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DateProcessResult
May 31, 2012Good article nomineeNot listed
April 26, 2016Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 2, 2004, May 2, 2005, May 2, 2006, April 21, 2012, and April 21, 2019.


Better picture needed?

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File:Hoaxed photo of the Loch Ness monster.jpg The introductory picture, copied here, is of low quality (out of focus), and quite old (1934!). A better quality and more recent photograph should be provided. Opinions? 2A00:23C6:54D3:DA01:A02F:5E5C:EE34:8258 (talk) 14:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

it is the first. Slatersteven (talk) 14:43, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A good fatih editor removed the picture citing copyright concerns. However the author M. A. Wetherell of the picture died in 1939 (hence any copyright has expired since 2009) according to Wikipedia.[1]. The authorship and copyright information needs to be updated in the file details, but I do not know how to do it. 86.133.224.25 (talk) 06:32, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think something else is going on, besides a "good faith editor's" actions. This article used to have the entire "Surgeon's Photo," but when I look through the history to find it again, They were all replaced by a photo of the Loch Ness Monster Roller Coaster in Virginia. So I wondered if somebody had replaced the original photo with a hoax photo. But the trouble with this is that the roller coaster photo doesn't have a history of an earlier version. (It's called Lochnessmonster.jpg.) So somebody must have deleted the original photo from WikiMedia Commons and put another photo in its place. (I don't know if it's possible to delete a photo from WikiMedia Commons, so I may be all wrong here.)

Anyway, does anyone know where I can find a copy of the full original photo? I believe I know how to fix this if I have the photo.

"fix it"? we do not "Improve" images. Slatersteven (talk) 10:36, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2023

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that a group of Nessies or loch ness monsters is called a choir, as in a choir of Nessies. 12.71.95.250 (talk) 15:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done per WP:V. - LuckyLouie (talk) 15:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2023 Update

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Hello, I am starting an update for 2023 under the "Searches" section to include information about a 90th anniversary hi tech search done in late August 2023. IntegrityForever (talk) 19:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Bear in mind Facebook pages, tweets, blog posts, Youtube videos, and the Loch Ness Exploration website, and The New York Post and similar tabloids are not reliable WP:FRIND sources for an update. However Deutsche Welle would be a good source. As for the WP:SENSATIONAL claims of a 'new sighting', this may be most helpful. - LuckyLouie (talk) 20:15, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. IntegrityForever (talk) 21:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good job, nice summary. - LuckyLouie (talk) 21:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! IntegrityForever (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how long does loch ness monster live 138.75.45.157 (talk) 05:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ask an RS, Slatersteven (talk) 10:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MOve

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Why was this moved (and protected) without discusion< Slatersteven (talk) 18:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax page is questionable

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The picture is listed as being "known to be a hoax," but when I looked up the article cited, it comes from a self-published website that specializes in sensational content. He gives no citations and there is no way to verify that it is a hoax. If the picture is truly a hoax, there should be a more reliable source to demonstrate that. Mfolkers2000 (talk) 05:20, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the discussion that happened above. Here is the link. Lorstaking (talk) 05:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]