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:@Darth Stabro: Thank you so much!! I couldn't be more happy with what the page has become 🙂 Thank you for everything, and cheers! '''Johnson''''''524''' 23:55, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
::Don't forget to resubmit for DYK! ~Darth StabroTalk ↗ • Contribs ↗ 18:52, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Opening up sand box for image discussion?

Hi @Johnson524, thanks for participating in the talk page discussions on the Syrian civil war, it is much appreciated. For the image discussion right now on the page, since my suggestion of not placing images directly doesn't seem to be working, it is possible then to place the images in another page so that everyone may be able to see the images without having them disrupt the talk page discussions? I see that you have been greatly involved with the images discussion previously, and most are referencing from a previous talk page section, but it's inconvenient for others and it's also not the best since it might involve editing a previous section. So I'm thinking if you would mind opening up to a sandbox for this purpose? If not, what do you think would be a better idea? Thanks! TeddyRoosevelt1912 (talk) 20:16, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

:@TeddyRoosevelt1912: I think that sounds like a great idea! I hate to be that guy though, but could I ask you to make it? I'm leaving for a field exercise at Camp Lejeune soon and won't be back until Sunday, and with how much progress is being made on the talkpage now, that feels like too much time to be unresponsive when the mock collage will likely change pictures quite frequently.
:Oh, and while you're here, I cannot express how appreciative I am for all the work you've done 😀 Each of your messages have been not just well-worded, but clear in logic and respectful to whoever your talking with: inviting cooperation, and ultimately leading to the rough consensus we have now. It's because of your work we've finally gotten rid of that map, so a million thanks. I see on your userpage that you're enrolled at UNC, and as someone enrolled at NC State, I wish you nothing but the best from the gross{{cn}} red school from across the Triangle! '''Johnson''''''524''' 00:24, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
::@Johnson524 Thanks for letting me know, and thank you for your service! I'll say NC State definitely isn't gross, especially compared to the other one in the area haha. Yeah I can open my sandbox, of course it's no problem, I just thought you might have more options to keep up with the discussion. Thank you also for seeing the work it takes to moderate discussions, and of course thank you for participating, your work here are just as remarkable! TeddyRoosevelt1912 (talk) 01:06, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hello!

Hello @Johnson524, I hope you are doing well, Can you review articles on request? There are a few articles I created and they’ve been unnoticed for a long time possibly due to the backlog. Zuck28 (talk) 08:11, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

:@Zuck28: I'm not aware of anything against that, so... sure! 🙂 Just so you know, however, I ofc reserve the right to come to no conclusion and keep an article in the queue or nominate it for deletion. With that said though, what page(s) did you want looked at? '''Johnson''''''524''' 15:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you for responding! Here are some articles I would like to get reviewed for now. Mohan Segal ↗, Vinod Ganatra ↗, Vikash Nowlakha ↗, and Kramik Yadav ↗. Zuck28 (talk) 15:30, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
:::@Zuck28: Sorry for the delay! For Mohan Segal, right off the bat, his article only has two citations. One good baseline for notability I like to look for is an article's ability to pass WP:THREE ↗, which states in essence there must be three secondary, neutral citations entirely (or in-depth / primarily focused on) about the subject for it to be notable. The reason for the underlining was because I did not understand this part myself until my article for Draft:Durrr Burger ↗ was rejected, which currently stands at 30k bytes and 46 citations and still does not meet notability! I only say this to show you I learned the hard way on what meets WP:GNG ↗ so hopefully you don't have to, and also so you can feel more confident your articles will be accepted when reviewed (who doesn't want that!) 🙂 Here's my breakdown with WP:THREE in mind:
:::* Mohan Segal ↗: {{orange|2/3}}: only two citations, but the two that are there are really good! Can you find one more?
:::* Vinod Ganatra ↗: {{orange|1/3}}: <s>citations 1 and 2 are good</s>, citation 1 only includes press release information about the subject, citation 2 is good, and citation 3 is primarily focused on ''Harun-Arun'' and not Ganatra. Also, there are several pieces of information in the lead that are not mentioned ↗ in the body.
:::* Vikash Nowlakha ↗: {{red|0/3}}: citation 1 is non-neutral as it's published by an advertising company, citation 2 is an interview about himself which is a form of a primary citation (see WP:IV ↗), citations 3 and 4 are primarily focused on ''Dhurandhar'', and citations 5 and 6 cite his awards, which are good on an article with already-established notability, but don't demonstrate notability themself.
:::* Kramik Yadav ↗: {{green|3/3}}: citation 1 is a self-proclaimed press release piece which is non-neutral (see WP:PRSOURCE ↗), citations 2 and 3 are good, and skipping ahead a little bit as most of these sources are 50/50 about an award he's winning as much as Yadav himself, citation 11 is good. There are a few bits of information like his height in the infobox which would be nice if they were cited in the body, but nothing that would stop the article from passing guidelines. Happy to approve!
:::Now I'm not positive as I haven't looked myself, but I'm pretty sure each of these individuals I couldn't approve now can still meet GNG if just a few more good citations can be found and issues addressed, but for now, I'm sorry I can't in good consciousness approve them. Hope this was helpful, and feel free to reach out if you have any more questions. Cheers! '''Johnson''''''524''' 15:14, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Hi @Johnson524, Thank you so much for your detailed response and feedback.
::::I have expanded Mohan Segal and Vinod Ganatra, with additional sources, on your suggestion.
::::For Vikash Nowlakha,the notability is already established per Wp:ANYBIO ↗ with his notable award, and wp:CREATIVE ↗ with his work in multiple notable projects.
::::For Kramik's height, I found some sources, but not sure if they are reliable enough to include in Wikipedia.
::::Thanks again!
::::Zuck28 (talk) 20:53, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::@Zuck28: Hmm, I'm not sure you entirely understand THREE yet. Citation 3 you added on Segal's page is primarily about Rekha and Sharmin Segal, with only passing mentions of Mohan, and citation 4 is primarily about Amitabh Bachchan, again, with only passing mentions of Mohan as part of a larger story. There are similar concerns with Ganatra's page: with what-is-now citation 1 including only press release information about Ganatra which still doesn't count per PRSOURCE, citation 2 is fully a press release, and citation 3 has the same exact issue as citation 1. To show you what I mean, read the final few paragraphs of citations 3 and 4, they're virtually identical! Despite being from two reputable sources, press release information just that, a short blurb copied and pasted by the press when doing a piece on someone/something, making it neither independent or neutral. Going back to my personal example with Durrr Burger: more citations does not necessarily equal notability, only a citations with quality in-depth coverage of the topic as it's main focus does. (WP:AKON ↗ is a nice essay on this if you're interested)
:::::Even though I still can't approve either of these articles rn for these reasons, please don't stop trying! I'm still learning more about the ins and outs of policy myself everyday, and THREE took me longer to understand than any other one ''by far'' 😭 These men really do seem influential in their fields, I'm just not entirely comfortable putting my name behind an article that can't produce three in-depth citations, which shouldn't be too hard if the topic really is notable (as seen with Kramik). I'll take another look at the articles if you find a source which meets these guidelines, but until then, I'm going to keep them in the queue. Thank you again for all your work on icons in Indian culture. '''Johnson''''''524''' 01:46, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::What do you think about Giorgia Andriani ↗ ? Zuck28 (talk) 07:22, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

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Help with Bible citations on Gospel of Mark page

Hello, I see that you have worked on topics of the Bible or Christianity before.

I started a topic on Gospel of Mark ↗ looking for input on how one could create a citation to back up a claim that a specific passage of Mark is unique to Mark. Is this something you might be able to help with?

Thanks!

Talk:Gospel of Mark#Passages Unique To Mark ↗ Motorizedtrees (talk) 06:50, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:{{Done|Responded}} 🙂 '''Johnson''''''524''' 03:01, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tiny Jesus

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Formatting the article title "Coupage" in Italics

Hello @Johnson524, I would appreciate some help making the article title ''"Coupage ↗''" italicized, as I am unsure how to apply the formatting. EdwinAlden.1995 (talk) 16:25, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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Dyk nomination

Hi. Sorry for bugging you here, but could you please have a look at my DYK nomination? I tried pinging but it didn't seem to work. I've fixed most of your concerns but am looking for help on the possible SYNTH in the last note in the article. Thanks. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 01:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

:{{Done}}, and sorry for the late reply! I've been largely away from the wiki for the past two days, and catching up on everything now 😅 Cheers! '''Johnson''''''524''' 02:11, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

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new Classic Tetris activity

good morning @Johnson524, did you see Draft:Joseph Saelee ↗ & Draft:Koji Nishio ↗? DK-ZERO (talk) 08:35, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

:Good to hear from you @DK-ZERO! I think its amazing that there's another editor covering Tetris here, and I'm extremely appreciative of their work in updating the competitive record charts. That being said, I am doubtful either of those two drafts will be able to leave the draftspace in the state they're in now. The number one concern by far is that YouTube simply cannot be used as a source for anything that's not a non-controversial claim. It's really unfortunate as there's so many good videos covering the history of Tetris from people oftentimes more involved and knowledgeable on the topic than the news is, but verifiability comes first. Per WP:BLPSPS ↗, {{xt|Never use self-published sources as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published by the person themselves.}} YouTube is by nature a self published source, so if it's not a video by the person themself covering a non-controversial claim (i.e. date/place of birth) it cannot be used. Additionally per WP:SPS ↗, this applies {{xt|even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer.}}
:Going to the drafts themself, Koji Nishio is full of self published sources in the body, including sources 3, 4, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 25, and 26. I'd also like to mention that if a competition, whether mentioned in the body or competitive record table, can only be cited by using a self published source like a video or stream, it doesn't belong on Wikipedia. It's the same reason why there are no competitions from the Classic Tetris League used on any tables, they're not sources anywhere that's not self-published. Joseph Saelee is a little bit better at this, but still has several areas of concern including WP:OVERCITE ↗ {{!xt|impossible to reach. [5][7][20][28][29][30][31]}}, lots of WP:NPOV ↗ {{!xt|In a surprising upset}}, {{!xt|After his phenomenal 2018 debut}}, {{!xt|The match between the two hyper-tappers was intense}}, etc., spelling mistakes {{!xt|to make it too the finals.}}, {{!xt|CTWC winnersAlex Thach}}, and other minor manual of style things like not formatting dates like {{!xt|June 14th, 2020}} per MOS:DATESNO ↗, or bolding section headers as seen in the Nishio article per MOS:SECTIONSTYLE ↗.
:Clearly a lot of love and effort was put into these drafts, and if it means anything, the NPOV concerns show the editor is at least passionate about the topic, which will never be a bad thing. I did want to bring these points up though not to discourage the editor, but to lay out in detail why they may have trouble seeing these articles make it out of the draftspace (as I've had drafts myself get denied with bare-bone explanations six times before I realized what the true issues were). Pinging {{Ping|CalebsGamesAndStuff}} '''Johnson''''''524''' 14:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::a most valuable reply, surely those drafts are salvageable! ~ personally, my long hiatus is hopefully over, and as you already noticed my focus will be on updating the existing articles' tables for now. DK-ZERO (talk) 15:00, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::thank you so much for noticing these drafts! yeah, I'm very new at all this, and am still very confused with sources and whatnot. for the competitive record table, i just mirrored what i saw on the other tetris players page and thats the same style of references . unfortunate too about youtube videos, i see the problem there. CalebsGamesAndStuff (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Tolt ↗

Tetris Interest is maintained by Even Phou aka Wingfryer, he's akin to a "social media manager" for CTWC ↗, credit roll for the CTWC 2025 event lists him under "stats & data team".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlf8fLs86-A?t=2850 ↗ (my response to Launchballer calling TI a "fan blog") @Johnson524

fyi, neither Alt0 nor Alt1 sound interesting to me, of the top of my head: 'first human to trigger colours glitch', 'breaking the TGM3 world record of 13 years' and 'winning CTWC 2022 so hard they had to change the rules' sounds like EricICX's legacy to me, and all within 2 months... like literally, being #1 in the world in two very different rulesets and using two very different playstyles is just mind-boggling! DK-ZERO (talk) 15:10, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

:@DK-ZERO: would you mind commenting this on the DYK nom page? This is pretty useful info imo. As for the hook interest I believe the ones currently up are good, but you're right, they can be a lot more interesting based off of Eric's achievements. The literal only reason it can't be used is because there's no reliable sources that I could find which talk about them changing the rules based off of his achievements. There were significantly less sources I could find on him compared to the other players, which sucks, because he's accomplished just as much. '''Johnson''''''524''' 05:59, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
::the new source for Alt1 ({{small|shacknews ↗}}) doesn't mention the first ever PAL maxout tho, it reports on the first colors glitch performed by a human player, coincidentally happening in a tournament match, and Eric broke and doubled his own highscore record from 3 mil to 6 mil. DK-ZERO (talk) 18:11, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:::DYK that Eric Tolt was the first person to play a game of NES Tetris of such unprecedented length that it broke the game's color palette, while doubling the highscore world record from 3 to 6 million in the process? @Johnson524 DK-ZERO (talk) 20:30, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
::::@DK-ZERO: If you would like to take over the nomination I give you full permission (and honestly, would be thrilled if you did 🙂) I'm really busy with finals rn, and I apologize for my delay in responding recently. '''Johnson''''''524''' 16:17, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::let's wait a little on that if not urgent, am not familiar with the DYK process, and haven't proofread your Eric Tolt article's prose yet tbh, doing that should give me better insight and confidence. :)
:::::PS. please don't apologize, your response time is still much better than mine, and your finals should be top priority anyway! ;D DK-ZERO (talk) 16:04, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::Thank you @DK-ZERO! You've always had one of the best attitudes of anyone I've talked with on the encyclopedia 🙂 '''Johnson''''''524''' 16:30, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

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On 1 May 2026, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.

Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.

Each review will earn 1 point.

Interested in taking part? '''Sign up here ↗'''.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid lightgray" |Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week ↗ in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project ↗)
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Ganesha811 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week ↗:
:I nominate Johnson524 to be Editor of the Week for being a 5-tool editor ↗! Since they joined Wikipedia in 2022, Johnson524 has been a boon to the project. I recently noticed their work in helping the editors at Talk:Syrian civil war ↗ come to a consensus on including a collage in the article's infobox - a topic which has been very contentious in the past, and on a high-profile page. They are collegial and considerate, while still moving the work forward. Johnson524 has contributed a score of Good Articles, expanding our coverage of current events, Catholicism, and North Carolina. Johnson524 has also helped out with new page patrol, copy editing, and DYK. They are Precious ↗. For being an all-around excellent editor, Johnson524 deserves to be Editor of the Week! This nomination was seconded by User:TechnoSquirrel69.
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Thanks again for your efforts! '''Buster Seven'''''' Talk''' (UTC) 13:51, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Buster7|Ganesha811|TechnoSquirrel69}} Oh my goodness, thank you all so much! I've been down most of this week after the passing of a loved one, and this has truly cheered me up 🙂 I'm so appreciative. Thank you for all you do, cheers from North Carolina, and God bless! '''Johnson''''''524''' 18:34, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

thumb|400px|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.

'''2024 and 2025 NPP Awards'''

74px|left ↗{{no ping|JTtheOG}} was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.
{{no ping|Hey man im josh}} and {{no ping|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.

{{no ping|BoyTheKingCanDance}}, {{no ping|Rosiestep}}, {{no ping|SunDawn}}, and {{no ping|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 {{no ping|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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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

You may be eligible to vote in the U4C election

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Keegan (WMF) ↗ (talk ↗) 17:16, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Zebulon Devil Dogz

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|text = On 23 May 2026 ↗, '''Did you know ↗''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''Zebulon Devil Dogz ↗''''', which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ''... that the '''Zebulon Devil Dogz ↗''', a collegiate baseball team in the United States, is to consist entirely of athletes from Australia?'' The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zebulon Devil Dogz ↗. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Zebulon Devil Dogz ↗), 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 nominate it ↗.
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Your nomination of Tiny Jesus ↗ is under review

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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|'''June 2026 Backlog Drive:'''
Do you want to become more experienced in the GA process?

On 1 June, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles reviewed.

Mentors are available, and new reviewers (<6 reviews) get bonus points!

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Join the conversations on our talk page ↗.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Aaron Titus ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Aaron Titus ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Aaron Titus/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of It is a wonderful world -- It is a wonderful world (talk) 08:41, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Tiny Jesus ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Tiny Jesus ↗ has 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:Tiny Jesus/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing ↗ somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of HistoryTheorist -- HistoryTheorist (talk) 05:46, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Aaron Titus ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Aaron Titus ↗ has 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:Aaron Titus/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing ↗ somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of It is a wonderful world -- It is a wonderful world (talk) 13:41, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

== May 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award ==
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