Mmmm I love this image by artist Paul Klee. I keep returning to it. I love it, well, because I love Klee's playful, vibrant work generally and also adore the writing by Walter Benjamin on this piece, which he owned himself. The writing, "Theses on the Philosophy of History", was published posthumously.
"His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back his turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. The storm is what we call progress." I&I22 (talk) 17:00, 5 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Schönen Februar @Gerda Arendt! On February 1st was the Snow Moon, spring is coming. Hard to believe as we are still in deep wintery snows and making lots of delicious maple taffy.
There is a Tinguely Museum! Of course there is, my goodness... I did not know about this...wow....ok I am writing to myself Gerda! very exciting discovery, who knew that a love of music, soccer, Jean Tinguely and art in general could all come together?
By the way, these additional notes are for me Gerda! Am so curious about all, I have foudn the connection between architect Gehry and the Sprengel museum in an article on Kurt Schwitters.
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Did You Know from today Friday, May 1, 2026
... that a manicule (pictured) in a manuscript of Cicero's Paradoxa Stoicorum had its fingers stretched to cover the full length of a passage?
What a sweet surprise hahah I had forgotten that my birthday was listed somewhere. Today is Sun Ra day! Thank you so much for these sweet birthday wishes. I do not know how you keep track of this info!!! Woweeee. It's a beautiful sunny day and I am working on a woodcut yahooOooOoo!!! I&I22 (talk) 15:21, 22 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I just read the post above;) - I only keep track of precious. Sunny day here as well, biking pics will come eventually, will upload a few more after this, probably 7 May. Proud day today also;) - I knew nothing of those charts - listen to the song in her story (20 May) if you haven't: Friendly Vision --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:48, 22 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Woweeee Gerda! Congratulations on you fabulous proud day!!! That must feel so great. There is so much to learn in Wikipedia, so many things going on, being recorded, it's quite dizzying! I will indeed listen to "Freundliche Vision". Thank you and wishing you maximum May joy and flower beauty! <3<3<3 I&I22 (talk) 16:19, 23 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I read your sad story today Gerda! I see that Alexander Held's wife,
Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen, is not listed in English Wikipedia yet except in another language. I want to make her article to complete more of their story, but so busy now, perhaps in July can do it. I am trying again for a DYK! will see how it goes as it always seems to be an interesting adventure! hahhahahahah. Happy May 25th! It is Africa Day, a celebration of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. I&I22 (talk) 13:31, 26 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks to everyone who answered the call for coordinators, and please welcome the new faces on the coordinator team: the 2024 Gold Belt Buckle winner Generalissima(talk·contribs); and the record-holder for most India-related submissions in 2024, MagenticManifestations(talk·contribs)! Following feedback from last year, adjustments have been made to the scoring rules; discussion can be found on the contest talk page.
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See a "developing" or "least developed" country? Write about it to earn points!
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Grnrchst (submissions) with 215 points, mostly from GAs on anarchist history in various countries, alongside many GA reviews, and;
Vestrian24Bio (submissions) tied for 4th with 215 points, with an FL and four GAs on Indian cricket!
These competitors are in the lead, but if past experience is any indication, big shake-ups might still await us in the contest. If you're looking for a way to boost your position, we got a table of review requests from fellow participants—you can rack up a lot of points through reviews, and it might just convince others to review your own nominations! You can also look through the eligible reviews page to find other articles to review, with highlights for articles eligible for the 1.5× multiplier. The coordinators would like to thank Jaguarnik (submissions) for his work to keep this page up to date.
Thank you for this update @Generalissima! I am mad busy now and will make some time to participate in this project at the end of August! I am looking to learn about DYK processing so this is the perfect opportunity. YahoooOOoooooo!! Looks great!:) I&I22 (talk) 13:22, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Hi, you said you were "looking at the "how to DYK process" literatures and completely lost on where to start tbh." I thought I would answer here as the original discussion has grown long and complicated. There is a box on the right of the main DYK pages, Template:DYKbox, which links to almost everything you might want to know. As a nominator, you ought to read the Introduction WP:DYK
and Guidelines WP:DYKCRIT. You have also found General discussion WT:DYK. The Reviewer instructions WP:DYKRI are also relevant to a nominator as you want your nomination to pass its review. Then the next couple of sections tell you where to find things like Admin instructions WP:DYKAI. The remaining sections are less important. TSventon (talk) 15:20, 5 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thank you @TSventon! yes I have looked it all over and very confused tbh. Foreign territory. Foreign formatting. No matter, will muddle it out as have done article creations. Appreciate that you mad ethe time to share these notes! Warm regards, I&I22 (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
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On 6 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pépé Bradock, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that French EDM producer Pépé Bradock opened an album with a track named after the elephant Abul-Abbas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pépé Bradock. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Pépé Bradock), 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 nominate it.
Took me some days to bring congratulations! - Another day of two bios in the news section for me, and Jill Gomez is my favourite, - yesterday's story! Places of 8/8 are particularly bright, matching the Voces8 concert in our little town that day that you would have loved. - See, I had little time on 8 August;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 19 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hello @Gerda Arendt! Lovely to hear from you and thank you for this update!!! I did not know about her. So beautiful always your news and I will check out your Voces8 concert, Places of 8/8 (how intriguing!). I have been travelling much the last few weeks, in Scandinavia but not Europe as was a short work visit. Now travelling around Canada, but starting the long trip home today! <3<3<3 I&I22 (talk) 16:19, 19 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
So exciting Gerda! I discovered 2 beautiful posters with those articles Bluebeard with Amy Schlemm & Louise with Felicity Lott. Here are some stunning prints by David Hockney, illustrating the Rake's Progress ( inspiration tangent from reading Lot''s bio!). I&I22 (talk) 02:30, 29 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
Article to work on reminder: 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
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The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for two months! We have seen tremendous improvements in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas thanks to contributions from a wide range of editors. The coordinators would like to highlight some of the new participants this year who have been making notable contributions to the contest, including but by no means limited to:
With less than a month remaining until the end of the contest, it's time to get your last rounds of submissions over the finish line! Please consider picking up one of the review requests or eligible reviews to help out your fellow participants and earn some additional points in the process.
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Vanderwaalforces (submissions) ahead of the pack with 715 points, with two FAs and many GAs on the monarchs of the Kingdom of Benin;
Grnrchst (submissions) with 215 points, mostly from GAs on anarchist history in various countries, alongside many GA reviews, and;
Vestrian24Bio (submissions) tied for 4th with 215 points, with an FL and four GAs on Indian cricket!
Dragonhawk12 (submissions) – 280 points, who's well on their way to breaking the DCWC record for good article reviews and peer reviews
Rainsage (submissions) – 113 points, with two good articles, notably the Jenin Horse
Chickenpox4dinner (submissions) – 107 points, largely from their Did you know writing about Caribbean folklore
Propitheque (submissions) – 105 points, from two good articles about Malagasy lemurs
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