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Is Worldpopulationreview.com a deprecated source?
Already asked on the Teahouse forum but think I should also ask here. I was updating the Akiachak, Alaska article and noticed that the aforementioned website had quite useful information about the 2020 census data for Akiachak. However, the interface and the amount of ads on the website are off putting, which makes me wonder if it is a deprecated or otherwise untrustworthy source. Thanks in advance. Slamforeman (talk) 04:32, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
- Question has been answered. Slamforeman (talk) 19:30, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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ITN recognition for Dianne Feinstein
On 29 September 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dianne Feinstein, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — xaosflux Talk 15:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
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Bkissin (talk) 22:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Contributing photos
Articles about histoic places or buildings may lack photos. You could take photos, add to Commons, and then add to articles. Please do not over do it. Editors have been criticized for adding dozens of photos to modest length articles. David notMD (talk) 16:59, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
- In all honesty, I am bit confused. Do you mean do not take too many photos of things in general, or that I shouldn’t take too many photos of historical places? Slamforeman (talk) 17:06, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:01, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Note that German sources for writing CityTrees are perfectly fine. If you can confirm they reference the content of the article that is good. Third party German sources are preferable to Press releases in any language. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:26, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- I follow, but the problem is I don’t speak German. In a situation like this, would machine translation be ok? Slamforeman (talk) 22:32, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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