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August music

story · music · places

Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! - There are several work places in the Netherlands, - could you perhaps check if there are more links to them? I did it for German (the list was there before I looked), but was tired enough afterwards to not try in a language I don't speak. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

... and a third, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

today's story is about education, 10 years OTD after lecturing our founder). Music for today's feast is Monteverdi's, the best concert we ever did (so pictured again on my talk), but it wasn't recorded, substituted with a "Pacific" one that comes with subtitles line by line in Latin and English: I learned something! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today is the birthday of Alma Mahler. I believe that Siegfried Lorenz should be mentioned on the Main page among the Recent deaths. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

... and he appeared! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Somali city-states

Hello, there is a high amount of IP block evasion sockpuppetry at Ancient Somali city-states with @2a00:23ee:1c00:1cb3:2a7:3df9:aa6b:dc6b and the same other shifted IP restoring content please block them indefinitely. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 12:28, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An administrator seems to have taken personal offense that I deleted a comment he left on my talk page

Hi Drmies, sorry to bother you with this, but perhaps you can provide some perspective. I should say that I've already posted this to Liz's talk page, but she may be busy, or possibly just doesn't want to deal with it. It's eating at me.

SilkTork, an administrator you may know, has taken exception to an edit summary I used for an edit to the Captain Beefheart article. He came to my talk page and left this comment. He finished, as you can see, by saying, "If Beefheart were alive, I'd be giving you a formal warning for that. Best not do anything like that again!". Which is fine. I then deleted his comment with the edsum "read".

That seems to have angered him, and he responded with this edit, which included the words "I now feel obliged to keep an eye on you. Sigh. I hope I don't have to start searching through your contributions to see if there are other examples of inappropriate behaviour." This sounds like a threat to me. I understand that if I called a fellow editor "an egomaniacal dictatorial raging asshole", it would certainly be uncivil and a personal attack, but I said it about an article subject who has been dead for 14 years. Is that really a sanctionable offense? His response seems out of proportion to what I said, at least it does to me.

Seeing he had taken umbrage that I deleted his comment, I replied on my talk page with this edit. He has responded, and now I feel that I am being subjected to the same sort of bullying used by college students and others to extract apologies and promises to do better from persons who have offended their sensibilities. He seems determined to pursue this, and it appears that my nearly 13 years of editing WP count for nothing in his view, and all that matters is that I admit the error of my ways and promise not to leave such edit summaries in the future, or else. What do you think? Carlstak (talk) 21:42, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hmm I don't really know what to think, as I'm about to start making vegetable lasagna, something I'm not necessarily proud of. I don't really understand SilkTork's response, but I also don't really understand why you wrote that edit summary (that just looks bad in a history as one scrolls through edits) and I don't quite understand the long and somewhat personal response you wrote, but that's just me. What I do know is that, as the Dutch say, the soup is rarely eaten at the temperature at which it is served, and I don't think that SilkTork (whom, by the way, I haven't had many interactions with, but I also never heard anything bad about them) is about to start hounding you; indeed, now that I read their last comment on your talk page, I get a slightly fuller picture. As with so many things we have options: pursue or let go, and I know which one I would choose--it's more fulfilling in the long run, though it doesn't feel so in the present. I mean, you could just blank that section and say "I understand" or something like that in an edit summary. That's not an apology, I suppose, and maybe that's a thing you can do. Take care, and good luck to you-- Drmies (talk) 21:56, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your taking the time to reply. My long and overly personal response was probably a result of being in a bad state of mind, in other words, a sleep-deprived wreck. Maybe the edit summary I left on Beefheart's page was too, it just popped out. I don't think he wants to hear that, though. I believe that if I blanked the whole section, he'd really get mad. I'll come up with something. Thanks again. Carlstak (talk) 22:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing. Again, take care. Drmies (talk) 23:45, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Winky Hicks

Notice

The article Winky Hicks has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not pass WP:MUSICBIO.

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Nomination of Winky Hicks for deletion

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Mccapra (talk) 10:42, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

a rangeblock...

Should this be anon-only? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 16:11, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I made it so. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 16:17, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine, Jpgordon; JBW, FYI. Drmies (talk) 20:05, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. JBW (talk) 22:11, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Rana P Singh

I have made change as per your suggestions and would request you to kindly have a look before final publishingKr.saurabh10 (talk) 22:15, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:HumbleWise

Hi, Drmies, the above user picked up right where they left off: edit warring, using original research, refusing to follow policy or engage in compromise, dismissing reliable sources and record labels as "incorrect" or "mistakes", etc. Thank you for any advice. Caro7200 (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection request

Hello, there is a high volume of distruptive editing on the Isaaq Sultanate page, particularly from IP users. Could you please protect the page? Solanif (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs

Hey Drmies, I was kind of curious about your content removal on the draft article [1]. Not that I'm opposed to it, by all means I understand that drafts are open to anyone to edit. Before I reverted it—I included it because at least I thought it was relevant—I was hoping you'd expand on your edit in more than a limited version allowed in an edit summary. Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:45, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't see why his forays into journalistic writing were relevant to an article about that particular book. There's nothing journalistic about the book, really, but I'm not going to belabor the point. Sorry I entered your draft. Drmies (talk) 00:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries at all, I'm happy to get feedback. I didn't want you thinking you couldn't help improve an article in the draft namespace. My thinking was background goes to what he has previously written about, given the topic of the particular book. But I'm know how one can spend enough time focused on a particular topic, you develop some blinders. And I find it easier to ask about about and help my writing than if I were to sit and wonder and try and go back and forth in the edit summaries.
    Thanks for the response here! Kindly, Bobby Cohn (talk) 00:47, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rev Del Request

Hi Drmies and stalkers.

Would anyone be able to delete the original upload of File:Early concept art of Ada.jpg? It is over the FUR size limits. The small/current version is okay.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Albania, not exactly my area of expertise

I noticed a report at WP:AN3 against Randomuser2412, the article Epirus. When I looked at the article history, it looked to me like a lot of editors were battling with each other. One in particular, Henrikurti, shared Randomuser's POV, making identical edits. Both users were created in October 2023, both have relatively few edits, and they seem to collaborate creating articles. I was going to file an SPI with the two users, but then in one of the articles, Uprising in Dibra (1920), I noticed two newer accounts, and I got a bit dizzy trying to decide whether to throw them in or not, or maybe they're related to each other but not to the older ones...babble, babble. The two newer users are PrekCali and Eternal Iliridan. Are you willing to sort this out? Thanks either way.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Afrique Victime

Recently got Afrique Victime to GA, and I want to bring it to FA, since you participated in the last review, and you're experienced in this topic, I just want to ask for advice. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 10:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Vigilantcosmicpenguin, you said, in the review, "Some quotes could be paraphrased, like "stuttering percussion and grainy acoustics". That became this, "The song includes clapping, acoustic guitar runs, flickering percussion, and scratchy acoustics." [2] But "stuttering" isn't "flickering", "grainy" isn't "scratchy", and "acoustic guitar runs" is a direct quote. Drmies (talk) 11:21, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oop, yeah, I overlooked that. If I had noticed the close paraphrase here I would've said it's less clear.
TheNuggeteer, I think you should pay attention to statements of fact that combine multiple sources. This statement is about the structure of the song, not about what reviewers think of it, so you shouldn't try to closely paraphrase the sources. Try just listing the instruments, and add adjectives only if they add useful information.
(P.S. Best of luck bringing it to FA! I've never done an FA before so I commend your hard work.)— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 16:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In one day, I scoured Google for all reliable sources I could find and the sources in the Article and in the talk page are most of them, I couldn't find anything about the instruments in all the sources, but I could add the rest. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Did it. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to edit war on Málaga CF article

Basically, on December 9, 2023, I reorganized a section of this article (First-team squad) based on the rules of the Royal Spanish Football Federation which states that players wearing numbers 1 to 25 are first-team players, while those wearing numbers 26 onwards are reserves (You can look it in this link, point 4in the page 5: https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/images19/001_primera_y_segunda_division.pdf). During this time there were no problems with this until July 13 of this year, when the user MalaguistaUK decided to put it as he saw fit. AlejandroR1990 (talk) 21:38, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Administrator changes

removed Pppery

Interface administrator changes

removed Pppery

Oversighter changes

removed Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
  • A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In most places, you get mail.

On Wikipedia, mail gets you. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Someone changed the box score on the WKU game from its original format. Can you revert it back to the previous box score like all the others are formatted? Rolltide pisco (talk) 23:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hounding

Hi Drmies, please avoid WP:HOUNDING. DMH223344 (talk) 01:26, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

If you like dessert, just eat PickMe10 (talk) 10:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm thinking that PickMe10 is probably Wictoriamalawi. They're stale, but the CU data may be informative. PickMe10 has made 188 edits, and almost all of them intersect with the master. Pageant socks are a dime a dozen, and they're not always easy to sort out, but a check might result in technically possible or rule it out, which would help me decide whether to block.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can't tell, Bbb--too stale. Stale as that brownie; I don't care for brownies. I confirmed them with Bina.biny99 and Celestecourtesi and blocked all of those, but I can't easily look for further connections right now. Have a great day! If you need me, I'll be in class, yapping about monuments for the Civil War, Civil Rights, and Lost Cause. Drmies (talk) 14:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I thought that the location might make it possible or unlikely. Not that I'm an expert in name origins, but Wictoriamalawi sounds African to me, whereas supposedly PickMe10 is Filipino-Spanish. Now they're blocked I suppose it's moot. "Yapping about monuments" - you do know how to turn a phrase.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know the location of the Malawi account. "Yapping" is what the kids say these days; a fine example of yapping is at User talk:Bina.biny99. Later bro, Drmies (talk) 15:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's odd, Spicy ran a check. Yapping, bro, next thing you'll be calling me dude, god help me.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:17, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Good luck. I just finished my class in business and I have an asynchronous class for theatre at 11:15. Kind of glad that Labor Day made this a 4 day class week. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:29, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Three-day: Monday off, then Tuesday also off, to not get in the way of MW vs. TR schedules! And since I'm MW, I actually had a six-day weekend. ;) Drmies (talk) 17:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September music

story · music · places

Today's story has 3 composers, I couldn't decide for the one on the Main page or the one who didn't make it on his bicentenary, so took both, and the pic has a third. Listen if you have a bit of time. The music, played by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, impressed me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1RR

You've violated 1RR on the page Jill Stein. All within 24 hours:

  1. https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1244061463
  2. https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1243897867
  3. https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1243897625

DMH223344 (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DMH223344, is there a reason you're removing a pov tag when there is an active discussion about the pov concerns shared by multiple editors on the talk page? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, as I mentioned in the talk page, the additions citing the party platform page are limited to the "Political positions" section or the "Platform" subsection. A POV tag on the whole article is of course inappropriate given that the additions in question are isolated to two sections. Additionally, the claim that citing a platform website for a description of the candidates platform violates WP:POV requires more justification. (Drmies said that the additions are not notable since secondary sources weren't cited, but that is also absurd--how is a description of the platform not notable enough to be included in a section about the platform itself?) DMH223344 (talk) 21:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds like a discussion for the talk page, with a tag to draw more voices into the discussion. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This was a revert of an edit of yours? As for your "see the talk page" argument, you're basically arguing that you are right and therefore you are right. I really should have given you a vandalism warning for that POV tag removal--but in hindsight I maybe should have reverted the ENTIRE page to before you started adding subject-provided material. One big grand revert for dozens of edits--that's following the letter of 1R, maybe. Drmies (talk) 22:10, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You did violate 1rr by removing the tag 21ish hours after your prior revert. Would you be so kind as to remedy that? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ScottishFinnishRadish are you serious? OK, sure--so the disrupter and obvious COI editor wins. Shall I wait another 24 hours and then simply revert to the version of the article before they made dozens of edits? Drmies (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your revert. I also think you only have to wait another hour or so. You should check the time stamps to make sure though. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ScottishFinnishRadish, of course I'm not going to make such a grand revert (I'm not that much of an asshole), but you know we're dealing with a gamer. Drmies (talk) 23:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very clever to call me a gamer then go and swap out the POV banner for another one over the entire article. Of course, only the sections about platform and political positions are self-published. DMH223344 (talk) 23:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
[3], and there's an AN thread from back in December. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:37, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that was a revert of an edit of mine. 1RR applies to reverting in whole or in part. "you're basically arguing that you are right and therefore you are right.", and you are arguing what exactly? Instead of throwing out threats I'd prefer if you instead engaged with the content of the discussion. DMH223344 (talk) 22:51, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm arguing that you are a disruptive COI editor who knows enough to do just the right amount of wikilawyering, and that your arguments are crap. I'm also arguing that if that edit to the lead was indeed yours (who would know, in those dozens and dozens of edits?) you are really not a good writer. Also, you are taking up way too many paragraphs here, and I prefer economy. Drmies (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well let's talk about content then, I'm happy to do so. As for COI, let's stick to the facts and not just throw accusations around. DMH223344 (talk) 23:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of European Arenas Association

Delete it if you want to. There is no reason for that, the organization is notable enough, but I also have no reason and no patience to bother proving that to you. You will achieve nothing but delete some verifiable information on an international organization, but if it will make you feel good, delete it, I don't give a damn anymore. People like you are what made Wikipedia unbearable for me some time ago, so go ahead, prove your point, make yourself useful, delete it, you are truly one of a kind. Bye. Vitriden (talk) 15:41, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:CodeWeb Agency

Eh. :) Filmssssssssssss, Drmies, what happened there? Not that I care much but this is a bit strange. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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