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March thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in March! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda for the kind words. And a reciprocal thank you for doing all you do for WP! Netherzone (talk) 01:29, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Today: an opera, 100 years old OTD, on Bach's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Two RD stories to say bye to March --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 March 2025

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Women in Red April 2025

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Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336


Online events:

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

Tip of the month:

  • When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
    Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
    it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

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This Month in GLAM: March 2025

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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add info for Karla Knight

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Hi Netherzone, I couldn't figure out how to email you - hope its ok to leave this message here! Can you possibly add something to my page? Thanks of you can! As follows:

In the 2025-2026 season, Knight will be included in Site Santa Fe 12th International, titled Once Within a Time and curated by Cecilia Alemani. Carpenter6 (talk) 15:44, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Karla, I'm sorry I am unable to do that because there are two issues at play here. Adding something that has not yet occurred could be construed as both promotional/self-promotional, and WP:CRYSTALBALL, the latter meaning that future events are very seldom added to an article because there's always the possibility that an event (or participation in this case) might not manifest in the future; for example if an institution lost funding, the show was cancelled or a curator changed jobs. Secondly, we don't add content without a verifiable independent reliable source. Word of mouth is not enough. I'd suggest to be patient, wait until the show actually occurs and if your work is mentioned in-depth in a review in a reliable source, then it might be relevant to add + the citation. Please consider adding this content to your own personal website or social media which are more appropriate venues to promote these types of things rather than the encyclopedia. Courtesy ping @Carpenter6. Best regards, Netherzone (talk) 00:21, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see - thanks for explaining! I may ask you again once the show opens and if there is substantial press with citation. Best, Karla 69.126.124.168 (talk) 01:31, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing! Netherzone (talk) 01:43, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for comment

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April music

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Thank you for improving article quality in April! - My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I finally managed to upload the pics I meant for Easter, see places. - Also finally, I managed a FAC, Easter Oratorio. I wanted that on the main page for Easter Sunday, but no, twice. You are invited to join a discussion about what "On this day" means, day or date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My music features Bach Bach Bach today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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May 2025 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
  • On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
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A barnstar for you!

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your tireless excellent work here. Theroadislong (talk) 16:27, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @Theroadislong, and the same goes for you! It's always a pleasure to see you around and collaborate. Netherzone (talk) 16:29, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

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Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338


Online events:

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
    are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

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Follow-up on Sachiko Hayashi draft

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Hi @Netherzone, I’ve been working on a draft article for Sachiko Hayashi and left a note on the draft’s talk page a little while ago. Just wanted to follow up here to make sure the ping went through. If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate it if you could take a quick look and let me know if there’s anything I might have missed or misunderstood. Thanks so much again for your time and support. Sachikosky (talk) 08:09, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Stankievech

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I've been meaning to leave you a message to let you know that you single-handedly restored my faith in the AfD process. I really thought this article about a genuinely notable Canadian artist was going to be deleted, when people fought so hard over articles like ElderTreks... Thank you! MediaKyle (talk) 17:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MediaKyle, thanks so much for your kind words. It was great to "meet you" at the AfD. I was previously unfamiliar with Stankievech's work but once I started BEFORE-searching I was truly impressed with the work he has done, really great stuff, and so globally relevant. It's always nice to discover things on WP, it's one of the things I like about working at AfD. I wondered a bit about the nomination since the editor only has made only 6 edits all of which were to try to delete the article when there was so much good content on this artist that was easily available. (BTW, I missed the ElderTreks AfD, as I usually focus on visual arts topics.) Thanks again for your friendly note, I look forward to seeing you around in the community! Netherzone (talk) 17:29, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May music

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Recommended reading today: Christfried Schmidt, a story about patience. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful! Thank you, Gerda. My garden is abloom with azaleas, columbine, wood hyacinth. The lilacs have faded, and the roses are "getting ready"! Netherzone (talk) 20:58, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
now May Abrahamse (with uncertain licensing of portrait), and Vakhtang Machavariani (nominated) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
musings on 15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
birthday of Erik Satie--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
all Verdi today: tenor Luigi Alva and the premiere OTD of his Requiem, see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: April 2025

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Online Wikimedia meeting May 13, 2025

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Books & Bytes – Issue 68

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 68, March–April 2025

In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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Meteor crater image edit

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I noticed your recent edit to the image caption on the Meteor Crater article, where you added the word "cropped" to describe the image. Thank you for contributing your time and effort to improving the article.

I am a little puzzled by this change. While it's true that the image is cropped, it seems unusual to highlight this detail directly in the caption. From what I’ve observed across Wikipedia, captions usually focus on the content or context of the image—rather than on the editing process itself, unless the crop significantly alters interpretation or is disputed. I cropped the image to remove the surrounding desert land and bring forth the crater, none of which altered the context nor topic of he image. Moreover, I crop many--perhaps most--of the photographs I post on Wikimedia Commons, including one which is recognized as a featured image.

It seems if every cropped image were labeled as such, we'd be rewriting captions across a great deal of Wikimedia Commons. Please share your reasoning. I'm curious if there's a particular guideline or precedent you had in mind. I want to understand, and if it's something I’ve overlooked, I’d be grateful to hear from you. Most kind regards.Hu Nhu (talk) 15:20, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Hu Nhu, thank you for reaching out. That was my mistake, I cropped the image using Crop Tool (which renamed the file, adding the word cropped), but I forgot to edit the caption. It's fixed now. Thanks for pointing out the error and for uploading the original file.
I also was thinking that it might be improved a little with a few mild adjustments such as sharpening and contrast, and adding a bit of saturation. I'm pretty good with PhotoShop, and I wouldn't overly adjust the image, but wanted to ask whether you would be amenable to that. It could always be reverted to the original. Please let me know, I'm always happy to improve images on Wikipedia. All the best, and thank you again, Netherzone (talk) 18:34, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Netherzone#top. Thank you for your kind reply and your attention to my edit. You've excellent ideas to adjust the photo and I look forward to seeing the resulting improvements. Please make sure take credit for the improvements--I am not able to do PhotoShop edits myself, and I appreciate your efforts very much. I look forward to seeing your work on the photo. Most kind regards, Hu Nhu (talk) 16:07, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 May 2025

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Articles for Creation backlog drive

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Hello Netherzone:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in June!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 1 month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 June 2025 through 30 June 2025.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 3200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The American Supermarket

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Hi Netherzone, Could you take a look at the stub for The American Supermarket? I think it is fine for a stub, but I'd like to know what you think. At your convenience, of course. I am finding it hard to find documentation that this was pivotal show or where exactly it falls in the Pop art timeline. I see that it is an early show and a very clever idea. I want to suggest this a a target for redirect for the Ben Birillo article. He seems to be famous for curating this show, butthat is it. The show is far more interesting.

Meanwhile I am trying to figure out if the artist was Diane Inman[1] or Mary Inman.[2] I have used diane in the article. I am also looking for review in the New York Times. I got sort of turned around while composing this so lost the scant reference to the fact that the show was reviewed in both NYT and Life (not the article cited in the Ben Birillo article) and that it traveled to Europe. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:43, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @WomenArtistUpdates, thanks for your note. The stub looks fine. Thank you for creating it! I am reminded of Claus Oldenberg's installation, The Store, from 1961 [1], [2], which preceded The American Supermarket. (And more recently on this theme, Meow Wolf's interactive art spectacle, Omega Mart. :) I agree that it may sense for the Ben Brillo article to be redirected there if that is all he is known for. Regarding Diane or Mary Inman - I will see what I can find out. Netherzone (talk) 13:27, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The original poster for American Supermarket says Mary Inman, and this Artsy synopsis uses Mary Inman: [3], as does this Art & Antiques article: [4] and the NYT review [5]. Could it be they are the same person, who sometimes used her first name and sometimes her middle name? Netherzone (talk) 13:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Diane Inman CV". Artsy.
  2. ^ "The Grand Opening of the American Supermarket". Specific Object.

The evador

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Deal Netherzone, User:MrEksh continue to concealing COI. If you compare his Hebrew user page, with the English one, you will notice this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0D:6FC7:726:DF4A:234E:E881:4FDD:7CDC (talk) 08:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be more specific about what articles you are talking about? Or even better, post it on the WP:Conflict of interest noticeboard, where there is an open thread: WP:COIN#User:mrksh, compare to hebrew, and list the articles where you think this is occurring. Thank you, Netherzone (talk) 11:40, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For example, he made edits simultaneously in Navitas Petroleum in the Hebrew and English at the same time. He made disclosure in the Hebrew entry, but avoid doing this in the English one. This is only one example, how come that each of his edits in the Hebrew Wikipedia he write that they are paid, and in English only a handful, and even that, only after investigation ?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0D:6FC7:727:839:4002:845D:77A:92DD (talk) 11:50, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
IP, thank you for your concern, could you please post this on the link I left for you: WP:COIN#User:mrksh, compare to hebrew and explain this? I only noticed the problem while doing New Page Patrols. That way it will get an administrator's attention. I don't have the authority to do anything to stop it because I am not an administrator. And also please include links to all the articles where this is occurring. Also, I don't read nor write Hebrew, so I'm not sure if machine translations are accurate. Is their user name on Hebrew WP also MrEksh or is it something else? I'm pinging an administrator @Star Mississippi who may be able to take a look at the situation when they have time. Please, in the meantime, do list all the articles that are relevant.
By the way, it looks like MrEksh only added citations to the Navitas Petroleum article which isn't a big problem, although they should still should have used the article talk page or the Edit Request Wizard. Thank you for helping to keep WP free of undisclosed paid editing. Netherzone (talk) 12:08, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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