User talk:Ergo Sum/Archive 10
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Your GA nomination of John F. Quirk
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Your GA nomination of John F. Quirk
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A kitten for you!
you da man!
Halbalbador (talk) 15:34, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
New York Athletic Club article
The Mercury Cup section makes no sense. No other sport at NYAC has a section for every single in-house tournament. (The Mercury Cups were a tiny competition; there is no need to catalogue the results outside of [1]AskFRED.)
Are we to expect the Fall Classic squash tournament to be included as a section as well? What about the results of the Athlete's Fund golf tournament? It makes absolutely no sense to have this irrelevant (and outdated) section. 2603:7000:3AF0:8450:C145:919:AA8E:E024 (talk) 06:11, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- That's fine. I probably agree with you. But your edit removed a large amount of content and the edit summary left little explanation. In the future, please explain your edit and, if it is removing a particularly large amount of content or may be controversial, leave a comment on the talk page first. Ergo Sum 18:21, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
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DYK for W. Seavey Joyce
On 13 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article W. Seavey Joyce, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that W. Seavey Joyce's presidency of Boston College was dominated by frequent, large student protests? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/W. Seavey Joyce. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, W. Seavey Joyce), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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ITN recognition for Sweden–NATO relations
On 8 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sweden–NATO relations, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Staraction (talk | contribs) 02:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- I hope you are well, Gerda. Good to hear from you. Ergo Sum 13:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
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- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
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TFL notification
Hi, Ergo Sum. I'm just posting to let you know that List of presidents of New York University – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 22. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 20:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
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Greetings from Los Angeles, // Timothy :: talk 05:04, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
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- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
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- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
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Your GA nomination of William L. Keleher
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William L. Keleher you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ThaesOfereode -- ThaesOfereode (talk) 20:42, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
GA Review
I've completed and confirmed your GA. Congratulations on a great article; I hope to see you at GA again soon! ThaesOfereode (talk) 17:11, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for a thorough and enjoyable review! I actually am still at GAN with a second nom (W. Seavey Joyce). Ergo Sum 18:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Frank Abagnale -- Iona Prep Alumni
Hi there, You reverted my removal of Frank Abagnale from the alumni list for Iona Prep, citing the inline citation from "Talk of the Sound". Wikipedia's own article on Abagnale seems to disagree with you, stating that he claimed to have gone there on multiple occasions, but that he never made an appearance in the yearbook nor was remembered by other Iona Prep alumni. I trust the source cited by the article for Abagnale more than a local news site taking the claims of a prolific fraudster at face value. Maybe Abagnale could be kept on the alumni list, but with the clarification that no evidence has ever emerged of his attendance there? Theodore Christopher (talk) 17:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
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- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
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- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
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- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
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Your GA nomination of William L. Keleher
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
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TFA
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Thank you today for John D. Whitney, "about an American university president and Jesuit who had a fascinating life story. While in the Navy, he converted to Catholicism because he happened to recover a book that had fallen into the sea, read it, and began thinking about his religious beliefs. He then became a university professor and later the president of Georgetown University."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gerda. Always good to hear from you. Ergo Sum 18:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers the chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:56, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Your revert of my edit on John D. Whitney
Hello! I believe that edit I made was perfectly valid. The wikilinks that I removed were repeated wikilinks, and I don't believe they were constructive. Suo Edits (talk) 18:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- They were the first instance of those links in the body of the text. The only other location they were linked was in the lead, which, for most of them, was many paragraphs prior. It is common practice on articles that aren't very short to wikilink the first instance of articles after the lead. Ergo Sum 01:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of W. Seavey Joyce
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article W. Seavey Joyce you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kimikel -- Kimikel (talk) 01:41, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Stefano Manetti
On 29 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stefano Manetti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stefano Manetti was co-consecrated a bishop by the same man who ordained him a priest 30 years earlier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stefano Manetti. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stefano Manetti), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
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- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
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Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
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Administrator changes
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- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
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DYK for Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit)
On 9 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael P. Walsh oversaw the construction of 15 buildings as the president of Boston College? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of W. Seavey Joyce
The article W. Seavey Joyce you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:W. Seavey Joyce for comments about the article, and Talk:W. Seavey Joyce/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kimikel -- Kimikel (talk) 15:04, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Anthony F. Ciampi
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Your GA nomination of Anthony F. Ciampi
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Your GA nomination of Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit)
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Your GA nomination of Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit)
The article Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) and Talk:Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of It is a wonderful world -- It is a wonderful world (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)