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== File:Einsmann.jpg ==

Hi Kusma. Given the likely date [[:File:Einsmann.jpg]] was taken, there's a good chance it's already within the public domain per [[:c:COM:Germany]] even though the source website is claiming it's copyrighted. It seems fine licensed as non-free, but you might want to ask about it at [[:c:COM:VPC]] to see whether it's OK to relicense and OK for Commons to host. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 06:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
:@[[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]], if it was "published" in 1931 or 1932 it is indeed anonymous it is PD in Germany, but per [[c:Commons:Hirtle chart]] I am not sure it is PD in the United States (it may have not been PD in Germany in 1996). There are various definitely published anonymous photographs of the person in 1931/32 newspapers, but again, these seem to be PD in Germany but not in the US. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 08:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
::Please understand I wasn't stating the uploading the file as non-free was wrong; just mentioning the possibility of the image being within the public domain. If the photo was published in 1931/1932, it could enter into the public domain as early as January 1, 1927, even with URAA renewal, under US copyrght law, right? If that's the case, you could add {{tlx|Non-free in US}} or {{tlx|Not-PD-US-URAA}} to the file's page to make that known. I believe dojgn so adds the file to a category of similar files, and other work of that category to review files after the date they're expected to become PD in the US. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 01:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
:::I believe now that some of the newspaper photographs will be PD on 2027-01-01, but I don't have enough information (yet) about the one I uploaded to be sure, especially I don't know whether it was indeed anonymous. I'd be happy to prove the file free but I don't think we're there yet. Thank you for making me think about it! —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 06:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

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== Regarding deletion of [[Atul Subhash]] ==

Hi! I created the article in good faith intending to write it in the evening. The first draft might have passed the criteria for G10, I shall not argue on that, however bonafide my intentions. Regardless, I just wanted to, as a courtesy, inform you that I will be recreating it soon, as the subject is notable and warrants a good faith article. <span style="border:solid 2px black; padding:1px 0px 0px 3px; font: 120% Trebuchet MS;"><b>[[User:Levixius|<span style="color:#039a9b;">LΞVIXIUS</span>]]</b><span style="background-color: #039a9b;">[[User_talk:Levixius|&#128172;]]</span></span> 14:45, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Levixius|Levixius]], for anything related to accusing people of crimes or other wrongdoing, you need to be extremely careful with [[WP:BLP]] compliance. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 22:03, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
::Noted, thanks! <span style="border:solid 2px black; padding:1px 0px 0px 3px; font: 120% Trebuchet MS;"><b>[[User:Levixius|<span style="color:#039a9b;">LΞVIXIUS</span>]]</b><span style="background-color: #039a9b;">[[User_talk:Levixius|&#128172;]]</span></span> 11:05, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

== Request to restore [[Penaldo]] ==

Please I would like to solicit you to undo the deletion of [[:Penaldo]]. The article was nominated for and subsequently deleted after a bot left a tag on the page labeling it an 'attack page'. I made sure the article had no form of attack on its subject(s) and that it's fit to be on Wikipedia. I request that you please undo the deletion as you are the deleting administrator. You may wish to make any ammendments to it once you restore it. Thank You! [[User:Elías Fortaleza de la Fuerza Sánchez|'''''elias_fdafs''''']] &nbsp;&bull;&#32; ([[User talk:Elías Fortaleza de la Fuerza Sánchez|'''''Let's Talk!''''']] [[Special:Contributions/User:Elías Fortaleza de la Fuerza Sánchez|'''''What Have I Done?''''']]) 07:32, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

:I deleted the page because it was purely negative about a [[WP:BLP]], a [[WP:POVFORK]] of Cristiano Ronaldo for a nickname that doesn't even appear in his article (or even in [[Messi–Ronaldo rivalry]]). I added "hoax" to the deletion reasons because the references were not by the claimed author and mostly not working. This is not how we do BLP content. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 10:43, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

== Request for help with editor conduct ==

Hey! I could use your help with / advice on the vandalism case at [[Roman Miroshnichenko]].

Here’s the diff between the last two versions: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Miroshnichenko&diff=1271638336&oldid=1271569455 Diff link].

Although the page was protected, it was still edited yesterday by @Duffbeerforme, who left the following comment: ''"revert blocked editor who is restoring badly sourced promotional content."''

This vandalism has been ongoing very actively for almost two months now, and overall lasts since October 2023 ([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roman Miroshnichenko]]).

Could you advise me on what I can do to properly investigate this issue?

I initiated a discussion almost a week ago at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Non-autoconfirmed posts]], but there hasn’t been any progress. [[User:Casesolved|Casesolved]] ([[User talk:Casesolved|talk]]) 17:39, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

:Removing promotional or poorly sourced content is not vandalism. You have been given advice and have ignored it. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 17:49, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
::Okay. That's a position. So, but the page was twice nominated for the deletion in its former state. Both times there was no consensus on the issue.
::So, is it how Wikipedia works, then? Someone can just make edits as they want without the right for a broader discussion? [[User:Casesolved|Casesolved]] ([[User talk:Casesolved|talk]]) 17:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

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== Johann Reinhold Forster ==

You recently made several improvements to the page about this person, and I wondered if you are particularly interested in him, or that you simply enjoy this type of editing. [[User:CaptainCookFan|CaptainCookFan]] ([[User talk:CaptainCookFan|talk]]) 14:53, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:CaptainCookFan|CaptainCookFan]], I am generally interested in voyages of exploration and Cook and the Forsters in particular. Probably the best thing I have written about them is ''[[A Voyage Round the World]]''. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 17:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
::I'd like your help in encouraging members of the Captain Cook Society to help improve Wikipedia.
::Please email me ro discuss-''(address removed)'' [[User:CaptainCookFan|CaptainCookFan]] ([[User talk:CaptainCookFan|talk]]) 11:21, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
:::Emailed you. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 15:37, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

== January music ==
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Happy new year 2025, opened with [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#1 Jan|trumpet fanfares]] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). Near the end of the month, I have vacation pics to offer and the 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, Wiesbaden|Mariä Heimsuchung]] - that we'd have to talk about these articles. -- [[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:42, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you and a happy 2025 to you as well! —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 09:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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== GA of Accessibility of transport in London ==

Hey - thanks for the thorough review of the article, you've given me a lot to think about and work to get on with! Thanks again. [[User:Turini2|Turini2]] ([[User talk:Turini2|talk]]) 12:29, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Turini2|Turini2]], thank you for working on this article and sorry I couldn't arrive at a more positive verdict. Let me know if anything in my review is unclear, I sometimes leave out some context making it hard to understand my meaning. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 13:40, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

==DYK for Maria Einsmann==
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==DYK for Johann Reinhold Forster==
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Congratulations: an article on its way to FA! On the main page [[Edith Mathis]], who portrayed young women by [[Mozart]], the video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances, - [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#13 Feb|yesterday's story]]. - "places" come with food and flowers, - sharing with you! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 17:56, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I point at [[User:Gerda Arendt/Stories#20 Feb|a composer today]], as the main page does. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 13:55, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

== ''Swallow'' ==

Hi, I'm looking to tidy up [[HMS Swallow (1745)]] with the idea of taking it for an A-class review. Regarding the exploration section, are there any particular sources you think I should be including that I haven't? Thanks, [[User:Pickersgill-Cunliffe|Pickersgill-Cunliffe]] ([[User talk:Pickersgill-Cunliffe|talk]]) 20:05, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Pickersgill-Cunliffe|Pickersgill-Cunliffe]], excellent idea. I think you have most of the sources I know of already. You could check out [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Story_of_the_Voyage/4-Beq7fldc0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=edwards+story+of+the+voyage&printsec=frontcover Edwards] (search for "Swallow") but I think he just picks a few nice bits from Helen Wallis [https://archive.org/details/carteretsvoyager0001hele/page/42/mode/2up?q=%22never+intended%22] [https://archive.org/details/carteretsvoyager0001hele/page/20/mode/2up?q=swallow] (you know there are two volumes? if there's anything you can't access, let me know and I can send scans). On my hard drive I found that [https://doi.org/10.1080/21533369.2013.783171 Carteret lost 31 out of 90 men] (cited to Helen Wallis). I'll look through my Pacific bookshelf tomorrow morning to see if there is anything else. (And I should really flesh out the content section of ''[[An Account of the Voyages]]'' one of these days). —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 21:41, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
::I don't think I have much in terms of other book sources to add. Dunmore's edition of Bougainville's journals [https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Pacific_Journal_of_Louis_Antoine_de.html?id=xLAMAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y] might be a better source for the meeting with Bougainville, but doesn't have much extra unless the story of Bougainville finding a message from Carteret before meeting him isn't anywhere else. Again, let me know if you need scans. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 09:26, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Maria Einsmann]] ==
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== WikiCup 2025 March newsletter ==

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring#Tournament points|tournament points]] at the end of each round. Unlike the [[Wikipedia:WikiCup#Key|round points in the main WikiCup table]], which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2025/Tournament points table|This table]] shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. 

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 [[Wikipedia:featured articles|featured articles]] and 4 [[Wikipedia:good articles|good articles]] on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Generalissima}} with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 [[Wikipedia:featured lists|featured lists]], 8 GAs, and 16 [[Wikipedia:Did you know|Did You Know]] articles mainly on historical topics.
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}}, with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 [[Wikipedia:in the news|In the News]] articles primarily about athletes.
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Sammi Brie}}, with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Hey man im josh}}, with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|MaranoFan}}, with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2025/Round 1|here]]. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed]]. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiCup]], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from  [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send]].</small> [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
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== Do you have a better version of  [[:File:Rosa Morris 1938.png]]? ==

Hi. I think we can host this pic on Commons legitimately. If you have a better quality version, please just upload it over [[:File:Rosa Morris.png|here]]. Thank you  for your contribution. [[User:0x0a|0x0a]] ([[User talk:0x0a|talk]]) 10:33, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:0x0a|0x0a]], unfortunately I don't have a better quality version; I extracted the image from a poor quality newspaper scan on Gale. Someone with access to the original newspaper could probably do better. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 10:52, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

== Books & Bytes – Issue 67 ==

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== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Samuel Engel]] ==
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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2025 ==

[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (March 2025).

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* '''[[Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Entries|Sign up]]''' for [[Wikipedia:The Core Contest|The Core Contest]], a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve [[Wikipedia:Vital articles|vital articles]].
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== ''The Signpost'': 9 April 2025 ==

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== Interesting user ==

I recently G10'd {{no ping|Thebest121}}'s userpage. They have since recreated it with the text you currently see. Anyways what do you make of this as the mentioned admin? See also talk page history. <span class="unicode" style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0em 0.2em 0.1em LightSlateGrey">⫷[[user:Doozy|doozy]] ([[user talk:Doozy|talk]]▮[[special:contributions/Doozy|contribs]])⫸</span> 15:14, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Doozy|Doozy]]: Looks boring and clearly [[WP:NOTHERE]]. Blocked. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 15:30, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks for seeing to this Kusma, they definitely weren't here to build an encyclopedia.. They mostly said weird shit about me, but I saw they left you quite a nasty xenophobic comment. --[[User:Grnrchst|Grnrchst]] ([[User talk:Grnrchst|talk]]) 16:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

== WikiCup 2025 May newsletter ==

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring#Tournament points|tournament points]] at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2025/Tournament points table|This table]] shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. 

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with 1,233 round points from 24 [[Wikipedia:good articles|good articles]], 28 [[Wikipedia:Did you know|Did you know]] articles, and one [[WP:In the news|In the news]] nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Thebiguglyalien}} with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured articles]] on [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)]] and [[Grace Coolidge]], in addition to two GAs and two reviews
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|History6042}} with 1,088 round points from four [[WP:featured lists|featured lists]] about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a [[WP:Good topic|good topic]] mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
* {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Arconning}} with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Generalissima}} for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2025/Round 2|here]]. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed]]. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiCup]], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from  [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send]].</small> [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
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== April music ==
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My music features Bach Bach Bach today ;) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 12:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

== [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] ==

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as [[WP:TFA|today's featured article]] for 21 June 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2025]], or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at [[Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2025]]. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there. I also suggest that you watchlist [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors]] from two days before the article appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work! [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 12:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]], thank you! I will think about the blurb. Do you think it would help to crop the image to make the face more recognisable in the small size used on the Main Page? (Or are we not allowed to do that?) —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 14:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
::That's fine. Look over the blurb too please. Remember we have to keep to 1025 characters if you are minded to change it. [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 14:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 1 May 2025 ==

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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2025 ==

[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (April 2025).

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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rusalkii|Rusalkii]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard/Archive_50#Resysop_Request_(NaomiAmethyst)|NaomiAmethyst]] <small>(overlooked last month)</small>
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|[[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 50#desysop request (Master Jay) April 16, 2025|Master Jay]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1288269060#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2025#April 2025|Orderinchaos]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1287993760#Remove the bit please (Roger Davies)|Roger Davies]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1286257659#Desysop request (Tinucherian)|Tinucherian]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/1288501842#Inactive interface administrators 2025-04-28|Galobtter]]

[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* Following [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase III/Administrator elections|an RfC]], [[WP:AELECT|administrator elections]] were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see [[Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections]] for more information. This is an alternate process to the [[WP:RfA|RfA process]] and does not replace the latter.
*[[Wikipedia talk:User pages#RfC: allowing editors to opt-out of seeing floating decorative elements|An RfC]] was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{t|sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at [[WP:STICKYDECO]].
* [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/AI_images|An RfC]] has resulted in [[WP:AIGI|a broad prohibition]] on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

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* A [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2025|'''New Pages Patrol backlog drive''']] is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the [[Special:NewPagesFeed|new pages feed]]. [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2025/Participants|'''Sign up here to participate!''']]
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== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Mandenga Diek]] ==
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've [[Talk:Mandenga Diek/GA1{{!}}begun reviewing]] the article [[Mandenga Diek]] you nominated for [[WP:GA|GA]]-status according to the [[WP:WIAGA|criteria]]. [[File:Time2wait.svg|20px|link=]] This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. <!-- Template:GANotice --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:ChristieBot|ChristieBot]], on behalf of [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]]</small> -- [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]] ([[User talk:Simongraham|talk]]) 21:24, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Mandenga Diek]] ==
The article [[Mandenga Diek]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has been placed on hold [[File:Symbol wait.svg|20px|link=]]. The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the [[Wikipedia:Good article criteria|good article criteria]]. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See [[Talk:Mandenga Diek]] and [[Talk:Mandenga Diek/GA1]]&nbsp;for issues which need to be addressed. <!-- Template:GANotice result=hold --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:ChristieBot|ChristieBot]], on behalf of [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]]</small> -- [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]] ([[User talk:Simongraham|talk]]) 05:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Mandenga Diek]] ==
The article [[Mandenga Diek]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has passed [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|link=]]; see [[Talk:Mandenga Diek]] for comments about the article, and [[Talk:Mandenga Diek/GA1]] for the nomination. Well done! If the article is [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines#Newness|eligible to appear]] in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Create new nomination|nominate it]] within the next seven days.<!-- Template:GANotice result=pass --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:ChristieBot|ChristieBot]], on behalf of [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]]</small> -- [[User:Simongraham|Simongraham]] ([[User talk:Simongraham|talk]]) 04:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

== Books & Bytes – Issue 68 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> <div style = "font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0 100px"> [[File:Bookshelf.jpg|right|175px]]</div> <div style = "line-height: 1.2"> <span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: Copperplate, 'Copperplate Gothic Light', serif">'''The Wikipedia Library''': ''Books & Bytes''</span><br /> Issue 68, March–April 2025 </div> <div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: 1.2em"> 
In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
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== Do you have time for a peer review of [[James Cook]] article? ==

Hey, do you think you'd have time do to a peer review of [[James Cook]] article?  I'm thinking of nominating it for GA at some point in the future, but  I think it needs a solid,  independent review on the prose before considering that step.   There is no rush:  I'm still working on the article, so a peer review won't be needed for several more days. [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 19:28, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Noleander|Noleander]]: Do I have time? Not really. Would I like to review the article? Absolutely. I would suggest to open a general [[Wikipedia:Peer review]] and to hope for additional input from others, but I will certainly participate and promise to do an in-depth review. As a non-native speaker, I tend to focus on content and clarity of exposition over prose style details. I do also have a shelf full of Cook related books so I can check how various topics are treated in the literature. Let me know when you think the article is ready (I hope to be slightly less busy a week from now). —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 09:20, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
::Awesome!   I agree it is best to go through the formal Peer Review process, so I'll do that.   I'll shoot you a message when the PR is posted, perhaps 4 to 8 days from now.   If you are too busy at the time, no worries ... life happens. [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 13:30, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Kusma|Kusma]]  I have created a Peer Review sub-page for [[James Cook]] article.  It is at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/James Cook/archive3]].  If you have any time to provide feedback, it would be much appreciated!  As you suggested, I included a note in the PR page inviting any other editors to contribute. In the PR page, I ask reviewers to focus on prose ... but you can ignore that (because you wrote above {{green|"I tend to focus on content and clarity of exposition over prose style details."}})  Cheers! [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 12:44, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

==DYK for Mandenga Diek==
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== Administrators' newsletter – June 2025 ==

[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (May 2025).

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|[[Special:Permalink/1288999861#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2025#May 2025|DDima]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1292067592#Desysop request (Gimmetrow)|Gimmetrow]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1288999861#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2025#May 2025|Huon]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1288999861#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2025#May 2025|Johan Elisson]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1288999861#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2025#May 2025|Spangineer]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/1290542988#Change to the functionaries team, May 2025|L235]]

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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* [[Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)#RfC: Adopting a community position on WMF AI development|An RfC]] is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the [[Wikimedia Foundation|WMF]] and its affiliates.

[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
* A new feature called '''[[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Multiblocks|Multiblocks]]''' will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#c-Sannita_(WMF)-20250515103500-Deployment_of_Multiblocks_on_this_wiki_on_June_2-4|the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard]].
*[[WP:HISTMERGE|History merges]] performed using the [[Special:Mergehistory|mergehistory special page]] are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 216#RfC: Log the use of the HistMerge tool at both the merge target and merge source|this RFC]] and the resolution of [[phab:T118132|T118132]].
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
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==New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus==
{{talkback|Talk:Macauley Island|Pre-FAC review|ts=08:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)}}
Since you helped review [[Llullaillaco]], I was wondering if you had any input on this one. [[User:Jo-Jo Eumerus|Jo-Jo Eumerus]] ([[User talk:Jo-Jo Eumerus|talk]]) 08:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

== FYI:  wording re Forster book in James Cook article ==

FYI: I'm gradually making my way through your valuable and detailed feedback on [[James Cook]]. In response to one suggestion, I changed a sentence to now read:  {{green| Significant observations and discoveries were made by the scientists that Cook carried on each his voyages: naturalists on the first voyage collected over 3,000 plant species; and those on the second voyage published ''Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World'', one of the first works which utilized a modern, interdisciplinary approach to geography.}}.   If you think the wording can be improved, feel free to edit it directly, or just reply here and I'll take care of it. Thanks again for the review.  [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 15:48, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Noleander|Noleander]], it reads pretty nice already but probably can be improved like everything. I am perhaps a bit opinionated on the Forsters, so I am not sure what is neutral (but I am sure that Beaglehole and those who follow him are not neutral on JR Forster). Generally [[Bernard Smith (art historian)|Bernard Smith]] [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Imagining_the_Pacific/aePdPAu_PTIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR9&printsec=frontcover] (see pp. 44–47) is good for Cook and his artists/scientists, or [[Glyndwr Williams]] [https://archive.org/details/naturalistsatsea0000will/page/94/mode/2up?q=forster] (also various other publications). The ''Observations'' have been fairly obscure for a very long time, but there is a decent modern edition [https://archive.org/details/observationsmade0000fors/page/402/mode/2up?q=beaglehole]. By the way, [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] will be the Main Page FA in a little over a week. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 20:30, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

== ''[[Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert]]'' ==

Wow!!! You did an amazing job (and quite unique feat: no one would make such incredible article in any time in the future, it's very valuable!!!). Thank you so much! You are a great Wikipedia editor! Best wishes, [[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]] ([[User talk:Esevoke|talk]]) 22:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Let's think about some hook for the DYK section? [[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]] ([[User talk:Esevoke|talk]]) 22:47, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]], it was a pleasure. (I didn't expect I'd enjoy it so much). It still needs some polishing, but one thing at a time. The DYK nomination is at [[Template:Did you know nominations/Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert]]; if you have another hook idea, please let me know. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 22:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
::Great ideas for hook! Btw, I will make a list of articles that mention the English translation. I think we could use some wikilinks to it (how?):
*[[Robert Hermann (mathematician)]]
*[[Cayley–Klein metric]]
*[[Exercise (mathematics)]]
*[[List of Norwegian mathematicians]]
*[[Paul Gordan]]
*[[Heinrich Guggenheimer]]
*[[Niels Henrik Abel]]
*[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]
*[[Quadratic reciprocity]]

[[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]] ([[User talk:Esevoke|talk]]) 23:08, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]], what are you looking for? [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert]]?? (Seems you did a good job linking to the page from a lot of places already). —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 19:56, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
::I tried! :D [[User:Esevoke|Esevoke]] ([[User talk:Esevoke|talk]]) 20:28, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

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== Triple Crown ==

[[Image:Napoleonictriplecrown.jpg‎|right|thumb|Congratulations {{u|Kusma}}, you are awarded the '''Imperial Napoleonic [[WP:Triple Crown|Triple Crown]]''' for your ongoing amazing contributions to Wikipedia. Keep up the great work. [[User:Damien Linnane|Damien Linnane]] ([[User talk:Damien Linnane|talk]]) 10:05, 19 June 2025 (UTC)]]