Archives: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 |
DYK for UEFA Euro 2008 Final
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
![]() |
Thank you for articles like this, in collaboration, and frequent help! My 12th today, DYK? I decorated, also for a birthday. Songs invite to more music, places, food and flowers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: thanks as ever for your kind words, and for your interesting and informative contributions at DYK! — Amakuru (talk) 15:34, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- If you think my DYK are interesting, you might want to say a word on the noms page where exactly that is questioned. Pick one, no pointy mass handling please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Today: 2 interesting DYK (I think), sadly 2 who died (on top of 2 from Poland yesterday), and a concert in which Daniel Barenboim just played piano, - and afterwards he and the orchestra received last year's prize (pictured). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: thanks! Sorry I haven't done any more DYK reviews lately. Will try to do one when I get a chance. Are you still having problems with hooks? — Amakuru (talk) 15:01, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- yes ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- yes, just see Template:Did you know nominations/Giedrė Šlekytė. - congrats to your new FA! - August songs ow at 13 August, but need update to 15. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- relief: the conductor solved! Today: 3 DYK, including that the author dedicated a summer story to a license plate number ;) - Five rows of images added, sunflowers and butterflies continued, four rows of 15 August alone, - a rich Monteverdi day, - enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: oh, excellent news! Sorry I never got to look at it, I've been stretched really thin recently, with summer trips and family activities. Thanks as ever for filling me in on your recent contributions, always a pleasure. I'll try to get some new material in soon, once I've finished outstanding things with FAC (🙂) and FAR (😔) — Amakuru (talk) 21:02, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
- Here she comes, Giedrė Šlekytė! Was out all day, and will be tomorrow. I'll expand Fleischmann before DYK, and Grimes made him a double nom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:39, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- ... and today: Teresa Żylis-Gara, the second soprano to impress me on stage, died, - long live the memory of her beautiful singing, remembered with thanks. 28 August 2013 was a special concert day: look. After Hillbillyholiday gave me a tree. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry to hear of the death of Teresa Żylis-Gara, it sounds like she was a great singer, and you were lucky to hear her in person. And happy memories of other concerts and your tree from Hillbillyholiday. We have been enjoying the blackberries which are found everywhere at this time of year. And also looking forward to this term's music programme, which focuses on music from Swan Lake. Should be fun to play! Hoping you're having a good weekend. — Amakuru (talk) 16:02, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, - nice weekend, today was all-day-rehearsal for Rossini's not so petite mass, and tomorrow concert to listen to at St. Peter, Syburg, - both meaning little time for here. Could you perhaps check the hooks for Template:Did you know nominations/Klassische Philharmonie Bonn? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry to hear of the death of Teresa Żylis-Gara, it sounds like she was a great singer, and you were lucky to hear her in person. And happy memories of other concerts and your tree from Hillbillyholiday. We have been enjoying the blackberries which are found everywhere at this time of year. And also looking forward to this term's music programme, which focuses on music from Swan Lake. Should be fun to play! Hoping you're having a good weekend. — Amakuru (talk) 16:02, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: thanks! Sorry I haven't done any more DYK reviews lately. Will try to do one when I get a chance. Are you still having problems with hooks? — Amakuru (talk) 15:01, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Full years
So you are changing back all of the weather years? Really no need to, full years are preferred. Please don't change the wars, conflicts, or illnesses, as those are consistent with full-year titles throughout. As for illness, too bad 'Spanish flu' will stay, to be consistent with Wikipedia's epidemic and other illness pages it seems it would be best at 1918-1920 Spanish flu pandemic. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:47, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Randy Kryn: Please stop changing the titles of our articles en masse without consensus. The established title format is for abbreviated years for articles dealing with two consecutive years. There are others who disagree with the changes you implemented and were quite concerned when they saw the bold page moves. NoahTalk 00:10, 3 August 2021 (UTC
- Then a couple should have said something. One editor did on my user talk page, and I answered by quoting the MOS language, and neither they or anybody else commented or changed any pages back. Luckily Amakuru, almost a month later, did and also carried on the conversation further. Now I'm glad I came here so Hurricane Noah could kindly add in. Thanks. What I was doing was working off the MOS language of full years being preferred, so la de da, started boldly changing them without revert or anyone but the one editor questioning (who I thought was satisfied with my answer) so I literally thought everyone was fine with it. I'd ask all to consider not changing back the war, conflict, and illness years, they now have full year consistency with many other titles in their topic areas which, by being spread out over three or more years, necessitate full year titles. The weather pages, I can see your point, as the events being highlighted usually would occur at the end months of one year and the first weeks (if that) of the second year, implied by two-digit representation. Anyway, no apologies, except for causing Amakuru to work cleaning up the weather pages. Didn't know about the concerns. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:10, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
- And thanks to Noah for changing back the rest of the weather pages, I thought that Amakuru had gotten them all. Randy Kryn (talk) 04:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Then a couple should have said something. One editor did on my user talk page, and I answered by quoting the MOS language, and neither they or anybody else commented or changed any pages back. Luckily Amakuru, almost a month later, did and also carried on the conversation further. Now I'm glad I came here so Hurricane Noah could kindly add in. Thanks. What I was doing was working off the MOS language of full years being preferred, so la de da, started boldly changing them without revert or anyone but the one editor questioning (who I thought was satisfied with my answer) so I literally thought everyone was fine with it. I'd ask all to consider not changing back the war, conflict, and illness years, they now have full year consistency with many other titles in their topic areas which, by being spread out over three or more years, necessitate full year titles. The weather pages, I can see your point, as the events being highlighted usually would occur at the end months of one year and the first weeks (if that) of the second year, implied by two-digit representation. Anyway, no apologies, except for causing Amakuru to work cleaning up the weather pages. Didn't know about the concerns. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:10, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
2021 Core Contest
Hello. Congratulations on winning second place in the 2021 Core Contest. Could you contact me at karla.marte@wikimedia.org.uk to sort out your prize? Karla Marte(WMUK) (talk) 07:38, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Alica Schmidt at DYK
Why did you change the approved hook "... that German runner Alica Schmidt, who has qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, has won multiple European junior relay medals?" to the undiscussed ".. that German runner Alica Schmidt (pictured), who is running in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, has won multiple European junior relay medals?" in transferring it from the prep area to the queue?
Rather more importantly, why did you do so without checking whether it was true? Your addition was totally incorrect She was an unused sub in the mixed relay several days earlier. Kevin McE (talk) 16:39, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Kevin McE: urggh OK. Well that was an error, and I should have checked more thoroughly. However, it was also wrong before then, or certainly misleading, because the piped link pointed to Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, an event which she was apparently never involved with except for an early selection, and which ran on the very day of the hook. Ideally the hook should have been sent back for reworking. But anyway, not much we can do about it now. Apologies for not spotting it. — Amakuru (talk) 18:12, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for George Curtis (footballer, born 1939)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Promotion of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final
ITN recognition for Una Stubbs
Proposed deletion of BLIT (short story)
![Notice](https://web.archive.org/web/20210910052423im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/48px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png)
The article BLIT (short story) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Only sources are primary.
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:37, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of BLIT (short story) for deletion
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20210910052423im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Ambox_warning_orange.svg/48px-Ambox_warning_orange.svg.png)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BLIT (short story) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:58, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2020 Final
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article UEFA Euro 2020 Final you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:41, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Four Award
![]() |
Four Award | |
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Coventry City 2–2 Bristol City (1977). — Bilorv (talk) 22:50, 22 August 2021 (UTC) |
— Bilorv (talk) 22:50, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2020 Final
The article UEFA Euro 2020 Final you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:UEFA Euro 2020 Final for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 11:01, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
WP:ROPE
I have drafted an alternative version of this essay at User:Cullen328/sandbox/One last chance and invite your input. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 22:52, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
WT:Football#Template:2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
You might want to re-read your post "is a need" or "isn't a need". At the moment it looks contradictory! Govvy (talk) 09:59, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Govvy: thanks for the heads up. It was a late-night piece of idiocy I think! — Amakuru (talk) 10:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 August 2021
- News and notes: Enough time left to vote! IP ban
- In the media: Vive la différence!
- Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year
- Gallery: Our community in 20 graphs
- News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia
- Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
- Traffic report: Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan
- Community view: Making Olympic history on Wikipedia
Snooker
I have jumped the gun and promoted this, thinking that you had signed off on the source formatting. Entirely my fault for misreading. How serious is what is left? I was about to revert all of the "paperwork", but if the outstanding issues are minor and Lee is on top of them, perhaps I don't need to. What do you think? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Gog the Mild: no worries, there's really only that one outstanding item re bundling and it's probably at Lee's discretion anyway, so no need to reopen. I was just a little surprised to see it closed is all! Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 20:13, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Phew! Thanks. Yeah, I can imagine. Note to self: "More haste, less speed!" And thanks for picking up the source formatting, that is appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:15, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
What the heck is this move?
It looked mighty strange and you were online so I thought I'd ask about this editors series of user moves. Especially this change. I look at a conversation history user Somnifuguist was having with me at A tennis article and now it says the user is "Renamed user qoTkZBdUBi". Just making sure it was all done correctly. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:41, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Fyunck(click): yes, it looks OK to me, on first glance. The "Renamed user" followed by random characters username jd part of the WP:VANISH process, whereby editors can choose to have their edits not appear under their original username when they retire. It's not a complete severing of association with the old account though, you can always trace it back. But the assumption is that user will not be contributing any further. — Amakuru (talk) 08:56, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. It looked quite weird and I wanted to make sure. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:08, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Fyunck(click): sure, that makes sense. The renamed usernames do look odd, but it seems to be a well-established practice to use that format. I've no idea what prompted the retirement, but presumably Somnifuguist applied offline to be renamed, and then Céréales Killer, who is a bureaucrat on French Wikipedia and a global user renamer, then carried out the requested change. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 09:31, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. It looked quite weird and I wanted to make sure. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:08, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are
Gog the Mild,
Lee Vilenski,
BennyOnTheLoose,
Amakuru and
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2020 Final
The article UEFA Euro 2020 Final you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:UEFA Euro 2020 Final for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 18:41, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man: nice one, thanks for that. — Amakuru (talk) 19:44, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).
Jake Wartenberg
Emperor • Viridian Bovary
Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary
- Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
- A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
- A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
- A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.
- The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.
- A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.
- The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.
Your GA nomination of Coventry ring road
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Coventry ring road you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 21:21, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Coventry ring road
The article Coventry ring road you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Coventry ring road for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 15:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2004 Final
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article UEFA Euro 2004 Final you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 11:20, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2004 Final
The article UEFA Euro 2004 Final you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:UEFA Euro 2004 Final for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:20, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
DYK nomination of UEFA Euro 2004 Final
Hello! Your submission of UEFA Euro 2004 Final 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 as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
By the way, I also responded to the MindaRyn nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Gerda's September corner
![]() |
Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20210910052423im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Coventry_Ring_Road_Junction_Map.png/300px-Coventry_Ring_Road_Junction_Map.png)
- @Gerda Arendt: Very nice! Much respect to the Omas there, they seem to be making their voices heard in an encouraging way. And thanks for pointing out that link to Yoninah today. I have been busy making a map (see below) in the last couple of days, at the request of our mutual friend The Rambling Man at a GA review. It seems to have come out quite nicely in the end! I've also enjoying the very hot weather we've been having here lately (31 degrees in September, that's quite something). Wishing you a pleasant week and month ahead. — Amakuru (talk) 21:42, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! - Rich Main page today: first TFA by promising author, pictured DYK by my friend LouisAlain who is discouraged by an AN discussion, and one of the Recent deaths. Enjoy! - I also enjoyed the weather - biking - today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- Very nice! And sorry to hear about Louis. It's sad when long-term editors who've given their all to the project find themselves in policy hot water. The same is true of ClemRutter, someone I've met in real life before but is now blocked for copyvio. I can see both sides of the argument in cases like that, but what we really need to be doing is rehabilitating those people back in such a way that they don't get into trouble again. — Amakuru (talk) 20:26, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- Some believe that an article in Main space has to be perfect, and others know that it will never be perfect. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- Very nice! And sorry to hear about Louis. It's sad when long-term editors who've given their all to the project find themselves in policy hot water. The same is true of ClemRutter, someone I've met in real life before but is now blocked for copyvio. I can see both sides of the argument in cases like that, but what we really need to be doing is rehabilitating those people back in such a way that they don't get into trouble again. — Amakuru (talk) 20:26, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! - Rich Main page today: first TFA by promising author, pictured DYK by my friend LouisAlain who is discouraged by an AN discussion, and one of the Recent deaths. Enjoy! - I also enjoyed the weather - biking - today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
UEFA Euro 2004 Final
Hey man, look, I'm just trying to get the article to be as good as it can be. If you have issues with one element of a big edit, just undo that one bit, I haven't got a problem with that. But when I make a lot of changes and they get reverted because of one minor part, and then I hear you didn't even look at the rest of the changes, that doesn't feel good. I get how easy it is to just undo an edit in one fell swoop without looking over the good and bad elements - I've been guilty of it myself - but try not to. Anyway, I appreciate you taking a look when you get a chance; there's literally no rush on any of this (WP:NODEADLINE and all that!). Good luck with the rest of the GAN. – PeeJay 22:00, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of UEFA Euro 2004 Final
The article UEFA Euro 2004 Final you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:UEFA Euro 2004 Final for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:21, 8 September 2021 (UTC)