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FAC again

August songs

You kindly supported a FAC, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 back in 2018, - we are now in the next round, and I'd appreciate your input again. - Thank you for scheduling September! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at it.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:02, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the first glance! The coordinator asked me to ping reviewers ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for immediate action, in the middle of scheduling September! - new pics and thoughts on 13 August --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for improving articles in August! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Old Head coinage, about "the last issue of coins of Queen Victoria, with the well-known portrait of her as an elderly woman. It received mixed to positive reviews at the time, which was an improvement from the previous Jubilee coinage anyway."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:28, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments for Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, making it a featured article! - images of a rich summer, especially in music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"2022 Hoover Dam explosion" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 2022 Hoover Dam explosion and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 14#2022 Hoover Dam explosion until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 07:57, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

old head coinage

Wehwalt, i just wanted to let you know that, in the blurb for this article, i replaced "IND IMP" with "IND IMP" because i think small caps are rarely used in tfa blurbs, and i worry that main page readers may confuse this use of small caps with those used to conform with mos:postnom. (i left the '·' out, as you did, and i think using double quotation marks instead of italics could also have worked.) however, i do see the extensive use of small caps in the article body, and agree that this is much better than having phrases in full-sized capitals scattered throughout the section. in any case, please feel free to revert the change if you disagree. dying (talk) 00:09, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of BTS

Congratulations, Wehwalt! The article you nominated, BTS, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:06, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your exemplary mentorship of ErnestKrause and Btspurplegalaxy in taking BTS article to FA. I have never seen someone get so much involved in helping newbies have their first FA. I am so glad that all the efforts finally paid off. FrB.TG (talk) 12:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Much obliged. I'm very pleased about it.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:23, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
September songs
Much deserved: today we thank you for Avery Brundage, introduced 10 years ago: "Avery Brundage was Mr. Olympics to a generation; one source jokes that it was popularly thought he came down from Mount Olympus with the gods. He's not well regarded today, for a number of reasons, but is a man who dominated the Olympics as perhaps no man will ever again, and was also a major builder and art collector. My thanks to the University of Illinois for making the Avery Brundage Collection available to me on my visit there earlier this spring."! - September music: yesterday's recommended reading: Opera in Ukraine! - 1 September: I remembered the Vespro della Beata Vergine, 2 September: the last of the Rheingau Musik Festival concerts, and yesterday we read The Story of Mr Sommer, and followed Ruth Lapide, who worked for reconciliation. Today is the birthday of a friend who was at the 1972 Olympics, interested in the riders. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:49, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
a rainbow today, and a deer yesterday (but hard to see) - Jubilate Deo --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
the rose pic was taken on 11 Sep 2021, and this year was full of music that day, Tag des offenen Denkmals, not only singing in church and rehearsals for Verdi's Requiem, but two concerts at special places pictured, one a synagogue (pictured on its wall). Today three DYK: a piece we'll perform on Sunday, a violinist we heard in June playing the Berg Concerto, and a Youth Orchestra shaped by a conductor who recently died. Almost too much of a good thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:43, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for what you did for today's Main page! - today I wrote an article about music premiered today, Like as the hart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 2022

Really nice going on the nomination for the BTS article. For the past several months, I've been working on the president's article for James Madison and have made a successful GAN promotion. After the successful GAN promotion, it then had a very nice GOCE copy editing done by a good reviewer which enhanced it more. Is there any interest for you to have a look at it to see if a new co-nomination for FAC might be possible for this distinguished fourth president? ErnestKrause (talk) 14:19, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at it. Well done to you too!--Wehwalt (talk) 14:24, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also some comments for you at Talk:BTS. ErnestKrause (talk) 17:25, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Brundage

Hi Wehwalt, if you want that stuff about nationality in the Brundage article then you should reference it. Obviously it's true, but it's verging on OR, and Wikipedia should only draw attention to the facts if such attention is drawn elsewhere (Wikipedia following not leading, etc.). I'll see if I can find a source myself as well. Pikemaster (talk) 22:27, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a possible source: [1], but I'm wondering if it's also highlighting a copyvio? Pikemaster (talk) 22:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, forget the above - the text is actually taken from Wikipedia. I'll look elsewhere. Pikemaster (talk) 22:33, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've sourced in the body, which should suffice for the lead.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:45, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar article has been scheduled for October 10, 2022... Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:47, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Query re main page

Wehwalt, what would it be like if every day was like today? A single topic that overshadows everything else on the main page? I don't suppose one could call it an encyclopedia anymore, which by definition encompasses many topics... even the fact nearly a hundred people died in a recent clash happened (barely mentioned in a single, solitary line)... and yet for a single death there's both a featured article (which isn't up to standard) and all the do you knows in the universe... might as well rename it monarchpedia... truly ridiculous. But hey, maybe tomorrow we can dedicate both of those sections to another billionaire? 92.22.43.60 (talk) 14:47, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think that in practice it doesn't happen very often. As for the standard of the TFA, given the way it has been edited over the past 11 days, it is hard to maintain the highest quality. Once the captains and the kings depart, there will be time for the article to be brought back to its former high standard.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:58, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sure... the general thing is still that it's very much over-the-top with the obsession, and it really shouldn't happen in an encyclopedia which should be about all topics... as it is it's practically equivalent with tabloids, whose modus operandi is obsession... 92.22.43.60 (talk) 15:02, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Understood.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:04, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm obsessed with how well it came out, and probably many more people than normal, including myself, will click on several of the topics I knew little about. The Queen Mum would have been proud of her daughter's funeral, quite the well-orchestrated pageant by Elizabeth herself. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:17, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It came out so well there wasn't even the hint of something going wrong.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:04, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing wrong at all, WP:Eye of the beholder. What are the plans for Apollo 17? Can at least a couple did you knows get in. I'm specifically thinking of the mice article, would its age negate using something from it as a DYK (my personal choice would be DYK "...that four of the last eight Moon travelers were murdered soon after their return?" Randy Kryn (talk) 21:02, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Planning on running it December 7, the 50th anniversary of launch. I don't have anything to do with DYK. Wehwalt (talk) 21:05, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Would be nice if Apollo 17 obtains the Full Elizabeth. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:09, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A dead person will be proud of how her daughter died? What... 92.22.43.60 (talk) 18:38, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I like the Main page today. Readers are interested, just take Westminster Abbey, - no trivia, and not because of our Main page. I expect more of a spike for today. Similar for the music director who'll leave for Yale, also no trivia ;) - I am quite happy about the multiple pics, reminded of admired user pages. I just wonder, though, why some of them are not in the article, but didn't want to interfer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's relevant and better than articles that interest few.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:28, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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