User talk:JDowning

Refuge (ecology) has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, JDowning. Refuge (ecology), an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 12:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Refuge (ecology)

On 26 December 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Refuge (ecology), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the largest animal migration by biomass is the daily movement upwards from their refuge in the deep sea undertaken by vast numbers of organisms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Refuge (ecology). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Refuge (ecology)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 00:02, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LEAD / WP:MEDMOS

Typically we keep the lead to four paragraphs and have it follow the body of the article. Has thus adjusted the layout. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:59, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MEDMRS

Editorials per the above are generally insufficient sources and would not be used to refute the CDC. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:01, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Abandoned footwear for deletion

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