User talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao/Archive 47

2024


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

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

2024]]

Same location pictured as 2019. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:41, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mamiku


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Category:Guatemalan musicians by century has been nominated for merging
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Use of AWB to move Category:20th-century American politicians to Category:20th-century American legislators
In the 10 minutes from 17:50 to 17:59, you used AWB to manually move 384 entries from Category:20th-century American politicians to Category:20th-century American legislators, pressing enter at the rate of once every 1.5 seconds. Is there any reason that these edits were not marked as minor? There are bots that handle this, so why not let a bot do the mindless work? Alansohn (talk) 23:15, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of a bot that has been coded to do this specific task, and I can handle it myself with relative ease.


 * I have discovered over long years here that it doesn't seem to matter much whether or not I mark such edits as minor; I receive blowback from other editors either way. Myself, I don't view these as minor edits, necessarily, which is why I don't mark them as such. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Page
Hi Nicolao. There is a professional squash player in Sri Lanka with a world rank of 417 will be upgraded soon tomorrow. His name is Tuwin Osanda Herath. A national squash player from Sri Lanka who debuted his senior national squash career in May 2023 for Asian Championships. Would you mind doing an article about him on Wikipedia and make him a page?

Thank you! SquashDope (talk) 22:56, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Nalanda (7°40′N 80°38′E)


The article Nalanda (7°40′N 80°38′E) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "A duplicate of Nalanda, Sri Lanka, evidence gathered in Talk:Batagalla (7°15′N 80°40′E)"

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I expanded the Nalanda, Sri Lanka article. Cheers! Chanaka L ( talk ) 15:57, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

HELP me
This morning I edited Lindsay McCaul. Can you correct?

I thought I was just adding a link but I did it WRONG. EVEN if the original link was a spam misspelling... the biography looks worse.

So I did NOT improve it. Please fix for me. Please 152.44.187.196 (talk) 16:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for sharing the poem by Polly Rupe on your user page. 46.123.251.53 (talk) 10:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Schneider Crossroads, Virginia for deletion
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Nomination of Lost in the Game (film) for deletion
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Women in Red February 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 20:10, 28 January 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Madagascar Green Party politicians


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Hello
Hello Ser Amantio Di Nicolao, I heard you were the most active user on Wikipedia and made the most edits ever to this website. I would like to thank you for making so many edits, its just amazing how much work you put into Wikipedia. PrincessJoey2024 (talk) 17:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Louse River


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Vandalising User
Noticed user 100.6.41.234 putting unsourced claims about new locations on the Skyline Chili Wikipedia. Went to their edit logs and noticed that the majority (if not all) of their numerous edits have been adding false information to various pages namely false claims that various celebrities such as T.J. Watt and Kenny Pickett are expecting children. A number of users have complained on their talk page about unsourced claims and misinformation in an attempt to resolve the issues to no avail. Sqorg (talk) 03:17, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

February music
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) 16:11, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks to Seiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

12 years precious ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:24, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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) 16:48, 20 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. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:36, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Help with updating a Wikipedia page
Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao! I am looking for a wiki expert to help with / guidance in some page cleanup for Amada Cruz. I am looking into bias/credibility of some of the listed information on this page, and adding in new information that is from recent press about this individual. I am wondering if you would be able to help me with navigating a successful edit for sections of this page. Thank you in advance! Cratedcube82 (talk) 22:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I tend to avoid biographies of living people most of the time; there are other editors better suited to navigate them than I. Apologies. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Maybe try asking for assistance at Teahouse.--Commander Keane (talk) 03:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you! Cratedcube82 (talk) 21:26, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Shawn Jones (musician) for deletion
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Is this real?
Hey, I am just curious. I was looking at the unsourced backlog, I see X (automobile), I didn't really see anything online. I'm just curious where you got the info for it? Certainly presents a problem for googling with the very generic name. Somehow since 2006 its only received maintenace edits, lol. Kind of interesting ForksForks (talk) 13:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes: it would have been sourced from David Burgess Wise. Surprised I didn't include a source, even at that early date. Thanks for the reminder - when I have a moment I'll have to find the book and add something in.-- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:56, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Oskeladden Rock for deletion
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Wikiquote article about you now
Thanks for all the good stuff you do on this project! HouseOfChange (talk) 23:10, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Jeez - I never realized I said anything worth listening to in the first place. Thanks a.) for the tip, and b.) for reminding me that I should get more involved over at Wikiquote as I've been meaning to do. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:32, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Come on over, we'd be so honored to have you! Lots to do and so much variety. Today I have been working on humanizing and improving WQ articles for Raquel Welch and Mamie Van Doren, just for example. HouseOfChange (talk) 23:41, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have a copy of David Ewen's American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary that I've been meaning to mine for some quotes - he appends a quote by the relevant composer to nearly every entry in the book. It'll take some time to transcribe them, which is why I've been holding off - I'm lazy. :-) But I'm sure there are some folks there that currently don't have entries on Wikiquote. I have a project or two ahead of them, but I might try to get on it this weekend - at the very least I can work on some of the women composers like Marion Bauer and Amy Beach. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Category changed and then reinserted
In this edit on February 10 you changed Category:21st-century American politicians to Category:21st-century American legislators and then in this edit on February 14 you added Category:21st-century New Jersey politicians back in. Am I missing something in why the politicians category was changed and then reinserted? Alansohn (talk) 02:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It wasn't reinserted, though - a more refined version was inserted. Both categories are an attempt to deal with the bloat that has affected . One is admittedly more successful than the other, but it's an ongoing process of refinement. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:I-Kiribati poets


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Kiribati poetry


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Albert Decaris
I saw you added some info about this artist so I came here to see if you knew a great deal about him but it appears you know lots about a lot of stuff given your contributions to wiki. I am just a normal guy who likes odd things and picked up what I believe to be an original or at the least signed piece of this guys art, so trying to expand my research on him and his works of art  Thanks for contributions to wiki Derek Beals 2601:300:4002:A7C0:7130:FABD:D8FD:DD3B (talk) 03:53, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Wiffen
Hello, may I ask for the above article to be semi-protected due to unregistered editors changing his nationality from N. Irish to Irish, in contravention of policies regarding people from N. Ireland? See Rhys McClenaghan, for instance, another Irish Olympian from N. Ireland. Thank you Billsmith60 (talk) 09:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Dear friend, may I repeat my request to prevent changes that contravene Wikipedia policies?
 * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wiffen
 * Thank you Billsmith60 (talk) 10:14, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * This is not a subject with which I'm particularly familiar; I would recommend looking for an administrator with interest either in Irish topics or in sports. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:46, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Mass removal of Category:20th-century American politicians
John DiMaio is an example of one of hundreds of articles where you deleted Category:20th-century American politicians (or similar categories) in this edit today, without any explanation. Why are they being removed now? Alansohn (talk) 03:49, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Because the category is now redundant; any article that I removed is in one of its subcategories now. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:55, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Mingo, Iowa
Mingo was not platted due to coal mining. It came about due to the Chicago Great Western Railroad needing a water stop after Valeria, Iowa. The beginning of Mingo was the end of Greencastle, Iowa since the railroad missed Greencastle by 2 miles. 75.117.225.206 (talk) 03:12, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red March 2024
--Lajmmoore (talk 20:23, 25 February 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Clarify Bangura/Bangoura
Is Hadja Maffire Bangura the same person as Mafory Bangoura? From history, appears you are creator of former, which is subject of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hadja Maffire Bangura. Can you help clarify? Thanks. Djflem (talk) 17:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

AFD in progress regarding article you created.
See [ Articles for deletion/Hadja Maffire Bangura].

I apologize that I did not think to check who created the article to see if they were still active on Wikipedia and to notify you of the AFD.

Yours. Nirva20 (talk) 18:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

19th, 20-century Missouri politicians
These recently added categories appear to be missing: Example of additions: Mitch Ames (talk) 06:28, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, creating them now. Going a little backwards tonight. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

"Koit (ajaleht)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Rich McCormick
The allegations from Marjorie Taylor Greene about assault by Rich McCormick are completely unsubstantiated. However, elements associated with her campaign continue to graffiti this wiki entry with these false allegations. Can you please lock the page for edits? Jbsimpson81 (talk) 20:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Right now I don't see a sufficient level of vandalism for the article to require protection. If there are repeated attempts to add information, that would be a different story. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Kyrgyzstani educators


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Strange nbsp's
Did you intentionally add the nbsp's in this edit? If not, do you know why they appeared? --Gimmethegepgun (talk) 05:15, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Not a clue, sorry - I didn't add them deliberately. I only changed the one word. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Creation of file talk pages
Hello. Your recent creations of file talk pages are a task better-suited for a bot, and the rate at which you are performing them (e.g. 64 edits in one minute here) indicates that you are not reviewing individual edits manually and are therefore required to seek approval from the Bot Approvals Group under the bot policy. Please file a bot approval request if you wish to proceed with the task. Regards, <span style="border:3px outset;border-radius:8pt 0;padding:1px 5px;background:linear-gradient(6rad,#86c,#2b9)"> Sdkb  talk 10:45, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Apologies - the speed does get away from me from time to time. I'll redouble my efforts to slow down. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:16, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The point is not that you should be reviewing each individual edit, since those edits should be automatable. This task is so low-value anyways that reviewing manually would be an absurd use of time. The point is that the batch as a whole should have the normal proper scrutiny, and should be done with a bot flag to reduce watchlist clutter for the (not me, but many other) editors who filter out bot edits.
 * Also, this is very far from an isolated moment as your reply implies. Every other editor who does the type of work you do does it through the proper channel, which is running a bot. It is long past time for you to get on board. Courtesy pinging for their input. <span style="border:3px outset;border-radius:8pt 0;padding:1px 5px;background:linear-gradient(6rad,#86c,#2b9)"> Sdkb   talk 15:15, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll be completely honest, if it were up to me I would have blocked Ser Amantio years ago for doing exactly the same thing that has gotten a dozen other editors blocked (mass-editing with an unflagged bot account). However, no one seems to care that Ser Amantio is running an unauthorised bot account and has reached the super-mario "net positive" levels where I doubt a unilateral block would actually stick. Primefac (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of M. Laurance Morse


The article M. Laurance Morse has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "fails to meet notability guidelines for people – sparse sources with insignificant coverage (i.e. 2 books that mention him briefly on one page)"

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Maria Voce‎
Hi Ser Amatio, I just have a question. On the Maria Voce‎ article, you switched the category from "21st century women lawyers" to the general "21st-century lawyers" category. Can I ask why that was please? Was there a decision to get rid of that gendered category?  The C of E God Save the King!  ( talk ) 10:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The "women lawyer" categories are non-diffusing, so articles that are in those categories should be in their parents as well. They should be in both simultaneously. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

legislators vs. politicians
I noticed on John P. Ordway some changes in the categories, and I wanted a clarification from you, since you seem to be the one swapping these categories around with a plan in mind. The "legislator" category has a description at the top that says that it is for people "primarily" known for their legislative post. If this is true, I think I will remove it from Ordway's article, I think he is primarily known as a composer and music publisher. As a aside, I see the "politician" category does not have a description at the top. It seems to me that virtually all categories should have some sort of description, to avoid people having false ideas about what to include. Regards, 16:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC) Brianyoumans (talk) 16:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Personally, I wouldn't remove the category from Ordway's article. He was a legislator, even if it wasn't the only thing he was known for, and it's an important enough part of his life that I think it ought to be included in the category tree. As to the other point, I believe there are a fair number of categories without descriptions in them; that being said, I might chew over some verbiage for the category when I have a moment, because I can think of one or two things that might be worth saying. You're welcome to put something there yourself as well, of course...I won't have much time this weekend. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If we want the categories to consist of anyone who was a legislator, it seems to me the word "primarily" should come out.Brianyoumans (talk) 16:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I would have no objection, not having chosen that wording in the first place. It might be worth asking the category creator for input. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Will do.Brianyoumans (talk) 22:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

what give people right
especially if their not family ly MAyers79 (talk) 01:25, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * especially if I am being harassed by a company from mental health MAyers79 (talk) 01:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

J. C. Seaman
Hi,

At some point you had added the image of J. C. Seaman Jr. in the infobox in the J. C. Seaman article. You had asked "any reason why this isn't in the infobox?" The obvious reason is that the image that was in the infobox was of J. C. Jr. in 1970 and J. C. Sr., who the article is about, died in 1964. The article is now without a picture and that's because I had to get it out of the infobox asap to avoid further confusion regarding the person of J. C. Sr. Commonssense (talk) 11:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Uncertain births
In this edit, and others, you've removed the "uncertain birth date" cat because there's also a specific birth year cat. But in this case the text says "Major Thomas Pearson (c. 1740?–1781)" (an interesting double layer of uncertainty?), and the two accessible sources both say "about 1740". How do you decide which of the incompatible categories is incorrect? Pam D  08:08, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * And here the source says "born by 1517", not the same as "born 1517" but more of a fl.. Pam  D  08:10, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Similarly, I have an edit here where a user added findagrave as a source to make at least a minimal effort at finding a birth date and kept the flag uncertain birth, and then you subsequently removed the uncertain birth category. I'm not sure it's wrong for both categories to exist simultaneously (uncertain birth and xxxx births]]. --Engineerchange (talk) 10:03, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

[Redundant intro since I didn't notice the above section:] Hi. I haven't seen it documented that this maintenance category shouldn't be placed in articles where year-of-birth categories are also used. Maybe some instructions should be given on the category page on how it should be used, unless it's already somewhere and I missed it.

Anyway, for this specific case, the article does note that sources give two different birth years, which aren't even in the same century. It clearly wouldn't be a good idea to change the YOB category to Category:2nd-millennium births; do you perhaps have a suggestion how should the article should be categorised to reflect the discrepancy? --Paul_012 (talk) 15:57, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ,, and : I defaulted to the by-year category when running a cleanup like this because it tells me that someone has put eyes on the article and chosen that. There were 1930 articles in the batch when I began cleanup...I don't think they've been looked at for a while. Compounding the issue is that is an invisible category, and I don't know how many editors are aware of those without a little poking around. (I know I wasn't, way back when...I think I must have discovered it when adding categories to another article.)


 * I do disagree that "uncertain births" and "xxxx births" ought to exist on the same article, because for births that are truly uncertain we have the by-decade and by-century categories (I agree with about categorizing people by millennium...I've seen it done with ancient figures, but not editing much in the realm of ancient history myself I have no opinion as to its utility there.) My practice, when writing an article about someone with an uncertain year of birth, has simply been to leave that category blank. Best case, use a by-decade category if that seems likely. Choosing a by-year category is a definitive statement, and that's the problem to me...an editor is saying, "no, it's not uncertain...this is the certainty I choose".


 * (Also compounding the issue: I think there are times when people are choosing when  is a superior choice. I've had discussion at times in the past with one or two editors about which is proper when.)


 * I'm going to be in and out all day (I do have an off-wiki social life once in a while, contrary to what some people may believe)...I have an idea for a possible fix to at least some part of this issue, but I want to chew it over a bit more before making it public. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The decade etc cats are sometimes useful, sometimes not: one of the examples was born "about 1800" so has uncertain century, decade and year! It's not wasy to see a solution. Pam  D  21:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree, and frankly I don't use them much - I just leave the article without a birth-year category.
 * I'm wondering (adding and  into the discussion): would it be possible to create something like, but for articles with the kind of contradiction we're discussing? Maybe two: one for categories in  which have had a birth-year category added, and one for  that's the same? I can see several advantages; 1.) it would channel those articles into a category that could be reviewed manually every so often (so that hopefully we don't end up with 1900+ articles having that issue again), and 2.) if it provides an alert in the body of the article it could possibly alert new editors to the fact that the invisible categories exist. Think that might solve the issue? It won't take care of all of it, but it will take care of much of it, I think. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:03, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Just to add, there's perhaps a parallel problem on deaths? Pam  D  06:10, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Just leaving out the categories in uncertain cases would at least be logically consistent, but it probably needs wider discussion somewhere. The problem lies mainly in cases where the uncertainty spans more than one decade (or century). There needs to be consensus on what to do with them first for an automated tracking category to be useful. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:00, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree that there should be a consensus outside of this talk page to move forward on these proposals. On the topic, I think Category:Year of birth unknown vs. Category:Year of birth missing are fairly well documented, though the descriptions are cumbersome; i.e., if the person was born before/flourished prior to 1850, you sort into unknown and if after that period, you sort into missing. You have to read paragraphs to get to that point. The description for Category:Year of birth uncertain is vague: "contains individuals whose year of birth is uncertain or disputed." I have often added people in a decade birth category and then categorized as uncertain because the age at death could put them in one of two years in the same decade (or two competing ages of death could put in one of 4 years...) because by definition that is uncertain. If in one of two decades, I mark as uncertain only. I'm generally fine with the proposal, but the description on that category page should have clear examples to make it obvious to the user what is expected. --Engineerchange (talk) 13:54, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * and : I didn't mean to imply that my suggestion was final; I merely offer it as a starting point, and as something somewhat half-formed from the recesses of my mind. I'm certainly not opposed to further discussion, although I'm not sure that I have the energy to lead said discussion right now. (I haven't really had the energy to lead such a discussion for a while, to be honest, but of that the less said the better.)
 * Let me run a quick PetScan search when I have a moment...that should tell me what numbers we'd be dealing with there. (I'm hoping fewer, but we shall see.) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2006 in the Falkland Islands


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March music
Bach music for Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Master of the categories, I just looked at what has accumulated for Graham Waterhouse. Can you sort them out, nationality being the key? He is - as of a few years ago (after Brexit), not only English but also a German citizen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:42, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There's no mention of that in the article, I'm afraid - if you add it in I'll sort out the categories. Is he a dual citizen, then? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * He is a dual citizen. I am his friend and know, about these things such as language tests and knowing the constitution to acquire it. As my user page says: "the only real nation is humanity". In music, is it important which nationality the composer has? The article doesn't mention that he is English, just that he is born in London. For my taste, all these nationality-based cats could go with no harm. But if they stay they should be correct. What is an "expatriate", actually? - Do I have a RS for him having a German passport? No. An English? No. - Back to music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I mean, I'm not opposed to tinkering with the categories. I trust you. :-) But if they aren't supported by the text of the article then there may be problems, especially given that it's a BLP. I don't much think so, given how niche classical music is, but I do want to make sure that's clear.
 * I'll have a look tomorrow night, then, once I'm not pressed for time. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Don't waste time, though, - I want to learn. Strictly speaking, when no text provides any nationality, there should be no category with a nationality, - just composer - cellist - person from London, - right? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

If no text provides any nationality? Then yes, most likely there will be no categorization by country. That said...if the birthplace is included, then people may run with it.

Having said that...I can't think of an instance where I've seen a person's birthplace mentioned when nationality wasn't. It just tends to be one of those things people expect to see in an encyclopedia article. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I've seen the opposite: "don't mention nationality in an infobox when it can be inferred from the birthplace". So I never fill nationality, and never add these nationality categories, but others do, and I haven't reverted. Back to the beginning: we have no RS to say that he is also German, so how could that me mentioned? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:27, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There's no record of it anywhere online, even some sort of database? If that's really the case, all I can think would be to alter the lead of the article and call him, say, British/German. But as it's a BLP that still may present challenges. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:43, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

April music
I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Which, the statue of Hildegarde? Not bad, though I feel compelled to say that her music is not to my taste, I'm afraid. Speaking of Shakers, that's what my choir is working on for our next concert...Shaker music. More to come on that... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting! - Our next concert - soon - will be Bach cantatas, with that famous tenor I pointed out in March. - Today I see Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Another category question for you expert: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 has to to with the Road to Emmaus appearance but that has no category (yet). There's one for Paintings of the Supper at Emmaus, but this is not a painting nor of the supper. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, was out all day Sunday. (Florencia en el Amazonas at the University of Maryland.) I'm not sure it would be useful to categorize the cantata by subject. It might be possible to create a parent category for the Gospel story, and put it in there...but it doesn't look like we do that with other stories, as far as I can tell. Except maybe for one or two of the major ones. I see it's categorized as, which is probably sufficient. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - today a sad task - memory of Andrew Davis - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I don't believe I ever had occasion to hear him live - I don't know that he appeared much around here, if at all - but he was the conductor of that magnificent Makropulos from Glyndebourne that was my introduction to the piece, lo these many years ago. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for sharing, - I saw several operas by Janáček, and sang the Glagolitic Mass, but never that one, - today you can look at the last three stories or "music" on my talk: the same topics, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Samuel Kummer and (pictured) one row of 8 double basses and another of 5 bassists ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Is this the right thing to do
Hi Ser Amantio de Nicolae I have some questions regarding your editing process. I often struggle with communication so I hope this message is received kindly. I'm keen to understand how you have been responsible for so many Wikipedia edits? I'm struggling with mirroring in all of its forms. I am concerned that there's an element of whimsey and perhaps plagiarism in your edits. if you are jumping from one subject to another do you fall down worm holes and forget to credit previous writers or researchers? I would like to understand your values if you feel able to share these?. I moved from a small town to a big City but unlike you I stayed in my nations capital, moving back 24 years later. It was terrible and I've never felt so unheard Is there an element of wanting people to hear you in your writing for Wikipedia?

I realise these are chunky questions but might benefit from your thoughts.

Best Wishes Steven 82.69.107.230 (talk) 01:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The vast majority of my edits are small, category changes and the like. It's relatively easy to do a large number in a short amount of time. Factor in that I've had this account now for over eighteen years, and that means I've had a lot of time to build up my edit count. Simple as that. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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Date of birth of Jerome Ravetz
Hi User:Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao, would you consider this link as valuable proof of Ravetz's birthdate? https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/science-post-normal-perspectives-jerry-ravetz-90

It is about the celebration of Ravetz's 90th birthday in Oxford which was in May 2019.

His birth year is also here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6182884 backed up by three sources. If this does not satisfy you would you consider leaving just the year 1929? Thanks for your help and best regards Andrea Saltelli Saltean (talk) 07:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)


 * If the source seems legitimate to you, you can go ahead and make the requisite changes to the article. No need for my input. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:43, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Andrea Saltelli Saltean (talk) 06:38, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Texas City disaster
Was wondering why you removed this article from the Category:Disasters in Texas with this edit. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 03:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The article is now in the subcategory . -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:42, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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Women in Red May 2024
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Why this is no longer on the list of parks?
Sulphur Springs Park Reserve was removed from the 'Parks in Arkansas' category in August 2023, and I'm just curious why? Wikipedian-in-Waiting (talk) 19:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It's in the subcategory ; no need to be in the parent as well. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Wikipedian-in-Waiting (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Go Tribe!
Only recently learned that the single-most-active Wikipedian ever is a fellow member of the Tribe - certainly feels like a TWAMP-y thing, haha. Several of my written articles were done during classes my senior year - I believe I published Matt Murray and/or Mikael Hakkarainen in the basement classroom under the Great Hall in Wren.

Keep doing what you do, and go Tribe! The  Kip  20:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC)


 * That...might be where I had an Italian lab sophomore year, first semester. (It was definitely on that side of Wren...whether or not it was under the Great Hall I don't recall, honestly. Given that it's been twenty years...)
 * I spent most of my non-dorm internet time in the computer lab in the Tucker basement...especially when I had some computer troubles at the start of my junior year. (My senior roommate, and one of my best friends, recalls looking in there late one night and finding me fast asleep at the computer. I do seem to recall a similar incident prior to finishing an art history paper for my Italian Renaissance class - perhaps they are one and the same.) There was also the lab in Boswell Hall, which was Morton at the time; I banged out a paper there at one point senior year, mostly because it was easier than going all the way back to Ludwell that night. And I spent a lot of time using the computers in Swem.
 * I don't know if I published any articles in any computer labs, but I don't much think so; my early article creation was really quite spotty, and I kept forgetting passwords and starting new accounts before I got this one to stick senior year.
 * As for "TWAMP", that's after my time, I'm afraid. (Though I've since discovered its meaning.) When I was there, us Northern Virginia kids were still trying to persuade everyone else to stop saying we were from "NOVA" - "that's a community college, not a region". We gave up on that one pretty quickly, as I recall. We were also among the last to encounter the oh-so-glorious Colonel Ebirt; if you date to the Griffin years, I'm sorry you missed out.
 * Thanks for the kinds words, and for the walk down memory lane - I retain many fond memories of my college years, and some of my best friendships date to that time. Happy editing to you, as well...and go Tribe indeed. (And Golden Knights, too, of course...) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Help creating a Wikepedia page
Hello! I've been a wikepedia editor (and account haver, for that matter) for a very short period of time. I only created my account to edit a few pages (Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season records -- mostly player information and minor roster edits). I came across these pages and the relevant editing information while doing research on a man who played for them in the 1899-1900 season -- Frank X. (Xavier) O'Dwyer. I've now amassed quite the collection of notes and information about him, and am thinking about creating a page for him. Of course, I've never done that before and am unfamiliar with the process. I do work in history archives, so I'm certain I can get access to any of the information I need.

Any advice? Thank you so much in advance! N0alv (talk) 20:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Honestly, I'd ask over at WikiProject Ice hockey. I don't know the first thing about most sports, and they can give you much better guidance than I can, especially about notability and the like. Sorry I can't be of more assistance. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much anyway! I will certainly give that a go. -- N0alv (talk) 20:49, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Any time. There's also Teahouse, which I keep forgetting exists. :-)
 * Happy editing, and welcome aboard! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

hello
Hello, could you move this article from my workshop to this article Atar Meiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GiladSeg/sandbox --GiladSeg (talk) 04:25, 6 May 2024 (UTC)


 * You should be able to move it yourself. If not, you can ask at Teahouse for assistance - this is not a subject about which I have any knowledge, so I'm not the best person to ask for help. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Since I am new I cannot create articles directly, I am requesting the transfer of the article from the Workshop to Atar Meiner--GiladSeg (talk) 04:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I would still ask at Teahouse. I don't follow contemporary music, so I'm not the best person to ask. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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TFA
Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:50, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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Please see Talk:Daniel Clark (Louisiana politician)
I ran into this as a result of rechecking the WaPo list of Congressional slaveholders. This is about a 12 year gap between somebody leaving a list of good sources to complete a disgracefully incomplete article and somebody else (me) noticing that something is wrong. I've started editing it just a bit, but could use help. I thought of you because the story can only be described as operatic. A rich kid is forced to flee Ireland (economic reasons), makes it to Philadelphia for the American Revolution and becomes a member of the American Philosophical Society... moves to New Orleans before 1800... dies 1813? owning 1/3 of New Orleans, with no real heirs ... his unacknowledged daughter sues in 1830s for millions ... case goes to US Supreme Court 17 times(!!!) and she "wins" case in mid 1880s. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Any help appreciated! Smallbones( smalltalk ) 15:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Best wishes!
Congratulations on nearly six million edits and being the top editor! I know your contributions around Wikipedia are appreciated. Do you see yourself getting to ten million before it is all said and done? No telling what the future of editing looks like with AI and more bots coming around. Best wishes! Red Director (talk) 15:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2024
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Cat-a-lot error
Hi, you accidentally categorized Expand. It looks like you're using an old version of Cat-a-lot. You may have to clear your browser cache. Nardog (talk) 02:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Your opinion about bishop Guido Marini
Dearest Ser Amantio di Nicolao, how are you?

Is it correct my last "undo" I made on this page? Thanks a lot for your opinion Rei Momo (talk) 09:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

How to address claims of using copyrighted material
Hello - I've been told I will be permanently blocked for having used copyright material from a source I have not used (didn't even know it existed) on the "Leon Russell" page. The edits have been blocked and aren't available for review. Do you have any advice? Thank you! WmArbaugh (talk) 13:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Looks like we're back on track - thanks for all you do! William WmArbaugh (talk) 14:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

W regard to an article you have edited
An editor keeps on whitewashing and editing against consensus, by deleting proper material, here. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Taylor&diff=prev&oldid=1227899365 2603:7000:2101:AA00:5C03:FD09:465C:DA45 (talk) 06:33, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

wikipedia page
Received email from someone about creating a wikipedia page for me for payment. When I looked around I was not sure about it. Thought of reach out to someone credible about my credentials for this purpose

I am food process engineering professor at The Ohio State University contributing to research, teaching and industrial outreach of next generation of food processing and sanitation technologies that help satisfy consumer demand for minimally processed foods without synthetic preservatives. i serve as editor-in-chief for journal of food process engineering, Wiley. I am also serve as board member of National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board Meeting. I am elected as fellow of IFT, IUFoST, ISAE.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kcahfoAAAAAJ&hl=en https://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov/board-members https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17454530/homepage/contact.html https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1540-4273

V.M. Balasubramaniam Email: balasubramaniam.1@osu.edu 75.118.240.26 (talk) 15:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

New artist's page
Hello Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I enjoyed reading your Wikipedia journey. Thanks for sharing. I'm still a fair weather contributor, but I'm picking up the pace between creating articles and editing pages where my expertise in the arts is useful. I recently created https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Bonnie_Rychlak, an article about the artist Bonnie Rychlak. She has exhibited with Jeanne Silverthorne on several occasions and their work is aligned. I noticed that you contributed to Silverthorne's page and thought you would be in a good position to appreciate this new article and provide feedback on what might improve it. Thank you in advance. Gaw54 (talk) 08:17, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for all you do!
Hey Steven, I noticed this morning that my surname Rauwerda has a disambiguation page. How exciting. There aren't many Rauwerdas around! Thanks for doing some gnome-y work on it. According to my dad's dubious assemblage of Rauwerda ancestry, Jurjentje is the daughter of my great great great great grandpa’s brother. I find her biography interesting but I was disturbed by a Dutch historian's article about the human trafficking that Jurjentje Rauwerda's brothel enabled — not an ancestor who makes me proud! Anyway, hope you're doing well and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia. Annierau (talk) 21:22, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * "Not an ancestor who makes me proud"...I'm Southern, so I'm used to this thanks to a little...incident a century or so back. (Quoting Joel McHale: "See, it's funny, 'cause it's not!") I am possessed of a surname of considerably more popularity, apparently...which is surprising, as I'm not used to seeing it much outside of southern Virginia. And Tangier Island. I'm...abiding, let's say. Not as well as I'd like, but not as badly as I could be. You're doing well, I hope?
 * And thanks for the kind words...and happy editing, as always! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of John Type for deletion
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Proposed deletion of West Irvington, Virginia


The article West Irvington, Virginia has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "There isn't a 'West Irvington.' This is a false GNIS entry. There is an Irvington, VA, but the western part of it is not separate. Coordinates are in a housing area by the yacht club and Tides Inn, all of which are part of normal Irvington. I would know, I'm from here."

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= Seeking consensus on proposed policy = <div style="background:#f7fffe
 * border:2px solid grey;"> Hey, Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao! I just wanted to invite you to check out my proposed policy that aims to curb targeted/harassing deletion nominations on Wikipedia. Feel free to participate in the discussion on the talk page as a consensus is being sought via RfC. Thank you!  9t5 (talk) 23:35, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

History of the United Arab Emirates
Hiya. Wondering why you have removed virtually every historical site and figure from the United Arab Emirates from Category: History of the United Arab Emirates? Also archaeological sites from Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates? Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Such categories are broad, and should ideally contain as few articles as possible...there are nearly always better categories for them farther down the tree, as there were here. As for archaeological sites, they are in the child category ; no need for them to be in the parent as well. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 08:31, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey
Is it true? Did you surpass the one billionth edit in late January 2021? You may want to update your user page! --82.18.215.123 (talk) 16:59, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

June music
Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Turkey Creek (Texas)


A tag has been placed on Turkey Creek (Texas) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either
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Regarding the edit on All Saint's Church
I accidentally pressed the wrong button, and I was confused on how to revert it. Can you please help? XIAOYUJEFFY (talk) 10:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024
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