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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)

:{{u|Jonathanischoice}}, that's done. Schwede66 04:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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

:HNY to you as well, Gerda. And thanks you for all your useful contributions. Schwede66 08:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

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:: My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

:: Today a violinist from Turkey, Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

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:: 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)

:: 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)

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)

:Or should there be a category for each place they've lived? ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

::Morena {{u|Panamitsu}}, I suggest that as long as someone lived somewhere for some length of time, and it's referenced in their bio, then a {{tq|People from Foo}} category for each of those places is appropriate. Schwede66 17:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

:::Thanks, I've added that category to both of the articles. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Information.svg 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.

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

: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)

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)

:{{u|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)

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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)

:Well, I found just [https://www.flickr.com/photos/82134796@N03/21875454539/in/album-72157636531094233 the right photo on Flickr], {{u|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)

::Thanks, fingers crossed. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:21, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

:::Guess what I've just found. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Haha! Schwede66 05:34, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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)

:HNY to you, too. Yes, it’s eligible: {{tq|Articles that have been re-created from deletion may be considered new.}} Schwede66 16:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

::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)

:::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)

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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)

: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)

::Thanks a lot. Another editor noticed it and did a 'redirect'. Thanks for your time! Best Davidindia (talk) 08:53, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

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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)

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)

:Posted! Schwede66 18:57, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

:: 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)

:: I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

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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".

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

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

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)

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

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&oldid=1275087720 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)

:Have a read of WP:DYKNEW, {{u|Knightoftheswords281}}. Schwede66 14:26, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

::{{tqb|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)

:::Yes, because it has had its main page exposure. Schwede66 17:25, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/nyregion/adams-prosecutor-danielle-sassoon-profile.html "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: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW638mTgmlU&ab_channel=RamazVirtualCampus "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)

:{{done}} Template:Did you know nominations/Danielle Sassoon Schwede66 22:15, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks as always. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:51B2:B05D:42F:C638 (talk) 23:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

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)

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

• ... Basketball player Barry Leibowitz said his teammate Connie "the Hawk" Hawkins claimed to be fluent in 50 to 60 languages, because Hawkins had learned one word in each of them?

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• Sources: Mike Sielski (2025). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Magic_in_the_Air/bhgCEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22barry+leibowitz%22+%22basketball%22&pg=PT99&printsec=frontcover 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). [https://archive.triblive.com/sports/us-world/quotes-anecdotes-from-pittsburgh-pipers-50th-reunion/ "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.'"}}

• ALT1: ... that despite basketball player Barry Leibowitz having been drafted by the New York Knicks and played a year in the ABA, he chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini with olive oil?

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• Source: Irad Tzafrir (November 14, 2017). [https://www-haaretz-co-il.translate.goog/sport/tapina/2017-11-14/ty-article/0000017f-e1f9-df7c-a5ff-e3fb52280000?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true "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.))}}

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

:Note - I should perhaps point out that I have opened up a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASbaio&diff=1277829783&oldid=1277092817 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Sbaio]). 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)

--on this point, I made an effort to discuss the matter with the editor. But midstream he [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sbaio#POV 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)

::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)

:::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)

::::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)

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

• ... Bahraini author Fatema Al Harbi, who wears a hijab, posts about the Holocaust on social media in response to widespread Holocaust denial in the Arab world?

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

• Reviewed: James Charnley House

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

:*Sorry for slackness. I've only just got round to nominating this, and it's technically a day late because I sat on this for three days. Hope they'll accept it. Template:Did you know nominations/Fatema Al Harbi Schwede66 21:42, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

::*My apologies to you for leaving you a short timeframe. Many thanks as always.--2603:7000:2101:AA00:4EE:A2EA:A241:1EDE (talk) 20:03, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

25px 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)

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled&diff=prev&oldid=1277902013 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)

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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?

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:*No trouble. Can you please add a QPQ to the nomination as soon as you can? Schwede66 22:42, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

::*Thanks as always. Apologies. I'll blame my forgetting to do so till now on the time change. Here we go. I will add one now.2603:7000:2101:AA00:C22:2CD8:7276:F08B (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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)

:{{u|JayCubby}}, my apologies. Didn't look hard enough, it seems. Schwede66 01:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

::No worries. JayCubby 01:36, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:::I'm dealing with it now. Just awaiting protection to kick in. Schwede66 01:39, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

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.

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• ... that Gil Hovav cooked shrimp in orange sauce, because that was served at the Last Supper?

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• Source: Laura Blum October 9, 2013). "[https://www.ujajcc.org/index.php?src=blog&srctype=detail&blogid=4574 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.....'"}}

• ALT1: ... that after the 9/11 attack, Gil Hovav cooked a breakfast of shakshuka for 500 firefighters working at Ground Zero?

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• Sources: Amy Klein (February 5, 2015). [https://jhsnj-archives.org/?a=d&d=njjn20150205-01.1.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- "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). [https://jweekly.com/2010/04/09/funny-israeli-tv-star-wont-be-using-a-non-shtick-pan-when-stirring-the-pot/ "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!”?

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

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• Source: Dorothy Kalins (2021). [https://dokumen.pub/the-kitchen-whisperers-cooking-with-the-wisdom-of-our-friends-2021012939-9780063001640-0063001640.html The Kitchen Whisperers: Cooking with the Wisdom of Our Friends.] " “My family walked all the way from Yemen to Palestine [in the late nineteenth century]"}}

• ALT4: ... that Gil Hovav reads the announcements at Ben Gurion Airport for free, because he was annoyed by previous small grammatical errors?

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• ALT5: ... that Gil Hovav met his husband in the army when they were both straight?

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

::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)

:::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)

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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)

:Oh. I’m sorry for that, {{u|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)

::Thank you for your nice response. SL93 (talk) 22:35, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

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)

:As you saw, I answered your query at Errors. Given that you've made a follow-up statement, {{u|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)

::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)

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)

: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)

::Can't IP ranges (along with accounts) be blocked from editing specific pages? Traumnovelle (talk) 01:44, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

:::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)

::::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)

:::::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)

::::::Fair enough, talk page is still open and the ip-editing rate was very intermittent. Traumnovelle (talk) 02:51, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

: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, {{u|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)

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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)

:I've answered this at Talk:Golden Bay / Mohua#Time for a split?, {{u|Panamitsu}}. Let us have the discussion there. Schwede66 20:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks, I didn't realise it was this complex. ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Thank you for asking! Schwede66 04:18, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

:No trouble, {{u|Sahaib}}. I've invoked WP:IAR and posted this. Schwede66 04:19, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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

:Nope; no test. I know what creates a ping and I also know what makes them fail, {{u|Station1}}. Schwede66 09:50, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

::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)

:::1: I suspect it did work and you simply overlooked it, {{u|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)

::::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)

:::::Let's add it to the mystery file. Schwede66 05:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

: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)

::Thank you! And sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything with my message. Turnagra (talk) 07:09, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Oh, I wasn’t complaining or anything. All good. Schwede66 08:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

: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)

:: Here is a list of unprotected templates to add to your watchlist if you haven't already got them:

:: ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:45, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Clever you! Schwede66 06:47, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

: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)

::{{done}} Schwede66 10:20, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Again at Template:Lighthouses of New Zealand. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:10, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

::::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)

:::::Yeah, I shall go through the lot and protect them all. Will do over the weekend. Schwede66 23:15, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::All done. Also the school templates. Schwede66 05:24, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::{{Diff2|1285493605|Guess who's back}} ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:30, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::::Just found {{diff2|1285787128|this}} from four hours ago. This person's tricks are evolving. ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:02, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::::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)

:::::::::Thanks very much. Schwede66 01:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::{{Diff2|1290620530|Our favourite editor is back}}. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:44, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::There are more templates... Sigh. Schwede66 01:53, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

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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)

:The edit summary points to the discussion, {{u|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 {{diff2|1285663834|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)

::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)

:::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)

Hey there, and pinging {{u|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)

: 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)

:Glad to learn that it's all under control. Schwede66 23:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

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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)

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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)

: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)

::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)

:::{{talkpagestalker}} I have fixed it. – DreamRimmer ◆ 06:24, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Thank you both! Alexeyevitch^(talk) 06:26, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::It seems I'm surplus to requirements :-)

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:No problem. I do what I can. Schwede66 21:41, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:: Recommended reading today about the one: Christfried Schmidt, also a story about patience. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:: Margot Friedländer, May Abrahamse (with uncertain licensing of portrait), and Vakhtang Machavariani (nominated) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:: musings on 15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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)

:{{u|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)

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)

: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)

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)

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