User talk:HKLionel

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Re: Sanae Takaichi leads LDP to victory in 2026 Japanese election

Copied from Talk:Sanae Takaichi leads LDP to victory in 2026 Japanese election...

Please check Who what where when why how (5W and H) - could you please add date to the first paragraph? And whether the election was held online or face to face; how many % of population attended; any other relevant answers to the 5W and H?

Ideally these are answered briefly in the first paragraph; see inverted pyramid; and expanded in more detail in following paragraphs.

Hope this is helpful. I am open to discussion!

Regards, -- Gryllida 21:44, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Answered there, thanks HKLionel TALK 23:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Closing and archiving discussions at DR

Please note that typically, administrators close discussions at WN:DR (this is implied at the top, under the section titled "Admins"). The specific discussion for Wikinews:Deletion requests#Muhammad Qasim Observational case report on late-onset hair regrowth published, medical review invited was not open for the minimum seven days before it was closed and immediately archived. The last post in that discussion was meant to leave space and time for further evaluation of the deletion if warranted.

Thank you for all of the housekeeping work you've been doing recently with archiving similar content. Please be careful to follow policies, guidelines, and norms. When in doubt, a quick post asking if anyone objects to a thread closure is better than quickly closing and archiving off-page.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:39, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

I know, but there were many discussions left open for a long time, and there shouldn't be any issue in me just adding templates to discussions where the outcome had already been determined/enforced. You can see that I left those that weren't alone. Sorry, I had naturally assumed that deletion would be the end of the discussion. At Wikipedia, no deletion discussion would be left open after the page has been deleted, but I suppose there is less rush here. I'll take your advice into mind, thanks! HKLionel TALK 20:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Message about JN election story

"Hi @HKLionel could you please confirm that it is fine to remove these tables for publishing, or confirm that you are comfortable providing the sourcing in the format that @Michael.C.Wright requested (notes which part of source which item is from). I believe providing automatically translated copy of the source to scoopwn-reporters.org is fine too. Do you have time to do this today?" was posted on article talk page, please check it out. Thanks. Gryllida 02:08, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

update: i just removed that material, until the reviewer query is met, it should stay out. unfortunately I am not able to review as i am busy this week and most of next week. personally i would not have required that effort and i would have tried to read that source myself.

update 2: related discussion at Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#Proposed_article_talk_guideline may be helpful i.e., I would be very interested to know your input thanks Gryllida 02:14, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, I believe I've addressed & replied to everything here. HKLionel TALK 01:40, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

streak proposal

Hi, I am proposing to setup w:streak goals over a 12 week period: for example,

• "write one story each two weeks, and babysit it until it is published"

This could be either authoring a completely new article or this could be taking over someone else's article and doing focused editing on it with active collaboration with others until it is published. It is like a day shift as you are expected to remain available 'on call' to address concerns from another user or reviewer.

The aim of this is to build a habit of participation with outbursts of eyeballing the page to collaborate with others -- but not every day, to have breaks and reduce burnout. Could you please check out at this section and let me know what you think? Gryllida 03:15, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Sounds great, thanks! HKLionel TALK 02:05, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Trump article

That article has grown quite stale and you’ve listed it on your User page as well. Any actions planned to freshen up and re-submit?—Bddpaux (talk) 00:21, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm sorry the article failed -- it was a stellar attempt! Back up, take a breath -- and go again. There is PLENTY of news out there.--Bddpaux (talk) 22:43, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Take a look...

....over here at my comment. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/HKLionel#Votes --Bddpaux (talk) 22:41, 6 March 2026 (UTC)