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NY Meet

Hi Pharos, I received an invitation for the wiki meet in NY this sunday but I cant find the invitation msg anymore, can you please tell why, as I'm relatively new Wikiuser7777 18:24, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

"Belonging"

It doesn't belong anywhere on Earth. That's sort of the point. Your removing the note implies your support for the content. -- Thekohser 18:31, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

RfA

Hello Pharos. I have promoted you to Administrator. Your RfA was certainly a peculiar beast; the trend swung quite unexpectedly, no? Goes to show that sticking it out can be well worth it. If you have any questions about your new position, don't hesitate to ask. Best, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:21, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Chapters Activity Calendar

Hi Pharos! I started a chapters calendar on the outreach wiki. [1]. I think this can help us to better support the activities of the chapters. Could you please add all NY activities? Thank you! --KathrinJ 20:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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Category:Proposed projects work

Wow, this is among the most messed categories we have. :-) You may use the flood flag. ;-) --Nemo 09:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, well done! I think that the main problem is what to do with pages listed in strategy:Category:Proposals for new projects.

With regard to categorization, some proposals are already marked as {{historical}}; if possible, it would be interesting to see if there are many outdated proposals around, and in that case to reduce the clutter marking them as historical with a specific category and then using DynamicPageList in each category or on some page to separately list valid and outdated proposals. --Nemo 16:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Categories

Hi Pharos! I see that you're doing a large categorization work. You may be interested in Meta:Flood flag, perhaps? :-) Thanks and regards, --dferg ^{☎ talk} 19:29, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia and women

please add info on your workshops here: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia is Also a Woman this way we'd be able to raise not only local consciousness about this issue but more globally. thanks in advance :) Lantuszka 23:59, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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Well done

This is a great idea. We need to make this happen. GLAMs love awards and hate not getting them. Victuallers 15:27, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Adding amendment

Hi, thanks for adding, I only added those from the protocol of the session I lead. Kind regards Ziko (talk) 19:40, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Wiknic CN banner

Hey Pharos,

I noticed your CN banner scheduled for 3 weeks coming up anon and logged in. I think that's extreme over kill and wanted to think about a smaller broadcast. Broadcasting to the whole US is an incredibly large audience for something that is a 'relatively' small draw. Even if we get 1000 people which I think is reasonable it's still a tiny tiny portion of the people seeing the banner and most of them won't be interested (and possibly annoyed) and it makes them look at banners less and less. This especially true when we get almost 100M page views a day from the US.

I think if you want something up for 'longer' you may want to consider a geonotice on enWiki. For the CN, if you still want one, we probably want to think much shorter with only 1-2 days anonymous and 3-4 days logged in or 2 small spurts of 1 day logged in/logged out soon and 1 closer to the event. Jalexander (talk) 18:46, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

This campaign appeals to a universal reader interest I think, moreso even than the numerous nationally-promoted wiki-conferences on CN that are confined to a single event in a single city. The Great American Wiknic was quite successful last year in running for this period of time (2 weeks, not 3), without any complaint at all, and also succeeded in spawning Wikipedia Loves Libraries- which we will be pushing again during this Wiknic season. And I don't think that radically cutting down on the exposure to the general readership will be helpful for these efforts.--Pharos (talk) 02:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

It seems to me that we had this conversation last year too... the Wiknic brought in, what, 500 people total, nationally? Pharos, I have to tell you, you're underestimating the value of this tool. You're using what would - in a commercial buy - be an effective value of several MILLION dollars to advertise this event. I agree with James. Your request is too broad. Far, far, too broad. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 18:46, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

I note that you disregarded our comments about this, and turned the campaign on anyway. That's not how things work, Pharos. You're supposed to demonstrate consensus for a banner, and you're far from that. Beyond that, James is the Foundation's designee for the tool and he raised an objection. I also raised an objection. That's a long way from consensus. I've disabled anon, but left logged-in on while we figure this out. James may choose to overrule me on that, and he has my blessing and support either way. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 00:21, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Philippe, the campaign has been on the calendar since April, with not one negative comment; that was community consensus here. This is not an exclusive WMF tool, and objections at the last minute are less than ideal. For now, I'm going to talk to James and try to work out a standard system for these types of events, and when logged-in and anonymous get activated.--Pharos (talk) 01:02, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey Pharos, I thinking having it up some is totally acceptable but given that we have it up on the watchlist now and how much it's seen as well we probably don't need it up forever. I'm sure we can come up with something though to make sure that it has enough exposure. How about a week at anonymous (perhaps at less the 100% , maybe 25-50? ), I have less of an issue with 2 weeks for logged in users though it may not be as necessary with the geonotice you have up (though would be good for non enwiki users). At some level this is a WMF owned tool (and always has been) but I do think the community should be able to use it where needed, we just don't want to have it be the 'wild wild west' that it has been for a very long time (as you know from last year etc). Jalexander (talk) 02:13, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

That sounds reasonable James, a 2 week run logged-in, with the only second half including anonymous (at a reduced %). This type of schedule could also work for WLL-type events too. And we can probably drop the national watchlist notice when CN is on.--Pharos (talk) 02:07, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I've dropped the national watchlist notice a few days ago, and I'm going to turn on anonymous with the CN starting Monday.--Pharos (talk) 02:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I don't disagree with James/Philippe regarding the use of CentralNotice to advertise Wiknics. This is the type of event that's better with (strict) geotargeting and watchlist notices, in my opinion. There are a number of tangential issues that need to be addressed, though. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Made an attempt to fix the URL

Hi Pharos...I made an attempt to fix the banner URL, and it looked like it worked, but it looks like you may have overwritten my change. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Centralnotice-Wiknic2012-url&action=history . The protocol relative URL (starting with "//") will make it so that those using https will stay https, and those using http will stay http. -- RobLa-WMF (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

OK, it's fixed now.--Pharos (talk) 00:29, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Cascadia

I was with user:DGG until late and could not attend the last WALRUS meeting. The Seattle Wiknic is coming up and my friends will introduce the Wikimedia Cascadia group there. I hope to present it at the WALRUS meetup at Wikimania. In the meantime I will get more people to sign on and issue opinions. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:45, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

The only real tourist

In fact the only real tourist is he who visits his home-town with the eyes of a tourist, e. g. me as an inhabitant of Trostberg, living some 50 km away, by train or bicycle. It' s by far not just a return - it's ... different! --Hellsepp (talk) 20:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

on organization and structure

Hi Pharos,

Recently you commented that you feel local groups become a bit more active when they elect officers, assign roles, and form structure. You also suggested that this seems connected with incorporation in your mind.

I just want to reiterate that there is no actual connection between that sort of internal organization and the legal step of incorporation. Incorporation can be useful when handling finances, insurance, or legal matters. But it is totally independent of the organization and role structure of a group. Most community groups at all levels of civic life elect officers, have a treasurer and local bank account, and have varying levels of formality in how they define what each person handles. And for the most part these groups are not incorporated -- especially when they are only a few dozen people, or handling a few thousand dollars a year. That's just an extra expense and formality.

Incorporation does not magically make people become more active. Within Wikimedia we have some chapters that both incorporated and jumped through the further hoops of chapter recognition, and ended up doing no more, and sometimes less, than they had before becoming a chapter. On the other hand, when a group is passionate about what they are doing - say, WikiProject Tree of Life, or Wiki Loves Monuments, they have no trouble divvying up work, appointing people to specialize in different dimensions, and getting things done.

Once you have an active group that is growing and needs administrative support, forming an organization around their work makes sense. If you form a group in order to form a group, you attract people who like that sort of Nomic, and not people who like to get project work done; which doesn't always lead to the best-tasting pancakes.

Cheers, –SJ talk  05:42, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

A large part of the motivation for incorporating a US federation is actually so that local groups can be full and equal participants ***without having to incorporate or file any paperwork***, as the federation would "sponsor" or "incubate" their activities, while also giving them a democratic voice in the management of the larger federation.--Pharos (talk) 16:29, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Okay. Can you make that clearer in the pages here? –SJ talk  05:27, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

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language on Wiknic CN

Hi Pharos, The language in the wiknic central notice seems odd to me:

"Celebrate the Great American Wiknic in 20+ cities around June 22nd."

Isn't on June 22nd? I would think it would read better replacing "around" with "on"

Cheers, Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:48, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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Pharos, I'd really like to keep the ball rolling on the genealogy project. On the talk page, you mentioned the possibility of creating an incubator/beta page, perhaps as an example entry? Do you know where this could be done, or who might be interested? This concept seems to be something people generally support, but momentum stalls. Feel free to comment directly at the talk page, if you wish. --Another Believer (talk) 19:44, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

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Tou amendment banner campaign

Hey Pharos,

I noticed you turned off the ToU banner campaign, the legal team has said that needs to be up for the whole 30 days as notice so I've put it back on. Right now it's up for a maximum of 20% and 2 views, I wish we could have it auto fall back for that 20% ( instead of showing empty) but sadly that isn't possible yet. I'm not sure if you did it by accident or on purpose (I know I've done some silly things with fat fingers when doing CN campaigns from my phone for example) but If it's causing issues with the wicnic banner or something like that I'm happy to try and work with you of course. I'm currently out at dinner but will be keeping an eye here and when I get home :) Jalexander--WMF 03:33, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Piedmont Wikimedians

Hi Pharos, we have 6 signatures in support. What is the next step? Ganeshk (talk) 17:29, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hey Pharos! I have been mulling around a idea that I wanted to talk to you about. I'd like to have a talk if possible, how about IRC or gchat? You still available? It's a local project in your neck of the world. Also, I seem to recall we had a chapter in New England or am I totally mistaken? Thanks. Theo10011 (talk) 11:28, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

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Marthacustis appeal

by way of appeal

1. points on wikidata remain
2. do you want points for effort or outcome? as an admin you can see that the new articles were fine on their own merits. should i create them here on meta, for another editor to move and claim the points?
3. i object to editors bringing english drama here, and making the comment "i reverted you because you are wrong"; "this user is blocked and articles deleted." would you call that behavior disruptive ?

please let me know how you want to handle the scoring of this work. Marthacustis (talk) 14:11, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Re:Thank you and post-event survey for Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

Thanks very much. --Samuele2002 (Talk!) 08:30, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

MET

DirkVE (Belgium) with MET Guide

Dear Pharos, Thanks for the MET Guide, hereby (as asked) a picture of me. After receiving the MET Barnstar, MariasaLR and I joined hands and have written new articles in honor of William the Hippopotamus on the Spanish, Dutch and African Wikipedia. DirkVE (talk) 15:54, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Library User Group is being renamed!

Hello! In the past few months, the Wikipedia Library User Group has been undergoing some major planning and developments. We just finished our very first open call with the user group members, which was a great success (see the meeting minutes). If you joined us during the meeting, we’d like to thank you for your interest. If not, not to worry, we have lots of things planned for the user group in which you can participate.

This message is to inform you that based on the input received from the user group members and the founding members, it was agreed that the Wikipedia Library User Group’s name be reconsidered by a voting process. As a valued member of the user group, we’d like to invite you to vote on the list of potential names. You can vote by following this link. The poll will run for a timeframe of two weeks. Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of user group founding members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:59, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Picture of the Assamese Dao

Dear Pharos. I'm planning to use this picture of a Assamese sword for a new article. It's clearly a public domain, which means that it should be available in Wikipedia. But the search in Wikipedia is too difficult, I cannot find it. Can you please help me find this image in Wikipedia, or perhaps upload it to Wikipedia if not available?--Rochelimit (talk) 17:08, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

@Rochelimit: It looks like this image was only taken in Match 2017, which explains why it wasn't on Commons before. I've uploaded it here: File:Sword (Dao) with Scabbard and Baldric MET 36.25.1630a b 001 Mar2017.jpg.--Pharos (talk) 19:09, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks @Pharos:! and thanks for pinging me :) --Rochelimit (talk) 11:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Gandhara Art or en:Greco-Buddhist art ?

Are Gandhara Art and en:Greco-Buddhist art same? Or is Gandhara Art a part of en:Greco-Buddhist art ? Can I create a new article regarding en:Gandhara Art? Che12Guevara (talk) 18:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Che12Guevara: Gandhara art is certainly a part of of Greco-Buddhist art, now that I look more clearly it might be too close to start a separate article.--Pharos (talk) 18:38, 15 November 2017 (UTC).

Ayda Katti picture

Dear @Pharos:, can you help me upload this MET picture of the ayda katti to Wikipedia? I'm not sure if this has been uploaded to Wikipedia or not.--Rochelimit (talk) 13:05, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election

Hi Pharos! As promised by the Wikipedia Library team at the inception of the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group, we are conducting an open-election for the steering committee with 5 to 8 positions. Nominations will be accepted from 3 January 2018 to 9 January 2018. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, you can nominate yourself starting January 2nd next year. This position should attract Wikipedians and librarians with dedication and time to lead the user group in its first year. The elections will happen following the nominations phase starting from 10 January 2018 to 23 January 2018. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact WikiLibraryUG [at] googlegroups [dot] com. A message will be sent shortly before the dates linking to the venue for nominations and election. Thank you! On behalf of the user group founding members--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:40, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Nomination Phase

Hello again Pharos! As stated in our previous message, nominations for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group steering committee elections are now open and will remain open until the 9th. If you are interested and have read the instructions, please nominate yourself on the election page. Please forward your queries to librarieslists.wikimedia.org, and for private correspondence, please get in touch with one of the founding members. And finally, wishing you a prosperous and happy new year on behalf of the user group founding members! On behalf of the user group founding members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Updates on the user group election and #1Lib1Ref

Hi everyone, two quick but important updates:

Timeline for nominations and voting

• Nominations are extended until 12 January 2018.
• Candidates will be lightly vetted by the Founding Members (excluding those who are candidates) to help form a well-functioning committee.
• Vetting will happen from the 13th up to 21 January 2018.
• Voting will begin on the 22nd of January and end on the 4th of February.
• To be able to vote, editors must have joined the usergroup before the 21st of January.
• Results will be announced on or before the 10th of February.

How you can support #1lib1ref

• Participate! Get started at m:1Lib1Ref and add a citation with CitationHunt.org
• Share the campaign on social media using the #1lib1ref hashtag
• Tell your local librarians and library-loving friends about the campaign
• Watch and share this fun explainer video
• Join the Facebook event page for updates
• Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group for news and camaraderie
• Watch and share the OCLC #1lib1ref webinar
• Read the OCLC #1lib1ref Learner Guide

On behalf of the Founding Members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:50, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Voting Phase

Hello once again! We are happy to announce that the steering committee election 2018 is now open for voting. Because you have joined the user group by 21 January 2018, you are eligible to vote. As mentioned under the instructions for voters, you can vote support for multiple candidates, at most one support for each candidate. Also, oppose votes are not allowed, but discussions are welcome on the talk page.

On behalf of the Founding Members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:24, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

Dear Pharos,

Thank you for your vote of support for me to serve on the Wikipedia Library Steering Committee. I have been elected for a position and have accepted it. I hope that I am able to make an impact on the committee and move Wikipedia Library forward.

Sincerely, Rachel Wexelbaum RachelWex (talk) 20:24, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Results

Hello everyone! The steering committee election for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group is finally over and the results you were patiently awaiting for is here! We had many great candidates with awesome skillsets and experience, unfortunately not everyone could make it to the final eight. We are grateful to all the candidates for stepping up and boldly throwing their hat in the ring. It was a difficult choice and they made it. Now, the results. The candidates who made it to the final eight are,

• Gamaliel
• Merrilee
• Bachounda
• RachelWex
• African Hope
• Kerry Raymond
• Sodapopinski7
• Aliaretiree

On behalf of the founding members, the TWL team and the user group members, we congratulate the candidates on their successful run and welcome them to the committee. The steering committee and the founding members will soon meet to discuss the handover and next steps of the user group. Thank you--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Notice of review of adminship

Hello Pharos. In accordance with Meta:Administrators/Removal and because you have made fewer than ten logged administrator actions over the past six months, your adminship is under review at Meta:Administrators/Removal/April 2019. If you would like to retain your adminship, please sign there before June 24, 2019. Kind regards, Matiia (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

What's new from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group

Hi Pharos! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Yes, you heard that right! We are now officially known as the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group (previously, Wikipedia Library User Group). New group contacts are User:Merrilee and User:Sodapopinski7. The elected steering committee has been meeting twice a month ever since their election, working on the organisation and details of user group functioning. Progress is being made and we'd like to keep the members updated.

• The steering committee invites you to participate in this poll to help the committee plan activities this year.

• The committee decided to use the librarieslists.wikimedia.org and has started making announcements on the list. Please join the list for future announcements and for internal discussions and communications.

• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (May 14-15, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

MET

Rochelimit holding the MET Guide and the enveloped postcard under the morning sun.

Dear Pharos, thanks for all your hard work in making the MET challenge happen. Love the museum dearly and wish to be able to visit New York one day.--Rochelimit (talk) 14:11, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group updates and Wikimania

Hi Pharos! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Thank you for participating in the poll to help the steering committee plan activities for the year 2018. We received 84 responses, and the results can be found on the resources page. In addition to that, there are a few more things we'd like to share with you.

If you are attending Wikimania,

• Bring your books! You can participate in the book swapping we have planned, and swap/leave your books on the table. More details here
• WLUG meetup. We'll be mingling with other librarians/Wikibrarians/activists at the Birds of a Feather Lunch: GLAM and Heritage Birds of a Feather Lunch on July 21st, 13:00 to 14:00 in the London room. Come, join us!
• For your convenience and scheduling purposes, we've put together a list of Wikimedia and library-related events in Wikimania that might be of interest to you, with time and venue.

Bon voyage and have a wonderful Wikimania!

If you are not attending Wikimania, we have you covered too!

• Please help us plan activities for this year by sharing your suggestions on how to implement the top two ideas from the poll results. The discussion is open on the user group talk page.
• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (June 28-29, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:02, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

postcard

sad I never got the postcard for the Met, given my block and lock. --Artix Kreiger

JSTOR account redistribution (The Wikipedia Library)

Hi - according to our records you received a free account for JSTOR through The Wikipedia Library. Because we’ve used up all of our allocated accounts, and it’s been some time since they were distributed, we want to redistribute any accounts that aren’t being used to users on our waitlist.

If you’re still using, or plan to use, your JSTOR access, no problem! Simply head over to the Library Card platform, log in, and request a renewal of your account. You should be able to do this from your user page, or the JSTOR signup page. If you can’t find the renewal button, or have any other issues or questions about this, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. We’ll begin redistributing inactive accounts in September; if you request renewal after then we will only be able to reactivate your account if we have spots remaining. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:32, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Central notice adminship

Hi! For security reasons, the Foundation decided to remove the rights related to Central Notice adminship from regular Meta admins, so that only the special group "central notice administrators" still has them. Since you made CN-related actions in the last 12 months, WMF requested us Meta bureaucrats to add you to do this group, in order not to disturb your workflow. The announcement can be found here. Best regards --MF-W 10:42, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Art Month with Metropolitan Museum of Art

I'm looking forward to participate again, like I did last year, although I have never received a postcard. DirkVE (talk) 07:13, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

My mistake, you will receive it soon.--Pharos (talk) 07:56, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! DirkVE (talk) 06:49, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation, Pharos. I'd like to write some articles, but if I may I'll start my writing by mid December. XoXo (talk) 05:36, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Voting Phase

Hello Pharos! We are happy to announce that the steering committee election 2019 is now open for voting. Because you have joined the user group before 28 February 2019, you are eligible to vote. Not unlike last year, you can vote support for multiple candidates, at most one support for each candidate. Also, oppose votes are not allowed, but discussions are welcome on the talk page.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Questions for all candidates

Hi Richard, on the page Affiliate-selected Board seats/2019/Questions are questions to all candidates. Voters would love to see you answer them all. Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 19:09, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello…

I noticed that you've blocked this IP indefinitely, but according to this, they shouldn't be blocked indefinitely… -24.180.251.38 16:05, 10 May 2019 (UTC)