User talk:Wehwalt#Main page blurb...

I have the article on Harry Crerar up for review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Harry Crerar/archive1. Reviewers are desperately sought. I know it is outside your usual beat, but I fear that unless some reviews are found soon, the nomination will be archived. I was hoping you could drop by with a few comments. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

:OK. I will look at it tomorrow (US time). Wehwalt (talk) 22:06, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I saw you got Illustrated Daily News to FA (one of the very few newspaper FAs we've got). I'm currently working on SoHo Weekly News trying to get it ready for FAC. If you are so inclined, I'd appreciate any comments you might have. RoySmith (talk) 15:52, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

:I will look at it. Wehwalt (talk) 16:07, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

thank you for improving article quality in May. One of mine was Jadwiga Rappé. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:16, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

You don't know how tempted I am to get the theatre company I belong to to put on one of his plays for the sole purpose of changing it back to "rarely" :) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:39, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

:If it was La Tosca, I'd buy tickets just to have seen it! Wehwalt (talk) 15:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

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Since you helped review Llullaillaco, I was wondering if you had any input on this one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Hey, there. Not too long ago, I asked on Talk:Avery Brundage if Jeremy Irons's portrayal of him in Race (2016 film) should be included. Unfortunately, it received no response, so since you were one of the main contributors to this article, I figured I would ask you about it.

That said, is it necessary to include Jeremy's portrayal of Avery in this article? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:07, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

:No, portrayals need not be included. While there are "In Popular Culture" sections in some articles, consisting of such portrayals, most Featured Articles like this do not. Wehwalt (talk) 12:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

::I see. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you mind adding the images used in the blurb here? This should look like what's seen here. Thank you. ScarletViolet 09:53, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

:I'm not adept at that sort of image work. Suggest asking at Talk:Main Page.Wehwalt (talk) 11:28, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

::{{done}} Floquenbeam (talk) 18:11, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you today for 1860s replacement of the British copper coinage, about "another aspect of numismatic history. I never had to use the pre-decimal British bronze coins, since my first UK visit wasn't until 1986, and they were gone 15 years by then. They were considered large and inconvenient, but once they were even larger, and made of easily-worn pure copper. This is how that changed"! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:11, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died + I have a "defiant" cantata up for GA --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2025 (UTC)