Thai teaser

ผึ้งได้พิสุทเ้วยตัวของผึ้งเิงค่ะเพราะผลการวิจัยละคนอายุ่ไท่มีเหตุผลค่ะประสพการไม่มีแระโยชค่ะและความไกล้ชิดก่อไห้เกิดกทรโบภม่กและทำไห้อสีนหายย่างร้ายแรงรวยเหรอไช้เหตุปลทีคนเจาะจงจุดนี้ค่ะเป้าหมายออ่นเกินไปค่ะทุกรสยล้ในแต่ไม่มีแระโยชค่ะ 223.24.162.9 (talk) 18:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Google Translate renders this as follows. Curious... Andrew🐉(talk) 19:48, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

The bee has been able to confirm the identity of the bee because of the results of the study. Each person of any age has a reason. He experiences a lack of energy and closeness causes an overabundance of the body and causes Is there a serious loss of wealth? Is it possible for people to focus on this point? The goal is too soft. Every taste is delicious but there's no reason for it.

The bee has proven it by itself. The research results and the fact that people are still young don't provide a solid reason. Experience has no benefit. And closeness causes too much impact and leads to serious losses. Being rich? Is that the reason people focus on this point? The goal is too weak. Everything feels exhausted inside but still serves no purpose. 64.158.132.206 (talk) 19:11, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

AI survey

@Andrew Davidson hi, I sent you an email about a day ago, just wanted to send a reminder here again. Thank you so much for your time! Looking forward to hear from you, and have a great weekend! Phoebezz22 (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I saw the email, thanks, and will reply directly. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Sounds great, Thank you so much! Will wait for your response then =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 22:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Having looked, I'm not sure I'm ready for an interview yet. My activity is currently experimental and today's recent update is a typical example. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Request_for_closure where I tried using Gemini to summarise a discussion. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson Thank you for the thoughtful reply, I really appreciate it! I also took a look at the examples you provided, and I still believe your interactions in such discussions with examples of LLM outputs will provide very valuable insights - and in fact, I think you'll provide a very interesting perspective. Please let me know if you are interested in participating! And if you don't mind, we can also change to emails. Have a great weekend =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 02:31, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi and... Black Middens

Hi Andrew Davidson! In due deference to your seniority, you should have been the first editor I bothered in my quest for info, but it has only just occurred to me to check who created the article on the Black Middens. To cut a long story short, I'm trying to tie up a couple of loose ends I've come across regarding the Spanish Battery Rocks, at the estuary of the River Tyne, as an oft-mentioned hazard to shipping in the area. However, I have come up against a series of doubts which render that redlink (or simply a section at another article, a non-starter, at least for the moment. I have already bothered another user, Barabbas1312 who, though kindly tolerant of my imposition has, so far, been unable to shed further light on the matter at hand, beyond confirming that the "name doesn't appear to be used on the relevant Admiralty chart, though the battery itself is marked".

Not knowing the area at all, and as sources are few and far between, one of my main doubts is whether said rocks refer to "your" Black Middens or to the rocks on other side of the headland, where the actual artillery battery was located. If the former, since that article already exists, it might just be a matter of adding/finding a couple of sources that link the two sites, or not, as the case may be. Thanks for your time and, as I commented to Barabbas1312, please don't feel obliged to do anything regarding this matter. Happy Editing! Technopat (talk) 17:08, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

I started the Black Middens as a spinoff from the Lights of North Shields.

This page about the Spanish Battery shows a map derived from Google. This labels the Black Middens and other specific features fairly clearly and also shows the coastal rocks. My impression is that the Black Middens usually means the reef of rock in the channel where the name label is. The rocks which form the shore around the headland seem to be a more general coastal feature and don't have particular names. So, the rocky shore near to the battery might be considered distinct but I doubt that it warrants a separate article.

We could use an article about the battery as the article Tynemouth Priory and Castle doesn't mention it. We could also use an article about the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House which was built there specifically because shipwrecks were common. I'll make a start on that now.

A person who might be able to help is Ojsyork who is active in the RNLI and RNLI task force here.

Andrew🐉(talk) 18:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson@Technopat

Sorry chaps, can't help. I can find histories of Lifeboat Stations, but any ref. to wreck locations etc I just assume they're correct, and add a link if an article exists.

All the RNLI stations are now done, but I'm still on with List of former RNLI stations, whilst fending off the nonsense created by one other member of the RNLI group!

And then there are RNLI Fleet pages to update constantly - I'm unlikely to get to Volunteer Rocket Brigades, sorry. Ojsyork (talk) 18:55, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Greetings All! Many thanks for your prompt replies. As this is your talk page, Andrew Davidson, I hope you don't mind that I respond here also to Ojsyork so as not to have too many loose ends lying around. Yes, regarding that Spanish Battery link, thanks, I have that one and I agree with you regarding the specific reef versus the rocks under the battery and yes, the Watch House merits an article, so if you're happy to do that, great! Look forward to checking it out!

Regrading the RNLI, Ojsyork, I have just started using its Tynemouth's Station history page as a reference to pages on the Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year. Hope you manage to fend off the nonsense-peddler. In the absence of 10-foot bargepoles, boathooks are quite effective, as are sculls... (I once had the privilege of seeing a Thames waterman —and ex-British commando— smack a drunken idiot who had fallen into the Thames on the dodgy ebb tide over the head with a scull so as to stun him and stop him from capsizing the skiff we had gone to rescue him in. One of the highlights of my youth! Sorry, off on one of me tangents... --Technopat (talk) 21:25, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

"Lunchtime O'Booze" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Lunchtime O'Booze has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 17 § Lunchtime O'Booze until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 02:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

The BBC Radio 4 series Book of the Week

I saw the banner on your user page about being a deletion patroller. I wonder if you have any views on the current deletion discussion for Book of the Week at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Book of the Week. Snowman (talk) 23:01, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I’m interested in such radio topics and will see how I can help. Am busy today so more later… Andrew🐉(talk) 12:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I found a good detailed source which is visible to me at Google Books so you may be able to read it there too. I have made a variety of other smaller edits and will do more as and when more occur to me.

We ought to start an article about Di Speirs using sources such as this.

And, if you're interested in radio please check out the List of longest-running radio programmes. We should add a Book at Bedtime to that as it's older than the Archers though it did have a break of three years, it seems.

Andrew🐉(talk) 20:03, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I have been thinking about an article for Di Speirs too. I am very much a part-time editor, though. Thanks for your work on the Book of the Week article. The delete discussion has been closed with no overall discussion, so the article is retained. Snowman (talk) 09:17, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I saw that Eddie891 had noticed the book that I added as a source and was expecting this to produce a no-consensus result. That's good enough so we can move on to Speirs now. Some people don't like stubs but I'm quite keen on them. The way to get a job done is to start it... Andrew🐉(talk) 09:25, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Re: Case Notes (radio show)

I see that this BBC Radio show has been turned into a redirect (effectively deleted) following a merge discussion earlier this year. I would like to restore this article. Do you know how to go about this? Snowman (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, the process of editing a redirect is described at WP:EDRED. I don't recall ever listening to that programme and am not seeing many sources for it but will put it on my watchlist and see what you can do with it. Andrew🐉(talk) 07:12, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

I have listened to the radio show many times. It was redirected following a deletion discussion. I think there has to be a discussion on the talk page before the page can be restored. I have started a discussion on the talk page. Snowman (talk) 09:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Stuart Stanton (surgeon)

On 3 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stuart Stanton (surgeon), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that surgeon Stuart Stanton popularised an operation for stress incontinence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stuart Stanton (surgeon). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stuart Stanton (surgeon)), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Fauja Singh

On 17 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Fauja Singh, 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. Black Kite (talk) 14:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Connie Francis

On 21 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Connie Francis, 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. Schwede66 19:05, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Gardening with Gerda

story · music · places

Thank you for your efforts for Robert Lewis Baker! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome. Gardening and Wikipedia have some similarity, I reckon – activities like labelling, planting, pruning, seeding, weeding and so forth are common to both and the results can be equally attractive and rewarding. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:09, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Nice analogy! - Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Bach seems timeless and eternal now. Myself, I'm remembering Tom Lehrer who died recently (see ITN). His lyrics are witty and his mastery of the piano seemed excellent. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Texas redistricting

Thanks for defending my article suggestion. I cannot comprehend their logic that it's not relevant. 77eagle (talk) 15:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

It's not based on logic or evidence. Per WP:ITNSIGNIF, "Whether a topic is significant enough for inclusion in ITN is often contentious. ... It is highly subjective whether an event is considered significant enough..." There is some gerrymandering too... Andrew🐉(talk) 17:51, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Biddy Baxter

On 11 August 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Biddy Baxter, 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:01, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

That's weird, you have a similar signature to User:Jeraxmoira! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 14:57, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

One reason for that is that we are both WikiDragons. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:33, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson oh, got it! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 15:34, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

There are other reasons in my case including:

1. I wanted to have a shorter sig and the sigil is just a single Unicode character
2. The sigil looks like the letter D in Apple's iOS font and so it works as an initial
3. I'm a dragon of a different sort too
4. Dragons are cool!

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Streameast for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Streameast is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Streameast until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

^EF⁵ 17:00, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2025 Ryder Cup

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Ryder Cup, 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. Schwede66 00:30, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for George Smoot

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George Smoot, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 00:32, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Sarah Mullally

On 4 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sarah Mullally, 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. Schwede66 03:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Diane Keaton

On 15 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Diane Keaton, 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. Spencer^T•C 05:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

🎉 Andrew Davidson's first edit anniversary!

Hey Andrew Davidson, Your first edit anniversary on this wikimedia project was 4 days ago. Thank you for your valuable contributions and wishing you many more years of amazing contributions to the Wikimedia community :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 22:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks. What seems even more interesting is that the 20th anniversary of my account's creation is coming up on 15 February 2026. I must ponder how to celebrate it. Checking, I find that it's the Sunday of the Oxford Wikimeet so that's a possibility. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:32, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Killiechassie

You uploaded File:Killiechassie 1862.png in 2014, but I don't quite understand why you marked it as {{keep local}}. The map being over 100 years old, it should be well within PD, and if not it should have been tagged as such. But perhaps there was a good reason that I am oblivious to.

I have gone ahead and marked the file for Commons export as well as updated the license tag inside {{PD-Art}} to {{PD-100}}. If that was in error, please revert my edit and let's discuss the license situation of the file. Rose Abrams (T C L) 14:24, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand what the template is saying. It is not an obstacle to copying to Commons; it records that "an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too". So, the file may be copied to Commons but the local copy should then be left here.

Reasons for this include:

1. Commons is a different project with different policies. I'm not exactly sure what they are as I don't tend to go there.
2. The file is on my watch list here and I like to keep an eye on material that I have created or uploaded.
3. Having a local copy enables me to annotate or otherwise comment on the content.
4. For more, see Template talk:Keep local

So, I have restored the template which sits fine alongside {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}. Ok?

Andrew🐉(talk) 14:58, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

I see. I don't really know if "it's easy and convenient for me" is a solid reason to keep a local file, but it's not something I will argue. I'd recommend you to consider the arguments set out on WP:WHYCOMMONS for why not to keep a local file, but it's up to you.

But a more important question for you: Is it possible for you to fill in the fields | source = and | author = on the file page? Since you uploaded the file (albeit 11 years ago), you may remember the website/written work/repository where you found the image originally. It's fine if you cannot, I can always attempt to find the data myself by reverse-searching it online. And regardless of who does it, when that info is known and entered I will copy the file to Commons (while keeping the local copy per your request). Thank you! Rose Abrams (T C L) 15:47, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

It's now  Done. You can still add details to the local copy if you are able. Rose Abrams (T C L) 20:30, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

OK. I just read through WP:WHYCOMMONS and see that it says, "If you want to prevent images uploaded directly to Wikipedia from being deleted locally after being copied to Commons, use the {{Keep local}} tag." So, that's all good then. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:31, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Baek Se-hee

ITN recognition

On 18 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Baek Se-hee, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:39, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Yang Chen-Ning

On 23 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Yang Chen-Ning, 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. —Bagumba (talk) 07:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Kippered trout

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

The Kip ^(contribs) 02:31, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks but I prefer kipper for breakfast (pictured). To see Sybil on the subject, see this episode... Andrew🐉(talk) 10:15, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Prunella Scales

On 30 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Prunella Scales, 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. Schwede66 21:15, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Annual readership

Template:Annual readership has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:11, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the invitation but I am forbidden to join this discussion – audi alteram partem ... Not!

For the record, the template is currently in use on 53,123 pages. Here's some examples from the start of the list

sic transit gloria mundi

Andrew🐉(talk) 08:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

• I'm following the discussion and see that Mathglot has some constructive suggestions. I'm pinging them to compare notes. Here's some points for their consideration.

1. I'm the original creator of {{annual readership}} and so quite motivated to help develop a successor.
2. I've listed 50 articles which use the template above. I want to get a full list but am not sure of the best way of capturing it.
3. I've archived the current code and talk pages so that we can still refer to them.
4. I've started developing a rough replacement which will give the reader a feel for the readership and link to the pageviews tool. The first draft is at talK:Poles in the United Kingdom. The code is

{{Tmbox |style = border-spacing:4px |image = [[File:Open data small color (vector).svg|32px]] |text = The number of {{plainlink|url=https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=all-time&pages=Poles_in_the_United_Kingdom|name=average daily views}} of this article is about 193. }}

The average has to be inserted manually but should be fairly stable for a mature article. The page views parameters are defaulted to all-time which should give the full stats since records began in 2015. The reader then gets the big picture.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:31, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Andrew Davidson. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is 3Mb tsv.
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Mathglot (talk) 22:51, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for James Watson

On 8 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James Watson, 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. Schwede66 01:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Horst Panic

On 14 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Horst Panic, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Captain Flag

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you.  ${\displaystyle 999}$REAL 💬 ⬆   15:05, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

• The new PD image (right) looks better so thanks for adding it to the article. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:11, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Tom Stoppard

On 4 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Stoppard, 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. Black Kite (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks. Some notes for the record. I started the ball rolling for the blurb discussion which was quite protracted – 60K and counting. The nomination was updated and an image of him in his prime cropped for this. The article's lead was updated to highlight his critical significance. The tag-bombing was cleared and the list of works was updated with a reference to a comprehensive bibliography which helped resolve the debate about the need for sources for that section. There was some contention about the choice of lead image and I participated in the discussion for that. And I expanded the paragraph about his death, adding King Charles' statement. So, there was quite a variety of tasks to be done and so it's good that they helped it make the main page.

The readership on the death was over half a million. It will be interesting to see how much the blurb attracts.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

I was just popping by to check you got the recognition as you started the blurb discussion, thanks to @Black Kite for handling it already. CMD (talk) 15:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for thinking of me. I see you got your recognition for starting the nomination – well done. But you didn't comment on the blurb option during the discussion – what did you think about that, please? Andrew🐉(talk) 15:31, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

While I know Tom Stoppard, I am not so familiar with theatre as a whole, and especially unfamiliar with ITN's expectations on theatre. I set out to add the initial information on the death, and then decided after looking through the article to source and tweak the paragraph on his only book, which seemed the biggest source gap. (I did not know before that he had written a book.) I do think despite my unfamiliarity that he is quite a significant artistic figure, which seems blurbable, so it seems positive you managed to start the process. If there is "recognition" for me I would prefer it to be for the update and the book sourcing rather than for the nomination, although thinking as I write I did do that nomination on mobile so on second thought perhaps recognition is merited. CMD (talk) 15:49, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Looking at the readership stats, the blurb seemed to add about 30,000 readers on top of the base trend. I usually reckon ITN generates about 20,000 views so that was a bit better than usual. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Baek Se-hee

On 11 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Baek Se-hee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Baek Se-hee wrote I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baek Se-hee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Baek Se-hee), 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 nominate it.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 16,708 views (696.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of December 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

The link above gives the number as 17,937. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:24, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rob Reiner

On 16 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rob Reiner, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:13, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Brigitte Bardot

On 29 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Brigitte Bardot, 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. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:04, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Khaleda Zia

On 2 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Khaleda Zia, 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. Schwede66 00:50, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Swan Lake

Hi - attempted to ping you but was told that my pinging would not go through so just wanted to manually let you know there is an ANI discussion involving the Talk:Swan Lake discussion you participated in []. Apologies if this is a duplicate ping. Gnomingstuff (talk) 18:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

I got the ping and read the discussion but did not find it edifying. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:24, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

And the consequence was that BassiStone was banned indefinitely and the article Swan Lake was rolled back 5 months. Tsk. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:46, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

January music

story · music · places

Thank you for "blurb first" in the ERRORS discussion! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

"2012 Olympics curse" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Wanted to congratulate your Father

Hello Andrew, I saw on user:pendright’s talk page that your father will be turning 101 shortly, just wanted to congratulate him and wish him an early happy birthday. My Grandfather’s mother in law (of his second wife) has recently turned 101 too, which is amazing, 101 years is an amazing achievement, such a different time of history. May I ask whether he had any involvement in the war, I’m fascinated in that era and have relatives of my own (unfortunately no longer with us) who were involved, unfortauentlt I only met one of them, but it was great to. Have a lovely rest of your week. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 21:09, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. If you're talking about WW2, then being born in Jan 1925 made him 14 when the UK joined the war and so he was too young to be very involved. A chap who used to do some gardening for me was a bit older and said that he saw Rommel in the Desert War. There are few such left now, alas. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:57, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I meant more during the later years (1944-1945), my great granduncle was a year older than your father and during the later years (at ages 18-19) fought before being wounded (Then again he was conscripted as he was German, I’m not entirely sure whether Britain was conscripting in the later years). I’m not sure whether any early war veterans are still around (veterans who fought at the start in 1939), I think it might only be later ones (and Hitler Youth members who fought during the last years/months, like Pope Benedict 16th).

That’s very interesting about the man you knew who saw Rommel, I don’t know much about the desert war, personally I think it was a waste for Germany (although good for us because we managed to defeat them), The desert war is pretty forgotten compared to other theatres, my Great-Grandfather was part of the RAF in the Ethiopian front (when Britain fought against Italy in Somalia and Ethiopia), which is by far one of the most forgotten theatres too. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 10:19, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to write. Wish your father a Happy next Birthday for me, I hope he is well. All the best - Pendright (talk) 02:48, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Greenland crisis

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ITN recognition for World Health Organization

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ITN recognition for Epstein files

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ITN recognition for Jesse Jackson

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ITN recognition for Robert Duvall

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DYK for Craig (elephant)

On 23 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Craig (elephant), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an African elephant named Craig had tusks that were so long that they reached the ground? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Craig (elephant). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Craig (elephant)), 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 nominate it.

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 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

From WP:ERRORS:

"... that an African elephant named Craig had tusks that were so long that they reached the ground?"

I was intrigued as to what this meant, do they touch the ground only when he lowers is head or standing/walking normally etc. It is cited in the article at the end of the second sentence to IFAW and the BBC, they discuss the weight and length of his tusks but neither state that they reached the ground - Dumelow (talk) 09:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

• Isn't it clear from the picture?

I rewrote the relevant part of the lead to focus on the tusks and this was then picked up for the hook. Several sources comment on the length of the tusks and the Times describes them as "ground-sweeping" so I've just added a cite to that in the lead.

But, see the talk page for an alt which I suggested and got some support:

• ALT ... that a super-tusker named Craig died when his teeth wore out which caused his intestines to rupture?

We can switch that that if you like.

Andrew🐉(talk) 11:18, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

No, that is extremely depressing. TarnishedPath^talk 12:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

The Times story gives it a positive spin

Why Craig the elephant’s death is a victory for conservationists
The Kenyan ‘super tusker’ carried nearly 100kg of ivory. The fact that he lived to 54 and died of natural causes is a landmark in the fight against poaching

. That might be turned into a hook but the article would need work to support it. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:12, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election

On 9 March 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election, 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. Schwede66 09:41, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Your Message Title

Could I ask what the blank paper protest is about? (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:40, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

To clarify, the joke here was that I left the message title blank. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:42, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

• The article blank paper protest was started in 2022 by No Swan So Fine – a prodigious creator of content. I wanted to help out and noticed that the page needed an image and so created one which I added to the article. I then added more content to the article.

The image has been replaced at the article but it occurred to me that it would be an entertaining addition to my user page, enabling me to blow off steam in a catch-all way without getting into the aggravating details of the latest issue, whatever that might be. You're the first person to comment on it, but it did get some thanks, iirc. Ok?

Andrew🐉(talk) 19:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks for the answer. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 19:18, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I have nothing further to add, which I did not write on a piece of paper. No Swan So Fine (talk) 20:55, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Country Joe McDonald

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ITN recognition for Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

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ITN recognition for Gerd Faltings

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ITN recognition for Chuck Norris

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story · music · places

Thank you for good work for ITN! My story today has remained the same for this day from the beginning: Bach's Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, first performed on Annunciation Day 1725. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:27, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mary Rand

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Arbitration Case opened

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Friendly Proposal

Hello, how are you doing today? I'm sorry for disturbing you, I was wondering if you would like to be friends, I'm new here and j have no reading partner or friends here. Purnama1 (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello. I suggest that you start by creating a user page to introduce yourself. This will then indicate what we have in common.

Another possibility is to get a formal mentor. I'm not very familiar with the details of that process and so am not ready to commit to that yet.

Andrew🐉(talk) 21:56, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ngogo chimpanzee war

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ITN recognition for Ned (snail)

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ITN recognition for 2026 London Marathon

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ITN recognition for J. Craig Venter

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ITN recognition for Shirley Porter

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This Month in GLAM: April 2026

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ITN recognition for 2026 Ituri Province Ebola epidemic

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ITN recognition for Felicity Lott

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story · music · places

Thank you for your help, - my story today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. My priority was the picture as I didn't like the crop that was there to start with. And then I fleshed out the lead which is the main bit that our readers will actually read.

Off now to an event at which a local symphony orchestra will perform. They don't have an article yet so I'll see if they merit one. More anon...

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:46, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Flott made the top 10 of this week's Weeklypedia with 320 changes by 47 authors so there were quite a few of us! Andrew🐉(talk) 15:02, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 2026

On 24 May 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 2026, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cambridge won all but one of the eight events at the 2026 Boat Race, the exception being the Oxford women's team, who broke their streak of eight consecutive losses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2026. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Boat Race 2026), 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 nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

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DYK for Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon

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 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Magnifica Humanitas

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		For your long-time contributions to In The News. Grimes2 13:16, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks. I wonder which topic sparked this ...? Andrew🐉(talk) 15:35, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  Ongoing: 2026 Bolivian protests. Grimes2 16:00, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

  Interesting, thanks. I don't like opposing nominations but so it goes. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:10, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

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This Month in GLAM: May 2026

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue V, May 2026 Headlines From the team: May Global GLAM Call Recording and June Call Announcement Australia report: Celebrating #1Lib1Ref Australasia Brazil report: GLAM Connection: Fashion, History, and Biodiversity in May France report: New Wikimedian in Residence Italy report: Connecting the Arctic and Sicily through Wikimedia Projects Mexico report: How the cultural, governmental, educational, and museum sectors contributed in unison to Wikimedia projects Netherlands report: Setting up your own platform (part 1): from wish to the creation of a wiki New Zealand report: ESEAP Conference 2026 and the NZBSI WiR update North Macedonia report: Wikimedia MKD Shares GLAM Experience at International Conferences Poland report: Partnerships, Participation, and Open Knowledge Serbia report: May in Wikimedia Serbia Spain report: El Prado en femenino III Switzerland report: Museum for Communication, Panel IMD, Wikipedia Day UK report: Early Qurans on the front page of Wikipedia Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Updates on work by BHLWiki Working Group members Special story: New tools for multilingual audio, video and metadata Memory of the World report: New articles in Urdu Calendar: June's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

ITN recognition for David Hockney

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Oxford Meetup June 2026

Hi, I've created m:Meetup/Oxford/123; somewhat late, I know, but sometimes I never know my work rota until Saturday evening. Hope to see you there. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:26, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Major Oak

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Orphaned non-free image File:Parkie.webp

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The image was from Sir Michael Parkinson's chat show guests over the years - in pictures which contains lots of good pictures. Michael Parkinson deserves better than this. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:24, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Alan Greenspan

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On your nomination of the Sanger ban to In the News

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

That was rather silly of you. Thanks for tagging me as a contributor to the article so I could see that. Royz-vi Tsibele (talk) 04:09, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. The topic was nominated at In the News as it recently appeared in the New York Times. Royz-vi Tsibele was listed as a recent updater of the Larry Sanger article because of their recent edits to it such as this. Andrew🐉(talk) 06:13, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

July 2026

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Hello, I'm Ilov3gam3z. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, it's important to be mindful of the feelings of your fellow editors, who may be frustrated by certain types of interaction, such as your addition to Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). While you probably didn't intend any offense, please do remember that Wikipedia strives to be an inclusive atmosphere. In light of that, it would be greatly appreciated if you could moderate yourself so as not to offend. I do not want to come off as antagonistic here, but at the TWAFI RfC, you have been mildly condescending and dismissive of your fellow editors' arguments. I am not the one making this claim, as multiple other members of this discussion (including myself) have mentioned you seeming to not assume good faith and generally being somewhat condescending. A good example is this comment: "7amithorn is only 2 months old and so still has much to learn". While new editors may be less knowledgeable as old-timers, their ideas should be treated in the same light and tone as any other editors' ideas. Often new editors are exactly what Wikipedia needs to break old consensus and to be bold and try out new ideas, and as such should not be treated poorly. Thank you. Ilov3gam3z (talk) 23:12, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Please understand I still hold you (Andrew) in the highest respect, and thanks for the second opinions at the RfC. 7amiþ solidarity · 💬 · 📊 · 🇺🇸 05:55, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Penelope Keith

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ITN recognition for Vladimir McTavish

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clear

ITN recognition for Ann Widdecombe

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This Month in GLAM: June 2026

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Oxford Meetup July 2026

Hi, I've created m:Meetup/Oxford/124. Please note that the date is 26 July; the fourth Sunday, not the third, because of work commitments. I hope to see you there. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 15:29, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

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Images in discussions

Let me preface this by saying that I understand your unorthodox view on images as they relate to ITN, and while I disagree with them, that's not what this discussion is about.

You keep posting images within the nomination threads, seemingly to increase the prominence of your points in the threads. Can you please stop doing this? It is quite disruptive, and unlike the other issues that people have asked you to drop, this one has no bearing on what does or doesn't get posted, so I would appreciate it if you could refrain from doing it in the future. Thanks. In solidarity, QuicoleJR (talk) 15:21, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Such images are used to illustrate particular points and are mainly used as an efficient form of communication. Please see the following articles to understand the general concept(s):

1. A picture is worth a thousand words
2. Picture superiority effect
3. Visual rhetoric

Communicating efficiently is not disruptive as it tends to save time and assist understanding. If such image use were disruptive then I'd expect there to be a PAG which explains this. You don't cite one and I'm not aware of one so your complaint seems groundless.

It seems fitting that we illustrate this conversation and I've chosen an antique etching. It's too wordy for my taste but that seems to have been the laboured style of such humour back then.

Andrew🐉(talk) 19:10, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2026 Wimbledon Championships

2026 Wimbledon Championships needs more prose. I am to willing to help expand the article, but I am struggling to find appropriate sources. To quickly expand the article, I am going to need help. Could you please help me out with the citations? TheVoicelessWriter (talk) 03:18, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

I'll reply on the article's talk page where other active editors can join the discussion. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:06, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

On 17 July 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2026 Wimbledon Championships, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Left guide (talk) 04:55, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks.  For the record, note that there was some surprising conflict over the prose of the tournament article.  See WP:BULB... Andrew🐉(talk) 11:41, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Eccentric

Hi @Andrew Davidson. I recently referred to you as eccentric in a discussion regarding ITN. I wanted to clarify here, as I don't like to talk about people indirectly - this isn't an insult, but a compliment. Salmon Of Ignorance (talk) 09:35, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

That's fine as I like eccentrics such as Stanley Green. I suppose that most hard core Wikipedians are odd fellows in various ways and I've come across many eccentrics at Wikimeets and editathons. But I'm not sure it's the best word in my case. My totem on Wikipedia is the WikiDragon and their key characteristic is that they are bold. I am clearly outspoken and willing to stick my neck out by taking the initiative, making the first move, standing up to be counted or voicing an alternative, contrarian view. It's the opposite of groupthink and so makes waves but it seems needed to open up discussions and arrive at good conclusions.

The other key attribute of dragons is that they have a thick skin and so I'm not quick to take offence. Please feel free to speak your mind too but it's good to be careful about backbiting and so thanks for the courtesy explanation.

I find that we have an article about eccentricity (behavior). I've not looked at it before and see that it needs work. I'm on it...

Andrew🐉(talk) 10:20, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

In another conflict elsewhere, I saw the issue of a general antipathy between editors being described as "bitch eating crackers". The phrase is too crude for my taste but I haven't found a better one yet and it seems to describe the interpersonal friction at ITN quite well. This seems to be a good place to park the thought while I muse on it. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:21, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026

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Please stop being a WP:DICK

That is all. Gnomingstuff (talk) 00:50, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

• This seems to be a reaction to the discussion "Do as I say, not as I do" in which I took issue with some of Gnomingstuff's tagging. See WP:SAUCE.

Per WP:NASTY, further discussion of the details should take place at the topics in question such as Mystical Golf.

Andrew🐉(talk) 15:43, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

hes right tho ~2026-45863-10 (talk) 13:29, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for 2026 SpaceX lunar impact

On 24 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2026 SpaceX lunar impact, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that part of a Falcon 9 rocket recently collided with the Moon, making a new crater (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2026 SpaceX lunar impact. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (2026 SpaceX lunar impact), 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 nominate it.

Zzz plant (talk) 12:02, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

This one was rad. Nice work! Panini! • 🥪 19:30, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, it was fun to follow the event as it happened and then the detective work afterwards.. And others get the credit too, especially Kencf0618 who was the primary author of the article. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:04, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you both! I guess I'm inthe AFD-DYK club now. kencf0618 (talk) 20:14, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

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and therefore

Scissors beat Wiki? —Antonissimo (talk) 09:12, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

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