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DYK for 2016 Massachusetts Question 3

On 14 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2016 Massachusetts Question 3, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Massachusetts's Question 3 was the first U.S. ballot measure to ban the sale of animal products such as eggs and pork from intensively confined animals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2016 Massachusetts Question 3. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 2016 Massachusetts Question 3), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey, long time, la mia amica!

Hey, 4V! It's very good to see you are still with us on the project after five good years now! I saw your comments at Talk:George Floyd and felt inspired to drop by and say hi. Your perspectives/policy read there suggests to me that you have become precisely the kind of nuanced and insightful editor and community member I always figured you'd be, from your earliest contributions. I hope that comes off as more sincere and flattering rather than patronizing. I just wanted to let you know, one editor to another, that I was impressed with your ability to isolate the relevant policy considerations and render them into an opinion about the best course of action that was both practical and well-written.

I'm thinking back on the timetable and trying to figure out if you are into grad work at this point? Or did you just now finish your undergrad, this last couple of months. Well, regardless where you are in your credentials, I hope some influential Harvard wordsmith didn't tempt you completely into social psychology and away from more consistently empirical pursuits. ;D I'm only having a little partisan fun, of course: whatever you have moved into, I am sure you are doing interesting and useful work. I just hope we get to keep you all the way through your post-doc and beyond! Snow ^{let's rap} 19:20, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Oh sheesh, I should have looked at your user page first: seems I needn't have wondered at all if you'd moved into a practical field. Good on you--I mean, you really found the sweet spot between fascinating and intellectual rewarding subject matter, practical and myriad application, and true moral progress for all of us. Colour me increasingly impressed. Snow ^{let's rap} 19:33, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I completely forgot something I intended to mention: there was a recent discussion at Talk:Dance where a new and very ambitious editor had proposed some rather substantial (but on the whole, I think probably beneficial) changes to the article. They've since seemed to have reconsidered biting off more than they can chew with the undertaking for the present time, from what I can tell--and with my current schedule, I won't be racing to fill that void any time soon--but the topics raised I think will be of interest to you. Snow ^{let's rap} 19:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Removing cow-dog picture (discussion in Speciesism article)

Your opinion is sought here: Talk:Speciesism § Removing cow-dog picture. Rasnaboy (talk) 17:56, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

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