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DYK for 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

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On 16 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony featured dancing Phryges? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

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story · music · places

Thank you today for Galileo project, "about a robotic space mission to Jupiter. This article is about the mission; there is a separate article about the spacecraft itself."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What a great article, Hawkeye7. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:16, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I started with a paragraph in the Centaur (rocket stage) article that talked about Shuttle-Centaur. I was intrigued and created an article on it. From there I went on to expand the article on Galileo, as it was one of the intended payloads. Thanks for your comment; it is always heartening to hear that someone read and enjoyed an article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections: Candidate instructions

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Administrator Elections | Instructions for candidates

Thank you for choosing to run in the October 2024 administrator elections. This bulletin contains some important information about the next stages of the election process.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • October 15–21: SecurePoll setup phase
  • October 22–24: Discussion phase
  • October 25–31: SecurePoll voting phase
  • November 1–?: Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the SecurePoll setup phase. Your candidate subpage will remain closed to questions and discussion. However, this is an excellent opportunity for you to recruit nominators (if you want them) and have them place their nomination statements, and a good time for you to answer the standard three questions, if you have not done so already. We recommend you spend the SecurePoll setup phase from October 15–21 getting your candidate page polished and ready for the next phase.

The discussion phase will take place from October 22–24. Your candidate subpage will open to the public and they will be permitted to discuss you and ask you formal questions, in the same style as a request for adminship (RfA). Please make sure you are around on those dates to answer the formal questions in a timely manner.

On October 25, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close again to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. Anyone can see who has voted, but not who they voted for. You are permitted and encouraged to vote in the election, including voting for yourself. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see your tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RfA.

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

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DYK for Catharina Weiss

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On 20 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catharina Weiss, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Catharina Weiss (pictured) used to play for the Rolling Chocolate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catharina Weiss. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Catharina Weiss), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Our Admin Election Test

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Hello there. As we're preparing to move from one stage to the next, this is just a quick note from one member of the test group to another, wishing you well in the process of this new alternative to RfA. It seems that there are more of us in this group than some in the community anticipated, so i hope that doesn't make the experience any the worse for all of us. Whatever our individual results, i thank you, along with the rest, for stepping up and testing this process; happy days, ~ LindsayHello 07:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes to you too. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:30, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Best wishes to you both, to all those who offered themselves up, and the entire community in this test of wikipolitics. It's not fun. Sorry if I drew undue attention to you today, dude. I couldn't just stay silent today. BusterD (talk) 20:11, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I am glad you did. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You and I know how much is involved in high-quality reviews, so I know it's a lot of time investment. Not very many admins spend THAT MUCH time reviewing others' work. Lead Coord can be a nightmare! Thought normies should know the numbers. I'll save my second question. We actually need you to get the mop this time. BusterD (talk) 20:54, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just voted for you. Good luck! 🤞 Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:48, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-43

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Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:27, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

 Done Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:17, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Responding to your question

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Optional question from SilkTork

17. Could you explain what you mean by this statement you made in response to Q9: "The third finding was particularly embarrassing to the arbs because they voted for a finding of fact that one of their number, Newyorkbrad, pointed out at the time was not true." In relation to the finding that you had been previously admonished, all the Arbs active in the case supported it, including Newyorkbrad: [10]. (NYB added a comment later in response to Hersfold's feeling that the Civility case also related to involvement, which NYB didn't agree with - but that was a side issue, and not what we were voting on). To offer some clarity to people who might take your assertion for fact, I am not at all embarrassed that I supported a clearly obvious finding of which NYB said: "that Hawkeye7 was sanctioned in the case is a historical fact" 10:05, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
A:. Why would you vote on something if you didn't feel it was germane to the case? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:40, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That you had been admonished by ArbCom for using the blocking tool inappropriately was very clearly germane to the case, and was a significant deciding factor in you being desysopped for again using the blocking tool inappropriately. That you still don't understand the reason why you were desysopped, and feel that ArbCom were wrong, is not very encouraging. My views now are pretty much the same as my views then: that you are a valuable member of the community, and are clearly not a bad person. You made actions that you felt were in the best interests of the project; and there are many folks that would support your actions, or, at the least, understand your actions. And I feel that neither action by itself would amount to a desysop - it was the one following the other that tipped matters over. And I felt that you would be one of those rare folks who would get your tools back at a RFA because of your good work and that the desysopping was largely technical. But each time you have asked for the tools back you have acted in a manner where you want to blame ArbCom for the desysopping without showing understanding of the reasons why.
It's all water under the bridge now, as people will vote as they will based on what's already been said, but I feel that it is a shame that you cannot accept what happened, and move on. I understand your position though, because it happened to me. I failed in my first RFA because of an incident where I felt I was in the right. Indeed, I felt somewhat resentful that nobody was understanding me, and it took me a long time to realise that I was actually in the wrong. It can be hard to make that shift in thinking. I hope you do get there. SilkTork (talk) 09:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your kind words. I accepted the verdict long ago. Moving on is of course much harder. I hope you can move on too. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reading the election discussion and then this brought it all back to me. It was a difficult time and I don't know if I've ever directly apologised to you for my part in the events that led up to your desysop. I thought at the time I was doing the right thing, but I've had great cause to regret it ever since. I've since come to see you as a great editor and a valued colleague. I'm deeply sorry for the trouble my hotheaded mistake caused you all those years ago. I hope you're successful in the election; I've voted for you, for what it's worth. Keep well. John (talk) 13:06, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks John. I have long since come to see you as a valued colleague too. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since my vote and comments in the "Civility enforcement" arbitration case are being discussed, please note that I opposed desysopping Hawkeye7 in that case. I opined there, albeit in lonely dissent, that the remedy was a significant overreaction and observed that the matter would likely never have come to arbitration if not for a controversy involving a different editor. See my comments on the proposed decision page, particularly here. Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:27, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination

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I was off-wiki for a time and just got wind of your administrator nomination! I missed a chance to weigh in with my endorsement. Wishing you the best of luck! Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 15:19, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Voting is still going on. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:31, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed! Not too late for that. Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 18:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-44

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The Bugle: Issue 222, October 2024

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Canada Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and Christmas Island AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

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Hi Hawkeye7, I'm disappointed that your candidacy in the recent admin elections was unsuccessful. I hope that you'll keep trying and will again be an admin someday. Acalamari 05:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:26, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I was disappointed to see you were unsuccessful in the admin elections. I just noticed the above category has crept up to 189 articles. I can't remember if this is on MilHistBot's tasklist to assess (in which case perhaps something has gone awry) or, if not, perhaps it should be? - Dumelow (talk) 21:26, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. It means a lot to me. The bot may have encountered a problem. I will investigate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Talk about the bus factor! I really need to document the bots. Very disappointing result from the admin elections. There has been a spate of errors over the last week or two, but no indication what they are. So the number of unassessed articles piled up. I have run the bot manually to see if there was a bad article causing an issue, but none was found, and the bot wound up clearing the entire backlog. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:45, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, eleven new admins is great but could have been so much more. Still, hopefully it's the start of something. Good news about the bot - Dumelow (talk) 06:41, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of James Alexander Ulio

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article James Alexander Ulio 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:03, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Otto Hahn

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Congratulations, Hawkeye7! The article you nominated, Otto Hahn, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military history newcomer of the year and military historian of the year

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