User talk:The Squirrel Conspiracy/Archive 2

User:Sri Harsha 191817

 * Respected admin, I'm an established user in wikipedia and working since December 2018. I'm basically a reveter. Anonymous users are vandalizing content. And I'm reverting. It's becoming difficult for me to revert. If I become Roll backer, I can do it at the ease. So, I kindly request you to make me Roll backer. Thanking you. Your's obediently
 * Respected admin, I'm an established user in wikipedia and working since December 2018. I'm basically a reveter. Anonymous users are vandalizing content. And I'm reverting. It's becoming difficult for me to revert. If I become Roll backer, I can do it at the ease. So, I kindly request you to make me Roll backer. Thanking you. Your's obediently

Sri Harsha 191817 (talk) 02:36, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Sri Harsha 191817, I am not an administrator, and this request needs to be made at Requests for permissions/Rollback. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Ok sir. Thank you sir Sri Harsha 191817 (talk) 02:39, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

You told to keep request to new page. I didn't understand that. Hence, I put my request in your talk page sir. Sri Harsha 191817 (talk) 02:40, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi The Squirrel Conspiracy, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3AThe_Squirrel_Conspiracy added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing!

And just so you know, I've restored / copied across all the permissions from the prior account.  Schwede 66  03:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Schwede66!. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

File:Stone's Chapel.jpg
Hi The Squirrel Conspiracy. Just a friendly reminder: when you resolve naming conflicts of files shadowing commons, be sure to also update any file links so that you're not inadvertently changing files in articles (e.g. 1, 2). Thanks,  F ASTILY   01:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but not updating the file links was intentional. The file that was originally in those articles was the Commons one (uploaded in February). The one I moved came later (in March), and overwrote the correct images. By not changing the links, it reverted the article back to showing the correct images. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Note to self
Category:PD-Australia_images_with_unknown_US_copyright_status_for_over_30_days

DYK for Gavin Dempsey
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

John W. Walsh hook in Prep 3
Hi, I just wanted you to know that I reformulated your hook in prep because the wording was rather convoluted and also used a contraction ("he'd"). Please let me know if you have any other ideas to improve it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 09:53, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I tweaked your tweak, but I might have made it too long - it's over 200 characters if including spaces. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:21, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again, I was offline for a day. Just FYI, you are not allowed to edit your hook in prep. Let's have the discussion here and I will make the changes. Your new hook is 211 characters long. I moved it to Prep 5 so it won't be promoted before it's fixed. Here is the current version:
 * ... that after being diagnosed with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, with which less than 5,000 people had been diagnosed at the time, John W. Walsh co-founded several non-profits to support others with the condition?
 * Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 17:41, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you move the "with" in the middle, as seen below?
 * Thanks, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The hook is still at 211 characters. It really needs to be shortened. You don't have to tell the whole story in the hook, just "hook" readers into clicking and reading more. Yoninah (talk) 00:48, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I have moved the hook back to the template so you can work on it further. Yoninah (talk) 14:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I have moved the hook back to the template so you can work on it further. Yoninah (talk) 14:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for cleanup
Here. I clearly didn't preview my edit or notice it when it saved. Apologies. StarM 15:10, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * No need to apologize. I just fix those reflexively when I see them, but it's not a big deal. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for John W. Walsh
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

It's been awhile
Sven? The Sven Manguard?? That's a name I thought I'd never see again. Joke's on me (self-trout) for already leaving you a warning, I should know better lol. Glad to have you back. As always, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask! - F ASTILY   04:22, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Good to see you as well. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:04, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria
I see nothing on this page that would prove that they images need to be removed.★Trekker (talk) 09:04, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * My bad I made this section before I saw that you sent me a message on my talkpage.★Trekker (talk) 09:14, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, I saw your comments there. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:14, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

File notifications
I noticed that you have prodded or started discussions at WP:FFD regarding a lot of comic book files. I advise you to use deletable image captions in the articles the files are still in that link to the discussions to gain as much possible input as possible. Also given the fact that you have nominated hundreds of files that are in the same WikiProject, it would be a good idea to give a heads up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics. Aspects (talk) 06:24, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I've dropped a message on the WikiProject talk page, here. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I also came here to comment on the same issue, as you've been leaving multiple notices on my talk page about images I uploaded literally a decade and a half ago (and I doubt I've touched the articles since), but not giving any notice on the articles that actually use the images that those who have it watchlisted might actually see. You need to adjust your practices so you're actually giving effective notice to involved editors and not spamming people who have long since moved on. postdlf (talk) 13:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm very much not a fan of in-article-namespace alerts for file and template deletion discussions. I feel that the other option, a notification in the article talk page, accomplishes the same thing without being disruptive/distracting to non-editors. I've placed notifications on the talk pages for articles with deletion nominations from the 28th. I'll tackle the 27th and 26th this evening. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:13, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * All three days are done. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:57, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I agree the article talk page notification (with a clear edit summary) is sufficient, as that will flag it on interested watchlists. postdlf (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Please also consider using batch nominations as described in the WP:FFD instructions. Having many nominations with the same rationale makes it more difficult to participate in discussions. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:15, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not how it makes it any harder to participate. If you have a specific image you want to fight for, you go to that image's entry, which has already happened with a small number of the nominations. This isn't a situation where "keep all" is ever going to apply - the ones where there are enough to batch them are also the ones where NFCC 3a sets the highest barrier to them all being kept. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:29, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

User:WindyCityABBoy
Hello, Squirrel Conspiracy. I'd like some clarification regarding the use of the images on our Regimental unit wiki-page. I am trying to post pictures to amplify the text of our page, however if that is no the desired outcome for Wikipedia, I'm wondering if we should be using images at all?

Several of the images that I've recently received notice on are from members of our Regiment; others (the cap badges) are from the internet or our own website.

Could you clarify the intent of your flagging of these images for me?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WindyCityABBoy (talk • contribs) 20:41, 1 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi . The issue with the images I nominated for deletion is that Wikipedia has rules about non-free content, which those images fall afoul of.
 * Copyright is essentially "who owns the work". For photos, that's almost always the person that took the photo. A license is essentially "these are the terms under which you can use the images"
 * On Wikipedia, we are not allowed to use images that are not free (the copyright holder hasn't released them under a license we can use), if there are freely licensed replacements. So, for example, the two vehicle images I replaced, the photographers in the new images have released those images so that anyone else can use them, for any purpose. The images you uploaded have not been released under such a license. Since freely licensed images exist, we have to use those instead of the non-free ones.
 * If you know who the copyright holder for a photo is, you can send them this link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Email_templates which they can use to release their photos under a free license. If they do that, we can 100% use those images, no problem. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:02, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination of XCOM: Chimera Squad
Hello! Your submission of XCOM: Chimera Squad 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 21:22, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Prep 5
Hi, thanks for building this set. Since there were two nominations by the same nominator (epicgenius), I returned one to the Approved page. Also, there are 3 nature hooks——an Irish mountain, a New York park, and an English tree. I think we should should swap them with hooks from other sets. Best, Yoninah (talk) 09:49, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks . What was 5 is now 6. I put 145th [back] in prep 6 and moved Riverside to the now mostly empty 5, solving both the author and nature issues. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:06, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I moved the set down because we've had a number of nature images lately. Yoninah (talk) 03:52, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * One more observation. You seem to be loading a lot of U.S. hooks into each set. Prep 6 has 5 U.S.-based hooks, including 4 of them in a row. Please try to aim for more diversity in general. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 04:19, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Duly noted. I missed that the Pink Swastika was US. That said, I feel like I was working with what I got; it was hard not to have four New York hooks in one prep, with how many transit and public works articles were left to be added into queues from April. I didn't feel comfortable dipping into more recent articles, but I think I'd have to to get less US content. If it's an issue, I suppose we could switch some of them in/out between 5 and 4, which doesn't have many US articles. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * (ec) You're right, we have a glut of certain types of nominations, including New York City subway stations and buses, radio/television stations, and now mountains of Ireland. I definitely skip all over the Approved page to build sets, and often go all the way to the bottom to the newest nominations to get more hook variety. With 177 approved nominations, I don't think we should lean on the 50% U.S. option unless we absolutely have to; it looks so U.S.-centric for our international audience. Best, Yoninah (talk) 04:40, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright. I'll keep that in mind for the future. Thanks for all the guidance. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:46, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Matt Colville
Hi there! His name is vaguely familiar to me but I don't know anything about him. I might know a user or two who can help by taking a look. BOZ (talk) 05:41, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

BOZ pinged me on this. The issue I've come across is confirming his early work history with secondary sources. All of the exact dates come from Colville's LinkedIn (which I think you can cite per WP:BLPSPS especially if you can confirm the work history actually occurred with other sources):
 * 2000 Designer at Wizards of the Coast (less than a year)
 * "He actually worked for Wizards of the Coast for about six minutes back in 2000 before jumping ship to join Pandemic Studios on the Mercenaries team".


 * 2002-2009 Story Editor at Pandemic Studios
 * Refers to Colville as Lead Writer on Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
 * Refers to Colville as Writer and Story Editor for Mercs 2 and Mercs 1


 * 2011-present Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios
 * Refers to Colville as a Writer on Evolve
 * Colville refers to Turtle Rock Studios as his "home since 2011" on in a post on his website (so primary source instead of secondary).


 * 2016-present YouTube Channel
 * Start date is from Colville's website
 * Small reference in a list of suggested online D&D tools
 * Larger reference in a roundup of online D&D tools

In terms of publication credits, I'm not sure if you're planning on going with a table format (like Jeremy Crawford) or a list format (like Keith Baker) but when I filled out Crawford's I was able to rely on BoardGameGeek. Here's a link to Colville's: https://boardgamegeek.com/rpgdesigner/6038/matthew-colville. I also wasn't able to find anything (like reviews) on his two novels outside of Colville talking about them. I was able to get year/ISBNs off of Amazon: Priest (2011, 9780615512150) & Thief (2014, 9780692203217). This review mentions Colville as the writer on Critical Role: Vox Machina – Origins #1.

Let me know if you need any other help and ping me when you have a draft. Sariel Xilo (talk) 18:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much ! I've added this to the list of sources I had going, and will work on getting an article together shortly. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:05, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Prep 1
Hi, sorry to interrupt, but I'm also building prep sets now and notice that you just put 4 U.S. hooks in here, and two are side by side. Could you move one out to the next prep set please? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Why don't you just take over and I'll stop. I got distracted reading about a bunny anyways. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Yoninah (talk) 21:52, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Prep 6
Well, it's taken me until now to finish filling the slots from which I removed the U.S. hooks. Please take a look and see how I balanced the countries and topics, and also the hook lengths. It takes an awfully long time to build a set, not the least because so many "approved" nominations still have problems. Best, Yoninah (talk) 23:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I have just moved this prep set to the queue, my first ever such move! I hope you will continue to build prep sets because I have done many of them in the past and if I change my activities at DYK, I may not be doing so many in the future. Building a set is just a matter of balance, not too many of any one thing. I often choose 3 or 4 biographical hooks first and then slot in some non-biographical hooks on a variety of topics from different parts of the world. After which, you can sit back and admire your handiwork several days later on the main page! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:59, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Sports programmes front cover inclusion under fair use
Hi TSC, I wondered if you'd got anywhere with a general approach to whether sports programme front covers should be permitted under the current FU criteria? I'm seeing and writing a lot of articles which are apparently just copying one another in the existing approach of using them primarily because "that's what we've always done". Your point at the FAC was well made and I think it should be dealt with. Please let me know if I can help. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for following up. I'm trying to figure out a solution that will work for all cases, not just sports programs. My gut feeling is that the best way to do that is to add a requirement to the NFCC that the subject of non-free content be directly discussed using cited prose. I've got a draft proposal in User:The Squirrel Conspiracy/sandbox, which I started after our last discussion, and which your message just now prompted me to update. I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts about whether you think this is the right approach, and if so, if my proposal's wording will achieve what it aims to. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:36, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi TSC, sorry it took me a while to get back to you but in reviewing this I suddenly reminded myself of our discussion and very much find myself in your support.  Let me know your plans and how I might help? The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 14:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The more of these reviews I do and articles I create, the more I realise this needs to be addressed. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:30, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What are your thoughts on what's in the sandbox? My biggest concern is that, while I believe in the line "For example, the existence of an album is not enough to justify a non-free image of its cover; the album cover itself must be a subject of discussion for it to be included.", I think that will kill any chances of the proposal being successful.
 * We need some sort of way of getting to "you can't have a non-free image in the infobox gratis, it needs to be justified" without it immediately being shot down by the large communities that are most affected - music, books, video games, etc. - and I'm struggling on where I think the line should be vs what I think will pass. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think it will kill the debate, I think it will force people to accept a re-word of non-free criteria. You have literally thousands of examples of how "fair use" images don't currently meet criterion 8.  It would be a good start to get a consensus if that criterion is realistic and being applied correctly. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:57, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * FWIW I've started removing programme front covers from my GA/FA nominations about football matches for precisely your concerns. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 21:02, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * How would the additional requirement to be "Discussed in cited prose" affect WP:NFCI #2 ("Team and corporate logos: For identification.") and #10 ("Pictures of deceased persons, in articles about that person, provided that ever obtaining a free close substitute is not reasonably likely.")? Harrias  talk 11:27, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. I thought that I had something workable until I re-read that section and the linked 2011 RfC, which showed an overwhelming consensus for non-free content in infoboxes. I'm back to the drawing board, so to speak. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:30, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Certainly the football programme front cover is never used "For critical commentary." or at least I've never seen the programme front cover being discussed in any of these match articles. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:51, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hook promotions
Hi, please don't forget to add the DYK credit line when you promote a hook to prep. I noticed a few that you missed. Yoninah (talk) 15:24, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oof. Thanks for the catch . The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Question
Hey there. I noticed your comments at a FAC regarding image guidelines. I was hoping you could advise me on if you think the image on Follow God meets guidelines for me to pass the article for GA. It is a strange situation for me as this is the first time I am seeing a screenshot from a lyric video being ussed in the cover art parameter of an Infobox for a song?  Cool Marc  ✉   21:34, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * That's a really interesting question. A still image almost certainly is PD-text. Had it been the entire video, it would no longer qualify for PD-text (among other reasons, because it has animation), but I think that specific still is fine.
 * I'm going to ping an expert for a second opinion though: thoughts? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * PD-text is probably applicable, but is that really the best image to illustrate the article with? Why not the official cover art? -  F ASTILY   01:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Note to self
commons:Category:Squirrels sejant in heraldry

West Bank editing
Since West Bank is not available for editing because of vandalising, and you're the last one who edited it, I said maybe you're the right person to refer to. I'd aprecciate if if you check out the talk page at West Bank, specifically "Replacing or adding new imagery where needed?", and tell me.what you think, It'd be awesome. I'll be contancing some othe editors of the article also for a broader opinion. SoWhAt249 (talk) 21:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * My only edit to that page was to fix some issues with the image sizes. I have no intention of wading into any content discussions on that topic. The message is on the talk page; regular editors of that page will see it and respond to it. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Preps 2 and 3
Great job!!! All I did was shuffle a few hooks that had similar wording. One quibble: We've been asked to put the DYK credits in the order the hooks appear, in order to make it easier for administrators to check them. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for XCOM: Chimera Squad
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Nissanka Senadhipathi
Dear The Squirrel Conspiracy! This article is not paid as an advertisement, So do not fabricate false comments based on assumptions and without proper evidences. Also if most of the facts aren't non-independent, any other editors are welcome to makes the errors legitimately adhering to Wikipedia policies. Please consider about this matter and get a quick decision to close the discussion. Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinushan w77 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination
Man I appreciate you taking on the DYKs for some of my articles, I've had a hard time getting into that process recently, so bless you for doing that. MPJ-DK (talk) 12:44, 29 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Happy to help! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:30, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

FGDTTS
Hi Sven. Could really do with your help re this. Ticket number is 2020052410004207. Both myself and the copyright owner are confused; I have not done this before, and am afraid I will test his patience...he has already emailed me the verbiage twice, and same to ORTS. Would really appreciate a steer, so thanks a bunch in advance. Ceoil (talk) 19:14, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, I see what's going on here. I'll send an email that should clear everything up. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:56, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sound, thanks. 20:21, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Everything's done and the file is on Commons with the permission recorded. Happy to help. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:22, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What a relief, thanks man. Ceoil  (talk) 20:25, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Anytime. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:26, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, Ricky tells me he also emailed you back re File:Donnely.jpg. Hopefully this worked out ok as would like to have for the DYK. You are a gentleman. Ceoil  (talk) 16:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It's done! I've moved the file to Commons as File:Finbarr Donnelly.jpeg and changed the articles to use the new name. The permission is recorded. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:42, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Jesus, that was fast. You are the man, seriously. Ceoil  (talk) 16:43, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again. If the a graphic artist released the rights to a poster, can it be used via ORTS. There is a old promo photograph in the image, but its implicit, though not anywhere explicit, that it was intend as promotional and for wide use. Pic of the flyer intended is . Advice appreciated. Ceoil  (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the poster is a derivative work of the photograph, so without proof that the photograph is available under a free license, we can't use the poster regardless of the designer's license for his part. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:48, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Understood. Thanks anyway. Ceoil  (talk) 23:56, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of MkLeo
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article MkLeo 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 Nova Crystallis -- Nova Crystallis (talk) 22:41, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Dove l'arte ricostruisce il tempo
Article? Mobile Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:55, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Zackray
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of MkLeo
The article MkLeo you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:MkLeo 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 Nova Crystallis -- Nova Crystallis (talk) 03:41, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Jainism
Hi, sorry to rain on your parade, but you cannot promote your own hook. It also wasn't yet approved; I was just giving my vote of approval. I think you should wait for to approve it and then someone else will have to promote it. Best, Yoninah (talk) 21:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. After approves it, I can re-promote it to your prep. Best, Yoninah (talk) 21:14, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Muhammad IV
Hi, thank you for promoting Template:Did you know nominations/Muhammad IV of Granada. I think you forgot to mark the DYK nom page as "promoted" as per the usual practice, so that it becomes archived and to avoid reruns. HaEr48 (talk) 17:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Whoops, fixed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:54, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Talk page ratings
Hi, just a reminder that when you promote an article, please make sure it has some kind of talk page rating. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:02, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 6
Hi, I don't know if you realize, but you promoted 4 music hooks to this set. I swapped a few out. Another bio hook is needed here, preferably non-U.S. I was wondering if you could promote either Template:Did you know nominations/Lilly Dubowitz or Template:Did you know nominations/Jenny Gusyk; these are hooks I worked on so I can't promote. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 10:37, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I guess you're rignt. Never been something we've had so many of that I had to watch out for it. I swapped the non-US music hook back in and moved the US hook to prep 7, then promoted the oldest bio that was still waiting to get moved in, which was US. I'll look at the two bios you linked for prep 7. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 18:55, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Do we really have so many U.S.-based hooks that you need to put 4 in every set? You could skip all over the Approved page to find hooks from other countries. I don't know if you realize it, but you often end with a U.S. hook in the quirky slot. Yoninah (talk) 19:52, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Update on Prep 1: Great job! Yoninah (talk) 12:08, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Marss
Hello! Your submission of Marss 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:34, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Nebuta Museum DYK
Hello you recently had a concern about the video of the floats. The video is free under Article 45 as it is inside of the museum not outside of it per Article 45... "(1)　The owner of the original copy of an artistic work or photograph-ic work or a person authorized thereby may publicly exhibit that work. (2)　The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the original copy of an artistic work is permanently installed on a street, at a park, or in any other outdoor location accessible to the public, or on the outer wall of a building or other place easily seen by the public."  Mccunicano ☕️  19:47, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, if that's the case, I hope you'll reconsider moving it to an image slot. Yoninah (talk) 20:02, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi . Unfortunately your interpretation is incorrect. The way it works is that you start with the assumption that a work is covered by copyright, and then look for a reason why it is not (or no longer) covered. In many countries, there are Commons:Freedom of panorama clauses in copyright laws that essentially say "the work itself is still copyrighted, but photographs of it are not". Most commonly this is applied to the exterior of buildings. Somewhat less commonly it's applied to other creative works - art, sculpture, etc. - permanently displayed in a publicly accessible location.
 * In Japan, their freedom of panorama law applies to the exterior of buildings with no restrictions, and to "an artistic work the original copy of which is permanently installed in an outdoor location" with a non-commerical stipulation (which means the latter is not acceptable on Commons). There is no language about works in the interior of a building, which means that freedom of panorama does not apply to the floats, which means that photographs of the work are Commons:Derivative works of the floats and are thus non-free.
 * With that in mind, the only ways that we can use images of the floats are if either 1) the floats themselves are ineligible for copyright protection (if we can prove that their creator died more than 70 years ago), or 2) if the copyright holder (the artist, unless it was a work for hire for the museum that transferred copyright, and in that case the museum), releases the work or photographs of it under a free license.
 * Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:24, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 3 image
Hi, I notice you did a square crop leaving only 2 lions in the frame. But it seems more vivid to crop it horizontally to show all the lions she's sitting with. What do you think of this horizontal crop? Yoninah (talk) 22:14, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not a fan of having one side with rounded corners and the other side without. I chose the square crop so that I could get it to 140px and make her and the lions "pop" a bit more. If we're not going to use the square crop, we might as well use the original. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Oops, I didn't see that. Should I nominate the file for deletion? I don't like the original image because all you see are legs of lions in the right of the picture. Yoninah (talk) 22:19, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The best way to get rid of your own crops if they wind up not being useful is speedy deletion. Commons' regular deletion has... a ghastly backlog. Just drop something like on the page and I or another Commons admin will zap it. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:24, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Another question: When you crop, do you try to go as close as possible to the border, or do you crop inside a little bit? I'm moving the crop lines by sight and find it hard to see if white space remains in the cropped image. Yoninah (talk) 13:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah I try to go as close to the border as possible so that I don't lose anything I don't have to. If it keeps putting border back in, it's because you're in lossless mode (which rounds to the nearest 8x8 block of pixels, I think). Switch to precise mode using the radial buttons and the crop will be exactly where the line is. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:04, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am using precise mode. I just find that I can't always see in the preview if white space still remains from a border that was crooked. OK, I'll keep fiddling with it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:09, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Comic Con Scotland
Hello! Your submission of Comic Con Scotland 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Joseph2302 (talk) 15:23, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pratapgarh Kingdom
Hello! Your submission of Pratapgarh Kingdom 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! Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I just noticed your note on this nomination about your effort to improve diversity. Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 1
Hi, just out of curiosity, what do you mean by swap order to prevent block of hooks bold in the same place? In general, we try to have all bolded links at the front of the hook. Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Yoninah: Where is that requirement? I've never heard that before.

... I think that, when you ... have a set of hooks, it looks ... better to have the bolding ... spaced out a bit rather than ... having all of the bold be ... right up front. vs ... I think that, when you ... have a set of hooks, it looks ... better to have the bolding ... spaced out a bit rather than ... having all of the bold be ... right up front.


 * Sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Really? That's not how we've been doing it for years. In fact, reviewers often encourage nominators to put the bold link as close to the beginning of the hook as possible. Pinging again to explain it to you. Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The only set that's run recently that looks remotely like the second example above is 00:00, 5 June 2020. Everything else that's run this month has looked like the first example. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:01, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The Squirrel Conspiracy, Yoninah, while we like to have the bold links early in a hook in general, it does look better to avoid having the second example, with too many "... that bold link" entries in a row. I was dinged on that early in my (mostly past) prep-building career: it's always good to have visual variety if possible, but varying between, say, second through fifth words is sufficient. I'd avoid having more than two in a row with bold links the first thing after the "that". Yet another thing to keep track of, I know, along with no two bios or US hooks in a row, but it makes for a pleasing presentation. If you look back at this month, one of the June 5 sets concentrated on immediate bold link hooks, and Queue 2 isn't great, but sets tend to follow this for the most part. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:25, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, that is news to me. I guess your visual skills are going to come in handy here at DYK, The Squirrel Conspiracy. Yoninah (talk) 10:14, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Homo ergaster
Vanamonde (Talk) 00:02, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Super Smash Bros. players
Hi, I just promoted Maister to Prep 6. I'm wondering if, instead of linking these professional players to Super Smash Bros., the link should be to Super Smash Bros. in esports? Yoninah (talk) 11:56, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah I have no preference. Whichever you think is better. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:19, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Pony (make-up artist)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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re: Drug policy of South Korea
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DYK for Pratapgarh Kingdom
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Chabela Romero
Hello! Your submission of Chabela Romero 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! Yoninah (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Günther Massenkeil
The Squirrel Conspiracy, the QPQ you requested in your DYK review here has been submitted. Please continue the review when you get the chance. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:35, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Maister (gamer)
Vanamonde (Talk) 00:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Samsora
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Central Asian riparian woodlands
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Zara Abid
Hello! Your submission of Zara Abid 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! SL93 (talk) 22:45, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 7
Hi, I was unaware that I put 3 U.S. hooks in a row; thanks for catching that. But I am wary of putting the Donald Trump hook last. It was a provocative event that will only gain more exposure by being posted on Wikipedia. And it's not very "quirky". Deaths and protests are not quirky. Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah: I think that sending the police in to clear out protesters to hold a photo op is certainly quirkier than some of the things that ran in the #8 slot recently. I certainly don't think that the anti-transgender book hook that you swapped in was more quirky than the Trump hook. Since the entire point of DYK is for articles to gain more exposure, that's not a concern either. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:32, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Chabela Romero
— Wug·a·po·des​ 23:10, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 12:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

We need to work together
The way you phrase it, you make it sound like you're under attack. My experience with you, on the other hand, is you laying down the law and telling me to live with it. Maybe we could have a dialogue next time so that we could reach a consensus that would please us both. (I'm actually very easy to please.) Sincerely, Yoninah (talk) 19:13, 23 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Yoninah: The reason why I said that is that it feels like every time I build a set, you move hook into other queues, or change from the ALT I picked to a different ALT, often for reasons that don't seem grounded in any policy. It feels like you're imposing your personal preference over the process, and the reason why I'm so assertive when I speak to you is because I feel that if I don't stand up for the decisions I'm making, you're just going to pave them over with whatever you feel is better. I understand that DYK is a collaborative process, but it feels like you do a lot more tinkering with everyone else's preps than anyone ever does with yours, and it's frustrating to feel like the decisions I make aren't respected. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I hear you, and I understand you. I also don't like it when hooks are pulled out of the sets I build and moved around, which usually takes place at the queue level. I have been trying to leave your sets alone, and now that I know you are balancing them for visual effect, I will try extra-hard to be hands-off. Now that the sets are being promoted every 24 hours rather than every 12, I also have time to ask you about set issues and moving hooks to other sets. I apologize for not making myself clearer before and hope we will have cordial relations from now on. Sincerely, Yoninah (talk) 21:46, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Käte Frankenthal
Hello! Your submission of Käte Frankenthal 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! Harrias talk 07:57, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Good luck with prep building
Hi, I spent an awful lot of time trying to build Prep 1 tonight and couldn't even finish. Besides the usual suspects, there are way too many "first" hooks out there and also bio hooks that pipe the name to something else. Maybe you'll find another name hook to plug in there. With only 60 approved noms, there's also not much to work with. Good luck, Yoninah (talk) 22:24, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah: I found one to finish the set. I have seven nominations and five reviews out of the 58, so I can't promote about about a fifth of the available hooks. This may become an increasingly common problem since I've been working to nominate other people's articles in under-represented topics and regions, and we're getting less hooks a week now. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:43, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! What I'm thinking of doing is just promoting anything I can, and then giving it over to you to promote hooks that I've written or reviewed. Then you could rearrange them as you like, over one or more prep sets. Does that sound alright to you? Yoninah (talk) 11:21, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I could do that. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:13, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for French cruiser Chasseloup-Laubat
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for French cruiser Bugeaud
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for French cruiser Descartes
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for French cruiser Pascal
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 2 hook wording
Hi, I don't want to revert without discussing this with you, as it is an unwieldy hook. But your edit leaves the reader wondering who Pavle Jovanovic is or why he's even being mentioned here. Yoninah (talk) 11:48, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah Go ahead and change it back, then. I don't mind; I was just tinkering, but I've got no strong attachment to that specific wording. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:51, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 19:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duchess of Palmela
Hello! Your submission of Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duchess of Palmela 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! Yoninah (talk) 13:14, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Prep 5 image
Hi, I just promoted your nomination and that gorgeous image to Prep 5. Then I realized that the lush vegetation isn't the islet; it's that brown thing off the coast. I'm wondering if the image should be cropped to show up the islet more? And should the caption be rewritten as Topu Islet off the coast of São Jorge? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:47, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yoninah: I think that the striking contrast is quite nice, but I get what you're saying. Here's a cropped image if you'd rather use that. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 15:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but now it looks kind of dull. I'm thinking of just rewriting the caption, as above. Yoninah (talk) 16:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Re: DYK nomination of 1997 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district special election
Hey there! Thanks for reviewing my DYK nom. You asked me to ping you once I'd made the changes, and I've now made them. Pinging you here.  Nomader  ( talk ) 19:39, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Zara Abid
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 30 June 2020 (UTC)