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Free
Hello, I found no free images for the Mazda Suitcase Car It is a 1991 prototype. The only one thought to exist is not on public display from what I have learned. So not sure where I could get another image, I used that one from the manufacturer of the vehicle. I shared it with the writer of the article. Lightburst (talk) 00:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- I think that is correct - I was going to give up on it - but it is always better with an image. Bruxton (talk) 00:27, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Lightburst and Bruxton: if that's really the case and you're confident that it meets WP:NFCC, then apologies and go ahead and re-upload it. I must say I find the fair-use criteria a little haphazardly applied, particularly when it comes to the "replaceability" criterion. I mean it might be possible that the images out there (see [1]) could be released under CC licence if you wrote to the copyright holders... but is doing that a requirement before declaring fair use? It could be something to check at the fair use noticeboard, but I'm not that fussed if you're not. — Amakuru (talk) 15:07, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hooks
I saw that you pulled the Lorenz hook today, I am struggling with the Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Lorenz (artist) nomination and hook. I have asked for help at the talk page. After being pulled twice it is probably best to see who can help. Bruxton (talk) 00:46, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bruxton: it looks like it was all sorted satisfactorily in the end. Apologies for not returning to this sooner. — Amakuru (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Test
Test. Amakuru-Confirmed (talk) 12:38, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Amakuru, will you be returning to this review (you originally pulled the hook from prep or queue) to make sure the issues you had with it have been dealt with, or should I find someone else to review it? Many thanks for all you do. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:23, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
July vacation
I'm doing many things besides Wikipedia and have pics from vacation days to offer Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: many thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed seeing your pictures from your vacation. Looks like some incredibly beautiful scenery! I was also away recently, in the most "mountainous" area of England - the Lake District, where we climbed the third-highest mountain Helvellyn, which is 950 metres (3,120 ft) in altitude. I think you have much higher peaks in Germany, and even Scotland, Wales and Ireland have higher, but it's still a beautiful area and some interesting hiking all the same. Here are a few pics:
Red Tarn from the summit of Helvellyn Striding Edge with Ullswater in the distance Swirral Edge and Red Tarn Thirlmere and Raven Crag Furness line at Grange-over-Sands Allithwaite
- All the best! — Amakuru (talk) 14:14, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, beautiful, especially the first with the play of sunlight and clouds. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: we were very lucky with that actually. Earlier in the day there had been heavy fog at the top, and we met people on their way down who had seen no view at all. By midday it was quite spectacular though. — Amakuru (talk) 14:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- I can imagine. The mountain seen from where I live, Großer Feldberg (in the distance), is about the same height, and in clouds rather often. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: we were very lucky with that actually. Earlier in the day there had been heavy fog at the top, and we met people on their way down who had seen no view at all. By midday it was quite spectacular though. — Amakuru (talk) 14:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, beautiful, especially the first with the play of sunlight and clouds. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 August 2022
- From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
- News and notes: Information considered harmful
- In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
- Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
- Community view: Youth culture and notability
- Opinion: Criminals among us
- Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
- Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
- Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
- Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
- Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
- On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
- Essay: How to research an image
- Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
- Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
- Gallery: A backstage pass
- From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
ITN recognition for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
On 1 August 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 15:28, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
Thank you for all the behind-the-scenes work you do for DYK, and for your improvements to the Stanley Stair hook. Cielquiparle (talk) 13:46, 4 August 2022 (UTC) |
- @Cielquiparle: oh, many thanks, that's most kind of you! I'm glad I can help in useful ways to improve the project. — Amakuru (talk) 13:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
- Valereee
- Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara
- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
The Akeelah Award
I would like to present you with the Akeelah Award for the most creative spelling of "errors". Congratulations! MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 22:49, 7 August 2022 (UTC) |
- @Mandarax: maybe my new spelling will catch on! Thank you for the award... — Amakuru (talk) 23:15, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I like it! Here's my favorite spelling-related clip. (Background info: Nick was wooing Diane. After she rejects him, Loretta enters, and Nick turns his attention to her.) MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 03:14, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
August songs
pics and thoughts on 13 August -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
and on 15 August: "my" concert of the year (so far) is on the Main page, but not pictured, and I don't understand why --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
the last week brought more outstanding concerts and bike tours, - how is your summer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
+ another tour on Debussy's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
+ the church where I heard VOCES8 and more discoveries --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Beavers plural
This was already discussed at WP:Errors, and changed to beaver, as that is the more accepted plural of beaver. Please revert, thanks. Abductive (reasoning) 09:38, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Abductive: the article says "beavers". Also, your assertion that it's the "more accepted" plural doesn't seem to be borne out by evidence, e.g. recent ngrams, the first-listed plural form at Merriam Webster, National Geographic or other sources. Given this, I'll leave it as it is now, per the originally posted version. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 09:45, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- I assure you that beaver is the older, more common plural. English has many irregular plurals, fish/fish, aircraft/aircraft, sheep/sheep. And beaver/beaver. Yes, dictionaries report that people use fishes and aircrafts, but that doesn't make it right. Abductive (reasoning) 09:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Abductive: no offence to you, but the ngram and dictionary evidence seems a lot more conclusive to me than your "assurance" on this matter. The ngram I've linked above shows use of "beavers" for the plural all the way back to 1800, and probably earlier. And in any case, language evolves and Wikipedia is written in modern usage, so the very clear and growing lead for "beavers" since around 1985 means that should be our usage per WP:COMMONNAME. Finally, as noted by Schwede66 at ERRORS, the beaver featured article uses "beavers" when referring to the animal itself, not just when referring to the fact that there are two species - e.g. "Beavers can hold their breath for as long as 15 minutes" etc. There is no reason why "event involving ... beavers" should be any different from that. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 09:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- I understand your reasoning. Usage is important. But as I said at WP:Errors, beaver is correct for everyone, but beavers is incorrect for some people. Abductive (reasoning) 10:06, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Alternatively, since the only other affected wildlife is birds, maybe the item could be shortened to "fish and other wildlife"? Abductive (reasoning) 10:10, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Abductive: well, that might be a solution, although I remain unconvinced we have an actual problem here that needs fixing. Personally I'm the opposite of what you're saying, "beaver" just looked incorrect to me, I've never heard of it before although obviously I see now that it is a legitimate less-used plural...... similarly, anyone who thinks beavers is "incorrect" doesn't seem to have usage in sources on their side. In any case, before making a change to remove beaver altogether, is it the case that birds were as affected as the beaver(s)? The Washington post article mentions "hauling dead fish and beavers out of the water", without mentioning birds, suggesting those are the important animals for the story..... — Amakuru (talk) 10:33, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- This news article mentions birds, and not beaver. It is interesting, because if the fish were dying due to heat and lack of oxygen, that shouldn't affect the birds that feed on them. Abductive (reasoning) 11:20, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Abductive: well, that might be a solution, although I remain unconvinced we have an actual problem here that needs fixing. Personally I'm the opposite of what you're saying, "beaver" just looked incorrect to me, I've never heard of it before although obviously I see now that it is a legitimate less-used plural...... similarly, anyone who thinks beavers is "incorrect" doesn't seem to have usage in sources on their side. In any case, before making a change to remove beaver altogether, is it the case that birds were as affected as the beaver(s)? The Washington post article mentions "hauling dead fish and beavers out of the water", without mentioning birds, suggesting those are the important animals for the story..... — Amakuru (talk) 10:33, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Abductive: no offence to you, but the ngram and dictionary evidence seems a lot more conclusive to me than your "assurance" on this matter. The ngram I've linked above shows use of "beavers" for the plural all the way back to 1800, and probably earlier. And in any case, language evolves and Wikipedia is written in modern usage, so the very clear and growing lead for "beavers" since around 1985 means that should be our usage per WP:COMMONNAME. Finally, as noted by Schwede66 at ERRORS, the beaver featured article uses "beavers" when referring to the animal itself, not just when referring to the fact that there are two species - e.g. "Beavers can hold their breath for as long as 15 minutes" etc. There is no reason why "event involving ... beavers" should be any different from that. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 09:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- I assure you that beaver is the older, more common plural. English has many irregular plurals, fish/fish, aircraft/aircraft, sheep/sheep. And beaver/beaver. Yes, dictionaries report that people use fishes and aircrafts, but that doesn't make it right. Abductive (reasoning) 09:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Darius Campbell Danesh
Hello.
The late singer Darius Campbell Danesh's surname is hyphenated. So shouldn't the article name be hyphenated as Darius Campbell-Danesh?
Yours sincerely, 31.200.19.49 (talk) 15:40, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, what makes you think it's hyphenated? Looking at sources that have come out since his death, they mostly seem to use the name unhyphenated: [2][3][4][5] Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 16:27, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
Scottish castle
Hi Amakuru, following on from Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll#Kj cheetham: August 11, 2022, would you mind taking a quick look at Sundrum Castle? Hopefully I can submit it to GA soon, though imagine it may be a while before it gets reviewed. Thank you. -Kj cheetham (talk) 15:59, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Harmonica (disambiguation)
Hi, I'm considering creating a Harmonica (disambiguation) page, as there are a number of people known by that name/nickname, along with topics containing the word that a user may be looking for (e.g. Brenthia harmonica and Harmonica Incident). Starting to create the page yields a note:
13 December 2016 Amakuru deleted page Harmonica (disambiguation) (G6: Obviously unnecessary disambiguation page).
I wanted to ask if you recall whether the deleted page was not appropriately populated (e.g. just a single entry), or there's a larger concern with having a Harmonica (disambiguation) page? Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 05:01, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Dmoore5556: thanks for your message and for checking with me. The page at the time I deleted it was simply a redirect back to the main harmonica page, which served no real purpose, and someone had tagged it for speedy deletion. It sounds like you've identified some useful dab links to put on the page, so feel free to go ahead and recreate it. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 07:34, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Rollo Armstrong
Now, that was a helluva move conflict. Who will do the final honors? No such user (talk) 11:01, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
- @No such users: Ha, looks like you've reversed the move I did! If it's OK with you, to avoid confusion, I'll just do the move again and delete the redirect - this is usually a bit cleaner than the round robin... Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 11:20, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
- Please do, thank you. Cheers! No such user (talk) 11:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
- @No such user: Done, thanks! — Amakuru (talk) 11:35, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
- Please do, thank you. Cheers! No such user (talk) 11:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
Macedonian denar
Hello, I'm wondering what evidence and clear consensus you saw that led you to determine "North Macedonian denar" was the common name? --Local hero talk 02:40, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Local hero: thanks for your message and query. As you know from the RM, Korpalo provided an extensive list of recent sources, dividing them up between those that preferred the prior title and those that preferred variants of "North Macedonian denar". The latter enjoyed a very clear lead, which was evidence in favour of the assertion that WP:NAMECHANGES was met. I note that you also provided a list of links, but the consensus in the discussion was that Korpalo's list represented a better sample of the most recent reliable sourcing. Of course, you didn't agree with this assessment, but overall the arguments appeared more persuasive to those who participated in the discussion and Korpalo's list looks legitimate to me as closer too, which means this represented the consensus view in the discussion. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 11:46, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Amakuru: Korpalo's list of "Macedonian denar" sources was not complete, as it was obviously his intention to justify this move. I compiled the complete list of Macedonian denar sources at my sandbox. There can be no question that mine are of better quality. Of his 112 sources, nearly a third were from the Kosovo central bank. Further, the only support for the move came from single-purpose accounts (including the nominator). Myself and another longstanding editor formed the opposition. Thus, I see neither clear consensus nor convincing sources supporting the move. Thanks. --Local hero talk 17:42, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Hi,
Can you please keep the move to "Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation" from "Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation". I understand Wikipedia hasn't reached a decision to update to the official name of the city, that's "Bengaluru" but it would be wrong to keep old nanes of corporations, organisations and company. In Wikipedia terms it would still mean "Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation" still serves "Bangalore".
Thank you Loki Asgardian (talk) 19:08, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Loki Asgardian: as long as we keep the city at Bangalore, it makes sense to keep other entities the same. Please don't make those moves again, you'll have to folow the instructions at WP:RM if you want to change it, as this is controversial. — Amakuru (talk) 13:55, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- BMTC is a corporation. How does that make sense? It is change in the name of the brand; brand names have to be updated immediately following the change.  Check the official website, it is the "Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation". City name can stay wait for all the Wikipedia folks to accept it probably in another 50 years or so, but organisation and corporations are different. Loki Asgardian (talk) 14:07, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Israel and apartheid
Hi @Amakuru: please could you address the concern raised by Nableezy[6] regarding your close of this RM? As I wrote here[7] I believe it was unjustified to overlook the 60% majority to move on the basis of "opposition on the grounds that the proposed title would risk making the article's scope less obvious", because only a minority of the scope of the article is about the analogy; most of the article is about the crime. Onceinawhile (talk) 13:26, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for reopening the RM, would you mind also relisting it? Selfstudier (talk) 17:27, 28 August 2022 (UTC)