TheLonelyPather

DYK for Chenqiao mutiny

On 11 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chenqiao mutiny, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to the official history of the Song dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers stormed his bedroom and proclaimed him emperor, to his surprise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chenqiao Mutiny. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chenqiao mutiny), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Cross Temple, Fangshan scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 29 August 2024. 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/August 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 15:40, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Gog-- and thanks to @JennyOz too for the great blurb. I confirm that the article needs no amendments at this point. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 21:57, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

New pages patrol | September 2024 Backlog Drive
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DYK for Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich

On 28 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for the article, enriching the Main page! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

And thank you for reviewing it and helping to bring it to the Main page! Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 22:03, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Cross Temple, Fangshan, "about the only surviving site of the Church of the East in China. I think I have exhausted the research material I can find to ensure it is comprehensive and well-researched, and I am pretty sure the images involved are in the public domain, either because they are user contributions from the Commons, or because they were published before 1928."! I missed the FAC. - My story today is a 2019 hook, about a concert I heard and you can watch, and if you look at my talk today, there's a similar concert this year that you can watch, and both feature different people, but the same composer: Antonín Dvořák. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Gerda! I love Dvořák a lot. I'll certainly listen to his Stabat Mater later today. And no worries for missing the FAC-- I hope I can make another FAC next year. It's a hard process, as you surely know. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 13:09, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I know, surely, have a FAC open which will probably best archived and then I can turn to the next ;) I'm in the process of making Alexander Goehr's article decent enough for the Main page which is hard enough, - third day today, - at least we have an obit now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Saint's Star Award for hard work and diligence on the Christianity WikiProject

For your exceptional work on Cross Temple, Fangshan, I award you this barnstar! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you–and I hope you emerged unscathed from the land of John Knox! Never knew that this star existed, reminds me of the lines...

O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do.

They pray: grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 01:55, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Greg Landsberg is hardly notable

With an h-factor of 10 (!) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ynoa7w0AAAAJ&hl=en he does not come close to passing Wikipedia:Notability (academics). Was there a reason you passed him? Ldm1954 (talk) 18:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@Ldm1954 Thanks for double checking! I passed him because it's a case of WP:NACADEMIC named chair professorship. Also, in particle physics, a lot of publications are in the form of group publications (CMS, ATLAS, ALICE, etc.), in which case the paper only bears the name of the group and not the individual. On InspireHEP, it shows that Landsberg has an h-index above 200, taking into account of other collaborations. Hope this helps! Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 18:18, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but you misread the point about chaired profs -- this has been discussed on Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics). It has to be more than a standard chair, i.e. something like a Trustees chair; from http://advancement.brown.edu/lib/Faculty_Support_January_2008 it is not clear that Brown does these. The collaborations might do it, but then others devalue HEP. Without independent verification from prizes such as APS Fellow or higher he is very marginal. I would have declined it and asked the author to strengthen the case with awards if they exist, otherwise wait.

Don't be surprised if there is an AfD from NPP (by one of many). Ldm1954 (talk) 18:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

September music

story · music · places

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display his portrait by Egon Schiele, music from Moses und Aron, and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

How kind of you! Bruckner's 8th Symphony has a tender place in my heart. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 22:03, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing that! - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, written for today, is one of the pieces in my topic of this year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

My story today features a pic I took from my position in the choir, I can also offer varied delightful music, some from Venice, also with pics I took, - note the rose in the clarinet ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:56, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Transformare l'organizzazione dei luoghi di detenzione. Persone transgender e gender nonconforming tra diritti e identità

Hello TheLonelyPather,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Transformare l'organizzazione dei luoghi di detenzione. Persone transgender e gender nonconforming tra diritti e identità for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.

If you don't want Transformare l'organizzazione dei luoghi di detenzione. Persone transgender e gender nonconforming tra diritti e identità to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 15:59, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Regarding revised draft of E and B modes (Polarization)

Hi I have sent you couple of messages requesting a review of the revised draft - may I again request here once to bring to your notice the earlier messages thru my talk page over last week.

Would be happy to receive your review and possibly sufficient work done for removal of earlier decline. Jn.mdel (talk) 11:54, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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