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Wikipedia Library

Hi there. I just want to thank you for bringing up Wikipedia Library during the GAN review of Photograph of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell. I always find it annoying if certain sources are paywalled, and I wish I had researched this library thing earlier. It's immensely helpful, so again thank you! AdaCiccone (talk) 04:37, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

@AdaCiccone no worries.

I'm not sure how much of a play around you've had with it. The mainpage for it is at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/. That URL (https://wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=production&url=) is for pasting in front of other URLs when you already know that something is avialable through the library.

If you're ever looking for stuff that is from newspapers which is behind a paywall, ProQuest is often a good place to start (https://wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=production&url=https://www.proquest.com/ip). Also if you're looking for historical news reporting, you can apply for access to newspapers.com through the library (though there's a wait to get access to that though as Wikimedia has limited licenses). If you ever need something from newspapers.com looking up (you can generally tell from the reference parameters/URL), feel free to email me as I have one of the Wikimedia licenses (I use it a lot for verification in my work on did you know). TarnishedPath^talk 05:10, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Noted, thanks. But can the URL you gave me be used that way (inserting the URL after the =) continuously? Will I hit a limit or something? Or is searching via the Search bar at the top the preferred way? AdaCiccone (talk) 12:47, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

No limit, as long as the source is one that is standardly available through the Wikipedia Library. It won't work with newspapers.com. You need to have a user license for that. Notably, Wikipedia Library doesn't give access to everything through ProQuest. They must have limited access. TarnishedPath^talk 13:20, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Noted, thank you. AdaCiccone (talk) 04:39, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Photograph of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell has passed

Your good article nomination of the article Photograph of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell has passed; congratulations! See 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 AdaCiccone -- AdaCiccone (talk) 13:25, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Congratulations @TarnishedPath! Hopefully we can make it a featured article someday :)) Cornerstone1949 (talk) 23:37, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Well done on all your hard work here, it really shows that future history is written every day. Could I partially claim this as one of my GA's? I'm not sure what the protocol is! Your Ben Roberts-Smith work was brillaint as well. No Swan So Fine (talk) 12:51, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

@No Swan So Fine, I think you can. You contributed, so it's in part your credit. The first GA credit I took was where someone else started it and I contributed. I didn't have enough confidence to do it by myself at that point. All it took was that little bit of experience to give me more confidence.

Thanks for your recognition on BRS. I hope to get it to FA, once it's finished being copy edited (in process). TarnishedPath^talk 13:00, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

It's great work considering how live his biography still is with the court case etc. I remember a few years ago noticing that all our Afghan war pages had started rotting away post Obama surge and pre big non-fic/podcast analysis era. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:02, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Yep, all that going on and the division in the Australian community about him certainly adds to the challenge. TarnishedPath^talk 13:07, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Flawed Hero

On 8 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flawed Hero, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian War Memorial changed its rules retroactively to disqualify Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes from a prize it was already selected to receive? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flawed Hero), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Purple Barnstar
	Congratulations, you have been falsely accused in a New York Post editorial of being one of the "62 mostly anonymous administrators" who "led the campaign to ban Sanger". (The tabloid also complains about being designated as generally unreliable.) — Newslinger talk 05:42, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

A scapegoat for you!

Since the media has apparently decided that you are to blame for literally everything that happens on Wikipedia, I thought this might come in handy. Levivich (talk) 16:25, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Baa. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:09, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Andrew Hastie has passed

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Your nomination of Jacob Hersant has passed

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Your nomination of Teresa van Lieshout has passed

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DYK for Inner West Light Rail

On 7 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inner West Light Rail, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that services were suspended on the Inner West Light Rail for four months after cracks were discovered in the entire tram fleet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inner West Light Rail. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Inner West Light Rail), 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.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Nice relisting comment

Thanks for leaving a relisting comment here. Most of the time they are not necessary but I think we should use them a bit more often at RM, and this is a good example of a situation where a concise statement is helpful. I've been more active at WP:RFD lately and we tend to use them more often there. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 14:54, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Codeine Crazy

On 25 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Codeine Crazy, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Future's song "Codeine Crazy" plays on a radio station in Grand Theft Auto V? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Codeine Crazy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Codeine Crazy), 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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grapesurgeon (talk) 12:38, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Jacob Hersant

On 11 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jacob Hersant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jacob Hersant was the first person charged and convicted of performing a Nazi salute in public in Victoria, Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jacob Hersant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Jacob Hersant), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Andrew Hastie

On 19 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Hastie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andrew Hastie had to order his subordinates not to cut off the hands of corpses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Hastie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Andrew Hastie), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:03, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Teresa van Lieshout

On 22 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Teresa van Lieshout, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Teresa van Lieshout fought to represent Batman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Teresa van Lieshout. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Teresa van Lieshout), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2026 (UTC)