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October thanks

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story · music · places

A good story today, about a mezzo as a thinking person, DYK? - see also video. Thank you for the DYK review! I didn't see her, but the Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in last. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:51, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday, Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took a cat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:16, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;) Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:18, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My latest: Roberta Alexander, - listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Apartment List Logo 2020.png

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Canadian history Good Articles that may be of interest for future FA pushes

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Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:00, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Real Life Barnstar
I appreciate your support after what happened at WCNA today. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On article length, quality and what readers want

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Hey, thanks for your lightning talk at WCNA! Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-11-28/Op-Ed is the text I mentioned when we chatted, which at least partially overlaps with the topic of your lightning talk. /Julle (talk) 02:18, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, Z1720. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account
  • When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
  • All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
  • A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
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    • There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
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Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Impact for administrators

  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
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Further information and discussion

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New message from Shearonink

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 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/November 10 § Edmund Fitzgerald photo etc.... Would welcome your thoughts whatever they might be. Also, see User talk:Ikhouvanjou14#Your OTD "refresh" for November 10th. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 03:58, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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do you think you could make a article about the most popular christmas songs and add Star of Wonder in there somewhere? ~2025-31421-40 (talk) 23:03, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how "most popular" would be measured. I don't think I'm interested in helping with this idea. Z1720 (talk) 04:17, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MILHIST GARs

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Z, you do good work with identifying problematic GAs for reasssessment, but I would ask that you don't open any more MILHIST GARs for the rest of November. There are three open right now (Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (level-4 vital), Battle of Borodino (level-5 vital), and Battle of Long Island) which all cover particularly significant topics and MILHIST is running Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/November 2025 Article Improvement Drive right now, so the amount of attention that will be available for GARs is going to be lower for a bit. Hog Farm Talk 00:13, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Hog Farm: Thanks for letting me know. I try to open MilHist GARs on a variety of topics (ie different wars, different geographic places, different time periods) so that a single editor's interest isn't being overwhelmed. Sometimes I get it wrong, like opening Nelson at the same time as Borodino, which are both Napoleonic War-centred. I wasn't planning on opening any more MILHIST GARs while these were open (except maybe a military ship, but most of the ship articles are in excellent shape) and I'll hold off nominating MilHist articles until some of the ones that are open right now are closed. Hopefully, after this improvement drive, MilHist editors will be inspired to review their favourite GA topics to ensure the articles still meet the criteria. Z1720 (talk) 00:36, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think this G&M article mentions you?

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I think this G&M article is mentioning you, for your work on Mackenzie? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Canadian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#c-Mr_Serjeant_Buzfuz-20251123183100-Globe_&_Mail_article_on_two_Canadian_wikipedians! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 01:04, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places
Interesting! Nice to meet you and hear you speaking! What I came to say was: thank you for your OTD efforts! - Look, today's image, - she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll reference Helmut Lachenmann more, and will do more tomorrow, only: tomorrow I will not be able to change the selection. - It's a featured article in German. The articles to cite will appear on his birthday, I'm afraid. English subtitles - I'll add from this now (instead of going outside, improving Jean-Claude Éloy, uploading more photos ...) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Gerda Arendt: Ping me or post on my talk page once this is completed, and I'll take a look. For the future, it is easier if suggestions are posted several days ahead of time so that problems can be identified and fixed early. Opera is a great category at OTD births/deaths because it is underrepresented (most entries are politicians or modern-day pop culture) so I'm hoping that more opera articles can be deemed eligible. Z1720 (talk) 16:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I will. This month, recent deaths have been overwhelming, and they become ineligible after a week. Sorry that long-time planning suffered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Please check again. The best list of his works seems to be IRCAM, and each work has it's own page, - there could be much more but only a bit more today. Please let me know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your review

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I just wanted to personally thank you for reviewing the Andreas Papandreou article. I know that it must have been daunting process. Your comments and changes were of great help. Happy editing! A.Cython (talk) 04:12, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Organist

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Two days ago, I went to see Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Paris where Guy Morançon worked, quite a place. On his birthday, my story is about the organist (although I have two entries on the main page, Lorenz Weinrich and Sequenza III, who will have to wait for another day). - If you have little time just listen - with documentation images - to his pioneering recording on one of the most important organs of the composer's period, in Rouen. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today's 1715 Advent Bach cantata translates to "Prepare the ways", - listen to quite stunning music if you haven't ;) - "places" take you to Copenhagen". - I restored the Christmas cantata OTD 25 December, thinking that we can't get a better item for the occasion this year than its 300 years. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Laughter for Christmas - enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compromise for the 1 January set! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Henry le Despenser

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Hi, thanks for the reassessment note for Henry, I haven't taken a look at his article for a few years. I am slower these days but should be able to the necessary patching up. Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 14:26, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!

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A golden Wikipedia logo with stars, balloons, and the words "New Year"
Happy holidays and a prosperous 2026!

While I am sad we will not get to arb together (we'll have to find someone else to be the resident Canadian!), I hope you enjoy your time away from the Committee and find it restorative. It was great to see you again at WCNA (even if that weekend was... you know), and I look forward to seeing you in Edmonton! Best to you and yours in the new year, and happy holidays :)

HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:52, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another GA math?

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Do you still have more GAs about mathematics before GAR? I forgot, so I ask you to remind me about the list. Dedhert.Jr (talk) 09:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Dedhert.Jr: Thanks for moving those articles to "kept": it seems to have been moved correctly. I won't be checking the individual articles at this time: I want to complete the SWEEPS projects before going back and double-checking the "kept with no GAR needed" articles. SWEEPS will probably take a couple of years to complete. I'm not sure what is meant by "the information is outdated": do the articles need updating to reflect more recent academic literature and sources? I mentioned physics articles because there is some crossover: some editors monitor both categories and CALC is prevalent in both. I'll try to reach out to some physics editors in the coming weeks. Thanks again and happy editing. Z1720 (talk) 15:54, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Holiday wishes and a happy new year!

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Infinite Possibilities
Is this real life? Yes! Is this going to be forever? No! Elvis is getting ready to leave the building and 2026 is about to be born, kicking and screaming. They say nothing gold can stay, but I say, don't listen to them, stay golden all the same. Here's to a new year of infinite diversity and beautiful combinations! Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Z1720, 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 2026.
Happy editing,
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Season's Greetings

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Z1720, 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 2026.
Happy editing,
Abishe (talk) 11:29, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 11:29, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge ninth anniversary

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The Bronze Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to Z1720 for the Good Article expansion of the Canadian political biography article George Rolph during the ninth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 21:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy (slightly belated) Holidays!

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Hello Z1720: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 07:39, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

an established editor's antagonism

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User:The Banner's been around for a while, seemingly very difficult to communicate with, and acting very antagonistically to User:Grufo. For example, there's User talk:Grufo#c-The_Banner-20251221210800-Grufo-20251221205900 and User talk:The Banner/Archives/2025/December#c-The_Banner-20251213083400-Notice_of_edit_warring_noticeboard_discussion. He often assigns special weight to Grufo being the creator of templates in discussions when the latter is arguing the template's utility, as seen at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 December 21#c-The_Banner-20251229185000-Grufo-20251229183100 and Talk:Catullus 3#c-The_Banner-20251221180000-Grufo-20251221175700. Most egregious IMO is the pointless edit war when Banner reverts Grufo three times to add a newline to a TfD notice, documented at User talk:Grufo#Template:Minusplus, seemingly arguing that Grufo should stand down because Twinkle has a bug while Grufo quotes the instructions for adding a TfD notice. Banner seems to have a habit of talking past and dismissing certain people.

I'm using the "just want an admin" button instead of ANI because 1. I've had bad experiences with Banner at Talk:BiglyBT (where I'd say he's doing outright IDHT like some of the threads) 2. It looks like Banner very much can collaborate constructively, as seen at Talk:United Ireland#Short description & active arbitration remedies. 3. This doesn't look good for Grufo either even though I think a lot of his actions are reasonable but rule-breaking actions. The last link is shortly followed by Grufo involving himself to edit war against Banner for the inclusion of the word "that", apparently in an attempt to hound Banner back. Banner has also given Grufo warnings for edit summaries like "I know your goal is removing templates, especially when I am the author, but your edits are disruptive". 4. I am of ill health right now to draft an opening statement for ANI, something I've never done before. Plus, it feel weird to do this during the Twelve Days of Christmas (Happy Holidays).

(Previously posted this to another admin who has not edited since; should I ping them?) Sorry for this mini–wall of text, and thanks for any help in advance. Aaron Liu (talk) 23:27, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(watching) Did you see that Z1720 is on vacation for 4 more days? Aaron Liu, best wishes for your health. I try to avoid the Great Dismal Swamp, quite generally. - Z1720, did you see that I work on a composition from 1720? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:44, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you see that Z1720 is on vacation for 4 more days?

I did not... agghghh should not have posted this.

best wishes for your health

Just a flu and fever lol, but thanks! Aaron Liu (talk) 00:41, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Aaron Liu: Hey, sorry that I didn't see this until now. Since I'm on vacation I can't dedicate the appropriate amount of time to this, and it might take a while to find an admin who is willing to take a look at this. I suggest that, when feeling better, you can look at their recent actions and decide if you want to escalate this to the appropriate noticeboard. I know ANI can be scary, but it might be the best option if the disruption continues. Feel free to post on here again if you have any questions. Z1720 (talk) 14:23, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January music

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300 years ago, a Bach cantata was born: happy new year! - Lets get more culture to OTD, - I like that! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:51, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... inviting you to check out "my" story (fun listen today, full of surprises), music (and memory), and places (pictured by me: the latest uploads) any day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mozart music for today! - I'm not sure that you got what I wanted to express by the Bach example: that the music that is performed in religious services is nothing newspapers (journals, thesises, ...) write much about, but it's the key thing church groups give to the world. I could just cut the uncited paragraphs but that would leave the concerts alone, with undue weight. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:15, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Gerda Arendt: I think sources, especially those on classical religious compositions, will comment on what occasion the composition was created for. As for where it is performed: I don't think Wikipedia needs specific mention when a random church in California performs the piece, but if it is part of a major event mentioned by newspapers, it can be included in the article. Is there a specific example that we could take a look at to help clarify? Z1720 (talk) 19:19, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    We don't talk about an article about a musical piece, but about a church, not only its architecture, but also its people - congregation - choirs ..., that form it and give it character. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:24, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Gerda Arendt: Sorry about that: I was thinking of the wrong article! For church articles, especially those that don't receive significant coverage, there might be less text about their activities because secondary sources do not consider them notable. Information about the congregation or parish might be published by the Catholic eparchy, and church architecture might be published in various sources about local buildings or region churches. Since Wikipedians are not considered reliable sources, we can only rely upon what reliable sources have said. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow) might be a good article to look at how one church article cites events at the church. I hope this helps! Z1720 (talk) 19:34, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      There are sources about the architecture, there are sources about the organ, there are sources about the concerts, - there are no sources about the music in the services, and this has been like that for centuries as I tried to say by the Bach example. One mentioning of a cantata, while he wrote about 200, and that one not saying anything specific about the music. Back to the question: I could just cut the uncited paragraphs but that would leave the concerts alone, with undue weight. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      20 January is the 100th birthday of David Tudor (see my story, and thanks for the main page position!) and the 300th birthday of Bach's cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, if we go by date instead of occasion as he would have thought, so see my story for last Sunday, and celebrate ;) - I'm on vacation, not in the mood for digging up refs. I may work on the St John Passion when getting into Lent. - Good luck for becoming TFA delegate, I just hope that you'll still have time for the OTD improvements. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

About that GAR for "Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore"

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(GAR page)

I think the GAR may be quick-failed per criterion 3, but being involved, I'd like to seek a second (third, if necessary) opinion before I become determined to close it by myself

Thoughts? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:45, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help us make a Wikipedia Article about "Benjamin Angeles"?

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Good morning @Z1720, please can you help me create a Wikipedia Article about "Benjamin Angeles"? He is known as a Filipino Singer-songwriter on Google Search. Please help us. Thank You! ~2026-25403 (talk) 02:43, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please review our notability policy and our policy mandating the use of reliable sources.
Do also note the policy on conflicts of interest (and declare it if you have one) and, as you used "us" in that message, our prohibition on "role accounts", or accounts shared by multiple people. Thank you. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting assistance with potential vandalism / harrassment

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Hello there,

I've never asked for help before, despite being an editor since 2008, so I'm sorry if this is not the proper place or way to do this, but after reading around, I was directed that this is the best course of action for this situation.

There is a user attempting to edit war with me, frequently reverting my edits which I am making in good faith and I believe to be worthy additions to an article. This user has continued to revert my edits despite the fact that I have tried backing my edits with the appropriate policies and guidelines offered by Wikipedia.

The user has then taken it upon themself to bring this into my talk page and leave me a message saying I could potentially get blocked and banned for edit warring... when it is this user who has begun this situation in the first place.

I removed their message from my talk page, and the user reverted that back too. Aren't I allowed to have complete freedom and control over what goes onto my talk page? Is this harrassment? How do I get this behavior to stop, and were my edits to the article in question okay?

Article in question: Adam the Woo

User in question: User:Magical Golden Whip

I have also noticed other people complaining on this user's talk page of other disruptive and unhelpful edits and reverts to their edits as well.

Thank you so much for your help and I appreciate your time, and if this is not the appropriate avenue to resolve this, than I apologize and would appreciate further guidance on how to resolve this the correct way. Devann (talk) 02:19, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Devann: Commenting without looking into the situation at the article in question: My suggestion is to outline why you think the information should be in the article on the article's talk page. This will allow the other editor to explain why they have reverted your edits. Do not add the information back into the article until there is consensus to do so. If you need help getting consensus, WP:3O or WP:DRN might help to get additional editor opinions.
Yes, you are allowed to remove whatever you want from your talk page, but that means you cannot add the inforamtion back into the article without getting consensus to do so: you'll probably need to engage with this editor to get that consensus. If you do not want the editor to comment on your talk page, kindly request that they stop (or ask them to direct comments about the article to the article's talk page instead.) Z1720 (talk) 02:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I stopped reverting the changes and engaged in discussion as to why the edits were valid on the talk page of the article in question. They were still refuting my claims with no good reason or proof that what I was adding wasn't worth adding. Despite the fact I stopped editing the article and moved discussion to the article's talk page, they persist to edit my personal talk page. Devann (talk) 02:30, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Devann: I see in your talk page history that they haven't re-added a message for several minutes. If they do it again, I suggest keeping the message up for a little bit, but respond below it that they should post on the article talk page instead and that they should stop posting on your talk page. While you may disagree with their reason, it is valid to say that information should not be supported by a YouTube link: it just depends on whether the video is a reliable source. At the end of the day, it is a content dispute and if you think the information should be added, I suggest opening a discussion on DRN to try to find a resolution. Yes, this will take some time but it is better than edit warring and getting topic banned from the page. Another solution is to WP:DROPTHESTICK and move on to editing another article on the site. Z1720 (talk) 02:47, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The content that was being posted to my Talk page was some sort of warning about edit warring and being blocked from editing for doing so, which I believe would not be appropriate to be placed on an article's talk page.
    So the information that was added was done originally by another user. The information in question is the following:
    "Justin Scarred, a close friend, publicly honored Williams’s life and work, describing him as a significant creative presence."
    The source for this statement was a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnBzjuGSBw) of Justin Scarred talking about Adam the Woo.
    So I'm confused. Does a video uploaded by the person who himself described Adam as an influence to his work not count as an authoritative source?
    Additionally, as I said, there were other people complaining on this user's talk page of this user doing the same thing to other people who were also making good faith edits to other articles. Devann (talk) 02:58, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Devann: In my opinion, I don't think that information should be added to the article. I think it's too much information and a non-notable (by Wikipedia's standards) friend's opinion is not really noteworthy for an article, regardless of where the source came from. As for the user's talk page: if the user is being disruptive over multiple pages, you can file a case at WP:ANI but be warned: your behaviour on the article page will also be scrutinized, and in my opinion there is evidence that you were edit warning on that page. Z1720 (talk) 03:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Understood. Thank you very much for the info. You were very helpful! Devann (talk) 03:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey @Z1720, I would like to follow up on this. A month later, or four days ago, this same user took it upon himself to look through my contributions, and revert something I added to a completely separate article for absolutely no reason other than what I can assume is to intimidate me. Hasn't said a word to me, haven't communicated with this person since last month when after I communicated with you, the incident ended and I removed myself from the situation. I logged in today to find that this random and completely innocent edit that I made in October and has been there since was reverted on January 31 without reason or explanation.
    A precursory glance at this user's talk page will immediately show a few incidences of people asking why their edits were also reverted without reason or explanation.
    This user has done this to multiple people, refuses to explain why he does this, and apparently nobody has pushed this situation further, so he just keeps doing it.
    Please advise on how to best deal with this, because I genuinely don't understand why this particular edit was reverted. Devann (talk) 10:55, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Devann: I am unsure why the edit was reverted, but it might have been to avoid WP:EASTEREGG. Have you tried messaging them on their talk page or the article talk page? That should be attempted first. Also, your statement that the user looked through your contributions is a very serious statement that requires proof. How do you know that the user looked through your contributions, and didn't just stumble upon the page through their own editing? If you think WP:HOUND is taking place, I suggest submitting a complaint on ANI, but there needs to be significant evidence of this in order for action to be taken. Z1720 (talk) 00:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiclub

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Hey Z. I've been feeling like I'll hurl the past few hours, so I don't think I'll be able to make it to the event tomorrow. I'd appreciate if you sent my regards to everyone. I desperately want to be there but I know in my heart that it's not the best choice to make. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:22, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto meetup: WikiDiaspora: Exploring Canadian-Caribbean Cuisine

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Question

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Are primary sources like references #48 at the article Tidus acceptable as a sources at our modern FAs? Probably not right? (I don't want to tag it as potential article to be sent at FAR to avoid conflict). 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 20:53, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Boneless Pizza!: I looked at what this citation is supporting, and I think a better source can be found to support that information (Tidus is a blitzball player from Zanarkand). Afterall, those are his primary character traits at the beginning of the game. If this was at FAC, I would have (as someone who knows this game extremely well) asked the nominator to find another source. By itself, I do not think it is enough to send to FAR. Z1720 (talk) 05:12, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 237, January 2026

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Tố cáo người dùng

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@Z1720 Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Long221220 (talk) 16:47, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[Tôi tố cáo Nvdtn19 cố tình sửa đổi bài viết của tôi Gang Hyeon (https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Hyeon)][reply]

February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Benlisquare

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I just noticed that your unlock of Benlisquare on July 21, 2023 was never logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions/Unblock conditions. It was recently amended to narrow the topic ban. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 13:20, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Article reassessments? And on Pep Guardiola!

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Why on the football ones, do you just write, Uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Can I ask why you don't do a proper analysis? I've asked you before about your process, frankly, but I don't mean to be rude, but I find your whole process very unappealing and fundamentally not helpful on the workload you do. Certain area's on wikipedia are ghost towns, surprisingly football articles and top tier ones like Pep's gets a lot of editing and users to it. So I do question your overall goal. You also have the ability to improve those articles instead of doing a flat! Lets reassess! So I really do question what you think you're going to accomplish here. Govvy (talk) 10:57, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Govvy: GARs do not assess every aspect of the GA criteria. Instead, it is assumed that if the reviewer doesn't mention something, the article fulfills that aspect of the criteria. Keeping an assessment short allows interested editors to quickly read my concerns and address them: when I have given long assessments in the past, editors have stated that I am being too nitpicky and creating walls of text. I use this script to highlight uncited text in an article, and if asked I can add citation needed templates. Z1720 (talk) 14:43, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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