User talk:The Rambling Man

Might come back when "they" stop EATING THE DOGS, EATING THE CATS, EATING THE PETS... Poor old Springfield. The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 15:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

wtf? 66.58.135.228 (talk) 03:10, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Exactly. WTF was the orange sex offender going on about? The world was left to wonder. Thanks so much for your input. The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 19:25, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] But the question on everyone's lips. Chief Wiggum 123 (talk) 20:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Strong love for that! The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 21:14, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 21:14, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thank you! - Musings on 15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thank you today for The Boat Race 2018, introduced then: "The last few years of Boat Race articles have made it to FA (and every single one of the others are GAs) so I'm following in that tradition and nominating this year's which was the greatest sporting triumph in modern history. Well, Cambridge won all four races..." - My story today is 10 years old ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:48, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi The Rambling Man! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Worgisbor (congregate) 00:04, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, The Rambling Man. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:12, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles and 48 did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic articles, two featured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:50, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gog the Mild good luck!!! The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 18:27, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thanks TRM, that's good of you. Although I am getting the feeling that at best it will be 2020 all over again. We'll see. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:55, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see you like soccer… Could you help me to improve the article? ArionStar (talk) 06:23, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 21 October 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 21, 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I might nominate it for deletion just because.....!!! The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 18:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply] Ouch...  — Amakuru (talk) 21:29, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9 good articles, 28 did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges – Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), Frostly (talk · contribs), Guerillero (talk · contribs) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:48, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, TRM. I'm just posting to let you know that BAFTA Fellowship – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 10. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:26, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NO WAY. I used to be somebody. Appreciate the note. The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 01:31, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply] Yes way. In fact, I just moved the list up to October 6 because the list scheduled for that date was taken to FLRC after only a couple of months as an FL, with some legit-sounding sourcing concerns among the concerns brought up. Hope this emergency change is all right with you. Cheers. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:45, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I never thought I’d see you making less than fifty edits in a year. Hope all is well out there. Stephen 08:52, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stephen, thanks for you note! All is well indeed, too well, meaning not much time on here!! Hope the same, that all is well with you! The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 10:46, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	You make a lot of good edits! MySchoolAccount67 (talk) 22:50, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you today for Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C., introduced (in 2020): "A dark moment in my soul. Everything Manchester United touched seemed to fly into the net. A record-breaking match which stood the test of time, only having been equalled earlier this season."! - My story today is about a song a friend gave me, very literally: inventing a melody, singing and playing guitar. Yesterday's was about a great singer, - dark moment that she died, but we can still listen to her voice. In case you like Barber better than Mozart, try this. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice throwback, I'm pretty sure I remember watching this game on TV as a 7 year old) hope you're well TRM! – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 17:37, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] I was university at the time, surrounded by "Man Utd supporters". It wasn't an easy time.... The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 19:47, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] 300 years ago: a Bach cantata, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, on the occasion for which it was written, Reformation Day - it's not only Halloween today. You are invited to the peer reviews for another candidate. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
• Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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The article Antidote Records has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and for Notability concerns for 5 years. No real claim to passing notability.

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Look, today's image, - she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Gerda, thanks for the note. Hope all is well with you. Sadly the negative and egotistical influence of the "American hierarchy" is still far too strong for me to return. But as time moves on, we now realise that our efforts will be consumed by Elon Musk and all the obscure trivialities that the yanks argued over will be inconsequential when this project comes to an end in a year or two. The Rambling Man (Been a while, I know......) 23:41, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tatsu has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to get this to FA, and I'm doing a PR before a FAC nomination, but I'm not confident.

So I'm asking you if you could help me out with writing flaws or MOS violations that I might've done.

Crispybeatle (talk)

22:42, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello darkness my old friend, I have come to talk to you again...

I don't know if you remember me, or the Simple English Wikipedia. You haven't edited there in like 10-15 years. I just wanted to point out that you helped create and promote the article Ipswich Town F.C. at Simple English Wikipedia, where your edits make up almost 60% of all edits. It turns out that the article, which is currently a Very Good Article, is listed for demotion (see here). Feel free to leave a comment, if you feel like it, you have edited there long enough to know how the process works. Kind regards Eptalon (talk) 11:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello The Rambling Man, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Wishes from Vestrian24Bio

Click here to see the Christmas message I wrote...💞! Vestrian24Bio 09:53, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2026 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here, and a bot will set up your submissions page within one day, ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2026 WikiCup, the highest-ranking contestants will receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. This is the same scoring system that we had last year. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants are no longer eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Anky van Grunsven has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:55, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm looking to get Genshin Impact to FAC and saw your name on the list of people willing to be FA mentors. I got it to GA last month, but I'd like a mentor to get it to FAC since it'd be my first one. Let me know if you're interested. Gommeh (talk! sign!) 20:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]