Mike Christie

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Battle Birds

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story · music · places

Thank you today for the article, "about one of the many air way pulp magazines that flourished from the late 1920s through World War II. It had a brief incarnation as a science fiction title, under the title Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds."! - One composer is on the Main page today, another is not (born OTD 1824), and my story pictures the second and also a third - perhaps just listen to the first's music, in bright C major, that I heard by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in April 2022 (see music). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:07, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Tomorrow Speculative Fiction scheduled for TFA

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• Mike, thank you so much for continuing to turn out quality work. I appreciate it. Drmies (talk) 14:08, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks, Drmies, I appreciate it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:52, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Frederick Blakeslee

Hi Mike. At Frederick Blakeslee which you created there's a word missing here: "Blakeslee's goal was to become an aviation [], but he had to take introductory classes in drawing human figures." Maybe you can supply from the source. Thanks, Spicemix (talk) 09:07, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that. I couldn't find the original source I used so I added another and cited that for the clarification. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Cheers! Spicemix (talk) 20:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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Promotion of Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine)

Congratulations, Mike Christie! The article you nominated, Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Greetings and asking for help

...with Cerro Panizos. Its FAC timed out due to lack of commentary, I plan to bring it back there but I don't know what other work it needs. Can you help? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:37, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, glad to take a look. Might be a couple of days, though; I have a couple of FACs I've commented on that I need to get back to, and comments on my own FAC I haven't replied to yet, and I am busy in real life as well. But I can definitely take a look. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:23, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks in advance. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Jo-Jo, do you want me to do a copyedit pass, trying to improve readability with regard to the density of technical terms that David commented on at the FAC? Or would you rather I just made talk page comments? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:50, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

I must confess that I am not sure which one is needed. I'd say technical terms should probably be the priority. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:02, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll do a copyedit pass then, and leave any additional notes on the talk page. I should be able to make a start in the next couple of days. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:47, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

GAN reports page

Would it be possible/reasonable to have the GAN reports page "Old reviews" exception list print the datestamp for the most recent edit to the review page? That would help identify at a glance which ones are ongoing and which have stalled out. -- asilvering (talk) 23:46, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

That page is maintained by Wugapodes, but I don't think they'll be able to as the page is created by parsing the GAN page and that information isn't on the GAN page. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Alas! It was worth a shot. Thanks anyway. -- asilvering (talk) 01:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)