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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

  Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

  Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

  Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

Thank you for being around, helpful! - I heard a great concert by Voces8, pictured. - I have a FAC open, in case of interest. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 16 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Glad that I can be useful. Thank you for your wikicontributions. --PFHLai (talk) 16:20, 16 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Glad that I could be useful, @Sportsfangnome. Looking forward to more goodies from you on MainPage. Happy editing! Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 00:59, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

more July songs, from Swiss Alps and a funeral --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

  Administrator changes

  Valereee

  Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

  Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

  Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

  Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

  Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

I did some last minute work on Tom Cornell. I was hoping to make it to RD, but the time limit has just expired. Is it still possible to post it? Thank you, Thriley (talk) 00:02, 9 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Spencer:, @Black Kite:, @Stephen: is posting still possible? Thriley (talk) 00:26, 9 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, @Thriley, for the upgrades to this wikibio. Glad to see this on MainPage already. Looking good. May Mr. Cornell rest in peace. --PFHLai (talk) 05:50, 9 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

  Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

  Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

  Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

  Miscellaneous

• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
• Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

Thank you for your work ITN, today Lars Vogt, with chamber music pictured. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 7 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome, Gerda. Nice pics. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 15:58, 8 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! The rose pic was taken on 11 Sep 2021, and this year was full of music that day, Tag des offenen Denkmals, not only singing in church and rehearsals for Verdi's Requiem, but two concerts at special places pictured, one a synagogue (pictured on its wall). Today three DYK: a piece we'll perform on Sunday, a violinist we heard in June playing the Berg Concerto, and a Youth Orchestra shaped by a conductor who recently died. Almost too much of a good thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 14 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Today, we sang old music for two choirs at church, pictured, scroll to the image of the organ of the month of the Diocese of Limburg (my perspective), and if you have time, watch the video about it --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 18 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

... and today I wrote an article about music premiered today, Like as the hart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Great! How timely! Good luck at DYK. --PFHLai (talk) 19:25, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

The link works for me, that's strange; the Wayback Machine was also only picking up the deadlink. Since the website is entirely licensed under CC4.0, I was able to manually upload the webpage to archive.org. It's jank, but it works, I guess lol. Curbon7 (talk) 19:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for fixing the ref, Curbon7. That's good now. --PFHLai (talk) 01:59, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

  Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

  Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

  Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

Floydian ^τ _¢ 21:39, 3 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello, hope you don't mind me asking as you seem like an old ITN hand. Is this archiving the end for Wong Phui Nam and Mark Souder? I'm new to the process, so I don't know if they're meant to go up or if it's up to admin discretion or if there's a random lottery. A bit biased perhaps but I thought Wong Phui Nam would be a nice addition for a bit of diversity given the current RDs are all but one Americans. Best, CMD (talk) 03:08, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello, CMD. Thank you for letting me know about this. The Wong Phui Nam article received a Support vote within the 7-day time limit with no objections from anyone, and IMO should have been promoted to MainPage. I guess no admins are around to take care of this. I'll handle this entry myself soon. The next time you see good noms not getting processed and disappearing into the archive, please be encouraged to post a note at Wikipedia talk:In the news. Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 05:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the answer. This was my first dip into ITN, so I will keep an eye out going forward! Best, CMD (talk) 07:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. Happy editing! -- PFHLai (talk) 10:36, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

today featured Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

On this year's 19th Sunday after Trinity. Happy 296th!  . --PFHLai (talk) 18:44, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! - reformation and a cat treat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

  Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

  Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

  Miscellaneous

• The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
• You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
• Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}.

I was away for vacation in the U.S., pictured, after we had an Ukrainian choir visiting, my first subject celebrated 60, and we heard Bach's ultimate statement about life and death (3 concerts in 3 days) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 17 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sounds like fun! Welcome back to the wiki! --PFHLai (talk) 03:27, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

It was! Thanksgiving in the U.S. - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:33, 24 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

  Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
• The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
• An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

  Technical news

• A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

  Arbitration

• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
• The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
• A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

  Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

Hi there. No one is voting on this nomination either way in ITN. Article looks good/no tags. I think it should be posted. But what happens if no one votes for it before the expiry time? SitcomyFan (talk) 10:25, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi, SitcomyFan. If there is no support at all, the nom may scroll off ITN/C at the end of the 7 days and into the archive where it rests in peace. You can appeal to admins and other editors on Talk:ITN, if you like. This wikibio currently has less than 300 words of prose. Is there anything else to write about him? --PFHLai (talk) 12:20, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the response - and good to see it was posted! I'm working on another couple of articles, Quentin Oliver Lee and Jharana Das. I only noticed these. Is the cut-off time from the date itself, date it was reported, or date it was nominated? These were both only just nominated (maybe I shouldn't have listed them far back on the date itself?) and just wondering if there is time to continue working on them. The first one is almost there, I think, but haven't had a chance to work on the other one yet. If you could let me know the cut-off on them, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again for all your help. SitcomyFan (talk) 08:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for working on these wikibios and providing materials for use on RD. Both noms appear to be listed in the correct sections on ITN/C. It's the date of death or date of first report on the death if the report came later. The wikipage needs to be ready within a week after that. For Das (d. Dec. 2nd), today (Dec. 9th, UTC) is the final day of eligibility. If you want to expand it for RD, please do so ASAP. There is less than 12 hours left. --PFHLai (talk) 12:12, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks again for the response. Regarding Jharana Das, I've added some more info and sources to the article. If you have time to take a look, let me know if you feel it is ready/almost ready, how much more work it might need. I don't feel sufficiently qualified to add filmography tables and I think I've added quite a lot to her Career section - most of the information contained in English sources. There's probably more info out there in Indian. I feel it is sufficient now for ITN? Not sure if you agree. SitcomyFan (talk) 13:53, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

It's not the greatest, but it's good enough. It's on MainPage now. Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 05:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël today, which was on DYK yesterday, - a first for me, pictured, - Thank you for your work around Recent deaths, - four yesterday (for me) was a sad record. - Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Gerda, for your timely contributions for use on MainPage. Have a wonderful holiday season and an awesome 2023. Cheers!   -- PFHLai (talk) 22:41, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 16:40, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Moops. Happy New Year to you, too. Have a wonderful 2023! --PFHLai (talk) 22:45, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

  Guideline and policy news

• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

  Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

  Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

just my mother's birthday - she introduced me to music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Have a lovely birthday!   Thanks for reminding me, Gerda. My mother's birthday is coming up soon. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 04:25, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

I have to admit I'm confused by your edits to this page. I removed Victoria Lee because, well, it's really stale compared to all the other folks who died in January. Feel free to fix, but right now how we do RD, she isn't in the list. - Fuzheado | Talk 17:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

It's not date of death, but date of news of the death. --PFHLai (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

It still doesn't seem like it's the right order. Please fix. Thanks. - Fuzheado | Talk 17:57, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

It's the order of posting by admins. --PFHLai (talk) 17:58, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

RE: "This list seems really messed up chronologically" -- It is indeed very messed up if there is any expectation of a chronological order. It's not. Some noms are ready for RD within a day of the death. Some deaths take a long time to become public and even more time for the wikibio to qualify for RD. Don't worry about the dates, Fuzheado. --PFHLai (talk) 18:06, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
• Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

  Technical news

• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

  Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
• In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

  Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
• Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

Thank you for taking care of ITN! - I was away for most of January. Now I write my own stories, today about a Ukrainian actress born OTD and a cantata that was performed 300 years ago (three days ago). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:56, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda, but honestly, I have not done anything at ITN lately.... a little too busy at my other (paid) job! --PFHLai (talk) 17:25, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

You appear twice on my talk ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:24, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thrice, actually, but none during the month... :) --PFHLai (talk) 10:57, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

music today: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Nice! :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 18:02, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you - I booked for the summer and Advent. - My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
• Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
• A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

  Technical news

• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

  Arbitration

• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
• The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
• A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

  Miscellaneous

• The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
• Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
• The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

On St Patrick's Day: a composition commissioned for Ireland. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

today we remember the 150th birthday of Max Reger, who saw the horrors of a world war right when it began in 1914, while others were still in high patriotic moods --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

sharing impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 24 Mar from the peaks --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

  Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
• The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

  Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

Thank you for ITN work, two in two days - and the third nominated! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:09, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Thank you for providing content for use on MainPage. I was about to put the third nom of yours onto ITN and found out that the discography needs more sourcing. Any more refs, please? Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 17:46, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

I added a summary ref hoping it would cover them all. Seems like I was wrong. What's missing? - I was out, sorry. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:13, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the new footnotes there. You shouldn't be sorry, Gerda. We're all volunteers here, just putting in what we can. I'll check back in a few hours. --PFHLai (talk) 20:04, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

How is this: I'll move him to 10 Apr when his death was announced, and continue after sleep? Alternatively, I can comment out those without ref, many of which are albums with an article, - so it should be easy, just monotonous, and I'm tired. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for help. and sorry for getting a bit nervous! - Today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

  Technical news

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

  Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

  Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

Thank you for more help with RD in May. - I had a good story on coronation day: the Te Deum we sang that day. And the following day we sang it for the composer ;)

I nominated Soňa Červená for GA just to give her a bit more exposure, and I took some pics of bright scenery - click on songs. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Nice! Good luck on the GA nom. --PFHLai (talk) 20:07, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! - Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

That is a very nice way to mark the 300th anniversary. Well done, Gerda! --PFHLai (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
• As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

  Technical news

• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

  Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

  Miscellaneous

• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

Thank you help with the Recent deaths, especiall Peter Brötzmann on his way to the Main page! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Glad that I could help. Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:56, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Could you please check out Rachel Yakar, nominated for RD, last day - I didn't get to it sooner, Brötzmann was rather hard for me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:11, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sure. This wikibio looks ready for RD, and I've indicated so at ITN/C. Thank you for preparing contents for use on MainPage, Gerda. --PFHLai (talk) 17:22, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:34, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. Glad that I could help. --PFHLai (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

And now it's last day for Clarence Barlow, - can you check please? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:50, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, Gerda, I have been offline due to travelling. Glad to see the Barlow is currently on RD already. --PFHLai (talk) 03:35, 8 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

  Administrator changes

  Novem Linguae

 

• Deckiller
• Electionworld
• MBisanz
• Penwhale
• Raul654
• Roadrunner
• Viridae
• Yannismarou

  Bureaucrat changes

  MBisanz

  Guideline and policy news

• Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

  Technical news

• Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

  Arbitration

• Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

I found you from the (former) page of qdp.us , and I just wanted to say it is very surprising that you're still semi-active, all these years later! That's all. Signed, MinecraftNerd12341234 08:04, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, MinecraftNerd12341234. Yes, I am getting old, but not too old to log in every now and then. See you around! :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

You too! Signed, MinecraftNerd12341234 08:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

  Administrator changes

  Firefangledfeathers

 

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

  Interface administrator changes

  Novem Linguae

  Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)

  Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating. Thank you for helping her to the Main page! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Glad that I could help. Thank you for getting materials ready for use on MainPage. Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:00, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, I try. - Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Can you please check Gloria Coates, last day ITNN? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

It looks READY for RD, but without any SUPPORT !votes, it has to wait. --PFHLai (talk) 20:59, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for exception-making. I was preoccupied with Berit Lindholm. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 27 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Glad that I could help. It wasn't much of an exception to make. The wikibio was ready for RD while it was still eligible for posting. Thank you for producing more and more good stuffs for use on MainPage. Happy editing. Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

I hadn't seen one posted after it was already archived. - This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 28 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sorry to come with another late job, Walter Arlen, last day for RD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, Gerda, I have to go offline. I can come back and look at this again tomorrow. Don't worry too much about the deadline. BTW, anything useful at Daniel Vnukowski#Music of Exiled Composers and the discography there? Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 18:55, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'll use it - thank you. But I have little time today, onn my way to see Parsifal for the first time. See my story. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. Arlen is on MainPage now. Thank you for expanding his wikibio for use on MainPage. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 21:29, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

  Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

  Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

  Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

Thank you for all your help with those who recently died. - Today's story (as you will know) is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 12 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. I hope your DYK can make it to MainPage for Clara's birthday. Good luck! Cheers! :-) --PFHLai (talk) 22:33, 12 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

It didn't but probably my fault. - Today I remember Raymond Arritt, who still helps me, five years after he died, per what he said in my darkest time on Wikipedia (placed in my edit-notice as a reminder), and by teh rulez. - Latest pics from a weekend in Berlin (one more day to come). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:58, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Next year is still good. Hardly your fault. --PFHLai (talk) 06:35, 20 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

If I wanted it this year I should have pushed editors and reviewers sooner and more, but I was preoccupied with a load of RD in a row. For next year, I'd have to bring it to GA status, and - without help in sight - better pass ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 20 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

No rush. Feel free to contribute at whatever pace you like. Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:20, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

On ITNN, last day, Felix Ayo is marked ready, and no admin seems around. Sorry to bother you again, - midnight here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

  Technical news

• Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

  Arbitration

• Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

  Miscellaneous

• The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.

Today, it's a place that inspired me, musings if you have time. My corner for memory and music has today a juxtaposition of what our local church choirs offer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

  Administrator changes

  0xDeadbeef

  Tamzin

  Dennis Brown

  Interface administrator changes

  Pppery

 

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

  Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

  Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

Vacation pictures offered if you click on songs, and my story today is a DYK hook from 13 years ago OTD: about the great music at one of my churches. Mozart's Requiem to come on Sunday, coupled with Arvo Pärt's Da pacem Domine, - I guess you might come if it was a bit closer. Perhaps watch the video of our last production, our first on yt, ever. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

In creating an article, Abdullah Shuaib has journalistic articles verified as an article in Wikipedia احمد علي الأحمد (talk) 19:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your message, احمد علي الأحمد. I believe what you need can be found at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography and maybe Wikipedia:Teahouse. Happy editing. Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 23:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

  Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:45, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:35, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Great! Glad to see that this special birthday got featured on MainPage! :-) --PFHLai (talk) 20:35, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

In the OTD section yes, - the picture came only in German (so far) and I wonder what readers will think some day when English follows. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

  Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

  Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yesterday was a friend's birthday, with related music. - I'm on vacation - see places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

  Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

  Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

  Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

  Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

Thank you for helping ITN! - The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Thank you for generating so much great materials for use on MainPage. Happy editing! Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 23:07, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

  Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

  Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

  Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

Thank you for helping a baritone to the Main page! - I uploaded vacation pics (from back home), and I listened to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:58, 29 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Sounds like you had a very good Good Friday! :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 12:52, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Listening was wonderful! For the first time in decades, I had too much of a could to sing in choir, so only participated from the "other side", and still not sure about tonight's Easter vigil. If J.H. also goes to the Main page today, that would be my personal sad record with four a day, but I'd rather like to see Pollini a tad longer ;) - anyway, it's like that already on Main Page history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:29, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I hope you get well from your cold soon. J.H. needs support !votes on ITN/C. Richard Serra and Louis Gossett Jr. may get in first. We'll see how that goes. Happy Easter! --PFHLai (talk) 15:02, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, - will check when I find the time. Good story on Easter Sunday, of 500 and 300 years ago and still fresh listening! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Too bad the date of Easter is not a fixed date (so complicated...), or the good story would be a good candidate for SA/OTD on MainPage. Oh, well... --PFHLai (talk) 12:20, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

The good story of 300 St John Passion wasn't accepted for that (silly) reason, - I didn't want to argue again. For a happier Easter ;) - However, over this year there will be a 300th anniversary every week for a choral cantata, and I would like at least the better articles of those to be mentioned, and I would not like them some weekday, but the relevant Sunday. I'll have to think how to achieve that. The feast days are easier, 24 June, 2 July, 29 September, as they are fixed days. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Looking forward to having more music on MainPage. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:01, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

  Administrator changes

 

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

  Guideline and policy news

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

  Technical news

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

  Arbitration

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

  Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

more music on Main page, or: plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

The RD articles were followed by two birthdays in a row, and I prefer those (see my talk). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 20 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

  Guideline and policy news

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

  Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

  Arbitration

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

  Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

Thank you for not only being active for the RD, but also OTD, especially for 20 May. What I don't understand, though, is why you removed Fritz Koenig, born 1924 and not listed last year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I looked and saw two reasons: bad sourcing and - worse - 20 June not May ;) - will try to fix the sourcing until then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Gerda. You've sent me back to look. I was editing an old version. Now fixed, I hope. --PFHLai (talk) 13:27, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you and happy to see it on the Main page today! We sang it in 2000. Today's program was easier but also spirited. I found a nice video of "I will sing with the spirit", with nature photography, - enjoy. - What do you think of mentioning the 150th anniversary of Verdi's Requiem on 22 May OTD? I added it to day and year but not to the selection because I saw that you checked it already. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:19, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Gerda. I like the idea of having this on MainPage on the 150th anniversary, but the wikiarticle Requiem (Verdi) may need more referencing to get on MainPage. You still have a day to work on it, though. And, my edits at Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 22 have been overwritten. You may want to check with User:Z1720, who seems more strict about selections for OTD than I am. Hope this helps. Happy editing! --PFHLai (talk) 21:46, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, I'll try after sleep. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I added refs and some content. Will move this discussion to the selected anniversaries. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Glad to see that on MainPage. Happy 150th anniversary! --PFHLai (talk) 00:18, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for noticing! Today's story also mentions a concert I loved to hear, on top of the piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today's story about Willi Brokmeier still needs support for RD, - don't miss 1972 video ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:56, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your support did it, thank you! - Today's story is my little contribution to Trinity Sunday, with a church named after the Trinity (which I'd have liked to see pictured, and what would be a good description of that kind of facade? "splendid" was reverted as not neutral) and a cantata Bach conducted 300 years ago for the occasion (having composed it 9 years earlier). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:59, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for bringing Hugues Gall to the Main page while I was out! - Enjoy today's story, related to my topic of the year: 300 years Bach's chorale cantatas, and the first was written for today. The music opens with a French overture for a chorale fantasy. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Gerda. Thank you for producing more and more materials for use on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 22:18, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

re Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 11: I believe that Bach's cantata should have come when the Sunday was, instead of the Tuesday after the Second Sunday after Trinity. It was performed on 2 June internationally, and this seems kind of misleading. But if - thinking better to point at it the wrong day than not at all - can we add BWV 20, for extra clarity, because O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 has the same title? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 10 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Just added "BWV 20" for extra clarity as requested. Sorry for the slow response. Was busy yesterday. It's not the Sunday after Trinity. It's too late for that. But today is indeed June 11th. Happy 300th anniversary! PFHLai (talk) 08:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

I had it in for 2 Jun, but it was moved to 11. I explained several times, made a comment in the Selected anniversaries that we better wait a few years then until 11 Jun falls on the right Sunday, - I didn't want it all today. But then I thought twice and reflected that it's better to point at a masterwork, beginning an incredible series of masterworks 300 years ago, on the wrong day than not at all. - I wanted to write a happy song story today, on a friend's birthday, but now we have the word of thunder on top of it ;) - did you listen? The new lilypond is quite impressive, and in the articles, there are other recordings. As my 2 Jun story said: Bach was fired up. - Today's Main page is rich in music, also Franz Liszt and a conductor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:05, 11 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

done - and this thread even began with the cantata ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think it's good either way. June 11th is probably easier for (non-Christian) people to understand and follow. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:48, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

But Christian or not, to mention a Sunday anniversary on Tuesday, - isn't that misleading? - Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata, - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would prefer specifying "that year" after "... after Trinity" in the blurb, but it got edited out. Oh, well,.... Anyway, Happy Bloomsday! (We know it's not Thursday.) :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 19:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you ;) - thank you also for the updates, I plan the next cantata 24 June, fixed date ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Gerda. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 24 has already been refreshed for 2024 by User:ScarletViolet. You may want to check with him about Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7. Hope this helps. Too many cooks may spoil the broth, so I'm staying out for now. Happy editing. Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 11:20, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today - as you know - is a feast day for which Bach composed a chorale cantata in 1724 (and we had a DYK about it in 2012). Can't believe that Jodie Devos had to die, - don't miss her video from the Opéra-Comique at the end, - story to come. The weekend brought plenty of music sung and listened to, and some of it is reflected in the last two stories! + pics of good food with good company --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

  Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

  Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

  Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

  Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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

  Administrator changes

 

• Elli
• HouseBlaster
• Pickersgill-Cunliffe

 

• Brianga
• De728631
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

  Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

  Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

On a friend's birthday - she is pictured on my talk - I have another RD death article that needs reviewing, Martti Wallén. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 6 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wallén is on ITN/RD now. May he rest in peace. --PFHLai (talk) 13:23, 6 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, the bass and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. The violinist is on the Main page now but another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:55, 14 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

She's on the Main page now, thanks to you among others! My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 16 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Only now did I take the time to find who brought the Mozart opera to OTD: you! More thanks!! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 16 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

My pleasure! Glad to have more music history on MainPage (and less violence, fewer tragedies). --PFHLai (talk) 05:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Thinking about BWV 178 for 30 July. - The occasion would be tomorrow but we had the discussion of date vs. liturgy, and also I'm not ready ;) - Two more women died, and I saw one only today, last day, no article yet, - will probably also too short, but she deserves some sort of coverage at least. - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

BWV178, based om a 1524 hymn, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 (so many 24s), is now on SA/OTD template for the 200th anniversary, date-wise. You have ~10 days. :-) Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 13:14, 20 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! ... and today's story is that, beginning with Psalm 124, paraphrased in 1524, and put to five (!) chorale settings in one cantata by Bach in 1724, for this Sunday. Nominated for GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Would suggest a music history. Placing Sarah Geronimo on the OTD for July 25 can commemorate her 36th birthday. (PS I'm currently working on the article to be promoted to GA, then FA.) ScarletViolet 💬 📝 13:20, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, ScarletViolet, I was offline during the past week. Perhaps Sarah Geronimo can get on the SA/OTD for her 37th, or better, 40th birthday? Should be GA by then, I hope? :-) --PFHLai (talk) 13:45, 27 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b will have a baritone, a violinist, a composer (all by you!) and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, should be better, help wanted. - Plenty of music on my parents anniversary day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy Musical Anniversary!    -- PFHLai (talk) 22:57, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

The final DYK hook is also quite musical! :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 22:59, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I've just started trying to contribute to the OTD feature, and had added a (new) suffragette for 16 July, and wondered why she had been switched out? I thought I had followed the guidelines, so am very receptive to feedback. I wondered if, whether I'm editing a day, instead of just adding in one bit, is it clearer for other volunteers if I attempt to revise the whole thing? Thanks for the advice Lajmmoore (talk) 10:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Lajmmoore. Thank you for helping out at SA/OTD. I have brought Ellen Oliver back to the live portion of the SA/OTD template. Earlier, I was refreshing the SA/OTD template for 2024, but did not notice that Ellen Oliver was a recent addition till after I thought I was done with the refreshing. I had looked at all the other eligible and available wikibios, this start-class wikibio, with only ~330 words, seemed rather stubby and less desirable for showcasing on MainPage when compared to other more developed wikibios on the list. I was looking for articles with more contents to give readers of MainPage something to read after clicking on the link. So, Ellen Oliver was left out. Her name was not removed because of any violation of guidelines. It's now back where you left it. It's a wiki and we are all volunteers. You are welcome to edit these 366 templates as you see fit. Hope this helps. Happy editing. Cheers! -- PFHLai (talk) 01:53, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks so much @PFHLai - these are really good tips! Lajmmoore (talk) 13:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome, Lajmmoore. Thanks for bringing in more wikibios to choose from at SA/OTD. --PFHLai (talk) 05:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much, @Pachu Kannan. Haven't had a barnstar in quite a while. Much appreciated! :-) -- PFHLai (talk) 23:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello!

Back when I was more active on Wikipedia, I contributed some to WP:OTD. As I return on a very sporadic basis, I was looking to find a new sponsor for the reward board to help improve OTD. Let me know! Heart ^(talk) 14:26, 26 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Heart. Yes, SA/OTD could use more editor participation. Thank you for your contributions thus far. And sorry, I don't know what you mean by "sponsor". I just saw what you posted at WP:REWARD last year. Nice of you to do so. My participation in the wiki will be sporadic, too, for the next six weeks at least. Quite busy and stressful at my day (paid) job these days, actually. Oh, well.... Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 13:57, 27 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Today I have - thanks to you - two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! - I add BWV 101 to 13 August OTD, please check. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

... and a third, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

BWV101 is now on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 13. More music on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 11:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much, - I would have tried in the anniversaries eventually but was too busy, - have a FAC open and want to translate yesterday's composer's article into German, just began expanding one of the pieces in today's story, + RL. Talking about RL: the picture was taken in celebratory mood on 13 August last year ;) - nice coincidence! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:21, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. With my RL getting in the way, I probably won't be online much the next few days. Hope you have a wonderful day on Tuesday, Gerda. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 08:37, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, look! The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Help? My story today is about a woman, nominated for RD but needing support as I write this. A composer died whose article is long and mostly unreferenced. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Good to see Le Dizès is already on MainPage. Stephen took care of the posting. --PFHLai (talk) 03:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, that was a relief. I was about to post for admin help on the news talk, when I saw that the desired message had arrived. The Goehr problem (missing references, copyvio) will take days to solve, though, details on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today it's Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), on his birthday, nominated for RD. The concerns regarding Goehr are detailed on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply