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Already took it :) thanks for the reminder. Elli (talk | contribs) 00:23, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Requesting to be able to get all of the material of my deleted pages

Hey man, you nominated to delete several of my alt-hist pages several months ago and I never backed them up. I understand that hosting them on the wiki was against TOS but I was hoping that I could get the source for them so that I can save them elsewhere.

Thanks and regards. Heatyeet (talk) 02:02, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Heatyeet sure thing. I'll email them to you. Elli (talk | contribs) 02:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Appreciate it Heatyeet (talk) 02:18, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for standing for arbitrator. I am far away from it all (travel, mourning), not in the mood, so just an informal question you can answer or ignore:

• Liviu Holender chose lieder by five composers whose music was banned by the Nazis—Schreker, Zemlinsky, Mahler, Korngold and Schönberg—for a recital at the Oper Frankfurt.

What does this 2024 DYK tell you about infoboxes for classical composers in 2024? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt hi and thanks for your appreciation. Totally understand not wanting to focus on admin- and ArbCom-related areas, they can be exhausting. I don't really know the context necessary to answer your question, though. Elli (talk | contribs) 17:26, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

The context is that infoboxes have been regarded as a contentious topic, and I doubt that they still are. Feel free to look at the 5 composers to evaluate. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for having you on Wiki, great contributions!

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@D4n2016 thanks! Elli (talk | contribs) 17:26, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Rizkydinamo on Real net output ratio (05:56, 26 November 2024)

halo, bagaimana untuk membuat artikel berdasarkan tentang bengkel dinamo --Rizkydinamo (talk) 05:56, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jamiemathieson5 (09:18, 26 November 2024)

Hi how do I make myself a Wikipedia page? I want to get verified on TikTok as I have a blue tick on all my social media but they need reputable news article links and Wikipedia is a big one. Thanks --Jamiemathieson5 (talk) 09:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

@Jamie Mathieson: Please read and heed the deletion notice I left on your talk page as well as all of the other messages there. Having a "blue tick does not indicate meeting WP:ANYBIO. Thanks. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:56, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from AJRossetto9953 (00:20, 27 November 2024)

Hi there! Do you know why primary sources are not allowed on here? its always confused me, as i always thought primary sources were better then secondary. Thank you! --AJRossetto9953 (talk) 00:20, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@AJRossetto9953 happy to explain. Primary sources aren't disallowed, but they only provide an in-the-moment perspective. Wikipedia endeavors not to do analysis of things ourselves, as that is original research, but simply listing facts without analysis isn't very useful to our readers. So it's best to have secondary sources we can draw on for analysis, instead of citing primary sources.

This is different from, say, school projects, which would often want you to do your own analysis of sources to draw your own conclusions! It's an important skill to have; it's just not what we do here. Hope that clears things up :) Elli (talk | contribs) 15:44, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

large block

Not really a concern but you realize blocking 2601:601/32 is a giant swath of comcast customers right? 2601:601:701:21CD:4845:D63B:322B:75AE (talk) 23:46, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes. It's just from a few pages, though, and there isn't really an easier/less-restrictive way to prevent this disruption. Elli (talk | contribs) 23:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from 21JacjE (16:06, 30 November 2024)

Hi my name is Jack Earp and I am having a problem with writing in general --21JacjE (talk) 16:06, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

@21JacjE hi! Can you elaborate on the problem you're having? Elli (talk | contribs) 00:27, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Question from AJRossetto9953 (20:47, 30 November 2024)

Do you have any advice for creating a page on a living person? I want to make a page on Gianni Matragrano(video game voice actor), but I have literally no experience with doing this. If you could provide some detail, I would be very grateful. --AJRossetto9953 (talk) 20:47, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

@AJRossetto9953 hi and sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I would suggest making sure you have multiple reliable sources with significant biographical coverage of Matragrano. As for living people, our biographies of living persons policy is an important read; the tl;dr is that it is especially important to make sure material you include in the article is neutral and well-sourced. Please let me know if you have more specific questions. Elli (talk | contribs) 00:29, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

December music

story · music · places

November was rich in sadness and happiness for me, expressed in music. Today is the last day for the election of arbitrators. Regarding my question to candidates like you, I found one so far who looked into the matter and didn't stay at the surface, Simonm223. There are two composers on the Main page today, Siegfried Thiele and Aaron Copland. I find the response of my friend Jerome Kohl to a question on Copland's article talk promising. What do you think? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Today's story comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and a specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. I'd still like to know what you think about the Copland posts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

On the Main page today Jean Sibelius on his birthday. Listening to Beethoven's Fifth from the opening of Notre-Dame de Paris. We sang in choirs today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

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Jio

• 2409:4053:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Unfortunately, you're going to get that from time to time. It is the IP address range used by mobile customers of Jio. The couple of people (2 in the past year) saying "It wasn't me!" is going to be far outweighed by the number of random edits like Special:Diff/1106760683 and Special:Diff/1105621375 and Special:Diff/1074495251 abd Special:Diff/1070284648 that are going to start right back up again when the block expires in 2025. It is an unfortunate situation, but the numbers are orders of magnitude against us. We do not have the resources to combat even the small percentage of $4\times 10^{8}$ people who do not understand the basic fact that they are editing Wikipedia with their mobile 'phones, and apparently are regarding the "talk" and "edit" hyperlinks on articles as some kind of chat or search app. Uncle G (talk) 08:04, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Luar.aliu (15:59, 7 December 2024)

Hello! How I need to write a citation for the historic of my boxing club --Luar.aliu (talk) 15:59, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

@Luar.aliu not sure exactly what you're wanting to do. Does Wikipedia:Citing sources help? If not please let me know what specific problem you are having. Elli (talk | contribs) 00:30, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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Congratulations on your appointment to Arbcom! Andre🚐 00:22, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

@AndreJustAndre thanks! Elli (talk | contribs) 00:30, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

congrats! :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:22, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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@L235 thanks! I've replied by email :) Elli (talk | contribs) 02:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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Question from AS5694 on User:AS5694/sandbox (23:42, 9 December 2024)

hello, how can I download my work in a sandbox as a pdf? --AS5694 (talk) 23:42, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Question from 7pounds (04:21, 10 December 2024)

My changes to Cord blood keeps getting reverted when I try updating with the correct information, why is this?

Thanks. --7pounds (talk) 04:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)