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Proposed deletion of Waco: Madman or Messiah and Proposed deletion of Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil

H Levivich, Greetings to you. You have page 2 PROP notifications of the on my talk page of Waco: Madman or Messiah and Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil articles. First of I am NOT the creator of the page, why are you sending me the notifications? and secondly, the articles do have independent, reliable sources to support the claimed and passed notability requirements, so why are you PROP the pages ? Please familiar yourself on the notability and independent source, and reliable source. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA 03:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for your message. I responded on your talk page. Levivich (talk) 06:35, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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2018 Senate elections

I'm hoping that a recount won't be required for the Mississippi special election, after tonight ;) GoodDay (talk) 17:43, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

LOL. Counting my blessings that it’s down to just one race per chamber. Levivich (talk) 18:30, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lois Graham

Hello! Your submission of Lois Graham at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SusanLesch (talk) 19:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

• Earwig flags copyright violation for Graham's oral history. Maybe you could try shorter quotations.
• The term STEM didn't exist in 1981 so we could add a note.
• "Degrees awarded" belong under education.
• Could the citations be simplified? (Piggybacking several doesn't help the reader to find the source for a given fact. I object to having to read a whole list of references.)
• Your edit simplifying the section headings helped a lot.
• I would like to see the lead cut way back. Suggestion is here.
• Comment: The subject appears to be wearing a Graham tartan in this photo. Graham is my family name and is what caught my eye.

Thanks. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:38, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

• Earwig is still too high. I'm probably not the best person to judge that, because I sometimes push it to the limit. You're right "first woman in the United States" and "PhD in mechanical engineering" are not copyright violations.
• The lead is better but I still prefer mine (sandbox). I would like to see her identified as a person with a job who did that job, not as a "first woman to" something.
• Citations

1. Generally speaking, DYK's rule of thumb is one inline citation per paragraph. That said, DYK rules have evolved to require a cited hook: "Each fact in the hook must be supported in the article by at least one inline citation to a reliable source, appearing no later than the end of the sentence(s) offering that fact. Citations at the end of the paragraph are not sufficient." I have on occasion cited every sentence. One citation per unit is enough.

2. I would split apart the bundled cite. There are rare cases where a few sources are required to cover all facts inside one sentence and so a bundle is helpful. This particular article does not seem to be controversial and so single sources are enough.

3. Yes, some sources could go. Rather than delete them, you can add a section titled "Further reading". See MOS:FURTHER.

4. RPI and IIT are both reliable sources. So are ASHRAE and SWE.

5. While they are primary sources, I think her oral history and obituary are both fine to use, see WP:PSTS.

6.North Country Now seems to be a legitimate newspaper, so yes it's very good source.

You're doing great. Misplaced Pages needed this article. -SusanLesch (talk) 19:07, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

The citations look beautiful! Thank you for the new lead. You put a lot of work into this! (I dropped a few words to lower case; generally only POTUS is a capitalized title.) Great job. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:05, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

2018 US House election

There's a few idiots at 2018 United States House of Representatives elections article, who are 'bleeping' it up. I can't stop them all. GoodDay (talk) 03:52, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Alexandros Schinas

Good job! Cinadon36 (talk) 07:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)