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Sock

Hi, it seems the IPs making disruptive changes (similar edits) [1] [2] is the same sock farm that did similar disruption at these articles [3], [4], [5] in the first week of November and possible before that. I'd like to request page protection for this article, considering their history of never ending disruption in pages they come across. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP-range sock is back

Seems like the IP-sock of this blocked editor is back [6]. I got a notification from Narky Blert. I'd like to request PP for these two articles [7], [8]. Regards. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:25, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. This guy is an absolute pest who wastes a lot of volunteer DABfixers' time and effort by introducing or reintroducing bad links, and has been known to remove {{dn}} tags without fixing the problem. Narky Blert (talk) 15:40, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP sock is back. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:43, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal greetings:)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello RegentsPark, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025.
Happy editing,
— Benison (Beni · talk) 18:27, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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— Benison (Beni · talk) 18:27, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Benison: Thank you. Best wishes for the holiday season and for 2025 to you as well! RegentsPark (comment) 21:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings

When he took up his hat to go, he gave one long look round the library. Then he turned ... (and Saxon took advantage of this to wag his way in and join the party), and said, "It's a rare privilege, the free entry of a book chamber like this. I'm hoping ... that you are not insensible of it."

(Text on page 17 illustrated in the frontispiece in Juliana Horatia Ewing's Mary's Meadow and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers, illustrated by Mary Wheelhouse, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1915.)

Fowler&fowler «Talk» 04:25, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fowler&fowler: Thanks Fowler. Hope 2025 is a good year for you. "Full of things that have never been" but, hopefully, good things! RegentsPark (comment) 17:25, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @RegentsPark: for that nice quote from Rilke. I tried to find the fuller version and came up with this (middle of the page):

And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall too much of what it has to bestow upon those who demand of it necessary, serious, and great things.

but am having a hard time figuring out the end of that sentence. I wonder if you have the German version. It is been a long time since I passed my German requirement in graduate school by the skin of my teeth, but perhaps I could run it through Google translate and see if they come up with the same.

Regardless, thanks for the nice words. I too hope the coming year will bring some unexpected but pleasant things for all of us. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 21:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or maybe @Joshua Jonathan and Austronesier: might have the original German source. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 21:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I once had the collected works in pocket-format, but got rid of it a couple of decades ago... Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 04:22, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I still have the 6-vol. Insel edition of Rilke's works in my shelf, however this hasn't the letters in it. The German original text floats around in several web pages and goes: Und nun wollen wir glauben an ein langes Jahr, das uns gegeben ist, neu, unberührt, voll nie gewesener Dinge, voll nie getaner Arbeit, voll Aufgabe, Anspruch und Zumutung; und wollen sehen, daß wirs nehmen lernen, ohne allzuviel fallen zu lassen von dem, was es zu vergeben hat, an die, die Notwendiges, Ernstes und Großes von ihm verlangen. (I've verified it by means of Google Books snippets.) Wish you all wonderful holidays! –Austronesier (talk) 08:28, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Austronesier:. This exchange on Regents Park's page captures the spirit of my greeting card. It is a "rare privilege" indeed. The German text clarifies a little how it might be translated in simple English with the help of Google Translate: " in a long year that is given to us ... full of tasks, demands, and even unreasonable demands; and let us learn to accept them without letting go too much of what it has to give to those who demand the necessary, serious, and great things." It is not perfect, but it is at least in the form in which it can go into my commonplace book Fowler&fowler «Talk» 11:12, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A throwaway quote inspired this enjoyable exchange! Ah, the pleasures of Wikipedia! Unfortunately my German is limited to Nein andDas Boot and I'm forced to stick with English translations.RegentsPark (comment) 17:31, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays!

Ekdalian (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Ekdalian (talk) 08:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ekdalian: Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you as well! RegentsPark (comment) 17:22, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

LukeEmily (talk) is wishing you Happy Holidays! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user Happy Holidays, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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LukeEmily (talk) 14:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @LukeEmily:. Best wishes for the holiday season to you and your loved ones and hope that 2025 turns out to be a great year! RegentsPark (comment) 16:29, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]