User talk:Ritchie333

Keeping an eye on stuff. Meanwhile, here is some music.[1]

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February music

story · music · places

My calendar story today is about Michael Herrmann celebrating his birthday. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Today I am happy about a singer on the Main page (at least for the first hours), after TFA the same day last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

As you can see from my contributions, my on-wiki time at the moment is dedicated to giving FAC another go, after years of saying "I can't do it, it's too hard". It'll either end with a) actually writing an FA for the first time in almost 20 years or b) dropping out with exhaustion and taking a sabbatical. Wagers are currently being taken at William Hill to which one will happen. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Will look deeper before wagers, good plan anyway ;) - I had FA plans for BWV 82 last year, and nothing happened. Too many of our subjects die. When I made today's story I was sure Alfred Grosser would appear on RD today, which may happen or not but I go to bed. And tomorrow more Seiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:35, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks to Seiji Ozawa. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Listen to music from Ukraine if you like, - I heard it in 2022, and the November concert (at a different church) raised a truckload of winter clothes. My story today is also from my life: I heard the singer in 3 of the 4 mentioned musical items. I sang in yesterday's. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:37, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I'm sad that people die, subjects and in real life: Vami_IV, - that was a shock. - Today's story, however, celebrates a woman's birthday. She sat right in front of me when I took the picture at a lovely concert, celebrating her son's 60th. I thought she was 90 today, - no, 91 already. You can listen, starting at the piece he dedicated to her, Op. 1. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

more music on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:24, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from TruthSeeker1023 (19:33, 16 February 2024)

I am editing to add facts based on findings from a court case and the edit is removed. Why is this? --TruthSeeker1023 (talk) 19:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I'm surprised nobody has given you a more comprehensive answer, but the essential problem is that you cited court documents. However, the biographies of living persons policy prohibits this, and assumes people are innocent until definitely proven guilty, or at least enough to be mentioned in a neutral, worldwide encyclopedia. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:14, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 GAN backlog drive

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(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from ElizaK89 (22:42, 28 February 2024)

Hello, How are you doing? I was wondering if I edit a page, can it be minor, like slowly work at it? --ElizaK89 (talk) 22:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

You can make any edit, large or small, as long as it improves the encyclopedia. Indeed, I'd recommend starting with small edits, such as spelling or grammar corrections, before moving on to adding sourced content. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:27, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jhonny depp546 (17:15, 29 February 2024)

I would actaully like to edit some news about song righters and some foods and drinks. --Jhonny depp546 (talk) 17:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

As Martin would say, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:47, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

CCI update

Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20220720 is now complete. Thank you for your assistance in the evaluation of this CCI!

Sennecaster (Chat) 02:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

That's great, glad we managed to get there in the end. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:22, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for your precious help there - today in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Shame to read that we lost Vami IV, and he never became an admin :-( Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:56, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

We'll never never know which role that played ... - I supported then. - 9 March: the premiere of Nabucco, va pensiero ... - I always wanted to go to that theatre where Idomeneo premiered, and they played Mozart! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Conflict of interest management: Case opened

Hello Ritchie333,

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/Conflict of interest management. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 20, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from InsertNameHereOrElse (03:40, 7 March 2024)

Saw you were assigned as my mentor. Hi!

I made a few edits, mind checking them out? --InsertNameHereOrElse (talk) 03:40, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

What specifically are you looking for help with? I see you've removed the edit request on Talk:Australia. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:05, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

NEW PROFILE

Hi @Ritchie333 can you kindly help me contribute to a new profile? I don't have any interest and their information is publicly available but they have no wikipedia profile. They asked if someone can help them put up one for their work to be appreciated. Kindly guide. Gavin Ngabonziza (talk) 09:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Gavin Ngabonziza, I assume you are referring to a new Wikipedia article. Please note that any subject must meet notability guidelines for a standalone article. If the individual is notable, someone will likely create a Wikipedia article about them soon. You can use our "Article Wizard" to determine if your topic is suitable for a Wikipedia article. If it is, you'll have the option to create a draft and submit it for review by experienced editors as part of the "Articles for Creation" project. Please be aware that there may be a wait time for your draft to be reviewed. If approved, your article will be created, and if not, you'll receive feedback on how to improve it. Additionally, if you have a close personal connection to the subject, be sure to disclose any conflicts of interest when creating the article. For more information, please refer to Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest guidelines. I hope this helps. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I

Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

• Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
• Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
• Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
• Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
• Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
• Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
• Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
• Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
• Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
• Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
• Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
• Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
• Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
• Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
• Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
• Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
• Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh my god, I am so so sorry if you just got 50 billion pings!! that calls for a {{whale}} on me, for sure. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 10:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

I've had far more pings for creating Yamaha CP-70, which, having somehow missed having a Wikipedia article for about 20 years, is now being linked all over the encyclopedia as editors discover the article for it, generating a ping every time. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)