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England in the Middle Ages

If you get a chance, in between the horses and other aspects of real life (!), would value your opinion on the current discussion over at England in the Middle Ages. The challenges- summarising long periods of history - are very similar to those you faced writing the main Middle Ages article, and it would be useful to the debate to have that sort of perspective. Hchc2009 (talk) 18:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Will try - but we just buried my mother and we are rushing to get the house on the market, so I'm ultra-swamped with real life. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:46, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

I hadn't realised about your mother - I'm so sorry to hear that. Thoughts are with you. Hchc2009 (talk) 18:49, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Pain fitzJohn for TFA

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RfA

There seems to be an emerging consensus you should just give this a go. We currently have two RfAs running, which means all the drama is probably going to be discombobulated amongst those and attention won't be focused just on this one. So I might as well set one up; I have an idea of what I'd put as a nomination statement already. Don't forget that while a lot of attention is paid towards the block, protect and delete tools, comparatively little time is spent discussing the unblock, unprotect and restore tools, and you might find being able to look at deleted drafts particularly useful; such as if a relatively important or interesting article has been deleted per WP:CSD#G12 and you just want to pull out the sources.

While every RfA has silly oppose votes, and it does sometimes turn into a bit of an exam, I am confident anyone who turns up saying "doesn't do enough anti-vandalism work" will be knocked on the head by someone else. I think Yngvadottir was in a similar situation a few years back, so she might be able to advise further. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 12:54, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

You may be misremembering, Ritchie333, and mine was a very peculiar RfA (I think most of us had fun, which will give you an idea of how peculiar!), so I am not sure you'd find it useful to read it. I'd lay more emphasis on reading my strange RfA advice page, which sums up what I learnt there and have seen and thought since. I look forward to being able to support you, Ealdgyth; if you want to talk about adminship and/or my take on RfA off-wiki, feel free to e-mail me, and I also lurk in the corridors on IRC. But I'm actually confident you don't need advice; Ritchie knows what he's talking about and clearly he and others have gone through your edit history and think you're ready :-) ... Oh, and thanks for the season's greetings and Good Yule in advance, in case I don't get to making a card this year. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:16, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Are you watching the current Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Boson? I think the arguments on both sides are likely to be similar in your case, so brush up (?!) on username policy etc, at least when answering the questions. Contrary to what Iri says, I rather doubt that many of the <150 who will participate will be old adversaries. Now is probably a good time to go. Johnbod (talk) 17:45, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm not planning on rushing into anything. It was more a "let's see what other folks think" thing, so I intend to let it run on the optional poll page for a while. I'm certainly taking Iridescent's advice there into account also. Now we're off to brave the ice to see Rogue One, and do dinner. I should have spent the day packing books up but I was lazy instead and played video games up to now. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:06, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and happy editing in 2017. Many thanks for your Saturnalia card. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

From me too, Ealdgyth. Many thanks for the card and best wishes of the season. SarahSV ^(talk) 21:19, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Your RfA

I mean it --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:10, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

That makes three folks trying to nom me before I've even decided to run..... anyone else? Ealdgyth - Talk 14:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

If I could, I'd nominate you twice. You'd lose me if there were to be a CratChat, but I think I'd probably recuse anyway. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:23, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Btw, don't believe all the propaganda about how much worse RfA is now. In the old days, you'd have had at least one oppose for your userboxes. I think you'll find it more personal but possibly less irritating than FAC. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:23, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

I always knew that Pluto infobox would cause me problems... (snickers) Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

There are some existing admins are not as good as Ealdgyth and Yngvadottir would be (not wanting to name names but I'm sure The Rambling Man and Cassianto can guess). Anyone who'd be good at the job doesn't want to do it, and the only time I do admin stuff is when I've got writers block and can't work out which of Marylebone Station and Tubular Bells to improve to GA next. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:28, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Chances are that if I decide to run, it'll happen after the first of the year. We're not doing anything here at the house for Xmas, but we are going to the in-laws for New Years, which will cut into any time I'd have to devote to dealing with RfA. There is an impish part of me that wants to start it so that it ends on my birthday in January... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:00, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

There is an impish part of me that wants to have 5 RfAs running at the same time ... anyway, my kids are grown up enough now to just want to enjoy their presents at their leisure without grown-up interference, so I can always pop on to do a copyedit between the sprouts and the gravy.... I was particularly chuffed last year at getting Trafalgar Square and its Christmas tree picture hit DYK on exactly 12:00 UTC Christmas Day. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

This. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:49, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

5 RfA at the same time,Ritch? Then you woke up! There hasn't been anything like that since the month Boing and I got our bits. And that was a very l o n g time ago. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:36, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Kings (Gerard David, London) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Johnbod. To your and yours also. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:57, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Good Yule!

Looking to the sunrise. Wishing you twelve nights and days of warmth, happiness and conviviality this Midwinter, and success in the new year. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:03, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! To you and yours also. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:58, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:00, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

	Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and all the best in 2017! Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jacob Gens

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