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August music
Today's music is played by my brother's orchestra, conducted by two very young men on their way up, - the picture was taken shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began, - more detail on my talk. Images reached the day of the Tenebrae concert mentioned in July. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 2 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It looks like there's an error on 18 July ("de}}berauroff.jpg"). DanCherek (talk) 19:14, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - fixed. - My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend of weddings, so also like the spirit ;) - Pics to come, I promise one cake, the other was too large! Good music, and better even in the concert ending the second day, - Goldberg Variations theme for an encore, after Dohnányi Serenade. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Again not by me: today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! - No cake yet, but a butterfly and open-air opera. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:53, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Now: picture of heart-shaped cake(s) uploaded! - Today's story is about a tenor, - why his roles are not linked on the Main page remains a mystery to me. Today is also the birthday of the Bayreuth Festival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Realizing that I'm not very familiar with Britten's work at all. DanCherek (talk) 22:12, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Did you know that I created his navbox? - for his centenary. - One more day uploaded, with another wedding cake - I couldn't resist. Today's story is about the Inkpot Madonna who returned to "her place" 9 years ago, and also has aspects of early learning, see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Today is the anniversary of the premiere of Götterdämmerung. Berit Lindholm sang its final scene in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, only four years after her stage debut in a Mozart opera in Stockholm. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Today I heard a delightful concert, "Himmlische Freuden", remembered having heard Vilde Frang (Bruch concerto, in Zürich, with my brother's orchestra), and succeeded in preparing Renata Scotto's article enough for the Main page (which took two days). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The Bruch concerto is magnificent. Glad you enjoyed the concert! DanCherek (talk) 04:37, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes! - Today is Debussy's birthday. - Could we make lilypond for Hevenu shalom aleichem? ... or is that copyright violation? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not really sure. Haberl's compositions are in the public domain as he died in 1910, and I'm guessing that a basic folk melody is okay as well as long as you aren't copying the details of a specific, more recent arrangement. DanCherek (talk) 18:55, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will do eventually. - Today is Gwendolyn Killebrew's birthday, - pictured: a spider and sweet food --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Gorgy2023 (07:25, 31 August 2023)
When can my watch page go live? --Gorgy2023 (talk) 07:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, see WP:YFA for how to create a properly referenced draft that can be submitted for review by experienced editors. DanCherek (talk) 18:36, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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Question from RoseReign (19:41, 5 September 2023)
I just created an account.. I wanted to create an article.. Is there a template I can fill out somewhere? --RoseReign (talk) 19:41, 5 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi there, welcome to Wikipedia! You can read WP:YFA for a detailed guide on how to create your first article. It will take you through the steps to create a draft that can be submitted for review. Important things to keep in mind are that the article's topic should be notable. This generally means that it has already been covered in detail in good references from independent sources. If you have a connection with the subject of your draft, you will need to provide a required disclosure – see the conflict of interest guideline for more information about that. Writing an article from scratch can be really tough for new editors, so if you are finding it challenging, I would actually encourage you to edit existing articles for a while to get the hang of things. Let me know if you have additional questions or need more detailed guidance. DanCherek (talk) 22:35, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from রাজকুমার রাজপুত্র on Wikipedia talk:Verifiability (12:17, 10 September 2023)
--রাজকুমার রাজপুত্র (talk) 12:17, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi there, do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? DanCherek (talk) 22:36, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from RavenWrites (18:22, 12 September 2023)
Hello, happy to meet you! I would like to write an article about the Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (AMOPS), a non profit organization that supports osteopathic physicians in the military. I am a retired osteopathic physician and past president of AMOPS. Does that mean I am considered too close to the subject to write about it? --RavenWrites (talk) 18:22, 12 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your interest in contributing! Since you are a past president of AMOPS, that's a conflict of interest – so you should read WP:COI for our guidelines about that – but it doesn't totally preclude you from pursuing this. You should create a draft article that can be submitted for review by following the steps at WP:YFA. An important thing to keep in mind (that I have not evaluated for AMOPS specifically) is that an article's topic should be notable. This generally means that it has already been covered in detail in good references from independent sources. Articles need to be written neutrally and without promotion. Writing an article from scratch can be really tough for new editors, so if you are finding it challenging, I would actually encourage you to edit existing articles for a while to get the hang of things. Let me know if you have additional questions or need more detailed guidance. DanCherek (talk) 22:44, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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Question from VictoriaGina (17:20, 22 September 2023)
Hello Dan,

Is the title I uploaded for Verona Quartz Surfaces correct? --VictoriaGina (talk) 17:20, 22 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Welp, the title was fine, but the content was promotional. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 18:06, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

September music
Our festival's last concert was most moving and inspiring, and there are seconds of it - plus glimpses of an interview with the conductor, age 96 - in this tv summary. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Now pics around the memorable concert, and the story of Walter Arlen, - proud that I survived the decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX for 10 years, standing and singing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Today's story is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 12 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the updates! DanCherek (talk) 22:45, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Today I remember Raymond Arritt, who still helps me, five years after he died, per what he said in my darkest time on Wikipedia (placed in my edit-notice as a reminder), and by teh rulez. - Latest pics from a weekend in Berlin (one more day to come). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I like "go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset" very much. DanCherek (talk) 20:23, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * It really helps! - Did you see the context? - I added the last Berlin day - Macbeth, sung by the soprano from Russia under the Ukrainian flag. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ch Zeeshan Tariq Sandhu (07:42, 17 September 2023)
Subscribe my youtube channel Chzeeshantariqsandhu --Ch Zeeshan Tariq Sandhu (talk) 07:42, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * No promotion on Wikipedia, please. DanCherek (talk) 21:01, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Wannabestalker
You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:52, 26 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Done, thanks for letting me know! DanCherek (talk) 13:04, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Fayas16 (19:08, 3 October 2023)
How to add new article? Kindly assist me --Fayas16 (talk) 19:08, 3 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. You can read WP:YFA for a detailed guide on how to create your first article. It will take you through the steps to create a draft that can be submitted for review. Important things to keep in mind are that the article's topic should be notable. This generally means that it has already been covered in detail in good references from independent sources. If you have a connection with the subject of your draft, you will need to provide a required disclosure – see the conflict of interest guideline for more information about that. Writing an article from scratch can be really tough for new editors, so if you are finding it challenging, I would actually encourage you to edit existing articles for a while to get the hang of things. Let me know if you have additional questions or need more detailed guidance. DanCherek (talk) 23:14, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Dheraj57489 (06:45, 5 October 2023)
Hello sir, I want to Add a company details hear --Dheraj57489 (talk) 06:45, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Music
How to train my voice — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaby d jeremiah (talk • contribs) 12:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? DanCherek (talk) 22:32, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from ContoRario (22:41, 8 October 2023)
Hi. How many edits I need to publish articles directly, without going through Draft/Review process? --ContoRario (talk) 22:41, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi . Any editor who is autoconfirmed, which is automatically granted after making 10 edits and having an account that is at least four days old, can create new articles directly. Note that new articles created directly in mainspace will typically still undergo the new page review process. DanCherek (talk) 22:50, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Amalain (07:14, 16 October 2023)
Добрый день, хочу разместить информацию о фортепяно Георга Швехтена произведенной 1853 году под серииным номером 36509, ручной работи, 15 международных наград, создатель музыкальных инструментов, Поставщик Двора Его Императорского Величества Чрезвычайно редкие, никогда не было создано более прекрасных фортепиано, чем фортепиано дома Швехтен. Пианино G.Schwechten, расположенное в Берлине, является ярким примером работы высочайшего качества, выпускавшейся в очень маленьких магазинах Германии и Австрии в 19 веке. Линия фортепиано G. Schwechten началась с магазина его старшего брата Генриха в 1839 году. Георг Швехтен основал свой магазин в Берлине в 1853 году и специализировался на изысканных фортепиано ручной работы, таких как это. Эта великолепная линия инструментов закончилась с Георгом, который умер в 1902 году. Клавиатура из слоновой кости серии фортепиано Г. Швехтена № 36509, изготовленная до 1853 года. --Amalain (talk) 07:14, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Jimbobcowboy2day (17:28, 10 October 2023)
I need to make an edit for Leroy Van Dyke. Correct the year he was inducted into the Livestock Marketeers Hall of Fame to 1985. --Jimbobcowboy2day (talk) 17:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, which article contains the issue that you're referring to? DanCherek (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Orecmg (02:24, 11 October 2023)
I updated information on the 2024 Oregon Attorney General race. But they were removed. What are my options? --Orecmg (talk) 02:24, 11 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, information that you add to Wikipedia articles, and especially information about living people, should be supported by a reference to a reliable source. DanCherek (talk) 14:57, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Beandulce (02:47, 13 October 2023)
The company I work for has an outdated logo on their Wikipedia page. How do I get it updated? --Beandulce (talk) 02:47, 13 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your interest in contributing. I'm guessing that the company logo is not in the public domain, which means that it should be uploaded to Wikipedia locally as a fair-use image. First of all, only editors with autoconfirmed accounts can upload images (meaning that the account must be at least four days old, and the user must have made at least ten edits). If you haven't been autoconfirmed yet, please see Files for upload. Otherwise, Uploading images is a pretty detailed guide on adding images to Wikipedia! DanCherek (talk) 15:02, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from TAHREEK E PHALASTIN PAKISTAN (17:43, 15 October 2023)
My page not working why --TAHREEK E PHALASTIN PAKISTAN (talk) 17:43, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, what are you trying to do? DanCherek (talk) 15:02, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from DebaratiG on Subramanian Ramadorai (15:04, 16 October 2023)
Hi

There was a spelling mistake in the name of the page "Subramanian Ramadorai". So, have moved it to a new page with the correct title which is "Subramanian Ramadorai". Please help how to delete the page showing the redirect message. --DebaratiG (talk) 15:04, 16 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I have gone ahead and deleted it. DanCherek (talk) 15:08, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Jmweans (21:12, 12 October 2023)
How can you let one family suggest they are the original Brassankles or the only Brassankles and like I said my family surname is WEANS of course I’ve heard those are the surnames in that area, and when we see each other, we say that we are all kinship, but with the uniqueness of my family migrating out of that area they’re coming into area two counties away that already have families there being called Brassankles means there’s a broader region of those families now my grandfather had 3 half sisters and a half brothers that ended up migrating from Greeleyville to lumber Bridge(Lumberton) North Carolina, a little before the 1940s immersion to the lumbee‘s and the black families and that area so the connection to lumberton is very true and growing up there for summers with my aunts. I’ve got to know families from other regions in South Carolina that said, they have no relation to lumbee‘s at all, but moved in that area for farming, but the term Brassankles I know, for a fact, with talking to my father, was already in the town of walterboro, which is Colleton county sc well before my family who are brass ankles from the greater Santee area got there. --Jmweans (talk) 21:12, 12 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, any information that you add to Wikipedia articles should be supported by citations to reliable, published sources, rather than your own family knowledge, etc. DanCherek (talk) 14:59, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I need the proof of the reliable publish sources that those families originated the term “ Brassankles” or documentation that the name started with one family surname. Again My family is from that county and I know sweats goins ect.. Crane Pond, Holly Hill, Cross SC ect are places I grew up and partially raised in, this is not “Family knowledge”. Listen a lot of families in that area say they are Brassankles and when you mention to Summerville Indians, their name now are Kuso noches, before in my time growing up, and I also live in Summerville and Walterboro SC, that family were known ass Creels from Creeltown with is Ridgeville SC (Dorchester County)and also on colleton county side they are in no relation to my family again from Holly Hill area. However, you came about your reliable public sources is totally false, and I would challenge that with the arbitrator, there is a lot of false about the term, Brassankles, and who it pertains too. For the record my grandfather is from Holly Hill, Cross South Carolina. They are Brassankles and when they got to Walterboro South Carolina where I’m born they were families They were already called Brassankles so the term was widely used and no one family is a Brassankle. I would like for you to forward me all reliable public sources public records, etc. that can show me brass ankles, originate it out of one family. 2601:14B:4700:2920:F55C:245B:A59:1CC1 (talk) 23:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Huh? I am not interested in working on the article, I'm simply saying that our policies here at Wikipedia specify that any information added should be verifiable. DanCherek (talk) 19:32, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Shadin Khan on Siemens Healthineers (06:28, 18 October 2023)
Assalamu Alaikum Hi very good and nice so you chachi --Shadin Khan (talk) 06:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * very good Shadin Khan (talk) 06:30, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * প্লিজ চাকরি দেওয়া যায় না Shadin Khan (talk) 06:31, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, let me know if you have any questions about editing Wikipedia. DanCherek (talk) 19:32, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from A-efZZZF.V-9fkq (15:40, 23 October 2023)
Hello! I wanted to know if it is ok that I correct the pages that I generally view and not the ones which are given in the easy edits list. Because, I feel that having a good grasp of the concept helps in editing the page. --A-efZZZF.V-9fkq (talk) 15:40, 23 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, welcome to Wikipedia! Yes, feel free to edit any article that is of interest to you, you are not limited to the ones shown in your suggestions, in any way. Hope that helps! DanCherek (talk) 19:33, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from LouisBuys1966 on Ewoud Malan (04:35, 24 October 2023)
Hi, Ewoud Malan died last night 2023/10/23 due to cancer in Wilgers Hospital, Pretoria --LouisBuys1966 (talk) 04:35, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry to hear that news. Feel free to edit the article to update it, with a citation to a website or news article about his passing. Let me know if you have any questions about that process! DanCherek (talk) 19:34, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

October music
My story today is sad but great. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry to hear about Claus Wisser! He leaves behind a great legacy. DanCherek (talk) 19:34, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. - A few more pics, and see my talk for what Tabea Zimmermann played (today's story on her birthday): I heard it, and it's on YouTube. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * More pics, and today's story is on a birthday, and the real DYK was already on that birthday -- (forgot to sign)
 * User talk:Gerda Arendt keeps track of "my" music and memories, and just today I have a juxtaposition of music performed by the two church choirs in town, one I sang in and one where I listened, to music about love, evening and night. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Today, it's a place that inspired me, musings if you have time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * A Romanian woman composer is today's topic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:04, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * A French woman today with a small body and a great voice whose portrayal of a role with different aspects I enjoyed! And another interesting composer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks as always for the updates, Gerda, I always enjoy reading the articles you link here and elsewhere. DanCherek (talk) 19:34, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I love the cow photos! DanCherek (talk) 19:46, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - I thought of Brian Bouldton today, and his ways to compromise. - I'm on vacation again, more pics to come, but too tired after church (pictured on my talk), hike and paella. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from AlpediSiusi (22:48, 28 October 2023)
Hallo Derek, thank you for serving as my editor. For a long time I have been upset about the blatant inaccuracies in my wiki page. While I am grateful to be included in Wikipedia, I have been worried about the mistakes or misunderstandings in the text of the entry about me. I do not work on world cinema, for example. The entry also emphasizes my work on women's histories in a repetitive fashion that is confusing. For this reason I have submitted a new, short, clean entry after reading your guidelines. After all the sacrifices I have encountered to produce my 4 books and three anthologies, I would be most grateful if my entry is accepted (or modified for formatting reasons) without altering its content. Please let me know so that everything is accurate and objective. Thank you. --AlpediSiusi (talk) 22:48, 28 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi there, I've added the edit COI template to your talk page post so that it will be placed in the queue and reviewed by another editor. It would be helpful to references to reliable sources that support the information. DanCherek (talk) 14:37, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello DanCherek:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!

The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Can you add popular pages page for WikiProject Board and table games?
I see you edit this page frequently. TIA. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * PS. Keywords that I'd suggest: "board game", "card game", "tabletop game", "dice game", "miniature game", "miniature wargame", "tile-based game". Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:58, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, happy to help. How many pages do you want the bot to return on the report (maximum is 1000)? By the way, it doesn't use keywords, it works by analyzing articles whose talk pages are tagged with WikiProject Board and table games. DanCherek (talk) 13:35, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. If it is not a problem, 1k will be fine, that's what WikiProject Role-playing games/Popular pages has. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem, done (Special:Diff/1183250450). DanCherek (talk) 03:13, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Roderick2006 (20:39, 4 November 2023)
Can we talk it's urgent --Roderick2006 (talk) 20:39, 4 November 2023 (UTC)


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 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
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second opinion
I have gotten in trouble for copyright violation. I may deserve it, but I need clarification. It's a phrase out of a sentence. I think that as a listing of three specific things common in this area of study, it is not a violation but is a gray area. Dianna doesn't agree. She says it's not a list, but it is a list. IKt's not in WP form - is that the problem? Could you come to User talk:Jenhawk777 and put in your two cents? Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:32, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, replied on your talk page. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from CiteMe997 (11:08, 17 November 2023)
Hey Dancherek.. It’s my pleasure, I see all the amazing work you’ve done on this space and I must say they’re exceptionally mind blowing. I’ll really love your assistance to improve on my work “Yan Daudu” --CiteMe997 (talk) 11:08, 17 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, and thank you! I see you are interested in the article Yan daudu. What kind of help are you looking for? It's currently tagged as being potentially hard to understand in some places. You might be interested in listing it at the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors for some copy-editing help. DanCherek (talk) 16:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from LittleSweep on Tile-based game (12:27, 22 November 2023)
Hey there, just looking at Tile based Games page to add sources but all relevant sources on google are Wikipedia! Maybe no sources is fine here because it links to all the wiki pages for each game? Any thoughts? --LittleSweep (talk) 12:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the late reply! Some scholarly sources might be a good addition, for example (just a cursory search): . DanCherek (talk) 16:36, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

November music
Hevenu shalom aleichem is my story today. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Praying for peace in the world! DanCherek (talk) 23:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - I added some images from Aachen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Beautiful! Wish I could have been at that bakery... DanCherek (talk) 19:48, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ... where they passed sample after sample! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:19, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * More pics from the trip, - and my story today is about my song of defiance, - it was a great pleasure to hear it performed today! The line "Ich steh hier und singe" (I stand here and sing) is in the movement with the music pictured, which begins with "Trotz -- Trotz -- Trotz", sounding much tougher than "defiance" ;) - in this YouTube it's at 4:55. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:07, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Performers of the 4 Nov concert now pictured on my talk. The conductor (and 2nd tenor) stepped in last minute rescuing the performance, because the regular leader of the seniors' chorale fell ill with COVID 19 and could just listen from a balcony where nobody else was sitting. - I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Glad the show was able to go on! DanCherek (talk) 23:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ibiza? Looks amazing. DanCherek (talk) 17:27, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It sure was. First day uploaded, more perhaps tomorrow. Did you see that I have three items on the Main page today, almost too much of a good thing? Bach's amazing cantata with the unusual scale, first performed 300 years ago OTD, the nun for the prostitutes, and Schumann's wedding gift for Clara. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:44, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I really liked learning about Myrthen. DanCherek (talk) 00:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! There's more in German, but would need someone willing to translate more, and having the time. Today I had other projects, including my annual little Britten-birthday-gift. Help welcome. - Today is St. Martin's Day, which stands for sharing. Sharing one more day of vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I began another day of vacation pics, with the deepest blue of the sea ;) - we celebrate the birthday of a friend who wrote quite a book about the compositions of a man who will turn 300 soon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ... and the next day, - today my topic is a soprano. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * and today the hymn you combined with Prayer for Ukraine (because we sang it yesterday). Another day pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * List of variations on Pachelbel's Canon has a lilypond of the bass line, but I think to hear the chords would be more useful, or do you think everybody knows it? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
 * My story today is a DYK hook from 13 years ago OTD: about the great music at one of my churches. Mozart's Requiem to come on Sunday, coupled with Arvo Pärt's Da pacem Domine, - I guess you might come if it was a bit closer. Perhaps watch the video of our last production, our first on yt, ever. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The concert was good. Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said (In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together". - Can you perhaps help with the lilypond for Draft:Shalom chaverim? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda, sorry just seeing these messages now! Yes, happy to help with lilypond, what specifically is needed there? Thanks for the reminder of Prayer for Ukraine! DanCherek (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Michael Bednarek did it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, great. P.S. One way to link a specific question in your ACE2023 evaluation would be like this. Do you want help setting that up for each of the candidates? DanCherek (talk) 16:45, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Brenton Tarrant for deletion
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Question from Harzenpeter (18:18, 5 December 2023)
Please direct me about Wikipedia --Harzenpeter (talk) 18:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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Question from Jose Arzola (02:06, 20 December 2023)
How do I move my sandbox draft to where ever i need to move it --Jose Arzola (talk) 02:06, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the late reply. Moving a page has some information about this; please also feel free to reach out to your instructor or the WikiEdu coordinators just to make sure that everything is on track! DanCherek (talk) 20:33, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

First Edit Day
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, Ezra Cricket (talk) 02:41, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 20:33, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello DanCherek: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks and happy holidays to you! DanCherek (talk) 00:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red January 2024
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Copyright bio edit information
Hi Dan. I created the website and wrote the bio that I'm taking the information from. What more do I need to do to be able to use the text that I am the original author of? Thank you. ITperson1 (talk) 21:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi! There are a few different issues here. Since you are affiliated with the article subject, you should provide the proper disclosure as advised at Conflict of interest — that means disclosing the relationship on your user page, on the talk page of the article, or in your edit summaries. Be sure to read that full COI guideline for best practices regarding this.Previously published content may be released by the copyright owner into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license by following the instructions at Donating copyrighted materials. I will point out, however, that Wikipedia is primarily interested in what reliable sources have to say about a particular subject, not what it says about itself, and articles should be based on reliable, independent, secondary sources. Most of the content that you added to the article was promotionally written and not neutral enough for an encyclopedic article.Once you have reviewed the conflict of interest guidelines, I recommend suggesting any future edits that you'd like to make on the talk page of the article, using edit requests. You may find the Edit Request Wizard helpful. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 21:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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December
Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Thank you for the offer to link to the candidates' answers, - saw that only now, and will keep it in mind. - My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:54, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Christmas music pictured --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:54, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Belated Merry Christmas Gerda, and I hope you have a Happy New Year! DanCherek (talk) 20:31, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Belated? In German we still have Christmas (a Bach cantata on the Main page), and at Bach's time, there was a third day ;) - We sang my (user's) infobox on Christmas Eve, "singen, singen" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Heh. I just stopped by the mall and Santa was gone, and they've already started cleaning up the decorations around the Christmas tree. Great photo, and beautiful church! DanCherek (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Grinnning, thank you. 'cause it fits here: I took the lilypond for Hark! The Herald Angels Sing over from fr, and find their display (everything a tad smaller) more pleasing. I couldn't find the secret for the difference, though. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked at both the English and French articles, and the lilypond displays look the same size to me. Are you using the same skin for both (I was looking at Vector 2010)? There are a few tricks you can try in Lilypond to adjust staff size and font size, e.g. Special:Diff/1193277311. DanCherek (talk) 00:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Phir Subah Hogi / Phir Subha Hogi
@DanCherek I actually tried moving the article but the title I want to use (which by the way is correct, going by the historical records) is rather used as a redirect. Now I can't really move it and hence I used the forbidden cut/paste method. How must I move it since the current title name still stands wrong. Please help me out, or guide me to a better way. GaiusAugustine (talk) 20:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Because there is prior consensus at Articles for deletion/Phir Subha Hogi that the target should be "Phir Subah Hogi" (even if the discussion is quite old), I don't think you should carry out this move on your own as an individual bold action. Instead, it would be best to start a requested move discussion to establish a consensus that Phir Subha Hogi is the correct title, and that way you can present your sources and evidence for this argument. WP:RSPM has all the information you need about how to start that move discussion on the talk page. Hope that helps! DanCherek (talk) 21:00, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from DrAbanoubRiad (18:08, 10 January 2024)
I want to delete my page Draft: Abanoub Riad. Can you please advise me on how to do so? --DrAbanoubRiad (talk) 18:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, I have gone ahead and deleted it per your request. In the future, add to the top of the page and an administrator will delete it as long as you are the author of the only substantial content on that page. DanCherek (talk) 19:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden
Hello

I've been updating the page for Frances Barkley, the seafarer. She was a daughter of the Rev John Trevor (1740-1796). He was a child of the Fleet Marriage of the above.

I see an anonymous editor has just added a passage about the marriage to his WP page, but it was promptly delated for no source was given.

It was based on: https://sites.google.com/site/fenwickoflambton/jane-hornby-barkley/barkley-family-tree a most comprehensive website. Can you reinstate the passage, with the source please.

Happy New Year

Apwoolrich

Apwoolrich (talk) 20:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi there! I would say that websites hosted on Google Sites are generally not accepted as reliable sources because they are self-published, based on the guidance at WP:SELFPUB. (There is an exception that "[s]elf-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications."). So I think it would be good to find a better source. DanCherek (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello,
 * I've revised the deleted section about his marriages with properly referenced sources. Hope this is OK.
 * If I manage to locate the author of the deleted version I might be possible to expand it. He seems to be associated with the Google Sites effort.
 * Kind regards
 * Apwoolrich Apwoolrich (talk) 21:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Worldcall
All the information that was included came from US SEC filings. SEC filings were referred to at the end 96.38.142.245 (talk) 03:28, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hmm, so looking further into this I see that EDGAR filings on the SEC website are considered public information, I've undone the revision deletion. However, I still don't think it's appropriate to add to the article, given that it's not independently sourced (we care much more about what an independent, reliable source has to say about the article subject rather than what the subject reports about itself), it's written in first-person voice and not particularly encyclopedic, and it comes across as rather promotional in some parts. DanCherek (talk) 03:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you make a suggestion as to how the this should be done. For example Comcast is sourced from public filings.  similary if you look at the article itself which you reverted the sources are the annual report of Worldcall which is public information.
 * SEC filings are reviewed by the US government to make sure they are correct. 2600:6C82:1940:895:F013:E3F2:CEC7:E1E8 (talk) 17:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * In reference to the new chairman and CEO that is directly from the annual report of Worldcall 2600:6C82:1940:895:F013:E3F2:CEC7:E1E8 (talk) 17:05, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm saying we shouldn't put sentences like Our analog cable television offers 80+ crystal clear channels, including a wide assortment of satellite and in-house channels with a wide range of movies, news, and documentaries in our articles, and that discussing a company's products should be informed by coverage in independent sources. DanCherek (talk) 23:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Onilaalex
Looking at the amount of warnings this user has received, and the fact that they have now created an attack page, I think an indef block may be in order. Patient Zerotalk 00:05, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yep, I was taking a closer look when I got this message and will be applying an indef momentarily. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 00:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Isabelle Belato has beat me to it! DanCherek (talk) 00:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Just saw that too! Thank you both for your help today. :-) Patient Zerotalk 00:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

About your Uyghur Talk page
I was really scared to death by a message from a spam account... The content is on your account, I'm just here to give you a heads up. That kind of scary talk is really unsettling and uncomfortable, if you understand Chinese.

Please remove those spam messages, thank you. ئىشلەتكۈچى_مۇنازىرىسى:DanCherek Ansony89 (talk) 01:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello, thank you for letting me know. I have removed those messages from my talk page on ugwiki. My guess is it's because I blocked that vandal here on the English Wikipedia a few days ago. DanCherek (talk) 02:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Safety Science
Hi, this edit popped up on recent changes & I saw you'd reverted them prior for copyright violations - is this new edit potentially WP:CLOP? I'm not too sure, so I figured I'd bring it to your attention. Schrödinger's jellyfish &#9993; 03:19, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. In my opinion, yes, still a bit too closely paraphrased, with lots of phrases still copied over, and I've reverted the edit. DanCherek (talk) 03:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

2024


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

[[User talk:Gerda Arendt#2024|Happy New Year

2024]]

Be it filled with music! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Happy new year to you too I like the card! DanCherek (talk) 00:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - The 2023 picture is from the Abel Fest in Köthen, celebrating the tercentenary of Carl Friedrich Abel, a viol virtuoso, composer and concert organiser in London (together with Bach's youngest son), born on 22 December 1723 in Köthen, where the new catalogue of his works was introduced, - my story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Could you perhaps help to lilypond for Joy to the World? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Not really sure at the moment how to add separate lyrics for the tenor/bass around measure 13... DanCherek (talk) 02:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! We sang from it yesterday. How would I omit the third stanza? I remember the note as extra-long, such as a measure longer ;) - I made a small correction to "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" which would also lead to different placement of syllables, for soprano and alto, but think that we altos are flexible enough to adapt ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Third stanza now omitted above. Do you mean the note in the 7th measure ("King"), held for an extra two beats? That's how I've often heard it too. DanCherek (talk) 13:16, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, exactly. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Added that too. DanCherek (talk) 14:13, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you taken, - please add to article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey Gerda, I took a look but am not sure about where to put it or what to do with the existing Lyrics section, and am a bit too busy elsewhere to delve into this. Feel free to use the lilypond yourself if you'd like, no credit needed for the transcription. DanCherek (talk) 00:56, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Check out today's story for where I used Joy to the world! - I have a DYK on the Main page, but my story would be different, about Figaro, - this Figaro. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Awesome! If you ever need help with transcribing some of the other songs on that subpage just let me know. DanCherek (talk) 23:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Next year ;) - thank you for the offer! - On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Xavier Serif (15:08, 17 January 2024)
January 17 2024

Hello Mr. Cherek:

Question: last year I created a wikipedia page, which was deleted for non notabliity. But it seems to have popped up on Everybodywiki. How can we delete the page from Everybodywiki? I would like to do that for personal privacy ID reasons.

Sincerely, Xavier Serif --Xavier Serif (talk) 15:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, I am actually not too sure because unfortunately, Everybodywiki takes a very liberal approach to copying stuff from Wikipedia whether or not they should. I looked at their FAQ at en.everybodywiki.com/Everybodywiki:FAQ , and they have a section titled "How to delete an article?" where they indicate that you can contact them if you have privacy conerns related to the subject of the article. I recommend reading that section and then scrolling to the bottom (click the blue square to get their contact info). DanCherek (talk) 02:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

International Diabetes Federation page
Hi Dan,

I've been updating the International Diabetes Federation Wikipedia page. I noticed today that you had deleted all the edits made.

Could you tell me why so that I can avoid this happening again?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Justine DiaAdvo (talk) 10:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, here are a few different issues here. If you are employed by the International Diabetes Federation, you'll need to provide the proper disclosure according to WP:COIDISCLOSEPAY — that means disclosing the relationship on your user page, on the talk page of the article, or in your edit summaries. This disclosure is required by the Terms of Use. Be sure to read the policies and guidelines on paid editing and conflicts of interest.Most of your additions were copied from the IDF's website. Previously published content may be released by the copyright owner into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license by following the instructions at Donating copyrighted materials. I will point out, however, that Wikipedia is primarily interested in what reliable sources have to say about a particular subject, not what it says about itself, and articles should be based on reliable, independent, secondary sources. Most of the content that you added to the article was promotionally written and not neutral enough for an encyclopedic article.Once you have reviewed the conflict of interest guidelines, I recommend suggesting any future edits that you'd like to make on the talk page of the article, using edit requests. You may find the Edit Request Wizard helpful. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 13:27, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @DanCherek
 * Thank you for these precisions. I work for the IDF and have repurposed the content from the IDF website.
 * Thank you for pointing out these conflicts of interest and the procedures to follow. I will take into account your suggestions for future editing. DiaAdvo (talk) 15:28, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Omggg GUYS
How to make page I want to make page about Kalila finch AminDaBied (talk) 05:44, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, Wikipedia generally requires that people or things have several reliable, independent sources containing significant coverage of them before an article can be created. Is this the case? DanCherek (talk) 15:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Closing sock report
Hi! Thanks for blocking User:StokeCityOnTheMarch as a sock - you beat me to the report I made here: Sockpuppet_investigations/AttackTheMoonNow. Could you please close it?

Thanks and have a great rest of your day! Star action ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 16:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Never mind - it's been closed now. Thanks again! Star action  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 16:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thanks for reporting. DanCherek (talk) 16:28, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

your removal of some material on food system transformation
Hi Dan Thank you for your message and the clarification regarding your editing. That's very useful and I actually looked how I could contact you personally to discuss this. I am the author of these contents and the paper is an open access material where (I believe) the copyrights are still with me (the author) as suggested by the "(c) The Authors" mentioned on the first page of the article. Would that be enough to be acceptable or what else need to be done. I am writing these lines in this Wikipedia page as a way to inform people - I don't have any other agenda. I also noticed you removed my previous input (from Nov). this is the same case. I am the author of these words and here again the original article is an open access material, with again (c)The Authors mentioned on the first page. Looking forward to hearing from you Ch Bene PS this IP is not a shared address 213.136.18.174 (talk) 11:40, 17 January 2024 (UTC) 196.189.58.113 (talk) 15:37, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for the message and for your interest in contributing to Wikipedia. There are several issues here. First, there is a standard process to verify that previously published content is being released by the copyright owner into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. This process is outlined at .However, even if the text is verified and released, there are some other things to note. Since you are adding information from and citing your own work, this constitutes a conflict of interest – as defined by our guideline on that – and so it would be best to disclose that on your user page (if you create an account), on the talk page of the article, or in your edit summaries; or to propose your edits on the talk page using an edit request. I would also say that parts of your previous edits, as directly copied from the publication, were not really appropriate for the Wikipedia article. For instance, we don't use first-person, and I think the proposed section is too long for the subject, since it's important to maintain a balanced approach to overview articles like that one. DanCherek (talk) 15:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from ZethyHere on User:ZethyHere/sandbox/NASA Eclipse MegaMovie 2024 (20:54, 23 January 2024)
I've been working on a page for the past few days relating to a project I'm a part of, I would just like a overall review over it, I still have to review it with the group also and see if I need to add more so its likely unfinished. --ZethyHere (talk) 20:54, 23 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, happy to help. I took a look at your draft and here are some thoughts:
 * The most important consideration for any potential Wikipedia article is the amount of significant coverage that the topic has received in reliable, independent sources. This is how we determine what goes into the article, and even whether it should be an article at all. At present, the draft doesn't really establish the notability of the EM2024 project because the only citations (based on the Further Reading section) are to the project's own website or affiliated (NASA / Sonoma State) websites.
 * The "References" section is rather unconventional for a couple reasons. We don't use first-person voice in Wikipedia, and usually references refer to citations to the sources that directly support the statements given in an article. So for instance you might write The idea of the project was created in 2011, by Hugh Hudson from the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. and then include a citation that links to the website that verifies that.
 * DanCherek (talk) 00:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I did the references rather quickly and I'll probably properly source them in the next few days and remove the first person. ZethyHere (talk) 04:09, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello Dan, I recently updated my references to have proper citations. I have also added a few more independent sources. I do think as the day of the event gets closer more independents will cover it. Can you do a quick review of the references and further reading? I am assuming I will likely have to use other sources in the references as all of it comes from the projects website. ZethyHere (talk) 17:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Looking better. Yeah, I agree that eventually more independent sources would be really helpful in terms of establishing notability. Also, I notice there is a lot of additional information being presented in the citation itself, which is not how articles are typically formatted (for example, look at the references section of today's featured article, Space Invaders). If it is actually relevant information, it probably belongs in the article body; otherwise, just the citation information (website, publisher, date, etc.) is fine. DanCherek (talk) 23:20, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red February 2024
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

January music
Yesterday was a friend's birthday, with related music. - I'm on vacation - see places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Great photos. Enjoy your vacation! DanCherek (talk) 23:48, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Henderson State University
Thanks for taking care of that, I did do an initial Google on the content they added but must have missed it! Do you use any tools to detect these sorts of edits? FozzieHey (talk) 23:48, 7 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for the message. The edit by Tvhall was flagged by the copyvio detector bot and logged at CopyPatrol here, that's how I came across the article. The bot uses the iThenticate plagiarism detection service which is pretty good at picking up things like this. If I'm trying to figure out whether something is a copyright violation, I often find it helpful to Google a random snippet enclosed in quotes (so that it looks for exact matches). For example, try searching "Leaders of the movement, however, became convinced that the interest" (a random phrase I pulled from that edit) with the quotation marks. That will bring you to Henderson State University's website. DanCherek (talk) 23:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, and Earwig's CopyVio Detector if you don't already know about it. That comes in handy when you want to investigate a specific article, though it can sometimes struggle with PDFs and other specific types of sources. DanCherek (talk) 23:54, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That's great thanks. I've heard of Earwig's but CopyPatrol is new to me, looks very interesting and I'll have to check it out. I came across the initial edit on Huggle. It did read a bit self-promotional (which is obvious as to why now), I just reverted it due to a lack of any citations. FozzieHey (talk) 23:57, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Visited wiki text color
Hello DanCherek, I'm contacting you because I need some help. My wiki got updated and I am disliking the new update with the visited wiki pages text being black instead of purple (if you know what I'm talking about). Do you know how I can get the text back to purple and if you know any other information about the new wiki update as again, I am not liking the new update. Thank you. 👍 Arcadia16 (talk) 23:51, 8 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey, when you go to Special:Preferences, which "skin" is selected for you? Based on the information at Help:Link color, the visited link color can vary between skins, but purple should be default for Vector 2022. If you want to use another skin and still have control over link color, gives some sample code for doing that; let me know if you'd like help with implementing something like that. DanCherek (talk) 23:56, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

It is at Vector (2022) and unfortunately the skin is still black, I liked it better when it was purple. Do you know if there is another way to make the skin purple again? Arcadia16 (talk) 00:06, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Try this: Go to Special:MyPage/skin.css and create it with the following code:


 * and then save the page. DanCherek (talk) 00:13, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

It worked! Thank you so much for the help, DanCherek! Arcadia16 (talk) 00:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * No problem, glad it worked. DanCherek (talk) 00:17, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * FYI, a lot of people are experiencing the same issue that you described. It's been reported here: Village pump (technical), and it looks like the WMF developers have been made aware. DanCherek (talk) 04:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright that's good, glad I am not the only one who has this problem. Arcadia16 (talk) 04:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

You are proactively awesome
Thank you for proactively correctly spotting and please submitting the Draft:List of islands in Lakshadweep. I have expanded the article by adding other type of list. Thank you once again. 220.255.242.109 (talk) 14:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * No problem. I'm not sure if it will be accepted, but happy to help. DanCherek (talk) 14:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

== ==

Big thanks for Draft:List of islands in Lakshadweep.

FYI, I have left a message on the article talk page for the reviewers which addresses all the objections raised by other reviers so far. Thank you for your awesome help. 🙏🙏 220.255.242.109 (talk) 14:58, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 15:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you so much for all your contributions to the Administrators' newsletter. I noticed that your name isn't on the writers list. Would you like me to add it for you? If not, that's perfectly okay too. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:54, 17 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Heh, thanks for your contributions as well. I never actually write any of the substantive news, just add new or former admins when I happen to notice them on my watchlist, so no need to add me to the list, I think. DanCherek (talk) 17:56, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, no problem :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Talk page access for vandal
Hi! , who you just banned, might need their talk page access revoked. Thanks. AntiDionysius ( talk ) 18:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Saw this a little late, but now ✅. Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! AntiDionysius  ( talk ) 13:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Harzenpeter (11:53, 20 February 2024)
Hello! I did wanted to edit an article and I encountered problems in doing it. I didn't realise that an article was left unedited. How can edit with a draft --Harzenpeter (talk) 11:53, 20 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, see Help:Your first article for how to create a properly referenced draft that can be submitted for review by experienced editors. DanCherek (talk) 13:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red March 2024
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AbdolReza Razmjoo
Hello, dear friend, I would be very grateful if you could revive the Razmjoo page againAbarz54 (talk) 22:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)


 * No, sorry. It was deleted after discussion a few years ago, as you may recall (as a participant in that discussion) – do you have the sources to overcome the notability concerns from that deletion discussion? DanCherek (talk) 00:53, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, dear friend, unfortunately, you deleted the comment because of just one comment against you. That is, you did not even tolerate it for 2 days, as if you were in a hurry to delete the article. Razmjo composed more than 130 songs, some of which he wrote for symphony orchestra, and some film scores in If you have time, listen to at least one of his symphoniesAbarz54 (talk) 19:28, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:AbdolReza_Razmjoo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abarz54 (talk • contribs) 19:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

February music
My calendar story today is about Michael Herrmann celebrating his birthday. (just back home, more photos will trickle) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:23, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

same kind of birthday for Josef Protschka --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

today I am happy about a singer on the Main page (at least for the first hours), after TFA the same day last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Stephen Gould (tenor)? Great article! DanCherek (talk) 23:22, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - When I made today's story I was sure Alfred Grosser would appear on RD today, which may happen or not but I go to bed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:25, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks to Seiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ... and for Valentine's Day an invitation to the theatre where they first played Elegy for Young Lovers --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy Valentine's Day! I wrote about Henze in Chaconne in G minor. DanCherek (talk) 15:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that! - The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:53, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Vami's death is so devastating. Our last private correspondence was right after my RfA started (and about a year after his was withdrawn), where he wished me luck, and told me he knew how stressful it could be and that he was available if I needed to vent about it. He was also the one to explain to me how the cv-revdel template worked, back in 2021 when I was first getting into copyright cleanup. It's astounding to look back and see how many people in this community he supported and everything he gave to the project in general. I still can't properly express how grateful I am to have known him and how appreciative I am of his impact here. DanCherek (talk) 17:22, 20 February 2024 (UTC)


 * yes yes yes - can you please say this on his talk, for his sister and others to see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Listen to music from Ukraine if you like, - I heard it in 2022, and the November concert (at a different church) raised a truckload of winter clothes. My story today is also from my life: I heard the singer in 3 of the 4 mentioned musical items. I sang in yesterday's. - Rinaldo (opera) premiered OTD, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:12, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for a great three years and for the music. I'm not familiar with Rinaldo but it looks interesting! I didn't know Handel composed about such colorful subjects. DanCherek (talk) 00:42, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - I remembered your combination of Prayer for Ukraine and BWV 1. Please watch Rinaldo, - I just reverted a change that I didn't understand. Every composer at the time seems to have dealt with these stories around Orlando, Alcina ... - no idea why. Today's story is a song I find interesting. Is there a way in "score" to make the audio part less obrusive? - I don't know about lilypond for the complete song, because whyle the melody is old the text seems too new. Also, the interesting part - with the crosses! - might get lost in the whole think. The children sing it nicely ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, not easily (at least based on my knowledge), because I believe the audio player is controlled not by Lilypond itself, but rather by MediaWiki's Score extension and how it interacts with Lilypond's outputs. DanCherek (talk) 15:22, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining! - Today's story celebrates a woman's birthday. She sat right in front of me when I took the picture at a lovely concert, celebrating her son's 60th. I thought she was 90 today, - no, 91 already. You can listen, starting at the piece he dedicated to her, Op. 1. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:06, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy 56th birthday to Rossini! DanCherek (talk) 23:19, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami
I just realised that additions by Hazim saeed786 have hugely been copy-paste from elsewhere. Earwig suspects 92% copyvio here. I had removed this material in some edits but didn't realise this at that time. Revdel? Thanks. ─ Aafī   (talk)  17:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Revdel done, thanks for letting me know. DanCherek (talk) 20:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Conflict of interest management: Case opened
Hello ,

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 20, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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Some baklava for you!

 * Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Hasandhrubo12115 (06:41, 13 March 2024)
how to i create a notable wiki page for me..? --Hasandhrubo12115 (talk) 06:41, 13 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. It's difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. Please see Autobiography for more information. DanCherek (talk) 01:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)