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{{Wikibreak|image=Dalai Lama leaving Lhassa,1904.jpg|message=I have suffered an acute and unexpected personal loss. My work on Wikipedia for the foreseeable future will be restricted to (i) reverting edits that, in my assessment, are very obviously of undue weight and (ii) content work related to British India before the Indian rebellion of 1857. If I have reverted an edit, please trust that the revert was made in good faith and with the experience of my 18-year stint on Wikipedia. Open a thread on the article's talk page and attempt to establish a consensus for your edit. I won't edit war nor will I have the time or heart for talk page discussions, but perhaps other editors will step in. Please do not express your discontent or ask for clarity on my user talk page. Please give me space. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 14:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)}}
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Things to do on 6/10/22
- Start the article Singrauli estate (see Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Cleaning_up_confusions_about_"Singrauli_State"
- Start something on the Ethnic fermented foods and beverages of the Darjeeling Hills, using
:*{{citation|last1=Thapa|first1=Namrata|last2=Tamang|first2=Jyoti Prakash|author2-link=Jyoti Prakash Tamang|chapter=Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration)|title=Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture|editor-last=Tamang|editor-first=Jyoti Prakash|location=Singapore|publisher=Springer Nature|year=2020|isbn=978-981-15-1485-2}} and
:*{{cite journal |last1=Tamang |first1=Jyoti P. |last2=Sarkar |first2=Prabir K |last3=Hesseltine |first3=Clifford W |doi=10.1002/jsfa.2740440410 |year=1988 |title=Traditional Fermented Foods and Beverages of Darjeeling |periodical=Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=375–385}}
- Add something on Tibetan refugees in Darjeeling.
Suggest removing comment
Hi Fowler, hope you are okay under the circumstances. I would suggest reverting your message [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)&curid=153137&diff=1289552065&oldid=1289551338 here]. It is quite personal to the IP, and doesn't progress discussion about the title. I would be interested to see what further points to consider emerge in the discussion, such as the order of the Supreme Court that has been raised. Best, CMD (talk) 10:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
:I've scratched it, as it has already been replied to, but I've also apologized. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:00, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks. I hope the animals are okay. CMD (talk) 02:17, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
:::For the most part they are. This one, who is 18, and was most attached, is having a harder time. She and I give each other company. Thanks for asking. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 23:40, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 68
Issue 68, March–April 2025
In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
Precious anniversary
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Here I came to just deliver the annual reminder and came to know you more and more by details unfolding about the loss of part of your life. Looking at the green eyes of that cat. You will have to take care of the flowers and animals she loved, much more important than Wikipedia. I saw the May flowers with a friend last year who died in November. They just begin to bloom again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
:Thank you, Gerda, for reading the announcement above (and on my user page) and for such an empathic and evocative reply. My wife was not on Wikipedia, but an avid Facebook user. Maintaining her Facebook page has helped. Her dozens, if not hundreds, of friends have responded. My wife was funny and an instant hit in unstructured situations, able to carry on two or three conversations simultaneously. I now have to do some of that by imagining what she would have done, digging deep in my memory. Strangely, I have become more social. The animals, of course, were partly my responsibility even earlier. The animals are ageing—the oldest cats are 18, and the dogs, 15—so the rituals around their care keep me busy. I've now returned to Wikipedia, but hopefully, more focusedly, working on the topics I originally intended to work on. Like everyone else's, my time on Planet Earth has a "use by" date. Thank you again for such a beautiful message. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:25, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
:PS I forgot to add, the yellow roses look beautiful. The leaves, too, are glistening. Thank you. I'm deeply sorry to hear about your friend's loss, Gerda.Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)