User talk:Launchballer

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|text = On 10 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alessi Rose, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, as far as Alessi Rose (pictured) is concerned, "if people don't want me to write songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alessi Rose. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2025-03-31&end=2025-04-20&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Alessi_Rose Alessi Rose]), 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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{{DYK views|28,762|1,198.4|April 2025|Alessi Rose}} GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, just thought I'd let you know that there's a new article in The Times https://archive.ph/fhymg covering Phlllips and her appearance on Newsnight. The writer notes that Russell Brand has been charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault, so can that be added as it has now been noted in a relevant reliable source? Regards, GhulamIslam (talk) 05:40, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

:Nice one. Added.--Launchballer 06:17, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Also, I've found this interview with her on Bradley Martyn's Raw Talk podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-pbqToQOLo where at 06:00 she claims that aged thirteen, she would get aroused by exposing her breasts for "old guys" to masturbate to on Omegle. I don't know if it's as notable as her claiming to have first watched porn aged eleven, considering she didn't say it on Newsnight, but it struck me as much more unusual. GhulamIslam (talk) 23:24, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

:I would question the dueness of that, and with hindsight I've replaced the Newsnight interview with the above Times article. I'll mine the podcast in the morning.--Launchballer 00:30, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hi. It's respectful to use Template:Uw-blar when doing it, consistent with WP:BLAR. Sincerely —Alalch E. 15:54, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

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|text = On 14 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Betsy Arakawa, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Betsy Arakawa{{`s}} house was once featured in Architectural Digest{{-?}} The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Betsy Arakawa. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2025-04-04&end=2025-04-24&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Betsy_Arakawa Betsy Arakawa]), 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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Hi. I just realized that you were the nominator of Template:Did you know nominations/Betsy Arakawa. That means you are WP:INVOLVED and should not have closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 March 27#File:Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa.jpg. Note that while WP:INVOLVED usually applies to admins, it says {{tq|Non-administrators closing discussions and assessing consensus are held to the same standards}}. This is reiterated at WP:NACINV. RoySmith (talk) 11:49, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:My mistake, I was under the impression that it only applied to those who were involved with the image and that a driveby nomination didn't affect a non-DYK issue, but I guess this comes under 'appearance of impropriety' so lesson learnt. (I'm wondering if nominated articles with images like that should be held off from being promoted.) Would Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Transgender health care misinformation/1 would preclude me from reviewing Transgender health care misinformation (it's the oldest fully unreviewed nomination and I'm considering drivebying Blue Origin NS-31)?--Launchballer 13:11, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

::My general rule about being involved is "If you have to ask, you are". RoySmith (talk) 13:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:::I nominated the article with a different QPQ. (One of the hooks is a first, but I think it's enumerable.)--Launchballer 15:50, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Ambox warning blue.svg:Template:Pre-release cover version has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --woodensuperman 13:10, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

id thought i ask you because you're good at it but. what do you do if yr stuck in limbo in a ga review where it is like all good apart from you need to copyedit parts of it dont feel skilled enough to do it yrself. im stuck and need direction. i really dk // Chchcheckit (talk) 10:34, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:Which article are you referring to {{yo|Chchcheckit}}?--Launchballer 14:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::Clube da Esquina (album). i gave it a try and i know what i want it to say but ghhh its not working. sorry im not here to ask you lmao i mean signposting it feels kinda rude on my end and i want to get better // Chchcheckit (talk) 14:33, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

I reverted your edits to the recent Blue Origin flight as they were clear vandalism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Origin_NS-31&diff=prev&oldid=1285894628

Please refrain from such as it is a violation of Wikipedia policy. —Megiddo1013 13:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Megiddo1013}} In what world is adding fully sourced content vandalism?--Launchballer 14:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::On second thoughts, I reinstated it with an extra source.--Launchballer 15:12, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

It wasn't vandalism, but it was way too close paraphrasing of an opinion piece, which are two good reasons not to include your edit. Fram (talk) 15:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:That's a slightly fairer cop and is a reason not to use it for facts, though it should still be fine for the attributed opinions (although perhaps they should be shortened?) and I don't see how that precludes the astronaut quote, which uses Vogue.--Launchballer 15:53, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::But we don't need a "background" section consisting of the opinions of one person, it strongly gives the impression of using that opinion piece as a way to write a hit piece on Bezos on what should be an article on a "space" mission (they spend, what, 1 minute tops in actual space?). There are plenty of articles to write about the fascism of the US government and the enableing being done by billionaires, no need to drag it into this article as well: the non-endorsement of Harris by Bezos really is way off-topic for an encyclopedia article about this mission. Fram (talk) 16:08, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:::I meant the places where Donegan is actually quoted, i.e. the Mission/Reception comments.--Launchballer 16:37, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::::If you hadn't used that opinion piece in the background and mission section to make some point not related to the article (in the background session) and the mission (in the mission section), I would perhaps have scrolled far enough to see you using the same piece in the reception section as well, where it was on its own perhaps warranted, but coupled with the above just real more overkill. Fram (talk) 17:00, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::I readded the Reception quote, feel free to trim/reword as appropriate.--Launchballer 17:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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Don't know if you already had one of these, but please be careful when editing about such topics, including what sources to use or not to revert more than once. Fram (talk) 16:12, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:No, and I regard templated messages like that patronising, so have piped it.--Launchballer 16:37, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::Your talk page, your prerogative, but basically people are required to post one of these templated messages to make sure that you are officially aware of this, if they fear that you might violate the special rules for such topics. What you do with the template (or the information) afterwards is your choice of course. Fram (talk) 16:53, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

25px Hello! Your submission of Blue Origin NS-31 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:28, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you for trying hooks for the Easter Oratorio! - Check out my talk: for a great woman's Johannes-Passion (listen!), our music in detail, and three people who recently died and are on the main page (where she isn't). My call for collaboration has the first "no". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:48, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

My story is about the music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC, Easter Oratorio. I wanted that on the main page for Easter Sunday, but no, twice. You are invited to join a discussion about what "On this day" means, day or date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 25 April 2025 (UTC)