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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
  • As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

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  • Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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IP Block exemption request

Hello @Spencer Please can you assist me with IPBE for the following users. They are currently contributing to a campaign related to Africa Day.


Please do create wikipedia accounts for those who have accounts on other wikis but do not have accounts on english wikipedia. Hope to read from you soon. JDQ Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 23:31, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi JDQ, this is not within my usual area of expertise. I would recommend you follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System or if you have additional questions, at WP:AN. Best, SpencerT•C 04:37, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Noted with lots of thanks JDQ Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 07:16, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

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Arbitration

  • Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
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rollback requests

I have a request for you to rollback Revision as of 23:14, 16 September 2021 Hydralisk 12345 (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

There have been a lot of changes since then, many of which appear helpful. What is your rationale for the proposal? Thanks, SpencerT•C 03:30, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
This is an account that spammed these requests indiscriminately to multiple accounts (including bots). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:57, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
This is a sock of a blocked user - ignore them. Girth Summit (blether) 09:25, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Louis DeJoy Business section addition

Hey there! Just stopping by to make sure you'd seen my reply on the Louis DeJoy Talk page, where I've replied to your suggestion that I add some details about the nature of New Breed Logistics' relationship with the Postal Service by revising the Business section passage I put forward. When you get a minute, let me know what you think. Thanks! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 17:44, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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ITN recognition for Ada Deer

On 19 August 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ada Deer, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 14:17, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

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Arbitration

  • The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

  • Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
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Dahua Technology

Hi Spencer, I am reaching out about this old discussion at Talk:Dahua_Technology. As you have done previous work on Dahua Technology, I was hoping you may be able to weigh in and assist. Thanks so much, Caitlyn23 (talk) 16:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

I am not familiar enough with the article/company to have a position on the requested change. Best, SpencerT•C 15:21, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Subway article

Hi Spencer, this is Paige from Subway. I wanted to see if you were you available to review this request on the Subway talk page? I am currently working on drafting an Operations section that would incorporate information on Subway's business model, corporate structure, and restaurant locations. I envision an Operations section that includes Business model, Corporate structure, and Restaurants and digital subsections.

More details can be found on the talk page and I will be available there to answer any questions. Thanks PHSubway (talk) 14:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

I will not be able to give this request the time it deserves in a timely fashion. I added {{edit COI}} to the top of your request so it can put out a broader request for review, and I recommend you use this to get the most timely response for edit requests. SpencerT•C 02:57, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Femzy nana

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:09, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

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Arbitration

  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
  • Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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Jim Goetz proposal

Hi Spencer, hope you've been well. I very much appreciated your fair-minded approach to my Robert Rubin edit requests in the past. Currently I am working with Sequoia partner Jim Goetz and have proposed a short new section about his philanthropic giving. However after several weeks I have been unsuccessful finding someone via relevant WikiProjects to review it. If you might have a spare moment to review this request, I'd really appreciate it. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 20:10, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Not sure when I'll have a chance to give it a review so I've added {{edit COI}} to the top of the section so that someone can give it a look; please use that to give it a larger call for requested edits with a conflict of interest. Best, SpencerT•C 20:33, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
OK, thanks for getting back to me. I'll keep fingers crossed. Best, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 20:54, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

December greetings

December: story · music · places

Thank you for your ITN work! - Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. - I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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Polegåarden unblock request

Hi Spencer, I'm just reviewing the latest unblock request from Polegåarden and I'm minded to accept it. As blocking admin, just wanted to check with you if you have any comments/objections? WaggersTALK 09:48, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Waggers Given the comments on their talk page, I think a second chance would not be unreasonable and no objection from me at present. SpencerT•C 16:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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

CheckUser changes

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Interface administrator changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
  • Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

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You seem to have deleted (reverted) looted art related well-referenced text from Cleveland Museum of Art.

You did the same for the article regarding the museum director William Griswold with a comment "discussed in body". The well-referenced information (now deleted by you) is NOT discussed in the body in the way the main section claims "In the two instances that museum staff discovered the questionable provenance of one of its objects, he has personally led negotiations resulting in their return to their respective countries of origin." which paints a very positive picture of William Griswold. Whereas,the text (with credible references) deleted by you points to a different picture. That is; Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired the looted statue when no other museum wanted to touch it because of its dubious origins and even after it was recently confiscated by the law enforcement, the museum under the direction of William Griswold tries to cling on the looted material, yet alone "personally leading negotiations resulting to return to the country of origin".

Please could you explain why nave you deleted well-referenced counter-argument text?

Regs. Lightingci (talk) 02:48, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

I have no relationship with the Cleveland Museum of Art or to William Griswold. Please note my edit at Cleveland Museum of Art here that sought to include additional information regarding this topic in the body that was included in the reference, and I added information from the edit with neutral fashion. As for the William Griswold (museum director) article, the article must adhere closely to the Biographies of living persons policy. Neither reference mentions Griswold, and thus would be most appropriate for the CMA article rather than Griswold's, unless reliable sources mention a clear connection. I was mistaken in my edit summary and meant the main CMA article rather than the body of Griswold's article. I agree that the information can also be added to Griswold's article if a reliable sources makes a clear connection between his role in this, and you are welcome to go ahead and make such edits. Best, SpencerT•C 08:27, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you, Spencer. You took care of the puppet (41.45.22.147). Not sure if he will go back to his original IP 197.63.167.27. This was him also: Solidarity. Regards, Bringingthewood (talk) 06:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

February music

story · music · places

Thank you for bringing Seiji Ozawa to the Main page! I thanked him, and have the story of Helga Paris today, a photographer of houses and faces. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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 Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

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RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I

Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

  • Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
  • Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
  • Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
  • Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
  • Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
  • Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
  • Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
  • Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
  • Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
  • Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
  • Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
  • Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
  • Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
  • Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
  • Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
  • Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
  • Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Spencer :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 07:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Clovermoss! Just done. SpencerT•C 00:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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Administrator changes

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Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

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  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
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Ask for help

Hi, firstly my english are badly because I'm from Hong kong. Hopefully you don't mind. I want to ask you for help because user Monerals delete some information in United States at the Winter Olympics and United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. His edit behavior same as 81.19.139.24 and 185.42.163.210. I'm not sure nor they're the same person. But I think he did a disruptive edit. Also the pages in United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, he delete some information and say that bad english. But I don't think it's not a problem. Can you help me to see it? Thanks. Stevencocoboy (talk) 06:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I see this is being discussed at User_talk:Monerals#Editing_advice and don't have anything in particular to add. Best, SpencerT•C 04:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
It have been already solved. Thanks. Stevencocoboy (talk) 06:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Disruptive IP again

Hi, Spencer. Can you block this IP that continues to rapidly revert my edits on Talk:Reddit and using it as a forum? This is the IP: 2003:DC:CF35:AC00:7724:8D7B:E601:A1CB. Thanks. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, Scottish already did it. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Joel Breman

On 26 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joel Breman, 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. PFHLai (talk) 09:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

readded Joe Roe

Oversight changes

removed GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. 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

Miscellaneous

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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia: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:

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)

In the news

Where can I find the archives of former In the news entries from January 2023? I'm preparing for an exam. I find it useful. 157.44.145.74 (talk) 15:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't think there is a particular page; an incomplete archives for 2008-2011 can be found at Wikipedia:ITN archives. Archives of nominations can be found at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/Archives. Best, SpencerT•C 03:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

IKEA Foundation request

Hi Spencer, I'm Altaf with the IKEA Foundation. I had a request for the article and was wondering if you might be willing to take a look since you had reviewed another one of my requests in the past. I'd really appreciate it! AMfromIKEA (talk) 07:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Joel Breman

On 26 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joel Breman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Joel Breman, who helped combat the 1976 Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire, was not expected to return alive by the pilots who dropped him there? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joel Breman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Joel Breman), 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.

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TFA

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) 14:56, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for RD work! - 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) 15:35, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story about Willi Brokmeier still needs support for RD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:59, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Nevermind, he made it to the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, just getting on; glad it was able to be posted. SpencerT•C 07:51, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed

Oversight changes

removed Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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

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July music

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I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. Thank you for promoting Liana Isakadze to the Main page, but another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

She's on the Main page now. 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 if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 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. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b had a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, improved much over the last days, could still grow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

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Today I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death (thanks to you!) but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Help? My story today is about a woman, nominated for RD but needing support as I write this. A composer died whose article is long and mostly unreferenced. And some articles open for review, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, wasn't on but looks like it got posted. Cheers, SpencerT•C 00:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Nevermind, and yes, it got posted. Today it's Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), on his birthday, nominated for RD. The concerns regarding Goehr are detailed on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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This is a sockpuppet of Hamish Ross. Their MO is to use sleeper socks to quickly revert edits + warn users indiscriminately and extremely quickly - sometimes 20+ edits per minute. Once they reach 500 edits, they then edit History of the chair to restore previous socks' edits. (pinging also @Daniel Case:) —Ingenuity (t • c) 21:22, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for promoting Herbie Flowers to RD - we got a bit nervous ;) - Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display his portrait by Egon Schiele, music from Moses und Aron, and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for your help here. I do want to ask, though -- do you think you could delete their BLP violations from the page history? I think it would be a good idea given how potentially harmful it is to the subject and another person mentioned in one of the diffs, but that is entirely up to you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 16:57, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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WP:ITNN: I have a nom for Michael Sladek open that needs attention. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

He made it then. - You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Today I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk. - I nominated Helmut Bauer for RD, whose Requiem (livestream) will be tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Today brought his timely promotion to the Main page on the day when pieces from Mozart's Requiem were performed for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:36, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Now it's Leif Segerstam. Listen to the music in my story: I put it on DYK 10 years ago (mentioning Ukraine) and heard it today for the first time. That violinist/violist was incredible! Last month someone added to her article that she died, - a year ago OTD. Not recent enough to be mentioned, and we can't celebrate her birthday, - we don't even have a year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

I made Segerstam my big story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:59, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

... and you made my day by posting him, - thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:33, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Another cantata turned 300, Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115. Another bio last day for RD: Walter Jacob. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Made it 2 minutes before midnight, for a rich day. Today a caricature, for a change. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Constant vandalism on Igbo-Ukwu

Hello, Spencer there seems to be vandalism going on the Igbo-Ukwu page I have told a different person on Wikipedia to add protection on the page and the page was protected for a while but the information that the page was protected from keeps getting added back on the page by different editors without sources. It seems that the people who are editing the page have an agenda which is to claim that the artifacts found within that location don't belong to the Igbo people who live there and that the Igbo people who live there aren't indigenous this is very confusing because there has never been a reputable published paper to back these claims so its simply vandalism. Also the area where these edits were added isn't the proper place for that kind of edit. I have reverted the page again and have given the recent user by the name Kingpine444 who reverted the edit a warning but I am afraid that this will be a constant revert. Bernadine okoro (talk) 18:43, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Looks like one of the users have been blocked, but you can request page protection for a page here: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. (Click on the blue button that says "Request protection"). SpencerT•C 05:15, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Its not just one person but no worries it seems the attack on page has died down i will do just that next time Bernadine okoro (talk) 01:07, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

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I nominated another musician to ITN, Odile Bailleux. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for helping "her"! - The next is Siegfried Thiele. - I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

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