User talk:Andrew Davidson

Thai teaser

ผึ้งได้พิสุทเ้วยตัวของผึ้งเิงค่ะเพราะผลการวิจัยละคนอายุ่ไท่มีเหตุผลค่ะประสพการไม่มีแระโยชค่ะและความไกล้ชิดก่อไห้เกิดกทรโบภม่กและทำไห้อสีนหายย่างร้ายแรงรวยเหรอไช้เหตุปลทีคนเจาะจงจุดนี้ค่ะเป้าหมายออ่นเกินไปค่ะทุกรสยล้ในแต่ไม่มีแระโยชค่ะ 223.24.162.9 (talk) 18:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Google Translate renders this as follows. Curious... Andrew🐉(talk) 19:48, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

The bee has been able to confirm the identity of the bee because of the results of the study. Each person of any age has a reason. He experiences a lack of energy and closeness causes an overabundance of the body and causes Is there a serious loss of wealth? Is it possible for people to focus on this point? The goal is too soft. Every taste is delicious but there's no reason for it.

The bee has proven it by itself. The research results and the fact that people are still young don't provide a solid reason. Experience has no benefit. And closeness causes too much impact and leads to serious losses. Being rich? Is that the reason people focus on this point? The goal is too weak. Everything feels exhausted inside but still serves no purpose. 64.158.132.206 (talk) 19:11, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

AI survey

@Andrew Davidson hi, I sent you an email about a day ago, just wanted to send a reminder here again. Thank you so much for your time! Looking forward to hear from you, and have a great weekend! Phoebezz22 (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I saw the email, thanks, and will reply directly. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Sounds great, Thank you so much! Will wait for your response then =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 22:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Having looked, I'm not sure I'm ready for an interview yet. My activity is currently experimental and today's recent update is a typical example. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Request_for_closure where I tried using Gemini to summarise a discussion. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson Thank you for the thoughtful reply, I really appreciate it! I also took a look at the examples you provided, and I still believe your interactions in such discussions with examples of LLM outputs will provide very valuable insights - and in fact, I think you'll provide a very interesting perspective. Please let me know if you are interested in participating! And if you don't mind, we can also change to emails. Have a great weekend =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 02:31, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi and... Black Middens

Hi Andrew Davidson! In due deference to your seniority, you should have been the first editor I bothered in my quest for info, but it has only just occurred to me to check who created the article on the Black Middens. To cut a long story short, I'm trying to tie up a couple of loose ends I've come across regarding the Spanish Battery Rocks, at the estuary of the River Tyne, as an oft-mentioned hazard to shipping in the area. However, I have come up against a series of doubts which render that redlink (or simply a section at another article, a non-starter, at least for the moment. I have already bothered another user, Barabbas1312 who, though kindly tolerant of my imposition has, so far, been unable to shed further light on the matter at hand, beyond confirming that the "name doesn't appear to be used on the relevant Admiralty chart, though the battery itself is marked".

Not knowing the area at all, and as sources are few and far between, one of my main doubts is whether said rocks refer to "your" Black Middens or to the rocks on other side of the headland, where the actual artillery battery was located. If the former, since that article already exists, it might just be a matter of adding/finding a couple of sources that link the two sites, or not, as the case may be. Thanks for your time and, as I commented to Barabbas1312, please don't feel obliged to do anything regarding this matter. Happy Editing! Technopat (talk) 17:08, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

I started the Black Middens as a spinoff from the Lights of North Shields.

This page about the Spanish Battery shows a map derived from Google. This labels the Black Middens and other specific features fairly clearly and also shows the coastal rocks. My impression is that the Black Middens usually means the reef of rock in the channel where the name label is. The rocks which form the shore around the headland seem to be a more general coastal feature and don't have particular names. So, the rocky shore near to the battery might be considered distinct but I doubt that it warrants a separate article.

We could use an article about the battery as the article Tynemouth Priory and Castle doesn't mention it. We could also use an article about the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House which was built there specifically because shipwrecks were common. I'll make a start on that now.

A person who might be able to help is Ojsyork who is active in the RNLI and RNLI task force here.

Andrew🐉(talk) 18:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson@Technopat

Sorry chaps, can't help. I can find histories of Lifeboat Stations, but any ref. to wreck locations etc I just assume they're correct, and add a link if an article exists.

All the RNLI stations are now done, but I'm still on with List of former RNLI stations, whilst fending off the nonsense created by one other member of the RNLI group!

And then there are RNLI Fleet pages to update constantly - I'm unlikely to get to Volunteer Rocket Brigades, sorry. Ojsyork (talk) 18:55, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Greetings All! Many thanks for your prompt replies. As this is your talk page, Andrew Davidson, I hope you don't mind that I respond here also to Ojsyork so as not to have too many loose ends lying around. Yes, regarding that Spanish Battery link, thanks, I have that one and I agree with you regarding the specific reef versus the rocks under the battery and yes, the Watch House merits an article, so if you're happy to do that, great! Look forward to checking it out!

Regrading the RNLI, Ojsyork, I have just started using its Tynemouth's Station history page as a reference to pages on the Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year. Hope you manage to fend off the nonsense-peddler. In the absence of 10-foot bargepoles, boathooks are quite effective, as are sculls... (I once had the privilege of seeing a Thames waterman —and ex-British commando— smack a drunken idiot who had fallen into the Thames on the dodgy ebb tide over the head with a scull so as to stun him and stop him from capsizing the skiff we had gone to rescue him in. One of the highlights of my youth! Sorry, off on one of me tangents... --Technopat (talk) 21:25, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

"Lunchtime O'Booze" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Lunchtime O'Booze has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 17 § Lunchtime O'Booze until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 02:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

The BBC Radio 4 series Book of the Week

I saw the banner on your user page about being a deletion patroller. I wonder if you have any views on the current deletion discussion for Book of the Week at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Book of the Week. Snowman (talk) 23:01, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I’m interested in such radio topics and will see how I can help. Am busy today so more later… Andrew🐉(talk) 12:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I found a good detailed source which is visible to me at Google Books so you may be able to read it there too. I have made a variety of other smaller edits and will do more as and when more occur to me.

We ought to start an article about Di Speirs using sources such as this.

And, if you're interested in radio please check out the List of longest-running radio programmes. We should add a Book at Bedtime to that as it's older than the Archers though it did have a break of three years, it seems.

Andrew🐉(talk) 20:03, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I have been thinking about an article for Di Speirs too. I am very much a part-time editor, though. Thanks for your work on the Book of the Week article. The delete discussion has been closed with no overall discussion, so the article is retained. Snowman (talk) 09:17, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I saw that Eddie891 had noticed the book that I added as a source and was expecting this to produce a no-consensus result. That's good enough so we can move on to Speirs now. Some people don't like stubs but I'm quite keen on them. The way to get a job done is to start it... Andrew🐉(talk) 09:25, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Re: Case Notes (radio show)

I see that this BBC Radio show has been turned into a redirect (effectively deleted) following a merge discussion earlier this year. I would like to restore this article. Do you know how to go about this? Snowman (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, the process of editing a redirect is described at WP:EDRED. I don't recall ever listening to that programme and am not seeing many sources for it but will put it on my watchlist and see what you can do with it. Andrew🐉(talk) 07:12, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

I have listened to the radio show many times. It was redirected following a deletion discussion. I think there has to be a discussion on the talk page before the page can be restored. I have started a discussion on the talk page. Snowman (talk) 09:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Stuart Stanton (surgeon)

On 3 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stuart Stanton (surgeon), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that surgeon Stuart Stanton popularised an operation for stress incontinence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stuart Stanton (surgeon). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stuart Stanton (surgeon)), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Fauja Singh

On 17 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Fauja Singh, 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. Black Kite (talk) 14:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Connie Francis

On 21 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Connie Francis, 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. Schwede66 19:05, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Gardening with Gerda

Main page: Robert Baker Park at DYK

story · music · places

Thank you for your efforts for Robert Lewis Baker! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome. Gardening and Wikipedia have some similarity, I reckon – activities like labelling, planting, pruning, seeding, weeding and so forth are common to both and the results can be equally attractive and rewarding. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:09, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Nice analogy! - Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Bach seems timeless and eternal now. Myself, I'm remembering Tom Lehrer who died recently (see ITN). His lyrics are witty and his mastery of the piano seemed excellent. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Texas redistricting

Thanks for defending my article suggestion. I cannot comprehend their logic that it's not relevant. 77eagle (talk) 15:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

It's not based on logic or evidence. Per WP:ITNSIGNIF, "Whether a topic is significant enough for inclusion in ITN is often contentious. ... It is highly subjective whether an event is considered significant enough..." There is some gerrymandering too... Andrew🐉(talk) 17:51, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Biddy Baxter

On 11 August 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Biddy Baxter, 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:01, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

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That's weird, you have a similar signature to User:Jeraxmoira! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 14:57, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

One reason for that is that we are both WikiDragons. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:33, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson oh, got it! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 15:34, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

There are other reasons in my case including:

1. I wanted to have a shorter sig and the sigil is just a single Unicode character
2. The sigil looks like the letter D in Apple's iOS font and so it works as an initial
3. I'm a dragon of a different sort too
4. Dragons are cool!

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Streameast for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Streameast is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Streameast until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

^EF⁵ 17:00, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2025 Ryder Cup

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Ryder Cup, 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. Schwede66 00:30, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for George Smoot

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George Smoot, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 00:32, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Sarah Mullally

On 4 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sarah Mullally, 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. Schwede66 03:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Diane Keaton

On 15 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Diane Keaton, 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. Spencer^T•C 05:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

🎉 Andrew Davidson's first edit anniversary!

Hey Andrew Davidson, Your first edit anniversary on this wikimedia project was 4 days ago. Thank you for your valuable contributions and wishing you many more years of amazing contributions to the Wikimedia community :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 22:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks. What seems even more interesting is that the 20th anniversary of my account's creation is coming up on 15 February 2026. I must ponder how to celebrate it. Checking, I find that it's the Sunday of the Oxford Wikimeet so that's a possibility. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:32, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Killiechassie

Now home to J. K. Rowling

You uploaded File:Killiechassie 1862.png in 2014, but I don't quite understand why you marked it as {{keep local}}. The map being over 100 years old, it should be well within PD, and if not it should have been tagged as such. But perhaps there was a good reason that I am oblivious to.

I have gone ahead and marked the file for Commons export as well as updated the license tag inside {{PD-Art}} to {{PD-100}}. If that was in error, please revert my edit and let's discuss the license situation of the file. Rose Abrams (T C L) 14:24, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand what the template is saying. It is not an obstacle to copying to Commons; it records that "an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too". So, the file may be copied to Commons but the local copy should then be left here.

Reasons for this include:

1. Commons is a different project with different policies. I'm not exactly sure what they are as I don't tend to go there.
2. The file is on my watch list here and I like to keep an eye on material that I have created or uploaded.
3. Having a local copy enables me to annotate or otherwise comment on the content.
4. For more, see Template talk:Keep local

So, I have restored the template which sits fine alongside {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}. Ok?

Andrew🐉(talk) 14:58, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

I see. I don't really know if "it's easy and convenient for me" is a solid reason to keep a local file, but it's not something I will argue. I'd recommend you to consider the arguments set out on WP:WHYCOMMONS for why not to keep a local file, but it's up to you.

But a more important question for you: Is it possible for you to fill in the fields | source = and | author = on the file page? Since you uploaded the file (albeit 11 years ago), you may remember the website/written work/repository where you found the image originally. It's fine if you cannot, I can always attempt to find the data myself by reverse-searching it online. And regardless of who does it, when that info is known and entered I will copy the file to Commons (while keeping the local copy per your request). Thank you! Rose Abrams (T C L) 15:47, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

It's now  Done. You can still add details to the local copy if you are able. Rose Abrams (T C L) 20:30, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

OK. I just read through WP:WHYCOMMONS and see that it says, "If you want to prevent images uploaded directly to Wikipedia from being deleted locally after being copied to Commons, use the {{Keep local}} tag." So, that's all good then. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:31, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Question about keeplocal

Hello! Is there a specific reason that you tagged File:Breaking Rust 2.png with {{keep local}}? I don't see any particular reason for it. I will export the file to Commons later today, but if you can explain why then I'll certainly leave the local copy untouched. Rose Abrams (T C L) 12:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

I usually upload here rather than elsewhere as this is the main project that I work on and I'm not so familiar with other projects. One specific reason to maintain the file here is that I can then keep an eye on it using my watchlist. In this way I was able to observe the subsequent improvements to the license and resolution of the image and then thanked the editors responsible. This is my standard policy and process and seems to work well. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:14, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

I see. I'm not certain if editor convenience is a good reason to keep a local copy, but I see no consensus about it and don't feel it worth arguing over anyway. So I'll do as planned and make a copy onto Commons while leaving your local copy intact. Have a good day! Rose Abrams (T C L) 20:47, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Baek Se-hee

ITN recognition

On 18 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Baek Se-hee, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:39, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

{{recent death}}

Please review this template's guideline as it is not for newly created articles. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:07, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

• That guidance is not sensible as a subject of this sort will naturally attract attention once the article is created. Already other editors have rushed in and they now number seven and counting. The reader should naturally be advised that the topic is tentative until its stability becomes clear. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:28, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Regardless, WP:BLP1E - FlightTime (open channel) 20:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

There are three conditions for WP:BLP1E. None are applicable in this case.

Meanwhile the editor count is now in double figures. And another editor has thought to thank me for getting it started. What a fine fellow!

Andrew🐉(talk) 22:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes - I was frankly astonished to see that we had not already had an article. Her book has been a bestseller for several years. No Swan So Fine (talk) 05:13, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

• Checking after 12 days, the stats are now 32 editors; 228,569 pageviews. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Psychiatric therapy

I linked this term in Baek Se-hee. It was a red link, I redirected it to Psychotherapy, but I am not an expert in this terminology - you may want to double check this. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

That's fine, thanks. I thought about linking it but the general concept seemed fairly familiar and I wasn't sure of the exact methodology.

Myself, I bought some tteokbokki today and will be trying that therapy later! Andrew🐉(talk) 15:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Good stuff. Did you know I've been living in Korea for a decade now? :) Planning to eat some sundae today for dinner :) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I was aware of that. Did you know that I live in the part of London that has the largest Polish community per Poles in the United Kingdom? And so, for example, I started the article POSK. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:18, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Small world. I wonder if the Polish Library in London has a separate stand-alone notability. Also Polish Veterans Association. I see both mentioned occasionally in sources... for now I'll redirec them there. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:05, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Yang Chen-Ning

On 23 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Yang Chen-Ning, 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. —Bagumba (talk) 07:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Kippered trout

I had some Manx kippers the other day but didn't think to take a picture. This fine spread will give you an idea.

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

The Kip ^(contribs) 02:31, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks but I prefer kipper for breakfast (pictured). To see Sybil on the subject, see this episode... Andrew🐉(talk) 10:15, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Prunella Scales

On 30 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Prunella Scales, 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. Schwede66 21:15, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Reader Metrics

I read the discussion on the Prunella Scales blurb, and had some comments and questions.

I advocate including user metrics when considering ITN items. Why?

• The site exists to serve readers.

• Reader behavior is a key signal of the quality of the experience the site (and its editors) provide.

• Editors are not representative of the broader public.

• Editor judgement on newsworthiness/blurbworthiness is inherently and inescapably subjective.

• Editors should want to know what readers are interested in.

• Editors should want to know how readers engage with content on the homepage to help inform future editorial decisions.

• Editors should want metrics to ensure homepage content is broad and balanced.

• Metrics help counter personal biases by offering objective data that indicates notability.

• Metrics can augment rather than replace editor judgement.

“I was going to jokingly reply to The Kip that viewer statistics would be coming in no time. I didn't think you would actually do it! Rather than annoy almost every other editor with the repeated use of these, why don't you save everyone the trouble and bookmark WP:TOP25 or better yet download Wikipedia Mobile which shows the top viewed articles of the day (on the front page no less). I will seek community discussion at ITN Talk if I see a pointy use of these stats again. Quite silly really (or beyond that now perhaps).”

This comment seemed harsh, dismissive and intended to chill discussion. While this editor may not see the value of considering metrics, is it necessary to effectively censor discussion of them? Is there any recourse? Is it worth trying to have a discussion about how ITN items should can be discussed? Dr Fell (talk) 23:03, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Discourse at ITN is uncivil but so it goes. I fancy that some of the editors there are coming around for the second time. The Mills of God grind slow but exceeding fine...

Our readership is obviously important and so you're right that it should be measured. Let's look again at those numbers:

Article	Views	Edits	Editors	Size	Watchers
Prunella Scales	272,229	136	38	31,920	100
Sanae Takaichi	81,635	18	12	131,835	109
Catherine Connolly	39,180	29	17	79,071	55
2025 Irish presidential election	15,930	11	6	185,930	62
Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN	15,130	7	5	61,197	35
XIX International Chopin Piano Competition	3,960	0	0	137,706	< 30
Andrzej Poczobut	548	3	2	22,777	< 30
Mzia Amaglobeli	532	7	2	41,106	< 30
8 pages	429,144	211	79	691,542	361

Prunella Scales is doing fine and has had over 400,000 readers in two days now. It's the numbers for some of those other ITN picks that seem lamentable. Clearly just about no-one is reading some of those topics and so we shouldn't be running them.

Andrew🐉(talk) 23:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Annual readership

Template:Annual readership has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:11, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the invitation but I am forbidden to join this discussion – audi alteram partem ... Not!

For the record, the template is currently in use on 53,123 pages. Here's some examples from the start of the list

Animal to Computer science

• Animal – Biological kingdom
• American football – Team field sport
• Albert Camus – French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
• Agatha Christie – English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
• All Saints' Day – Christian feast day
• Amino acid – Organic compounds containing amine and carboxylic groups
• Apollo program – 1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
• Assault – Physical or verbal attack of another person
• Alternate history
• Amaryllis – Genus of plants
• Aluminium
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• Abraham Lincoln – President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
• Apocalypse Now – 1979 war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
• A – First letter of the Latin alphabet
• Antidepressant – Class of medication used to treat depression and other conditions
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• Coffea – Genus of flowering plants
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• C (programming language) – General-purpose programming language
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sic transit gloria mundi

Andrew🐉(talk) 08:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

• I'm following the discussion and see that Mathglot has some constructive suggestions. I'm pinging them to compare notes. Here's some points for their consideration.

1. I'm the original creator of {{annual readership}} and so quite motivated to help develop a successor.
2. I've listed 50 articles which use the template above. I want to get a full list but am not sure of the best way of capturing it.
3. I've archived the current code and talk pages so that we can still refer to them.
4. I've started developing a rough replacement which will give the reader a feel for the readership and link to the pageviews tool. The first draft is at talK:Poles in the United Kingdom. The code is

{{Tmbox |style = border-spacing:4px |image = [[File:Open data small color (vector).svg|32px]] |text = The number of {{plainlink|url=https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=all-time&pages=Poles_in_the_United_Kingdom|name=average daily views}} of this article is about 193. }}

The average has to be inserted manually but should be fairly stable for a mature article. The page views parameters are defaulted to all-time which should give the full stats since records began in 2015. The reader then gets the big picture.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:31, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for James Watson

On 8 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James Watson, 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. Schwede66 01:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Horst Panic

On 14 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Horst Panic, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Captain Flag

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• The new PD image (right) looks better so thanks for adding it to the article. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:11, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Tom Stoppard

On 4 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Stoppard, 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. Black Kite (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks. Some notes for the record. I started the ball rolling for the blurb discussion which was quite protracted – 60K and counting. The nomination was updated and an image of him in his prime cropped for this. The article's lead was updated to highlight his critical significance. The tag-bombing was cleared and the list of works was updated with a reference to a comprehensive bibliography which helped resolve the debate about the need for sources for that section. There was some contention about the choice of lead image and I participated in the discussion for that. And I expanded the paragraph about his death, adding King Charles' statement. So, there was quite a variety of tasks to be done and so it's good that they helped it make the main page.

The readership on the death was over half a million. It will be interesting to see how much the blurb attracts.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

I was just popping by to check you got the recognition as you started the blurb discussion, thanks to @Black Kite for handling it already. CMD (talk) 15:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for thinking of me. I see you got your recognition for starting the nomination – well done. But you didn't comment on the blurb option during the discussion – what did you think about that, please? Andrew🐉(talk) 15:31, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

While I know Tom Stoppard, I am not so familiar with theatre as a whole, and especially unfamiliar with ITN's expectations on theatre. I set out to add the initial information on the death, and then decided after looking through the article to source and tweak the paragraph on his only book, which seemed the biggest source gap. (I did not know before that he had written a book.) I do think despite my unfamiliarity that he is quite a significant artistic figure, which seems blurbable, so it seems positive you managed to start the process. If there is "recognition" for me I would prefer it to be for the update and the book sourcing rather than for the nomination, although thinking as I write I did do that nomination on mobile so on second thought perhaps recognition is merited. CMD (talk) 15:49, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Looking at the readership stats, the blurb seemed to add about 30,000 readers on top of the base trend. I usually reckon ITN generates about 20,000 views so that was a bit better than usual. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Baek Se-hee

On 11 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Baek Se-hee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Baek Se-hee wrote I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baek Se-hee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Baek Se-hee), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 16,708 views (696.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of December 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

The link above gives the number as 17,937. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:24, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rob Reiner

On 16 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rob Reiner, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:13, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Brigitte Bardot

On 29 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Brigitte Bardot, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:04, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Khaleda Zia

On 2 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Khaleda Zia, 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. Schwede66 00:50, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Swan Lake

Hi - attempted to ping you but was told that my pinging would not go through so just wanted to manually let you know there is an ANI discussion involving the Talk:Swan Lake discussion you participated in [[1]]. Apologies if this is a duplicate ping. Gnomingstuff (talk) 18:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

I got the ping and read the discussion but did not find it edifying. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:24, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

And the consequence was that BassiStone was banned indefinitely and the article Swan Lake was rolled back 5 months. Tsk. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:46, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

January music

story · music · places

Thank you for "blurb first" in the ERRORS discussion! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

"2012 Olympics curse" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect 2012 Olympics curse has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 14 § 2012 Olympics curse until a consensus is reached. Suonii180 (talk) 23:36, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Wanted to congratulate your Father

Hello Andrew, I saw on user:pendright’s talk page that your father will be turning 101 shortly, just wanted to congratulate him and wish him an early happy birthday. My Grandfather’s mother in law (of his second wife) has recently turned 101 too, which is amazing, 101 years is an amazing achievement, such a different time of history. May I ask whether he had any involvement in the war, I’m fascinated in that era and have relatives of my own (unfortunately no longer with us) who were involved, unfortauentlt I only met one of them, but it was great to. Have a lovely rest of your week. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 21:09, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. If you're talking about WW2, then being born in Jan 1925 made him 14 when the UK joined the war and so he was too young to be very involved. A chap who used to do some gardening for me was a bit older and said that he saw Rommel in the Desert War. There are few such left now, alas. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:57, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I meant more during the later years (1944-1945), my great granduncle was a year older than your father and during the later years (at ages 18-19) fought before being wounded (Then again he was conscripted as he was German, I’m not entirely sure whether Britain was conscripting in the later years). I’m not sure whether any early war veterans are still around (veterans who fought at the start in 1939), I think it might only be later ones (and Hitler Youth members who fought during the last years/months, like Pope Benedict 16th).

That’s very interesting about the man you knew who saw Rommel, I don’t know much about the desert war, personally I think it was a waste for Germany (although good for us because we managed to defeat them), The desert war is pretty forgotten compared to other theatres, my Great-Grandfather was part of the RAF in the Ethiopian front (when Britain fought against Italy in Somalia and Ethiopia), which is by far one of the most forgotten theatres too. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 10:19, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to write. Wish your father a Happy next Birthday for me, I hope he is well. All the best - Pendright (talk) 02:48, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Greenland crisis

On 19 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Greenland crisis, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:29, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for World Health Organization

On 30 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article World Health Organization, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 22:39, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Epstein files

On 5 February 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Epstein files, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:51, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jesse Jackson

On 17 February 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jesse Jackson, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:59, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Robert Duvall

On 18 February 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Robert Duvall, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Craig (elephant)

On 23 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Craig (elephant), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an African elephant named Craig had tusks that were so long that they reached the ground? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Craig (elephant). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Craig (elephant)), 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.

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 9,720 views (810.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2026 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

From WP:ERRORS:

"... that an African elephant named Craig had tusks that were so long that they reached the ground?"

I was intrigued as to what this meant, do they touch the ground only when he lowers is head or standing/walking normally etc. It is cited in the article at the end of the second sentence to IFAW and the BBC, they discuss the weight and length of his tusks but neither state that they reached the ground - Dumelow (talk) 09:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

• Isn't it clear from the picture?

I rewrote the relevant part of the lead to focus on the tusks and this was then picked up for the hook. Several sources comment on the length of the tusks and the Times describes them as "ground-sweeping" so I've just added a cite to that in the lead.

But, see the talk page for an alt which I suggested and got some support:

• ALT ... that a super-tusker named Craig died when his teeth wore out which caused his intestines to rupture?

We can switch that that if you like.

Andrew🐉(talk) 11:18, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

No, that is extremely depressing. TarnishedPath^talk 12:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

The Times story gives it a positive spin

Why Craig the elephant’s death is a victory for conservationists
The Kenyan ‘super tusker’ carried nearly 100kg of ivory. The fact that he lived to 54 and died of natural causes is a landmark in the fight against poaching

. That might be turned into a hook but the article would need work to support it. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:12, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election

On 9 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election, 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. Schwede66 09:41, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Your Message Title

Read between the lines

Could I ask what the blank paper protest is about? (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:40, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

To clarify, the joke here was that I left the message title blank. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:42, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

• The article blank paper protest was started in 2022 by No Swan So Fine – a prodigious creator of content. I wanted to help out and noticed that the page needed an image and so created one which I added to the article. I then added more content to the article.

The image has been replaced at the article but it occurred to me that it would be an entertaining addition to my user page, enabling me to blow off steam in a catch-all way without getting into the aggravating details of the latest issue, whatever that might be. You're the first person to comment on it, but it did get some thanks, iirc. Ok?

Andrew🐉(talk) 19:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks for the answer. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 19:18, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I have nothing further to add, which I did not write on a piece of paper. No Swan So Fine (talk) 20:55, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Country Joe McDonald

On 13 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Country Joe McDonald, 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. Spencer^T•C 02:12, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

On 15 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, 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. Stephen 23:37, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-13

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

• Wikimedia site users can now log in without a password using passkeys. This is a secure method supported by fingerprint, facial recognition, or PIN. With this change, all users who opt for passwordless login will find it easier, faster, and more secure to log in to their accounts using any device. The new passkey login option currently appears as an autofill suggestion in the username field. An additional "Log in with passkey" button will soon be available for users who have already registered a passkey. This update will improve security and user experience. The screen recording demonstrates the passwordless login process step by step.
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC. This is for the datacenter server switchover backup tests, which happen twice a year. During the switchover, all Wikimedia website traffic is shifted from one primary data center to the backup data center to test availability and prevent service disruption even in emergencies.

Updates for editors

• Wikimedia site users can now export their notifications older than 5 years using a new Toolforge tool. This will ensure that users retain their important notifications and avoid them being lost based on the planned change to delete notifications older than 5 years, as previously announced. [2]
• Wikipedia editors in Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, and Simple English now have access to Special:PersonalDashboard. This is an early version of an experience that introduces newer editors to patrolling workflows, making it easier for them to move from making edits to participating in more advanced moderation work on their project. [3]
• The Special:Block now has two minor interface changes. Administrators can now easily perform indefinite blocks through a dedicated radio button in the expiry section. Also, choosing an indefinite expiry provides a different set of common reasons to select from, which can be changed at: MediaWiki:Ipbreason-indef-dropdown. [4]
• Mobile editors at several wikis can now see an improved logged-out edit warning, thanks to the recent updates from the Growth team. These changes released last week are part of ongoing efforts and tests to enhance account creation experience on mobile and then increase participation. [5]
• View all 36 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the bug that prevented mobile web users from seeing the block information when affected by multiple blocks has been fixed. They can now see messages of all the blocks currently affecting them when they access Wikipedia.

Updates for technical contributors

• Images built using Toolforge will soon get the upgraded buildpacks version, bringing support for newer language versions and other upstream improvements and fixes. If you use Toolforge Build Service, review the recent cloud-announce email and update your build configuration as necessary to ensure your tools are compatible. [6][7]

• The API Portal documentation wiki will shut down in June 2026. API keys created on the API Portal will continue to work normally. api.wikimedia.org endpoints will be deprecated gradually starting in July 2026. Documentation on the API Portal is moving to mediawiki.org. Learn more on the project page.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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ITN recognition for Gerd Faltings

On 25 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerd Faltings, 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. Schwede66 03:32, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Chuck Norris

On 25 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Chuck Norris, 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. Spencer^T•C 05:52, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for good work for ITN! My story today has remained the same for this day from the beginning: Bach's Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, first performed on Annunciation Day 1725. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:27, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mary Rand

On 29 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mary Rand, 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. Spencer^T•C 20:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Arbitration Case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SchroCat. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SchroCat/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 15, 2026 at 23:59 UTC, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SchroCat/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Party Guide/Introduction. For the Arbitration Committee, DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 10:35, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

		Short Description Barnstar
		For adding a short description to Human history ◎ 1, one of the only two level 1 vital articles that were missing one. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 02:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Friendly Proposal

Hello, how are you doing today? I'm sorry for disturbing you, I was wondering if you would like to be friends, I'm new here and j have no reading partner or friends here. Purnama1 (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello. I suggest that you start by creating a user page to introduce yourself. This will then indicate what we have in common.

Another possibility is to get a formal mentor. I'm not very familiar with the details of that process and so am not ready to commit to that yet.

Andrew🐉(talk) 21:56, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ngogo chimpanzee war

On 14 April 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ngogo chimpanzee war, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:26, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ned (snail)

On 25 April 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ned (snail), 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. Black Kite (talk) 19:03, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2026 London Marathon

On 28 April 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2026 London Marathon, 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. Left guide (talk) 16:03, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for J. Craig Venter

On 3 May 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article J. Craig Venter, 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. Schwede66 08:52, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Shirley Porter

On 6 May 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Shirley Porter, 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. Spencer^T•C 04:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2026

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue IV, April 2026 Headlines From the team: How the GLAM Community Can Shine in the 2026–27 Annual Plan Albania report: International Roma Day 2026 in Tirana, Albania Argentina report: WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects Asia report: Documenting and citing oral knowledge in audio and video Australia report: WikiCon Australia, ICIP, Orphan works and Trans-Tasman partnerships Brazil report: Wikimedia Brasil publishes book on the power and challenges of free knowledge Colombia report: We celebrate Public Domain Day with an expert panel / Celebramos el día del dominio público con un Panel de expertas Italy report: Ongoing and New GLAM-Wiki Projects New Zealand report: Women in Wartime event at Auckland Museum & an update for WiR NZBSI Nigeria report: Wikimedia Commons Upload Campaign North Macedonia report: Wikimedia MKD in Action: Digitization, Wikisource and Educational Workshops Poland report: GLAM-Wiki Developments: Residencies, Partnerships and Audiovisual Heritage Serbia report: April in Wikimedia Serbia Switzerland report: Le Donne di Villa Massimo UK report: A tenth-century Quran and Islamic Art in Urdu USA report: Wiki MIT launches and US meetups Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Update on the BHL Annual Meeting 27 April - 1 May & BHL Day Memory of the World report: Eight new articles on MoW inscriptions Calendar: May's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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ITN recognition for 2026 Ituri Province Ebola epidemic

On 18 May 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2026 Ituri Province Ebola epidemic, 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. Stephen 00:20, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Felicity Lott

On 20 May 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Felicity Lott, 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. Spencer^T•C 03:43, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

story · music · places

Dvořák's Serenade performed in the Great Conservatory of Syon Park by the Hounslow Symphony Orchestra.

Thank you for your help, - my story today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. My priority was the picture as I didn't like the crop that was there to start with. And then I fleshed out the lead which is the main bit that our readers will actually read.

Off now to an event at which a local symphony orchestra will perform. They don't have an article yet so I'll see if they merit one. More anon...

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:46, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Flott made the top 10 of this week's Weeklypedia with 320 changes by 47 authors so there were quite a few of us! Andrew🐉(talk) 15:02, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 2026

On 24 May 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 2026, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cambridge won all but one of the eight events at the 2026 Boat Race, the exception being the Oxford women's team, who broke their streak of eight consecutive losses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2026. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Boat Race 2026), 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) 00:03, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - June 2026

Women in Red | June 2026, Vol 12, Issue 6, Nos 358, 359, 373, 374, 375 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Alphabet run: Countries starting with I, J, K and L Article improvement campaign: Orphaned women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: Eiffel women Tip of the month: Consider contributing to two of our monthly events at once, and improve coverage of LGBTQ+ women by de-orphaning their articles. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram & Pinterest

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DYK for Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon

On 29 May 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Chinese robot beat the world record for a half-marathon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Magnifica Humanitas

On 29 May 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Magnifica Humanitas, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – robertsky (talk) 13:31, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

This Month in Education: May 2026

This Month in Education

Volume 15 • Issue 5 • May 2026

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In This Issue

• Teaching innovation with Wikimedia. Shared experiences in Spanish Universities
• Editing Wikipedia with Viktor Hygo High School in Albania
• Debating free license in Brazil
• Microclimatic Explainers: A short-form media approach to build micro-level environmental awareness in India
• Ukraine publishes the first academic collection of papers on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects
• Wiki Digital Youth Club Launches in Tanzania: Youth Build Digital Skills Through Competitive Quest Challenges
• Wiki Youth Participation in Building Rwanda’s Open Knowledge Ecosystem
• Wikimedia Digi-Youth Club in Nigeria
• Wikimedia MKD's Education News & Activities
• Wikipedia Serbia's interns and Wiki Ambassadors provide crucial support towards end of the school year

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Books & Bytes – Issue 74

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 74, March–April 2026

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		For your long-time contributions to In The News. Grimes2 13:16, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks. I wonder which topic sparked this ...? Andrew🐉(talk) 15:35, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  Ongoing: 2026 Bolivian protests. Grimes2 16:00, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  Interesting, thanks. I don't like opposing nominations but so it goes. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:10, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-24

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

• Wikimedia Enterprise has increased the free usage limits for its API offerings. The monthly request limit for the On-demand API has increased from 5,000 to 50,000 requests, while the Snapshot API limit has increased from 15 to 30 requests per month. In addition, Structured Contents snapshots are now available for free accounts. These changes expand access to Wikimedia Enterprise data for developers, researchers, and organizations using Wikimedia content. [8]

Updates for editors

• The refreshed Explore Feed, now called the Home Feed, is rolling out to 50% of users of the Wikipedia Android app. The Home Feed helps readers discover relevant content through two new tabs: Community and For You. The Community tab provides a scrollable feed of curated content and updates from the broader Wikimedia community and movement, while the For You tab offers a full-screen, swipeable experience that shows content tailored to a user's interests. The redesign is part of a broader effort to improve discovery and enhance the learning experience in the Wikipedia app.
• The Which came first? daily trivia game is now available in the beta version of the Wikipedia iOS app in English, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish. The game uses historical events from Wikipedia's "On This Day" content and challenges readers to guess which of two events happened first. The game was previously released on Android. Communities interested in making the game available in their languages can read the instructions and requirements.
• Sub-referencing, a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, will begin rolling out to Wikimedia wikis following a successful pilot phase. Deployment will start on 8 June for most Group 1 wikis and French Wikipedia, with additional Wikipedia language editions receiving the feature over the coming months. Communities are encouraged to prepare by checking for untranslated Cite extension messages in their language and reviewing any use of Reference Tooltips, which may require updates to support the new functionality. Wikis using Reference Previews do not need to take any action. Communities may also wish to create the cite-tracking-category-ref-details tracking category as a hidden category using __HIDDENCAT__ (or a dedicated template), and connect it to the corresponding Wikidata item d:Q129764848. [9]
• The Page Previews experiment on mobile web has concluded. The team decided not to roll out the feature after the results showed no statistically significant impact on reader retention, as the primary success metric was retention improvement. Page Previews, which are already available on desktop and in the apps, display a thumbnail, lead paragraph, and link to the full article when readers tap a blue link. The experiment tested this experience on mobile web across six Wikipedias.
• The user interface icon library will be updated later this week or next week. Most of the ~300 icons have been slightly refined and ~30 new icons have been added. These changes improve the icons to make them more consistent and comprehensible, and provide more visual balance when they are used in groups.
• The Universal Language Selector (ULS) interface in MediaWiki, which helps users select content in other languages, has been updated. The new version improves speed and accessibility, and users of Wikimedia projects can now pin languages for quicker language switching. The deployment to Wikimedia sites will happen gradually in the coming weeks. You can test it now as a beta feature by selecting beta features in your profile preferences and share your feedback on the project page.
• View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where the Pageviews Analysis dashboard on pageviews.wmcloud.org stopped updating graph data in May 2026, affecting all users, has been fixed. [10]

Updates for technical contributors

• The function signature for mw.util.addPortletLink() has been simplified. Developers can now pass a configuration object instead of a list of positional parameters when creating portlet links. The previous function signature remains supported for backwards compatibility. For example, instead of: mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', '#', 'Stub', 'ca-stubtag', 'Add a stub tag to this page'); use mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', { href: '#', text: 'Stub', id: 'ca-stubtag', tooltip: 'Add a stub tag to this page' });. Script maintainers are encouraged to review existing uses of addPortletLink() and update them where appropriate. This change will be available on all wikis from 11 June. Thanks to community volunteer Gerges for contributing this improvement. [11]
• Community Wishlist discussion: Product & Technology introduced changes meant to increase the number and complexity of wishes fulfilled, including the disbanding of the Community Tech team. They are engaging in discussions about a proposed direction for the wishlist from community members. Includes ways to structure annual voting, better tracking of wishes, removing focus areas, and staffing updates.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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This Month in GLAM: May 2026

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue V, May 2026 Headlines From the team: May Global GLAM Call Recording and June Call Announcement Australia report: Celebrating #1Lib1Ref Australasia Brazil report: GLAM Connection: Fashion, History, and Biodiversity in May France report: New Wikimedian in Residence Italy report: Connecting the Arctic and Sicily through Wikimedia Projects Mexico report: How the cultural, governmental, educational, and museum sectors contributed in unison to Wikimedia projects Netherlands report: Setting up your own platform (part 1): from wish to the creation of a wiki New Zealand report: ESEAP Conference 2026 and the NZBSI WiR update North Macedonia report: Wikimedia MKD Shares GLAM Experience at International Conferences Poland report: Partnerships, Participation, and Open Knowledge Serbia report: May in Wikimedia Serbia Spain report: El Prado en femenino III Switzerland report: Museum for Communication, Panel IMD, Wikipedia Day UK report: Early Qurans on the front page of Wikipedia Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Updates on work by BHLWiki Working Group members Special story: New tools for multilingual audio, video and metadata Memory of the World report: New articles in Urdu Calendar: June's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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ITN recognition for David Hockney

On 13 June 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article David Hockney, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:45, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Oxford Meetup June 2026

Hi, I've created m:Meetup/Oxford/123; somewhat late, I know, but sometimes I never know my work rota until Saturday evening. Hope to see you there. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:26, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-25

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

• The Reader Growth team has launched an Image Browsing beta feature on the mobile web version of all Wikipedias. The feature shows an image carousel at the top of articles with 3 or more images. Editors can configure this feature with the following controls: to hide a specific image from a page, either use class=notpageimage excluding it from thumbnail previews, or class=noviewer excluding it from MediaViewer. The carousel can also be disabled from a page entirely, with the magic word __NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL__. To submit feedback or flag bugs, please visit the project page.
• Wikitables can now be sorted in descending order on the first click by adding data-sort-order="desc" to the header cell. Previously, by default, clicking a column header for the first time sorts it in ascending order. This addition to a Wikitable gives it more control and flexibility, while the default behavior for subsequent clicks remains unchanged. [12]

Updates for editors

• The Article guidance feature is currently being tested with some editors creating new articles on the Simple English, French, and Turkish Wikipedias. The experiment will soon begin on the Arabic and Bangla Wikipedias as well. This feature gives editors community-curated guidance to help them create articles that follow community standards. Experienced editors can continue creating or adapting outlines for specific article types that are commonly created by less experienced contributors. The outlines guide less experienced editors in creating high-quality articles. A quick guide to markups used in outlines can be found on this page. Example outlines that can be adapted and instructions for how to adapt them are on this section of the project page.
• Wikis that wish to replace the "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts (for example, wikis that block temporary users only until account expiration) will be able to do so by creating MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account with the block duration they want. [13]
• View all 41 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• By the end of June, a valid user-agent string will be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement of the long standing user-agent policy. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
• The roll out of global API rate limits is now complete, with limits enforced across all APIs and at the documented levels for all groups. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki remain exempt. All bots should continue to follow the documented best practices to avoid being rate limited.
• The API Portal wiki will be read only starting this week (June 15-18). The following week (June 22-25), all API Portal wiki URLs will redirect to Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org. Learn more on the project page.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

• On June 17th at 6pm UTC the WMF will be holding Discord call focused on a code review. We've heard through the Developer Satisfaction Survey that volunteers are struggling with code review and we'd like to discuss these experiences with the goal of surfacing workable solutions. You can join the call via the Wikimedia Community Discord server.
• The Latin American Wikimedia Conference will host a regional hackathon that will bring together the Wikimedia movement’s technical community including developers, system administrators, data scientists, and users with extended rights. Interested technical contributors can apply for a scholarship to participate until June 21 at midnight (Bolivia time, UTC-4).
• Sign up for Wikimania Team Challenges to join this special event. The Team challenges will take place online and in person from July 21 to 22, before Wikimania conference. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skills or Wikimania registration. Teams will work on 10 important challenges supporting the Wikimedia community. For details, visit the Team Challenges page and register there. Registration closes on June 20th at 11pm UTC.

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:46, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Major Oak

On 19 June 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Major Oak, 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. Black Kite (talk) 11:15, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Parkie.webp

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:29, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

The image was from Sir Michael Parkinson's chat show guests over the years - in pictures which contains lots of good pictures. Michael Parkinson deserves better than this. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:24, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-26

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

• Growth features are now available at Wikidata. This update enables access to Mentorship (if configured), Impact module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without Suggested Edits). Wikidata administrators are still configuring the features through Community Configuration.

Updates for editors

• The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers. [14]
• Sub-referencing is a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details. It will be deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions on June 23. The FAQ lists possible actions to take on your wiki to support the deployment. Check the rollout plan for the next deployment steps. [15]
• Starting next week, users will get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. [16]
• View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• Starting next week, abuse filters that are set to "require CAPTCHA verification" will begin to also affect users with the skipcaptcha right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter. The skipcaptcha right will continue to exempt users from having to solve CAPTCHAs in the ordinary course of using the wikis. [17]
• Reference documentation for the Lift Wing API has moved from the API Portal to the interactive REST Sandbox.
• The API Portal wiki is now closed. For API documentation, see Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org. All API Portal wiki URLs (https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/) will redirect to the mediawiki.org page starting June 22. [18]
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

• Join an online call on 25 June at 2:30pm UTC to meet the current Wikimedia interns for Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Interns will provide an overview of their projects and a brief demo of their work so far. Attendees are encouraged to share ideas and connections in their community.

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MediaWiki message delivery 13:03, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:James Burrows.webp

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:22, 23 June 2026 (UTC)