BennyOnTheLoose

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Hi BennyOnTheLoose - I hope you are well. If you are interested in creating some more cue sports bios on women, I've got a few that I'd suggest - All of those on this list: List of WPA World Nine-ball champions are notable, such as Vivian Villarreal, Chen Siming, Liu Hsin-mei and Bi Zhu Qing. http://propool.info/ is a good source, as is AZBilliards, which is subscription based, but I have an honorary subscription for. This also includes any winners of the girls/boys/wheelchair events.

I am planning on doing some women's tournament/series articles, such as the Women's Euro Tour and the WPBA Tour, but I'm a bit burned out with creating bios for players (I must have done at least 150). There's also players like Ana Gradisnik, Caroline Roos, Line Kjorsvik, Natalia Seroshtan, Ana MazhirinaMonica Webb, Martine Christiansen and Charlotte Sorensen who all have more than one win on the Euro Tour. Let me know if you are interested in making any of these. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:22, 30 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Lee Vilenski: Yes, hope you're well too, I'm happy to help. I'm on holiday for a week from 1 August, but I'll try to have a look at Vivian Villarreal, Chen Siming, and Liu Hsin-mei for now. I'm also hoping to dig up a bit more on the women's professional snooker championship in the 1930's and 1940's - I've got a few old, brief, newspaper and pictorial sources, but not enough for articles yet. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:35, 30 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

No worries. No rush, I just thought I'd highlight them (as I thought you'd be interested). I suspect it might be difficult, but checking through the articles on the mens snooker championship articles might give some ideas for reference places. I know The Times covered these events, as would have local press (dependent on venue), globalsnookercentre.co.uk has some info, but you'd have to look through the archives. When was the competition founded? Is it the same competition as the World Women's Snooker Championship? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Great to see a new editor writing interesting articles, especially with access to good offline sources. – Teratix ₵ 10:09, 9 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hi Benny,

Not sure if you watchlist the cue sports talk page, but I thought you might find the links I placed there helpful. It's at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cue sports/Archive 1#Missing players lists. There's a load of players and links to foreign language articles for individual players. Might be worth a peruse. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:40, 30 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Lee Vilenski, and belated congratulations on your marriage! I'll check that list out. My next targets are improving the world billiards championship article, articles for all world billiards champions, and improving Ng On-yee. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:25, 1 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

That english billiards, or carrom? I would recommend WP:CXT, as there are lots of information on the german wikipedia (that's where I got most of the pool BLPs from. [1] might be a good place to start), and some for carrom on fr.wiki. (such as at [2].) Now the wikicup is over, I can put some more work into the background (like templates, and new articles). Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:25, 1 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Nice work on expanding her article. Thanks! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

making women blue

 

Thank you for quality articles about women in different sports, such as Caroline Dubois, Sarah Ellerby, Anastasia Nechaeva, Stacey Hillyard, Alice Dearing, Angélique Duchemin and 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship, - Benny, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2359 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

that list is getting long now Gerda Arendt! I think I was 2,231 if I remember rightly. Benny is a great content creator. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

		Red Link Removal Barnstar
		Thank you for heavily reducing the redlinks for the yearly events of the World Women's Snooker Championship. With your persistence, almost all of the redlinks are gone! Keep up the good work :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you MrLinkinPark333! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I'm hoping you can clear up some confusion for me. I was planning to add achievement boxes similar to Reanne Evans#Achievements for some of the female snooker players. Mandy Fisher#Career Highlights show she won the 1980 Pontins Women's Champion and Sue Foster as being the 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship - sponsored by Pontins. However, the Template:World Women's Snooker Championship and Template:World Women's Snooker champions show Sue Foster as the 1983 winner but 1980's winner as Lesley McIlrath as also shown on 1980 Women's World Open (snooker) at Warners Sinah Warren Holiday Camp, Hayling Island, sponsored by Guinness. So what was the "Pontins Women's Champion" competition that Fisher won in 1980? --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 02:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, The Vintage Feminist. The Pontins championships for women ran alongside some of the Pontins Open events and were not world championships. I don't think we have those women's tournaments on Wikipedia at the moment - I'll see if I've got the sources to add them in. You may find this a useful resource for some past results going back to 1983 - e.g. see Mandy Fisher. Let me know if there's anything I can help with. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Pontin's Women's Championships 1977 (first event) to 1984. (Events after 1984 still to be added):

So Sue Foster won the Pontins 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship beating Maureen Baynton 8-5 in the final and also won Pontins 1983 championship for women beating Grace Nakamura 3–1 which was not a world championship. I think that was where I was getting lost. Thanks. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Congrats on finding an unknown World Championship match. Does't happen every day. Nigej (talk) 09:06, 20 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

I was similarly impressed. I had seen a match in the 1954 NoTW tournament with the two when I was searching for sources, but overlooked it. Clearly a keen eye! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:15, 20 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Nigej and Lee Vilenski - the May article with the draw was a lucky find. If I'd filtered the search by month I wouldn't have seen it, and then would have had no reason to search for the players' names together in articles. Makes my paid subscription to the British Newspaper Archive worthwhile! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:32, 20 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

The 2020 totals are now complete, and your hook for Konnie Huq and the mockumentary on her Great British Wee ranked as the No. 11 hook of the year with 2,019 DYK views per hour. A list of the 25 most viewed hooks of 2020 can be viewed at "Top hooks of 2020". Congratulations on your hook's remarkable showing, and keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 09:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

• Thank you, Gerda Arendt! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:07, 12 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

 

Hey BennyOnTheLoose,

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Congratulations, and thank you for some excellent contributions! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Phenominal work! Hope to see you at it again next year! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:11, 4 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 15, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 15, 2021. Congratulations for your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 11:49, 5 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the shout out! ❤️ Lewolka (talk) 11:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 12 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you today for Tessa Sanderson, "about the British javelin thrower, who had a distinguished sporting career. Sanderson made six appearances at the Olympic games, and won gold in 1984. Despite the excellent contibutions and suggestions in the GA review by Sillyfolkboy, the copyedit by Miniapolis, and the Peer Review by Sportsfan77777, no doubt much improvement is still possible."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 13 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

 

Congratulations Benny. I'm not seeing any record of you ever applying for the lower tier Triple Crown awards, so if you wanted to be retroactively awarded them just let me know. It's completely up to you. Have a great day. Damien Linnane (talk) 13:28, 24 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks, Damien Linnane. Yes, I'd like the lower tier crowns too, please. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:55, 24 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

 

 

 

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The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

•   BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
•   Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
•   Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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August songs

Thank for an enigmatic song! Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

•   Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
•   Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
•   BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
•   Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
•   Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
•   Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
•   PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
•   Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

•   Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
•   Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
•   Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
•   Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
•   Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
•   SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
•   Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
•   Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
•   Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
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Congratulations on your success in the WikiCup! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:25, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

I have nominated Cliff Thorburn to be today's featured article on January 16. As the article's FAC nominator, you are invited to the discussion, which you can join by clicking here. Z1720 (talk) 21:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the Cliff Thorburn] article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 16, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 16, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:27, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

January songs

happy new year

Thank you today for the article "about the 1980 World Snooker Champion, known as "The Grinder", who is generally recognised as the first champion from outside the the United Kingdom. (Sorry, Horace Lindrum!) I've tried to keep the playing career part of the article quite focused on the main points as discussed in sources"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 11 February 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 11, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for ping. I'm currently away from my Dylan books but hope to look at this after Wednesday. Mick gold (talk) 14:42, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi Benny, I've been run over by work and life. I want to look at SELOL but maybe next week. Best, Mick gold (talk) 09:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Well done Benny, I enjoyed collaborating and I'm impressed by how productive you are in the field of Dylan articles. Mick gold (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

 

In the GA section, you listed "Idiot Wind" and "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" twice, so I substituted them for "If You See Her, Say Hello" and "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues", based on your userpage. Hope that works! — Bilorv (talk) 22:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

February songs

my daily story

Thank you today for Fatima Whitbread, "about the former European and World champion javelin thrower. In 1986, she became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

today's story: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 28 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

•   Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
•   Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
•   FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
•   TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
•   Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included   LunaEatsTuna,   Thebiguglyalien,   Sammi Brie,   Trainsandotherthings,   Lee Vilenski,   Juxlos,   Unexpectedlydian,   SounderBruce,   Kosack,   BennyOnTheLoose and   PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I saw you're about to create a PR for Josette Simon; did you realize that her PR agent is on Wikipedia? TomDale90 is his user name. I mention it because he might have access to sources or information that you could find useful. Might even be worth asking him (or her) to review the article and see if they see any errors or omissions, though of course the risk is that they'll ask for something against policy. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:48, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

•   Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
•   Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
•   Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
•   BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
•   FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by   Sammi Brie,   Thebiguglyalien,   MyCatIsAChonk,   PCN02WPS, and   AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Hi, BennyOnTheLoose. I'm just posting to let you know that Snooker world rankings 1976/1977 – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 26. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 00:42, 4 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 7 August 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 7, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:29, 8 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

August songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, on top of all the quality improvement around, "about the year that Cliff Thorburn ground his way to the world title. Coverage of the final was interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege, which caused numerous viewers to complain to the BBC."! - My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one a reviewed for DYK, liking all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". As I just returned from a weekend of weddings, I also like the spirit ;) - besides having listened to The Firebird with one of the bridegrooms in the orchestra. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Again not by me: today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

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On 14 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pamela Stephenson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that comedian Pamela Stephenson was pleased that her 1987 book How to be a Complete Bitch was described as "sexist, violent and crude"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pamela Stephenson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pamela Stephenson), 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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On 24 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shaparak Khorsandi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Shaparak Khorsandi asked for her book to be removed from the Jhalak Prize longlist, which she considered to be "a sticker for being brown"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shaparak Khorsandi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shaparak Khorsandi), 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 BennyOnTheLoose, just inquiring as to why you removed the citation that I recently added to Susanna Hoffs Early Life (California birth index). Landplane123 (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Landplane123Reply

Hi, Landplane123 unfortunately I mentioned the wrong policy in my edit summary. Please see WP:BLPPRIMARY: "Do not use ... public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses." We already have suitable sources for the info, and a note that sources differ. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:54, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for clarifying Landplane123 (talk) 16:58, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Landplane123Reply

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On 3 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Brown (song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "John Brown" was recorded by Bob Dylan under the pseudonym "Blind Boy Grunt"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Brown (Bob Dylan song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Brown (song)), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hey BennyOnTheLoose -- Do you have time to tackle one or two 20-minute article assessments for WiG this weekend? We've got a few piling up in the October editathon, and I've been too busy with off-Wiki work to take them on myself. Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hey Benny! I would like you to request for you to review Australian rock band AC/DC. Would be greatly appreciated if you'd take part of the review! — VAUGHAN J. (TALK) 09:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations - a marathon process, an excellent article and a well-deserved FA. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 08:58, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

@UndercoverClassicist: Yes, it took a bit longer than I anticipated, but it was worth it to be able to get so much improvement advice from reviewers. Definitely a learning experience for me. I have a slight chuckle thinking about your comment "perhaps a little short of a full review"! Thanks and regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:30, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

 

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Many Congratulations on elevating Dylan's "old-time religious carnival music" to FA status. Your stamina and resourcefulness in negotiating the FA process are truly impressive. Well done. Mick gold (talk) 17:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations! Moisejp (talk) 19:28, 22 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Mick gold and Moisejp. Getting an article to featured status is always a collaborative effort, so thanks both for all you did in editing/reviewing this one. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:50, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Also pinging Thebiguglyalien. I raised my eyebrow at your (Benny's) objection to The Week In Chess. Do you have a specific problem with it? For decades, while I was following chess news, it was my main online source. I have a superficial grasp of WP:RS but if TWIC doesn't cut it, I don't know why. Thanks for any suggestions.

BTW, I am OK with the change that was made (removing the reference to her win of the 1995 Senior Women's WC), since I think that mentioning her 8th, and noting that it was her 8th, is sufficient for the purposes of this biographical article. Bruce leverett (talk) 03:39, 28 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Bruce leverett. Looking at The Week in Chess, this appeared to be a self-published source. WP:SELFPUBLISH allows these sources under some circumstances, but also says "Never use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer." Is there already a consensus about the reliability of this source? If not, you could post at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard and seek to establish one. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:16, 28 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

WP:SELFPUBLISH makes an exception for the contents of magazines and newspapers, and TWIC is generally treated as a magazine. It has been updated weekly since 1994. I am familiar with the reasons why blogs and self-published websites do not make the cut, but TWIC is nothing like those.

Thanks for pointing out that noticeboard to me. (I may have read about it but forgotten.) I would not have thought there was any question about TWIC, since I am sure that the frequent editors of chess-related articles are regularly citing it. But that's my insular point of view. If you are doubtful about TWIC, I am sure that other editors are, so I will look into the possibility of starting a discussion there or contributing to an existing discussion. Bruce leverett (talk) 00:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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November songs

my story today

Congratulations! - Perfect timing - I just wanted to bring November thanks anyway, having updated pics to 24 Oct. I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

 

Excellent work! Thanks for the reviews on my own candidacies, and wonderful work on the various Snooker rating lists/competitions! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 13:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, BennyOnTheLoose. I'm just posting to let you know that List of UK Open Billiards Championship winners – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 29. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 02:31, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

@BennyOnTheLoose: You have just used the BOT to archive refs in the 2023 UK Championship article, and that's generally OK, the BOT works fine. But, like all BOTs, it will make mistakes. So you need to check through manually after you use it. I think it's a really bad idea to archive any of the snooker.org references until well after the end of the tournament and not use a previously archived version (which is what the BOT does), as Hermund Årdalen updates these pages continually. As an example, compare [3] with [4]. The archived version is completely useless. I think these archives need to be removed for now.  Alan  (talk) 14:53, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

@AlH42: Fair point; feel free to revert any instances you see where I've used the bot. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:51, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

That all seems to be OK now. That BOT seems to be a very "blunt instrument" so I've stopped using it, in favour of manually archiving stuff as required.  Alan  (talk) 16:55, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

AlH42: as penance, I've added the little I could to 1990 Shoot-Out. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Brilliant - thank you.  Alan  (talk) 06:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Not sure i can be of much use but ... I found the following [5] which I hope you can read. Relates to the suicide of a Thomas Bradlaugh Leng from an aspirin overdose in 1965. The trouble is that it's not clear that it's the same person. Age 57 fits roughly, but "retired caterer" less so. Probate records have "LENG Thomas Bradlaugh otherwise KEEN Thomas, of 46 Burleigh Mansions Charing Cross Road London W.C.2 died 16 May 1965 at Pembury Hospital Kent Probate London 12 October (1965) to National Provincial Bank Limited. £66884" Obviously £66,000 was a lot of money in 1965. His birth is registered in March 1908 as Thomas Bradlaugh KEEN in West Ham. The trouble is that that's all I have. Still not clear whether it's the same man. Nigej (talk) 14:31, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks, Nigej. Having spent a while looking through records at Ancestry, I'm pretty much convinced this is the same person, but I feel need one more link in the chain before I put it into an article. Much appreciated! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 00:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

All very frustrating. Did some more family history stuff myself. Probably he married Ivy Gladys Slyth in Westminster in 1943. Probably no children (per Freebmd). Her birth was registered in March 1911 and she died on 29 December 2014 (probate records). Confusingly she was known as Joy (see https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/leng/4208681). I was hoping to find some obituary at her death, but have failed miserably. Nigej (talk) 09:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

 

Hi there Benny,
Best wishes for the new year. I look forward to working with you again in 2024. I'll start looking over Alex Higgins at some point and we can do another FAC together. Meanwhile, here are some mischievous moggies!
Cheers, Rodney Baggins (talk) 19:17, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year Rodney Baggins! I'd be interested to see what you think about Higgins's article; I feel it's rather unbalanced at the moment, and needs more detail on his playing career, with perhaps a bit less on some other aspects. The biographies by Borrows and Hennessey are the best book sources I've seen so far (apart from the excellent Masters of the Baize, which is of course less detailed). Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 16 February 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 16, 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 12:19, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

story · music · places

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Lasting for over 11 minutes, Bob Dylan’s song "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" occupied an entire side of his 1966 double album Blonde on Blonde. It has polarised music critics." - I wonder why the title in the infobox is like in the official audio, but the article is different. No topic for the next three days, - never even think about moving an article while linked from the Main page. - Sad eyes - I mourn the death of Vami IV, and this image - given to him with thanks for GA Gates of Heaven Synagogue two days before he died - was taken on a cemetery returning from a funeral last year. It pictures a promise, - let's work on the articles he left under construction. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

... and thank you today for John Spencer (snooker player) - below - introduced: "This article is about three-time world snooker champion John Spencer. Spencer was noted for his cue action, which featured an unusually long backswing that provided immense cue power, allowing him to develop long-distance shots with deep screw and maximum side spin. According to Clive Everton in Billiards and Snooker magazine, Spencer's play in the 1969 World Snooker Championship final "justifiably caused gasps of amazement" from the audience."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 18 February 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 18, 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 12:24, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer   Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

•   AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
•   Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
•   MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
•   Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
•   Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
•   voorts (submissions) and   Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

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Hey Benny. Congrats on today's TFA. Am I right in thinking that Ray Reardon has not been on the main page thus far? I was going to suggest nominating him for TFA on 25 April this year, on the 50th anniversary of his third world championship win in 1974, but it appears that the April slots are already filled. Perhaps his 92nd birthday on 8 October? Given his advancing years, he might not be around that much longer to appreciate being on Wikipedia's main page!   Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Rodney Baggins yes, I'd be keen to see either on the main page. I guess there might be some push back as Thorburn and Spencer have already been TFA's this year, but no harm in seeing how a nomination fares. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:07, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

P.S. I was going to also point out that the main Snooker article has never been TFA, any thoughts? Pinging @Lee Vilenski: about that one too! Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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