Pictures from Armenia
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This image
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Ararat_and_the_Araratian_plain_(cropped).jpg>,
which was the Picture of the Day for English Wikipedia on 17 September,
shows Mount Ararat and the Araratian plain seen early morning from near the
city of Artashat in Armenia. On the center left can be seen the historic
Khor Virap monastery. The photo was taken by User:Սէրուժ
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D5%8D%D5%A7%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AA>
.
- Closer view
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_Khor_Virap,_Armenia,_2016-10-01,_DD_25.jpg>
of Khor Virap monastery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_Khor_Virap,_Armenia,_2016-10-01,_DD_25.jpg>,
in a photo by User:Poco a poco
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco>.
Other recent pictures of the day on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons
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Schönbühel Castle (Schloss Schönbühel)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Sch%C3%B6nb%C3%BChel_20180919.jpg>
in Schönbühel-Aggsbach, Lower Austria, in a photo by User:Uoaei1
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Uoaei1>
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The Kiss (Der Kuß)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Kiss_-_Gustav_Klimt_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg>,
a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. The scan of the painting was
made by the Google Art Project, and it was uploaded to Wikimedia
Commons by User:Crisco
1492 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crisco_1492>.
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Elizabeth L. Remba Gardner
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_L._Remba_Gardner,_Women%27s_Airforce_Service_Pilots,_NARA-542191.jpg>,
a member of the United States Women's Airforce Service Pilots (“WASPs”), in
a photo that was probably taken during World War II. The image was uploaded
by User:Junkyardsparkle
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Junkyardsparkle>, and edited by
User:Hohum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hohum> and User:Bammesk
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bammesk>.
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Cinnamon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cinnamomum_verum_spices.jpg>:
sticks (ceylon cinnamon from Sri Lanka), powder, and flowers. Created from
31 images stacked with CombineZP. The image was created by
User:LivingShadow <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LivingShadow>.
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Fog in a valley in National Nature Park Synevir
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:21-224-5054_NNP_Synevyr_RB_18.jpg>,
Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, seen in a photo by User:Rbrechko
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rbrechko>.
Plans for code review office hours
WMF is considering reviving office hours for code review or events that
would serve a similar purpose. See
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-September/092565.html.
Here is a demonstration of how to get Wikidata code review done
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_get_Wikidata_code_review_done.jpg>,
as photographed by Wikidata Product Manager User:Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_(WMDE)>.
Discovery of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2I/Borisov>
This comet is the second known interstellar object known to be observed in
our solar system. The comet was discovered by amateur astronomer Gennadiy
Vladimirovich Borisov
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadiy_Vladimirovich_Borisov> (Russian:
Генна́дий Влади́мирович Бори́сов) in Crimea
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea>. The English Wikipedia article
regarding the comet was created by User:Kheider
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kheider> shortly after midnight on 11
September 2019, which is on the same day as, and perhaps as soon as a few
minutes after, the publication of an article about the comet in the popular
astronomy magazine Sky & Telescope. A blurb regarding the comet was
published on English Wikipedia's main page in the section "In the news".
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Animation of interstellar objects 2I/Borisov and ʻOumuamua
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_comparison_of_two_interstellar_objects_passing_through_our_solar_system.gif>.
Click through to the file in order to see the gif animation that was
created by User:Tony873004
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tony873004>.
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ʻOumuamua is the small white dot in this photo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A2017U1_5gsmoothWHT_enhanced.jpg>
that was uploaded by User:Renerpho
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Renerpho> and later edited by
User:Nagualgesign <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nagualdesign>.
Wiktionary humor
The Wiktionary Word of the Day for International Talk Like a Pirate Day
2019 was “yo-ho-ho <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yo-ho-ho>”.
Wikiquotes
"History is full of stories, full of triumph and tragedy and battles won
and lost. It is the people who speak to me, the men and women who once
lived and loved and dreamed and grieved, just as we do. Though some may
have had crowns on their heads or blood on their hands, in the end they
were not so different from you and me, and therein lies their fascination.
I suppose I am still a believer in the now unfashionable "heroic" school,
which says that history is shaped by individual men and women and the
choices that they make, by deeds glorious and terrible."
— George R. R. Martin <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin>,
author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels that was the
basis for the television series Game of Thrones
"Yes; as the music changes,
Like a prismatic glass,
It takes the light and ranges
Through all the moods that pass;
Dissects the common carnival
Of passions and regrets,
And gives the world a glimpse of all
The colours it forgets."
— Writer Alfred Noyes <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes> of
England, in his poem "The Barrel-Organ"
Closing comments
*The Signpost*'s schedule for this month calls for the end of writing of
contributions on September 29th, and this week's WMYHTW was extensive, so
for both of those reasons my contribution to next week's WMYHTW will be
relatively short.
Translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Thanks to
User:Sigma'am <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sigma%27am> for the
Armenian translation.
What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )