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So, I've just discovered that four years ago, you deleted Wikipedia:Creative commons as "housekeeping". Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa? How could deleting such an obviously useful page title qualify as uncontroversial housekeeping? Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 07:27, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Four years ago? First of all, I only delete things like this if someone else has tagged them for deletion at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. I see by the history that you personally made this a redirect to Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License on 8 May 2016. A year and a half later on 29 December 2017, this was tagged by Bluerasberry as CSD G6: Housekeeping, and appeared at the list for deletion. You are welcome to take your question to WT:CSD, but if you were the editor who made it a redirect in the first place, you should not be surprised that it was deleted. — Maile ( talk)

@ Oiyarbepsy: I would talk it through if you like. I requested the deletion because content in Wikimedia, especially images but also the text, are available through multiple licenses. Also the page to which the redirect was pointing is legal and not for typical humans to try to read. If there is to be a redirect going to Wikipedia:Copyrights would be my recommendation for a target.

Thanks Maile66 for managing my request. Oiyarbepsy, responsibility is on me, Maile66 just ensured that my request was valid but I would be the one to discuss and defend it. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

• Okay, User:Bluerasberry and User:Maile66, I see why you had an issue with the redirect, but this was 100% not a speedy deletion candidate and 100% not uncontroversial housekeeping. Rasberry shouldn't have made the request and Maile shouldn't have granted it. I would consider it blatantly obvious that this redirect needs to go somewhere and it should have gone to Redirects for Discussion to determine where exactly. Poorly targeted redirect is not a speedy delete criteria, never ever ever. I will recreate to target the Copyrights page and if either of you have an issue, take it to Redirects for Discussion. Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 18:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations! With 14,481 views, your hook on the Ka'iulani and her passion for surfing is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of January. Accordingly, your hook has been included at DYKSTATS January. All the more impressive since it was not a lead/photo hook. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 ( talk) 00:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! That's awesome. — Maile ( talk) 00:39, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm confused on part of the 5x expanded criteria for DYK. I want to nominate 6 Day Bike Rider for DYK after expanding it over 5x from how it was right before I began the expansion, but DYKcheck states that the article hasn't been expanded enough based on a version that existed on January 19, 2020. I'm not sure if the article currently qualifies for DYK. SL93 ( talk) 17:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm hoping that you don't mind if I ping Yoninah here just in case. SL93 ( talk) 17:17, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

It took me a bit to figure this out. What it considers its largest previous size was March 13, 2020, which was 721 characters (130 words) "readable prose size". So, it's looking for 3,605 characters as 5X. Current DYK check says you have 2880 characters. It shouldn't be hard at all for you to come up with the extra 745 characters. Add a few more sentences. — Maile ( talk) 17:29, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Now I'm wondering if the approval of my hook at Template:Did you know nominations/Kusarigama was correct. This is frustrating. SL93 ( talk) 17:33, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@ SL93: Hi, I use JavaScript. Before expansion began on January 2 the character count was 521. As of the last edit on January 10 the character count is 2873. 6 Day Bike Rider looks like a 5x expansion to me. Maile, we decided at WT:DYK not to research the back history, but to base expansion on the previous version, assuming that the nominator hasn't gamed the decision by blanking everything and starting again. See Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 170#RfC on the Fivefold expansion rule. Yoninah ( talk) 17:38, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@ Yoninah: That's a relief to hear. Thanks to both of you. SL93 ( talk) 17:39, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@ Yoninah: I have forgotten the DYK discussion where we decided not to search through all the past sizes. Good information to have. Thanks. — Maile ( talk) 17:43, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Maile, reviewers are still referring to DYKcheck to measure expansion size. Shouldn't the RfC be added as a sentence in the rules, beyond footnote 1 at WP:Did you know? Yoninah ( talk) 17:46, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@ Yoninah: That's why I posted this over at WT:DYK. Policy discussion should not be on my talk page. Also, I can't remember one thing about that original RFC, so the talk has to take place there. — Maile ( talk) 19:10, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Yoninah ( talk) 19:11, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations! With 7,376 page views, your hook on the Maureen O'Hara filmography and her on-screen rapport with the Duke is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of January. Accordingly, it has been included at DYKSTATS January. Keep up the great work. Cbl62 ( talk) 09:18, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Agree with Dmries on the quality of Humphrey Bogart on stage, screen, radio and television. I moved the Bibliography below the shortrefs as this is what I usually see in high-level articles, but asking here in case there was a reason for the order I missed. Also, noting there are two harvref errors (Koszarski2008 and Fowler1995 have no partners) in case you missed them, as it looks like you want to take this to FL. Best, CMD ( talk) 14:26, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Corrected now. I have learned a lot from FL over the years, and this list is crafted by what I learned there. — Maile ( talk) 14:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Your DYK hook about Humphrey Bogart on stage, screen, radio and television, and Bogie's early boast, drew 17,529 page views (730 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has earned a place on the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 ( talk) 19:40, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

... for what you said on Yoninah's page. Would you word something for the actual "Deceased" page? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:15, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I'll do that. Let me think about it. — Maile ( talk) 22:18, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Did you think about it? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:44, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Are you talking about Deceased Wikipedians? Yes I wrote a great deal over there. if that's not what you mean, please link. — Maile ( talk) 14:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC) I moved the thread to Deceased Wikipedians/2021 - perhaps that's what was confusing. — Maile ( talk) 15:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

I missed it because I only looked at Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians where her name was missing until I added it now. Also, I am not happy with the thread, full of misunderstandings. She'd deserve a summary of what she did, and perhaps some comments from her talk, or a link to the candle thread. My first response was spontaneous (afraid, tears), and I would not want it there forever, for example. Compare Flyer22 on the same page. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:37, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Write what you want there. Flyer22 is one of a kind. Look at all the other years, where some were lucky to get more than a mere mention. Those are individual memories, not obits. If you want something more, then write it. — Maile ( talk)

Hi there. Just chiming in here because I was going to message Maile about our thread on the Signpost suggestions page, when I saw this thread with Gerda Arendt. If there's interest in writing an obit, I'm sure the Signpost would appreciate it. Edge3 ( talk) 04:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

There's interest, but we all afraid. Can we do it together somewhere? Where? Dyktalk? Some Signpost prep page? I think for the Signpost, her user page AND the reactions on her talk would almost say more than a factual summary. Yoninah was one of a kind. So was Jerome Kohl. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:04, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

I gave it a start. Will put it in the Deaths, and we can polish, also for use in the Signpost. I believe a link to the memories on her talk is fairer than singling out any for quotes. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:38, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, put a link here to where you are drafting this. I also agree that a link to her user page in the obit is a good idea. I'm amazed by the amount of editors who keep dropping by her talk to page to leave their thoughts. None of us really know how many we touch in our individual contributions in life, but I think Yoninah exceeded most of us at DYK. — Maile ( talk) 10:44, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Edge3, I gave a link to the draft, just above, and copied the content to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2021#Yoninah. Perhaps we polish in my user space? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:49, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Do we know that the editor who made the first statement knew her? I doubt they did. I know an editor who had private contact and confirmed that it was her, but not the first one. Does it matter? - When I die, please say I died, not "passed away". -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:58, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Maybe you're correct. I don't think I know anymore, so many threads on so many pages about Yoninah. My head can't contain it all. — Maile ( talk) 12:32, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, what you wrote for the next Signpost is the most beautifully written memorial I think I've ever seen. Good work, and thanks for doing it. — Maile ( talk) 19:22, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

blushing, thank you - I felt the same about the one that was suppressed (after it made me cry), but took care to not even look at that, for fear if I quoted it would again be regarded as outing, - so sad. Nine years of working together - I really lost a friend. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:31, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Example pictured. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:37, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

... and this one she promoted, of course with an image ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:47, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

... and the first performance was on a Palm Sunday which is today, and Yoninah's obituary with the beginning of Passover today -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:08, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

...and an apology—when we were talking about DYK logistics recently, I hadn’t learned of the terrible reason you are short-staffed. I am so very sorry for the loss. I know you two were there together day in and day out. Can’t imagine how much you must mourn her absence. I hope it is a bit of a salve to know how much the impact of her work was felt by the community—and yours as well. With thanks and sympathy, Innisfree987 ( talk) 13:24, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

I presume there's a small handful of editors who know Yoninah's real-life identity, yes? Would it be helpful (or appropriate) to send her employer and/or family links to the Signpost obituary and the memorial on her talk page? Just a thought. Edge3 ( talk) 03:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't know who. Primefac is the one who was dealing with however it was determined she was really deceased. — Maile ( talk) 10:17, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Mccunicano was the one that made the initial connection. You (Maile66) were the only other one that discussed the issue directly with me. Primefac ( talk) 17:08, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

I just sent an email to the organization someone mentioned she edited for, sending them links to the Signpost obit and to Yoninah's user page. I just got a return email that says I signed up with the organization. But that seems to be an automatic reply from their email form. We'll see. I've done the only thing I knew how to do. Since that organization has not been specifically named in her Wikipedia memorials, I'd prefer not to name them, ether. — Maile ( talk) 19:32, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I've also wondered if Yoninah's employer and/or family knew about her Wikipedia editing activities. Maybe they might not even be aware. Edge3 ( talk) 23:14, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for trying to do the research into Yoninah. It seems that her employer posted two articles about her death at different times. Not sure why that would happen, but it is what it is. Edge3 ( talk) 19:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Memories on the Main page today, Psalm 115 thinking of Yoninah, Christa Ludwig and Milva, - voices that made the Earth a better place. Sad that the psalm hook didn't appear on Earth Day as planned, but better pictured and late than going unnoticed ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:51, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for this, and all that you continue to do. — Maile ( talk) 21:53, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I was genuinely befuddled! I couldn't make heads nor tails of what the sock was trying to say (Google translate, perhaps?). I was also unaware of the logs page, so the sock has actually been somewhat valuable after all baha!– ². O. ^Boxing 01:20, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

@ Squared.Circle.Boxing: Yeah, so when I was new editor with not much knowledge of the process, I got reverted or outright deleted by one editor or another. So, I accidentally found that "Contributions" link, and was convinced I had somehow hacked into privileged reports about admins (or whoever). I was so clueless when I was a new editor, that I was pretty sure I was going to get blocked for looking at an admin's Contributions. I can laugh about it now, but I can understand how a drive-by editor can stumble across publicly accessible information and believe they've uncovered blockable hanky panky. I'm actually surprised I survived at Wikipedia, and even more surprised I ended up as an admin. — Maile ( talk) 01:39, 18 September 2021 (UTC)