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The Boy and the Heron

Hi TechnoSquirrel69. You tagged this article with {{Close paraphrasing}} but didn't provide an URL. Do you happen to remember what this article is paraphrasing from? — Tenshi! (Talk page) 00:13, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey Tenshi Hinanawi, thanks for your message! The details of the issues identified are under discussion in this talk page section. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my computer for at least a few days, so I'm not able to continue my review at the moment. I've invited a couple editors who I thought might be interested in picking up where I left off, but in case they don't get to it, I'll take care of it myself as soon as I can. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Wanda Perdelwitz

Moved to Wikipedia talk:Did you know § Template:Did you know nominations/Wanda Perdelwitz

Did you follow the discussion there? (I had hoped sooo much that we could have solved it among a few people.) - Different topic but not wort a new thread: You removed Lili Marleen from a hook, but that may be the best-known part of the whole thing, better known than the singer even. Can't get the melody out of my system now ;) - Again a different question: did you see the additions to the Bach cantata? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:17, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey Gerda! Yes, I did look in on that discussion; it's unfortunate that it wasn't able to run, but there will always be articles that aren't the right fit for DYK, I suppose. I've restored the song to that hook per your suggestion. As for Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, I haven't been keeping up with the FAC since I think you understood the points I was making in my review, and I'd like to avoid bludgeoning the discussion by reiterating my thoughts. I'll see if I have a moment to review the changes you've made since then, but time is always short around the holidays, and I need to make good on other obligations first. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:09, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Perdelwitz: I think enough people were and are sure it could run (Thriley, myself, the first reviewer, ASJ, Viriditas). It was approved within a short time without long discussions. People complain about too much work on DYK, and then some come and - instead of polishing a hook - strike it (more than once), suggest others, don't accept that they are rejected ... Imagine that first suggestion had run as approved: the world would not have collapsed, and 1000 more people would have read her article. It could still happen. - I focus on recent deaths articles, as you may know. On the main page one (more than 20k views yesterday), and another (7k+). I nominated the first for DYK hoping to say something positive about the subject, not that and how he died, - readers may know already. Same thing for Perdelwitz, nominated by Thriley.

Thank you for restoring the song!

The cantata: I asked "did you see" and meant it. I took your suggestion on board and added references and facts, and wanted to know if you saw that. I ran a peer review, and a second FAC which led to more improvements. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Ethelwina DYK hook

Thanks for promoting Template:Did you know nominations/Ethelwina, Or The House of Fitz-Auburne! You pinged me about removing the caps from the "REAL GHOST" -- I don't feel strongly either way, but I would prefer removing the quotation marks if we remove the caps. That is, I think the caps in the author's original statement are amusing so it's fun to quote him with "a REAL GHOST", but if we decide against the all-caps I think the secondary sourcing etc supports ditching the quote marks too for a real ghost. Just wanted to clarify some of my thinking but happy for you to present it however you prefer (including the present version), it's not at all the kind of thing that needs to be the subject of a fuss. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:24, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

@LEvalyn: Sure, that makes sense to me, so I've removed the quotes (they were taking the edge off the hookiness anyways). Thanks for checking in here, and congratulations again! :) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:04, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 03:03, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Buster7! That's a beautiful stained glass panel. Happy holidays to you too! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 06:00, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Dennō Senshi Porygon § Why are we including the seizure inducing video in article without warning?

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Dennō Senshi Porygon § Why are we including the seizure inducing video in article without warning?. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 14:21, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Doot Doot (6 7) DYK

Could you please consider re-adding the link to "viral meme phrase" (redirecting to 6-7 meme) in this edit here: as I believe it gives good context as to what is being said in the hook. Also, thank you for promoting Template:Did you know nominations/Doot Doot (6 7)! WhatADrag07 (talk) 00:02, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey WhatADrag07, thanks for your message! The reason I unlinked that phrase is that I figured readers might be intrigued by what meme this was referring to and end up clicking on that link instead of the bolded one. I think readers can peruse the article about the song to get some information about how it relates to the meme, and follow the link there if they'd like. However, I'm still relatively new to building sets for DYK, so let me know if you think this is off-base and I'm happy to move the conversation to WT:DYK for additional input. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:10, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing your reason, it's completely valid and if that's the best course of action I don't mind. Thank you! WhatADrag07 (talk) 14:34, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Happy holidays and a prosperous 2026!

Techno, I guess now is as good a time as any to let you know that your username reminds me of another Techno whom I dearly miss. But to business, you did a lot this past year. The front action, like foraying into nominating at FAC and emerging with two bronze stars. And the behind the scenes action, like coordinating a commendable project fighting against systemic bias. Only one thing is missing... and I know you know what it is without me mentioning that it's RFA. Anyways, happy holidays, and the best to you and yours in 2026!

HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 01:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

And you and yours, HouseBlaster. As usual when you send me nice messages, I'm at a loss for words trying to match your kindness! Others have already said it better, but thank you, again, for the amazing work you do for the community. And congratulations on that long-deserved Editor of the Week! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:55, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello TechnoSquirrel69, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 24 December 2025 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Vacant0, and a happy holidays to you too! I'm looking forward to working more with you next year. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:12, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Howdy TechnoSquirrel69, it's Yue. Just stopping by to wish you and your family and friends a Merry Little Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for your well wishes on my talk page, and thank you for your contributions to the project this year. Here's to even better work from us in 2026!
Yue🌙 (talk) 21:38, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays to you too, Yue, and congratulations again on your successful election! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:12, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello TechnoSquirrel69, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Abishe (talk) 12:27, 25 December 2025 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

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Thanks Abishe, and happy holidays to you. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:25, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

December thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in December! - The 1715 Advent Bach cantata translates to "Prepare the ways", - listen to quite stunning music if you haven't ;) - "places" take you to Copenhagen. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:59, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Laughter for Christmas - enjoy the season! - I'd like your view in the FAC. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, Gerda! Although the TFA didn't work out, I'm glad the cantata got a Main Page appearance in the OTD section. As I've mentioned a couple of times, I'm not interested in joining the second FAC, but I wish you good luck with it. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:24, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

You mentioned your lack of interest, and I even remembered. I asked four delegated what was missing in a FAC with six supports and no oppose, and received no reply. My understanding is that a comment from the only one with a oppose in the previous FAC might have changed things. But nevermind, too late, I should probably not have asked. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:38, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

No worries about that, there's rarely any harm in asking. I also get the feeling that FAC is a bit backlogged at the moment, and that the coordinators are focusing on evaluating older nominations before getting to yours, so the lack of a closure might not necessarily mean anything. I had to wait a couple of weeks during my recent FAC even though it had a decent number of editors supporting. If you'd like to mention to the coordinators that I'm not joining the review by linking to this discussion, that would be fine by me. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:55, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I might if the date to appear was in the near future, but it's in the past. I thought for those readers coming from OTD, it would have been nice to find a FA, but in the end, what matters is the content, not the little star. I should look now which TFA I want in 2026, and begin now to improve it ;) - Bach didn't compose any Christmas day cantata after this one until 1734. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:31, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, TechnoSquirrel69!

Happy New Year! TechnoSquirrel69, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:05, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

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Thanks, sjones23, and a happy new year to you as well! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 00:38, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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January music

story · music · places

300 years ago, a Bach cantata was born: happy new year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Happy new year, Gerda! :D —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:17, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Inviting you to check out "my" story (fun listen today, full of surprises), music (and memory), and places (pictured by me: the latest uploads) any day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you today for The Snow Queen (Kernaghan novel), introduced: "This is a relatively niche YA adaptation of the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (which received several science fiction magazine reviews, for some reason). I originally created the article for a Women in Red/Women in Green event, but it continued to interest me... and here we are!" - Enjoy your first TFA day, which is also the first TFA by a QAI member featured in 2026! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda! I have actually had the pleasure of a TFA once before for Worlds (Porter Robinson album), coinciding with its tenth anniversary. But it's undoubtedly exciting to be doing it again. :) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:46, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry to have missed the first, and enjoy today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

20 January is the 100th birthday of David Tudor (see my story) and the 300th birthday of Bach's cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, if we go by date instead of occasion as he would have thought, so see my story for last Sunday, and celebrate ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries, you weren't the first to miss it either, ha! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:00, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Congrats TS. Obviously not your first TFA (obvious now I have read this), but this one was all you. I remember when I was first starting out on reviewing I went over this article and told you the article is beautiful like a music box, and it's been a pleasure to see it get better since. If I can be reflective, it's strange to imagine us starting out editing, unaware of the scope of the back end and how the front page came about or maybe even what it was. And now an article you put hours into is in front of tens of thousands of people, who now gain from your research and writing. Congrats again. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 00:04, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

That's very kind of you, Rollinginhisgrave! I've not been around here long enough that I've forgotten what it was like to be new, and I do wonder whether past me could have known just how much time I would end up spending on this funny little website. But I think he and I would agree that sharing interesting things with other people is a joy, so thanks again for enabling me and many other editors to indulge in it. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:37, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

It is a great feeling to find things locked away in books and journals and corners of the internet and produce an accessible resource. I won't go into my scruples around serving the reader vs applying a set of arbitrary editing norms, just to say I'm glad you still feel that closeness to being a new editor. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 03:07, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Wiley Griffon

On 19 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wiley Griffon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wiley Griffon (pictured with streetcar) became the first streetcar operator in Eugene, Oregon, despite Black settlers being outlawed in the state? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wiley Griffon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wiley Griffon), 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 nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you!

for building this set - i went to look, thinking "ooh four" and it's actually seven! (the three book hook is also one of mine) - really appreciate the work you do building the sets! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:38, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: I don't know how I missed that — seven articles running in one set is incredible! Thank you for your work to get these articles to DYK. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:51, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

TPE

Just a suggestion... I am working through your edit requests at the moment. You seem to have a good level of experience here. Might be worth pursuing WP:TPE rights. I'm not an admin so I cannot grant that to you, but I'd be pretty surprised if your request was denied... Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 15:40, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey Zackmann08, thanks for your help with implementing all of those requests, and thanks for the recommendation! I've certainly considered applying, but I've received subtantial (and very helpful) feedback under some of my TPERs (such as on this one) that left me with the impression that it might be beneficial for my changes to get a second pair of eyes from people who know more about this stuff. It's also complicated by the fact that I volunteer at DYK, where template editors have a completely different role than elsewhere on the project. I'll give it some more thought.

Regardless of my fitness for the permission, though, it would be very helpful to know some debugging strategies that template editors use so I'm not inadvertently introducing bad changes across thousands of transclusions. I still don't know, for example, how I would have caught the Lint error at the request I linked above — maybe Jonesey95 can help with that? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:59, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

The basics:

First, copy the live template code to the sandbox. Create a sandbox if one doesn't exist yet.

Second, make your proposed change in the sandbox.

Third, create relevant test cases on the /testcases page. I prefer {{test case table}}, with |_collapsible= removed, and with section headers added above the template as needed. |_format=columns can also be useful.

Fourth, check your test cases for problems, comparing carefully with the live template. Look at the whole page in Preview mode to check for error messages that appear only in Preview.

Fifth, check the "Page information" page for Linter errors, which can be quite obscure. Also check the bottom of the testcases page for error categories; this is sometimes but not always helpful, especially if error categories are limited to article space.

You are welcome to ask me for help with templates any time, especially if you have already done the above steps. When you get to be more experienced, you will inevitably skip some of these steps, which will sometimes work fine and sometimes blow up in your face (ask me or Zackmann08 how we learned that!). – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:09, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Much appreciated! Your fifth step was news to me; I'll definitely start doing that before making changes. Also, apropos of nothing, I just realized you're from Portland too! I'd love to meet you at an event sometime. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:07, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

February 2026 meetup in Portland

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You're invited to the February 2026 meetup in Portland, Oregon! Join us at the Northwest Library at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 28.

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Thanks, Sohom! :) leeky, heard on this comment — I'll make a note to open a discussion at WT:DYK in a few months. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:12, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Women in Green reviewing drive

Hello TechnoSquirrel69:

This month, February 2026, WikiProject Women in Green is participating in the February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive, in which we're aiming to review as many outstanding Good Article (GA) nominations about women and women's works as possible. If you want to help out, you can check out the project talk page for a list of nominations in need of review (including some WiG originals). If you haven't reviewed a GA nomination before, be sure to check out the reviewing instructions and guidelines and feel free to ask for a mentor to check your work.

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Two barnstars for you!

		The DYK Barnstar
		You and theleekycauldron did something super impressive. Looking at the today's Main Page, I see that you filled DYK exclusively with double hooks.

		The DYK Barnstar
		That's quite impressive, to say the least—it's at least double the work!—and thus it seems only appropriate to award double the barnstars. Guess I could've given her one of them, but she is plotting to remove me from her talk page. Keep being awesome, TS69 HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:04, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Two barnstars?!?! You spoil me rotten, HouseBlaster. This was a fun set to put together. leeky doesn't appear to have any agenda against me (yet!), so I'm happy to pass on the love on your behalf. :) As always, thank you for showing me that the bar of how kind one can be can always go higher. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 00:37, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you a million, TechnoSquirrel :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:06, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I agree. This was an excellent idea. (Side note, how many multinoms are there between TM:TDYK and Approved, and is another towards the end of the month worthwhile?)--Launchballer 11:44, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: Thank you as well! leeky made this handy search to help track down multi-nominations — removing the insource:"File:Symbol confirmed.svg" should also list the nominations that haven't yet been approved. I'm obviously open to the idea of more sets like these, but we might want to wait a little bit to do another one to renew the element of surprise somewhat. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:14, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2026).

Administrator changes

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Arbitration

• Due to the result of a recent motion, a rough consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may impose an expanded topic ban on Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Palestine, Palestinians, Islam, and/or Arabs, if an editor's Arab-Israeli conflict topic ban is determined to be insufficient to prevent disruption. At least one diff per area expanded into should be cited.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2026 Steward elections started on 06 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC) and will end on 27 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process for current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.

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Hi

I'm not sure exactly what went wrong as I was starting the draft. Must have been an accident or something, and I was like "Ayy? I'll just continue it". Thanks for the correction man. ‎ ‎ B⠄Jayden ^(talk) 02:15, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey B.Jayden, no worries — you didn't do anything wrong, it's just it's easier for articles for creation reviewers to operate in draftspace. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:44, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

March 2026 meetup in Portland (online participation available!)

Northwest Library

Hey TechnoSquirrel69,

You're invited to the March 2026 meetup in Portland, Oregon! Join us either in person at the Northwest Library or online at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 28.

Please RSVP at the link above, even if you might be interested, so we can know how many people to expect. Hope to see you there!

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Cascadia User Group at Northwest Archivist?

Hi, I received the following message on my talk page & thought that there may be some librarian/archivists at OSU & UO that the conference this might interest.

We met at WCNA 2025 and I mentioned that Northwest Archivists were planning to be in the Tacoma area in 2026. NWA has set their 2026 dates (June24-26) and put out their call for proposals. I would like to submit a proposal for their workshop day (Wednesday June 24th) for a #1lib1ref session along with some more info on Wikipedia and how archives can use it to the benefit of their organizations, and the benefit of Wikipedia. Would you or any other members of the Cascadia User Group be interested in assisting me with that program?

Proposal Deadline is Friday, February 20th Pomemel (talk) 19:47, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Peaceray (talk) 20:50, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey Peaceray, thanks for passing this along! I'll send this to my contacts at the University of Oregon (although I haven't heard from them in a while, which is why I haven't updated you on the potential edit-a-thon we were discussing). I'm also planning on organizing a follow-up meetup in Portland after the Wikipedia 25 event, which there's some interest for, and I'll mention it there as well. It might be after the proposal deadline mentioned, but maybe it would attract a couple of attendees. Pomemel, hello! We met in New York as well, and I'd be interested in helping out if possible, but I'm curious what role you'd like the Cascadian Wikimedians to play at the conference — are you planning on a keynote presentation, or an edit-a-thon, or something else? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:47, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello again! Since, the first day of the conference (Wednesday June 24th) is usually set aside for more "workshop" type activities. I figured that a 1/2 day (or shorter) workshop would be a good opportunity to introduce attendees to the basics of editing, and how they can use it in their work in archives. I don't think there is quite time for a full edit-a-thon, but perhaps some suggested pages for people to make their first edits on. I was thinking that one or more Cascadia User Group members might want to help with the instruction activities and be available to network during the session, so new (and growing) editors know there is a community they can participate in. And if anyone is an event coordinator to prevent any user signup snags that would be very helpful. Pomemel (talk) 23:55, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good! The Seattle folks are probably more experienced with outreach stuff — I only just planned my first event last month! Anyways, I've sent this along to the UO Libraries people. I also forgot to ping her earlier: Bridges2Information is the librarian at Oregon State University who attended the last meetup in Portland. Laurie, would you or any of your colleagues be interested in this? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:01, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Pomemel: My contact at the UO Libraries just got back to me, and said that they probably won't be able to contribute a proposal to the conference, unfortunately. Laurie doesn't appear to have edited for the last few weeks, so I've sent an email her way as well. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 05:49, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Submitting for review

Hello, I want to submit my page for review because it has a conflict of interest (I made a page for my deceased uncle, who is an internationally recognized researcher/scientist, with the help of the department he used to work as a professor).

I followed the guidelines to reduce bias as much as possible (for example, his university department suggested I include information a lifetime award he received from the Turkish Society of Radiology, recognizing him as the first Turkish radiologist to have diagnosed and named a novel syndrome, however, I cannot verify or cite this information so I did not include it, although I have seen the award).

I thought I had submitted it for review, but then the page was moved to 'Drafts' (thank you for the warning on this!). I also got a notice about "File 5: Missing essential information" which put the page under a speedy deletion request. I believe this was due to missing licensing information, I uploaded the image to wikimedia commons with the correct information and re-insterted into the the page.

I know there are many in depth guidelines, however some of the information is still confusing to me and I would appreciate the help in figuring out if I'm all good to be reviewed now! Bhrsnr (talk) 22:08, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey Bhrsnr, welcome to Wikipedia! Let me take your questions one by one. Thank you for disclosing your conflict of interest with regard to this draft and submitting it to Articles for creation — you've done everything right in this regard, and a reviewer will be along in time to work on it with you. The move notice I gave you is not that important; Articles for creation reviewers simply prefer working in the draft namespace, and there's no action needed from your end on that.

On the photograph, there are a few copyright considerations when it comes to using it on Wikipedia. Firstly, did you take this photograph yourself? If so, there's nothing further needed; you should just know that the image is now free for anyone to use under the CC0 license. If you are not the photographer, then you are (almost certainly) not its copyright holder, and cannot legally release it under any license. You have a couple of options: if you can find a photograph you took of your uncle, delete this image and upload that instead. Alternatively, if you know who took that photograph, you can contact them and ask them to release it under a free license instead. I can point you towards next steps if that's the case.

Let me know if you have any questions! You can also find lots of helpful editors at the Teahouse who can help you with these types of questions if you prefer. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Re: Pseudoscience

Moved to Wikipedia talk:Did you know § Demodex injai (nom)

February music

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in February! - My story today is again about Percy Grainger (FA by Brian Boulton), this time with a video that surprised me. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Today's main page features four biographies I helped to bring there, two women and two men, three opera singers (one pictured) and an actor, - a record for me, I believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

WikiCup 2026 March newsletter

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;
• MCE89 (submissions) with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and
• Rollinginhisgrave (submissions) with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).

Administrator changes

• Brendanconway
• Calmer Waters
• Hut 8.5
• Joe Roe
• VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes

Ks0stm

Oversight changes

Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
• A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
• Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
• The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
• An Unreferenced articles backlog drive is taking place in March 2026 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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March thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in March! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2026).

Administrator changes

• ARandomName123

• Biblioworm
• Causa sui
• Djsasso
• Espresso Addict
• Fenix down
• Firefangledfeathers
• GeneralNotability
• NawlinWiki
• Northamerica1000
• Smalljim

Checkuser changes

Giraffer

Oversight changes

Kj cheetham

Giraffer

Guideline and policy news

• The content of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models has been updated following a request for comment. It now prohibits using LLMs to generate content, with exceptions for translation and copy-editing.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the GSCASTE extended-confirmed restriction in the Indian military history case has been narrowed. It now applies to caste-related topics in South Asia, and the preemptive protection remedy has been amended accordingly.
• The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been closed.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 7 April.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:19, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Review drafts

Hello can you review the drafts? Draft:Kushagre Dua, Draft:Priyanshi Yadav, Draft:Jabb Zodiacs Met, Draft:Tushar Dhembla, Draft:Tanisha Mehta and Draft:Aasim Khan ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 13:43, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey ITVStoryWeaver, none of these drafts are in my areas of expertise (or interest), and other commitments are keeping me busy at the moment, so I'm not going to be able to look at these in a timely manner. All of these drafts are in the queue already, and other AfC reviewers will be around to provide feedback in time. I would ask you to be patient, as there is currently a backlog of over 4000 drafts that volunteers are working through. Let me know if you have any other questions! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:06, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Okay no issues. Thank you so much ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 03:52, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

sarut Thumprasit

ไทยแลนด์ ~2026-23247-33 (talk) 10:00, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey ~2026-23247-33, I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by that. This is the English Wikipedia, and I can only communicate with you in English. There is also a Thai Wikipedia if you'd like to contribute in that language instead. Let me know if you have any questions!

(แปลโดย Google Translate) สวัสดี ~2026-23247-33 ฉันเกรงว่าฉันจะไม่เข้าใจสิ่งที่คุณหมายถึง นี่คือวิกิพีเดียภาษาอังกฤษ และฉันสามารถสื่อสารกับคุณได้เฉพาะภาษาอังกฤษเท่านั้น นอกจากนี้ยังมีวิกิพีเดียภาษาไทย หากคุณต้องการมีส่วนร่วมในภาษาอื่น โปรดแจ้งให้ฉันทราบหากคุณมีคำถามใด ๆ! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:21, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 meetup in Portland (Online participation available!)

Northwest Library

Hey TechnoSquirrel69,

You're invited to the May 2026 meetup in Portland, Oregon! Join us at the Northwest Library at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 2.

Please RSVP at the link above, even if you might be interested, so we can know how many people to expect. To participate online, register for the event, then contact yours truly, TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · email), for the meeting details. Hope to see you there!

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Talkback

Hello, TechnoSquirrel69. You have new messages at Talk:Roshni (album)#April 2026.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

M. Billoo 10:38, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey M.Billoo2000, I got your ping the first time around but didn't join the discussion because I didn't really have anything more to say, and I still don't. My points about the sourcing remain the same as at the DYK nomination. Though he may have said it more directly than I would have (as he tends to do), I generally agree with Airship's replies in that discussion. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:05, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

RE: May 2026 meetup in Portland (Online participation available!)

I plan to participate online. Please send me the link via email. Peaceray (talk) 05:05, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey Peaceray, glad to know you'll be making it! I'll send out an email to everyone who's signed up this evening with the details. Alternatively, the link is already on the event page as the "chat group invite link". —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:43, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction, waterways, and Gu Yanwu
• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
• Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
• Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

April thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Today's story is about one of three bios I brought to today's main page: look and listen, an extraordinary woman in many respects. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2026 (UTC)