Jadwiga Rappé - lovely voice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much very appreciate it.Moxy🍁 11:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciation day for me thank you.Moxy🍁 11:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@103.140.234.7(talk)01:14 3 june (UTC) 103.140.234.7 (talk) 01:15, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for Canada, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:30, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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I'd like to discuss why the topic of US governance was closed after a day instead of the usual week. Especially when discussion was ongoing.
Even more so when the suggestions to edit the Wiki were for it to reflect the pages of their peer nations and the factual reality of its function. There was nothing to support how its "unrealistic" to describe something as it is, especially when its done for many other similar pages. SydCarlisle (talk) 22:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. - Perhaps you can help with Kateryna and its composer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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) 16:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
your recent edit seems to be a bit confused. By that I mean it is not up to you alone to judge or give explanation for another editor as to why this well sourced, long-standing, section to WP:RS needs to be deleted. Please discuss this on talk page FIRST and try to obtain consensus before reverting (Drug consumption in CH is at a ‘’’record high’’’ by European standards which is highly worrisome and highly relevant for this article IMO.) Sincerely, Swissro (talk) 21:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moxy🍁 21:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your page redesign on Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge. I noticed that you commented about the load speed in the talk page. One thing that pains me for a long time is that our Canadian challenge hasn't categorized our entries into provinces/territories, leaving it very difficult to assess the impact of the drive at the very end. Can you take a look at my old sandbox and see what's the load time on that page? And if it's slow, is there a way to enable provincial/territorial flags alongside the entries without substantially increase the load time? This would bring us closer in line with all the other challenge pages. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have nominated India for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JDiala (talk) 08:23, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Check out my talk, - if you have little time, listen to Gilda Cruz-Romo in the final scene of Aida, if you have more read her article, and if you have still more check out my music, some sung with me in choir, some played by friends, all heard with friends. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you can listen to yesterday's concert of all Brahms. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! A friend and I were browsing your works on the Canadian Portal and had a question! We saw your "Disability in Canada flag icon" and wanted to know what the purple stripe on both sides meant! We've never seen it before! For reference, this is the article with the decal. Thank you so much for your time and works! Burgerhunt (talk) 21:41, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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for starting the noble task of cleaning up Georgia (country) - good luck!
... sawyer * any/all * talk 04:05, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
174.138.212.166 (talk) 20:20, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
An article that you have been involved in editing—Wikipedia:Shortcuts to talk pages—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in [[Talk:Wikipedia:Shortcut index#Merge proposal|the merger discussion]]. Thank you. FaviFake (talk) 15:17, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding this restore -
1. Is "you" @User:FaviFake (whose edit you reverted) or me (whose edit Gawson reverted)?
2. Who is the "we" that decided that one of us has to discuss first?
3. Why aren't "we" giving a reason for this requirement? See Wikipedia:Don't revert due solely to "no consensus". (Or was your link to Wikipedia:Articles with a single source supposed to be an explanation? If so, I fail to see the relevance.) - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 17:02, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moxy, in your edit summary you said: "At this point we are requesting that you bring further changes to talk page first" (bold added). Who is "we"? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 23:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here is what I "deduce" is going on: You took a quick look at the edit history and concluded (incorrectly) that FaviFake was edit warring. You reverted them, pretended that you were speaking for a group of editors ("we"), gave no substantive rationale for your revert, provided a link to an irrelevant article, and - instead of taking this to talk yourself - told FaviFake to do it. And all of that is okay, I suppose, because you have "basic critical thinking capabilities," "are able to deduce what's going on," and are "not here to hold hands." If there is any problem here it is 100% with FaviFake and me. Have I deduced that correctly? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 03:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I keep getting pointless notifications from this thread. Butwhatdoiknow, if you want to restore it, then propose it on the talk page of the page you want to edit. Consensus shuldn't be formed on user talk pages. This discussions doesn't seem productive to me. And let's not argue using ad hominems please. Either one of you proposes the change on the talk page of the page itself, or the page remains in its current state. --FaviFake (talk) 14:57, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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) 15:47, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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) 18:28, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
if Zagreb has “too many images for overall lenght”, why doesn’t Tokyo has the same? Zagreb had exactly the same amount for years until you decided to put that tag, while Tokyo has 200 pictures?? I feel the tag for Zagreb is unnecessary.
thanks Croateditor (talk) 18:46, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi! I agree with trimming some of the excess from the article’s introduction, as well as removing unnecessary references that are already covered elsewhere. I had been planning to draft a summary for a few days, and this is the result—what do you think? I believe it strikes a good balance between conciseness and keeping the key aspects of the country’s history in a clear chronological order:
Spain,[a] officially the Kingdom of Spain,[b][c] is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa.[d] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid, and other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, and Palma de Mallorca.
In early antiquity, the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and other pre-Roman peoples. The Roman conquest of the Iberian peninsula created the province of Hispania, which became deeply Romanised and later Christianised. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the peninsula was invaded by tribes from Central Europe, among them the Visigoths, who established the Visigothic Kingdom in Toledo. In the early 8th century, most of the peninsula was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate, with Al-Andalus centred on Córdoba. The northern Christian kingdoms of Iberia launched the so-called Reconquista, gradually repelling and ultimately expelling Islamic rule from the peninsula, culminating with the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada in 1492. The dynastic union of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1479 under the Catholic Monarchs is often seen as the de facto unification of Spain as a nation state.
During the Age of Discovery, Spain led the exploration and conquest of the New World, completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, and established one of the largest empires in history, which spanned all continents and fostered a global trade system driven by precious metals. In the 18th century, the Nueva Planta decrees centralized Spain under the Bourbons, strengthening royal authority. The 19th century witnessed the victorious Peninsular War (1808–1814) against Napoleon and the loss of most American colonies amid liberal–absolutist conflicts. These struggles culminated in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the Franco dictatorship (1939–1975). With the restoration of democracy and entry into the European Union, Spain experienced a major economic boom and deep social transformation. Since the Siglo de Oro, Spanish culture has been influential worldwide, particularly in Western Europe and the Americas, with Spanish spoken by over 600 million Hispanophones, making it the world’s second-most spoken native language and the most widespread Romance language. Spain is the world's second-most visited country, has one of the largest numbers of World Heritage Sites and is the top destination for European students.
Spain is a secular parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with King Felipe VI as head of state. A developed country, Spain has a high nominal per capita income globally, and its advanced economy ranks among the largest in the world. It is also the fourth-largest economy in the European Union. Spain is considered a regional power with a cultural influence that extends beyond its borders, and continues to promote its cultural value through participation in multiple international organizations and forums.
Best regards, JaierRT (talk) 20:02, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What problem do you have with my portrait illustrations? Yes, I agree that a photo would be better in all circumstances, but I specifically drew these portraits because there was no public domain or copyright free image that existed for them and I felt those people were important enough to have profile pics. Is it really better to have nothing at all? What do you dislike about them? It can't be a rights issue, because I specifically put them into public domain so that any one could use them, free of restrictions, and it can't be about AI generated images because I specifically told you I didn't use ai to draw them and am willing to supply proof? Do you just not like them and think they're poorly done? If this is the case, please tell me as I can rework them, as I did with the Kasi Lemmons and Lane Smith portraits after negative feedback. What is your issue with me? JoeBugMan (talk) 12:21, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) To answer that question, no. However, IMO these (AI images) images in general should not be used anywhere in mainspace, especially BLP's. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:11, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm not sure I understood your revert, could you elaborate? [1] Thanks FaviFake (talk) 16:11, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello there, I'm here to ask you about the Maple Leaf Award. I tried to get consensus to update the Maple Leaf Award to be in line with the 10,000 Challenge award back in 2023 but that didn't seem to go anywhere.
Anyways, that's my way of telling you why I'm interested in your edits to the Maple Leaf Award, specifically you adding and then subsequently removing the bronze tier from that award. Why did you end up removing the bronze tier from the main award template, and what did the meetup discussion you mentioned in the edit summary end up yielding? Look forward to hearing from you! - Aknell4 (talk · contribs) 23:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Moxy, just posted a couple of new articles that might interest you:
Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 11:24, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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