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I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. [[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]] ([[User talk:Sturmvogel 66|talk]]), and [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]])
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Ludwig Ferdinand Huber

Hi Kusma. Gog would like to put this one up at TFA on August 23, unless there are objections. If you're interested in writing a blurb for it, just write whatever you want and I'll format it if necessary. If you prefer, I'll try doing the blurb myself. - Dank (push to talk) 02:15, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dank, sounds great! I have tried to write up something at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Ludwig Ferdinand Huber/archive1, but I am a total beginner in the art of blurb writing, so I have probably included exactly the wrong details. Please have a look and suggest something better. —Kusma (talk) 08:32, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Thank you for all your hard work --evrik (talk) 16:07, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2023 July newsletter

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ludwig Ferdinand Huber scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 23 August 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 23, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:28, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Kusma (talk) 22:08, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Eliza Stephens

On 9 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eliza Stephens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while Eliza Stephens worked as governess for Mary Eleanor Bowes, she supported Andrew Robinson Stoney's schemes to seduce her employer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eliza Stephens. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eliza Stephens), 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Michael Huber (writer)

On 11 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Huber (writer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael Huber's translation of Salomon Gessner's works into French made Gessner the best-known German-language poet in Europe before Goethe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Huber (writer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michael Huber (writer)), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 11 July 2023 (UTC) [reply]

July songs
my story today

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No need for thanks, I always enjoy writing about the 18th century, especially when I fill such a wonderful red link :) Hope your time in Sweden was as enjoyable as the photos suggest! —Kusma (talk) 08:06, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it was. Great that you enjoy what you do. I do the same, just busy with a tenor who sadly died, and his article was so poor that the ROH wrote a misleading obit. Sad that he won't see the improvements but it's a pleasure to make the article grow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Finally: June pictures updated, with three great RMF concerts! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago, and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival (pictured), - the image (of a woman who can't believe what she has to see) features also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Todd Lincoln

is a DYK for the article that I got to GA status and the DYK was fully-approved yesterday but it's not showing up on the Approved page yet. The reviewer is new to DYK reviewing, I'm only around DYK occasionally and I can't quite figure out why it isn't showing up as Approved yet. Could you please take a look and fix any issues? I think it's not showing up on the Approved page yet because one of the parameters still has an no-longer-valid Red mark against it - sourcing. Sourcing had a few issues but they have all been fixed/approved. Thanks in advance, Shearonink (talk) 14:27, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Shearonink, it has been moved to the list of approved nominations yesterday: [1]. It doesn't show up there for technical reasons (the Post-expand include size limit is breached by too many accepted nominations). It should show up soon when some other nominations have been removed again. There seems nothing wrong with what you and the DYK reviewer did. —Kusma (talk) 16:19, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh thank you for weighing in! Neither the reviewer - voorts an editor new to DYK who I think did a great job - nor myself (an experienced editor who's pretty much just an occasional DYK'er) - were sure if everything had been done correctly. Thanks again & cheers, Shearonink (talk) 16:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Belated) Thanks for the welcome!

Hello Kusma! I wanted to thank you, in a very belated manner, for leaving me the welcome message with helpful links when we crossed paths almost a year ago.

I was just starting to explore copyediting here, took an initial run at a CE you had requested from the Guild page, and unfortunately encountered some serious health issues which kept me off Wikipedia for most of this year. Luckily my health is improved, and now that I'm planning to try my hand at contributing again, those introductory links have been a great anchor point.

Hope all is well for you, and that I was able to at least provide some entry points for another editor to continue improving the article in question- feel free to ping me if you have any other pressing articles for CE this summer ☺️ Cheers! Chiselinccc (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you are better now. The Ulf Merbold article in the meantime did get promoted to Featured Article. I will remember your kind offer when I have some further things to copyedit. —Kusma (talk) 10:16, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Palmire Dumont

On 17 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Palmire Dumont, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Palmire Dumont, a pioneer of LGBT nightlife in "Gay Paree", was among the first members of the French Bulldog-Owners Club (her dog pictured) and met other bulldog owners in her lesbian bar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Palmire Dumont. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Palmire Dumont), 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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Books & Bytes – Issue 57

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Your GA nomination of Eliza Stephens

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SmallCat dispute case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 4, 2023, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 13:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Given in gratitude for your review of Zheng Manuo. Kusma, you are a great reviewer who is careful, and I really appreciate that you take time out of your life for this article. I hope to be a reviewer like you. TheLonelyPather (talk) 21:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! It was a pleasure working with you and to learn more about 17th century Jesuits and their dealings with China. —Kusma (talk) 22:14, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation

The Reviewers Award The Reviewers Award
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:27, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Unfortunately I've been quite busy recently and so didn't get to review as much as I'd like (and I'm still trying to do some writing). Hoping that August will be a better month ... —Kusma (talk) 08:32, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Your GA nomination of Eliza Stephens

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Your GA nomination of Anna Blackburne

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Your GA nomination of Anna Blackburne

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ludwig ferdinand huber

Kusma, i had three questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.

  • i noticed that the blurb mentions that huber was a publicist in switzerland, and that the article lead specifically states that he worked as one while he was in bôle. however, i appear to be unable to find anything in the section on huber's time in switzerland that mentions work that would normally be considered a specialty of a publicist, as defined in our article on the profession. is it possible that you are thinking of political journalists, who are also known as "Publizisten" in german? admittedly, i had to look "publicist" up in a dictionary to learn that it could also mean "political journalist" in english. i am guessing that this sense of the word is not well known; cambridge's definition doesn't mention it at all. what would you think about replacing "a publicist and reviewer" in the blurb with "a reviewer and political journalist"? note that i changed the order of the professions, as "a political journalist and reviewer" may suggest that huber was also considered a political reviewer.
  • personally, i feel that stating "Huber returned to Germany as editor for [cotta's] newspaper" without any qualifications may suggest that, at the time of huber's return (or almost immediately afterward), he was the main editor, or editor-in-chief, of the newspaper. however, the article body states that huber was initially offered the position of assistant editor, and only became editor-in-chief months after returning to germany. would it be more appropriate to qualify the statement by adding the article "an" before "editor", so that the blurb states that "Huber returned to Germany as an editor for [cotta's] newspaper"?
  • if both of the above changes are implemented, this would bump the blurb up to a length of 1036 characters. i think replacing "He and Therese later married after they escaped" with "The two later married after escaping" would bring the length back down to 1025. would this rewording also work for you?

dying (talk) 01:50, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you dying for checking this in detail! I am not sure I like to put extra emphasis on "political" journalist; that narrows his work down more than I feel comfortable with. He wrote literary reviews and edited some journals that were political because these were politically interesting times. Maybe just "journalist", I don't know. For your second point, I don't think the couple of months before he became editor-in-chief are that important, but I don't mind if you think it reads better with an indefinite article. The shaving of a few characters you suggest seems fine for me. —Kusma (talk) 07:24, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
sounds good. i have updated the blurb, replacing "publicist" with "journalist" and adding "an" before "editor". since this only increased the blurb's length to 1026 characters, i ended up replacing "they escaped" with "escaping", while leaving "He and Therese" as is. please feel free to edit the blurb further if anything is not to your liking. thanks for addressing these issues! dying (talk) 14:17, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Anna Blackburne

The article Anna Blackburne you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Anna Blackburne for comments about the article, and Talk:Anna Blackburne/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Etriusus -- Etriusus (talk) 02:20, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Anna Blackburne

On 21 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anna Blackburne, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Blackburnian warbler (example pictured) is named after Anna Blackburne, who provided specimens to Thomas Pennant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Blackburne. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anna Blackburne), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

August songs
my story today

Thank you today for Ludwig Ferdinand Huber, "about "either a very minor or a relatively minor character in the constellation of 18th century German events", as Goethe scholar Thomas P. Saine put it. Minor or not, he did have some influence and interacted with many great writers of his era: close friend of Friedrich Schiller and Isabelle de Charrière, reviewer of works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Marquis de Sade, lover and eventual husband of Georg Forster's wife Therese Huber, and overall I found him a fascinating character."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help with the FAC! —Kusma (talk) 09:38, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your help with Lindholm, - I'd agree that the "first" for Moscow is not supported enough, but I think it's an interesting fact even if not first. The nom is open, and "damn primary teacher" was approved. Input welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:23, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed decision posted for the SmallCat dispute case

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G14 deletion of John Rolph (disambiguation)

I believe your deletion of John Rolph (disambiguation) was not within the terms of G14 (specifically that it must "disambiguate only one extant Wikipedia page"), since it included the primary topic and one other topic. (The user who tagged it disagrees with my interpretation.)

The only discussion I could find about this issue (whether WP:ONEOTHER counts as two pages "disambiguate[d]") was at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 72#Clarify CSD G6 (Db-disambig). In that instance, Aleksandr Yatsko (disambiguation) had been declined under Db-disambig (when that was still part of G6) by the late Spinningspark, and the only other user who commented agreed that it did not apply.

At the very least, WP:G14 and WP:ONEOTHER should be clarified, so I am considering opening a discussion at WT:CSD.

SilverLocust 💬 00:32, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The page was a redirect to John Rolph. As that is not currently a disambiguation page, it did meet G14. —Kusma (talk) 06:03, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, the actual disambiguation page was moved to John Rolph (politician) and BLAR'd. Sorry for the misunderstanding. SilverLocust 💬 00:02, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Respected Sir/Ma'am, I, Anish Ramchandra Narale,want to request you to nominate my name for administrator ship . If I am made an administratorship, I will try the best to keep the dignity of the post. So, If you think I am worthy of being an administrator, please nominate me for the same. Thank you Anish Narale (talk) 13:21, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page. —Kusma (talk) 16:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
  • Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
  • Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

Thank you for participating in the August 2023 GAN backlog drive

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