south west of Masafi.

Jabal Sharmah - Pin points to area of hilly terrain west of Masafi.

With heartfelt thanks! Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:44, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * OK i got some of them on. Can you check for errors? Please don't add those I missed though because it'll just cause problems, there is no particular reason I left them off other than there's always another day for them! Szzuk (talk) 08:38, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Vale Park, New Brighton
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DYK for Royden Park
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DYK for Loggerheads Country Park
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DYK for Leasowe Lighthouse
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DYK for Bestwood Country Park
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DYK for Arrowe Country Park
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DYK for Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Curriculum (England and Wales) (2nd nomination)
Notification re Articles for deletion/National Curriculum (England and Wales) (2nd nomination). Algarve1233 (talk) 17:37, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Urban Center (art gallery) merge
hello! I merged all the material from Urban Center (art gallery) into Municipal Art Society, per the AfD result. I saw that you tagged UC for merge; do you know how to finish things up by deleting Urban Center?ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:29, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, the standard complete to a merge is to redirect the article, this is to retain the article history. I have done this so the merge is now complete. Szzuk (talk) 08:25, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you very kindly!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Notice
Hi! I noticed you closed Articles for deletion/Experimental hip hop as no consensus. Shouldn't this have been treated as WP:NOQUORUM soft delete per lack of no votes and no opposion to the nominator which counts as a delete vote (and it even has sock puppets voting) with WP:REFUND as was practiced by admins on AfD? Maybe, it should be reverted for admin to decide? Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 20:50, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I closed it on bullet point 2 from noquorom - closing as "no consensus" with no prejudice against speedy renomination (NPASR). It looks fine to me. Szzuk (talk) 21:11, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The bullet point you used that is from this If the nomination has received very few or no comments but appears controversial to the closing administrator. You think it is controversial? If it is not controversial then it is If a nomination has received few or no comments from any editor with no one opposing deletion, and the article hasn't been declined for proposed deletion in the past, the closing administrator should treat the XfD nomination as an expired PROD. Generally, this will result in soft deletion.
 * Yes, because of the sock activity. Szzuk (talk) 21:30, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough then. I may not agree (since the sock vote is negated and should be acted like it never existed), but I understand the argument. Thanks for the explanation. And don't worry, I will not take this to Deletion review or anything. Just wanted to discuss, if you got offended or something, I am sorry. Regards, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries. Szzuk (talk) 21:34, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

December 2018
Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Tyrannosaurus. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. ''Apparently, you do not practice writing in English grammar, as your sentences are often connected by commas. It's easy to appreciate your dedication toward improving the article, but editors are expected to compose English correctly, so please try to apply the rules of grammar.'' Zefr (talk) 15:54, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * @, I was adding information in good faith, that is sourced, maybe it needs a little copy editing, do you disagree with the factual accuracy? The FAR said the section needs filling, so that is what I am doing. I'm happy for you or someone else to copyedit the information for flow as you've done previously and then it'll look fine. This is a collaboration no? Szzuk (talk) 16:01, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Anyone can see your edits are in good faith to improve the article to FA quality. I'm just struck that you apparently don't know how to write a correctly formatted sentence. --Zefr (talk) 16:05, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I probably don't use enough full stops, for what it is worth i'm a native English speaker! I suppose in the past I've had people want a reference or cite for every sentence so I spread the sentences out with commas to avoid having repetitive refs/cites. Szzuk (talk) 16:11, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Substituting commas for a full stop when a sentence ends is not a rule of English grammar! Think of a child WP user reading an FA article, and seeing grammar rules broken like that. Just use the repeat ref format, WP:REFNAME. --Zefr (talk) 16:16, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

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Suparatana Bencharongkul AfD closure
Hi. It might have been best if Articles for deletion/Suparatana Bencharongkul was closed by an admin, since it was mentioned during the discussion the the article should be checked for similarities to past deleted versions. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:37, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I read your comment. Even if the article was similar to a deleted version no admin would or should over rule the consensus of that AfD. The outcome of an AfD over rules prior deletions so no admin will even check. Szzuk (talk) 06:04, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

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Halder
. I've started editing Halder, I will see what else I can find. Szzuk (talk) 21:01, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm more or less done with Halder. It is just too far from GA for it to be worth taking there or much further. I have a copy of The Myth now, so I'm going to have a read through. Szzuk (talk) 17:36, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm struggling to find a source for his life before WWII. Can you recommend anything? Szzuk (talk) 11:12, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I added material from the German biographical dictionary available online: Franz Halder. --K.e.coffman (talk) 00:59, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I will re-add The Myth. It just didn't fit properly at the time of writing. Szzuk (talk) 04:55, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I see you have sent it to the Guild of Copy Editors to pick up grammar and punctuation errors. It is probably close to GA standard now, send as and when. Szzuk (talk) 10:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm going to do a copy and paste from the myth section here to the main article Myth of the clean Wehrmacht. Wikipedia requires attribution even from other Wikipedia articles. After I've done the copy paste I will note on the talk page I wrote the material in question and have access to all of the sources I have used. As you also wrote some of the material I would need you to formally say there that you wrote the other material. I presume that is OK but I will hold off until there is a reply. Szzuk (talk) 06:47, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You generally don't need anyone's permission (i.e. mine) to copy text between articles. Also, a simple edit summary is generally sufficient. I use: "Material copied from XYZ page - please see article history for attribution". See for example edit summary from the initial creation of the Barbara Engelking article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:58, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi. For the reasons explained in Copying within Wikipedia, leaving a copied note on the talk page of the article copied from is good practice. (Personally I also use one on the talk page of the article copied to.) Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:15, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Good article?
Hi do you think the page can make good article status I was going to recommended it to be? and would the category be world history? Jack90s15 (talk) 15:54, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It is probably better if myself or send it. This is because the Good Article criteria may require access to the books and other sources that have been used in the article. Szzuk (talk) 16:05, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * OK I get that I did try to Nominate one page I do have information for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the_Soviet_Union it seems like it takes some time for it to be reviewed. I am happy I was able to help put a picture in and some sources for the page!Jack90s15 (talk) 18:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it would be best if Szzuk nominates the page since they have access to all the sources, which is sometimes necessary during GA review process. It generally takes a while for a nomination to be picked up for review. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:25, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I've nominated Myth of the clean Wehrmacht. If I'm not around when the review starts then I'd hope one of you two would see it through. Szzuk (talk) 12:20, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * OK I understand that. And ok I am knowledgeable on the subject and some of the sources that are used on the page! Jack90s15 (talk) 19:46, 7 August 2019‎ (TC)
 * I've added you both as co-nominators. Szzuk (talk) 18:43, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * OK!Jack90s15 (talk) 14:42, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * Could you please clarify you have access to all book sources used in this article? Could you also let me know whether you think they could be picked up in a library or not? Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 21:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have most of the sources. Some info predated my additions so I don't have everything. Do you need to know exactly what I have or don't have? Szzuk (talk) 21:10, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have the following sources and couldn't get any of the others. Szzuk (talk) 21:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Anderson, Truman (July 2000). "Germans, Ukrainians and Jews: Ethnic Politics in Heeresgebiet Sud, June– December 1941". War in History. 7 (3): 325–351. doi:10.1177/096834450000700304.
 * Beorn, Waitman (2014). Marching into Darkness. London, UK: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72550-8.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Bartov, Omer (1986). The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare. New York: St. Martins Press. ISBN 0312224869.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Epstein, Catherine (2015). Nazi Germany Confronting the Myths. U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-118-29479-6.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Evans, Richard J. (1989). In Hitler's Shadow West German Historians and the Attempt to Escape the Nazi Past. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0394576862.
 * Foray, Jennifer (October 2010). "The 'Clean Wehrmacht' in the German-occupied Netherlands, 1940–5". Journal of Contemporary History. 45 (4): 768–787. doi:10.1177/0022009410375178. JSTOR 25764581.
 * Förster, Jürgen (Winter 1988). "Barbarossa Revisited: Strategy and Ideology in the East". Jewish Social Studies. 50 (1/2): 21–36. JSTOR 4467404.
 * Förster, Jürgen (2005). "The German Military's Image of Russia". Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
 * Heer, Hannes; Manoschek, Walter; Pollak, Alexander; Wodak, Ruth (2008). The Discursive Construction of History: Remembering the Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230013230.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Hébert, Valerie (2010). Hitler's Generals on Trial: The Last War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1698-5.
 * Hilberg, Raul (1985). The Destruction of the European Jews. New York: Holmes & Meier. ISBN 9780841908321.
 * Ingrao, Christian (2013). Believe and Destroy: Intellectuals in the SS War Machine. Malden, MA: Polity. ISBN 978-0-7456-6026-4.
 * Large, David C. (1987). "Reckoning without the Past: The HIAG of the Waffen-SS and the Politics of Rehabilitation in the Bonn Republic, 1950–1961". The Journal of Modern History. 59 (1): 79–113. doi:10.1086/243161. JSTOR 1880378.
 * Neitzel, Sonke (2005). Tapping Hitler's Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations 1942 - 45. London, UK: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1848327153.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Müller, Rolf-Dieter (2016). Hitler's Wehrmacht, 1935-1945. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813168111. OCLC 971043078.
 * Shepherd, Ben (June 2009). "The Clean Wehrmacht, the War of Extermination, and Beyond". War in History. 52 (2): 455–473. doi:10.1017/S0018246X09007547.
 * Smelser, Ronald; Davies, Edward J. (2008). The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83365-3.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * Stahel, David (2009). Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76847-4.Symbol confirmed.svg
 * von Lingen, Kerstin (2009) [2009]. Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945-1960. USA: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700616411.
 * Wette, Wolfram (2007). The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674025776.Symbol confirmed.svg


 * I don’t need the sources but it is helpful so that I can tick the verifiability box in the GA criteria without too many problems. It is also helpful so that I can trust the article will stay in a stable condition if someone happens to challenge any information in the article. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 06:40, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Virtually the whole article was written by the GA interested parties, myself, Jacks, K.e.coffman and Kudpung (article creator) so it wouldn't suffer from vandalism or unverifiable info much. Szzuk (talk) 06:51, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I do apologies for the list of minor changes. The truth of the matter is that I was reading offline so I noted down anything that needed changing, but then you so kindly did it yourself. Thanks a lot, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 19:07, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You are a credit to the project. Thank you. Szzuk (talk) 19:09, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Russia: War, Peace and Diplomacy


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 * Sorry, you can ignore this. I missed that the blog originally copied the content from the same Wikipedia article you spun this out from. Mcampany (talk) 20:48, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries. Thanks for the speedy undo! Szzuk (talk) 20:49, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Myth of the clean Wehrmacht
The article Myth of the clean Wehrmacht you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Myth of the clean Wehrmacht for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Willbb234 -- Willbb234 (talk) 19:21, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Szzuk & nice work; congratulations! Do you guys plan to nominate the article for DYK? It would be nice to get the article onto the main page. There's a seven-day window in which to do it. --K.e.coffman (talk) 15:39, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Your work was valuable too. I'm not doing DYK though, it is a lot of effort and not my thing. Szzuk (talk) 15:50, 18 August 2019 (UTC)


 * What does that entail? still new to nominationsJack90s15 (talk) 18:09, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You can get a new GA onto the "Did You Know" section of the Main Page, with one line/fact from the article. It isn't my thing really, and complicated, so personally I'm giving it a miss. Szzuk (talk) 18:14, 18 August 2019 (UTC)


 * It would be a great shame if an article like this missed the chance to be on the main page. If you like I would be happy to submit a DYK nom myself, being somewhat familiar with the process.
 * By the way, excellent job getting it up to and through GAN. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:46, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Jacks and K. e. Coffman are sending it to DYK. I will let them sort it out. Szzuk (talk) 21:49, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you. I don't keep barnstars or badges on my userpage. However I do appreciate receiving them. Szzuk (talk) 08:00, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

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LoP in UK
Hi there, good work on Greater London not much to go now. I'm happy to search for secondary references once done. If I can't find any, should a primary reference just be added in its place? Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 21:14, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, sure that would be good. I've just checked to see if there is a printed book available which would make referencing a lot easier, but alas there is nothing I can find. Szzuk (talk) 21:23, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Franz Halder -- GA?
Do you think that the page is ready for GAN? If yes, would you like to nominate it? --K.e.coffman (talk) 15:47, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The page is ready. You nominate and put me on as co-nominator. The myth section is mine so I'll do that etc. and whatever else if you aren't around. Regards. Szzuk (talk) 15:56, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Reinhard Gehlen
Do you know of any good sources on Gehlen? It looks like he was the Nazi spymaster on the Eastern Front and introduced widespread torture, his article doesn't mention any of that and I'd like to add it. Szzuk (talk) 22:44, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

County abbreviations
Hi there, sorry to bother you. In regards to the country abbreviations, I have done Derbyshire to Derb (maybe Derbs is better, thoughts?). East Midlands, East of England and Greater London look fine, but I'm not sure how to approach North East? Tyne and Wear is a little confusing and so is County Durham. Any thoughts on these? North West is a little confusing as well, Lancashire to Lancs, Cheshire can stay the same, Greater Manchester? It could be worth doing everything in its full name for consistency throughout the article. This can be easily done with WP:AWB, so any thoughts on that? If you think it should be, its probably best to ask for consensus and thoughts from others. Sorry for the confusion and all the questions. Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 21:18, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Your edits were fine, I did look up usual abbreviations some months ago, although I've forgotten now! I think Derbyshire is Derbs, Lancashire is Lancs, Greater Manchester is sometimes Gtr Manchester, County Durham sometimes just gets shortened confusingly to Durham. Tyne and Wear I don't really know. I have never used AWB, I will see if I can install it. Regards Szzuk (talk) 21:27, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Cool, I use WP:JWB. Works fine and easier to install. Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 22:01, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Hampshire to Hamps? Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 21:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, sure. Szzuk (talk) 21:22, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

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