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DYK for Devonshire Lodge

On 20 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Devonshire Lodge, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that prior to becoming prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin frequently searched the basement of Devonshire Lodge for a bootlegging tunnel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Devonshire Lodge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Devonshire Lodge), 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.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

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Move request requiring action

Hi TarnishedPath,

I have noticed that the latest comment on the requested move proposal at Talk:Online Safety Amendment § Requested move 28 December 2025 was 13 days ago and the last time the discussion was relisted was 15 days ago on 12 January 2026. I think this requested move discussion requires action to determine consensus and close the discussion because I thought they were normally meant to be closed after seven days with no additional comments.

Should the discussion be closed or does something else need to be done?

Thanks for assessing this request, Qwerty123M (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@Qwerty123M, RMs can be closed after 7 days or relisted if an uninvolved editor judges that a request could benefit from further discussion. You're correct that given that the last comment was 13 days ago, that it is ready for a close. I don't have much motivation for closing at present, which is why I made a series of requests at WP:CR in regards to discussion which I judged ready for closure. Online Safety Amendment is one of the discussions I requested closure for. TarnishedPath^talk 22:50, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Would it be a good idea for me to personally message more administrators about this request? Qwerty123M (talk) 23:05, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Given it has already been listed at WP:CR, I don't see that would make a difference. TarnishedPath^talk 23:07, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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Editor calling names

An editor on the Elliot Rodger talkpage said to you: " Sybau", which is an abbreviation for “shut your bitch ass up". I do not know where to report him but I thought you would want to know this. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 23:22, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I'll report it. TarnishedPath^talk 23:33, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

DRN open

I've opened a WP:DRN thread about our ONUS dispute regarding the Elliot Rodger image, fyi. Athanelar (talk) 12:30, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

@Athanelar, I don't see DRN as being useful. I generally prefer RFCs, if required, to resolve content disputes. However, given that a number of other editors have now had input and have argued for removal, I'm not going to press this. TarnishedPath^talk 23:46, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for Mark Aldridge

On 8 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mark Aldridge, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, in a civil case between Mark Aldridge and a shop owner, South Australia's district court found that a person can be liable for the defamatory comments of others on their social media posts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Aldridge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mark Aldridge), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Request to remove writing from photo?

Would you be able to remove the writing on the door or wall behind Annie Marie Hermans in this photo?

If possible--~~Celoc85~~

@Celco85 Please download GIMP from https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ and learn how to do it yourself. There are heaps of tutorials if you google them. TarnishedPath^talk 11:32, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Would you be able to crop the road somewhat out of this image?

Can you if possible give this image a crop? --Celco85 (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Celco85

@Celco85 I've already advised you to adjust your preferences at commons, so that you have access to the crop tool. TarnishedPath^talk 15:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Imane Khelif has failed

Your good article nomination of the article Imane Khelif has failed. See the review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Riposte97 -- Riposte97 (talk) 03:27, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

@Riposte97 you are involved. Undo your review. TarnishedPath^talk 03:49, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

@Riposte97 Ps, WP:GANI#R2 states your review should not have occured. I'm with the kids at gymnastics at present. If you have not self-reverted by the time I get home, this is esalating to a notceboard. TarnishedPath^talk 04:20, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

@Riposte97 I am having a very difficult time WP:AGF in these actions. I suggest you heed TarnishedPath's advice and self revert. Katzrockso (talk) 04:25, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

I am involved on the TP, but don't believe I have any content in the article, nor did I when this was nominated. I just took an obvious step when I logged into my computer and saw this was GA nominated. If you really believe a travesty has occurred here, then by all means, take it to a noticeboard. However, the substance is incontestable that this article is not stable. Why not simply wait and renominate? Riposte97 (talk) 04:42, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

@Riposte97 suit yourself. Expect a notification later on. TarnishedPath^talk 04:45, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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Your nomination of Imane Khelif has failed

Your good article nomination of the article Imane Khelif has failed. See the review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Riposte97 -- Riposte97 (talk) 13:38, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

@Riposte97, I'm going to extend you the same courtesy you did to me when I've posted on your talk. Do not under any circumstance post on my talk again, whether directly or by causing a bot to post on my talk. TarnishedPath^talk 13:42, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

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Talegeram hack

talegeram hack ~2026-94197-2 (talk) 12:34, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

? TarnishedPath^talk 14:09, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Ben Roberts-Smith

On 22 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ben Roberts-Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick McKenzie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ben Roberts-Smith), 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.

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DYK for Nick McKenzie

On 22 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nick McKenzie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick McKenzie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nick McKenzie), 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.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 00:03, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 19,724 views (821.9 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2025 – nice work!

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Re your ARBREQ - small point

Hey there, I was reading your arbitration request WP:AE § Riposte97 and I was slightly confused by how you had phrased the explanation with the first diff.

Starts GA review of Imane Khelif

This made me think that the editor in question had been the one to nominate the article for GA, and then also declined it themselves (and informed you about it for some reason). This might be entirely obvious to people more familiar with the GA process than I am, but it might be worth including a diff of the nomination somewhere or mentioning who made the nomination? I think it was the word starts that threw me off, but starting a review is not the same as nominating it. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 15:18, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn, I nominated it, they picked up the review. They picked up the review, despite:

• Them never having reviewed a GAN before,
• Them being involved in discussion on the talk page and having edited the article,
• Them having history with myself.

It's exceedingly hard to WP:AGF in the situation.

See discussion at User talk:TarnishedPath/Archive 5#Your nomination of Imane Khelif has failed where I was informed that they had quickfailed it and some discussion followwd.

I referenced that discussion at AE, so I don't think anyone would be under any misunderstanding about who nominated the article. TarnishedPath^talk 23:21, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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Question about stricken comments on talk page under CT/A-I

Hey there, I was reading the Talk:Zionism § Edit request in the opener - January 30th 2026 where you have stricken a couple of replies from Lafi90 per WP:ARBECR (for example in Diff/1337352229).

What is it that makes those comments impermissible, but not others? Is it due to the editor expressing opinions that they would want included in the article? Just trying to understand where the line is and the rationale for how this is handled, not implying that you are in the wrong somehow. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:04, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn taking a literal reading of ARBECR, the line is anything beyond a edit request in the form specified at WP:EDITXY. So once the edit request has been made if a non-XC editor starts getting into debate about the merits of their request, my reading is that those edits are not permissible. What is permissible is making the edit request in the form of "Please change X to Y" and providing any references as necessary to support the change and nothing more. I've seen too many occasions of it becoming a back and forth contentious debate when that isn't strictly enforced. TarnishedPath^talk 13:40, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Got it, TarnishedPath -- anything beyond making the WP:EDITXY request (and basic politeness) is impermissible. That's broadly what I assumed was going on, just wanted to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding something (which has been known to happen). I've seen that too, but not been sufficiently sure how to handle it. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:46, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

If no other editors had participated in the discussion I would have removed it entirely, to further reduce the possibility of a contentious debate ensuing. Given that they had I choose to strike Lafi's comments instead. TarnishedPath^talk 13:51, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Yep, I have been reverting a few WP:BLPMISGENDER violations from some talk pages recently, when I've caught them before anyone has responded. It just gets worse if there is time for a "debate" to start first. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Exactly. TarnishedPath^talk 13:58, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Re: Fanny Cochrane Smith

Heads up! The new hook on Fanny Cochrane Smith that was just created by MCE89 on 17 February and promoted by you into Template:Did you know/Preparation area 6 is basically a duplicate of the same hook I created for Marie Engle on 8 January, which is now in Template:Did_you_know/Preparation_area_2. Coincidence or not, I don't think we should be running two hooks on phonograph cylinders in a row, even if they are spaced out. Given that mine was the earliest, it may be a good idea for MCE89 to create a new one. I'll leave it in your hands. Viriditas (talk) 11:55, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Viriditas ah, I missed that. I'll use the other hook and just add a qualifier to it. TarnishedPath^talk 12:00, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Just worked out that won't work. I'll pull it and get MCE89 to come up with a different hook. TarnishedPath^talk 12:01, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Looking at it closer, I think you can salvage the entire hook by just saying "recordings" instead of wax cylinders. It's the same thing, but it preserves the uniqueness between the two different hooks entirely. Viriditas (talk) 12:04, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Will do. TarnishedPath^talk 12:05, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

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Closure of El Mencho R.M.

Five hours ago, you closed the R.M. of the article now titled “El Mencho”. While I agree it should have been moved, the justification for closing it you provided seems to be invalid. It treats it like a WP:VOTE and does not focus on whether there was a clear consensus. Please keep this in mind for the future. If you have any sort of rebuttal, do tell me. Nutella lover • [ chat│supervise ] 10:08, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

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El Mencho closure

Recently, you closed the R.M. for the page now titled "El Mencho". While I agree the page should have been moved, the reasons you gave seem to be invalid. They mostly treat it like a WP:VOTE and don't focus on whether there is consensus. Do not try to do anything about it now, but for the future, try to focus on whether there is WP:Consensus and don't give reasons like majority. Nutella lover • [ chat│supervise ] 06:39, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

@Lekritz, you're the second person to message me stating that they agree with the move, but questioning the closing statement. I'll try and articulate myself better in the future. TarnishedPath^talk 07:03, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, I am here to alert you about a new page that involves the Weather wikiproject and needs expansion:

Draft:March 2026 severe weather outbreak shane (talk to me if you want!) 17:52, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

A little messy on Nicole Junkermann

Hey, Nicole Junkermann got a little messy, and I may have stepped on your toes trying to revert. Could you double check to see if it looks alright? Sorry for any inconvenience Realtent (talk) 22:08, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

@Realtent, it's all good. I double checked your edit just after you did it and you did something that I missed, hence my thanking you for the edit. I performed my last revert a split second after the TA inserted more BLP violating material meaning that my revert missed their last edit. TarnishedPath^talk 22:14, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

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Your nomination of March for Australia is under review

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Failing Elliot Rodger GA nom

The reviewer for the GA nom has compared the article to Kaczynski, which is at FA level. GA and FA levels are completely different, so it makes no sense why they are comparing these two. They said it has "insurmountable" issues, which means they want the whole article rewritten after two months of this review being open. That is very frustrating for me as I wished they had said that two months ago, when I didn't go through the whole article and rewrote it section by section. That being said, I have requested to fail the nomination as I am burned out and just do not have the energy or time to rewrite it from scratch after two months. If you would like to pick up where the reviewer left off, feel free. Otherwise, the nomination will be closed. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 03:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, I understand your frustration, given that the new issues have been brought up just when it seemed like the end was in sight. Regarding taking up the nomination, I've just had a review start and expect I will be dealing with that for at least the next week. Even if I didn't have that, I don't think I have enough time for an article as large as the Rodger one at present. TarnishedPath^talk 03:18, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

What a waste of time, honestly. I spent two months reworking everything, and the reviewer still called it "insurmountable". Very sad day for me.Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:04, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Did you honestly think that the article has "insurmountable" issues. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

As I said above, it looked like the end was within sight. TarnishedPath^talk 23:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Looking on the plus side, the article has improved quite a bit. Perhaps when you've had a rest and are up for it, requesting a peer review, with reference to the GAN? TarnishedPath^talk 00:49, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Waiting almost a whole year for a review, and then having to rewrite the whole article for two whole months, only for the reviewer to fail it, has made me exhausted and unmotivated right now. I have submitted it for Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors in the meantime, so hopefully that can help. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 01:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, given the editor's feedback who just performed a copy edit, I've requested a PR to get another set of eyes for another perspective prior to any future GA nomination. Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Elliot Rodger/archive2. You don't need to participate in the PR, I'll undertake any suggested edits. Ps, the GA review I mentioned above finished in two days, which was a lot faster than I expected. TarnishedPath^talk 11:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

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five sources for one statement

means you can remove sources which are paywalls that majority of people can't read. I strongly recommend you remove this unreliable source which you reverted. Govvy (talk) 08:34, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Govvy, regarding reliability see WP:THENATION. As per there being 5 references, they are bundled together as suggested at WP:CITEMERGE. TarnishedPath^talk 08:49, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

It's not just that, I read the article and it contains false information and is heavily left leaning. I tried to be as neutral as possible in its removal. It was written by Rashid Khalidi (despite being an academic) who is incredibly bias towards Israel and I don't think it should be used on the article as it's also a very disrespectful, disruptive opinion piece. I strongly suggest you remove it. Govvy (talk) 08:54, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Not to mention you pointed to WP:THENATION, citing it's reliable, when in fact, it's had nine conversations regarding it's legitimacy to be reliable, when clearly that nine conversations show that's obviously a faltering issue. I didn't see that before, even know I've been on the page. I've just raised another issue against that left learning publication, that just makes ten points against the publication on wikipedia. Clearly there are deeper issues here. And it's not just me. Govvy (talk) 09:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Start an RFC at WP:RSN then, but for present community consensus is clearly that it is WP:GREL and that opinion should be attributed to (as is currently the case). Regarding your argument about bias, see WP:RSBIAS. Circling back to your original argument about it being behind a paywall, clearly you were able to access it as was I just now, despite myself not being a subscriber. TarnishedPath^talk 09:12, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I used a specific software reader to read it! I take it you're not a neutralist then. No wonder Wikipedia is going to the pot. Govvy (talk) 09:17, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I used the internet archive. Freely available. Regarding being a neutralist, yes I think so on these sorts of issues; however, in these days of hyper-politicisation, everyone who's left of Thatcher/Reagan gets accused of being an ultra-leftist. TarnishedPath^talk 09:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Stephen Jolly is on hold

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Have an image for one of your articles

Teresa van Lieshout

Jarrad Searby

Zarah Garde-Wilson (right, with husband-at-the-time Lansley "Lucky Lance" Simon)

To thank you for your work on DYK, I added an image to one of the articles you have listed on your user page. I do that sometimes. Even if currently that work seems to have us currently arguing in opposition, I appreciate the effort you put in, and recognize that we are, after all, on the same side, that of making the world's single greatest source of knowledge. Hope you like. I especially appreciate that in this particular article, you originally nominated it for deletion, then when that failed, not only did not sulk and continue to work against the article, instead improved it to the point where you are now are nominating it for Wikipedia:Good article. That's just a wonderful example of Wikipedia spirit. --GRuban (talk) 16:42, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

I would possibly have added more, but I could only look for those you have listed under "works in progress", and my "hit rate" for finding free images for articles is only about 10%; do you have a longer list of articles you feel ... interested in... somewhere? For a brief happy moment I thought I had found one for Monica Smit, but quickly realized it was Monika Smith... so it goes. --GRuban (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, cheers and thanks for finding that. I've found The Unshackled to be a good source for finding images of some of the people I write about.

Some articles I have worked on, where I have been unable to find CC licensed images for them include:

• Jacob Hersant
• Jarrad Searby
• Bruce Lehrmann
• Zarah Garde-Wilson

TarnishedPath^talk 22:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

On phone now, but when I get back to my PC, you'll be glad ... --00:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC) GRuban (talk) 00:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

All right, let's make that I hope you'll be glad, as now that I uploaded them, I see they are, respectively, each blurrier than the last. I still think they're better than none, as each person is visually identifiable. But if you disagree, and remove either from the article, I won't complain, since the goal is, after all, to make you glad. Carry on. I gotta say, mate, you do seem to have a theme to your articles: Australian people of a ... certain caliber!

Oh, and do say if you'll accept my RSN suggestion of backing up every Nala Ray non-innocuous video interview cite with two unrelated video interview cites; that should make it quite clear they weren't edited? If not, then not, the most important bits in article don't depend on the WP:ABOUTSELF parts anyway, as they shouldn't; but they do make the article noticeably more complete, IMHO. --GRuban (talk) 02:26, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban on my phone at present. i'll have a look at your suggestion when I get home. Thinking logically though, without having looked at anything, if you have RS verifying what's in the videos, why wouldn't you just use those? TarnishedPath^talk 02:48, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban Regarding the people I write about, you're correct, I mosty write about polarising figures. TarnishedPath^talk 02:54, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, thanks for locating the images. Regarding the current discussion, I would like some sort of community consensus, because at the moment there doesn't appear to be any consensus on the basic meaning of our PAG. I'm not adverse to usage of such sources in general (notably, as I stated in the other discussion, I don't trust Charlie Kirk or anything he's associated with to not have engaged in deceptive editing); however, have been in enough recent discussions to know that there's a diversity of stances. Given this is an issue that has comes up more than once a formal discussion might be good. Something along the lines of 'Are statements by interviewees on SPSs able to be used for uncontroversial statements about themselves, and if so which policies—if any—should be updated to make that clearer?'

I hope what I've written makes sense. I've just gotten home from one of my children's birthday parties and I'm worn out and tired. If it seems like I haven't understood something you've written, let me know. TarnishedPath^talk 05:42, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't have more reliable sources, I have more of the same; more interviews with Christian influencers. I'm using her words, not theirs, WP:ABOUTSELF, it doesn't prove what she's saying true, but it does IMHO prove that she is saying them.--GRuban (talk) 11:19, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, I'm really torn on this. I don't want to be the stick in the mud that holds up your nomination, but at the same time I think there is quite a divided view on this in the community. I've just placed a note in the nomination stating that it should not be subject to timeout while this issues are discussed. TarnishedPath^talk 11:34, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Ps, thanks for being a bit of a catalyst for me searching through some of The Unshackled's recent videos. I found a couple of images which I could upload to commons of Auspill, aka Hugo Lennon. That might be an individual I write an article on in the future, if someone doesn't beat me to it. TarnishedPath^talk 11:37, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 5

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on February 27. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Supporting readers: For most of its history, Wikipedia did not have to worry about attracting readers. But with the way people search for information changing, there is a drop in the number of readers which is impacting the number of accounts created and contributions to our sites. Have a look at some of the ongoing and planned work to support reader experience.
• Server switch: All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 25 at 15:00 UTC. This is for the datacenter server switchover backup tests, which happen twice a year.
• Tools improvement: The PTAC Unsupported Tools Working Group continued improvements to Video2Commons in February, with fixes addressing authentication errors, large-file handling, task queue visibility, and clearer upload behavior. Work is still ongoing in some areas, including changes related to deprecated server-side uploads.
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• Experiments: The Foundation is frequently conducting experiments to help learn what features will be most effective and valuable to the projects. The list of experiments in Product and Technology, tracks upcoming, live, in-analysis, and completed experiments as well as their rationale. For example, the tracker shares that one upcoming experiment, Reader to Contributor Baseline, will measure how many readers create contributor accounts and whether the rate differs depending on how people arrived to the site.
• Article guidance: Help less experienced editors by filling out a questionnaire on this page (available in 7 languages). The Foundation are looking particularly for experienced Wikipedia editors from these pilot wikis. Your answers will help customize guidance for less experienced editors while creating an article.
• Wikifunctions: You can now create Functions that will show a citation in their output.
• Editing feature: Suggestion Mode is available as a beta feature within the visual editor at all Wikipedias. This feature proactively suggests various types of actions that people can consider taking to improve Wikipedia articles, and learn about related guidelines.
• Paste Check: Paste Check is now available at all Wikipedias. The feature prompts newcomers who are pasting text they are not likely to have written into VisualEditor to consider whether doing so risks a copyright violation.
• Mobile experience: The user menu in the top corner for all mobile users is standardized so that it is closer to the desktop experience to improve the user interface for readers.
• Two-factor authentication: For security reasons, members of certain user groups are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Currently, 2FA is required to use the group, but not to be a member of it. Given that this model still has some vulnerabilities, the situation will gradually change in March.
• Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 10 and 11 include the new GraphQL API has been released as a flexible alternative to select features of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). They also link to the 50 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

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Nala Ray interview sources

Breaking out again from the images stuff. I've done two things; I made a count of opinions of the BLPN discussion in User:GRuban/BLPN-Interviews (and even of the earlier RSN discussion, though I agree with FDW777 that RSN was not the right place, this isn't about reliable sources, this is about BLPs). Now I think the count of the BLPN discussion is in favor of including, I see 9 yes, 2 maybe, 3 no; but that's not an official close, I'm obviously biased, etc. So just in case, I made a list of the points in Nala Ray supported by Charlie Kirk or Michael Knowles interviews in User:GRuban/Nala_Ray/Interview_refs, in case I need to back them to other sources. (I thought there was also some Lecrae interview citation, but now I see there really wasn't.) The subject herself has put out a video that can be BLPSPS for half the Kirk sources , I'll be gradually adding those, half of the ones left are backed by either (reliable sources) RNS or USA Today), and at worst I can lose some of the others.

However, one very important point that I haven't found an alternative source for is the first point that Knowles is cited to: that "Nala Ray" is her stage name, not her birth name! She says that in her Michael Knowles interview, at 43:49-44:17. And I can't find it explicitly said elsewhere, though I'm still looking. And for obvious reasons it's clearly a big deal. If I have to leave it out, it's sort of only one line in the article, but it's also sort of a gaping bleeding hole in the article. Advice? --GRuban (talk) 17:29, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@GRuban, couldn't you just sidestep that and do what every other article does and remove the "the stage name of", then it would simply be "Nala Ray is an American social media influencer, Christian activist, cosplayer, and former OnlyFans explicit content creator." TarnishedPath^talk 20:36, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah; that's what would leave the gaping hole. The very first sentence in the article wouldn't be a lie as such, but it would be misleading. We know that's not her name, but we're going to let you believe it is. --GRuban (talk) 21:51, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I've reviewed your analysis of the discussion at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Can a statement made by the subject about themselves in a video interview be used in a BLP? and I'm happy to approve given the apparent consensus. However, did you want to propose any new hooks prior to it being approved given the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Nala Ray (nom)? TarnishedPath^talk 23:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Hurrah! Thank you, I did not expect that, I thought at best we'd reach some kind of compromise. As for the hook, I think the discussion at that talk has swung too far the other way. Let's look at yesterday's DYK hooks:

• ... that, by establishing diplomatic missions like an embassy in Fiji, the Philippine government hopes to play a bigger role in international politics?

That is the goal of each and every diplomatic mission throughout history, no?

• ... that the head of one piano department called Lucie Stern "the rarest talent of any child I ever heard"?

That's what it means to be a child prodigy; if all children had talent like that, she wouldn't be a child prodigy.

• ... that a carnival group in Brazil plays songs by the Beatles in carnival march rhythms?

Everyone who plays any music at all plays songs by the Beatles. My son and my wife do, for lessons and for fun, on brass and piano and accordion. That's what our article The Beatles means when it says, sentence 3, "They are widely regarded as the most influential band in popular music", basically everyone who plays any reasonable amount of music plays some music by the Beatles.

• ... that a review of Chronicles from the Siege called it "a meditation on the endurance and fragmentation of Palestinian life under siege"?

That's basically restating the title of the book.

Easily half of yesterday's DYK hooks were far more predictable than "... that a Baptist minister's daughter, Nala Ray, left a pornographic OnlyFans channel generating over a million dollars a year to return to Christianity?" I can agree to removing the word "pornographic", if people want to avoid the word and/or think that is implied in the word OnlyFans. But the claim that

• a minister's daughter going into erotica, then
• making a million dollars a year, then
• dropping all that to return to Christianity,

is somehow not unusual or interesting I reject totally. Each of those three parts is more unusual and interesting than most of the four we had running yesterday. (Arguably the Lucie Stern hook could match one of those three parts, child prodigies aren't that common; but not all three.) --GRuban (talk) 13:09, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Wow, I still can't get over those people saying that. They know a lot of minister's daughters in erotica, do they? Have a lot of friends making a million dollars a year, do they? Have a lot of friends that abandoned those millions for religion, do they? I doubt that. I doubt every part of that. I especially doubt that for all three together. Any one of those three parts would be a rara avis and an interesting hook; all three together is very much so. --GRuban (talk) 13:25, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree about the sea of banality. Ps, I've re-approved the nomination and suggested the alt with the word "pornographic" removed. TarnishedPath^talk 22:00, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

I'll leave it up to you if you want to propose any additional hooks. If you do end up proposing anything else and you want a review of those hooks, ping me. TarnishedPath^talk 22:03, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Did this ping you?

Did you get a ping when I used your username in the edit summary for Diff/1343945621? Because I thuoght ath writing someone's username in an edit summary would ping then, but I did not get a ping when you used my username in your edit summary in Diff/1343946821.

Also I was going to point you to COI concerns on the talk page for the editor, but I see that you have noticed it now. I've pinged another editor there about it, didn't want to make a COIN report because I don't really know what this is about. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 10:33, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn weird that you didn't get a notification, when I did and both edit summaries were done in the same manner. There's a ghost in the shell!

Ps, I agree with a potential COI given their extremely specific knowledge of information which is not in the public domain (see Special:Diff/1343941333). Also their deceptive edit summaries, stating that they are adding something when they are removing a lot more (see Special:Diff/1343942411). TarnishedPath^talk 11:09, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

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Avgeekamfot (talk) 19:04, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, TarnishedPath! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Avgeekamfot (talk) 19:04, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Why put these alerts on my talk page, without explanation?

You have recently made edits related to living or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles. This is a standard message to inform you that living or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles is a designated contentious topic. This message does not imply that there are any issues with your editing. For more information about the contentious topics system, please see Wikipedia:Contentious topics. ‎G. L. Talk 09:45, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

They are self-explanatory. Doug Weller talk 09:57, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@GLOBALIST LIBERTARIAN, the placing of the notices is a prerequisite for me seeking arbitration enforcement against you if you keep on reverting the material back in against the RFC close and thus violating BLP. TarnishedPath^talk 09:58, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I see they’ve been given these before. Doug Weller talk 10:01, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Back under the old DS regime. I might be wrong, but those would no longer count as valid notification? Glad to see you're still with us friend. TarnishedPath^talk 10:05, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

No, you are right. They needed new ones. Doug Weller talk 15:00, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

When? I was last active in 2016... I dont think my actions are that bad. I now tried to explain the reasoning and sources that justify my request for that addtion here Talk:Nicole Junkermann#Edit on type of relationship Junkerman had with Epstein... Thank you for being little patient with me. ‎G. L. Talk 10:24, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

URGENT: Physical Security Risk - Baquerizo Family

Looks like an BLP issue to me Trade (talk) 17:19, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

@Trade how so? The article talks about dead people. That is the opposite of living. TarnishedPath^talk 00:17, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Contingency plans with Template:Did you know nominations/Justin Joyner

I am nominating for April 1 as well.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:22, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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So what if

We still need a plan for the case where Joyner is not the current coach at the time the hook runs. Please come discuss.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm in meetings all of today. I'll try and have a look after work. TarnishedPath^talk 22:48, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 6

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Editing on the mobile apps

Highlights

• Supporting the mobile experience: The Foundation is starting conversations with communities to explore how editing should work on the Wikipedia mobile apps. The goal is to understand how to better support both new and experienced editors, and how the app can guide users to the right editing tools. Your input is welcome. Join the discussion!
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Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Crawlers: The Foundation is now detecting and blocking billions of bot requests that don’t follow our robot policy, such as aggressive scrapers, to make sure our resources go towards serving human readers. In the coming months we’ll be working on better detection of rapidly changing bot behavior and better API infrastructure.
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• Account creation on mobile: Mobile editors at several wikis are now presented with a simplified logged-out warning message, which encourages them to create an account or log in. This test is part of our ongoing effort to enhance the account creation experience on mobile and increase participation.
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Screenshot of the Microtask generator tool.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Elliot Rodger rewrite

If you are not busy since your other article passed GA, would you want to work together and work on what got the article failed? Peer reviews never really get any attention. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 01:55, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, PR's sometimes get quick attention, and other times it takes a while. I do think there is value in it though as far as getting outside perspective/s. Authors involved in trying to review their own work can sometimes be unable to spot all issues as they can read it as they imagine it in their heads and not as it is actually written. Also, I would appreciate an outside perspective if the last GA reviewer was on the mark, or whether they were expecting more than is required from a GA. TarnishedPath^talk 05:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I think that reviewer was expecting way more from us during that review. He was comparing the article, which was up for GA, to an FA article, which you know demands way more work. Articles like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are both at GA and are about the same length as the Rodger article, and don't need "summarizing". If the peer review doesn't get any traction by the end of March, I am going to ask for help from other editors who know this kind of topic. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 04:15, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree that they were expecting too much. Have a look at Ben Roberts-Smith, which I have gotten through GA and then to A-class, and I'm still not confident that it would pass FA, because I think I need to add stuff. I seriously read a lot of three different long-form books on the subject and am stalled at the moment for lack of motivation. TarnishedPath^talk 04:22, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Elliot Rodger GA nomination

I am gonna put up Elliot Rodger for GA again. I feel like the last review was really unfair, as the editor who reviewed it wanted the whole article rewritten and was literally comparing it to an FA article and expecting the work of an FA. I have put it back up again for a nominator who will use GA rules and not FA for a GA nom. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 00:27, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

No worries. I'll close the PR. TarnishedPath^talk 00:28, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Recent revert

Hello TarnishedPath! Hope you're having a great day

You have reverted my unexplained edit on Zionism. Following the edit I immediately realized I forgot to add a summary and made a dummy edit with it (simply said "per talk"). See the discussion that has already taken place at Talk:Zionism/Archive 39#Zionists_saying_Zionism_is_Colonialism.

Best, NorthernWinds ❄️ (talk) 21:39, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

No worries. I'll have a read when I have time later tonight. I'm sure you're aware, but this has also had previous discussions, which can be found in the archives. TarnishedPath^talk 21:50, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Indeed, it was pointed out in the discussion (weirdly it seems that almost everything I touch has been discussed before).

Note that I may not be able to respond for a long time due to major Internet disruptions.

Have a great rest of your day, NorthernWinds ❄️ (talk) 22:08, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Move+

Moved to User talk:TarnishedPath/MovePlus § Move+ 2

Canada and the 2026 Iran war

Hi. I don't think moving this back to the old title was the right call. See Category:Involvement in the 2026 Iran war by country -- it's now the only one with a different title. I'm indifferent on whether we use "in" or "and", but if we're going to change one, we oughta change them all. I would consider moving it back again. Reverting the move simply because it was undiscussed seems unnecessary... Multiple editors are working on this article and had no problem with it. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 11:04, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

@MediaKyle, please see Talk:2026 Iran war/Archive 9#Requested move 8 March 2026 where there was a formal discussion which resulted in the page not being moved.

Whether you, I or Moses himself thinks it was the right call for me to revert the undiscussed move is irrelevant. Currrent consensus is that the page should not move from Canada and the 2026 Iran war. If you want to change that you'll need to take it to a fresh WP:RM discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 11:12, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

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You were mentioned at Arbcom

Hi, I just wanted to inform you that diff(s) by you were shared in my evidence at the ongoing Arbcom case Maghreb. You are not a party to the case, and no response or participation from you is required, though of course you can if you want to. Samuelshraga (talk) 20:41, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Samuelshraga thanks for the notification. TarnishedPath^talk 20:49, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary

Hello, TarnishedPath! I both created the article about and nominated my very first ever DYK nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary on 5 March 2026. It has been over a month since and it has yet to be promoted. I thought it might be a good idea to bring it your attention as you are one of the most active DYK promoters. Justthefacts (talk) 17:40, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

@Justthefacts, I see that @Crisco 1492 has responded to the request you left on their talk. As an FYI, having a nomination being a month old is not uncommon. We have a lot of nominations. I currently have two nominations that are a month old which are waiting to be promoted. TarnishedPath^talk 02:11, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath Thank you for letting me know. This is my very first ever DYK nomination and I'm simply eager to see promoted. --Justthefacts (talk) 04:09, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:46, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

New tornado outbreak page

Draft:Tornado outbreak of April 13-16, 2026 - Making this early so as the tornado outbreak goes on, the page can be updated. shane (talk to me if you want!) 15:07, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@EditorShane3456, were you asking me to do something? I don't understand. TarnishedPath^talk 21:43, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes shane (talk to me if you want!) 23:35, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@EditorShane3456 yes what? What are you asking me? TarnishedPath^talk 23:48, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

to help with the page shane (talk to me if you want!) 00:12, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@EditorShane3456, I'm sorry but articles about weather events aren't something I work on. TarnishedPath^talk 01:49, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 7

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on March 28. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Community Wishlist update: This monthly update covers how 44 wishes were fulfilled, 17 are in progress, and 15 more will start work soon. It includes completion of work on Watchlist labels, which allow users to add labels to items in their watchlist to help with managing and filtering; fixing a bug with preview page feature; indexing of Commons on Google & DuckDuckGo search; and a wish simplifying the insertion of maths formulas in articles. You can submit, vote on, and subscribe to wishes here.
• Goal setting for edit-a-thons: The CampaignEvents extension now includes a new group goal-setting feature, enabling organizers to set and track event goals such as the number of articles created and participating contributors in real time. This feature is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. Join the Connection Learning Session on April 14 at 16:00 UTC to learn more about this feature and new ways to promote events and campaigns to editors.
• Collaboration with the United Nations: Learn how the Foundation engages with the United Nations to secure our collective voice and protect free knowledge.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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Design mock for mobile page previews.

• Navigating articles on mobile: The Foundation is launching an experiment to test how to make it easier and more intuitive for readers to navigate through articles on mobile. To do this, we want to test Mobile Page Previews. This experiment will go live the week of April 20 and will run for four weeks.
• Editing tools for new editors: Tone Check was deployed on French, Japanese, and Portuguese Wikipedia as a default-on feature for editors who have published 100 or fewer edits locally. When promotional or subjective language is added, users are prompted to consider "neutralizing" the tone of the edit.
• Managing watchlist labels: The new watchlist labels feature is now available via VisualEditor, the source editor, and the "watchstar" (or watch link, for skins that don’t have a star icon). Previously it was only possible to assign labels via EditWatchlist.
• Latest experiments: See all upcoming, live, in-analysis, and completed experiments in Product & Technology. A new experiment that just went live is one which aims to establish a baseline retention rate for logged-in readers.
• Latest Wikifunctions: Check out the partial list of the 102 new functions created last week – likely the first week we have exceeded 100.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News weeks 14 and 15 include an ongoing A/B test running on 10 Wikipedias to evaluate a clearer, more user-friendly message that promotes account creation on wikis. See also the 68 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
• Community discussions on Semantic Search: The Wikimedia Foundation, in collaboration with the CEE Hub, hosted a discussion session on Semantic Search for members of the CEE Youth Group.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Don't Blink!: This month's highlights from the Global Advocacy team include how the Wikimedia Foundation co-presented alongside the Internet Archive at the State of the Net conference.
• Digital rights and inclusion: Take a look at the sessions that Wikimedians and allied partners will lead during Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) 2026.
• Manuscript preservation: The Wikimedia Foundation supported volunteer-lead workshops to write Balinese Wikipedia articles about palm-leaf manuscripts (lontar) from the Leiden University Library collection.
• Youth content creators: Wikimedia Indonesia, together with the Wikimedia Foundation, delivered an introductory session on Wikipedia for young content creators representing all 11 ASEAN member states.
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Noticeboard discussion

I've already posted about it in the relevant discussion in Talk:Zionism but I now realize it makes more sense to leave it on your talk page as well since it was mainly us who discussed it. Here: Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Basis of the Zionist claim to Palestine NorthernWinds ❄️ (talk) 20:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

What's your story?

Moved to Talk:Ben Roberts-Smith/Archive 4 § What's your story?

Zionism RfC

I've explored the kerfluffle behind the Zionism discussions which I declined to close at CR. I may make a statement at AE describing my reasoning. But I write this principally as a courtesy; I'm inclined to procedurally close M.Bitton's RfC, which you reopened, as premature. Most of the discussion there seems to indicate so; also, I had declined with the understanding that an RfC was in the process of being workshopped. I did not want a closure of an unofficial discussion to short-circuit an RfC in the making.

That is by no means the sole reason I declined to close both discussions. Iseult ^Δx talk to me 04:29, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@Iseult, if you do, as an uninvolved editor, decide to close the RFC then I guess I'm not going to make a fuss or kick up a stink. That said, the sentence in question has been a topic of discussion for years and I don't necessarily know that any workshopping of a question will help get a better question.

Take for example the question at Talk:Zionism#RfC:_Moving_"as_few_Arabs". It looks like it is unlikely to resolve in any way other than no consensus and that is in large part down to the question itself; however that discussion had a directly prior discussion at Talk:Zionism/Archive_39#Moving_"as_few_Arabs" which was part workshopping.

Also, in favour of the current RFC, it was born off a contested edit at Special:Diff/1349279597 and the RFC offers a clear question flowing from that contested edit. The RFC offers a) the prior wording or b) the contested change. In all, I think the current RFC is a clear question more likely to result in consensus for or consensus against and WP:RFCBEFORE is more than satisfied. TarnishedPath^talk 05:51, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Ah. With your addition of the Background section, I withdraw my objection. That would have been nice if included from the beginning. As for RfCs, ARBPIA has the 1000-word remedy, and so I look forward to closing this discussion with that to shield me from walls of text. Iseult ^Δx talk to me 06:42, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

On 14 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (pictured) is one of the most valuable paintings ever sold at auction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

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		Your hook reached 24,111 views (1,004.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2026 – nice work!

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I don't want to say this on the talk page but...

I guess in less gentle terms the guy is basically what the internet calls a LOLCow and I am afraid that any effort to make his bio page less a list of things to laugh at would just involve leaving the stuff he actually has notability for out. That's why I'd kind of prefer to delete. We shouldn't be a place to point and laugh and random guys. Simonm223 (talk) 12:42, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I completely agree. I don't think we should have articles on attention seekers. However, attention seeking (if gone at hard enough and long enough) brings about in-depth coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources and boom we have GNG. The only way to fix this would to be change our notability guidelines and I don't see that happening any time soon. TarnishedPath^talk 12:53, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right. Simonm223 (talk) 12:57, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunately. TarnishedPath^talk 13:05, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Moving RfC workshop

Why have you moved the RfC workshop (on the Zionism page) out of the talk section which it continues? Now the two conversations will be unhelpfully archived separately and the RfC workshop is no longer linked to the RfCbefore discussion. I'm not raising this on the talk page, as there's more than enough beef and drama there already and I don't want this to be seen as an antagonistic move, but I'd urge you to rethink and undo. Thanks and best wishes, B BobFromBrockley (talk) 13:29, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Bob,

I moved it to its own section to give it prominence. I deliberately pinged everyone involved (I'm fairly sure I didn't miss anyone) to ensure maximum coverage and awareness. Given that the discussion will potentially and hopefully lead to a new RFC, I think a section by itself will bring more eyes. TarnishedPath^talk 13:33, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

OK, no worries. Let's hope we can get some progress now... BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:22, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary

Hello, TarnishedPath! There is a problem with the hook that you chose from Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary, as I noted here, because it is not clear from the source whether "complete misunderstanding" is a direct quote or simply a summation of the Hungarian government position, which is why I removed the quotation marks from "complete misunderstanding" in this edit. Now that the European Court of Justice has issued its judgement in European Commission v Hungary, there are many more better alternative hooks that can be proposed. I would suggest that you replace that hook with "... that a landmark historic international human rights judgement against Hungary found that it violated the very identity of the European Union?" Best regards, Justthefacts (talk) 22:33, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Justthefacts,

You're entirely correct about the quotation marks. It's two words and it's not in quotation marks in the source. Common sense says it doesn't need to be in quotation marks in the hook. I picked that up when I was promoting the hook, but then got distracted and forgot about it.

As per your suggestion of an alternative hook, I can't unilaterally implement that. We'd need to either pull the current hook and discuss the new hook the nomination template or alternatively you can raise your suggestion at WT:DYK and seek consensus there. TarnishedPath^talk 00:01, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: Hi, TarnishedPath! Thank you for letting me know! In that case, I would ask that you please select instead ALT4, which was also approved by @Chris Woodrich at Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary, which is strongly supported by reliable sources, and indicates the importance and the notability of the case clearly to readers! --Justthefacts (talk) 00:56, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@Justthefacts, I considered ALT4 and took onboard the comments by @AirshipJungleman29 and @Dclemens1971. ALT4 pretty much restates the article title and that isn't a good thing. It makes it more of a tautology and that decreases the interestingness. TarnishedPath^talk 01:03, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: In that case, perhaps it might be best to pull the current hook and discuss the new hook at Template:Did you know nominations/European Commission v Hungary. The issuance of the judgement in European Commission v Hungary by the European Court of Justice means that there are so many more potential hooks that would be better. --Justthefacts (talk) 01:21, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

• Also, note that this decision is up for discussion at WP:ITNC; if the item runs, it becomes ineligible for DYk. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@Justthefacts, @Crisco 1492 I've pulled it. TarnishedPath^talk 01:34, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492 and TarnishedPath: I added an alternative hook based on the description of the judgement in the news and strongly supported by reliable sources supporting the article. If we could get the hook approved and promoted before the article makes it into in the news, that would be great! --Justthefacts (talk) 01:41, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Once I do a few checks. I'll approve; however, it will probalby need to wait until after any consenmsus is arrived on at WP:ITNC for promotion. TarnishedPath^talk 02:39, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: Thank you so much! Is it possible that the article can appear in did you know even if the article also appears in the news? I both created and nominated the article on 5 March and it has been nearly two months since then, so would that be a factor that would allow the article to appear in both? --Justthefacts (talk) 03:26, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

@Justthefacts, the appropriate guideline in this circumstance is WP:DYKNEW which states It is also ineligible if it has, within the year prior to nomination or between nomination and appearance on the Main Page, appeared as a boldlink at In the news (ITN) or in the prose section of Selected anniversaries (OTD), or as Today's featured article (TFA). A nomination must go on hold if the article has pending nominations to appear at any of the same.

So unfortantely no. I understand your frustration about the wait, I've got a number of nominations that I've been waiting a month plus for. Unfortanetly we get more nominations than we have slots to run them in. TarnishedPath^talk 03:55, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 8

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• Annual Planning: The Wikimedia Foundation published the draft Annual Plan for the coming fiscal year (2026–2027) which will focus on four main goals that directly respond to the external trends. The goals include increasing our reach, deepening engagement, protecting our projects and building speed and resilience to enable the change needed to respond to the internet being at an inflection point. Feedback welcome on the talk page and many other places.
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Responding to your accusations of AI use

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Your recently flagged my suggested edits on Talk:Ben Roberts-Smith as AI-generated, unilaterally and despite my objection to your assessment. I would like to remind you of the following policies: 1/Per Wikipedia:AI-generated, GPTZero is a known unreliable tool with documented false positives, especially with texts written by non-native English speakers. 2/You do not have the right to flag/collapse my edits without consensus with other users, since I disputed your assessment of my edits; this is a significant and clear policy violation. 3/Wikipedia:No personal attacks and Wikipedia:Harassment, you do not have the right to post the same false accusation on this talk page and my user page; you interaction with me has been accusatory and intimidating for no reason. 4/Per Wikipedia:Competence, unless you have an indisputable evidence that I wrote my comment using AI, which you don't because GPTZero has a false positive, this is a problematic assumption. I have been a Wikipedia user since 2010, and an editor since 2016, with over 2,000 edits across multiple languages (Arabic, French, and English), none of which have been flagged or reverted for policy violations. Should this pattern of unsupported accusations and intimidation continue, I will raise this matter through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, including filing a report at Wikipedia:Harassment and the Administrator's noticeboard.

YAC-med-2010 (talk) 03:50, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@YAC-med-2010, I formed my assessment prior to utilising any online tools. Feel free to take it to WP:AN/I. TarnishedPath^talk 04:25, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

That was not AI-generated, there are literally spelling mistakes in my previous response. I will not be engaging with this any further. YAC-med-2010 (talk) 04:42, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2026).

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• The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
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• The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.

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• The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a report involving you at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement regarding a possible violation of an Arbitration Committee decision. The thread is TarnishedPath & Sean.hoyland. Thank you. Samuelshraga (talk) 03:28, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Problematic move

I'm not crazy about this sort of thing, where an IP who is not supposed to be able to create articles in mainspace is allowed to circumvent that limitation by hijacking an existing redirect to another article. This also creates a somewhat deceptive edit history, making it look like I, as the creator of the redirect, created the article on the skier. BD2412 T 23:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@BD2412, thanks for drawing this to my attention. I'll try and keep more of a look-out for this type of behaviour. Is there anything I can do to remedy this? TarnishedPath^talk 00:45, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

In this case, the outcome is not terrible, as the article subject is clearly notable. However, I have seen this sort of thing tried for promotion of non-notable bios and companies in the past, so it's a thing to watch out for. The other thing that comes up with this sort of thing is that if the new article were nominated for deletion or merging, the automated deletion notice would go to the editor who created the redirect, rather than the one who created the article. BD2412 T 00:56, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK hook

Hello. You might remember me from this debacle a while back. I have an article that I have worked on that I would like to nominate, but I don't want to screw up and waste everyone's time again like I did last time with a bad hook. Could you look at my below idea and see whether it would meet the "interesting" aspect of a DYK hook?

... that George Salvaire built the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján on a promise to the patron saint after being spared execution?

Source: Sarasola, Ventura C.M. (2003) "Shrine of Our Lady of Luján (Argentina)," Vincentiana: Vol. 47: No. 5, Article 17.

Thanks in advance, Lynch44 19:33, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Lynch44, The hook is supported by what's in the article and what is in the source; however, the source doesn't appear to be independent. I presume you've taken that into account when considering if the article passes our notability guidelines, given that you are a new page patroller. I therefore haven't examined notability myself. Regarding interestingness, I think the hook passes. TarnishedPath^talk 01:19, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

The discussion phase of the May 2026 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

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@ScottishFinnishRadish, sorry, I got worked up over other things, that I shouldn't have let it get to me. I should have just forgotten about it for the evening and watched some TV. TarnishedPath^talk 11:53, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 9

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on April 25. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Community Protection: Wikimedia Foundation secured Indonesian government’s commitment to user safety, privacy, and content integrity ahead of administrative registration in Indonesia.
• Stronger protections against bots: Wikimedia Foundation is replacing our CAPTCHA with a new approach to detect bad-faith activities without making things harder for users.
• Transparency Report: The Wikimedia Foundation has published its latest Transparency Report. This provides an overview of the work to protect Wikimedia projects and support the volunteer communities who handle the majority of content requests. Our users trust us to protect their identities against unlawful disclosure, and we take this responsibility seriously, granting only 1 of 30 requests for disclosure we received from July to December 2025.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Latest experiments: One upcoming experiment is introducing the Incident Reporting System (IRS) to help contributors easily find the right place to seek help when facing harassment or other issues. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Change in how new users are autoconfirmed: The account age for autoconfirmed users will now start from their first edit, not the registration date. This is to avoid exploitation by vandals. This change will only apply to wikis that require at least one edit for autoconfirmation.
• Organized Reading lists: All Wikipedia users with new accounts and those who activated the “automatically enable most beta features” option can now use the reading lists beta feature. This lets you save articles for later reading and keep it organized in one place for easy access.
• Thumbnail size preferences: Default thumbnail size preference for article content is now limited to three sizes: Small (180px), Regular (250px), and Large (400px). This change aims to improve performance and reduce strain on thumbnail services. Current preferences will shift to the nearest new size.
• Wikifunctions: To make the development of Abstract Wikipedia visible, the Foundation is requesting your input: which metrics about Abstract Wikipedia pages do you deem important?
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News weeks 18 and 19 include improvements on Global Watchlist. See also the 62 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Annual Planning: We welcome your feedback on the main talk page for the 2026–2027 draft Annual Plan and many other places for the coming fiscal year.
• Wikimania: Wikimania is a joyful event. It is a chance to celebrate our community and projects, share ideas and information, build connections among Wikimedians, and inspire and develop future projects. If you and your community are interested in hosting Wikimania in 2028 and 2029 submit an expressions of interest.
• Community Conferences: The Foundation is supporting 15 strategic, diverse, and critical convenings taking place in 2026 and 2027, bringing together approximately 1800 Wikimedians across various regions, themes, and language communities.
• Don't blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Wiki Loves Monuments: The winners of the 2025 Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest are announced.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
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• Enterprise: How CivicLens Uses Wikidata APIs to Make Civic Data More Accessible.

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until 19 May 2026 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase (we are here)
• Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Honestly just take it to ANI

Admins with prior engagement may choose to ignore a nuisance who is mostly interested in arguing at talk rather than actually making edits but if someone is on a tear the two choices are to either just ignore 90% of their posts or bring it to the central drama board. I've settled on the former for now but they aren't following me into my non-PIA BLP stuff so it may be less severe for me. Simonm223 (talk) 14:37, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@Simonm223, on the basis of just 6 diffs with incivility? TarnishedPath^talk 14:41, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking more of a general case regarding discussions at noticeboards and across the AP2 and GENSEX CTOPs but I entirely understand if you don't want to take (or feel you cannot take) that course of action. Simonm223 (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Never mind. Looks like it was handled by independent admin action. Simonm223 (talk) 16:59, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello TarnishedPath,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

PageTriage

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DYK nomination of Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes

Hello! Your submission of Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 04:18, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Re: Close of Talk:Asari (Mass Effect)

I'm not trying to argue the close should be reversed or trying to be a sore loser. There was obviously disagreement there. But the closing rationale claimed that I gave no evidence, while I actually gave two pieces of evidence, low pageviews/longterm significance of the other topics and the lack of people known only as Asari. It was something easily accessible to others without necessarily having to link manually to it. I urge you to change it to no consensus to reflect the facts, which is that both sides gave evidence and couldn't agree. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:55, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm, I do think that we should favour the arguments of those who bring receipts, when those receipts support their arguments. I'll reword the close, but I don't see that a change to nocon is warranted. TarnishedPath^talk 10:07, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

That is a valid point, and I will try to link to things when possible from now on for convenience's sake. At the same time, as the facts I pointed to are easily found by looking at the Wiki page and its stats, as well as WP:PTM which (theoretically, at least) people joining a discussion on disambiguation should already be aware of, and aren't on some arcane site somewhere that nobody would reasonably find without linking it, I don't think being punitive for simply not linking to them is within typical policy. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:57, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think every discussion necessarily needs receipts; however, if someone brings them it strengthens their position and then if opposing editors don't they're left in a weaker position. We can all quote policy all day long, but at the end of the day policy arguments need to be supported by facts and the strongest way to do that is with receipts. TarnishedPath^talk 12:10, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

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Topic-ban extended to indefinite

Per Special:Diff/1355984746. (I figure you don't need the giant eff-off template.) In solidarity, asilvering (talk) 02:20, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:59, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Your Articles for Creation review on Alec Frank MacKelden

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You're in the news

I was looking looking to see if I could find more articles about WP:WWUS and came across this article which names you specifically and does reporting about on wiki processes. I thought I should let you know. The article comes up on the news tab of google for the search query "wikipedia". In solidarity, ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 10:08, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2026 May#Persecution of transgender people under the second Trump administration

Hi, there is a move review underway relevant to a discussion you were recently involved in. Link above. Thanks. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 19:48, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

@Sirfurboy cheers. I'll have a look later. TarnishedPath^talk 22:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2026).

Administrator changes

• Asukite
• Bobby Cohn
• Bonadea
• Ca
• Drm310
• Reconrabbit
• Sammi Brie

• Tamzin
• TonyBallioni

• Ezhiki
• Queen of Hearts

Bureaucrat changes

• WereSpielChequers

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.

Technical news

• Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
• The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election closes on 1 June.

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