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A Voyage Round the World

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article A Voyage Round the World has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the FA if you decide to move forward.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Twofingered Typist! I do have a question that I should have asked in my request: Are you happy with my use of Georg/Reinhold/Forster? I find it difficult to just call them all "Forster", but first name only could also be considered problematic. You didn't flag this up much, so do you think it is about ok? Thanks for the ALTs, that was somewhere on my todo list. I have just undone one of your phrasing edits, as it was in a direct quote that we probably shouldn't improve :) Thanks again, —Kusma (talk) 15:32, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

@Kusma: Thank you. I don't see how this naming problem can be avoided. This way avoids confusion. It passed the GA this way so it should be okay for FA. Twofingered Typist (talk) 16:12, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Hermann Boeschenstein

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hermann Boeschenstein 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 PinkElixir -- PinkElixir (talk) 14:21, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Inter language links

Hello. I'm curious as to why you recently changed the formatting on a inter language link from :de:example to ill|example? When I read about the policy it stated either one is fine. Is there something I'm missing? Thank you. Samurai Kung fu Cowboy (talk) 15:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Generally, I believe that displaying red links to show where Wikipedia is incomplete is a good thing. An additional problem with direct crosswiki links is that people who write a missing article often don't notice that its foreign version is being linked to (one problem here is that crosswiki links look almost like local links), and so we keep having a crosswiki link even if we have a local article. {{ill}} fixes all these problems at once. I'd be surprised if we have a policy about that; it sounds like something that should be a guideline at most (and it also sounds like that guideline is wrong). —Kusma (talk) 16:09, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Does either one influence a GA rating? Samurai Kung fu Cowboy (talk) 16:27, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@Samurai Kung fu Cowboy, from my recent GA experience both as a reviewer and as author of reviewed GAs, no. There's nothing in WP:GA? and the linked parts of the MOS that would tell you how to format links to other languages. —Kusma (talk) 16:35, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

(Of course I and many other people would suggest to use {{ill}} because it is better, but it is not a requirement). —Kusma (talk) 16:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Help Required for Re-Editing & Publishing my First Article Page with Name Dasha Deckwerth

Greetings Kusma, Hope you are doing well.

I am trying to Publish my First Article Page in my Wiki Account, today Morning I Published an Article with name Dasha Deckwerth with Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Dasha_Deckwerth#Dasha_Deckwerth. but a few Minutes ago I got a Notification of Declining of the Article/Page & after that the same Page was Deleted by the Editors, after which I am not able to Edit the Page/Article. My First Article is about my own Biography, like my Professional Experience, Achievements etc. But No Problem, I'll Create another Page but need some help for the Acceptance of the Article Page. Is there any Requirement for the Article Page to Follow the Rules Set by Wikipedia? As I got the Rejection Reason saying the Article is like a CV. Kindly guide me a little bit so that I can Create & Publish my Articles there on Wikipedia Platform.

Thanks

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddeckwerth (talk • contribs) 10:11, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

@Ddeckwerth:, have you read all the helpful links that others posted at User talk:Ddeckwerth? Please do not write about yourself. Autobiographies are so strongly discouraged as to be almost prohibited. Unless there are multiple reliable sources reporting about your achievements, no article about you will be accepted. See Help:Your first article for information about writing articles here and ask if you need further information. If you are only here to write about yourself, I won't be able to help you. —Kusma (talk) 10:19, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hermann Boeschenstein

The article Hermann Boeschenstein you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hermann Boeschenstein 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 PinkElixir -- PinkElixir (talk) 17:41, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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		For your help with the UEFA Euro 1976 Final sourcing. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 09:21, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar, happy to help! I still have to double check some of these translations... —Kusma (talk) 10:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Re-however many weeks ago

Apologies on taking so long to reply, life has been a bit hectic. I had a nice laugh though when I saw my original message managed to get archived in the intervening time. Anyway, it's too bad, it looks like there aren't many cheap used copies of A Voyage Round the World available – the shipping to Canada really jacks the price up on affordable editions. Anyway, I guess I'll make do with the Wiki page for the moment! When you decide to put it up as an FAC, let me know and I'll provide a review. Cheers. Tkbrett (✉) 14:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

@Tkbrett, funny that you mention this: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/A Voyage Round the World/archive1 is going pretty smoothly so far :) —Kusma (talk) 15:38, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

That's great! I'll do my best to get a review in Monday. Tkbrett (✉) 23:32, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Characteres generum plantarum

On 12 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Characteres generum plantarum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Characteres generum plantarum, a work about the botany of the second voyage of James Cook, contains an apology for only including 75 new genera? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Characteres generum plantarum. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Characteres generum plantarum), 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, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Apollo 16

Do you have some time to look at my current FAC, above? I'm under pressure to get some reviews from the coordinators. Link is here.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:45, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

@Wehwalt, I can't quite foresee how busy I'll be in real life tomorrow, but I'll try to get to it if I can. —Kusma (talk) 20:50, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Werner Teske

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Werner Teske 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:40, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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