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I think I got it over the finish line just now. Thank you for writing the bulk of it and giving me a template to work off of. Locust Valley (talk) 22:11, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
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1RR violation
You are nearly in violation of the 1RR in your edits on Jodi Dean ↗, with regard to WP:ARBPIA4 ↗ -- only a couple of hours off from multiple reversions within 24 hours. Further, you are edit-warring against a consensus that you yourself participated in previously on the talk page. You disappeared from the previous discussion without addressing any of the substantive points made. You do not simply get to stall out any changes you disagree with on that page. You are literally the only person who has objected to these changes -- the IP editor is disallowed from participating due to WP:ARBECR ↗, we do not care what they think. At this point, you're disrupting Wikipedia in a very WP:POINT ↗y manner. Self-revert, actually engage in good-faith discussion, and stop misrepresenting my edits, or I will bring you to WP:AE ↗. Your call. <span style="color:red">⇒</span><span style="font-family:Serif"><span style="color:black">SWAT</span><span style="color:goldenrod">Jester</span></span> ↗ <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 13:27, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
:I have replied ↗ on the entry’s talk page. Innisfree987 (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
Question about edits on nociplastic pain
Hello. I am currently editing the article "nociplastic pain ↗" as part of a class. I just wanted some further clarity on why the examples of nociplastic pain were removed from the definition section? I know you said that better evidence is needed, but many of the article's references discuss the nociplastic pain components of the conditions that were given as examples, among them IBS and chronic headaches. I'm also confused on the condition "ME/CFS ↗" you referenced in your comment-- I can see the similarities to nociplastic pain but it differs in its manifestations and pathophysiology. Looking forward to hearing back from you. DepakoteDayDreamz (talk) 13:05, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
:Thanks for your message @DepakoteDayDreamz. For starters, I agree that ME/CFS is distinct from nociplastic pain, and more importantly authoritative sources on ME/CFS do not characterize it as a central sensitization syndrome (the ME/CFS article just underwent featured status review, so you can find high-quality sources there), which is why I noticed and removed ↗ that sentence’s claim that “chronic fatigue syndrome” (an outdated name for ME/CFS) is such a disorder. Just the fact that those sources use that term is an indication it may not be an up-to-date source on all the other disorders it references. My suggestion would be to check with the authoritative reviews on the disorders in question and only add them back if those sources do validate that’s how they’re understood (and if yes, to be more precise about how exactly—for example, chronic headaches can certainly have organic causes, so even if leading headache literature agrees it can be sensitization, would need to make clear it’s not exclusively). Does that make sense? Thanks for your work by the way, it’s really impressive how much you’ve improved the entry! Innisfree987 (talk) 17:27, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
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My music features Bach Bach Bach today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
:Oh what a treat, especially having been on something of an unplanned wikibreak. Very nice to come back to! I hope you’ve been doing well in the meantime. Innisfree987 (talk) 19:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
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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) 12:25, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
:All so lovely! Innisfree987 (talk) 23:49, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
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Thank you for your travel pics! - I have Easter Oratorio ↗ on the main page, but of course told the story, which is admittedly complex, on Easter Sunday ↗ for the music's 300th anniversary. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
:Ahh thank you @Gerda Arendt, and thank you also for your work on Pierre Nora ↗! Innisfree987 (talk) 00:40, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
:: Thank you! - Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died + I have a "defiant" cantata ↗ up for GA --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
:::What a striking picture of Stravinsky! Innisfree987 (talk) 04:55, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
:::: Thank you! - While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels (also with a striking picture), music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:29, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
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If you like Brahms, I recommend the streaming ↗ of yesterday's concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)
:Oh what a lovely idea! Thank you so much @Gerda Arendt! Innisfree987 (talk) 21:36, 13 July 2025 (UTC)
:: You are so welcome! - Today is Bastille Day, commemorated by a DYK as my "story" and a visit to the Bastille Opera in "music". I like the interview coming with the story, on the day before the big event, but for pomp and circumstance, the affair with 600 singing children and orchestra, and the singer dressed in the national flag, was also captured on videos, much slower. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 14 July 2025 (UTC)
:: Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
:: On Bach ↗'s day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
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Today's story - short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, - longer: I found ''today'' a youtube of an aria ↗ she sang with us then, recorded the same year, - if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sang Dona nobis pacem ↗ (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:05, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
:Lovely, all! Thank you @Gerda Arendt! Innisfree987 (talk) 21:39, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
:: Thank you! - On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist ↗ and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater ↗ in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
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{{icon|GA}} The Center Cannot Hold (book) ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Therapyisgood}}, reviewed by {{noping|Femke}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GA}} Histamine intolerance ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Maxim Masiutin}}, reviewed by {{noping|IntentionallyDense}}</small><br>
{{icon|GA}} 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak ↗ <small> {{noping|Velayinosu}}, reviewed by {{noping|ZKevinTheCat}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GA}} Skraban–Deardorff syndrome ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Strange Orange}}, reviewed by {{noping|IntentionallyDense}}</small><br>
{{icon|GA}} Air pollution ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Femke}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GAN}} Physiology of decompression ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Pbsouthwood}}</small><br>
{{icon|GAN}} Modafinil ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Maxim Masiutin}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GAN}} COVID-19 lab leak theory ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|TarnishedPath}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GA}} Anne Bayley ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Dclemens1971}}, reviewed by {{noping|Actual7}}</small><br>
{{icon|GA}} Abortion in Mauritius ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Vigilantcosmicpenguin}}, reviewed by {{noping|Thebiguglyalien}}</small><br>
{{icon|GA}} O'Donnell-Luria–Rodan syndrome ↗ <small>nom {{noping|Strange Orange}}, reviewed by {{noping|IntentionallyDense}}</small><br>
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{{icon|GAN}} COVID-19 lab leak theory ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|TarnishedPath}}</small><br>
{{icon|GAN}} Endometriosis ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Femke}}</small><br>
{{icon|GAN}} Cyril Karabus ↗ <small>nom {{noping|jolielover}}</small><br>
{{icon|FAC}} History of penicillin ↗ <small>nom. {{noping|Hawkeye7}} </small><br>
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Helen Hanff/Frank Doel
You reverted my edits in respect of the lack of evidence of the letters on the basis of WP:Weasel. You're quite right, so thank you for that. My thinking was that the claims that Hanff and Doel wrote letters that were published in normal correspondence at the given dates need evidence. I can't of course prove a negative. But I was mistaking a logical point for the general reportage. I think there will be decent sources reporting on this in the coming week, in which case I might revisit. If I do, I'll flag it to you for your interest before I edit again. Emmentalist (talk) 04:48, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks for your message @Emmentalist. I’ll definitely be interested if you see any reliable sources ↗ on this point. Innisfree987 (talk) 05:13, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
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'''Backlog update'''
At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.
After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.
'''2024 and 2025 NPP Awards'''
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Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.
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'''January–February backlog drive'''
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Women in Red - June 2026
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- ''New'': LGBTQ+ women ↗ <big>|</big> Alphabet run: Countries starting with I, J, K and L ↗
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- Following an RfC ↗, the "persistent usage of large language models ↗" has been included as a common reason for a block ↗.
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- Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats ↗: Bureaucrats ↗ without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119 ↗, T423120 ↗)
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- The arbitration case ''SchroCat ↗'' has been closed.
- The arbitration case ''Michael Jackson ↗'' has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.
- Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election ↗ closes on 1 June.
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2026
News and updates for administrators ↗ from the past month (June 2026).
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- A request for comment ↗ asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.
- A request for comment ↗ proposes an addendum for the Real name section of the Username policy ↗.
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- The special page Special:RangeCalculator ↗ has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429 ↗)
- The "indefinitely" button in Special:Block ↗ for temporary accounts can be replaced with a preferred block duration stated on MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account ↗. (phab:T427125 ↗)
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- Following a series of motions ↗, changes to the contentious topics procedure ↗ to restructure awareness ↗ have been implemented.
- The arbitration case ''Michael Jackson ↗'' has been closed.
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- The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ will run from 1{{nbsp}}July to 30{{nbsp}}September. '''Sign up now ↗'''!
- 10 candidates have been appointed ↗ to the U4C.
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