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 -

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. -

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. -

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. -

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. -

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 )