User talk:Moxy

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Review of Republic of Upper Canada

Hi Moxy, I saw the other day that you were going to submit this page for review after all the edits I had done. I was curious to know if that would be through the assessment process of WikiProject Canada or the regular peer review system on Wikipedia? Should I bother with the latter if you might already be taking a look?

Also, sorry if I overdid it with the volume of edits on that page. UAmtoj (talk) 02:50, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Reasons for reversion?

Hello @Moxy

I remember adding an edit, only for it to be reverted by you under the reasonings that it wasn't the official website. What I do find a problem though is that it does seem official, which I don't get the removal. Is it possible for you to explain it to me if possible?

Sincerely, GuesanLoyalist

GuesanLoyalist (talk) 05:40, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

You will note we simply don't add the government website to any country article infobox because the articles are not about the government as a whole but a nation. It would be more than appropriate to add it to the government of article infobox - example Canada vs Government of Canada. That said the website for the government would normally be listed in the external links section along with some other official links to the tourist site or whatever see Canada#External links. Moxy🍁 05:47, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

What are you referring?

Just curious. Jollyrime (talk) 01:09, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

This is something that you have brought up on the talk page and people will discuss with you. Let's make sure you're reviewing the sources properly and presenting a case that will actually gain consensus by the community. Just the first sentence will dig this into the ground. Let's make sure we're reporting correctly.

According to a March 2026 report by Bright Line Watch, a non-partisan democracy-tracking project which routinely surveys hundreds of American scholars on political regimes, there is a "near-unanimous" consensus that the modern GOP is an authoritarian this is factually incorrect

.... How so you ask... The report is highlighting democratic backsliding referencing a hybrid state coined by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way called competitive authoritarianism.....an introductory overview is available here.

So what is Levitsky saying... Levitsky proposes a middle ground. “This is authoritarianism on the one hand,” he says, “but it’s an authoritarianism that can be reversed—and I think likely will be reversed.” arguing that the United States has entered a phase of “competitive authoritarianism,” Moxy🍁 01:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for all of the page protections you bring to WP:RFPP. I know when I see your username that the page really does need protection and this place is better having you in it. Dr vulpes (Talk) 01:14, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

well thank you very much........ It's always great when others recognize what you do 😀 Moxy🍁 02:19, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 5

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Hudson's Bay point blanket, a link pointing to the disambiguation page Team Canada was added.

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The content I recovered was years long stable content that was recently deleted

In don't understand. In any case, I opened a Talk. Abatsuki (talk) 00:04, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Welcome back.... Let's see what others have to say. Moxy🍁 00:22, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:19, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FLQ insurgency

Hi, I just wanted to let you know about the ongoing discussion for the article: FLQ insurgency. If you are interesting in the discussion about the article please visit: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FLQ insurgency Lazarbeem (talk) 17:22, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Was this a school project ? Moxy🍁 18:53, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

No, I just thought that there needed to be an article for the insurgency itself to go along with the timeline article and the other articles which document individual events such as the October Crisis and Operation McGill français Lazarbeem (talk) 19:11, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

If it's ok for me to ask, can we talk about some of these events and how they can be remade or renamed into proper, high quality articles? Lazarbeem (talk) 19:38, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Special:Diff/1349312342

Hello, not sure why you reverted my edit here? — Qwerfjkltalk 13:56, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Upright=1.5

Template:Centre block Moxy🍁 14:49, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry about that. Not sure how I missed it. I've created a redirect now. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:50, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Wait. I've found 1 lint error at Special:PageInfo/Wikipedia:Maintenance#Lint errors that causes lint error. Use {{Center}} template instead. It should be fixed it. Thanks. —KuyaMoHirowo (talk • contribs) 14:20, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

perfect thank you Moxy🍁 14:29, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I would like to ask you something

Hi, I wanted to ask if the Political violence in Canada (1918–1938) should be recreated in a proper article as "War Measures and the Repression of Radicalism period" (The title you suggested in the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Political violence in Canada (1918–1938)) or if it should just be a section under Canada in the world wars and interwar period. I would like to hear your input so that I don't repeat my mistake Lazarbeem (talk) 15:17, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes an article with WP:Prose for "War Measures and the Repression of Radicalism period" is easily sourced ...but as of now Political violence in Canada (1918–1938) is just a random list. Moxy🍁 15:26, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I based it off of the articles Political violence in Germany (1918–1933) and Political violence in Finland (1918–1932) Lazarbeem (talk) 15:28, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I see - you will simply find that Canada (its editors) have a more academic approach to things. So not to many lists of list over content. Join us at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Moxy🍁 15:31, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

How do I join? Lazarbeem (talk) 15:56, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Members..... Just follow the instructions Moxy🍁 16:28, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

thanks Lazarbeem (talk) 16:31, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Your mass reversion to Indigenous peoples in Canada

Could you please refrain from mass reversions like that? The reason I changed from the original sentence is that "Indigenous peoples in Canada are the Indigenous peoples of Canada" is not a very helpful or useful sentence. You've also reverted a few disam link removals and engvar templates. Good day—RetroCosmos ^talk 00:32, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

The onus is on you to acquire consensus for the change at this point. Your change has been contested. Thank you. please readMoxy🍁 00:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Please take a look at the new intro. Good day—RetroCosmos ^talk 23:18, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

April thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Today's story is about one of three bios I brought to today's main page: look and listen, an extraordinary woman in many respects. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:26, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Vive la france

1 23 Vive Algeria ~2026-24955-16 (talk) 09:32, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Worst prime minister ever!

Please weigh in at Talk:Justin Trudeau#Widely reported Polling. Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 16:47, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	THAT IS THE COOLEST ANIMATION EVER! From a fellow canadian! Cenchros Roseus (talk) 19:29, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

your edit summary

You made an edit over at Wikipedia:Signatures with the edit comment See also: again.

Was this a mistake? Your edit doesn't appear to be related to the "See also" section? What does "again" signify? If not a mistake, could you explain, maybe through a WP:SUMMARYONLY edit on the page.

Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 08:44, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 205#Directing new users to essays on the top of policy and guideline pages Moxy🍁 11:54, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I guess you missed my point. Please write edit summaries so users like me don't have to ask what you mean. Thank you. CapnZapp (talk) 14:54, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

May music

story · music · places

Today: Felicity Lott. If you have little time, just give me a click ;) - If you have more, see her story. If you have more, listen to her singing Friendly Vision. If you have more, listen until she sings the word "peace" (Frieden), floating up high, serenely. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:41, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Welcome back Moxy🍁 14:44, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Maybe not so basic as you think.

This is pretty basic stuff..... this is an edit notice for those editing the page it's based on administration...... it's not a template to let our readers know that it's a contentious topic between editors)

Been here 16 years, and I do not recall running into it ever, in the making, although I’ve seen the result before.

I am not entirely sure that keeping it away from the reader is optimal. Qwirkle (talk) 04:31, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

I added a warning to temp doc to relfect the temp usage as outlined by the page

Moxy🍁 12:56, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

This badge belongs to you.

In honor of your prevention of vandalism in the Persian literature article.♥️

Babak Abazari (talk) 07:10, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

My last wish

@Moxy Hello, I am The one who keeps the memory of poets alive. and my purpose in creating this account is only to give you this message and I will no longer have any edits on the English Wikipedia because you are blocking this account of mine as a backup; and as for my message: You blocked me and now I am very upset and I have only one request from you and that is to restore my last edit on the Persian literature article so that only a small memory of me remains on the English Wikipedia which I respect very much and when I am not alive in this world, a trace of me remains in the Persian literature article. If this is not acceptable to you, then add something about the book of "Kalagh az khoshhali dar poste khod nemi gonjeshk" poetry yourself. Your eternal friend. The one who keeps the memory of poets alive😭🖤 Babak abazari2 (talk) 14:53, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Media carousel

I'm curious and I can't find an answer. What's the deal with "NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL"? Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 10:34, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Image_Browsing,_and_image_hiding Moxy🍁 11:20, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. That's just what we needed eh, built-in clutter in the lead. MediaKyle (talk) 11:33, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

it would make more sense if you saw a picture of the Jack pine that it took you to the article The Jack Pine rather than just some random media page. Was thinking we can have a talk about adding NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL to Template:Canada topics like templates this way we can easily cover a whole bunch of articles but this might be considered sneaky we would have to have a large talk about it as a project. Moxy🍁 11:39, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

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June music

story · music · places

Today is the centenary of King Roger, an opera by Karol Szymanowski who is pictured on the main page, - my story with the trailer of the performance I saw. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Correction request

Hello.

In the article Democracy-Dictatorship Index, the map File:DD classification 2008 dataset Cheibub visualized hanteng en.png depicts South Africa and Namibia as a "civilian dictatorship", Botswana and Tanzania as a "military dictatorship", and Venezuela as a "presidential democracy" in 2008, when the former three were presidential democracies (and still are), Tanzania an illiberal presidential democracy (and still is) and Venezuela a civilian dictatorship (and still is) at that time. This mistake is also mentioned in Talk:Democracy-Dictatorship Index. The map needs to be corrected by coloring South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Tanzania in dark blue (diluted as Tanzania's is) and Venezuela in orange. Likewise, in the map File:DD classification 1988 dataset Cheibub visualized hanteng en.png, Communist Poland is depicted as a "military dictatorship" in 1988, when it was a civilian dictatorship. Poland was a military dictatorship during 1981-1983, when martial law was imposed. It became a civilian dictatorship again during 1983-1989. Article The Economist Democracy Index, including its map, provides a more accurate picture.

Yours sincerely, ~2026-36691-12 (talk) 16:38, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

I have corrected these mistakes in both maps. Kurcke (talk) 10:03, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Spain article

Can we use your proposal in full for the article on Spain and finally settle this? It's the only proposal that has support and hasn't faced any opposition from anyone. Léopold Favre (talk) 08:17, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

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About your most recent edit at WikiProject Politics

Hi @Moxy. I noticed your comment about the Hybrid regime AfD discussion, and just wanted to let you know that if you'd ever like eyes on something, you're welcome to leave a note on my talk page. You certainly won't have to worry about canvassing because, if our record of interactions are indicative of anything, it's that there's very little chance we share significant overlapping views on anything on here other than wanting what's best for the website.

Unfortunately Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics typically gets buried in my watchlist feed, and it's usually so barren over there that I don't even bother checking it in the first place. I suspect there are many other users who feel similarly. I think the spirit of WP:CANVASS is largely to avoid users ganging up on those who disagree with them, rather than to block what can actually be quite an effective means of generating fruitful discussion. I'll see what I can do over at Articles for deletion, but hope you'll consider my thoughts in the meantime. Think we could all stand to have a few more friends on here, or at least recognize those we have as such more often. All the best, CSGinger14 (talk) 03:55, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

My revisions on the Wikipedia "Country" page.

Hello, I am TheCountriesoftheWorld. I would like to know what I did wrong for you to be seeking a page block on me as well as an explanation to why my definition of country is invalid. Please explain to me what a country is so that I can better understand this topic thus making my edits better. TheCountriesoftheWorld (talk) 02:08, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

pls see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Country#Lead_changes_and_sources_removed Moxy🍁 02:22, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

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Kaiti

Kia ora Moxy.

I am contacting you with regard to the page on Kaiti. I saw a note there for you to contact me.

I can confirm with you that it is not AI. I am a professional researcher, PhD student, and iwi historian. Most of that section has been drawn from, or made into a more succinct format of work that I have completed.

My research has been cited by the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Te Ara). For example, my biographical essay Tapuwae o Rukupō: Footsteps of a Cultural Guardian and Leader in a Time of Change, published by the Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust, is listed as a source in the updated Dictionary of New Zealand Biography entry on Raharuhi Rukupō.

Pai marire,

Tanith Tanith.wirihana (talk) 05:33, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

References

Reversion of Slovenia

I'm in the middle of a comprehensive copyedit of this article. I notice you reverted my last change (of 7 total). Please don't do that. I don't edit war, so I will stop now if you intend to continue. I am happy to discuss any issues you may have and correct any errors your point out. Lfstevens (talk) 02:34, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes to talk page explain why your blanking and leaving our readers with no sources.Moxy🍁 03:40, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

You reverted again. I'm out. Have a nice life. Lfstevens (talk) 07:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Oxford & Cambridge university rankings

Hey, I see you removed the promolike line about the rankings of Oxford & Cambridge from the lead of England. While I agree the lead is better with this sentence removed, I see no harm in this point being in the main body. However, since you removed that sentence in the lead, you need to also remove the two citations which follow that sentence and which certainly refer to university rankings. Perhaps the citations should be placed at the appropriate place in the main body. Thoughts? Jp2207 (talk) 01:43, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Do whatever you think is best to inform our readers..... Having the sources sitting there can only help.WP:ARTICLESFIRST Moxy🍁 02:29, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello there

Hi Moxy.

In this edit, when you say "we'll work on the successive lazy copy pasting tomorrow or so", are you referring to my work? If not, feel free to ignore the following.

Sorry to be a whiny bitch about this, but I am yet again disappointed by the obvious lack of civility from highly experienced editors. I put a lot of effort into many of the articles I copied from, and as you can see, it was over a period of over 2 hours that I tried to select and adjust the appropriate parts to copy into that article. I was concerned myself that the result might already be too long, and it was something I was going to look into. But this edit summary is just so goddamn annoying, it's like some of you long-time editors just truly don't even want any good new editors who put in a genuine effort, and for the pool of volunteers to just ossify and die out. You could have written me on my talk page, or on the article's talk page, "hey, good effort, but it seems too long right now, and I have X Y Z concerns with copy pasting. Could we collaborate on this?". Or even something significantly less civil and kind and cooperative than that, but at least not the toxic option you did opt for. That all being said, I would still be more than happy to have help with the overall structure of this article at large, and the section in question in particular, since I think that there is a lot of work to be done.

Yours tiredly, غوّاص العلم (Ghawwas) (talk) 09:39, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

How does this look?

Hi Moxy,

I’ve always been bugged by the use of the UK legislation infobox for Canadian constitutional enactments. I took a crack at creating a new infobox, using the general legislation infobox. Copy attached, for the CA 1867.

What do you think?

I could easily use the same format for other constitutional enactments

The one thing I wonder about is using your government logo, since it’s got the coat of arms in it. Given the fights over the past year, and your position about not using the CofA, is there a problem with that logo? Unlike the suggestion to use the CoA in other Canadian articles, this one is greatly reduced and is only in red and white. Is that enough to distinguish the use of the small CoA here?

Comments greatly welcomed! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 22:29, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Constitution Act, 1867
Part of the Constitution of Canada
Long title An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the Government thereof; and for Purposes connected therewith
Citation	30-31 Vict. (UK), c. 3 (original citation)
Territorial extent	Canada
Considered by	Parliament of the Province of Canada Parliament of Nova Scotia Parliament of New Brunswick Parliament of Prince Edward Island Parliament of Newfoundland
Enacted by	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Enacted	March 29, 1867
Assented to by	Victoria
Royal assent	March 29, 1867
Commenced	July 1, 1867
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Status: In force

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 22:29, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

absolutely beautifulMoxy🍁 01:33, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Coat of arms isn't an issue? You're the expert on copyright and CoA.

Added them to CA 1867, Canada Act 1982, and CA1982. Started discussion on the Canadian discussion board.

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:36, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Indigenous names, for the 100th time

I see you've found our new friend. I'm thinking maybe we need an essay for how to approach inclusion of Indigenous names on Canadian geography articles... We seem to have come to a general consensus by now that other names don't belong in the lead or infobox, except French names in some circumstances, and the rest can be included in the body under "Etymology" or something... It just gets tiring explaining that over and over. Do you want to take a shot at throwing something together? MediaKyle (talk) 14:06, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

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Question about your DRN post

You say "Even AI can find the debate." I'm not sure if this is an AI generated comment, or if you meant to say "even I can find the debate." Sorry for the confusion, just wanted to clarify. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 19:59, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Accidental revert?

It seems you made accidental revert here. The earlier edit clearly used false edit summary as you can see here. Can you self-revert? THEZDRX _{(User) | (Contact)} 15:33, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Jill Gomez

story · music · places

Thinking of you. I had three bios in the news section when the day began, and Jill Gomez is my favourite, - my story of course! Places are particularly bright today: for a Voces8 concert you would have loved. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Graphic consistency

Hello Moxy!

I was wondering if you would be able to update/change the graphic you designed for Disability in Canada. As it is the disability pride flag superimposed onto the Canadian maple leaf, I wonder if it could be improved by matching the graphic you did for LGBTQ rights in Canada (that is, a white border around the flag).

Cheers, Remikipedia (talk) 02:49, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_Canada#/media/File:Disability_in_Canada_flag_icon_white_border.png Moxy🍁 08:19, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Question

Hi, could you please explain why you reverted my edits to the Islam article? I put a lot of effort into improving it, and I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t undo the changes without explanation. Everything I changed was intended to improve the article. Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:13, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

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  Bayram Namazı in Istanbul; Qurbani on Egyptian market; Muslim children receiving Eidi; Eid prayer in Albania; Moroccan sheep prepared for sacrifice; Feast in Ahvaz, Iran.
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  Bayram Namazı in Istanbul; Muslim children receiving Eidi; Afghan Eid celebrations; Decorations in the Maldives; Parade in Indonesia at night; Algerian Eid table.
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  Men breaking their fast during iftar in Dubai's Grand Mosque, Ramadan.
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  Muharram procession in Tehran, Iran
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  Ashura march in Karbala, Iraq
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  Arba'in pilgrims near the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, the largest annual public gathering on earth.
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  Fatimiyya mourning in Tehran
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  Mid-Sha'ban celebration at Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran
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  Ta'ziyeh being performed outdoors in a village of Khorasan, Iran
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  The carrying of Alam in Tehran, Iran
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  The iconic sineh-zani (chest beating) in Bushehr, Iran
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  A symbolic bier of Husayn (nakhl) in a mock funeral (nakhl-gardani) in Iran
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  Drums and percussion instruments
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  10-km-long Eid al-Ghadir celebration in Tehran, Iran.
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  Self-flagellation with swords in Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Ashura 1909.
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  A Husayniyya in 1892, painted by Kamal-ol-molk during the Qajar Empire.
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  Distribution of free meals carried out to fulfill religious vows.
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  A Bahraini man donating blood during Ashura.
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  Malaysians in a Mawlid procession in capital Putrajaya, commemorating the birthday of the Muhammad
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  Iranians observing the Night of Power in Jamkaran Mosque, Qom. Reading the Quran is a key observance of this night.
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  Eid prayer at Sholakia Eidgah in Bangladesh.
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  Eid al-fitr prayer in Zahedan, Iran.
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  Friday prayer during Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, with about 300,000 gathered.
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  During the Hajj, pilgrims stay in Mina, where they perform the ritual of Stoning the Devil.
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  Muslims engaged in the Hajj are obliged to sacrifice a lamb or a goat or join others in sacrificing a cow or a camel during the celebration of the Eid al-Adha.
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  During the Hajj, pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, where they collect pebbles for the Stoning of the Devil in Mina.
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  During the Hajj and Umrah, pilgrims perform Tawaf, circling the Kaaba seven times in a counterclockwise direction as an act of worship.
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  The Naqareh-khaneh is the place where ceremonial drums and trumpets are played daily as part of an ancient ritual known as naqareh-zani. This tradition once existed in various other holy Islamic sites, but today it survives exclusively at the Imam Reza Shrine.

WP: Gallery Moxy🍁 14:14, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I don't get it, what do you mean? Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:14, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a child's picture book. Nor should you be removing sources and content. Best bring your changes to the talk page see WP:BRD for the process you should follow. Moxy🍁 14:17, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Did you even check what else I had done? I updated a lot of outdated information, replaced several mosque images that were nearly 20 years old with newer ones, and removed countless duplicated citations to reduce the article’s size. Did you really revert all of those improvements? Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:18, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

will be best to also read over WP:AIPOLICY and WP:FAOWN Moxy🍁 14:20, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

So you're now saying I'm using AI? I'm sorry but I can't just let all the work I put into this go to waste. I spent hours working on these improvements, and I really don't want to see all of it undone. Please tell me which parts of my edit you think are problematic so I can fix those specific sections. Reverting the entire thing really doesn't seem fair, especially since I made so many improvements to the article. Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:21, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Image spam.Moxy🍁 14:25, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Okay I’ll remove all of those. Is that alright? Please, just don’t revert the entire edit, because as I mentioned, I spent almost half a day working on it. It would really be discouraging to see all of that work undone. Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:27, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Dont use AI ..... Like grammarly or chatbot or anything of that nature.AI addition "However, it does not interpret the statement as a designation of Ali as Muhammad's successor. Sunni Muslims interpret the word mawla in this context as referring to a close associate, friend, supporter, or one deserving loyalty and affection. Therefore, they regard the declaration as a simple affirmation of Muhammad's esteem for Ali, minimizing the event’s importance. " Moxy🍁 14:32, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Tbh I don't use AI in the way you might thing. Sometimes I need grammatical help, but I don't copy and paste anything from AI. In other words, I write the edits myself. Okay, everything should be fine now. I’ll remove the parts you mentioned, and we’ll keep the rest of the edits, which are simply updates and should not have any issues. I’m glad that we reached a conclusion. Er-gg1ab (talk) 14:35, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

pls join at Wikipedia:AI noticeboard#User:Er-gg1ab Moxy🍁 15:26, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Could you please give me the green light to proceed with my edit? Er-gg1ab (talk) 15:28, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Bigger concern that just images. Moxy🍁 15:29, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I've promised on the page you referred me to, that I won't use any type of AI from now on. I'm going to go ahead with my edit on the Islam article since I'm 100% sure that I didn't use any type of AI tool with that one, you can check it. I'm going to entirely remove the problematic image gallery that you told me to remove, following your guidance. Just one thing: It's all should be good now, please for the love of all that is holy, don't revert it cuz if you do, the moment that happens I'm going to delete my account and leave this shity place once and for all, I'm fed up. This website is already dying a slow death cuz of AI's rise, so it should be wise of you to not let its editors run away from it. Er-gg1ab (talk) 07:52, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Moxy

You reverted my edit, accusing me of LLM? Please elaborate.

Sincerely, CyberGrowl (talk) 17:05, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

pls review WP:EPAI source=chatgpt.com Moxy🍁 17:27, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

You did not answer me.

Again, I asked you to explain what evidence do you have, to accuse my edit of LLM. It is reasonable to ask, since you undid my edit while accusing me of LLM, as an excuse for such.

Please, identify the basis for the accusation.

CyberGrowl (talk) 18:43, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

source=chatgpt.com Wikipedia:Help, I've been accused of using AI! Moxy🍁 19:03, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Articles SAE J444 and SAE J445

Hello Moxy, my name is Skranon and I am from the german wikipedia. We in the geman wikipedia had a discussion about the german versions of the articles SAE J445 and SAE J444. Both articles were translations of the english versions. According to Pangram, SAE J445 and SAE J444 are 100% ai-generated. The references in both articles that I could check don't substantiate the article. The person (User:Gutenbergman) who translated these articles to other languages took the references without to check them. The spanish and polish wikipedia already deleted them.

A few days earlier I proposed both english articles for deletion and also tagged both with the ai template, but the Translator (User:Gutenbergman) deleted both templates and proposals. Can you please take this over from me?, because I don't know what the next steps are. Skranon (talk) 20:43, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Can you bring this up.at Wikipedia:AI noticeboard pls. I don't understand German. Moxy🍁 21:10, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

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yk who did this😢😢😢😢😢 Ghastling1934 (talk) 20:28, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Best read over WP:AVOIDEDITWAR.Moxy🍁 20:32, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

CS1 error on Foreign relations of Canada

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Soviet Union

What's wrong with my edits? Is there something wrong with the sources? InernetWanderer (talk) 17:59, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

September music

story · music · places

Today I have two topics in the OTD corner - check out story and music, I decided for Verdi (the conductor who said "I love all of Verdi" and conducted by heart) over Bach because that cantata sits on sort of the wrong date ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:03, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Bach composed a cantata for today's feast, performed 300 years ago. This time the main page has it on the right date. I nominated it for GA ;) - Also waiting for a review: Maureen Jones (on WP:ITNN), - someone said the article isn't good enough for the main page. We could change that! Already arrived there: Bryan Kelly and his fun Magnificat. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:58, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

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Reverting my updates in Japan and Canada

What's wrong with the details we add to the Japan and Canada articles about Global Innovation Index? this is not the first time this information is being reverted although it's not vitalization. If you have any recommendations for this addition to survive, please advise. Mervat (talk) 17:30, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

There are a multitude of indexes/surveys. In country articles (that are main overview summary articles) we go out of our way to make sure that it's not a listing of random non contextual information as explain at WP:COUNTRYSECTIONS. For decades since Wikipedia started we have tried to go out of our way not to list random indexes with no context. What we are looking for is information linking to main articles on the country itself..... over listing random statistics articles. Almost every country article has its own SUB ARTICLE for indexes and surveys like International rankings of Canada that can list the multitude of surveys... Or like you have done I have these types of surveys to the specific topics of a country article like economics.. In this specific example there are many economic indexes and surveys with no reason to put underweight on this one specific index that may be outdated within 12 months..... Instead an overall narrative should be produced by multiple sources (an academic analysis of the multitude of indexes the surveys on a specific topic).... that link to an article about surveys and indexes. Over the decades we have been dealing with everyone adding their favorite index to every country article.....ranging from economics, social indicators, forestry, water levels, climate change etc. This leads to random statistics that we consider WP: main article fixation. To be blunt....we are looking for academic analysis covered by sources over random statistics that may or not be contradicted by other random statistics/indexes. A great thing that is needed is an update for all the articles at Category:International rankings by country. I'm hoping this explains things and why a multitude of people have reverted or remove these additions. Moxy🍁 17:49, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Coat of arms

Hi Moxy, I have reverted most of your additions of the pre-1994 arms of Canada, although happy to discuss here if you wish. I am aware of your dislike of Sodacan's image but I do not feel that replacing it with an uncoloured photograph of a historic version of the arms is an improvement I'm afraid. Dgp4004 (talk) 16:40, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking that someone would not like the change.... Was trying to fix the fact that the colors are very misleading and clearly a massive copyright violation in Canada's point of view.. but oh well. I'm hoping adding the image to the Canada article and the crown article will help slow down the talks about adding misleading in copyrighted image at least in those two articles. Yes I understand that Wikipedia is hosted in the United States and doesn't care about Canadian copyright. Moxy🍁 16:43, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

October music

story · music · places

Women: today Irene Butter (don't miss the short video in her story and article), yesterday Tabea Zimmermann for her 60th (I was in the audience for that concert in 2023, long video), and some day Ileana Cotrubaș again, whose article became GA today. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Portugal

Hello Moxy, first of all, thank you for your contributions to Portugal and for your very kind recognition of the work on the article. I'm posting here to ask whether you might have some time and interest to review it. The article has been at FAC for two months, it has received two supports so far, but unfortunately it received an oppose vote for source review (I'm not sure of the reason for that vote). If you were able to take a look, I would very much appreciate it. GumballNine1Nine (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

RCMP

Regarding your October 12, 2026 revision to Royal Canadian Mounted Police: what is your reasoning behind removing Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples from the "See Also"? Thank you. CoolDino1 (talk) 22:31, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

The link helps people understand the RCMP? MOS:NAVLIST Moxy🍁 00:47, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

I never read that before, thanks. CoolDino1 (talk) 15:07, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Lake Ontario renaming article

Did you see the discussion on the talk page before moving the article? Please comment there. Travellers & Tinkers (talk) 13:43, 20 October 2026 (UTC)