• 21 Aug, 2019

• By, Wikipedia

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White to move, so it's leeky's turn – check back later! (last mover: CopperyMarrow15)

Lets start :) 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 08:17, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheNuggeteer: Great! The process starts with you picking out a DYK nom or hook (as described on your talk page) and telling me what you think. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 10:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By way of example:

• Example, on the Main Page right now, has a BLP problem in its hook because x, y, and z. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Here's my review of Example2, an unapproved nomination:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - Is a travel blog a reliable source?
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - Too many closely paraphrased sentences, per Earwig.

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - Mm, I'm not sure why I'd click on this article.

Overall: theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will start a bit later since I'm editing Tropical Storm Pakhar (2017) and fixing it. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done! I'll instantly start (I'm really excited lol) 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:41, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Here's my review of Mały Brzostek, a nomination created by a new nominator:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
• Interesting: - All of the hooks don't seem interesting, all of them are normal for old towns due to a lack of documentation.

Overall: The main problem is about the interest, please fix that. I can't access the source so I'm Accepting the source in good faith. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not too shabby! Gonna need a while to get back on this, as I have a few other things on my plate, but looking forward to kicking this off in earnest. :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 12:16, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uh oh, just noticed another person already reviewed the article. It's okay though. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Uh oh, I saw that message on Errors. That's an absolute no-no; don't ever have anything up when it's not protected. I make a point of opening an image on Commons and then trying to edit it to make double-sure that it's protected before I post anything. Maybe you haven't been around for long enough, but I've certainly seen hardcore porn being substituted when images are unprotected, and that is not a good look, as it were. Schwede66 00:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66 and Amakuru: you're totally right, my bad! thanks for the catch :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies if you already know about this - I couldn't find anything mentioning it, but I probably didn't look hard enough :P GalliumBot seems to be down, since it hasn't edited anything since the 24th. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 05:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Suntooooth: thanks for letting me know! investigating :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 05:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I literally thought no one promoted anything for three full days straight!! I also remembered when your bot used to record changes to hooks post-promotions. JuniperChill (talk) 17:00, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Fedorenko v. United States you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Fedorenko v. United States for comments about the article, and Talk:Fedorenko v. United States/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 SilverLocust -- SilverLocust (talk) 08:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you so much, SilverLocust! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 16:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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