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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

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Friends, Romans, Wikipedians...

I regret that recently I have been unable to participate in any Wikipedia activity, while some important discussions are taking place in which I would normally have been anxious to add my contribution. I am currently undergoing an extended medical process which severely limits my concentration to short bursts. I hope in due course to return to editing but this will not be immediate. I have been following the discussions relating to source reviewing at FAC, and am hopeful that something worthwhile will emerge there. I am sorry I have not been able to help develop this. Much credit to Mike Christie for taking this on. Brianboulton (talk) 19:32, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Best of luck to you, Big Man. Hope you get well soon. Please Peer Review these comments for me, while your at it  :) All the best, ——SerialNumber54129 19:37, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, here's hoping for a speedy recovery from your medical troubles. I'm looking forward to seeing you around more regularly again. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:45, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

I hope all goes well for you Brian. My very best wishes to you. Graham Beards (talk) 21:21, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Please don't add regrets to your troubles. Take good care of yourself, and feel missed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

TFA...

Spiro Agnew, TFA for 5 November 2018. You know the drill... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:20, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 30

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

• From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

• Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

• News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

• In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

• Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

• Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring

• Technology report: Bots galore!

• Special report: NPP needs you

• Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

• In focus: Alexa

• Gallery: Out of this world!

• Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

• Humour: Talk page humour

• Opinion: Strickland incident

• From the archives: The Gardner Interview

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TFA

Thank you for "Largely forgotten today, this is the tale of the corrupt former vice president Spiro T. Agnew, who served from 1969 to 1973. His rise was meteoric, from almost nowhere to VP in just two years, and he was an early standard-bearer for what became known as the New Right – the "John the Baptist" of the movement, some said. His rhetoric of the "forgotten Americans", his avid cultivation of the politics of resentment, and his attacks on the elitist liberal establishment, have a strong contemporary feel. A controversial and divisive figure, with Nixon in deep Watergate stews, only Agnew's venality stopped him from becoming the 38th president. What might have been" ...! - It's a pleasure to have Psalm 133, a little piece about br'erly love, on the same Main page. Thank you for your thoughtful FAC comments which I hope to have addressed. The psalm numbers are similarly confusing as the BWV numbers, or even more confusing, Psalm 133 also being Psalm 132. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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Requests for reviews etc

Although I have not been fully active for a few months, I still get asked for reviews of one sort or another, from time to time. I'm glad people still think that my comments are worthwhile, but regretfully, I am not in a position at present to respond to any of these. Please accept my good wishes and apologies. I hope for a more sustained engagement with the project in the coming months. Brianboulton (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Brian, No requests from me, just a quick note to say that I hope all is well with you, and that you'll be back in full swing (or at the Wehwalt Arms) shortly. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:40, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 11

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Aeneas Mackintosh

Hello Brianboulton--can you please have a look at recent edits on this article? I reverted edits by User:Wmcorist, which no doubt were made in good faith but were, as far as I can tell, improperly formatted, and this is an FA, of course. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 02:41, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

• And maybe you have an opinion on these edits as well. New sources are great, but Wmcorist, we need these edits to be consistent with the rest of the article. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:43, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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December TFAs for you

SY Aurora's drift for 15 December and Alan Bush for the 22nd. Hope you are doing well.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:12, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for the honour(s)! I'm doing fine at the moment, looking forward to full function soon. Brianboulton (talk) 22:08, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
  • (Note: Aurora is actually scheduled for 14th not 15th)
  • Thank you for letting us know the seafarer's story, saying: "Mainstream polar heroes hog the limelight, but sometimes it's the behind-the-scenes people who have the best stories." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:37, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the composr, "active through much of the 20th century, was an enigmatic figure who blighted his career by espousing a hardline Marxism. This turned off much of the music establishment, and the public too. Yet his music is often bright and generous"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

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