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Flagicons in boxing records are gone per RfC on flagicons in boxing record tables

All boxing records are to have their flagicons deleted. Have fun.CaPslOcksBroKEn (talk) 23:31, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

  • Oh, this is great news. Thanks! I thought someone would have pinged me, given that I have rubbed so many flag fans the wrong way. Drmies (talk) 01:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Thor

I hate to be suspicious, but there's a brand-new account that showed up on the Thor article right after your block of Odinson. They do not seem to be causing any trouble so far, but since they are focused entirely on Thor's powers and verbose in the edit-summaries, and Odinson was socking... I can't help being a little suspicious. BOZ (talk) 12:44, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks. So one problem was a wide range, but I managed to narrow that down to two smaller ones. Drmies (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kanan Stark

Hi

talk
) 01:03, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

It doesn't appear that Drmies relisted this, they just adjusted some formatting. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, ScottishFinnishRadish. Neo the Twin, please see this. But you're right; it's time to cut the knot. Drmies (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Did you know …

'Twas bacon ! bacon ! all the year !
  'Twas hog through cold and heat !
'Twas bacon ! bacon, everywhere !
  And every bit to eat !
I lived on salt ! My father's fault !
  And be his memory meet !

"What draughts of fire, my pangs require !
  What 'drench' shall drown my grief !
The grog-man gets my living, and
  My liver, too ; in brief
The autumn brings me many a fall,
  The summer no relief.

"And now I'm prematurely old !
  My hair is dead and dry,
There's neither glow upon my cheek,
  Nor gladness in my eye."
He ceased to speak, and down his cheek,
  A tear drop rattled dry !

— let Ticknor's "Ye Rhyme of Ye Rustyc" at the Internet Archive be a caution to you, Doktoro.

… about little magazines of the South?

It has been argued that little magazines in the United States that are associated with universities are not truly encompassed by the term, but the majority view amongst scholars is that they have similar enough purposes, formats, and contents to unaffiliated magazines in the genre that they can be considered little magazines also.[1] Historically, they were both devoted to social issues, literature, or critical inquiry, and edited by amateurs.[1]

The traditional characteristics of a little magazine are a 5 by 8 inches (12.7 cm × 20.3 cm) format, a two-colour cover, and a semi-annual or quarterly publishing schedule.[2] Literary magazines that do not qualify as little magazines include Oxford American and the Lindhurst Foundation's Doubletake, measuring 9 by 12 inches (22.9 cm × 30.5 cm), having complex 4-colour covers, and having bi-monthly publishing schedules.[2]

In the U.S. South, post-bellum little magazines had non-commercial ends, generally seeking to inform and to influence their readers, rather than being marketed for profit, a skill which their amateur editors generally lacked.[3] English professor Bes E. Stark Spangler traced four main phases of the post-bellum pre-World-War-Two little magazine in the South.[1] Immediately after the Civil War they mainly covered Southern topics and the works of Southern authors; changing at the turn of the 20th century into more critical views of Southern letters and life by new young scholars, becoming voices for the advent of modernism in the 1920s, and finally in the 1930s entering into the debate over the future economic prosperity of the South on the side of agrarianism, having heated debates with what they viewed as Southern "liberals".[1]

Examples of the first phase, which were a significant factor in keeping the genre of Southern letters alive for the two decades after the Civil War, include Daniel H. Hill's 1866–1869

Lost Cause
. [3]

The second phase, which was a reactionary movement amongst young scholars in Southern colleges and universities that was criticial of the South, and which was discussed in the contemporary essays of John B. Hennemann, is exemplified by William P. Trent's 1892

Sewanee Review (which Hennemann was later to edit), which would inflect John Spencer Bassett to found the South Atlantic Quarterly in 1902.[4]
Both Trent and Bassett were professors, at the
University of the South and at Trinity College respectively, and Bassett in particular was risking his job by publishing as his magazine directly addressed racial issues in the South and reform, something that was toned down by his successor editor Edwin Mims.[4]

The early years of the third phase saw The Westminster Magazine founded in 1911 and affiliated with

University of Texas, which relocated to Southern Methodist University in 1924 and changed name to Southwest Review under the editorship of Jay B. Hubbard; the 1921–1926 The Double Dealer; and John Crowe Ransom's and Robert Penn Warren's 1922 The Fugitive published by the Vanderbilt University Group.[4]
Other influences for the
Southern Renascence were The Lyric and The Nomad, both of which had brief lifetimes in the 1920s.[4]

As young writers from Vanderbilt, the Double Dealer, and others later took up postings in other universities, they would in turn found or edit other magazines; Crowe going on to edit the

Southern Review.[4]

In the final phase, both established magazines like Sewanee Review and the new 1930s little magazines took to the debate on whether the South should remain agrarian or should embrace industrialism.[5] Also in the 1930s they were associated with New Criticism.[5]

Sewanee Review is now the oldest Southern literary magazine, with other long lived magazines from second quarter of the 20th century including

Georgia Review (1947), Carolina Quarterly (1948), Shenandoah (1950), Nimrod (1956), Southern Poetry Review (1958), Crazyhorse (1960), Southern Quarterly (1962), Hollins Critic (1964), Greensboro Review (1966), Cimarron (1967), Southern Humanities Review (1968), New Orleans Review (1968), and The South Carolina Review (1968).[2]

The second quarter of the 20th century saw the founding of many little magazines in the South, from Appalachee Quarterly in 1971 through The Chattahoochee Review in 1980 to Five Points in 1997, still devoted to the core little magazine subject of literature: including short fiction, poetry, book reviews, and creative non-fiction.[2] Like The Land We Love did in the 19th century, 20th century little magazines still received vastly more unsolicited literary contributions than they published, Atlanta Review for example reporting in 1997 that it received 12,000 submissions for every 100 pieces published.[2] Thousands of such magazines existed across North America by the close of the 20th century, most not fully supporting themselves and subsidized by state or federal grants, and endowments from universities, colleges, and foundations; sometimes with unpaid staffs.[6]

References

Cross-reference
  1. ^ a b c d Spangler 2001, p. 443.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ravenel 2001, p. 445.
  3. ^ a b Spangler 2001, pp. 443–444.
  4. ^ a b c d e Spangler 2001, p. 444.
  5. ^ a b Spangler 2001, p. 445.
  6. ^ Ravenel 2001, pp. 445–446.
Sources

Further reading

Uncle G (talk) 07:05, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

  • Are the ones I wrote up "little magazines"? I have no idea about their size, and they weren't focusing particularly on experimental stuff (far from it, from what I can tell), for instance. The Land We Love is listed by Stark, and the Eclectic magazines, so that would be a yes. What's odd, BTW, is that some of that information seems to come straight out of Mott, who isn't listed as a source. Drmies (talk) 14:15, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
    • Bes Spangler cites
      ISBN 9780822305927 which is a bibliography.

      Morris & Diaz 2015, p. vii itself cites Hoffman, Allen & Ulrich 1946 as prior work and then proceeds to talk about the defining characteristics. It talks about an editor's penury and dissatisfaction with the prevailing status quo, the allowance of non-literary content, and indeed quotes Hoffman, Allen & Ulrich 1946, p. 2 saying that a little magazine is a vehicle for "artistic work which for reasons of commercial expediency is not acceptable to the money-minded periodicals or presses".

      So I shouldn't worry too much about not fitting our article's definition, as clearly that section is in need of (the aforegiven) significant expansion and more besides. It's why I put the bit sourced to Ravenel 2001, p. 445 in, and we could probably do more, given that Morris & Diaz 2015, p. xii talks about a "mimeo revolution", and then goes on to talk about photocopiers, iconoclasm, the avant-garde, 'blogs, and Facebook. I'm almost reaching the view that little magazine should not be a subtopic of literary magazine and be a fully fledged article in its own right, given that Morris & Diaz 2015, p. x argues for "little" rather than "literary" just for starters.

      Uncle G (talk

      ) 19:53, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

      • Please look at my edits to Literary magazine and the tweaks to your little magazine, now live. I just find the matter a bit confusing. The ones you listed for today's type, those are what we in the business (because once upon a time I was also in that business) call "literary magazines"... So I think I feel safe, given your text, to link all those stubs I wrote up to this article, I would feel less comfortable doing so for Black Warrior Review, which links to Literary magazine, even though that article is in many ways less informative than your little one. Drmies (talk) 21:04, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
        • I actually edit conflicted with you, expanding the redirect myself. I put a bit more in along the way. Uncle G (talk) 22:09, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Lack of Lanier problem!

This person seems to have no involvement here.

Doktoro, I am unable to relate broth or stock to the works of Sidney Lanier.

I found a book (Brown 2014, p. 328) which puts stocks under soups and explains that broths aren't reduced whereas stocks are. But that's a Professor of Harmful Herbs at

Hogwarts
, and I can find no evidence at all that the professor is related to Sidney Lanier. Cengage Learning publishing some Lanier study guides seems to be the closest connection.

The Book of Soups in the Bible is no help whatsoever, making no mention of whether Brothestant or Stockolic is the True Church. Furthermore, I cannot reliably connect Lanier to soup.

Likewise, Isabella Beeton, the well-known Pommiepedian source, just sits on the ecumenical fence and says "stock or broth" over and over. Anyway, this is Lanier; so I turned to Yankeepedian sources. Whilst the University of Alabama Press can wax freely on moonpies, it is too afraid of engendering civil unrest to take a position on stock and broth, from what I can find. And the University Press of New England is obviously using some sort of search engine optimization to get some book on cranberries to come up in a search for stock and broth. All that it had was a recipe, when I looked, and it wasn't by Lanier. So, again, no help whatsoever.

Perhaps your lurkers can find professors settling the stock or broth question. I just have the Hogwarts one, so far.

Uncle G (talk) 09:16, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Well, you came to the right place--because some of the people who frequent this place know EVERYTHING about food and stock. Personally, I still can't figure out if I should buy the Publix brand broth or stock. But! I just made some bread in a turban-shaped cake mold (turned out very nice), and we're making ribs. And with that, I think I should return to the Die Hard marathon... Drmies (talk) 21:49, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

If you thought that broth versus stock was a religious war to rival petrol/gasoline, then be prepared for the North/South chasm of the "Is it Taylor Ham or pork roll?" question.

Does Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Billh07882 count as bacon-related?

All of this is distracting from the work of asking "Did you know … that Francis Orray Ticknor's most famous poem was published in The Land We Love, a post-Civil War little magazine?"

Uncle G (talk) 04:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Where is Harold McGee when we need him? How about this entry quoting McGee: <https://www.kettleandfire.com/pages/broth-vs-stock#:~:text=In%20Harold%20McGee%27s%20book%2C%20"On,flavored%20with%20herbs%20and%20spices.>? Geoff | Who, me? 17:13, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Or from the Master himself: "On Food and Cooking", Harold Mcgee, 2004, Scribner, Page 600 - <https://www.google.com/books/edition/On_Food_and_Cooking/bKVCtH4AjwgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=broth> Geoff | Who, me? 17:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

User 99.252.42.107

Hi Drmies I just want to let you know that User 99.252.42.107 might be or potentially vandalizing The Timeline Of The Covid-19 pandemic July 2021 he has been removing references from those pages and writing words without punctuation any advise. S201050066 02:27, 5 April 2022 UTC.

  • OK, but that was two days ago? Hey, please put a link to your talk page in your signature. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:32, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

South Atlantic (magazine)
moved to draftspace

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general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. UnitedStatesian (talk
) 15:31, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Confusing the Canadiaians

Talking of more citations:

Not to be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris.

Carrie Jenkins Harris was a 19th century Canadian novelist, who was born and lived in Nova Scotia.[1]

She was born some time around 1858–1860 to (probably) Elizabeth Vincent, and Henry Harris of Grand Pré.[1] Both of her parents were Methodists, but she herself is recorded on the 1881 census as Anglican, and on the 1891 census as Baptist.[1] Born on a farm in the Annapolis Valley, she was still living there with with her (by then widower) father and elder brother at the time that she published her novels, even though the blurbs for her novels said that she was from Wolfville.[1]

She wrote and had published five novels, four of which were printed and distributed locally by James J. Anslow of Windsor, resulting in her not gaining widespread recognition, despite her own efforts to self-publicize, including donating a copy of her first novel to the lending library run by L. Fairbanks in Halifax.[1]

The first novel, Mr Perkins, of Nova Scotia; or the European adventures of a would-be aristocrat, was published in 1891 and as the title suggests was about a character named Tom Perkins who ventures abroad from Nova Scotia to London and Paris and encounters confidence tricksters and an indifferent British aristocracy concerned only with its own interests.[1] It was well received by the Wolfville Acadian, until, that is, the publication of her second novel, which led the Acadian to revise its opinion of the first novel downwards, claiming that the second had sophistication of invention that the first had not had.[1]

The second novel, A romantic romance, was published in 1893 and took up themes of romantic fidelity, international travel, intelligent women, and the Gilded Age, that Harris was to continue into her final three novels.[2] Again, the protagonists were Nova Scotians from Grand Pré who went abroad to New York and Boston, and the story is that of a romance overcoming an initial confounding caused by a false letter and a lovers' misunderstanding, ending in marriage.[1]

Her third novel, Cyril Whyman's mistake, was the only one not published by Anslow.[1] It was, instead, published by William Bryce of Toronto in 1894; and is the tale of two lovers from Digby, Nova Scotia whose romance is disrupted by their own weakness of character, and by deceit, who go abroad from Nova Scotia to Victoria and the Cariboo.[1] The intricately plotted tale ends with the characters on a return visit to Digby, made newly prosperous and having entered the steam age and gained electricity.[1]

Her fourth novel, Faith and friends, was published in 1895 and is the tale of two young lovers from Nova Scotia who go abroad to the West Indies and Boston before eventually reuniting years later on a rover boat in America.[1]

Her fifth and final novel, A modern Evangeline, was published in 1896 and in a nod to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 tale of Evangeline is the tragedy of one Evangeline Mortimer from Acadia who pursues her lover from Grand Pré abroad to Cape Town, finally catching up with him only to have him die in front of her.[1] In consequence, she enters a convent to minister to the poor.[1] In another nod, the protagonist at one point mocks how many places and things around Grand Pré are named Evangeline.[3] English Professor W. J. Keith at the University of Toronto dismissed the book without reading it, based upon the word "modern" in the title alone, as "I very much doubt if it would seem modern to us." in a discourse on modernism in Canadian literature.[4] It was part of a fad of tales about the Acadians in the final decades of the 19th century, that included Charles G. D. Roberts' The Forge in the Forest, Edward Payson Tenney's Constance of Acadia, Grace Dean Roger's Stories of the Land of Evangeline, and David Hickey's William and Mary: A tale of the Siege of Louisbourg.[5]

Copies of her books are exceedingly rare, although they have been transcribed to

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions.[6]

Harris died, unmarried, in 1903.[1]

References

Cross-reference
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Davies 1966, p. 447.
  2. ^ Davies 1966, pp. 447–448.
  3. ^ Longfellow 1999, p. 23.
  4. ^ Keith 1991, p. 93.
  5. ^ Creelman 2015, p. 255.
  6. ^ Davies 1966, p. 448.
Sources

M. Canadiaian, thinking that surely xe knows every Canadiaian who is and ever was, as Canadiaians do, must have been very confused by your latest article, Doktoro, especially by your claim that Carrie Jenkins Harris got married in North Carolinia. Perhaps M. Canadiaian knows of another source, which will bolster the old Dictionnaire, eh?

I'm sensing a bit of a formula to the novels. Someone should have told M. Harris that entire books on pork roll sell much better to Yankees. Certainly from the look of pork roll#Sources it sells newspapers to Yankees. I hope that you enjoyed all of those sources that I had to set aside on the Administrators' Noticeboard discussion.

I also hope that you enjoy that I have found you an English Professor that reviews books without reading them.

Uncle G (talk) 05:41, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Reviewing books without reading them? That wouldn't be entirely unheard of - I must admit I wrote this without ever reading the book either. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 14:11, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Ha, I'm sure you found that source that says "not to be confused with ..."--I think it was a library/special holdings page or something like that. Thank you for writing it up. RC, I've written articles on plenty of books without reading them: there is nothing wrong with it, as long as you have the sources to write up some content; I've written articles on books that weren't published yet. Now, reviewing is another matter, and I have not been guilty of that--though I was looking at my resume the other day, and I've written dozens of reviews, including, and I found this funny (because for tenure/promotion it doesn't count), nine review articles totaling 34,500 words, which is more than half a novel. And yes, I read all those books! Uncle, for this article that I just submitted, involving Lanier and all those other PotC, I must have skimread a thousand or more poems, one more tedious than the other. Drmies (talk) 15:38, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Libraries? I simply watched another episode of Hudson and Rex, Doktoro. Uncle G (talk) 18:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
  • I've been making strange typos, many involving the letters i/y. Just now I typed "categories" instead of "category". The other day I kept mistyping "Virginia"--I can't remember, I think I kept missing the last "i". I need to get all of my life and work done before this gets serious. Drmies (talk) 15:47, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Resumé

For what it's worth, these are not by Robinson but are about Robinson. Further reading, I would say. One of the others has already been used as a source.

Uncle G (talk) 04:18, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

revdel request

Can you revdel this talk page entry? Thanks in advance. Binksternet (talk) 17:28, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

The entire state of New Jersey owes me some articles.

Public reception

After their return, the astronauts went on what was called the "Giant Leap" tour, visiting 23 countries in 38 days.[1] Starting in Mexico City, where they donned sombreros and were given a second parade, their tour took them through South America, to Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Germany, England, and Vatican City.[1] After a rest in the U.S. embassy in Rome they went on to Turkey and Africa.[1] In Zaire, Buzz Aldrin leaped over the barricade between him and some entertainers and joined in with their dancing.[1]

Missing from the tour was Hungary, which rejected the United States's invitation to host the astronauts.[2]

Crown of St Stephen.[2]

Stamps

Further information: Apollo 11 anniversaries

Many countries have issued stamps commemorating the mission.

The United States issued a US$2.40 stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary in 1989, a stamp for the 25th anniversary, and a 33¢ stamp commemorating the 30th anniversary in 1999.[3][4] The 20th anniversary stamp caused some concern when it was issued, as the law forbade living people from being depicted on stamps, and the image was of two astronauts planting a U.S. flag on the moon.[4] However, it was never actually officially stated by the USPS that the figures were specifically Armstrong and Aldrin, and not just generic astronaut figures.[4] Other stamps issued included a 10¢ stamp on 1969-09-09 showing an astronaut descending a ladder from a lunar module, and the US$9.95 anniversary stamp issued in 1994.[4] The 1969 stamp art was by Paul Calle, the 1989 art by his son, and the 1994 one by both.[5]

The postal service of Eire issued a commemorative €1 stamp for the 50th anniversary in 2019, but mis-spelled the word "

Gaelic for "moon") as "gaelach" ("Irish"), an accidental transposition during design that was not caught in proof.[6]
The USPS issued two 50th anniversary stamps as part of its "Forever" collection, one a photograph of the moon with the landing site marked, and the other one of Armstrong's pictures of Aldrin.[7]

The astronauts themselves had, before the mission, signed what were called "insurance covers", stamped envelopes that were essentially life insurance in the form of memorabilia that family members could sell off in the events of the astronauts' deaths.[8] This practice would continue through to Apollo 16.[9]

Armstrong and Aldrin also cancelled a commemorative stamp whilst on the surface of the moon.[10] Originally, they were to have done this reciting pre-scripted dialogue that had been supplied by USPS public relations.[10] But the supplied script was lengthy and stilted, the Washington Post commenting that it would have lasted "for the better part of one orbit of the moon" and resulted in "a veritable barrage of phone calls from a flabbergasted public", and NASA decided that the astronauts had enough to do; so the stamping was without ceremony.[10]

Songs

The first song played from the surface of the moon, chosen by Aldrin, was Quincy Jones's and Frank Sinatra's version of "Fly Me to the Moon".[11] The BBC had used a hurriedly re-recorded version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" for its news coverage of the landing, but did not play the song again until the mission was over, because of the way that the song lyrics ended.[12]

Movies

Contemporary movies that did well because of the public's interest in the moon landing were 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbarella, and Planet of the Apes.[13][14] However, aside from one 1996 TV movie named Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon, which combined original NASA footage with staged action, as of 2011 there had been no major Hollywood movie about the Apollo 11 mission.[14]

References

Cross-reference

  1. ^ a b c d Buckley 2019, p. 124.
  2. ^ a b Maksel 2014.
  3. ^ Cavallaro 2018, p. 285.
  4. ^ a b c d NPM & 1.
  5. ^ NPM & 2.
  6. ^ BBC 2019.
  7. ^ Carter 2019.
  8. ^ Cavallaro 2018, pp. 286, 291.
  9. ^ Dixie 2008, p. 60.
  10. ^ a b c AA 1971, p. 232.
  11. ^ Henry 2019, p. 65.
  12. ^ Fournier 2014, p. 213.
  13. ^ Hayward, p. 74.
  14. ^ a b Llinares 2011, p. 151.

Sources

Uncle G (talk) 20:44, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

William Baskerville Hamilton was a historian at Duke University who was assistant managing editor of little magazine South Atlantic Quarterly from 1956, and managing editor from 1958 until just before his death in 1972.[1]

He received his Ph.D. from the university in 1938, his dissertation being on the subject of Mississippi history.[2] He helped to expand the collection of manuscripts at the university's library, in particular British ones.[3] His will established the William B. Hamilton Fund for obtaining British materials, saying of the library that he loved it "as well as I do compound interest".[3]

His long standing interest in constitutional and legal history led him to work on the American Historical Association's Littleton-Griswold fund.[3] He enjoyed attending the meetings of the Southern Historical Association and was on the board of editors of the Journal of Southern History.[3]

References

Cross-reference

  1. ^ Durden 1981, p. 214.
  2. ^ Durden 1993, p. 137.
  3. ^ a b c d Durden 1981, p. 215.

Sources

Further reading

Uncle G (talk) 01:23, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Request for Rangeblock

While patrolling the recent changes, I noticed you blocked

IP range, you will find that someone using that IP address has been making similar disruptive edits for a few years. Should a rangeblock be put in place? Painting17 (talk
) 21:27, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Sure, maybe--I don't know. I would need to be convinced that [1] and [2], for instance, are improper. Sure, likely the same person--but for a longterm rangeblock we need to build more of a case, and as long as there are unreverted edits, and as long as reverts of that IP editor are not always well explained, then admins will have a hard time concluding that it's warranted. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:48, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

VGP05

Well, that's that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:17, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Writing for Cash

His wife Alice accompanied him on a rare few of his climbs.[1] He makes no mention of her doing so after 1894, although she accompanied him on a walk to view an eagle's nest in 1903 and cycling up Glen Nevis in 1907.[1] She also accompanied him on his tours of

standing stones around Killin and Aberfeldy.[1]

Hill-walker Kellan MacInnes suggests, from experience that he characterizes as common to "every mountaineer", that Cash's mention of the "occasional disaster of over late return" in Nights and Days may refer to Alice waiting anxiously at home for his return and being worried when he is late.[1] He further suggests that Cash's experiments with moonlight excursions were perhaps a way of avoiding being away all day from, or late returning to, Alice, saying that "[w]hile Sir

Hugh Munro sometimes climbed at night to avoid disturbing landowner's sport, Caleb climbed at night to avoid upsetting his wife."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e MacInnes 2013, p. 63.

Sources

  • MacInnes, Kellan (2013). Caleb's List: Climbing the Scottish Mountains Visible from Arthur's Seat. Luath Press Ltd.
    ISBN 9781909912069
    .

I'm sure that this section title gave people a start, Doktoro. ☺ But there's your hook. Uncle G (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks. I worked it in--though I gotta say, after reading a few of his articles, well never mind. I was wondering, though, how he got the year of this death wrong; I have more faith in the other sources I found. Drmies (talk) 00:51, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
    • You cannot fool me, Doktoro. I know that you pressed the +100 button, to get this all 21st century and youth cred. If MacInnes got the year wrong, then A Contribution to the Bibliography of Scottish Topography has to be posthumous, or ghost-written, because it was published in 1917 per catalogues and the co-author Arthur Mitchell died in 1909. MacInnes' book talks about Cash having just enough time to finish xyr magnum opus. Uncle G (talk) 04:29, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

In an article in The Geographical Teacher in 1904, Cash related one of his ideas for teaching geography: drawing a

protractor.[1]
He provided an example in the article, a panorama taken from the iron footbridge at Aviemore railway station.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lorimer 2003, pp. 283–284.

Sources

  • Lorimer, Hayden (July 2003). "The geographical field course as active archive". Cultural Geographies. 10 (3). Sage Publications, Inc.: 278–308.
    JSTOR 44250932
    .

Further reading

Uncle G (talk) 04:54, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Socks socks socks

Hi Drmies! I welcome your recent move to smoke out some more WorldCreaterFigher–DerekHistorian–Vamlos socks. But it looks as if the one who triggered it clearly belongs the other part of the multi-faceted (in other words: hopelessly conflated) WorldCreaterFigher sock zoo: SatoshiKondo–AsadalEditor–RobertoY20 and so on. It's the same IP range that threw shit at me[3] after I filed a recent SPI[4]. I know there's no fruit of the poisonous tree rule in WP, so if a banned editor calls out that another banned editor is around, we still may listen and act, but I just wanted say... –Austronesier (talk) 18:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Poorly sourced articles + editor who doesn't quite seem to get it = little problem

I don't know if this is quite your cup of tea (or coffee), but there's this editor who keeps creating articles which plainly do not meet the criteria. (Un-)Surprisingly, these often get moved back to draft, but the editor doesn't seem to be taking this as opportunities to improve the articles, rather sends them right back to mainspace. See this for an example. They also don't seem to be willing to communicate much about this (the message I left on their talk page a while back was removed without reply and probably without truly being understood either)... Anyways, if you think a judicious application of the mop (or maybe an editing restriction from creating articles or moving them from draftspace?) here would solve the issue, feel free to do so. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:16, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

  • @Neo the Twin: Might want to give your two cents on this too. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:17, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
    • talk
      ) 20:33, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
      • I'll have a look, but this is the kind of thing ANI deals with sometimes; it did in the case of FloridaArmy, and my friend Lugnuts has been dragged to ANI a thousand times for allegedly writing up stuff others thought was below par. Drmies (talk) 01:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
      • That editor lacks competence. I saw a long list of deleted edits too. If I look any harder I will end up blocking them, and I am not in a blocking mood. Perhaps someone who sees this can have a look; there may be better solutions. Drmies (talk) 01:56, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
        talk
        ) 19:30, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
        (talk page watcher) I just reverted the move. —C.Fred (talk) 19:36, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Now this, which is at best mild trolling? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:36, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Wait. That's your talk page. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
      • Yeah, that's not me (duh!) is what I'm saying: they might be trolling, or they might just not have a clue, but they have no purpose doing that. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 21:03, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Blue Book of Scotland

The Tijme Loords invented everything again, including Scotland, eh? ☺ I independently came across a bibliography at the National Library Of Scotland with some potential sources. Just the odd one or two. Stone actually did a later work, and the bibliography says that it's considered definitive and is the most comprehensive. Is this the can of worms that you were referring to? Then there's Stone's "illustrated edition", I suppose. ☺

  • Stone, J.C. (1989). The Pont manuscript maps of Scotland: sixteenth century origins of a Blaeu atlas. Tring: Map Collector Publications.
  • Grout, Andrew. "From Pont's death to the publication of Blaeu's atlas". Pont Maps of Scotland, ca. 1583–1614 — History. National Library Of Scotland.

I presume that you'll be wanting to do a history merger of the draft with the original at some point in the future.

  • Of course. Yes, I saw that Further reading page too but I was looking for only one particular article. Sorry, gotta go. Drmies (talk) 21:42, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

I still have to write up my surprise at finding how Euro-centric Britannica thinks that the U.S. little magazine genre is. Apparently, it was all about France and Europe, there wasn't any huge torrent of domestic U.S. contributions that had to be beaten off with a stick, and no non-literary content nor the immediate post-Civil War period nor anything past the 1960s existed.

  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (2003-07-25). "little magazine".
    Encyclopaedia Britannica
    .

Uncle G (talk) 09:41, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Cash and Blaeu

Hi - thanks for your work on these articles. I'm familiar with that atlas, and have used some of Pont's maps in my own articles in the past, so am very glad to see those articles. I'm just about ready to pass at DYK, but a couple of comments - courtesy ping to Uncle G as well.

  • Are we confident about the copyright tag on the image of Cash? I'm not a whizz on image copyrights - do we need to be sure that the photographer would have been dead by 1952, and if so, can we be sure about that? The photographer and the date of the photograph are unknown, but the subject was alive until 36 years before that date. Am I just being unnecessarily nitpicky?
  • This isn't a show stopper by any means, but each of the articles has a section where the word 'manuscript' is repeated often, sometimes several times in the same sentence. Do you think that a bit of light replacement with appropriate pronouns might be in order?

Cheers Girth Summit (blether) 13:31, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

  • I believe my Uncle tried to clarify this in the article--but the photo is from a book published during his lifetime, so before January 1, 1927. I'm going to have a look at "manuscript"--I wrote this up in bits and pieces and that often harms the prose, yes. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:30, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
    • I have tackled "manuscript". I also wrote about the photograph. The book mentions it. Notice that the BBC one is the same photograph as on the MacInnes WWW site. Uncle G (talk) 16:47, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
      • OK, that all makes sense, thanks. I've just marked it good to go, then realised that you haven't done QPQ. Do I need to unreview it, or can I trust you to go back and do that ;) ? Girth Summit (blether) 17:56, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
        • I'm going to look for some right now. Can't guarantee I can get them all done before nap time. Drmies (talk) 17:58, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Requesting a look at AIV

Hi Drmies, contacting you because you were recently active and do take part in blocking disruptive editors. So there's an AIV report I made recently that is about to become stale in ≈35 minutes and will be removed by bot. Requesting that you take a quick look and take action as deemed necessary. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • C • L) 18:47, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

I am oh so sorry to do this to you, but I have sock concerns...

Hello, Drmies, I hope you are doing well since our unrelated sock round-ups last year (found in

List of the oldest living people, Oldest people, List of the verified oldest people, and List of supercentenarians by continent all involving accounts trying to bizarrely add the same absurd claim to age 125 for Sivananda (yoga teacher)
. (The oldest known living man in the world with documentation is very likely 112, and the oldest verified man ever was 116...)

Offending accounts: (all of these blatantly pushed the same content/message by a direct edit or edit request on a talk page)

There are even more questionable accounts at Sivananda (yoga teacher), some not already listed, which was created during this same time frame on 22 March 2022. I don't have as much certainty in all of these, but the ones not already listed above are:

  • Mukesh.kfc the article creator
  • Amitized a major contributor with similar edit history to many of the above accounts.
  • 49.238.43.223 added a claim identical to the spam-fest above.
  • Soap Boy 1 less certain as only a minor edit, but a similar focus on Indian related articles and an edit history roughly similar to many above accounts.
  • KA-GADAG this was their only article edit.
  • 137.44.127.14 removed skepticism from the article and promoted this farce.
  • Arindam1985 this was their only edit ever.
  • Subrat 7775 recently created account with same narrow focus, few edits, and helped expand this article.
  • 103.217.228.94 promoted this crap as legit.

A huge thank you in advance for any help you can provide in dismantling this apparent sock-network that has been a nightmare for our fellow editors. Newshunter12 (talk) 00:28, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Newshunter12, there is no way I can tackle this in this place and in this format. Please consider SPI--thanks. Drmies (talk) 01:21, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Chinese dama

Hi Drmies. Thank you so much for reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Chinese dama and slogging through that long article and long discussion! Of all the DYKs I've nominated, I think this one has been open the longest. Cunard (talk) 00:19, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

  • You know, when I need to get more than a few QPQs I often look for the oldest, to clean up, and this had been sitting around way too long. It's obvious that you, and maybe others, spent a lot of time working on this and that it was in pretty decent shape. I hope you get lots of hits, and I think you for your longtime service on our beautiful project. Drmies (talk) 01:22, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
    • You are very brave to look at the oldest DYK nominations when you need more QPQs. I usually avoid those as they are filled with contentious long discussions like this one. Thank you very much for your kind words about my work. I spent many hours researching and putting together this article. I found the topic very interesting and the article's previous state was outdated and just did not do justice to the contemporary usage and connotations of the term. I'm looking forward to its hopefully getting lots of attention on the main page. Thank you again for your excellent contributions to Wikipedia and for being willing to take on challenging things that less-brave editors would avoid. Cunard (talk) 01:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Talk page abuse

I revoked TPA for 92.40.190.253 who you blocked, just a heads up. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:36, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Makes sense--thanks. Drmies (talk) 03:02, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Drmies I hope you are having a happy holidays S201050066 14:12, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Ip problems

Greetings and all the best in New Year, this ip [[5]] appeared today and started doing unsourced changes on Ajvar page, I have warned them but they just ignored me, also since this page was under attacks in December too, is it possible to semi protecting it? Thank you. Theonewithreason (talk) 22:24, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:ANI#JGabbard spreading white genocide conspiracy theory on South African farm attacks article

This might interest you. Doug Weller talk 15:38, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

YGM

No rush, just wanted to make sure it went through / you saw. Perils of an unusual email address; I always worry things will get sent to spam. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 16:26, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Host plot edits

Are you noticing a pattern with the anons, or is that just me? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 05:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Oh, heck. Sorry Uncle G, I had been focused on the edits themselves and not the talk page content about MPHG'S use of forecredits. Now it all makes sense (insert sound of repeated facepalming here).

I appreciate you supplying sources for what I presume are notes about the use of forecredits in the MP film. Upon closer examination of that article, information regarding the credits are indeed present and sourced.
So, while facepalming, I've discovered egg on my face. Oops. I will strike my comment about it in the talk section and re-examine the issue. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 22:37, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Use of Self Published Sources and disruptive edits by User

Hello Drmies,

WP:SPS iin multiple articles. And keeps reverting other users edits.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. He/She have been warned by multiple editors 1, 2(by a Admin), but he insist on his behaviour 3. Could you cast a warning.Mr.User200 (talk
) 22:02, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Youth cred

Are you not eatin' that?

It's good to see you editing a section that actually has youth cred under the heading, Doktoro. iCarly: The Next Almost Exactly The Same Generation won a Kids Choice Award over the weekend. I am sure that you are as excited by that as I am. Will it offset my being faced by a bunch of Scottish book reviews, though? At least one is written in The Irish Review (Cork), as well, so I suspect that it's a trick. Uncle G (talk) 16:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

History Professor Vacuum

Have you tripped the switch by accident, Doktoro? I find that William Ferguson does not have William Ferguson (historian), who is slightly dead. Perhaps your lurkers could find some sources?

By the way: It's an odd experience when one finds that a book having been reviewed only in the Times (twice), Guardian, Herald, Scotsman, New Statesman, National, Scottish Review of Books, London Review of Books, Irish Times, and Literary Review of Canadia is a disappointment.

This, too, in the week that we learn that M. Around The Mountain's approach to checking out Sockpupperties is to lug Scottish historians up and down hills.

Uncle G (talk) 10:24, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Are you not eatin' that, either?

spoon bread, hot rolls, and fried chicken.[1]
The Italian chef who cooked it, Richardson recounted in his autobiography, complained about the barbarous diet of Americans.[1]

In the same autobiography he described Havana as "one of the most picturesque and unusual cities of the world—in spite of its nearness to us".[2]

References

Cross-reference

  1. ^ a b Kreyling 1981, p. 388.
  2. ^ Pérez 2008, p. 173.

Sources

Further reading

  • Richardson, Norval (1929). My Diplomatic Education. Dodd, Mead.

Joseph Clarke Robert is two pages on, but Robert's entry is all about colleges and stuff does not say what xe ate for lunch. We know what

Tom Devine and Norval Richardson
ate for lunch, in contrast.

In addition to the entire state of New Jersey, Scotland now owes me some articles, by the way.

Uncle G (talk) 07:13, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Your block of 78.145.133.51

There have been others from 78.145 disrupting Hey Duggee; you might want to look into a partial block for that range.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:51, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Culture that is popular with English professors

"Auld Reikie will at morning smell."
Further information: § History Professor Vacuum

Why Edinburgh all of a sudden? I've only just finished through wading through Edinburgh press releases for

Tom Devine
.

I would say "Spot the English professor!" but it's rather hard to spot who is not the English professor. Ian Duncan is a chair, Doktoro, a green one or something of that ilk.

And why can't professors just watch television and make lists like proper Wikipedia pop culture writers do?

Uncle G (talk) 14:57, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Multiple accounts editing.

Greetings, Drmies. Are you online?--Manwë986 (talk) 07:34, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

  • I am now. Drmies (talk) 21:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Sorry to disturb you. I need to report something to you, since you're an admin. There were been multiple accounts causing edit wars without reliable sources in Chinese Wikipedia. 105.161.20.161, Dustfinger203, SovereignDust203, and 102.69.228.74. Recently, Dustfinger203 created another account Manwė9866. I think they are used by the same preson, as their edit contributions were almost the same. Now they come to English Wikipedia and edit pages without providing reasons and sources (102.69.228.74, Dustfinger203, SovereignDust203, as well as 105.161.20.161). The same edit contributions as the Chinese version, with insignificant reasons and no reliable sources. I believe that they may be sockpuppets. Please take care of them. Thank you.--Manwë986 (talk) 22:13, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
      • OK. Drmies (talk) 01:42, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
        • Thanks so much. What about 105.161.20.161? It had the same edit contributions as 102.69.228.74, Dustfinger203, and SovereignDust203. Manwë986 (talk) 17:14, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
          • If I didn't do anything it's because I had no technical evidence on which to base anything. I don't really see the point in blocking the IP now: I applied semi-protection to three affected articles. Drmies (talk) 17:35, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
            Here's the evidence about 105.161.20.161: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/105.161.20.161. The editing of the two articles are similar to the work of Dustfinger203, SovereignDust203, and 102.69.228.74. Thank you, and sorry for all this commotion. Manwë986 (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Michael O'Connell (artist)

Hi Drmies. Was wondering if you or any of your talk page watchers would mind taking a look at Michael O'Connell (artist). Based on this FFD discussion, it appears that the subject's son Tpsoconnell has recently been editing the article quite a lot; there were a two edits made as far back as 2016, but most seem to have been made in the past few months or so. Non-free content use issues aside, the recent additions might need some going over (perhaps by multiple users) to try and assess what to leave in and what to leave out. Some of the content like Michael O'Connell (artist)#Further text in preparation and Michael O'Connell (artist)#Sources seem quite odd for a Wikipedia article and more like something for an article talk page. Anyway, since Tpsoconnell claims to be the son, his intentions are probably the best and not intended to be disruptive. Just for reference, this is what the article looked like before the editing started back up again in February. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:19, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

  • The talk page content is now on the talk page, the proper expansion templates are in place, and I've fixed up the inconsistent book citations as well. I leave Doktoro and The Lurkers to work on image placement. Uncle G (talk) 13:07, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I'm more than a little surprised that it took this long for that to be made a rule... - Jack Sebastian (talk) 23:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Hmm yeah, so it seems like we're dropping a few more of em? Maybe it's time for me to start hussling again to see if I can sway anyone to take up the bit. Drmies (talk) 23:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Anyway, with this edit to my talk page and the UPE block I just placed I should be good for a year. Kelapstick, what are you up to? Drmies (talk) 23:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Oh, heading to Vancouver in May, then back to Nevada for a week some time after. Looks like I will be hitting the road again these days. --kelapstick(bainuu) 12:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Exciting! Have you considered Mongolia? Drmies (talk) 13:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Funnily enough, it's on my list, but I have yet to secure the work as of yet. Indonesia (again) is looking promising, as is Panama and Cuba, however. --kelapstick(bainuu) 16:37, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Username

Hi @Drmies:, Would you please tell me, Why you reverted my UAA report see here? Thank you! Fade258 (talk) 16:00, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Well, "Cabbage Patch Kids Liker" doesn't strike me as a promotional user name, and this edit, while not helpful, wasn't really promotional either. I would have left an edit summary but I was on the phone with the IRS and had only one hand available--sorry. Drmies (talk) 18:15, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Ok ! Thank you for clarifiying me. But I found the website which is related to this username. Fade258 (talk) 02:27, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Legal threat

In the article Billingshurst a series of similar edits have been made under different user names culminating in this one by User:SovalValtosIsSad, a derivitive of my user name [6] with what I see as a legal threat in the edit summary. Rather than doing anything else I thought it best to ask for help from an admin shown to be active. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 17:03, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Socktroll already blocked, article protected. Probably best report to AIV if they reappear at another article. Cheers Girth Summit (blether) 17:09, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
SovalValtos, sorry you're being singled out by this person. I dropped another block on a new sock; Deepfriedokra, see my log if you're interested, and thanks for taking care of the others. Drmies (talk) 19:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
my pleasure --Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:35, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Binibining Pilipinas 2022 and Miss World Philippines 2022 articles.

Greetings! I am Allyriana, there are two accounts that are harassing me for the sole reason that I deleted the "Represent" columns for BBP 2022 and MWPH 2022. What actions could I do since I am only an editor in Wikipedia for a year and I am still fairly new to these types of cases.

Thank you and Godspeed! Allyriana000 (talk) 01:49, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Who is the other? Drmies (talk) 01:52, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
    • That user uses the IP address "49.149.134.117". I have a strong feeling that these two accounts are connected to each other. Allyriana000 (talk) 01:56, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

User contributions for 75.133.167.231

Only 31 hours? What are the odds of productive contributions from anyone using this IP address? Sincere question. Cullen328 (talk) 02:14, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Blocking an IP address for much longer isn't always helpful, unless subsequent edits make clear it's static and used frequently by the same editor. If another one of those things happen, you can jump to a much longer block. I just dropped a long rangeblock, but that's a range where one editor has been disrupting things for a long time. If you like you can check "WHOIS" and see if you get something useful, not too big, and then see if there's more of that stuff. Maybe smarter editors have better ideas... Drmies (talk) 02:23, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Amadeus1999‎

Just a heads up that this user has only recently started editing but they seem to know their way around here pretty well. Lots of potentially legitimate explanations. But this job has left me with a bad case of cynical suspicion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:57, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Yeah there's no way they're new, but what can we do. Drmies (talk) 19:50, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

SPI

Sorry for whining, but: you quite reasonably suggested here opening an SPI, and I did, but now it's been sitting around for six days without any administrator attention :(. --JBL (talk) 18:29, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Oh, I don't really "patrol" SPI, and it's terribly understaffed. I'll have a look. Drmies (talk) 19:28, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • @JayBeeEll: Think I've got it sorted. ANI 2.0 strikes again! -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 21:21, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
    Thanks both! --JBL (talk) 23:44, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Nonacademic Sources as Academic Sources

There seems to be a misunderstanding. I was against the article presenting a "book" that was falsely presented as academic literature (which it is not). Just because this "book" was reviewed by two people doesn't make it peer-reviewed. Can you please remove the word "scholars" from the article as this "book" is not academic literature. Please provide me with evidence that this "book" is academic literature. I did not characterize "them away as a vanity press"; I was referring to private discussion to User:Bloodofox about "self-promotional" literature in folkloristics articles. I had that in the edit summary to aid Bloodofox in case he wanted to understand what I was referring to. I am so sorry you misinterpreted my message as an insult to McFarland's literature; that was not my intent if you feel it conveyed that message.

Thank you,

The Soldier of Peace (talk) 21:53, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Answered on your talk page. Drmies (talk) 14:06, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Yonkers Police Department Page

Hey how are you doing. I am here just to ask if there is anyway we can get the Yonkers Police Department page back by itself with no redirect to Yonkers, NY. I saw that it closed down months ago because of copyright and improper citations but I did a bit of editing and got rid of all the copyrighted images and put in proper citations and am wondering if we can get it back on wikipedia as a main page. If you have any questions or wanna talk feel free to reply and thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingkurtis401k (talk • contribs) 21:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for replying. I will follow those steps and try to make sure everything is sourced well on the article. Kingkurtis401k (talk) 02:30, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Sure thing, Kingkurtis401k. Srsly, follow those steps, because beginners have a tendency to confuse primary and secondary sources. The other thing you can do is look for other police departments on Wikipedia and follow their lead (and look at what kind of sourcing they have). Take care, Drmies (talk) 02:33, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Jeanwelsh

Jeanwelsh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Kingshowman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I have blocked this user as a sock of Kingshowman based on behavior and editing history as also their triggering an edit filter tied to the sock master. But they are insisting this is a case of mistaken identity. When you have a few minutes could you take a look? Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:35, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Update I've opened an SPI and decided to unblock them out of an abundance of caution in the meantime. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Ad (in Dutch that's a pretty common first name, not a preposition)--I see a couple of big shots are already on it. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 14:43, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, this has gone as far as it's going. I'd like to know who they are/were, but that mystery is likely to remain unsolved. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:57, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Ambati Rambabu

Hi Drmies. I'd like your opinion on one sentence I've added:

Ambati later in March 2011 joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) shortly after it was started by Jagan in the same month.[1][2]

References

  1. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Jagan announces YSR Congress Party". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

I'm hoping that'd be okay and not venture into SYNTH? Thanks in advance! — DaxServer (t · m · c) 09:35, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

  • I tweaked it a bit, but I can't read the premium article in The Hindu--but it seems like a fairly uncomplicated claim, no? Drmies (talk) 15:49, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
    Thanks for the edits! Here's the archived version of The Hindu article. Should've added it earlier. Yes, it seems like a straight forward claim. Just covering my bases as I want to take it to DYK :) — DaxServer (t · m · c) 16:07, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Debate

It seems that some edits I've made have caused a debate. Just to clarify, the author Iljaz Rexha is professor of Ottoman history at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and the paper I'm citing was published in Gjurmime Albanologjike (Academy of Sciences of Kosovo). The parts which I cited aren't a theory which Rexha has written, they are the official defter material of the Ottoman era. On purpose, I added the full names recorded in each village for two reasons, a) because they are first families in each settlement and are important for their history b)to avoid editorial misinterpretation which tries to show "ethnically pure" areas by overfocusing on one ethnic group. Rexha is an academic , the source is RS and the material isn't disputable. I could cite any other source which has the same material, but I chose Rexha because it's accessible online on academia.Alltan (talk) 18:00, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Sounds good to me--but then, this is not the place to find consensus. Maybe the best thing to do is to post this on a WikiProject talk page? Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:03, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
He has reached 4 reverts at Mirkovci and is placing the same mass reverts on all articles with the blatantly misleading summary "corrected information" and no participation in discussions. I think that this has deteriorated to the point of requiring admin oversight.--Maleschreiber (talk) 00:21, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
I don't have time to check all the source blanking he has engaged in, but it's clear to me to me that much of it was done without at least some elementary critical examination of the source he removed.--Maleschreiber (talk) 00:49, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Ertugrul...

bacon roll has been proposed for deletion.
Rogue Ales Bacon Maple Ale
Doktoro! You have the opportunity to tell the University of Alabama all about bacon roll! Then they can put it into a University of Alabama Press book and we are golden.

was the name of my DoorDash driver tonight. It was doorstep dropoff, so sadly I did not get the chance to see if he resembled your handsome editnotice friend. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 01:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Indian IPv6 range editing issue

Information icon There is currently a discussion at

L. I. R.
01:06, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Mail

) 18:56, April 25, 2022 (UTC)

Glad to see it worked itself out. Thanks for all you do. BusterD (talk) 21:04, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, me too. Certainly this was a vexatious one for a lot of editors. Drmies (talk) 21:06, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Beeches Pit

request
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Diagram of the Beeches Pit with caption from journal
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User:Random Haste

Hi Drmies. I see you had blocked this user earlier. But I don't see any change in their behaviour. It has been the same all along. They have the

ownership attitude towards Kempegowda International Airport. Please check the history of this page you will see their POV. They provide a reason like booking engines being unreliable sources (actually they are) and remove destinations from other airport articles, but include booking engines as sources and add destinations in Kempegowda International Airport. There have been numerous warnings of citation issues. Quite recently, they made a PDF on their own of the new international routes out of KIA and cited the same as a source which was uploaded onto some media sharing website. One instance of me removing this source here and instance of RH adding this as a source. I had back in December, reported them at ANI
, but no action was taken. Please see what you can do, this user is disruptive in general. — LeoFrank  Talk 16:56, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

  • User:LeoFrank, please do me a favor: report at ANI, again--I know, it's a drag, but I promise you action will be taken. Make a list of bullet points outlining the disruptions, including that weird PDF, and note the booking agencies stuff. And ping all the editors who have warned this editor too. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 22:51, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


Hi @LeoFrank and @Drmies, i would like to talk to you about this user called random haste.

so what happened is yesterday I removed a sentence in Kempegowda International Airport which I feel is not completely meaningful and out of context. It reads "KIA Airport's IATA code 'BLR' is derived from Silicon valley of india', which doesn't actually make sense. But this idiot user called random haste keeps on reverts the edits. He is not bothered to discuss it on his talk page where I even pinged him. he goes on reverts by giving some sloppy reasons He has this ownership attitude towards KIA AIRPORT. He has been in edit war with many people till now and was also blocked once. But hasn't seem to be changed. He once also claimed that he works at KIA. He doesn't allow anyone to make changes to this article if he disapproves that edit. But he'll be the first when it comes to removing content from other airport articles. To be Frank, I'm fed up with this guy. Request you to look into this issue Thanks. Adithya003 (talk) 01:58, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Help with Jamberpilot

Hello. I’m here to ask for your further help with this user who has recently switched to this account after making misleading edits as an IP. He doesn’t appear willing to stop editing in regards to abortion in Ohio. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:38, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Also, I’m having trouble with my internet connection, so it’s difficult for me to keep up now. And I really don’t know how to manage this. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:43, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I hope that you’ll be able to keep an eye on him, as I really do need to go to sleep and don’t know how to put any protections in place. There will certainly be a lot more traffic to pages related to abortion in the coming days, and Jamberpilot clearly has a malicious agenda to misinform the people who will be relying on Wikipedia for accurate information. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 06:15, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

VictimOfEntropy

Hey. VictimOfEntropy seems to be maliciously changing any and all pages related to Abortion. We had a little discussion on the Talk page for Abortion in Ohio, where they were completely uncivil and unconstructive. Could you please intervene? This is getting ridiculous. Understandably, this is a contentious and hot issue currently. However, this does not justify the opinionated changes and reversions they are making. Any help would be appreciated. Jamberpilot (talk) 05:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Drmies is the other user who reverted your vandalism, Jamerpilot. And I will also direct Drmies to the personal attacks that you have made on me. Stop your ridiculous assault on logic. Wikipedia is meant to inform, not mislead people. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Your inclination to call something 'false information' and immediately revert something is poor behavior. As noted in the Talk page, I realize what you are trying to ensure is said on the page. However, the additional information that you removed is valid information. You could have easily made an edit to the page adjusting this, not gone nuclear. This isn't a personal attack, I don't know you personally. What I do know is your behavior here in this context- and it's not constructive at all. Jamberpilot (talk) 06:02, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

My behavior on Wikipedia has never been anything but conducive to improving the quality of articles on this site, something that you have no history of despite your apparent skill at navigating it. You have made accusations against me which are blatantly false, but true in regards to yourself. Drmies also undid your entire edit as it was plainly clear that you were acting maliciously. And you ignored Drmies instructions to discuss on the Talk page and put your misleading edit back on the page immediately, despite me quickly arriving to explain how wrong you were, and now you’re still complaining about it, despite how ridiculous and deceptive you’ve been, Jamberpilot. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 06:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Hey Drmies. You'll find that I made appropriate adjustments from reviewing the Talk page, and the version history- despite this problematic user's clear intention to ensure a bias remains in place. I would like to note that this user had came to my personal Talk page to threaten me posing as an admin, on top of their persistence for edits. It's very evident that this user is very passionate about this matter, understandably in such a pivotal time. In my own opinion, that is a huge indication that this user should be kept from having edit permissions from any subject matter related pages. They have gone through many different Abortion pages to mock up tone-charged edits because they know, and even admitted it above, that there would be a lot more traffic between now and the coming weeks so they want to moderate it. I am trying my best to deliver information in a simple and unbiased manner, and you will see that in my various edits. The only reason I came here to even make an edit in the first place is because I have a friend who is currently experiencing a pregnancy scare conveniently at the same time of this pivotal litigation. I investigated the laws myself for them to provide them with potential realities, and I had to do that because there was a lack of research done on the current law text. So, I decided I wanted to make that information available for others that may be concerned as well, or is simply curious. I offer my apologies that you had to deal with this. Jamberpilot (talk) 07:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)

On 6 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Secret recipe

Whilst you are enjoying yourself with Colonel Sanders's entirely factual secret stuff, some of us are looking for sources that do not turn out to be (yet again) Isaac Hopper upon investigation and are having to read about "quackery" employed by Middle English people. Uncle G (talk) 15:32, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

  • I wish. I'm grading essays. It's bad. Drmies (talk) 16:23, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Francis Orray Ticknor

On 9 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Orray Ticknor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Francis Orray Ticknor was a country doctor whose fame as a poet relies on "Little Giffen", a poem about one of his patients who died in the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Orray Ticknor. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Francis Orray Ticknor), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Parameters

My attempt at cleanup wasn't entirely successful: I have the feeling that the "population blank" and the other blank result in no punctuation. I tried some other parameters from Template:Infobox settlement but I think it's just going way over my head. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Well, the short answer is that you're probably putting that information in the wrong place - |population_blank1= is, I'm pretty sure, meant to contain a number, as it has a {{formatnum}} which strips out the , (and why your commas are being stripped out of your value). I'll have to refresh my memory of how this template works but I'll post back here in a few minutes when I've figured it out. Primefac (talk) 17:05, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Yup, that's what I thought - things like language, ethnicity, and religion go into the |demographics1_titleX= and |demographics1_infoX=. Primefac (talk) 17:07, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Sorry, I couldn't get that to work. I couldn't even figure out why some of those parameters have two sets of numbers. Why is there a demographics1 and a demographics2? Is that to make separate sections within the box? I managed to screw it up somewhere. Drmies (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Apologies, your page dropped off my watchlist for some reason. If I get a chance this afternoon I'll see if I can shift things around. As near as I can tell, though, yes, there are different numbering systems to group them differently. Primefac (talk) 10:30, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 Done! If you think anything needs changing, by all means feel free to do so (or let me know) - that is not a user-friendly template... Primefac (talk) 08:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Primefac, thank you so much--you're fancy. One thing this has taught me is just how much there is under the hood, and how much we owe to the developers and the writers of code. Thanks again! Drmies (talk) 17:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination of Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

--Historyday01 (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm one of the curators of the article on Anti Patterns.

Please see my comments in the talk page. If there is no valid reply within a week or two, I'll proceed with a revert of the mass deletion and we can go from there.

  • Valid reply given, for your curating eyes. Please sign your messages. Drmies (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist)

On 6 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Uncle G, I'm really quite tickled with this hook. DYK that the Canadian one got even more hits than the American one? Drmies (talk) 00:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
    • If I had thought about that ahead of time, I might have suggested some A/B testing, Doktoro, running the sentence each way around for some hours to see whether it was simply the case that the first hyperlinked subject was the more viewed one. Uncle G (talk) 06:05, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

I wonder if I'll get a reply

[7] You haven't fixed the email issue I presume? It would be nice to chat about SPIs. Doug Weller talk 14:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Ohhhh, brother!

They're parroting. It's like you say. No idea what any of it means.14:55, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Endorsed unblock, without further admonishment. Waste of breath, well, fingers. And at my age, am daily (painfully) reminded that breaths and keystrokes are numbered. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:00, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

And-- as "all's fair in vanessy," why shouldn't he have a go? --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:49, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Revdel?

Mr. Bond (musician) had a source that looked to be a court document uploaded to a random upload site, and was used as a source with no proof it was real. It sourced the real name of someone who's name hasn't been released in RS, as well as a DOB. I think that it should probably be revdel'd up to my last edit, and it might qualify as an attack page. If it's not an attack page, it looks like BLP1E is probably at issue. That said, I implore ANI 2.0 to take a look and see if revdel applies, and some input on the BLP1E/attack page issue. The guy seems pretty horrible, but amplifying him and making him seem more notable than he is probably isn't the right move. As always, any assistance is appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:41, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Another ANI 2.0 request

[8], and pretty much the rest of their editing. Do we need more, or is this enough for action? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:04, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Southern Magazine

On

Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Southern Magazine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Southern Magazine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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
.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Little magazine

On

Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Southern Magazine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Little magazine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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
.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Thought you might be interested in the similarties between User:ErikWIKI and User:ErikFelik. Doctorhawkes (talk) 09:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks. Genre warriors are sad. Drmies (talk) 15:59, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

He's Back

Good morning, that persistent disruptive editing person who has been blocked many times using different ip addresses is back at it again with a new ip address. His last edit was to the Jersey City Fire Department page, which I fixed. He's using 2603.6011.DF01. Please assist in blocking, this ip address is already blocked from 4 different pages by friedokra, or deepfriedokra. Thank you, Doriden (talk) 15:16, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Gotcha. I blocked the /64 range; perhaps Deepfriedokra feels like the /34 range needs it as well. Drmies (talk) 16:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
    • Thank you Serols for your assistance. This person has been at it for several years, same content, same types of editing. Anyway, I appreciate your response. Doriden (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
      • Sure thing! Drmies (talk) 16:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, like I mentioned, he or she has been at it for several years, different ip addresses, same subject matter, he has been blocked many times too under different ip addresses. OK, Doriden (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Oh, I must defer to The Doctor with Magical Eyes. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

June Parker

Thoughts on this? To me, it signals a pretty critical failure to understand BLP, of the sort we normally indef over. My involvement with them so far has been entirely administrative, and my edits to

2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting and its talk have also all been administrative or noncontroversial, but since that does add up to like 20 edits across those two pages, out of an abundance of caution I thought I'd bring the matter to you and ask your opinion. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed
] (she/they) 18:48, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

I don't think that the edit itself is worth an indefinite block, but it was certainly worth a warning. EvergreenFir addressed the matter before (and right below) the editor used the word. But in general I've been thinking this editor is headed directly for a NOTHERE block--by a thousand cuts, so to speak. Drmies (talk) 20:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
That edit itself may not be but their overall editing pattern is definitely blockworthy. They appear to have an axe to grind and accuse any editor who they come into contact with that doesn't agree with them of "shadowing" and racism. PRAXIDICAE💕 20:08, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
+1 --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Watch out, they don't appreciate being mentioned. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:46, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
ScottishFinnishRadish, I saw that, and that was silly, but you don't have to bring that up here. Tamzin, I don't know what your thinking is right now, but I think that you, with your organizational skills, should be able to compile a concise and convincing body of evidence that you can either use as a block rationale or for an AN post. I think this editor has totally worn out their welcome. Drmies (talk) 00:12, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
@Tamzin: +1 --Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:39, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
"organizational skills"??? You fucking take that back. The same organizational skills that had me reply in April to an email you'd sent in October about an RfA I'd been planning to run in January?
I'm good at putting a lot of words into a semi-coherent order, though, so I did that, and then blocked them. Eight years without starting an AN(I) thread on someone, looking to keep it that way as long as I can. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 01:58, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
I take back nothing. You explained it well, I think. Drmies (talk) 02:43, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Edit summary

Concerning https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Historical_Society&type=revision&diff=1088610062&oldid=1069878142, this was a confusing Edit summary. I think you just got carried away. Best wishes, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 03:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

  • I think--well. Drmies (talk) 03:54, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Caleb George Cash

On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Caleb George Cash, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mountaineer and geographer Caleb George Cash was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to the first known atlas of Scotland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caleb George Cash. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Caleb George Cash), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Blaeu Atlas of Scotland

On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mountaineer and geographer Caleb George Cash was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to the first known atlas of Scotland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caleb George Cash. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blaeu Atlas of Scotland), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Afriforum

[9] Doug Weller talk 14:13, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Miss Universe 2022

Good day! Its Allyriana000 again. I have a concern about a certain vandal at the Miss Universe 2022 page. Every time that vandal's edit is reverted, that vandal reverts it back plus a lot of cursing and profanity. It has been going on since yesterday, and that certain user also vandalized other Wikipedia pages. Hope you could address the issue, and I hope that you could add a protection to the Miss Universe 2022 page. Thank you! Allyriana000 (talk) 23:34, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

  • OK--I warned them. But please don't call them a vandal until you can make the case that they are intentionally vandalizing. Being obnoxious in edit summaries is a different matter, really. Twice inserting UAE is not yet enough for me to block them or for applying such protection that would stop them. A partial block is an option, though. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 14:20, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Topic ban

Hi Drmies, I have been topic-banned from a couple areas of Wikipedia for many years. I wonder two things: first, would it still be okay to start a private email correspondence about such a Wikipedia article with an editor of that article to point out an error; second, am I allowed to discuss anything in these topic areas at BLPN or at the article talk pages? Incidentally, I think both topic bans were bullshit questionable and basically intended to slant article content; User:NeilN said he would reconsider the second ban after six months, but then he promptly disappeared from Wikipedia. I have no desire to deal with ArbCom again as long as I live. Thanks in advance for answering my question. I hope you’re well! Cheers. Anythingyouwant (talk) 07:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Ima jump in and say no. This was not a unilateral action by NeilN. It was a result of this Arbitration Enforcment
You may appeal as instructed at
Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions#Appeals_and_modifications --Deepfriedokra (talk)
16:08, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
After skimming that thread, I'm afraid your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN. YMMV. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
You can request review of the sanction at
WP:AN. Probably the easiest route. --Deepfriedokra (talk)
16:22, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Since NeilN is a former admin, you could have mentioned
Politrukki (talk
) 11:05, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Something that happens off Wikipedia is not on Wikipedia--but this is one of those cases where I'd ask the editor first to see if they're OK with it. Second, no, and what Deepfriedokra says. It's not NeilN's ban--there's a consensus there, and I see my dearly-missed friend User:Shock Brigade Harvester Boris was involved in that discussion as well. Drmies (talk) 16:28, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
😥 Miss them --Deepfriedokra (talk) 18:38, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for answer about contacting editors offline, I obviously would stop communicating with an editor if they reply with a request that I stop. As for the rest, I told you accurately what the admin who requested and imposed the ban told me, and I have no intention of dealing with ArbCom again. If Wikipedia had any interest in preventing lynch mobs and censorship-by-other-means, they would use randomly chosen jury-type proceedings. I have proposed this many times, but it’s always difficult for centralized and successful power structures to cede any power. Also note that even Facebook has realized that indefinite suspensions are unwise and draconian.[10] Anythingyouwant (talk) 19:32, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Like I said. Admin Noticeboard would ne a good choice. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
You suggested above that a lifetime topic ban is warranted, and I have no reason to believe that the AN-ArbCom appeal route would disagree with you. As I stated above, I like to point out errors, which I personally think is an admirable motivation. YMMV. I’m not a udarnik. Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
OK. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
No such thing as a "life-time ban." Indef bans can be appealed after six months usually. AFAIK. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:06, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Any prisoner in jail for life can try to get the decision modified. In fact, he’d have a lot better chance than me. The default is life. Sufficient admissions of wrongdoing will not be forthcoming from me. As things stand, you’ve already said above that “your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN.” Ergo the ban is for life. Anythingyouwant (talk) 21:13, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
What sort of apology would you require from me, user:Deepfriedokra? Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
I changed my mind and submitted an un-TBAN request here. Anythingyouwant (talk) 02:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

🤠 Anythingyouwant (talk) 15:30, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Good for you! Drmies (talk) 15:35, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Someone claim to be your doppelganger

A user is here claiming to be your doppelganger. The editor is doing some questionable stuff in this AFD and this one. Could you confirm that this is yours? ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 00:16, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Blocked. It's been a running battle with the socks. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:18, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
@SunDawn: see above. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:19, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
I think I saw another one, with an extra vowel. It's kind of sad. I did learn that Zzuuzz was an LTA troll. Drmies (talk) 01:29, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Oh, my. You think you know someone. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:32, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

I deserve a trout.

I need a trout after that. I deserve it. CutlassCiera 19:29, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

  • I looked over your shoulder for a bit to see what was going on, if maybe your account was hacked or something. 2700 points, that's pretty big. I rev-deleted it since it serves no purpose, and I noted in the log that it was accidental. Take care, Drmies (talk) 19:36, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for revdeleting that. This is what happens when you don't get enough sleep. CutlassCiera 19:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Karin Huffer for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Karin Huffer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karin Huffer until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Banks Irk (talk
) 20:19, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

oh look...

More personal attacks on the school shooting talk page. ANI or arbcom? PRAXIDICAE💕 12:24, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing
Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk)
12:31, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Thanks! It's been a while, hasn't it. Drmies (talk) 13:31, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Hey there Drmies, I'd like to wish you a happy adminship anniversary! Congratulations on your special day, and thank you for all the contributions you've made.

𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 18:04, 27 May 2022 (UTC) On behalf of the Birthday Committee

An additional THANK YOU for putting that gun control userbox on your page. Most admins don't have political userboxes, so I applaud you for breaking away from the norm when necesary. 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 18:04, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

  • Sure thing--but I'm so old fashioned and naive that I don't call that a political userbox... Drmies (talk) 19:44, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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(t · c) buidhe 04:26, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Did i make a mistake?

You removed my edits on 2022 Monaco Grand Prix although i was doing it right or nor it was a vandalism, so what did i do wrong? Mansebastian (talk) 16:11, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

  • You didn't do anything wrong, but the editor who made this edit, at the same time, did. I see your information is back in there. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Prayer for Ukraine

I took a pic in 2009 that was on the German MP yesterday, with the song from 1885, in English Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

March songs

Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Now, you can also listen on YouTube, and more music, the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices call "Freiheit!" (freedom, instead of "Freude", joy). Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday: the places where I sang his Dona nobis pacem --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers, and btw: the TFA is a young writer's first --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Your comment moved me to tears. - Bach's No. 1 today - stand and sing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Sunday flowers and sounds, don't miss the extraordinary marriage of the beginnings of the theme of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, and Prayer for Ukraine - here! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

April songs

memories: two people on DYK, both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss yesterday's video of Pink Floyd given to me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2022 April 13: the TFA is hard to overlook, but there are also peace prayers, a soprano and a theatre manager, - if you don't find them try here --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

after Easter and relilience: dance and singing, peace doves and icecream --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

another Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Dove sono (

Symphony with war and peace in the subtitle --Gerda Arendt (talk
) 13:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

May songs

today performances in Ukraine - for Ukraine - for peace, at the bottom an imaginary set of eight DYK --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

today more pics, and should this woman have an article? - or only her sons? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

today Melody (not by me), and more pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

a strong woman --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

blue: today saw my pic of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra on the Main page - blue light for you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022

Information icon Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Richard_Keen,_Baron_Keen_of_Elie, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Brattice (talk) 19:58, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Well, now! --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:31, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Bad, Drmies, bad admin. I'm sorry to hear you've turned to the dark side at long last. Go sit in a corner with the pointy hat. BusterD (talk) 20:39, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
"Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines"--Ima get right on that, Brattice, and thank you for the invitation to your talk page. Drmies (talk) 22:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Max Fosh

I just merged

G4, so I figure better to have one marginally-notable article about him than two. I don't see a hijacking issue here; the person described at Matthew Fosh#Personal life is the same person. Recalling your and my adventures at Samay Raina (where I also edit-warred with you, although there on purpose), I hate the types of editing that YouTuber bios attract, but my inclination here is to let the article stay up for a bit, restore the old versions for anyone who wants to work with them, and see if a case can be made for notability. But at the same time I won't be heartbroken if someone just re-redirects it. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed
] (she/they) 02:11, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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