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Ways to improve Ben Hornok

Hello, Masohpotato,

Thank you for creating Ben Hornok.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Hello there, I am a new page reviewer. I do not think the person meets the criteria for WP:NPOL. You are also adding bare URLs Please follow the guidelines in WP:CS. The article may be deleted if you cannot show that the person is notable. You may want to check for relevant news articles] about Ben Hornok.

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Lightburst (talk) 00:20, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

I am confused as to what you mean. Wp:NPOL states "Politicians and judges who have held international, national, or (for countries with federal or similar systems of government) state/province–wide office, or have been members of legislative bodies at those levels." [are notable]. Hornok is a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (a legislative body at the statewide level), and thus is notable. I have removed the notability issue tag from the article. Masohpotato (talk) 00:28, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar

	You Got A Star! A barnstar, that is...
	For creating articles for politicians who've served in U.S. state legislatures. This task is important, though often under-appreciated. ★ The Green Star Collector ★ (talk) 00:32, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Jules Walters

Why did you remove the picture? KingTheD (talk) 03:24, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

The state of Oregon copyrights its pictures. Same with New York. You cannot upload pictures taken by them, as that goes against Wikipedia's policies. Masohpotato (talk) 03:25, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Well then at least say that in the edit description. It's not that complicated. KingTheD (talk) 03:30, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Just as you can use the picture of a member of the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives published by the government, you can use the picture of a member of state government published by the state government. KingTheD (talk) 03:32, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

First, I put a message on your commons talk page, because that is where this was happening. I don't think the edit description matters too much. As for your second message, I'm not really sure what you mean. See https://oregon.gov/ODOT/about/documents/ODOT-Library-Copyright.pdf for more on copyright law. It does not matter that it was state government that took the picture, it is still not allowed. Masohpotato (talk) 21:54, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Mike Kirkland (politician)

At Mike Kirkland (politician), you wrote that his residence is Scottsboro, Alabama, citing this source. However, his bio there only lists Scottsboro as his district office, not his residence. Do you have a source to support that he lives there? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:30, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes this news article says he is a member of a church in the city. http://jcsentinel.com/feature_story/article_9f9cd1b6-05ac-11ec-8bc0-07de15f74250.html Masohpotato (talk) 23:50, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a source that says he lives in Scottsboro? Magnolia677 (talk) 15:03, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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A cup of coffee for you!

A cup of coffee can make you active to create more notable article like Mike Shaw (Alabama politician). Keep it up. Ibjaja055 (talk) 05:56, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

September 2023 GOCE drive award

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		This barnstar is awarded to Masohpotato for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 08:57, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2016 in Belize (October 7)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: 2004 in Belize (November 1)

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Your draft article, Draft:Edward Renfroe

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Andrei Murariu moved to draftspace

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Jessica Fay moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Jessica Fay, is not suitable as written to remain published. Right now the person does not appear to pass WP:NPOL. we needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Bruxton (talk) 02:05, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I wish you had waited until discussion. You forced the article back to main space and now there are two articles. Bruxton (talk) 02:32, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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List of years in Oregon moved to draftspace

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WP:NPOL pass, great start! :)

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Ways to improve Steve March

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Thank you for creating Steve March.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Certain claims like his role at Portland State University and as. the founder of Smarsh don't seem to have a supporting citation. This is also true for his role as a member of the House of Representatives and other facts in the infobox such as his political party and alma mata. But a great start! :)

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I see now that the infobox content (except for his role in the Democratic Party which I have now marked as {{cn}}) is referenced to Votesmart, which is considered reliable per a discussion at RSN. I apologise, as initially the Votesmart page did not load the full info for me. The things I've added cn to in the body are still unreferenced I think, as Votesmart only claims he is a "Professor, Institute on Aging at Portland State University" not a "budgetary and accounting officer" and doesn't mention Smarsh (and none of the other sources seem to either). This is so okay however as we're all still learning, and thank you for the effort you have put into creating this article - we do need more coverage and Oregan topics! :) MolecularPilot ^Talk 11:23, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

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On your edit to the Tati West page

Hey,

I definitely appreciate your edit and believe it was made in good faith. However, constituency pages aren’t necessarily biographical in nature, which is why I’ve reverted your edit. You’re welcome to add this valuable information to Simon Moabi’s Wikipedia page instead.

Thanks! :) Aficionado538 (talk) 23:53, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Masohpotato, earlier you reinstated this image to Drosera villosa. I had previously removed it because the filename and metadata state that it shows Drosera ascendens, which although formerly considered a variety of D. villosa, is now accepted as a separate species e.g. by POWO (). I am currently working (slowly) on updates to taxonomy and species articles for Drosera so I'll be looking for free images to illustrate all the species - but I've been trying to remove any that don't definitely illustrate the correct taxon. Would you object to me removing this image again and placing it on the D. ascendens page instead? YFB ¿ 18:26, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

My bad, I was just using the mobile image adder function. It could be that the image was attached to the wiki data item. Good catch, and thank you for your work in this area Masohpotato (talk) 18:29, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Great, thanks - yes I think a lot of the Wikidata and Commons links / data structures need a tidy up too. I'll add that to the to-do list! YFB ¿ 18:56, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

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Please, do not hijack articles and create different pages instead. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:03, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

The post is accredited to Albania and Italy as you can see in the archive source

https://web.archive.org/web/20220119184505/https://acervo.sre.gob.mx/index.php/embajadores-de-mexico Masohpotato (talk) 21:04, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

First of all, the page itself is not notable. For some reason, you keep removing the templates on a page you created and that has not demonstrated independent notability from the government of Mexico. The link you provided goes to an archive, and that archive has an error and it only can be accessed until Cameroon. Wikipedia articles are not dependent on which position Carlos Eugenio García de Alba Zepeda currently helds (or helded). If he is notable, which he seems to be since he has been ambassor since 1987, then he needs a page instead, but moving the page to the position where the ambassor is located is not the norm. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:26, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

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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.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

PageTriage

An attempt was made to get the New Pages Feed to sort by date marked as reviewed instead of date created. However we had to revert it due to bugs. We may try again in the future. You can subscribe to the Phabricator ticket if you're interested in following along.

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CS1 error on Vincent Kumura

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Gidron Maso Karipe moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Gidron Maso Karipe. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted it to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. -- HungryHighway🛣️ 05:43, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Congress of San Luis Potosí

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