User talk:PFHLai
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January music
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Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- A nice way to start the new year! --PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- I like it, - last similar time - and "Zeit" = time even in the title - was in 2019, Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a. I hope to add more premiere performances - not only Bach chorale cantatas - to OTD this year, but sadly it starts with three articles about people who recently died, so deserve attention right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, my story today 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. Dada Masilo will be my story tomorrow. (Her presence on the Main page was short, as her life.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. Did you see that there was a RD article for me every day but Sunday? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your steady supply of quality materials for use on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 00:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for the credit for Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- You're welcome, Gerda. You earned it! --PFHLai (talk) 02:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- ... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
- Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:42, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- I have more vacation pics to offer, and today's 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 - that we'd have to talk about these articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for the credit for Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your steady supply of quality materials for use on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 00:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
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- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
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- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
Arbitration
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
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dpa-international
[edit]Thank you for the resource dpa-international, you have provided in the article Hans Dieter Beck. I know dpa, but this English resource is new to me. Grimes2 (talk) 10:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- You're welcome, Grimes2. dpa articles sometimes show up on the newsfeed on MSN and Yahoo. I wish their webpage has a search engine. But I know I should not complain about free resources. It's good to have their articles available as a news source. --PFHLai (talk) 14:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
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- Thank you, learning. - I saw it for Horst Janson, another case of last-day RD nomination. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks to Amakuru, Janson reached RD on MainPage a few hours ago. --PFHLai (talk) 00:15, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
- food pictured, and I have another article - marked ready - on WP:ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like Stephen has taken care of that RD nom. --PFHLai (talk) 12:58, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, he did! - Many more "places" if you like. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- today: a German-born Spanish art collector, - the video in her honour is remarkable, as what she gave the world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:50, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- I find today's birthday child particularly inspiring, by enthusiasm and determination. That was - believe it or not - a pictured DYK in 2021, without the last line though. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Today's story is about Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart. The video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:11, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- thank you for ITN work, with spring flowers and a song bird (in places) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
- You're welcome, but to be honest, I haven't been doing much these days... -- PFHLai (talk) 13:05, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like Stephen has taken care of that RD nom. --PFHLai (talk) 12:58, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- food pictured, and I have another article - marked ready - on WP:ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks to Amakuru, Janson reached RD on MainPage a few hours ago. --PFHLai (talk) 00:15, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, learning. - I saw it for Horst Janson, another case of last-day RD nomination. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).
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- Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.
Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
- A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
- A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.
Technical news
- A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
- Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378
Miscellaneous
- The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.
March music
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Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! - We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
April music
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Two (!) bios for recent deaths wait for attention on WP:ITNN. The woman seems more important, if there' attention for only one of them ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like Black Kite has taken care of the RDs already. --PFHLai (talk) 13:12, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, that was a relief! - Tout est lumière. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC, Easter Oratorio. I wanted that on the main page for Easter Sunday, but no, twice. You are invited to join a discussion about what "On this day" means, day or date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Waltraut Haas - I had time for her only today, check ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Haas reached MainPage a few hours ago, thanks to Spencer. --PFHLai (talk) 21:15, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).
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- Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.
Kim Shin-Jo
[edit]Since I saw you visibly had the role of uploading recent deaths proposed, do you think you could have soon my now fully approved proposal of Kim Shin-Jo, one of the two survivors of the Blue House Raids important in South Korean history, uploaded before it is too late? I worked hard on upgrading this page to be fit for nomination, I'd love it being even for a single day up on the big page. 70.52.61.63 (talk) 02:20, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry, I was offline and away. Another admin has taken care of the RD nom already. -- PFHLai (talk) 02:43, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
May music
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Nothing new: another RD article on his last day on WP:ITNN. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry for not being available. It looks like Schwede66 took care of the RD nom yesterday. -- PFHLai (talk) 08:08, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
- yes, and never a problem --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:24, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
- recommended reading today: Christfried Schmidt, a story about patience. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:26, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
- Margot Friedländer, May Abrahamse (with uncertain licensing of portrait), and Vakhtang Machavariani (nominated and marked ready) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Osipenko: more lead perhaps tomorrow, but the next two are waiting ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- No rush. This RD nom is not expiring yet. --PFHLai (talk) 13:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- ... and appeared - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
- No rush. This RD nom is not expiring yet. --PFHLai (talk) 13:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).
Administrator changes
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NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)
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- Following an RfC, 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 RfA process and does not replace the latter.
- An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
Miscellaneous
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
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- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
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- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
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