User talk:TheTechnician27

Hey, this is where you can ask me questions if you want. If you have questions about Wikipedia itself, your best bet might be the Teahouse, but otherwise, just click 'New Section', sign your name with those quadruple tildes ('~~~~'), and I'll get back to you when I can. It helps if you ping me. If you don't know how to do this, just copy and paste {{ping|TheTechnician27}}, {{re|TheTechnician27}}, or {{u|TheTechnician27}} before your message.

Oh my gosh, I actually hadn't checked my page until today when I got randomly trouted, and I completely missed this. Thank you so much! I honestly don't know how this happened; one day I stumbled across Cryptolithodes typicus, and I fell down a rabbit hole for like four years. Haha TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 21:32, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've fallen down a similar rabbit hole for plant-related articles ;-). I noticed your work on Ovalipes catharus. Well done! Alexeyevitch^(talk) 22:53, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey. I just finished reading what you wrote about my name submission. I was unaware of the common consensus to keep the name at all, and was also unaware of the BIKESHED policy. I can remove that suggestion if that is the best course of action, but I just wanted to make it clear that I didn't have any bad faith intentions. Sorry :/ Therguy10 (talk) 21:48, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BIKESHED isn't a policy, just so you know. It's just an WP:ESSAY*, and I wasn't trying to disparage what you were doing as something intentionally malicious. "Bikeshedding" is just a behavioral pattern that groups often fall into when they're earnestly trying their best to find the best way to do something. I've done it; everybody's done it, and what is or isn't bikeshedding is arbitrary. I suggest that you keep the discussion up, because further establishing consensus is still a good thing. I'm sorry that I came across so harshly; that wasn't my intent. *(Essays are just pages about various aspects of Wikipedia authored usually by experienced editors, and widely cited ones often reflect some underlying consensus, but they don't reflect anything official.) TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 21:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhhh thanks for the clarification on Bikeshedding. I'll keep the question up.

(also I hope I didn't come across as over-sensitive; your response was perfectly fair!) Therguy10 (talk) 22:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see Socrates Nelson mentioned on the Main page on his 110th birthday. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have to say, I never expected this to happen once, let alone twice. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 18:06, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, a second time is often due to laziness, because few users care about OTD. (You could ;) ) - In this case, however, 110 made a lot of sense. Tomorrow's OTD will have an opera of that age. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, fun! Maybe I'll check OtD out if it's so neglected. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 19:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, by "check out", I meant "contribute to", since I do already check it out as an observer, but it seems like you guys already have the calendar entirely full. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 20:53, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's full but boring to have have the same things every year ;) - Also too many battles and disasters. Tomorrow will be a 125th anniversary pictured (of an opera premiere that I added). Today (RD, not OTD) a violinist from Turkey, Ayla Erduran, whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the contents of OTD discussed? TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 22:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can boldly change it or discuss on the talk of the day. WP:Selected anniversaries. Any fact has to be listed with a reference in both the year and the day, so in the Tosca case both 1900 and January 14 which was already there for the opera, but you could also add new facts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the Tosca article earlier today and read the lead! It reads really well! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 19:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, - yes, there was only one Brian, with some signature writing. Carmen is the next plan, 3 March. - Today, between many who just died, Tobias Kratzer on his 45th birthday who was good for an unusual DYK mentioning a Verdi opera in 2018, - you can see his work in the trailer of another one that I saw, and my talk page has a third (but by a different director). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today I had a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who just became GA, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:13, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats to your latest FA, Ovalipes catharus! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will you nominate for TFA, or should I? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:52, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Woah okay, I didn't realize that was suddenly going to happen. If you want to nominate it, I'd definitely jump in if anyone has any questions about it, so go for it! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 14:18, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Gerda, I went ahead and nominated it myself. I realized 1) that I wanted a specific but very niche date, and 2) that summarizing the lead to the absolute most relevant parts could be easier with the amount of research I've done. Fingers crossed it works out. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 05:08, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the initiative! Dec 3 is not yet a date for requests, only pending requests (WP:TFARP) to "reserve" a date, unless you just think any day is fine, - then you could just move it to be nom without specific date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have more vacation pics to offer, and today's story of Werner Bardenhewer. I took the pic, and it was my DYK on his 90th birthday, in both English and German. He spent the day in Africa, and after his return said - chatting after a mass of thanks he celebrated at Mariä Heimsuchung - that we'd have to talk about these articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:40, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's so cool to see how you go out there and really get so many good images! I'm jealous to be honest. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 21:49, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I go out and take many, and a few are good enough to share, and I like sharing. - On the main page today, 300 years after its first performance, Bach's cantata BWV 125, - a lovely very intimate piece, with peace and joy in the title. Enjoy listening with score - I discovered that only now! - Today is also the birthday of James Joyce, who has an article by many authors. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:00, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]