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Thank you today for Gerard (archbishop of York), "not an Archbishop of Canterbury, it's one of their medieval archrivals - the Archbishops of York! And besides, this guy was a witch! Or, well, he was accused of sorcery. Well, actually, he owned a book of astrology and he studied Hebrew ... but these actions were so disturbing to his clergy that they refused to have his body inside York Minster, and it was only later that his body was moved inside the cathedral. Gerard had a bit of a temper - he once kicked over an Archbishop of Canterbury's chair in a fit of anger." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- Will you be the one to schedule May? ... which is more or less two days from now? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
- Yes. And as usual... I'm scheduling later than everyone else but I have yet to actually fail to schedule, so the people coming to my talk page to start panicking are not actually helpful. For some reason, this month is ... a tad bit busy. It's going to get done, but all the fucking people suddenly working from home are destroying the internet connections of those of us who have ALWAYS worked from home. Not to mention all the other crap I need to take care of. --Ealdgyth (talk) 21:13, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry if you felt panic, not intended, I really wasn't sure. The shortest time from scheduling to appearance I recall was less than an hour (Kathleen Ferrier), and - as you may recall - when I panic I threaten to do it myself, and do it (White Stork) ;) - take good care --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Revert
I notice you reverted my edit just recently; could you explain why it's appropriate to mention the confiscation of telephones but the fact that several nations paid money towards the destruction of their national minorities is somehow too much detail for a summary? I'd prefer this fact was included in the overall article, since it clarifies the situation and demonstrates it was not an all-German project. If that means detail on telephone ownership is lost, is that too difficult to countenance? Thanks. GPinkerton (talk) 04:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- the article is quite large, and the fact that the Bulgarians and others participated is already in the article. That information is not being concealed, but it is summarized. And discussions such as this really belong in the article talk page, where all interested editors can see it and take part. --Ealdgyth (talk) 04:54, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- This doesn't really answer my my question though; I've said that if the article is too large, some less important information than this should be excluded. Don't you agree? GPinkerton (talk) 05:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- Article content should be discussed in the article talk page. --Ealdgyth (talk) 10:36, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- This doesn't really answer my my question though; I've said that if the article is too large, some less important information than this should be excluded. Don't you agree? GPinkerton (talk) 05:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Ealdgyth, what's happening with the FAs for May? Are they going to be scheduled soon? Paracaido (talk) 10:06, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- Have I ever not gotten them scheduled on time? Yes, they are going to get scheduled. Unfortunately, things are kinda busy with a pandemic and all that crap. Also - I work from home ALL the time. All the extra people working from home are severely stressing my internet in my location and it's actually bad enough I haven't been able to edit wikipedia much in the afternoons and evenings. And I have a small farm that still requires me to get supplies for same reasonably often - so I have to do the town runs in the mornings to try to avoid people as much as possible. Those two things make life a bit hectic. As soon as I finish feeding this morning and then have my breakfast, I'll get a couple scheduled. If you could tell the rest of the world to quit watching Netflix while they work, it'd be great...--Ealdgyth (talk) 12:45, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- Oh, and @SandyGeorgia: - this is why the TFA coords have been scheduling so far in advance... --Ealdgyth (talk) 12:46, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- I see ;). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:15, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- Your mini rant (though it comes from a place of pain), brought a smile to my face! Pandemics suck, don't they? Looking forward to May's TFAs.Paracaido (talk) 14:47, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- And now my mouse is dying and randomly closing 2 or 3 tabs when I close one ... but just sometimes. I'll get a couple more scheduled and then off to Walmart (which is .. in the opposite direction of the feed store...(sighs) so can't combine a feed run with this..) for a new mouse, because scheduling TFA requires about 80 bazillion tabs open. I swear, I'm slowly considering quitting TFA coord... the FAC coord job is much less painful. --Ealdgyth (talk) 15:01, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Ealdgyth. Please don't take anything Paracaido says to heart; considering that was their ninth edit in a decade, their suggestions should be taken with a
pinch of saltsalt mine. ——SN54129 15:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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C&C has just added an image to this one. It works for me, but if you don't like it, feel free to remove it. If you keep it, then the blurb needs trimming ... I can do that if you like. Sorry to hear about your mouse! - Dank (push to talk) 15:02, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
- Whatever works for you... I just took a very rough stab at the blurbs, so I'm not at all concerned about others editing them. --Ealdgyth (talk) 15:04, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
- Cool, I'll give it a shot. - Dank (push to talk) 15:08, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Why?
Why are you doing this why are you deleting the information I placed on the Bielski partisan page and supporting the Jewish people in defamation!? Freeoflight&Faith (talk) 12:51, 6 May 2020 (UTC)