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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021

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Hello

Is it me you're looking for? 92.40.180.4 (talk) 22:26, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Is it me you're looking for? 92.40.180.4 (talk) 22:26, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

deletion of comment

Could you explain why you have deleted my comments on the Magdalen Berns discussion please? Boynamedsue (talk) 12:16, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

It's not deleted, it's on the talk page. Where it belongs. Creating a new section for your personal opinion places far too much weight on what is just that; an opinion. The AfD is for discussing the notability of an article; meta-discussion on the process itself should be kept on the talk page. ——Serial 12:31, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
Fair enough re the new section, but I've seen procedural discussion on AfD main pages in the past, and I've seen AfD's cancelled for this reason following discussion on the main AfD page. Is it really unacceptable to talk about procedure in the main AfD space? Boynamedsue (talk) 12:42, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Twitter

I'll ask here, so that the RfA can stay on-topic: Which Twitter comment? Same as elsewhere, I talk too much on Twitter, and spent all of yesterday telling off LTAs, so forgive me if I forget what comment you're referencing lol. Best, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI converse | fings wot i hav dun 12:57, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

@Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI: Shit. The guy complaining @JimmyWales that e.wp was about to elect a fascist, and you pointed out they were about to elect a socialist? (Or, like that) ——Serial 13:07, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Ah, yeah. That might be a sock of a banned user, actually (don't ask). It's quite depressing, reading wikihaters. Maybe I really should forget the drama and do content creation, like I keep telling myself... Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI converse | fings wot i hav dun 13:13, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Metroid dread

That was not a supervote. The basis for delisting the article is not part of the gar process. Aircorn (talk) 18:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC) Aircorn (talk) 18:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

UDA edit

Hi, just thought I'd mention I've posted on the Ulster Defence Association talkpage regarding your recent reversion of my edit. I'd appreciate your input. Alssa1 (talk) 22:14, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

See my latest edit summary Alssa1. Apologies for putting you to the trouble of starting a talk page discussion, but that was merely an accidental rollback. All things being equal, I agree with you that a local shop for local people can't demonstrate the purchasing power of an entire state! 09:28, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Templates

You don't want to be using XFD closer on the templates, since you're removing the link to the original (20 June) discussion I restored. FDW777 (talk) 14:24, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Problem with your close

Hello SN, please check on the edit you made to Template:Peninsular War 1810 1811 mobile - there is an open TFD on this that I opened, but your recent edit has made it look like there is now no TFD in process. — xaosflux Talk 14:38, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

I've reverted your last edit there, as I think it was in error (despite being involved) - if it was not in error please feel free to revert me again. — xaosflux Talk 17:27, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Thnkas both—schoolboy error—long day huh. Thanks for catching it and dealing with it +dramahlessness. ——Serial 18:25, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Warning me for what?!

I've made no changes to any biographies, so please explain your nonsensical warning to me. Keddie28 (talk) 17:59, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

@Keddie28: (I like the totally non-SPA user name there!). What's Sheila up to these days? ——Serial 18:06, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi there (June 2021)

Hi Serial Number 54129, Following Girth Summit's removal of essentially half the Henley Business School page I thought it was important to restore and update the reputation section. The content provided was sourced and came from searching the rankings and achievements of the college like from the Economist. I have been watching the page with all the changes going on and so wanted to update it when users are making unsourced edits or just removing sections. I had written it in an unbiased way so I don't agree with you saying it appears to be promotional. As I mentioned, with all the edits and deletions going on I wanted to restore some of it and help as the page now looks a bit naff compared to previously. Teeside42 (talk) 12:20, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi there (June 2021)

Hi Serial Number 54129, Following Girth Summit's removal of essentially half the Henley Business School page I thought it was important to restore and update the reputation section. The content provided was sourced and came from searching the rankings and achievements of the college like from the Economist. I have been watching the page with all the changes going on and so wanted to update it when users are making unsourced edits or just removing sections. I had written it in an unbiased way so I don't agree with you saying it appears to be promotional. As I mentioned, with all the edits and deletions going on I wanted to restore some of it and help as the page now looks a bit naff compared to previously. Teeside42 (talk) 12:20, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

User:Hi fart man

I have username blocked this account; there is no acceptable reason to have words like that in a username. However, I doubt they'll be back to appeal since it hasn't been used for some years. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:45, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Yeah: 942 days, which is why I didn't report it. Thanks for that though. ——Serial 16:37, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

User:Hi fart man

I have username blocked this account; there is no acceptable reason to have words like that in a username. However, I doubt they'll be back to appeal since it hasn't been used for some years. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:45, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Yeah: 942 days, which is why I didn't report it. Thanks for that though. ——Serial 16:37, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

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Image

On my talk, I use your image today, - thank you! Her best obit is her user page. - Some impressions of places, flowers and music for you, and I had the chance to take one pic of three people "with an article" yesterday, - hasn't happened before. Sibelius and Mendelssohn's Reformation were the lovely occasion, - listening to the first live concert this year, on livestream in today's version (- president's speech, + another Mendelssohn). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

still on my talk, with more focus --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

... and still, now in July, and the new image even a better match --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

More music: 2 songs, the morning song - about rising from being down, in more than one sense - is a GA, - there should be more given my initials, but I also want to care for articles of those who recently died (now Esther Béjarano). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:04, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021

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SchroCat complaint

Hey, SN. Listen, SchroCat has pinged me to a complaint (here) about you. As noted in my response there, I'm not sure that you knew it was him, but just in case, here is some context. On Sept 2020, SchroCat scrambled his password thereby abandoning his registered account (irrevocably). A few months later, he returned to editing as an IP (floating), mostlyish uneventfully. His departure from the SchroCat account was not done under a cloud and he was/is not subject to any standing sanctions (that I know of). Hoping to resolve this with minimum friction. Best regards, El_C 10:11, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Just as a pointer: discussion is also taking place at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SchroCat (of which I was only made aware after posting the above). El_C 11:10, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks El_C; I see an experienced CU has weighed in there, saying much of what I would have. Personally, I think that range has been infested by a Joe-jobbing LTA: SC was (is) a gent, whereas the accusations and aggression that has occasionally come from that IP ([1],[2])—including edit-warring and more blocks (at least one from Black Kite, I see—and such choice edit-summaries as "piss off", and "idiot". Best, ——Serial 12:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
  • Republic of Venice Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
  • England Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
  • Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Murder of William de Cantilupe scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 17 August, 2021. Please check that the article needs no amendments. A coordinator will draft a blurb - based on your draft if the TFA came via TFA requests, or from an existing blurb on the FAC talk page if one has been posted. Feel free to comment on this. We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:44, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi SN. If the blurb remains that short, it will need an image for the Main Page ... any suggestions? - Dank (push to talk) 19:15, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
August songs

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Presenting, "Murder of a Watermelon",(©Drmies) also known as "The Cook, the Chamberlain, the Wife and her Lover", a medieval murder mystery that Christie would be pleased with. In this case, almost literally, the butler did do it. / Although it's amusing to joke about it 600 years later, it's a bit of a sordid story really—as I suppose, actually, it would be today. On a lighter note, this received a thorough GA review recently from the Lady Ealdgyth, of this parish, so as they say, any remaining errors are my own. Looking forward to straightforward comments and criticism: although a relatively short article, some of the legal machinery seems may seem byzantine, so a non-expert opinion would be welcome."! When I saw you wrote it I was reminded of bringing back the image 'missing'. - More of my images - no watermelon yet this summer, more mushrooms and other works of cooks - when you click on the songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
At first glance, I read "William de Cantaloupe." A quick thank-you for interesting content like the above, and something-or-other about Oxford students versus the townsfolk. I've enjoyed reading your work on medieval England. Best, Jip Orlando (talk) 15:46, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Good to see you're still around!

Popping by to say hello - hope all is well! Patient Zerotalk 01:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Serial Number 54129:

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There is currently a backlog of over 2400 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIII, July 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIV, August 2021

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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, Botswana The Rambling Man and New York (state) Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Republic of Venice Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, England Lee Vilenski, Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, Rwanda Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. George Floyd mural Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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ty

Thank you for the SV image. Great work, and it's appreciated. — Ched (talk) 16:11, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, October 2021

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Proposed deletion of File:A possible consequence of biting.png

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re ARC

Hi. With the move to Liberia for IRC and the clerk mailing list taking 4 hours to process my email, it took a while for me to get approval from an arb to remove as premature. It has been done so now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 16:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Cheers Dreamy Jazz. Hope I wasn't too blunt; it certainly wasn't the fault of any one individual. Excepting your striking mailman perhaps  :) But it's frustrating to see such a (potential) timesink be so easily started. Is placing WP:RFAR under semi- or even extended confirmed protected a "perennial discussion"? Or not, by any chance...? Thanks for your help. ——Serial 16:58, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
I do get it and you were not too blunt, my message was mainly to let you know it had been removed.
Perhaps semi or even ec protection might stop case requests being filed, but it would also prevent those users from commenting. Although the Arbitration Committee pages in general are only edited by autoconfirmed editors, experienced editors who have preferred to use IPs would need to make edit requests to comment. Filing parties to case requests which are then accepted should be autoconfirmed at the time of filing as the previous dispute resolution should mean they have made enough edits and spent enough time to at least get autoconfirmed.
However, page protection isn't the only thing which could be used to prevent non autoconfirmed / extended confirmed editors from filing case requests. One thought I had in response to your comment was using a edit filter which catches the filing of case requests by non-autoconfirmed editors. I'm not sure if disallowing would be accepted by the community at large, but perhaps setting one which warns for the time being until consensus from the arbitrators and/or community could be gained. This would allow another banner to be shown for non-autoconfirmed users which reminds them to use the talk page, go to ANI etc. first. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 17:56, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks DJ. I realise, you're correct about blocking respected IPs (and obviously, there are a few of them), which would be unfair and potentially stifle productive input where it was (at that point in time) most needed. But the edit filter... that sounds a good idea, although I've no idea how that would work in practice. (Mainly due to technical non-ability!) I guess if an EF immediately alerted all arbs and clerks they could shut it down with the minimum of delay, but I don't see how other editors except those with the EF would ever know! Anyway, let me know if you ever get any traction with this, I'd be interested in discussing it further. Cheers, ——Serial 18:41, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
The edit filter would either let us know via a log, warn the user about filing the case request by preventing their save once while also logging the attempted / made edit, or disallow them from filing the case request while also logging this disallowed edit. The log would be publicly accessible, and would show up in per user edit filter logs (for example if I was non-autoconfirmed and tried to file a case it would show up in my abuse filter log) and a log which contains all edits which hit that filter. I'll see if I can set something up to log for now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Said filter has been created, and I think you can view it at Special:AbuseFilter/1153 Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:23, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
I've just realized that ARC is already semi-protected *facepalm*. I'll make the edit filter use extended confirmed instead. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Good faith?

Why should I assume people are acting in good faith when nothing about their actions indicates that they are? Suttonpubcrawl (talk) 15:26, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

(a) because it's expected of you here; and (b) because you can catch more flies with honey, etc. Thank you for your work on that article, but it was still in need of a lot of work (as Black Kite said kind of unkindly at that unnameable site)—which I and others have now mucked in and done a bit of; if you assume bad faith of everybody and don't even give a coherent "Keep" rationale based on the notability criteria, you're less likely to get such help for the article you want to save, let alone persuading others in the discussion (for the vast majority of articles taken to AfD, only those who've already worked on the article will have heard of the topic. Persuasion, not outrage for others' not sharing your particular background and interests.) Serial Number 54129 is actually one of the good'uns, a very useful friend in a pinch. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:29, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
I see what you're saying, it's just incredibly frustrating when there are two editors who are friends and obviously working in concert to get a page deleted, giving spurious reasons to do so. Even the most cursory look over the page and its references reveals that it clearly meets notability criteria. Then adding in stuff about me being a single purpose account? Please. This sort of thing is what really puts ordinary people (and I'd probably class myself in that category) off editing Wikipedia, because users who know all the technical and administrative tricks can and do act in bad faith, then hide behind spurious references to policies that they themselves surely must know they aren't really complying with. It leaves you feeling like you're dealing with a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, with players who know the game able to behave in ways you aren't simply because you don't know how to cheat. Anyway, I've calmed down now and added a concise response to the deletion discussion Suttonpubcrawl (talk) 07:34, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Removing newsletters from retired users' talkpages

Hi, it seems we have a bit of disagreement over this. I tend to remove such newsletters - and unsubscribe the users - as since they are retired, the talkpage is presumably not going to be read by them. Instead, it exists to serve the general editing community - and following that, newsletters are irrelevant to most people (and those who wish to receive them should subscribe themselves). TPO isn't really relevant as these aren't comments left by an actual person. It's a bot message, if people really care, it's available in the page history. Elli (talk | contribs) 12:41, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

That 'presumably' is doing one heluva lot of heavy lifting there; I don't think you should assume any such thing. I also think you should respect other editors' user pages, at least until it is clear that they have actually retired (and not simply placed {{Retired}} in a fit of emotion, which, due to the circumstances, could very well be the case). In a minority of cases–where a user has long since ceased editing–I agree that stripping pages of bot-notices, newsletters etc., is a good thing, but our default position be that the talk page remains under the stewardship of its editor. It's certainly not forus to randomly judge what they may/may not want.
I suggest you cease tend[ing] to remove such newsletters in line with WP:NOBAN. This certainly includes creating archive pages which you then redirect ([3], [4]) to your own user space—what in Sam Hill?! ——Serial 13:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
you then redirect ([1], [2]) to your own user space—what in Sam Hill?! you don't need to diff me here lol, I thought I explained that. I assumed that an archive existed and would prefer to archive instead of blank. Upon seeing there wasn't an archive that already existed, I decided not to keep the one I had just created. I could've just as easily tagged for G7 instead of moving to my userspace with the exact same effect (except confusing you, apparently).
I tend to assume that people who claim to have retired have actually retired and treat them accordingly, unless they have a previous pattern of acting otherwise. I only do this on talkpages I come across, though, I'm not seeking out pages to do this on - it's usually because the messages got in my way. I don't see a good reason for why keeping the messages there improves the encyclopedia, vs removing them. Elli (talk | contribs) 13:11, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
You make an awful lot of assumptions, very few of them based on anything more concrete than your personal preferences, it seems. Among things that improve the encyclopedia, I would count editor retention and an maintaining a collegial atmosphere towards those who may have left or be taking a break. In other words, keep their pages how they left them and assume nothing but good faith. It's literally none of our business, and if they do come back, we are hardly encouraging them by making them trawl through their own history.
By the way, the diffs above were not for your benefit, but for the handful of experienced editors who watch this page. HTH. ——Serial 13:21, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
keep their pages how they left them and assume nothing but good faith their talkpage didn't have the message on it when they retired, did it? And I did assume good faith - that they were honest and genuine about their retirement. Elli (talk | contribs) 13:28, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
...keep[ing] their pages how they left them clearly implies "receiving such newsletters, etc., as they personally signed up for". And that you're removing things from another user's page because because they get in your way is bizarre and inappropriate. In any case, I think we're done here: you've provided no policy or guideline that allows you to edit other user's talk pages, so if you wish to contest my edits, I suggest you file at the appropriate notice board. Best, ——Serial 13:34, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Since (talk page watcher) is/are mentioned: Elli STOP! Do not do these things again. Serial Num is correct here, and you can consider this a formal warning. Do NOT go mucking about other people's talk pages such as is described above. Do NOT remove other editors posts on pages which are not in your name space, bot or not. Do NOT move their talk archives. Retired does NOT give anyone the right to act in their stead. If you continue to do these things, there's a very real chance you will be blocked. I hope this is now clear to you. — Ched (talk) 13:36, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
@Ched: fair. I wasn't planning on continuing to revert or do this on other recently-retired editors' pages.
I did not move anyone's talk archives, of course, that would be completely inappropriate, nor was I attempting to act in their stead. Elli (talk | contribs) 13:39, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Once upon a time

... you told me you may be able to find more sources on Nepal for me. I was wondering if the offer still stood. And, of course, posting this here, in case your TPWs have something.

In general, any sources on Nepal-related topics would do. We've only got History of Nepal (not in an ideal shape) and I'm planning to build sub-articles we ought to have. Specifically, right now, I wish I had a more or less current source on Name of Nepal. I have a tertiary source from 1983 which gives me an idea of what the situation was back then, and what's due and what's not. I have a hunch that no progress has been made toward identifying the etymology of Nepal since then, but if I had a recent source on the topic that said no new thing, I could be sure that the article is complete, and rewrite it with that in mind, and publish it. Best wishes, Usedtobecool ☎️ 13:14, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Hey, Usedtobecool, hope you're well. Now then. I can't remember saying that at all! <g> But I took a module on Nepalese history a while back, so yes, I was probably thinking on the strength of that. I could send you what I can still find. Not sure I ever looked into the etymological aspect of the name, unfortunately, but it certainly sounds like an interesting area of research. Let me have a dig around; if I can find the folder, I'll ping you an email. Thanks for popping in! ——Serial 14:00, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
I should say that you've already sent me DR Regmi's books (I think they include 5,7,9,10,11 from Dilli Raman Regmi#Historian) (he guesses that prehistoric Nepalese probably cultivated maize, among other things, which I thought was interesting ), they are an excellent source. Thanks! Usedtobecool ☎️ 16:59, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Righto Usedtobecool, I've put together a folder: unfortunately it probably duplicates the Regmi pieces, as I kind of lost track of what I had/hadn't already got. However, there's lots more besides—over 30 things @ 900MB  :) on its way! ——Serial 17:19, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
And Yes Sent ——Serial 17:32, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Yes, thank you very much! There's a lot indeed. Usedtobecool ☎️ 09:55, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

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Signature change?

Hello Serial! On an IP's talk page and on Teahouse, your signature showed User:Serial Number 54129, however all of the sudden you have a proper signature. Did you change it or did something get messed up? ― Blaze The WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:47, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Also I hope you don't mind but I"m stealing your lazy userbox from the top of your talk page because I too am lazy. ― Blaze The WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:48, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
@Blaze The Wolf: I think I can guess which IP talk page you mean  ;) no signature change for me recently, it's been
[[Special:contributions/Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:#960303">'''——'''</span>]][[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:blue">'''S'''erial</span>]]
for some months now. But you've got me interested—any chance of linking to where you mean? (I can't even remember the last time I posted at the Teahouse for example!). Thanks for the message, Blaze, I'll certainly look into it if you can show me where  :) ——Serial 18:57, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
By the way—I think that's absolutely the spirit behind the lazyness userbox! Heh  :) ——Serial 18:57, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
I might be thinking of the Help Desk since I get Teahouse and Help Desk confused because of their similarity. ― Blaze The WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 19:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Oromia Region

You are not looking my suggestion in the talk page and I cite sources for my assertion. I also gave reason repeatedly that the subject talks about a particular region, thus implying capitalization as proper name. There are also a lot of regions in Ethiopia that take capitlized name. The miniscule region is not retained to Oromia region as the subject talks the particular region name in Ethiopia. I also agreed to replace with Oromia (region) if neither Region nor region are compatible with naming convention. The Supermind (talk) 14:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@The Supermind: I'm afraid that's not to the point. The point is that, per procedure, there was a move request which—while you took part in it—your proposal received no traction, and a clear consensus for the page title in its present format was established by a neutral closer. As I said at MR/T, and at your talk page, you cannot "contest" an established consensus by simply reverting it: in the knowledge that things might change, another move request might establish a different result. But as I also suggested, another request of the same kind so soon after the previous one will, frankly, probably be seen as simply disruptive. ——Serial 14:42, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Update: Ah, you thought you'd go ahead and request a move anyway. Interesting... ——Serial 15:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

curious.

Sorry to bother. Regarding the picture at the top, above, what happened to Slim Virgin? Just curious. Thanks, warshy (¥¥) 16:25, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@Warshy: No bother. See her talk. All the best, ——Serial 16:46, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, ——Serial! I am glad I asked. I agree with your sentiments. Thanks again, warshy (¥¥) 17:37, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
It left me speechless first. Thank you for the image. I think it would be great also on her talk. I was quite moved when I found that one of the last things she did here was also missing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:02, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
ps: am I the only one thinking that these little templated candles on user and talk page are not in her style and might go? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:06, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
Try clicking on parts of the image now Gerda Arendt, and let me know what you think. But if you want to place it anywhere else, or use it in any way, you know you can do that. I think you probably have better judgement than me in these matters; if I do it, I'l have an admin down here accusing me of trolling so fast it'd make our heads swim.
You know—I think you're right about those candles. They're very twee, and I don't think anyone could ever have called her that! The problem, I guess, is that we only have "one" way of doing these kind of things, when of course we haven't only got "one" sort of editor. Is that making sense? It's like a one-size-fits-all response.
Thanks for the words. Hope you're well. ——Serial 18:53, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I clicked on image parts before you asked, and clicked thank you. Fine, but that's here. You decide how to show your tribute. I mention her in a "in memoriam" section. - The little candles: I told enough people that I don't want them when I die, - a category would be quite enough. I know a great user talk undisturbed by them, but better no link ... - There's a discussion about the topic on my talk, but not many felt it was even worth talking about. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:03, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I forgot to answer "well". If you see my talk, you may notice that I decorated for a friend's birthday. I am healthy but know too many people who are not. (sig late, thank you for reformation on my talk, - DYK it's the first word one my user page, after the todo block?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

About AfD

None of the stuff I added was biased. The party is widely considered to be a National Conservative party that openly opposes mass-immigration and radical Islam. If I was being biased, I would've added "Fascism" and "Neo-Nazism" to the infobox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AWorldThatNeverExisted (talk • contribs) 11:43, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Ben Comeau

Might as well tell you where I am with this - the only good sources I can find are this and this and a trivial passing mention in this - that's about it. A shame, because I have wanted to put "DYK ... that Ben Comeau thinks Donald Trump is a wanker and Boris Johnson is a lying shit?" on the main page for .... quite some time. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:59, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

[5], [6], [7] --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
Cheers, Gerda - I recall doing GA reviews for your Bach articles that www.bach-cantatas.com is a reliable source, right? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:29, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
That was when Francis Schonken was around, the only one who thought so. Of course, the bio there is taken from somewhere else (given at the bottom, and often no longer available.) I like their links, and their images, and for recordings, immense detail. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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Excuse me, that was not very civil.

Why did you remove that tag, and give that warning? The talk page was moved elsewhere, and will be returned once this is deleted. I am trying to get a content dispute off my talk page, as I can't be bothered arbitrating over it any longer. if you have the technical ability to delete this page, please do so. Then the talk page will be restored. it is currently hanging out at User Talk:The Alternate Mako/Moved Mako001 (talk) 15:57, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

@The Alternate Mako: That is completely bizarre, and out of process. Redirecting your talk page to the main page, really. If you don't want editors posting at your talk, just tell them per WP:NOBAN and if they do not honour your request except for required notices, file them at WP:ANI. And, like it or not, all you've now done is archive your talk page to a subpage which makes the new page you've created your talk page which as I have already said, are not usually deleted (WP:DELTALK) in order to keep the history.
All of this pallava could have been avoided if you had only asked someone (WP:TEAHOUSE, WP:HELPDESK are at Least two places where you will get a more polite reply than here) as to your next move. ——Serial 16:08, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
OK, it was a bit stupid. I admit that. The History is at the Moved subpage, not at the original page anyway though? Mako001 (talk) 16:17, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
Goodbye. I won't bother you any longer, I'm just nonsense anyway. Mako001 (talk) 16:42, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

User:JTommyZ deleting my talk page

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    • CurrentSwitcher gives you links on the contribs page to hide duplicate entries, current revisions, rollbacks, huggles, twinkles, and redwarns.
    • TrackSum lets you automatically sum the lengths of tracks in templates like {{track listing}} and get total runtimes.
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    • IPAInput allows you to type in IPA symbols by directly looking at an IPA key like Help:IPA/English and clicking on the symbols.
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  • NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh:
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    • LiveDiffLink is a version of Equazcion's LiveDiffLink which shows a wikilink instead of a URL.
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  • Novem Linguae:
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    • NotSoFast highlights recently created articles in the new pages feed, to discourage patrolling them too quickly.
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ANI query

Hi SN - hope you are well and a happy new year. Per your propsal at ANI, which was enforced, you stated in your opening line "perhaps 500 words? —which is the minimum accepted at WP:DYK so has a precedent". I've had a quick look at WP:DYK, and it doesn't mention 500 words anywhere, but 1,500 characters (WP:DYKCRIT, point 2). Do you have any objections on my restriction being changed to match the DYK standard that you initially suggested? I doubt some of my better articles(!) would pass the 500 word limit, such as this, this and this, but they'd pass the DYK requirements (on length). Happy to discuss.

Also @Spartaz: as the closer of that thread.

Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:50, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

  • Hi Lugnuts, and I hope I'm not a complete hypocrite for wishing you and yours a happy new year too. Yes, please do get the change in restriction effected if you can—it was that DYK criterion I was intending, and I apologise for misleading you (and ANI for that matter!). Please let me know if I need to reaffirm this anywhere, any time. All the best! SN54129 — Review here please :) 18:11, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Ahh, that's good to see. Easy to flip 500/1500! I've let Spartaz know about my post here, so hopefully they can update this to reflect this. No hypocrisy either - all is good. Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 18:16, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
The term word was used twice in the proposal and rereading the discussion and noting the number of users advocating for a total ban on article creation, there was clearly no consensus that less than a total ban would fly unless substantial articles were produced. Regardless of the original meaning, the concept that gripped was a substantial article and multiple users endorsed 500 words. I don’t feel comfortable arbitrarily changing it to characters as that wasn’t the consensus of the discussion. If you want to shorten it, I think you need a fresh consensus and should open a thread at AN. Spartaz Humbug! 18:53, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks. I've blocked the /64 range. Bishonen | tålk 08:33, 17 January 2022 (UTC).

No, thank you Bishonen. But you denied me my return to AIV—would have been my 51st in over eight years  :) SN54129 09:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Btw, the emphasis there was meant to be on "No, thank you Bishonen", while I've just noticed that it might read more like "No, thank you Bishonen" or even "No, thank you Bishonen". The vagaries of old mother tongue eh!  :) SN54129 19:44, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
I couldn't say. It's not my mother tongue. See how I use italics to make sure of communicating — you've made me nervous now! Howsomever, I did read your reply the way you meant it. Bishonen | tålk 20:19, 18 January 2022 (UTC).

Llywelyn the Elder

Hi, thanks for the alteration, you were right about a common name, I was a bit confused doing research into the naming of Llywelyn and suppose I left a flaw to catch up on. I would like to bring it to your attention that Elder Llywelyn is actually Llywelyn Fawr, and this name has been taken by Llywelyn the Great, who is not actually 'Fawr', and someone has potentially made a mistake in naming these articles. This assumption can be verified through references : Llywelyn Fawr - Pierce, Thomas Jones. "LLYWELYN FAWR and LLYWELYN FYCHAN (fl. early 13th century). lords of Merioneth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Llywelyn the Great - Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Llewelyn" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 831. , Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Llywelyn ab Iorwerth" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 7–13. , Pierce, Thomas Jones (1959). "LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Officially at no stage in these references or any others found online is Llywelyn the Great name Fawr, however in the very few sources avaialble for Llywlyn the Elder he is named Fawr, eg. Myth of Llywelyn Fawr. There's some resarch into the topic, I've also opened discussions on relevant talk pages to try and get a general consensus. Cltjames (talk) 10:01, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry, my Welsh is insufficient to the task. But good luck with it! An Bhreatain Bheag abú!  :) SN54129 17:55, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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Could you run an eye over Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 18, 2022 for me? 985 characters used against a hard limit of 1,025. Ta. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:39, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Joseph Lister

Hi Serial Number 54129, for some reason I can't email to you. I changed my email back to the oldest one I have some time ago, and it's not sending the confirmation email. Anyway, can you please forward the Joseph Lister article to scope_creep dot hotmail dot com. Thanks. scope_creepTalk 16:02, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

@Scope creep: Sounds bizarre! But Yes Sent as directed  :) SN54129 16:07, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
That was quick. If only sources research was like that. Thanks. scope_creepTalk 16:09, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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