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			This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as ] for 8 May 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at ], or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at ]. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by ], who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist ] from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! ] (]) 22:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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			=== Always precious ===
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			Ten years ago, ] were found precious. That's what you are, always. - Congratulations to the latest FA, a woman's biography! --] (]) 06:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

			Thank you today for ], "about one of the earliest woman naturalists in England, a notable collector of specimens who corresponded with Linnaeus and Pennant, among others."! --] (]) 05:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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			: Today's TFA, ], was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --] (]) 14:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

			] mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --] (]) 14:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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			== WikiCup 2024 April newsletter ==

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			Hi, @Kusma . I'm contacting you after visiting and . I'm having a problem with users @TylerBurden (abusing his Misplaced Pages rights) and @Borgenland, who are deleting my editions in the conflictive page ]. Specifically, they're deleting a properly sourced edition by me, with a highly relevant deposition by NATO's supreme commander on April 10, and Then, @Tylerburden also came to my talk page to , and has also erased the content in the main page about the war ], . Sorry for bothering you, but I'd need help to learn how to proceed. Best regards, ] (]) 18:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

			:I had explained to them in my edit summary as to why and have made a more detailed explanation in their talk page, but instead complainant above has made wild accusations and bad faith assumptions. ] (]) 18:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
			:This does not appear to be an admin matter at this point. Not everything that is sourced must be included. If you wish to explain why you think the content should be included, the best place is on the relevant talk page. —] (]) 19:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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			I was going to wait to bestow this upon you until after the GA review was complete, but you once again pulling through with a knotty paragraph, coupled with me having added your idea to the History section and it looking particularly snazzy makes me pull the WikiLove trigger now. I know I've said it a lot, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring, helping me write the very best version of an article I care a lot about, and being nothing but a role model for my improvement as an editor. ]] 00:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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			:非常感謝！ Currently it is a bit more like a really thorough peer review than like a usual GA review, but whatever it is, I think it seems to be improving the article. I hope to get through this bit of the source review over the weekend so I can look at your overall changes (and then take stock how much still needs to be done). —] (]) 21:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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			== Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ==
	== Let me explain ==

			Hello @], thank you for leaving a comment on ] for ]. I was wondering if you would be interested in supporting the nomination? ] (]) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
	I surely would like to discuss changes on the article. But the continuing activity and incivility of Matthead, Jadger,Scinurea are to me a larger problem and consitute the priority. I see no reason in engaging in writing information that will be deleted out of hand by user who writes "no MoloPOV", refuses to engage in factual discussion or at best resorts to personal attacks. This situation is no longer acceptable. If you are not concerned, I don't find you guilty at all, I will search for other means of solving this. But as I said the siutation has gone far enough. True I can be a bit emotional sometimes, but I obey civility on wiki as best as I can, while those users find nothing wrong with repeated incivility violations with no fear of punishment or warning even. I am quite willing to engage in fruitfull disccusions with civil editors such as ] for example,with whom a good resoultion was found in Expulsions article. These users however represent incivility and nationalist POV, I tried to not use this term, but frankly the situation has gone so far that I can no longer refuse to use this word.
	--] 00:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Seeing your answer on Polish noticeboards I may reckon you do not want to adress Matthead, Jadger and Scinurea about their incivility and behaviour ? If so, I understand. This is not your main job here, and there is no duty for you to engage in this. However I think that before defending them in the future you should try correcting them first.
	--] 01:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

			Thank you for removing the speedy on ]; would it be possible for you to also restore ]? I need multiple pages to fully test functionality. ] (]) 13:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
	:I will remind Matthead to comment on your contributions by their content, not by way of who contributed them. See ]: you were right that the article has POV and needs to be updated. ] ] 01:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

			:@]: sure, I only deleted that one because you had re-added the {{tl\|db-g2}} tag. —] (]) 13:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
	See his responce.
			::Thank you - I re-added it after remembering that the creator of a page wasn't supposed to remove the tag. ] (]) 15:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
	--] 09:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi, seeing that the discussion heated up, I suggest a pause for calming down. However as it seems you are unwilling to adress problems I pointed out, I don't think our debate will solve them. I shall try to find somebody who will be willing to try to solve the problem of incivility and refusal to use scholary resources instead of private opinions by users Matthead,Jadger, Scinurae. Have a good day, and please don't take this personally.
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	== Romanticism ==
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	I was looking for something about the Romanticism in ''Ansichten...''. However, the best I could find was . And that's not so convincing. However, I find this remark quite sensible as this journey affected much Alexander von Humboldt and there was much of ] there. This sentence comes from the German version. Maybe you could find a German reference on that? ] ] 18:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

			I use as a guide. You are correct that our instructions are contradictory and unclear. Nikki said to discuss it on the page but my experience is policy discussions rarely go anywhere on WP. Hope all is well with you and that this helps. ] (]) 17:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
	== United States article nomination objection ==

			:Thank you, this looks much better than our guide. I guess what we need is someone who rewrites our guide, not a long discussion on what colour the bikeshed should be. —] (]) 18:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
	I see that you object to the nomination because of the size of the article, which I think such a reason is very unfair. If you look at the article on ], it's over 50k as well, same with many other featured articles. The article will not be improved by removing information, because others will accuse it of not being comprehensive. I suggest you think over your objection and change it accordingly.--] <sub>]</sub> 13:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
			::My thoughts exactly. If someone starts a discussion over there, I'll put in an appearance, but not likely to stick around if it is beating a dead horse. We really should fix the guide, but my experiences tell me it isn't likely. ] (]) 22:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
	:I think the article ''will'' be improved by removing information. The correct answer to the objection "this information is missing from the article" is "This information is in subarticle X, where it belongs". ] ] 14:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
			:::I have added a link to your guide and started a discussion section at that page, but as I am not volunteering to do the rewrite (having no real clue about accessibility, I can offer only goodwill, not expertise) this may lead to nothing. —] (]) 09:07, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
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			== Greeting from Gother.com ==
	==Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler==
	Hi, please can you tell me how to link the English article on this film to the German one. Thanks ] 17:08, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

			Hi Kusma,
	== delete talk page ==

			I'm Sun from Gother.com, we are the online travel agency platform which operates in Thailand for a few years, and also we are partner with the large financial institutions in Thailand, you can get more detail about me from these news https://www.phocuswire.com/thailand-ota-traveligo-gets-25m-rebrands-to-gother and https://skift.com/2023/11/03/gother-raises-25-million-for-asian-online-travel-agency-startup-funding-roundup/. By the way, could you please let me know how can I revise the page to be passed the review before I submitted again. ] (]) 10:08, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
	Can't you delete my talk page? I don't want to use it anymore. (])
	:The page has been archived. ] ] 21:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

			:@], please do not write about your own company. If you do, you need to follow everything said at ]; Misplaced Pages is not a platform for advertising or promotion. —] (]) 10:51, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
	== ] ==
			::@] I understand your point, however let me clarify my intention a bit. My intention is not to advertise the company(I already advertise it in other platforms) but to give the information like who are we and what do we do, to people who is interested in the company, it's the same case as Traveloka or Agoda do. I'm very new for the Misplaced Pages so I would very appreciate if you suggest me how to revise content to be acceptable as the policy. ] (]) 04:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
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			== Administrators' newsletter – June 2024 ==
	I have deleted this cross-namespace redirect to ]. I believe you had mistakenly created the list in the wrong namespace and then moved it. If my deletion was wrong and there is a good reason you believe the redirect should stay, drop me a line and I'll restore it. (Typically, such redirects do get deleted at ] though). Happy editing, ] ] 15:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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	:Please restore. All these tables were originally in main space, but after AfD&CfD discussion were moved ''en mass'' to Misplaced Pages space. The redirects were deliberately left because they are used in the ], and in the several AfD, CfD, and TfD discussions. They probably should be {{tl\|R unprintworthy}}.
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	After the discussion at ], the closer failed to delete this one, and {{la\|List of all single-digit-single-letter combinations}}. Could you please delete them (and the latter Talk redirect)? I've removed the links at ], and converted ] to point directly at the Misplaced Pages space.
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	The other possibility mentioned on my Talk was a proposed new Appendix: space, similar to that at . This is where Wiktionary .
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	::I have deleted the two other cross-space redirects for consistency. (Cross-space redirects are not in fashion these days). All of these lists are potentially useful to the reader, so shouldn't be hidden away in Misplaced Pages namespace. However, they are not really articles and their mains advantages over categories are that they contain red links (I like red links) and better adapted formatting. The ] and some other lists is also not really encyclopedic content, but rather appendix material. I wonder whether we should create a ] or ] or a subpage ] where all this stuff could go without asking the devs to create a new namespace for us. (Actually Appendix: is not a namespace in Wiktionary, just a name in namespace format).
			* ] of the ] has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in ].
	::You asked about the Portal criteria. I am too lazy to look up the official criteria (and I think the case at hand is one where we should ignore the rules anyway), but my view is that Portals are there to organize content in a web-oriented and reader-oriented way that both shows what Misplaced Pages already has to offer and encourages contribution. The official rules are at ].
	::Summing up, ''something'' should be done about these lists (and perhaps ] etc. should be treated similarly), I don't know what exactly, but I think strict application of existing policies and regulations will not help us. ] ] 22:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi I am still fairly new to this but have a question for you. I put a serial vandal id up and am confused by the notation you left in deciding not to block--(rm one, not warned, only one edit, left test2, list empty)--if I am reading it correctly you say that the user 204.244.150.7 was not warned--despite the fact that he has a final warning on his talk page and you also say that he has only one edit--but his contribution history is full of unhelpful edits that seem to qualify as vandalism. Now it's almost certainly me who is missing something here but if you could clear this up so I can try to be more constructive in the future I would greatly appreciate it. ] 03:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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	Can you please unblock my account ] or at least shorten the block? I haven't done anything with my account that should give me a block at all, much less an indefinite block. I can help improve articles if my account is unblocked. Please be respectful and unblock my one account. Even if you can't believe that I'm not a sockpuppet of ] can you still unblock my account? ] 13:40, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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	:I won't do anything without discussion with the original blocking admin. I have already asked him to comment. ] ] 18:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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	:sorry to butt in to something I have no connection too, but why don't you unblock him, then in 2 or 3 hours look at his log and see if he vandalizes or imitates that science guy you're so convinced he is? Why ] him? -- <font color=blue>]</font> <font color=green size=1>]</font> <font color=gray size=1> ]</font> 21:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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	::I won't unblock without input from the blocking admin. See also ]. I am pretty sure that Ruud knows what he's doing. ] ] 23:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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			Congratulations! - Nice to see Ulf Merbold on the Main page, next to ] (documentation about it by ]); ] had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --] (]) 21:38, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

			:Thanks for letting me know, I had not noticed that Merbold was on OTD. Good to see the Klingenberg AFD was closed quickly. —] (]) 22:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
	== Beuchel ==
			:: What do you think about Klingenberg's DYK nom? --] (]) 21:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
			:::Not sure what is best to do. I don't think the story about his stage name is too bad. Another angle to use is perhaps leaving the Berliner Ensemble after the wall was built? —] (]) 16:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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	I didn't know anyone was watching the article...anyways could you give my translation a look. My German isn't too good. Gruß, ] 22:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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			== Danke Kusma ==
	Thanks, I knew the first line wasn't right, but I'm glad the rest is pretty good. If only I was as sucessful translating from English to German. :) ] 00:46, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

			Danke vielmals, dass du dich für den Artikel ] eingesetzt hast. Für mich war von Anfang an klar, dass Schlein relevant ist. Ich schreibe hauptsächlich auf der deutschen Misplaced Pages über Mathematik ] (170 Artikel über Mathematik). Ich hatte am Ende einfach keine Lust mehr, mit Leuten zu schreiben, bei denen ich den Eindruck hatte, sie wollten gar nicht, dass der Artikel veröffentlicht wird. Vor allem habe ich fast 40 Mathematik-Artikel in der englischen Misplaced Pages geschrieben, der ] hat nicht 1en mathematischen Artikel geschrieben. Er beschäftigt sich ja auch mit Chemie, warum soll er wissen, wer relevant in der Mathematik ist und wer nicht. Danke vielmals für die Hilfe.--] (]) 21:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
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			:Ich verstehe deine Frustration. Leider funktionieren viele Dinge (insbesondere Neuanlage von Artikeln) hier nicht mehr so einfach wie vor 10-15 Jahren, da allgemein sowohl die Qualitätsansprüche als auch das Mißtrauen stark gestiegen sind. Viele Prozesse (gerade der Umgang mit "Draft space" ist da ein Beispiel) sind eher adversarial als kollaborativ. Es gibt natürlich gute Gründe für diese Entwicklung, insbesondere das enorme Vertrauen in die Misplaced Pages, das Außenstehende haben, und die daraus resultierende Macht. —] (]) 21:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
	Thanks for the note; I've reworked some of the text, as well as adding more body from the nl: article. I think you've done a sterling job with the article in any case! Best, ]\|] 22:32, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

			== WikiCup 2024 July newsletter ==
	== ] ==

			The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
	I have just been blocked from editing ], see the there, my username there is '''MyrtoneXXXX'''. ]

			The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
	:Nothing I can do about that, I don't even have an account at Uncyclopedia. ] ] 13:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Generalissima}} with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 ] on ], 11 ], 18 ] nominations, and dozens of reviews;
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			The full scores for round 3 can be seen ]. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 ] credits, and at least 285 ] credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to ] and ].
	Hello, you'll see my comments on the ] AFD. I think no need to transwiki. --] 02:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
	:No problem, that's what my boss always tells me: the reward for a job well done is always more work. BTW, I love languages, I'll be happy to help...mein Deutsch ist viel besser als mein Arabisch... tschüß! --] 01:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

			Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ].
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	Moin, Kusma! Would you mind helping me move ] to ]? The individual in question is a Philadelphia news anchor, NOT an actor. Wile his birthname is James Goldman, "Jim Gardner" is by far the most common name used to refer to him. I tried to correct the title myself, but I messed up a move somewhere along the way and cannot complete the process myself. Any assistance would be appreciated. Tschüß! ] 03:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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	:Done. Could you also clean up his section at ]?
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			:Congrats! Carroux was actually my first new article this year, but I have a few fun projects coming up, so I hope there will be two or three more this month. —] (]) 13:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
			:: Thank you! - Pictured on the Main page: Brian's ], my ], and ] related to all three items of ] on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, ], a bass, and ], a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --] (]) 10:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::I didn't know we had an article on the Grand Tour! I wrote about the Mozarts' visit to the British Museum at ] a while ago. —] (]) 11:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::: Interesting! - My ] is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about ], opera by ], while ] was - because of the TFA - about ], opera by ], - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --] (]) 12:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::: ] is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially ], yesterday's was ], and on Thursday ]. (DYK nom open for hook suggestion or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --] (]) 11:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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	::Right, "near Wolin". I have used "carvings", seems to fit best with the picture I found. "ritzen" means "to scratch"/"to carve". You might want to check the article with the external link and the ] article - I am not sure the German one is 100% accurate. ] ] 15:15, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

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			For ], I thought you might be interested in knowing that ]. ] (]) 21:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
			:Thank you very much, added. I've been wondering whether to add examples where people violated ] and it all became a big mess, but I am afraid Vogon-shaming could detract from the message. —] (]) 06:22, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
			::If you are asking my advice, then I advise against it. There's the risk that someone might decide that this one example wasn't ''that'' big of a mess, so they can probably get away with not notifying people/groups expected to object (this is exactly when it will blow up in their faces), or that they'll find counterexamples, in which things were done poorly and didn't become a big mess after all (probably because the proposal was so sensible or so unimportant that nobody would have objected even if they had been notified. What ultimately matters is that the proposal works for people, not that you squeaked it through an official process), and so talk themselves into making the wrong choice for a less obviously acceptable proposal. I think it is better to let them see the principle.
			::Also, shorter messages are more likely to get read, which is another reason not to add a list of examples. ] (]) 07:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
			:::Thanks for the advice. My original reason for not making a list was laziness. Now I am going to pretend it was wisdom :) —] (]) 08:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
			::::A win–win! ] (]) 23:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

			== AfD CSD G ==

			Hi. Why you removed speedy deletion tag? I was wrong probably and violated AfD policy sorry ] (]) 09:10, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

			:I removed the speedy tag because it was visible on the main AfD log for the day, making it look as if it was up for speedy deletion. Other people edited the page, so I decided to close the AFD as withdrawn instead of deleting the AFD page. —] (]) 09:11, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
			::OK, understood ] (]) 09:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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			Hi, I realized on the main page that you are very actively writing high quality articles on German persons of interest. I am not so experienced in the en.wikipedia.org, but edited a lot some time ago on de.wikipedia.org. Can you tell me if there are basic differences in the way people choose or cite sources here? I am somewhat confused as my extension of the article ] is constantly reverted, even if I gave a host of sources for almost every single sentence. I would be really grateful, if you could have a glance ] of the article. I also wrote this article about ], without getting into such trouble.--] (]) ] (]) 15:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello. A few months ago you recently removed my entry to put Erich Kahler as a topologist in a teaching position when Hitler came to power. I concede it was not in the source given, and as such did not belong there. However, Kahler invented his namesake manifold, and manifolds are a major topic of topology. In addition, he was involved in differential geometry, which is closely related to topology. I am no longer interested in modifying the article in question but what is your reasoning for declaring him as not a topologist? I am genuinely curious. Thank you. ] (]) 18:46, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
	We need a Turkish speaker to help us determine what to do with this mostly untranslated article. Could you please take a look and comment on the notability of this person? Thank you, ] ] 03:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
	:Hi, I commented on the afd page. --<small>] ]</small> 10:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

			:@], my main reason for removing Kähler was that he was not mentioned in the source cited. In my view, Kähler is not a topologist, but a mathematical physicist and differential geometer, so does not belong in the list (not every geometer is a topologist even if the subjects are related). At least not without additional reliable sources. —] (]) 19:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
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	In regards to the comments you made on my talk page about the ] page, specifically; "Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages. The notices and comments are needed to establish community consensus about the status of an article, and removing them is considered vandalism. If you oppose the deletion of an article, you may comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. Kusma (討論) 23:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)."

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			== Some fried chicken for you! ==
	Which is '''EXACTLY WHAT I DID!''' So perhaps you can explain to me how my actions (which are exactly what is listed as Misplaced Pages policy) could possibly be misconstrued as ''vandalism?''

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	No really. I'd really like you to explain to me how my actions, which '''EXACTLY''' followed Misplaced Pages's listed policy (as opposed to your own "I'll do whatever I want to do because I'm special policy") could possibly be characterized as vandalism. I await your response. ] 06:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

			] (]) has given you a plate of ], seasoned with a recipe of 11 herbs and spices. ''Finger lickin' good!''
	:Answered on your talk page (mostly by Blnguyen). ] ] 13:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

	Ok, whatever. I still don't like being accused of vandalizing when I was at least attempting to follow Misplaced Pages's guidelines. I've run afoul of Wikisnob-powertripers before and without exception they violate Misplaced Pages's rules by claiming ownership of a certain article or subject and then delete-delete-delete everything I try to do. One of the aforementioned jerks even put a vandal tag on my talk page when the only alteration I've done was to correct the spelling of several words in the article. I'm getting just a bit tired of Wikians who feel they own Misplaced Pages and that I'm an intruder that can be squashed like a bug on a whim. ] 21:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Will do, it will be a respectable stub. --] 22:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
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	:Done (heh, btw: I created it because I didn't want a dead link from the ], not too far from either of us, eh?).--] 22:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
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	Your deletion of ] cited ] although even your entry in the deletion log contains the external link giving enough context. ''Limited content is not in itself a reason to delete if there is enough context to allow expansion.'' ] 19:54, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
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	Thanks, – ]]]<small> (])</small> 20:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
	:You mean you believe the move is uncontroversial? Whatever, I'll just delete it, you sound like you know what you're doing. ] ] 20:11, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
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	I asked yesterday for someone to move the article, and no-one did so. ] 04:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

			Can I get some kind of understanding on what it takes for a page to be deleted? I’d like to know why a page about a philanthropist (albeit with a historically similar name) was deleted multiple times. I’m not exactly new to Misplaced Pages, but I’m fairly new to editing so I don’t get things like policies. ] (]) 09:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
	Where was the diagreement about the name being expressed? It wasn't communicated to me and I didn't see it. I regard Fest (the leading German historian of these events) as authoritative. ] 05:03, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

			:There was no substantial change from the version of the article deleted in 2021, with the reasoning elaborated at ]. More substantial coverage of the person in ] to prove ] could lead to a different outcome. —] (]) 10:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
	I should have noticed his comment. However, he cites no source for his contention other than the material at the article itself. This is circular referencing. I on the other hand cited the leading German historian of the period. Here is another showing the Hans-Bernd spelling (see last line of text). Here is . And . I think I am entitled to ask to see some equivalent references for the other view. I don't want to make a big issue over a hyphen, but encyclopaedias are supposed to be accurate, ist dieses nicht so? ] 05:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
			::Ok ] (]) 10:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
			:User asked the same question, and was answered, at the Ref Desks. See . ] (]) 11:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

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			Hello! I wonder if you could help ], ] and me to nominate ] for DYK? This French bishop was a powerful collaborator with the Nazis in France during the ] during WWII, proliferating writings to Catholics encouraging collaboration and the Nazis' actions against Jews, communists, etc.

			The article is older than one week, but I hope there is an exception here, because the editor who created the article on 16 September, ], died on 27 September. He had created a ] page for it on 18 September. When ] discovered, a few days ago, that Mémoiredumaquis had died, he did further research to improve the article and asked KJP and me to review and improve it, which we did. The late Mémoiredumaquis hoped that this bishop's deeds would be more widely seen by modern readers, and I agree that this is a very interesting and telling subject, especially to anyone wondering what the Catholic Church was up to during this period in France.
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			None of us is familiar with the DYK nomination process, and we wonder if you could nominate the item for us? Any help would be much appreciated. Perhaps the hook could be:
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			*"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite ] welcomed Nazi Germany's 1940 invasion of France?"
	What is the proper way to deal with Wiki stalker. I am asking you since you seem to be interested in enforcing wiki rules.
			*"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite ] collaborated enthusiastically with the ] by Nazi Germany?"
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	==Deleted part==
	The paragraph I deleted is connected to unsourced statement that despite several attempts remains unsourced, mainly the statemnent that Soviets used antipolish propaganda to incite anti-Polish feelings. The rest of the paragraph is used as extrapolation of that unsourced thesis.
	I however recall you weren't so disturbed by deletion of well sourced information in Prussia and Georg Forster. My I know what changed your mind ? Thank you in advance.
	--] 13:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

			:Hi @]/@]/@], that's a noble cause and a very interesting article, I had no idea that French collaboration with my deplorable countrymen of 80 years ago extended to senior clergy. From a DYK process point of view: while I can try to ask for an exemption from the newness rule (which could be successful, or not), I would need to be absolutely certain of the sourcing for the hook facts (and sourcing for these facts needs to be provided at nomination time; either with links to an online source or with quotes from an offline source). Generally in the article there are various primary sources and some offline sources that are identical to those of the French version; I would like at least some assurance that these have been checked and ideally that someone can provide additional context if necessary. The Legeard source that is widely used is a ] that needs additional consideration and is probably not going to fly as sourcing for a Main Page hook.
	:I have not changed my mind. So you admit that your edit summary was intentionally hiding the main point of your edit? ] ] 14:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
			:An alternative to nominating now and asking for an exemption to the rules would be to first polish the article up to ] status and then to nominate within a week of promotion to GA. I am happy to help with nominating once I am convinced with the sourcing. —] (]) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
	''I have not changed my mind''
			::Kusma, thank you so much for looking into this. Auvity certainly published his hateful writings to influence his French faithful and other French, but those are primary sources. If Legeard will not fly at DYK, then it seems like your Plan B is probably the best option. I don't know if you have any interest in this, but you may want to put up stubs for Auvity and the similarly odious ] on German Misplaced Pages. My own French and German are next to nil, though I like to sing German and French Lieder. -- ] (]) 18:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
	Please explain. You believed sourced information in Georg Forster and Prussia can be deleted ?
	''So you admit that your edit summary was intentionally hiding the main point of your edit?''
	Please talk in civilised way, such question is very unfair, in line with "So you admit you lied about not murdering somebody", you already determined me guilty. I find that very disturbing. I hope this was simply a mispelling.
	I presented the main point of the edit. The deletion of unsourced OR wasn't important it was adressed several times before, and nobody presented any source for it. No serious reasons or source were provided for it. Because of that I didn't believe it to be important part of the edit, as I don't consider private views or OR research important unless they are supported by scholary research. I hope I cleared that up.
	--] 15:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
	:I believe sourced information that is not sufficiently relevant should be deleted. The edit summary of such a deletion should not be "added information" to make sure it is not confused with sneaky vandalism. ] ] 15:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Btw, how is the work going on restoring neutrality about Prussia and its aparthaid like system of repression of national minorities? Or are you disinterested in that article now ?
	--] 14:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
	:I have never been particularly interested in that article, my recent posts on that talk page were an attempt to find middle ground in a 3RR dispute, and then an attempt to tell you that long uncommented quotes make a talk page hard to use. ] ] 15:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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	Do you have any problems with them ?
	--] 15:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
	:There's a slight incivility problem with them. What's good about them is that they clearly label the edit as a revert and not as something it wasn't. Unlike your summaries, they tell me what happened to the article. ] ] 15:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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	In my work in Wiki I never experienced hostility towards Poland, Poles or Polish issues from other contributors. Seriously. I am particulary impressed by neutral attitude of German and Russian contributors who never are influenced by nationalist sentiments, in comparision with the now infamous "Polish cabal".
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	:I know you are being sarcastic, and I know that there are German and Russian editors who will oppose other editors just because they are Polish. Instead of fighting along national lines, you should perhaps try to see the other side as well. Try to always assume good faith, just as Piotrus usually does (even if that has brought him into trouble recently). ] ] 19:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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	:Stop being sarcastic here. I was telling Matthead that he should fight about serious topics, not diacritics where German and Polish editors should IMO agree. ] ] 19:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. - Congratulations to the latest FA, a woman's biography! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Anna Blackburne, "about one of the earliest woman naturalists in England, a notable collector of specimens who corresponded with Linnaeus and Pennant, among others."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
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Intervention request by an Administrator, please

Hi, @Kusma . I'm contacting you after visiting and . I'm having a problem with users @TylerBurden (abusing his Misplaced Pages rights) and @Borgenland, who are deleting my editions in the conflictive page Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 December 2023 – present). Specifically, they're deleting a properly sourced edition by me, with a highly relevant deposition by NATO's supreme commander on April 10, here and here. Then, @Tylerburden also came to my talk page to try and intimidate me, and has also erased the content in the main page about the war Russian invasion of Ukraine, here. Sorry for bothering you, but I'd need help to learn how to proceed. Best regards, MaeseLeon (talk) 18:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I had explained to them in my edit summary as to why and have made a more detailed explanation in their talk page, but instead complainant above has made wild accusations and bad faith assumptions. Borgenland (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

This does not appear to be an admin matter at this point. Not everything that is sourced must be included. If you wish to explain why you think the content should be included, the best place is on the relevant talk page. —Kusma (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
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voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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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.

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Your GA nomination of Arnold II of Isenburg

The article Arnold II of Isenburg you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Arnold II of Isenburg for comments about the article, and Talk:Arnold II of Isenburg/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Yakikaki -- Yakikaki (talk) 16:23, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

傳維基璽！

The Heirloom Seal of the Wiki

『受命於天既壽永昌』

I was going to wait to bestow this upon you until after the GA review was complete, but you once again pulling through with a knotty paragraph, coupled with me having added your idea to the History section and it looking particularly snazzy makes me pull the WikiLove trigger now. I know I've said it a lot, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring, helping me write the very best version of an article I care a lot about, and being nothing but a role model for my improvement as an editor. Remsense诉 00:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

非常感謝！ Currently it is a bit more like a really thorough peer review than like a usual GA review, but whatever it is, I think it seems to be improving the article. I hope to get through this bit of the source review over the weekend so I can look at your overall changes (and then take stock how much still needs to be done). —Kusma (talk) 21:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Hello @Kusma, thank you for leaving a comment on the FA review for Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. I was wondering if you would be interested in supporting the nomination? Llewee (talk) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Test pages

Thank you for removing the speedy on Misplaced Pages:Move test page 1; would it be possible for you to also restore Misplaced Pages:Move test page 2? I need multiple pages to fully test functionality. BilledMammal (talk) 13:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@BilledMammal: sure, I only deleted that one because you had re-added the {{db-g2}} tag. —Kusma (talk) 13:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you - I re-added it after remembering that the creator of a page wasn't supposed to remove the tag. BilledMammal (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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I use this as a guide. You are correct that our instructions are contradictory and unclear. Nikki said to discuss it on the page but my experience is policy discussions rarely go anywhere on WP. Hope all is well with you and that this helps. SusunW (talk) 17:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, this looks much better than our guide. I guess what we need is someone who rewrites our guide, not a long discussion on what colour the bikeshed should be. —Kusma (talk) 18:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly. If someone starts a discussion over there, I'll put in an appearance, but not likely to stick around if it is beating a dead horse. We really should fix the guide, but my experiences tell me it isn't likely. SusunW (talk) 22:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I have added a link to your guide and started a discussion section at that page, but as I am not volunteering to do the rewrite (having no real clue about accessibility, I can offer only goodwill, not expertise) this may lead to nothing. —Kusma (talk) 09:07, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones

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Greeting from Gother.com

Hi Kusma,

I'm Sun from Gother.com, we are the online travel agency platform which operates in Thailand for a few years, and also we are partner with the large financial institutions in Thailand, you can get more detail about me from these news https://www.phocuswire.com/thailand-ota-traveligo-gets-25m-rebrands-to-gother and https://skift.com/2023/11/03/gother-raises-25-million-for-asian-online-travel-agency-startup-funding-roundup/. By the way, could you please let me know how can I revise the page to be passed the review before I submitted again. Saranonk (talk) 10:08, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Saranonk, please do not write about your own company. If you do, you need to follow everything said at Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest; Misplaced Pages is not a platform for advertising or promotion. —Kusma (talk) 10:51, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kusma I understand your point, however let me clarify my intention a bit. My intention is not to advertise the company(I already advertise it in other platforms) but to give the information like who are we and what do we do, to people who is interested in the company, it's the same case as Traveloka or Agoda do. I'm very new for the Misplaced Pages so I would very appreciate if you suggest me how to revise content to be acceptable as the policy. Saranonk (talk) 04:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Statements like "The heart of Gother's branding is encapsulated in the concept Open-Ended Destination with Gother, the platform where travel means more than just destinations" are clearly advertising (and empty phrases). As at Agoda, a Misplaced Pages article is written using reliable, independent secondary sources (which must include any important negative content as per WP:NPOV). To qualify for an article, the sourcing must be good enough to pass the notability guidelines. —Kusma (talk) 10:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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

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Graham Beards

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

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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.
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Your GA nomination of Margaret Carroux

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Your GA nomination of Margaret Carroux

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story · music · places

Congratulations! - Nice to see Ulf Merbold on the Main page, next to a centenarian (documentation about it by Percy Adlon); Gerhard Klingenberg had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I had not noticed that Merbold was on OTD. Good to see the Klingenberg AFD was closed quickly. —Kusma (talk) 22:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

What do you think about Klingenberg's DYK nom? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Not sure what is best to do. I don't think the story about his stage name is too bad. Another angle to use is perhaps leaving the Berliner Ensemble after the wall was built? —Kusma (talk) 16:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Luise Duttenhofer

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Your GA nomination of Luise Duttenhofer

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Danke Kusma

Danke vielmals, dass du dich für den Artikel Benjamin Schlein eingesetzt hast. Für mich war von Anfang an klar, dass Schlein relevant ist. Ich schreibe hauptsächlich auf der deutschen Misplaced Pages über Mathematik de:Benutzer:Tensorproduct (170 Artikel über Mathematik). Ich hatte am Ende einfach keine Lust mehr, mit Leuten zu schreiben, bei denen ich den Eindruck hatte, sie wollten gar nicht, dass der Artikel veröffentlicht wird. Vor allem habe ich fast 40 Mathematik-Artikel in der englischen Misplaced Pages geschrieben, der User:Ldm1954 hat nicht 1en mathematischen Artikel geschrieben. Er beschäftigt sich ja auch mit Chemie, warum soll er wissen, wer relevant in der Mathematik ist und wer nicht. Danke vielmals für die Hilfe.--Tensorproduct (talk) 21:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Ich verstehe deine Frustration. Leider funktionieren viele Dinge (insbesondere Neuanlage von Artikeln) hier nicht mehr so einfach wie vor 10-15 Jahren, da allgemein sowohl die Qualitätsansprüche als auch das Mißtrauen stark gestiegen sind. Viele Prozesse (gerade der Umgang mit "Draft space" ist da ein Beispiel) sind eher adversarial als kollaborativ. Es gibt natürlich gute Gründe für diese Entwicklung, insbesondere das enorme Vertrauen in die Misplaced Pages, das Außenstehende haben, und die daraus resultierende Macht. —Kusma (talk) 21:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

DYK for Margaret Carroux

On 4 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Carroux, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Margaret Carroux's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Carroux. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Margaret Carroux), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for another good one! - Libuše Domanínská would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA. --

Congrats! Carroux was actually my first new article this year, but I have a few fun projects coming up, so I hope there will be two or three more this month. —Kusma (talk) 13:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - 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, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia, (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know we had an article on the Grand Tour! I wrote about the Mozarts' visit to the British Museum at Andrew Planta a while ago. —Kusma (talk) 11:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Interesting! - 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 again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

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. (DYK nom open for hook suggestion or review.) If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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Sorry to say this so suddenly

Sorry to say this so suddenly, but I am going to have to cancel this GA nomination; I am having a busy week and would like to cancel this to relieve stress. Thanks. Bennett1203 (talk) 02:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Bennett1203, no problem. I have deleted the review page. If you want to cancel the nomination, just remove the {{GA nominee}} from the talk page. —Kusma (talk) 05:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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

Administrator changes

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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

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Not everyone

For User:Kusma/Beware of the Leopard, I thought you might be interested in knowing that 83% of extended-confirmed editors have never posted anything at any Village pump. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, added. I've been wondering whether to add examples where people violated WP:LEOPARD and it all became a big mess, but I am afraid Vogon-shaming could detract from the message. —Kusma (talk) 06:22, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

If you are asking my advice, then I advise against it. There's the risk that someone might decide that this one example wasn't that big of a mess, so they can probably get away with not notifying people/groups expected to object (this is exactly when it will blow up in their faces), or that they'll find counterexamples, in which things were done poorly and didn't become a big mess after all (probably because the proposal was so sensible or so unimportant that nobody would have objected even if they had been notified. What ultimately matters is that the proposal works for people, not that you squeaked it through an official process), and so talk themselves into making the wrong choice for a less obviously acceptable proposal. I think it is better to let them see the principle.

Also, shorter messages are more likely to get read, which is another reason not to add a list of examples. WhatamIdoing (talk) 07:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. My original reason for not making a list was laziness. Now I am going to pretend it was wisdom :) —Kusma (talk) 08:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

A win–win! WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

AfD CSD G

Hi. Why you removed speedy deletion tag? I was wrong probably and violated AfD policy sorry Indiana's Football (talk) 09:10, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

I removed the speedy tag because it was visible on the main AfD log for the day, making it look as if it was up for speedy deletion. Other people edited the page, so I decided to close the AFD as withdrawn instead of deleting the AFD page. —Kusma (talk) 09:11, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

OK, understood Indiana's Football (talk) 09:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
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Your GA nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

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DYK nomination of Johann Joseph Dömling

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Your GA nomination of Maximiliane Brentano

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

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Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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Hi

Hi Kusma, sorry for the accidental ping, i accidentally typed you in rather than the user (Vladimir.copic) i was referring to. 750 h+ 11:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for letting me know. —Kusma (talk) 11:09, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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Friendly GAN Review Request

Hello Kusma, I noticed your extensive experience in reviewing GA nominations, and I was hoping you might be willing to review my nomination for the Machu Picchu article. If a full review isn't possible, any suggestions or insights you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! Best wishes, JustEMV (talk) 14:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@JustEMV, I am not very active right now and won't be able to take on a formal GA review of an important article like this one. I may be able to make some informal comments, but it could be a few days. —Kusma (talk) 20:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I’d greatly appreciate any comments you can provide when you have the time. JustEMV (talk) 21:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Maximiliane Brentano

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DYK for Johann Joseph Dömling

On 19 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johann Joseph Dömling, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Johann Joseph Dömling suggested in 1803 that venous blood contained carbon monoxide? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Joseph Dömling. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Johann Joseph Dömling), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Rimini Protokoll

Hi, I realized on the main page that you are very actively writing high quality articles on German persons of interest. I am not so experienced in the en.wikipedia.org, but edited a lot some time ago on de.wikipedia.org. Can you tell me if there are basic differences in the way people choose or cite sources here? I am somewhat confused as my extension of the article Rimini Protokoll is constantly reverted, even if I gave a host of sources for almost every single sentence. I would be really grateful, if you could have a glance of the article. I also wrote this article about Pierre Charbonnier, without getting into such trouble.--Olag (talk) Olag (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Olag, I am on vacation this week. I hope I remember to answer next week. —Kusma (talk) 15:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

Administrator changes

Pppery

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Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

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Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Kahler not a topologist?

Hello. A few months ago you recently removed my entry to put Erich Kahler as a topologist in a teaching position when Hitler came to power. I concede it was not in the source given, and as such did not belong there. However, Kahler invented his namesake manifold, and manifolds are a major topic of topology. In addition, he was involved in differential geometry, which is closely related to topology. I am no longer interested in modifying the article in question but what is your reasoning for declaring him as not a topologist? I am genuinely curious. Thank you. MaribelGame (talk) 18:46, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

@MaribelGame, my main reason for removing Kähler was that he was not mentioned in the source cited. In my view, Kähler is not a topologist, but a mathematical physicist and differential geometer, so does not belong in the list (not every geometer is a topologist even if the subjects are related). At least not without additional reliable sources. —Kusma (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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DYK for Maximiliane Brentano

On 16 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maximiliane Brentano, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Goethe used his unrequited love to Maximiliane Brentano as inspiration for his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maximiliane Brentano. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maximiliane Brentano), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Tunghsing Building

On 21 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tunghsing Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Tunghsing Building was the only building in Taipei that collapsed after the September 21 earthquake in 1999? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tunghsing Building. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tunghsing Building), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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With regards to the Adolf Uunona Page

Can I get some kind of understanding on what it takes for a page to be deleted? I’d like to know why a page about a philanthropist (albeit with a historically similar name) was deleted multiple times. I’m not exactly new to Misplaced Pages, but I’m fairly new to editing so I don’t get things like policies. Cornishrom20 (talk) 09:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

There was no substantial change from the version of the article deleted in 2021, with the reasoning elaborated at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Adolf Uunona. More substantial coverage of the person in reliable sources to prove notability could lead to a different outcome. —Kusma (talk) 10:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok Cornishrom20 (talk) 10:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

User asked the same question, and was answered, at the Ref Desks. See this diff for the answer. DuncanHill (talk) 11:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

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	Thank you for being on Misplaced Pages. We needed someone like you (Also, yes I saw the review log for Adolf Uunona and I understand that it was deleted due to lack of information, not due to him having the same first name as the German dictator.) Cornishrom20 (talk) 11:31, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! —Kusma (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Your welcome ^_^ Cornishrom20 (talk) 13:40, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK:François-Louis Auvity?

Hello! I wonder if you could help User:Tim riley, User:KJP1 and me to nominate François-Louis Auvity for DYK? This French bishop was a powerful collaborator with the Nazis in France during the occupation of France during WWII, proliferating writings to Catholics encouraging collaboration and the Nazis' actions against Jews, communists, etc.

The article is older than one week, but I hope there is an exception here, because the editor who created the article on 16 September, User:Mémoiredumaquis, died on 27 September. He had created a Peer Review page for it on 18 September. When User:Tim riley discovered, a few days ago, that Mémoiredumaquis had died, he did further research to improve the article and asked KJP and me to review and improve it, which we did. The late Mémoiredumaquis hoped that this bishop's deeds would be more widely seen by modern readers, and I agree that this is a very interesting and telling subject, especially to anyone wondering what the Catholic Church was up to during this period in France.

None of us is familiar with the DYK nomination process, and we wonder if you could nominate the item for us? Any help would be much appreciated. Perhaps the hook could be:

"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite François-Louis Auvity welcomed Nazi Germany's 1940 invasion of France?"
"...that the French Catholic bishop and anti-semite François-Louis Auvity collaborated enthusiastically with the occupation of France by Nazi Germany?"

Thanks for any help or advice! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ssilvers/@Tim riley/@KJP1, that's a noble cause and a very interesting article, I had no idea that French collaboration with my deplorable countrymen of 80 years ago extended to senior clergy. From a DYK process point of view: while I can try to ask for an exemption from the newness rule (which could be successful, or not), I would need to be absolutely certain of the sourcing for the hook facts (and sourcing for these facts needs to be provided at nomination time; either with links to an online source or with quotes from an offline source). Generally in the article there are various primary sources and some offline sources that are identical to those of the French version; I would like at least some assurance that these have been checked and ideally that someone can provide additional context if necessary. The Legeard source that is widely used is a WP:SPS that needs additional consideration and is probably not going to fly as sourcing for a Main Page hook.

An alternative to nominating now and asking for an exemption to the rules would be to first polish the article up to WP:GA status and then to nominate within a week of promotion to GA. I am happy to help with nominating once I am convinced with the sourcing. —Kusma (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Kusma, thank you so much for looking into this. Auvity certainly published his hateful writings to influence his French faithful and other French, but those are primary sources. If Legeard will not fly at DYK, then it seems like your Plan B is probably the best option. I don't know if you have any interest in this, but you may want to put up stubs for Auvity and the similarly odious Florent du Bois de La Villerabel on German Misplaced Pages. My own French and German are next to nil, though I like to sing German and French Lieder. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppet troll

Hello, and thanks for blocking User:EuphratesTigris. Turns out it's a sock account (and probably not new), so could you please also hide the racist trolling revision at this post by EuphratesTigris, and this post by GangesBrahmaputra? Thanks. Wikishovel (talk) 12:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Wikishovel, thank you for reminding me. Done. —Kusma (talk) 12:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hey, I've got a couple of articles on Mongol women up at GAN, namely Al-Altan and Checheyigen. You gave some good comments at Hö'elün's FAC, so any chance you'd be interested in reviewing them (I'm asking because of the WikiCup)? If not, no worries. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Interested, yes. I'll see if I can find the time today or tomorrow. (I certainly won't start a review if I can't finish in time for you to claim WikiCup points). At first glance it looks not too difficult to access the sources with TWL? —Kusma (talk) 13:58, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Most should be fine on that count; I can also send you copies if you want. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

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Revision hiding request

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@Wikishovel: Done and user blocked. Thanks for reporting! —Kusma (talk) 10:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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DYK from 2006

story · music · places

DYK that I used a DYK that you nominated in 2006 for today's story? Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

That was ... a long time ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! —Kusma (talk) 10:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

You are welcome! - I uploaded more pics, on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. - Please note that blank lines in threaded discussions "confuse" the screenreader. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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