User talk:1brianm7

ITN recognition for Isiah Whitlock Jr.

On 5 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Isiah Whitlock Jr., which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 14:54, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

1brianm7, Thanks for your work on this. I didn’t quite have a chance to review your revisions before it was posted, but the article is much-improved! Cheers. Flip^andFlopped ㋡ 02:20, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Unterrified Democrat

On 7 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Unterrified Democrat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Unterrified Democrat was owned by a Republican? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Unterrified Democrat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Unterrified Democrat), 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.

Epicgenius (talk) 00:03, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Takanashi Kiara

On 26 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Takanashi Kiara, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it rained pineapples during a Takanashi Kiara performance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Takanashi Kiara. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Takanashi Kiara), 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.

UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 00:03, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

It's hopefully a good sign that the subject-matter expert seems inclined to click through. 1brianm7 (talk) 01:14, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Checking in

Hey 1brianm7, I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing as that was quite a passionate response you made at WT:DYK earlier. I stand with you that what happened at DYK today should not have happened. I'm thankful I noticed it when I did because if it wasn't for the fact that I am also a fan of Kiara then I probably wouldn't have. I hope you didn't mind what I said in my beginning statement about me wanting to nominate the article in the future. It wasn't my intention to steal this from you.

For context, a couple of months ago, I was working on a Kiara article too and got a decent ways through it in a userpage of mine. However, because I have other priorities (on-site and IRL) and also one of the interviews of hers I couldn't get a hold of to read, I ended up losing steam on the article and went onto do other things, with the hope of being able to revive it in the future. I did have my own DYK hook in mind too. I was a bit disappointed someone got to it before I did but I was still thankful she got one at all and was written by someone who cared to make one for her in the first place. (I also planned on making a Korone article but I haven't started that yet.) I still do plan to do a revamp of Kiara at some point as well. That being said, I hope you are doing well and maybe we can hopefully work on vtuber projects together in the future. All the best, CaptainGalaxy 21:49, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the kind words. None of my anger is directed at you. I would be very willing to work on a Vtuber project with you at some point in the future. Sorry for grabbing it (somebody doing that with an article of mine is a huge fear, though that is luckily much less likely for a random member of the California Senate who died in 1908).

I would say more but I am really stressed out right now about this whole thing and am probably going to shut off of wiki for the day. Thank you 1brianm7 (talk) 22:11, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Asking for permission

Hello again, 1brianm7. I hope you are feeling better today. I saw you have re-opened the Kiara DYK and was wondering if I could add an ALT hook with your permission? Even if the re-nomination gets shot down, I would like to at least help you in your case. All the best, CaptainGalaxy 21:32, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. That would be completely fine with me. I remembered after reopening the nom that you had mentioned you had hook ideas and intended to send a talk page message, but I forgot. Cheers. 1brianm7 (talk) 21:46, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the permission, I have gone ahead and added the hook. In addition I have improved the section that involved the hook on the article from the draft I made. Hope you like it, CaptainGalaxy 21:58, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Inugami Korone

On 15 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inugami Korone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Inugami Korone's catchphrase "yubi yubi" calls for her fans to cut off their fingers and give them to her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inugami Korone. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Inugami Korone), 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.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:03, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for William Q. MacLean Jr.

On 22 February 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article William Q. MacLean Jr., 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. Spencer^T•C 23:48, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Shorty Gallagher

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DYK for Takanashi Kiara

On 28 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Takanashi Kiara, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the VTuber Takanashi Kiara has attempted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest multiple times? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Takanashi Kiara. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Takanashi Kiara), 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.

—TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 12:03, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Shorty Gallagher

On 16 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shorty Gallagher, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that there was a decades-long search for a photograph of Shorty Gallagher (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shorty Gallagher. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shorty Gallagher), 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.

		Hook update
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Launchballer 00:02, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Great article and hook! ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 15:07, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! 1brianm7 (talk) 18:49, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

One of the best stories I've seen at DYK in a while, in my opinion (probably because I also put way too much effort into finding information on one- or two-game sportspeople, although not anywhere near as much effort as that guy did). Thanks for writing it. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! In the past, I've spent a few months trying to find info on obscure persons, and the satisfaction I felt after finding a drawing of a person made 25 years before their first photo was immense. I can't imagine how it feels after 30 years. 1brianm7 (talk) 23:52, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Great job on the hook and article! It really did draw me in to reading the article :) RossEvans19 (talk) 16:01, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! 1brianm7 (talk) 17:42, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For fixes and additions to Neuro-sama. "Oh boy, it's something" was certainly one of the more accurate edit summaries of all time. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 03:24, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Yeah... that journal article, it really is something. It's very gratifying to see the article improved so much (and for the recognition!), and it's only gonna get better. I mean, I've been working on it for not four months, and putting aside that I'm not at all done, in that time 5 of the 8 academic papers that mention Neuro substantially have been published. 1brianm7 (talk) 05:48, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I saw your additions to Neuro-sama on my watchlist and couldn't help but stop by. Also checked out your user page, and I do have to agree with you, the American Politics to Vtuber pipeline is indeed real.

fanfanboy (block_talk) 18:01, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the Wikilove and kittens! The pipeline is everflowing. 1brianm7 (talk) 20:59, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

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Nomination of Friends of Democracy (disambiguation) for deletion

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FULBERT (talk) 23:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ninomae Ina'nis

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DYK for Ninomae Ina'nis

On 20 May 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ninomae Ina'nis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that fans of Ninomae Ina'nis bought a billboard in Times Square to celebrate her "birthday"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ninomae Ina'nis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ninomae Ina'nis), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2026 May#Persecution of transgender people under the second Trump administration

Hi, there is a move review underway relevant to a discussion you were recently involved in. Link above. Thanks. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 19:40, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your hard work

Thank you for the work you've put into the Hololive members in the english language! I have translated over some of your written content into the romanian wikipedia articles for the same ones and it has been a tremendous help! That's all I have to say, have a great day or night! ≽(•⩊ •マ≼ Melonoone (talk) 22:29, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I had gotten some Wikidata notifications about pages being connected with Ro.wiki versions in the past, and it was interesting to see how much coverage of Hololive members there is over there. Nice work! It's interesting to see how our work has sometimes coincided. You made ro:Inugami Korone five days before I made en:Inugami Korone and you made ro:Juufuutei Raden three days before I made en:Juufuutei Raden. 1brianm7 (talk) 23:13, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

At this format I'm doing the things in order, Been doing it since like November 2025. I also made some custom templates like this or that since in my opinion most infoboxes on the romanian wiki are a bit outdated from a stylistic point of view (then again I will have to have a discussion with the fellows that do edit the red lock formats one day...)

I also wonder why on enwiki and usually only on there the picture in the infobox is like over 1/3 of the page width when in most other lang versions its like 1/4 or technicalities like that (this has been the case for pages of any person in general, is it a standard over here?). The one biggest struggle is copyrighted material. Like for instance I tried to make a discography list table and have the cover on a column at the discography section, but Ive been wrist-slapped for it in the past, so I'm stuck to using colours and gradients (for the most part).

Well either way it's a bit more lively over here at the english wikipedia than at the romanian wikipedia. I have noticed you guys really cover everything (partly due to a convergence of english being internationally spoken and I'm pretty sure more used in my own country than the local version as well).

See you at the next occasion to chat! Melonoone (talk) 10:06, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Tom Pritchard (restaurateur)

On 12 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tom Pritchard (restaurateur), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that fried chicken was popularized in the Philippines by a Filipino born in Grenada who sometimes pretended to be African-American? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Pritchard (restaurateur). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tom Pritchard (restaurateur)), 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.

Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 00:02, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for Mint Fantôme

On 16 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mint Fantôme, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mint Fantôme once hosted a "Spit and Greet" at a convention? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mint Fantôme. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mint Fantôme), 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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A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Love to see the work continue on, "Mr. Who the Hell is Webb?". Saw the article for Leon Milton Birkhead because you linked Samuel S. Mayerberg! and wow Birkhead was reared in the same county I live in. Crazy coincidences. Thanks for your incredible work to the Wik'. Roast (talk) 02:56, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words! I believe I had first learned of Mayerberg a few months ago while researching Birkhead and sent over a "thank" when I came upon the article you wrote on him. I believe the two men met a few more times, working together on fighting the sex questionnaire and probably against the Pendergast machine. 1brianm7 (talk) 23:34, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Leon Milton Birkhead

On 3 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leon Milton Birkhead, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, after doctors told him he had a year to live, Leon Milton Birkhead went into debt to visit Nazi Germany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leon Milton Birkhead. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Leon Milton Birkhead), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

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AfD

I'm extremely unhappy with how you went about !voting at the Sonya Lutter AfD. You wrote a backhanded comment, pinging me, as rationale for your !keep. I can't begin to think why you thought this would be taken well. Now, another editor has joined and added to the framing that my comment (from 8 months ago!) is "baffling" and a "deep misunderstanding". You are not a new editor and your talk page history shows somebody who is obviously a good editor. I invite you to strike your comment (sarcasm or not) and write a proper rationale for keeping the article. One that doesn't attempt to discredit another editor in the process. 11WB (talk) 13:45, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I am providing the opportunity for a WP:MUTUAL withdrawal here. Whether you intended to offend or not is irrelevant now, as this only serves to disrupt the AfD. I'm willing to draw a line under this for the sake of civility. 11WB (talk) 13:48, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I apologize. That was not how I intended my comment to be read. I read your !vote and considered it to be the best researched and most thorough look at the article and its subject. Ergo, the best vote. That you came down on the other side of the article's notability is irrelevant. Disagreements on notability criteria happen every day and what matters is that we act in good faith and try and write an encyclopedia. Your !vote was the most thorough look at the article. The only disagreement I identified with it is that NPROF says if somebody meets one criteria they are notable, but you said they met some criteria and !voted delete. I assumed that you had assumed NPROF works like most other SNG's in that meeting one criteria only mean a likelihood of notability when, for NPROF, it means notability. It was not intended as a slight against you. Reading your comment again, I am not sure that I correctly read your rationale. Apologies. I'll strike when I am at my computer. 1brianm7 (talk) 17:37, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate this, thank you. Sometimes I do overreact. This looked like... well I don't even know. It was JoelleJay's reply that tipped it over the edge for me, as at that point it went from only yourself disagreeing (which is perfectly acceptable I'll add), to another editor deciding to rip down an old comment for their own rationale. Had I known this would result some time later, I likely wouldn't have bothered. Academics is an area I don't usually participate in.

Thank you for the apology. As it was not my intention to !vote, I am going to strike it. I only did so due to the ping. Please feel free to ignore my reply from this morning. That was an emotional reply, and was not appropriate for AfD. If it hasn't been replied to, I will remove it entirely. 11WB (talk) 18:07, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

WP:GARC: Invitation to review Rosa (sea otter)

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Your nomination of A Tale of Two Nations is under review

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An otter for you!

An otter for you!

I've been following the Rosa article over the past few weeks, and I gotta say I'm really impressed by how thoroughly you reviewed it for the GAN! I learned a lot from the GAN, especially about including timestamps for video citations and splitting the reflist for primary and tertiary sources. I'm not that great at grammar and MOS, so there's a lot of stuff that I missed in my peer review for that article. Many thanks for catching those! Nrco0e (talk • contribs) 06:44, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words! I credit my stalking of FAC noms with building the grammar and MOS skills, because it was not at all natural (look at my first edit... ooof). I'm very happy at the miraculous luck that the first article I reviewed at GAN, from random assignment, was Rosa, who I'd been familiar with since Doug posted his first charity stream nearly seven years ago. 1brianm7 (talk) 07:01, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Invitation to share your Good Article review experience

Thankyou 1brianm7 for completing the GA review for Rosa, it is greatly appreciated. At the moment, we're asking new reviewers to share their experience with the process, so we can see how it can be improved and made more welcoming. We'd welcome any thoughts you can share in the survey here. Whonting (talk) 08:21, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I have done the survey, leaving a suggestion. 1brianm7 (talk) 18:12, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Very helpful, thanks. I'm excited to bring this to WT:GA, think it can form the basis for some real improvements to the process, and I'm glad to hear you're probably going to keep reviewing. Whonting (talk) 23:50, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Juufuutei Raden

On 29 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Juufuutei Raden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the curator of one museum said that an advertisement for VTuber Juufuutei Raden increased visitors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Juufuutei Raden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Juufuutei Raden), 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.

Sennecaster (Chat) 01:34, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Good article nominations RfC

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By the end of September, all the proposals will have been closed by an uninvolved editor, either as a consensus for one of the options or with no consensus. At this point, editors will be invited again to develop these proposals into coherent policy and implement them.

Thank you for your contributions to the good articles project, and I look forward to your input! (in solidarity), JacobTheRox^{(talk|contributions)} 16:02, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for HoloX Meeting

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Launchballer 12:02, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for A Tale of Two Nations

On 14 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Tale of Two Nations, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that scholars debate whether A Tale of Two Nations was not at all, mildly, or distinctly antisemitic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Tale of Two Nations. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (A Tale of Two Nations), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 02:23, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Incredible DYK, haha. Panini! • 🥪 06:37, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Realizing I was going to write that plot summary was one of the more amusing moments I've had on Wikipedia. 1brianm7 (talk) 07:08, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

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Regarding Mint Fantôme

Hi 1brianm7.

Regarding Mint Fantôme, you're right when reverting the re-categorization performed by me, since she is not actually Japanese. However, there are few social media she has an account (namely YouTube and X), that mention the respective accouns are based in the US. Also, the Business Insider report mentions she lived in the US. So, do you thing that are enough proof to claim she is American, therefore, being able to re-categorised into Category:American VTubers? Please answer ath the talk page of the subject, since I've opened a thread there. Thanks in advance. Amitie 10g (talk) 20:54, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi Amitie 10g. Thanks for the work you are doing on recategorizing VTubers. I am guessing that it took you about 6 minutes to write this response, since I responded there 6 minutes ago :) Hope you have a good day! 1brianm7 (talk) 20:55, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for Blue Journey

On 28 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blue Journey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Blue Journey was a short-lived VTuber music group known for its moody material? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blue Journey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Blue Journey), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted (90-day trial period)

Hi 1brianm7, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:

• Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
• If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
• If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:41, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

Top Guns

I think a disambiguation page is the best solution. You're probably right that somebody entering this phrase in the search box is more than likely looking for the movie franchise on the basis of popularity, but I think there should be a way for them to find the TV show given that the name is an exact match. There's also Top Guns: The Next Generation, which is a current TV show. –CWenger (^ • @) 16:46, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

That's fair. I've converted it to a disambig, with some other terms I've found. I didn't see a mention of the current TV show on wiki, but it should be added if one is founded. 1brianm7 (talk) 18:24, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I added an entry for it. –CWenger (^ • @) 18:36, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Review request: an article about a theory of thinking and learning

Hi @1brianm7:

Would you please take a look at this page Commognition if you got some spare time and review it?

PS: I know that the current backlog of new articles to be reviewed is huge.

Thank you. RetiredResearchKing123 (talk) 10:20, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Hololive restructuring

As you may have seen, Hololive English, Hololive Indonesia, and Hololive DEV_IS are all being merged with the main Hololive branch, and will no longer exist as separate things. Since you're the number-one editor of Hololive content here on enwiki, I figured I'd ask you what should be done in the talents' articles with regard to this. Thanks, QuicoleJR (talk|edits) 17:26, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I have a reputation, the horror! Thanks for coming by QuicoleJR, hope you are doing well. Perhaps this should be a thread on Hololive Production, for higher visibility. I have been thinking on this a bit since I saw the announcement. My immediate impression is that the way I phrased it in Ina and Kiara's articles is still fine: "She debuted as part of Hololive English's first generation "Myth" on September 12/13, 2020." I don't think the lede phrasing needs to be changed in that instance, since being part of the first English branch is definitely significant. Perhaps a note or sentence in the body saying "Since 2026, so and so", and perhaps changing the other Myth articles to that if need be. For the JP talents, from looking at how I wrote Okayu and Korone, I don't think anything needs to be changed, since units like Hololive Gamers and such still exist. That may be true for other JP talents, and if not perhaps the easiest change is to phrase it the same as I have on those articles. Will have to think more on what to do with DEV_IS, kinda glad I wrote Kanade and Hajime before this announcement so I didn't have to puzzle it out after the fact. For Template:Hololive, not really sure but perhaps moving the organization to debut date. So, instead of Hololive, Hololive English, and Hololive DEV_IS, we have 2017-2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-present, which has the advantage of maintaining the format we have now (except for Chloe, and on that note I have no clue what to do with graduated/Ame-type members). I am fairly sure that at least Real Sound will report on this, so we won't be flying blind with primary sources. 1brianm7 (talk) 18:07, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

The following is in response to a question QuicoleJR made at Template talk:Hololive Production#So it goes, and my response got sufficiently off-topic that I just decided to put it here. The question was in response to them asking why when I said this: "A bunch of the holomems without articles meet some of the WP:NSINGER criteria, but I'm personally not at the point where I'd make articles on that basis."

Hi QuicoleJR, there's a bunch of reasons and I don't think any of them are particularly good. So the first is that, until recently, my understanding of notability criterion was not great. It is my estimation that I learned about GNG at some point between April and November 2025 (I published my first article in March 2025 and started editing about VTubers in December). Until some point in July 2026, my understanding of SNGs was particularly deletionist, not out of any ideological motivation just out of a misunderstanding of consensus. Essentially, I believed that the SNGs (besides NPOL, NPROF, and NPLACE) were to help out people going "This stub is bad and does not have sufficient sources to prove notability. I'd nominate it for deletion but it meets multiple SNG criteria so let's not mess up my track record and someone is going to find sources and the article will be kept." At this moment, I don't really think that's true, going "professors or politicians are the only people who are notable by virtue of their own accomplishments and not secondary coverage of others, no matter the success the SNGs indicate for another person, it is irrelevant, they need secondary sources" just sounds dumb.

Writing a Wikipedia article takes time that I could theoretically procrastinate or waste in other ways, and so I only do so if I think that it's unlikely to be AfDed. AFC accepts articles that are 51% likely to be kept over deleted, but my personal estimation of acceptability of deletion risk is probably lower. I think I'm probably too conservative in that calculation, especially since my two thinnest articles have been put under scrutiny by editors who habitually start AfDs, but none did so. At the end of the day, if I write a perfect article based solely on NSINGER, it will only likely be kept, not presumably as in GNG. The SNGS have in the past informed me on if I should start articles based on GNG or NBASIC, as thin passes of those with a strong pass of SNG makes me feel it will likely be kept.

So, with all of that context, I think my last reply essentially boils down to "I haven't done it yet". I don't think it is indicative of whether I will take any future action. The likeliest articles that I am to make based on NSINGER are probably Subaru, AZKi, Koyori, Lamy, and then IRyS, Hakos Baelz, and Fuwamoco (probably, unless I get impatient and have some time to kill, waiting until the late 2026/early 2027 albums from the last four release). Also just noting for the record that my comments on which are notable is probably wrong since I had forgotten to search Chinese sources, which opens up a whole new can of worms on whether a source is reliable and has significant coverage. 1brianm7 (talk) 05:51, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Hololive Dreams

On 8 September 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hololive Dreams, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that characters in Hololive Dreams are sometimes knocked unconscious by falling apples? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hololive Dreams. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Hololive Dreams), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:09, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Nekomata Okayu

On 11 September 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nekomata Okayu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that VTuber Nekomata Okayu stars in two romantic visual novels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nekomata Okayu. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Nekomata Okayu), 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.

EggRoll97 ^(talk) 00:03, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Kazuo Ueda (linguist)

On 20 September 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kazuo Ueda (linguist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kazuo Ueda pats his Japanese–Yiddish dictionary before going to bed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kazuo Ueda (linguist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Kazuo Ueda (linguist)), 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.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:04, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Tom Pritchard (restaurateur) is under review

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Your nomination of Juufuutei Raden is under review

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Your nomination of Tom Pritchard (restaurateur) has passed

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September 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition of 1brianm7 for accumulating at least 25 points in the September 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14549 articles and 3163 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! Max (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

September 2026 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

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		This award is given in recognition of 1brianm7 for accumulating at least 7 points during each week of the September 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14549 articles and 3163 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! Max (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Nice start!

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Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 08:09, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

John Smith

I note your revert of my edit on John Smith &/or John Smith (disambiguation). I am not sure how to resolve this issue as I have not seen it before, so have put a request for help at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation pages with links#John Smith and John Smith (disambiguation).— Rod ^talk 14:45, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Cool. I was also not sure how to resolve it and so, when I did it, I sent out a message at WT:WikiProject Disambiguation#John_Smith (disambiguation). It was not responded to. I'll leave a comment at your discussion. 1brianm7 (talk) 18:46, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents § Advertising on Wikipedia's main page with LLM content

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents § Advertising on Wikipedia's main page with LLM content. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 13:43, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:List of VTubers

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DYK for Todoroki Hajime

On 26 October 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Todoroki Hajime, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Todoroki Hajime's viral song "Konkokonkonkonkonkonkon" derives from a noise that she made while playing a horror game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Todoroki Hajime. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Todoroki Hajime), 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.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:03, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Otonose Kanade

On 27 October 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Otonose Kanade, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Otonose Kanade sang one song 100 times during a 6-hour 48-minute livestream? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Otonose Kanade. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Otonose Kanade), 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.

Zzz plant (talk) 00:02, 27 October 2026 (UTC)