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	== Administrators' newsletter – October 2022 ==

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	] from the past month (September 2022).

			This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as ] for 8 May 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at ], or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at ]. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by ], who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist ] from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! ] (]) 22:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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			=== Always precious ===
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			Ten years ago, ] were found precious. That's what you are, always. - Congratulations to the latest FA, a woman's biography! --] (]) 06:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

			Thank you today for ], "about one of the earliest woman naturalists in England, a notable collector of specimens who corresponded with Linnaeus and Pennant, among others."! --] (]) 05:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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			: Today's TFA, ], was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --] (]) 14:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

			] mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --] (]) 14:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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			== WikiCup 2024 April newsletter ==
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			We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

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			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Sammi Brie}} with 642 points, mostly from 11 ]s about radio and television;
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			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Tamzin}} with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink ] and three GAs;
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Kusma}} with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist ] and a GA.

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			== Intervention request by an Administrator, please ==

			Hi, @Kusma . I'm contacting you after visiting and . I'm having a problem with users @TylerBurden (abusing his Misplaced Pages rights) and @Borgenland, who are deleting my editions in the conflictive page ]. Specifically, they're deleting a properly sourced edition by me, with a highly relevant deposition by NATO's supreme commander on April 10, and Then, @Tylerburden also came to my talk page to , and has also erased the content in the main page about the war ], . Sorry for bothering you, but I'd need help to learn how to proceed. Best regards, ] (]) 18:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

			:I had explained to them in my edit summary as to why and have made a more detailed explanation in their talk page, but instead complainant above has made wild accusations and bad faith assumptions. ] (]) 18:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
			:This does not appear to be an admin matter at this point. Not everything that is sourced must be included. If you wish to explain why you think the content should be included, the best place is on the relevant talk page. —] (]) 19:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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			The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

			The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
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			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (] and ]) and three good articles.

			The full scores for Round 2 can be seen ]. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 ] credits and at least 200 ] credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to ] and ].

			Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ].

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	:Congratulations on getting it on the Main Page! I haven't had much time to write recently (too busy in my real life job) but I hope to be back at DYK and GAN soon. I have ] at FAC, which is keeping me busy enough at the moment. Happy editing, —] (]) 16:03, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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	:No. @], you can see the reason in the . The page deletion had nothing to do with who the person is. I deleted the page because it was too close to a copy / paraphrase of a copyright protected page, so the content was a ] and could not be used on Misplaced Pages, where content needs to be under a Creative Commons license. —] (]) 22:37, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

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			I was going to wait to bestow this upon you until after the GA review was complete, but you once again pulling through with a knotty paragraph, coupled with me having added your idea to the History section and it looking particularly snazzy makes me pull the WikiLove trigger now. I know I've said it a lot, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring, helping me write the very best version of an article I care a lot about, and being nothing but a role model for my improvement as an editor. ]] 00:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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			:非常感謝！ Currently it is a bit more like a really thorough peer review than like a usual GA review, but whatever it is, I think it seems to be improving the article. I hope to get through this bit of the source review over the weekend so I can look at your overall changes (and then take stock how much still needs to be done). —] (]) 21:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello @], thank you for leaving a comment on ] for ]. I was wondering if you would be interested in supporting the nomination? ] (]) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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			Thank you for removing the speedy on ]; would it be possible for you to also restore ]? I need multiple pages to fully test functionality. ] (]) 13:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

			:@]: sure, I only deleted that one because you had re-added the {{tl\|db-g2}} tag. —] (]) 13:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
			::Thank you - I re-added it after remembering that the creator of a page wasn't supposed to remove the tag. ] (]) 15:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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			I use as a guide. You are correct that our instructions are contradictory and unclear. Nikki said to discuss it on the page but my experience is policy discussions rarely go anywhere on WP. Hope all is well with you and that this helps. ] (]) 17:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

			:Thank you, this looks much better than our guide. I guess what we need is someone who rewrites our guide, not a long discussion on what colour the bikeshed should be. —] (]) 18:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
			::My thoughts exactly. If someone starts a discussion over there, I'll put in an appearance, but not likely to stick around if it is beating a dead horse. We really should fix the guide, but my experiences tell me it isn't likely. ] (]) 22:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
			:::I have added a link to your guide and started a discussion section at that page, but as I am not volunteering to do the rewrite (having no real clue about accessibility, I can offer only goodwill, not expertise) this may lead to nothing. —] (]) 09:07, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
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			== Greeting from Gother.com ==

			Hi Kusma,

			I'm Sun from Gother.com, we are the online travel agency platform which operates in Thailand for a few years, and also we are partner with the large financial institutions in Thailand, you can get more detail about me from these news https://www.phocuswire.com/thailand-ota-traveligo-gets-25m-rebrands-to-gother and https://skift.com/2023/11/03/gother-raises-25-million-for-asian-online-travel-agency-startup-funding-roundup/. By the way, could you please let me know how can I revise the page to be passed the review before I submitted again. ] (]) 10:08, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

			:@], please do not write about your own company. If you do, you need to follow everything said at ]; Misplaced Pages is not a platform for advertising or promotion. —] (]) 10:51, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
			::@] I understand your point, however let me clarify my intention a bit. My intention is not to advertise the company(I already advertise it in other platforms) but to give the information like who are we and what do we do, to people who is interested in the company, it's the same case as Traveloka or Agoda do. I'm very new for the Misplaced Pages so I would very appreciate if you suggest me how to revise content to be acceptable as the policy. ] (]) 04:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
			:::Statements like "The heart of Gother's branding is encapsulated in the concept Open-Ended Destination with Gother, the platform where travel means more than just destinations" are clearly advertising (and empty phrases). As at ], a Misplaced Pages article is written using ], independent secondary sources (which must include any important negative content as per ]). To qualify for an article, the sourcing must be good enough to pass the ]. —] (]) 10:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
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	I am looking for a journal article, which seems like it would be German, but I don't know the name of it in German. The article was written by Varia Kipiani, probably in 1905 or 1906. newspaper article reported in 1907 that Kipiani's article appeared in the ''Walbaum Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie''. World cat shows only "L'ergographie du sucre" (1905) but the description and of that French article seems to be a discussion of the sugar crash, and not a comparison of cane sugar and fructose. After your detective work on Foote, I wondered if you might be able to assist me in finding this. If you are too busy, or uninterested, no worries. ] (]) 22:20, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
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	:@], I am pretty busy but I really like doing this kind of research, so I went right ahead. The title is "Der Kraftwert des Zuckers", and makes it look likely that it is on page 674 of Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, Volume 30, Part 1 (1906). Searching through German library catalogues makes me think this volume hasn't been digitised yet, so you probably need to ask at ] if you want a copy (it is reasonably widely available, for example in the Bavarian State library in Munich: ). If you manage to get hold of it and need help reading/translating, just let me know. (I haven't yet managed to figure out what "Walbaum" is in this context, but it is easier to find without that bit). —] (]) 23:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
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	::Nope, I'm wrong. I think the thing in ''Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie'' is also only a review/short form, and not written by Kipiani (but that may be helpful as a somewhat secondary source). Looking at , the original seems to have appeared (probably under its French title?? in "Ann . de la soc . roy . des sciences méd . et nat . de Bruxelles Bd . XIV . Hft . 1.", so ''Annales de la société royale des sciences médicales et naturelles de Bruxelles'', vol. 14, issue 1. Let me know if you get anywhere with this information, I'm curious to hear more. —] (]) 23:24, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
	::Thank you so much, I really appreciate the help. Let me see if there is any avenue for me to obtain. Probably RE, unless I can find anything at archive.org or Hathitrust or figure out the Belgian archives, which so far have eluded me. I am happy to know that you enjoy the hunt, it's my favorite part too. I'm sure I'll be back asking questions as my knowledge of German is that I can count to 100. If I find something, I'm happy to let you know. ] (]) 13:55, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::Okay, well that was too easy. The google link says snippet view, but it isn't. If you click on it, it is full access. What I would normally do at this point it type out the page and run it through multiple translation machines, but if you are willing, I would appreciate your help in translating it. If it's a review of her work, so much the better. She's been on my to do list for 3 years and this is the first time that I am actually finding sufficient digitized sources to write her. ] (]) 14:07, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	::::@], it is snippet view only for me, even if I pretend to be elsewhere :( Can you send me a screenshot? I'll wikimail you in a second. Then I'll check it out and if it is worth translating, I'll send you a translation. —] (]) 15:49, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::I've sent it. ] (]) 16:09, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::: What I cannot figure out is if she did a series of studies on how sugar impacts muscles and fatigue. It seems like that is the case, but I am not sure at this point. Would that I were a polyglot and had easy access to Belgian sources, but alas... ] (]) 16:34, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::::Yes, it is something like that, with special focus on fatigue during childbirth. I need to do a few urgent other things now, but I should be able to send you a full translation within the next 24 hours. —] (]) 16:40, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::::: Absolutely no rush. I've been mulling her for three years, so there is no urgency at all. I am very appreciative of your help. ] (]) 16:53, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::::::The article was short enough that I could do it during a short break I had today, see your email. —] (]) 11:53, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
	:::::::After seeing your edit summary, I finally understand your question. It is one paper reporting on a series of experiments. Full translation to follow (but perhaps not today). —] (]) 08:39, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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	First, hi! I wanted to say thanks so much for taking on the article, it's been a pet project of mine for a while. I was very happy to see the review got taken up so quickly, especially by someone with background knowledge. I don't want to drop off the radar — I'm going to try to implement fixes you point out this month. I think I mentioned on the page that I sort of got hit with a bunch of real world life stuff (in a good way!), which I wasn't anticipating when I submitted the review. Just wanted to let you know, and again, thanks so much :) <span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 7px;background:#ffedd1">]<span style="color:#000000"></span></span>(], ]) 19:25, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Generalissima}} with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 ] on ], 11 ], 18 ] nominations, and dozens of reviews;
	:@], no need to rush, it is fine if it takes another week or two. I am currently also unable to put in as much wikitime as I'd like, although I hope it will get better next week. (This is why I haven't taken on the task of diving more properly into your impressive selection of sources yet!) —] (]) 21:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Skyshifter}} with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on ] and ], 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
	::Well, it's taking a bit longer than anticipated. Just wanted to say a) I'm still alive and b) thanks for your patience and thoughtful feedback so far. This will hopefully be my first ever GA, and it was quite the behemoth, as you can probably tell (and still I feel like I only covered a fraction of what I wanted, haha) <span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 7px;background:#ffedd1">]<span style="color:#000000"></span></span>(], ]) 03:21, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Sammi Brie}} with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
	:::@], no worries. It is a tough topic for a first GA, and I know it can be hard to find time to really concentrate on this type of work. I would appreciate it if we could wrap this up before I have forgotten everything I thought during the review, though, so please don't leave it until next year to come back to this. —] (]) 09:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|AryKun}} with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], with a high number of bonus points from that article.

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			:::I didn't know we had an article on the Grand Tour! I wrote about the Mozarts' visit to the British Museum at ] a while ago. —] (]) 11:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::: Interesting! - My ] is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about ], opera by ], while ] was - because of the TFA - about ], opera by ], - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --] (]) 12:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::: ] is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially ], yesterday's was ], and on Thursday ]. (DYK nom open for hook suggestion or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --] (]) 11:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello. A few months ago you recently removed my entry to put Erich Kahler as a topologist in a teaching position when Hitler came to power. I concede it was not in the source given, and as such did not belong there. However, Kahler invented his namesake manifold, and manifolds are a major topic of topology. In addition, he was involved in differential geometry, which is closely related to topology. I am no longer interested in modifying the article in question but what is your reasoning for declaring him as not a topologist? I am genuinely curious. Thank you. ] (]) 18:46, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

			:@], my main reason for removing Kähler was that he was not mentioned in the source cited. In my view, Kähler is not a topologist, but a mathematical physicist and differential geometer, so does not belong in the list (not every geometer is a topologist even if the subjects are related). At least not without additional reliable sources. —] (]) 19:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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	Hi Kusma,
	Just puzzling something over, not disputing anything. I saw you blocked FA for having more than 20 AFC requests open. Could you explain how I can see how many AFC requests someone has open? Is this something you read off a page somewhere, or did you have to go thru and count them yourself? ] (]) 22:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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			Can I get some kind of understanding on what it takes for a page to be deleted? I’d like to know why a page about a philanthropist (albeit with a historically similar name) was deleted multiple times. I’m not exactly new to Misplaced Pages, but I’m fairly new to editing so I don’t get things like policies. ] (]) 09:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
	Greetings: We have permission to use the copyright of smobserved.com. New link for that article: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/01/13/news/signature-filing-offers-online-filing-service-to-california-customers/7363.html
	Also, competitors such as Legal Zoom and Biz File Inc have existing wikipedia pages, so it seems fair for www.SignatureFiling.com to also have a page. ] (]) 03:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

	:~~This~~ is ~~about~~ ], ~~which~~ ~~was~~ ~~deleted~~ as ~~advertising~~ in ~~addition~~ to the ~~copyright~~ ~~concerns.~~ If ~~you~~ ~~want~~ to ~~submit~~ a ~~new~~ ~~article~~ ~~that~~ is ~~not~~ ~~advertising,~~ ~~make~~ ~~sure~~ ~~you~~ ~~observe~~ ]. ~~Decisions~~ ~~whether~~ ~~an article about~~ a ~~company~~ ~~should be included in Misplaced Pages are not based on similarity between companies, but on coverage in reliable sources~~. —] (]) 07:12, 16 ~~January~~ ~~2023~~ (UTC)		:There was no substantial change from the version of the article deleted in 2021, with the reasoning elaborated at ]. More substantial coverage of the person in ] to prove ] could lead to a different outcome. —] (]) 10:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
			::Ok ] (]) 10:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
			:User asked the same question, and was answered, at the Ref Desks. See . ] (]) 11:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello! I wonder if you could help ], ] and me to nominate ] for DYK? This French bishop was a powerful collaborator with the Nazis in France during the ] during WWII, proliferating writings to Catholics encouraging collaboration and the Nazis' actions against Jews, communists, etc.

			The article is older than one week, but I hope there is an exception here, because the editor who created the article on 16 September, ], died on 27 September. He had created a ] page for it on 18 September. When ] discovered, a few days ago, that Mémoiredumaquis had died, he did further research to improve the article and asked KJP and me to review and improve it, which we did. The late Mémoiredumaquis hoped that this bishop's deeds would be more widely seen by modern readers, and I agree that this is a very interesting and telling subject, especially to anyone wondering what the Catholic Church was up to during this period in France.

			None of us is familiar with the DYK nomination process, and we wonder if you could nominate the item for us? Any help would be much appreciated. Perhaps the hook could be:
			*"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite ] welcomed Nazi Germany's 1940 invasion of France?"
			*"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite ] collaborated enthusiastically with the ] by Nazi Germany?"

			Thanks for any help or advice! -- ] (]) 22:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

			:Hi @]/@]/@], that's a noble cause and a very interesting article, I had no idea that French collaboration with my deplorable countrymen of 80 years ago extended to senior clergy. From a DYK process point of view: while I can try to ask for an exemption from the newness rule (which could be successful, or not), I would need to be absolutely certain of the sourcing for the hook facts (and sourcing for these facts needs to be provided at nomination time; either with links to an online source or with quotes from an offline source). Generally in the article there are various primary sources and some offline sources that are identical to those of the French version; I would like at least some assurance that these have been checked and ideally that someone can provide additional context if necessary. The Legeard source that is widely used is a ] that needs additional consideration and is probably not going to fly as sourcing for a Main Page hook.
			:An alternative to nominating now and asking for an exemption to the rules would be to first polish the article up to ] status and then to nominate within a week of promotion to GA. I am happy to help with nominating once I am convinced with the sourcing. —] (]) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
			::Kusma, thank you so much for looking into this. Auvity certainly published his hateful writings to influence his French faithful and other French, but those are primary sources. If Legeard will not fly at DYK, then it seems like your Plan B is probably the best option. I don't know if you have any interest in this, but you may want to put up stubs for Auvity and the similarly odious ] on German Misplaced Pages. My own French and German are next to nil, though I like to sing German and French Lieder. -- ] (]) 18:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello, and thanks for blocking User:EuphratesTigris. Turns out it's a sock account (and probably not new), so could you please also hide the racist trolling revision at by EuphratesTigris, and by {{no ping\|GangesBrahmaputra}}? Thanks. ] (]) 12:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

			:@], thank you for reminding me. Done. —] (]) 12:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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			:Interested, yes. I'll see if I can find the time today or tomorrow. (I certainly won't start a review if I can't finish in time for you to claim WikiCup points). At first glance it looks not too difficult to access the sources with TWL? —] (]) 13:58, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
			::Most should be fine on that count; I can also send you copies if you want. ] (]) 16:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. - Congratulations to the latest FA, a woman's biography! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Anna Blackburne, "about one of the earliest woman naturalists in England, a notable collector of specimens who corresponded with Linnaeus and Pennant, among others."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
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SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

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Intervention request by an Administrator, please

Hi, @Kusma . I'm contacting you after visiting and . I'm having a problem with users @TylerBurden (abusing his Misplaced Pages rights) and @Borgenland, who are deleting my editions in the conflictive page Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 December 2023 – present). Specifically, they're deleting a properly sourced edition by me, with a highly relevant deposition by NATO's supreme commander on April 10, here and here. Then, @Tylerburden also came to my talk page to try and intimidate me, and has also erased the content in the main page about the war Russian invasion of Ukraine, here. Sorry for bothering you, but I'd need help to learn how to proceed. Best regards, MaeseLeon (talk) 18:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I had explained to them in my edit summary as to why and have made a more detailed explanation in their talk page, but instead complainant above has made wild accusations and bad faith assumptions. Borgenland (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

This does not appear to be an admin matter at this point. Not everything that is sourced must be included. If you wish to explain why you think the content should be included, the best place is on the relevant talk page. —Kusma (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
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voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

Nyttend

Bureaucrat changes

Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe

Oversight changes

GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins

Hi there! Phase I of the Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Arnold II of Isenburg

The article Arnold II of Isenburg you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Arnold II of Isenburg for comments about the article, and Talk:Arnold II of Isenburg/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Yakikaki -- Yakikaki (talk) 16:23, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

傳維基璽！

The Heirloom Seal of the Wiki

『受命於天既壽永昌』

I was going to wait to bestow this upon you until after the GA review was complete, but you once again pulling through with a knotty paragraph, coupled with me having added your idea to the History section and it looking particularly snazzy makes me pull the WikiLove trigger now. I know I've said it a lot, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring, helping me write the very best version of an article I care a lot about, and being nothing but a role model for my improvement as an editor. Remsense诉 00:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

非常感謝！ Currently it is a bit more like a really thorough peer review than like a usual GA review, but whatever it is, I think it seems to be improving the article. I hope to get through this bit of the source review over the weekend so I can look at your overall changes (and then take stock how much still needs to be done). —Kusma (talk) 21:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Hello @Kusma, thank you for leaving a comment on the FA review for Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. I was wondering if you would be interested in supporting the nomination? Llewee (talk) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Test pages

Thank you for removing the speedy on Misplaced Pages:Move test page 1; would it be possible for you to also restore Misplaced Pages:Move test page 2? I need multiple pages to fully test functionality. BilledMammal (talk) 13:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@BilledMammal: sure, I only deleted that one because you had re-added the {{db-g2}} tag. —Kusma (talk) 13:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you - I re-added it after remembering that the creator of a page wasn't supposed to remove the tag. BilledMammal (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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Alt text

I use this as a guide. You are correct that our instructions are contradictory and unclear. Nikki said to discuss it on the page but my experience is policy discussions rarely go anywhere on WP. Hope all is well with you and that this helps. SusunW (talk) 17:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, this looks much better than our guide. I guess what we need is someone who rewrites our guide, not a long discussion on what colour the bikeshed should be. —Kusma (talk) 18:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly. If someone starts a discussion over there, I'll put in an appearance, but not likely to stick around if it is beating a dead horse. We really should fix the guide, but my experiences tell me it isn't likely. SusunW (talk) 22:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I have added a link to your guide and started a discussion section at that page, but as I am not volunteering to do the rewrite (having no real clue about accessibility, I can offer only goodwill, not expertise) this may lead to nothing. —Kusma (talk) 09:07, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones

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Greeting from Gother.com

Hi Kusma,

I'm Sun from Gother.com, we are the online travel agency platform which operates in Thailand for a few years, and also we are partner with the large financial institutions in Thailand, you can get more detail about me from these news https://www.phocuswire.com/thailand-ota-traveligo-gets-25m-rebrands-to-gother and https://skift.com/2023/11/03/gother-raises-25-million-for-asian-online-travel-agency-startup-funding-roundup/. By the way, could you please let me know how can I revise the page to be passed the review before I submitted again. Saranonk (talk) 10:08, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Saranonk, please do not write about your own company. If you do, you need to follow everything said at Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest; Misplaced Pages is not a platform for advertising or promotion. —Kusma (talk) 10:51, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kusma I understand your point, however let me clarify my intention a bit. My intention is not to advertise the company(I already advertise it in other platforms) but to give the information like who are we and what do we do, to people who is interested in the company, it's the same case as Traveloka or Agoda do. I'm very new for the Misplaced Pages so I would very appreciate if you suggest me how to revise content to be acceptable as the policy. Saranonk (talk) 04:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Statements like "The heart of Gother's branding is encapsulated in the concept Open-Ended Destination with Gother, the platform where travel means more than just destinations" are clearly advertising (and empty phrases). As at Agoda, a Misplaced Pages article is written using reliable, independent secondary sources (which must include any important negative content as per WP:NPOV). To qualify for an article, the sourcing must be good enough to pass the notability guidelines. —Kusma (talk) 10:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Administrator changes

Graham Beards

Bureaucrat changes

Oversight changes

Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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WP:GARC: Invitation to review Michael Dillon

Hello Kusma, You have been paired at good article review circles to review Michael Dillon. At the same time, another user will be reviewing the article you nominated. Please wait 24 hours or until all users have accepted their nomination before starting your review in case a user in your circle decides to decline their invite.

To accept or decline this invitation to review the article, visit WT:GARC/Circles#Circle #3.

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Your GA nomination of Margaret Carroux

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File:Oil portrait of Alexander Buchan, before 1769.png listed for discussion

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Your GA nomination of Margaret Carroux

The article Margaret Carroux you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Margaret Carroux for comments about the article, and Talk:Margaret Carroux/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:44, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Congratulations! - Nice to see Ulf Merbold on the Main page, next to a centenarian (documentation about it by Percy Adlon); Gerhard Klingenberg had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I had not noticed that Merbold was on OTD. Good to see the Klingenberg AFD was closed quickly. —Kusma (talk) 22:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

What do you think about Klingenberg's DYK nom? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Not sure what is best to do. I don't think the story about his stage name is too bad. Another angle to use is perhaps leaving the Berliner Ensemble after the wall was built? —Kusma (talk) 16:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Luise Duttenhofer

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Your GA nomination of Luise Duttenhofer

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Danke Kusma

Danke vielmals, dass du dich für den Artikel Benjamin Schlein eingesetzt hast. Für mich war von Anfang an klar, dass Schlein relevant ist. Ich schreibe hauptsächlich auf der deutschen Misplaced Pages über Mathematik de:Benutzer:Tensorproduct (170 Artikel über Mathematik). Ich hatte am Ende einfach keine Lust mehr, mit Leuten zu schreiben, bei denen ich den Eindruck hatte, sie wollten gar nicht, dass der Artikel veröffentlicht wird. Vor allem habe ich fast 40 Mathematik-Artikel in der englischen Misplaced Pages geschrieben, der User:Ldm1954 hat nicht 1en mathematischen Artikel geschrieben. Er beschäftigt sich ja auch mit Chemie, warum soll er wissen, wer relevant in der Mathematik ist und wer nicht. Danke vielmals für die Hilfe.--Tensorproduct (talk) 21:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Ich verstehe deine Frustration. Leider funktionieren viele Dinge (insbesondere Neuanlage von Artikeln) hier nicht mehr so einfach wie vor 10-15 Jahren, da allgemein sowohl die Qualitätsansprüche als auch das Mißtrauen stark gestiegen sind. Viele Prozesse (gerade der Umgang mit "Draft space" ist da ein Beispiel) sind eher adversarial als kollaborativ. Es gibt natürlich gute Gründe für diese Entwicklung, insbesondere das enorme Vertrauen in die Misplaced Pages, das Außenstehende haben, und die daraus resultierende Macht. —Kusma (talk) 21:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

DYK for Margaret Carroux

On 4 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Carroux, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Margaret Carroux's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Carroux. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Margaret Carroux), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for another good one! - Libuše Domanínská would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA. --

Congrats! Carroux was actually my first new article this year, but I have a few fun projects coming up, so I hope there will be two or three more this month. —Kusma (talk) 13:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know we had an article on the Grand Tour! I wrote about the Mozarts' visit to the British Museum at Andrew Planta a while ago. —Kusma (talk) 11:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Interesting! - My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. (DYK nom open for hook suggestion or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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Sorry to say this so suddenly

Sorry to say this so suddenly, but I am going to have to cancel this GA nomination; I am having a busy week and would like to cancel this to relieve stress. Thanks. Bennett1203 (talk) 02:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Bennett1203, no problem. I have deleted the review page. If you want to cancel the nomination, just remove the {{GA nominee}} from the talk page. —Kusma (talk) 05:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

Administrator changes

Technical news

Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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Not everyone

For User:Kusma/Beware of the Leopard, I thought you might be interested in knowing that 83% of extended-confirmed editors have never posted anything at any Village pump. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, added. I've been wondering whether to add examples where people violated WP:LEOPARD and it all became a big mess, but I am afraid Vogon-shaming could detract from the message. —Kusma (talk) 06:22, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

If you are asking my advice, then I advise against it. There's the risk that someone might decide that this one example wasn't that big of a mess, so they can probably get away with not notifying people/groups expected to object (this is exactly when it will blow up in their faces), or that they'll find counterexamples, in which things were done poorly and didn't become a big mess after all (probably because the proposal was so sensible or so unimportant that nobody would have objected even if they had been notified. What ultimately matters is that the proposal works for people, not that you squeaked it through an official process), and so talk themselves into making the wrong choice for a less obviously acceptable proposal. I think it is better to let them see the principle.

Also, shorter messages are more likely to get read, which is another reason not to add a list of examples. WhatamIdoing (talk) 07:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. My original reason for not making a list was laziness. Now I am going to pretend it was wisdom :) —Kusma (talk) 08:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

A win–win! WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

AfD CSD G

Hi. Why you removed speedy deletion tag? I was wrong probably and violated AfD policy sorry Indiana's Football (talk) 09:10, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

I removed the speedy tag because it was visible on the main AfD log for the day, making it look as if it was up for speedy deletion. Other people edited the page, so I decided to close the AFD as withdrawn instead of deleting the AFD page. —Kusma (talk) 09:11, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

OK, understood Indiana's Football (talk) 09:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
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Your GA nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

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DYK nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

Hello! Your submission of Johann Joseph Dömling at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mhhossein 13:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Maximiliane Brentano

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49

Technical news

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Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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Hi

Hi Kusma, sorry for the accidental ping, i accidentally typed you in rather than the user (Vladimir.copic) i was referring to. 750 h+ 11:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for letting me know. —Kusma (talk) 11:09, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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Friendly GAN Review Request

Hello Kusma, I noticed your extensive experience in reviewing GA nominations, and I was hoping you might be willing to review my nomination for the Machu Picchu article. If a full review isn't possible, any suggestions or insights you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! Best wishes, JustEMV (talk) 14:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@JustEMV, I am not very active right now and won't be able to take on a formal GA review of an important article like this one. I may be able to make some informal comments, but it could be a few days. —Kusma (talk) 20:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I’d greatly appreciate any comments you can provide when you have the time. JustEMV (talk) 21:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Maximiliane Brentano

The article Maximiliane Brentano you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Maximiliane Brentano for comments about the article, and Talk:Maximiliane Brentano/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of UndercoverClassicist -- UndercoverClassicist (talk) 16:05, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Johann Joseph Dömling

On 19 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johann Joseph Dömling, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Johann Joseph Dömling suggested in 1803 that venous blood contained carbon monoxide? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Joseph Dömling. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Johann Joseph Dömling), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Rimini Protokoll

Hi, I realized on the main page that you are very actively writing high quality articles on German persons of interest. I am not so experienced in the en.wikipedia.org, but edited a lot some time ago on de.wikipedia.org. Can you tell me if there are basic differences in the way people choose or cite sources here? I am somewhat confused as my extension of the article Rimini Protokoll is constantly reverted, even if I gave a host of sources for almost every single sentence. I would be really grateful, if you could have a glance of the article. I also wrote this article about Pierre Charbonnier, without getting into such trouble.--Olag (talk) Olag (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Olag, I am on vacation this week. I hope I remember to answer next week. —Kusma (talk) 15:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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Kahler not a topologist?

Hello. A few months ago you recently removed my entry to put Erich Kahler as a topologist in a teaching position when Hitler came to power. I concede it was not in the source given, and as such did not belong there. However, Kahler invented his namesake manifold, and manifolds are a major topic of topology. In addition, he was involved in differential geometry, which is closely related to topology. I am no longer interested in modifying the article in question but what is your reasoning for declaring him as not a topologist? I am genuinely curious. Thank you. MaribelGame (talk) 18:46, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

@MaribelGame, my main reason for removing Kähler was that he was not mentioned in the source cited. In my view, Kähler is not a topologist, but a mathematical physicist and differential geometer, so does not belong in the list (not every geometer is a topologist even if the subjects are related). At least not without additional reliable sources. —Kusma (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Maximiliane Brentano

On 16 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maximiliane Brentano, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Goethe used his unrequited love to Maximiliane Brentano as inspiration for his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maximiliane Brentano. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maximiliane Brentano), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tunghsing Building

On 21 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tunghsing Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Tunghsing Building was the only building in Taipei that collapsed after the September 21 earthquake in 1999? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tunghsing Building. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tunghsing Building), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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With regards to the Adolf Uunona Page

Can I get some kind of understanding on what it takes for a page to be deleted? I’d like to know why a page about a philanthropist (albeit with a historically similar name) was deleted multiple times. I’m not exactly new to Misplaced Pages, but I’m fairly new to editing so I don’t get things like policies. Cornishrom20 (talk) 09:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

There was no substantial change from the version of the article deleted in 2021, with the reasoning elaborated at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Adolf Uunona. More substantial coverage of the person in reliable sources to prove notability could lead to a different outcome. —Kusma (talk) 10:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok Cornishrom20 (talk) 10:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

User asked the same question, and was answered, at the Ref Desks. See this diff for the answer. DuncanHill (talk) 11:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you for being on Misplaced Pages. We needed someone like you (Also, yes I saw the review log for Adolf Uunona and I understand that it was deleted due to lack of information, not due to him having the same first name as the German dictator.) Cornishrom20 (talk) 11:31, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! —Kusma (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Your welcome ^_^ Cornishrom20 (talk) 13:40, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK:François-Louis Auvity?

Hello! I wonder if you could help User:Tim riley, User:KJP1 and me to nominate François-Louis Auvity for DYK? This French bishop was a powerful collaborator with the Nazis in France during the occupation of France during WWII, proliferating writings to Catholics encouraging collaboration and the Nazis' actions against Jews, communists, etc.

The article is older than one week, but I hope there is an exception here, because the editor who created the article on 16 September, User:Mémoiredumaquis, died on 27 September. He had created a Peer Review page for it on 18 September. When User:Tim riley discovered, a few days ago, that Mémoiredumaquis had died, he did further research to improve the article and asked KJP and me to review and improve it, which we did. The late Mémoiredumaquis hoped that this bishop's deeds would be more widely seen by modern readers, and I agree that this is a very interesting and telling subject, especially to anyone wondering what the Catholic Church was up to during this period in France.

None of us is familiar with the DYK nomination process, and we wonder if you could nominate the item for us? Any help would be much appreciated. Perhaps the hook could be:

"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite François-Louis Auvity welcomed Nazi Germany's 1940 invasion of France?"
"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite François-Louis Auvity collaborated enthusiastically with the occupation of France by Nazi Germany?"

Thanks for any help or advice! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ssilvers/@Tim riley/@KJP1, that's a noble cause and a very interesting article, I had no idea that French collaboration with my deplorable countrymen of 80 years ago extended to senior clergy. From a DYK process point of view: while I can try to ask for an exemption from the newness rule (which could be successful, or not), I would need to be absolutely certain of the sourcing for the hook facts (and sourcing for these facts needs to be provided at nomination time; either with links to an online source or with quotes from an offline source). Generally in the article there are various primary sources and some offline sources that are identical to those of the French version; I would like at least some assurance that these have been checked and ideally that someone can provide additional context if necessary. The Legeard source that is widely used is a WP:SPS that needs additional consideration and is probably not going to fly as sourcing for a Main Page hook.

An alternative to nominating now and asking for an exemption to the rules would be to first polish the article up to WP:GA status and then to nominate within a week of promotion to GA. I am happy to help with nominating once I am convinced with the sourcing. —Kusma (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Kusma, thank you so much for looking into this. Auvity certainly published his hateful writings to influence his French faithful and other French, but those are primary sources. If Legeard will not fly at DYK, then it seems like your Plan B is probably the best option. I don't know if you have any interest in this, but you may want to put up stubs for Auvity and the similarly odious Florent du Bois de La Villerabel on German Misplaced Pages. My own French and German are next to nil, though I like to sing German and French Lieder. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppet troll

Hello, and thanks for blocking User:EuphratesTigris. Turns out it's a sock account (and probably not new), so could you please also hide the racist trolling revision at this post by EuphratesTigris, and this post by GangesBrahmaputra? Thanks. Wikishovel (talk) 12:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel, thank you for reminding me. Done. —Kusma (talk) 12:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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GANs you might be interested in

Hey, I've got a couple of articles on Mongol women up at GAN, namely Al-Altan and Checheyigen. You gave some good comments at Hö'elün's FAC, so any chance you'd be interested in reviewing them (I'm asking because of the WikiCup)? If not, no worries. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Interested, yes. I'll see if I can find the time today or tomorrow. (I certainly won't start a review if I can't finish in time for you to claim WikiCup points). At first glance it looks not too difficult to access the sources with TWL? —Kusma (talk) 13:58, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Most should be fine on that count; I can also send you copies if you want. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

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Revision hiding request

Hello, and thanks for the quick deletion of the G10s just now. Could you also please hide this libellous revision by the same editor? Thanks. Wikishovel (talk) 10:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel: Done and user blocked. Thanks for reporting! —Kusma (talk) 10:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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DYK from 2006

story · music · places

DYK that I used a DYK that you nominated in 2006 for today's story? Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

That was ... a long time ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! —Kusma (talk) 10:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

You are welcome! - I uploaded more pics, on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. - Please note that blank lines in threaded discussions "confuse" the screenreader. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 65

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Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing

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January 2025 GAN Backlog Drive

January 2025 GAN Backlog Drive
On 1 January 2025, a one-month backlog drive for good article nomination reviews will begin in hopes of addressing the growing backlog. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number, length, and age of nominations reviewed. Each article review will earn 1 point; for each 90 days an article has been in the backlog, an additional half-point is awarded; one extra point will be awarded for every 2500 total reviewed words. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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The Signpost: 24 December 2024

News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"

Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything

Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject

In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case

From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Recent research: "Misplaced Pages editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality

Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Misplaced Pages article intensifies

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols

Traffic report: Was a long and dark December

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Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

CheckUser changes

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, Misplaced Pages:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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RFC Notice

Hello, this notice is for everyone who took part in the 2018 RfC on lists of airline destinations. I have started a new RfC on the subject. If you would like to participate please follow this link: Misplaced Pages talk:What Misplaced Pages is not § RfC on WP:NOT and British Airways destinations. Sunnya343 (talk) 00:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)