User talk:FormalDude

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This user is aware of the designation of the following topics as contentious topics: abortion climate change COVID-19, broadly construed gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people complementary and alternative medicine genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed pseudoscience and fringe science the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues 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 Balkans or Eastern Europe discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes He should not be given alerts for those areas.

Are  you  listening  to  music  right  now?

Music is for the soul! This is list of song recommendations from Wikipedians over the years. Feel free to add your own here! (please try to keep alphabetical order) Rap/hip-hop Baby Keem – The Melodic Blue (Album) Big Sean – Deep Reverence (ft. Nipsey Hussle) Bryn – Juicy Freestyle Childish Gambino – This is America DMX – X Gon' Give It To Ya Drake – Nonstop Eminem – KILLSHOT Frank Ocean – Novacane Guerilla Black – Give It To Me Jack Harlow – Nail Tech Jaden – Boys and Girls Joji – Pretty Boy (ft. Lil Yachty) Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta Kendrick Lamar – XXX. (FEAT. U2.) Kanye West – Monster Kanye West – Stronger K-os – Flypaper Lil Dicky – Professional Rapper Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Album) Mac Miller – Aliens Fighting Robots M City Jr – Addicted To My EX Metro Boomin – Overdue (with Travis Scott) MF DOOM – Doomsday Missy Elliott – Work It Swet Shop Boys – Birding The Notorious B.I.G. – Warning Travis Scott – 90210 Tyler, The Creator – EARFQUAKE Pop 99 Neighbors – Fuck No (feat. Brasstracks & PhiloSofie) Daryl Hall & Joan Oates – Maneater Gnarls Barkley – Crazy Maroon 5 – This Love Pink – Trouble Post Malone – Take What You Want (ft. Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott) Rex Orange County – 10/10 Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On Steve Aoki – Noble Gas feat. Bill Nye The Weeknd – Phantom Regret by Jim Tomppabeats – Monday Loop U2 – American Soul Rock and roll AC/DC – Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode Eddie Van Halen – Eruption Guitar Solo Fleetwood Mac – The Chain Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench Joe Satriani – Summer Song Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts Protest the Hero – Divinity Within Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Steve Miller Band – The Joker Tenacious D – Tribute The Beatles – Twist and Shout The Black Keys – Can't Find My Mind The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along the Watchtower The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil The White Stripes – Apple Blossom Other great music 009 Sound System – With A Spirit David Bowie – Black Star GoGo Penguin – Everything Is Going to Be OK Hot Mulligan – Drink Milk and Run Kishi Bashi (& Nu Deco Ensemble) – I Am the Antichrist to You Knox – Sneakers Louie Zong – hello world Miles Davis – Kenny Garret sax solo Polyphia – G.O.A.T. Return to Forever (ft. Chick Corea, The Shadow of Lo) Seycara – Illusions of the Heart Stevie Wonder – Superstition Sweet Dove – Never Stopping At All The Sound of Music – Do-Re-Mi The Sound of Music – Maria Twenty One Pilots – Fairly Local Will Sparks – Close (feat. Colleen D'Agostino)

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Women in Red August 2025

Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the month: Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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

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• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
• Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
  • 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.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

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Women in Red September 2025

Women in Red | September 2025, Vol 11, Issue 9, Nos. 326, 327, 347, 348, 349 Recognized as the most successful topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run Q & R | Women writers & their works | Microstates Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the Month: Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published. Progress ("moving the needle"): The WikiProject Women in Red homepage is usually updated weekly, using the Humaniki tool. Sadly, Humaniki has been out of action since 23 June. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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• Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240

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Women in Green's 9th Edit-a-thon

Hello FormalDude:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in October 2025!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2025, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event with the theme What Women Do! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 different occupations or professions (or broader roles in society) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

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A Barnstar for You!

		The Original Barnstar
		I stumbled across your article for Shirley Chisholm, and I was very impressed! Definitely one of the best articles I've read on the project. As someone who is looking to start writing more complex GAs on Wikipedia, I am inspired by your work. Kudos, and take care. 3602kiva (💬) 22:50, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10

Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10, Nos. 326, 327, 350, 351, 352 Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run S & T | Women in STEM | Halloween Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Sister wikiproject Women in Green October 2025 Good Article Edit-a-thon focuses on What Women Do Tip of the Month: Notable does not always mean admirable; you don't have to like an article's subject to make the article a useful contribution to Wikipedia. Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 6,283 articles during this period: 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women) 24 September 2025: 20.20% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,088,533 biographies; 421,901 women) Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]