User talk:Wehwalt: Difference between revisions

(2005-September 2008) (September 2008-April 2009) (April 2009-December 2009) (December 2009-May 2010) (May 2010-August 2010) (August 2010-December 2010) (December 2010-February 2011) (February 2011-April 2011) (April 2011–July 2011) (July 2011–December 2011) (December 2011–February 2012) (February 2012–June 2012) (June 2012–September 2012) (September 2012–February 2013) (February 2013– October 2013) (October 2013–March 2014) (March 2014–January 2015) (January 2015–November 2015) (November 2015–April 2017) (April 2017–February 2019) (February 2019–March 2020) (March 2020–May 2021) (June 2021–August 2022) (August 2022–December 2023) (January 2024–present)

This page has archives. Sections older than 14 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 10 sections are present.

Please Note: This page is watched by talk page stalkers who may answer questions when I am not around.

Howdy, Wehwalt! I know you have a number of the US classical commemoratives under your belt as FAs, and I thought that I might try my hand at some of those that still remain. I was wondering if you'd want to look at the rewrite I recently finished for Texas Centennial half dollar and see if there's anything that might need to be changed before FAC; I figured I might as well ask the expert at taking these things there, lol. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the obvious thing that strikes me is that there's not much on the bill passing Congress to authorize this. I'll have more, I will comment on the talk page but I'm busy with a British coin article right now.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:47, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Wehwalt. What do you think of this edit? -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Wehwalt!

I went ahead and corrected a syntax mistake in your most recent comment at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Titles of European monarchs.[1] I hope you don't mind. I don't know what you were thinking when you introduced the broken bit of syntax... Your edit summary "oops" summarizes the edit perfectly,[2] but I presume that wasn't intentional. Renerpho (talk) 15:55, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure this edit is necessary -- Playboy regularly featured non-nude celebrities. But I'm not strongly against it. What do you think? -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a strong view on the subject. Wehwalt (talk) 11:37, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:20, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed you reverted my edits on the William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign articles saying those were not their slogans. Should the slogans be removed from the List of U.S. presidential campaign slogans article? That is where I got them from and if they were not the official slogans I see no reason for them to remain there. ARandomShyGuy (talk) 04:13, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I looked over that page and I doubt many, especially the early ones, are really slogans, but more phrases associated with the campaign. Wehwalt (talk) 12:17, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you, and all who helped over the years, today for Statue of Liberty, introduced (in 2010): "Having rather randomly looked at this article, I discovered it to be a near-gallery with shoddy text, so set about fixing it up. There is no doubt that there deserves to be a high-class article here given the number of schoolkids and others who no doubt consult Wikipedia prior to a visit." - My story today - by coincidence, and also on the Main page - is of the worldwide career of an Italian tenor who studied in Philadelphia and appeared there first, Lando Bartolini (who also had a rather limited article until a few days ago). Enjoy the day, and liberty! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA. - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who was a pioneer of a concise infobox in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:38, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making). I'm in the process of reviewing the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for FAC, and am sure that your expertise would be good for the new project member's article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations to another FA! - I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. - The violinist made it to the Main page, but another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:03, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Wehwalt (talk) 21:34, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

She's on the Main page now. - My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched the sublime ballerina mentioned above. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

Administrator changes

• Elli
• HouseBlaster
• Pickersgill-Cunliffe

• Brianga
• De728631
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

Congratulations, Wehwalt! The article you nominated, Fourpence (British coin), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wehwalt Hope you are doing well. You had previously put forth your suggestions at the FAC of the article Catherine, Princess of Wales. The article has been listed at peer review before it is sent to FAC for a second time. Given your previous participation, I thought it would be only appropriate to invite you to the peer review discussion and comment on the article, which has gone through a significant makeover since the FAC was archived. Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 16:04, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will give it a look but it may be a few days. Wehwalt (talk) 16:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

• One new partner
• 1Lib1Ref
• Spotlight: References check

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]