User talk:Wehwalt
Random question - NY Times archive
[edit]Do you know any sources on how you can get access to NY Times Archive without having to pay for a subscription? I have access to the Wikipedia Library, but they don't have access. Trying to figure out a way to get access to an older article. I thought you might know. Remember (talk) 13:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- Some of it is in newspapers.com. Wehwalt (talk) 14:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! Remember (talk) 18:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).
Administrator changes
Rusalkii
NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
- An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Harry Crerar
[edit]I have the article on Harry Crerar up for review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Harry Crerar/archive1. Reviewers are desperately sought. I know it is outside your usual beat, but I fear that unless some reviews are found soon, the nomination will be archived. I was hoping you could drop by with a few comments. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- OK. I will look at it tomorrow (US time). Wehwalt (talk) 22:06, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
SoHo Weekly News
[edit]Hi. I saw you got Illustrated Daily News to FA (one of the very few newspaper FAs we've got). I'm currently working on SoHo Weekly News trying to get it ready for FAC. If you are so inclined, I'd appreciate any comments you might have. RoySmith (talk) 15:52, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- I will look at it. Wehwalt (talk) 16:07, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
May music
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check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
thank you for improving article quality in May. One of mine was Jadwiga Rappé. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:16, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 68
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Issue 68, March–April 2025
In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
Read the full newsletterSent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:18, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Sardou
[edit]You don't know how tempted I am to get the theatre company I belong to to put on one of his plays for the sole purpose of changing it back to "rarely" :) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:39, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
- If it was La Tosca, I'd buy tickets just to have seen it! Wehwalt (talk) 15:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
Technical news
- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 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!
New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus
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Message added 08:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Since you helped review Llullaillaco, I was wondering if you had any input on this one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
Question about Avery Brundage
[edit]Hey, there. Not too long ago, I asked on Talk:Avery Brundage if Jeremy Irons's portrayal of him in Race (2016 film) should be included. Unfortunately, it received no response, so since you were one of the main contributors to this article, I figured I would ask you about it.
That said, is it necessary to include Jeremy's portrayal of Avery in this article? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:07, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
- No, portrayals need not be included. While there are "In Popular Culture" sections in some articles, consisting of such portrayals, most Featured Articles like this do not. Wehwalt (talk) 12:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
- I see. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC)