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Thanks for closing the request, but it should be Teatralna Metro Station (Sofia Metro). I apologize for the typo in my response, which I only noticed now. The city is Sofia. Thanks. Ymblanter (talk) 22:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Ymblanter thanks for following up. – robertsky (talk) 22:46, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
WP:Requested moves policy question[edit]
Does Talk:Ad Infinitum (band)#Requested move 9 March 2024 on Special:PermanentLink/1214526275 allow for the move of Ad Infinitum (metal band) even though there was no talk page notice on the later? I ask because you were the relisting admin.microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 02:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Immediate follow-up: I've done it and I want to clarify—I did it not because I assumed silence on a 20 minute-old talk page question meant approval (I hate when people do that on my talk page), instead I did it BOLDly because it seemed inline with policy and the overal consensus on the discussion would have leaned to do it. I also assume it could be undone as an undiscused move, of which I wouldn't have a problem. In doing the move, I left an {{old move}} template and my new question is is that propper, given the context of my above question. Thanks in advance for the guidance. microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 02:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @MicrobiologyMarcus that's interesting. I always thought that such additions would have trigger the bot to add the necessary notifications on the corresponding article and talk pages. @Wbm1058 is this supposed to be the case for the RMCD bot or was there something that changed? – robertsky (talk) 06:19, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Since 15 November 2021 (v 7.67), the bot doesn't post notifications more than one week after the RM was listed, to mitigate potential edit conflicts with closes in progress; issue reported here. Since then, a newer enhancement made on 17 February 2024 (v 8.40) limits the bot to three recent edits in subject-space, to stop it from edit-warring over changes to sync modified subject page notices, but that won't stop the bot from re-posting notices after a closer has removed them. Some day I may make the bot even smarter regards to these; better cleanup and reporting/record-keeping after closed RMs still on my back burner. – wbm1058 (talk) 12:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Wbm1058 I see. Maybe an additional switch in the template on the talk page to force update the notifications if there's any significant changes like this case? I.e.
|update=1after the bot is done with the new notifications, it can reset/remove the parameter. – robertsky (talk) 12:51, 26 March 2024 (UTC)- Heck no, I wouldn't want to further complicate the template by adding a new, obscure parameter to it. I might could change the limit from the original list date & time to the current listed date & time, which would be the date that the RM was relisted, if it was relisted. That would extend the window for posting notifications another week, which would be fine if the relisted RM were allowed to run for another full week. But that would open the possibility for edit conflicts with closers if the RM were closed during its relist week. Of course, the current algorithm has the potential for conflicts with "speedy" closes, but we shouldn't have very many of those, theoretically. I've already added two functions to the bot's framework that look into a page's edit history, to serve two different purposes; I suppose I could add a third function to serve this purpose, by reporting how many edits the bot has made to the page since the RM opened, and allow the bot to post notices as long as the bot had not previously edited the page since the RM opened. We're getting into an area of diminishing returns here, where to accommodate ever more unusual and infrequently occurring scenarios, I need to spend ever increasing amounts of time working on coding workarounds. – wbm1058 (talk) 17:39, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Wbm1058 Noted. I will try to remember to manually place the banners then if such a case happens again. – robertsky (talk) 23:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Heck no, I wouldn't want to further complicate the template by adding a new, obscure parameter to it. I might could change the limit from the original list date & time to the current listed date & time, which would be the date that the RM was relisted, if it was relisted. That would extend the window for posting notifications another week, which would be fine if the relisted RM were allowed to run for another full week. But that would open the possibility for edit conflicts with closers if the RM were closed during its relist week. Of course, the current algorithm has the potential for conflicts with "speedy" closes, but we shouldn't have very many of those, theoretically. I've already added two functions to the bot's framework that look into a page's edit history, to serve two different purposes; I suppose I could add a third function to serve this purpose, by reporting how many edits the bot has made to the page since the RM opened, and allow the bot to post notices as long as the bot had not previously edited the page since the RM opened. We're getting into an area of diminishing returns here, where to accommodate ever more unusual and infrequently occurring scenarios, I need to spend ever increasing amounts of time working on coding workarounds. – wbm1058 (talk) 17:39, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Wbm1058 I see. Maybe an additional switch in the template on the talk page to force update the notifications if there's any significant changes like this case? I.e.
- Since 15 November 2021 (v 7.67), the bot doesn't post notifications more than one week after the RM was listed, to mitigate potential edit conflicts with closes in progress; issue reported here. Since then, a newer enhancement made on 17 February 2024 (v 8.40) limits the bot to three recent edits in subject-space, to stop it from edit-warring over changes to sync modified subject page notices, but that won't stop the bot from re-posting notices after a closer has removed them. Some day I may make the bot even smarter regards to these; better cleanup and reporting/record-keeping after closed RMs still on my back burner. – wbm1058 (talk) 12:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @MicrobiologyMarcus that's interesting. I always thought that such additions would have trigger the bot to add the necessary notifications on the corresponding article and talk pages. @Wbm1058 is this supposed to be the case for the RMCD bot or was there something that changed? – robertsky (talk) 06:19, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Question from Larajt.smith005 (13:02, 26 March 2024)[edit]
Hello I want to upload a new wikipedia page about myself, Lara Smith, CEO of listed Antimony Company and written several articles and given key note addresses on critical metals.
Please advise how to get started. --Larajt.smith005 (talk) 13:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Larajt.smith005 If you are notable per WP:NBIO, someone else will write about you. I suggest reading through Wikipedia:Autobiography before embarking on this endeavour by yourself. As for writing other articles, you are welcome to write as long as there is no conflict of interest. I have dropped a bunch of links on your talk page which can guide you through your editing journey. – robertsky (talk) 00:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi how do i save as draft? --Minhuaty (talk) 17:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
March music[edit]
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Thank you for helping Pollini to the Main page! - I uploaded vacation pics (from back home), and I listened to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:59, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Just a question, regarding talk pages of Classical music and Opera articles: Classical music has no article classes, such as "stub" (only GA and FA). The template "Vital article" doesn't exist, it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- That's because the WikiProject Classical music apparently does not do article assessment. You can however add its banner on the classical music related articles' talk pages if it is relevant, like what I just did at Talk:St John Passion structure. The new project banner shell design does not differentiate the article classes, giving it an appearance that the classical music project has done its (non-existing) assessment. – robertsky (talk) 16:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Laxmi Rana on Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images (05:58, 2 April 2024)[edit]
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024[edit]
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