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December music

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story · music · places

November was rich in sadness and happiness for me, expressed in music. Regarding my (archived question), I found one so far who looked deeply into the matter, Simonm223. There are two composers on the Main page today, Siegfried Thiele and Aaron Copland. I find the response of my friend Jerome Kohl to a question on Copland's article talk promising. What do you think? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Today's story comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and the specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. I'd still like to know what you think about the Copland posts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

On the Main page today Jean Sibelius on his birthday. Listening to Beethoven's Fifth from the opening of Notre-Dame de Paris. We sang in choirs today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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

 

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  Arbitration


Hi Leeky!

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Tamzin sent me. An IPv6 was messing about on Open Orthodoxy and I reverted them, but because I reverted quite a way back some good edits got caught in the crossfire, which I then had to restore. Would you be so kind to check if I did everything correctly? I know very very little about this topic. Tamzin blocked the IP. I basically had to revert almost everything back to here. Polygnotus (talk) 08:10, 5 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Polygnotus: hey! thanks for taking care of that :) i made one cut, but it looks like most of the good edits made their way back in. Nice work! This article seems to be in... bad shape more generally. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Yeah the article seems to attract people with strong opinions. It may be worth keeping an eye on. Polygnotus (talk) 22:35, 6 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy holidays!

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MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:05, 7 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates

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You are receiving this message because you are on the update list for Palestine-Israel articles 5. The drafters note that the scope of the case was somewhat unclear, and clarify that the scope is The interaction of named parties in the WP:PIA topic area and examination of the WP:AE process that led to two referrals to WP:ARCA. Because this was unclear, two changes are being made:

First, the Committee will accept submissions for new parties for the next three days, until 23:59, 10 December 2024 (UTC). Anyone who wishes to suggest a party to the case may do so by creating a new section on the evidence talk page, providing a reason with WP:DIFFS as to why the user should be added, and notifying the user. After the three-day period ends, no further submission of parties will be considered except in exceptional circumstances. Because the Committee only hears disputes that have failed to be resolved by the usual means, proposed parties should have been recently taken to AE/AN/ANI, and either not sanctioned, or incompletely sanctioned. If a proposed party has not been taken to AE/AN/ANI, evidence is needed as to why such an attempt would have been ineffective.

Second, the evidence phase has been extended by a week, and will now close at 23:59, 21 December 2024 (UTC). For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations

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Congratulations on your appointment to Arbcom! Andre🚐 00:22, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

congrats! :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:22, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
I am also glad to see this, and for the record you did get my vote, but I would also caution you to take it slow. You've gone from admin to ARBCOM much quicker than most, I'd hate to see you take on too much and burn out. The committee is a lot of work, but you have a great group with a some highly experienced arbs incoming with you. Batten down your inbox, it's about to get cray cray for a while. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 01:29, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Gods help us. Best, BusterD (talk) 02:36, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
@AndreJustAndre and Sawyer777: Thank you so much!
@Just Step Sideways: Thank you, that means a lot :) I would've had quite a bit of fun serving alongside you on the Committee, I'm sorry to miss that opportunity! I'm still happy with this year's graduating class :) very much looking forward to serving alongside them. Thank you for the advice, I'll make sure to keep it in mind. And thank you for keeping in good spirits and reaching out to all of the other candidates!
@BusterD: They might help, they might not, I'm reaching for the seatbelt buckle pronto. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:10, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Congratulations, I hope you still have time for existing onerous duties. CMD (talk) 14:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the 2025 Arbitration Committee

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Congratulations on your success in the elections and welcome to the 2025 Arbitration Committee. This is the first part of your induction onto the Arbitration Committee.

Please use the EmailUser function to indicate the email address you'd like to use for ArbCom and functionary business.

Before you can be subscribed to any mailing lists or assigned CheckUser or Oversight permissions, you must sign the Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information (L37) and the VRT users confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information (L45). Please confirm that your username is listed on the Access to nonpublic personal data policy/Noticeboard. If isn't, and you haven't signed the agreements, please do this promptly and let me know when you have signed them. Instructions for signing can be found here. Again, you must sign both agreements listed in the instructions. If you have signed but your username is not listed on the noticeboard, please let me know.

Over the coming days, you will receive a small number of emails as part of the induction process. Please carefully read them. If they are registration emails, please follow any instructions in them to finalise registration. You can contact me or any other arbitrator directly if you have difficulty with the induction process.

Thank you for volunteering to serve on the committee. We very much look forward to introducing ourselves to you on the mailing list and to working with you this term.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:58, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Kevin! I've signed both agreements. Awaiting the email deluge :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:12, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

I like your shoelaces

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Please tell me you or Tamzin are doing a DYK for Boneghazi. Apocheir (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Apocheir: Thanks, I stole 'em from the president! (It wasn't hard. He seemed distracted.) We're figuring out the DYK hook for sure :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Somewhere about 20 feet from you right now, there is a set of "the president's shoelaces" sold by Tumblr. About 20 feet from you in a different direction, there is a baseball that actually is from a president. You have 30 seconds to decide which will be your only weapon in the war to come. (No but the rest of that is true.) -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 06:16, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Here I was hoping people would hold off on ominously telling me they know where I am until I actually became an arb   theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:11, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

You have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee

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The Electoral Commission is pleased to announce that you have been appointed for a two-year term to the Arbitration Committee effective January 1, 2025. Congratulations on the appointment.

On behalf of ElectCom: —CYBERPOWER (Merry Christmas) 14:02, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations, theleekycauldron! BlueMoonset (talk) 19:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
+1 Congratulations! Maliner (talk) 22:03, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Before you become too busy with your new arb duties, I was hoping you could take a quick look at this nomination, which seems to be waiting on whether you think your objections have been answered (and if they have been, a superseding tick). Thank you very much! BlueMoonset (talk) 19:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, BlueMoonset! Just responded :) hopefully I'm not too busy to pop my head back into DYK every now and then. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
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