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October music

story · music · places

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. - I don't know why BWV 130 was approved as GA, but has no icon in the article and no credit, - perhaps related to the above? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:01, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, "about a science fiction magazine edited by Algis Budrys in the 1990s. It began as a print magazine and was one of the first to attempt the migration to an online format, but Budrys could not get enough subscribers to make the magazine profitable. It was never a major force in the genre, but it published material by some well known writers, including Ursula Le Guin and Harlan Ellison."! - I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

According to the GA review and the talk page, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 became GA today, but not for the list and the article and the credit. Bot or something else missing? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

It can take a day or two for the new GAs to show up in the stats. If it's not there in a couple of days, let me know and I'll take a look. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Good to know, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Someone added the icon manually, and I just added it to the list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I misunderstood what you were asking about -- the bot never adds the article to the list; that always has to be done by the reviewer. It should add the icon, but I think what probably happened is that the bot stopped partway through a run. If the system gets busy, it can refuse to let the bot continue. The bot is written to try to pick up where it left off when this happens, but it doesn't handle every possible case. If you see that happen again, once the bot runs and doesn't add the icon, then you can be sure it isn't going to try again and you can just add it yourself. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

thank you, always learning! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Checklist reviews

Hi Mike, just saw your comment at one of the RFA votes on old checklist reviews, where you noted checklist reviews were not discouraged six years ago. I can't say I remember off the top of my head the culture six years ago, and we have tightened up on reviewing reviews over the past few years, but checklists reviews have been discouraged since at least 30 March 2007[1]. CMD (talk) 09:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks -- I should have been more careful, and of course it's too late to change my comment since the discussion phase has closed. I have the impression that the last few years have seen more discussion about tightening up standards than before -- DCGAR for instance alarmed many of us. But next time I make a comment like that I'll try to be more precise. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:42, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh no need to change, just noting as I came across it for the future. I'm still a bit sad about DCGAR. CMD (talk) 15:03, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes. I actually lost sleep over it at the time, thinking about how overwhelmingly hostile it must have felt to Doug, who had put so many hours into those articles. The saddest part to me was that he really seemed genuinely unable to see what the problem was. I don't think he could ever have been one of our best content contributors, but there was a place for someone willing to work that hard and read old sources, if he'd understood how to make the work he liked doing fit with the project's goals. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

I was not a fan of the process, but I wasn't able to come up with an effective alternative path, and I suppose no-one else could either. Relatedly, feel a bit down about the current GAN drive. I reviewed two, and ended up failing both. Not the ratio I hope for. CMD (talk) 15:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Planet Stories cover

Hi Mike. I added the Planet Stories cover to the Planet Stories article because I'm trying to get it promoted as a featured image over at WP:FPC (you can see its nomination here) and a couple of people have said they'll support it only if it's in the Planet Stories article. I think your point about sandwiching is fair, but is there someplace else in the article it could go? It's by far the highest-resolution copy of a Planet Stories issue we have. My first instinct was actually to replace the article header image, but since it's a Featured Article I thought that might cause umbrage. Moonreach (talk) 18:59, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I think that's an unnecessary requirement -- it's easily possible to imagine a set of top quality images all suitable for an article to small to include them. And it presumes that the image has no value to a reader unless it's in an article, which is not true. Anyway, why don't you replace the Ingels image with the new one? That one is already in Ingels' article and is more of interest to comic aficionados than pulp readers. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm with you on the idea of merit existing outside of context, but I'm trying to please people who are on the fence. I'll replace the Ingels image, thank you. Moonreach (talk) 19:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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Your bot account just posted a GA review notice on a redirect page; I’ve moved it to the correct page. Might suggest reprogramming it so it doesn’t post to redirects?? Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 03:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into doing that. EF5, see above -- do you want me to move your GA statistics under your old username to your new name? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Done. The next time the stats update they should show your new name instead of the old one. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:10, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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ChristieBot

Appears to have ceased operations. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I see the crashes but can't look at the error file or connect for about eight hours. Hawkeye7, you were kind enough to post the tail of christiebot-gan.err for me a while back, can you (or any TPS with toolforge access) do so again? The tool is called ganfilter. If we're lucky it'll be a malformed GAN template that is causing the crash, meaning it can be fixed without waiting for me to connect to toolforge tonight. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:45, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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From christiebot-gan.err: Password for user ChristieBot on wikipedia:en (no characters will be shown): Warning: Password input may be echoed. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py", line 69, in unix_getpass old = termios.tcgetattr(fd) # a copy to save ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ termios.error: (25, 'Inappropriate ioctl for device') During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/src/GANbot.py", line 69, in <module> GAN.clear_errors() File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/src/GA.py", line 2295, in clear_errors page.save("Clearing errors at start of run") File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/page/_basepage.py", line 1276, in save self._save(summary=summary, watch=watch, minor=minor, botflag=botflag, File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/page/_decorators.py", line 55, in wrapper handle(func, self, *args, **kwargs) File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/page/_decorators.py", line 35, in handle func(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/page/_basepage.py", line 1288, in _save done = self.site.editpage(self, summary=summary, minor=minor, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/site/_decorators.py", line 86, in callee return fn(self, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py", line 2062, in editpage token = self.tokens['csrf'] 17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)~^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/site/_tokenwallet.py", line 39, in __getitem__ self.site.login() File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py", line 434, in login if login_manager.login(retry=True, autocreate=autocreate): ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/login.py", line 287, in login self.password = pywikibot.input( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/bot.py", line 529, in wrapper return function(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/bot.py", line 548, in input return ui.input(question, password=password, default=default, force=force) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py", line 391, in input text = self._input_reraise_cntl_c(password) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/data/project/ganfilter/www/python/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py", line 409, in _input_reraise_cntl_c text = getpass.getpass() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py", line 91, in unix_getpass passwd = fallback_getpass(prompt, stream) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py", line 126, in fallback_getpass return _raw_input(prompt, stream) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py", line 148, in _raw_input raise EOFError EOFError WARNING: /usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py:91: GetPassWarning: Can not control echo on the terminal. passwd = fallback_getpass(prompt, stream) CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception EOFError: Password for user ChristieBot on wikipedia:en (no characters will be shown): Warning: Password input may be echoed. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.11/getpass.py", line 69, in unix_getpass old = termios.tcgetattr(fd) # a copy to save ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ termios.error: (25, 'Inappropriate ioctl for device')

The part from "During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred" then repeats over and over. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Hawkeye; I will have to look at this tonight. I've no idea what's causing this. I will probably have to post to VPT to see if anyone knows if something has changed in the environment. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Charles Brenton Fisk

Hello, a year ago you reviewed my article Charles Brenton Fisk. Since then, my English has improved, and, per the review, I copyedited the article heavily, as well as performing spotchecks. Accordingly, I have resubmitted it for GA review. In addition, your feedback was helpful on writing another article of mine, which became my first Good Article. This is more of a note on re-submission than a request for review, though I would still certainly appreciate it if you reviewed it. Much thanks, Ca ^{talk to me!} 05:10, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting your first GA promoted! I am busy at the moment and not currently doing GA reviews, but when I do start doing them again I'll have a look to see if your nomination is still waiting for review. Good luck with it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:20, 21 November 2024 (UTC)