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TO DO — DNB footer initials

billinghurst sDrewth 12:42, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

explore making this change. They are not missing if they are not dead, so we should cater for both scenarios without confusing things. Only would be missing of the person is alive 130 years after death. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:43, 20 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

link templates — to build

billinghurst sDrewth 23:47, 20 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

DNB contributor template cleanup

Hi. I've been recently working on cleaning up the DNB contributor templates for ambiguous ones to match in line with existing similar ones. Can you please turn these into disambiguation pages similar to what's in Category:Dictionary of National Biography ambiguous contributor templates and disambiguate these with AWB? They're transcluded in so many pages, so they would require too many tabs to be opened if done manually.

During the cleanup, I also ran into Template:DNB AH Hartshorne, which seems to have been created in error since none of the DNB contributor lists attach Albert Hartshorne to any initial but "A.H-e." Making it a redirect to Template:DNB AH-e would be misleading because "A.H." was never used for his work on the DNB, so I might consider it for deletion. ミラP@Miraclepine 03:03, 28 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Miraclepine: Please leave them for the moment as I am talking about Xover about a better way to deal with these. The current situation is ugly, and it is just getting more complex and unsustainable. — billinghurst sDrewth 03:30, 28 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. I've subscribed to the conversation on Xover's talk page for further developments in the meanwhile. ミラP@Miraclepine 04:29, 28 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

August 2023 to do

DNB contributor

  • DNB contributor
  • DNB contributor 2ndSupp
  • DNB contributor 3rdSupp
  1. need to ensure that all data is present on author pages
  2. push "contributor to creative work" / "biographer" / "initials"
  3. construct the QS components (see if we can do anything with harvest tool first)

Petscan / QS pushes

billinghurst sDrewth 23:49, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sep 2023 to do

billinghurst sDrewth 22:31, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Two items for you

Billinghurst, I hope you aren't the cartoonist found dead in his or her home! I hope you are well, and fully alive.

Secondly, I made a mess trying to correct errors with William Wordsworth's "Poems, in Two Volumes". Wikisource didn't even have it listed although it has been uploaded to Commons and exists as a PDF via archive dot org. Wikipedia English correctly distinguishes between that 1807 work and Wordsworth's later, similar, "Poems" (1815, I think); however, Wikisource only has "Poems". The metadata in Wikidata is messed up because of these inconsistencies between Wikipedia and Wikisource. In trying to fix the situation, I made a mess that I don't know how to repair. Wikisource's Chris discovered what I did. I am working with him to try to clean my unsightly mess, but I wanted to let you know about the disconnect between the projects which was my motivation for being EXCESSIVELY BOLD and trying to take care of it on my own. I apologize. FeralOink (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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