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Hi, I'm Howardcorn33...

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Featured picture scheduled for POTD

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This is to let you know that File:Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 14, 2028. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2028-05-14. rescheduling per Template_talk:POTD/2026-05-14#Rescheduling_the_Guevara_portrait If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:02, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Che Guevara (14 May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. This photograph of Guevara, titled Guerrillero Heroico, was taken by Alberto Korda in 1960 at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion in Havana, Cuba.

Photograph credit: Alberto Korda; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Yousuf Karsh (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. An Armenian genocide survivor, Karsh emigrated to Canada as a refugee. By the 1930s he established himself as a significant photographer in Ottawa, where he lived most of his adult life, though he traveled extensively for work. His iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill was a breakthrough point in his career, through which he took numerous photos of known political leaders, men and women of arts and sciences. More than 20 photos by Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine, until he retired in 1993.

Photograph credit: Chris Lund

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Hall of fame

I just saw that you’re requesting your hall of fame page to be deleted. It sucks to see it go, but know that I’ve felt honored to be in there for the time it had existed o7 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 18:47, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Thanks for all the work you're putting into Gen Z protests

^LaffyTaffer 💬(she/they) 20:53, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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"Skong" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Self-Portrait (Rubens, Antwerp)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Peter Paul Rubens - Self-portrait - RH.S.180 - Rubenshuis (after restoration).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:05, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Howardcorn33,

This is to let you know that File:Peter Paul Rubens - Self-portrait - RH.S.180 - Rubenshuis (after restoration).jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 28, 2027. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2027-06-28. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:34, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.

Painting credit: Peter Paul Rubens; Scan credit: Rubenshuis

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its ok you can delete it ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:55, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Israeli Jews

Hi, Howard! Thank you for reverting my edit on this page. I did not realize it violated the Manual of Style and, having read the section you linked, I fully agree with the policy. I came to the page because it was in a backlog of articles with infoboxes needing images. Is there a way to exclude this article from that category so some future editor doesn't repeat my mistake? If you don't know of one, where would I go to find out more? If there isn't a way, what can we do to encourage creating one? Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 21:35, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised there is even such a backlog, since not all infobox es need images. As for excluding the article from the category, try asking the people at WP:HELPDESK since I do not know. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:54, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:"Ketchup on a hot dog" debate

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Ah. this old one. sorry to let it go. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:27, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Image removal

Hi you removed the image I added for the Al-fasher massacre but you didn't explain why you removed it (other than "sincerity") or replace it with another. Why should that image not be used? Regardless if it's not for the info box it should be used somewhere else in the article Pencilceaser123 (talk) 19:25, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you're confused by the thanks it's just the stupid mobile design. Regardless thanks for the other stuff you've done. But I won't be online much next few days. Pencilceaser123 (talk) 19:32, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The simple reason is because it shows a man smiling and posing near people presumably about to be shot. It is an intentionally degrading image. There are other photos of the massacre online which do not show such humiliation. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:07, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did not intend for the image to be degrading, I chose it to show the horror of the massacere. Not many good images exist at the time. I am open to proposals. Pencilceaser123 (talk) 20:21, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the satellite images already provided in the article suffice, at least for now. A similar treatment is given at the article October 7 attacks. We should also remember not to select explicit images as the lead image per MOS:SHOCK. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:32, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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aw shucks. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 14:25, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Harry Warnecke

On 15 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harry Warnecke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, after a policeman held up traffic to let a mother cat cross a street, Harry Warnecke staged a re-enactment of the moment for a photograph? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harry Warnecke. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Harry Warnecke), 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 nominate it.

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I'm kinda disappointed the column didn't feature the provided photo... but oh well. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 00:06, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Stefka Evstatieva

You uploaded an image of Stefka Evstatieva and placed it into articles. Are you the photographer? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, I already provided the correct photo credit on the Commons file. The photo was taken by Joseph Heffernan, who died in 1987. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:38, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding edit for "Black neon tetra"

Was the change to remove the whole "credit card fraud" part needed?
The fish did reveal the users information on stream; and also did do unauthorized purchases; plus overall the general consensus with the situation is that the fish did commit fraud (given how that's how most sources cite it as such, given how humorous the situation is overall)
Also given that the article had the "Credit card fraud" part for upwards of 2 years, I find it a bit interesting to correct it now.

I personally feel a passing mention of how users consider it "fraud" should be done, given that's the common consensus.
DigiSpaceProductions (talk) 02:41, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DigiSpaceProductions: Regardless of the humor of the situation, it is necessary for Wikipedia to remain factual. The provided articles accusing the fish of credit card fraud are being facetious, but I would not object to such descriptions being attributed to them, such as: "IGN, People, and TechSpot described the situation as 'credit card fraud." or something similar.

I also think its unfair to the fish who had no malicious aforethought. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:12, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not "unfair" to the fish, as the fish cannot understand what people are saying it did; you can also commit crimes without the need for mallice/intent.
Also, WP:BLPCRIME applies solely to humans, not animals; also as said: WP:HUMOR

"When a humorous work on a subject has attracted enough attention to be verifiable in reliable sources,
it can be appropriate to reference that work on the page for the subject it is written about."
DigiSpaceProductions (talk) 17:21, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Humor does not excuse us from being factually inaccurate. A fish cannot commit fraud of any kind. The simple truth is that the references were being facetious. I have no idea how one can argue with that. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:24, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What the fish did still is akin to credit card fraud (buying an item and revealing the card number/security on a live stream without the card holders knowledge or consent, also [alledgedly/possibly, i remember reading about it happening after the events of the stream; though i cant find the info at the moment, so i cannot verify] leading to fraud later down the line), and both arguments sound silly; as the whole situation is silly, though the reveal of the credit card number and security code in itself is serious.
Im just suggesting it be hinted towards/referenced, though WP:HUMOR could be applied either way. DigiSpaceProductions (talk) 17:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have included the statement in a way that should include this comparison while still being verifiably true. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:37, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Despre tine

Hi there :) I have nominated the above article for FA. It is the follow-up to "Dragostea din tei" and a short, but worthwhile read. If you have any time, some of your thoughts would be appreciated on its FAC page. Greets; Cartoon network freak (talk) 15:23, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cartoon network freak: this isn't essential for passing FA so I'll just make one minor suggestion: can you possibly change the cover art to a Romanian edition? It's got German text on it, although this doesn't necessarily matter in the end.

Good luck with the rest of the article. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:52, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion! Sadly no CD of the song was released in Romania. Thus why we use the German version. If you see the article as a potential FA, I'd appreciate a brief support on here (or any other input really). Greets; Cartoon network freak (talk) 01:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your amusing picture

In case you hadn't noticed "depths of wikipedia" on BlueSky has noticed the "literal depiction" (after a mere week). I suspect some killjoy will now take a scalpel to it. David Brooks (talk) 03:59, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft:Recession indicators in popular culture

I am still interested in this draft, and am actively contributing to it to ensure it doesn't get deleted.

Thoughts on some of my latest progress?

Should the article be titled Recession indicator, Recession indicators, or Recession indicators in popular culture, in your opinion? I'm leaning towards Recession indicator personally. w.i.k.i.w.a.r.r.i.o.r9919 17:06, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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