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On29 July 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleSpore drive, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatStar Trek'sspore drive is a biological faster-than-light engine that was inspired by the real-world science ofmycology? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Spore drive. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Spore drive), and the hook may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk)00:02, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Very Polite Person (talk)02:25, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On31 July 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleSentient (intelligence analysis system), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatSentient is a satellite AI system of theNational Reconnaissance Office, described as an artificial brain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Sentient (intelligence analysis system). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Sentient (intelligence analysis system)), and the hook may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk)00:03, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Very Polite Person (talk)03:18, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On10 August 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMosaic effect, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that themosaic effect is the act of combining seemingly unrelated data to reveal sensitive or classified information that individual pieces of data would not disclose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Mosaic effect. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Mosaic effect), and the hook may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)00:02, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)23:47, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On2 September 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleAmrom Harry Katz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatAmrom Harry Katz, using aerial photographs of tides, helped to capture Seoul during the Korean War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Amrom Harry Katz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Amrom Harry Katz), and the hook may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk)00:04, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)00:37, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD. I would like to hear your thoughts about the process. Please checkthis survey if you are willing to respond.Czarking0 (talk)20:26, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD! As you may have seen in my previous message, I am conducting a survey. Several editors have responded already and I do not want their hard work to go to waste. If you could take a few moments to make your voice hear please checkthis survey.

Don't worry I won't send you another reminder.Czarking0 (talk)02:45, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! I missed this. Which AfD was it? I'd be happy to look. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)00:47, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On6 September 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleFrank W. Lehan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatFrank W. Lehan invented a search-and-rescue system used in theSpace ShuttleChallenger disaster, but never profited from it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Frank W. Lehan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Frank W. Lehan), and the hook may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:03, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)17:35, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is this article really neccesary? I'm suprised no one has nominated it for deletion, seems a little frivolous honestly.Jcoolbro (talk)(c)18:17, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems totally ridiculous that an encyclopaedic source would have such an article.Quadrow (talk)17:17, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You or @Jcoolbro are welcome to send toWP:AFD if you feel that is appropriate, or any other article listed on my user page:User:Very Polite Person. Please note I'm (as shown) pretty decent at "rescuing" articles from AfD, and that page is extremely heavily sourced and covers back to before his poltical career. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)17:20, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am pretty decent at finding free photos of a lot of stuff pre 1989, if they exist. If you ever need any help with that, feel free to ask.PARAKANYAA (talk)04:22, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think ofHarley Rutledge?

My what's NFCC this or that or the thing sucks; it doesn't help that almost all my uploads come from government sources on Commons (easy mode). When I added something to one of my articles I couldn't initially make heads or tails of the policies vs. law, which is probably odd as I write on legal topics too. The variations on licensing/free paths, I think, trips me up. The first time I threw in the towel, shoved the full text of multiple archived discussions into GPT, and ordered it to "ELI5" and find me the exact policy pages to read, which got me much closer. I still needed help after!

That guy: he's got a ton of images in newspapers.com assets, if it helps. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)02:11, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh- and maybeLeik Myrabo? I couldn't find anything, and was even poring through old NASA and some other agency PDFs and PPTs that had him mentioned (netted me one image for the article of one experiment at least). —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)02:13, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, I'm the opposite, I had no experience with copyright or legal stuff, but when I read about it I found it surprisingly interesting and not that hard to understand (in the context of images anyway).

And found images for both. There were a lot of images for Rutledge, both free and nonfree, and one image total of Myrabo. Thankfully it was free (though it was very, very, very annoying finding out if it was).PARAKANYAA (talk)08:16, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's incredible, wow. You think there's any chance forChristopher Mellon? I've never had any luck. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)19:02, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Very Polite Person No luck on Mellon, there were a few mentions of him and a few articles he wrote pre 1989, but no images.PARAKANYAA (talk)23:39, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think are the odds forAmrom Harry Katz andFrank W. Lehan? You rock by the way.

Field propulsion for how heavy I want to tighten the sourcing is going to take months, so I think I may swing around some GA fine tuning for some engineers when I need a break. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)03:13, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, check outthis one that I foundfor here. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)03:15, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.Trade (talk)16:59, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've opened a discussion atWP:BLPN in whichyou are mentioned here.Chetsford (talk)17:15, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.Chetsford (talk)22:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You mentioned something about ArbCom being involved with the article. What was that aboutTrade (talk)23:42, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have recently made edits related to articles aboutliving or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles. This is a standard message to inform you that articles aboutliving or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles is a designated contentious topic. This messagedoesnot imply that there are any issues with your editing. For more information about the contentious topics system, please seeWikipedia:Contentious topics.—Fortuna,imperatrix10:56, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleRising Star (ship, 1991) hasfailed. Seethe review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofSaltymagnolia --Saltymagnolia (talk)05:47, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, VPP. Peryour request at AN, I am imposing the followingvoluntary but enforceableCT/AP topic ban on you: You are banned from participating in or discussingTalk:Killing of Charlie Kirk § Requested move 11 September 2025 while it is ongoing, or while it is subject to any close review. I think a conceptually limited scope like that works better than time-limited. Please let me know if you have any questions. --Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]}(they|xe|🤷)08:34, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleRising Star (1991 ship) haspassed; congratulations! Seethe review page for more information. If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofSaltymagnolia --Saltymagnolia (talk)14:17, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)17:51, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On29 September 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMar-a-Lago face, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatMar-a-Lago face is a plastic surgery trend popular in Donald Trump's entourage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Mar-a-Lago face. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Mar-a-Lago face), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

Gatoclass (talk)00:03, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)03:17, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleSaru (Star Trek: Discovery) isunder review. Seethe 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 byChristieBot, on behalf ofViriditas --Viriditas (talk)12:09, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleSaru (Star Trek: Discovery) has been placedon hold, as the article needs some changes. Seethe review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofViriditas --Viriditas (talk)00:04, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD. I would like to hear your thoughts about the process. Please checkthis survey if you are willing to respond.Czarking0 (talk)01:58, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleAbigail Becker isunder review. Seethe 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 byChristieBot, on behalf ofGrnrchst --Grnrchst (talk)19:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently editedAbigail Becker, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation pageWells.

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It's at 289 words now. If you can shorten it to 230 words, that would be great. Or you could expand the body. I think it's easier to shorten the lead, particularly the second paragraph.Viriditas (talk)03:15, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That edit was awesome just now. Let me see what I can do. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)03:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you think 230 is too much, work towards 250. I can accept that.Viriditas (talk)03:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The two images below the infobox would work better spread throughout the article, perhaps one in each section. They appear bunched up on desktop and mobile.Viriditas (talk)03:33, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

229? —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)03:40, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That looks great! I’m out the door but will complete the review later.Viriditas (talk)04:04, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Working on closing this out, but there's still some problematic, clunky, confusing wording I'm trying to get through. If I can't fix it, I'll post a comment.Viriditas (talk)23:56, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think what I might have to do is pull the sentences I can't fix to pass this. You can then add them back when you rewrite them.Viriditas (talk)01:19, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleSaru (Star Trek: Discovery) haspassed; congratulations! Seethe review page for more information. If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofViriditas --Viriditas (talk)04:23, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)16:58, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you aDobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread theWikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

It's not a doughnut, but ...7&6=thirteen (☎)13:46, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I've actually had that before! I can't remember the name of the place, it was in NYC. Delicious. —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)16:58, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleAbigail Becker haspassed; congratulations! Seethe review page for more information. If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofGrnrchst --Grnrchst (talk)13:02, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all your help! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)16:45, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission ofBruce Cathie at theDid You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) atyour nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!TarnishedPath^talk11:05, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On19 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleImpersonations of United States immigration officials, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatimpersonations of United States immigration officials have become a chronic crime problem in 2025? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Impersonations of United States immigration officials. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Impersonations of United States immigration officials), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

Gatoclass (talk)00:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 16,224 views (676.0 per hour), making it one of themost viewed hooks of October 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk •contribs) (he/it)03:28, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)02:06, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good job.Viriditas (talk)03:42, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)15:32, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do ping me once you start to work on this and have a draft. I can look for some sources. For example, here's a list of entries from SFE mentioning the word megacorp:[1] - it's not dynamic, just enter megacorp and click global search_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here}03:20, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On21 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMakeup of Donald Trump, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatDonald Trump applies his own makeup each day, according tohis former press secretary? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Donald Trump's makeup. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Makeup of Donald Trump), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

 — Amakuru (talk)00:04, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 22,576 views (940.6 per hour), making it one of themost viewed hooks of October 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk •contribs) (he/it)03:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)15:07, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Very Polite Person. Thank you for your work onHarvard Colloquium on International Affairs. Another editor,MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part ofnew pages patrol and left the following comment:

"Colloquium" not found in target page

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with{{Re|MPGuy2824}}.(Message delivered via thePage Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

-MPGuy2824 (talk)08:43, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I replied here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Harvard_Colloquium_on_International_Affairs —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)15:07, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On23 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleJohn Greenewald Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatJohn Greenewald Jr. foundeda U.S. government transparency website when he was a teenager? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/John Greenewald Jr.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,John Greenewald Jr.), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk)00:03, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Double! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)00:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On23 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleRising Star (1991 ship), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatone single tugboat inGreenland is 50% of the navy of theUnited States Air Force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Rising Star (1991 ship). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Rising Star (1991 ship)), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk)00:03, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)00:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently editedChristopher Mellon, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation pageAmerican.

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On27 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleAbigail Becker, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that theAngel of Long Point(pictured) saved seventeen lives across five different incidents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Abigail Becker. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Abigail Becker), and the hook may be added tothe 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 tonominate it.

JuniperChill (talk)00:02, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Very Polite Person (talk/contribs)01:32, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]