User talk:Beyond My Ken

Jingle Bells
Greetings, BMK! Sorry to read above that your Christmas didn't go so well. Considering that, this might be an annoying question... but can you help guide the Jingle Bells article towards GA status? If that is not possible, I will have to just go ahead with the nomination and rely fully on the reviewer's help, which might be an inconvenience given our mutual unfamiliarity with the topic. You have 242 edits to the page, making any participation from you highly valuable.-- NØ 20:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for contacting me. Yes, I've contributed a fair amount to that article over the years, but I cannot hold myself out as any kind of expert on the subject.  Considering that, and the fact that my level of participation on Wikipedia is very low right now -- almost random, in fact -- due to a variety of family crises, means that I'm going to have to turn down your invitation to participate in bringing the article to GA status. I do, however, wish you the best of luck with it, and I look forward to seeing the result of your efforts.  Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

yt-dlp
Check out yt-dlp Polygnotus (talk) 13:59, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ?? Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:56, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I read your userpage and it mentioned youtube-dl. I would recommend using yt-dlp instead. Polygnotus (talk) 11:21, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Horseshoe Theory
Hi, I edited "Horseshoe theory" just before you. The odd spacing in " Voilà, comme les extrêmes se rencontrent ! " is actually the original 19th-century typesetting, which I imitated. Is there a Wikipedia rule that typesetting has to be normalized to 21st-century standards?

I'm not intending to revert it or anything, just curious. ScarletPlanet (talk) 20:47, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say that there is a rule, per se, but our primary concern should be communicating with our readers, and using contemporary formatting makes things easier for them. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:25, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite gotham
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CfD nomination at
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On a sad day you've brought a smile to my face
A childhood friend from the 80s died today, rather than sleeping I've distracted myself via wikipedia. While initialling perusing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_recognition I somehow ended up down the rabbit hole of James Watson's scientific racism, where a few editors have a habit of removing any criticism even when well sourced, doing the same for other like minded bigots. Bringing me to your glorious edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Beyond_My_Ken&diff=next&oldid=995850740#Unhelpful_comment

I laughed my head off, thank you for delivering joy right when I needed it most. Hope you are well.

BeardedChimp (talk) 01:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I appreciate it. I hope joy continues to come your way whenever you most need it.  Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:43, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for May 23
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited John C. Waugh, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages St. Johns College and American Heritage.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 05:55, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:50, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Remind me about this?
Hi BMK, long time. I see you commenting at various pages on my way-too-long watchlist, but one way or another, we haven't interacted for a while; I hope all is well with you. I remember something many moons ago where I came around to your way of seeing things regarding placement of maintenance templates, after starting out in opposition. I don't have much recollection anymore about the details, but the bottom line was that either I placed a maint. template on a page or someone else did, and then you removed it, saying (I think) that it didn't have consensus, or something similar. At first, I was bent out of shape, thinking anybody could place a template on their own say so, and someone else shouldn't remove it based on WP:WTRMT. Eventually, your reasoning won me over, and I've changed my view on this to more aligned with yours. Can you fill me in (again?) on your reasoning, and ideally, link me to some guidance? I find myself on the other side of the fence now, removing a MT placed by someone else, and it would be nice to recall what it is you said that persuaded me. Does this ring a bell at all? Thanks, and hope you are well. Mathglot (talk) 07:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 15 July 2024 (UTC)