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Picture of the Day

I find myself with less time for Wikipedia these days, and have to prioritise. Besides this, I have a problem with my eye which has already necessitated three trips to the hospital in the last fortnight. I have an obligation to the WikiCup and so that comes first. It takes a lot of time setting it all up and keeping track of submissions. I feel a duty to DYK to make sure it keeps running smoothly, particularly moving prep sets to queues. The thing I like doing most is creating articles on organisms, but have found very little time for this recently. I feel no particular duty to keep up with the daily appearance of POTD, and that will need some attention from someone else. I will create some POTDs, but not every day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:30, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: thanks for your note, and I'm very sorry to hear about the eye problem. Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery. And of course, you have no duty at all to the POTD project - the days of having a single named coordinator are no more, and it relies on volunteers stepping up just like any other area of the main page. Like yourself, I eventually found the job of doing it every day too time-consuming, but I'm hopeful that I can step back up and contribute with some entries even around doing DYK and hopefully having a decent run in the core contest and the WikiCup. If we can rope in a few more willing participants it should make life easier all around. CHeers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:07, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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TFA

February songs
frozen

Thank you today for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final, introduced: "The Africa Cup of Nations is the continent's premier tournament for national teams, equivalent to the UEFA European Championship in Europe, and second only to the FIFA World Cup in terms of prestige for African teams. The 2015 final featured Ghana and the Ivory Coast, 4-time- and 1-time-winners respectively. The game was unfortunately not the most exciting ever, finishing 0–0 with few chances for either side. The championship was therefore settled by a penalty shoot-out, which Ivory Coast won 9–8 after Ghana's goalkeeper missed a kick against his opposite number, and he Ivorian goalkeeper then scored."! - Later today, we'll "hear" BWV 157 on the MP, pictured even ;) - Wikipedia without TRM isn't the same. - I was absent for vacation, - see songs, so had only one choir rehearsal this year, with the new promising conductor: Schubert Mass in G, Rutter A Clare Benediction ... - I now sang the Rutter with 3 conductors within a few months. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Today, I decorated my talk with a Bach cantata. I heard it last year when missing RexxS began, and "not letting go" was a theme. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

my turn: my joy - more on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: congratulations on the TFA! Very nice that we have each been featured on successive days. It has been a nice weekend all around, with a family celebration taking place on Sunday as well. Wishing you a good week ahead.  — Amakuru (talk) 18:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
thank you and yes, today nice walk along the Rhine, waffles outside, and a blackbird fluting to the moon - will see how the pics turn out, - just keep watching --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks you Gerda Arendt lovely flowers indeed!  — Amakuru (talk) 22:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Some railway track for you!

For bringing some sanity to the Crazy Train

It's possible I'm making a bigger deal out of this than I should, but I really admire your willingness to be the first one to say "I don't understand" when, conceivably, two other people have indicated they do understand (only to find out they don't after all!) It's a humility not everyone has, but it helps very much when it comes to sanity-checking hooks. So, thanks for keeping DYK from going off the rails—this time, by putting yourself out there and saying something doesn't make sense :) cheers! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:26, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: thanks for your message, and I'm very happy that my conduct has won your admiration in this regard - it is an honour to receive this from you! (Plus, I'm very glad to receive some rail tracks, as I am secretly quite fond of trains and railways - I even wrote about them once at King's Cross Thameslink railway station ). I guess we ended up in an "Emperor's New Clothes" situation with that hook, in that nobody wanted to admit that they were the only one who couldn't understand it until others had already said so. Personally I'm maybe confident enough in my general knowledge and experience that I don't feel embarrassed if I don't know something... and if I don't know it then it's likely a good chunk of readers won't either so definitely worth flagging up! (And worst case then is that everyone thinks I'm a bit silly for a while and that's OK too)...  — Amakuru (talk) 17:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
absolutely, that's it—it's some cross between having the humility to know you might be wrong and the self-confidence to know that even if you are, it doesn't paint a complete picture. maybe you and trainsandotherthings could start a group :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:59, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Charles William Warner hook

Hi. Per this I was wondering that the problem was with the hook, and what needs fixing. thanks. Guettarda (talk) 00:10, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Guettarda: morning, and apologies for doing the swap without clarifying further - it was just that it was late at night for me so I didn't have time to elaborate at that point I was going to come back today at post at WT:DYK. It's not a huge deal, but the issue was that the quote used in the hook, "the real governor", need to be attributed to someone per the instructions at MOS:QUOTEPOV. Say in the prose which author called it that. The same goes for others in the article, such as "unsuccessful sugar planter" etc. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No inv.

But you aren't going to look and see if I am completely or mostly correct factually? For example an event can lead or guide to but it can't lead itself.Justanother2 (talk) 19:01, 14 February 2022 (UTC) Oh, that paragraph? I deleted it before anyone else did. Stats and descriptions of plays in competitions on sports pages don't work the same as other types of posts and articles.Justanother2 (talk) 19:05, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't suppose you think the link on the Boselli article is a good one? It is though. The editor is at times removing links for no cause.Justanother2 (talk) 19:08, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Justanother2: part of the reason for not including the material there is that it's more of a statistical observation rather than part of a direct summary of the match, and belongs in some later section which looks more at the statically aspect. Also, it's uncited so if you want to reinstate it then at least do so with a citation. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 19:09, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Timor-Leste

Apologies for not linking to this discussion when I moved those pages, but there is a clear consensus. May I please move them back now? Primefac (talk) 07:29, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: thanks for the note and the link to the discussion, but unfortunately I'm going to have to object and request that you propose this at a formal WP:RM discussion. Sure there was a consensus at the page you mention, and there was no issue with moving boldly on that basis, but ultimately it was a discussion of three people at a little-watched WikiProject page so it should go to the recognized page move process now that I've opposed it. The reason I disagree is that the rationale for the move is based on the WP:OFFICIALNAME, whereas our article title policy is that we respect the WP:COMMONAME. And numerous discussions at the East Timor talk page have determined the common English name is that. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:48, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I was under the impression that WikiProjects were allowed to set local consensus for pages in their purview, which is why we went down this route; I have zero interest in changing anything other than the sports pages. Primefac (talk) 08:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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