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Painter Luigi Arzuffi

Hi, dearest Ser Amantio di Nicolao, how are you? Me so and so, cause spinal hernia, but I go on!!!

Please, do you have 4 minutes to visit this new page I opened? Thank you very much for your great work, see you soon. Rei Momo (talk) 06:35, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Andy Mougal for deletion

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Amy Tyron

Hi, I saw you removed Amy Tyron from Olympic Medalists in Equestrian-- she did receive a Bronze medal in the team competition in Athens in 2004 so I'm not sure why that category was removed. Nayyn (talk) 09:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Nayyn:: She is now in Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian. She does not need to be in the parent as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:37, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

July music

story · music · places

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b will have a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, should be better, help wanted. - Plenty of music on my parents anniversary day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Costa Rican naturalists

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Aimée de Jongh

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao,

Yesterday I tried to update Aimée de Jongh's Wikipedia page with her latest comprehensive career and bio information. And also with a more recent, professional press photo. Unfortunately, due to a conflict of interest, the update was rejected.

If I send the text to you, would you be willing to review it and update your version of the page? The information I gathered came from a reliable source, the artist's own website https://www.aimeedejongh.com.

Thank you. BBruyn (talk) 12:50, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

August music

story · music · places

Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

... and a third, like 22 July but with interview and the music to be played today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extrordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Help? My story today is about a woman, nominated for RD but needing support as I write this. A composer died whose article is long and mostly unreferenced. And some articles open for review, always. - How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Tamanend as native American leader?

Hi -- what’s the rationale for believing Tamanend was not a native American leader?

 R/ the JMOprof ©¿©¬ 01:48, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@JMOprof: He is categorized in Category:17th-century Native American leaders; no need to be in the parent. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:05, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah so! Thanks.  R/ the JMOprof ©¿©¬ 19:03, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:I-Kiribati women writers

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Veronica Tyler

An unjustly forgotten Baltimore soprano, could use your expertise to improve it if I missed anything. Thanks! Gamaliel (talk) 15:07, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gamaliel: Looked good when I looked at it earlier today. I'll check a couple of our books and see if there's anything else that might be of use. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:13, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Marisa Williamson wikipedia page

Thanks for help you've provided maintaining my wikipedia page. It has some troll-like errors at the moment.

"Her magnum opus in the public eye was her solo song, "4 Her D", appearing in the world-renowned K-Pop group, B1llUSTRATION's debut album as a Target-exclusive bonus track."

I was wondering if you'd be able to clear those up for me.

Many thanks in advance! -- Marisa Williamson 98.124.203.2 (talk) 15:33, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Help me!

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao Hi! I created a draft Draft:Hosenul Islam . I request you to check this draft and please inform me the weaknesses of the draft or edit it . Please !মোঃ আহসান হাবিব রিফাত (talk) 05:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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Help

I need help at In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message. tgeorgescu (talk) 21:15, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

@Tgeorgescu: Sorry, this isn't a realm in which I have much expertise. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

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21st-century English sportswomen

Please can you pause the automated addition of the 21st-century English sportswomen category until you can do so accurately, I have reverted over 50 of your additions within the cricket Wikiproject only as they had been misplaced. JP (Talk) 08:23, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jpeeling: I've found where the problem lies, so it can be eliminated when I redo the set. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Seeking assistance with a case on WP:ANI

Hey there! Could you help have a look on this persistent deletion of content case? It is unbecoming with the repeated pattern of deletions by associated IP addresses. Appreciate your assist on this . Thanks hundenvonPG (talk) 16:27, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Celibacy

Hi, @Ser Amantio di Nicolao I was recently browsing your page, and I was wondering if you could possibly point me in the right direction for joining the Red Women project. In conjunction, I was also interested in learning if Celibacy is required for joining? Thank you! 47.6.36.61 (talk) 04:52, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

September music

story · music · places

Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 13 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) 12:26, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Moldovan writers by century

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Thank you / A request

For many years, I've wanted to thank you for your careful vigilance of my Wikipedia page (Dawn Eden Goldstein). I'm honored that you took an interest in it. All your edits have been first-rate.

If I might be so bold as to request your intervention on a page about someone dear to my heart, I'd love to see someone update the page for Father Edward Dowling, S.J., using information from my biography of him, Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor (Orbis Books, 2022). David Crumm, writing about Father Ed for Read the Spirit, noted several errors on Dowling's Wikipedia page, which I believe have yet to be corrected--see https://readthespirit.com/explore/dawn-eden-goldsteins-father-ed-lifts-up-the-saint-who-befriended-bill-w-and-helped-to-spread-the-good-news-about-alcoholics-anonymous/. As Crumm notes, my book also contains information that would be of interest for the Wikipedia page on Edwin A. Lahey.

I don't know what Wikipedia's rules are with regard to whether you are permitted to receive promotional materials from subjects of pages, but if it's permitted, I'd be delighted to have a copy of Father Ed sent to you or to someone who can pass it on to you. My email address can be found on my Dawn Patrol blog. In any case, you have my continued gratitude. Dedengoldstein (talk) 01:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Overcategorization

I've noticed some semi-automated category edits from this account. I guess some categories were changed or something and they were being updated on articles. The problem I'm seeing is that the old/obsolete categories shouldn't have been on the article in the first place. Any chance that you can check that the categories actually apply to the article while updating them? – Reidgreg (talk) 05:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Can you please give me a couple of specific examples of what you're seeing? Once I can see for myself I can better answer your question. Also: I'm about to head to bed, so I probably won't be answering until tomorrow evening. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

To be clear, this isn't your fault; the articles had category problems before your edits. At worst you added a tiny amount of clutter to a trash heap. For my perspective, categories should be for defining characteristics of the subject which are commonly and consistently referred to by the article's sources. Very often I see categories which are trivial or contradictory to the article content, but it's generally a low priority for me to address them. Some examples:

• The Hunt (2020 film) is a tricky one as the sources disagree to the genre of the film, to the point of a 45-word 20-source explanatory footnote. Of the 20 sources, only one called it an 'action-comedy' so that category is weakly supported. Other weak or unsupported categories are 'Films based on Animal Farm', 'American splatter films', 'Films about death games', and 'Obscenity controversies in film'.
• The Happytime Murders is another one where the edit history is full of unsupported genre and category changes. It had been categorized as an action film and you added English-language to that, but I don't think any source calls it an action film. I removed those and a score of other categories.
• Johnny & Clyde had an unsupported 'drama' category to which you added English-language.

Reidgreg (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: (Apologies for the delay - I thought I would have more time for an in-depth response these past few days, but evidently I misjudged my time management skills and level of exhaustion.)

I take your point...and I will see if anything jumps out at me as I continue filling out the categories. Though it's going to be a fairly large task yet, so I suspect some things will fall through the cracks no matter how careful I am. Still, I'll keep my eye out for anything I can. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red October 2024

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October music

story · music · places

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:59, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations on your milesone!! - Today brought a timely promotion of Helmut Bauer to the Main page on the day when pieces from Mozart's Requiem were performed for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks very much. I spent today in southern Maryland with a friend, visiting Thomas Stone National Historic Site and scratching another one of my itches. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:04, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

That sound lovely! - Did you see the pics of two musical events and the cat (in places)? The enthusiasm of that keyboard player seemed unlimited. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Not as unlimited as that of the cats, surely? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Agree ;) - I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:56, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Gordon Bowker: Journalist

What is it about Gordon Bowker's contributions to British journalism that caused you to remove him from the category "British Journalists"?Geneus01 (talk) 06:32, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

@Geneus01: He is in the category Category:20th-century British journalists. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks - my mistake; there are so many sub categories of journalist, it must surely take one to eliminate overlap and retain the integrity of granularity - well beyond my understanding - observation well made! Geneus01 (talk) 05:48, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 October 7 § Local politicians by nationality

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 October 7 § Local politicians by nationality on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. --MikutoH ^talk! 01:16, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I need help

This unsigned pirate 2a02:c7e:5e7d:e00:a921:9096:3c65:7de8 has been putting dead information on the page Arthur and the Minimoys. He/she thinks that the Weinstein cut is "still available on DVD" just because a copy of it was found in a charity shop. Look, the Weinstein cut has not been renewed on any format due to the closure of The Weinstein Company following the arrest of Harvey Weinstein in 2018. They’re all out of print as they were dated in 2007, 11 years prior as American distributors bought rights to the original uncut version in 2023. A month ago, an another unsigned pirate, could have been the same one, inserted the link to its former version that’s not even accessible anymore, which he/she thinks it is. Could you please find an admin and put an end to this fairytale editing? Thank you. Retrosunshine2006 talk 03:28, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Retrosunshine2006: I would post this question over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Film for more assistance; it's not a field in which I have much interest or knowledge, to be honest. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:26, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao Thanks. Retrosunshine2006 talk 05:00, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Adventure films?

Hey there, just letting you know I generally haven't been paying too much attention to the surge of category changes you've been making, but it raised my eyebrows when I saw that you'd categorized Jaws 2 as an adventure film. It's not described as such in the lead, nor do I think most if any sources would categorize it as such. I've reverted that and a handful of other changes. I'm not sure whether that was intentional on your part or not, but you might want to slow down a little. DonIago (talk) 13:35, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago: The problem is, often, that I'm picking up on categories that have already been added to the article. Jaws 2, for instance: it was categorized under Category:Sea adventure films and Category:1970s adventure films, both of which I've since removed. So that kind of thing is getting amplified. I catch it when I can (the other day I ran into a Spanish-language film that had been categorized as "English", for some reason), but sometimes things do slip through. Otherwise I try to take a good look at the category tree before proceeding, because sometimes oddities do occur. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:30, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I think it might be better to look at the genres used in the lead and possibly look for references to genres within the article than to go by categories that are currently applied to articles, though I realize that might create more work. While I think your changes are probably fine in the majority of cases, I saw a few more where the category changes didn't appear to be substantiated by the article text. I'm not trying to admonish you at all; I'm just concerned that what's ultimately happening is the addition of improper categories rather than removal of categories that shouldn't have been there in the first place. DonIago (talk) 05:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Another recent one, Point Break as a comedy film? DonIago (talk) 13:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago: Ah, yeah - that was a category mistake. It's categorized under Category:Buddy cop films, which are categorized under both Category:Action thriller films and Category:Buddy comedy films. I removed a couple from my list when I generated it, but that one appears to have slipped through. Sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

It's okay, but please consider slowing down a bit on this. I'm uncomfortable with the number of reverts I've had to make to your changes, especially since I'm obviously not seeing all of them (I'm not going through your contributions list; these are articles I was already watching). DonIago (talk) 14:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago: I'm likely coming to a slowdown point soon anyway - this is a huge project, and I'm trying to get what I can done to get it out of the way. But I think most of the major categories are done.

But I have a question for you: I noted that in both Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too you've removed the sports-comedy-related categories, but left the category Category:American basketball films. Do you think it's enough to categorize it as a sports film, rather than a sports comedy? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:05, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

So, I haven't seen Teen Wolf Too, so I can't really say how much sports is a primary aspect of that film, but I definitely remember basketball being a significant component of the first film. That said, I would question whether it's a "sports film". Aren't those typically films where the sport is a primary driver of the plot? The basketball in the first film is somewhat incidental, IIRC. If Marty Scott is a swimmer or a baseball or soccer player instead, does it change anything in terms of the overall plot?

More to the point though, as always: what do reliable sources say? Do they categorize either of these films as being sports films?

If "basketball films" is a sub-cat of "sports film", but nobody really calls either film a "sports film", then it may be best to remove that as well.

I dunno, is this a reasonable analysis? I feel like I'm rambling. DonIago (talk) 14:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago: You're not rambling, no - you've hit upon exactly the problem that creeps into these category trees; at what point does a subject (such as sports) become a "primary" driver of the film? And of course, because one cannot see all films in one's life, it can become more difficult to judge if one has not seen the film in question. I'll leave it for now, as untangling it requires more research than I can provide...but there are a couple of other categories I might throw in there, then. (I'm a completist: if it fits under the "sports film" rubric then it should receive the requisite categories.)

Similarly...returning to Category:Buddy cop films: I'm not wild about the idea of putting them as a subcategory of either Category:Action thriller films or Category:Buddy comedy films, because I don't think a category tree should be an either/or proposition; it should be a "both" proposition. I tend to leave it as it is because I trust that there are editors that know film better than I. Even so...I would prefer a more elegant solution. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:40, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, Buddy cop is a subgenre of Buddy film, which explicitly states that it's a subgenre of romantic comedy (not necessarily more than affection between people though). So I guess one shouldn't be using "buddy cop" unless they're referring to a comedic film. That said, I think most BC films but possibly not all of them could also be considered action thriller films? However, if there are exceptions, then that complicates matters. I'm not quite sure whether I'm responding to the kernel of your concern though. DonIago (talk) 16:05, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago: You are, though, because that's how Point Break breaks down (no pun intended) into a comedy film. I don't necessarily disagree - "buddy cop" implies comedy to me, as well. In which case the category tree is correct, but perhaps the film is misfiled.

Really, though, I mean it more as an illustrative point than anything else. Which is usually a sign that I've been thinking about things too long. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, Point Break was categorized as a buddy cop film with no mention of such a dynamic within the body of the article, so I've removed those categories. I'd be okay with it being called a "buddy film" given that the article does discuss the nature of the relationship between the two main characters in those terms. However, "buddy" is kind of a hybrid genre of which comedy is a component, and the "buddy film" category is not a subcat of any comedy genre, so I'd be fine with "buddy" categories being applied. Hope that helps! DonIago (talk) 16:47, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Congratulations on your six millionth edit! ϢereSpielChequers 09:20, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

@WereSpielChequers: Thank you kindly. It's been a long pull to get there, as Gershwin says, but I finally made it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:22, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Yikes, that's incredible, congrats, I remember I once had twice your edits! We should start a pool on guessing when you surpass the number of articles we have! Hope you're having a good year Ser. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:18, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot! Congrats, and thanks! --Rosiestep (talk) 13:13, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: Any time. :-) Gotta say, it feels good to bang out an article for the first time in...over a year, I think? It's been too long. (See below comment about last year.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:25, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Oooh, can I get in on that? I could use the money. :-) I'm having...well, a better year than last year. But given the stinking cesspool that was last year, that's not difficult. Hopefully it continues to improve...we shall see. (Not going to lie - hitting this milestone helps me feel a little more optimistic, silly as that may seem.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:24, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Because six million edits speak for themselves. Congratulations on reaching the milestone. Best wishes on the way to many more. Red Director (talk) 03:43, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

@Red Director: Thanks very much. It's been a slog, but I made it...now, onwards and upwards. Or something. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:52, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Admin question

I have an account issue I need help with and don't know how to contact anyone here. There is something I wish to have removed which reveals my personal information. Please let me know. Thanks. Grimsfury (talk) 02:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Grimsfury: This should be fairly able to achieve with a revision deletion. Where is the information located, and has it been removed yet? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks.

My old username was associated with an abuser, so I've had it changed. Someone in my family years ago tried to surprise me at the publication of my first book by using my account to create a wiki page for me, which was speedy deleted, but I can't remove any of the references to it so it still shares my full legal name publicly and connects it to my Old username. It's why I haven't used wiki for any more edits since. I thought of making a new account but I've had this one for so long I don't want to lose it. I just want to clean it up for a fresh start. Is this possible?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Codebender_Cate&action=history Codebender Cate (talk) 21:28, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Codebender Cate: Most of what you request should be possible, though it's at a paygrade a bit higher than mine. I can hide deleted edits, but I'm not sure how to hide an entire deleted page - I would ask over at Administrators' noticeboard for further guidance. As to the profile: even though you've renamed, I'm not certain it's possible to fully disassociate from the old username...again, I'm not sure how easy it would be to hide those edits. It's possible that since the account was compromised, even a long while ago, you might have to start fresh. Another question for the administrators' userboard. (If anyone there takes you to task for asking in the wrong place, you can blame me for sending you there.)

I apologize I can't offer more immediate assistance, but I really don't use my admin rights for that much. As I say, though...most of your request should be fairly easy to take care of by someone better-versed in the tools than I. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:23, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Codebender Cate (talk) 03:42, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@Codebender Cate: Any time - sorry I can't be of more help. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:06, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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I want your hepl because big user delete my pages daily

Hello brother i am from india, I need your help because I am a small user and some big users delete my page because there is a lot of casteism among the people of India and they delete my page due to casteism. I have no other option except messaging you. They have also blocked my ID. Mihirhastin (talk) 16:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

@Mihirhastin: I'm sorry, I don't know anything about the issues you raise, and I cannot help you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:55, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

It’s ok thank you for response thank you bro Mihirhastin (talk) 17:01, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

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FIX THE ARTICLE

Can we edit the article so that a proper image is included. It worthless to have a article about someplace but include of photo of another place. Jutty1224 (talk) 02:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

@Jutty1224: If there is a free photograph available, then you can swap them out. If the article in question has an improper image, you can remove it...with an edit summary explaining why. If you are reverted you will need to explain yourself further. Any more than that I cannot offer, or do. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Humble Pen Pal Request

Good Day Ser Amantio di Nicolao

I have a most heinous and troublesome curiosity for information, however due to the limited notion of our time, we are often forced to choose. As such I have forced my self upon a most pragmatic path. As such, I came to the logical conclusion that the wikipedian with the most number of edits would possibly have a large category of horizontal thinking information, ie multidisciplinarianism. I would be most appreciative of having the opportunity to engage with you.

Best, Artorius de Avalon Artorius de Avalon (talk) 04:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

@Artorius de Avalon: I'm not entirely certain what I have to offer in return, but you're free to ask me whatever questions you wish. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hey There It's Yogi Bear

Umm, why did you undo the things I did with my old IP address. You didn't even provide sources for the supposed Goodtimes and Warner VHS tapes of this. 66.164.104.47 (talk) 01:18, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

What can one help using AWB and categories

Hey @Ser Amantio di Nicolao

I have spotted you a lot around in my watchlist and recent changes, mostly changing categories using AWB. I have access to AWB and would like the contribute more, especially related to categories. Can you suggest some places, techniques and generally where can I help out while using AWB. Some tips and tricks of what you do will also be helpful.

Thanks for your time! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:37, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bunnypranav: I usually discover the categories that need to be filled in through trial and error...I'll be looking at an article, and I'll look at the categories and notice one that I didn't realize existed. I'll look at it and see if it needs filling out - if it does, I add it to my mental list.

Do you use Wikipedia:PetScan at all? That's how I generate my lists, most of the time. It's quite useful, especially with a little logic. I find it especially helpful when generating by-century lists to work on.

I'm sure there are lists of tips and tricks I could come up with, but honestly the best thing to do, I think, would be to tinker around with it and see what you can come up with via trial and error. That's what I did when I first got started, and it helped me find a rhythm to to sort of thing that works for me.

Is there anything in particular you're looking to do? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:24, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the detailed response. I would love to systematically add categories, either to articles that are eligible (but do not have it), or create new categories and add eligible articles to it. I have heard about PetScan before, any specific way you use it? ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 17:34, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bunnypranav: So basically, with PetScan, you feed in a couple of categories and it spits out (or should spit out) a list of articles that are in both, or all, of them. For instance: feeding it Category:20th-century births, Category:20th-century deaths, and Category:English sportsmen gives you a list of English sportsmen born between 1901 and 2000. The trick is, if you don't give it a depth number, it will only search those first-level categories. So that particular search won't turn up very much, because those top-level categories aren't very full. Add a depth number of "2" or "3" (I usually use "5" to get fairly deep into the category tree) and it will turn up more articles.

This is where the trial and error comes in, I should say, because category trees aren't always intuitive. Which is why, for starters, I recommend looking for a bit before you get started, so that you can see what categories are in the tree. There's a function that allows you to exclude categories from your search, and I find that very useful. (In the search above, for instance, I set it to exclude Category:20th-century English sportsmen. Because that's the category I want to add, and it doesn't help me to have a list of articles that already feature it.)

What I would do is start by filling out some existing categories - there are plenty of them around that need filling out, and it gives you a chance to learn the mechanics of categories before you start creating them yourself. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:42, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Nice, thanks for the guidance, will definitely use it. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 17:44, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bunnypranav: Any time - always happy to be of help. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:45, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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Categorising '21st century sportsmen'

Please can you calm/slow down these edits? You have swamped my watchlist. GiantSnowman 09:37, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@GiantSnowman: I'll try to do so. I think I've done most of the heavy-duty, large-scale football countries anyway, so any future batches are going to be substantially smaller. Also, I'm spending less time at home next weekend, so... :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 11:57, 3 November 2024 (UTC)