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Thank you for improving article quality in June! - I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda :") — Benison (Beni · talk) 18:22, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello!
[edit]Hi, Benison,
I was just looking at an older version of a retired editor's User talk page and saw a message from you on it and realized that I don't run into you much any more. I use to see you almost every day helping out at AFD. I cut back on the time I spend on that part of the project, plus the majority of complaints I got on my talk page were from editors unhappy with a discussion closure so I moved to less contentious activities. So, I close fewer AFDs and I see you are still around but are spending your time elsewhere, I assume? I hope you are well. It was nice running into you on AFDLand several years ago. Be well! Liz Read! Talk! 03:14, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hey Liz, you are missed in AfD. I myself haven't been online for a while now. I drop by time to time to check my watchlist and talk page. Bit busy IRL, until September at least. Yea, AfD is but contentious now, nevertheless, our regulars are doing a good job there. Hope everything is fine at your end. Seeya around and happy editing :) — Benison (Beni · talk) 07:14, 26 June 2025 (UTC)
- There was a day last week when four or five different areas of the project were calling for admin assistance on WP:AN within one or two days of each other. I'm not sure what happened to the old crew of admins who got the job in the mid-2000s but I'm more curious about the admins who were just elected less than a year ago. Not all of them are stepping in to fill the shoes of the many admins who retire, age out or go inactive. But I'll go back into the discussion closure area, I just get my fair share of discontented editors who are unhappy with a closure decision. Keep, Delete, Redirect, No consensus, someone is going to want you to do something else even if consensus is 19 against 1. Oh, well, glad to hear you're okay and just busy with real life. Take care. Liz Read! Talk! 21:52, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
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[edit] Hello, Benison. The article for improvement of the week is:
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[edit]Hi Benison,
This is to let you know that File:Titanus giganteus MHNT.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 7, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-07-07. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:45, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
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The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is a Neotropical species of longhorn beetle. It is one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at more than 170 millimetres (6.7 inches) in length. Adult titan beetles only live for a few weeks, and protect themselves from predators with their sharp spines and powerful jaws. The species is native to tropical rainforests throughout South America, primarily the Amazon rainforest, and is primarily found in old-growth forests with plenty of rotting wood, which serves as their principal food supply. Despite a broad distribution throughout South America, it is secretive and rarely seen due to its nocturnal habits and cryptic behavior. These three male titan beetles, collected in French Guiana, are in the collection of the Muséum de Toulouse in France. Photograph credit: Didier Descouens
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