User talk:Michaeldble

Your GA nomination of Hartlepool United F.C.

The article Hartlepool United F.C. you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hartlepool United F.C. for comments about the article, and Talk:Hartlepool United F.C./GA2 for the nomination. Well done! 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. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 01:01, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK)

The article Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK) for comments about the article, and Talk:Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! 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. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Llewee -- Llewee (talk) 12:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@Llewee Thank you very much for your help on this, I really appreciate it! Michaeldble (talk) 13:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Michaeldble, Do you know how to nominate a fact to DYK?--Llewee (talk) 13:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@Llewee I don't know much about it to be honest. Which fact would you suggest? Michaeldble (talk) 14:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Michaeldble, you can a nominate a fact using this form. Choose "Improved to GA" for the "status" section, copy and paste in the relevant references into the "source" section and the rest of the form should be fairly self explanatory. Don't worry about the "Reviewed" section for now as its only needed for editors who have made several nominations.

In terms of interesting facts I think the simplest option would be something like "...that the UK Labour party more than doubled its share of the vote after the First World War?" Make sure you include a bolded link to the target article as shown. You could also add the image of the poster by ticking the "include image" box and putting "Will Dyson Vote Labour 1918.jpg" into the "Image name" section.

This might seem quite complicated but once you have had a go at doing it any mistakes should be fairly easy to deal with.--Llewee (talk) 14:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@Llewee I've just nominated it now: Template:Did you know nominations/Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK) Thanks again Michaeldble (talk) 17:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Good, that is probably more interesting than my suggestion. Llewee (talk) 17:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK)

On 30 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Labour Party received their highest share of the vote to date in the 1951 UK general election but still lost to the Conservatives, who received fewer votes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK)), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for May 6

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Your GA nomination of 2024 EFL Trophy final

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Keir Starmer article edits

With all due respect, go to Jeremy Corbyn's article and you'll find chockablock information about his tenure as Labour leader. Why is the same not true of Keir Starmer's page? Corbyn also has a Labour leadership stub-article but that doesn't stop his main page having a lot of information about his leadership. This information is important to readers and there should be a consensus before removal, I've taken this to the talk page so we can finally get a consensus on this. ThingsCanOnlyGetWetter (talk) 22:13, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

I've replied on the talk page Michaeldble (talk) 22:32, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2024 EFL Trophy final

The article 2024 EFL Trophy final you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2024 EFL Trophy final for comments about the article, and Talk:2024 EFL Trophy final/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! 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. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of JC Kotisow -- JC Kotisow (talk) 11:04, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Rachel Reeves

Greetings. The Manual of Style is very specific about the use of verb tenses in this section: present tense is the standard. If you believe that a better tense should be used, please post up a proposal at the MOS Talk Page. For what's it's worth, I'd support a change from plain old "present tense" to the "present perfect continuous tense", also known as the "present perfect progressive tense", making this "Rachel Reeves has been serving as ... since...". Take care. -The Gnome (talk) 09:43, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello there @The Gnome, thank you for your message. I initially reverted it as it sounded unnatural to me, although I'd definitely not say this is my area of expertise. I also thought that wording was standard across most other British politicians although I see you've changed a few today. It seems the tense has been changed back again on the Rachel Reeves article again Michaeldble (talk) 22:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Ollie Watkins

Thanks for your constructive comments re. the 'Early life and education' section within this article. I have now added the requested sources to corroborate all statements contained therein. Best wishes, 82.38.214.91 (talk) 06:27, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Tom Heaton and England

Hi there. Just wanted to reach out and say it was not my intention to start an edit war over this issue. I previously opened a discussion on the talk page as I feel Heaton's call-up for the tournament without inclusion in the official squad is somewhat novel and doesn't have an established precedent as how it should be represented. AnimeBatman (talk) 15:29, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@AnimeBatman Hello there! Yes, I'd just be a bit more careful going forward, I think you'd been reverted on five occasions by separate editors. After the second or so revert you probably should've started a talk page discussion then as per WP:BRD and WP:3RR. All the best :) Michaeldble (talk) 20:55, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I've just replied on the talk page Michaeldble (talk) 21:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply, and you're absolutely right I should have sought a discussion to reach a consensus sooner rather than just changing things back. I'm a relatively casual editor and this is the first time I've hit a dispute like this, so I appreciate the advice. All the best back at you, and enjoy the final tomorrow! AnimeBatman (talk) 21:35, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

No worries, just so you know for next time. You too, should be a nervy one! Michaeldble (talk) Michaeldble (talk) 21:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)