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Sorry, I had just notified projects and then saw you relisted. Yikes. CNC (talk) 13:21, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I just realised. All good. TarnishedPath^talk 13:22, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

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My complaint regarding the handling of controversial sentences about Zionism was deleted on the grounds that it was related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even though this is not true at all. My goal was to move the following sentences under the section Zionism and colonialism:

1. "(...) to establish and support a Jewish homeland through the colonization of Palestine (...)".

2. "(...) Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible (...)".

It is important for me to summarize and say that I do not want or need to "cancel" the above opinions, but simply move them to their appropriate place. I also sorry for being rude and please know that nothing I said was directed at you or anyone who participated in the talk personally - I just don't think it's fair that the article on Zionism reaches such extremes of people trying to push their ideologies into the it, and if you ask me? the two sentences are more appropriate for the above section because they are controversial and can create a bad impression when they are at the beginning - regardless of their sources. (want to hear something that will stay between us? No one really looks at sources unless it's something they really want to learn and research - and believe me, the trend of being anti-Zionist is not something people really invest in learning about today). Therefore, also in relation to the period, as you said - I would suggest at least moving these sentences to Zionism and colonialism section because it can be sensitive to read that thing for some people.. I even have photos of the article before all these changes, where it was neutral and perfectly fine.

Anyway, sorry, thank you for your understanding, and I hope the matter will be addressed as soon as possible. אדון משתמש ויקיפדיה (talk) 20:25, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@אדון משתמש ויקיפדיה, your comment at Talk:Zionism was removed by @ScottishFinnishRadish as you are not extended confirmed and therefore your comment violated WP:ARBECR. In the topic area of the Arab-Israeli disputed, you are limited to making non-disruptive edit requests until you are extended confirmed. Also part of what you were discussing is covered by a current moratorium, so even if you were extended confirmed, it would have been removed. TarnishedPath^talk 00:00, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

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Hello @TarnishedPath:! I saw that you can revert article title moves. Can you please revert my move on Islamic views on tobacco. I moved the page from Islamic views on tobacco to Islamic views on smoking and vaping without any discussion and I regret it now and cannot move it back for some reason. Can you please move it back! Saad Jatt (talk) 23:33, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Saad Jatt  Done. If you need assistance with this sort of move in the future please make a request at WP:RM/TR as I may not always be available. TarnishedPath^talk 00:12, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for move as well as for the advice! Saad Jatt (talk) 00:21, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

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I have already put it forward for a Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Please weigh in on the Talk:Rape in Islamic law#Dispute resolution (third opinion). I am waiting for someone to get involved in that. John Not Real Name (talk) 12:14, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@John Not Real Name that WP:NPOV/N thread you started is how I ended up in the discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 12:30, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Oh okay. Well I am waiting for someone to take up the neutrality issue. John Not Real Name (talk) 12:32, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Good luck with that, when anyone looking to do that would have to read 232 comments. I went there with that intention and quickly decided I valued my time far too much. TarnishedPath^talk 12:35, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Ummm...okay. Thank You anyway for your interest. John Not Real Name (talk) 12:43, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

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Almost another month has gone by since the relist of those two Doctor Who series with only one more comment since then. Can you take a look at this one and maybe close it? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:10, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn, link please. TarnishedPath^talk 14:12, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Duh, of course. Will be back after a short Tardis ride. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:16, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Doctor Who series 14#Requested move 5 August 2025 Randy Kryn (talk) 14:18, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn, I don't have time to review a 90 comment RM discussion at the moment. Can I suggest posting a request at WP:CR? TarnishedPath^talk 14:23, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

OK, what a mess. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:31, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi I accept what you say about the Moira Deeming photo this photo though i have a question

However this photo though how do i crop it to only include Brad Battin? --Celco85 (talk)Celco85~

@Celco85, personally I wouldn't bother with that image. It's over-saturated. The image which you based that on at commons:File:Battinphotomarch.jpg is better, despite the issues with lighting in that one.

See commons:File:Brad Battin-2025.jpg for a crop I just performed on the original. However if you're thinking of replacing the image currently in use at Brad Battin, I don't think I would until such time as you can get a better photo. TarnishedPath^talk 11:49, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@Celco85, see also commons:File:Brad Battin-2025 b.jpg. TarnishedPath^talk 13:07, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Ps, to do cropping, you need to go into your preferences and enable CropTool. Do a ctrl-c, ctrl-f for it. TarnishedPath^talk 13:09, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, did you know that the image and quirky slots are generally left blank, see WP:DYKBOTTOMPREP? TSventon (talk) 16:34, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

My apologies. I was half asleep. I'll pull the image slot. TarnishedPath^talk 21:50, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that. I mainly wanted to check that you knew the rule. I can see that prep builders are working hard at the moment, which makes the occasional error more likely. TSventon (talk) 10:40, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

@TSventon yes unfortunately more errors seems to be something that goes along with 12 hour sets. TarnishedPath^talk 10:50, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

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Would you able to crop this Enhanced image? of Cardinal Pell--Celco85Celco85 (talk) 05:31, 28 September 2025 (UTC) Would you be to crop the above image to match this image below? --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 05:32, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@Celco85 see commons:File:George Pell-2012.jpg TarnishedPath^talk 10:24, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks --~~Celco85~~

Hi @TarnishedPath

I'm a relative newby to Wiki, less than 2 years. My interest and focus is UK Lifeboats. I don't have the experience or the time to understand the whole 'back office' part of wiki, where folks present awards, and do stuff like "Did You Know?"

I'm working hard to create missing lifeboat pages. 266 articles so far, and 1000s of edits. Everyone says that Wiki is a collaborative process. However, I have endured probably 18 months of one particular editor changing absolutely everything I did, for no particular gain, just than his own vanity.

This is the first page out of 266 that there seems to have been a collaborative process to refine and make good what I started off in my clumsy way, and I wish to send my thanks to you, and to the others for your input.

Martin Ojsyork (talk) 06:01, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@Ojsyork, your thanks means a lot to me. Most of us, I think, are here to work together to improve content. TarnishedPath^talk 06:04, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

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• Peer Learning: Reflections from Let’s Connect at Wikimania Nairobi 2025.

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• National award: Wikipedian and current chair of Wikimedia Deutschland, Alice Wiegand, receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her voluntary commitment to Wikipedia and the global Wikimedia movement.
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@TarnishedPath:, Seven days ago, a moving request was placed on the Women in the Bangladesh Armed Forces article, as seven days have been passed, it must be decided now that whether the article should be moved to proposed name or not. 37.111.214.51 (talk) 07:50, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

@37.111.214.51, given that is the third move discussion in a year, I've relisted it. TarnishedPath^talk 08:13, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

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Are Photos from NSW Parliament website allowed to be used on Wikipedia here is the link https://education.parliament.nsw.gov.au/who-is-my-local-member-of-parliament/ https://education.parliament.nsw.gov.au/who-is-my-local-member-of-parliament/ https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Pages/home.aspx --Celco85 (talk)Celco85~

@Celco85, I presume you're looking for photos of parliamentarians? TarnishedPath^talk 04:38, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

No what i was wondering could the photo of the legislative assembly in nsw parliament be used?

--~Celco85Celco85 (talk)

@Celco85 given that the bottom of one of the page has "© Parliament of New South Wales. All rights reserved." and I couldn't find anything on the website which released their IP under any free licenses I'd judge probably not. The only way we could use the photo would be with a fair use argument (see WP:NFCCP) and WP:NFCCP#1 would rule that out because there is the possiblity of you going to the parliament and taking a photo from the public gallary. TarnishedPath^talk

Ps, if there was a valid fair use argument (from Wikipedia's perspective) any image would have to be uploaded to Wikipedia and not Commons. Anything uploaded to commons must be released under a free license or public domain. TarnishedPath^talk 07:22, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Just curious: what is it with the snowflakes on your page ? I was summoned by a bot to comment on an Rfc about including the term authoritarian in Lee Kuan Yew. I saw your dismissive comment that this was not WP:RFCNEUTRAL and wondered where you are coming from, which brought me here. Wuerzele (talk) 19:20, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Wuerzele,

I had a bouncing Wikipedia globe before, but another editor advised that it could obscure writting. Now I have snow. TarnishedPath^talk 22:30, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

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It occurred to me that despite taking a very clear side in today's debate, you kept your cool throughout. Thanks for being the role model. Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 03:02, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

I've had a lot of practice at getting it wrong. Nothing special. TarnishedPath^talk 03:05, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

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Hey just saw that you undid the addition on Zionism, because it needs more weight to arguments that Zionism is expansive and not historically over. I think that is fair, but I'm wondering how much you recommend to add if it's to be kept/worthy. Do you have any scholars or commenters in mind to add? Also, should we start a little discussion on the Zionism talk page to get others opinions on how to get it properly weighted? Would love to hear your thoughts. Mangokeylime (talk) 04:44, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

I have no scholars in mind that I think should be added. Why it struck me as being incorrectly weighted was that I've heard arguments from proponents of Zionism stating that it is a defence of Jewish national determination and therefore attacks on Zionism are antisemtic. It's an argument I've heard a lot and the phrasing has always been in such a way as to indicate that Zionism is a continuing thing. I'd never heard the Zionism is over argument before and I was interested that it was a thing, so as I wrote in my edit summary I'm not against inclussion. Probably a good place to start, as you suggest, would be a talk page discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 05:03, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Alright, I'll make a talk page discussion. I've also mostly heard what you stated, that Zionism is a continuing thing, as a defense of Israeli sovereignty, but this is such a common assumption, I don't think I've ever seen it written out as a defense against criticism, and not just stated as common knowledge without further explanation. Hopefully someone more aware could help out. Mangokeylime (talk) 18:16, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

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• Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Selection: Announcement of the final ballot for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election and more answers about the decision. Eligible voters can vote between October 8 – October 23.
• Wikipedia 25: Are you planning to organize events to celebrate Wikipedia's 25th birthday? The Wikimedia Foundation offers grants to support active Wikimedia groups in organizing short-term, low-cost projects to celebrate this milestone. Applications are open until November 1.
• WikiConference North America 2025: WikiConference North America will take place from October 16–19 in New York City, USA.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Mobile Editing: Insights on mobile web editing on Wikipedia in 2025 are now available. This report highlights that ~95% of IP mobile users editing via wikitext open the editor but make no changes at all, a vast untapped potential. It also pinpoints where contributors most often drop off.
• Dark Mode: Dark Mode user interface will be rolled out on all Wikimedia sites on October 29. All anonymous users of Wikimedia sites will have the option to activate a color scheme that features light-colored text on a dark background. This is designed to provide a more comfortable reading experience, especially in low-light situations.
• Community wishlist extension: The new Community Wishlist extension has been released. This will allow users to add tags to their wishes to better categorise them, and (in a future iteration) to filter them by status, tags and focus areas. It will also be possible to support individual wishes again, as requested by the community in many instances.
• Paste Check: 22 Wikis are now testing a new Edit Check feature, Paste Check, to help avoid and fight copyright violations. When editors paste text into an article, Paste Check prompts them to confirm the origin and licensing of the content.
• Tone Check: The Wikimedia Foundation is working on a new check for newcomers: Tone check. Using a prediction model, this check will encourage editors to improve the tone of their edits.
• Search Suggestions: Search Suggestions was deployed on English Wikipedia. Upon clicking an empty search bar, logged-out users see suggestions of articles for further reading. The feature is available on both desktop and mobile.
• Unsupported Tools Working Group: A new Unsupported Tools Working Group has been formed to help prioritize and review requests for support of unmaintained extensions, gadgets, bots, and tools. The group has chosen Video2Commons as the first tool for its pilot cycle. The group will explore ways to improve and sustain the tool over the coming months.
• Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 40 and 41 including about Sub-referencing – a new feature to re-use references with different details.
• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Don't miss the next Wikimedia Research Showcase, "Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata's Role in Learning and Culture" taking place on October 15 at 16:30 UTC.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Wikimania: Wikimania Nairobi has been featured in more than 100 stories across community platforms and international media outlets.
• Wikifunctions: Rich text is now available for embedded Wikifunctions calls across the 150 wikis where it’s enabled.
• WikiLearn: New Wikipedia online courses you can join to strengthen your Wikimedia editing skills.
• Human Rights: Making sure AI serves people and knowledge stays human: Wikimedia Foundation publishes a Human Rights Impact Assessment on the interaction of AI and machine learning with Wikimedia projects.
• Don't blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Digital Safety & Privacy: Frequently Asked Questions about Wikimedia Foundation's Legal Work.
• Transparency Report: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Latest Transparency Report.
• Privacy Policy: The Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy is getting a minor update in preparation for Temporary Accounts.
• Learning Clinic: Join the next Let's Connect Learning Clinic on the topic of "Mastering the Capacity Exchange (CapX) Tool (Part 2)" taking place on October 20 at 17:00 UTC.

Foundation statements

• Knowledge integrity: Lessons from Wikipedia on the 3 building blocks of trustworthy information. This is part of the new series from the Wikimedia Foundation that explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.

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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:54, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

On 28 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article European Australian Movement, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that police investigated the European Australian Movement after it distributed letters carrying a slogan from Nazi Germany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/European Australian Movement. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, European Australian Movement), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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I scrolled too quickly and didn't pay attention. If I had noticed it I wouldn't have added it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:14, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång, it's the third time. Please take more care and fully read what you are posting links to. TarnishedPath^talk 07:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I usually do, and I should have done so here. I mailed for oversight and that's done. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:56, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for mailing oversight. TarnishedPath^talk 08:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Hey. Replied to you on my talk page as well. Noticed you moved the Emu page to draft space. I do not understand the reason for this, as the reason you have given does not make sense with Notability standards or sourcing standards. The page itself had already been reviewed and cleared two days ago.

Can understand it not being on DYK. I have no issues with that. I'm more just trying to get an actual reason for why the page was taken down. Thanks. Basetornado (talk) 12:59, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Basetornado, I've left a message on your talk page. As far as DYK, the hook was fantastic and sourced. The problem is the article itself. TarnishedPath^talk 13:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing and nominating Emu. Again apologies for getting shitty about things. Wrote in clearer detail why on my talk page, but thought it best to mention it here. Cheers. Basetornado (talk) 14:14, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

All good. I'm off to bed now. Catch you around. TarnishedPath^talk 14:17, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

I noticed that you closed my request on the Smith page. I understand most likely because it was controversial. I'm finding similar issues with other BLPs so I gotta imagine contentious topics are a regular point of discussion? Is there any kind of group or task force that helps monitor BLPs for challenging issues? I am actually a fan of yours. Everythingisbiggerindallas (talk) 15:44, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Everythingisbiggerindallas you can raise topics where you feel there might be violations of WP:BLP at WP:BLP/N. TarnishedPath^talk 22:34, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Everythingisbiggerindallas (talk) 21:33, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, you should really do (and have done) a histmerge of the older article turned redirect with the newer article, as they were about the same person. Can you please correct this? The history that needs merging is at User:Sophia swatosh/sandbox. Fram (talk) 09:12, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

@Fram, thankyou for drawing this to my attention. TarnishedPath^talk 10:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Ultranationalism is not mentioned anywhere on the page. and would probably be under the umbrella of 'Neo-Nazism' Idrinklisterine (talk) 03:15, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Take it to Talk:National Socialist Network. TarnishedPath^talk 04:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I just didn't want to involve multiple people Idrinklisterine (talk) 04:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with inovloving multiple people when it's a discussion about content. TarnishedPath^talk 05:03, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Upcoming and current events and conversations
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• Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection: Additional perspectives on current and future board selection processes.
• Global trends: We are seeing 8% declines in human page views on Wikipedia as some users don't directly visit Wikipedia to get information. Learn about this new user trend, how the Wikimedia Foundation anticipate these changes, and how you can help.
• WECUDI 2025: The second conference of Wikimedia, Education, and Digital Cultures will be held from October 29–31 in Mexico City, Mexico.
• GLAM Conference: Wiki GLAM Culture and Heritage Conference (WGCHC) will take place on 30 October – 1 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
• WikidataCon 2025: WikidataCon 2025 will take place online from October 31 – November 2.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Making it easier to say thanks: Users on most wikis will now have the ability to thank a comment directly from the talk page it appears on. Before this change, thanking could only be done by visiting the revision history of the talk page.
• Account security: Improvements to account security and two-factor authentication (2FA) features were enabled across all wikis. Another part of the project is making 2FA generally available to all users. Along with editors with advanced privileges, such as administrators and bureaucrats, 40% of editors now have access to 2FA. You can check if you have access at Special:AccountSecurity.
• Abstract Wikipedia: The naming contest for the new Wikimedia project, known until now as Abstract Wikipedia, is ongoing. Voting is now open until November 3.
• Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 42 and 43 including the community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
• Wikimedia apps: The Wikipedia iOS App launched an A/B/C test of improvements to the Tabbed browsing feature into Beta for select regions & languages. Called “More dynamic tabs”, the experiment adds user-requested improvements and introduces article recommendations within the tabs overview, showing “Did you know” or “Because you read” content depending on how many tabs are open.
• CampaignEvents extension: Campaignevents extension will be deployed to all remaining wikis during the week of 17 November 2025. The extension currently includes three features: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List. For this rollout, Invitation List will not be enabled on Wikifunctions and MediaWiki unless requested by those communities.
• Event registration tool: Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Digital safety: Explore how you can help make Wikimedia safer by taking our new self-paced course, Safety for Young Wikimedians.
• Wikimedia Core Curriculum: The Wikimedia Foundation has developed seven online video learning modules covering the core English Wikipedia policies. You are invited to use, adapt, and translate the course.
• Advocacy: The Wikimedia Foundation has signed onto a statement that calls on governments and UN bodies to keep discussions about the future of internet governance accessible to non-government actors like industry and civil society. This statement is part of ongoing joint advocacy with affiliates to influence UN discussions about the future of internet governance such as the Global Digital Compact campaign and WSIS+20 deliberations.
• GLAM: The Wikimedia Foundation and several affiliates have signed onto the Open Heritage Statement, which supports galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM institutions) to have the legal rights they need to collect, preserve, and provide access to cultural heritage.

Foundation statements

• How Wikipedia works: Wikimedia Foundation responds to questions about how Wikipedia works.

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Sorry, I'm very new, and I don't know if this goes here, but you're doing an excellent job in the Grokipedia talk page, thanks so much for keeping Wikipedia sane(ish)! JimboCoolfruits (talk) hey I did a signature! JimboCoolfruits (talk) 00:36, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

I asked that too: Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:01, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Not that I want to jump on them, just if they are they need to declare the COI. TarnishedPath^talk 12:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Exactly. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:05, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

They responded. All good it seems. TarnishedPath^talk 12:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång, given the two discussions about the image (in the article talk and the deletion discussion at commons) I am having doubts about their word. TarnishedPath^talk 08:12, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hm. I'm still at "reasonably plausible." I'd expect a COI-editor to submit something more puffery than . If I had "discovered" him first, I might have tried to make that article myself, assuming the sources are good, it's one we should have. The picture thing seems GF to me. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:26, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Btw, I don't do a lot of DYK, but isn't it about time the nominations were moved from that template-format to something more user-friendly? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:39, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

I've only been getting more into it for the last 5 or 6 months, so I don't the story behind what prompted the move to templates. I think it used to be done a different way, but technical issue brought about the move to templates. Perhaps something to do with automation or admin/template editor oversight? I know the usage of templates does bring issues, such as WP:PEIS, which affects WP:DYKN and WP:DYKNA. However at the moment it seems like it's the best solution we have.

If it's the nomination aspect you find not user-friendly, DYK-helper is useful. TarnishedPath^talk 08:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

No, I did a nom when you actually had to fill in the template wikitext by hand, and I've noticed that is much improved. My beef if that we can't easily "talk" in the template, which IMO is a significant downside for new editors, and not that fun for others either. My impression is that the template form is an "ancient" remnant of what was once a good solution, but changing it would take effort, and the regulars are used to it anyway, so it's not done. I could be wrong, I haven't done any actual research. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:07, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Agreed about talking in the nomination itself. I've fixed up templates numerous times because of someone messing it up by putting comments in the wrong place. Visual editor not working well within templates is an issue. TarnishedPath^talk 09:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

And we don't usually discuss in templates. Something like a GA/FA discussion would seem more "normal". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:15, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#The_DYK_template_format, but you would probably have noticed that anyway ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:28, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2025).

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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• The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
• Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.

Technical news

• You can enable a handy user info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visit Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
  • Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

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Would it be possible you could give this photo a crop that has Bishop Fisher? ---~Celco85Celco85 (talk)

@Celco85 no worries. Will do when I'm home from work. TarnishedPath^talk 06:59, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Celco85, see commons:File:Bishop Anthony Fisher-2015.jpg TarnishedPath^talk 10:06, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks-Celco85--Celco85 (talk) 10:50, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks could you also please crop this photo of the late Peter Elliott the Catholic Bishop?--Celco85 (talk) 10:52, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Celco85 I'll look at that one tomorrow. TarnishedPath^talk 11:06, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

--Ok that is fine~~Celco85~~

@Celco85, I've given you two to choose from. See commons:File:Bishop Peter Elliott-2008a.jpg and commons:File:Bishop Peter Elliott-2008b.png. TarnishedPath^talk 12:30, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks--Celco85 (talk) 13:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC) Celco85 at come point could these two photos be done as well? --Celco85 (talk) 13:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)Celco85

@Celco85, only if you stop removing stuff from my talk. TarnishedPath^talk 13:34, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok--Celco85 (talk) 13:49, 5 November 2025 (UTC)Celco85

@Celco85, please see commons:File:Wayne Gatt-2025.jpg and commons:File:Nicole Werner-2023.jpg TarnishedPath^talk 00:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey TarnishedPath. I saw your comment on Talk:Gaza genocide. Would you be interested in helping draft an open letter on this topic, akin to Wikipedia:2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation? That didn't get us anywhere, but this might. I've opened a userpage over at User:Wound theology/Draft open letter for this. wound theology◈ 01:57, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for using and cropping File:St Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island 10 (cropped).jpg. I've uploaded a new version with improved post-processing, I hope that's OK. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:01, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@Mike Peel, all good. My only concern when cropping was WP:DYKIMG, which your version meets. TarnishedPath^talk 22:53, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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• Wikimania 2027: Santiago, Chile is announced as the location for Wikimania 2027. The annual conference returns to Latin America after more than 10 years, following previous editions in Buenos Aires (2009) and Mexico City (2015).
• Wikidata recognized as a Digital Public Good: Wikidata became the second Wikimedia project to be officially recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 44 and 45 including the community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
• Activity Tab: The Wikipedia Android app expands the new Activity tab to all users. It offers a complete view of your Wikipedia activity: reading time, saved articles, edits, and donation history (for known donors). This change aims to make Wikipedia a more engaging experience for readers and contributors alike, while keeping all personal data private and stored locally on your device.
• Tabbed browsing: Tabbed browsing is now available on the Wikipedia App for iOS. Tabs will let you keep more than one article open at a time, making it easier to explore complex topics, follow links without losing your place, and pick up where you left off.
• CampaignEvents extension: Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the CampaignEvents extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.
• Image browsing: The Wikimedia Foundation launched image browsing, an experiment that puts images on top of your Wikipedia article reading journey, on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
• Temporary accounts: Temporary Accounts are now enabled on 1,000+ projects including English Wikipedia.
• Abstract Wikipedia naming contest: The first round of “abstract content wiki” naming vote has ended and the first legal review had begun to determine the 6 names that will make it to the second round on November 17.
• Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions is now deployed across 12 Wiktionaries and 4 Wikipedias.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Privacy in Wikipedia research: The Wikimedia Foundation published Privacy in Public: Navigating Research, Personal Data, and Safety on Wikipedia, a whitepaper which guides researchers in navigating privacy of Wikipedia editors in their research. Read the highlights and key takeaways for researchers and Wikipedians.
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The Elliot Rodger Extended Protected Status is about to expire in less than a month and a half. We already know that as soon as it expires, vandals are going to destroy it. Do you think I could request for a new protection when the extended protection status is coming to an end? Shoot for the Stars (talk) 19:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

We don't generally do pre-emptive protections, so if things get bad after the protection expires you can request renewed protection at WP:RFPP. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:21, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

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Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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• Tech News: Some of the latest updates from Tech News week 46 and 47: Wikimedia Foundation is experimentating with reading lists on mobile web, allowing logged-in readers with no edits to save private lists of articles for later; One new wiki has been created: a Wikisource in Minangkabau.
• Wikifunctions: The second round of voting for naming the wiki with abstract content is kicking off with six name proposals to vote for.
• Reference check: The A/B test for reference check has begun on English Wikipedia and will run until December 17. This is a feature which prompts new editors to add citations before they publish an edit adding content to an article.
• Image browsing: Wikimedia Foundation is launching an experiment called "Image browsing" to test how to make it easier for readers to browse and discover images on Wikipedia articles. This experiment, a mobile-only A/B test, is taking place on on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese wikis, affecting a small number of users.
• CampaignEvents extension: Campaign events extension is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. The extension offers tools for running and coordinating events and other on-wiki collaborations. These features include Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List, plus a new feature, Collaborative contribution, which helps organizers and participants see the impact of their collaborative activities. Join the upcoming learning session to see the new feature in action and share your feedback.
• Dark Mode: Dark mode is now available on all Wikimedia projects for all anonymous users! This enhancement aims to deliver a more enjoyable reading experience, especially in dimly lit environments. Learn how to activate this feature.
• Wikimedia Apps: The Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app is now available for all users. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging.
• Usability Improvements: Improvements for talk pages is being rolled out. Users can opt out of these changes in their user preferences in “Show discussion activity.”

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• Wikipedia 25 Press toolkit: Wikimedia Foundation is providing press toolkit as guidance and resources to Wikimedia volunteers and affiliates to spread the word about Wikipedia’s 25th birthday to local and regional media.
• Language and Internationalization: Read some key highlights from the October 2025 edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.
• Information integrity: Wikimedia Project from South America Selected by the UNESCO Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change Fund.
• The Wikipedia Library: The Wikipedia Library team attended the CEE Meeting 2025 celebrated a new partnership with Times of Malta.
• Understanding movement organizers: Wikimedia Foundation concluded a literature review on organizers in the Wikimedia movement focused on capturing their personas, motivations, and impact in order to highlight best practices and opportunities for further support.

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• Wikimedia Enterprise: Reef Media uses Wikimedia Enterprise Snapshot API to Fact Check and Verify Sources.

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Title says it all. You act like you are new... Smashed up benis as a soup (talk) 02:57, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Don't write on my talk page again. TarnishedPath^talk 03:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

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• CEO appointment: The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Bernadette Meehan as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. She will be meeting communities around the puzzle globe when she officially joins on January 20, 2026.
• Wikipedia's 25th birthday party: Join the virtual celebration for games, prizes, musical performances, volunteer spotlights, data visualization, surprise guests and more. January 15 at 16:00 UTC. Register on Meta.
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• Wishathon: 15 patches were written and 5 merged, as part of a Wishathon for the Community Wishlist. One wish from the community was completed ("Preview page with this template" should not work with pages that do not transclude the template), and three more now have a clearer path forward.
• Activity Tab on Mobile App: The Wikipedia iOS app is running an experiment that replaces the History tab with a redesigned Activity tab. This new tab surfaces personalized insights about reading, editing, and donations — all stored locally on your device for privacy. The goal is to see whether the new experience increases engagement and retention among logged-in readers.
• Wikipedia Year in Review in Apps: The Wikipedia Year in Review 2025 is now available for the iOS and Android apps. This year introduces new personalized insights, updated reading highlights, and refreshed designs.
• Add a Link: A feature that suggests links to be added to articles based on a prediction model, Add a link, has been deployed at Japanese, Urdu and Chinese Wikipedias. While this feature has already been available on most Wikipedias, the prediction model could not support certain languages. A new model has now been developed to handle these languages, and it will be gradually rolled out to other Wikipedias over time.
• Abstract Wikipedia: The second round of voting on the name of Abstract Wikipedia concluded with Abstract Wikipedia as the top-voted name with 100 votes, followed by Wikigenerator with 91 votes. The name for the wiki project will now remain Abstract Wikipedia.
• Anti-vandalism tool: Automoderator, now has the option to choose between two machine learning models to power the software on wikis using the tool.
• Tools to support newcomers: Newcomers failing to add a citation to support added content has been one of the most common mistakes on Wikipedia. Reference Check, a tool that prompts them to add a citation before publishing an edit, has gone live for an A/B test on English Wikipedia.
• Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 48 and week 49 include the Foundation working on improving the text and presentation of the Verification Email sent to new users to make them more welcoming, useful, and informative; and two new wikis being created: a Wikipedia in Toki Pona and a Wikiquote in Nigerian Pidgin.
• Infrastructure: Unifying our mobile and desktop domains achieved 20% faster mobile response times, improved SEO, and reduced infrastructure load.

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• Legal win in France: Wikimedia Foundation secures crucial legal win in France against legal attacks on freedom of speech.
• CEE Hub: Overview of three years of growth, learning, and regional impact of CEE Hub.
• Don't Blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Digital Violence: How the Wikimedia movement is responding to digital gender based violence.
• Wikimedia Research Showcase: The next research showcase will feature a special panel on "Experimentation on Wikipedia" and will take place on December 10 at 17:30 UTC.

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• Audit Report: Key takeaways from the Foundation’s audit report for fiscal year 2024-2025.
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I appreciate the ping but there’s not much I can really do without extended confirmed. That being said, with other incidents having happened at Bondi Beach previously, it makes sense having the year. Changing the article name to reflect that it was an attempted terror attack in light of the IEDs and media/government consensus would be a good idea though. Retr0r0cket (talk) 07:14, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Generally the article, not the talk page is protected, right? It's making discussion very hard… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2025_Bondi_Beach_shooting Heyimastopsign (talk) 07:30, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

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Don't ever post on my talk page again unless you actually have something to say. I have no patience for people who just deposit an (incorrect) template and then run away. Jtrainor (talk) 06:34, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

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Now do yourself a favour and take your own advice. TarnishedPath^talk 07:31, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks, Chess enjoyer (talk) 06:37, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Why would you leave the discussion open? There is a clear opposition consensus Cooldood5555 (let's talk) 01:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Cooldood5555, I'm involved. I can't close it. TarnishedPath^talk 01:29, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

I mean why would you extend its time? Cooldood5555 (let's talk) 01:29, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

That bump comment was to stop it being archived prior to get a formal close.

Ps, I've posted a request at WP:CR for an independent close. TarnishedPath^talk 01:30, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

I quote WP:CR

”Do not list discussions where the consensus is obvious.

In discussions where consensus is entirely clear to everyone involved, there is no need for a formal close: just go ahead and implement the decision! Discussions should only be posted here when an uninvolved closer is actually needed to resolve the matter.”

The consensus is obvious. Cooldood5555 (let's talk) 01:32, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Cooldood5555 it's clear that the page won't be moved. What is not clear however is whether that will be a no consensus or a consensus against outcome. TarnishedPath^talk 01:56, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Locke Cole I tried to leave comment at ANI. Not sure if it worked. I am on my phone, waiting for a flight. I'll reply more substantively at a later time.

Ps, a RM that has 5 support and only 1 oppose !votes is the opposite of disruptive. I specfically choose the RM proposed target based off comments from the previous discussions. TarnishedPath^talk 05:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Talk:Gulf of Mexico. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
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I'd appreciate it if you could explain your reasoning and how were the apparent WP:!votes and WP:AADPs were weighed (per WP:CONS, WP:RMCLOSE). --Joy (talk) 10:59, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Joy,

All of the support !votes argued primary topic. Your oppose !vote stated otherwise and seemed to me heavily reliant on wikinav stats. While I'm not super experienced as a closer, I've been involved in and closed enough RMs to have seen that the community generally doesn't think as much of arguments based on wikinav stats. If you'd had even one other editor agreeing with your position I would given quite a bit of thought to relisting instead of moving. However, given the numerical superiority of the support !votes and your part reliance on wikinav I felt consensus was for a move. TarnishedPath^talk 11:15, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Just to give a bit further rationale for my longterm significance argument, because Joy is characterizing it as a "vote", I believe that the use of "Jolene" in people's names would run afoul of WP:PTM, so they can't be counted as equivalent primary topics by longterm significance. Furthermore, Jolene (name) was largely popularized by the song, which would imply the song has even more longterm significance than the name itself. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:52, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Just letting you both know that I got a similar message from Joy over at my talk page. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 00:35, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Your input was also an assertion, but it was hardly the most terse one, so please don't feel called out. Of course you're aware that we disagree on the interpretation of PTM, but at this point I'm more worried about the general trend of what is documented as our rules being largely ignored in these processes overall. --Joy (talk) 14:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, TarnishedPath. Happy New Year! I was wondering if you could provide a rationale for the move request closure at Talk:Richard_III_of_England#Requested_move_25_December_2025. Surtsicna (talk) 13:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Surtsicna,

Happy New Year to you also.

Regarding the close, there were four supports for the proposal with those supports either referencing WP:PTOPIC or WP:NCROY (one editor argued WP:CONSISTENT). There were 6 opposes, who argued WP:CONSISTENT, that a name change would cause confusion given the play and that neither the play nor the royal are the PTOPIC (TheodoresTomfooleries presented a wikiview analysis in an attempt to contradict one editor but that analysis did not show enough of a difference between the king and the play for the king to be considered the PTOPIC). A number of the opposes also made reference to be previous close, where editors opposed on the basis of consistency and clarity. In that discussion both sides also argued PTOPIC, as was the case in this discussion. Given that no policy position prevailed, this came down to which side had a numerical superiority. TarnishedPath^talk 20:09, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Would it be possible to have that rationale affixed to the closing comment, for reference purposes in the case of any future discussions? Surtsicna (talk) 20:16, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Surtsicna no problem. It will be later today when I'm back home in front of my PC. TarnishedPath^talk 23:47, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. What should be done about the Richard III redirect? If the consensus is that the king is not the primary meaning of Richard III, my understanding is that Richard III should not redirect to the article about the king but to Richard III (disambiguation) per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Surtsicna (talk) 11:39, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@Surtsicna, thanks for jogging my memory on that. Your assessment is correct, although I am at this point very tired and there's probably some other small detail I've missed. TarnishedPath^talk 12:42, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

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The consensus from a while ago has apparently changed, @PatGallacher. The discussion at Talk:Richard_III_of_England#Requested_move_25_December_2025 has ended with the consensus that the king is not the clear primary topic. Surtsicna (talk) 01:21, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

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Would it be possible these photos be given a crop --Celco85 (talk)Celco85~

@Celco85, I'm not going to touch either of those images. In the Pell photo the colour adjustments which have been made have resulted in an image which is not a true representation of the man at the time the photo was taken. I.e., his hair colour has been changed to a colour it wasn't. Regarding the Hamer photo, any cropping of that is going to result in an inferior image. It's not a great image to start with. When I do crop things its because I believe I'm creating a better image, which is still a true representation of the individual. I can't in good faith do anything with either of those images. Sorry. TarnishedPath^talk 10:56, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

You really should have let an admin close the "Removing requests made per WP:DEALWITHINCIVIL - Tim riley and SchroCat" ANI discussion. While I agree that the proposals for a warning for SC and indef block for SC and i-ban for Dronebogus had no chance of consensus, there was a clear consensus for a formal warning for Tim riley.— Isaidnoway (talk) 15:38, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Agree, with Isaidnoway. The dead end proposals distracted from the discussion. Given the long history there an admin should be closing it. Nemov (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

@Nemov, @Isaidnoway, I've reopened the discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 00:35, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

I see that you have been changing [[Edward III of England]] to [[Edward III|Edward III of England]]. Surely this is wrong per WP:NOTBROKEN, WP:NOPIPE, and MOS:NOPIPE. It should be either [[Edward III of England]] or [[Edward III]] of England. Or am I missing something? Surtsicna (talk) 15:44, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I was coming here to say the same thing because pf this edit. While the second change in this edit is ok (though I'm doubtful it's worth doing) the first isn't per NOPIPE. Is this an automated tool you're using? If so it neeeds fixing. DeCausa (talk) 22:24, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

In relation to the topic at hand. Shouldn't the RFC-in-question be properly closed? GoodDay (talk) 23:00, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

What RFC is that? Surtsicna (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

It's been fixed. GoodDay (talk) 23:10, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

@GoodDay, which RFC are you referring to? The Edward I, II and III RM discussion? TarnishedPath^talk 00:31, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

The one at Edward I, but it's alright now. GoodDay (talk) 00:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

• Despite the above you are still making these incorrect changes contrary to NOPIPE as here. Can you respond please. DeCausa (talk) 00:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

  Hi @DeCausa,

  Sorry, I fell asleep with a script running doing post RM re-targeting. I've stopped it. TarnishedPath^talk 00:30, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

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A good story today, about a mezzo as a thinking person, DYK? - see also video. Thank you for the promotion! (The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped to a mercifully short review.) I didn't see her, but the Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in last. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Happy birthday, Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took a cat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:12, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;) Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Gerda Arendt,

Have you put me on some sort of automated mailing list?

The first message I understood as a thanks for my promotion; however, I don't understand the two messages afterwards. TarnishedPath^talk 22:51, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you for quality articles such as Moira Deeming, Nick McKenzie, Avi Yemini, Ben Roberts-Smith and African gangs moral panic, for work around DYK promotion and requested moves, for "I'm always hesitant about agreeing to something which requires work on other people's behalves. ", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2998 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt thankyou. TarnishedPath^talk 02:09, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Ps, besides nominating it to DYK, I've only done a few edits on African gangs moral panic. TarnishedPath^talk 10:06, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Oops, looks like I liked the title too much to investigate further ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:22, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

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Look, today's image, - she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) - Thank you for your comment in an RfC. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

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@Amakuru Cheers. Happy holidays to you also. TarnishedPath^talk 21:30, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello TarnishedPath: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:30, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Gråbergs Gråa Sång happy holidays to you also! TarnishedPath^talk 20:55, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Is this real life? Yes! Is this going to be forever? No! Elvis is getting ready to leave the building and 2026 is about to be born, kicking and screaming. They say nothing gold can stay, but I say, don't listen to them, stay golden all the same. Here's to a new year of infinite diversity and beautiful combinations! Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@Viriditas cheers and happy holidays to you. TarnishedPath^talk 23:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Dclemens1971 happy holidays to you. TarnishedPath^talk 00:00, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello TarnishedPath: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Iljhgtn (talk) 17:32, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Iljhgtn happy holidays to you. TarnishedPath^talk 00:00, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Abishe seasons greetings to you also. TarnishedPath^talk 10:15, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

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A GA nomination for Elliot Rodger has started. Your help would be appreciated as your input is always helpful when it comes to complex articles like this one. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 22:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

@Shoot for the Stars, no worries. I'll help as I can. Looks like you've covered everything for the moment. To make calibration easier, can I ask that you continue to mark off each dotpoint at Talk:Elliot Rodger/GA1 as it appears you already are when you finish that task. Also can I get you to leave edit summaries along the lines of "Talk:Elliot Rodger/GA1@Section Name dot point 1". TarnishedPath^talk 22:46, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

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  Would you be able to crop out the yellow line on the right side of this image?
• 
  Could this be given a crop too if possible?
• 
  Could this photo of David Southwick be given a crop?

if possible --~~Celco85~~

@Celco85, see commons:File:Death of Pablo Escobar b (cropped).jpg, commons:File:Southwick2024 (cropped).jpg and commons:File:Sunny Sydney Skyline b (cropped).jpg.

Ps, you'd end up with better quality images if you asked that I cropped the originals and then retouched them afterwards. TarnishedPath^talk 12:23, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Ok got thanks --Celco85 (talk) 13:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)Celco85

Sorry, I think this move (actually really a retrospective justification for a BOLD move) was a bit silly. The article is clearly about the distillery, not the single malt and WP:CONSISTENT should apply. The overwhelmingly vast majority of the articles in the category Category:Scottish malt whisky are about distilleries not about the (single malt) whisky, and where they are about the whisky they take the form 'X single malt' for example Tobermory Single Malt, where Toberymory distillery also exists, or Killyloch which is a whisky from a distillery of another name (in fact they seem to both be sui generis for the category, and the Tobermory should probably be an example for how to deal with Glenfiddich!?). Therefore, I feel @Andrewa:'s response to my comment is without merit, unless, Andrewa, you'd like to point out something I'm missing. Asking you to please reconsider this move or I think I will look to review. Happy to discuss further. Thanks. YorkshireExpat (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Just to clarify, is this the edit which you describe as without merit? It seems a reasonable question to me. But I guess that's your rationale for not answering it. Andrewa (talk) 21:40, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes, the RM had been closed before I had a chance to answer. I believe I am on the other side of the world relative to you both. Please point out to me the 'several other' articles in that category that are named after whiskies apart from the ones I've pointed out, and A'bunadh, which seem to be special cases. They are mostly named 'X distillery'. I haven't been through them all, but the titles and a spot survey tells me they are about distilleries. If you've been through them all and some are about the whisky, not the distillery, then fair play. YorkshireExpat (talk) 22:30, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@Andrewa and @YorkshireExpat, I've reoppened the discussion. Please have at it there. I seriously doubt the outcome will change, but go for gold. TarnishedPath^talk 22:50, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath thanks. Is it worth notifying the project? I feel that if we name this article in this way then the whole subject needs attention. The naming convention as it stands solves some problems I think, but renaming one article like this opens a can of worms. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:52, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@YorkshireExpat, done. TarnishedPath^talk 12:24, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

When you find an unsourced article, please check the history before draftifying it next time. If an article was previously a redirect, then restoring the redirect (as I did with 2400, for example) would be preferable to draftifying it. GTrang (talk) 21:46, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@GTrang no worries. TarnishedPath^talk 21:53, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

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  Would it be possible you could give this photo of Archbishop Prowse a crop?
• and this too? could this be given a retouch
  and this too? could this be given a retouch
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  Could this be cropped?
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  Can this given a crop too?
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  Can this given a crop?
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  can you crop this?
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  And this a crop? please

--Celco85 (talk)Celco85~

@Celco85, I'll have a look after work. TarnishedPath^talk 00:37, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

It will be either tomorrow or the day after that I look at this. TarnishedPath^talk 12:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

@Celco85, please see Commons:File:Archbishop Christopher Prowse-2006.jpg, Commons:File:Richard Brooks-2010.jpg, Commons:File:Platinum Jubilee- Government House, New South Wales 2 b (cropped).jpg, Commons:File:St Paul's Church Bentleigh b (cropped).jpg and Commons:File:Marcus Bastiaan Businessman b (cropped).jpg.

Regarding the Sacred Heart Cathedral, I don't think I can do anything to it, as any cropping is going to remove parts of the subject. Regarding Halley park, I'm not sure what you want the focal point to be. TarnishedPath^talk 03:25, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Ps, @Celco85, a lot of this you can do yourself. You only need to enable the cropping tool in settings at Commons. Regarding retouching, download GIMP (a free image manipulation program). All I did in that photo of Brooks was to adjust the contrast by 3 points, which is extremely easy. TarnishedPath^talk 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi TarnishedPath, I noticed you swapped a hook from prep 4 to prep 2. We've had several other recent hooks related to the Mughal emperor Jahangir so I've been trying to space them out roughly a week apart (the previous one is currently in Queue 4). Would you object if I moved the hook back to prep 4? No worries either way, thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:11, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971 No objection. TarnishedPath^talk 22:02, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:06, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971 would have swapped it back myself, but I'm on my phone. TarnishedPath^talk 22:10, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

It was quick to do, I just didn't want to make a change without asking first. I left a note for any other promoters looking at the set. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:21, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

wkn ~2026-35368-8 (talk) 08:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Undid revision 1333376124 by Wikiuser4999 (talk) this is a WP:GA status article. I don't think it appropriate to "Cut the fat of the infobox" without having a discussion about it. Please take to talk.

Hi, I have already started a discussion here Wikiuser4999 (talk) 02:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

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Call ~2026-28044-7 (talk) 14:36, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-28044-7, the eight president of the US? What about them? TarnishedPath^talk 21:04, 19 January 2026 (UTC)