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User talk:Byteflush

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DYK for James I. Hopkins Jr.

On 10 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James I. Hopkins Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James I. Hopkins Jr., who signed the order to bomb Hiroshima, mysteriously disappeared without a trace? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James I. Hopkins, Jr.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James I. Hopkins Jr.), 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
Your hook reached 37,318 views (1,554.9 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2026 – nice work!
GalliumBot (talkcontribs) (he/it) 03:27, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Great work! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:56, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: Thanks! And thank you for nominating it for DYK. byteflush Talk 04:18, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Bytefish

Thanks for your edits on 1974 Dunedin earthquake. You commented on the one edit "move refs to end of sentence". I saw your edit on the 1974 Dunedin earthquake article. As a friendly neighbor, I just wanted to confirm that you are aware that inline references they should be adjacent to the nearest punctuation, not necessarily at the end of a sentence as per WP:CITEFOOT. This maintains referential locality as it keeps refs "close to the material it supports". Some editors get in the habit of moving all refs to the end of sentences but this can do more harm than good. Jason Quinn (talk) 05:08, 24 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]