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May thanks

Thank you for improving article quality in May! - Today: Felicity Lott. If you have little time, just give me a click ;) - If you have more, see her story. If you have more, listen to her singing Friendly Vision. If you have more, listen until she sings the word "peace" (Frieden), floating up high, serenely. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Patrick Henry, about a man "who may not have quite the repute he did when I took U.S. history forty years ago. But still, his name lives on, even if, regrettably, people have forgotten what it was he did."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 29 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not abbreviating generic names at start of sentence

Sorry that I wasn't around to answer your query last night, but Amakaru had it right. Most biological journals have the policy of spelling out the generic name if it starts a sentence, just because it looks somewhat awkward and confusing otherwise (especially if it is "A.", which looks like the start of a list!). I can't say that all biological journals follow this policy, but I think it is a good one, so I encourage this when I see it on the main page.

Otherwise indeed the usual custom is to abbreviate the generic name in a binomial after first mention, although sometimes the policy is to spell it out again at the start of a major section (or if it has not been mentioned for a long time). And if there are two genera with the same initial letter and abbreviating might cause particular confusion (e.g. if the species names are the same, or if there is some taxonomic debate concerning the genus in which a species should be put), then we would either write out the genus in full or use a longer abbreviation; just common sense really.

Thanks for all your work on the FA blurbs. JMCHutchinson (talk) 06:52, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

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

Administrator changes

Bureaucrat changes

WereSpielChequers

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.

Technical news

Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous

Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election closes on 1 June.

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Flower Drum Song

Please review the new changes that someone made today. Feel free to amend or comment. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:31, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 74

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CS1 error on 1986 New York Mets season

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Your experience level at Wikipedia

Hi Wehwalt; The Bach article appears to be gradually improving though at a slow rate. Separately, at present on the Black hole Talk page there appears to be a temporary account ~2026-28259-76, which is freely admitting to have multiple accounts, some of which are listed on the Temporary account User page and some of which appear to not be listed. The Black hole article recently was promoted to FA and is currently in final constructive preparations for TFA later in July; and this temporary account has not been contributing to the content issues but only citing WP policy quotes about edit conduct, etc. That temporary account seems to have only about 77 edits and seems to be showing a disproportionately large knowledge of the Wikipedia Policy guidelines for someone with only 77 edits. That temporary account is also apparently making a large number of edits on the ANI noticeboard and trying to influence outcomes there as well. Could you take a glance at it to see if this might qualify for starting an SPI or CheckUser on this temporary account? ErnestKrause (talk) 12:17, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I really try to stay out of that sort of thing. I haven't blocked in years. Wehwalt (talk) 13:22, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back on this. Regarding the Bach article improvements then the current plan looks like a second peer review to start sometime in July, and Aza did make a sequence of edits on May 13 which received a noticeable daily page count response. More later. ErnestKrause (talk) 16:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

Thank you today for William IV's British coinage, about "the British coins of William IV, a prelude to the three articles so far on Queen Victoria's coins"! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday was the former German Unity Day, installed when unity was just a dream. I had a story to match, and today, it's another one, with music by Bach and Mendelssohn to match, - a DYK hook 15 years ago, which seems like from a different world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 18 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thanks so much for fixing that error in the main page! Γ+2 (talk) 19:54, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I think I know when it crept in, too! Glad to be of help.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:56, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]