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Nomination for discussion of Template:Civil War and slavery editnotice

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foshed!

NILKNARFGonzo (talk) 12:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 5 § Category:Pages with Nazi common name editnotice

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Robert Todd Lincoln

I think there's a missing ref concerning the Horace Porter quoted material in this article now:

According to Grant's personal secretary, Horace Porter, Lincoln was "exceedingly popular" with the rest of the staff, "was always ready to perform his share of hard work" and "never expected to be treated differently from any other officer" because he was the President's son.</ref>

Thanks - Shearonink (talk) 05:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for pointing it out. Beyond My Ken (talk) 11:22, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

February 2026

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Fixed. Beyond My Ken (talk) 11:26, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

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Fixed by another editor. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:03, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Spelling?

Was this supposed to read "foolish", or did the historian spell it "foolosh"? NE2 03:35, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

No, my error. Thanks for the catch. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:46, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

May 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello Beyond My Ken,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

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Keegan (WMF) (talk) 16:35, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Gold Diggers of Broadway

I am contacting you because the recent revision to the Gold Diggers of Broadway page is infuriating to me. For your information, I am an expert on Gold Diggers of Broadway, for I have watched the film over 50 times and scoured through magazines in university archives for pictures and information on this film. I would appreciate if YOU tried to watch the movie and spend the money and time I have on this film. I DARE you to find something I don’t know about this film.

P.S. What makes you think that I’m wrong about everything I wrote? Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929 (talk) 16:58, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

You may believe yourself to be an "expert" on Gold Diggers of Broadway, but that is not sufficient authority to add information to Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Reliable Sources and Wikipedia:Expert editors for additional information, and do not continue to add information to Wikipedia articles not is not properly sourced. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:19, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I would love it if YOU PERSONALLY could fact check my information. I am correct, and if you don’t believe me, then you can find out that you are wrong the hard way. Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929 (talk) 17:28, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, that's not the way it works. YOU have to provide reliable sourcing when you add material or it cannot be added. It is YOUR responsiblilty, not that of other editors. Please read the pages I pointed you to and follow the rules. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:31, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Dear Beyond my Ken,

I took what you said to heart. I have been going over the Gold Diggers of Broadway page and citing things where I could. I was going through the edit history of the page today, and I noticed that you have been editing this page since about 2008 quite regularly, and it made me want to ask you, why do you love Gold Diggers of Broadway so much?

Best regards,

Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929

P.S. I apologize for being rude to you on your talk page.Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929 (talk) 18:54, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I see that this editor has made very substantial changes to the article again, reverting changes made by other editors. Would you kindly revisit, Beyond My Ken? -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:03, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

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This is one of those cases where the free image is absolutely terrible, and replacing the non-free image with it definitely made the encyclopedia a little less good. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:34, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

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Fixed. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:33, 15 June 2026 (UTC)