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August music

Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! - There are several work places in the Netherlands, - could you perhaps check if there are more links to them? I did it for German (the list was there before I looked), but was tired enough afterwards to not try in a language I don't speak. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

... and a third, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

today's story is about education, 10 years OTD after lecturing our founder). Music for today's feast is Monteverdi's, the best concert we ever did (so pictured again on my talk), but it wasn't recorded, substituted with a "Pacific" one that comes with subtitles line by line in Latin and English: I learned something! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today is the birthday of Alma Mahler. I believe that Siegfried Lorenz should be mentioned on the Main page among the Recent deaths. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

... and he appeared! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Afrique Victime

Recently got Afrique Victime to GA, and I want to bring it to FA, since you participated in the last review, and you're experienced in this topic, I just want to ask for advice. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 10:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Vigilantcosmicpenguin, you said, in the review, "Some quotes could be paraphrased, like "stuttering percussion and grainy acoustics". That became this, "The song includes clapping, acoustic guitar runs, flickering percussion, and scratchy acoustics." [1] But "stuttering" isn't "flickering", "grainy" isn't "scratchy", and "acoustic guitar runs" is a direct quote. Drmies (talk) 11:21, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oop, yeah, I overlooked that. If I had noticed the close paraphrase here I would've said it's less clear.
TheNuggeteer, I think you should pay attention to statements of fact that combine multiple sources. This statement is about the structure of the song, not about what reviewers think of it, so you shouldn't try to closely paraphrase the sources. Try just listing the instruments, and add adjectives only if they add useful information.
(P.S. Best of luck bringing it to FA! I've never done an FA before so I commend your hard work.)— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 16:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In one day, I scoured Google for all reliable sources I could find and the sources in the Article and in the talk page are most of them, I couldn't find anything about the instruments in all the sources, but I could add the rest. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did it. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to edit war on Málaga CF article

Basically, on December 9, 2023, I reorganized a section of this article (First-team squad) based on the rules of the Royal Spanish Football Federation which states that players wearing numbers 1 to 25 are first-team players, while those wearing numbers 26 onwards are reserves (You can look it in this link, point 4in the page 5: https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/images19/001_primera_y_segunda_division.pdf). During this time there were no problems with this until July 13 of this year, when the user MalaguistaUK decided to put it as he saw fit. AlejandroR1990 (talk) 21:38, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but why are you explaining this on my talk page? Why not on yours, or on the article talk page? Drmies (talk) 21:39, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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On Wikipedia, mail gets you. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reading through that editor's work right now and I think you have a point. Drmies (talk) 14:14, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Someone changed the box score on the WKU game from its original format. Can you revert it back to the previous box score like all the others are formatted? Rolltide pisco (talk) 23:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're talking about this edit? I don't really know anything about all that formatting; I barely understand how it works. Can't you just do it yourself? Do you want me to give you the rollback function? That's easily done. Drmies (talk) 00:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes please. They should all look the same Rolltide pisco (talk) 16:44, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Okay—done. But you gotta read the manual: wikipedia:Rollback. Basically, use it for clearly disruptive edits, and ALWAYS explain what you’re doing, in an edit summary. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 18:46, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hounding

Hi Drmies, please avoid WP:HOUNDING. DMH223344 (talk) 01:26, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks friend. Drmies (talk) 01:29, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DMH223344, I was going to fix what you left on Green Party of the United States, where you put the same citation in four separate times, without following the existing formatting for citations, but hey--so please take care of that. And yes, don't be surprised if other editors are following your edits, esp. edits like this one, where you say "discuss on talk" though I did in fact explain the tag on the talk page. I note also that you have been warned for edit warring by User:האופה, and alerted to contentious topics by Binksternet, and so maybe I should suggest you read WP:BATTLEGROUND. Drmies (talk) 21:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No need to worry about other users. האופה had an AE brought against them and hasn't edited since. DMH223344 (talk) 21:23, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

If you like dessert, just eat PickMe10 (talk) 10:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking that PickMe10 is probably Wictoriamalawi. They're stale, but the CU data may be informative. PickMe10 has made 188 edits, and almost all of them intersect with the master. Pageant socks are a dime a dozen, and they're not always easy to sort out, but a check might result in technically possible or rule it out, which would help me decide whether to block.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can't tell, Bbb--too stale. Stale as that brownie; I don't care for brownies. I confirmed them with Bina.biny99 and Celestecourtesi and blocked all of those, but I can't easily look for further connections right now. Have a great day! If you need me, I'll be in class, yapping about monuments for the Civil War, Civil Rights, and Lost Cause. Drmies (talk) 14:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that the location might make it possible or unlikely. Not that I'm an expert in name origins, but Wictoriamalawi sounds African to me, whereas supposedly PickMe10 is Filipino-Spanish. Now they're blocked I suppose it's moot. "Yapping about monuments" - you do know how to turn a phrase.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the location of the Malawi account. "Yapping" is what the kids say these days; a fine example of yapping is at User talk:Bina.biny99. Later bro, Drmies (talk) 15:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's odd, Spicy ran a check. Yapping, bro, next thing you'll be calling me dude, god help me.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:17, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Good luck. I just finished my class in business and I have an asynchronous class for theatre at 11:15. Kind of glad that Labor Day made this a 4 day class week. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:29, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Three-day: Monday off, then Tuesday also off, to not get in the way of MW vs. TR schedules! And since I'm MW, I actually had a six-day weekend. ;) Drmies (talk) 17:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September music

Today's story has 3 composers, I couldn't decide for the one on the Main page or the one who didn't make it on his bicentenary, so took both, and the pic has a third. Listen if you have a bit of time. The music, played by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, impressed me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1RR

You've violated 1RR on the page Jill Stein. All within 24 hours:

DMH223344 (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DMH223344, is there a reason you're removing a pov tag when there is an active discussion about the pov concerns shared by multiple editors on the talk page? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, as I mentioned in the talk page, the additions citing the party platform page are limited to the "Political positions" section or the "Platform" subsection. A POV tag on the whole article is of course inappropriate given that the additions in question are isolated to two sections. Additionally, the claim that citing a platform website for a description of the candidates platform violates WP:POV requires more justification. (Drmies said that the additions are not notable since secondary sources weren't cited, but that is also absurd--how is a description of the platform not notable enough to be included in a section about the platform itself?) DMH223344 (talk) 21:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like a discussion for the talk page, with a tag to draw more voices into the discussion. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was a revert of an edit of yours? As for your "see the talk page" argument, you're basically arguing that you are right and therefore you are right. I really should have given you a vandalism warning for that POV tag removal--but in hindsight I maybe should have reverted the ENTIRE page to before you started adding subject-provided material. One big grand revert for dozens of edits--that's following the letter of 1R, maybe. Drmies (talk) 22:10, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You did violate 1rr by removing the tag 21ish hours after your prior revert. Would you be so kind as to remedy that? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ScottishFinnishRadish are you serious? OK, sure--so the disrupter and obvious COI editor wins. Shall I wait another 24 hours and then simply revert to the version of the article before they made dozens of edits? Drmies (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your revert. I also think you only have to wait another hour or so. You should check the time stamps to make sure though. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ScottishFinnishRadish, of course I'm not going to make such a grand revert (I'm not that much of an asshole), but you know we're dealing with a gamer. Drmies (talk) 23:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very clever to call me a gamer then go and swap out the POV banner for another one over the entire article. Of course, only the sections about platform and political positions are self-published. DMH223344 (talk) 23:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[2], and there's an AN thread from back in December. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:37, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that was a revert of an edit of mine. 1RR applies to reverting in whole or in part. "you're basically arguing that you are right and therefore you are right.", and you are arguing what exactly? Instead of throwing out threats I'd prefer if you instead engaged with the content of the discussion. DMH223344 (talk) 22:51, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm arguing that you are a disruptive COI editor who knows enough to do just the right amount of wikilawyering, and that your arguments are crap. I'm also arguing that if that edit to the lead was indeed yours (who would know, in those dozens and dozens of edits?) you are really not a good writer. Also, you are taking up way too many paragraphs here, and I prefer economy. Drmies (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well let's talk about content then, I'm happy to do so. As for COI, let's stick to the facts and not just throw accusations around. DMH223344 (talk) 23:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of European Arenas Association

Delete it if you want to. There is no reason for that, the organization is notable enough, but I also have no reason and no patience to bother proving that to you. You will achieve nothing but delete some verifiable information on an international organization, but if it will make you feel good, delete it, I don't give a damn anymore. People like you are what made Wikipedia unbearable for me some time ago, so go ahead, prove your point, make yourself useful, delete it, you are truly one of a kind. Bye. Vitriden (talk) 15:41, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:CodeWeb Agency

Eh. :) Filmssssssssssss, Drmies, what happened there? Not that I care much but this is a bit strange. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, Filmsss tagged it and I didn't see a reason to keep it, esp. after you blocked the editor. Wait--now I see what you meant with "no need to delete the rejection", and that in that edit you basically declined the speedy. Sorry Filmss, you can't tag something after the tag has been declined. Drmies (talk) 23:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- (All good, thanks! And yeah, I should have explicitly declined the speedy deletion including an edit summary that does so.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I mean, the next thing that will happen is the draft being deleted after six months, unless a sockpuppet comes and edits it further. So this is a technicality. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Meh, yeah, sure, no, my fault--I should have looked more carefully in the history. Thanks. Hey, listen, while I have you here, ToBeFree--do you remember this? I can't really see what prompted that, but I'm having my doubts about that editor, as you can maybe tell. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 00:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Drmies Thanks for the heads up about the rule, will keep track of that next time Filmssssssssssss (talk) 02:26, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - Filmssssssssssss, I think the main issue with the speedy deletion tagging wasn't that it had been declined before. The main issue to me is that the page simply clearly didn't qualify for the selected criterion. The page content wasn't promotional anymore. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:01, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - Drmies, it's been a while. I think the editing overlap between Scott free0011 and Quailmail in the article about Eric Dick (lawyer) was the only thing that prompted this message; I performed no checks in this matter. It also seems to have been resolved, if it ever was an issue, by Quailmail completely having stopped editing. If this changes, I'd have a look again. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:40, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - User:ToBeFree, I checked, and that's why I was wondering, cause I know you must have had a good reason to make that comment. No, I see it now: it's because of Lacey Hull, where you fought off a bunch of BLP violations in February, and where these two editors were fighting for the same cause: tarring the reputation of Hull. And now the plot thickens: Dick has been represented by Jared Woodfill, who's trying to oust Hull, claiming she's a RINO, not extreme enough against abortion and other matters. I think I am going to block Scott free from editing those articles that he has so obvious an interest in. Neutrality, I would love it if you read over these comments related to Scott free, esp. given your cleanup at the Woodfill article. Drmies (talk) 12:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - OK I think this whitewashing on Woodfill clinches it, especially in combination with this blackballing of Hull. Drmies (talk) 12:55, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        🤔 I didn't analyze it that thoroughly yet but it sounds plausible to me. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        
        I would perhaps not have chosen a partial block but we'll see. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        I'm always wary of blocking before coffee. I don't want to be too harsh when maybe I'm not in full control yet. ;) Drmies (talk) 13:08, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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