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1961 Coup of Gitarama

Your feedback on User:Indy beetle/Gitarama coup would be appreciated. Still need to round out some details on the background role of the Mwami in Rwanda and Belgian administrative structure. -Indy beetle (talk) 23:17, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

@Indy beetle: I'll hopefully take a bit of a look at it soon, but most likely you have better sources than me at this point. I haven't actually seen this event called a coup before, which is interesting, but it does seem to exist in the literature. I guess the question to ask re that is whether the balance of sources call it a coup or call it something else. It's an odd one, because on one level the Rwandan hierarchy was usurped, but at another level it was the Belgians who were the legal masters of the territory at that point and it was done with their approval. Anyway, I'll look forward to having a read! Most likely a little more detail will be necessary at Rwandan Revolution on both this and your Bugesera massacres, as an aftermath of the revolution.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:32, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Gerda's October corner

October songs

Thank you for constant help with RD, going as far as supplying missing sources! One pic of concert is there now, everybody applauding everybody, and rightly so. - Imagine, when we (choir) finished the Gloria fugue in the dress rehearsal, tenor soloist Fabian Kelly spontaneously turned to us and applauded, - deserves an article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda Arendt. Happy to help with the sourcing, I just spotted that RD was almost ready and thought I could nudge it over the line. Re Gloria, which work are you doing? It sounds like it was a very rousing performance, even for the dress rehearsal, if the soloist was moved to applaud that way. Good luck for the real thing!  — Amakuru (talk) 16:38, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Good guess but you could simply click on songs or visit my talk ;) - rehearsal tonight - with the other group, - yes rousing describes it well --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Today: #1700, and I uploaded more images, mostly blue and green, for hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Today, mostly black&white, and standing upright as Psalm 15 says --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: very nice, thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:59, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - updated. How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

two more today, again one by the gang, and more colour! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: very nice, thank you for sharing!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:41, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Congrats also to your latest FA! I was bold and just nominated one, my song of defiance. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Today: a scandal, and more fall colours, including a short sermon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: I am very scandalised! The Passion and Sade. 🙂 And thank you for the congratulations. 2021 has been a bumper year for FAs for me so far... thanks to participating in the WikiCup mostly, it has been a rewarding experience. Thanks, and happy belated Sunday to you.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you ;) - Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

I just noticed that the hook "... that Johannes Schröder composed an oratorio honouring Katharina Kaspar, who became a new saint in 2018?" in Q2 is supposed to appear on 30 Oct, but would make more sense on 1 November, All Saints Day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt:  Done - I have swapped it into P5, which should be the morning slot on 1 November. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 22:54, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, that's nice! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:44, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Significant day in many respects --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:10, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

2013 FA Cup Final

Hi Amakuru, I've stopped tinkering, so any time you like, I'd appreciate your thoughts. Cheers! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:08, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: I'll hopefully get to it later today or tomorrow! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:18, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Absolutely no stress. And thanks. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Natural language generation move request

Hi, thanks for your comment on the Natural-language generation move request. I just wanted to note that the article is not about generation of natural language in general (e.g. the thing we humans do when we speak/write), but rather about a highly specific subfield of computer science and AI research that is known solely by the unhyphenated term in the scientific literature. -Ljleppan (talk) 16:05, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

@Ljleppan: thanks for the note, and after looking again I have amended my !vote. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for James Brokenshire

On 8 October 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James Brokenshire, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 12:04, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

POTD

Is tomorrow's (Monday's) POTD going to display correctly? The 11 POTD templates have a "This image was chosen at random from a selection of eleven. (View another image)" notice at the foot, but I don't see it on the protected version. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:01, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: As far as I can tell, that message has not copied across to the protected template. Perhaps because someone's tweaked the code a bit regarding that. The question is, though, is that a problem? As far as I recall, we usually don't expect that message to actually display on the main page itself, and in the past it's been in a <noinclude> tag so that it doesn't appear when used in a transcluded template. See for example Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 August 18, which has a randomly chosen banknote image. The one difference though, is that on that occasion there was a "See other denominations:" set of links at the bottom, which gave the reader the choice to look at others on their POTD templates. Maybe you wanted something like that?  — Amakuru (talk) 21:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't bother me too much, but I have made the effort to create 11 templates for each of the Apollo missions, so it's a pity that viewers can't change from one to another. Never mind. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: sorry, I've only just found the time to look at this again. I've added a set of links to the bottom of each of the 11 templates, pointing to the other 10, with a "See other medallions:" label. For example as at Template:POTD protected/2021-10-11/2. Let me know if this is good, or if you want anything else. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 09:12, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, that's great. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

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UEFA Euro 2008 Final scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 16 November 2021. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to comment on the draft blurb at TFA. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:23, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Islamic State

Hello, I noticed that you changed the name of this article but you didn't change the name of all of its sister articles Ex. ISIL insurgency in Tunisia, also the categories names haven't been changed yet Category:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Category:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members and their sub categories. 41.35.42.119 (talk) 07:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations

		The Reviewers Award
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:41, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild: many thanks for the award, that's a great honour coming from a major FAC contributor such as yourself and I'm glad that I'm able to help with the process! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:33, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

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Nonmetal

Nice to meet you via FAC talk. I hope my response there was not too over the top.

I hope you have enough time to consider my comments, further to your very welcome contribution.

You wrote:

"While I certainly agree with the above points about the lead being incoherent at present, and not really defining the subject accurately…".

I've made some minor adjustments to the lede. Does it look OK now?

• The first sentence concisely explains what a nonmetal is, noting it says "usually", implying there may be some exceptions.
• The second sentence explains what their state is i.e. as gas, liquid or solid.
• The third sentence explains what they look like.
• The fourth sentence notes their comportment and (now compared to metals) their conductivity and lack of structural uses.
• The second paragraph elaborates on the "usually" in the first sentence of the lede paragraph i.e. that there is no universal agreement.

Thank you, Sandbh (talk) 05:22, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Reverting an undiscussed move that reverted a previous undiscussed move

Just to say I'm shocked by this. You could at least have awaited the result of the discussion. Deb (talk)

@Deb: I was simply responding to a request to revert an undiscussed move that was filed at WP:RM/TR. I noted your objection, but in this case my assessment was that the original move was sufficiently long ago to have become the stable title for the article and that therefore the title should be reverted to that stable title. As such, the RM which you opened, proposing to move from Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein to Aloys II was no longer relevant as the article was already at Aloys II. You are of course free to propose a move in the other direction at any time of your choosing. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 08:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Knowing that the move was controversial and that a discussion page had been set up (not by me - it was set up as soon as the move was requested), you should have awaited the result of that. The stable title was Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, where the page had been for 12 years. Deb (talk) 08:20, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

@Deb: No, that is not the stable title, the stable title is Aloys II. I have just explained that. And the RM was initiated by you, the diff is here: [1]. There's no reason why I should wait for an out-of-process move request when the RM/TR entry had already been carried out. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:23, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

I beg to differ. The RM was initiated by Born2Cycle. All I did was start the discussion automatically set up by his action. Why would I create a request for a move I disagreed with? Deb (talk) 08:30, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

You should not have moved the title back to its name only version. In any event, I will be opening up an RM on that article (something the original mover, didn't do), next month. GoodDay (talk) 14:45, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

I see now, from his comment on my Talk page, that B2C hoped to repress discussion on this topic, but wasn't familiar enough with the tools. Nevertheless, the discussion existed and should have been taken note of. To his credit, B2C did list the move as controversial. Deb (talk) 07:48, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of UEFA Euro 2012 Final

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Three old "temp" templates

Hey there! A group of us are working on tidying up untranscluded pages in template space, and I came across {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/1}}, {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/2}}, and {{Temp/POTD protected/2018-08-17/3}}. If you are no longer using those pages and they are OK to delete, would you mind tagging them with {{Db-author}}? It would save going through the formal TFD process. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:01, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2018 FIFA World Cup Final

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Promotion of 2014 FIFA World Cup Final

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Mischief Night

I wonder why did you remove Mischief Night? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: there were too many uncited statements in the article. It looks like you're fixing them though, so let me know when you're done and I can reinstate it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:31, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

It's done already. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:32, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: There are still four citation needed tags as far as I can see.  — Amakuru (talk) 18:34, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

How many more do you need? I tried to add in more citations but Suonii180 had removed it stating "each entry should only have one if possible" Though I did added citations that state that Mischief Night was celebrated on October 31. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:36, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: it's not a case of adding more refs to those statements that already have one, you need to cite the uncited bits. I've just added one here, so there are three more remaining. Search for [citation needed] in the article. The sentence about New Orleans and "mindless violence" etc. is the most important one I'd think. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: thanks for finding some more references. I won't say they're the highest quality sources out there, but the look vaguely OK so I've reinstated the Mischief Night on to the main page. For future information, you should aim to put a full citation rather than a WP:Bare URL, to make it easier to track the cite if the website goes down etc. Cheers, and happy Mischief Night to you  — Amakuru (talk) 19:13, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks and please be careful. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 19:14, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Boo!

Happy Halloween!

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@Usernamekiran: what a terrific banner, thank you very much for this. And may I express the same sentiments and a happy Halloween back at you as well! All the best  — Amakuru (talk) 21:28, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

I actually copied it from template:Happy Halloween, thats embarrassing lol. It was created, and introduced to me by Northamerica1000. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 21:32, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@Usernamekiran: oh, no worries at all, it's the thought that counts, and it's still very much appreciated! 😎 Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I really liked the idea behind this template/banner. I think Halloween is one of the very few festivals that crosses the boundaries of regions as well as religions. Christmas is celebrated by a huge population as well, but it always feels connected to the Christianity. I find Halloween appealing, fun, and religion neutral. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 22:04, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Promotion of UEFA Euro 2020 Final

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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

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November songs

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:45, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: thank you very much! It was certainly a hard slog at the end, and a very dramatic final day... it didn't quite work out for me in the race for second, but to be honest third place is vastly higher than I thought I'd achieve at the beginning of the year and I'm very glad that I've managed to put together this output for the readers, as well as working together with my fellow Wikipedians! Now I just have to try to focus on some of the larger projects that have suffered along the way... Thanks, and happy November to you  — Amakuru (talk) 10:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

November began well, see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

update on St. Martin's Day --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

... and another on a friend's concert day, 3 DYK, Brahms depicted + sadly Aga Mikolaj (listen!). May the roads that we travel make us meet again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:07, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Today, thank you for the teamwork on UEFA Euro 2008 Final, introduces: "This article is about the final of Euro 2008, that year's edition of Europe's premier association football (soccer) competition for national teams. The finalists were Germany and Spain, with the latter winning 1–0 to record the first of three consecutive major competition wins, including wins in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 2012 Final."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda Arendt I'd forgotten today was the day for this one. It's certainly been a good year for teamwork, as you say. Happy Tuesday to you!  — Amakuru (talk) 07:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

It's also an anniversary in family history, pictured. Did you listen to Aga Mikolaj (still on the page as I write this)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanksgiving music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

The memory of SlimVirgin is pictured again, in the context about my dangerous thoughts about arbcom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup Awards

Awarded to Amakuru for being one of the eight finalists in the 2021 WikiCup and finishing in third place.

Congratulations, and thank you for some excellent contributions! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:41, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Just wanted to leave a short message to say some of your work during the tournament was fantastic! I'm really impressed, and I enjoyed reading through the Euro finals and other football matches. At times it was hard to critique at all! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:21, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski: thanks very much for your kind message, and certainly I reciprocate all of the above - your snooker articles are also always well-written and interesting, meaning I have to go right into the fine detail to get a decent-sized review out for the judges! Very glad to hear you enjoyed the articles too, I think I've surprised myself a bit here too... getting the World Cup finals for 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018 all written and through the GA/FA doors in barely more than a month has been a hard but rewarding experience! Now I have to see about catching up with other things I've been hoping to do, such as trying to save the star at my Paul Kagame article and some more "core" article writing. Cheers, and enjoy a bit of relaxation now that the pressure of the Cup is over for another little while!  — Amakuru (talk) 17:02, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Recent WP:ANEW report

Hi, Amakuru. In a recent WP:ANEW report in which you gave a warning to the reported editor, the editor in question continued in their efforts ([2][3]). Do I have permission to revert these edits, so that the articles conform with MOS:CT? I don't want to cause another edit-war where the reported editor will revert me again, and so I thought it best to reach out first. Thank you. -- /Alex/₂₁ 13:02, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

@Alex 21: thanks for your message. I have added a comment at Talk:Cost_of_Living_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)#Episode_is_now_at_the_wrong_title, and you have my approval to revert those two changes based on the consensus there. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 16:21, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately, given their recent disgruntled edits of vandalising policy pages ([4]), the edit-warring continues ([5][6]). -- /Alex/₂₁ 21:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad you've got an admin on speed dial here to call in reinforcements. —Locke Cole • t • c 21:56, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

You're edit-warring. It's that simply. You're now violating three policies: EW, CONSENSUS, and VAND. -- /Alex/₂₁ 21:58, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

And you've violated V and LOCALCON. Facts matter, and you're pushing factually incorrect information. A group of editors do not get to defy reality because they have a WP:LOCALCON. —Locke Cole • t • c 22:10, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

That's what you think. Happy editing. -- /Alex/₂₁ 23:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I don't think it, I know it. This admin, and you, are 110% wrong here. If this were something subjective you'd have my support that this would be something that ought to be open to debate/interpretation, but the sources here are clear on this and there is no ambiguity except for that introduced by Wikipedia itself (see citogensis again). —Locke Cole • t • c 06:26, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

You vandalised a policy page. You don't get a relevant say. -- /Alex/₂₁ 11:27, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

It's adorable that you think this highly of yourself that you think you alone get to tell me who does and doesn't get to "have a say". As you're fond of saying, happy editing! :D —Locke Cole • t • c 07:42, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Quit HOUNDING. You don't get a say, easy. -- /Alex/₂₁ 09:12, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

I agree, you don't get a say on who has a say. Easy. —Locke Cole • t • c 19:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@Amakuru You may be interested in this. -- /Alex/₂₁ 23:28, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@Alex 21: I would leave that one as it is now. "Cause And Effect" may not be the capitalisation preferred by the manual of style, but it certainly doesn't appear to be a miscapitalisation, so I think Locke was OK to remove that template. Again though, neither of you should be edit warring over it. I suggest we move on from all this drama now. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 23:51, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Which would be the correct "R from" template to tag the redirect with, then? {{R from other capitalisation}}, perhaps? -- /Alex/₂₁ 00:55, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@Alex 21: Yes, that would seem to be appropriate for the situation. It's a legitimate capitalisation, just not the one we've chosen to use per our guidelines. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 01:10, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Picture of the Day again

I have been setting up subpages for the POTD for 25 November, and I find the wording of the caption is a bit of a minefield, and likely to receive error reports when it hits the main page. The problem is with what entity issued the banknotes. Connecticut is clear Template:POTD/2021-11-25/1, it was a colony in 1775 when it issued the banknote, but who issued the New York banknote Template:POTD/2021-11-25/8, and was New York a province, a colony or what, and what did the New-York Waterworks have to do with the matter? How would you suggest dealing with this problem? I see that the reverse of the New York note just states "New-York, printed by H. Gaine." and that might be a way of getting round things. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:07, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: it appears that the ultimate issuer of the note you mention was the City of New York, rather than the province... assuming those were different. I've discovered a couple of pages at [7][8] which might or might not count as reliable sources. It seems from that, that perhaps the "water works" thing is just a design on the note rather than it being issued by the water works itself. That's just from a cursory look though, I don't know if there's anywhere we can get more information!  — Amakuru (talk) 19:14, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

It's not just New York that is the problem, other states were colonies or provinces or had different names like Massachusetts Bay. I will have another look at it in the morning. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:13, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Having spent several hours on it, I think I have now sorted it out. The 13 banknotes have various dates between 1741 and 1780. The earlier ones are denominated in shillings, and the later ones, after July 1776 and the American Revolutionary War, are in dollars. The earlier ones are provinces or colonies, while the later ones are states. Once I realised that, it proved simpler. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:27, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: thanks, glad you got it sorted.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:19, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Your closure of the RM for Proper noun

Many thanks for closing that difficult RM, Amakura. That's a good and balanced summary. But I do have a request. There were in fact three oppose votes, but that fact is not clear from what you wrote. All three of the oppose votes preferred retention of the existing title for the time being (though not all for the same reason). Would you mind amending your summary, to make this plain to anyone reviewing this RM when future RMs are raised for the article? They almost certainly will be. 114.72.76.18 (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hello Amakuru, thanks for tidying up the Move Close on Talk:Jimmy Jewell. I've completed this, altering a line signed by you. I hope that's acceptable - do please revert if not. Chumpih. (talk) 05:06, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Picture of the Day again

The latest POTD problem concerns Template:POTD/2021-12-04. There are four images, part of a set, which need to be shown simultaneously as they represent a sequence of events. I have added all four images to the template, but it only displays two. Templates and all their parameters are beyond my capabilities, so I hope you can help. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Cwmhiraeth: will it be OK if I have a look at this on Sunday evening or on Monday? I'm a bit snowed-under with real-life commitments at the moment! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

That's fine. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Did you get a chance to look at this? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:16, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Cwmhiraeth: I've looked at it just now. It looks like the normal template doesn't support four images, so to get around that I've applied a trick similar to that which we used for the Japanese train, and inserted a gallery to display the four images. I've also created the protected template up front, so that hopefully it will appear as expected without the bot messing it up. See User:Amakuru/Main page for a mock up of what it will look like in a main page setting. Let me know if any amendments are needed. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 11:46, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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@Gerda Arendt: ooh enjoy the vacation, that Nockerl looks absolutely delicious! Not sure what I did on Sibelius it looks like just one minor gnomish edit, unless you are referring to some other work of his?  — Amakuru (talk) 23:03, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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@Gerda Arendt: I will, looking forward to it!  — Amakuru (talk) 15:27, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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Moves

Can I ask why did you move pages of Al Saud family without waiting for the result of the discussion. --Egeymi (talk) 16:34, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately a similar concern was stated above, on 20 October. Hope you take into consideration these views. --Egeymi (talk) 16:40, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

@Egeymi: the pages in question were moved as a result of the move request at Talk:Nayef_bin_Abdulaziz#Requested_move_18_November_2020, which determined that such titles should have "Al Saud" removed. Another editor then re-added "Al Saud", so I was simply undoing those moves and restoring the outcome of the mentioned move request. All titles should remain at the titles established by that RM unless and until a further RM concludes with a different outcome. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 10:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

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@Netherzone: thank you, much appreciated and a very happy holiday to yourself as well!  — Amakuru (talk) 19:50, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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@RAJIVVASUDEV: many thanks! All the best to you and yours for the holiday as well.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:54, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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@Ktin: thanks, the same to you and here's to more exciting encyclopedia development in the coming year!  — Amakuru (talk) 12:53, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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A Mistake on My End

Hello, I just wanted to apologize for moving the page without discussion on the Talk Page, I accidently ignored it and recently came to realization. I moved the pages of Ibn Saud, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Khalid bin Abdulaziz, and Fahd bin AbdulaziZ. I stopped short after realization. I was wondering if you can move them back or maybe I can try to. Once again, I apologize.

Xpërt3 (talk) 15:22, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

@Xpërt3: thanks for your message, and no worries. I have moved those pages back already. If you want to propose a formal move, you can follow the instructions at WP:RM. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 15:23, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey, I just have a question regarding the talk page of "Ibn Saud". I need to gain some popularity for my post there because no one has been responding for a while, whereas in other discussions, people have responded within a day. Now my question is how can I do that? I tried editing my post today to try to make a stronger point, but I'm unsure if anyone will respond at this pace. It's regarding a title change, and maybe you can vote there if you really want to. I just want to see if both sides can come to an agreement. Xpërt3 (talk) 22:17, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

@Xpërt3: I've had a look, and it seems that you had not formatted the requested move to allow it to appear on the lists at WP:RM. I have edited the discussion so that it will now be listed there, and also done a relist to give the discussion another week to run. For future reference, to list a page for a move discussion you should follow the instructions given at WP:RM#Requesting a single page move. This involves placing a template on the talk page so that a bot can process the discussion and add it to the lists as appropriate. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey, I thank you for your feedback on the talk page as well as all the help that you provided! Xpërt3 (talk) 23:21, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

in friendship

January songs

in friendship

Happy new year, in friendship! - Epiphany 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. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

now yesterday's snow and today's music in memory of Jerome Kohl --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:37, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Gerda Arendt:, a very belated happy epiphany to you, and new years greetings too. Apologies that I haven't replied yet, I've been a bit snowed under with many things lately, hoping it will ease off soon. I did find time for a very enjoyable bicycle ride along the River Thames, going around 50 km and following the river from Greenwich to Greenhithe last week... here are a few pictures:  — Amakuru (talk) 19:10, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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  River Thames and Canary Wharf
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  Mouth of the River Darent
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  River Thames and Queen Elizabeth II Bridge

2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 6 February 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 2022, or to make more comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:42, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild: aha, very nice. The day of this year's final. Thanks for the heads up!  — Amakuru (talk) 17:37, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Utada categories

Hi there! Would you be able to move the categories for Hikaru Utada when you have a chance?

• Category:Utada Hikaru
• Category:Utada Hikaru albums
• Category:Utada Hikaru compilation albums
• Category:Utada Hikaru concert tours
• Category:Utada Hikaru songs
• Category:Songs written by Utada Hikaru

Thanks! --Prosperosity (talk) 11:30, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

@Prosperosity: category moves such as these are usually handled at WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy. Please could you follow the instructions there to nominate them, and then they would usually be moved automatically after a 24-hour holding period if no objections are raised? THanks  — Amakuru (talk) 11:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Sure thing! I've just listed them now. --Prosperosity (talk) 11:45, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Page move of page Amravati

I respect your redirecting of page Amravati, but I just want to know that ' is there any need to discuss in talk page prior to move the page? Just a question. Thenexttalk (talk) 17:24, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Thenexttalk: thanks for your question. You can read about the "rules" for discussed and undiscussed moves at WP:RMUM. In general, it's OK to move a page without discussion if you think the move is unlikely to be controversial and/or has not been discussed before. The main thing is, it's fine to be WP:BOLD in these matters, and you didn't do anything wrong when you chose to move the article. The convention is just that if somebody later disagrees with your decision to move, they can decide to move the article back again, as I did in the case of Amravati. The Amravati issue was actually discussed once before, at Talk:Amravati#Requested_move_12_May_2016, and the decision then was not to move, as it was felt that the spelling difference between Amravati and Amaravati is sufficient to distinguish them. If you still think the move should be made, you can feel free to start another formal discussion through the instructions at WP:RM, there would be no problem with this given that the last discussion was six years ago. Thanks, and let me know if you require further assistance.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:22, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank You for your answer 🙂. Thenexttalk (talk) 16:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

FAC

Hi Amakuru, hope you are well.

You have been kind enough to review some of my previous FACs, just wondering if you might have time to take a look at this one? If not, not to worry, but it would be great to get your feedback!

All the best, ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:26, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

@ChrisTheDude: hi, yes very well thank you and hope you are likewise. I'll be happy to give your FAC the once over, should be able to do it in the next few days. Ping me if I forget! Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 23:19, 25 January 2022 (UTC)