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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
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  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks, Jamie. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:27, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

October harvest

October

Some apples left for you, with thanks for all the music, and what you said about Jerome. See my talk today for an expressive image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the delicious apples (nothing about apples I don't love), Jerome was one of a kind, and I wish you a healthy autumn and winter! ---Sluzzelin talk 19:51, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

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We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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In friendship

Jerome Kohl was on the Main page today, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. I missed it (had to find it in the archives). Miss him too. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:08, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

RD talk page

Hi Sluzzelin. Not sure what's going on with the RD talk page at the moment. First a bot archived the two most recent discussions, but not the one about medical advice because it had a "do not archive" tag slapped on it for some reason. You rightly deleted that tag, but now the medical advice discussion is still there but the two more recent discussions are not, which doesn't look right. What can be done about this? Many thanks, --Viennese Waltz 16:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Seas, Viennese Waltz! Looking at the history page, I see lowercase sigmabot III archived those two threads on January 27, a bit more than a week after the last person had added anything to these discussions (as the bot should, I think, though I'm sure one could adjust the length). It was today, quite a bit after that archiving, that I removed the 'do not archive until 2038' tag. I'm guessing the next time the bot looks at WT:RD (by tomorrow), that thread will get archived too. If not, I can always archive it manually. But I don't think my removal of the tag has triggered anything, so far. --Sluzzelin talk 17:06, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Sluzzelin, sounds good to me. --Viennese Waltz 10:51, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Viennese Waltz. It just dawned on me, that the bot probably won't be removing that thread on medical advice for another week, since the last edit in that thread was done yesterday (my removal of the tag) ... So I archived it manually; WT:RD is a clean slate now. ---

Green for hope

Lenten Rose

Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Thank you for your position in the arb case request, - I feel I have to stay away, but there are conversations further down on the page, in case of interest, - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda, what a Mensch he was ...

Beschau die Wercke der Natur,

Betrachte Bäume, Feld und Thiere

Und lerne, wie der Liebe Spur

Dich überall zum Scherzen führe!

Wodurch sind ich und du denn da?

Zu was bist du nebst mir gebohren?

Der, so die Welt im Wesen sah,

Hat uns zum Lieben auserkohren.

That poet died very young, but seems to have understood happiness. And I really mean it, as an often grumpy, atheist cynic. ---Sluzzelin talk 16:13, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for what you said for RexxS, and the poem! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

No, it wasn't intended for you

I could (should) have been more direct in identifying the editor concerned, but do not wish to add to the drama. Best. Leaky caldron (talk) 19:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Sluzzelin talk 19:43, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Please stop removing reports.

115.189.100.63 (talk) 22:32, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Diffs please. Else, go away. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

on second though ...

I was going to simply click the "thank" link, but I though this deserved more. Well said, thank you. — Ched (talk) 14:45, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Ched, appreciated. That page is off my list now. It's grown too shrill for my taste. Peace. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:10, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

"other"

I meant it as "if there are editors other than JzG" as I was replying to a thread that started based on an AE I filed. I can see why you thought what you did at first from it, and I don't hold any animosity, but figured I'd explain my intended meaning. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 00:49, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Navigating through template dates

Hi, I saw your reply on In The News. The way I find blurbs on a certain date (and this works for pretty much every page) is to go to the View History, press "Older ..." (just to get a longer URL), and you get something like this:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&offset=20210526224203%7C1025317078&action=history

By changing the offset= date (20210526 is the date, I don't know what the rest of the numbers are), you can then see the lastest revisions as of that date. So to get to 26-10-2019 I replaced those first few numbers with "20191026", and to get the later version I just put it a few days ahead.

Spread the word! Uses x (talk • contribs) 15:08, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey thanks for that, Uses x! I never knew. I'm such a dodo with all things coded. That's really helpful! ---Sluzzelin talk 15:12, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Just a reminder that Edit summaries should be used to summarize edits, not to engage in correspondence with other editors. Best wishes. 23:36, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

? ---Sluzzelin talk 22:50, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Ok, I got it now, dear BeenAroundAWhile. You could have made it easier by signing, and by linking what you were referring to (after all, you've been around here a while). But point taken, I just didn't feel it merited a thread on either the article's nor your talk page. Cheers, and best wishes right back atcha! ---Sluzzelin talk 19:14, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

and see also here. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:48, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Oops. Hell, I've been around a while, but I'm almost ninety, so I forget a few things. I will now strike the tilde key four times. Best wishes! BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:37, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Wow, sweet! ---Sluzzelin talk 16:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Fixed word association

Just a heads-up that your latest play to the Fixed word association game is a duplicate of the starting word. Each cell of the table should be unique. Thryduulf (talk) 13:21, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Oooops, what was I seeing? Thanks, Thryduulf! ---Sluzzelin talk 16:33, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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Island

Feel free to start the new one. I finally put the template on the talk page. Difficultly north (talk) The artist formerly known as Simply south 11:10, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, so done. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:07, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda, and only best wishes to you! ---Sluzzelin talk 08:36, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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November songs

The memory of SlimVirgin is pictured again today, in the context of my dangerous thoughts about arbcom. I mentioned you here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. Like everyone else, I'm tired of crappy years of bickering and loss. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:25, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

click on the songs for private impressions of landscapes + music + food --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:17, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Outward Spiraling Paths

Have I started Game 2 correctly? Is it okay for the blurb for the previous one? There was nothing there so I made something up but I'm not sure if that was what you had in mind. Difficultly north (talk) The artist formerly known as Simply south 16:02, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Hey Difficultly north, thanks for stopping by. The blurb is just fine. I did have something else in mind for the start though, namely, only to fill in cell FF (by random article). The next three separate moves should then occupy the other three paths' starting points (FG, GF, GG), and those three words may or may not associate with adjacent cells, may or may not be chosen randomly, or can even be any old word the editor feels like putting there. From then on (i.e. starting with the fifth word) the normal rules apply.

This is how the first grid started: First I started it with the randomly selected Dapitan, then someone added "Captain" (by association), someone else added "Tea" (completely arbitrarily because they are fond of tea), and then a third person added "List of California State University, Fullerton people" (probably by means of the random article button).

Sorry for not writing that very clearly. Take care! ---Sluzzelin talk 20:36, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Difficultly north, I now emptied the cells FG, GF and GG accordingly, and added a semi-associated word to cell FG. One reason I'm sort of insisting on the intended rules is that I find it more interesting having some of the paths start with completely unrelated words. I hope you don't mind. Happy Holidays! ---Sluzzelin talk 12:06, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

I've now had a new idea again that spunoff from the above. Tell me what you think. Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Association/Four spirals. Difficultly north (talk) The artist formerly known as Simply south 12:38, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Nice idea! ---Sluzzelin talk 23:49, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Disco

Thanks. I readded it. Sort of Difficultly north (talk) The artist formerly known as Simply south 13:05, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Some more crocheted marine life for you

Hyperbolic planes for you!

Hi, Sluzzelin! I came across this fine image of crocheted "hyperbolic kelp" on the page Hyperbolic geometry (nobody knows what I was doing there). Of course I immediately thought of the coral tea-cosy that you have so kindly kept on this page ever since young Darwinfish presented it to you. It's been a beacon of light to him that you still feature it after all these years! Bishonen | tålk 12:09, 30 January 2022 (UTC).

Hah, that's amazing, thank you so much, Bishonen! Soft hyberbolic reef for soft plushy Darwinfishies. Regards to all the Bish's family-and-relations! ---Sluzzelin talk 14:01, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

True origin of polenta

The true origin of polenta is the americas, im not talking about mazie porridge, but polenta a mush from corn.. it was first made by the natives and brought to europe by christopher Columbus with directions on how to prepare it, in many countries in south america we still eat polenta and it is also called polenta, if you want to write history do it properly please.. this is not from italy but stolen from native america!! 2A02:A447:77DE:1:6440:FC78:475A:132E (talk) 13:09, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

If you wish to introduce such a dramatic change to an article on a locally defined dish that had been re-invented within its local tradition, like many dishes (and it's not a particularly complex dish either), then you should add sources saying exactly what you wrote about polenta. If you wish to discuss it, then you should do this at Talk:Polenta, not here. (And "mazie" was my bad typo for maize; I wasn't thinking about the amazing Maisie Williams). ---21:19, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

The N word

Sorry I replied to a message and did not delete that, somehow I blanked it. Slatersteven (talk) 12:09, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

No problem, and I certainly didn't interpret it as an endorsement of letting the comment stand. Best regards. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:13, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

I realize that, it's just that had I seen it I would have just deleted the post as clear trolling. Slatersteven (talk) 12:21, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

I understand, now, and I would have removed the whole comment had your indentation not made me consider your post a reply to that comment. All good now, thanks! :-) ---Sluzzelin talk 12:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda! Incidentally, Fennimore und Gerda had its premiere on this day, 103 years ago. :-D ---Sluzzelin talk 19:16, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

how nice! - and I never saw it yet --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:33, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Why did you change my edit?!

I'm asking you that question because Tito being the prime minister/leader of Yugoslavia in 1945 is true! Give me a explanation on why you changed my edit now! 2601:243:1A00:6E30:AD90:FBB0:6BFC:32BF (talk) 22:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:45, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda, for heaven-hued sapphires, and for improving the article on Carla Bley (rest in peace), and and and ---Sluzzelin talk 17:23, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

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did

did I get it wrong, or was that last comment just too much? Lightburst (talk) 01:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I haven't checked the histories, nor will I. But even if you got it right, factually, there's an implication there, insinuation even, which won't de-escalate what has already taken away far too much time and energy from a lot of editors. In my opinion, of course. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:31, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Alright thanks, it may be Streisand when I remove it. It is a fun fact however. lol :O Lightburst (talk) 01:36, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I honestly believe this is better, and I don't hope for that eponymous effect. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. Great thing about the project is that if you do not se your mistakes, another editor will. Have a nice weekend!Lightburst (talk) 01:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)