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Liz Stooke
[edit]Hey, I hope you are doing well 😁 My recent GA review at Liz Stooke is not on pause as the reviewer has been blocked. If you have time time, could you please finish the review? It is a relatively short article so it shouldn't take too much time. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 15:37, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
- @DaniloDaysOfOurLives: Apologies, I saw your message but had been sidetracked with some other projects in the last week and wanted to wrap that up first. I see this has been returned to the queue, so I can still pick it up.
TheDoctorWho (talk) 16:54, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
Not sure that's needed; the material was both sourced and linked
[edit]Hi TheDoctorWho; Not sure about your revert and copyvio notice. The article for The Madison is just started and under development; I've therefore added a 4-line quoted premise summary from Variety magazine which was linked and fully sourced. I'm not sure where you see a copy via in this case since it was fully sourced, fully quoted, and linked to the original source. ErnestKrause (talk) 03:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @ErnestKrause: Linking a source does not entitle you to copy and paste large portions of that link's text into a Wikipedia article. This is noted on WP:COPYPASTE, which says
"In most cases, you may not copy text from other sources into Wikipedia. Doing so is a copyright violation. Always write the articles in your own words and cite the sources of the article."
Similarly, this information is explained in more detail at WP:PARAPHRASE:"Editors should generally summarize source material in their own words, adding inline citations as required by the sourcing policy. Limited close paraphrasing is appropriate within reason, as is quoting, so long as the material does not violate copyrights and is cited [...] Close paraphrasing without in-text attribution may constitute plagiarism, and when extensive (with or without in-text attribution) may also violate Wikipedia's copyright policy, which forbids Wikipedia contributors from copying an excessive amount of material directly from other sources."
Copying an entire paragraph and a half from the source text is "excessive" in my opinion. A premise section is essentially general plot that applies to the series overall rather than a specific episode, as noted at MOS:TVPLOT, this should be written in your own words. However, when it is necessary to source it, the associated text should not be excessively copied, nor a close paraphrase. See Marshals for an example of this. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:48, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
TFL notification
[edit]Hi, TheDoctorWho. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Private Practice episodes – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 13. 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) 20:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
Discussion at Talk:S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series) § Merge proposal
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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series) § Merge proposal. You were pinged in December 2025. Please take a look at the post-Merger proposal. — YoungForever(talk) 14:38, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
1923 season 2
[edit] | Hello, TheDoctorWho. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for 1923 season 2 at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, 🅑🅰🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅐🅱 01:34, 28 March 2026 (UTC) |
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Your nomination of Doctor Who series 15 is under review
[edit]Your good article nomination of the article Doctor Who series 15 is 
under review. See 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 Olliefant -- Olliefant (talk) 04:32, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
List of Heartstopper episodes FLC
[edit]Hi TheDoctorWho, thanks again for taking a look at Heartstopper. I’d definitely love your help, and I was actually thinking of starting with List of Heartstopper episodes before tackling the accolades list and then the main article. Would you be willing to take a look and tell me what you think still needs tightening before FLC?
No pressure at all - even just a steer on the biggest likely issues would be hugely appreciated.
Mosherdude91 (talk) 11:31, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Mosherdude91: Apologies, I've been a tad busy lately. Some recommendations for the list from a quick glance:
- The lead could be expanded. Even with only three seasons the lead should basically encompass everything a reader unfamiliar with the show would need to know to comprehend the list. So a little production information, an expanded premise, and something about how the series has been received.
- An image for the lead paragraph would also be useful. Despite the series title card being marked as fair use, I can't imagine that it meets the United States TOO. If it does, the wordmark is even less likely to meet it, and could likely be considered in the public domain.
- I don't know that the citations for the individual episodes are needed. The episode titles appear in each of the episodes title cards themselves and the director/writer in the closing credits, so would likely be covered under the same concept as WP:CITEPLOT/WP:PLOTSOURCE. This is even more evident with the fact those sources are citing the episodes themselves. If they are kept however, they should be moved to the
RTitle=field so they don't appear inside the quotation marks. The only thing that does need a citation is the airdates (airdateR=in the tables). Either the citations already in the lead, or something like this would be sufficient. - The episode tables also need captions for accessibility reasons (but can be hidden for screenreaders only because they exist directly below the section header).
- I believe that's all that jumps out to me on a first pass. List of Stranger Things episodes and List of Cobra Kai episodes would likely be good examples of featured lists I've written from other Netflix series', that both represent most of the above. And like I said, I would be willing to assist in this and take on a co-nomination when the time comes. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:28, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
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GAN request
[edit]Hey, I hope you are doing well and having a lovely week. I wanted to please ask if you could please review one of my GANs in the "Media and drama" section please? (Except Ryan Clayton (actor) as I need to update his article this weekend). This is because the nominations in that section have been talking a longer time than usual. No worries at all if not! :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 18:38, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
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[edit]The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.
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[edit]Hey there... my FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's singles/archive1) has received three supports, plus the image and source reviews, but is still sitting stagnant. Maybe a fourth review might help spur it along? I would appreciate any help you could provide. This event has tons of drama; sadly, it's all off-ice. 😉 Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:10, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
- This article – Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Austrian Figure Skating Championships/archive1 – also needs at least one more looksie. Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:26, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
[edit]Hello TheDoctorWho,
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.
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Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.
Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.
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The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.
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Promotion of 1923 season 2
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