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Rd232 (talk) 14:29, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony (MET 46.179.1)

It is common praxis in the arts to have the artist's name included in the cat naming, which is more important than the museum. Furthermore one should only create necessary cats, so cats for every painting are not necessary Oursana (talk) 20:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

@Oursana: Okay. I was copying a naming convention I saw on other categories, but I can see how the museum's identifier could become an issue if the painting ever changes hands. In this case it helps differentiate this painting from other paintings of the same subject by the same artist, but maybe there's another way to do that.

I'm not sure what determines what cats qualify as necessary. I often create cats for paintings (and other things) where there are multiple files. It gathers everything for an item together and allows categorization to be done on one item, the category, instead of on multiple files. When creating such categories, I have often found that not all the files for an item were categorized the same.

All that being said, feel free to rename the category if you see fit. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Category:Tollbooths_and_toll_gates

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Cryptic-waveform (talk) 13:09, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2024 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Ukraine

Привіт!

З 1 по 31 жовтня запрошуємо до участі в українській частині міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки», метою якого є фотографування пам'яток історико-культурної спадщини України. Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут.

Окрім основних номінацій у конкурсі є дев’ять спеціальних номінацій та відзнак: «Відео», «Війна руйнує пам'ятки», «Елементи екстер'єру», «Єврейська спадщина» (включаючи караїмські), «Інтер'єри», «Німецька спадщина», «Польська спадщина», «Фотоплівка» та «Визначні місця Харкова».

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З повагою, Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки» 16:12, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Category:Paintings of paintings of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Prototyperspective (talk) 10:29, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Template:PeopleCenturybyCountry

With your change to Template:PeopleCenturybyCountry, could you please also add to the examples in the "noinclude"? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 16:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yes, I will. I also plan to make one or two other changes, and I will include examples of those as well. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Admin?

Have you ever considered becoming an admin? You certainly seem to have the right attitude, and at least the bulk of the skills. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Is there much need for new admins? -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:49, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

I'd say so. There are backlogs all over the place for things that only admins can do. E.g. we are always months behind in closing DRs and CfDs.

I would guess that pretty much every admin is maxed on the amount of admin work they are willing to do, or close to it, so really the only way we get more time on admin tasks is either (1) add new admins or (2) someone ends up doing more than they are happy doing (3) as a few have proposed, but it seems to be going nowhere, take certain tasks that have been exclusive to admins and create new categories of users that can do those particular tasks.

You've seemed to me to be capable, consistently well-intentioned, even-tempered, even-handed, and respectful of existing consensus even when it might not be exactly what you personally would choose to do. Those are pretty much the characteristics we need in an admin. - Jmabel ! talk 23:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Well, there are some admin tasks I'd feel confident about, but quite a few that I wouldn't. If it would be acceptable for me to do the ones I understand, and learn others when I have the time and energy to do so, I'd be willing to be nominated.

I should say, though, that I know of some users who might vehemently oppose my candidacy based on past interactions. I guess we'll see. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:46, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

You would certainly have my support vote (and my co-nomination if you desired). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: Sure. If I'm nominated, I'd be glad to have your co-nom. Thanks! -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:14, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Nomination started at Commons:Administrators/Requests/Auntof6. Next step is for you to accept the nomination. - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 28 November 2024 (UTC)