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Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a tune used by Bach and Mozart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Today I wanted to write a happy song story, on a friend's birthday, but instead we have the word of thunder on top of it, which would have been better on 2 June, this year's first Sunday after Trinity. The new lilypond - thanks to DanCherek - is quite impressive. As my 2 Jun story said: Bach was fired up. - Today's Main page is rich in music, also Franz Liszt and a conductor. I try to avoid the topic infoboxes, really, but compare Liszt and Schumann: which difference do you see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. - The attempt by Wugapodes to get MoS/infoboxes more in line with current usage was closed as no consensus, as you will have seen. It looks like before it could gain consensus, infoboxes would have to stop being regarded as contentious. Until then, we'll live with a MoS that is not in line with current usage, as we have done for the last 10+ years ;) - (I'm writing a bit more to get the image next to the text:) I would prefer if infobox discussions were kept factual. "ignore ignore ignore", helpful advice by a friend who was desysopped for protecting Laurence Olivier because of edit-warring over the hidden text about no infobox although he was of course not neutral - is not so easy when you face comments such as in Talk:Gustav Mahler where I think I made a neutral statement. I mind two things in the responses: being described (which has nothing to do with the question at hand), and (more) the proud statement to have retained the infobox for Robert Schumann while expanding for FA, when (looking closer, and not obvious) it wasn't retained but made almost worthless by removing the link to the list of his compositions. When Brian Boulton came up with a compromise "identity box" for FA Percy Grainger, it had this list, as suggested in {{infobox classical composer}} in 2010, well before I even knew what an infobox is ;) - Laurence Olivier received an infobox per RfC, as you may remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Pofka

Hello, I am writing to you to inform you that I have filled an appeal regarding a sanction which was imposed to me by you (see the appeal HERE). -- Pofka (talk) 12:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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Question

what are the requirements for declaring a Contentious Topic? Thanks for any thoughts. Elinruby (talk) 15:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: each arbitrator would have their own standard but generally a pattern of disruption where the normal processes are insufficient to counter. This is often some combination of amount of articles/forums being disrupted and the amount difficulty caused by the disruption. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:42, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank your for the answer. Last follow-up, I promise: Can this be done by motion or does there need to be a case? And is a request for a case the right thing to file either way? Also, difficulty for whom? Elinruby (talk) 21:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

It can be done by motion but often arbs want a full case. A case request would be the right place to go. I would recommend reading the new Guide to ArbCom before filing any request (in this case probably part 2 is the crucial one for what you need to know to be successful). Barkeep49 (talk) 21:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Elinruby (talk) 22:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Adil Raja's Draft Page

Hello,

You recently left a warning on my talk page for offering Saqib some money to accept the page. That was my mistake. I did that out of frustration because I worked on it for months and he rejected it twice. Would it be possible for you to review the draft? Draft:Adil Raja

Please check it out and tell me if you think it's ready to be submitted. I believe that it's ready and has enough references. Also, could you ensure that Saqib doesn't edit the draft anymore? He seems biased against Adil, as he immediately rejected the draft twice. When I asked him to help me improve the draft, he told me to wait. I waited a whole month, and even then he said he was busy. Things don't add up. Please assist.

Thank you so much! WarriorYt43 (talk) 15:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@WarriorYt43 I know how frustrating it can be to wait for a draft to be reviewed. Unfortunately I am not reviewing drafts at this time and cannot help you. My general advise would be to improve the article based on the suggestions left to you before trying again - often the drafts which are clearly notable (the standard Wikipedia uses about who gets an article) are accepted faster than drafts where notability is more borderline. Good luck with your writing, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

WarriorYt43, Normally, I don't edit drafts, but I made changes to this one, like cleanup to remove WP:GUNREL sources and WP:OR hoping to get it approved. If I were biased, I would've not even bothered improving the bio. or have simply stopped you from editing this draft because you declared your COI so accusing me of being bias without evidence is unfounded and unhelpful. Just because I declined the draft doesn't mean I'm biased. The draft is on my watchlist, so naturally, I reviewed it and declined because it was not ready. Fwiw, I declined it, not rejected it. Anyway, I won't review it next time you submit it, but I've the right to edit it as I see fit (and I hope @Barkeep49 is cool with that) because we don't allow POV or poorly sourced BLPs. — Saqib (talk I contribs) 17:46, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I understand your point, and I guess that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying your position and the steps you took to improve the draft. @Saqib WarriorYt43 (talk) 18:29, 18 June 2024 (UTC)