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WAM 2019 Postcard: All postcards are postponed due to the postal system shut down
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Dear all participants and organizers,
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, all the postcards are postponed due to the shut down of the postal system all over the world. Hope all the postcards can arrive as soon as the postal system return and please take good care.
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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
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We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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Wikipedia Asian Month 2020
[edit]Hi WAM organizers and participants!
Hope you are all doing well! Now is the time to sign up for Wikipedia Asian Month 2020, which will take place in this November.
For organizers:
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Here are some updates from WAM team:
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year we hope all the Edit-a-thons are online not physical ones.
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Sincerely yours,
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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
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Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
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[edit]In the draft of the proposed article Tabular Byzantine calendar sent to you a mistake in the source led to the lengths of the lunar months being incorrectly stated. Please amend paragraph 5 to read:
Here is the full text. If you can review, open the page in mainspace and copy/paste the following it will be so much appreciated.
The tabular Byzantine calendar is used to calculate the date of Easter. It dates back to AD 284, when the new moon fell on the sixth epagemonal day of the Alexandrian calendar (29 August). Eusebius (vii.32) recounts that Anatolius of Laodicea was the first to arrange the 19-years cycle (when the new moon returns to the same Julian date) for ecclesiastical purposes. Anatolius says that he places the new moon of the first year of his cycle on the Alexandrian equivalent of 22 March, the day of the vernal equinox. In the Julian calendar, the equinox recedes at the rate of 1 day in 128 years; by the time of the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 it was falling on 21 March. 22 March is 26 Phamenoth in the Alexandrian calendar.
The lunar new year was not allowed to begin before 15 Thoth (12 September, or 13 September if the following February has 29 days), and the month in which Easter fell was not allowed to begin before 12 Phamenoth (8 March). As the paschal full moon (the full moon before Easter), like all full moons is assigned to the 14th day of the lunar month, its earliest date was thus 25 Phamenoth (21 March), and Easter fell at earliest on 26 Phamenoth (22 March) and at latest on 30 Pharmouthi (25 April). The month in which Easter fell could thus begin no later than 10 Pharmouthi (5 April) and the Easter full moon could fall no later than 18 April (23 Pharmouthi).
If, at the end of the twelfth lunar month, the next lunar month would begin before 15 Thoth, an additional 30-day month was inserted. This caused Easter to jump forward in years 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 17 and 19 of the cycle. The lunar date of the sixth epagemonal day (considered the first day of a leap year) was the same as that of the previous day. The Alexandrian months, all of thirty days, are:
- 1. Thoth
- 2. Phaophi
- 3. Athyr
- 4. Choiac
- 5. Tybi
- 6. Mechir
- 7. Phamenoth
- 8. Pharmouthi
- 9. Pachom
- 10. Payni
- 11. Epiphi
- 12. Mesore
The first lunar month had 29 days, and following lunar months had 30 and 29 days alternately. Thus the sixth lunar month, preceding the one in which Easter fell, had 30 days, minimising the chance of Easter clashing with Passover. This calendar uses the Callippic cycle of 76 years, under which the lunar year averages 365.25 days. But with this arrangement the lunar year averages 366.25 days. Therefore, in cycle 19, when the eleventh lunar month began on 7 Mesore and had 29 days, the next month (beginning on 1 Thoth) also had 29 days (saltus lunae) and the first month of the new lunar year began on 30 Thoth. In the sixth century, after it accepted that it no longer mattered if the birthday of Rome (23 April) fell within Lent, the Roman church abandoned its own calculation (the Supputatio Romana) for the Alexandrian one. This involved recasting the lunar months so that their first days were given in terms of the Julian calendar. While Easter continued to jump forward in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17 and 19 of the cycle the extra months were more equitably spaced, generally being hidden within those Julian months which contained two new moons. Their starting dates were:
- Cycle 3 - 1 January
- Cycle 5 - 2 September
- Cycle 8 - 6 March
- Cycle 11 - 3 January
- Cycle 13 - 31 December
- Cycle 16 - 1 September
- Cycle 19 - 5 March
In addition to its error of 1 day in 128 years as regards the sun the Julian calendar had an error of 1 day in 308 years as regards the moon in the same direction - thus by 1582 the actual new moons were falling three days earlier than their tabulated dates. Pope Gregory XIII wanted to reform the calendar, which he did by decreeing that most centennial years would not be leap years. He also brought the tabular equinox back to 21 March by omitting the ten days 5 to 14 October 1582. He decided that Easter would continue to fall between 22 March and 25 April in his new calendar, which posed a problem - the First Council of Arles in AD 314 had decreed that Easter would be observed by all on the same day, so it was not open to him to change it unilaterally. Also the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 had decreed that the Easter full moon must not fall before the equinox and the tables were constructed to agree as nearly as possible with the Jewish calendar - in fact after they were constructed in the third century they were declared to be a more accurate version of the Jewish calendar than the one the Jews themselves were using.[1] Gregory got round that by lying - claiming that the Council had decreed that Easter would be the Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox. The result was that instead of falling during the Passover Easter began to fall more and more frequently within the last Jewish month. This could not be more unfortunate, because the full moon of that month is marked by the rumbustious festival of Purim, which could not be less appropriate for the solemnities of Holy Week. Hence the surreal situation in Stamford Hill on Palm Sunday, 24 March 2024, when a small Muslim boy, watching the Purim festivities, asked his mother "Is it Easter?" to which she replied "No. Easter is Jesus Christ. It is completely different."
Gregory moved the new moons back three days, to make them agree with the real new moons. To keep them in agreement, he instituted the "lunar correction", whereby they are shifted back 1 day 8 times in 2500 years. The next 8 adjustments will occur on 1 March of the years 2100, 2400, 2700, 3000, 3300, 3600, 3900 and 4300. While Gregory decreed that the "solar correction" (the omission of a centennial leap day) occur 3 times in 400 years, this only reduces the backward movement of the equinox to 1 day in 3323 years. Orthodox churches instead apply the correction 7 times in 900 years, keeping the calendar correct to one day in 44,000 years. In the Exigian calendar the rule is that a centennial year is only a leap year if it gives remainder 200 or 700 when divided by 900. The first centennial leap year was 1600 and the second 2000. This arrangement means that when the calendar is projected beyond the Christian era the rule is the same - thus the first two centennial leap years were -200 (201 BC) and -700 (701 BC).[2] It also minimises the number of occasions on which the dates of the new moons are moved in a centennial year. As the solar correction moves them forward a day and the lunar correction moves them back a day, when these corrections coincide (e.g. in 2100, 2400 and 2700) they stay where they are.
The names of the lunar months are as follows:
- 1. Harriet (29 days)
- 2. Ronan (30 days)
- 3. Miri (29 days - Orthodox Easter (except in the Finnish Orthodox Church) always falls in this month)
- 4. James (30 days)
- 5. Eloise (29 days)
- 6. Thomas (30 days)
- vii (29 days)
- 8. Nicholas (30 days)
- 9. Catherine (29 days)
- 10. Richard (30 days - 29 in cycle 19, when the saltus lunae is applied)
- 11 Emma (29 days)
- 12 Paul (30 days)
Seven times in 19 years an additional 30 day month (Paul II) occurs between Paul and Harriet. To aid use (in religious houses the lunar date of the following day is announced daily at Lauds after the reading of the Martyrology) months commemorating female saints have 29 days and months commemorating male saints (apart from the saltus lunae) have 30 days. The repetition of the lunar date on the leap day is preserved - thus 28 February 2028 is 3 Ronan bis, 29 February is 3 Ronan and 1 March is 4 Ronan. In houses where the leap day continues to be placed between 23 and 24 February the sequence is modified accordingly. The derivation of the names is as follows:
- (1) Harriet is a diminutive of Henrietta. Wife of Charles I, she was the ancestor of several monarchs.
- (2) St Ronan was a key figure in the implementation of a common Easter date at the Synod of Whitby in 664.
- (3) Miri is a contraction of Mariam, the given name of the Mother of God.
- (4), (6), (12) James, Thomas and Paul were apostles.
- (5) Héloïse was an abbess who reached a rank equivalent to that of Bishop.
- (8), (9) Nicholas and Catherine are well-known saints.
- (10) Richard I, known as Coeur de Lyon, was instrumental in recovering the Holy Land from the Saracens.
- (11) Emma was the mother of Edward the Confessor.
- (13) Paul II was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 641-653, and a Pope of that name reigned 1464-1471.
Occidental Easter generally falls between 15 and 21 Miri, on whichever day is Sunday. There are three exceptions:
(1) If 14 Miri falls on 18 April and a golden number is marked against 6 April, Easter falls on 18 April (if Sunday) and otherwise on the Sunday following 18 April. The golden number marks the year's position in the 19-year cycle and is placed in the calendar against the first days of the lunar months.
(2) If 14 Miri falls on 19 April Easter falls on 19 April (if Sunday) and otherwise on the Sunday following 19 April.
(3) If 14 Miri falls on 20 April or later the date against which it stands is to be treated as a day of March and Easter falls on the day after the Saturday following that date.
Example calculation
On what date does occidental Easter fall in 2025?
2025 + 1 = 2026; 2026/19 = 106 remainder 12. The golden number is 12. In the calendar, 12 (marking 1 Miri) stands against 31 March. The dominical letter is E. This is placed against all the Sundays in the year. A leap year has two dominical letters, one for January and February and the other (one place back in the series) for March to December. Easter falls on 20 April because that is an E day and the date, 21 Miri, lies between 15 and 21 Miri (inclusive).
Orthodox Easter does not admit the lunar correction. Therefore, when Gregory moved the new moons back three days Orthodox Easter fell between 18 and 24 Miri. Another correction in 1800 means that until 2099 Orthodox Easter falls between 19 and 25 Miri, and so on. As 20 April is 21 Miri, Orthodox Easter falls on that day.
LUNAR CALENDAR 1 MARCH 1900 - 28 FEBRUARY 2200
| JAN Paul 30 |
FEB Harr 29 |
MAR Ron 30 |
APR Miri 29 |
MAY Jame 30 |
JUN Eloi 29 |
JUL Thom 30 |
AUG vii 29 |
SEPT Nich 30 |
OCT Cath 29 |
NOV Rich 30 |
DEC Emma 29 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A 12 | d 1 | d 12 | g 1 | b | e 9 | g | c 17 | f | A | d 3 | f 3 |
| 2 | b 1 | e | e 1 | A | c 9 | f | A 17 | d 6 | g 14 | b 14 | e | g |
| 3 | c | f 9 | f | b 9 | d | g 17 | b 6 | e | A 3 | c 3 | f 11 | A 11 |
| 4 | d 9 | g | g 9 | c | e 17 | A 6 | c | f 14 | b | d | g | b 19 |
| 5 | e P2 | A 17 | A | d 17 | f 6 | b | d 14 | g 3 | c 11 | e 11 | A 19 | c |
| 6 | f 17 | b 6 | b 17 | e 6 | g | c 14 | e 3 | A | d | f | b 8 | d 8 |
| 7 | g 6 | c | c 6 | f | A 14 | d 3 | f | b 11 | e 19 | g 19 | c Em | e 16 |
| 8 | A | d 14 | d | g 14 | b 3 | e | g 11 | c | f 8 | A 8 | d 16 | f 5 |
| 9 | b 14 | e 3 | e 14 | A 3 | c | f 11 | A | d 19 | g Ca | b 16 | e 5 | g |
| 10 | c 3 | f | f 3 | b | d 11 | g | b 19 | e 8 | A 16 | c 5 | f | A 13 |
| 11 | d | g 11 | g | c 11 | e | A 19 | c 8 | f 16 | b 5 | d | g 13 | b 2 |
| 12 | e 11 | A | A 11 | d | f 19 | b 8 | d vii | g 5 | c | e 13 | A 2 | c |
| 13 | f | b 19 | b | e 19 | g 8 | c 16 | e 16 | A | d 13 | f 2 | b | d 10 |
| 14 | g 19 | c 8 | c 19 | f 8 | A El | d 5 | f 5 | b 13 | e 2 | g | c 10 | e |
| 15 | A 8 | d 16 | d 8 | g 16 | b 16 | e | g | c 2 | f | A 10 | d | f 18 |
| 16 | b Ha | e 5 | e Mi | A 5 | c 5 | f 13 | A 13 | d | g 10 | b | e 18 | g 7 |
| 17 | c 16 | f | f 16 | b | d | g 2 | b 2 | e 10 | A | c 18 | f 7 | A |
| 18 | d 5 | g 13 | g 5 | c 13 | e 13 | A | c | f | b 18 | d 7 | g | b 15 |
| 19 | e | A 2 | A | d 2 | f 2 | b 10 | d 10 | g 18 | c 7 | e | A 15 | c 4 |
| 20 | f 13 | b | b 13 | e | g | c | e | A 7 | d | f 15 | b 4 | d |
| 21 | g 2 | c 10 | c 2 | f 10 | A 10 | d 18 | f 18 | b | e 15 | g 4 | c | e 12 |
| 22 | A | d | d | g | b | e 7 | g 7 | c 15 | f 4 | A | d 12 | f 1 |
| 23 | b 10 | e 18 | e 10 | A 18 | c 18 | f | A | d 4 | g | b 12 | e 1 | g |
| 24 | c | f 7 | f | b 7 | d 7 | g 15 | b 15 | e | A 12 | c 1 | f | A 9 |
| 25 | d 18 | g | g 18 | c | e | A 4 | c 4 | f 12 | b 1 | d | g 9 | b |
| 26 | e 7 | A 15 | A 7 | d 15 | f 15 | b | d | g 1 | c | e 9 | A | c 17 |
| 27 | f | b 4 | b | e 4 | g 4 | c 12 | e 12 | A | d 9 | f | b 17 | d 6 |
| 28 | g 15 | c | c 15 | f | A | d 1 | f 1 | b 9 | e | g 17 | c 6 | e |
| 29 | A 4 | d 4 | g 12 | b 12 | e | g | c | f 17 | A 6 | d | f 14 | |
| 30 | b | e | A 1 | c 1 | f 9 | A 9 | d 17 | g 6 | b | e 14 | g 3 | |
| 31 | c 12 | f 12 | d | b | e 6 | c 14 | A | |||||
| Harr | Ron | Miri | Jame | Eloi | Thom | vii | Nich | Cath | Rich | Emma | Paul |
Secular use
[edit]The calendar may be used to locate the approximate position of the moon at any time. There are innumerable applications.
Tidal predictions
[edit]The "establishment" of a port is approximately the time between the moon's meridian passage (above and below the horizon) and high water. Tidal range is greatest in the middle and at the end of the lunar month ("spring tides") and at the equinoxes. For accurate predictions use official tables. An example calculation follows.
Nocturnal illumination
[edit]It is 9 PM Greenwich Mean Time in London on 15 February 2024. The golden number is 11, which is printed against 11 February. This is the lunar new year (1 Harriet) and 15 February is therefore 5 Harriet. At the end of the previous month (as at the end of every lunar month) the sun and moon are together in the sky, but the lunar day is on average 4/5 hour longer than the solar day. Thus at 9 PM it is only 5 PM by the moon. Whether the moon is visible at that time may be determined using the fact that the moon moves through the zodiac at the rate of 13.2° per day (compared to 1° per day for the sun). On 15 February (5 Harriet) the moon will have advanced (5 x (13.2 - 1)) = 5 x 12.2 = about 61° ahead of the sun. So it will be where the sun will be about 61 days later, i.e. around 16 April.
But there is another factor. The moon's ascending node (where the plane of its orbit crosses the ecliptic in a northerly direction) moves backwards, completing a circuit relative to the equinox in 18.6 years. When the longitude is 0° (which it will reach around 29 January 2025) it reaches a maximum of 5° further from the celestial equator than does the sun (the major standstill). Half a revolution later (the minor standstill) it reaches a maximum of 5° nearer to the celestial equator than does the sun.
So considering the moon's position at 9 PM on 15 February 2024 we look where the sun would be at 5 PM on 16 April and (since the date is fairly close to the major standstill) a little higher in the sky. The moon was thus looked for (and was seen) high in the west.
Eclipse prediction
[edit]The calendar may be used to predict eclipses. As the node revolves through 360° in 18.6 years, each month it will retrograde about ((360/18.6)/12)° = 1.61°. As the ascending node reaches 0° around 29 January 2025, in September 2024 its longitude is around 6° and the descending node (directly opposite) is around 186°. The sun reaches ecliptic longitude 186° around 30 September. There will be a lunar eclipse if the full moon (usually on the 14th of the lunar month) occurs within 13 days either side of the sun passing through either node. For solar eclipses (at the end of the lunar month) the "eclipse season" is 19 days either side of the sun's passage through a node. The nearer to the node the sun is the greater the eclipse will be. In 2024, 14 Nicholas corresponds to 18 September. As this is just within the eclipse season there will be a small partial eclipse. This reaches a maximum at 02:44 GMT when 8.5% of the disc is obscured. On 28 Nicholas, when the sun is very close to the node, the annular solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 occurs. If the solar eclipse occurs within 11 days of the sun passing through the node (as here) it will be central (total or annular). As the "eclipse season" is longer than a lunar month there will always be at least one eclipse every time the sun passes through a node, which it does on average every 173.2979 days
Administrative uses
[edit]As virtually all religions use lunar calendars, the calendar aids in planning rest days in for example conferences attended by members of different faiths. The Jewish Passover almost always occurs during Miri, and the High Holy Days almost always occur during Catherine.
Source: International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue (Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium, The Rt Revd Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich), The prospect of Whitby (2022, 22 pp.) Norwich Cathedral Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
References
[edit]- ^ Karl Joseph von Hefele (trans. William R Clark) (1894). A history of the councils of the Church. Edinburgh. p. 325.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cassidy, Simon (25 October 1996). "Re: How long is a year..EXACTLY? East Carolina University Calendar discussion List CALNDR-L". Retrieved 1 September 2024.
Further reading
[edit]Otto Neugebauer, Ethiopic astronomy and computus (Vienna, 1979)
Best, 92.29.240.69 (talk) 11:56, 26 August 2024 (UTC) [Edited 1 September 2024]
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Article Review - Elizabeth Farnsworth
[edit]Hello - It has been a few years since we last conversed in here. I hope that this finds you well. Question - I have been doing some aggressive editing of Elizabeth Farnsworth's wiki page as whoever initially created the page / article wasn't exactly accurate on several items and used some questionable cites/refs etc... Granted, I'm not as versed as I might be in working in Wiki... I have a strong feeling that I am making some errors in some of the cites that I am adding. Is it possible for you to review and tweak as needed. For one thing, I believe I was dropping Farnsworth's name into the cite templates erroneously (first 2 fields of the template(s)... I've tried to research this but the Wiki "rules" are often jumbled and twisted for me to the point of serious confusion. - I understand that this might not be something you will want and or have to time for, but I am reaching out just in case. (I'm okay with chatting by email or phone should there be a need.) -- Farnsworth has a new book coming out soon and her publisher, an acquaintance of mine, asked me to touch her Wiki page... which a part of me sorta wishes I hadn't taken on the chore... none the less, it is a good brain exercise. -- Regards, Greg German Limestone9 (talk) 16:56, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Limestone9! I would caution you about working on this article because it might look like a conflict of interest, since you know the publisher of her book. I would suggest posting on the WP:WikiProject Women Writers page for help. That way you can recruit someone to look at the page who does not have a conflict of interest. I would be willing to look, but I don't think I'll have a lot of time to help. My mental bandwidth is not at 100% right now. :P Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response. I understand about the mental bandwidth. Me too. Not certain I understand about the conflict of interest as I do not know anything of the person the page is about sans the related research that I have done, nor is the publisher even in touch with me about the content, etc. When I first looked at the content it was easy to see that it was not very well written and had numerous errors of which I've tried to address. Essentially, I decided to touch it as a research exercise for myself... probably bit off more than I needed. I will take your advice per wikiproject women writers.... Thank you! :-) Limestone9 (talk) 12:52, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'll take up the slack (see my post on Limestone9's talk). I just need the correct URL for Topeka Magazine and I'm good to go. Now, if you could do this for me I'll be eternally in your debt:
Tabular Byzantine calendar
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Once Tabular Byzantine calendar becomes a bluelink I'll get to work. To you also, Happy Byzantine New Year! 92.29.253.249 (talk) 19:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Mary Wollstonecraft, who features in the link you provided above, is still well remembered here in Stoke Newington. 92.29.253.249 (talk) 19:21, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
It appears that only one issue of the Topeka Magazine is online - this one [1]. I will resume editing on that basis. 92.29.253.249 (talk) 14:54, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Before everybody goes off to watch the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate tonight, the source cited for the 2021 award "The New York Festivals' Silver World Medal for Aids in Africa (Coverage of On-Going Story). New York Festivals Finalist Certificate in the Best Investigative..." doesn't appear to mention it. I'll pause editing pending confirmation. 92.29.253.249 (talk) 19:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
OK, it's 2001. Disregard. 92.29.253.249 (talk) 19:33, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Editing is complete. Donald Trump had quite a dog's dinner last night, didn't he. Today is (me neither) a day of celebration in Ethiopia, as it's not only New Year's Day but the day of the Queen of Sheba's return from her visit to King Solomon. Best, 92.29.253.249 (talk) 09:41, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Tried to stay up to watch the Trump - Harris debate but 9pm Eastern is 2am over here, so I fell asleep first. Watched a few highlights, thought about watching the entire coverage but got so fed up of Trump's lying that I had to switch off. Saw a few thoughtful comments from chums on Facebook, such as Cullen328. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:06, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Nice to hear from you, Ritchie333. That's 6pm California time, so I poured a stiff shot of whiskey and watched every minute of it, and then lots of analysis. Harris handled Trump remarkably well, and as for Trump, anything substantive that I say here would violate WP:BLP so I will leave that to Facebook. Cullen328 (talk) 21:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I wouldn't say I "missed" the debate. Ha ha, but the aftermath of it seems to have spawned some funny memes, so we all win, right? ;) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:15, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Nice to hear from you, Ritchie333. That's 6pm California time, so I poured a stiff shot of whiskey and watched every minute of it, and then lots of analysis. Harris handled Trump remarkably well, and as for Trump, anything substantive that I say here would violate WP:BLP so I will leave that to Facebook. Cullen328 (talk) 21:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)