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The Mocking of Christ is a small 13th-century panel painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, in tempera on a poplar panel. It depicts the mocking of Jesus and is one of three panels known from Cimabue's Diptych of Devotion. It was discovered in the kitchen of an elderly woman in northern France. In October 2019 it sold at auction for €24 million, a record for an artwork predating the 16th century. It is believed to be the first work by Cimabue to have been auctioned. Following an export ban, it was acquired by the Louvre in 2023. Painting credit: Cimabue Recently featured: Alpine marmot Apollo 9 Whitehead's trogon Archive More featured pictures

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Hi, I'm not sure if you take requests, but if you do, would you please consider restoring File:Callot Helena Tekla Lubomirska.jpg if you have the time? It should be high resolution enough to restore. Thanks for your consideration.

P.S. please consider archiving your talk page. It's giving my old clunker of a laptop diarrhea.

Sincerely, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 01:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

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BTW maybe you should consider archiving this page. The three latest POTD notifications don't show up properly because it's so large. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:47, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

@Armbrust: I usually archive when people start telling me to. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 22:06, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the prominent 18th-century Moffat missionary family. His fame as an explorer and his obsession with learning the sources of the Nile was founded on the belief that if he could solve that age-old mystery, his fame would give him the influence to end the East African Arab–Swahili slave trade. Livingstone's subsequent exploration of the central African watershed was the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of Africa. His missionary travels, "disappearance", and eventual death in Africa‍—‌and subsequent glorification as a posthumous national hero in 1874‍—‌led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa". This portrait by Thomas Annan was taken in 1864. Photograph credit: Thomas Annan; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Sword-billed hummingbird Molly Maguires Phaistos Disc Archive More featured pictures

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Joseph Bazalgette (28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames. He later designed the second and current Hammersmith Bridge, which opened in 1887. This photograph of Bazalgette was taken between 1864 and 1877. Photograph credit: Lock & Whitfield; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Mauritius ornate day gecko Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Kefermarkt altarpiece Archive More featured pictures

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Nadar (born Gaspard-Félix Tournachon; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910) was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs, and during the Siege of Paris in 1870–71, he established the first airmail service. In 1863, Nadar commissioned the prominent balloonist Eugène Godard to construct an enormous balloon, 60 metres (196 ft) high and with a capacity of 6,000 m3 (210,000 ft3), named Le Géant (The Giant). For publicity, he recreated balloon flights in his studio with his wife, Ernestine, using a rigged-up balloon gondola. This self-portrait of Nadar in a balloon basket was taken c. 1863. Photograph credit: Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Red panda Ford Strikers Riot 2022–2023 California floods Archive More featured pictures

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This is one of the greatest pictures Ive ever seen Panini! • 🥪 06:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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Adam, I uploaded an image to File:Defense zone location map.png and it looks sort of... squashed. I wonder if anything can be done? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:32, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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Congratulations to more FPs! - My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda! Been a slow month because I took Nathan on a birthday trip - walked with wolves in Cumbria, went to Manchester and toured the People's History Museum, and caught a sinus infection. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 08:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Sounds great except for the infection. - Slow: I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC, Easter Oratorio. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

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Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter who was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. Church was best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. His paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. This photograph of Church was taken c. 1868 by Napoleon Sarony. Photograph credit: Napoleon Sarony; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: American bison Aqueduct of Segovia Mute swan Archive More featured pictures

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Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was the inventor of the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. Mergenthaler was born into a German family in Hachtel in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Bietigheim before emigrating to the United States in 1872 to work in Washington, D.C., with his cousin August Hahl. In 1876, Mergenthaler was approached by James O. Clephane and his associate Charles T. Moore, who sought a quicker way of publishing legal briefs. By 1884, he conceived the idea of assembling metallic letter molds, called matrices, and casting molten metal into them, all within a single machine. In July 1886, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company installed the first commercially used Linotype in the printing office of the New-York Tribune. This photograph shows Mergenthaler at approximately 45 years of age in 1899; he died that year in Baltimore of tuberculosis. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Euphaedra themis Allies of World War II Auxiliary Territorial Service Archive More featured pictures

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Hello, Adam. Is it alright if I overwrite this file? I further removed the halftone artifacts. JayCubby 17:24, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

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Ignace Tonené (1840 or 1841 – 15 March 1916), also known as Nias or by his Ojibwe name Maiagizis ('right/correct sun'), was a Teme-Augama Anishnabai chief, fur trader, and gold prospector in Upper Canada. He was a prominent employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. Tonené was the elected deputy chief before being the lead chief and later the life chief of his community. In his role as deputy, he negotiated with the Canadian federal government and the Ontario provincial government, advocating for his community to receive annual financial support from both. His attempts to secure land reserves for his community were thwarted by the Ontario premier Oliver Mowat. Tonené's prospecting triggered a 1906 gold rush and the creation of Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., although one of his claims was stolen from him by white Canadian prospectors. This photograph shows Tonené in 1909. Photograph credit: William John Winter; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Australian white ibis Hell Gate Bridge Anemonoides blanda Archive More featured pictures

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The Battle of Diamond Rock was a naval battle that took place between 31 May and 2 June 1805 during the Trafalgar campaign of the War of the Third Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. A Franco-Spanish force dispatched under Captain Julien Cosmao retook Diamond Rock, on the approach to Fort-de-France on the Caribbean island of Martinique, from the British forces that had occupied it more than a year before. This oil-on-canvas painting depicting the battle, titled Taking of the Rock Le Diamant, near Martinique, 2 June 1805, was painted in 1837 by Auguste Étienne François Mayer, and measures 80 cm (31.4 in) high and 128 cm (50.3 in) wide. The painting now hangs in the Palace of Versailles. Painting credit: Auguste Étienne François Mayer Recently featured: Drosera capensis Cucumis metuliferus Ignace Tonené Archive More featured pictures

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Sorry about that. I saw your edit (which I thought a reasonable one), and then Sandy's reversion, and started a discussion in talk about it, but I neglected to let either of you know. I've merged your section into mine, I hope that's OK with you. John (talk) 20:42, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

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Emily Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was a suffragette who fought for votes for women in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century. Davison grew up in a middle-class family and studied at Royal Holloway College, London, and St Hugh's College, Oxford, before taking jobs as a teacher and governess. A staunch feminist and passionate Christian, she deemed socialism to be a moral and political force for good. She became an officer of the Women's Social and Political Union and a chief steward during its marches. Her tactics included breaking windows, throwing stones, setting fire to postboxes, and, on three occasions, hiding overnight in the Palace of Westminster – including on the night of the 1911 census. Davison was arrested nine times, went on hunger strike seven times, and was force fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby when she walked onto the track during the race. This studio portrait, showing Davison wearing her Hunger Strike Medal and Holloway brooch, was taken in the early 1910s. Photograph credit: Andrew William Dron; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Australian Senate Aluterus scriptus Veronica filiformis Archive More featured pictures

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Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterised as heroic. During this time, Beethoven began to grow increasingly deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression. This oil-on-canvas portrait, titled Beethoven with the Manuscript of the Missa Solemnis, was painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1820, and depicts Beethoven while composing his Missa solemnis, which was first performed in 1824. The painting hangs in the Beethoven House at his birthplace in Bonn, Germany. Painting credit: Joseph Karl Stieler Recently featured: African chaffinch McClure Tunnel Leopard seal Archive More featured pictures

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William Rankine (5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and Lord Kelvin, to the science of thermodynamics, particularly focusing on its First Law. He developed the Rankine scale, a Fahrenheit-based equivalent to the Celsius-based Kelvin scale of temperature. This undated photograph of Rankine was taken by Thomas Annan. Photograph credit: Thomas Annan; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Slaty-crowned antpitta Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk Archive More featured pictures

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Hi Adam, I could use some help if you have time and inclination for it. There was apparently some lint on my lens when I took this photo over the weekend at the Bay Area Book Festival. I don't know how to "erase" it. I'd be appreciative if you could fix it ... if that's even possible. I'm not so concerned about the lint in the background; it's the piece that's on her face that's bothersome. (I'll crop her if that can be erased.) Thanks in advance! -- Rosiestep (talk) 19:16, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: I removed the obvious ones; there's three or four on the left half that I wasn't quite sure if they were lint or just blurry things that were there. These are the one at the top of the window, the dot just above the previous, the one on the pillar between the windows, and the loop upper left. What d'ye think? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

I think it's lovely and that you are wonderful. Thank you, Adam! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:40, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello. Your userpage has a lot of images. Can you potentially remove many of them so that its easier to load? Thanks. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 19:07, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

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Nice to see another pic featured that you restored, File:Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri - Act III set design for the première production of Daniel Auber's Gustave III.jpg! - About the Beethoven scheduling: he was baptised 17 December, but celebrations are usually held on 16 December, compare Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/December#17 December 2020, - the 16 December set archived at midnight of the next day. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:34, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died + I have a "defiant" cantata up for GA --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Hey, Gerda! How lovely! I really wish we still had featured sounds - it was mired by an insistence on throwing out all existant work to "raise standards", which is not something you do a year into a project like that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:42, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:06, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

You state here (over a faulty timestamp, making the diff and source harder to find) that this discussion includes "personal attacks against the person stating there's issues with the article"; could you please indicate which statements there are "personal attacks" so your claim can be addressed? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:09, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

For further reference, these are personal attacks and personalization which degrades discussion; as an experienced editor, hopefully you're aware that such comments are best struck:

1. 20:04 June 4 (also over a faulty timestamp)
2. 13:37 June 12

Also, please read WP:REDACT and refrain from editing your posts after others have already responded to them, and when you do edit a post, please update the time stamp so the diffs can be found. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:15, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

And

3. 12:24 June 12

is another personal attack ("outright lie"). You posted to the Fringe noticeboard, and had one response saying to move it to the NPOV noticeboard, where you had received zero input before initiating the FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:29, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia:

Your claim is:

"Within minutes of opening other noticeboard discussions (NPOV 20:14 and Fringe theories 19:35 -- that had received zero input when this FAR was added to the talk page at 20:23) this FAR was launched"

The FTN had received a reply, and had been closed after I moved it to NPOV. It's interesting that you think that almost an hour after the FTN post is "within minutes", but let's let that pass.

So, your timeline:

• I opened FTN
• I opened NPOVN
• I opened a FAR
• No replies happened to any of these

Actual timeline:

• I opened FTN
• I was asked to move it to NPOVN and to open an FAR.
• I opened NPOVN, and closed the FTN discussion
• I started writing an FAR, which requires posting the notice on the talk page to be able to start writing it.
• Several hours later, I actually finished writing the FAR.

Your timeline is patently untrue. There was a response to the FTN, you say that it had received zero input.

It is not a personal attack to call you stating patent untruths and doubling down on them a lie. If you had struck your error, as I asked, I wouldn't call it a lie, just a mistake, but your false claim is still up, you have not apologised, and your false timeline is being used to attack me. Maybe you're just incredibly sloppy, and didn't realise you had stated something untrue, but you have had the error pointed out to you, and still act as if your falsehood was not false. Do we need to move this to the administrator's noticeboard? From my memory, this is not the first time you have done something like this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 15:41, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps you missed this post, which may help your understanding.

The single response on the FTN informed you that the matter didn't belong there because it is not technically fringe, and that you should post instead to the NPOV noticeboard; it was not a response addressing the concerns raised, rather one stating that your post belonged elsewhere.

I hope this helps as you consider the three personal attacks under discussion in this section. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:15, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure how you can link to something on FTN that begins "Definitely bring this up at WP:FAR." and ends "Consider cross-posting this concern at WP:NPOVN (and maybe closing discussion here since I think it is better posed as a neutrality question)", and then be shocked that I literally did everything the post told me to do.

However, I will repeat: You said, "Within minutes of opening other noticeboard discussions (NPOV 20:14 and Fringe theories 19:35 -- that had received zero input when this FAR was added to the talk page at 20:23) this FAR was launched"

That isn't true. You understand it's not true, right? You've just linked the response at FTN that disproves that statement. Yes, it is true there were no responses at WP:NPOVN when I started the FAR, but that's irrelevant, because that's not what you said. While we're at it, do you deny being gender critical? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 02:36, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

then be shocked that I literally did everything the post told me to do. It is at least a little surprising that you would open the FAR, raising a whole set of questions you had not discussed at the page nor the noticeboard, simply because someone told you so. You are not a new editor. I'm not shocked, but I certainly am left with the impression that you were very ready to do this. But SandyGeorgia has raised several personal attacks with you, and you are doubling down. In asking what her personal views are, having already argued that holding certain personal views would make her views on the page "not worthy of consideration", you are again doubling down on personal attacks, and those are not an issue for AN, they are an issue for AE. Let me gently suggest that you owe SandyGeorgia an apology, and if you would dial back on the battleground behaviour, there might be more progress on page improvement, and less heat. You do want to see the page improved, and retaining it's FA status, do you not? Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:45, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't usually find it useful to ask for apologies.

AC, you launched the far on 11 June; it is now 14 June, and you hadn't done the notifications, so I did them for you, using the requests to be pinged establsihed during the first FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:46, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I was busy dealing with a ton of attacks caused by your allegation of forum shopping. It was exhausting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:55, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

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Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912) was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes, which later became known as the X and Y chromosomes. Using observations of insect chromosomes, Stevens discovered that, in some species, chromosomes are different between the sexes and when chromosome segregation occurs in sperm formation, this difference leads to outcomes of female versus male progeny. Her discovery was the first time that observable differences of chromosomes could be linked to an observable difference in phenotype or physical attributes (i.e., whether an individual is male or female). Stevens was one of the first American women to be recognized for her contribution to science. Most of her research was completed at Bryn Mawr College, where she expanded the fields of genetics, cytology, and embryology. This photograph shows Stevens in the 1900s. Photograph credit: Carnegie Institution of Washington; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Operation Plunder Archive More featured pictures

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A cleaner wording only occurred to me when I was on my daily swim workout. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:38, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

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The Colonel is a farce in three acts by F. C. Burnand, premiered in 1881, based on Jean François Bayard's 1844 play Le mari à la campagne. The story concerns the efforts of two aesthetic impostors to gain control of a family fortune by converting a man's wife and mother-in-law to follow aestheticism. The man is so unhappy that he seeks the company of a widow in town. His friend, an American colonel, intervenes to persuade the wife to return to conventional behavior and obey her husband to restore domestic harmony, and the colonel marries the widow himself. The Colonel's initial run was at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, for 550 performances, while simultaneously a second company was touring the British provinces with the play. In October 1881, it received a command performance before Queen Victoria, the first play to do so since the death of Prince Albert in 1861. It transferred to the Imperial Theatre in 1883 and then to the new Prince of Wales Theatre in 1884. In July 1887, there was a revival at the Comedy Theatre. This cabinet card depicts Rowland Buckstone as Basil Giorgione (left) and Cissy Grahame as Nellie Forrester (right) reprising their roles in the 1887 revival of The Colonel. The sepia photographic print measures 14.6 cm × 9.9 cm (5.7 in × 3.9 in) and is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Little corella Charles Roscoe Savage Charlotte Perkins Gilman Archive More featured pictures

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Today's story - short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, - longer: I found today a youtube of an aria she sang with us then, recorded the same year, - if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sang Dona nobis pacem (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. - I wish we had an image of her. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Please, could you help me restoring this nice The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice film scene? ArionStar (talk) 03:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

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Mary Terrell (September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street High School—the first African-American public high school in the nation—in Washington, DC. In 1895, she was the first African-American woman in the United States to be appointed to the school board of a major city, serving in the District of Columbia until 1906. Terrell was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Colored Women's League of Washington. She helped found the National Association of Colored Women and served as its first national president, and she was a founding member of the National Association of College Women. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Australian brushturkey Tadej Pogačar The Freshman Archive More featured pictures

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Tancredo Neves (4 March 1910 – 21 April 1985) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs from 1953 to 1954, President of the Council of Ministers from 1961 to 1962, and Minister of Finance in 1962. Neves also served in the Federal Senate from 1979 to 1983, and was Governor of Minas Gerais from 1983 to 1984. He was elected President of Brazil in 1985, but died before taking office. Neves was one of the most important Brazilian politicians in the 20th century and one of the major statesmen in the history of Brazil. In July 2012, he was chosen one of the 100 greatest Brazilians of all time in a competition organized by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão. This photograph shows Neves during his time in the Federal Senate. Photograph credit: Federal Senate; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Apollo 9 Haliotis jacnensis Garden at Sainte-Adresse Archive More featured pictures

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Chester A. Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination, Arthur's presidency saw the largest expansion of the U.S. Navy, the end of the so-called "spoils system", and the implementation of harsher restrictions for migrants entering from abroad. Suffering from poor health, Arthur made only a limited effort to secure the Republican Party's nomination in 1884, and he retired at the end of his term. He has been described as one of the least memorable presidents in the history of the United States. This photograph by Abraham Bogardus shows Arthur around 1880. Photograph credit: Abraham Bogardus; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Agnes Booth Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Epinephelus marginatus Archive More featured pictures

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Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He was seen, during his lifetime and afterwards, as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means, he was admitted at the age of 10 to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 before achieving international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy developed his own style in the use of harmony and orchestral colouring. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers, including Béla Bartók, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. This photograph of Debussy was taken by the studio of Nadar c. 1900. Photograph credit: Atelier Nadar; restored by [User:Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures

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That's planning ahead ;) - Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:00, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

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The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. Part of the Maryland campaign, it was the first field army–level engagement in the Eastern theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It remains the bloodiest day in American history, with a tally of 22,727 dead, wounded, or missing on both sides. Although the Union Army suffered heavier casualties than the Confederates, the battle was a major turning point in the Union's favor. This 1887 lithograph by Thure de Thulstrup depicts the charge of the Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church. Illustration credit: Thure de Thulstrup; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Asaro Mudmen 2024 Central European floods Sclerophrys gutturalis Archive More featured pictures

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Che Guevara (14 May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. This photograph of Guevara, titled Guerrillero Heroico, was taken by Alberto Korda in 1960 at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion in Havana, Cuba. Photograph credit: Alberto Korda; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures

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Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two years. He served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination at the age of 42, making him the youngest person to assume the position. As president, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive Era policies. Polls of historians and political scientists rank him as one of the greatest American presidents. This photograph by the Pach Brothers shows Roosevelt in 1904. Photograph credit: Pach Brothers; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Grey-breasted partridge Human gait The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis Archive More featured pictures

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Mary White Ovington (April 11, 1865 – July 15, 1951) was an American socialist, suffragist, journalist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Ovington was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Packer Collegiate Institute and Radcliffe College, Harvard. She became involved in the campaign for civil rights in 1890 after hearing Frederick Douglass speak in a Brooklyn church and a 1903 speech by Booker T. Washington at the Social Reform Club. This half-length photographic portrait of Ovington was taken in the 1890s by Charles J. Dampf, and is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Photograph credit: Charles J. Dampf; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Chimango caracara The Cathedral Seattle Archive More featured pictures

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Le droit d'aînesse ("The Birthright") is an opéra bouffe composed by Francis Chassaigne. The original French libretto was written by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo, with an English-language version titled Falka translated and adapted by Henry Brougham Farnie. The story concerns an arranged marriage intended to make a governor's heir, his nephew, an aristocrat. Through a series of mishaps that place the governor's nephew and his niece each in danger, the niece, Falka, becomes the noble heir. Falka was first produced at the Comedy Theatre in London on 29 October 1883, the same year as the French premiere, with Violet Cameron in the title role of Falka, running for 157 performances. It was revived at the Avenue Theatre in 1885, still starring Cameron, and also enjoyed successful productions in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, including productions in 1884 and 1900 on Broadway. This poster for Falka was produced for a production at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1885. Poster credit: David Allen & Sons Ltd.; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Lower Manhattan Theodore Roosevelt Grey-breasted partridge Archive More featured pictures

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Hermann Schwarz (25 January 1843 – 30 November 1921) was a German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. Between 1867 and 1869, he worked at the University of Halle, then at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich. From 1875, Schwarz worked at Göttingen University, dealing with the subjects of complex analysis, differential geometry, and the calculus of variations. In 1892, he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Science and a professor at the University of Berlin, where his students included Lipót Fejér, Paul Koebe and Ernst Zermelo. Schwarz's name is attached to many ideas in mathematics. This photograph of Schwarz, taken around 1890, is in the collection of the ETH Library. Photograph credit: Louis Zipfel; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Redtoothed triggerfish Amanda Smith Pouteria campechiana Archive More featured pictures

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The Sorcerer is a two-act comic opera, with words by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It was the British duo's third operatic collaboration. The plot is based on an 1876 story, An Elixir of Love, by Gilbert. A young man, obsessed with the idea of love removing all social distinctions, invites a sorcerer, J. W. Wells, to brew a love potion. This causes everyone in the village to fall in love with the first person they see and results in comically mismatched couples. Wells sacrifices his life to break the spell. The opera opened on 17 November 1877 at the Opera Comique in London, where it ran for 178 performances. A success by the standards of the time, it encouraged the collaborators to write their next opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, an international hit. The Sorcerer was important to the development of the extraordinarily successful series of Gilbert and Sullivan operas that followed, and it is still regularly played. This poster was illustrated by H. M. Brock for The Sorcerer's 1919 revival. Poster credit: H. M. Brock; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures

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Carrie Nation (November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911) was a radical member of the American temperance movement, which opposed alcohol consumption before the advent of Prohibition. Like many in the temperance movement, she considered drunkenness a cause of many of society's problems. In 1901, Nation established a shelter for wives and children of alcoholics in Kansas City, Missouri, which would later be described as an "early model for today's battered women's shelter". Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet. She described herself as "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what He doesn't like", and claimed a divine ordination to promote temperance by destroying bars. This photograph of Nation was taken c. 1903. Photograph credit: White Studio; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures

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This is to let you know that File:Willa Beatrice Player - From the archives of The Crisis.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 9, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-08-09. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 03:01, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Willa Beatrice Player (August 9, 1909 – August 29, 2003) was an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee. Player was the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year, fully accredited liberal arts college when she took the position at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. From 1955 to 1966, Player served as president of the historically black college, during a period of heightened civil rights activism in the South. She supported Bennett students who took part in the lengthy sit-ins started by the Greensboro Four to achieve integration of lunch counters in downtown stores. After leaving the Bennett presidency, Player was appointed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as the first female Director of the Division of College Support in the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, serving until 1986. This 1930 photograph of Player is from the archives of The Crisis. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures

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2010 Guatemala City sinkhole has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:33, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

The PSD is here, if you would like to adjust the levels. JayCubby 00:53, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

File:20120921100315!Peggy Bacon, American painter, illustrator and printmaker, 1895-1987 (retouch).png

Figured I'd run this by you. It's been a while since I've submitted an FPC and you've got a reputation and all. It's a bit under the image size recommendation but historical photos are what they are. Seems to be the most high resolution scan that exists. GMG^talk 15:58, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you for support in November! - On St. Cecilia's Day - patron saint of music - I remember a composition by Benjamin Britten, and have a woman on the main page who illustrated songs, with a sense of humour. My places take you to Milan, my first visit to La Scala, and music features our latest choral Abendlob, with English music. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Adam Cuerden,

This is to let you know that File:Another voice for Cleveland - F.B. LCCN95522869 - restoration2.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for November 27, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-11-27. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 17:52, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

The 1884 United States presidential election was held in November 1884 between Grover Cleveland of the Democratic Party, James G. Blaine of the Republican Party, and two third-party candidates. The election was narrowly won by Cleveland, who won 219 Electoral College votes to Blaine's 182, ending a run of six consecutive Republican victories. The issue of personal character featured strongly during the 1884 campaign. Blaine had been prevented from getting the Republican presidential nomination during the previous two elections because of the stigma of a set of letters that he had written, while Cleveland was perceived as having high personal integrity. This campaign advertisement for Blaine, captioned "Another voice for Cleveland", was published in the New York magazine The Judge on September 27, 1884, and aimed to shift this balance and attack Cleveland's morals by alleging that he had fathered an illegitimate child while he was a lawyer in Buffalo, New York. The chromolithograph illustration depicts a weeping woman holding a baby who cries out "I want my pa!" as Cleveland walks past. Cleveland's campaign responded that he had formed a connection with the woman in question and had assumed responsibility for the child, but that his paternity was unproven. Poster credit: Frank Beard; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Basilica of Superga Pink cockatoo Renate Reinsve Archive More featured pictures

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Hi Adam Cuerden,

This is to let you know that File:Madam C. J. Walker by Addison N. Scurlock.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 1, 2027. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2027-02-01. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 21:17, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Walker made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for Black women through the business she founded, Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Walker became known also for her philanthropy and activism. Walker made financial donations to numerous organizations such as the NAACP and became a patron of the arts. Villa Lewaro, Walker's lavish estate in Irvington, New York served as a social gathering place for the African-American community. At the time of her death, Walker was considered the wealthiest African-American businesswoman and wealthiest self-made black woman in America. Her name was a version of "Mrs. Charles Joseph Walker", after her third husband. Photograph credit: Addison N. Scurlock; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Choriaster Archive More featured pictures

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Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 12, Nos. 326, 327, 355, 356, 357 Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run X, Y, Z | Food and drink | Women who died in 2025 Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Global Translat-a-thon 2025 06 December 2025 Tip of the Month: Lists of deaths by year is a good resource for the December / January meet-up Women who died in 2025 Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help wanted! Want to apply your skills or learn new ones? Help us plan monthly events, design event logos, come up with a tip-of-the-month, and/or provide any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Hi Adam Cuerden,

This is to let you know that File:Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense - Black Panther poster.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 28, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-02-28. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 16:58, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Huey P. Newton (1942–1989) was an African-American revolutionary and political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He ran the party as its first leader and crafted its ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale. Under Newton's leadership, the party organized numerous social programs and community events, but also advocated for collective defense and threatened political violence. This poster was made for the Black Panther Party in Emeryville, California, in 1968, and features a large portrait photograph, taken by Blair Stapp, depicting Newton seated in a peacock chair and wearing a beret and a black leather jacket. He holds a shotgun in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Two leaf-shaped Zulu-style shields lean against the wall behind him. Underneath the photograph is a quotation from Newton as "Minister of Defence": "The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people." Poster credit: Black Panther Party, from a photograph by Blair Stapp; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Thekla's lark Westminster Cathedral Nintendo DSi Archive More featured pictures

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Hi Adam Cuerden,

This is to let you know that File:Cover to_Doris_Waltz_by_P._Bucalossi_after_Alfred_Cellier_-_Art_by_Nicholas_Hanhart.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for April 20, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-04-20. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 16:54, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Doris is a "comedy opera" by Alfred Cellier, with a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. It premiered in London in 1889 and ran for a modestly successful 202 performances, despite a starry cast including Arthur Williams, Ben Davies, Alice Barnett and Hayden Coffin. Marie Tempest, the star of the same team's 1886 hit Dorothy, later played Doris. Critics praised the score but disliked the libretto, in which a person accused of a plot against Queen Elizabeth I repeatedly switches clothes with others to escape arrest. This image shows the front cover of the score of a waltz composed by Procida Bucalossi based on Cellier's tunes from Doris. The lithographic illustration, by Nicholas Hanhart, depicts the scene in which Doris stumbles upon Sir Philip Carey's hiding spot and decides to help him. Lithograph credit: Nicholas Hanhart; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Fawn-breasted brilliant Ingenuity Priacanthus hamrur Archive More featured pictures

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See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive editing by User:Sca. You are blocked from Wikipedia namespace for 31 hours for disruptive editing. Please take note of the concerns and, when the block is over, refrain from further disruptive behavior. If you wish to appeal this block, see WP:APPEAL. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 03:16, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive_editing_by_User:Sca

APPEAL regarding the ANI complaint filed against me today by JJARichardson here, and the subsequent, coordinated note posted here by User:rsjaffe, but seemingly instead by the complainant himself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&action=edit

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive_editing_by_User:Sca

APPEAL regarding the ANI complaint filed against me today by JJARichardson here, and the subsequent note, posted here by User:rsjaffe, although possibly (?) by the complainant himself.

The Complaint (No.50) states: "User:Sca is engaging in persistent disruptive editing on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. This includes tendentiously dismissing nominations as "promotional" and describing historically significant images as "old news". Here he engages in personal attacks and admits to "trolling" with tendentious comments. JJARichardson (talk) 02:10, 13 December 2025 (UTC)"

The complaint errs in exaggerating the magnitude of my votes at WP:ITNC, since most of my posts there have been and remain non-counting comments, rather than actual votes for or against "promotion" (approval) of nominations – which in any case are not binding with regard to Main Page POTD choices, made by users who are not generally involved in ITNC anyway.

Further, my contested comments are neither argumentative nor polemical, but rather intended to support ITNC's modus operandi under its Criterion 3, which states in part that 'promoted' FPCs should be

a) Of a high technical standard.

b) Have good contrast, accurate exposure and neutral color balance.

c) Show no significant compression artifacts, burned-out highlights, image noise ("graininess") or other processing anomalies.

d) Have its main subject in focus, a good composition and no highly distracting or obstructing elements.

In general some, but not all, questionable ITNC nominations deal with ephemeral events, past entertainment items, or other topics that seem to lack broad reader appeal or serious topical import (i.e. EV = encyclopedic value).

Nevertheless, let me point out that all nominations may draw comments or be voted upon by all Wiki participants. Accordingly, increased participation by users who aren't 'regulars' at ITNC may bring more insights and perspetive to this primarily discussion forum, the importance of which is considerable in inciting interest among the millions who peruse the Main Page every day.

All of us are here to serve the public, and as User:Jimbo Wales said a couple months ago advised to "direct our attention toward activities that inspire trust.” – Sca (talk) 15:00, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

• Wikipedia is not a courtroom, and this response demonstrates you either cannot or will not recognize that your conduct has not been compatible with a collaborative environment. Accordingly your block from editing the Wikipedia: namespace has been extended to indefinite. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:21, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

  Thirty-one hours sounds fair. Advice heeded. -- Sca (talk) 14:56, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Sca (talk) 14:32, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

  Per your email, as I noted above, your initial 31-hour partial block was extended to indefinite for the reasons given above. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

  Does this mean I can't edit anywhere on Wikipedia -- after two decades and 36,000-plus edits?

  This strikes me as highly unfair, arbitrary, and totally lacking in due process.

  Merry Christmas, etc. -- Sca (talk) 13:00, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

 — Amakuru (talk) 15:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

• @Amakuru: Thank you so much! Christmas has been a little weird this year: Got married on the 13th, so there was never the normal buildup to it, since the marriage and afterparty stuff took so much of December (especially as I injured my shoulder, and so got stuck at the marriage venue (my mother-in-law's cabin) until the 23rd!) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 04:01, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

  Hi again Adam, and happy new year. That sounds like quite the dramatic festive season! Congrats on the marriage, anyway, and I hope your shoulder is on the mend... Being stuck in a remote cabin all that time sounds like it could be frustrating, but also maybe nice in a way?! I ended up having an unplanned Wikibreak myself, being busy with Christmas visiting family and then a new year reunion with old friends in the Peak District. All the best anyway, and looking forward to lots of good Wiki-output and hopefully seeing more of your excellent featured pictures in 2026.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:14, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

  Well, it was a cabin a ten minute ride away from Dollywood. Not that remote, just hovering over Sevierville, Tennessee. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 22:16, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red | January 2026, Vol 12, Issue 1, Nos 357, 358, 359, 360 Online events: New: Sports (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run - countries starting with A Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2025 Announcements from other communities Wikipedia turns 25! Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2026. Tip of the month: Consider becoming a new page reviewer to help reduce the huge backlog of women's biographies. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 1 review between October and December 2025. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:32, 3 January 2026 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Well, thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 05:00, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

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happy new year! - inviting you to check out "my" story (fun listen today, full of surprises), music (and memory), and places (pictured by me: the latest uploads) any day! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

20 January is the 100th birthday of David Tudor (see my story) and the 300th birthday of Bach's cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, if we go by date instead of occasion as he would have thought, so see my story for last Sunday, and celebrate ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

For the last issue of The Signpost I did editorial review of your submission immediately before publication. In my review, I suggested a change which was difficult to manage. I recognize that you made your submission well on time, and that it is a pattern for you that for years you have made good submissions in advance of publication date.

I apologize for not being timely with my review, and for putting the stress of a late review on to you. I also apologize and regret to say that I frequently do Signpost editorial review only just before the deadline, which is unfair to you and unfair to others. It should not be that way, and wish I could promise to get timely reviews back, but I may not be able to do that.

I appreciate your opinion pieces. I like the personal attention you put into them, and also, I think they are broadly representative of how many hundreds of other Wikipedia editors feel, so I am grateful that you capture them in published journalism. I wish for your time with Signpost writing to be both fun and meaningful to you. I am not sure right now what I might do differently to be more accommodating in the future, but I do want to say that I like that you spoke up about the trouble I caused for you, and that I take the blame, and that I wish I would not have troubled you, and that I want you to keep contributing because I think your contributions are irreplaceable and much needed right now. Bluerasberry (talk) 16:06, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bluerasberry: It's alright, but the situation's frustrating, and Jpxg's comments that felt like they were mocking the very idea of publishing the article really didn't help. Like, if Jpxg is against the very idea of publishing it, what's the point of another week of revision? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 21:18, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Adam Cuerden,

This is to let you know that File:Abigail Scott Duniway registering to vote.jpg, a featured picture that you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 14, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-02-14. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:07, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Abigail Scott Duniway (1834–1915) was an American women's rights advocate, newspaper editor and writer, whose efforts were instrumental in gaining voting rights for women in the United States. In 1871, she founded The New Northwest, a weekly newspaper devoted to women's rights, including women's suffrage. In 1912, Oregon became the seventh state in the U.S. to pass an amendment on women's suffrage. Governor Oswald West asked her to write and sign the proclamation on equal suffrage and, on February 14, 1913, she was the first woman to register to vote in Multnomah County. This photograph shows Duniway signing the precinct voter-registration book, with John B. Coffey, the Multnomah County clerk, standing next to her. The photograph was published in the February 15 issue of The Oregonian. Photograph credit: The Oregonian; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Yellow warbler Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Ilulissat Archive More featured pictures

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Women in Red | February 2026, Vol 12, Issue 2, Nos 358, 359, 361, 362, 363 Online events: New: Alphabet run: countries starting with B | Black Women | Works by women: theatre, opera, music Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Sports (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Join Wikipedia:26 for '26 and create or substantially improve twenty-six Wikipedia articles during the year 2026, at least one for each letter of the English alphabet. Tip of the month: Our redlists are a great resource, but not every redlinked subject is notable. Be sure to research before starting a new article. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Georgian scripts has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red | March 2026, Vol 12, Issue 3, Nos 358, 359, 364, 365, 366 Online events: March 1-31: Artists & Activists | Artworks by women | Alphabet run: countries starting with C Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: Celebrate Women Unreferenced articles backlog drive Wiki Loves Ramadan Tip of the month: Those experiencing difficulties with new articles can follow the guidance in our essays, perhaps starting with our Ten Simple Rules. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Template:FPCdelrep has been listed for discussion, which may result in the template being merged or deleted by consensus. You are invited to comment on the proposed action at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:16, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Just wondering, is this safe to move to commons now that it is 2026? It seems like even if the author is theoretically unknown, it would still fit under commons:Template:PD-old-assumed Bawolff (talk) 20:08, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

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on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red | April 2026, Vol 12, Issue 4, Nos 358, 359, 367, 368, 369 Online events: New: Countries starting with D, E and F | Women's Works: Written works | Cascading Women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: CEE women Tip of the month: When creating a new article, take a moment to ensure any notable woman is redlinked. Someone might be inspired to create an article for her. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:38, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Would you happen to have any free high-quality images for the following figures? (i.e.Ferry Porsche, Ogden Phipps, George Randolph Hearst III, Abram Nicholas Pritzker, Herbert Quandt, Ogden Mills Phipps, Friedrich Karl Flick and Friedrich Christian Flick. Thank you for your consideration. Emiya1980 (talk) 02:04, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372 Online events: New: Countries starting with G and H | Women's scientific works | Religion and Spirituality Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: Contest: Destubathon of the Americas Tip of the month: Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks, which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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