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Ingenuity on Mars

Following damage to the helicopter's rotors, NASA ends the Mars Ingenuity (pictured) mission after nearly 3 years and 72 flights.
The Ram Mandir, a temple to Rama, is consecrated at a disputed site in Ayodhya, India.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's lunar module SLIM lands on the Moon.
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Today's Featured Article

Space Invaders is a 1978 arcade video game developed and released by Taito in Japan and distributed by Midway Manufacturing overseas. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser. Designer Tomohiro Nishikado drew inspiration from North American games like Breakout (1976) and Gun Fight (1975). Space Invaders was an immediate commercial success; by 1982, it had grossed $3.8 billion (equivalent to about $13 billion in 2022), and it remains one of the highest-grossing arcade games of all time. Considered one of the most influential video games ever, it ushered in the golden age of arcade video games. It was an inspiration for numerous game designers across different genres, and has been ported and re-released in various forms. The 1980 version for the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), which quadrupled VCS sales, became the first killer app for video game consoles. The game's pixelated enemy alien has become a pop culture icon. (Full article...)

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Ruins of the Abbey of Saint Winnoc

... that two towers remain (pictured) of the otherwise almost completely demolished Abbey of Saint Winnoc, because they were used as daymarks by sailors?
... that Michael Owens became the first mayor of Mableton, Georgia, in more than 100 years after winning the 2023 mayoral election?
... that Peckham Rock, a fake cave painting surreptitiously installed in the British Museum by Banksy, is actually concrete from Hackney?
... that biochemist Susan Berget was heavily involved in the discovery of split genes, but was excluded from credit and later the Nobel Prize for the research?
... that more than 150 years of documentary sources at the Central Archives of Gaza City were destroyed during the Israel–Hamas war?
... that for 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage?
... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"?
... that Tap Pryor saw a coral reef in Zanzibar that inspired him to spend his life "under water"?

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The Apostates (re-create, expand)
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CAT:CSD
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WP:AIV and WP:UAA

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Bot-reported

5.15.220.241 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 10:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

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Saleem yousuf rather BJP VICE PRESIDENT MANDAL (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "40chars" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Username exceeds 40 characters. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Keep monitoring the user, until their username is more clear. Euryalus (talk) 06:31, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

AK.R.Productions (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Promotional? 2" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 23:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Usernames containing this string are often promotional in nature - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 23:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Keep monitoring the user, until their username is more clear. --Euryalus (talk) 06:30, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Jwgisma (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
Note: User is in the category: User talk pages with conflict of interest notices. HBC AIV helperbot5 (talk) 11:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

This username matched "gism" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 11:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Seraph.ka (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Used k instead of c attempting to skip filter: Top level domain. Violating string: seraph.ca" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Please check whether this name is promoting a Web site. Names may coincidentally resemble URLs or point to parked domains so take care. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Ixxxx (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Used x instead of cks attempting to skip filter: (...)\1\1\1. Violating string: ickscksckscks" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 17:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file internal repetition -- DQB (owner / report) 17:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Bigarsen (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, please be careful in blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 20:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

This username matched "arse" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 20:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Левичарот2024 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, please be careful in blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 21:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

This username matched "Attempting to skip filters using multiple similar characters" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 21:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Multiple special characters can be contained in the same phrase, this rule detects when one or more occurs. -- DQB (owner / report) 21:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Ravijitdhillon (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Used i instead of l attempting to skip filter: (ltd|pty). Violating string: ravljltdhlllon" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 23:00, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Usernames containing this string are often promotional in nature - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 23:00, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Paklto (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "Used l instead of i attempting to skip filter: paki. Violating string: pakito" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 23:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

ScottHighlandsMiddleSchoolStudent (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, please be careful in blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 01:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

This username matched "long username without spaces" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 01:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Bobbydfc (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "f\.?c\.?$" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 03:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file "FC" is an abbreviation of "Football Club" -- DQB (owner / report) 03:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Anticommunismdaogeyydsb (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)
This username matched "communis(m|t)" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 06:30, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Note on file Usernames that promote a controversial or potentially inflammatory point of view may be in violation of the username policy due to creating a hostile editing environment. -- DQB (owner / report) 06:30, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

User-reported

ZefyronGmbh (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) Created a sandbox page advertising Zefyron GmbH. 2A00:23C5:50E8:EE01:7DFF:19E2:A242:E4E1 (talk) 10:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)((divhide|end))

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Amendment request: Crouch, Swale ban appeal.	none	none	12 January 2024
Clarification request: Extended confirmed restriction	none	none	19 January 2024
Amendment request: CTOP AN appeals	none	none	25 January 2024

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Motion name	Date posted
Motions: PIA Canvassing	21 January 2024
Remind, warn, admonish	25 January 2024

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