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May music
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Jadwiga Rappé - lovely voice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Special Barnstar |
| Thanks for your contributions. Keep it up Vinizex94🌍 06:50, 1 June to 2025 (UTC) |
Thank you so much very appreciate it.Moxy🍁 11:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
The Canadian Barnstar
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The Supreme Canadian Award |
| Thank you for improving articles related to Canada and photography. You deserve this. Vinizex94🌍 11:35, 1 June 2025 (UTC) |
Appreciation day for me thank you.Moxy🍁 11:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
mst niha
edit@103.140.234.7(talk)01:14 3 june (UTC) 103.140.234.7 (talk) 01:15, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
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Disputing Closure
editI'd like to discuss why the topic of US governance was closed after a day instead of the usual week. Especially when discussion was ongoing.
Even more so when the suggestions to edit the Wiki were for it to reflect the pages of their peer nations and the factual reality of its function. There was nothing to support how its "unrealistic" to describe something as it is, especially when its done for many other similar pages. SydCarlisle (talk) 22:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- Junk simply. Best find another area to edit or move on to different pastures. Moxy🍁 23:07, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- Do you care to elaborate or are vague dismissals all it takes now a days? SydCarlisle (talk) 23:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- All I have to say is Harry s Truman. Moxy🍁 23:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Agree 100% with Moxy's closure. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:31, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- Great, you've proven my point on why the edit should be added. Why have you closed the conversation if you agree the listed form of government is not accurate?
- Please read my suggestion instead of assuming it's related to the current administration. SydCarlisle (talk) 00:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- Agree it's inaccurate? I suggest you review Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia cannot claim the Earth is not flat. Editors are volunteers and their time is valuable... pls move on to a topic that you can approach from a neutral point of view. Moxy🍁 01:09, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- All I have to say is Harry s Truman. Moxy🍁 23:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- Do you care to elaborate or are vague dismissals all it takes now a days? SydCarlisle (talk) 23:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
June music
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Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different ___location. - Perhaps you can help with Kateryna and its composer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
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) 16:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
Switzerland
editHi,
your recent edit seems to be a bit confused. By that I mean it is not up to you alone to judge or give explanation for another editor as to why this well sourced, long-standing, section to WP:RS needs to be deleted. Please discuss this on talk page FIRST and try to obtain consensus before reverting (Drug consumption in CH is at a ‘’’record high’’’ by European standards which is highly worrisome and highly relevant for this article IMO.) Sincerely, Swissro (talk) 21:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
- I think we mostly agree that it's not worthy of inclusion here that's why it's been reverted by multiple people. Yes you should open up a discussion. L..... But let me help you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Switzerland#Removal_of_cannabis_consumption_data_from_2012
Moxy🍁 21:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
- Between me and you (not related to Wikipedia per say). I think it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to have those extreme stats for a country such as Switzerland without having accomplices high up in CH government (I am not “anti-government”; just stating FACTS) and also its banking industry for money laundering. This removal doesn’t help Switzerland or its people in any way over the long run IMO. (Thanks for the link to the discussion page, so I see where you come from on this topic). Swissro (talk) 22:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
Page load speed
editThanks for your page redesign on Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge. I noticed that you commented about the load speed in the talk page. One thing that pains me for a long time is that our Canadian challenge hasn't categorized our entries into provinces/territories, leaving it very difficult to assess the impact of the drive at the very end. Can you take a look at my old sandbox and see what's the load time on that page? And if it's slow, is there a way to enable provincial/territorial flags alongside the entries without substantially increase the load time? This would bring us closer in line with all the other challenge pages. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Its a page for interested editors .....so really load time not that big of a deal I guess. Have no clue why flag icons are gone. If participates fine them useful they should be used. Easy way to help load time is cut from 1000 entries to 500 and/or have the members page on its own without transclusion on the main page ....like with Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada - Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Members Moxy🍁 06:06, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I think one of the participant is still on 56k dial-up and page load speed was the provided explanation on not including flag icons. No idea why this was only an issue for the Canadian challenge while nobody else around the world complained about page load speed for other country/continent challenge pages (and they have way more than 13 flags). I will see what I can do with cutting down the entries to 500 per page and not transcluding everything onto the main page. OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:44, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
India FAR
editI have nominated India for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JDiala (talk) 08:23, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
July music
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Check out my talk, - if you have little time, listen to Gilda Cruz-Romo in the final scene of Aida, if you have more read her article, and if you have still more check out my music, some sung with me in choir, some played by friends, all heard with friends. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
Perhaps you can listen to yesterday's concert of all Brahms. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)
Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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Have a great weekend. Yue🌙 18:59, 19 July 2025 (UTC) |
- Cheers....thank you.Moxy🍁 03:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Question about decal on the Canadian Portal!
editHi there! A friend and I were browsing your works on the Canadian Portal and had a question! We saw your "Disability in Canada flag icon" and wanted to know what the purple stripe on both sides meant! We've never seen it before! For reference, this is the article with the decal. Thank you so much for your time and works! Burgerhunt (talk) 21:41, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- I simply chose the newest design....The purple stripes, in particular, are not part of the original design but were added later to represent the diverse experiences within the disability community and the concept of "crip theory"......Crip Theory is related to Queerness. With that said I'm more than willing to change it if there's something wrong? By all means I'm no expert on the subject..... simply trying to make a design that's representative of current situations. Basically chose the LGBTQ2+ rights version as it been a part of Canadian law/culture since the 90s. Again.... Is it wrong is it disputed I'm more than willing to change it.Moxy🍁 21:50, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think there's anything wrong with it! In fact, you've taught me and my friend something new today! We hadn't seen this updated flag before and it was fun reading about its history and meaning. Thank you so much for responding :) Burgerhunt (talk) 23:47, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- I have changed it.....to the norm Moxy🍁 15:03, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think there's anything wrong with it! In fact, you've taught me and my friend something new today! We hadn't seen this updated flag before and it was fun reading about its history and meaning. Thank you so much for responding :) Burgerhunt (talk) 23:47, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
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A kitten for you!
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for starting the noble task of cleaning up Georgia (country) - good luck!
... sawyer * any/all * talk 04:05, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
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Merger discussion for Wikipedia:Shortcuts to talk pages
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An article that you have been involved in editing—Wikipedia:Shortcuts to talk pages—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in [[Talk:Wikipedia:Shortcut index#Merge proposal|the merger discussion]]. Thank you. FaviFake (talk) 15:17, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
Some questions
editRegarding this restore -
1. Is "you" @User:FaviFake (whose edit you reverted) or me (whose edit Gawson reverted)?
2. Who is the "we" that decided that one of us has to discuss first?
3. Why aren't "we" giving a reason for this requirement? See Wikipedia:Don't revert due solely to "no consensus". (Or was your link to Wikipedia:Articles with a single source supposed to be an explanation? If so, I fail to see the relevance.) - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 17:02, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I suspect it shouldn't be hard to figure out using the history. Editors should reach consensus on the talk page for all edits that are controversial enough, especially for mos and policy edits. Since you mentioned me, I like the current version and wish not to change it. FaviFake (talk) 22:04, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Yes to talk page..... two decade old wording would need a conversation to blank. Moxy🍁 22:26, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- We have that wording specifically for younger editors who deal with popculture articles. ..... Still trying to deal with hidden links as seen at Template:Los Angeles Rams. Have to think ..... Does removing this make out more or less clear. Moxy🍁 22:30, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Yes to talk page..... two decade old wording would need a conversation to blank. Moxy🍁 22:26, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- "We have that wording specifically for younger editors who deal with popculture articles." Now that's a valid rationale for a revert. "Two decade old wording" is not.
- Meanwhile, I'm still hoping for answers to my two "we" questions (above). Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 22:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- it's there for clarity..... been there for decades because of specific instances the "content editors" bump into..... but I see it was reinmented in the four other places it was removed that have much more traffic so I'm okay with this for now. Moxy🍁 22:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Moxy, in your edit summary you said: "At this point we are requesting that you bring further changes to talk page first" (bold added). Who is "we"? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 23:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Those that wish to change the wording...... being reverted multiple times for the same edit would indicate to anyone with basic critical thinking capabilities that's it's time for a talk. Not a fan of running around back and forth games. Moxy🍁 00:57, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- "We" made the request that "further changes" be discussed first. Why would "those that wish to change the wording" request that they, themselves, discuss the changes first?
- It makes more sense for "we" to be you (Moxy, the person who wrote the edit summary making the request) and at least one other person. Or perhaps it was just you using the editorial we. Is that what you were doing? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 01:45, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- Not here to hold your hand..... if you're unable to deduce what's going on perhaps best move on. Moxy🍁 02:28, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
Here is what I "deduce" is going on: You took a quick look at the edit history and concluded (incorrectly) that FaviFake was edit warring. You reverted them, pretended that you were speaking for a group of editors ("we"), gave no substantive rationale for your revert, provided a link to an irrelevant article, and - instead of taking this to talk yourself - told FaviFake to do it. And all of that is okay, I suppose, because you have "basic critical thinking capabilities," "are able to deduce what's going on," and are "not here to hold hands." If there is any problem here it is 100% with FaviFake and me. Have I deduced that correctly? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 03:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
I keep getting pointless notifications from this thread. Butwhatdoiknow, if you want to restore it, then propose it on the talk page of the page you want to edit. Consensus shuldn't be formed on user talk pages. This discussions doesn't seem productive to me. And let's not argue using ad hominems please. Either one of you proposes the change on the talk page of the page itself, or the page remains in its current state. --FaviFake (talk) 14:57, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
August music
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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. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 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) 18:28, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hugs for me. Moxy🍁 18:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
Zagreb photos too much??
editHello,
if Zagreb has “too many images for overall lenght”, why doesn’t Tokyo has the same? Zagreb had exactly the same amount for years until you decided to put that tag, while Tokyo has 200 pictures?? I feel the tag for Zagreb is unnecessary.
thanks Croateditor (talk) 18:46, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Tokyo has the same problems it should also be tagged or best case scenario fixed. See Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts for the basics.....and Canada for what we consider a reasonable amount of images.... that do not sandwich text or have so many images in a section that they extend into the wrong section. Moxy🍁 18:49, 24 August 2025 (UTC)