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1961 Coup of Gitarama

Your feedback on User:Indy beetle/Gitarama coup would be appreciated. Still need to round out some details on the background role of the Mwami in Rwanda and Belgian administrative structure. -Indy beetle (talk) 23:17, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Indy beetle: I'll hopefully take a bit of a look at it soon, but most likely you have better sources than me at this point. I haven't actually seen this event called a coup before, which is interesting, but it does seem to exist in the literature. I guess the question to ask re that is whether the balance of sources call it a coup or call it something else. It's an odd one, because on one level the Rwandan hierarchy was usurped, but at another level it was the Belgians who were the legal masters of the territory at that point and it was done with their approval. Anyway, I'll look forward to having a read! Most likely a little more detail will be necessary at Rwandan Revolution on both this and your Bugesera massacres, as an aftermath of the revolution.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:32, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda's October corner

October songs

Thank you for constant help with RD, going as far as supplying missing sources! One pic of concert is there now, everybody applauding everybody, and rightly so. - Imagine, when we (choir) finished the Gloria fugue in the dress rehearsal, tenor soloist Fabian Kelly spontaneously turned to us and applauded, - deserves an article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda Arendt. Happy to help with the sourcing, I just spotted that RD was almost ready and thought I could nudge it over the line. Re Gloria, which work are you doing? It sounds like it was a very rousing performance, even for the dress rehearsal, if the soloist was moved to applaud that way. Good luck for the real thing!  — Amakuru (talk) 16:38, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good guess but you could simply click on songs or visit my talk ;) - rehearsal tonight - with the other group, - yes rousing describes it well --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Today: #1700, and I uploaded more images, mostly blue and green, for hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Today, mostly black&white, and standing upright as Psalm 15 says --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: very nice, thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:59, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - updated. How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
two more today, again one by the gang, and more colour! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: very nice, thank you for sharing!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:41, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats also to your latest FA! I was bold and just nominated one, my song of defiance. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Today: a scandal, and more fall colours, including a short sermon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: I am very scandalised! The Passion and Sade. 🙂 And thank you for the congratulations. 2021 has been a bumper year for FAs for me so far... thanks to participating in the WikiCup mostly, it has been a rewarding experience. Thanks, and happy belated Sunday to you.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you ;) - Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed that the hook "... that Johannes Schröder composed an oratorio honouring Katharina Kaspar, who became a new saint in 2018?" in Q2 is supposed to appear on 30 Oct, but would make more sense on 1 November, All Saints Day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt:  Done - I have swapped it into P5, which should be the morning slot on 1 November. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 22:54, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, that's nice! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:44, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Significant day in many respects --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2013 FA Cup Final

Hi Amakuru, I've stopped tinkering, so any time you like, I'd appreciate your thoughts. Cheers! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:08, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: I'll hopefully get to it later today or tomorrow! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:18, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely no stress. And thanks. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Natural language generation move request

Hi, thanks for your comment on the Natural-language generation move request. I just wanted to note that the article is not about generation of natural language in general (e.g. the thing we humans do when we speak/write), but rather about a highly specific subfield of computer science and AI research that is known solely by the unhyphenated term in the scientific literature. -Ljleppan (talk) 16:05, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ljleppan: thanks for the note, and after looking again I have amended my !vote. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for James Brokenshire

On 8 October 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James Brokenshire, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 12:04, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

POTD

Is tomorrow's (Monday's) POTD going to display correctly? The 11 POTD templates have a "This image was chosen at random from a selection of eleven. (View another image)" notice at the foot, but I don't see it on the protected version. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:01, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: As far as I can tell, that message has not copied across to the protected template. Perhaps because someone's tweaked the code a bit regarding that. The question is, though, is that a problem? As far as I recall, we usually don't expect that message to actually display on the main page itself, and in the past it's been in a <noinclude> tag so that it doesn't appear when used in a transcluded template. See for example Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 August 18, which has a randomly chosen banknote image. The one difference though, is that on that occasion there was a "See other denominations:" set of links at the bottom, which gave the reader the choice to look at others on their POTD templates. Maybe you wanted something like that?  — Amakuru (talk) 21:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it doesn't bother me too much, but I have made the effort to create 11 templates for each of the Apollo missions, so it's a pity that viewers can't change from one to another. Never mind. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Cwmhiraeth: sorry, I've only just found the time to look at this again. I've added a set of links to the bottom of each of the 11 templates, pointing to the other 10, with a "See other medallions:" label. For example as at Template:POTD protected/2021-10-11/2. Let me know if this is good, or if you want anything else. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 09:12, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, that's great. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

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Your GA nomination of 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

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UEFA Euro 2008 Final scheduled for TFA

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Islamic State

Hello, I noticed that you changed the name of this article but you didn't change the name of all of its sister articles Ex. ISIL insurgency in Tunisia, also the categories names haven't been changed yet Category:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Category:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members and their sub categories. 41.35.42.119 (talk) 07:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

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) 20:41, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gog the Mild: many thanks for the award, that's a great honour coming from a major FAC contributor such as yourself and I'm glad that I'm able to help with the process! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:33, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

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Nonmetal

Nice to meet you via FAC talk. I hope my response there was not too over the top.

I hope you have enough time to consider my comments, further to your very welcome contribution.

You wrote:

"While I certainly agree with the above points about the lead being incoherent at present, and not really defining the subject accurately…".

I've made some minor adjustments to the lede. Does it look OK now?

  • The first sentence concisely explains what a nonmetal is, noting it says "usually", implying there may be some exceptions.
  • The second sentence explains what their state is i.e. as gas, liquid or solid.
  • The third sentence explains what they look like.
  • The fourth sentence notes their comportment and (now compared to metals) their conductivity and lack of structural uses.
  • The second paragraph elaborates on the "usually" in the first sentence of the lede paragraph i.e. that there is no universal agreement.

Thank you, Sandbh (talk) 05:22, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting an undiscussed move that reverted a previous undiscussed move

Just to say I'm shocked by this. You could at least have awaited the result of the discussion. Deb (talk)

@Deb: I was simply responding to a request to revert an undiscussed move that was filed at WP:RM/TR. I noted your objection, but in this case my assessment was that the original move was sufficiently long ago to have become the stable title for the article and that therefore the title should be reverted to that stable title. As such, the RM which you opened, proposing to move from Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein to Aloys II was no longer relevant as the article was already at Aloys II. You are of course free to propose a move in the other direction at any time of your choosing. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 08:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Knowing that the move was controversial and that a discussion page had been set up (not by me - it was set up as soon as the move was requested), you should have awaited the result of that. The stable title was Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, where the page had been for 12 years. Deb (talk) 08:20, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Deb: No, that is not the stable title, the stable title is Aloys II. I have just explained that. And the RM was initiated by you, the diff is here: [1]. There's no reason why I should wait for an out-of-process move request when the RM/TR entry had already been carried out. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:23, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I beg to differ. The RM was initiated by Born2Cycle. All I did was start the discussion automatically set up by his action. Why would I create a request for a move I disagreed with? Deb (talk) 08:30, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You should not have moved the title back to its name only version. In any event, I will be opening up an RM on that article (something the original mover, didn't do), next month. GoodDay (talk) 14:45, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see now, from his comment on my Talk page, that B2C hoped to repress discussion on this topic, but wasn't familiar enough with the tools. Nevertheless, the discussion existed and should have been taken note of. To his credit, B2C did list the move as controversial. Deb (talk) 07:48, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of UEFA Euro 2012 Final

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Three old "temp" templates

Hey there! A group of us are working on tidying up untranscluded pages in template space, and I came across {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/1}}, {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/2}}, and {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/3}}. If you are no longer using those pages and they are OK to delete, would you mind tagging them with {{Db-author}}? It would save going through the formal TFD process. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:01, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2018 FIFA World Cup Final

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Promotion of 2014 FIFA World Cup Final

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Mischief Night

I wonder why did you remove Mischief Night? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: there were too many uncited statements in the article. It looks like you're fixing them though, so let me know when you're done and I can reinstate it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:31, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's done already. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:32, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: There are still four citation needed tags as far as I can see.  — Amakuru (talk) 18:34, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How many more do you need? I tried to add in more citations but Suonii180 had removed it stating "each entry should only have one if possible" Though I did added citations that state that Mischief Night was celebrated on October 31. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:36, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: it's not a case of adding more refs to those statements that already have one, you need to cite the uncited bits. I've just added one here, so there are three more remaining. Search for [citation needed] in the article. The sentence about New Orleans and "mindless violence" etc. is the most important one I'd think. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: thanks for finding some more references. I won't say they're the highest quality sources out there, but the look vaguely OK so I've reinstated the Mischief Night on to the main page. For future information, you should aim to put a full citation rather than a WP:Bare URL, to make it easier to track the cite if the website goes down etc. Cheers, and happy Mischief Night to you  — Amakuru (talk) 19:13, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks and please be careful. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 19:14, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Boo!

Happy Halloween!
Hello Amakuru:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 21:19, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Usernamekiran: what a terrific banner, thank you very much for this. And may I express the same sentiments and a happy Halloween back at you as well! All the best  — Amakuru (talk) 21:28, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I actually copied it from template:Happy Halloween, thats embarrassing lol. It was created, and introduced to me by Northamerica1000. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 21:32, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernamekiran: oh, no worries at all, it's the thought that counts, and it's still very much appreciated! 😎 Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I really liked the idea behind this template/banner. I think Halloween is one of the very few festivals that crosses the boundaries of regions as well as religions. Christmas is celebrated by a huge population as well, but it always feels connected to the Christianity. I find Halloween appealing, fun, and religion neutral. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 22:04, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2002 FIFA World Cup Final

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Your GA nomination of 1998 FIFA World Cup Final

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Promotion of UEFA Euro 2020 Final

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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

  1. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
  2. England Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
  3. Rwanda Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
  4. New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
  5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
  6. Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
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  8. Republic of Venice Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

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November songs
Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:45, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: thank you very much! It was certainly a hard slog at the end, and a very dramatic final day... it didn't quite work out for me in the race for second, but to be honest third place is vastly higher than I thought I'd achieve at the beginning of the year and I'm very glad that I've managed to put together this output for the readers, as well as working together with my fellow Wikipedians! Now I just have to try to focus on some of the larger projects that have suffered along the way... Thanks, and happy November to you  — Amakuru (talk) 10:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
November began well, see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Awards

Awarded to Amakuru for being one of the eight finalists in the 2021 WikiCup and finishing in third place.

Congratulations, and thank you for some excellent contributions! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:41, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to leave a short message to say some of your work during the tournament was fantastic! I'm really impressed, and I enjoyed reading through the Euro finals and other football matches. At times it was hard to critique at all! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:21, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: thanks very much for your kind message, and certainly I reciprocate all of the above - your snooker articles are also always well-written and interesting, meaning I have to go right into the fine detail to get a decent-sized review out for the judges! Very glad to hear you enjoyed the articles too, I think I've surprised myself a bit here too... getting the World Cup finals for 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018 all written and through the GA/FA doors in barely more than a month has been a hard but rewarding experience! Now I have to see about catching up with other things I've been hoping to do, such as trying to save the star at my Paul Kagame article and some more "core" article writing. Cheers, and enjoy a bit of relaxation now that the pressure of the Cup is over for another little while!  — Amakuru (talk) 17:02, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Recent WP:ANEW report

Hi, Amakuru. In a recent WP:ANEW report in which you gave a warning to the reported editor, the editor in question continued in their efforts ([2][3]). Do I have permission to revert these edits, so that the articles conform with MOS:CT? I don't want to cause another edit-war where the reported editor will revert me again, and so I thought it best to reach out first. Thank you. -- /Alex/21 13:02, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Alex 21: thanks for your message. I have added a comment at Talk:Cost_of_Living_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)#Episode_is_now_at_the_wrong_title, and you have my approval to revert those two changes based on the consensus there. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 16:21, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, given their recent disgruntled edits of vandalising policy pages ([4]), the edit-warring continues ([5][6]). -- /Alex/21 21:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you've got an admin on speed dial here to call in reinforcements. —Locke Cole • t • c 21:56, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You're edit-warring. It's that simply. You're now violating three policies: EW, CONSENSUS, and VAND. -- /Alex/21 21:58, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And you've violated V and LOCALCON. Facts matter, and you're pushing factually incorrect information. A group of editors do not get to defy reality because they have a WP:LOCALCON. —Locke Cole • t • c 22:10, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's what you think. Happy editing. -- /Alex/21 23:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I don't think it, I know it. This admin, and you, are 110% wrong here. If this were something subjective you'd have my support that this would be something that ought to be open to debate/interpretation, but the sources here are clear on this and there is no ambiguity except for that introduced by Wikipedia itself (see citogensis again). —Locke Cole • t • c 06:26, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You vandalised a policy page. You don't get a relevant say. -- /Alex/21 11:27, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's adorable that you think this highly of yourself that you think you alone get to tell me who does and doesn't get to "have a say". As you're fond of saying, happy editing! :D —Locke Cole • t • c 07:42, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Quit HOUNDING. You don't get a say, easy. -- /Alex/21 09:12, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the Day again

I have been setting up subpages for the POTD for 25 November, and I find the wording of the caption is a bit of a minefield, and likely to receive error reports when it hits the main page. The problem is with what entity issued the banknotes. Connecticut is clear Template:POTD/2021-11-25/1, it was a colony in 1775 when it issued the banknote, but who issued the New York banknote Template:POTD/2021-11-25/8, and was New York a province, a colony or what, and what did the New-York Waterworks have to do with the matter? How would you suggest dealing with this problem? I see that the reverse of the New York note just states "New-York, printed by H. Gaine." and that might be a way of getting round things. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:07, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: it appears that the ultimate issuer of the note you mention was the City of New York, rather than the province... assuming those were different. I've discovered a couple of pages at [7][8] which might or might not count as reliable sources. It seems from that, that perhaps the "water works" thing is just a design on the note rather than it being issued by the water works itself. That's just from a cursory look though, I don't know if there's anywhere we can get more information!  — Amakuru (talk) 19:14, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's not just New York that is the problem, other states were colonies or provinces or had different names like Massachusetts Bay. I will have another look at it in the morning. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:13, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Having spent several hours on it, I think I have now sorted it out. The 13 banknotes have various dates between 1741 and 1780. The earlier ones are denominated in shillings, and the later ones, after July 1776 and the American Revolutionary War, are in dollars. The earlier ones are provinces or colonies, while the later ones are states. Once I realised that, it proved simpler. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:27, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Cwmhiraeth: thanks, glad you got it sorted.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:19, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your closure of the RM for Proper noun

Many thanks for closing that difficult RM, Amakura. That's a good and balanced summary. But I do have a request. There were in fact three oppose votes, but that fact is not clear from what you wrote. All three of the oppose votes preferred retention of the existing title for the time being (though not all for the same reason). Would you mind amending your summary, to make this plain to anyone reviewing this RM when future RMs are raised for the article? They almost certainly will be. 114.72.76.18 (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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