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If I'd realized you were even thinking about it I'd have been on your case to run, but I thought you'd had enough. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 23:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I was so burned out at the end of 2021. That last year was hard. But 11 candidates for nine seats really isn't enough, and I'm in a better place with my vision now, and I think I've got a little more left to give. Might as well give it now, ya know? Katietalk 00:00, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Well, I for one am thrilled. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 03:39, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Aw, thanks. Good luck, and stay warm up there. :-) Katietalk 04:01, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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OS/RD query

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Hi Katie. Please review your action. Except for the 13:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC) revision, I don't see how WP:CRD or WP:OSPOL are met for the content or edit summaries. The contents from those other revisions are available elsewhere in the page history. — JJMC89(T·C) 22:16, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'm fine with changing it, but why is a steward who does not hold OS rights on enwiki looking at the enwiki suppression logs? Katietalk 22:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@JJMC89: Talking to you. Katietalk 22:48, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
I ran into the redacted revisions while looking at the article history for a VRT ticket. Since I can see the content, I looked at the log to know who to ask about reversing the suppression. — JJMC89(T·C) 23:36, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@JJMC89 Out of curiosity, what was the ticket number? CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! 23:45, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
ticket:2024111410004074, which someone else answered after I switched gears for work — JJMC89(T·C) 00:06, 16 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military history newcomer of the year and military historian of the year

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Thank you for standing for arbitrator. I am far away from it all (travel, mourning), not in the mood, so just an informal question you can answer or ignore:

What does this 2024 DYK tell you about infoboxes for classical composers in 2024? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:23, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I appreciate and thank you for the question, Gerda, but it tells me nothing. I don't have the first clue where you want me to go with that. Katietalk 17:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Well, 11 years ago infoboxes for classical composers were a hot topic. If you look at the talk pages of the 5 composers, do you think they still are? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
That's not what you asked me to do, but okay – looks to me like the Mahler page doesn't have an infobox and there's a lively discussion going on about it. Crossing my fingers that it doesn't descend into chaos and misery. Katietalk 13:12, 21 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Sorry if I was unclear. - November was rich in sadness and happiness for me, expressed in music. Regarding my question, I found one so far who looked into the matter and didn't stay at the surface, Simonm223. There are two composers on the Main page today, Siegfried Thiele and Aaron Copland. I find the response of my friend Jerome Kohl to a question on Copland's article talk promising. What do you think? - There were more participants in Mahler, and what do you think about the strength of arguments? - Have you ever seen an infobox discussion in "chaos and misery"? (More about compromise on my talk.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ah, infobox discussions. We've had how many cases about infoboxes at this point? People yelling and whining and getting blocked and retiring and unretiring and bans? If that's not chaos and misery, I don't know what is. As far as the strength of arguments goes, I just took a quick skim because some of the usual infobox folks are there and I've heard their peace before, and ain't nothin' new under the sun. Some poor schmuck is gonna close that and much angst and gnashing of teeth will ensue and I look forward to seeing the results of the Infobox discussions 48 case sometime in 2032. I wish I had more to give you about it, but I just don't.

I'm glad Simonm223 was able to give you an answer you liked, but I am not going to give an opinion on the strength or weakness of arguments there. I'm very sorry for the loss of your friend, and I hope the music you love helped bring you some peace. Katietalk 16:33, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards

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User:Jonathan duski and User:Ezraazx

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As an editor who tagged the former's article for deletion and noticed that the latter was likely a sockpuppet, who were they found to be socks of when blocked? Passengerpigeon (talk) 13:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Passengerpigeon: Looks like Dilovan Kovli is the master. I didn't see obvious sleepers but there are quite a few accounts with no edits on that range, so it's possible he's got more accounts saved up. If you see more suspicious edits on Kovli or those other topics, let me know or file at SPI. Katietalk 18:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

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List of attacks on the United States

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Hello KrakatoaKatie! I came across your profile over on WikiProject Military history, where you indicated you enjoyed editing topics around American military history. I've been working on a big project over the last few weeks: List of attacks on the United States. The aim is to have a list of every time the U.S. (government/military) was attacked, but not when the U.S. was attacking. My hope is to create list of attacks by the United States once this list is finished.

Well anyway, I wanted to see if you would be interested in helping me put together some of the summaries for the list. I am fairly sure most if not all of the attacks themselves are on the list. But, I'm still working to get the summaries and references put together for each of them. If you are interested or have any questions, feel free to message me back here or on my talk page anytime! If not, I completely understand. Keep up the good work on Wikipedia! Cheers! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 16:43, 3 December 2024 (UTC)Reply