User talk:RexxS/Archive 66
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A beer for you!
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Hey, it's five o'clock here. I already missed 4:20 today, but not cocktail hour. Cheers! Drmies (talk) 23:19, 9 March 2021 (UTC) |
- RexxS - I make a point of not getting involved in the politics of this place, which is why I’ve never commented at RfA, apart from your own. I made the exception because I have much appreciated your help, advice and judgement. I should be very sorry if your departure is permanent. But you would not be the first to decide there are better ways of spending one’s free time, and you might well be right. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 21:56, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- RexxS, I wish I could pop round with a couple of bottles of beer, put my feet up on your coffee table and chew the fat with you for a while like a couple of old Brummie farts with a career in education behind them, but I'll probably now never get back to the UK. I've been through the same swamp of slime and vengeance and got the T-shirt mercilessly ripped off my back for keeping my gob shut and naÏvely expecting the Committee to do an honest job. Anyway, mate, I hope whatever the outcome, it hasn't driven you away forever. I tried to stomp off and retire but I keep drifting back doing some minor edits on the fly and will probably continue to do so for another couple of years until I get dementia or pop my clogs. More importantly, I hope you are well - drop me an email of you can. Chris Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:38, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- And I'm not too far away, realistically speaking - I can get up to your neck of the woods easily enough once lockdown ends and trains re-open. I've been talking to Smirkybec about Dublin quite a bit recently and wanting to go back there, ideally taking the Euston - Holyhead train and foot ferry, which I've never done. Perhaps we could propose a meetup there when this madness is over; we can probably bring ClemRutter along for the ride. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- As previously offered, happy to give any visiting Wikipedians a tour of Dublin, as I was a tour guide in a previous life! We can all feel very literary and head to Davy Byrne's pub for a gorgonzola sandwich :) You can gaze upon Daniel O'Connell and his street too! Smirkybec (talk) 12:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- RexxS: you better be back. Please. I have been praying to Agatha of Sicily as The Lady Catherine de Burgh recommends, it "solves most problems". She didn't mention how long these "solutions" take. Obviously she knows more than she hints. I hope our community finds ways to focus on this project instead of freezing the best contributors. There will always be occasions, when both sides erupt in frustration and passion, because they care about this project, may be a bit too much. We have too many issues here and too much misinformation and too many quality issues, and "whatnot" in wikipedia as The Lady would say. You are among those who have helped to address this and develop tools to make wikipedia a lot better than it would be otherwise. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:59, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- Now a Ms Sarah Welch sighting, too? //Spreading wings. El_C 14:14, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- RexxS: you better be back. Please. I have been praying to Agatha of Sicily as The Lady Catherine de Burgh recommends, it "solves most problems". She didn't mention how long these "solutions" take. Obviously she knows more than she hints. I hope our community finds ways to focus on this project instead of freezing the best contributors. There will always be occasions, when both sides erupt in frustration and passion, because they care about this project, may be a bit too much. We have too many issues here and too much misinformation and too many quality issues, and "whatnot" in wikipedia as The Lady would say. You are among those who have helped to address this and develop tools to make wikipedia a lot better than it would be otherwise. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:59, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- I am easily taken for a ride!!!--ClemRutter (talk) 16:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- You must pray harder Ms Sarah Welch; I saw a movie once where all these (frankly rather odd) girls in a convent prayed while kneeling on dried peas. Have you tried that? Apparently, it concentrates the prayer. Isn’t that amazing? If only I didn’t have arthritis, I’d join you. The blessed St Agatha is a very close relative of my nephew, and she looks most kindly on donations to assist her miracles. Please PM me for bank details. The Lady Catherine de Burgh (talk) 19:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- That would be an ecumenical matter Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Like. YES! Favourite episode! (I've used that line on Wikipedia on multiple occasions, btw.) El_C 14:50, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- El_C, how did you pass RfA? Was it, like "collect twelve crisp packets and become an admin?" Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:53, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- Yup, pretty much. You know, the "Grant unto Him Eternal adminship" of circa 2005...¯\_(ツ)_/¯ El_C 15:37, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- El_C, how did you pass RfA? Was it, like "collect twelve crisp packets and become an admin?" Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:53, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- That would be an ecumenical matter Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- ClemRutter, me too, though it requires a little more planning and quite a bit more travelling from my neck of the woods. @Ritchie333 and Smirkybec: I absolutely loved Dublin the only time I've been there and I'd happily come over for a weekend to drink Guiness with some Wikipedian friends. Just give me enough notice. My war memorials project will eventually take me to Dublin, but for an amusing juxtaposition, I was actually there for a Taylor Swift concert. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:01, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- HJ Mitchell, I honestly do like Taylor Swift as well - but this really did make me smile: [1] — Ched (talk) 23:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- I was in Dublin once. I remember it well but it was before I was old enough to drink. It's a bit far from here though. Best if all you guys could get over to BKK if they ever do hold a live Wikimania again. We have draught Guinness here. War memorials? Then you'd want to take a quick day trip to Kanchanaburi while you're here, Harry. I'll drive you. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:19, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- HJ Mitchell, I honestly do like Taylor Swift as well - but this really did make me smile: [1] — Ched (talk) 23:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- You must pray harder Ms Sarah Welch; I saw a movie once where all these (frankly rather odd) girls in a convent prayed while kneeling on dried peas. Have you tried that? Apparently, it concentrates the prayer. Isn’t that amazing? If only I didn’t have arthritis, I’d join you. The blessed St Agatha is a very close relative of my nephew, and she looks most kindly on donations to assist her miracles. Please PM me for bank details. The Lady Catherine de Burgh (talk) 19:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- As previously offered, happy to give any visiting Wikipedians a tour of Dublin, as I was a tour guide in a previous life! We can all feel very literary and head to Davy Byrne's pub for a gorgonzola sandwich :) You can gaze upon Daniel O'Connell and his street too! Smirkybec (talk) 12:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- And I'm not too far away, realistically speaking - I can get up to your neck of the woods easily enough once lockdown ends and trains re-open. I've been talking to Smirkybec about Dublin quite a bit recently and wanting to go back there, ideally taking the Euston - Holyhead train and foot ferry, which I've never done. Perhaps we could propose a meetup there when this madness is over; we can probably bring ClemRutter along for the ride. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Remedies and findings of facts which relate to you have been proposed on the proposed decision page of RexxS
Hi RexxS, in the open RexxS arbitration case, a remedy or finding of fact has been proposed which relates to you. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 08:29, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- If you would like to comment on any of these proposed principles, findings of facts and remedies you may comment on the proposed decision talk page. I understand that you have not been recently editing, so may not see this message until the case has been closed, but if you do see this message before the case is closed your input and comments will be welcome at the proposed decision talk. If you have questions for me, do ask here. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 08:29, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- How very droll to see the wasted hot air being ejaculated on that page, by the cringing, little mediocrities who pass as Arbs these days. Mind you, they weren’t much better in the past. I suppose, it’s like small town mayors and Freemasons: Arbs have always been rather Clochemerle, so they are only upholding Wikipedia’s finest traditions. However, even by the Arbs self-humiliating standards “RexxS did not participate after the Case was opened” does smack of rather obvious pompous indignation. Nobody like to be ignored, but most of us have the good sense to hide it. I suppose “good sense” is the telling phrase there. I’ve no idea if you will return or not, I hope you do, but who could blame you if you choose to not? Giano (talk) 22:16, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- Sounds like you could use some cheese. PackMecEng (talk) 23:13, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- NYB does point out he hasn't edited at all since the case began. Johnbod (talk) 04:21, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I expect the motion (why does that word always sound so medical?) was necessary, as most of the Arbs aren’t actually following the case, but just marching out to vote as their cohorts are telling them elsewhere. Apart from NYB (who seems to be a perennial Arb, there for far longer than is good for anyone), I don’t believe any of them are on my radar. Anyway, the longer Rex is away, the more unlikely his return will be. It’s like giving up smoking, once you’ve done three weeks, it gets easier. What a waste for the project. Giano (talk) 21:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
The final decision in the RexxS arbitration case has been made and the case subsequently was closed. The final decision is viewable on the main case page. One remedy was passed as part of the final decision, which is included below:
- RexxS (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) administrative privileges are revoked. He may apply to have them reinstated at any time via a new request for adminship.
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 23:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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Well, whaddayaknow. It's beer time again. Cheers RexxS. Drmies (talk) 02:31, 14 March 2021 (UTC) |
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Hope you see some! On Bach's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:38, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Can anybody watching tell me what is wrong with the last ref in Formula composition? I get a harv error, but it works as it should. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:31, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
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Done Grimes2 (talk) 10:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. Sometimes I'm so blind ... - Recommended reading and sort of related --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Today Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen, - talking of lovely shine, for everyone who needs some. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Ritchie, as for your question below: I asked two questions above, the first before RexxS was gone - but him not answering told me he was gone - and one later. I found help both times. We could have a corner here of Questions RexxS would have been the number one to ask, and see what talk page watchers can do. He always did the pic alt texts for FAC articles for me, for example, and repair image licensing. The cantata managed to succeed to FA without him. He wrote the little template for the precious anniversaries. When you see one or two, think of him with thanks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- Back to Bach's cantata: ... the first performance was on a Palm Sunday which is today, and Yoninah's obituary with the beginning of Passover today - putting some little ego-battles in perspective --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:14, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Enjoy a beer this evening
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Whatever the question, sometimes a beer is the only answer. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:03, 29 March 2021 (UTC) |
Images left
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If you look at my talk today you see a box on top with the DYK for Wilhelm Knabe. I'd like him to look "in", so would like a way to have the image box left, {{user QAIbox}} while the default should be right. Also: the box "disturbs" indenting, - any help for that?
Next question, below is a section about Jörg Widmann, also with a person pictured who looks right and would better be left, in an indented entry. Could he (just the image) be left and how if yes? - Have some flowers, - I made sure on a hike yesterday that they really bloom right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:49, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
Is there anybody watching here who can help me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi, Gerda. I do not think so. It appears that Template:User QAIbox uses Template:Infobox, which really invokes Module:Infobox, but we're already at the (sad) answer, AFAICS: Infoboxes are always right-aligned.
- Now, you've got Knabe's QAIbox in a div on (that version of) your page, which is what's helping it be centered. So you can do this with the div:
<div style="margin: auto auto auto 0; max-width:38em; ..., where the 0 (zero) gives you a left-margin of 0, but that's for the whole QAIbox, which again, uses an infobox, which pushes the text to its left inside it. - Sorry for the bad news; I don't now what else you can do. — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 10:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- John, thank you, it helped me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - April 2021
- Issue 11—April 2021
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Here is what's happening around the project:
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News from around the site
- As part of the Talk pages project, the reply and new discussion tools have been released as beta features. You can enable them at Special:Preferences.
- This month's maintenance backlog is articles marked as too technical. Please help clarify these pages for non-specialists.
- Longtime medicine editor, administrator, and tech-wiz RexxS has retired – hopefully temporarily – following an arbitration case. Among other things, RexxS has long advocated improving Wikipedia's accessibility for readers with disabilities. You can help in that regard by reminding yourself of the contents of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility and learning to write alt text for images.
Discussions of interest
- Template:Authority control is getting a redesign. Contribute to the discussion here.
- A large discussion is reconsidering deprecating the aliases for some citation template parameters.
- Please look over edit-protected medicine pages to consider whether some could have protection levels safely lowered.
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Happy Easter
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Thinking of you, on a bright Easter morning, silently hoping for a resurexxSion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
On this day in 1742, He was despised was performed for the first time, and when I wrote it in 2012, I didn't only think of Jesus. Andreas Scholl sang that for us, - you are invited to a Baroque stroll. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:17, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
While u wait, perhaps listen to my song of defiance (death, fear, arbcom), and if you wait longer, take part in the peer review for the music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:11, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
template:Cite Q retrieving WS links
Hi. Pest again. Are we able to update this template so that like
{{cite Q|Q106554722}}Joseph McCabe (1920). "Abbott, Leonard Dalton". A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists: 3. Wikidata Q106554722.
is able to retrieve the wikilink to the underlying article at English Wikisource. Or is it better that we look to some variation to {{cite Wikisource}} as that adds the WS icon, which I do appreciate. As a note the WD item doesn't use the title field (due to the confusion whether it should or not) Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 08:16, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Pigsonthewing: Waving this is in your direction, as it is that work that you cited at enWS, and I am trying to be more efficient in its citation over here. Have also learnt about the situation over here. :-( — billinghurst sDrewth 10:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst: It's on the to-do list. RexxS sadly hasn't edited for some time. His is an egregious loss not only to CiteQ (where he was a, possibly the, main coder), but to the projects as a whole. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, The shot of me and RexxS on my talk page is typical of my interactions with him. One of the best Wikipedians I have had the delight to converse with. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- I envy you, because I only meet him on the internet. He made this template for me/us, - easy-to-understand, so I never wrote a docu. User:RexxS/Infobox factors are thoughtful and could - if observed - lead better to "arbitration" around the topic than anything arbcom ever achieved. - DYK that we just had The Rite of Spring on the Main page for days? It looked different when it was TFA in 2013, and nobody complained now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- I totally agree with Ritchie333. RexxS was a great contributor to many aspects of Wikipedia, much of it behind the scenes so that most editors would be unaware of it. He was also a very good person to meet and talk to, Gerda, so you are right to envy those of us who met him in the flesh. JBW (talk) 19:30, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
- I just came across this. Let's watch User:Geogre. RexxS did that for years. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - June 2021
- Issue 12—June 2021
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No newsletter last month means a double issue this month. Enjoy:
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- The Medicine collaboration of the month is back with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Please head to its talk page to coordinate improvements.
Discussions of interest
- The redesign of the {{Authority control}} template continues. Contribute here.
- Please consider looking over edit-protected medicine pages to consider whether some could have protection levels safely lowered.
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A barnstar for you!
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| Man you work so hard for wikis . Really how much do you work for weekly? Souradip Mandal (talk) 13:36, 30 May 2021 (UTC) |
- (talk page stalker) @Souradip Mandal: Sadly RexxS has left Wikipedia indefinitely. I am sure if he were here then he would thank you for your kindness. I do not know if there was ever a financial compensation to RexxS for anything he brought to Wikipedia but if it was just like our contributions then it was done for free and out of a love for this encyclopedia and the ability to improve the areas of this project that he could. I would agree with you that his contributions were innumerable and were most definitely a net positive for the encyclopedia and many of us miss him. --ARoseWolf 18:36, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - July 2021
- Issue 12—June 2021
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News from around the site
- Lung cancer will feature on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on August 4th. Anything you can do to improve/update the article before then would be a big help to the many readers likely to see the page on that date.
- The Books namespace will be deprecated and its contents deleted. All books have been moved to subpages of Wikipedia:Books/archive so that they can be undeleted upon request after the namespace is gone. There are around two dozen medicine-related books (14 tagged with WP:MED). If you wish to keep any, you are welcome to move it to your userspace.
Discussions of interest
- An ongoing discussion at WP:MEDRS considers the first few sentences of the MEDRS lead.
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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - August 2021
- Issue 12—August 2021
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- We have a bit of a backlog of good article nominations. Please help improve these articles by reviewing one if you have time. Instructions here.
- WP:URFA/2020 is reviewing and updating FAs that were promoted long ago. Several medicine-related FAs are on the list. Noting current work below. Feel free to jump in and help wherever you're interested:
- Acute myeloid leukemia (promoted in 2006) is getting a thorough update led by Tom (LT) and Spicy. Help is welcome.
- Influenza (promoted in 2006) was updated by Velayinosu and is awaiting review.
- Lung cancer (promoted in 2007) was updated by Axl, Graham Beards, and JenOttawa in preparation for a now-aborted run as WP:TFA.
- Autism (2007 promotion) and Major depressive disorder (2008 promotion) have requests for featured article reviews on their talk pages.
- I believe the oldest unreviewed medicine-related FAs are Michael Woodruff (2006 promotion), Bacteria (2006 promotion), and Coeliac disease (2008 promotion). These are likely to receive some attention soon.
Discussions of interest
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A beer for you!
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Damn I miss you, RexxS. Drmies (talk) 01:15, 7 August 2021 (UTC) |
WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - September 2021
- Issue 15—September 2021
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News from around the site
- Vaticidalprophet, our reigning expert on chromosomal disorders, has retired (temporarily, we hope)
Discussions of interest
- A discussion considers merging the functionality of {{find medical sources}} into {{Talk header}} with a manually applied parameter.
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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
Hello RexxS,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
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Get well soon
RexxS, I'm sorry to hear that you're ill. I hope you recover soon. Maproom (talk) 14:12, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Module:Alexa
Module:Alexa has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
Happy new era
If you're like me, even if you're determined never to set foot on a Wikipedia page again, you'll probably not be able to resist the curiosity to look at your talk page and see who is leaving New Year wishes. So I'm here. Hoping you're well, all the best for 2022, and that one of the days I'll be able to get back to the UK and join you for a beer. Chris. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:33, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Posnq
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I miss you, RexxS!
Hi RexxS! I ran into some past discussions, saw that you had made a contribution, then realized that I haven't spoken to you in quite some time! It looks like you haven't made any edits since February 2021. That sucks to see... I like having you around and I enjoyed working with you! I'm not sure what may have caused you to step away from the project, but I can only hope that it's temporary and that you'll someday return. I just wanted to leave you a message and let you know that I was thinking about you... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:43, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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Happy new year, in friendship! - Today seems like a good day to say so, after a Bavarian peasants' mass (sorry, on the train home, no recent pics of that - just keep watching), and two DYK, even with a pic I took. I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. Miss you here, - the place was better with you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
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Did you know that I heard Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157, when you left (mentioned on my talk back then). It's on the Main page now, pictured, expanded over that year and a decoration for my talk. Interesting article history. Miss you, for example on the Cosima Wagner talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:25, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox gymnast/Wikidata
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Interwiki issue
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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. I found passionate dedication 10 years ago, and as long as you helped. Thank you for a legacy. - Technically minded helpers watching: why does {{User QAIbox}} create a leading blank line left of it which doesn't show in preview? - That's new, and not wanted. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
The above-mentioned problem was solved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:17, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
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My song collection is especially rich, look, and the hall where I first heard DFD, Pierre Boulez and Murray Perahia. Do you find the baby deer in the meadow (last row)? - I wonder what you would reply at Cosima Wagner? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello RexxS,
- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
- Coordination
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September music
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wish you were here to explore music - the new Casals Forum for chamber music is just wonderful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Wdtable row
Template:Wdtable row has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fram (talk) 09:28, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Fram. Rexx has been gone for almost two years. Littleolive oil (talk) 14:41, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
Happy new era
April songs
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I love to see Marian Anderson on the Main page today, with her singing protest against discrimination on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1939! Happy Easter, - I celebrate singing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Significant drug interaction
Template:Significant drug interaction has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Cvt2m
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Happy New Year
| Happy New Year 2021 I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind. Best wishes from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk |
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Missing
I see you’re still absent from the project. A great loss, but hopefully you’re happy wherever you are. The Lady Catherine de Burgh (talk) 19:46, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
Archiving
Rexxs was a pretty meticulous archiver - see above. I'm not sure whether there's any policy/guidance on archiving the Talkpages of editors who no longer edit, but wonder if it's time to archive this. Thoughts? KJP1 (talk) 09:44, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
- RexxS is still alive (probably), but these somewhat relevant guidelines suggest archiving ugly stuff like templates, warnings, notices, and bot messages at user discretion. In any case I think it'd be very poor form to archive any of the sections above, even besides the idea that archiving is meant for bloated and high-traffic pages, of which this talk page is certainly neither. 128.189.197.205 (talk) 00:38, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox person/styles.css
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