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September 2024

Hello, I'm Bagumba. Your recent edit to the page Karl-Anthony Towns appears to have added premature information about a reported sports transaction, so it has been removed for now. The transaction is based on anonymous sources and/or awaiting an official announcement. If you believe the transaction has been completed, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. —Bagumba (talk) 06:11, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Bagumba, and thank you for letting me know; but not only did I already know that the edit had been (mostly) reversed, but I have a notice at the top of my page asking for folks to not template me. I know you were just trying to be helpful, but for future reference a simple 30 second typed warning will do. :) Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 11:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies. This is a slightly nuanced topic, that I did check that you hadn't received. But again, sorry for the impersonal nature.. Best regards. —Bagumba (talk) 11:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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my comment was not removed. don't be so sensitive that you are sensitive to the criticism of others. criticism is healthy. surely you can see the insolence and pride of the crew in charge of the RD section. It's sickening. i don't know how to send you a private reply so i'm just following the instructions you left in your message for me. Peace Skootamassa (talk) 17:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skootamassa I'm fully aware. However, passive aggressive comments such as that message are not helpful to the point of ITN/C. Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 19:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what is itn/c?

there was nothing passive aggressive about my comment. that term gets passed around so easily these days. P/A is denoted by passive hostility and indirect communication. if anything i was being openly hostile and direct in my communication, which is synonymous with being critical. I don't intend to beat this issue into the bush, but when you come around blindly criticising the critic of a group of people who require criticism and introspection then you are just adding fluff to the air and stirring up uneccessary contention. I believe your intentions are good, however blind, and could be put to better use with true intent, your intent, and a decent understanding of the perspectives involved in the situation you so choose to meddle.

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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it is WP:TOOSOON for these redirects to be created. They aren't even mentioned in the target page.

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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes

New arbs to be seated in January.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5

Will the fifth try at achieving peace be a mudfight, or something better?

Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited

Should old acquaintance be forgot?

Op-ed: On the backrooms

An editor's reflection on social capital and their changing relationship with Wikipedia culture.

by Tamzin

In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?

Wikipedia aims to represent the sum of all knowledge. Is there an imbalance between Western countries and the rest of the world.

In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial

Ballooning British bias bombast!

Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody

Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.

Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing

The importance of feedback.

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December thanks

story · music · places

Thank you today for improving article quality in December! - Today is a woman poet's centenary. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2024

News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"

What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.

Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything

A personal essay.

Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject

Explanations for what led to it and what it was like to undergo it.

In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case

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From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Who's news?

Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality

And other new research findings.

Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Wikipedia article intensifies

Good faith edits REVERTED and accounts BLOCKED.

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Traffic report: Was a long and dark December

Wicked war, martial law, killing, death and an Indian movie with a new chess champ!

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The Bugle: Issue 224, December 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D on the Franco-Prussian War
Op-ed: Nick-D visits the Swiss Air Force Museum

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China at the 2025 Asian Winter Games moved to draftspace

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

CheckUser changes

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

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Phil Wills moved to draftspace

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Tyler Hughes (American football) moved to draftspace

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The Bugle: Issue 225, January 2025

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Book review: Pickersgill-Cunliffe and Nick-D look at Germans in the Flanders Campaign and 50 years of Australian military history
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Simon Whitlock

Could you review the work done on Simon Whitlock's article and remove the tag if you’re satisfied. Kind regards, JamesVilla44 (talk) 12:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @JamesVilla44! Just took a look at the article, and the tag was removed. However, the work done to the article warrants the tag's removal. Thank you for your work! Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 22:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 January 2025

From the editors: Looking back, looking forward

The 20th anniversary of The Signpost.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024

A lot of psephology!

In the media: Will you be targeted?

HUMINT or humbug?

Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last

Hallelujah!

Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia

Johnny Au has edited for 17 years straight without missing a day.

Opinion: Reflections one score hence

Some thoughts from the original editor-in-chief.

News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free

Public Domain Day 2025, Women in Red hits 20% biography milestone, Spanish Wikipedia reaches two million articles, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next

The Signpost staff on achievements of '24 and hopes for '25.

Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia

The latest crusade?

In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?

Our alumni speak!

Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics

Applying the scientific method to a model of conflict that leads to arbitration.

Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia

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Concern regarding Draft:The Campaign Trail

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2025

story · music · places

2025 opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) - Thank you for improving article quality in January! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt Thank you Gerda, for consistently providing me with updates as to how everything is going, and for being a kind and friendly face for all these months. :) Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 11:05, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Didier Guillaume

On 22 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Didier Guillaume, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 22:30, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Streicher moved to draftspace

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I added periods at the end of sentences where there were none...

I added periods at the end of sentences where there were none... I moved a paragraph about a Korean War unit to the Korean War section where it belongs from the World War II section where it did not belong. And I corrected misinformation about the 100th Battalion and the 442nd RCT using information on those units that is contained in Wikipedia's verified entry/entries on them. And for doing this I'm wrong? OK, revert to the incorrect information if you wish. My apologies for intruding. 2603:800C:3A00:59B5:C4C1:3D56:2062:2A56 (talk) 02:40, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).

Administrator changes

Euryalus

CheckUser changes

Oversighter changes

Technical news

Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145

Arbitration

The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

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That's good!

But can you perhaps center the subject in the crop? Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marion_Wiesel&diff=prev&oldid=1274182110 2603:7000:2101:AA00:896D:92:B85F:9FCA (talk) 21:56, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 7 February 2025

Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians

But an open language model is ready to help.

News and notes: Let's talk!

The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon

Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.

In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk

Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.

Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City

Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed

Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.

Traffic report: A wild drive

The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.

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ITN recognition for Super Bowl LIX

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2025 Sri Lanka blackouts at ITN

Hello! You closed it quite too quick. This was not even a WP:SNOWBALL. Also your assumption that consensus will not develop was sweeping considering it had only got attention. A bit of discussion is not that harmful. Thanks, 𝓔xclusive𝓔ditor _{Ping Me🔔} 17:15, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have reopened it, and feel free to close it again if it gets more opposes and feels like WP:SNOWBALL. Thanks, 𝓔xclusive𝓔ditor _{Ping Me🔔} 17:21, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 226, February 2025

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Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three aspects of World War II
Op-ed: Matarisvan on ways to improve A-class reviewing numbers

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ITN recognition for Tom Robbins

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Explanation?

What was your rationale for this edit here? Albarn isn't mentioned in that source as having been problematic, and this source, while going into more detail, similarly indicates that Albarn stayed calm. DS (talk) 16:16, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:The Campaign Trail

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February thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in February! - I pointed at a composer yesterday, as the main page had. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... and a soprano today whose performance impressed me. (didn't notice that a new day had begun) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for David Boren

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The Signpost: 27 February 2025

News and notes: Administrator elections up for reapproval and 1bil GET snagged on Commons

French Wikipedia defends a user against public threats, steward elections, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World

"The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".

Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year

From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.

In the media: The end of the world

Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?

Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read

Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".

Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing

User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.

Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?

What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?

Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors

Liberté, liberté chérie.

Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars

Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.

Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source

Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!

Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)

Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

CheckUser changes

Oversighter changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

Technical news

A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

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Jamie White (journalist) moved to draftspace

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Happy Birthday!

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday Fakescientist8000! Enjoy your special day.--DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 06:26, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 227, March 2025

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at works on a female astronaut and a senior US Navy officer
Op-ed: Adam Cuerden on his experiences with a recent featured picture
Timeline: This month in military history

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:15, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Peter Moskos (soldier)

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Betty White article

Hi, I noticed you had restored your edit on Betty White. I mean, could you please participate in this discussion? Thanks. Thedarkknightli (talk) 14:30, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Thedarkknightli. I'll gladly participate in that discussion, and my apologies for not noticing sooner. Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 18:08, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Peter Moskos (disambiguation)

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March thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in March! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:07, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 March 2025

From the editor: Hanami

It's an ecstasy, my spring.

Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia

Let them know what you think!

News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia

Read this, then forget all about it.

In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual

Life on the Wiki as usual!

Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?

And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals

Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...

The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.

Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!

The photographers are the celebrities!

Essay: Unusual biographical images

And very unusual biographical images.

Obituary: Rest in peace

Send not to know
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ITN recognition for Kitty Dukakis

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Concern regarding Draft:Drew Carter (sportscaster)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

Dennis Brown

Bureaucrat changes

Barkeep49

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Oversighter changes

GB fan

Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.

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Testing

You know I was just testing. 2600:387:F:5C35:0:0:0:7 (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if you could do something like edit Michael Myers can you Ghostface from his popular culture section? 2600:387:F:5C35:0:0:0:7 (talk) 23:56, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Myers goes only alongside Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger cause you know they're the big three of slasher films. 2600:387:F:5C35:0:0:0:7 (talk) 00:00, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 9 April 2025

Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison

Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.

In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear

Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?

In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International

Defeat, or just a setback?

News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack

Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.

Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!

Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas

What is to be done?

Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing

Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.

Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...

Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!

News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view

The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.

Comix: Thirteen

Gadzooks!

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The Bugle: Issue 228, April 2025

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Book review: Nick-D looks at the Borneo campaign of 1945 and warfare the South African way
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May thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in May. One of mine was Jadwiga Rappé. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt and, as always, thank YOU for continuing this small (but steady and stable) part of the community. :) Cheers, atque supra! Fake scientist 8000 17:06, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - A first: two stories about two people who worked together and died the same day --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

reasons to look at Bach (and listen): it's a recent GA (not by me), he assumed the position of Thomaskantor OTD in 1723, he's up for PR, and several of his cantatas for GA, and his Easter Oratorio for FAC --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:03, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greg Hunter Musician

Hi Fake,

I saw you started a thread on greg Hunter but lacked information. I am his Brother Shaun Hunter.I can give you the information you are looking for. He ius still alive. He was a well known producer who started at do not erase studio at the end of the 80's. He worked as a session engineer so rarely got credited. He was produced and engineered:

The Orb many albums including little fluffy clouds Crowded House Wooden Faces Killing Joke System Seven Juno Reactor (including the incidental music for the Matrix 2 and 3

to name a few.

He was globally recognised with his seminal as an act named Suburfing Frozen Ants

https://dubsahara.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-ants

Specifically the track - The Number Readers

It's a real shame as many people are unaware of the vast amount of work he contributed to. Numberhunter (talk) 05:02, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue 230, June 2025

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June thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in June! - I heard this music, yesterday, - streamed a day before at a different location. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I commented against the tag you placed on the Endangered Species Act 1973 page

Hello. I saw the warning tag you placed today on the ESA 1973 page and am grateful you encouraged comment on your decision on the ESA 1973 talk page, which I have done. Below I am pasting in what I wrote there:

Here is the edit that happened today by a new editor to this page: 18:53, 23 June 2025 Fakescientist8000 talk contribs m 328,567 bytes +29 Added {{Very long}} tag undo thank Tag: Twinkle

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- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
- The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
- The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

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August thanks

story · music · places

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The Bugle: Issue 232, August 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).

Administrator changes

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