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September 2024 Lebanon strikes

Hi there, I think perhaps the snow closure you made here could use a bit more discussion. The new title definitely had the most !votes, but I believe that the other proposed titles and rationales behind them warrant a bit more time to be discussed as reading through the discussion I'm not seeing very many policy-based comments that support the new title over all the others. Thank you, :) estar8806 (talk) ★ 02:30, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a Move review of September 2024 Lebanon strikes. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. estar8806 (talk) ★ 20:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies I didn't see this earlier—the below messages distracted me. Considering the events of the past week and today, however, I don't think there is any real reason to think about overturning the close. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:48, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another barnstar for you!

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		That definitely didn't seem like a fair assessment, as Teratix mentioned two threads up. I had planned to elaborate my support rationale this morning, but woke up to a disappointing early withdrawal instead. I must not be a particularly good judge of communication, because apart from one or two comments snipped out of context by opposers, I didn't really find anything wrong in the surfaced diffs. A sizeable minority of the opposition seemed to be people who don't like hearing about their own shortcomings, with an additional subset of people reading diffs out of context and making assumptions based on limited information. At least it's over quickly, but still indicative of a community prioritising style over substance. Best wishes, and I'll try to do a better job in crafting an appropriate support rationale for your next attempt instead of what I did this time round. Some nominators would probably be good next time too if you ever decide to run again. Folly Mox (talk) 11:06, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sorry to say it was all over by the time I got to the PC. To paraphrase, "It would have been a hard Support from me x 10 per Lightburst". Best of luck for next time. SerialNumber54129 11:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks very much Folly Mox and Obi-Wan Kenobi ;) for the kind words, but I don't anticipate there being a next time, so sorry to disappoint on that count. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:37, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  That is sad (but perhaps you can revisit the question in a year or two). The whole thing went a bit fast (I only noticed it after it was over) and does not look like a fair assessment of your contribution to Wikipedia (and of your possibly even better contributions if armed with a mop) at all. —Kusma (talk) 14:11, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
+1 The diffs were minor issues or only made me support you more. Wikipedia needs admins who can call a spade a spade, but I understand your decision to not run again. Sincerely, Dilettante 20:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Hello @AirshipJungleman29, could you provide your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maratha Resurrection? PadFoot (talk) 13:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PadFoot2008, I'm fairly certain that this sort of notification is a violation of WP:CANVASS. I do tend to patrol history AFDs, so I would have probably noticed it anyway, but this sort of notification makes it difficult to !vote unless I disagree with you (which you and I know has happened but others do not). ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, the above-mentioned AfD was my first AfD. I am new to these, so I wasn't aware of this. I'll will keep this in mind in future. PadFoot (talk) 01:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a next time ...

... I would expect to support. I don't ever plan to go through RfA, so I certainly understand if you don't try it again, but I think you'd make a capable admin and I would trust you to manage your tone if you did get the mop. In the meantime I look forward to reading more of your content work. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:48, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can't forsee it happening again, but thanks. (and you know I think you'd pass easily.) ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:33, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I think I could probably pass, but I'm just not involved in the tasks that require the admin bit, so there's no reason to apply. Maybe that'll change one day. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's disappointing that content disputes are somehow chiefly relevant to a user becoming an admin, yet content creation is apparently meaningless... I hope you change your mind in the future Aza24 (talk) 22:31, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1. I came across the RfA after it closed, but on looking at some of the diffs from the opposers I found them really weak. You've done a lot of great work! Sdkb ^talk 16:17, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History of Christianity

I have finally nominated the article. Please take a look if you can: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive1. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:15, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it's any consolation, Jenhawk777, my RfA last week went equally badly, so please don't feel you're alone with embarassing rebukes from the community. Please don't feel too discouraged—your work for Wikipedia has been excellent, and FA isn't everything. If you do intend to try again in the future, I would get another article to FAC first, but obviously it's your choice. Best wishes, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx for the encouragement. That's got to be one of the fastest fails ever. I understand taking criticisms seriously, but I don't understand accepting comments uncritically without fact checking. I worked on this for over two years, carefully documented everything, and it failed in about 6 hours with not a single comment checked for accuracy. Several comments indicated they didn't even bother to read a whole section before questioning it since answers were in the text. Not a one checked what the sources said. But it was all simply accepted. I wasn't allowed to "fix" anything. I wasn't even allowed to respond. I'm disappointed in how this was handled, but I'm not embarrassed by the work I did. They don't like it, but this is what current scholarship looks like, and there is only going to be more of it. But I'm done. I won't try this again. Good luck and good wishes to you too. I'm leaving for awhile. Jenhawk777 (talk) 02:19, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I am over feeling sad and depressed and have moved on to pissed off and proactive. I realize looking over their comments that I was so focused on being concise that I cut and combined too much. It ended up looking like sweeping claims without support. So screw concise. I'm going back to thorough, which I'm actually good at. I will fix what they complained about and renominate, and if it fails again, I will do it again. This article needs to be FA. I do have a question for you though. I liked your redo of the lead paragraph, but why is it better at the end than at the start? My thinking was, for those not interested in Christianity, it's interesting and explains notability. Thank you again for your help. You're a sweetheart. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:59, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A nice reminder. You got any plans for the Women in Green event, Gerda? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but more than I can handle. Actually all women still on my user page in the 2024 section (until 15 September, - the others are just not yet archived) would be good for it, but I'll have to check what can be done. The Ukrainian conductor and the Turkish-German director would be my first wishes for a possible DYK, but I don't know their articles well. The Russian ballerina would be great just to counter her rejection on DYK, but it's a sourcing problem, - I feel I need someone willing to help who knows Russian and have failed so far to attract someone. There's also the German director who changed the Pussini plot, and the French violinist, but one was on DYK already, the other will come tomorrow, less incentive - and the month will have the usual four Bach cantatas to bring to GA (if they aren't yet), and too many bios of people who recently died and should be improved promptly. We'll see. Nothing ready to be nominated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DCWC closing update

The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has come to a close! After a thrilling finish to the event with a slew of submissions on the final day, we have our winners. With 608 points, Thebiguglyalien (submissions) comes in third with his series of Kiribati and Botswanan submissions; BeanieFan11 (submissions) flies into second place at the last second with 771 points after a string of good articles about sportspersons; and after leading for much of contest's three months, Generalissima (submissions) finishes with a whopping 798 points to take home the Gold Belt Buckle. Congratulations to our winners!

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Thank you!

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Thank you so much for reviewing the new Black Lesbian and Gay Centre page through AfC. This was the editor's first page from scratch - the speedy review was much appreciated as it came in time for the end of a 5 hour wikithon! Please accept this friendly 'trout slap' - I saw the category on your user page and just had to use it. So, not for doing something silly, but a silly way for me to say thanks on behalf of the feminist library wikithon editors. Medievalfran (talk) 12:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome Medievalfran—and thanks for the trout, too! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:40, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed on Byzantine Empire FAR

Hi AJ. Your help is needed on the Byzantine Empire FAR, which was opened on 30 October 2023, and thus will complete a full year in 23 days. We should try to make a last push and have it kept before this month ends. Your work on the rewrite has been immensely helpful, and I have hit an obstacle which I think only you can resolve, what with your comprehensive knowledge of history. The issue is the sourcing for images. I have resolved this for most of the images, but am finding it tough to do so for the remainder, about 5-6 in number. Please let me know if you are ok with working on this, if so, I will reply with a list of the images which need work on sourcing. Matarisvan (talk) 12:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matarisvan, there is no way the FAR will be complete before the end of this month, but I am certainly willing to work on the images. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:40, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]