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Maddie Channel
	File:Maddie Channel logo 2015.jpg
Country	France
Programming
Language(s)	Français
History
Launched	August 1, 1998
Closed	December 31, 2015
Former names	The Maddie Channel Network (1998-2001); Maddie World Channel (2001-2008); Maddie World (2008-2015)
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Website	http://www.maddiechannel.co.fr/

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Gerald Fredrick Töben[edit]

Hi,

To whom it may concern.

There is a page on "Gerald Fredrick Töben"

It has a mistake but the page is locked.

I don't know anything about this fellow, but it says that he studied at Wellington University in New Zealand. As far as I know there is no such university in NZ, certainly not at the time given when he graduated. I assume the university was called at the time, Victoria University or University of Victoria, I forget which of these two was the official name. Much later after the so-called Dawkins Revolution in Australia that created new universities, a university in Australia started being called Victoria University. To avoid confusion the very old Victoria University located in Wellington New Zealand started to be referred to as Victoria University of Wellington. It may even have officially changed its name to this. Anyway, you may wish to update your page on "Gerald Fredrick Töben" to correctly reflect this name of the university. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.177.108.35 (talk • contribs) 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Done [1] — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:20, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ERRORS[edit]

See the discussion. Without more people weighing in, I can't say what the consensus will be, but it might be that I need to write a dramatically different blurb, depending on whether there's an image or not. If so, that would mean that it's important never to pull an image in the last few days before the article runs. Would that restriction work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 22:44, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dan It wouldn't work for Wikipedia.

Such edits are best avoided when feasible, but certain unforseen circumstances (such as copyright issues) can leave us with no choice but to pull an image. Unfortunately, this tends to occur during or shortly before its appearance on the main page, due to the increased number of eyes.

Regardless, I can't see the "write longer blurbs" proposal gaining much traction (for reasons covered in the discussion). Users' differing configurations result in a moving target, which is something that persons complaining typically don't realize.

To the limited extent that main page balance can be actively achieved through deliberate measures, existing solutions (recycling DYK hooks and/or pruning old ITN items) are simpler and provide greater flexibility with less editorial compromise. —David Levy 17:49, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I have no problem with any of this. @WP:TFA coordinators thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 18:08, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point me to the discussion?--Wehwalt (talk) 18:38, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wehwalt: This is the last revision from before the discussion was removed. —David Levy 19:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problems with David's suggestions either. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:52, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, last question, for Espresso Addict: was there a conversation that I'm not aware of where it was agreed that, when there's no image, the TFA blurb should go over the max limit (which used to be around 1175 and is currently around 1075)? If so, could you link it? - Dank (push to talk) 17:28, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't recall anywhere it was discussed with the participation of the TFA team but it's a perennial complaint at Errors that the TFA is too short because there's no image, and so OTD & News must each lose an item. (This is sometimes less convenient eg recently when the image has been in the oldest item for several days.) TFA people might overlook such discussions because they usually occur under the OTD/ITN sections. If I'm on duty at the changeover time, I tend just to silently prune OTD/ITN myself when it's very unbalanced without waiting for someone to note it at Errors, and others do so too.

I can see that sometimes the image gets pulled at the last minute, but where there's known in advance to be no available free image, I can't see why a longer blurb could not be planned and agreed. Espresso Addict (talk) 17:42, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I wasn't aware of that ... I only read below the TFA section at WP:ERRORS from time to time. One thing we could do is revisit the discussion to run fair use images on the Main Page, just at TFA and just because of this conflict ... but I really think it would be a bad idea to even discuss that before the European Parliament meeting in September where they might vote on an awful copyright bill. Every blurb left in July has an image, and August hasn't been scheduled yet. When I see what's coming up in August, and then in September, I'll ping everyone after the blurbs for the TFAs without images have been written. I'm not making any promises; we'll have to gauge the reactions. - Dank (push to talk) 17:57, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Espresso Addict and @WP:TFA coordinators , as promised above. Wehwalt has shared his selections for September with the coords, and there are (probably) only 3 that don't have suitable images: John de Gray, From Russia, with Love (novel), and Guy Burgess. (Btw, Ealdgyth, John de Gray was your nom ... hard to imagine there's a suitable image, but if you know of one, that would be nice.) Writing longer blurbs for those three shouldn't be a problem. Wehwalt is planning to do the scheduling at the end of this week, so if anyone sees a problem with blurb length, please let me know. - Dank (push to talk) 18:55, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I know of no image for de Gray. The ODNB entry for him lists none either, not even a tomb effigy. It's possible there is a tomb still extant - I didn't make it to Norwich Cathedral when I was in England in 2010 - but it's also possible there isn't. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:02, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. Btw, I may be giving up too quickly on From Russia, with Love (novel) ... a pretty picture of the Orient Express or the catacombs under Istanbul might pass muster, I don't know. - Dank (push to talk) 19:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TFA: Nigel Williams (conservator)[edit]

Hey David, thanks for your edit to this. Any chance you could also add back in the hyphen in "ship-burial" that was recently removed? There's some inconsistency in when the hyphen is, or is not removed (including within the Sutton Hoo article), but it's in the official publication of the burial, and most other related publications authored by the British Museum. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 21:55, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(watching:) If you feel strongly about it you can do it yourself. I wouldn't, though, it seems to be understood the same way with or without hyphen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Usernameunique is referring to the TFA blurb, which is protected.

When multiple stylings are considered correct, we generally stick with whichever is used in the featured article. In this instance, that's the hyphenated form, so a reversion might be prudent.

Pinging Dank for input. —David Levy 22:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the hyphen back. It's not supported by dictionaries or by our article on ship burial, but I don't argue over hyphens. - Dank (push to talk) 02:06, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dank, Gerda Arendt, and David: Thanks all. It's a minor point, but it's something I try to be consistent with in the articles I'm involved with. --Usernameunique (talk) 02:50, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem. - Dank (push to talk) 03:02, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunday July 29: Annual Wiki-Picnic @ Prospect Park[edit]

Sunday July 29, 2-7pm: Annual Wiki-Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's green Prospect Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

Sunday July 29 Annual Wik-Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com)

2–7pm - come by any time! Our reserved picnicking area is by Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance, located at Prospect Park West and 15th Street.

The picnic will be held by the park's Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance immediately on the lawn to your right as you walk through the lovely lotus columns.

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 26, 2018[edit]

Any thoughts about File:Vaughan-williams-hoppé.jpg, in light of the discussion above? - Dank (push to talk) 17:30, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

While I'm here, how do you feel about File:Arthur C, Clarke Amazing 5306.jpg or File:Clarke sm.jpg for August 25th? - Dank (push to talk) 17:50, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: Apologies for the delay. The images in place for the above-noted dates appear appropriate. —David Levy 00:02, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~One more: File:Monticolomys range.svg for Malagasy mountain mouse. - Dank (push to talk) 02:22, 13 August 2018 (UTC)~~ (pulled) - Dank (push to talk) 02:30, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Image crop[edit]

David, I uploaded an image which I had cropped before, but wasn't aware it would come with black around it. No idea what to do? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

River Wensum[edit]

For tens of millions of people around the world, the most interesting thing about this [fairly obscure] river is that it passes Carrow Road. One end of the ground is named the River End in its honour. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:51, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

August 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC[edit]

Wednesday August 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:GFDL-1.2[edit]

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 19, 2018[edit]

This is the only October blurb image I'm worried about. I'd like to suggest the 16th-century bell tower ... it's what's left of the abbey where he was the abbot. (You might want to check out the images in the October 7 article, too.) - Dank (push to talk) 01:48, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

September 26: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting[edit]

Wednesday September 26, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections - you can add yourself as a candidate.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.

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Sun October 14: Open House New York Weekend Upload Party @ NYU ITP and Indigenous People's Justice Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive[edit]

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Open House New York Weekend Upload Party @ NYU ITP

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The photo competition is at many sites all weekend, this is just the concluding event

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October 24: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC[edit]

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Sunday Oct 28: Wikidata Birthday Party[edit]

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 22, 2018[edit]

I found that image of Alan Bush on Commons, but it's sub-optimal ... thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 23:25, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Or ... File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-13756-0002, Berlin, Arbeiterkonferenz der Schriftsteller und Komponisten.jpg. - Dank (push to talk) 01:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Wehwalt ... do you have a preference? - Dank (push to talk) 18:46, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not really.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:01, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dan and Wehwalt: I'll crop whichever photograph is considered preferable. (I'd recommend the latter option, but either would be acceptable.) —David Levy 19:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. - Dank (push to talk) 19:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just a ping ... crop needed. - Dank (push to talk) 02:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. :) —David Levy 03:39, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary[edit]

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Two years now! - Could you do something about the lead image of Stephen Cleobury? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

December 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC[edit]

December 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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Just curious[edit]

I see your edits like [2]. Looks like a subst:. Can you hint on why this is necessary for {{TFAIMAGE}}? -DePiep (talk) 20:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DePiep:

It's isn't a subst:. It's the manual replacement of {{TFAIMAGE}} with {{main page image}} and its accompanying markup. (This could be accomplished via subst: by embedding it in another template, but I've always simply copied and pasted.)

The use of {{main page image}} is necessary when displaying a caption, for which the older {{TFAIMAGE}} lacks support. That doesn't apply in this instance, but I routinely use the newer code if and when performing any image-related TFA edit (which simplifies the subsequent addition of a caption in the event that this is deemed appropriate). —David Levy 00:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 6 image[edit]

Hi, could you do your magic on the lead image, File:FMIB 35075 Reindeer Fawns.jpeg, and enlarge the reindeer? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:12, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I enhanced the image and cropped it for DYK. —David Levy 23:43, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that looks terrific! Yoninah (talk) 23:45, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 1, 2019[edit]

I'm thinking that "saal" (hall) and "schloss" (castle) will mean nothing to most of our readers, and that we shouldn't give two dense descriptions of the image ... one should be enough. Beyond that, I don't have any preference for what or where the description is. Thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 00:17, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(watching) We can use schloss, and what a saal is should be clear by looking ;) - What do we say in Versailles Palace for Spiegelsaal? Literally "mirror hall". - I see, Hall of Mirrors, and what is hall of mirrors (disambiguation). Many palaces have one, not only Versailles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019[edit]

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy 2019 -

begin it with music and memories

Thank you for your help last year, including the image work for the Main page! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:16, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ultima Thule[edit]

Can you protect the newest image on Commons please, or is there a better way? Uploading locally and protecting is very janky. What's the best solution so I don't have this hassle all the time? Jehochman ^Talk 21:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I protected File:Ultima thule color.jpg (the version in use on the main page) at the Wikimedia Commons before making the replacement.

WP:CMP contains the easiest method of triggering Commons protection via Wikipedia (though it entails a slight delay). —David Levy 21:39, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That makes me happy. Jehochman ^Talk 21:45, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 19, 2019[edit]

"map pictured" doesn't sound right to me but I couldn't come up with anything else. Thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 02:22, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: For main page images, we typically use "shown" in such contexts. I've edited the blurb accordingly. (I also compiled a thumbnail-friendly map.) —David Levy 03:51, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much! - Dank (push to talk) 03:52, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January 13: Wikimedia NYC invites you to Wikipedia Day 2019[edit]

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Queue 3[edit]

Hi, in photography class I learned that it's okay to show part of a human body (like a head-and-shoulders shot), but you always have to show the whole body of an animal, because otherwise it looks weird. Sorry to say, but this crop looks weird. Yoninah (talk) 00:01, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks OK to me. E Eng 00:08, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I took some photography courses and wasn't taught such a principle, so perhaps there are varying schools of thought.

Per your comment, I've self-reverted and initiated a thread on the main page's talk page.

Moved to Talk:Main Page

—David Levy 02:42, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

February[edit]

Ugh, lots of TFAs with no images.

Feb 2: Some readers might think the coin pictured is one of the two mentioned in the blurb (and I don't know if it is, but it's used in the article to depict Coenwulf, not to depict the coin). Maybe if we keep just the obverse in the image? Don't know. - Dank (push to talk) 18:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Dan: I've isolated the portrait and applied some filters and tweaks to create File:Coenwulf of Mercia.jpg. —David Levy 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Feb 8: Sigh. What image, if any, should we use? - Dank (push to talk) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
File:Khalid al-mihdhar 2.jpg is tagged as PD, but I'm not sure that this is accurate. (The author is listed as "US Government", but it's clear only that the US government presented the photograph to the public, not that it actually created it.) This matter probably should be addressed on the article's talk page before it appears as TFA.
If that turns out to be a fair-use image (or its status is unknown), File:DM-SD-02-03886.JPEG seems like a reasonable option. —David Levy 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Feb 9: File:Radcliffe Parish Church.jpg might work, depending on how closely it's connected to the parish church mentioned in the blurb, but the link in the summary (to http://radcliffeparishchurch.org.uk/history.htm) isn't working for me. - Dank (push to talk) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It appears to be the relevant parish church. (It's the same one pictured in its article.) Here is a snapshot of the page linked in the summary, which describes the church's historical significance. I agree that File:Radcliffe Parish Church.jpg is a good choice. —David Levy 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Feb 11: An image of Tetsuya Nomura would work well with the blurb, and it's not like the guy is shy, but I can't find an image on WP or Commons.
- The best I can find is an image of the game director, who worked with Nomura, File:Square-enix dissidia yoshinori-kitase.jpg. - Dank (push to talk) 16:39, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Feb 14: Madison Michele isn't shy either. Nothing on WP or Commons. - Dank (push to talk) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- David, can you think of an option for the image other than the producer David Garfinkle or the host Madison Michele? Aoba47, can you find a free image, or reach out to David Garfinkle and Madison Michele to try to get one? - Dank (push to talk) 18:21, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thank you for the ping, and I will try to reach out to both for a picture. I will also check Flickr again as there may have been some new uploads since I have not checked there since the article's FAC. I will keep you post about it. Aoba47 (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Dank: I have added an image of Michele to the article, which can also be added to the blurb. The image was taken from Flickr, and was marked as public domain. Aoba47 (talk) 22:23, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Last one: Feb 25: We need an image of concept art, or possibly one for Robert McLees or Vic DeLeon. - Dank (push to talk) 20:37, 27 January 2019 (UTC) In a pinch, we can use an image of Martin O'Donnell, who did the sound design and music. I've asked for help on the article's talk page. - Dank (push to talk) 16:14, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can find for these three dates. In the case of the 11th, if no suitably licensed image of Tetsuya Nomura is available, other options include these cosplay photographs and the video game's logo. —David Levy 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

sorry David and Dan...Ealdgyth - Talk 19:03, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gotta earn my paycheck somehow ... (It's okay, of course, they'll have to run sooner or later.) - Dank (push to talk) 19:30, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, Victoria! Such complications are routine and unavoidable. —David Levy 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant work, as always, David. I've asked the TFA coords for help finishing up here. For Feb 8, I'd like to know if anyone has an opinion on which image to run, or if we should run an image at all, even if we can. We might take some heat for this one. (I don't have an opinion either way on running the Pentagon image. I'd probably prefer not to run his face.) - Dank (push to talk) 21:17, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

John (my John) suggests this image, with the caption "September 11 memorial at the Pentagon". - Dank (push to talk) 13:31, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: That seems sensible and unlikely to cause controversy. I've added the image. —David Levy 17:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Need help in a time crunch.[edit]

Trying to get the Inter-Allied Women's Conference on the front page for its centennial. The photo of the organizer,[3] is awful, but in PD. Looks like what appeared in the newspaper was cropped from this[4] as hair, necklace, dress, pose, etc. is the same. I have no idea how to re-upload a better photo, but Yoninah thought you might be able to help upload a better copy of the image. Can you? If so, please ping me and thanks! SusunW (talk) 19:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

SusunW: Victuallers replaced the low-quality crop with the version to which you linked, which I then enhanced. The current file is suitable for use on the main page. —David Levy 23:44, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, @Victuallers and David Levy:. Really appreciate the help! SusunW (talk) 23:51, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image resizing[edit]

Hi David, you seem to be doing an almost daily resizing of images for a particular part of the main page, would it be worthwhile dropping a line to the relevant page to ensure this doesn't have to be double-checked and fixed each and every time? Just a thought. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:08, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man: Hello,

The image templates in use on the main page incorporate default sizing parameters that generally work reasonably well (but not as well as case-by-case judgement, which isn't in everyone's wheelhouse).

I check most of the main page's images for various issues, including sizing. One of the primary objectives is achieving some level of consistency among the different sections, with the specific approach (matching width, matching height, similar overall size, or some combination of those) varying from day to day (depending on the images, their aspect ratios, and whether they lend themselves to custom cropping).

Realistically, this requires the attention of one editor across all of the sections. I took on the task (which obviously isn't essential) as a byproduct of the frequency with which I found myself performing edits to address concerns related to individual images. Somewhere along the way, it became easier and more productive to simply make this a part of my regular routine than to wait for problems to arise (at which point I'd often be pinged, given many editors' relative unfamiliarity with such matters), and one of the featured article coordinators asked me to assume this role at TFA on a more formal basis.

So most of the edits that you've noticed fell into the category of "I might as well tweak this while I'm at it", not "something is urgently in need of fixing". It's just a bit of polish that I add as I'm passing through, not an indication of deficiency on anyone's part. —David Levy 23:00, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

- Dank (push to talk) 23:28, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be possible to crop the El Chapo pic somewhat from the bottom? Sca (talk) 21:45, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sca: It's possible, but not without drawbacks.
I actually reduced the image's cropping earlier today. Before I did so, our transclusion at ITN lacked full support for displays with higher pixel densities. (The width and height selected cannot exceed half of the image's native width and height – in this instance, a 120x160px layout of a 240x320px image.) So if the bottom were cropped, we'd have to either use a smaller size than usual (e.g., 120x120px instead of 140x140px) or eliminate the aforementioned support for certain screens. —David Levy 21:54, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

10-4 and thanks. Nice to have a question actually answered rather than deleted. – Sca (talk) 22:03, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

March TFA images[edit]

Just two lacking images: the 26th and 29th. I can't think of a suitable image for the 29th. For the 26th, there are options I guess; we might take something from the Ian Fleming article, or File:Sean Connery 1971.jpg from the TFA article, if you think it's relevant enough. - Dank (push to talk) 21:05, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MBO is suggesting File:EU15-1995 European Union map.svg for March 29th ... maybe that would work, or what if we pair an older EU flag with the Union Jack? - Dank (push to talk) 13:21, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

March 30: your call ... let me know if you'll be cropping the uncle out of the photo. My caption currently includes him. - Dank (push to talk) 22:14, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Schrocat just mentioned the image is nominated for deletion. - Dank (push to talk) 19:39, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

David and SchroCat: Thoughts on File:Facsimile of British hangman's equipment.jpg or File:The traitors Amery and Joyce.png? - Dank (push to talk) 19:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - it looks like two of "mine" are the ones causing problems! I'd be happy with the hangman's equipment, although it may be a bit cluttered in small size; I'm not a huge fan of showing pics of a different person than the article, but not enough to worry if you two decide on the Amery/Joyce one. The only other one would be his death mask, which hangs just behind the noose. (The hands could be cropped out of that one if necessary). - SchroCat (talk) 19:57, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ps. For the Bond one, I'd avoid Connery (Bond purists like me get irked when the films and novels are conflated!). Perhaps the diamond miners image in the article? - SchroCat (talk) 19:58, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TFA image: March 1 check pls[edit]

Could you take a look at the March 1 image rendition? I am still wondering how to get the rectangle relatively right (right now, to me it has too much whitespace below). It might better correspond with three lines of text? I can upload a different image if you need one. -DePiep (talk) 22:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DePiep: I'm not entirely clear on what issue you're describing (which might depend on a user's display settings). Could you please upload a screenshot? —David Levy 23:41, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In my desktop view, the image vertically takes "3.1" text lines. So that is 4 real text lines next to it, creating a "0.9" whitespace below the image.

This effect (extra whitespace below image) is also visible in the "desktop emulate mobile view" side view [hope you know what I mean].

Checking my true live mobile view: [later more] -DePiep (talk) 23:52, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. On my mobile screen this image takes "2.5" text lines leaving a "0.5" text line white below. Can you stretch the image vertically, a bit? -DePiep (talk) 23:58, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DePiep: As I mentioned previously, you seem to be describing an issue that depends on a user's display settings. Did the size adjustment that I just performed help on your end? —David Levy 01:05, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is UA side. Is why I kept saying "In my desktop screen..." etc. But hey: your edit is great! Over here, it now leaves no excessive whitespace. Thanks & compliments. -DePiep (talk) 01:09, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Feb 27 WikiWednesday Salon + Mar 2 MoMA Art+Feminism and beyond[edit]

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April TFA images[edit]

Only one missing an image at the moment is Jeremy Thorpe ... I see nothing in the article that might work, and nothing on Commons for Thorpe. - Dank (push to talk) 21:06, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, I'm going to be tied up with another project starting on the 13th for almost a month ... if there are any image issues I'll need to deal with, please let me know over the next week. - Dank (push to talk) 22:52, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Brie Larson / protection[edit]

Hi David

I see you thanked me for my edit at the main page protected image page... Thanks for the thanks That actually raises an interesting point, of which you are probably already aware but which we can sometimes forget if we're not careful. Normally TFA images are protected by cascading protection, which kicks in the day before they come on to the main page. But that doesn't apply if an image is swapped out for another one. In the case of your edit this morning, you switched the TFA image at 08:08, but it was not yet protected at that point and the bot which finds protected images didn't kick in until 08:11. So technically a vandal could have uploaded a porn file in those three minutes and it would have appeared on the main page. Unlikely I know, but it's better to be safe than sorry! That's why I uploaded the present image to Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection first and waited for it to appear at Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en before saving it to the TFA template. Thanks, and all the best. — Amakuru (talk) 21:31, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Amakuru:

Indeed, I sincerely appreciate your care in cascade-protecting the image before swapping it in. I created WP:CMP to simplify the process as much as possible, but administrators don't always know/remember that step (and I find myself writing reminders not unlike the one above).

Regarding the 8:08 TFA image transclusion, I'm an administrator at the Wikimedia Commons, where I protected the image at 8:06 (so the cascading protection that took effect at 8:11 was redundant).

Nonetheless, thanks very much for taking the time to message me. It's nice to know that others are paying attention to this matter.

—David Levy 22:46, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, so my comment was a bit like explaining particle physics to Einstein then! It didn't occur to me that you had protected the image directly so that makes sense. And I'm glad we're on the same page regarding the importance of protecting those images. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 23:36, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the news: Idai[edit]

Could you please increase the death toll for Idai (for in the news) to at least 205 per the addition to the article? Noah^Talk 02:56, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Noah: Done. And feel free to request such edits at WP:ERRORS (where more administrators will see it, potentially resulting in prompter updates). —David Levy 03:18, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Forca Bruta[edit]

Do you have the ability to protect a page? Today's featured article has been vandalized twice already by IPs within the last 15 minutes.

I appreciate your replacement of the image, by the way; it looks much more attractive now. Dan56 (talk) 02:54, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have the ability to protect a page?

I possess the technical capability, but it isn't a task in which I specialize.

I can tell you that this isn't an unusual amount of vandalism for the featured article (whose exposure invariably attracts increased attention). Unless the problem becomes unmanageable, it's desirable to leave editing enabled for all users (including those without accounts), given that it might be a newcomer's first attempt to contribute to the project.

A newcomer's first attempt to contribute to the project should not be at a complete article, on the day it is featured for visitors to the main page to see. These articles are supposed to represent the project's best, but leaving them vulnerable to these kind of edits--the word "was" was removed from the lead; earlier it was simply defaced--is embarrassing. I was told by Dank that on main page day, these articles would probably get protection automatically. What happened? How can--on the day this article will get significant attention and readership--it be left so exposed? Its topic is not popular, and practically no one will likely read it after today. Disappointing. Dan56 (talk) 13:04, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If the situation worsens or you wish to seek other administrators' opinions, please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. (For the record, I'm fine with whatever determination might be made there. I'm about to sleep, so I won't be available to provide input.)

I made a request there 12 hours ago, and it has remained unaddressed so far; since then the article has been vandalized by IPs several more times. Dan56 (talk) 13:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your replacement of the image, by the way; it looks much more attractive now.

Thanks, Dan! I retouched the previous version in Photoshop. I always enjoy working on high-quality photographs in need of repair. —David Levy 04:03, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been protected by another admin I contacted just now. Dan56 (talk) 13:28, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: I just returned and found your messages. I'm genuinely sorry that this matter has been a source of anxiety for you, and I'm glad that it's been addressed.

The issue of whether (and how) to protect articles articles appearing as TFA is longstanding. At one time, the prevailing practice was to avoid protecting them in all but the most dire of circumstances. Nowadays, they're treated more like other articles.

I understand the frustration of seeing the product of hard work left vulnerable, which must be balanced with the frustration experienced by someone greeted with the words "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" and immediately pointed to an article that they're unable to edit. Perhaps some of them would have gone on to write future Featured Articles, had they not been discouraged in that pivotal moment.

To be clear, I'm summarizing a common argument, not advocating a particular course of action. This falls outside my primary areas of focus, so I'm not familiar with every aspect of the current day-to-day TFA protection conventions. Others are more qualified to delve into such details. (Sorry again, but I don't want to convey inaccurate information.) —David Levy 14:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for responding. Dan56 (talk) 16:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If an article you care a lot about is going to appear on the main page (FA, DYK, ITN) you're going to have to keep a constant vigil for vandalism throughout the day. It's part of the price of fame. E Eng 14:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't solicit the TFA selection, ask for the "fame". Dan56 (talk) 16:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some are born famous, some achieve fame, and some have fame thrust into them. Burden's the same. E Eng 17:23, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is this burden of fame that associates me with these people lol. I simply care about the quality of the article, at an opportunity of exposing knowledge of the topic to readers; for their sake and the topic's. As editors, contributors, admins, we should share the burden of doing the most to prevent disruption. Next time, if another of my FAs is chosen for this "burden," I hope to remember and have the foresight to ask earlier for page protection. Dan56 (talk) 17:37, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, really, that's the wrong approach, for the reasons DL gave above. You just need to keep your eye on it for the day. E Eng 21:20, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...[edit]

... for replacing that image with a proper view of ground billiards. The original image was an odd fit! Yoninah (talk) 01:07, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

April 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC + April 4 and 5: LaGuardia Community College Translatathon 2019[edit]

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TFA[edit]

Sorry, bad day, too grumpy to talk properly, said things I shouldn't (or at least in a way that I shouldn't), and for that I apologise. - SchroCat (talk) 20:25, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, SchroCat.

Apologies on my end for any confusion arising from my "no administrative role" note. I would never make such a reference to gain an advantage in a disagreement. My intent was just the opposite.

I routinely handle various image-related tasks for the main page. Others often ask me to resolve issues or indicate that they'll defer to my decision, so I wanted to convey that I was simply commenting as a Wikipedian (and had neither selected the photograph nor assessed the disagreement as a neutral party), lest someone mistakenly assume that I'd addressed the matter in an administrative capacity and no further attention was needed.

Any Wikipedia administrator's use of the sysop bit to purposely attain his/her preferred outcome in a good-faith content dispute is an abuse of the trust placed in him/her by the community. I strive to avoid even the appearance of such misconduct on my part. —David Levy 21:36, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David, I know you're a 'solid' admin, and the thing I am most sorry about was questioning that. I shouldn't have done - over stressed and a crap day in RL. I try to step away from WP when that happens, and should have done so here too, but didn't manage it this time around. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image caption for lead image for Easter[edit]

The scene depicted is one of the Post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus, precisely to Mary Magdalene as written by John. I wonder why the nominator didn't write that. I - reviewer - complained that the scene is not mentioned in the hymn, the article topic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:32, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: Did my tweaks mitigate the issue? (When I saw the hook and the image in the queue, the connection struck me as somewhat vague.) —David Levy 02:03, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I promised yesterday that it was my last word in the matter. (First words here.) Happy Easter! (When that image on top gets deleted while I'm out singing please replace by the other one from the article.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:2001-01 Russell.jpg[edit]

Hi, would you be able to enlarge this image so we can see more of the church at thumbnail size? It's nice to see some of the graveyard, but not all of it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:11, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And one more: File:Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.jpg – would it be possible to make more of a portrait out of this, perhaps just retaining the face, body, and the hand holding the candle? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:05, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: The cropped versions are linked below.

—David Levy 14:08, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic! Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Adriaan de Bruin[edit]

Hi David--Gerda pinged you from that DYK nom. Apparently you're the expert! Do you think there's anything you can do with that picture, File:Adriaan van Bredehoff en Tabo Jansz.jpg? It'll be weird to see just the one person, the one off-center, and I'm curious. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 22:15, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2019 special circular[edit]

Administrators must secure their accounts

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:25, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)[edit]

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bow Bridge in Central Park NYC 1 - August 2009 HDR.jpg[edit]

Hi, this image looks totally unlike the one that I promoted. I think the photographer was deliberately trying to make it look like a painting. I'm afraid to say that whatever you did to it stripped it of all its beauty. Is it possible to restore it just for the article? Yoninah (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think the photographer was deliberately trying to make it look like a painting.

Quoth the photographer: "3 exposure HDR but I tried not to make it too obvious." But it was obvious. Extremely obvious. So obvious that my immediate reaction was "Holy heck, what's going on with this HDR?".

I'm afraid to say that whatever you did to it stripped it of all its beauty.

I eliminated some fairly absurd artifacts and adjusted the levels to shift the colors in the direction of those that exist in real life. I'm sorry that you find the result less aesthetically pleasing.

Is it possible to restore it just for the article?

That's exactly the sort of context in which a wildly inaccurate visual depiction does not belong. A strikingly embellished photo might be suitable for use in an article about image editing techniques or art styles, but its inclusion is jarring and misleading when the intent is to illustrate the subject's actual appearance. —David Levy 21:37, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanations. You know much more about photos and image settings than me, so I'll abide by your decision. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:05, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 5[edit]

Hi, the license on the lead image is CC by 2.0, but there's a copyright line on the image itself. Is this a problem? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I see that it's been cropped out, which is fine. Any issue was purely cosmetic, as releasing a work under a free license doesn't require relinquishment of the copyright. —David Levy 21:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks. Yoninah (talk) 09:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May 22: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC[edit]

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Featuring this month a presentation by Interference Archive guests, and a group discussion on the role of activist archives and building wiki content based on ephemeral publications and oral histories.

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ITN image[edit]

Hi David, there’s a caching error somewhere that’s making your longer crop of Ping stretch the original image? Step hen 06:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Purging the enwiki cache seems to have fixed it. Step hen 08:17, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen: Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Some sort of unusual server issue (causing different users to see different things) must have occurred. (I routinely purge the cache after making any sort of change.) After you posted the above follow-up message, someone else still saw the distortion and performed a reversion at the Wikimedia Commons. This caused the problem to return for others, prompting a sizing reversion at the ITN template.

To eliminate any possibility of continuing this cycle, I've uploaded the new crop as a separate file. Thanks again, and my apologies for setting off this chain of events. —David Levy 12:37, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun.jpg[edit]

Hi, could I trouble you to create a portrait out of this full-length picture? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I've cropped the image and updated it as File:Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun (cropped).jpg. —David Levy 00:30, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Yoninah (talk) 09:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright check for British passport image[edit]

Hi David, there was a question raised on my TFA request for the British National (Overseas) article about the copyright on this British passport image. Dank pointed me in your direction for your knowledge on this, so I was hoping for some guidance on if that copyright is correct, if we can use this image there, or we should find some other image. Thanks, Horserice (talk) 02:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Conversation was at WT:Featured article candidates/British National (Overseas)/archive1. - Dank (push to talk) 03:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Keith-Richards-1965.jpg[edit]

Hi, this image about to go live in the DYK set (Queue 5) looks badly cropped. The head is centered rather than closer to the top. Would you be able to re-crop this? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:46, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Krikey, he's frightful enough already without being magnified. Please think of the children. E Eng 19:41, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Egad, what have I done?! —David Levy 21:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I've cropped the image. —David Levy 21:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Much better! Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maddie Channel (France)[edit]

TFA blurb caption[edit]

Hi David, I hope all is well. Looking at today's blurb, I was wondering why the image has a caption and we have "(pictured)" in the text? I don't look at the front page every day, but don't remember seeing captions before. Is this a new thing, or have I just not noticed it before? Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 20:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

SchroCat: It's a longstanding practice, applied only in a minority of cases (generally, those in which the image's subject is merely related to the article's subject and mentioned in the blurb, not those in which it matches the article's subject exactly or doesn't fit well in the summary). —David Levy 22:40, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that: I must be more unobervant than I thought I was! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 05:41, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help with cropping image[edit]

Hi, I just uploaded this image and wonder if you could make a portrait crop of the center person for the infobox in his article, Rodney Robinson? Thank you so much, Yoninah (talk) 21:28, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, if you're not able to do this, please let me know and I'll ask someone else. The article is scheduled to go on the main page in two days. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:17, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: Apologies for the delay. I've cropped the photograph and added it to the article. —David Levy 22:40, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's great! Thank you so much! Yoninah (talk) 22:55, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

June 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (stay tuned for Pride on weekend!)[edit]

June 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

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Prep 6[edit]

Hi, is there anything you can do to lighten up the lead image: File:Nikolai Yegipko on Board HMS King George V, November 1942 TR314 (cropped).jpg? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sunday June 23: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art[edit]

June 23, 12:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Togethe, we'll create new and expand existing Wikipedia articles on LGBT artists and artworks with LGBT themes in the Met collection!

With refreshments, and a special museum tour in the afternoon!

And there will be a wiki-cake!

Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.

See also the global Wiki Loves Pride photo contest, as well as the Met's online LGBT Art Writing Contest, and also the LGBT Health Writing Contest.

Sunday June 23 Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com).

12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

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This is the fifth annual Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon supported by Wikimedia NYC! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 16:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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Image licensing[edit]

Hi, I just created A Shakespearean Baseball Game and wonder if the image of the comedians performing it in 1958 in this source (6th image from top) qualifies as fair use? Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 22:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sunday July 14: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island[edit]

July 14, 2-7pm: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island

You are invited to join us at the "picnic anyone can edit" in the lovely Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

This year the Wiknic will double as a "Strategy Salon" (more information at Wiknic page), using open space technology to address major questions facing our social movement.

Sunday July 14 Annual NYC Wik-Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com)

2–7pm - come by any time!

Our picnicking area is at Southpoint Park, south of the tram and subway, and also just south of the Cornell Tech campus.

Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!

Celebrate our 13th year of wiki-picnics! We hope to see you there! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:36, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

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Image[edit]

Hello, I wondered if you could improve the image of the Great Mosque of Algiers, now in Prep 4, by making the minaret vertical, and perhaps cropping the image suitably. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:22, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Potential July image issues at TFA[edit]

Thoughts on these?
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 22, 2019: I think the map, or a map, would be appreciated by a lot of readers, but I'm not attached to it if you want to yank it.
Ralph Neville, July 26: The image is the high altar in Chichester Cathedral. He was the Bishop of Chichester, and is interred behind the altar.
Henry W. Sawyer, July 31: Image is the US Supreme Court. Everything that made him notable was connected to that building. The TFAR included the image. - Dank (push to talk) 02:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: I created a thumbnail-optimized map file for today's section. I'll take a look at the others shortly. Thanks! —David Levy 00:09, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Outstanding! - Dank (push to talk) 00:15, 22 July 2019 (UTC) (i.e.: That's the kind of map I was looking for but couldn't find.) - Dank (push to talk) 01:22, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Johann Münzberg[edit]

I translated an article, Johann Münzberg, and the Marschner ref has an image. Is it possible to get that historic image to the Commons, and if yes, how? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

President[edit]

Heinrich Lübke was President of Germany. President of West Germany is only a redirect, for good reason. Please change back. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: Heinrich Lübke was the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. At that time, the country was commonly known as West Germany (because the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, existed simultaneously).

President of West Germany is a redirect (which I bypassed via piping) that term became inapplicable upon the German reunification.

I don't doubt that you're aware of this (and don't mean to imply otherwise), so I'm confused regarding the nature of your objection. —David Levy 22:17, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

He was Bundespräsident, or - as you correctly say - President of the Federal Republic of Germany, and I while I accept - with gnawing teeth - to say West Germany in colloquial language, I think that it's not appropriate for the highest position in the country. Germany is enough. The image alone tells that it's not East Germany ;) - Going to bed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:28, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: I'm unsure of what you mean regarding the image. Specificity is necessary to avoid confusion with the German Democratic Republic (which also had a president). The distinction is less obvious to many readers (particularly those not from Germany) than it might be to you.

I've duplicated the wording/formatting used in the Heinrich Lübke article, wherein "West Germany" appears only parenthetically (and the country is otherwise referred to as "Federal Republic of Germany" or "FR Germany"). I hope that this addresses your concern. —David Levy 22:43, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't but I give up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:42, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: To be clear, my above reply predates an additional revision on your part, in which all visible mentions of "West Germany" were removed. I didn't undo that change; my only subsequent edit was to expand one instance of "Germany" to "Federal Republic of Germany" (to avoid confusion with the German Democratic Republic).

Does that address your concern? If not, I'd prefer to continue pursuing a solution that does. My goal is not to tire you into submission. —David Levy 05:59, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

red admiral

It addresses some, I'm just waking up, so didn't even look at the article, just the Main page, which says "West Germany". We have an article President of East Germany, but not same of West Germany. Her passport doesn't say West Germany. It's her article, and in a way doesn't even matter. I show her on my talk page - with just President ;) - Thanks for all your image cropping! Could you show just a little bit more bridge here, or get his portrait over (see above)? First thanks in August ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It addresses some, I'm just waking up, so didn't even look at the article, just the Main page, which says "West Germany".

Gerda: In the DYK section (in which short-form prose appears outside of each subject's full context), it would be highly unusual and unhelpful to refer to the country (as it existed during the time of Lübke's presidency) as anything other than "West Germany". A reunified Germany did not yet exist, and "Federal Republic of Germany" is not sufficiently familiar to most readers to adequately convey the relevant distinction.

We have an article President of East Germany, but not same of West Germany.

This is because the latter's government survived as that of the reunified Germany.

Her passport doesn't say West Germany.

British passports are labeled "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". We use United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as article titles (and refer to the country as the United Kingdom in a vast majority of cases) because Wikipedia generally favors a commonly recognizable name over an official one (if the two conflict).

This also is why we have a West Germany article (and a President of East Germany article, as you noted).

It's her article, and in a way doesn't even matter.

Clarity always matters, irrespective of a particular detail's connection to the subject (provided that it warrants inclusion in the article).

Thanks for all your image cropping!

You're quite welcome. In this instance, I also enhanced the parent file. Previous edits resulted in severe degradation, so I used the original upload as my source.

Could you show just a little bit more bridge here, or get his portrait over (see above)?

My apologies for overlooking that message. I'll investigate the image situation tonight. —David Levy 16:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very thoughtful. - I created the article as a response to red links for people with a birthday in May, DYK? I'll be more careful next time, and not pick one who is the wife of a president. As if this wasn't enough, we have a discussion for tomorrow's opera to add not only East German to West German ("West German" by me, imagine! - I can take it as an adjective), but Spanish also. Sigh. "The only real nation is humanity." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Today's featured article/August 28, 2019[edit]

I didn't get any response at WT:TFA ... thoughts? Is this image, or any image, acceptable? - Dank (push to talk) 21:03, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: Of the images available, this graphical rendering of the aircraft involved seems the most appropriate. —David Levy 22:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice, thx. - Dank (push to talk) 22:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Clyde Foster.jpg[edit]

Hi, just a heads-up that this image is in Prep 3. The current crop is good for the article, but could you enlarge the person as you usually do for lead hooks? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(watching:) but not too much, please, for the contrast. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 17:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(depicted) vs (depiction shown)[edit]

I am not understanding why we use the verbose phrase "depiction shown" when "depicted" will do just fine. Word economy is very important on the Main Page and having two words instead of one also makes the blurb more difficult to read without significant interruption. I make sure to credit the author of the image when ever possible. Can you help me understand what is wrong with just saying "depicted"? --- Coffeeandcrumbs 18:41, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coffeeandcrumbs: Unlike "pictured", "depicted" doesn't specifically convey the inclusion of an image. (A concept can be depicted in other forms, such as words.)

In this case, the event is depicted via the image, but that isn't the intended statement; we want to inform readers that an image depicting the event is displayed. —David Levy 19:26, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WT:TFA#September images[edit]

Thoughts are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 00:08, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Upload poster[edit]

Hello, friend! Can you upload a poster for a Scorpion movie? Source – IMDb. Malikxan ^talk 16:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RD images[edit]

Hi David, and apologies for not replying sooner to your comment. I recall the issue of RD images coming up before at Errors, and there being a consensus that we should not bring in RD images even when the previous image was quite stale. Certainly the wording of the project page Wikipedia:In_the_news#Pictures says that the picture must be of a person or event mentioned in a blurb. I think that unless this clause is changed by consensus, we should avoid using RD entries as the image. The wildfire image isn't perfect, but it provides a reasonable illustration of the story at the top of the list, and is more useful to readers than a guy who's recently died. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 12:28, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Amakuru: Thanks for getting back to me.

There's no question that ITN's image usually pertains to someone or something mentioned in a blurb – a practice with which I agree.

However, non-ideal circumstances force us to temporarily adjust our pursuits from "best" to "least bad", and that occasionally entails deviating slightly from what's written. (I'm referring to Wikipedia in general, not ITN in particular.)

My personal preference might be to simply display no image at all, but this has proven unpopular. We presumably agree that a six-year-old photograph of an aircraft that crash-landed ten days ago with no fatalities is suboptimal. We also agree that illustrating an ongoing disaster is more useful to readers than displaying an image of a recently deceased person.

The primary area of disagreement pertains to what constitutes a reasonable illustration. On my end, this thumbnail genuinely is difficult to distinguish from a solid black rectangle at first glance. I have normal visual acuity, but only by leaning in and centering it in my field of vision am I able to discern a faint representation of the subject described. This unquestionably falls short of the underlying goals outlined at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility, a guideline for which the importance of adherence exceeds that of the ITN project page.

By cropping the image; reducing the dimensions to 300×300px (the exact display size on high-pixel-density screens); adjusting the levels for increased contrast; and converting the file format from PNG to JPEG, I managed to improve the result, but it remains far from ideal.

Incidentally, I noticed that you experienced a bit of difficulty with the thumbnail's sizing. Note that "x150" sets the width to whatever corresponds to a 150px height. For a 150px width, the "x" should be removed or the number should be changed to the corresponding height. (The height-based formatting is useful for preventing a tightly fit caption from wrapping.) —David Levy 18:34, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

August 28: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (+editathons before and after)[edit]

August 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

Featuring this month a review of the recent Wikimania 2019 conference in Sweden!

We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.

Wednesday August 28 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com).

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan

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Edit-a-thons at Interference Archive and The Met

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Tuesday August 27: Resistance Radio Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive, 5:00 - 9:00pm
Saturday September 7: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12:30 - 4:30pm

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Crop[edit]

I added a new lead image to St. Martin, Idstein. Can you please make me a crop focused on those who performed, or is it taken from too far away? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: I've created an enhanced crop at the 5:2 aspect ratio. —David Levy 21:42, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's lovely, thank you! I can use it the same article, in the concerts section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday Sept 7: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art[edit]

Sept 7, 12:30pm: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia:WikiProject Fashion topics for basic clothing types that can be illustrated by the Met collection, and also past Costume Institute exhibitions!

It's the last weekend for Camp: Notes on Fashion, and we will have an intro talk to the exhibit by a guest from the Costume Institute, and participants will then be able to visit it on their own. Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm.

With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake!

Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.

Saturday Sept 7 Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com).

12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

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Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm, and some wiki-visitors may wish to take this opportunity to see Camp: Notes on Fashion together after the formal event.

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An October TFA blurb[edit]

For Michael Hordern, see the blurb in User:Dank/Sandbox/3. Is there some crop of that image from Playbill that would work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 04:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: The main issues relate to the image's resolution and overall quality. I'm going to investigate the copyright status of a standalone copy of the photograph, which I found on the New York Public Library's website. —David Levy 20:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 21:19, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to follow up here. Having found no strong evidence pointing in either direction, I was unable to verify the photograph's copyright status. —David Levy 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another question: William de Corbeil will appear on the 12th. Suggestions for an image? - Dank (push to talk) 20:50, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for overlooking this inquiry. I agree with Jim's selection of a Rochester Castle photograph, which is sufficiently relevant and more suitable than anything else that I've seen. —David Levy 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Oct 30 image is grainy ... not an issue for me, but I thought you might want to know. - Dank (push to talk) 17:25, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I should be able to smooth out the halftone pattern to a fair extent. —David Levy 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also, ping. —David Levy 22:12, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ignacio Garriga Vaz de Concicao.jpg[edit]

Hi, I have this image in Prep 4 and it looks dark to me. Is there any way to improve it? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I'll work on that when I'm back at my computer. (I'm currently visiting relatives.) —David Levy 20:19, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've just added File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21166.jpg to Prep 4; we need a close-up crop of the ship. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:09, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock me[edit]

Request me to open the block from the commons.Forgive mistakes like this, open the block and give development opportunities I promise not to break the rules later.Skh sourav halder 11:51, 22 September 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skh sourav halder (talk • contribs)

Sept 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC[edit]

September 25, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Wednesday September 25 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki).

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Duplicate parms in Selected anniversaries/October 1[edit]

Hi David. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 1 has duplicate "width" parms in a call to Template:Main page image, which is causing havoc on Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. Davemck (talk) 15:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

also reported in this thread. Frietjes (talk) 15:34, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Davemck and Frietjes: I accidentally left the old width parameter when inserting the link parameter (and failed to notice this when appending the new width parameter at the end). My sincere apologies for the trouble that this oversight caused. —David Levy 15:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Digital media use and mental health[edit]

File:ICD-11 Beta browser icon.png ... is that really copyrightable? I need an image for the blurb for Digital media use and mental health. - Dank (push to talk) 03:02, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The nom has just added this to TFAR with File:Boysmartphone.jpg ... works for me. - Dank (push to talk) 16:17, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: I agree that the photograph is suitable for use alongside the blurb.

To answer your original question, that logo seems too simplistic to qualify for copyright protection. (It might be trademarked, but that isn't an issue in this context.) —David Levy 18:53, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 18:56, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Catechism[edit]

Do you prefer File:The Wreck of the Tirpitz, June 1945 by Stephen Bone IWM IWM LD 5441.jpg or File:Willie Tait and an RAAF officer standing on the wreck of Tirpitz in 1945.jpg for this one? - Dank (push to talk) 16:18, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: File:The Wreck of the Tirpitz, June 1945 by Stephen Bone IWM IWM LD 5441.jpg seems ideal, particularly given its clarity at thumbnail size. —David Levy 21:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 21:53, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oct 23: WikiWednesday Salon NYC[edit]

October 23rd, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

Wednesday October 23 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki).

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan

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Crop?[edit]

October

... with thanks from QAI

Thank you for image work in October, - the cabal is grateful! - In this image, we don't need so many chairs at the bottom, not the coat on the right, nor so much railing on the left left, but the cross. Can you work the magic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:52, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: Is this what you had in mind? (I also adjusted the coloration.) —David Levy 21:58, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

YES! Thank you, will take that to my talk right away, more tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nowrap[edit]

[5] Yes, I can see the complete caption now. Thank you. Art LaPella (talk) 03:50, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

St. Croix macaw[edit]

This will probably be promoted soon. Thoughts on an image? - Dank (push to talk) 00:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: That's a tough one, given the scarcity of knowledge about the bird's appearance.

We could use the infobox image or a variation of the map image (with either accompanied by a caption explaining its relevance). —David Levy 22:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 23:11, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday Nov 16: Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art[edit]

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Queue 6[edit]

Hi, could you please do something about this image crop before it goes live? It really should be a rectangular portrait shot rather than square. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:24, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I enhanced the source image and redid the cropping. —David Levy 21:43, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Gerda, I think it looks strange to you because it's not a high-quality image and is a little washed out. But this is how we run person images all the time. Yoninah (talk) 23:22, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The pic in Q6 looks strange to me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda: In what respect? If it appears stretched, you probably need to bypass your cache. —David Levy 23:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK[edit]

Lame! If I had been given twenty seconds' notice I could have reworded some part of the article to match. Or there could have been a delay and a discussion, rather than this last second pulling of the rug. Mr.choppers | ✎ 01:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mr.choppers: I noticed the issue shortly after the DYK set reached the main page. At that point, rewording a hook usually is less disruptive and controversial than pulling it outright, especially when it's in the image slot.

Your comment that "it's a most peculiar vehicle" inspired me to focus on its unusual design, which strikes me as more interesting than the fact that its manufacturer was one of numerous companies in the industry to wind down its operations. It also goes well with your photograph, which serves to illustrate the aforementioned design.

Please note that the wording can be changed again, but it must be factual and encyclopedic in tone. "Last gasp" is idiomatic, so it shouldn't appear in the article or on the main page unless it's a direct quotation attributable to a reliable source. Having checked the article and multiple talk pages (including the nomination page), I was unable to trace the statement to anything other than this edit by Yoninah. If it is attributable to a reliable source, it can easily be added to the article and restored to the hook in the form of a direct quotation. —David Levy 03:23, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Idioms can't be used? I never thought DYK was anything but a chatty, friendly kind of feature - one of the few places in WP where I would use them deliberately. The reason it is interesting is that Stutz was a mnaufacturer of luxurious supercars, so the boxy Pak-Age-Car was a strange final chapter for them. As far as replacing the horse, the company used the slogan "Old Dobbins' Last Stand." "Dobbins" is pretty obscure old slang, maybe that ought to have been worked into the hook. Anyhow, thanks for the quick response. Mr.choppers | ✎ 04:22, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Idioms can't be used?

Mr.choppers: Idioms may be used, but not in Wikipedia's voice. Their inclusion can be appropriate if we're quoting someone else (e.g., a magazine writer who referred to the Pak-Age-Car as "Stutz's last gasp").

The reason it is interesting is that Stutz was a mnaufacturer of luxurious supercars, so the boxy Pak-Age-Car was a strange final chapter for them.

That is interesting, but it relies on familiarity with Stutz. I assume that the brand is well known among motor vehicle enthusiasts (as it appears to have several noteworthy historical distinctions), but I'd never heard of either incarnation before tonight. I'm not sure that it would be feasible to incorporate sufficient information into a single hook.

Anyhow, thanks for the quick response.

Likewise. —David Levy 06:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Io Saturnalia![edit]

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary![edit]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:46, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 1 image[edit]

Hi, is there any way to lighten this image? It doesn't show up well at thumbnail size. If not, I'll move it out of the image slot. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:12, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I moved it to another prep without the image. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:33, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

File:Australian team in Heat 2-S. Morgan (TFA).jpg listed for discussion[edit]

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WP:Today's featured article/February 28, 2020[edit]

Three thoughts: File:Orel T34 by Moskovskaya Street 1943.2.jpg to depict Operation Kutuzov, or File:Soviet Guards Order.png or File:3^GTA 1945.jpg to represent the 3rd Guards Tank Army. Otherwise, I think February is good to go. - Dank (push to talk) 04:45, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you like any of those? - Dank (push to talk) 00:56, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dan: File:Soviet Guards Order.png seems like the best option, as it would be the clearest and most discernible as a small thumbnail. —David Levy 01:04, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 4[edit]

Hi, would you be able to do a close crop of the flowers with stigmas in this image for the lead hook? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:03, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I created two cropped versions. I recommend using Acer diabolicum 9 (tight crop).jpg, which is much clearer at thumbnail size. —David Levy 01:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I find it amusing that a flower named diabolicum has stigmata. E Eng 05:58, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! I agree that the closeup might be clearer, but having a lot of flowers together shows the shape of the stigmas more clearly. Yoninah (talk) 12:56, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah: I've added an additional option that includes most of the flowers. —David Levy 13:58, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's nicer! Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:43, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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+==[[Gerald Fredrick Töben]]==
-<div style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 5px; margin: 0em;" align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0054a6">'''Welcome to my talk page!</font><p>
+Hi,
-<font color="#000000">Please sign and date all entries with: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></div>
-<div style="background: #cce1e9; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 5px; margin: 0em;" align="center"><font color="#000000">'''[[User talk:Lifeisunfair/Archive1|Archive #1]] (3 April 2005 – 21 September 2005)</font></div>
+To whom it may concern.
-== Your help is requested in creating a new template ==
+There is a page on "Gerald Fredrick Töben"
-Hi -- because of your previous involvement in maintaining and improving Wikipedia templates, I thought you would be interested in plans to create a new template.  The new template would be appropriate for two main cases:  where an article is getting too large, and someone wishes to propose a new 'spin-out' article; and where a 'spin-out' article on the subject already exists but detail is still accumulating in the main article.  The proposed name for the new template is [[Template:Movedetail]], and I suggest that planning take place at [[Template talk:Movedetail]].
+It has a mistake but the page is locked.
-Hope to see you there! -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 16:27, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
+I don't know anything about this fellow, but it says that he studied at Wellington University in New Zealand. As far as I know there is no such university in NZ, certainly not at the time given when he graduated. I assume the university was called at the time, Victoria University or University of Victoria, I forget which of these two was the official name. Much later after the so-called Dawkins Revolution in Australia that created new universities, a university in Australia started being called Victoria University. To avoid confusion the very old Victoria University located in Wellington New Zealand started to be referred to as Victoria University of Wellington. It may even have officially changed its name to this. Anyway, you may wish to update your page on "Gerald Fredrick Töben" to correctly reflect this name of the university. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:49.177.108.35|49.177.108.35]] ([[User talk:49.177.108.35#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/49.177.108.35|contribs]]) 4 August 2019 (UTC)</small>
-== Spanish Wikipeidia ==
+:{{done}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Fredrick_T%C3%B6ben&diff=919275565&oldid=916893270] &mdash;&nbsp;Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 20:20, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
+== [[WP:ERRORS]] ==
-Welcome to Wikipedia in Spanish, I hope to you learn so much from us, like us from you (sorry me english) [[es:Usuario:Alexan|Alexan]] [[es:Usuario Discusión:Alexan|My talk page]] 01:32, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
+See the discussion. Without more people weighing in, I can't say what the consensus will be, but it might be that I need to write a dramatically different blurb, depending on whether there's an image or not. If so, that would mean that it's important never to pull an image in the last few days before the article runs. Would that restriction work for you? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 22:44, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
-*Estimad@ amig@ wikipedista. Desde este preciso momento en el que has decidido inscribirte en este Magno Proyecto, eres propietario del conocimiento de los miles, que como tu, han decidido compartirlo con los demás. Suerte en tus colaboraciones, pregunta cuando tengas dudas, léete las páginas que aquí te dejo y, por favor, colabora con muchos artículos nuevos. Gracias. [[User:195.219.17.99|195.219.17.99]] 05:37, 7 October 2005 (UTC).
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]] It wouldn't work for Wikipedia.
-== gif -> png ==
+:Such edits are best avoided when feasible, but certain unforseen circumstances (such as copyright issues) can leave us with no choice but to pull an image.  Unfortunately, this tends to occur during or shortly before its appearance on the main page, due to the increased number of eyes.
+:Regardless, I can't see the "write longer blurbs" proposal gaining much traction (for reasons covered in the discussion).  Users' differing configurations result in a moving target, which is something that persons complaining typically don't realize.
+:To the limited extent that main page balance can be actively achieved through deliberate measures, existing solutions (recycling DYK hooks and/or pruning old ITN items) are simpler and provide greater flexibility with less editorial compromise.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 17:49, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+::Thanks; I have no problem with any of this. {{@TFA}} thoughts? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:08, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+:::Can you point me to the discussion?--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 18:38, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+::::[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]]: {{oldid2|850137348|Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day|This}} is the last revision from before the discussion was removed. —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 19:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+::::I have no problems with David's suggestions either. [[User:Jimfbleak|<b style="font-family:Lucida;color:red">Jimfbleak</b>]] - [[User talk:Jimfbleak|<span style="font-family:arial;color:green"><i>talk to me?</i></span>]] 15:52, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
-''...issue of transparent PNG files displaying improperly in some browsers ''
+:::::Okay, last question, for [[User:Espresso Addict|Espresso Addict]]: was there a conversation that I'm not aware of where it was agreed that, when there's no image, the TFA blurb should go over the max limit (which used to be around 1175 and is currently around 1075)? If so, could you link it? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 17:28, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
+::::::I don't recall anywhere it was discussed with the participation of the TFA team but it's a perennial complaint at Errors that the TFA is too short because there's no image, and so OTD & News must each lose an item. (This is sometimes less convenient eg recently when the image has been in the oldest item for several days.) TFA people might overlook such discussions because they usually occur under the OTD/ITN sections. If I'm on duty at the changeover time, I tend just to silently prune OTD/ITN myself when it's very unbalanced without waiting for someone to note it at Errors, and others do so too.
-This issue is a problem from a nonfree browser not a problem of PNG format. ¿Convert a '''free''' site for ''Best viewed with MSIE''? Fix the problem or change the browser not the image.
+::::::I can see that sometimes the image gets pulled at the last minute, but where there's known in advance to be no available free image, I can't see why a longer blurb could not be planned and agreed. [[User:Espresso Addict|Espresso Addict]] <small>([[User talk:Espresso Addict|talk]])</small> 17:42, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
-: I am not referring to any one browser in particular.  For example, older versions of [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] contain this problem.  People should update to newer versions, but it is unreasonable to expect everyone to do this.
+:::::::Okay, I wasn't aware of that ... I only read below the TFA section at WP:ERRORS from time to time. One thing we could do is revisit the discussion to run fair use images on the Main Page, just at TFA and just because of this conflict ... but I really think it would be a bad idea to even discuss that before the European Parliament meeting in September where they might vote on an awful copyright bill. Every blurb left in July has an image, and August hasn't been scheduled yet. When I see what's coming up in August, and then in September, I'll ping everyone after the blurbs for the TFAs without images have been written. I'm not making any promises; we'll have to gauge the reactions. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 17:57, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
+::::::::Pinging [[User:Espresso Addict|Espresso Addict]] and {{@TFA}}, as promised above. Wehwalt has shared his selections for September with the coords, and there are (probably) only 3 that don't have suitable images: [[John de Gray]], [[From Russia, with Love (novel)]], and [[Guy Burgess]]. (Btw, Ealdgyth, John de Gray was your nom ... hard to imagine there's a suitable image, but if you know of one, that would be nice.) Writing longer blurbs for those three shouldn't be a problem. Wehwalt is planning to do the scheduling at the end of this week, so if anyone sees a problem with blurb length, please let me know. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:55, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
+:::::::::I know of no image for de Gray. The ODNB entry for him lists none either, not even a tomb effigy. It's possible there is a tomb still extant - I didn't make it to Norwich Cathedral when I was in England in 2010 - but it's also possible there isn't. [[User:Ealdgyth|Ealdgyth]] - [[User talk:Ealdgyth|Talk]] 19:02, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
+::::::::::Thx. Btw, I may be giving up too quickly on [[From Russia, with Love (novel)]] ... a pretty picture of the Orient Express or the catacombs under Istanbul might pass muster, I don't know. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 19:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
+== TFA: [[Nigel Williams (conservator)]] ==
-: For the record, I am a [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] user.
+Hey David, thanks for your edit to this. Any chance you could also add back in the hyphen in "[[Ship burial|ship-burial]]" that was recently removed? There's some inconsistency in when the hyphen is, or is not removed (including within the [[Sutton Hoo]] article), but it's in the official publication of the burial, and most other related publications authored by the [[British Museum]]. Thanks, --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 21:55, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+: (watching:) If you feel strongly about it you can do it yourself. I wouldn't, though, it seems to be understood the same way with or without hyphen. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+::Usernameunique is referring to the TFA blurb, which is protected.
+::When multiple stylings are considered correct, we generally stick with whichever is used in the featured article.  In this instance, that's the hyphenated form, so a reversion might be prudent.
+::Pinging [[User:Dank|Dank]] for input.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
+:::I've added the hyphen back. It's not supported by dictionaries or by our article on [[ship burial]], but I don't argue over hyphens. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:06, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
+::::{{u|Dank}}, {{u|Gerda Arendt}}, and David: Thanks all. It's a minor point, but it's something I try to be consistent with in the articles I'm involved with. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 02:50, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
+:::::Not a problem. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 03:02, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
+==Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Nick-Logo.JPG==
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-''only results in a 1KB difference''
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-These icons are used in hundreds of articles. A bit reduction in each one is a greet reduction for the server.
+== Sunday July 29: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2018|Annual Wiki-Picnic]] @ Prospect Park ==
-: Overall, this reduction is very, very small.  Such a tiny benefit is not worth the disadvantage of using an image that displays improperly for some people.
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Sunday July 29, 2-7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2018|Annual Wiki-Picnic]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wiknic_logo.svg|right|150px]]
+[[File:Wiknic 2017 nyc jeh.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Prospect Park Bartel-Pritchard Circle Columns.jpg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's green [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]], as part of the [[Wikipedia:Wiknic|Great American Wiknic]] celebrations being held across the USA.  Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means [[potluck]].
-Sorry, you can see my english is not very goos. Regards. --[[User:Sanbec|Sanbec]] 12:02, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
+*Sunday July 29 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2018|Annual Wik-Picnic]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2018#Sign up|RSVP]])''' ([https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ also on meetup.com])
-: It is much better than my Spanish.  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 12:36, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
+::''2–7pm - come by any time!'' Our reserved picnicking area is by Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance, located at Prospect Park West and 15th Street.
+::''The picnic will be held by the park's Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance immediately on the lawn to your right as you walk through the lovely lotus columns.''
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-==[[Template:Exploding animals]]==
+Any thoughts about [[:File:Vaughan-williams-hoppé.jpg]], in light of the discussion above? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 17:30, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
-I think you're right about this one, so I'm giving in, as I said on the talk page. I just wanted to say "thank you very much" for being nice and humoring me by not re-reverting the template after I reverted it. You made your case clearly and without any scorn of arrogance, something that was a breath of fresh air for me. Thanks. [[User:Matt Yeager|Matt Yeager]] 06:19, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
+:While I'm here, how do you feel about [[:File:Arthur C, Clarke Amazing 5306.jpg]] or [[:File:Clarke sm.jpg]] for August 25th? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 17:50, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
-: Likewise, thank you very much for participating in the discussion and considering my reasoning.  That was a breath of fresh air for me.  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 19:57, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
+::[[User:Dank|Dan]]: Apologies for the delay.  The images in place for the above-noted dates appear appropriate. —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 00:02, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
-== AFD ==
+:<s>One more: [[:File:Monticolomys range.svg]] for [[Malagasy mountain mouse]]. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:22, 13 August 2018 (UTC)</s> (pulled) - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:30, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
-I have replied on Texture's talk page. {{User:Nichalp/sg}} 19:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
-== png/gif ==
+== Image crop ==
+David, I uploaded an image which I had cropped before, but wasn't aware it would come [[:File:Sara Hershkowitz 2018-07-07 Holzhausen.jpg|with black around it]]. No idea what to do? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 21:33, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
-I see you've reverted the png icons on the merging templates to gif format. I didn't know about the issue you've said on the history page (being that png images and transparency don't display correctly on some browsers), but on this page, [[Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Rules_of_thumb]], at point 10 if I'm not mistaken, it is stated that icon images and other types of images similar should be svg or png when only raster image is available and such is the case. Gif should be for animation. jpg photographic. I won't put them back in png without your approval, I'm not forcing you, but maybe the image use policy page should be more precise. [[User:Optimager|Optimager]] 21:10, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
+== River Wensum ==
-:Thanks very much for discussing this with me!
+For tens of millions of people around the world, the most interesting thing about this [fairly obscure] river is that it passes [[Carrow Road]]. One end of the ground is named the River End in its honour. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) <small>Become [[Wikipedia:Old Fashioned Wikipedian Values|old fashioned!]]</small> 14:51, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
-:Note that the section in question is entitled "Rules of thumb."  The ''American Heritage Dictionary'' defines a "rule of thumb" as "a useful principle having wide application but not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable in every situation."  That's precisely what these rules are.
+== August 29: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ==
-:In most cases, it ''is'' preferable to use the PNG format (instead of the GIF format) for static icons, but the merger icons are unusual exceptions.  They're very small (in terms of dimensions), and this has two pertinent effects:
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-:1. The importance of the transparent background is much greater, because the images otherwise can be difficult to recognize.  (A larger PNG simply doesn't look quite as good, but remains acceptable, especially given the reduced file size.)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Wednesday August 29, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia NYC presentation - WikiPhotography at WikiWednesday July 2015 3 crop.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [http://babycastles.com/ Babycastles] gallery by 14th Street / [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]] in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
-:2. Even in GIF format, the file sizes already are very small.  The tiny reduction (1KB) is not nearly enough to justify the problem cited above.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
-:Thanks again for being courteous enough to consider my edit summaries and initiate this discussion.  I sincerely hope that I've explained my position to your satisfaction.  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 22:30, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
+*Wednesday August 29 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2018#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
-::Good, I understand now. I didn't know that Rules of thumb meant something like that. I accept your edits, they can remain as gif, what you said makes sense. Thanks for the info, I'm new around here at editing (with an account, at least). [[User:Optimager|Optimager]] 23:23, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [http://babycastles.com/ Babycastles] gallery, 145 West 14th Street''
+::''(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 23:51, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
-==Article status templates==
+|}
-Hello!  I noticed that you've been adding a great deal of information to the various article status templates, and I'm writing to inquire about a portion of the text.
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+== Nomination for deletion of Template:GFDL-1.2 ==
+[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|30px|link=]][[Template:GFDL-1.2]] has been [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|nominated for deletion]]. You are invited to comment on the discussion at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 September 6#Template:GFDL-1.2|the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page]].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> [[User:B|B]] ([[User talk:B|talk]]) 19:21, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
+== [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 19, 2018]] ==
-I recognize the benefits of the stating the associated category and listing the related templates in a "see also" section, and I agree that these templates should not be inserted via [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst]].
+This is the only October blurb image I'm worried about. I'd like to suggest the 16th-century bell tower ... it's what's left of the abbey where he was the abbot. (You might want to check out the images in the [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 7, 2018|October 7]] article, too.) - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 01:48, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
+== September 26: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018|WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting]] ==
-I don't, however, understand why you're including the sentence "This template is a self-reference." with a link to [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references]].  The rule in question does not apply to article status notices within the template namespace, but this statement/link combination seems to imply that such templates are in violation and should not be used.
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-Could you please explain your reasoning behind the inclusion of this statement?  Thank you!  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 17:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Wednesday September 26, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018|WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia NYC presentation - WikiPhotography at WikiWednesday July 2015 3 crop.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [http://babycastles.com/ Babycastles] gallery by 14th Street / [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]] in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
-:The common use for it would not be [[Wikipedia:Subst]] but it would be great if it does work with it.
-:They are are self-references are they not? From how i see it, there are some templates that do not self-reference because they refer to other article in content, but there are some templates such as status templates which refer to Wikipedia maintenance.
-:This is the same with articles and categories.
-:They are not in violation; I am just marking them to let people be aware of it.
-:Plus, I would like to put all those See Also references to other related templates into one template itself to be used in each of those templates.
-:Would that be a good idea?
-:-- [[User:Zondor|Zondor]] 17:17, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
+This month will also feature on [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018#Agenda|our agenda]], upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018#Candidates for WMNYC Board|Chapter board elections]]''' - you can add yourself as a candidate.
-::<font style="color:#00A650;">''"The common use for it would not be [[Wikipedia:Subst]] but it would be great if it does work with it."''</font>
+We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
-::Why would that be useful?  These messages are intended to be temporary and easily removed, and should be readily identifiable via automated means by those who wish to mirror the actual article content elsewhere.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
-::<font style="color:#00A650;">''"They are are self-references are they not?"''</font>
-::Yes, but they're the type that is explicitly permitted.
+*Wednesday September 26 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018|WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2018#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
-::<font style="color:#00A650;">''"They are not in violation; I am just marking them to let people be aware of it."''</font>
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [http://babycastles.com/ Babycastles] gallery, 145 West 14th Street''
+::''(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 20:42, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
-::1. How is it beneficial for "people be [made] aware of it"?  Why should this particular ordinary element of Wikipedia be singled out for notation (as opposed to noting that "this template is rectangular" or "this template is blue"?
+|}
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+== Sun October 14: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/OHNY2018|Open House New York Weekend Upload Party @ NYU ITP]] and [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Indigenous People’s Justice|Indigenous People's Justice Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive]] ==
-::2. Don't you realize that referring to such a template as a "self-reference" while simultaneously including a link to a page entitled "Avoid self-references" strongly implies that the template should be avoided?
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-::<font style="color:#00A650;">''"Plus, I would like to put all those See Also references to other related templates into one template itself to be used in each of those templates.  Would that be a good idea?"''</font>
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:CommonsLab New York October 2016 001.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Interference Archive.jpg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join two events supported by the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community on Sunday October 14:
-::My understanding is that it's best to avoid embedding one template within another (because of server strain issues).  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 17:57, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
+*'''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/OHNY2018|Open House New York Weekend Upload Party @ NYU ITP]]'''
-::: It can be very useful. For example, the AFD templates are often used for Subst to put less strain on the servers or whatever. So adding ''noinclude'' tags will muck it up because Subst will include ''everything''. Why is it that way I wonder because it would be appropriate otherwise. People may think its spamming, but I am just giving it extra attention it should deserves. Perhaps ''Avoid self-references'' should be renamed to ''Manage self-references'' to avoid any connotations. -- [[User:Zondor|Zondor]] 18:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
+::2:00pm - 6:00 pm at ITP, [[Tisch School of the Arts]]. New York University (721 Broadway, New York, NY)
+::''The [https://ohny.org/posts/saebCbWeIzSmnZ1u0j9V photo competition] is at many sites all weekend, this is just the concluding event''
+*'''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Indigenous People’s Justice|Indigenous People's Justice Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive]]'''
-::::1. I understand why the use of the [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst]] method ''sometimes'' is desirable.  As I mentioned above, however, these particular templates should '''''not''''' be inserted in this manner; it's better for them to appear in the article bodies in shorthand form (surrounded by double curly brackets).  This makes them easier to identify and remove (particularly by outside publishers of the articles).
+::2:00 - 5:00pm at [[Interference Archive]] (314 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
+::''Note the new Park Slope location for Interference Archive''
+Have a WikiWonderful Weekend! --[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 04:54, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
-::::2. You haven't explained (and I don't understand) why "extra attention" should be paid to the fact that these templates contain self-references.  How is this information supposed to affect the manner in which the templates are utilized?  In other words, in what way should a person put this knowledge to use, acting differently because he/she read your notation?  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 18:42, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
+|}
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+== October 24: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ==
-::::: If they are [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst]]'able then its an extra advantage in flexibilty. For example, I can reproduce the literal content of one of these templates to show you. A portal skeleton template could benefit from ''noinclude'' information but its primary use is in conjunction with subst. I am rewording my messages to: "This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopaedic content." and "This [[Wikipedia:Category|category]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopaedic content.". Hope thats better. It's easy to know that the articles in the Wikipedia namespace is part of the project but not the encyclopaedic content. For templates and categories it would be a little difficult because some are self-reference and some are not. My underlying agenda is to mark all self-references so in the future one can easily programatically remove them. This would be beneficial for a distinct separation between project and content. Perhaps, all self-references would fall into one big category of [[:Category:Wikipedia self-references|Cat:Wikipedia self-references]]? In conjunction with stealth templates? -- [[User:Zondor|Zondor]] 15:22, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-== Margaret Turnbull ==
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|October 24, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Triangle Wikidata study 2018-03 jeh.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Triangle Arts Trust|Triangle Arts Association]] in the [[Dumbo, Brooklyn|DUMBO]] neighborhood of Brooklyn. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
-I don't usually seek out particular users for votes, but having seen [[Margaret Turnbull]] through the VfU I'd like to see it pass the subsequent AfD, located [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret Turnbull (2nd nomination)|here]]. You didn't actually comment on the content and of course you're free to delete, keep, abstain etc. Just thought I'd pass it along because you commented twice on the VfU. [[User:Marskell|Marskell]] 23:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
-==It also uglifies articles and drags readers into editors' disputes.==
-Thank you for using ugly as a verb! [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] 19:25, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
+*Wednesday October 24 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2018#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
-==Tags on article pages/talk pages==
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Triangle Arts Trust|Triangle Arts Association]] (Suite 317 & 318) at 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn''
-Hi there.  I see you changed back an edit I had made at [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]], regarding whether cleanup tags should go in talk pages or article spaces, noting that the consensus was that they could go into articles.  Please could you refer me to the discussion that this consensus was reached at?  Thanks, [[User:Enchanter|Enchanter]] 19:38, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in [[Dumbo, Brooklyn|DUMBO]], Brooklyn, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 01:28, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
-:There wasn't one unified discussion.  This issue has arisen on several occasions at various templates' talk pages.  I don't recall exactly which ones, but the older, less specific templates are the most likely.  (The newer, more specific templates were  patterned after the existing ones.)
+|}
-:As I referenced in my edit summary, none of these templates use the [[Wikipedia:Template standardisation|"CoffeeRoll"]] style (which was [[Wikipedia:Template standardisation/vote|formally selected]] as the design for all talk page templates.)  Article templates come in variety of colors (blue for cleanup, purple for mergers and splits, etc.), but talk page templates '''always''' should use the "CoffeeRoll" format.  If a template doesn't, it's a safe assumption that it's either the product of a consensus for article placement or a specialized version of a such a template.  A talk page link (which many of the templates in question contain) is another clear indication of article placement (because it obvious doesn't make sense to refer readers to a page that they're looking at).  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 21:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
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+== Sunday Oct 28: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata turns six!|Wikidata Birthday Party]] ==
-== Hoax vandalism ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-The discussion is [[Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#New_Criteria_for_hoax_articles.3F|here]]. Please join! [[User:Pilatus|Pilatus]] 19:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Sunday October 28: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata turns six!|Wikidata Birthday Party]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Logo sixth Wikidata Birthday.png|right|200px]]
+[[File:Ace Hotel 2016 02.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[Wikidata]], the newest project of the Wikimedia movement, went live on October 29, 2012. Please join [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City]] as we celebrate its sixth birthday at the Ace Hotel. There will be (optional) [[lightning talk]]s, casual conversation, and, most importantly, CAKE!
-== AfD Merger Templates ==
+No experience with Wikidata? No problem. This event is open to all.
-Hi there,
+*'''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata turns six!|Wikidata Birthday Party]]'''
-Your merge templates were a perfect solution - Just to let you know that I've started to use them in closing debates since today as a trial basis (and hopefully it all works well). :)
+:*'''Date:''' Sunday October 28
+:*'''Time:''' 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
+:* '''Location:''' [https://www.acehotel.com/newyork Ace Hotel New York]. 20 West 29th Street, Manhattan.
+:*<big>'''RSVP:''' [https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/255812534/ on Meetup.com] or [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata turns six!|on Wikipedia]]</big>
+Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues on Sunday!--[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]] 15:32, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
-- ''Cheers'', [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 06:26, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
+'''Bonus edit-a-thons on Saturday'''
-:Hello!  Thanks for contacting me!  I've seen these used by a couple of other sysops so far, and there don't appear to be any problems.
+The day before the Wikiata Birthday, on Saturday, you are also welcome to join [https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/862/27-oct-2018-archtober-wikipedia Archtober Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Bard Graduate Center] or [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Magnum Foundation 2018|Black Lunch Table @ Magnum Foundation]].  Please RSVP to those pages if you plan on joining.
-:I designed {{tl|afd-mergefrom}} for placement on the article's talk page (hence the "[[Wikipedia:Template standardisation|CoffeeRoll]]" coloring).  My reasoning is that it's appropriate to add a large, colored tag to an article that's intended to become a redirect (just as we do with {{tl|merging}}), but it's preferable to avoid adding such a banner to the surviving article (which generally is in no danger of deletion).
+|}
-:Thanks again for using my templates and taking the time to write!  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 12:29, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
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+== [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 22, 2018]] ==
-::Apologies for not seeing the message. I've noticed it now. :) - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 04:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
-:::No problem!  I realize how easy it is to overlook messages on a cluttered talk page.  :)  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 04:44, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
+I found that image of Alan Bush on Commons, but it's sub-optimal ... thoughts? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 23:25, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
+: Or ... [[:File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-13756-0002, Berlin, Arbeiterkonferenz der Schriftsteller und Komponisten.jpg]]. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 01:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
+::Pinging [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ... do you have a preference? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:46, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
+:::Not really.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 21:01, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
+:::[[User talk:Dank|Dan]] and [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]]: I'll crop whichever photograph is considered preferable.  (I'd recommend the latter option, but either would be acceptable.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 19:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
+::::Agreed. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 19:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
+:::::Just a ping ... crop needed. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
+::::::Done.  :)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 03:39, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
+== ArbCom 2018 election voter message ==
-== [[Template:Disambig]] ==
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-About your edit to {{tl|disambig}}. Dab pages that list topics are doing so incorrectly - contrary to the manual of style. The previous wording of "which lists articles that may otherwise share" was fundamentally correct, while "a list of topics associated" is wrong. Would you consider discussing this somewhere.--[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 05:47, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
+The [[WP:ARBCOM|Arbitration Committee]] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration|Wikipedia arbitration process]]. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose [[WP:BAN|site bans]], [[WP:TBAN|topic bans]], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
-:By "topics," I meant both article links and singe-sentence mentions of alternative connotations that lack dedicated articles (but often contain links to related articles).  I wasn't referring to pages that contain full-fledged write-ups of disparate topics (which, of course, is incorrect).
+If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2018/Candidates|the candidates]] and submit your choices on the '''[[Special:SecurePoll/vote/710|voting page]]'''. [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
-:I do see how "topics" isn't the best word to convey the intended message, and I just changed it to "meanings," which hopefully is less ambiguous.  Thanks very much for bringing this issue to my attention (instead of reverting).  I sincerely appreciate it.  If you still have concerns regarding the wording, I'm more than willing to discuss them at the [[Template talk:Disambig|template's talk page]].  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 14:37, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
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-::Sorry mate, I had to revert this time. See the talk as to why. I'm happy to discuss changes - but it's an important template so we have to get it right.--[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 15:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
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-== Deletion review ==
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-Lifeisunfair, <br/>I'd suggest that your comments to me at [[WP:DRV]] were patronising at best.  Despite my personal disregard for blogs in general, an examination of the argument shows that the "keep" side made no case: No links demonstrating mentions in media, no statements in parliment about Bloggin Toires, etc etc.  Had they done so, I'd happily have seen this article kept. These aren't meant to be me-too pile-ons, they are meant to be debates.  That I have a different view than you is no reason to malign my character. <br/> [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(t)</sup></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(c)</sup></font>]] 23:32, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
+If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2018/Candidates|the candidates]] and submit your choices on the '''[[Special:SecurePoll/vote/710|voting page]]'''. [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
-:<font style="color:#00A650;">''"I'd suggest that your comments to me at [[WP:DRV]] were patronising at best."''</font>
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+== Precious anniversary ==
-:The advice in question was written without condescension.  (I even included the word "respectfully," purely as a means of conveying the fact that no disrespect was intended.)  I'm sorry that you viewed it as some sort of insult.
+{{User QAIbox
-:<font style="color:#00A650;">''"Despite my personal disregard for blogs in general, an examination of the argument shows that the "keep" side made no case: No links demonstrating mentions in media, no statements in parliment about Bloggin Toires, etc etc.  Had they done so, I'd happily have seen this article kept. These aren't meant to be me-too pile-ons, they are meant to be debates."''</font>
+| title = A year ago ...
+| image = Cornflower blue Yogo sapphire.jpg
+| image_upright = 0.25
+| bold = images featured
+| normal = ... you were recipient<br /> no. '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious#David Levy|1780]]''' of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious|Precious]],<br /> a prize of QAI!
+}}
+--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 08:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
+Two years now! - Could you do something about the lead image of [[Stephen Cleobury]]? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 12:04, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
-:Suffice it to say, I disagree with your assessment, as do most of the [[WP:DRV]] voters (including "delete" voters from the AfD debate).  I'm not suggesting that you change your mind, but merely that you accept the outcome and move on (instead of harping on how wrong all of us are).
+{{-}}
+== December 19: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December-2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ==
-:I cited an example of a recent situation in which I found myself in a similar position.  I ''still'' disagree with the TfD consensus, but I realize that my opinion is in the vast minority (and therefore must be overridden).  Yes, this is frustrating, but such is life.
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
-:<font style="color:#00A650;">''"That I have a different view than you is no reason to malign my character."''</font>
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|December 19, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December-2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Fordham University Lincoln Center.JPG|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Fordham University#Lincoln Center|Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus]] in Manhattan, near [[Columbus Circle]]. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
-:Ditto.  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 00:27, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
-:*Bah.  I still feel that your comments came across as condescending, and that the "respectfully" was about as useful as "Don't be mad when I say this", but I am totally undone by the artful way thay you nested the bullet points with colour.  Bah.  I'll go do something useful now. - [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(t)</sup></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(c)</sup></font>]]
-:*Oh! Almost forgot - I'll take "Ditto" to mean that you feel like I've insulted you back, so I'm sorry.  Not my intent.  Handshakes all around, etc. - [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(t)</sup></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(c)</sup></font>]] 07:07, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
+*Wednesday December 19 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December-2018|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December-2018#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
-== Standstill ==
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Fordham University#Lincoln Center|Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus]] (South Lounge) at 113 W 60th Street, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Manhattan, near [[Columbus Circle]], not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]] 03:21, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
-Hi, Lifeisunfair. Discussion on [[Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals#Babel Barnstar for Translation|this award]] at [[WP:BAP]] has been at a standstill for almost two months. Since you were previously involved in the decision-making, please consider reviving the discussion. If no attempts are made within a week, it will be archived. Thanks, [[User:Sango123|<font color="#00008B">Sango</font>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="#008000">123</font>]] [[User talk:Sango123|<font color="#00008B">(talk)</font>]] 15:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
+|}
-== Rosetta Barnstar ==
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+== Just curious ==
-hey there,
+I see your edits like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_16,_2018]. Looks like a <code>subst:</code>. Can you hint on why this is necessary for {{tl|TFAIMAGE}}? -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 20:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
-I saw your discussion on the proposed new barnstar, did you create that image? It's beautiful, congratulations. I think the general trend seems to be going that way. I really liked the globe one as well, but I think it would be better for geography. the UN one is nice too, but maybe too national with all those flags, maybe for some UN barnstar in future. the one with the tower of Babel is good too but too big I think... how many more votes do we need, are you familiar with the rules for creating new barnstars? great work, keep it up :-) cheers [[User:Gryffindor|<font color="red">Gryffindor</font>]] 01:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
+:[[User:DePiep|DePiep]]:
-:Hello!  I was just replying to you at [[Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals]] when you posted the above message.  As I mentioned there, this is a [[straw poll]] &mdash; an informal means of gauging opinion.  There is no official number of votes required, and it's become obvious that the proposal will succeed.
+:It's isn't a <code>subst:</code>.  It's the manual replacement of {{tl|TFAIMAGE}} with {{tl|main page image}} and its accompanying markup.  (This ''could'' be accomplished via <code>subst:</code> by embedding it in another template, but I've always simply copied and pasted.)
+:The use of {{tl|main page image}} is necessary when displaying a caption, for which the older {{tl|TFAIMAGE}} lacks support.  That doesn't apply in this instance, but I routinely use the newer code if and when performing any image-related TFA edit (which simplifies the subsequent addition of a caption in the event that this is deemed appropriate).  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 00:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
+==Prep 6 image==
-:And yes, I did create the Rosetta barnstar image.  Thanks very much for your kind words!  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 01:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
+Hi, could you do your magic on the lead image, [[:File:FMIB 35075 Reindeer Fawns.jpeg]], and enlarge the reindeer? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:12, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
-::Ah yes I just saw it. Awesome. Please let me know if there any new developments regarding this barnstar, or if you ever need assistance in anything. [[User:Gryffindor|<font color="red">Gryffindor</font>]] 01:22, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I enhanced the image and cropped it for DYK.   —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 23:43, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
-== cleanup and qif ==
+::Thank you, that looks terrific! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 23:45, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
+== [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 1, 2019]] ==
-I think nobody will notice the difference unless they have it watchlisted, I was thinking of adding an optional date parameter to the other members of the template:cleanup family... but thought maybe that would be '''too bold'''.  My original idea was to try to make an undated {{tl|cleanup}} default to the current month/year, but it doesn't seem possible.  What I mean is if (in the template)...
-#...one changed <nowiki>{{{1| }}} to {{{1|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}</nowiki> the date noted in the cleanup tag would continue to update every month, thus changing the category each article is in, unless the template was [[wikipedia:subst|substed]] onto the article, which would be best avoided at all costs.
-#...one changed <nowiki>{{{1| }}} to {{{1|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}}</nowiki>, all future articles would default to the month and year that that change was made.
-Any work-around you can think of for this? {{User:Freakofnurture/sig}} 13:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
+I'm thinking that "saal" (hall) and "schloss" (castle) will mean nothing to most of our readers, and that we shouldn't give two dense descriptions of the image ... one should be enough. Beyond that, I don't have any preference for what or where the description is. Thoughts? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 00:17, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
-:Funnily enough, I was in the process of adding an optional date parameter to {{tl|cleanup-section}} when you replied.  (This shouldn't be controversial, as it doesn't require the creation of a new category.)  Did I do this correctly?
+: (watching) We can use [[schloss]], and what a saal is should be clear by looking ;) - What do we say in [[Versailles Palace]] for Spiegelsaal? Literally "mirror hall". - I see, [[Hall of Mirrors]], and what is [[hall of mirrors (disambiguation)]]. Many palaces have one, not only Versailles. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 09:52, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
-:I'm afraid that I'm stumped regarding a solution to the problem that you described.  Ideally, the MediaWiki software would be updated to include such functionality (and eliminate the need for "if" templates).  &mdash;[[User:Lifeisunfair|Lifeisunfair]] 14:09, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
+== 2019 ==
+<div style="margin: auto; max-width: 32em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba( 192, 192, 192, 0.75 ); border-radius: 1em; border: 1px solid #a7d7f9; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em 1em; color: black;" class="ui-helper-clearfix">
+{{User QAIbox
+| title =
+| image = Bachsaal Schloss Koethen.jpg
+| image_upright = 0.75
+| bold =
+| normal =
+}}
+<center>
+<br />'''Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht'''
+[[User:Gerda Arendt/Christmas 2018|Happy 2019]] -
+[[Wikipedia:Main Page history/2019 January 1|begin it with music and memories]]<br /><br />
+</center></div>
+Thank you for your help last year, including the image work for the Main page! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 17:16, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
+== Ultima Thule ==
+Can you protect the newest image on Commons please, or is there a better way?  Uploading locally and protecting is very janky.  What's the best solution so I don't have this hassle all the time? [[User:Jehochman|Jehochman]] <sup>[[User talk:Jehochman|Talk]]</sup> 21:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
+:I protected [[:File:Ultima thule color.jpg]] (the version in use on the main page) at the Wikimedia Commons before making the replacement.
+:[[WP:CMP]] contains the easiest method of triggering Commons protection via Wikipedia (though it entails a slight delay).  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:39, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
+:: Thanks!  That makes me happy. [[User:Jehochman|Jehochman]] <sup>[[User talk:Jehochman|Talk]]</sup> 21:45, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
+== [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 19, 2019]] ==
+"map pictured" doesn't sound right to me but I couldn't come up with anything else. Thoughts? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:22, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: For main page images, we typically use "shown" in such contexts.  I've edited the blurb accordingly.  (I also compiled a thumbnail-friendly map.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 03:51, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
+::Thanks much!  - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 03:52, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
+== January 13: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019|Wikimedia NYC invites you to Wikipedia Day 2019]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Sunday January 13: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019|Wikipedia Day 2019 in NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:16th Wikipedia Day - Sofia - 20170115-8.jpg|right|300px]]
+You are invited to join us at [[Ace Hotel]] for '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019|Wikipedia Day 2019]]''', a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 18th birthday festivities.  In addition to the party, the event features keynote presentations, panels, lightning talks, and, of course, open space sessions.
+''And there will be cake.''
+We also hope for the participation of our friends from the [[Free culture movement|Free Culture]] movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
+*Sunday January 13 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019|Wikipedia Day 2019]] (RSVP [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-day-2019-tickets-53454508875 at Eventbrite])'''.
+::''9:30AM - 6:00PM at [[Ace Hotel]], 20 West 29th Street in Manhattan''
+We especially encourage folks to add your <big>[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2019#Lightning talks|3-minute lightning talks]]</big> to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!  Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  20:34, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
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+==Queue 3==
+Hi, in photography class I learned that it's okay to show part of a human body (like a head-and-shoulders shot), but you always have to show the whole body of an animal, because otherwise it looks weird. Sorry to say, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know/Queue/3&diff=878092310&oldid=878084323 this crop] looks weird. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 00:01, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
+:Looks OK to me. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 00:08, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I took some photography courses and wasn't taught such a principle, so perhaps there are varying schools of thought.
+:Per your comment, I've self-reverted and initiated a thread on the main page's talk page.
+:{{moved discussion to|Talk:Main Page}}
+:—[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 02:42, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
+== February ==
+Ugh, lots of TFAs with no images.
+*Feb 2: Some readers might think the coin pictured is one of the two mentioned in the blurb (and I don't know if it is, but it's used in the article to depict Coenwulf, not to depict the coin). Maybe if we keep just the obverse in the image? Don't know. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: I've isolated the portrait and applied some filters and tweaks to create [[:File:Coenwulf of Mercia.jpg]].  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*Feb 8: Sigh. What image, if any, should we use? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*:[[:File:Khalid al-mihdhar 2.jpg]] is tagged as PD, but I'm not sure that this is accurate.  (The author is listed as "US Government", but it's clear only that the US government presented the photograph to the public, not that it actually created it.)  This matter probably should be addressed on the article's talk page before it appears as TFA.<br />If that turns out to be a fair-use image (or its status is unknown), [[:File:DM-SD-02-03886.JPEG]] seems like a reasonable option.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*Feb 9: [[:File:Radcliffe Parish Church.jpg]] might work, depending on how closely it's connected to the parish church mentioned in the blurb, but the link in the summary (to http://radcliffeparishchurch.org.uk/history.htm) isn't working for me. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*:It appears to be the relevant parish church.  (It's the same one pictured in [[Parish Church of St Mary, Radcliffe|its article]].)  [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003001147/http://radcliffeparishchurch.org.uk/history.htm Here] is a snapshot of the page linked in the summary, which describes the church's historical significance.  I agree that [[:File:Radcliffe Parish Church.jpg]] is a good choice.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+*Feb 11: An image of [[Tetsuya Nomura]] would work well with the blurb, and [https://www.google.com/search?q=image:Tetsuya+Nomura&tbm=isch&source=univ&client=firefox-b-1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1rvnWzI7gAhWyd98KHeQwDDsQsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=1536&bih=731 it's not like the guy is shy], but I can't find an image on WP or Commons.
+**The best I can find is an image of the game director, who worked with Nomura, [[:File:Square-enix dissidia yoshinori-kitase.jpg]]. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 16:39, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
+*Feb 14: Madison Michele [https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=694&ei=bftNXLW_POvK5gL584SoDw&q=Madison+Michele&oq=Madison+Michele&gs_l=img.3..0j0i8i30.1776.1776..2780...0.0..1.87.87.1......2....2j1..gws-wiz-img.....0.RRtud6Q4Jf4 isn't shy either]. Nothing on WP or Commons. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+**David, can you think of an option for the image other than the producer David Garfinkle or the host Madison Michele? [[User:Aoba47|Aoba47]], can  you find a free image, or reach out to David Garfinkle and Madison Michele to try to get one? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:21, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
+***Thank you for the ping, and I will try to reach out to both for a picture. I will also check Flickr again as there may have been some new uploads since I have not checked there since the article's FAC. I will keep you post about it. [[User:Aoba47|Aoba47]] ([[User talk:Aoba47|talk]]) 18:25, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
+****{{ping|Dank}} I have added an image of Michele to the article, which can also be added to the blurb. The image was taken from Flickr, and was marked as public domain. [[User:Aoba47|Aoba47]] ([[User talk:Aoba47|talk]]) 22:23, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
+*Last one: Feb 25: We need an image of concept art, or possibly one for Robert McLees or Vic DeLeon. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 20:37, 27 January 2019 (UTC) In a pinch, we can use an image of [[Martin O'Donnell]], who did the sound design and music. I've asked for help on the article's talk page. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 16:14, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
+*:I'll see what I can find for these three dates.  In the case of the 11th, if no suitably licensed image of Tetsuya Nomura is available, other options include [[C:Category:Cosplay of Final Fantasy VIII|these cosplay photographs]]  and [[:File:Final Fantasy VIII wordmark.png|the video game's logo]].  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+sorry David and Dan...[[User:Ealdgyth|Ealdgyth]] - [[User talk:Ealdgyth|Talk]] 19:03, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+:Gotta earn my paycheck somehow ... (It's okay, of course, they'll have to run sooner or later.) - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 19:30, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+:No worries, [[User:Ealdgyth|Victoria]]!  Such complications are routine and unavoidable.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:05, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+::Brilliant work, as always, David. I've asked the TFA coords for help finishing up here. For Feb 8, I'd like to know if anyone has an opinion on which image to run, or if we should run an image at all, even if we can. We might take some heat for this one. (I don't have an opinion either way on running the Pentagon image. I'd probably prefer not to run his face.) - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:17, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
+::John (my John) suggests [[:File:US Navy 080904-N-5319A-008 The Pentagon Memorial honoring the 184 people killed at the Pentagon and on American Airlines flight 77.jpg|this image]], with the caption "September 11 memorial at the Pentagon". - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 13:31, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
+:::[[User:Dank|Dan]]: That seems sensible and unlikely to cause controversy.  I've added the image.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 17:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
+== Need help in a time crunch. ==
+Trying to get the [[Inter-Allied Women's Conference]] on the front page for its centennial. The photo of the organizer,[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marguerite_de_Witt-Schlumberger.jpg] is awful, but in PD. Looks like what appeared in the newspaper was cropped from this[http://www.huguenots.fr/2013/10/quelques-protestantes-pionnieres-du-feminisme/] as hair, necklace, dress, pose, etc. is the same. I have no idea how to re-upload a better photo, but Yoninah thought you might be able to help upload a better copy of the image. Can you? If so, please ping me and thanks! [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 19:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:SusunW|SusunW]]: Victuallers replaced the low-quality crop with the version to which you linked, which I then enhanced.  The current file is suitable for use on the main page.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 23:44, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
+::Thank you so much, {{yo|Victuallers|David Levy}}. Really appreciate the help! [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 23:51, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
+== Image resizing ==
+Hi David, you seem to be doing an almost daily resizing of images for a particular part of the main page, would it be worthwhile dropping a line to the relevant page to ensure this doesn't have to be double-checked and fixed each and every time?  Just a thought.  [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 22:08, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]]: Hello,
+:The image templates in use on the main page incorporate default sizing parameters that generally work reasonably well (but not as well as case-by-case judgement, which isn't in everyone's wheelhouse).
+:I check most of the main page's images for various issues, including sizing.  One of the primary objectives is achieving some level of consistency among the different sections, with the specific approach (matching width, matching height, similar overall size, or some combination of those) varying from day to day (depending on the images, their aspect ratios, and whether they lend themselves to custom cropping).
+:Realistically, this requires the attention of one editor across all of the sections.  I took on the task (which obviously isn't essential) as a byproduct of the frequency with which I found myself performing edits to address concerns related to individual images.  Somewhere along the way, it became easier and more productive to simply make this a part of my regular routine than to wait for problems to arise (at which point I'd often be pinged, given many editors' relative unfamiliarity with such matters), and one of the featured article coordinators asked me to assume this role at TFA on a more formal basis.
+:So most of the edits that you've noticed fell into the category of "I might as well tweak this while I'm at it", not "something is urgently in need of fixing".  It's just a bit of polish that I add as I'm passing through, not an indication of deficiency on anyone's part.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 23:00, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
+::{{thumbs up}} - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 23:28, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
+::::Would it be possible to crop the El Chapo pic somewhat from the bottom? [[User:Sca|Sca]] ([[User talk:Sca|talk]]) 21:45, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
+:::::[[User:Sca|Sca]]: It's possible, but not without drawbacks.<br/ >I actually reduced the image's cropping earlier today.  Before I did so, our transclusion at ITN lacked full support for displays with higher pixel densities.  (The width and height selected cannot exceed half of the image's native width and height – in this instance, a 120x160px layout of a 240x320px image.)  So if the bottom were cropped, we'd have to either use a smaller size than usual (e.g., 120x120px instead of 140x140px) or eliminate the aforementioned support for certain screens.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:54, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
+::::::10-4 and thanks. Nice to have a question actually answered rather than deleted. – [[User:Sca|Sca]] ([[User talk:Sca|talk]]) 22:03, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
+== March TFA images ==
+Just two lacking images: the 26th and 29th. I can't think of a suitable image for the 29th. For the 26th, there are options I guess; we might take something from the Ian Fleming article, or [[:File:Sean Connery 1971.jpg]] from the TFA article, if you think it's relevant enough. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:05, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
+:MBO is suggesting [[:File:EU15-1995 European Union map.svg]] for March 29th ... maybe that would work, or what if we pair an older EU flag with the Union Jack? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 13:21, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
+:March 30: your call ... let me know if you'll be cropping the uncle out of the photo. My caption currently includes him. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 22:14, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
+::Schrocat just mentioned the image is nominated for deletion. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 19:39, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
+::David and [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]]: Thoughts on [[:File:Facsimile of British hangman's equipment.jpg]] or [[:File:The traitors Amery and Joyce.png]]? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 19:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
+:::Sorry - it looks like two of "mine" are the ones causing problems! I'd be happy with the hangman's equipment, although it may be a bit cluttered in small size; I'm not a huge fan of showing pics of a different person than the article, but not enough to worry if you two decide on the Amery/Joyce one. The only other one would be [[:File:Life mask and hand casts of Albert Pierrepoint.jpg|his death mask]], which hangs just behind the noose. (The hands could be cropped out of that one if necessary). - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 19:57, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
+:::ps. For the Bond one, I'd avoid Connery (Bond purists like me get irked when the films and novels are conflated!). Perhaps the diamond miners image in the article? - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 19:58, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
+== TFA image: March 1 check pls ==
+Could you take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/March_1,_2019|March 1]] image rendition? I am still wondering how to get the rectangle relatively right (right now, to me it has too much whitespace below). It might better correspond with three lines of text? I can upload a different image if you need one. -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 22:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:DePiep|DePiep]]: I'm not entirely clear on what issue you're describing (which might depend on a user's display settings).  Could you please upload a screenshot?  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 23:41, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
+::In my desktop view, the image vertically takes "3.1" text lines. So that is 4 real text lines next to it, creating a "0.9" whitespace below the image.
+::This effect (extra whitespace below image) is also visible in the "desktop emulate mobile view" side view [hope you know what I mean].
+::Checking my true live mobile view: [later more] -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 23:52, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
+::Yep. On my mobile screen this image takes "2.5" text lines leaving a "0.5" text line white below. Can you stretch the image vertically, a bit? -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 23:58, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
+:::[[User:DePiep|DePiep]]: As I mentioned previously, you seem to be describing an issue that depends on a user's display settings.  Did the size adjustment that I just performed help on your end?  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 01:05, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
+::::Yes, it is UA side. Is why I kept saying "In my desktop screen..." etc. But hey: your edit is great! Over here, it now leaves no excessive whitespace. Thanks & compliments. -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 01:09, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
+== Feb 27 [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February 2019|WikiWednesday Salon]] + Mar 2 [https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/5229 MoMA Art+Feminism] and beyond ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|February 27, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday February 27 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]] 08:59, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Saturday March 2: [https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/5229 MoMA Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:ArtAndFeminism MoMA18 - 19 - Editing.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[Art+Feminism]]’s '''[https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/5229 sixth-annual MoMA Wikipedia Edit-a-thon]''' will take place at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building, [[Museum of Modern Art|The Museum of Modern Art]], New York, 4 West 54 Street, on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. People of all gender identities and expressions are encouraged to attend.
+And on Sunday this weekend:
+*March 3, 2019 '''[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-feminism-editathon-tickets-55585205847 Art+Feminism with Kickstarter & Black Lunch Table]''', Brooklyn, NY
+Stay tuned for other Art+Feminism and related edit-a-thons throughout the month!
+|}
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+== April TFA images ==
+Only one missing an image at the moment is [[Jeremy Thorpe]] ... I see nothing in the article that might work, and nothing on Commons for Thorpe. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:06, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
+:Btw, I'm going to be tied up with another project starting on the 13th for almost a month ... if there are any image issues I'll need to deal with, please let me know over the next week. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 22:52, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
+== Brie Larson / protection ==
+Hi David
+I see you thanked me for my edit at the main page protected image page... Thanks for the thanks [[File:smiley.png|15px]] That actually raises an interesting point, of which you are probably already aware but which we can sometimes forget if we're not careful. Normally TFA images are protected by cascading protection, which kicks in the day before they come on to the main page. But that doesn't apply if an image is swapped out for another one. In the case of your edit this morning, you [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/March_8,_2019&diff=prev&oldid=886749658 switched the TFA image at 08:08], but it was not yet protected at that point and the bot which finds protected images didn't kick in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Auto-protected_files/wikipedia/en&diff=341914316&oldid=341897033 until 08:11]. So technically a vandal could have uploaded a porn file in those three minutes and it would have appeared on the main page. Unlikely I know, but it's better to be safe than sorry! That's why I uploaded the present image to [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection]] first and waited for it to appear at [[c:Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en|Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en]] before saving it to the TFA template. Thanks, and all the best. &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]] ([[User talk:Amakuru|talk]]) 21:31, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]]:
+:Indeed, I sincerely appreciate your care in cascade-protecting the image before swapping it in.  I created [[WP:CMP]] to simplify the process as much as possible, but administrators don't always know/remember that step (and I find myself writing reminders not unlike the one above).
+:Regarding the 8:08 TFA image transclusion, I'm an administrator at the Wikimedia Commons, where I <span class="plainlinks">[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brie_Larson_Captain_Marvel_Interview_(cropped).jpg&diff=341914073 protected the image]</span> at 8:06 (so the cascading protection that took effect at 8:11 was redundant).
+:Nonetheless, thanks very much for taking the time to message me.  It's nice to know that others are paying attention to this matter.  [[File:Smiley.svg|15px]]  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:46, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
+::Aha, so my comment was a bit like explaining particle physics to Einstein then! It didn't occur to me that you had protected the image directly so that makes sense. And I'm glad we're on the same page regarding the importance of protecting those images. Cheers &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]] ([[User talk:Amakuru|talk]]) 23:36, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
+== In the news: Idai ==
+Could you please increase the death toll for Idai (for in the news) to at least 205 per the addition to the article? [[User:Hurricane Noah|<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200"><b>Noah</b></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Hurricane Noah|<span style="color:#ff0000"><b>Talk</b></span>]]</sup> 02:56, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Hurricane Noah|Hurricane Noah]]: Done.  And feel free to request such edits at [[WP:ERRORS]] (where more administrators will see it, potentially resulting in prompter updates).  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 03:18, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
+== March 20: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] + March 23: [http://www.aaa-a.org/programs/artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-on-women-in-art-in-asia/ Asian Art Archive/New York Public Library] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|March 20, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday March 20 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! This month, optional post-meetup drinks afterward at 9pm!--[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  18:46, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Saturday March 23: [http://www.aaa-a.org/programs/artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-on-women-in-art-in-asia/ Asian Art Archive/New York Public Library Art+Feminism Editathon]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:New York Public Library May 2011.JPG|right|200px]]
+Organized by [[Asia Art Archive]] in America]and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs of the New York Public Library and in collaboration with Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, the ''[[Art+Feminism]]: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Women in Art in Asia'' helps participants edit Wikipedia to create and improve articles about women artists and practitioners in and from Asia, including architects, designers, filmmakers, curators, and art historians. Books and research materials—as well as refreshments—will be provided.
+Also check out [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism 2019|other Art+Feminism and related edit-a-thons]] throughout the month!
+|}
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+== [[Forca Bruta]] ==
+Do you have the ability to protect a page? Today's featured article has been vandalized twice already by IPs within the last 15 minutes.
+I appreciate your replacement of the image, by the way; it looks much more attractive now. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 02:54, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:{{tq|Do you have the ability to protect a page?}}
+:I possess the technical capability, but it isn't a task in which I specialize.
+:I can tell you that this isn't an unusual amount of vandalism for the featured article (whose exposure invariably attracts increased attention).  Unless the problem becomes unmanageable, it's desirable to leave editing enabled for all users (including those without accounts), given that it might be a newcomer's first attempt to contribute to the project.
+:: A newcomer's first attempt to contribute to the project should not be at a ''complete'' article, on the day it is featured for visitors to the main page to see. These articles are supposed to represent the project's best, but leaving them vulnerable to ''these'' kind of edits--[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B4r%C3%A7a_Bruta&curid=41823777&diff=888785511&oldid=888783896 the word "was"] was removed from the lead; earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B4r%C3%A7a_Bruta&diff=prev&oldid=888766181 it was simply defaced]--is embarrassing. I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AFeatured_article_candidates%2FF%C3%B4r%C3%A7a_Bruta%2Farchive2&type=revision&diff=881267311&oldid=881244554 was told] by {{u|Dank}} that on main page day, these articles would probably get protection automatically. What happened? How can--on the day this article will get significant attention and readership--it be left so exposed? Its topic is not popular, and practically no one will likely read it after today. Disappointing. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 13:04, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:If the situation worsens or you wish to seek other administrators' opinions, please see [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection]].  (For the record, I'm fine with whatever determination might be made there.  I'm about to sleep, so I won't be available to provide input.)
+:: I made a request there 12 hours ago, and it has remained unaddressed so far; since then the article has been vandalized by IPs several more times. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 13:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:{{tq|I appreciate your replacement of the image, by the way; it looks much more attractive now.}}
+:Thanks, [[User:Dan56|Dan]]!  I retouched the previous version in Photoshop.  I always enjoy working on high-quality photographs in need of repair.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 04:03, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:: The article has been protected by another admin I contacted just now. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 13:28, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:::[[User:Dan56|Dan]]: I just returned and found your messages.  I'm genuinely sorry that this matter has been a source of anxiety for you, and I'm glad that it's been addressed.
+:::The issue of whether (and how) to protect articles articles appearing as TFA is longstanding.  At one time, the prevailing practice was to avoid protecting them in all but the most dire of circumstances.  Nowadays, they're treated more like other articles.
+:::I understand the frustration of seeing the product of hard work left vulnerable, which must be balanced with the frustration experienced by someone greeted with the words "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" and immediately pointed to an article that they're unable to edit.  Perhaps some of them would have gone on to write ''future'' Featured Articles, had they not been discouraged in that pivotal moment.
+:::To be clear, I'm summarizing a common argument, not advocating a particular course of action.  This falls outside my primary areas of focus, so I'm not familiar with every aspect of the current day-to-day TFA protection conventions.  Others are more qualified to delve into such details.  (Sorry again, but I don't want to convey inaccurate information.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 14:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+::::: Thank you for responding. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 16:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+::::If an article you care a lot about is going to appear on the main page (FA, DYK, ITN) you're going to have to keep a constant vigil for vandalism throughout the day. It's part of the price of fame. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 14:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:::::: I didn't solicit the TFA selection, ask for the "fame". [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 16:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:::::::Some are [[Prince George of Cambridge|born famous]], some [[Susan Montgomery Williams|achieve fame]], and some [[Phineas Gage|have fame thrust into them]]. Burden's the same. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 17:23, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:::::::: What is this burden of fame that associates me with these people lol. I simply care about the quality of the article, at an opportunity of exposing knowledge of the topic to readers; for their sake and the topic's. As editors, contributors, admins, we should share the burden of doing the most to prevent disruption. Next time, if another of my FAs is chosen for this "burden," I hope to remember and have the foresight to ask earlier for page protection. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 17:37, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+:::::::::No, really, that's the wrong approach, for the reasons DL gave above. You just need to keep your eye on it for the day. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 21:20, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
+==Thank you...==
+... for [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know/Queue/1&diff=889482548&oldid=889239438 replacing that image] with a proper view of ground billiards. The original image was an odd fit! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 01:07, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
+== April 17: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] + April 4 and 5: [[meta:Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019|LaGuardia Community College Translatathon 2019]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|April 17, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday April 17 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  21:05, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
+ |-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Thursday April 4 and Friday April 5: [[meta:Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019|Translat-a-thon NYC 2019 @ LaGuardia Community College]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:LaGuardia_CC_E_jeh.jpg|right|200px]]
+'''[[meta:Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019|Translat-a-thon NYC 2019 @ LaGuardia Community College]]''' is hosting the second annual Wikipedia Translatathon! At this event on '''Thursday evening and during the day Friday this week''', anyone from the public is invited to LaGuardia to join students, professors, and CUNY faculty in translating Wikipedia articles among any languages which attendees understand. Themes for this event include public health and the history of New York City.
+New York City has a large immigrant population and great diversity of speakers of various languages. Among all schools in New York City, LaGuardia has the highest percentage of immigrant students, the highest percentage of students who speak a language other than English as their first language, and the greatest representation of language diversity. It is a strength of LaGuardia that it can present "Wikipedia translatathons", which are Wikipedia translation events.
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+== TFA ==
+Sorry, bad day, too grumpy to talk properly, said things I shouldn't (or at least in a way that I shouldn't), and for that I apologise. - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 20:25, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
+:No worries, [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]].
+:Apologies on my end for any confusion arising from my "no administrative role" note.  I would '''never''' make such a reference to gain an advantage in a disagreement.  My intent was just the opposite.
+:I routinely handle various image-related tasks for the main page.  Others often ask me to resolve issues or indicate that they'll defer to my decision, so I wanted to convey that I was simply commenting as a Wikipedian (and had neither selected the photograph nor assessed the disagreement as a neutral party), lest someone mistakenly assume that I'd addressed the matter in an administrative capacity and no further attention was needed.
+:Any Wikipedia administrator's use of the sysop bit to purposely attain his/her preferred outcome in a good-faith content dispute is an abuse of the trust placed in him/her by the community.  I strive to avoid even the ''appearance'' of such misconduct on my part.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:36, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
+::Hi David, I know you're a 'solid' admin, and the thing I am most sorry about was questioning that. I shouldn't have done - over stressed and a crap day in RL. I try to step away from WP when that happens, and should have done so here too, but didn't manage it this time around. Cheers - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 21:06, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
+== Image caption for lead image for Easter ==
+The scene depicted is one of the [[Post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus]], precisely to [[Mary Magdalene]] as written by [[John the Evangelist|John]]. I wonder why the nominator didn't write that. I - reviewer - complained that the scene is not mentioned in the hymn, the article topic. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 23:32, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: Did my tweaks mitigate the issue?  (When I saw the hook and the image in the queue, the connection struck me as somewhat vague.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 02:03, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
+:: I promised yesterday that it was my last word in the matter. (First words [[Template:Did you know nominations/Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!|here]].) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gerda_Arendt&oldid=893419217 Happy Easter]! (When that image on top gets deleted while I'm out singing please replace by the other one from the article.) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 06:12, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
+==[[:File:2001-01 Russell.jpg]]==
+Hi, would you be able to enlarge this image so we can see more of the church at thumbnail size? It's nice to see some of the graveyard, but not all of it. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:11, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
+:And one more: [[:File:Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.jpg]] – would it be possible to make more of a portrait out of this, perhaps just retaining the face, body, and the hand holding the candle? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 19:05, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
+::[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: The cropped versions are linked below.
+::*[[:File:2001-01 Russell (cropped).jpg]]
+::*[[:File:Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein (cropped).jpg]]
+::—[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 14:08, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
+:::Fantastic! Thank you! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 14:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
+== [[Template:Did you know nominations/Adriaan de Bruin]] ==
+Hi David--Gerda pinged you from that DYK nom. Apparently you're the expert! Do you think there's anything you can do with that picture, File:Adriaan van Bredehoff en Tabo Jansz.jpg? It'll be weird to see just the one person, the one off-center, and I'm curious. Thanks! [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 22:15, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
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+==[[:File:Bow Bridge in Central Park NYC 1 - August 2009 HDR.jpg]]==
+Hi, this image looks totally unlike the one that I promoted. I think the photographer was deliberately trying to make it look like a painting. I'm afraid to say that whatever you did to it stripped it of all its beauty. Is it possible to restore it just for [[List of arches and bridges in Central Park|the article]]? [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
+:{{tq|I think the photographer was deliberately trying to make it look like a painting.}}
+:Quoth the photographer: "3 exposure HDR but I tried not to make it too obvious."  But it ''was'' obvious.  ''Extremely'' obvious.  So obvious that my immediate reaction was "Holy heck, what's going on with this HDR?".
+:{{tq|I'm afraid to say that whatever you did to it stripped it of all its beauty.}}
+:I eliminated some fairly absurd artifacts and adjusted the levels to shift the colors in the direction of those that exist in real life.  I'm sorry that you find the result less aesthetically pleasing.
+:{{tq|Is it possible to restore it just for [[List of arches and bridges in Central Park|the article]]?}}
+:That's exactly the sort of context in which a wildly inaccurate visual depiction does '''not''' belong.  A strikingly embellished photo might be suitable for use in an article about image editing techniques or art styles, but its inclusion is jarring and misleading when the intent is to illustrate the subject's actual appearance.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:37, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
+::Thanks for the explanations. You know much more about photos and image settings than me, so I'll abide by your decision. Best, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 14:05, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
+==Prep 5==
+Hi, the license on [[:File:Musicians at Pin@yPalooza.jpg|the lead image]] is CC by 2.0, but there's a copyright line on the image itself. Is this a problem? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 14:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I see that it's been cropped out, which is fine.  Any issue was purely cosmetic, as releasing a work under a free license doesn't require relinquishment of the copyright.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
+::Great, thanks. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 09:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
+== May 22: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|May 22, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+Featuring this month a presentation by [[Interference Archive]] guests, and a group discussion on the role of activist archives and building wiki content based on ephemeral publications and oral histories.
+To close off the night, we'll also have [[m:Wikidojo|Wikidojo]] - a group collaborative writing activity / vaudeville!
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday May 22 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  17:09, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
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+== ITN image ==
+Hi David, there’s a caching error somewhere that’s making your longer crop of Ping stretch the original image? [[User:Stephen|Step]][[User talk:Stephen|hen]] 06:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
+:Purging the enwiki cache seems to have fixed it. [[User:Stephen|Step]][[User talk:Stephen|hen]] 08:17, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
+::[[User:Stephen|Stephen]]: Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  Some sort of unusual server issue (causing different users to see different things) must have occurred.  (I routinely purge the cache after making any sort of change.)  After you posted the above follow-up message, someone else still saw the distortion and performed a reversion at the Wikimedia Commons.  This caused the problem to return for ''others'', prompting a sizing reversion at the ITN template.
+::To eliminate any possibility of continuing this cycle, I've uploaded the new crop as a separate file.  Thanks again, and my apologies for setting off this chain of events.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 12:37, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
+==[[:File:Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun.jpg]]==
+Hi, could I trouble you to create a portrait out of this full-length picture? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 20:47, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I've cropped the image and updated it as [[:File:Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun (cropped).jpg]].  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 00:30, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
+::Thank you so much! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 09:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
+== Copyright check for British passport image ==
+Hi David, there was a question raised on my [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/British National (Overseas)|TFA request for the British National (Overseas)]] article about the copyright on [[:File:British Passport cover 2010 (non-EU).jpg|this British passport image]]. [[User:Dank|Dank]] pointed me in your direction for your knowledge on this, so I was hoping for some guidance on if that copyright is correct, if we can use this image there, or we should find some other image. Thanks, [[User:Horserice|Horserice]] ([[User talk:Horserice|talk]]) 02:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
+:Conversation was at [[WT:Featured article candidates/British National (Overseas)/archive1]]. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 03:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
+==[[:File:Keith-Richards-1965.jpg]]==
+Hi, this image about to go live in the DYK set (Queue 5) looks badly cropped. The head is centered rather than closer to the top. Would you be able to re-crop this? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:46, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
+: Krikey, he's frightful enough already without being magnified. Please think of the children. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 19:41, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
+::Egad, what have I done?!  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I've cropped the image.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
+::Much better! Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
+== Maddie Channel (France) ==
+{{Infobox television channel
+| name         = Maddie Channel
+| logo         = Maddie Channel logo 2015.jpg
+| logo_size    = 250px
+| launch_date  = August 1, 1998
+| closed_date  = December 31, 2015
+| country      = France
+| language     = Français
+| former_names = The Maddie Channel Network (1998-2001)<br>Maddie World Channel (2001-2008)<br>Maddie World (2008-2015)
+| website      = http://www.maddiechannel.co.fr/
+}}
+== TFA blurb caption==
+Hi David, I hope all is well. Looking at today's blurb, I was wondering why the image has a caption and we have "(pictured)" in the text? I don't look at the front page every day, but don't remember seeing captions before. Is this a new thing, or have I just not noticed it before? Cheers – [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 20:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]]: It's a longstanding practice, applied only in a minority of cases (generally, those in which the image's subject is merely related to the article's subject and mentioned in the blurb, ''not'' those in which it matches the article's subject exactly or doesn't fit well in the summary).  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:40, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
+::Thanks for that: I must be more unobervant than I thought I was! Cheers - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 05:41, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
+==Help with cropping image==
+Hi, I just uploaded [[:File:Rodney Robinson, 2019 Virginia Teacher of the Year.jpg|this image]] and wonder if you could make a portrait crop of the center person for the infobox in his article, [[Rodney Robinson]]? Thank you so much, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:28, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
+:Hi, if you're not able to do this, please let me know and I'll ask someone else. The article is scheduled to go on the main page in two days. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 20:17, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
+::[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: Apologies for the delay.  I've cropped the photograph and added it to the article.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:40, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
+:::That's great! Thank you so much! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:55, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
+== June 19: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] (stay tuned for Pride on weekend!) ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|June 19, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday June 19 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  05:37, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
+ |-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Stay tuned for details om next event!<br>Sunday Jun 23: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2019|Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
+|-
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+==Prep 6==
+Hi, is there anything you can do to lighten up the lead image: [[:File:Nikolai Yegipko on Board HMS King George V, November 1942 TR314 (cropped).jpg]]? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
+== Sunday June 23: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2019|Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|June 23, 12:30pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2019|Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:The_MET.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2019|Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]''' on the Upper East Side. Togethe, we'll create new and expand existing Wikipedia articles on LGBT artists and artworks with LGBT themes in the Met collection!
+With refreshments, and a special museum tour in the afternoon!
+And there will be a [[c:Category:Wikipedia cakes|wiki-cake]]!
+Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
+See also the '''[[c:Commons:Wiki Loves Pride 2019|global Wiki Loves Pride photo contest]]''', as well as the Met's online '''[[m:Wiki Loves Pride/2019/Art|LGBT Art Writing Contest]]''', and also the '''[[m:Wiki Loves Pride/2019/Health|LGBT Health Writing Contest]]'''.
+*Sunday June 23 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2019|Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this is just south of the main entrance)''
+This is the fifth annual Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon supported by Wikimedia NYC! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  16:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
+ |-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Stay tuned for details on next event!<br>Sunday July 14: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019|Great American Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island]]
+|-
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+==Image licensing==
+Hi, I just created [[A Shakespearean Baseball Game]] and wonder if the image of the comedians performing it in 1958 in [https://bill37mccurdy.com/2018/10/11/maxwell-kates-wayne-shuster-baseball/ this source (6th image from top)] qualifies as fair use? Thank you, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
+== Sunday July 14: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019|Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|July 14, 2-7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019|Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wiknic_logo.svg|right|100px]]
+[[File:Wiknic 2017 nyc jeh.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:20170721 Gotham Shield NYC Aerials-221 medium.jpg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join us at the "picnic anyone can edit" in the lovely Southpoint Park on [[Roosevelt Island]], as part of the [[Wikipedia:Wiknic|Great American Wiknic]] celebrations being held across the USA.  Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means [[potluck]].
+This year the Wiknic will double as a "Strategy Salon" ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019#Discussion|more information at Wiknic page]]), using open space technology to address major questions facing our social movement.
+*Sunday July 14 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019|Annual NYC Wik-Picnic]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2019#Sign up|RSVP]])''' ([https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ also on meetup.com])
+::''2–7pm - come by any time!''
+::Our picnicking area is at Southpoint Park, south of the tram and subway, and also just south of the Cornell Tech campus.
+::'''Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!'''
+Celebrate our 13th year of wiki-picnics! We hope to see you there! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  21:36, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
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+==Image==
+Hello, I wondered if you could improve the image of the Great Mosque of Algiers, now in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know/Preparation_area_4 Prep 4], by making the minaret vertical, and perhaps cropping the image suitably. [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 08:22, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
+== Potential July image issues at TFA ==
+*Thoughts on these?
+*[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 22, 2019]]: I think the map, or a map, would be appreciated by a lot of readers, but I'm not attached to it if you want to yank it.
+*[[Ralph Neville]], July 26: The image is the high altar in Chichester Cathedral. He was the Bishop of Chichester, and is interred behind the altar.
+*[[Henry W. Sawyer]], July 31: Image is the US Supreme Court. Everything that made him notable was connected to that building. The TFAR included the image. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 02:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
+::[[User:Dank|Dan]]: I created a thumbnail-optimized map file for today's section.  I'll take a look at the others shortly.  Thanks!  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 00:09, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
+:::Outstanding! - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 00:15, 22 July 2019 (UTC) (i.e.: That's the kind of map I was looking for but couldn't find.) - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 01:22, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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+== Johann Münzberg ==
+I translated an article, [[Johann Münzberg]], and the Marschner ref has an image. Is it possible to get that historic image to the Commons, and if yes, how? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:42, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
+== President ==
+Heinrich Lübke was [[President of Germany]]. [[President of Germany|President of West Germany]] is only a redirect, for good reason. Please change back. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:04, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
+: [[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: Heinrich Lübke was the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.  At that time, the country was commonly known as West Germany (because the German Democratic Republic, or [[East Germany]], existed simultaneously).
+: [[President of Germany|President of West Germany]] is a redirect (which I bypassed via piping) that term became inapplicable upon the German reunification.
+: I don't doubt that you're aware of this (and don't mean to imply otherwise), so I'm confused regarding the nature of your objection.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:17, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
+:: He was Bundespräsident, or - as you correctly say - President of the Federal Republic of Germany, and I while I accept - with gnawing teeth - to say West Germany in colloquial language, I think that it's not appropriate for the highest position in the country. Germany is enough. The image alone tells that it's not East Germany ;) - Going to bed. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:28, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
+:::[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: I'm unsure of what you mean regarding the image.  Specificity is necessary to avoid confusion with the German Democratic Republic (which also had a president).  The distinction is less obvious to many readers (particularly those not from Germany) than it might be to you.
+:::I've duplicated the wording/formatting used in the [[Heinrich Lübke]] article, wherein "West Germany" appears only parenthetically (and the country is otherwise referred to as "Federal Republic of Germany" or "FR Germany").  I hope that this addresses your concern.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:43, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
+:::: It doesn't but I give up. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 05:42, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+:::::[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: To be clear, my above reply predates an additional revision on your part, in which all visible mentions of "West Germany" were removed.  I didn't undo that change; my only subsequent edit was to expand one instance of "Germany" to "Federal Republic of Germany" (to avoid confusion with the German Democratic Republic).
+:::::Does ''that'' address your concern?  If not, I'd prefer to continue pursuing a solution that does.  My goal is ''not'' to tire you into submission.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 05:59, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
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+:::::: It addresses some, I'm just waking up, so didn't even look at the article, just the Main page, which says "West Germany". We have an article [[President of East Germany]], but not same of West Germany. Her passport doesn't say West Germany. It's her article, and in a way doesn't even matter. I show her on my talk page - with just President ;) - Thanks for all your image cropping! Could you show just a little bit more bridge [[Johann Münzberg|here]], or get his portrait over (see above)? First thanks in August ;) --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 06:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+:::::::{{tq|It addresses some, I'm just waking up, so didn't even look at the article, just the Main page, which says "West Germany".}}
+:::::::[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: In the DYK section (in which short-form prose appears outside of each subject's full context), it would be highly unusual and unhelpful to refer to the country (as it existed during the time of Lübke's presidency) as anything other than "West Germany".  A reunified Germany did not yet exist, and "Federal Republic of Germany" is not sufficiently familiar to most readers to adequately convey the relevant distinction.
+:::::::{{tq|We have an article [[President of East Germany]], but not same of West Germany.}}
+:::::::This is because the latter's government survived as that of the reunified Germany.
+:::::::{{tq|Her passport doesn't say West Germany.}}
+:::::::[[:File:British Passport cover 2010 (non-EU).jpg|British passports]] are labeled "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".  We use [[United Kingdom]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] as article titles (and refer to the country as the United Kingdom in a vast majority of cases) because Wikipedia generally favors [[WP:COMMONNAME|a commonly recognizable name]] over [[WP:OFFICIALNAME|an official one]] (if the two conflict).
+:::::::This also is why we have a [[West Germany]] article (and a [[President of East Germany]] article, as you noted).
+:::::::{{tq|It's her article, and in a way doesn't even matter.}}
+:::::::Clarity always matters, irrespective of a particular detail's connection to the subject (provided that it warrants inclusion in the article).
+:::::::{{tq|Thanks for all your image cropping!}}
+:::::::You're quite welcome.  In this instance, I also enhanced [[:File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F009754-0005, Petersberg, Staatsempfang für König von Thailand.jpg|the parent file]].  Previous edits resulted in severe degradation, so I used the original upload as my source.
+:::::::{{tq|Could you show just a little bit more bridge [[Johann Münzberg|here]], or get his portrait over (see above)?}}
+:::::::My apologies for overlooking that message.  I'll investigate the image situation tonight.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 16:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+:::::::: Thank you, very thoughtful. - I created the article as a response to red links for people with a birthday in May, DYK? I'll be more careful next time, and not pick one who is the wife of a president. As if this wasn't enough, we have a discussion for tomorrow's opera to add not only East German to West German ("West German" by me, imagine! - I can take it as an adjective), but Spanish also. Sigh. "The only real nation is humanity." --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 16:28, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+== [[WP:Today's featured article/August 28, 2019]] ==
+:[[File:Dc-9jat364.jpg|160px|border|right]]
+I didn't get any response at WT:TFA ... thoughts? Is this image, or any image, acceptable? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:03, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: Of the images available, [[:File:Dc-9jat364.jpg|this graphical rendering]] of the aircraft involved seems the most appropriate.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
+::Very nice, thx. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 22:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
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+==[[:File:Clyde Foster.jpg]]==
+Hi, just a heads-up that this image is in Prep 3. The current crop is good for the article, but could you enlarge the person as you usually do for lead hooks? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
+: (watching:) but not too much, please, for the contrast. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
+::Thank you! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 17:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
+== ''(depicted)'' vs ''(depiction shown)'' ==
+I am not understanding why we use the verbose phrase "depiction shown" when "depicted" will do just fine. Word economy is very important on the Main Page and having two words instead of one also makes the blurb more difficult to read without significant interruption. I make sure to credit the author of the image when ever possible. Can you help me understand what is wrong with just saying "depicted"? ---&nbsp;[[User talk:Coffeeandcrumbs|<span style="color:#CC2200">Coffee</span>]]<nowiki/>and[[Special:Contributions/Coffeeandcrumbs|<span style="color:#663366">crumbs</span>]] 18:41, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Coffeeandcrumbs|Coffeeandcrumbs]]: Unlike "pictured", "depicted" doesn't specifically convey the inclusion of an image.  (A concept can be depicted in other forms, such as words.)
+:In this case, the event ''is'' depicted via the image, but that isn't the intended statement; we want to inform readers that an image depicting the event is displayed.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 19:26, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
+== [[WT:TFA#September images]] ==
+Thoughts are welcome. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 00:08, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
+== Upload poster ==
+Hello, friend! Can you upload a poster for a ''[[Scorpion (2018 film)|Scorpion]]'' movie? Source &ndash; [https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9346816/ IMDb]. [[User:Malikxan|<font color="green">Malikxan</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Malikxan|talk]]</span></small></sup></b> 16:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
+== RD images ==
+Hi David, and apologies for not replying sooner to your comment. I recall the issue of RD images coming up before at Errors, and there being a consensus that we should not bring in RD images even when the previous image was quite stale. Certainly the wording of the project page [[Wikipedia:In_the_news#Pictures]] says that {{xt|the picture must be of a person or event mentioned in a blurb}}. I think that unless this clause is changed by consensus, we should avoid using RD entries as the image. The wildfire image isn't perfect, but it provides a reasonable illustration of the story at the top of the list, and is more useful to readers than a guy who's recently died. Cheers &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]] ([[User talk:Amakuru|talk]]) 12:28, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]]: Thanks for getting back to me.
+:There's no question that ITN's image usually pertains to someone or something mentioned in a blurb – a practice with which I agree.
+:However, non-ideal circumstances force us to temporarily adjust our pursuits from "best" to "least bad", and that occasionally entails deviating slightly from what's written.  (I'm referring to Wikipedia in general, not ITN in particular.)
+:My personal preference might be to simply display no image at all, but this has proven unpopular.  We presumably agree that a six-year-old photograph of an aircraft that crash-landed ten days ago with no fatalities is suboptimal.  We also agree that illustrating an ongoing disaster is more useful to readers than displaying an image of a recently deceased person.
+:[[File:Amazon fire satellite image.png|right|143px]] The primary area of disagreement pertains to what constitutes a reasonable illustration.  On my end, this thumbnail genuinely is difficult to distinguish from a solid black rectangle at first glance.  I have normal visual acuity, but only by leaning in and centering it in my field of vision am I able to discern a faint representation of the subject described.  This unquestionably falls short of the underlying goals outlined at [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility]], a guideline for which the importance of adherence exceeds that of the ITN project page.
+:By cropping the image; reducing the dimensions to 300×300px (the exact display size on high-pixel-density screens); adjusting the levels for increased contrast; and converting the file format from PNG to JPEG, I managed to improve the result, but it remains far from ideal.
+:Incidentally, I noticed that you experienced a bit of difficulty with the thumbnail's sizing.  Note that "x150" sets the width to whatever corresponds to a 150px ''height''.  For a 150px width, the "x" should be removed or the number should be changed to the corresponding height.  (The height-based formatting is useful for preventing a tightly fit caption from wrapping.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 18:34, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
+== August 28: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] (+editathons before and after) ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|August 28, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+Featuring this month a review of the recent [[wikimania:2019:Main Page|Wikimania 2019]] conference in Sweden!
+We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming [[edit-a-thon]]s, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
+*Wednesday August 28 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  17:57, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Edit-a-thons at [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Resistance Radio Edit-a-thon|Interference Archive]] and [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|The Met]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+Also check out these editing events, before and after our WikiWednesday Salon:
+*Tuesday August 27: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Resistance Radio Edit-a-thon|Resistance Radio Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive]]''', 5:00 - 9:00pm
+*Saturday September 7: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]''', 12:30 - 4:30pm
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+== Crop ==
+I added a new lead image to [[St. Martin, Idstein]]. Can you please make me a crop focused on those who performed, or is it taken from too far away? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 15:05, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: I've created [[:File:Monteverdi Marienvesper St. Martin, Idstein (cropped).jpg|an enhanced crop]] at the 5:2 aspect ratio.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:42, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
+:: That's lovely, thank you! I can use it the same article, in the concerts section. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 21:45, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
+== Saturday Sept 7: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Sept 7, 12:30pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:The_MET.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]''' on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fashion]] topics for basic clothing types that can be illustrated by the Met collection, and also past Costume Institute exhibitions!
+It's the last weekend for ''[[Camp: Notes on Fashion]]'', and we will have an intro talk to the exhibit by a guest from the Costume Institute, and participants will then be able to visit it on their own. Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm.
+With refreshments, and there will be a [[c:Category:Wikipedia cakes|wiki-cake]]!
+Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
+*Saturday Sept 7 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion|Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this is just south of the main entrance)''
+::''Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm, and some wiki-visitors may wish to take this opportunity to see [[Camp: Notes on Fashion]] together after the formal event.''
+Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  19:37, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
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+== An October TFA blurb ==
+For [[Michael Hordern]], see the blurb in [[User:Dank/Sandbox/3]]. Is there some crop of that image from Playbill that would work for you? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 04:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: The main issues relate to the image's resolution and overall quality.  I'm going to investigate the copyright status of [http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=4064411&t=w a standalone copy of the photograph], which I found on the New York Public Library's website.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 20:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
+::Excellent, thanks. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:19, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
+:::I forgot to follow up here.  Having found no strong evidence pointing in either direction, I was unable to verify the photograph's copyright status.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
+Another question: [[William de Corbeil]] will appear on the 12th. Suggestions for an image? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 20:50, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
+:Apologies for overlooking this inquiry.  I agree with Jim's selection of a Rochester Castle photograph, which is sufficiently relevant and more suitable than anything else that I've seen.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
+The Oct 30 image is grainy ... not an issue for me, but I thought you might want to know. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 17:25, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
+:Thanks!  I should be able to smooth out the halftone pattern to a fair extent.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
+:<small>Also, [[User:Dank|ping]].  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:12, 8 October 2019 (UTC)</small>
+==[[:File:Ignacio Garriga Vaz de Concicao.jpg]]==
+Hi, I have this image in Prep 4 and it looks dark to me. Is there any way to improve it? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 13:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I'll work on that when I'm back at my computer.  (I'm currently visiting relatives.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 20:19, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
+::I've just added [[:File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21166.jpg]] to Prep 4; we need a close-up crop of the ship. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 12:09, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
+== Unblock me ==
+Request me to open the block from the commons.Forgive mistakes like this, open the block and give development opportunities I promise not to break the rules later.Skh sourav halder 11:51, 22 September 2019 (UTC)  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Skh sourav halder|Skh sourav halder]] ([[User talk:Skh sourav halder#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Skh sourav halder|contribs]]) </small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== Sept 25: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|September 25, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+*Wednesday September 25 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September 2019#Sign up|optional RSVP on-wiki]])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>
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+== Duplicate parms in Selected anniversaries/October 1 ==
+Hi David. [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 1]] has duplicate "width" parms in a call to [[Template:Main page image]], which is causing havoc on [[:Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls]].  [[User:Davemck|Davemck]] ([[User talk:Davemck|talk]]) 15:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
+: also reported in [[Talk:Main_Page#Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/October_1|this thread]]. [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]] ([[User talk:Frietjes|talk]]) 15:34, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
+:::[[User:Davemck|Davemck]] and [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]]: I accidentally left the old width parameter when inserting the link parameter (and failed to notice this when appending the new width parameter at the end).  My sincere apologies for the trouble that this oversight caused.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 15:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
+== [[Digital media use and mental health]] ==
+[[:File:ICD-11 Beta browser icon.png]] ... is that really copyrightable? I need an image for the blurb for [[Digital media use and mental health]]. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 03:02, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
+:The nom has just added this to TFAR with [[:File:Boysmartphone.jpg]] ... works for me. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 16:17, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
+::[[User:Dank|Dan]]: I agree that the photograph is suitable for use alongside the blurb.
+::To answer your original question, that logo seems too simplistic to qualify for copyright protection.  (It might be trademarked, but that isn't an issue in this context.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 18:53, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
+:::Agreed. Thanks. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 18:56, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
+== [[Operation Catechism]] ==
+Do you prefer [[:File:The Wreck of the Tirpitz, June 1945 by Stephen Bone IWM IWM LD 5441.jpg]] or [[:File:Willie Tait and an RAAF officer standing on the wreck of Tirpitz in 1945.jpg]] for this one? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 16:18, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: [[:File:The Wreck of the Tirpitz, June 1945 by Stephen Bone IWM IWM LD 5441.jpg]] seems ideal, particularly given its clarity at thumbnail size.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
+::Thanks. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 21:53, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
+== Oct 23: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|October 23rd, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+*Wednesday October 23 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2019#Sign up|optional RSVP on-wiki]])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles)''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  05:32, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
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+== Crop? ==
+{{User QAIbox
+| title = [[User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2019#Stabat Mater|October]]
+| image = Apfelbaum und Pappeln, Ehrenbach.jpg
+| image_upright = 0.8
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+Thank you for image work in October, - the cabal is grateful! - In [[:File:Chorkonzert 2019, vor dem Konzert.jpg|this image]], we don't need so many chairs at the bottom, not the coat on the right, nor so much railing on the left left, but the cross. Can you work the magic? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 17:52, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: Is [[:File:Chorkonzert 2019, vor dem Konzert (wide crop).jpg|this]] what you had in mind?  (I also adjusted the coloration.)  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:58, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
+:: YES! Thank you, will take that to my talk right away, more tomorrow. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:21, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
+:: Today, I am proud of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gerda_Arendt&oldid=924383234 great woman on the Main page], [[Márta Kurtág]], finally! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 16:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
+==Nowrap==
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors&diff=925114886&oldid=925113369] Yes, I can see the complete caption now. Thank you. [[User:Art LaPella|Art LaPella]] ([[User talk:Art LaPella|talk]]) 03:50, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
+== [[St. Croix macaw]] ==
+This will probably be promoted soon. Thoughts on an image? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 00:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Dank|Dan]]: That's a tough one, given the scarcity of knowledge about the bird's appearance.
+:We could use [[:File:Ara autocthones holotype tibiotarsus.jpg|the infobox image]] or a variation of [[:File:Saint-Croix-Macaw-Distribution.png|the map image]] (with either accompanied by a caption explaining its relevance).  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 22:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
+::Agreed, thanks. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 23:11, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
+== Saturday Nov 16: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAsianMonth 2019|Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Saturday November 16, 12:30 pm - 4:30pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAsianMonth 2019|Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Metropolitan Museum of Art entrance NYC.JPG|right|200px]]
+[[File:Damascus Room MET DP240367.jpg|right|200px]]
+The '''Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met''' will be hosted at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] on '''Saturday November 16, 2019''' in the Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance) at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City.
+The museum is excited to work with [[meta:Wikipedia Asian Month 2019|Wikipedia Asian Month]] for the potential to seed new articles about Asian artworks, artwork types, and art traditions, from any part of [[Asia]]. These can be illustrated with thousands of its recently-released images of public domain artworks available for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse Asian collections onsite and remotely. Asia Art Archive will host a sister event in Hong Kong next week.
+*Saturday November 16 ''' [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAsianMonth 2019|Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAsianMonth 2019#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''12:30 pm - 4:30 pm in Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Uris Center for Education''
+:::''81st Street entrance, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], 1000 Fifth Avenue''
+<big>'''And there will be sandwiches and Wiki-Cake!'''</big>
+Thanks, and hope to see you there! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  16:45, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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+== Nov 20: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
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+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|November 20, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]]
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+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+*Wednesday November 20 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November 2019#Sign up|optional RSVP on-wiki]])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  16:15, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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+==Queue 6==
+Hi, could you please do something about this [[:File:Fotothek df pk 0000172 a 003 Porträt, Ernst (cropped).jpg|image crop]] before it goes live? It really should be a rectangular portrait shot rather than square. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 12:24, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I enhanced the source image and redid the cropping.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 21:43, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
+::Thank you! {{u|Gerda Arendt|Gerda}}, I think it looks strange to you because it's not a high-quality image and is a little washed out. But this is how we run person images all the time. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 23:22, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
+The pic in Q6 looks strange to me. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:55, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda]]: In what respect?  If it appears stretched, you probably need to [[Wikipedia:Bypass your cache|bypass your cache]].  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 23:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
+== Dec 18: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|December 18, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2019|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+*Wednesday December 18 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2019|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2019#Sign up|optional RSVP on-wiki]])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  02:48, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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+==DYK==
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know&diff=931611981&oldid=931608714 Lame!] If I had been given twenty seconds' notice I could have reworded some part of the article to match. Or there could have been a delay and a discussion, rather than this last second pulling of the rug. <span style="background:#ff0000;font-family:Times New Roman;">[[User:Mr.choppers|<span style="color:#FDEE00;">'''&nbsp;Mr.choppers&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;'''</span>]][[User talk:Mr.choppers|<span style="color:#FDEE00;">✎&nbsp;</span>]]</span> 01:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
+:[[User:Mr.choppers|Mr.choppers]]: I noticed the issue shortly after the DYK set reached the main page.  At that point, rewording a hook usually is less disruptive and controversial than pulling it outright, especially when it's in the image slot.
+:Your comment that "it's a most peculiar vehicle" inspired me to focus on its unusual design, which strikes me as more interesting than the fact that its manufacturer was one of numerous companies in the industry to wind down its operations.  It also goes well with your photograph, which serves to illustrate the aforementioned design.
+:Please note that the wording can be changed again, but it must be factual and encyclopedic in tone.  "Last gasp" is idiomatic, so it shouldn't appear in the article or on the main page unless it's a direct quotation attributable to a reliable source.  Having checked the article and multiple talk pages (including the nomination page), I was unable to trace the statement to anything other than {{diff|Template:Did you know/Preparation area 5|930363775||this edit}} by [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]].  If it ''is'' attributable to a reliable source, it can easily be added to the article and restored to the hook in the form of a direct quotation.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 03:23, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
+::Idioms can't be used? I never thought DYK was anything but a chatty, friendly kind of feature - one of the few places in WP where I would use them deliberately. The reason it is interesting is that Stutz was a mnaufacturer of luxurious supercars, so the boxy Pak-Age-Car was a strange final chapter for them. As far as replacing the horse, the company used the slogan "Old Dobbins' Last Stand." "Dobbins" is pretty [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dobbin obscure old slang], maybe that ought to have been worked into the hook. Anyhow, thanks for the quick response. <span style="background:#ff0000;font-family:Times New Roman;">[[User:Mr.choppers|<span style="color:#FDEE00;">'''&nbsp;Mr.choppers&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;'''</span>]][[User talk:Mr.choppers|<span style="color:#FDEE00;">✎&nbsp;</span>]]</span> 04:22, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
+:::{{tq|Idioms can't be used?}}
+:::[[User:Mr.choppers|Mr.choppers]]: Idioms may be used, but not in Wikipedia's voice.  Their inclusion can be appropriate if we're quoting someone else (e.g., a magazine writer who referred to the Pak-Age-Car as "Stutz's last gasp").
+:::{{tq|The reason it is interesting is that Stutz was a mnaufacturer of luxurious supercars, so the boxy Pak-Age-Car was a strange final chapter for them.}}
+:::That ''is'' interesting, but it relies on familiarity with Stutz.  I assume that the brand is well known among motor vehicle enthusiasts (as it [[Stutz Motor Company|appears]] to have several noteworthy historical distinctions), but I'd never heard of either incarnation before tonight.  I'm not sure that it would be feasible to incorporate sufficient information into a single hook.
+:::{{tq|Anyhow, thanks for the quick response.}}
+:::Likewise.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 06:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
+== Io Saturnalia! ==
+{| style="border:2px ; background-color: #90ee90;"
+|rowspan="2" valign="right" | [[File:John Reinhard Weguelin–The Roman Saturnalia (1884).jpg |250px]]
+|rowspan="2" |
+|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 2; vertical-align: left; height: 1.1em;" | '''Io, [[Saturnalia]]!'''
+|-
+|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. [[User:Ealdgyth|Ealdgyth]] - [[User talk:Ealdgyth|Talk]] 16:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
+|}
+==Happy Adminship Anniversary!==
+<div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color:#E6E6FA; border: 1px solid #7D00B3; margin: 0.5em auto; padding: 0.5em; width:90%; text-align: center">[[File:Icon tools.svg|50px|left]]<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:125%; padding-bottom: 1em;">Happy Adminship Anniversary!</span>[[File:Nuvola apps date.svg|50px|right]]
+Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!
+Best wishes, [[User:CAPTAIN RAJU|<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">'''CAPTAIN RAJU'''</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:CAPTAIN RAJU|(T)]]</sup> 04:46, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
+</div>
+==Prep 1 image==
+Hi, is there any way to lighten [[:File:Saida Muna Tasneem - 2019 (48007685142) (cropped).jpg|this image]]? It doesn't show up well at thumbnail size. If not, I'll move it out of the image slot. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 14:12, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
+:Never mind, I moved it to another prep without the image. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 23:33, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
+== File:Australian team in Heat 2-S. Morgan (TFA).jpg listed for discussion ==
+[[File:Information.svg|30px|left]] A file that you uploaded or altered, [[:File:Australian team in Heat 2-S. Morgan (TFA).jpg]], has been listed at [[Wikipedia:Files for discussion]]. Please see the [[Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 January 9#File:Australian team in Heat 2-S. Morgan (TFA).jpg|'''discussion''']] to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. <!-- Template:Fdw --> ---&nbsp;[[User talk:Coffeeandcrumbs|<span style="color:blue">C</span>]]&amp;[[Special:Contributions/Coffeeandcrumbs|<span style="color:#663366">C</span>]]&nbsp;([[User:Coffeeandcrumbs|Coffeeandcrumbs]]) 02:29, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
+== Jan 22: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2020|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|January 22, 7pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2020|WikiWednesday Salon NYC]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening [[salon (gathering)|salon]] (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
+*Wednesday January 22 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2020|WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2020#Sign up|optional RSVP on-wiki]])'''.
+::''7:00pm - 9:00 pm at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]] (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan''
+We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  20:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
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+== Saturday Jan 25: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica|Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ==
+{|style="background:#d5dceb; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;border-radius: 8px;"
+|-
+!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Jan 25, 12:30pm: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica|Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
+|-
+| style="padding-left: .6em;" |
+[[File:The_MET.jpg|right|200px]]
+[[File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|right|200px]]
+You are invited to join the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia NYC]] community for the '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica|Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]]''' on the Upper East Side.
+Together, we'll expand Wikipedia articles on American history and art, and the understanding that all communities bring to American culture, as reflected in the Met collection up until ca. 1900.
+With refreshments, and there will be a [[c:Category:Wikipedia cakes|wiki-cake]]!
+Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
+*Saturday Jan 25 '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica|Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAmerica#Sign up|RSVP on-wiki]] or [http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ at meetup.com])'''.
+::''12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan''
+::''(note this is just south of the main entrance)''
+::''Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm, and some wiki-visitors may wish to take this opportunity to see exhibits together after the formal event.''
+Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About|Wikimedia New York City Team]]  21:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
+|}
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+== [[WP:Today's featured article/February 28, 2020]] ==
+Three thoughts: [[:File:Orel T34 by Moskovskaya Street 1943.2.jpg]] to depict [[Operation Kutuzov]], or [[:File:Soviet Guards Order.png]] or [[:File:3^GTA 1945.jpg]] to represent the [[3rd Guards Tank Army]]. Otherwise, I think February is good to go. - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 04:45, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
+:Do you like any of those? - Dank ([[User talk:Dank|push to talk]]) 00:56, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
+::[[User:Dank|Dan]]: [[:File:Soviet Guards Order.png]] seems like the best option, as it would be the clearest and most discernible as a small thumbnail.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 01:04, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
+==[[Template:Did you know/Preparation area 4|Prep 4]]==
+Hi, would you be able to do a close crop of the flowers with stigmas in [[:File:Acer diabolicum 9.JPG|this image]] for the lead hook? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 13:03, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
+:[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I created two cropped versions.  I recommend using [[:File:Acer diabolicum 9 (tight crop).jpg|Acer diabolicum 9 (tight crop).jpg]], which is much clearer at thumbnail size.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 01:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
+<gallery mode="nolines" widths=180px heights=120px>
+File:Acer diabolicum 9 (cropped).jpg|[[:File:Acer diabolicum 9 (cropped).jpg|Acer diabolicum 9 {{nowrap|(cropped).jpg}}]]
+File:Acer diabolicum 9 (tight crop).jpg|[[:File:Acer diabolicum 9 (tight crop).jpg|Acer diabolicum 9 {{nowrap|(tight crop).jpg}}]]
+File:Acer diabolicum 9 (medium crop).jpg|[[:File:Acer diabolicum 9 (medium crop).jpg|Acer diabolicum 9 {{nowrap|(medium crop).jpg}}]]
+</gallery>
+*I find it amusing that a flower named ''diabolicum'' has stigmata. [[User:EEng#s|<b style="color: red;">E</b>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b>]] 05:58, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
+:Thank you very much! I agree that the closeup might be clearer, but having a lot of flowers together shows the shape of the stigmas more clearly. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 12:56, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
+::[[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]]: I've added an additional option that includes most of the flowers.  —[[User:David Levy|David Levy]] 13:58, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
+:::That's nicer! Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 14:43, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

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