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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.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

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Different Revdel

As I mentioned on Nagol0929's talk page, I have another revdel request.

Currently this article, Vishuddhananda Paramahansa is under RFD for complete lack of WP:RS, and has been frequented by sockpuppets who keep adding copyvio material and sources that are blog/wikiclone level. The five edits I think are worthy of revdel are by User:Akhila257 (currently under sock investigation here) as they readded some same and some similar stuff that we keep telling these new popup editors is not acceptable sourcing.

I admit that I might have part of the request I made on the page wrong as I had copied the previous request thinking the user had readded the same things again, but since then I see that one of the two sources I mentioned was not used. If that needs to be corrected by me, I will do so.

If you feel that revdel is not needed due to the likelihood of the RFD passing (Currently on day 2, and so far a unanimous Delete among all nonIP/non brand new popup users), that's fine too.

Thanks for the consideration, Zinnober9 (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Zinnober9, thanks for the message! Yeah, that seems problematic from a copyright perspective. I've performed the revision deletion. DanCherek (talk) 01:32, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

I appreciate it, thanks! Zinnober9 (talk) 01:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Signups open for The Core Contest 2024

The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—returns again this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 02:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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Blocked from editing

Hi Dan,

I have read your email again and realize I need to disclose my employment with Rutgers on my CHeherPeters page. If I do this, using the following:

{{paid|user=CHeherPeters|employer=Rutgers University |client=School of Communication and Information}}.

will I be able to edit again?

I am an employee of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information so I am being paid as an employee while I work to update our Wikipedia page.

Many thanks for your help,

Carol Heher Peters CHeherPeters (talk) 14:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi CHeherPeters, thanks for your message. Yes, that looks like the appropriate template to put on your user page at User:CHeherPeters. Thank you in advance for that disclosure. I see you mentioned on your talk page that you plan to propose edits for review on the article's talk page (at Talk:Rutgers School of Communication and Information). That'll be great! You can add the {{edit COI}} template when you do that to put it in the review queue. Just some advice – your proposals will probably be more successful if they are summarizing information from reliable, independent sources in your own words (i.e., don't just copy/paste from the school's website because it's typically not written in the style that Wikipedia likes). Good luck. DanCherek (talk) 18:26, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Another editor recently brought Pomona College to featured article status, meaning it was reviewed and determined to be a high-quality article, so you might find that helpful in terms of the sourcing that works well in college/university-related articles. DanCherek (talk) 18:30, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Hannam University copyvio

Hi! I just noticed and reverted a batch of copyright-violating edits on Hannam University by Minera1water (talk · contribs). Seeing as you handled the previous case of this by the same editor in Special:Permalink/1215245276, I though I would let you know, and maybe you could handle it. Thanks. penguinencounter2@enwiki:~/talk/contrib$ 01:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Revdel done, thanks! User p-blocked from Hannam University for persistent copyright violations; hopefully they start engaging on their talk page. DanCherek (talk) 01:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

They now have a selfproclaimed COI stated on their talk page (in words, not as a template). Not sure why they replied to Nagol0929 instead of you the Admin. Zinnober9 (talk) 22:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Responded, we'll see how it goes. DanCherek (talk) 01:49, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• 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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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello DanCherek,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

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Pudgy Penguins

I am the one who has contributed everything here Pudgy Penguins 90 percent or more and i want it to be deleted additionally it was UPE DIVINE 17:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

This user has been blocked indefinitely for abuse to Wikipedia’s terms, he was paid to create several articles that are not reliable for under the table payments like Luca Schnetlzer and Pudgy Penguins and many others.. his history log has all the evidence and should need a thorough examination of any articles that this user has created must be deleted.. See here Wikipedia’s Administrator Noticeboard under “ DIVINE and Tulsi: COI/UPE/quid-pro-quo editing, association with threats and harassment” 2601:589:4E00:BE40:8946:F528:3975:8678 (talk) 19:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

March music

story · music · places

in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

... and the premiere of Nabucco - I always wanted to go to that theatre where Idomeneo premiered, and they played Mozart! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

It's gorgeous. Did you sit in an opera box? I've never done that. DanCherek (talk) 22:11, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

It looks like boxes but behind behind the structure there's only a narrow divider. I sat in a box in Paris (recently), Madrid and Montepulciano. Last time in Madrid not in a box because when you are not in front there's limited view, - and then it was a concert performance ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:45, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Today, my story is a piece dear to my heart, still in memory. When I sang it first, a friend was in the audience with her husband who knew he was to die soon. She played a tape from the performance for his funeral. I may have told you before. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing, that is a touching story. DanCherek (talk) 05:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - I began uploading pics from Madeira vacation. On Bach's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

a few new pics, and two people for DYK --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This one is just gorgeous! DanCherek (talk) 22:51, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Now a calf in the mist and chocolate cake, and a story of collaboration --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Now a bird. - I listen to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:46, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Two days later in time, Bach music for Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy Easter! DanCherek (talk) 00:02, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Problem

Hi, first of all, thank you again for giving me this role. So far I have accepted one edit and tried to delete one (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daddy_Yankee&diff=prev&oldid=1218239310); for the last one, I had to remove it manually (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daddy_Yankee&diff=prev&oldid=1218250556) because of the message "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form. You may receive this message if you are blocking cookies."; how to solve this? JacktheBrown (talk) 16:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: Hmm, not quite sure. I'm seeing sporadic reports in noticeboard archives from other people who received the same message in the past (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4), so the first thing I would suggest is to review a few more pending changes to see if you encounter the same issue again, and if you do, try some of the suggestions in those threads (like clearing cookies, trying a different browser, etc.). Hope that helps. DanCherek (talk) 18:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank You For The Advice

Hi Sir,

I thank you for correcting my edit and mostly for your advice on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Story_of_Racheltjie_De_Beer&action=history I was part of a group of beginners on editing African film and arts in Africa on Wikipedia, I was editing there as I'm part of the course, however I thank you for noticing my mistake and your corrections, the course has ended in the beginning of March with so much learning but for you to reintroduce me to more of learning and understanding how to edit on Wiki even more wiser means so much to me. Thank you please continue doing so.

Regards Arnold SunsetS82 (talk) 20:14, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@SunsetS82: Thanks for your understanding! I am grateful for your contributions to Wikipedia and I hope you continue to stick around even if the course is over. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need assistance. DanCherek (talk) 22:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Sure Sir, I will reach out to you whenever I got a question, the course is long over. SunsetS82 (talk) 20:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Copyright vios on Gnawa music

JEBAIBA is still making copyright violations at the above article despite your warning. Could you rev-del their edits once again? Thanks. 73.67.145.30 (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, revdel done, and thanks for giving another warning. DanCherek (talk) 21:41, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

The Core Contest has now begun!

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Protection needed

Hi there. Can you protect the page Albert Wesker for persistent disruptive edits. Thank you. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 03:44, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. DanCherek (talk) 03:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from DivineGaby (14:39, 18 April 2024)

Hello. I hope you are doing well. I have an inquiry about editing about a person who has little sources of information talking about her. How do I go about it. --DivineGaby (talk) 14:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi DivineGaby, is this about an existing article or one that you want to create? In general, the extent of significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources is how notability is determined, so if there is too little existing information, it could be an indicator that there is not enough to merit an article at this time. But it's hard to generalize, so if you have a specific topic in mind, that would be helpful. DanCherek (talk) 03:09, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello DanCherek.

Thank you for the insight,I'm editing an article about Margaret Trowell as one of the presidents of the Uganda Society DivineGaby (talk) 20:37, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@DivineGaby: Thanks! Yeah, there's definitely enough to establish notability and I see you've already cited some good sources, like the Court article. Here are a few more I found from a quick search that might be helpful: [1][2]. Anyways, my advice would be to just go through all of the relevant sources you can find and add whatever information you find about her. It's okay if some parts are not as comprehensive as others if the sourcing isn't there – that can always be challenging when writing about historical people. DanCherek (talk) 03:46, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@DanCherek

Thank you very much.Let me enhance the article. DivineGaby (talk) 08:25, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Bone Segment Navigation

Hello DanCherek. Thank you for moderating. However, the statements under 'Clinical use of Bone Segment Navigation' are wrong as the literature I cited shows. The previous methods of Watzinger and Cutting don't meet the criteria of Bone Segment Navigation. How can I solve this without citing the literature? With my kindest regards MedTech (talk) 05:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

I reverted your edits because they contained text copied from the copyright source. Anything you add to Wikipedia needs to be summarized in your own words, per the copyright policy. DanCherek (talk) 18:14, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, DanCherek. You are right. I suggest the following text, which is in my own words:

Bone segment navigation is a patented surgical procedure, using a frameless and markerless registration technique. It uses for the first time natural registration surfaces instead of single artificial x-ray visible markers, in order to achieve a higher precision (1 mm and better). Previous methods of Cutting and Watzinger do not meet the criteria of bone segment navigation.

May I add this to Wikipedia? Thanks for your help. MedTech (talk) 04:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

@MedTech: I haven't checked all the sources, but that looks much better. Thanks for taking the time to rewrite it. DanCherek (talk) 23:36, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time. I inserted the text. Furthermore, I suggest, to delete the paragraph 'Clinical use of bone segment navigation', since it is wrong and misleading. What do you think? MedTech (talk) 06:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

If you think it should be deleted, go ahead and do so (be sure to clearly explain your edit in the edit summary). I haven't looked into it but if anyone has an issue, that's what the talk page is for. DanCherek (talk) 21:32, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your advices. MedTech (talk) 06:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

References

Women in Red May 2024

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Regarding D.S.T.S. Mandal's College of Pharmacy, Solapur wikipedia page.

Hi! There. My article regarding D.S.T.S. Mandal's College of Pharmacy, Solapur is not under copyright infringement.the page information which is written in this https://www.indcareer.com/maharashtra/solapur/dsts-mandals-college-pharmacy-polytechnic-solapur website is to be stolen from college official website which they have done infringement.[3]https://pharmacycol.com/about-us/about-the-college/ Thevivekanand (talk) 05:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Some text that you copied to Draft:D.S.T.S. Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, Solapur appears at IndCareer, but not at the college's website. DanCherek (talk) 13:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

April music

story · music · places

I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed, and a bit proud that I brought the woman's pic to lead and Main page), and I also made it my story. - How do you like the statue (see places)? I was undecided so show three versions ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Happy April! Yes, I like the statue. I'd never heard of Hildegard before. BTW, since we're talking about Copland, I just noticed the state of Rodeo – yikes! Going on my to-do list... DanCherek (talk) 20:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hildegard is a local hero, venerated as a woman who contradicted the pope, composed music and wrote recipes for healthy food long before she was officially a saint. I knew from the artist that the model for the statue was a ballet dancer from Berlin, and then wrote about Steffi Scherzer and noticed something. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:27, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

As it happens, Hildegard's Physica is on the Main page today, and 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) 14:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Very nice! We just had the cherry blossoms where I live, in full bloom a couple weeks ago, but they're all gone now. DanCherek (talk) 23:48, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

now plum tree blossom, for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

My story today is about a piece composed for the Second Sunday after Easter 300 years ago (listen!), and I just returned from a (long) opera about the same age, with soprano Pretty Yende --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

followed by two birthdays in a row, and I prefer those (see my talk) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

images of a flock of sheep that I met by chance on the 300th birthday of cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 21 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) 21:52, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Love the sheep! DanCherek (talk) 22:37, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - I have again a rather sad story on the Main page, - yesterday's double bass story was more fun. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

today you can look at the last three stories or "music" on my talk: the same topics, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Samuel Kummer and (pictured) one row of 8 double basses and another of 5 bassists ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Duplicate article

Hello, there are two different articles about a single person Imroz (painter) and Imroz (Punjabi painter). Can you please merge them into one if possible. I suggest that the first article which have infobox should be kept and the other one be deleted. Regards - Bairagi Ram (talk) 03:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

@Bairagi Ram: I've redirected the second (duplicate) article to Imroz (painter) and left a note at Talk:Imroz (painter) so that anyone who is interested in merging any useful content is notified about it. DanCherek (talk) 15:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

👍 Bairagi Ram (talk) 13:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• MelanieN
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Bureaucrat changes

Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe

Oversight changes

GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English 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

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

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

This can't amount to anything good. Special:Contributions/DanCherekFU. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, no harm done .. they're gone already. Have a good week. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Very weird! Thanks for letting me know anyway. Hope you have a good week too! DanCherek (talk) 03:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Too much free time, lol. You're very welcome and thank you! Regards. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

The Core Contest is halfway through!

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Help with block evasion

A vandalism binge by 120.28.65.17 (talk · contribs). Thanks, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:54, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Was just about to apply a block but PhilKnight beat me to it! DanCherek (talk) 04:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Terrific. Thanks to you both. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:56, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2024

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Thank you

Thank you for the reasons given to remove my edit about the Achuar people. Now I know the rules. Jack Windshield (talk) 11:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

No problem. DanCherek (talk) 14:10, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Manipuri–Burmese wars of 1717 to 1749- could you check a deleted diff?

Specifically, this one?, and does it contain the same content you removed from the article 2024-05-11? Different account, but you can see the relevant albeit messy SPI here.

(Also, quick disclaimer- I think I messed up in the article and removed some unattributed pd-copying, believing it to be more modern, but you can ignore that because I'll fix it now that I've reminded myself of it) GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 05:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@GreenLipstickLesbian: I don't see any overlap between the new edit and the one from a few weeks ago. That said, given the checkuser findings at SPI and the continued copying from that Internet Archive source, it seems like an indefinite block is in order for Khotanese26, right? It looks to me that way, but as you mentioned the SPI is messy so just wanted to get a second opinion. DanCherek (talk) 12:32, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

If it had been the exact same, it would have been a really easy block. Given that it's not the same, but that the same pattern of behaviour, + the CU evidence + the overlap in interest, and that this is the second time they've apparently committed a blatant copy-vio, I think an admin would be fully justified in blocking the Kotanese26 account. I'll leave it to you, but that's my opinion. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 20:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks! I've blocked for copyright violations and sockpuppetry. DanCherek (talk) 23:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for looking at the issue and dealing with all the administration side of stuff! I'll leave a note at the SPI case so the folks there can do whatever archive stuff they need. 00:37, 28 May 2024 (UTC) GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 00:37, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank You But You Inaccurately Removed My Changes That Its A Copyright Material!

Thank You But You Inaccurately Removed My Changes That Its A Copyright Material!

I haave the approval to use the information from the Saddle River's town Page. Plus its a public Town Hall page menat for the public good and all information belongs to the public.

Please advice what critreria you used to think it cannot be used?

I have no vested or monetary interest except to supplement the page for the town by removing inaccutrate information and adding new public interest which will help people when they are looking for information about this town.

I volunteer for the twown as a councilman and do not get any compensation whatsoever.

Please advice?

Best Regards

Ravi Rsachde2 (talk) 17:46, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, there are a few different issues here. Since you are affiliated with the article subject as a councilman, you should provide the proper disclosure as advised at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest — that means disclosing the relationship on your user page, on the talk page of the article, and/or in your edit summaries. Be sure to read that full COI guideline for best practices regarding this. In this case, the guideline applies even if you are not specifically being paid to make changes to the article.

We can only accept text that has been verified to be explicitly released into the public domain or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license (such as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, CC BY-SA 4.0). The Saddle River website does not indicate that, so I removed the text. Previously published content may be released by the copyright owner by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. I will point out, however, that Wikipedia is primarily interested in what reliable sources have to say about a particular subject, not what it says about itself, and articles should be based on reliable, independent, secondary sources. Much of the content that you added to the article was promotionally written and not neutral enough for an encyclopedic article.

Once you have reviewed the conflict of interest guidelines, I recommend suggesting any future edits that you'd like to make on the talk page of the article, using edit requests. You may find the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard helpful. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 15:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

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May music

story · music · places

On the bicentenary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, I remember our recent uplifting choral concert in pictures, on my user page and in my concerts (leading to the two at the church's article).--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

I love that symphony. Playing it was one of the highlights of my time in my college orchestra. DanCherek (talk) 18:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Understand. I sang it (alto) in Idstein once. - Today is the Feast of the Ascension for which Bach composed his oratorio, - perhaps watch a bit how the closing movement was performed in Bach's church. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Magdalena Hinterdobler is on the Main page today, together with an opera that reviewers deemed not interesting and too obscure for our general readers. The soprano thought differently, - listen and see. - Also on the Main page: a TFA by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I miss him too. He did a lot of great work on that article. DanCherek (talk) 12:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Doom (2016 video game) - today's TFA is again by Vami --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

did you listen and see? - today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

yesterday's story remembered an oratorio world premiere I was in, conducted by the composer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I heard lovely chamber music today, and the DYK mentions "profoundly human" singing (that you can watch), connected to a place where we'll sing in September --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I liked seeing Erschallet, ihr Lieder on the Main page today, 310 years after the first performance! We sang it in 2000. Today's program was easier but also spirited. I found a nice video of "I will sing with the spirit", with nature photography, - enjoy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Cool! I've been seeing a lot of these around my area too, I didn't know what they were called. DanCherek (talk) 17:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Nor did I until I looked it up ;) - Requiem (Verdi) tomorrow, - short on music and references - can you help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:56, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Not right now... possibly in June? DanCherek (talk) 01:19, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Though you are doing an excellent job at it already! DanCherek (talk) 01:20, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

If you have any specific Lilypond-related requests, lmk. DanCherek (talk) 01:20, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the offer, but the coverage of the music is still poor - later perhaps. - Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps you can see and tell me why I don't hear the sample in my story today. I see that the box that normally has the time has only an arrow here, and when I click on it (only) the whole page turns pale. Superficially comparing to examples in BWV 1 (with and without text) didn't give me a clou. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I think this is a known bug that occurs when an .ogg sound file is on the same page, mentioned at Help talk:Score § LilyPond player vs .ogg files, also tracked at Phabricator (phab:T363630). DanCherek (talk) 16:24, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I'll remove the sound file then, and move it to Graupner. It must be something like this, because I tried to copy the same piece from BWV 227 where it worked, and it worked in preview, but not after saving. The second Graupner is terrific! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Yep! The score playback sounds great now too. DanCherek (talk) 01:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Today's story is about Samuel Kummer, one of five items on the Main page - more musing on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

last offer in May: photos of the river Rhine, and the adjacent Eltville rose garden, - high water and interesting weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Happy June! I have something to offer too. Wang Xizhi, newly improved for The Core Contest. Still got it in me! DanCherek (talk) 00:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Traveling

Back tomorrow afternoon-ish. DanCherek (talk) 00:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

thanks

thanks so much for you help, user! I wish I knew how to give you Wikigifts but unfortunately, I really don't and I regret that. Josethewikier (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

No problem. I think the main issue with Special:Diff/1227080101 was one closing bracket ] after the discussion report wikilink rather than two. DanCherek (talk) 15:48, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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Battle of Qahrawa 1946

I have noticed that you deleted my article which I don’t know why you deleted can you be more specific please 🙏 Hipow12 (talk) 04:58, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello Hipow12, it was deleted because the text was directly copied from elsewhere which is a copyright violation. Everything you add to Wikipedia needs to be summarized in your own words. DanCherek (talk) 16:41, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Why delete Exilissa?

Hello @DanCherek. You deleted the article about Exilissa for no reason other than that the creator was banned in another account. I don't think this is sufficient ground to delete the article, when its topic has notability and its content and style were actually OK. At least a request for deletion should have been opened. In any case, I have opened a request for undeletion for this article. Ideophagous (talk) 10:33, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

I’m not sure why you went straight there before awaiting a response from me because I would have undeleted it on your request, saving everyone time, but I’ll copy my response from there: I stand by the initial G5 deletion but I don’t have an issue with the restoration (I’m on mobile now so will leave that for another administrator). Note that the sockpuppet who created it is notorious for poor source-text integrity and serial copyright violations, so please be mindful of the actual article content. DanCherek (talk) 16:40, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello @DanCherek. Sorry, I'd never done an undeletion request, and wasn't sure what the correct procedure was. In any case, if you think the text is not ready for the main namespace, by all means put it in Draft, and I will do a thorough review and improve it there. Thanks! Ideophagous (talk) 16:43, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

No worries. As I mentioned I’m on my phone now which makes it harder for me to restore pages. Maybe someone else will get to it soon but if not, I will undelete it asap (probably sometime tonight). DanCherek (talk) 16:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Now  Done DanCherek (talk) 23:06, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you but if you could discuss it with me first I am sure I could help but it’s ok. Can you make the Wikipedia article again I can help you with the sources Hipow12 (talk) 09:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

@Hipow12. DanCherek has already restored the article, and I'm working on it. I checked most of the sources in the article, and they seem OK. I have two books with chapters about Exilissa, so I will be adding more information from there soon (or at least references to the sources if they don't have anything substantial to add). Feel free to review or add anything else missing. Ideophagous (talk) 10:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much let me know when the Wikipedia is ready and accepted Hipow12 (talk) 10:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Hipow12, you might have gotten the sections on this talk page mixed up. If you are asking about your own article, Battle of Qahrawa (1946), that remains deleted, and I don't plan to restore it because it is a copyright violation. Feel free to re-create it, but you need to write it entirely using your own words. DanCherek (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok thank you Hipow12 (talk) 03:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

AbdolReza Razmjoo

Hello dear friend, thank you for your help and kindness. I wanted to take the page out of draft mode, but it looks like I went the wrong way.Abarz54 (talk) 19:44, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

I see you've moved it back to mainspace, though I'm not sure the sourcing is strong enough for it to potentially survive another deletion discussion, if one is raised. DanCherek (talk) 01:23, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hello DanCherek, I was wanting to know if you have been experiencing a weird format. I don't know how to say this without for exampling it but for example September 13, 1967 has the month on the top but the number is on the bottom, even though that's not how its supposed to look like. (It's also the same for November and December too.) Do you know if there some sort of error that Wikipedia is having? By the way, I use an android to go on to Wikipedia so I don't if it's the same for computer users. Arcadia16 (talk) 20:10, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Arcadia16, I think it's a known bug affecting any headings that include both linked and unlinked text (e.g., "September 1, 1967 (Friday)"). The report at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) § Section headings with links seems to be describing exactly what you're talking about. DanCherek (talk) 22:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, this is it. The thing is that it happened out of nowhere today because I got off of Wikipedia and got back on to see the text messed up. Arcadia (talk) 22:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

See WP:THURSDAY – Thursdays are usually when new software gets deployed, and with new software often comes unexpected bugs and issues, unfortunately. DanCherek (talk) 22:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the info. I am hoping that this issue can be resolved quickly. Arcadia (talk) 23:20, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

I also have just now reported this bug to WP:VPT in order for them to see my response. Arcadia (talk) 23:02, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

The VPT discussion that I linked above already had a developer saying that it would be fixed by Monday at the latest. DanCherek (talk) 23:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh okay then. Sorry about that. Arcadia (talk) 07:50, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

happy to see you

you are doing good work with helping wikipedia by cleaning out copyright content, keep it up ! UnKnownrNone (talk) 03:02, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 14:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Core Contest 2024

Congratulations on winning third place (a tie) in this year's Core Contest. Please get in touch with me at [email protected] to arrange your prize. Best wishes, Karla Marte(WMUK) (talk) 10:05, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Citation Barnstar
	The notes and the bibliography too? Epic. Lovely. Thank you. jengod (talk) 00:04, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Good luck with the article! DanCherek (talk) 00:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Citation

Thank you for helping me with the citation error I was getting, you fixed it and it means a lot to me that you helped. Thanks!! Zzygglroxx (talk) 10:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

The error was actually fixed by another editor named Smallangryplanet! What I did was to duplicate the citation for the quote at the end of the paragraph. DanCherek (talk) 11:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

You are correct! Saw that when i had just woken up. New to all of this. Thanks all the same, and cheers! Zzygglroxx (talk) 23:37, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

LTA?

Dan, you recognized an LTA during an ANI discussion recently. Could you look over [4]? Is this the same person, do you think? The addition of "zany hijinks" is what especially caught my eye. Joyous! Noise! 03:24, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

@Joyous!: Thanks for the message. Yep, you're exactly right, it's them. (Architect 134, in case you ever see that name come up in a block log.) DanCherek (talk) 03:31, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

June music

story · music · places

Enjoy today's story, related to my topic of the year: 300 years Bach's chorale cantatas, and the first was written for today. The music opens with a French overture for a chorale fantasy. - Enjoy your travels. I had the idea if you might add lilypond to the chorals, eventually. Today's is quite extraordinary. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about an extraordinary biography, Peter Demetz. - I uploaded a few more pics but leave the link, because there's a new one of Graham and his mother who liked it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

The tune on which BWV 20 (last Sunday) rests can be heard here, and lilypond might rather go to the hymn than the cantata. Next Sunday Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2, same group, interesting keyboard interludes. The sheet music is in the cantata articles, look for Luke Dahn. I have a tricky biography to reference, Jürgen Moltmann, right after the one for today's story, or would try myself, at least the tunes. - June pics now, high water in the Rhine, and the following day those benches in the water (and where I was standing) were under water, - but scroll up for the latest of Graham turning a Barrel organ: so much joy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a tune - one of those mentioned just above - used by Bach and Mozart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Cool DanCherek (talk) 21:50, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Do you think you could add lilypond to O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (because it may come to the Main page tomorrow although it seems pointless)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:10, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Can you link the score? DanCherek (talk) 14:13, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

In the article, look for Dahn (#1). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:21, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much: I'm singing your praises today, hope you don't mind pings. - I wanted to write a happy song story, on a friend's birthday, but instead we have the word of thunder on top of it, which would have been better on 2 June, this year's first Sunday after Trinity. - Today's Main page is rich in music, also Franz Liszt and a conductor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

No problem, glad to be of assistance! DanCherek (talk) 01:23, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Could you perhaps do Hava Nagila? We have Hevenu shalom aleichem. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Had to do a little digging... I haven't read any of Joyce's works and don't know anything about them except that they're very multilayered (and that he's known for stream of conciousness), so I was like "why has this article run on so many June 16's??". DanCherek (talk) 22:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was a capybara 😂 DanCherek (talk) 22:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

;) - New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Today is a feast day for which Bach composed a chorale cantata in 1724 (and we had a DYK about it in 2012). Can't believe that Jodie Devos had to die, - don't miss her video from the Opéra-Comique at the end, - story to come. The weekend brought plenty of music sung and listened to, and some of it is reflected in the last two stories! + pics of good food with good company --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

RIP, so young.

Great photos, glad to see you enjoying yourself! DanCherek (talk) 20:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - The image in my DYK story is what I happened to see from my seat in a performance before the festival (with Anna Netrebko in the title role but sold out of course, and the other was possibly the icier Principessa anyway). I recommend the trailer video, with various scenes to the end of the music that Puccini was able to finish before he died in 1924. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Copyvio repeated

Just to let you know, I think the copyvio you revision-deleted from Androphagi was repeated: [5]. Can you check it out? Thanks, Gawaon (talk) 06:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. Revdel done. Thanks for letting me know! DanCherek (talk) 13:23, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback

Appreciate the feedback on my edits. I took another shot at drafting something entirely in my own words with citations to the articles. Polsteve (talk) 15:31, 29 June 2024 (UTC)polsteve

The new version looks great, thanks for taking the time to do that! DanCherek (talk) 16:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

a bout Speedy deletion of Behrouz Sebt Rasoul

hi. Please see the following content: 1-We are sincerely trying to help the Wikipedia family. It took hours to create these pages. 2- We are not very professional and if you just sent a message to delete the items, we would definitely delete them. 3-We didn't know about the rules you said. 4-We will delete it immediately. Please guide how we can correct those pages and not rework? 5-We remain like children who must be treated with gentleness or we will become discouraged. Please do not delete the following pages and give us a chance to correct it. Please see how many days were spent to make these pages.

Between Two Homes
Identity Movie

Behrouz Sebt Rasoul

Best, Na.234996.ouz (talk) 14:13, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Who do you mean by "we", is more than one person using this account? What is your connection to Behrouz Sebt Rasoul? DanCherek (talk) 15:05, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Dear DanCherek

I am not an English speaker and I may make mistakes in writing. I am the only one working with this account. I am very interested in cinema and I am familiar with some directors. Behrouz Sebt Rasoul is a popular director and I have been taking all the photos and posters of his movies for years. Among the cases that were criticized, the source of the news is the company of Mr. Behrouz Sebt Rasoul. For example, the news that was taken from Nama Film Company. I would never give a reference if I wanted to break the rules. Those materials were actually quoted from references, but I must not have known how to write them. Please allow me to edit the pages and do not delete the pages.

Thankful

Rasouly Na.234996.ouz (talk) 05:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Everything you add to Wikipedia needs to be summarized in your own words and ideally cited to independent sources, because we're more interested in what secondary sources have to say about a particular subject rather than what it says about itself. Feel free to recreate the articles if you write it in your own words. Overly lengthy quotations aren't great either, per our policy on non-free content. The contents of the deleted articles were almost entirely copied from other websites, so it's probably better to start from a clean slate at this point. DanCherek (talk) 16:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red July 2024

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Toby Britton

Hello again. Sorry to trouble you once more. Hopefully this will be the last time (at least for a while) but could you reinstate my article Toby Britton please? It's the last of the ones I rashly got deleted via author delete thingy that hasn't either been reinstated or redirected. Shrug02 (talk) 17:48, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@Shrug02: no problem,  Done DanCherek (talk) 17:53, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Patrick Gouge

Hello. Could you please undelete my Patrick Gouge article as offered the other day? Shrug02 (talk) 12:08, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Shrug02: Sure, done! DanCherek (talk) 12:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Shrug02 (talk) 17:54, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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Deleted my page

Draft OLYA K wa real , you have deleted it. Can you please fix that? Olyasongs (talk) 16:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

The text on the page page was a copy of http://www.olyafans.com/ which is not allowed for copyright reasons. DanCherek (talk) 21:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Trulyy (23:19, 6 July 2024)

How can I protect a page? Someone keeps vandalizing a page and I keep reverting their edits but they won't stop. --Trulyy (talk) 23:19, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Trulyy: You can request page protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. DanCherek (talk) 23:33, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@DanCherek Thank you, and at what point can I myself protect a page? Is it only for administrators? Trulyy (talk) 23:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, only administrators have the ability to protect pages (and delete pages and block accounts). DanCherek (talk) 23:47, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

There's a possible vandalism in the Great American Novel Page

Someone deleted Gone With the Wind from there. Dsdias04 (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Probably not vandalism, just someone who removed it based on their own opinion (not ideal either). That said, you probably want to look for stronger sourcing than a single opinion piece in the Washington Examiner for inclusion. DanCherek (talk) 18:30, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

thank you for format help!

Thank you so much for help with the format for the proverbs quoted in Ndau and English in the Ndau dialect article. I had done the same for a Mongo language article this weekend, so I just went and changed those proverbs to follow the same style. I plan to add proverbs in this way for all the African language articles for which there are good bilingual proverb collections in the public domain or in books/articles available at Internet Archive, so your edits will help me with all those proverbs yet to come too. Much appreciated! Laurakgibbs (talk) 23:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Laurakgibbs: No problem, good luck with the edits! DanCherek (talk) 23:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	For taking part in the dirtiest work I have ever given the community. Scorpions1325 (talk) 15:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@Scorpions1325: Thanks! The revision deletion is the easy part, you're doing the hard work! DanCherek (talk) 15:38, 13 July 2024 (UTC)