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Your draft article, Draft:Amalgamations with Christchurch City

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Hello, Schwede66. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Amalgamations with Christchurch City".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 01:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More anonymous trolling

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Hi, Captain Anonymous is back with their tiresome edit warring on double contrabass flute and subcontrabass flute, can we please semipermanently protect these pages again (see recent edits and talk pages for easily ascertained context). Cheers and happy new year :) Jon (talk) 02:09, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathanischoice, that's done. Schwede66 04:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Wishing Schwede66 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:48, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks heaps! And HNY to the committee. Schwede66 04:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Eight years!

Thank you for RD promotions and sensible changes based on ERRORS! - Happy new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HNY to you as well, Gerda. And thanks you for all your useful contributions. Schwede66 08:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
story · music · places
My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today a violinist from Turkey, Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today, between many who just died, Tobias Kratzer on his 45th birthday who was good for an unusual DYK mentioning a Verdi opera in 2018, - you can see his work in the trailer of another one that I saw, and my talk page has a third (but by a different director). 2025 pics, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have more vacation pics to offer, and today's story of Werner Bardenhewer. I took the pic, and it was my DYK on his 90th birthday, in both English and German. He spent the day in Africa, and after his return said - chatting after a mass of thanks he celebrated at Mariä Heimsuchung - that we'd have to talk about these articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:29, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Categories

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Should the article Joan Bolger and Jim Bolger have the category Category:People from Waikanae (where they currently live) or should the category be where they grew up or something like that? ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:49, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Or should there be a category for each place they've lived? ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Morena Panamitsu, I suggest that as long as someone lived somewhere for some length of time, and it's referenced in their bio, then a People from Foo category for each of those places is appropriate. Schwede66 17:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I've added that category to both of the articles. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Jonathan R. White

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Information icon Hello, Schwede66. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Jonathan R. White, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:06, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record: not my draft (I merely moved it) but it's now redundant anyway as the article exists in main space. Schwede66 21:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Category:May 1941 in New Zealand which is down for merging, but which I have opposed as it is part of a series with Australia in Oceania, would you consider joining me in objecting? Hugo999 (talk) 21:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hugo999, I suggest you should read Wikipedia:Canvassing. Now that you've asked me, I wouldn't be able to contribute, because it could get both of us into trouble. Schwede66 22:44, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lyttelton Museum

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Hi I am currently working on Draft:Lyttelton Museum (I don't yet know if it's notable enough) and have noticed that in 2011 you took a picture of the building on Donald Street. After being confused about why the sources show a different building, I looked at Google Maps and realised that the 'main' building (now demolished) is that white one visible on the right. Do you happen to have a picture of that? ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:46, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I found just the right photo on Flickr, Panamitsu, but the license isn't quite right. I've asked the photographer whether they are happy to remove the NP-part from the license. Meanwhile, I've created both a Commons category and a Wikidata entry for the museum. Schwede66 08:08, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, fingers crossed. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:21, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Guess what I've just found. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Haha! Schwede66 05:34, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

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Hi! It's been awhile. Thanks for your help with DYKs. Happy new year.

Quick question you may know the answer to. I've been working the past few days on an article that is in draft. Draft:Leon Feingold. Am still working on it. When I'm done, if it gets promoted to be an article, will it be eligible for DYK? Here is the quirk. It looks as though it was once an article in the past, but lost that status. It looks as though it was Proded. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Leon_Feingold&diff=prev&oldid=1255209358 It certainly had issues then, including an apparent COI from an editor. Now it is a draft. Thoughts? 2603:7000:2101:AA00:34FB:96:88B8:2C6D (talk) 23:20, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HNY to you, too. Yes, it’s eligible: Articles that have been re-created from deletion may be considered new. Schwede66 16:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, thanks! Hope all is well. Will do some more work on it.--2603:7000:2101:AA00:6412:3406:5B47:5C1F (talk) 23:03, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Having since looked at it in more detail (sorry, I’m away on holiday), I see that the deleted article has been restored to draft. The eventual article will thus count as new, but the five-time-expansion rule will have to be met. Schwede66 16:25, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for help - mergin of pages

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Hi Schwede66, this is election time in India and some of us, have been trying to create pages for the new winning MLAs of Delhi. Two pages were created within a few minutes, by me and one more user, User talk:Xoocit. Request you to kindly look at the two pages and suggest if they can be merged. I created Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy using the spelling given by all the sources, including the official election commission of India site. Another page is created as Deepak Choudhary, based on the spelling of his instagram profile (as quoted by the user in his talk page reply). Since Xoocit created it a few minutes before I did, my page can be merged into his as both BLPs are about the same person. Grateful if you can look into it, when you have a minute. Davidindia (talk) 14:32, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it’s about the same person, a merge needs to be done. The second page should at the end remain as a redirect to the first. Schwede66 14:51, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot. Another editor noticed it and did a 'redirect'. Thanks for your time! Best Davidindia (talk) 08:53, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

February music

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story · music · places

Thank you for having brought my story today to the main page: a German-born Spanish art collector, - the video in her honour is remarkable, as what she gave the world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Plishka, a bass who sang 88 roles of all kinds at the Met was interviewed before his (first) retirement. Declared ready on WP:ITNN. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:42, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Posted! Schwede66 18:57, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Today's story is about Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart. The video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:22, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Jonathan R. White

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Hello, Schwede66. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Jonathan R. White".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 20:24, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not my article. I merely moved a draft within draft space to its common name. Schwede66 01:24, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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Thanks for posting Gyalo Thondup to RD. For future, it's nice when notifications get sent to nominators and updaters. Cielquiparle (talk) 07:40, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I forgot. Fixed now. Schwede66 08:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Eligibility

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Hello! On Template:Did you know nominations/2025 Balkan retail boycotts, you stated that 2025 Southeast Europe retail boycotts couldn't be posted on DYK due to being on ITN. Is there a specific DYK or MP policy that prevents an item from being featured twice on a MP run? — Knightoftheswords 13:46, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have a read of WP:DYKNEW, Knightoftheswords281. Schwede66 14:26, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

So it would still be ineligible even when it rolls off ITN? — Knightoftheswords 15:30, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, because it has had its main page exposure. Schwede66 17:25, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK suggestion/request

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Hello. Same as always .. if you agree, credit to you.

... Danielle Sassoon, former acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, credits her study of the Talmud as preparing her for her future legal career?

Sources: February 12, 2025, New York Times article: "An Ambitious Prosecutor Quits Rather Than Do Trump’s Bidding; Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s interim U.S. attorney, built a life on conservative values and amassed a daunting resume. On Thursday, she took a stand against the Justice Department where she had made her career. " "In high school, she spent hours each day studying the Talmud, an effort that she has said prepared her to study law." and December 22, 2020, video at 21:01: "Alumni in Conversation: Clerking for the Supreme Court." "When I interviewed for the clerkship with Justice Scala ... among the things he asked me was ' What prepared you to do well in law school; what sparked your interest in the law?', and what came to mind and what I said was 'in high school I studied Talmud for hours every day, and that process of engaging in really what's a form of the Socratic method, which is how they teach law school, and also spending days unpacking the meaning of a single word or a single line, prepared me for analyzing the law in a similar way,' and in a vein that was very appealing to Justice Scalia ...."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Louafi Bouguera Olympic Bridge 2603:7000:2101:AA00:51B2:B05D:42F:C638 (talk) 21:20, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Template:Did you know nominations/Danielle Sassoon Schwede66 22:15, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks as always. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:51B2:B05D:42F:C638 (talk) 23:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Curious about autopatrol

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So I'll preface by saying I am not an AP perm reviewer, so I'm not super-familiar with the criteria, but I am curious how this user was granted AP when they are still having drafts declined a couple of weeks ago, and they have a number of other declined drafts. Primefac (talk) 14:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK suggestion/request; Barry Leibowitz

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Hello. Same as always .. if you agree, credit to you (and whoever else may be appropriate). Thanks.

  • Sources: Mike Sielski (2025). Magic in the Air; The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk St. Martin's Publishing Group "The Hawk ... claimed that, during his travels with the Globetrotters, he had become fluent in fifty languages.'He learned one word in every country,' Barry Liebowitz, another Pipers guard, said, 'so he thought he was fluent in fifty or sixty languages. And nobody was going to argue with him.'" and Chuck Curti (May 7, 2018). "Quotes, anecdotes from Pittsburgh Pipers' 50th reunion," Trib Live " Liebowitz: 'Connie claimed, if I'm not mistaken, that he could speak 50 or 60 languages. Because he played with the Globetrotters all over the world, and he learned one word in every country, so he thought he was fluent in 50 or 60 languages. And nobody was going to argue with him.'"
  • Source: Irad Tzafrir (November 14, 2017). "Barry Leibovitz: "What did I stay in Israel for? Sea, hummus and tahini with olive oil," Haaretz " 'You're talking about hummus and tahini, right? That's what settled me in Israel. It's interesting that I didn't get fat all these years with everything I ate. ' You also loved the sea. Yes, that was part of the satisfaction. Sea and hummus and tahini with olive oil. What did I stay for?" (translation is by google translate, but this sense is clarified in the article title.))
  • 5x expanded.

2603:7000:2101:AA00:6103:B31A:D0F4:8A0E (talk) 00:54, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note - I should perhaps point out that I have opened up a conversation with an editor who has to my surprise stripped RS-supported mention of Leibowitz from half a dozen articles today between 14:40 and 14:50 (see [1]). But while I've opened up discussion with the editor, I don't believe that impacts the DYK itself, as that editor has not as of yet sought to delete the same text from this article. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:6103:B31A:D0F4:8A0E (talk) 03:23, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

--on this point, I made an effort to discuss the matter with the editor. But midstream he refused to respond to my effort to discuss his rationale for his deletions. I'm a bit perplexed as to how best to handle it. I don't wish to make a federal case of it, but do think that proper edits should be restored. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:C439:9C40:594F:1080 (talk) 05:59, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Template:Did you know nominations/Barry Leibowitz. ALT0 doesn't work because the hook is supposed to be about the subject, but this one is about someone else. I've had to trim ALT1 a bit to stay below 200 characters, which is regarded as a hard limit. That all said, now that the nomination exist, feel free to add additional hooks. All the best to you!
Thanks as always. I must have forgotten the rule that led to the death of the first hook - thanks for picking that up (and fixing the other .. which I had thought was sufficiently short, but I must have checked a draft of it and then made it too long. Best. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:6C8C:5E21:C096:C4B (talk) 01:19, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the nomination template is quite clever these days and tells you the number of characters of the hook; that's how I noticed. Schwede66 04:08, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ahah! Soon the systems will be smart enough perhaps to delete from lists of people, those that are redlinked (or not linked), and have no refs. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:6C8C:5E21:C096:C4B (talk) 04:37, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK suggestion/request; Fatema Al Harbi

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Hello. Same as always .. if you agree, credit to you and User:ForsythiaJo (and whoever else may be appropriate). Thanks.

  • ALT1: same as above except delete ", who wears a hijab,"

2603:7000:2101:AA00:C439:9C40:594F:1080 (talk) 08:09, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Fatema Al Harbi

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Hello! Your submission of Fatema Al Harbi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:46, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatrolled

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I see that only you and Femke are actively granting Autopatrolled rights, and I know that evaluating an editor for this right takes time, so I just wanted to give you both a heads up about holding off on this request a little longer. I believe there is a larger UPE/COI and WP:MEAT issue involving this editor. Please give me a week or two to start a proper SPI. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 13:43, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ITN recognition for Liu Jiakun

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On 5 March 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Liu Jiakun, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 21:43, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Danielle Sassoon

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On 8 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Danielle Sassoon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Danielle Sassoon, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, credits her study of the Talmud for preparing her for her future legal career? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Danielle Sassoon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Danielle Sassoon), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 00:04, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK suggestion/request; Alex Garfin

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Hello. Same as always .. if you agree, credit to you. Thanks.

  • ... Five-year-old actor Alex Garfin had his hair and eyebrows dyed blonde to play a Russian spy-in-training?
  • Source: "Alexander Garfin," TV Insider. "By five, he was playing a very young Russian spy in training in the Angelina Jolie movie "Salt" (2010) for which the five-year-old actor had his hair and eyebrows dyed blonde.'"

2603:7000:2101:AA00:C22:2CD8:7276:F08B (talk) 22:02, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heads-up

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While clearing the main page's errors, you seem to have blanked my message for today's OTD entry. I've re-added it. JayCubby 01:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JayCubby, my apologies. Didn't look hard enough, it seems. Schwede66 01:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. JayCubby 01:36, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm dealing with it now. Just awaiting protection to kick in. Schwede66 01:39, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK suggestion/request; Gil Hovav

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Hello. Same as always .. if you agree, credit to you and User:Relspas (and whoever else may be appropriate). Lots of ALTs this time! Feel free to revise or delete any you have a problem with or dislike. Thanks.

Gil Hovav
Gil Hovav
  • Source: Laura Blum October 9, 2013). "Israeli Cuisine: Interview with Gil Hovav". ujajcc.org. "Q: Tell us about your new TV show. GH: It's called "Meals That Made History." It's like an interesting history lesson. At the end you ask, ok, so what were they having when history happened? And you cook the food of the meal that took place when it happened. The Last Supper... Q: What were they eating ... at The Last Supper? GH: In the very famous painting of The Last Supper, what were they having on their plates according to Leonardo da Vinci? Shrimp in orange sauce. I think it might be a Tuscan delicacy.....'"


  • Sources: Amy Klein (February 5, 2015). "FOOD FOR THOUGHT; Exploring Israel's 'ethnic' cuisine," New Jersey Jewish News, "Hovav told a story of coming to New York after 9/11 to film his show, but instead being recruited to cook breakfast for 500 Ground Zero workers at 5:30 a.m. in conditions he said were more rustic than his days in the Israeli army. After feeding shakshuka to the hungry hordes, the sated workers marveled, “How interesting that in Israel you eat Mexican food for breakfast!” “It’s Moroccan!” Hovav wanted to tell them." and Dan Pine (April 9, 2010). "Funny Israeli TV star wont be using a non-shtick pan when stirring the pot at S.F. restaurant," The Jewish News of Northern California. "... he cooked for 500 firefighters working at the site of the downed World Trade Center shortly after 9/11. Even at that dark time, he wanted to brighten their day with shakshuka, a popular spicy egg dish in Israel.... “I wanted to serve them the ultimate Israeli breakfast,” Hovav recalled. “They said, ‘How interesting.’ For them it was huevos rancheros.”"


  • ALT2: ... that Gil Hovav once accidentally marched with a sign that said “I'm a proud lesbian!”?


  • ALT3: ... members of Gil Hovav's family walked from Yemen to Palestine?


  • ALT4: ... that Gil Hovav reads the announcements at Ben Gurion Airport for free, because he was annoyed by previous small grammatical errors?
  • Sources: Sapir Peretz (February 15, 2015). "New poster at Terminal 3 at Ben-Gurion Airport: Gil Hovav," Globes. "New announcer at Terminal 3 at Ben-Gurion Airport : Gil Hovav. The next time you fly, you will hear two recorded messages (in Hebrew and English) from the new announcer every half hour: "Hello, this is Gil Hovav, and this is a security message. Please do not leave items unattended"; and "Please note. This is Gil Hovav, the licensed taxi rank is located off the curb. The public is asked not to use unlicensed taxis."" and Florina Pîrjol (July 8, 2016). "Scriitorul Gil Hovav: „Bucătarii din ziua de astăzi sunt adevărate staruri rockm"", Adevărul. "Currently, I'm the voice of Ben Gurion... the airport that bears his name! When you hear that annoying person saying, “Don’t leave your bags unattended,” know it’s my voice. The story is this: I always heard these ads in Hebrew and I noticed that they had grammar mistakes, small mistakes, but this thing was getting me out of the village! So I called the airport and I said, “It’s Israel’s boarding gate, you can’t make language mistakes!” And they said, "Then, come and read the ads," and I told them they were coming. Then they said, “But be careful that we don’t pay you.” And I said, "But who wants money for that? “ So I'm reading the ads now on the Ben Gurion Airport."


  • ALT5: ... that Gil Hovav met his husband in the army when they were both straight?
  • Source: Ciara Dwyer (March 19, 2017). "Gil Hovav: 'I started cooking the day my grandmother died - I wanted to remember her'," Irish Independent. "I live in Tel Aviv with my partner, Danny. He was my officer in the ... army. We have a 13-year-old daughter, Naomi. As she pointed out when she was four years old, 'Danny was Gilly's officer in the army, and Gilly is Danny's officer in life'..... When I first met Danny, we were both straight."


2603:7000:2101:AA00:B988:8BEF:5DBE:59F6 (talk) 01:58, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice one! I'm sure that the reviewer will find something suitable. It's nominated here. I've made some tweaks to the hooks as part of this edit for your info to align with WP:DYKCRIT, and on the nomination page, I've added (pictured) everywhere. Schwede66 18:48, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great. Thanks for making those fixes, and at the same time teaching me. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:5067:11DF:1B10:DCD2 (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Fatema Al Harbi

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On 21 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fatema Al Harbi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bahraini author Fatema Al Harbi, the first non-government Bahraini to visit Israel, faced death threats upon her return? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fatema Al Harbi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fatema Al Harbi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 12:03, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Errors page

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I just realized that my comment on the ERRORS page might come across as mean despite my intentions, but it felt like public shaming considering how often that page is viewed. I do have a talk page. SL93 (talk) 18:29, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I’m sorry for that, SL93. Public shaming was certainly not my intention. My comment was aimed at drawing attention to a little detail that can be overlooked. It was intended as feedback without any negative undertone. I hear what you say, though, and I shall be more careful to not use that well-watched page for giving such feedback. Schwede66 22:33, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your nice response. SL93 (talk) 22:35, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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OTD - how come deleted two entries?

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Hi, how come you deleted two entries on today's OTD? I've asked over here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors#Today%27s_OTD), so feel free to respond to me there. Thanks! QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 22:37, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you saw, I answered your query at Errors. Given that you've made a follow-up statement, QueensanditsCrazy, and Errors has since been wiped, what I can tell you is that the main page was redesigned in 2006 to have columns, and we've been doing the balancing of the columns since then. I don't know whether that's documented in some guideline or not (those things are never covered by policy, by the way), but that's what we do. If you've got issues with it, the place to raise it is at Talk:Main Page. Schwede66 01:04, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I might raise the issue and try to get a consensus (either way) cuz I thought it was strange, maybe others will agree (or not). Thank you! QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 12:33, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Treaty of Waitangi

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Was it necessary to protect the page when it was just one ip address (who does not appear to be blocked or partially-blocked) that was vandalising? Traumnovelle (talk) 23:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, with IPs, even if you were to block them, most have dynamic IP addresses. If you apply a range block, it can easily have a bigger impact than semi-protecting an article. I'm not sure whether that thinking is entirely within the accepted guidance. Feel free to have a look and let me know if it isn't. Either way, the protection will expire within a couple of days. Schwede66 23:56, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can't IP ranges (along with accounts) be blocked from editing specific pages? Traumnovelle (talk) 01:44, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that's what page protection is for; you can't make it (the protection) specific to IP ranges, though. Schwede66 02:04, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm talking about partial blocks. They do appear to be a way to prevent disruption to the specific page without targetting IPs outside the range and blocking other pages. Traumnovelle (talk) 02:26, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. I've never looked into that. I shall investigate, but it won't happen in a hurry due to real world pressures. Schwede66 02:48, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, talk page is still open and the ip-editing rate was very intermittent. Traumnovelle (talk) 02:51, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Biden presidential campaigns

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Re your edit summary at Joe Biden presidential campaigns (the ping didn't work, btw), I had no idea it was on the main page. This appeared to be a run-of-the-mill, and reasonable, technical request at WP:RM/TR. - Station1 (talk) 06:10, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why the ping didn't work; using the normal wikitext syntax [[User:Station1]] in an edit summary does create a ping as per Help:Notifications#Mentions in edit summaries. Ah well. So here's a ping with my response, Station1.
The point of the edit summary was to make you aware of Wikipedia:MPNOREDIRECT in case you didn't know about it. From your reply above, I now know that you hadn't spotted that the item had been on the main page. Thus, there's nothing that you could (or should) have done differently. All is good. Have a good day. Schwede66 06:22, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Barry Leibowitz

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On 4 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Barry Leibowitz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that basketball player Barry Leibowitz, despite being drafted by the New York Knicks and playing in the ABA, chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barry Leibowitz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Barry Leibowitz), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 03:41, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category

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Hi I've just noticed that Category:Golden Bay and Golden Bay / Mohua have different names. Should I request a C2D speedy rename for the category? ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:17, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've answered this at Talk:Golden Bay / Mohua#Time for a split?, Panamitsu. Let us have the discussion there. Schwede66 20:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I didn't realise it was this complex. ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for asking! Schwede66 04:18, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recent deaths

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Can Temmy Shmull (an article which I created) still be posted even though it was archived. I was just wondering because the article was sourced. Thanks. Sahaib (talk) 00:29, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No trouble, Sahaib. I've invoked WP:IAR and posted this. Schwede66 04:19, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For posting a recent death when it was archived. Sahaib (talk) 06:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ping

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If that ping from the April 4 edit summary was a test, it worked. Station1 (talk) 08:29, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope; no test. I know what creates a ping and I also know what makes them fail, Station1. Schwede66 09:50, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, so now I'm curious. Two (serious) questions: Why did that first ping not work when the other three did? And what were you alerting me to re April 4? Station1 (talk) 17:15, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
1: I suspect it did work and you simply overlooked it, Station1. It’ll be there in your ping history. Click on the bell and look through the items.
2: Yes, that edit summary ping would have been confusing because I pinged the wrong user. D'oh! It refers to the above talk item named "OTD - how come deleted two entries?". Schwede66 18:39, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The first thing I did, before I ever wrote to you, was check my alert history. That first ping is definitely not there, even though every subsequent ping from you is there. I guess it will have to remain an unsolved mystery. Station1 (talk) 23:05, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let's add it to the mystery file. Schwede66 05:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like we missed one

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Just noticed our favourite IP editor at it again on Template:Selwyn - any chance we could get that added to the protection list too? Turnagra (talk) 00:51, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Right then. I didn't "miss" that template as such because it doesn't contain any macrons. But it does have dual names, and those are another obvious target, of course. Now fixed; have applied permanent semi-protection. Schwede66 05:11, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! And sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything with my message. Turnagra (talk) 07:09, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I wasn’t complaining or anything. All good. Schwede66 08:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
From memory, there are other templates that I didn't protect because of a lack of macrons. Once they flare up, just let me know. Schwede66 05:12, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a list of unprotected templates to add to your watchlist if you haven't already got them:
Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change
Regions of New Zealand 908559 10 1148 20250401184136
Chatham Islands 3115138 10 2134 20240804021750
NZ Great Walks 11299376 10 692 20240124233256
Tokelau 11677227 10 356 20140527145328
Administrative divisions of New Zealand 13852434 10 2933 20250203024236
Taieri 15227244 10 1713 20240915220017
Hamilton 15333721 10 3306 20250320002611
Auckland 18452066 10 2123 20250330173634
Rugby League in Auckland 21871704 10 2256 20240127082133
Sport in Auckland 23739366 10 1993 20240904123140
Auckland Council navbox 28124127 10 5582 20240607235348
Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand 28301838 10 2106 20240505090855
Invercargill 34022980 10 3688 20250313024634
Auckland local body elections 51481797 10 1214 20250318100015
Auckland volcanic field 52583104 10 2348 20240127082028
Country data Wellington 55215517 10 251 20190306161603
Wellington 64095136 10 4738 20250317230805
Ōtorohanga District 66438894 10 1673 20250220013541
Cities and districts of New Zealand 66764787 10 2873 20250203024607
Napier 66871662 10 2134 20240120180143
Carterton District 66883572 10 1186 20250219224637
Hauraki Gulf 66926348 10 2836 20241213032510
Howick Local Board Area 68742773 10 2398 20240814060137
Papakura Local Board Area 68742859 10 1831 20240223071334
Whau Local Board Area 68742983 10 1902 20240504050320
Waitematā Local Board Area 68743146 10 1896 20241004045438
Albert-Eden Local Board Area 68743284 10 1970 20250129053949
Ōrākei Local Board Area 68743643 10 1678 20250204023628
Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area 68743688 10 1472 20250128234219
Kaipātiki Local Board Area 68743796 10 1575 20250131004004
Henderson-Massey Local Board Area 68743842 10 1572 20241231003515
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area 68743950 10 1931 20241221014401
Upper Harbour Local Board Area 68744040 10 1590 20241116031926
Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area 68744998 10 2703 20250202195827
Puketāpapa Local Board Area 68745111 10 1288 20240922230227
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area 68745238 10 1806 20250210055518
Manurewa Local Board Area 68745328 10 1296 20241202204915
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area 68745398 10 1295 20240601194739
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu 68745399 10 1843 20250121091625
Country data Auckland 68975037 10 204 20220524160350
Fiordland 69594790 10 7652 20250221015853
Shared paths in Auckland 70961218 10 1154 20240620225059
Waiheke Local Board Area 71368212 10 1139 20250201013657
Great Barrier Island 72111481 10 1436 20250210065948
Governance of Auckland 72814998 10 1919 20240317031118
Country data Christchurch 72999976 10 188 20240925202837
Country data Dunedin 72999980 10 204 20230210224857
Country data Nelson 72999995 10 237 20230210225110
Streets in Auckland 73140130 10 1725 20241203101830
Parnell 73142502 10 1381 20250117224452
Onehunga 75422463 10 1333 20240127082108
Karangahape 75468319 10 1496 20241201205711
Learning Quarter 75468676 10 1890 20250119204423
Takapuna 75543150 10 1149 20250131071601
Northcote 75583649 10 1156 20240127082106
East Coast Bays 75777675 10 1571 20240925003604
Hibiscus Coast 75777839 10 1702 20250317204210
Rodney Local Board Area Kumeū Subdivision 75788134 10 1788 20240625045204
Rodney Local Board Area Dairy Flat Subdivision 75788185 10 899 20240803042801
Rodney Local Board Area Warkworth Subdivision 75788208 10 2438 20241209021302
Rodney Local Board Area Wellsford Subdivision 75788247 10 1249 20240618012257
Franklin Local Board Area Wairoa Subdivision 75890490 10 1752 20250325040107
Franklin Local Board Area Pukekohe Subdivision 75890495 10 1777 20241203025045
Franklin Local Board Area Waiuku Subdivision 75890503 10 1156 20250127014331
Public art in Auckland 75907391 10 1164 20250203033138
Grafton 77420477 10 1305 20240724013341
Campbell Islands 77545995 10 1627 20250202204112
Mokohinau Islands 77848540 10 639 20241124213343
Libraries in Auckland 79065488 10 4203 20250224230458
―Panamitsu (talk) 06:45, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Clever you! Schwede66 06:47, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Have just had another one earlier today over at Template:Westland landforms - could I request protection over there too, please? Turnagra (talk) 09:04, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Schwede66 10:20, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again at Template:Lighthouses of New Zealand. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:10, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also Template:Tolkien tourism was vandalised 1 year ago and it hasn't been protected. Don't know if you want to protect it or not. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:13, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I shall go through the lot and protect them all. Will do over the weekend. Schwede66 23:15, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All done. Also the school templates. Schwede66 05:24, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Guess who's back ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:30, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just found this from four hours ago. This person's tricks are evolving. ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:02, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok I've just gone through all the railway templates and it looks like the IP editor hasn't found most of them yet, and an enthusiastic IP editor has been constructively working on them for months, so there's no need to protect them. I've added them all to my watchlist incase the vandal does find them though. ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:40, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much. Schwede66 01:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Our favourite editor is back. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:44, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are more templates... Sigh. Schwede66 01:53, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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ITN recognition for 2025 Grand National

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On 10 April 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Grand National, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:08, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Preemptive protection

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I saw your protection of Template:Upper Harbour Local Board Area but was confused because the page in question has never been vandalised, according to the protection policy. Protection is not supposed to be preemptive and templates should only be protected when they are at high risk. Traumnovelle (talk) 05:24, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The edit summary points to the discussion, Traumnovelle: Wikipedia:New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 36#Low-level macron vandalism. Also relevant is the discussion above. There are good reasons to act pre-emptively, as this is vandalism that can go undetected (for example, I found one today that got vandalised 14 months ago without anyone picking up on it), and it's way more efficient to do them in bulk rather than someone spotting it and then requesting protection. There's a further discussion here about what's going on. Lastly, what we would really have preferred doing was to tackle this problem via an edit filter, but the request wasn't actioned. Schwede66 05:40, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe the low-level disruption justifies the protection of so many pages. If you are able to protect the pages could you not simply just watchlist them? Traumnovelle (talk) 05:47, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'll pass on that suggestion. My watchlist is just shy of 10,000 pages and I don't want to add to it with a couple of hundred templates. Schwede66 05:49, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet

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Hey there, and pinging Ohnoitsjamie too. An IP you've blocked has been recently contributing under a different IP. My evidence is as follows: it's obvious. They talk the same way and are talking on the same pages, including to their other sockpuppet. Both IPs have had a round on my talk page. Their behavior is a repeat of what you blocked them for in the first place. The new IP hasn't edited in about 2 days, but just letting you know in case they get active again. Panini! • 🥪 18:00, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

3 months should be plenty of time to find new hobbies. Feel free to ping me if they return on a different IP.OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to learn that it's all under control. Schwede66 23:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothofagus menziesii: a potential candidate for DYK?

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Hi there! I recently rewrote the Nothofagus menziesii article, they are the silver beech! I've made a Did you Know page for the article shortly after it passed GA. Here is the link to the page: Template:Did you know nominations/Nothofagus menziesii. This is my first nomination, and I feel a mix of nervousness and excitement. I hope the article is interesting. Feel free to check if it's good. Alexeyevitch(talk) 23:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. That'll go through DYK smoothly. Schwede66 23:29, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gil Hovav

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On 17 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gil Hovav, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gil Hovav (pictured) reads announcements at Ben Gurion Airport for free because he was annoyed by previous small grammatical errors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gil Hovav. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gil Hovav), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination

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Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Alex Garfin at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step III of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 02:22, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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April music

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story · music · places

I wrote my story today and then found it's the person's funeral day. - I hated to see DYK for Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina) today instead of Good Friday, but it seems also right in the context. Thank you for your help with the wording. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are most welcome, Gerda. It's been my pleasure. Schwede66 23:57, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC, Easter Oratorio. I wanted that on the main page for Easter Sunday, but no, twice. You are invited to join a discussion about what "On this day" means, day or date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Inserting an image into Wikidata

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Greetings. I was trying to add an image of Peter De Lange into his article but learned I couldn't because the infobox is taken from Wikidata, and I wasn't capable of editing it. I tried adding an image of him on Wikidata and it was visible on the Wikidata page but it strangely wasn't visible on the Wikipedia page of him. Is there a way to fix it? I read the error page and couldn't figure it out. It is also my first time editing Wikidata. Alexeyevitch(talk) 04:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why it doesn't populate into the article automatically, but I've added it by using the image parameter. See the docs at Template:Infobox person/Wikidata. Cheers, Dracophyllum 06:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like it just takes some time to populate actually, the |image parameter is no longer req and has been rmved. Dracophyllum 06:11, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) I have fixed it. – DreamRimmer ◆ 06:24, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both! Alexeyevitch(talk) 06:26, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It seems I'm surplus to requirements :-)
I'm glad that it's been sorted. Schwede66 08:05, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

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May music

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story · music · places

Nothing new: another RD article on his last day on WP:ITNN. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I do what I can. Schwede66 21:41, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Recommended reading today about the one: Christfried Schmidt, also a story about patience. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Margot Friedländer, May Abrahamse (with uncertain licensing of portrait), and Vakhtang Machavariani (nominated) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
musings on 15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for posting one of the two Yuri/Yury to RD. - I marked ITNN as posted, - credit? - I think the two should go together, having worked together and died the same day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I must have got distracted, Gerda. Credit now issued. Nobody has reviewed Yury Grigorovich yet, hence it's not ready and can't be placed next to Yuri. Schwede66 20:05, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today I could write my first story on two subjects who recently died and appear together ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fall of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence blurb

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Hi Schwede66 and thanks for the heads up on this. It's a decent point which shouldn't really have got through FAC. Embarrassingly I was the closing coordinator. In case you care I have opened a discussion on sorting it out here. Take care. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:06, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gog the Mild, the way I see it, we are all volunteers and are allowed to sometimes not be perfect. Beyond that, I have a deep respect for the work done by FA and TFA coordinators. Schwede66 22:38, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed access

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Hi Schwede66,

I was looking through the user rights log and I noticed that you revoked extended confirmed access from some users for being inactive. I'm new to Wikipedia and not sure about the convention; is it typical for this permission to be revoked after a period of inactivity? For autopatrolled there is WP:APREVOKE but I did not find anything analogous for extended confirmed access. Stockhausenfan (talk) 20:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, there’s no convention for it. I just did it as the rationale is the same as for the recent autopatrolled discussion (if a dormant account is compromised, you would not want it to have advanced permissions). Schwede66 22:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, can you have a look at the recent history of the Bassoon article, and tell me what, if anything, you or I could do about User:And even Romanian's contributions...? Jon (talk) 23:08, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a look and dealt with it. Schwede66 08:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cornflakes

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Hi do you remember what the username of the Depths of Wikipedia account on Wikipedia is? I want to show her the 360 degree image of inside a bag of cornflakes at Cornflakes#History. I couldn't stop laughing for about an hour when I found it a few years ago. Surely she's covered it before? ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:07, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Her public account is Annierau, but she also has an anonymous account that I cannot recall. Schwede66 23:10, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And yes, that is a funny image indeed! Schwede66 23:11, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The disambiguation page Boom Boom is funny too: "Boom Boom, Boom Boom Boom, or Boom Boom Boom Boom may refer to" ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:54, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu, P.S. I think the other account may be User:Crunchydillpickle if I recall correctly. History6042😊 (Contact me) 19:33, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

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Hi Schwede66, I see that you often post ITN recent deaths and would like to ask you to post Werenoi as it is about to be too old. Thank you, in advance. History6042😊 (Contact me) 19:34, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User Name

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Hello, Schwede66, I am very sorry, I was just answering a question and did not realise that it was not allowed, again, sorry. History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:00, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also just so you know it is still visible on this page. History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:04, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No trouble. I didn't think it was deliberate. It says on her public account that she also has a secret account. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known either. Schwede66 01:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thank you for understanding. :) History6042😊 (Contact me) 01:36, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samantha Kane DYK error

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Hi Schwede66, I forgot to ping you at the entry for Samantha Kane at Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors#Current DYK. I see you've already taken action on the request and edited the active hook. Best, Bridget (talk) 18:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep discussions in one place. There is no point opening up discussions in another place. Schwede66 18:08, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yep! I'm aware. I wasn't planning on discussing here. Bridget (talk) 18:09, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why not ping me from where the existing discussion is? Schwede66 18:13, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know that the notification for a personal talk page message shows up differently than a normal ping. You took (admin-only) action on an active hook, and I think leaving a message here is warranted given this is a time-sensitive matter. I'm not discussing content at your page, simply notifying you. Bridget (talk) 18:19, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for your continuous efforts posting ITN blurbs and RDs. Keep up the good work! QuicoleJR (talk) 13:33, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you kindly, QuicoleJR. I appreciate your kind message. Schwede66 17:56, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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June music

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Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Brendel was one of the hardest, and still missing more lead and detail. Thank you for bringing him to the main page! Please credit a great team ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

nevermind, - someone did it - today look at the autograph of Beethoven's last piano sonata and listen to the pianist who wanted to serve the compositions most of all - thank you again for promoting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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) 16:10, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on George Forbes (New Zealand politician)

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Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page George Forbes (New Zealand politician), may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 00:28, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reported as a false-positive. Schwede66 03:13, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator intervention needed

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Hello @Schwede66,

I have previously started a discussion on WP:ANI(Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#c-Thehistorianisaac-20250618030600-User:Nghtcmdr) regarding misconduct by another user, which multiple other editors have also spoke out on. However, there seems to be no admin intervention yet, so may I ask if you could go check it out?


Thehistorianisaac (talk) 04:36, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it's already at ANI, I shall stay out of it. Schwede66 04:38, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok; However, may I ask if there is any way to be able to find admins to intervene quicker, as the ANI has received no Admin response yet, and even during the discussion the user in question has continued to direct false accusations towards me, and has deliberately shown WP:ICANTHEARYOU to editors who try to explain policies to them, so I would prefer if there could be a faster response. Thehistorianisaac (talk) 04:44, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, there isn't really a way to speed things up. And in the big scheme of things, there's no need for speed either. If you are in the right, and the other user is in the wrong, simply lean back and watch things come to a slow end for the other party. If whatever it is that's going on gets to you, I suggest you take a wiki-break and catch some fresh air. Schwede66 04:53, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thanks. I'm not really that concerned about the user's personal attacks, I just would prefer admin intervention come sooner than later. Thehistorianisaac (talk) 04:56, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Tomorrow's TFA

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Hi Schwede, Could you replace the TFA for tomorrow with the following please? There are a couple of tweaks in there from the current version

'''[[Holkham Hall]]''' is an 18th-century [[English country house|country house]] in Norfolk, England, constructed in the [[Palladian architecture#Neo-Palladianism|Neo-Palladian]] style for [[Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)|Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester]]. The hall was designed by the architect [[William Kent]], with contributions from [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington]], the Norfolk architect and surveyor [[Matthew Brettingham]] and Thomas Coke himself. Holkham is one of England's finest examples of the Palladian revival style of architecture. The exterior consists of a central block, of two storeys and four flanking wings. The interior of the hall is opulent, but by the standards of the day, simply decorated and furnished. The Holkham estate was built up by [[Edward Coke|Sir Edward Coke]], a lawyer in the reigns of [[Elizabeth I]] and [[James VI and I|James I]] and the founder of his family's fortune. It remains the ancestral home of the Coke family, who became [[Earl of Leicester|Earls of Leicester]]. The house is a [[Listed building#Grade I|Grade I listed building]], and its park is listed as Grade I on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England]]. {{TFAFULL|Holkham Hall}}

Many thanks - SchroCat (talk) 17:41, 11 July 2025 (UTC) SchroCat (talk) 17:41, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, will action this when I’m at my laptop. Schwede66 17:56, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks very much. - SchroCat (talk) 18:25, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done. That appears to be undoing some edits by Ravenpuff, and I take it that was deliberate. Schwede66 21:56, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It also undid my nbsps, and I don't think that was deliberate, so I'm putting them back in. Art LaPella (talk) 00:36, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My bad on that: sorry Art! Many thanks to you both. - SchroCat (talk) 03:36, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 6 § Individual sport clubs and teams

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Donald Rose

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Really impressed with all your hard work & dedication adding "citation needed" tags all over the article, truly remarkable stuff. It's definitely improved the page no end. As for the medals, campaign medals aren't "gazetted", the evidence is in the campaigns he served in & the images of him wearing the medals of which several are linked but I added another - just to be sure BiscuitsBeforeBias (talk) 22:22, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a complaint in disguise that I'm not prepared to post articles to the main page that don't meet WP:ITNQUALITY, BiscuitsBeforeBias? Schwede66 22:27, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then use your "special" powers to delete it, after all its only about a 110 year old WW2 vet.
BiscuitsBeforeBias (talk) 06:49, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You do not need to be an admin to remove unreferenced content. Anyone can do that. My job as an admin is to post those articles that are ready; that keeps me busy, BiscuitsBeforeBias. Schwede66 09:39, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sir

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Answering your question, I don't think a link to Sir is an overlink, as it isn't common and is so misunderstood. The word is often treated here as part of someone's name, but it isn't that. If we want to see Sir Sidney George Holland, do we also want Mr Richard John Seddon? Moonraker (talk) 10:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting your query here, Moonraker. Hm, let me get another opinion. Paora, you often deal with knights and dames; could you please look at this diff and share your view with us? I wouldn't have any problems if you thought that Moonraker has got it right; in which case, I'd happily self-revert (or be reverted). Schwede66 03:12, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Per MOS:SIR, "the title is placed in bold in the first use of the name", so Schwede66 is correct. Generally the specific knighthood will be linked from the body of the article, which then should give an explanation for the title of Sir. And no, we don't want Mr Richard John Seddon, just as we don't use Dr or Professor either; refer MOS:MR and MOS:CREDENTIALS. Paora (talk) 03:32, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks; I knew you would know more about it than me having a hunch. Schwede66 03:35, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Paora, I see that MOS:SIR does lay down a rule, but do you not see my point? The "Sir" or "Dame" or "Lord" or "Lady" is simply a title, just like "Dr" and "Professor" and "Mr". Why should they be treated differently and bolded as part of names? Whether to link them or not is another matter, which I don't have a strong view on. No doubt there's a better place to discuss this. Moonraker (talk) 10:28, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if there’s guidance that says so, and you think that’s wrong, then the discussion belongs onto the respective talk page. Schwede66 10:50, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July music

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Sharing flowers with you on Bach's day of death, - I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". - Thank you for RD promotions in July! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Community board elections

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Hey, just responding here to your note in your edit summary for 2025 Tasman District Council election:

I'm not sure about going into too much detail on the community board elections for these election pages. For one, I don't think they're particularly notable - as evidenced by the general lack of candidates for them around the country (present company excepted, of course).

However, if there was a wider consensus that we should also be including the details for the community boards on these pages, that would be fine. Though, I don't think I will be the one to add those in. It would add quite a bit more work on all of the pages, and the past couple of days I have already been finding the just keeping up with the candidates for the council positions is taking up a lot more time than I would like. After all the council nominations have finished coming in and that's all sorted (and maybe a bit of a break), I might be more willing to do some work there.-Radicuil (talk) 08:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I understand where you are coming from. Let me explain how this all came about, Radicuil. In June, I spotted that TheLoyalOrder had started an article for the 2022 Tasman District Council election. Given that I live in the Tasman District, I thought I might as well add to that article. It already had the community board details before I started.
Later in June, I then started the 2025 Tasman District Council election article. And sometime later, I created the 2019 Tasman District Council election article. I based those on the 2022 article, and for that reason, they have a section for the community boards.
By no means do I expect you to add CB details to the various local election articles. You are doing an absolutely sterling job with the city and district council candidates, plus the mayoral contenders. If CBs aren't your thing, just ignore them. I know how hard it is to have a project going; I got somewhat overwhelmed by coordinating the Olympic articles for WP:DYK last year, and that was a total mission.
TheLoyalOrder, maybe you could add the missing Golden Bay Community Board members. There were two candidates there already before my name turned up in the nominations. Now that the nomination period is over, there are six names. I'm happy to amend all the other tables, and to write prose that isn't related to the Golden Bay ward. Where there's Golden Bay-related prose, I'll make suggestions on the article's talk page.
You are both doing a fabulous job. I wish I had more time. If I had, I'd help much more! Schwede66 01:27, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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