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June music

story · music · places

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oh wow. Drmies (talk) 22:22, 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) 18:35, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

  Today's story is about a tune used by Bach and Mozart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:55, 9 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) 19:10, 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) 13:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  A review was started, and no other articles became ready for a nom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Regular irritant

Hi Drmies, would you mind having a look at Pieinthesky1, who is making their habitual edits in the usual playgrounds?

@SomethingForDeletion: alerted me about this likely being a familiar sock repeating the same edits on Capital punishment for homosexuality. Ohnoitsjamie (talk · contribs) sorted the last (known) episode in March involving LGBT rights in the UAE. As you have often managed also, they were so fast they got rid of them before I'd even seen the disruption. Thought we'd lost them, but no such luck.

Anyway, looks very like the same old-same old, to me. AukusRuckus (talk) 08:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

• AukusRuckus, I will, but next time please mention the sockmaster's name or link the SPI--you have no idea how forgetful I am, even though I know I blocked at least a dozen of this person's accounts. Drmies (talk) 16:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
  • What a dope I am; sorry about that. I knew I needed to include that, yet somehow missed actually, you know, doing it. So that's an example of my own high level of memory impairment (with less excuse, not having to field checkuser requests, etc., all the time). Anyway, thanks for your help – and patience. AukusRuckus (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
    • No problem, my friend--we're here to serve, but I'd serve better if I didn't forget these names so easily. And this one, of course, I spent plenty of time on. BTW I get the feeling he's expanding technically, so the alertness of people like you is getting more important. Drmies (talk) 13:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
      • Hmm, more adept at technical aspects ... with this level of unshakeable (and pathological) determination? Blech. Sigh. It looks as if they're not favouring us with even a brief respite this time round. IP 118.107.220.59, looks like Jacobkennedy – just restored the same edit as Pieinthesky1 last made to Legal system of the United Arab Emirates. May I call on your good offices once again to have a look? AukusRuckus (talk) 10:39, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
        • Yes you may! ;) Listen, just run for admin and do it yourself next time. Drmies (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
          • Haven't quite got around to running yet </no stamina></not tough enough> so wonder whether you'd look at this one-edit user: C alamy, who reverted my cleanup of Jk's sock edits on Template:LGBT rights table Asia. Was in two minds if they should be left alone ftm to waste their time cautiously accumulating ten edits – so they could get onto their target protected pages. Then I thought: I know an admin who knows what they're doing! AukusRuckus (talk) 13:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
            • You'll be pleased to know that I already did my morning exercises AND walked the dogs. Also, pugs? Pugs?? Also, yes, some technical skill was used, but what's most obvious about them is that they just want to be found, it's all about attention. Drmies (talk) 16:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism at Binibining Pilipinas 2024

Hello @Drmies, would you mind having a look at @Editscontent2.9? This editor has been vandalizing the article Binibining Pilipinas 2024 by adding fake results and at Miss Universe 2024 by adding Miss Floptropica. This behavior has been going on since 2022 I believe. Allyriana000 (talk) 02:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

• Sure but I need some specifics--diffs, reverts with solid explanations, talk page warnings. In this edit, you didn't give a reason. Not only is that not OK (you NEED to give a reason), but you also didn't warn the IP. Same here. Anyway, without those explanations and the attendant warnings, I have to figure out for myself what the problem is, and I am no expert in those articles. User:Ave maria 101, are you saying that they inserted a list of winners long before the contest was actually held? Drmies (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

  Apologies for not giving a reason to one edit. The revert was due to the unnecessary changing of names into the shorter names. Allyriana000 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

@Drmies, I have mentioned you in the talk page of @Editscontent2.9. Hope you could read the message, thank you. Allyriana000 (talk) 18:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Request

Hi Drmies, I would appreciate it if you would not follow me around tracking my edits. In the past week, you have followed me to two pages on which you have never made an edit. Thank you in advance. – notwally (talk) 22:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Notwally, can I stalk you instead? I'm bored stalking Drmies.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:12, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Honestly, you or Drmies are free to stalk me, just maybe more subtly? I'm glad to see you are not retired anymore and are still out there fighting socks. – notwally (talk) 22:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Seriously, what makes you think that Drmies's editing two of the same pages you've edited (don't know which pages you're referring to) is "tracking" your edits? Drmies is an eclectic editor - he edits many pages, many topics. Maybe he reverted you? Is that's what upset you? Without knowing more, I just think your "request" is odd. But I'll bow out and let Drmies respond if he wishes to.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

The most recent page was Carbon, but I assume Drmies started following me after a dispute on the talk page of user Microplastic Consumer about edits made to Sam Sloan, which I think Drmies needlessly escalated. That interaction seems to have gotten to him, because after I edited the carbon page today, he immediately "thanked" my edit, despite never having edited that page in the past. I don't think Drmies has ever reverted one of my edits. This is simply a case of one editor following another, and a request to have it stop. – notwally (talk) 22:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Whoa, I just looked at the discussion on MC's Talk page. "needlessly excalated"? The only editor I see escalating anything is you. You're lucky to have escaped without sanctions.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Sanctions for a single sockpuppet warning? Come on. I'll be the one to bow out from this conversation with you now. Clearly admins here need to find more useful work to do. Feel free to look into the sockpuppetry on that page. Drmies can respond if he wants, but it is entirely not necessary. – notwally (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the entertainment. I love useless work.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

notwally: dude. I watch Recent changes, all the time. I saw you make an edit, "rm excessive wikilinking" or something like that. I thanked you for it--I think you made two edits in the same article. You removed links around basic words, and that is what I also do, all the time, so I appreciate it. That's not stalking. But don't worry: I won't thank you anymore for good things you do and, honestly, when I clicked "thank" I had to remind myself who you were, because I'm so forgetful that I can barely hold a grudge. If you want to call my thanking you "following", well, I suppose you can interpret it that way. Drmies (talk) 16:24, 13 June 2024 (UTC) Ha, to prove my point, that wasn't even you, so I don't know what you mean off the top of my head, unless I go through your contributions--but that would be stalking, even though they are public, no? Drmies (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

It looks to me like you did thank Wally for their edits to Carbon. Their second edit was at 21:57, and you thanked them at 21:58.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:46, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Sheesh I'm getting fucking old. Thanks. Hey, I just went through the FAFSA/MPN process for federal loans for my kid. If you can send me $7000 a semester I won't have to do the PLUS loans, which I didn't even know existed. My brain is empty. So I thanked them huh? Nice of me! Drmies (talk) 18:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

We just wrote a check to the U.S. State Department. I'm sure that will help. I've never thanked anyone - frankly, I think it's silly. But if we're going to have a thanks thing, we should also have a "you're welcome" thing and then a "not at all" thing and then a "don't even mention it" thing. All this civility on a platform where we can say fuck as much as we please. Maybe we should have a "fuck off" thing; as long as it's in a log, it doesn't count as a personal attack. There, now I'm in your boat: writing this has emptied my brain. I'll refill it later with the usual sawdust.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:30, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Drmies, if we don't have an issue, then that is great to hear. If I ever win the lottery, maybe I can help with the college bills. I guess until then you will have to rely on Bbb23. – notwally (talk) 18:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

notwally, I don't have an issue with you. I appreciate the financial support. Unfortunately Bbb can be relied on for lots of things, but money is not one of them--but watch them hit me up when I buy my house in France. Drmies (talk) 20:55, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

I assumed all the admins here already had houses in France. Where else do you all plot what you are going to do to the rest of us? – notwally (talk) 21:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

No, that's just the admins on Commons, who get a percentage from Porntube from those auto-fellatio videos. The rest of us just eat our crickets and manifest thankfulness. Drmies (talk) 21:37, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll start spending more time on Commons then. – notwally (talk) 01:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

• Cripes, I wish I'd kept my villa in Nice when I gave up my mop. Woulda been nice to have something aside from a huge ... book collection. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  My very own castle. I particularly like the view from the tower, although the stairs are a killer. I'm running a special Spring sale if you're interested. I'm getting a bit tired of castle-hopping.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  Why not try taking the stairs two at a time? I always do that when I see some steps (although it is a little hard). NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:50, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  First, these are stone stairs, so if you fall, it's not pretty. Second, it really is a tower, so the stairwell is circular, I suppose a gymnast might be able to do it, but... --Bbb23 (talk) 13:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  Oh... I assumed it was regular stairs. :( NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  Actually, nvm. You're right about the spiral. I don't take the stairs two at a time on those. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  Huh, my second choice was a bit more modern. Stone gets awfully cold, and those stairs look painful. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Crisco that is SPECTACULAR. I'd never heard of it. I assume you wrote that up? Drmies (talk) 16:37, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it grew out of the Lovink article chain. Saw some pictures under the Roosenburgs, and I swear that must have been some castle. Countryside looks beautiful too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Answer

Not going to go into any detail... Google has the answers. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 10:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

• Ew. Drmies (talk) 16:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yeah. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 20:54, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

England football/soccer team: Possible edit war

Hello Drmies, there is this user AnimeBatman who keeps reverting my edits to the "England national football team" article. Most people should think my edit to the right looks better than AnimeBatman's version to the left. I feel like an edit war is going to happen soon, and I want this page to look as good as possible for the Euros. Could you please block this user? Thanks, Nearly but not perfect (talk) 15:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

• User:I'm not perfect but I'm almost, you're not going to like this, but that edit war is really already there, and if anyone was going to be blocked it would be you. If we're going to look at an edit war, we admins, we don't really look to see who's right and we certainly don't look to see what looks better--we look to see if there is consensus for this or that edit (and I don't see consensus for this on the talk page, so "most people should think" is not a thing that really means anything. Another thing we look for is an explanation: User:AnimeBatman wrote edit summaries for most of their edits--you didn't do that for a single one. So no, I can not block this user, because I don't have a good reason to do so. I could warn you for edit warring, but I hope I made my point. You want to get the admin cabal on your side? Explain what you do in edit summaries, and open up talk page posts, if necessary, to find consensus. Good luck in the Euros, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
• Nearly but not perfect, one more thing: you used Twinkle and rollback to revert your opponent's edits. Please look at WP:ROLLBACKUSE, and tell me which of those rationales for using rollback (and by extension Twinkle) applies. It can only be the first, "To revert obvious vandalism and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear"--but it can't. This was NOT obvious vandalism, and the reason for reverting was not clear at all. Drmies (talk) 21:14, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
• On the Euro 2024 page, someone reverted my edit changing "returning" to "returned": "The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic." I'm sure it's "returned". I have warned TheWhiterCloud already. If this turns to an edit war am I right here? Nearly but not perfect (talk) 01:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
  • In terms of grammar, of course you are right. Why, after I spent so much time explaining this to you, you couldn't put that in an edit summary, I don't understand. Also, as far as I can tell, TheWhiterCloud made that edit one single time, and you are going to cite them for edit warring? Drmies (talk) 13:15, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

The usual at K-pop

Hi doc. We have a situation at NU'EST. Thanks. Dr. K. 11:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article

I have reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article. I kept your deletion of the new "editorial" section, and the "issues" templates that you inserted, but restored all the other sections that you removed: Your edits were too extensive, too rash, too impulsive. You completely removed parts of the article that needed to stay, at least in part.

I think that you are correct in describing the article as too long and too detailed. My own opinion is that the article needs to be split up into multiple smaller articles on individual antenna tuner types, and reduced to just a review article covering antenna impedance matching rather than tuners: For example, stub-matching and baluns / transformers are not really "antenna tuners", although they are often used along with them.

Please refrain from any further edits to the antenna tuner article. Your grammar change ("don't") was entirely fine, but you appear to have an established pattern of creating editing controversy by jumping into articles where you may have limited expertise. You current batch of rash changes suggest that you aren't quite ready to make the careful edits needed to retain the good parts of the article.Astro-Tom-ical (talk) 20:35, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

@Astro-Tom-ical: First, don't go around telling other (more experienced) editors not to edit articles. See WP:OWN. Second, you are editing without logging in more frequently than you are logged in. That is not a good idea and may be seen as you trying to avoid scrutiny. It's also not a good idea to reveal your IP. I have blocked the IP range you've been using for three months, so hopefully you'll learn to log in all the time when you edit Wikipedia.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Bbb23. Astro-Tom-ical, I have some expertise editing Wikipedia. If you have been editing under a variety of IPs, then I guess you have too, but I haven't seen you produce content that conforms to our editorial policies and guidelines. The article in its current state is terrifying, and I'd love to take those tags off, but not until the article has been improved. Drmies (talk) 21:55, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Bbb, I [redacted] Have you ever gotten into radio? Drmies (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't even listen to the radio in the car. I took a quick glance at Antenna tuner. That is one long fucking article. Also, looking at the history I can see that there a LOT of other IP ranges used by the OP.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:18, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Election Pages

Quick question, do you think it would be appropriate to lock the election pages of those that have been reverted? I saw you lock the 2018 and the 2022 Italian election pages, and wondered if it would be best to lock such other pages too. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 09:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

• There's a huge section on ANI and I don't think they need me to intervene. Drmies (talk) 16:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Alright ;) ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 10:11, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Restarted discussion

If you're going to restart a discussion and put it under a new heading while copy/pasting my signature in what you're quoting on WP:AN, I would expect a heads up as you're directly referencing me and what I said. Buffs (talk) 17:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

MidAtlanticBaby

I had really tried to deal with User:MidAtlanticBaby in good faith, but it was becoming clearer and clearer that the editor was a problem, perhaps one with a past. Thank you for digging deeper. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Drmies, the user you blocked is actually doing cross-wiki harassment by going on your Wikimedia Commons talk page and adding spam attacks. You might want to contact a steward. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 05:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Alansohn, I saw that and I appreciate it. Unfortunately your good efforts were wasted; it's frustrating when that happens but I thank you for trying. NoobThreePointOh, I saw what you did on Commons, and thank you, but if you don't mind, a word to the wise: just don't revert. There's no benefit in it; it just takes time and effort and the block will come. That infantile stuff on my talk page is not a big deal to me. And when this happens in article space, you can revert all you want but all you're doing is pleasuring the other party and it fills up the history in an unappealing manner. Just let it stand and alert an admin. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate the encouragement. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I can’t claim to be a prolific vandal-fighter, but in such situations (where the vandal has already been reported) my goal is to waste more of their time than they do of mine. Once they’ve restored their reverted edit, go do something useful for a few minutes and then come back to re-revert; with any luck you’ve tied them up in the meantime, continually refreshing the page, its history or their watchlist for a chance to continue the edit-war. (‘Serious’ stuff like outing, or particularly nasty attacks on a LP in mainspace, may call for a different approach.)—Odysseus1479 20:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, User:Odysseus1479, but I don't see any benefit in filling up the history of an article with vandal edits and reverts. It looks terrible, esp. in article space. Drmies (talk) 23:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

They generally get blocked after only a round or two. I was just suggesting it as a middle course between immediate reversion and doing nothing. (I should clarify that by “a different approach” I meant escalating efforts to involve admins or oversighters, not accelerated reverting.)—Odysseus1479 02:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Just checking back

Hey! Just letting you know there were some on the list that still need to be removed with the Nazi puppet states. I was the one I admit that added some but most were not added by me. Croatia, General government of Poland, Serbia under military occupation and Ukraine under Nazi occupation still need to go. I'm not sure if the Japanese puppet states need to go too but just letting you know that. Also, someone added El Salvador under Bukele which I felt may not qualify so just letting you know on that. I also added some sources for the African regimes I felt could be added. I got them from university studies and some from jstor as well. One thing I will say, I have found plenty of sources that bring up how they were anti-communist or that they were conservative but I don't see a lot of sources that outright say they're Right-Wing so I just wanted to make sure if I do if that's still fine since they have systems that are very much Right-Wing. Thank you, get back to me when you can please. TYMR (talk) 02:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks. I'm going to have another look, later--I appreciate your note. You saw that I'm going slowly because I want to get it right. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Hey there, just wanted to get back and ask if they were able to look back at the sources I wanted to add. If these ones are okay, I will look for ones on the others too and get back for verification if they're fine to be added. I also wanted to add Uganda under Idi Amin and was able to find on jstor a writing that described his regime inspired by fascism. Get back to me when you can please. Thanks! 15:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)TYMR

User:Chalinkinkoc

This either a sock or WP:MEAT/UPE. Compare the blocked socks version, title Kodezi Inc. to Chalinkinkoc's version Kodezi Inc (no period after Inc). They are word-for-word the same. S0091 (talk) 15:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• The technical evidence doesn't support the first, but the second is pretty clear--thanks. Drmies (talk) 15:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Yeah, that left no doubt. Ya'll staying cool? S0091 (talk) 16:12, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
    • Ha, we're the lucky ones. It's much hotter in the midwest and northwest, so for now yes--but I am not looking forward to the power bill this month. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

      Eh, a lot of those areas do not have humidity so their heat doesn't count ha! S0091 (talk) 16:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

      Are you serious? I'm sitting in sweltering heat so much that I'm forced to drink more water than I can consume. This is typical Chennai weather. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

      The AC's always running. Here I'm just finishing up the remainder of Stranger Things so that I can prepare for the last season, which I assume comes out around 2025. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:28, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

REQUEST

Thank you so much for your guidance. Please you removed the picture of the Chief of Kwadwo Addaikrom. Please this link verifies the Chief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WJraUxHtKE&si=FaVPVzkiwrDEIp-O Thanks for your time. Boadu Emma (talk) 17:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

• Hi. Please add a secondary, reliable source if you wish to reinstate the image. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 18:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Alright sir. I am most grateful. Here is the online publication of the TV news I ealier sent to you. https://www.adomonline.com/kwadwo-addaikrom-chps-compound-hit-with-basic-amenities-shortage/ Boadu Emma (talk) 20:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
    • OK, good luck with it--but don't put that picture in the infobox please. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

      Most grateful for your time sir.

      Will do as you have advised. Boadu Emma (talk) 20:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Yuna Kim A-class assessment

Hi Drmies, so Wikipedia:WikiProject Figure Skating/Assessment/Yuna Kim has been languishing for way too long. We desperately need a third reviewer. Would you consider being a mensch and reviewing it for us? If so, much appreciated. Thanks, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi Drmies :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:50, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:BLPN related request

Greetings. I'm reaching out about an IP leaving TLDR pap at BLPN that has resulted in dueling/reciprocal Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nemov and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Xam2580. An IP (logged-out editor) is apparently involved. I don't mean to skip the queue at SPI, but this has quickly become a big conspiratorial snot smear stain at BLPN. I don't even mind if you cast the CU net over me, but a quick look at everyone might save everyone else at BLPN a lot of time. Thanks as always for any feedback you can give. JFHJr (㊟) 04:32, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• Yeah, thanks--there really isn't anything to those SPIs, is there. I kind of wish Nemov had left well enough alone. Thing is, I do think that some of that content should probably be in that article--but properly done and well written. The article right now is mostly a list of films surrounded by some words and years, followed by another list of films. Drmies (talk) 11:51, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Thank you again. Sorry a tad belated. Farming is a lot harder in June at F104°/C40° and I've literally lacked the sweat and piss it takes me to Wiki. Till next time! JFHJr (㊟) 00:17, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
    • No problem. Respect for the farming bit; I'm having a hard time with this heat. Drmies (talk) 01:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	That was a quick response at AIV. Thank you! Myrealnamm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 21:07, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks--it's all in a day's work. Drmies (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Block evasion

An IP you blocked for block evasion is back and continues to engage in vandalism. ภץאคгöร 18:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

• Okay, thanks. Drmies (talk) 21:36, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

All in a day's work

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=gridiron%20australia - the critical barometer of a subject in OZ is trove, let alone whether an OZ editor takes a liking to a subject or not, it is clear that the presence of Americans in larger numbers in the 1940s in OZ stirred some journos to tap the keys about the subject - as to understanding whether participating teams and organisations are even at a standard of being notable, hmm therein lies a problem. Melbourne is AFL. All else is mere fragments of the imagination by comparison. But that shouldnt deny presence of footballs that they (Melburnians) might not understand. Epistemologies of things that are different can be delegated to the outer suburbs in Melbourne. And such things might seem inconsequential. JarrahTree 01:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

• I have a Facebook friend who talks like that. ;) Drmies (talk) 01:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Put another way your query is very justifiable due to the topic and the wiki inactivity around the subject and the way the articles show in their history. And even the web doesnt help. And then Trove only just squeeks through. I refuse to engage in bookface (sic) even to research whether they exist in substance there. However, I am at a loss as to whether the mentions in wikipedia constitute something worth improving or exterminating. Melbourne is a different - state of mind, country, language - from where I live. I am Sydney oriented myself, between the two. But that is another story. JarrahTree 02:01, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
    • Oh I wish I could come by an see it for myself. Drmies (talk) 02:03, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

      (talk page stalker) I'd actually love to visit either Sydney or Melbourne. One of my aunts lives in Melbourne, but I feel a bit down because I haven't been to Australia. :( NoobThreePointOh (talk) 03:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Circassian stuff

With User:Tluadg in mind, could you have a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Great Circassian and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sadifan? Many thanks. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• I looked already and found nothing; it's best if you ask someone who's worked on that case before. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 12:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
  • No worries, thanks for looking. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Comment on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Just regarding your edit summary on the article, "As of these Games, the Philippines has yet to earn an Olympic medal"? strange. they won a gold medal for weightlifting in 2020; they won three medals in 1932", the statement was referring to the edition of the Games itself rather than the future editions^^ Arconning (talk) 12:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• That's not what the grammar meant. You mean "they didn't win a medal", basically? "Has yet to earn" means they still don't have one, but "as of" typically goes with a more recent indicator of time. Drmies (talk) 12:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  Gotcha. Arconning (talk) 12:35, 1 July 2024 (UTC)