User talk:Dugan Murphy

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— Moe ε 23:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My friend, your edit history makes it seem that you are pushing an agenda with over-representation of John Neal. Please use discretion. For example, adding an image of Neal to an article about a book because he offered criticism of the book when the article has no other images makes the focal point Neal, rather than the book. --Midnightdreary (talk) 02:01, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Midnightdreary: I hear what you're saying and I appreciate you bringing it up. I just read what you linked about due and undue weight and I totally see how some of my edits, especially adding an image of John Neal (writer) in certain places, have added undue weight to his role in this or that article. I guess I was thinking that more images are better without considering best practices. I will be making more contributions in articles that overlap with Neal's life because that's what I've been reading about, but I will certainly think more about this principle as I do. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 02:47, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may consider the value of adding even more information, rather than only info on Neal, as a possible solution. For example, I've done some work on The Spy (Cooper novel) where Neal is no longer the only content in that section. More to come too, I'm sure. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:30, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Nihil novi (talk) 05:22, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know, Nihil novi! I just added my own comment to that discussion. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 15:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your thoughtful observations. I do hope something of interest can be salvaged from the "List of coupled cousins".

Best, Nihil novi (talk) 01:08, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have started to review this for FAC and notice that you are experimenting with reference formats. I will post this here rather than at FAC because it is really your stylistic choice rather than something which FAC should be discussing. My suggestion would be to use {{sfn}} without any of the further complications. There are several disadvantages to {{sfnm}}:

• the need for named parameters for page or location makes the source even less clear
• the source changes if the same reference appears either on its own or in a different order elsewhere in the article
• {{sfnm|Pattee|1937b|1p=22|Lease|1972|2p=70}} is only 5 characters shorter than {{sfn|Pattee|1937b|p=22}}{{sfn{{Lease|1972|p=70}}. I don't think it is worth the extra complication.

--Mirokado (talk) 17:49, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to raise this idea in the FA review since there is an active discussion about there about uniformity in citations in the article. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:46, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:50, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with what I presume will be your first TFA day! If you've never experienced it, I'd recommend staying off Wikipedia for the day, remember that several editors will be watching the page to keep it "safe", assume most people genuinely want to make positive improvements, and hope for the best upon your return. --Midnightdreary (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. That's helpful to hear. This is my first FA and my first TFA, as you suspect. I've been assuming that the attention paid to the article tomorrow would translate to a lot of edits. I can see how it could be better to let the dust settle before I assess what all those editors did.

What about watching Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors, as Jim recommended (above)? You feel like there are plenty of people looking out to catch errors posted there that I can safely ignore it? --Dugan Murphy (talk) 19:34, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes, there should be plenty of people who will care for the page. All I can say is that it will be very stressful if you try to "keep up" in real time. And, in the end, the edits work themselves out over time; trying to pay attention to each one will push you into a realm of micromanagement... you'll want to learn to let go, and I say that in the kindest way! --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know. I wasn't really sure yet what to do about watching the errors page, so I'll not worry about it. I really appreciate you reaching out with advice. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 22:08, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the article, introduced: "A child laborer cheating backwoods customers on the waterfront of a bustling New England city and later smuggling contraband blankets during the War of 1812 grew up to be a productive, athletic, outspoken, and quarrelsome lawyer with remarkable influence on 19th-century literature, art, and feminism. His is a truly unique story."! - I try watching over every TFA, but even more so over a "first"! Hoping you'll like the day, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

John Neal

Thank you for quality articles around your focus of attention, John Neal (writer), which you brought to featured article with commitment, amazing openness to suggestions, thankful appreciation of review comments, excellent prose in both answers and edit summaries, - Dugan, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2516 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks! I wasn't expecting this. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 21:55, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Seventy-Six (novel), introduced: "Nobody knows who John Neal (writer) is, so everybody doubly doesn't know about his novel, Seventy-Six (1823), even though it pioneered literary styles that later came to characterize American literature and foreshadowed better-remembered novels by better-remembered authors later in the 19th century. So I think it's interesting anyway, and hopefully you do too."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for the continued recognition! Dugan Murphy (talk) 16:48, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tobias Watkins 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 MEisSCAMMER -- MEisSCAMMER (talk) 23:22, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'll pull up the review and follow along there. Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:17, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article Tobias Watkins you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tobias Watkins 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 MEisSCAMMER -- MEisSCAMMER (talk) 23:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dugan! I reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Tobias Watkins. It's mostly good, with just a small bit of follow-up.

Also, I'm not sure which Dugan Murphy you are and want to step carefully in case you want to avoid being outed, but I think we may know each other off-wiki. I've been wanting to improve contra dance and related pages. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:57, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing my nomination! I must be the Dugan Murphy you think I am. Say hi when we start dancing again. Dugan Murphy (talk) 22:57, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 19 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tobias Watkins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that former masonic grand master Tobias Watkins served nine months in prison for embezzling $3,050 from the U.S. Treasury, then two more years for failing to pay it back? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tobias Watkins. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tobias Watkins), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know! I wasn't aware of the DYK statistics page. This DYK didn't break the threshold. I'll see about the next one I nominate! --Dugan Murphy (talk) 17:49, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Hoffman's Course of Legal Study, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page David Hoffman.

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On 28 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Articles by John Neal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Neal's article "The Pound of Flesh" resulted in a substantial donation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Articles by John Neal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Articles by John Neal), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Neal bibliography, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American fiction's first son-of-a-bitch is in the writings of John Neal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Neal bibliography. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Neal bibliography), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hoffman's Course of Legal Study, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Watergate, the legal profession turned to the 19th-century ethics of David Hoffman because the President's lawyers had "blindly followed the demands of their client"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hoffman's Course of Legal Study. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hoffman's Course of Legal Study), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings,

It seems you work a little on feminism related topic to an extent.

It is almost a year back or so we developed the article My body, my choice

My gut feeling is article has some more scope for expansion. From next March (22) or so I wish article goes for translation in some more languages. Pl do help expand the same if you find topic interested in.

Thanks & warm regards

Bookku (talk) 12:29, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Bookku! I have done some work on articles related to feminism, but my research has been focused on the late 18th century through the mid 19th century, so I don't have anything to offer this article. Good luck with making improvements! Dugan Murphy (talk) 15:42, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Dugan Murphy:

1) No issues, As such while working on My body, my choice#History and use I could get non western reference to suggest term 'My body, my choice' was used in 17/18 century west by slave owners to denote their ownership over slave bodies; but I could not get confirmatory western ref which I am still looking for. Secondly first 20th century usage by US feminist also is not clear enough. If by chance any time in future you come across then you may help out the article.

2) I am also looking for some support for another "Draft:Sexual politics" if you happen to come across any material from range of your research then you might like to help in that too.

Thanks, it was very nice communicating with you, warm regards

Bookku (talk) 16:59, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard of any origins for "my body, my choice" beyond the 1960s/70s. I recommend being very critical of any sources that claim older origins and not putting too much energy into finding those sources since I feel they are unlikely to exist. These articles are also likely out of Megalibrarygirl's area of expertise, but she has worked on lots of articles about US women's suffrage history and may have something to contribute to these articles you mentioned. Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:49, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, No doubt already there has been substantial contribution from Megalibrarygirl to the article My body, my choice.

Progress of "Draft:Sexual politics" has been slow since my time and attention getting divided.

Thanks it's been nice communicating with you. Happy editing Bookku (talk) 03:54, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Yankee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "the very first words of encouragement [Edgar Allan Poe] ever remember[ed] to have heard" were in The Yankee? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Yankee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Yankee), 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) 12:02, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dugan; just wanted to say congrats on getting John Neal bibliography to FL status! It's impressive how you've covered his life and work so thoroughly! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:25, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the recognition! Next up at FLC is Articles by John Neal. I'm slowly working on an article now for one of his novels. Dugan Murphy (talk) 11:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 11 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Delphian Club, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Delphian Club designated John Neal as Magister Facetiarum of the Office of the Joke Master General? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delphian Club. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Delphian Club), 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) 00:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Dugan Murphy. I'm just posting to let you know that John Neal bibliography – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 1. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:22, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing it on the main page. Dugan Murphy (talk) 01:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Seventy-Six (novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "every chapter" of the 1823 novel Seventy-Six is said to be "covered with blood, or heaving with the throes of lacerated flesh"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seventy-Six (novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Seventy-Six (novel)), 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.

Schwede66 12:03, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Delphian Club 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 Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 23:01, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The article you nominated, Seventy-Six (novel), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for participating in the review! Now I'm interested in advancing the FLC for Articles by John Neal. Thanks for your participation in that as well. Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:36, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up, your video of Money Musk is live on the Main Page; congrats! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 00:20, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The congrats is most definitely to you for getting Money Musk done. I'm happy to see that contra coverage has expanded. Dugan Murphy (talk) 00:43, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Yankee 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 Kavyansh.Singh -- Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:41, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article The Yankee you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:The Yankee for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kavyansh.Singh -- Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:21, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article The Yankee you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Yankee 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 Kavyansh.Singh -- Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 20:21, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if I'll be able to contribute at your FAC for The Yankee, but looking through my sources for anything relevant I found an autobiographical sketch of Neal that I thought you might not have seen, since it's not mentioned in the article you wrote on him. It's in Duyckinck's Cyclopedia of American Literature, pp. 873-876. This link works for me, though I know Google Books links aren't very reliable, so it may not work for you; I thought you might be interested in taking a look. I say "autobiographical" since my source (Mott's History of American Magazines) says "undoubtedly written by himself", though it's anonymous. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Christie: Thanks for sending! This is a pretty good sketch and makes good use of quotes from Neal's autobiography and other works. The first version of Neal's article I started editing in 2005 was based on a biographical dictionary not too unlike this one, except that the terribly short entry left very much to be desired, which is why I started editing the article myself. If that 2005 version was based on Duyckinck's Cyclopaedia, it probably wouldn't have needed so much work. Dugan Murphy (talk) 17:24, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've been following Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Yankee/archive1 as an exercise to learn more about the featured article process. Today, rather than make suggestions there, I've gone ahead and done some copy editing to the article. I know little about the rarefied world of featured articles, but thought I'd make the changes that made sense to me. Feel free to undo any or all as I may be mistaken. Keep up the very good work. SchreiberBike | ⌨  04:53, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: Thank you for going through the article and making some improvements. I really appreciate you taking the time. I manually undid a couple of the changes you made and stated why in the edit summary.

Featured article review is an opportunity for any Wikipedia user to review a nominated article to offer your opinion on whether or not it meets any or all of the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria. If any changes need to be made in order for the article to meet the criteria, the reviewer lists out those desired changes and the nominator responds. Most reviewers leave comments mostly in regard to criterion 1a, and you'll notice others do image and citation reviews to check for compliance with criteria 1c, 2c, and 3. I would appreciate if you feel comfortable adding your own review, in which case you would be perfectly free to qualify whatever you say by stating that it is your first review or that you are only considering this or that criterion in your review. It all helps. For instance, if, after these edits have been made, you feel that The Yankee meets at least one of the criteria, you could say that you support the nomination based on that criteria. I hope you can! Dugan Murphy (talk) 22:37, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note above and your clear edit summary at the article. I've been curious about the featured article process because I often read the featured article on the main page and so often see errors there. I am dyslexic and some kinds of errors are invisible to me, but others stand out.

I am unclear on MOS:RANGE and will ask for clarification at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (I'll ping you there). Also, I will review the criteria and make a note on the nomination page. Thank you, SchreiberBike | ⌨  23:28, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for The Yankee, introduced: For only lasting two years, two centuries ago, under two different names, and for being published in what is today considered a small city and edited by what is today considered a largely unknown historic figure, The Yankee is a magazine that still comes up in histories of American art, literature, drama, and feminism. It's how Whittier, Poe, and Hawthorne got their start and how editor John Neal announced his prophetic cultural predictions."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The article you nominated, The Yankee, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Buidhe (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:22, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Kavyansh.Singh! And thank you for pointing out the extra references. I removed some content and citations during the review process and forgot to remove those references that are no longer cited. Dugan Murphy (talk) 14:19, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The list you nominated, Articles by John Neal, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, I am visiting with my begging bowl out. My latest FAC, Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356, has attracted only a single general review so far. I guess the topic is a bit niche. I was wondering if you might be able to look it over. If so I would be grateful. Obviously, if time or motivation do not allow I entirely understand. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:19, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! I'll take a look. Dugan Murphy (talk) 22:24, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:28, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Dugan Murphy. I'm just posting to let you know that Articles by John Neal – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for March 14. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:29, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for thanking my edit! SteelerFan1933 (talk) 18:26, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks for thanking me for thanking you! I often work in esoteric corners of history where few editors are interested in collaborating, so I really appreciate constructive contributions to those less-visited articles, especially the ones I authored myself like The Yankee. Keep it up! Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 28 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rachel Dyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rachel Dyer became the first American bound novel about the Salem witch trials in 1828? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Dyer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rachel Dyer), 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, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The reference is its author in Spanish Wikipedia @Ezarate. I just copied and pasted. Thank you.Allforrous (talk) 00:07, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 6 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oshima Brothers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Oshima Brothers started singing together in the bathtub? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oshima Brothers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oshima Brothers), 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Rachel Dyer 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 Ganesha811 -- Ganesha811 (talk) 02:21, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article Rachel Dyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Rachel Dyer 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 Ganesha811 -- Ganesha811 (talk) 20:21, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Seeing as you've now built up an arsenal of John Neal-related Featured Articles, Featured Lists, and Good Articles, I think it only makes sense to go for the prize: a featured topic on Neal. Have you considered this already? Thrakkx (talk) 18:05, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Thrakkx: Thank you for bringing this up! I've looked into it briefly, but I feel like it's hard to say how many more articles are needed to make the topic reasonably comprehensive. For instance, he has many more books that I think are likely noteworthy enough to for their own articles, but don't have them yet. But I am proud of my little arsenal. Do you have experience in creating topics or nominating them for FT status? Dugan Murphy (talk) 19:38, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, no experience. I am building (at a much slower pace than you) an arsenal of carillon-related FAs/FLs/GAs, and I also feel that I may need quite a lot to justify a FT. However, you may be able to go for it already if you can find a good fourth item. The Featured Topic on Lorde is quite simple – just her biography and three lists. Thrakkx (talk) 19:46, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I'll give the idea another think after I'm done with the FAC nomination for Rachel Dyer. Dugan Murphy (talk) 20:04, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The article you nominated, Rachel Dyer, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats for another one in the John Neal column! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:43, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to review many of these articles. I've got to decide which one to write next! Dugan Murphy (talk) 11:42, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Oshima Brothers 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 09:41, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article Oshima Brothers you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Oshima Brothers 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 02:41, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the Rachel Dyer article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 5, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 5, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October songs

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "This is a novel by John Neal, considered by scholars to be his best. Nobody's ever heard of it, but it is the first bound novel about the Salem witch trials and had a clear impact on later works by Longfellow, Hawthorne, Whittier, and Whitman. If you have heard of it, that may be only because of the book's preface, which is somehow more famous than the novel itself. It deals with universal themes like justice, sexual frustration, and cultural pluralism."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the recognition! I'm excited to see this article get some extra attention today. Dugan Murphy (talk) 11:26, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

...if you select two revisions using the radio buttons on the article history page and click "Compare selected revisions" you get a single diff spanning all the revisions, which you can then undo in the usual way with a single edit. This can save some effort dealing with multi-edit unhelpful changes. Thanks for all your work here (and congratulations on your recent TFA!) Wham2001 (talk) 08:16, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip and for the recognition. I didn't realize I could undo multiple edits at once. Of course, your edit was the helpful one of the three, but only because it fixed technical issues posed by an earlier edit from someone else that added duplicative info to a citation and bolded a phrase that didn't need to be written in bold. I appreciate you noticing and taking action on that citation issue, though. Dugan Murphy (talk) 10:56, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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On 26 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Logan (novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that author John Neal said reading too much of Logan would kill you? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Logan (novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Logan (novel)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

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		Hook update
		Your hook reached 14,606 views (608.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2023 – nice work!

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Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The article you nominated, Logan (novel), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On 26 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article African Civilization Society, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the aftermath of the American Civil War, the only Black-led organization providing teachers to formerly enslaved people was the African Civilization Society? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/African Civilization Society. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, African Civilization Society), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April songs

my story today

Thank you today for Logan (novel), introduced recently: "An 1822 novel of sex and violence on the colonial American frontier so incoherent "it is like the raving of a bedlamite" and so emotionally intense that "You are fagged and fretted to death, long and long before you foresee the termination." Yet studded with pearls of genius that meaningfully foreshadowed successors Poe, Whitman, and Hawthorne. Just read the plot summary ... if you dare, for it makes no. Damn. Sense. Awesome, right?" - right! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:16, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Citation Barnstar
	I was impressed by your attention to detail in the source review at the FAC for Walt Whitman's lectures on Abraham Lincoln. Great work and a sincere thanks! Eddie891 Talk Work 20:38, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks! Nobody's ever offered me a barnstar before. I appreciate the recognition. Dugan Murphy (talk) 21:23, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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On 1 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brother Jonathan (novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brother Jonathan by John Neal has been considered the longest work of early American fiction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brother Jonathan (novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brother Jonathan (novel)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Dugan Murphy! The article you nominated, Brother Jonathan (novel), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

❄️ Happy holidays! ❄️

Hi Dugan! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. Looking forward to contra collaborations in the future! Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!

Cheers,
{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk

Solstice Celebration for Dugan Murphy, 2023, DALL·E 3.

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Note: The vibes are winter solsticey. If you're in the southern hemisphere, oops, apologies.

{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:32, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aww, thanks, Sdkb. Nice to hear from you! I hope you're well. Happy solstice. Dugan Murphy (talk) 14:29, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 3 February 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 3, 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 12:30, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "A gargantuan novel of 1,325 pages that required three separate volumes in publication, possibly bigger than any other well into the 20th century. A major financial loss for a shrewd Scottish businessman. A tragically lost opportunity for the author to *finally* overtake James Fenimore Cooper as America's top novelist. Brother Jonathan is a lot of things, but its not good, if only because it is just too many of those things at once: super realistic but also fantastically Gothic? Where John Neal's contemporaneous American readers took offense, British critics saw promise and modern scholars see sparkling gems far advanced for 1825, mired as they are in a thick and confused mess of a plot."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:37, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article African Civilization Society you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:African Civilization Society and Talk:African Civilization Society/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 17:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article African Civilization Society you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:African Civilization Society for comments about the article, and Talk:African Civilization Society/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 06:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	for Bäckadräkten, a fabulously assembled article that knits its various sources into a cohesive and fascinating narrative about an innovative, inspiring new folk costume. Thank you for your work; please know that it's appreciated! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 20:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fredy Clue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fredy Clue designed Sweden's first unisex folk costume? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fredy Clue. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fredy Clue), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]