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Actualize featured pictures

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings&oldid=prev&diff=1126078665

Hi Armbrust, could you please help me 1. to show me about the "procedure", thank you Oursana (talk) 19:41, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oursana See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates#Delisting an image. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:45, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Snooker world rankings 1990/1991

I'm not expecting you to recall an edit from ten years ago in detail, but is there any reason that you removed Alex Higgins from the list in your edit to Snooker world rankings 1990/1991 in the Revision as of 16:10, 24 June 2013? As far as I can tell, from sources, he should be listed at 14th. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 13:27, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BennyOnTheLoose: I don’t know, but according to two of the sources in the article he wasn’t ranked 14th. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Snooker Scene lists him at 14th at the start of the season - perhaps he got fined points later. I'll have a look. Thanks! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, I should have remembered, a ban, and 25 points deducted. This was after the initial ranking list was published. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:14, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Snooker lists

Hello. Back in 2012 you created a template called Template:Snooker ranking title winners. As far as I can ascertain, the only place this is used is in the List of snooker players by number of ranking titles. Now this is very clever and it works really well. I have recently been going through various snooker related lists changing {{flagicon|}} to the preferred {{flagathlete|}}. I would like to make this change to the List of snooker players by number of ranking titles but noticed that the template specifies using {{flagicon|}}{{sortname||}} for the players' names. Is there a specific reason for this? If not, I will go ahead with the change. I've copied the list into my sandbox and changed the flags etc. and it all seems to work OK. Take a look at it in my sandbox. Please post your answer to this message in the WT:SNOOKER/Snooker lists forum. Thank you. Alan (talk) 20:37, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AlH42: I think that’s just a remnant of a time when the table was sortable. Feel free to make the appropriate changes. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus}

Happy Onam

Happy and prosperous Onam!

Hello Armbrust, may you harvest happiness, peace and prosperity on this joyous occasion of Onam. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a happy Onam and having a sadya with them next to a pookalam. Sending you heartfelt greetings for Onam.
Happy editing,
DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:10, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:49, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:14, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal greetings!! (2023)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Armbrust, 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 2024.
Happy editing,
The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:02, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:57, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CloseFPC script

Hey, is the FPC script still working for you? I can't make it work in my system. — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The Herald: I use User:Armbrust/closeFPC.js, but it's working just fine. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:30, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Jujutacular wasn't working for me. I'll give yours a go next time :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 00:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Armbrust

Hi Armbrust, I removed my name Here. I didn't do much in the restoration and I prefer not to be included. I hope that's Ok. Thanks for your contributions. Bammesk (talk) 03:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bammesk: No problem. I just didn't wanna assume how significant your contribution to the restoration was. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Church of light

Bro, it had two nominators. Me and Ahecht. — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The Herald: Sorry, I completely missed that. Now

Done. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday brother!

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday! (2024)

Wishing Armbrust a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Nagol0929 (talk) 12:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:43, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GT Names

Hey, thanks for updating some of the GT names. Haven't had much time recently, but I've been meaning to check through them—not sure if I ever asked Novem to update the bot in this regard (and possibly {{Article history}} needs to be updated as well?).

Not sure if I've ever thanked you in general for all your help at FGTC, but it is noticed and much appreciated. Aza24 (talk) 19:35, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! (2024)

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:35, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit description

Hi Armbrust, about this diff, it should say "restored by", not "edited by". There was lots of restoration there, far more than just edits. I normally mark it on the file page (under author) whether it's a "restoration" or an "edit". Cheers. Bammesk (talk) 18:18, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:31, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal greetings :)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Armbrust, 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 2025.
Happy editing,
— Benison (Beni · talk) 18:36, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:04, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May your holidays be happy

– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) is wishing you Happy Holidays! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user Happy Holidays, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Happy holidays}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:11, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Telephone Tower with hoarfrost in Stockholm.jpg

Should this be classified as Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Engineering_and_technology/Electronics? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 02:34, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and um, pinging @Yann: Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 02:35, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~That would make sense.~~ Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:40, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really know how FP categories work here, but there is very little electronics in this tower (sic). ;o) Yann (talk) 14:54, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, telephones are electronic. It's a switch tower, right? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 07:32, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flinders Street Station

I'm not sure how you want to handle this, it's a little unusual of a situation. If I get a vote, it's at 5 supports, but I'm not sure we need rush it to promotion - it's going to be a fairly quick end-of-restoration-to-promotion time whatever we do. On the other hand, it's buried at the bottom of the page, so how many people will see it, I don't know. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 11:49, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to wait a little, but now it's closed. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:27, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. Sorry if I put any pressure on you: Just wasn't sure how it worked. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 08:21, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday! (2025)

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:06, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Firing Squad in Iran.jpg

Hi, I wonder why this file didn't get enough support. I expected to pass here easily due to its notable status, and may be to get opposition on Commons due to the average quality. Instead it passed without any opposition on Commons, and didn't get much support here. Any idea? Yann (talk) 19:45, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: I have no idea. Although it probably didn't help that when listing the articles in which the image appears you listed 1980 Pulitzer Prize. (The first listed article should be the article where the picture has the most EV.) Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:08, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer. Isn't this the most relevant article? Which one would list first? Yann (talk) 10:18, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: Probabaly 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran or Execution by firing squad. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:54, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm OK. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:40, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2043 Picture of the Day

Hello! I noticed that File:The Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar.jpg is set to be the picture of the day on...August 26, 2043? Since there are no other PoTDs for that year, and almost certainly that decade, I wanted to reach out and ask if it was intentional as you were the one who made Template:POTD/2043-08-26. Was this intentional? Am I an idiot overlooking something? Confused, GGOTCC 22:58, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, that's 200 years after the event depicted occurred. Is that it? GGOTCC 22:59, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@GGOTCC: Actually, that was scheduled by Amakuru. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:32, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please fix Linter errors in navboxes

This and similar edits have caused Linter syntax errors in templates, which are then transcluded onto over 2,000 pages. You could have seen the problem if you had used Preview before saving and moving on to the next template. Please return to these templates and either revert your changes or comment out the entire line of wikitext, like this. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:03, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: I think, I fixed them all. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:17, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick fix. Good luck with whatever you are working on. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:21, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Links in featured picture gallery

Hello. First of all, thank you for promoting the image of the Joneses, and adding it to the appropriate gallery. I am confused, though - is there a policy in place limiting each image to a single link? I'm unable to find a reference to one, but I may be missing something. If there is such a policy, why? It's not as though we're liable to run out of links. Excluding a link to his page isn't an improvement over excluding a link to hers. The portrait is of two people - why not link to both articles? —Ganesha811 (talk) 02:01, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ganesha811: That's not a policy, but the closing procedure for feature picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sharing that. I don't see anything there that precludes having two links in the description. The image is of two people, after all. —Ganesha811 (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The third paragraph is about the caption, and none of the examples has more than one link. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like mild wikilawyering to me. The procedure is not prescriptive. Is there any actual reason to avoid having two links in this image caption? This kind of situation is where WP:IAR comes in handy. Again, there are two people in the picture, and we have decent-quality articles on both. Adding a second link would not make the caption even a fraction longer to a reader. I'm going to re-add the second link, as clearly there is no actual consensus against such a thing. —Ganesha811 (talk) 21:46, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FP missing star

Hi Armbrust, FYI this FP doesn't have a star or a "local description". The nom is here. I wasn't able to fix it. Bammesk (talk) 02:59, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The file was renamed on Commons, the FP star is at File:071R01.jpg. Unfortunately the current title is on the blacklist, so I can't create it either. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:04, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, Armbrust. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 14:05, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:02, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Anniversary Armbrust 🎉

Hey @Armbrust. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 17 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 15:45, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:02, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trinity (nuclear test) FP

Thanks for your note re this. I looked at the American history page first, but didn't get deep enough to find this classic photo.

I'm thinking that the Weaponry page is the better place for this, as it already has several other nuclear-weapons test FPs. Would you be OK if I delete the older copy at American History FPs, and restore it to the Weaponry page? Pete Tillman (talk) 16:01, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tillman: Makes sense.

Done. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:22, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 02:48, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons greetings!

Wishing you and yours a fantastic Christmas (or holiday season for those who don’t celebrate) and all the best for 2026. 🎄 ❄️☃️

Here’s to a collaborative, constructive year ahead — with good faith, good edits, and just enough discussion to get things done!

(and here's Sir Nils Olav inspecting his troops... one of my favourite POTDs)

Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

— Amakuru (talk) 15:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:54, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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