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Two Girls
Regarding this edit: if you compare the display before and after, there is a difference between the two. I'd like to restore that amendment. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:11, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That parameter threw the article into a maintenance category - see old diff where it's in the category Category:Pages using infobox artwork with unknown parameters. Personally, I'd remove the wikidata infobox myself. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:14, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

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Hillstead Museum
Hillstead is not hyphenated. I live near it and have often visited the museum. Ctirish (talk) 18:12, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You may want to advise the Hill-Stead Museum that their name isn't hyphenated, as they don't appear to be aware. &#8209; Iridescent 19:20, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You may want to advise the Hill-Stead Museum that their name isn't hyphenated, as they don't appear to be aware. &#8209; Iridescent 19:20, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

OTD January 13, 2019
Removing the mention of "Jews" from the Doctors' plot description in OTD is peculiar, being that Pravda's report is well-documented as being founded on antisemitic motives. The phrasing of the blurb is also quite credulous of the existence of the alleged plot, especially in light of the claims of fabrication. 2600:8800:1880:9A3:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26 (talk) 18:02, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

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Revdel edit summary?
This IP user is already blocked for vandalism at Talk:The Holocaust, but does this edit summary need to be removed from the history? There's one more like it, just after. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 07:40, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Choudhry Rahmat Ali
Thanks for your help in improving Choudhry Rahmat Ali. Is this nominated somewhere ? -- D Big X ray ᗙ  15:45, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Selected anniversaries/January 28 Ealdgyth - Talk 15:45, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

TFA
James Russell Lowell was nominated in 2013, but - I guess - postponed because he was born 22 February 1819. I haven't looked if the article is still in good shape, - please consider. We won't get a better date for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * If folks want date connections they need to put them in the various proper spots - Today's featured article/requests/pending and Featured articles that haven't been on the Main Page/Date connection. I can switch this one out but ... really, use the pages for this purpose please. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:41, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, it ran on the main page in 2017... (mutters). Ealdgyth - Talk 15:42, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for missing, twice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hi. At Special:Diff/881435801, you stripped the "www." prefix from the corrientes.gov.ar URL. This is, however, invalid. www.corrientes.gov.ar points to 181.14.206.138 but corrientes.gov.ar points to 181.14.206.139, which is not ping-able and refuses connections on port 80. It could be a VPN entry point or some other kind of non-web host or nothing at all. While not common, this is sometimes the case, and we can't assume the prefix can be stripped without actually verifying that it still points to the same address (just being a valid, even ping-able, address is not enough). Was this done by a script? —[ Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 20:02, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, since the edit summary says "General formatting by script" and links to User:Ohconfucius/script, it did indeed occur by a script. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I did look there first. No mention of URL or www (on that page, anyway). Which script was it (so I can follow up with the developer)? (ed.) —[ Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 09:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay... two things - one, all of the scripts on that page are done by the same editor - so you can follow up with the developer because there's no confusion about who the developer is. Two - the edit summary says "general formatting" - and the second script listed on that page is User:Ohconfucius/script/formatgeneral which has the explanatory text of "fixes some general formatting". So by the process of deduction, I thought it was pretty obvious which script was in use. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:27, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It wasn't obvious to me – that's why I asked. Thanks for your time. —[  Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 13:38, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

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Help me understand please
Tatiana von Metternich: she is relevant for the organizations that were listed in the infobox, especially the Rheingau Musik Festival which wouldn't exist without her, and the Order for which she held a leading position. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * They weren't displayed - the infobox does not support that parameter. (You can see this at the old diff here) Because the infobox does not display non-supported parameters, they were in a maintenance category - Category:Pages using infobox noble with unknown parameters. If they are relevant to her, a better infobox needs to be chosen that would actually display them. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, helped. I guess the infobox was changed because I use person for all people. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Found it, 17 Feb, restored the former, changing the German honorific to English "Princess". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Bailiff (Bailo) v. regent?
Hello Ealdgyth. Long time no chat. If I may ask, if some sources refer to someone as a bailiff and others as a regent, is this a real discrepancy or are the terms overlapping or even interchangeable? Berthold of Hohenberg was the bailiff/regent of Conrad IV after the latter's death... ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 07:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * PS: Baker 2015, p. 18. still doesn't point to any citation on The Holocaust. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 07:32, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * likely they mean he held both offices. But I can’t be positive of that. Baliff in English history is a local position for someone during a lifetime...regent is rarely used in England and almost always for high nobility when under age and is not localized. A regent holds power throughout the youth’s lands. As for Baker, no clue. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:24, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm working on Manfred, King of Sicily with an eye to ward FAC in a few weeks. I have been getting excellent info from . Different sources say different things about some details, not only about what office(s) (if that's the term) Berthold held, but also who held what office (Pietro Ruffo is another name involved...). After this, I may work on another relatively small bio, or maybe Sicilain Vespers, or maybe even Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. If you wanna join in, your help would be valued. If not, good luck over at there at The Holocaust. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 16:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * He's back! I got a weird email quite some time back from an odd account.  Email me!  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  16:09, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * ygm. No templates involved, as per Ealdgyth's sworn enmity. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 16:14, 24 February 2019 (UTC)