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I like to see [[Appalachian Spring]] on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#6 April 2024|my story]]. How do you like the compromise in the composer's infobox? - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 16:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC) |
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<br /><br />[[Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a|Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht]] |
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⚫ | :: Today I see [[Marian Anderson]] as [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories 2023|my top story]] (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 16:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:: [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#23 Apr|today]] a sad task - memory of [[Andrew Davis (conductor)|Andrew Davis]] - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 21:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC) |
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== Raheeiejaz907 == |
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'''[[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#1 Jan|Happy New Year]]''' |
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Last year, you blocked {{user|Raheeiejaz907}} for socking. Raheeiejaz907 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Atif_ahmad8&diff=prev&oldid=1162525647 renamed] the talk page of {{user|Atif ahmad8}} Typically, such actions are indicative of socking as well. While the editing patterns of both users are similar, editing Pakistan military-related BLPs. I'm curious why latter wasn't also blocked based on this behavioral evidence? —[[User:Saqib|<span style="color:#005080">Saqib</span>]] ([[User talk:Saqib|<span style="color:#700090">talk</span>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Saqib|<span style="color:#996600">contribs</span>]]) 19:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for the head's up, [[User:Saqib]]. It's highly likely I didn't block because I wasn't aware and so didn't look into it. The sockmaster of Raheeiejaz907 is [[User:Raheelejaz907]] who hasn't edited in a while, so there is unlikely to be much in the way of current technical evidence. I am no longer a checkuser (I never keep those tools when I leave ArbCom) so I couldn't investigate anyway. If Atif ahmad8 is editing unproblematically, and there is no evidence of ongoing socking (that is one user editing the same material simultaneously from two or more accounts), then it's not something that would excite my interest anyway. It's the spirit/intention of the policy/guideline that I tend to follow, rather than strict wording. If Atif ahmad8 starts to edit problematically or in concert with Raheelejaz907, then please let me know, and I'll look into it. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 10:03, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
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On the Main page: [[Thomas Fritzsch|the person]] who [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#16 Jan|made the pictured festival possible]] --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC) |
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::But I believe Atif ahmad8 should be blocked, with the possibility of being unblocked only if they agree not to engage in sockpuppetry again. I strongly suspect that the IPs responsible for removing sourced material from [[Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry|this BLP]] yesterday belong to this Atif ahmad8. —[[User:Saqib|<span style="color:#005080">Saqib</span>]] ([[User talk:Saqib|<span style="color:#700090">talk</span>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Saqib|<span style="color:#996600">contribs</span>]]) 10:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:::I can't help you there, as I no longer have the tools to look into it. You're better off putting forward a case at [[WP:SPI]]. I don't have much experience at that sort of thing, but I do understand that they like to have evidence in the form of diffs. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 11:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
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==Lobsterthermidor part III== |
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== Good article reassessment for [[Kraków]] == |
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Hi SilkTork. Remember {{User|Lobsterthermidor}}? You blocked him in Feb '21 and he resurfaced as an IP last May (see [[User talk:SilkTork/Archive2/Archive_65#You may remember Lobsterthermidor|here]]) when you re-blocked him. Well, he's been back editing since at least last October from the IPv6 range {{IPuser|2A00:23C6:C423:4401:0:0:0:0/64}}. I came across the edits by chance while doing AV work. He's staying away from his former editing areas, but there's [[WP:DUCK|no doubt]] about it: compare [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Christopher_Sykes,_2nd_Baronet&oldid=1056883448 this] (before) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Christopher_Sykes,_2nd_Baronet&oldid=1221286675 this] (after his edits) for example. I haven't looked at the edits in any depth, but the work looks depressingly familiar: superficially good, but bloated and probably riddled with the usual OR and unreliable sources. Worth doing anything about, do you think? —[[User:Smalljim|Small]][[User talk:Smalljim#top|jim]] 22:15, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
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[[Kraków]] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Kraków/1|reassessment page]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. [[User:AirshipJungleman29|~~ AirshipJungleman29]] ([[User talk:AirshipJungleman29|talk]]) 14:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC) |
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:I agree, that is clearly [[User:Lobsterthermidor]]. Blocked, and then I blocked the range. In order to discourage Lobsterthermidor from continuing this game, we should track down and remove all their recent contributions per [[WP:EVADE]]. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 08:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC) |
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::[[User:Smalljim]], I've reverted the edits I spotted. Let me know if you spot any others. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 08:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC) |
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[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|30px]] [[:Portal:Beer]], a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Beer]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). You are free to edit the content of [[:Portal:Beer]] during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.<!-- Template:Mfd notice --> [[User:Schierbecker|Schierbecker]] ([[User talk:Schierbecker|talk]]) 01:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC) |
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:::Thanks once again for your non-involved admin action. There are 391 edits to 116 pages - many of which have later edits, so it's not trivial work. As a start I've made a simple list at [[User:Smalljim/Lt III fix]]. —[[User:Smalljim|Small]][[User talk:Smalljim#top|jim]] 23:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC) |
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::::I've reverted the edits by 2A00:23C6:C423:4401:FC7F:7A96:5E67:304E. I'll see if I can get round to some more later. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 08:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC) |
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:::::Thanks. I've done a few this evening. —[[User:Smalljim|Small]][[User talk:Smalljim#top|jim]] 21:05, 2 May 2024 (UTC) |
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:::::He's back. Same /64 range. —[[User:Smalljim|Small]][[User talk:Smalljim#top|jim]] 11:33, 5 May 2024 (UTC) |
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::::::I've extended the block. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 09:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC) |
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:::::::TVM. It's a shame he can't stay on Commons where the rules suit him better and he's already done loads of work. —[[User:Smalljim|Small]][[User talk:Smalljim#top|jim]] 11:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC) |
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[[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#22 May|Today's story]] mentions a concert I loved to hear (DYK) and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old (OTD). - I can't recall a DYK hook with links to five composers, so am a bit proud of it. Better than my first idea, actually. (The discussion is on the talk, and reading it as humourous is perhaps a good idea.) -- [[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 21:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC) |
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The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and [[User talk:Vami IV#Rose of missing|Vami_IV]], a friend here. Listen to [[Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|music by Tchaikovsky]] (an article where [[User talk:Gerda Arendt#Milashkina|one of the four]] is pictured), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogfi4R0529Q sung by today's subject] (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 16:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC) |
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I was surprised to see you weren't a bureaucrat anymore. Thank you for your near-4 years of service. [[User:Queen of Hearts|Queen of Hearts]] ([[User talk:Queen of Hearts|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Queen of Hearts|stalk]] • she/they) 07:42, 26 February 2024 (UTC) |
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:Thank you [[User:Queen of Hearts|Queen of Hearts]]! Yes, I was becoming uncomfortable by some of the recent demands of Crats to get involved in auditing live RfAs, and felt I am now too old and slow to be helpful there, so there was little point in remaining a Crat as there is little else to do. What is really needed is more active users stepping forward to become Crats rather than keeping old, slow folks like me. |
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:As a result of taking off the Crat toolkit I have felt less "responsible" than I have for some time, and happier to spend my time on Wikipedia simply reading (and editing where I feel it is appropriate and needed), and occasionally helping out on closing a tricky discussion (I've always enjoyed that), or doing some minor, non-urgent, non-controversial admin task. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork#top|talk]]) 11:19, 26 February 2024 (UTC) |
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I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. How do you like the compromise in the composer's infobox? - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda! SilkTork (talk) 16:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Today I see Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- today a sad task - memory of Andrew Davis - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Raheeiejaz907
Last year, you blocked Raheeiejaz907 (talk · contribs) for socking. Raheeiejaz907 renamed the talk page of Atif ahmad8 (talk · contribs) Typically, such actions are indicative of socking as well. While the editing patterns of both users are similar, editing Pakistan military-related BLPs. I'm curious why latter wasn't also blocked based on this behavioral evidence? —Saqib (talk | contribs) 19:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the head's up, User:Saqib. It's highly likely I didn't block because I wasn't aware and so didn't look into it. The sockmaster of Raheeiejaz907 is User:Raheelejaz907 who hasn't edited in a while, so there is unlikely to be much in the way of current technical evidence. I am no longer a checkuser (I never keep those tools when I leave ArbCom) so I couldn't investigate anyway. If Atif ahmad8 is editing unproblematically, and there is no evidence of ongoing socking (that is one user editing the same material simultaneously from two or more accounts), then it's not something that would excite my interest anyway. It's the spirit/intention of the policy/guideline that I tend to follow, rather than strict wording. If Atif ahmad8 starts to edit problematically or in concert with Raheelejaz907, then please let me know, and I'll look into it. SilkTork (talk) 10:03, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- But I believe Atif ahmad8 should be blocked, with the possibility of being unblocked only if they agree not to engage in sockpuppetry again. I strongly suspect that the IPs responsible for removing sourced material from this BLP yesterday belong to this Atif ahmad8. —Saqib (talk | contribs) 10:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- I can't help you there, as I no longer have the tools to look into it. You're better off putting forward a case at WP:SPI. I don't have much experience at that sort of thing, but I do understand that they like to have evidence in the form of diffs. SilkTork (talk) 11:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- But I believe Atif ahmad8 should be blocked, with the possibility of being unblocked only if they agree not to engage in sockpuppetry again. I strongly suspect that the IPs responsible for removing sourced material from this BLP yesterday belong to this Atif ahmad8. —Saqib (talk | contribs) 10:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Lobsterthermidor part III
Hi SilkTork. Remember Lobsterthermidor (talk · contribs)? You blocked him in Feb '21 and he resurfaced as an IP last May (see here) when you re-blocked him. Well, he's been back editing since at least last October from the IPv6 range 2A00:23C6:C423:4401:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). I came across the edits by chance while doing AV work. He's staying away from his former editing areas, but there's no doubt about it: compare this (before) and this (after his edits) for example. I haven't looked at the edits in any depth, but the work looks depressingly familiar: superficially good, but bloated and probably riddled with the usual OR and unreliable sources. Worth doing anything about, do you think? —Smalljim 22:15, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- I agree, that is clearly User:Lobsterthermidor. Blocked, and then I blocked the range. In order to discourage Lobsterthermidor from continuing this game, we should track down and remove all their recent contributions per WP:EVADE. SilkTork (talk) 08:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- User:Smalljim, I've reverted the edits I spotted. Let me know if you spot any others. SilkTork (talk) 08:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks once again for your non-involved admin action. There are 391 edits to 116 pages - many of which have later edits, so it's not trivial work. As a start I've made a simple list at User:Smalljim/Lt III fix. —Smalljim 23:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've reverted the edits by 2A00:23C6:C423:4401:FC7F:7A96:5E67:304E. I'll see if I can get round to some more later. SilkTork (talk) 08:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. I've done a few this evening. —Smalljim 21:05, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- He's back. Same /64 range. —Smalljim 11:33, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- I've extended the block. SilkTork (talk) 09:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- TVM. It's a shame he can't stay on Commons where the rules suit him better and he's already done loads of work. —Smalljim 11:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- I've extended the block. SilkTork (talk) 09:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- I've reverted the edits by 2A00:23C6:C423:4401:FC7F:7A96:5E67:304E. I'll see if I can get round to some more later. SilkTork (talk) 08:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks once again for your non-involved admin action. There are 391 edits to 116 pages - many of which have later edits, so it's not trivial work. As a start I've made a simple list at User:Smalljim/Lt III fix. —Smalljim 23:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- User:Smalljim, I've reverted the edits I spotted. Let me know if you spot any others. SilkTork (talk) 08:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
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Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear (DYK) and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old (OTD). - I can't recall a DYK hook with links to five composers, so am a bit proud of it. Better than my first idea, actually. (The discussion is on the talk, and reading it as humourous is perhaps a good idea.) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC)