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DYK for Guy Fort

On 17 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Guy Fort, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brigadier General Guy Fort is the only American-born general officer to be executed by enemy forces? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Guy Fort. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Guy Fort), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 00:03, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

I like coffee so much. I guess you may like it either, let's drink together. So cheers :D The Stray Dog Talk Page 17:18, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! --SouthernNights (talk) 21:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William Pinckney

On 15 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Pinckney, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Pinckney was only the second Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Pinckney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Pinckney), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 10,537 views (439.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 03:34, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great work researching, writing, and saving Will Cook (writer) from deletion! Always happy to see your username pop up--a sure mark of quality work. Cheers, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for both the barnstar and the kind words!--SouthernNights (talk) 19:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Chandos Portrait

Hello!

I hope you are doing well. I noticed that you reverted my edit on the William Shakespeare page, claiming that the wording had been decided by consensus on the talk page. I don’t doubt you at all, as it seems you are a very well seasoned editor for that page, but would you please link me to the discussion(s) concerning that issue? I haven’t been able to find it even through the archives, so perhaps I missed it. Thank you. Dantus21 (talk) 02:12, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dantus21, thanks for your message. William Shakespeare is one of Wikipedia's most prominent and high profile featured articles. As such, the current form of the article is the results of a long-running consensus among editors. Feel free to bring up your proposed change on the article's talk page. If a consensus forms there to make the change, it will happen.--SouthernNights (talk) 19:27, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SouthernNights Sorry if I was unclear in my initial message. I was not concerned about having to bring up changes on the talk page. Rather, I was curious as to where I could find these discussions concerning the lead image caption. Again, there is a good chance I missed it in my searching through the Shakespeare talk archives, but I would like to see myself so I could get a better understanding behind the caption rationale. Perhaps I might be convinced myself! Thanks. Dantus21 (talk) 21:59, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SouthernNights Anything you’d like to say about this? Dantus21 (talk) 23:11, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Learn to recognize when people have already given you an answer. If you want to make this change seek consensus. I'm not here to do your work for you. SouthernNights (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see how it is. Ultimately I can’t force you to give me the source of consensus, but isn’t it rather strange to make a claim without giving evidence, even if said claim was true? Is it considered doing work for others to have to back up your claims with evidence? If it is accepted on Wikipedia for editors to make claims on what was agreed upon without backing it up, then I must say it is disappointing. Oh well, all the best :) Dantus21 (talk) 01:01, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fair. My error

That is why I like deletion to be a double key process. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:16, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Owen Purcell Article Deletion

Hi there, today the article I wrote on Owen Purcell (curler) was speedy deleted for violating section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, no indication of importance. I believe the article did indicate the importance and was wondering if I could retrieve the article to make improvements upon it.

Thanks. JackIb06 (talk) 11:55, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible Purcell will meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for sports one day, but for now it is too soon. When I did a Google News search on him, only 17 articles came up -- all of those articles were passing references to him with no feature profiles or deep dives into who he is. If you are certain you want to try again, go to Wikipedia:Articles for creation and create the article there. Perhaps you can convince the editors there that Purcell has notability. Sincerely, --SouthernNights (talk) 12:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, is there any way to gain access to what had been written in the article prior to deletion? JackIb06 (talk) 17:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]