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Zounds!
Would a billion articles be a good idea?
There's a lot more to this than you think.
I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.
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Rest in peace.
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Gadzooks!
And more. May music
Jadwiga Rappé - lovely voice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:09, 25 May 2025 (UTC) A first: two stories about two people who worked together and died the same day --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:07, 27 May 2025 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2025News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
June music
Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 17 June 2025 (UTC) I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 23 June 2025 (UTC) While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 28 June 2025 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 June 2025
Admins arrested in Belarus.
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After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2025News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).
Administrator Elections | Call for CandidatesAdministrator Elections | Call for Candidates
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:11, 9 July 2025 (UTC) Administrator Elections | Discussion phase Administrator Elections | Discussion phase
The discussion phase of the July 2025 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:36, 23 July 2025 (UTC) July music
Sharing flowers with you on Bach's day of death, - I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 28 July 2025 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2025News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
The Signpost: 9 August 2025
Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.
A review of June, July and August.
Who is this guy?
Threads since June.
And slop.
It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.
gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!
Everybody's Somebody's Fool. August music
Today's story - short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, - longer: I found today a youtube of an aria she sang with us then, recorded the same year, - if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sang Dona nobis pacem (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 18 August 2025 (UTC) Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:02, 24 August 2025 (UTC) On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 31 August 2025 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2025News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).
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UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.
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The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.
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Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.
With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.
It's an easy one. Administrator Elections | RFC phase Administrator Elections | RFC phase
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