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Tuesday evening, January 15, 2019, 6-9pm at Wayward Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104, Seattle WA 98115 Wikipedia Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. This year in Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians' celebration of Wikipedia Day will focus on a different closely related project: Wikimedia Commons, which (among other things) functions as the media repository for Wikipedia. When you see a photo or map in Wikipedia, or hear an audio clip, etc., it usually is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and "transcluded" into Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons is a mix of users' own works and curated third-party content, either public domain or free-licensed. Our event is a hands-on workshop in curating third-party content, mostly early 20th-century photos of Seattle and other West Coast locations. Currently, Wikimedia Commons has two intersecting sets of older photos, one from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company and the other a more general set of Seattle images. At this meetup, we will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia by further curating these images by the creation and addition of categories, adding ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the same photo, enhancing the descriptions, and identifying and correcting errors. User:Jmabel has already categorized over 1000 images and corrected several hundred wrong dates, misidentified buildings, and etc., but there is much more to be done. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos. |
Hello, Bri. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
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I thought I would let you know that a draft you started is now stale. -- Dolotta ( talk) 13:20, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Bri. I just saw your photo -- cool! because I know where Toe Jam Hill is. And I wonder if you might know Brian S.
I see in one of your edit summaries that are preparing "for expansion of Oregon Rotation". A new article? That would also be cool. If so, I might be able to help with sources. Let me know. ♦ J. Johnson (JJ) ( talk) 21:51, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
This is to inform you that there is no conflict of interest with Ravi Puravankara. I am not related to the person. I am a student and new on wikipedia resides in Bangalore. In Bangalore, puravankara is a known name that is why I planned to create page for ravi puravankara. Digitaldubey ( talk) 11:55, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Hope I didn't mess anything up. It looks good to go, as far as I can tell.
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Hello, Bri. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " The Legend of 420".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo ( talk) 00:38, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 16:41, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
The article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Hemp in Kentucky for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 21:21, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Submarine Memorial Chapel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset ( talk) 16:03, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
The article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hemp in Kentucky for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 19:21, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
I spoke to you in anger when I first read the controversial article. Now that you have withdrawn the article, I want to offer my thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it
Just wanted to say that I hope this controversy doesn’t make you leave The Signpost. Aside from this one slip-up, you’ve done nothing but a good job during your tenure as EiC. If it weren’t for you, there would be no Signpost. — pythoncoder ( talk | contribs) 13:17, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I am happy to share that script draft 1 is complete and ready for public comment.
The script ( link to the Google doc) is much longer than I anticipated, at almost 21 pages!
Although I think that the 21 page script would be a very good introduction to referencing policies and workflows, I am considering dividing it into two or more smaller scripts that would be produced as separate videos. For example, one script could focus on policies and a different script could focus on how to use the citation tool. I am considering this for three reasons:
I would very much appreciate constructive criticism and comments regarding the script, preferably by March 10 at 11:59 PM UTC. This is a shorter time window than I would like to provide, but the planned end date for this project is March 14 and I would like to finish video production by the end of March 13 so that I have 24 hours for communications before the grant period ends. If you would like to review the script or make other comments but the end of March 10 is too soon for you, please let me know that you need more time, and I will take that into consideration as I plan for final production and consider whether to request a date extension from WMF. (Extending the finish date for the project would not involve requesting additional funding for the current grant.) I would prefer that the video be done perfectly a few days late than that the video be done on March 14 but have an important error that was not caught during a rush to the finish.
I have three specific requests for feedback:
1. Please find errors in the script. This is a great time to find problems with my work, before the script goes into production and problems become more expensive to fix. Please go to this link in Google Docs and use the Comment feature in the Google Doc.
2. Do you have comments regarding whether the script should be divided, and if so, how it should be divided? Please let me know on the project talk page.
3. How do you feel about the name for the video? Do you prefer "Referencing with VisualEditor" or "Citing sources with VisualEditor", or a third option? Again, please comment on the project talk page. However, if I divide the script then I will create new names for the smaller videos.
Thank you for your interest in this mini-project. I am grateful to be working on a project which I hope will help Wikipedia contributors to be more efficient and effective, and indirectly help to improve Wikipedia's quality by teaching contributors how to identify and to cite reliable sources. I believe that the finished video will be good, and I hope that the community and novice contributors will find the video to be very useful.
Yours in service,
yes this is indeed a notable musician. Kingtd1 ( talk) 00:04, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hi! The full version of this newsletter issue has a lot of information. I am sending a short version to talk pages.
The most important information to know is that draft 2 is finished, that the single long script has been divided into many smaller scripts, and that portions of the script have been prioritized for production.
Due to budget constraints, not all scripts can be produced within the scope of the current pilot grant, but the other scripts will remain available for potential future production. (This project feels somewhat like doing a vehicle repair when the mechanic starts to work on the engine, and once the mechanic gets under the engine and starts to work, they discover that accomplishing their objective requires twice as much time as they first had estimated.) However, nothing is lost, so do not fear. Overall, my assessment (me being User:Pine) is that this project is producing a lot of good output and is generally a valuable pilot project.
For more information, including my requests for your feedback, please see the full version of the newsletter.
Thanks very much. -- Pine (✉) 23:01, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Sorry to see that you left as editor of The SignPost. You will be missed, even if only by me. Not Wilkins ( talk) 19:34, 31 March 2019 (UTC)NotWilkins
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Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.
Let’s change that. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is continuing a series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn and gender non-binary artists of color. Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. RSVP through this Facebook event link. When: Saturday, Apr. 6, 2019, 1–5 PM |
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Weed the People has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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Twofingered Typist ( talk) 21:06, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
I had to Undo your edit, as Blogspot is not an acceptable reference. If you wanted to make the work by Ikeda that you mention the primary reference, that would be okay I think.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 00:15, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Evidently. I guess I misread the edit. Apologies.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 15:44, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
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On 15 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Submarine Memorial Chapel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Submarine Memorial Chapel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Submarine Memorial Chapel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Sounds good to me. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:18, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
On 12 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ted Sampley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that POW/MIA activist Ted Sampley, who died 10 years ago today, discovered that the Vietnam War Unknown Soldier was in fact Michael Blassie? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ted Sampley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Ted Sampley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hello Bri,
Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:
Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.
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I appreciate you fixing the COI template on my talk page. I thought a bot did it, until I checked the edit history. I wasn't aware I could use that syntax. Much appreciated, -- Naadobea1776 ( talk) 20:51, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, as you had feedback on the draft regarding primary sources, which now has been replaced by a secondary source, I thought you might be interested in reviewing the page. I've flagged it for AFC today here: Draft:Chris_J._Young Thanks. Naadobea1776 ( talk) 15:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: Meh, "orthogonal" as you noted my use of it has been in the Jargon File since 1990 [2] ... Wikipedia is not where I started picking up the lingo. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:00, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Updates: I've been focusing largely on the development side of things, so we are a lot closer now to being ready to actually start discussing deploying it and testing it out here.
There's just a few things left that need to be resolved:
Some other stuff that's happened in the meantime:
Until next time,
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There's also TheDJ which has given up a bunch of rights / deleted their user page. This one, I believe, in protest the community, rather than the WMF's response. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 19:48, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
See admin MikeLynch ( talk · contribs) contributions - seems fairly clear they have retired due to this. - Sitush ( talk) 05:33, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
I think the farewell note from WJBScribe is eloquent and really encapsulates what a lot of us feel are the problems here. Might it be worth citing in the upcoming report? Haukur ( talk) 12:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Do you happen to know of the ultimate fate of the once weekly 'Office Hours' on IRC that was begun in 2009 as a regular WMF/Comunity online meetup? I can't seem to find any mentions of it since 2015. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:26, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
I'd like to take the opportunity to commend your team, and you in particular for your excellent work in updating the Wikipedia community. Best wishes Nishidani ( talk) 18:50, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
The article constitutional crisis - very well done. Better than some of the so-called "professional" articles I've read lately. TY - I appreciate the time and effort you put into that. — Ched : ? — 00:46, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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Happy to have help or start fresh and merge in what I started. Cheers. FloridaArmy ( talk) 23:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bri,
I'm new to Wikipedia. Trying to do stuff and not break it. I'm really impressed by your consistent contributions to the project... just looking at your history.
Keep it up, but enjoy your WikiBreak first.
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Hello Bri!
If you feel like it, I wonder if you'd like to comment on this: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#CEOWORLD_Magazine. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 12:59, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
I read this comment with interest. In the British Army and similar armies which use regimental system, regiments are rotated not individuals; and most officers and other ranks remain in the same regiment for their whole enlistment. In British regiments soldiers learn the history of their regiment and its traditions. This has both good and bad affects: inter-regimental rivalries can last for centuries. In the Indian Army individual regimental histories and traditions for seniour regiments go back to the old British Indian Army (as do their older battle honours) -- this in itself is a tradition taken from the British Army who's regiments trace their anticedence back to regiments that existed before the British Army came into existence (in 1707). I wonder if there will be Wikipedia editors around 350 years from now, still in the deletest and inclusionist regiments with their battle honours on their dusty old colours lodged in the Cathedral and the Bazaar. -- PBS ( talk) 22:18, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Bri, would you please have a look at Draft:Sanjiv Puri? One editor, Meeanaya (over 500 edits), has accused Piboc (about 20 edits) of paid editing. It is hard for me to believe that someone would pay such an inexperienced editor as alleged, but I know that you have worked to expose undisclosed paid editing & thought that you would have a better eye for this. Peaceray ( talk) 23:14, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Since this one is basically yours, you may want to look at what I've written on the talk page. David B. Williams seems to have a very different set of facts than what you got. - Jmabel | Talk 06:34, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
By the way, ping me if you answer: I don't keep a watchlist on en-wiki these days. - Jmabel | Talk 15:37, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) Wikipedia:2015_administrator_election_reform/Phase_II/Clerking_RfC#Basic_proposal Leaky caldron ( talk) 14:10, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
...against having to specially qualify a subsection of editors for just this one task, they were opposing the need for a special group of users to be designated for the task, and Joy:
Many opposing !votes are worried about excess bureaucracy, yet we're already indulging in an unnecessarily bureaucratic approach that gets more convoluted with every iteration..
... proper indenting and moving long threads to the talk page are uncontroversial, but the other RfA reforms promise to introduce changes that might be too controversial for just any user to deal with (removing excess questions, keeping !votes and questions civil, etc...pretty much sums up my opinion.
If this proposal does not pass, the consensus would seem to be that all clerking should be informal, not that there should not be any cleanup/civility enforcement/question management/etc. If so, I find that acceptable.
As most of you know (and I'm counting at least 4 ways that voters here could or should have known), in the first RfC in this series, a "clear consensus" (probably a superconsensus) was found that something needs to be done about hostility toward candidates during RfAs. (Of course, RfA can be even more hostile to voters than to candidates sometimes, but that's not the question of the moment.) Maybe I'm missing something, but can anyone here point to any comment made in any of these RfCs that suggests an approach to the hostility problem that might be relevant to this RfC, other than what some are calling "clerking"? (Part of the problem, of course, is that the term hasn't been defined, and it's clear that different people mean different things by it.)
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Dom from Paris ( talk) 11:47, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for creating a real article to fill this gap. I think that we should be using numerals for numbered streets to match the majority of modern street signs and avoid conflicts when articles are created for higher-numbered streets (if they are notable). Sounder Bruce 22:39, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bri,
Not sure if I'm using this page correctly. I went onto Wiki to correct the page that is about me, which is full of errors.
The one I made is correct, but now it's gone and the old one is up again. I'd be happy to provide you with correct information if you'd like to fix it.
Miles Okazaki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.243.191 ( talk) 17:16, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I made an error. It happens. 331dot ( talk) 20:19, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
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Hi,
I'm the author and main developer of Castle Game Engine (I mean I'm the author of the software, not of the original wiki page). I noticed that the article was proposed for deletion by you.
I have edited the article to hopefully address it. I mentioned the features, applications and scientific papers relevant to the subject. Most of these can be also be found from the main engine website, https://castle-engine.io/ .
Being the author of the engine, I am certainly not objective, so I of course respect if your decision remains to delete the article. However, if there's any information I could provide to prevent this, I would be happy to do so, please let me know. The engine is used in "production", and in published scientific papers, also by independent developers. I am actively working, and encouraging others to work together, to make the engine as notable as possible :)
Note that I am a completely "newbie" Wikipedia author, so please excuse any errors I made when editing the article.
Regards, MichalisKamburelis ( talk) 08:37, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
FYI, a new user, supposedly the product developer, added material to Castle Game Engine with a few cites to their own site and then removed the PROD template. —[ AlanM1( talk)]— 12:53, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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Just a heads-up -- I noticed that a lot of description of the 3270 is labeled "historical note" and surrounded by "blockquote" tags, however, no source is identified. I removed the tags and left this material as normal text. If it is indeed a quote, possibly you can identify a source. Peter Flass ( talk) 15:48, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Good afternoon, and I'm sorry about the poor quality of the machine translation.
Protecting the health of workers with respirators in the RF is very bad. So I created the initial versions of several articles on this topic in Russian Wikipedia (to warn people); and then the articles were improved by different authors. Several articles were translated into Ukrainian, Bulgarian and English (these translations are not always very good from a literary point of view, unfortunately: Respirator fit test, Cartridge (respirator), Respirator assigned protection factors and Workplace respirator testing). Please, explain - what I have to do now. AlexChirkin ( talk) 18:18, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
I did not acknowledge the nominee can be "arrogant, obnoxious, and unwilling to admit any alternative explanation for a given event than his preferred theory"
, I explicitly said that Fram had on occasion acted that way in the past and that "Fram was warned about his conduct in 2018, and since then the issues that caused concern have been virtually non-existent". Given that a reasonably significant aspect of the Fram case has been about Signpost writers being caught red-handed making demonstrably false allegations (I think the previous attempts to cover the Fram case may have been the only occasion in Wikipedia's history where a Signpost report has proven so problematic it's needed to be deleted altogether as a BLP violation), you really shouldn't be making statements that can be proven false simply by reading the page on which you're reporting. ‑
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A final update, for now:
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Hi, Bri. We've butted heads a couple of times and I know I can be a grumpy reader. But I just wanted to say that I think the Signpost is important and I know you've put a lot of selfless effort into it. Even if we see some things differently I really do appreciate your work and dedication. Haukur ( talk) 21:01, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Bri.
I'm asking for assistance for you to look into the edits and reverts by User:Seandotng on pages:
1. Kevin Liliana 2. Vanessa Ponce 3. Jolene Marie Rotinsulu 4. Jesica Fitriana
for the following reasons:
1. I have updated information on these pages wholly sourced and referenced (provided articles from legitimate news/media outlets/outfits for each update), but this contributor keeps on reverting these edits to the previous ones that are un-sourced and un-clarified
2. He has erased a paragraph of wholly sourced information on the Kevin Liliana page without valid reason, only stating that "It is not needed for the bio" when it is factual.
3. This is just an observation but I think he is leaning on editing bias, as I have observed that he only edits mostly Indonesian beauty titleholders. I am not going ahead of myself here and I am still not wholly particular with editing biases within Wikipedia, but I think I've read that anyone related to the organization or the person in question (subject of the page/article) should be looked into as they might be biased in editing. Again, I am not concluding that he is, but his actions can only be interpreted as leaning on bias.
4. His reverts are mostly, if not all, invalid, reverting updates/edits that are aptly sourced and referenced and preferring instead the old edits without ANY sources or references.
I am still learning my way here on Wikipedia, but I hope to contribute and contribute well. I am trying to edit with only facts, and with factual neutrality. But I will not stand for contributors who are editing only with biases.
Thanks. I hope to hear you soon on this. Migsmigss ( talk) 15:17, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
I saw something that said that you needed a summary however I did not need one such as your talk page -- Personisgaming ( talk) 02:39, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Bri ( talk), I have created a draft page. Can you help me improve the draft Draft:AvantStay? -- PicasaPicaso ( talk) 09:40, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
In the section "'Potential misuse' of oversight precedes resignation", you write that "Just prior to the resignation, a
self-requested oversight audit was completed by the Arbitration Committee with the comments A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed
and We thank [DeltaQuad] for her diligence in self-reporting the potential misuse ...
". This heavily implies that the Committee itself reached a consensus that "that the suppression should be reversed". However, this is not the case. The
Committee's announcement states: We note that after the suppression in question was queried, DeltaQuad initiated a discussion on the oversight mailing list. A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed, to which DeltaQuad agreed.
In other words, the participants at the oversight mailing list reached a consensus that suppression should have been reversed, not the Committee itself.
Also, I hope that you will note that this is a fairly normal occurrence. The
oversight policy states that Suppression is a tool of first resort in removing [non-public] information
(emphasis added). Revisions can be easily unsuppressed on review, but oversighters cannot by pressing buttons force other users to un-see suppressable non-public information. When an oversighter suppresses revisions where reasonable people could disagree, therefore, and that suppression is later reversed, it does not generally constitute an abuse of the tools unless it was unreasonable to begin with. In this case, the Committee evidently agreed that DeltaQuad's actions did not approach anything close to misuse or abuse of the tool, explicitly writing that The committee is satisfied that this resolved the matter and that DeltaQuad acted in good faith in accordance with the oversight policy.
Best,
Kevin (aka
L235 ·
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c)
06:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
I feel comfortable making the connection especially since DQ already gave a timeline on her talkpage pointing to the inciting incident. It's obvious there weren't any other controversial events at the same time.
Also, would folks mind commenting on Signpost content at the appropriate venue? User:Smallbones please tell us where this should be conducted. The column talkpage? ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:07, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
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Stanley-Becker, Isaac. The Washington Post (Online), Washington, D.C. Oct 22, 2018.). Can't give you a link because it's through my library proxy, but would you like me to email you the article as pdf? Schazjmd (talk) 18:05, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Military stress card article should be deleted; it is based on misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the TIME source. It contains the sentences: "The military stress card, a wallet-size card incorporating a liquid crystal thermometer, is the subject of debate whether or not its use by recruits is an urban legend. According to Snopes.com and Stars and Stripes, stress cards can not be used by recruits in boot camp to halt training.[1][2] But according to Time magazine, it was issued for this purpose by the Navy for recruits heading to boot camp at RTC Great Lakes." However, the TIME source does not mention anything about a card that incorporates a liquid crystal thermometer. The TIME source talks about the same card that was mentioned in the snopes (which is blue and does not contain a thermometer). TIME does not say it can be used to halt training. It says: "The card instructs a recruit to hand it over to a Navy trainer if he or she feels blue." and if we look at the image on snopes we see the card contains the sentence: "present this card to your RDC". The image used in the article is misleading; that is not the real card. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 06:23, 6 November 2019 (UTC) If you are not intentionally misrepresenting the source to add a hoax to Wikipedia then you should get that article deleted. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138095,00.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stress-cards/ /info/en/?search=Military_stress_card — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 05:52, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Can you create the deletion page please? You created the hoax article; you might as well help get it deleted. 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 16:44, 6 November 2019 (UTC) I am curious why you created the article. It looks like you intentionally misrepresented the TIME source to create a false balance where none existed. Is there a better explanation that shows it is actually just a mistake? 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 16:45, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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You're one of the few other editors active on Miss Universe 2019 that I trust to be entirely good faith, so I'm confiding this in you. Disruptive editors are once again tampering with the article, and are now supporting each other's disruptive editing on the talk page. I reverted the most disruptive of their edits, but I just know this is going to result in them attempting to edit war with me again and I just don't have the patience for when this inevitably happens. So just letting you know maybe keep an eye on the article. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 17:42, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Since Jjj1238 has already posted this here, I have opened a discussion on the Miss Universe 2019 talk page asking Jjj1238 about a particular deletion/edit they have recently made here:
I asked:
"Hi, Jjj1238. In your edit here, you described it as "notes section was removed through consensus", which consensus is this? Was this discussed here, on the Miss Universe 2019 talk page? If not, please direct me to the said discussion and eventual establishment of consensus. I seem to be unable to locate such discussion and consensus, and the page it's on. Thanks."
To clarify, I have not made any edits on the Notes part of the Miss Universe 2019 article, but since I've been part of the editors who have been contributing to the overall content of the article, I have a responsibility to ask for clarification from Jjj1238, especially on their basis/reason why they deleted almost the entirety of the Notes subsection on the Miss Universe 2019 article, with the reason that a consensus has been established for said deletion. I have yet to read/see said resolution/consensus.
I hope this matter gets clarified soon.
Thanks, Bri.
Migsmigss ( talk) 18:31, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, Bri.
Thank you for your message on my talk page. I'm new to this and trying to educate myself, but a little confused by your message. I work for New England Law | Boston; once the COI issues were brought to my attention, I stopped editing the school's page and undid some edits. I am happy to note them as my employer on my page.
I am not paid for any edits and have no other affiliations to disclose.
Thanks, Jessica. —Preceding undated comment added 15:16, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I was adviced to ask the editors who assigned the templates in order to find out from them if they can be removed. So, we have requested our edits to have the article updated but we would also like to remove the UPE template since it is no longer the case with the article. Thanks, have a nice day. Kriptocurrency ( talk) 11:28, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, Bri, I need your assistance. I seem to be unable to see the latest messages published on my Talk page, I don't know why. I could only see them by inspecting the Edit history log, but not the actual published message on my Talk page. I'm not sure what's wrong, but I know there's something wrong. I hope you could assist me on this. Thanks.
Migsmigss ( talk) 00:33, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Migsmigss ( talk) 01:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Bri. I've just nominated the article for deletion here. Is this the right avenue now? I'm sorry it's my first time initiating this process, and I'm still uncertain if this is the right step in initiating said process? Hope you could enlighten me a bit. Thanks.
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Hello, Bri. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 09:42, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
I thought I would let you know that a draft you started is now stale. -- Dolotta ( talk) 13:20, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Bri. I just saw your photo -- cool! because I know where Toe Jam Hill is. And I wonder if you might know Brian S.
I see in one of your edit summaries that are preparing "for expansion of Oregon Rotation". A new article? That would also be cool. If so, I might be able to help with sources. Let me know. ♦ J. Johnson (JJ) ( talk) 21:51, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
This is to inform you that there is no conflict of interest with Ravi Puravankara. I am not related to the person. I am a student and new on wikipedia resides in Bangalore. In Bangalore, puravankara is a known name that is why I planned to create page for ravi puravankara. Digitaldubey ( talk) 11:55, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Hope I didn't mess anything up. It looks good to go, as far as I can tell.
Smallbones( smalltalk) 22:29, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Bri. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " The Legend of 420".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo ( talk) 00:38, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 16:41, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
The article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Hemp in Kentucky for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 21:21, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Submarine Memorial Chapel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset ( talk) 16:03, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
The article Hemp in Kentucky you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hemp in Kentucky for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tbhotch -- Tbhotch ( talk) 19:21, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
I spoke to you in anger when I first read the controversial article. Now that you have withdrawn the article, I want to offer my thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it
Just wanted to say that I hope this controversy doesn’t make you leave The Signpost. Aside from this one slip-up, you’ve done nothing but a good job during your tenure as EiC. If it weren’t for you, there would be no Signpost. — pythoncoder ( talk | contribs) 13:17, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I am happy to share that script draft 1 is complete and ready for public comment.
The script ( link to the Google doc) is much longer than I anticipated, at almost 21 pages!
Although I think that the 21 page script would be a very good introduction to referencing policies and workflows, I am considering dividing it into two or more smaller scripts that would be produced as separate videos. For example, one script could focus on policies and a different script could focus on how to use the citation tool. I am considering this for three reasons:
I would very much appreciate constructive criticism and comments regarding the script, preferably by March 10 at 11:59 PM UTC. This is a shorter time window than I would like to provide, but the planned end date for this project is March 14 and I would like to finish video production by the end of March 13 so that I have 24 hours for communications before the grant period ends. If you would like to review the script or make other comments but the end of March 10 is too soon for you, please let me know that you need more time, and I will take that into consideration as I plan for final production and consider whether to request a date extension from WMF. (Extending the finish date for the project would not involve requesting additional funding for the current grant.) I would prefer that the video be done perfectly a few days late than that the video be done on March 14 but have an important error that was not caught during a rush to the finish.
I have three specific requests for feedback:
1. Please find errors in the script. This is a great time to find problems with my work, before the script goes into production and problems become more expensive to fix. Please go to this link in Google Docs and use the Comment feature in the Google Doc.
2. Do you have comments regarding whether the script should be divided, and if so, how it should be divided? Please let me know on the project talk page.
3. How do you feel about the name for the video? Do you prefer "Referencing with VisualEditor" or "Citing sources with VisualEditor", or a third option? Again, please comment on the project talk page. However, if I divide the script then I will create new names for the smaller videos.
Thank you for your interest in this mini-project. I am grateful to be working on a project which I hope will help Wikipedia contributors to be more efficient and effective, and indirectly help to improve Wikipedia's quality by teaching contributors how to identify and to cite reliable sources. I believe that the finished video will be good, and I hope that the community and novice contributors will find the video to be very useful.
Yours in service,
yes this is indeed a notable musician. Kingtd1 ( talk) 00:04, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hi! The full version of this newsletter issue has a lot of information. I am sending a short version to talk pages.
The most important information to know is that draft 2 is finished, that the single long script has been divided into many smaller scripts, and that portions of the script have been prioritized for production.
Due to budget constraints, not all scripts can be produced within the scope of the current pilot grant, but the other scripts will remain available for potential future production. (This project feels somewhat like doing a vehicle repair when the mechanic starts to work on the engine, and once the mechanic gets under the engine and starts to work, they discover that accomplishing their objective requires twice as much time as they first had estimated.) However, nothing is lost, so do not fear. Overall, my assessment (me being User:Pine) is that this project is producing a lot of good output and is generally a valuable pilot project.
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Sorry to see that you left as editor of The SignPost. You will be missed, even if only by me. Not Wilkins ( talk) 19:34, 31 March 2019 (UTC)NotWilkins
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Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Weed the People has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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I had to Undo your edit, as Blogspot is not an acceptable reference. If you wanted to make the work by Ikeda that you mention the primary reference, that would be okay I think.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 00:15, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Evidently. I guess I misread the edit. Apologies.-- Daveler16 ( talk) 15:44, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
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On 15 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Submarine Memorial Chapel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Submarine Memorial Chapel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Submarine Memorial Chapel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Sounds good to me. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:18, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
On 12 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ted Sampley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that POW/MIA activist Ted Sampley, who died 10 years ago today, discovered that the Vietnam War Unknown Soldier was in fact Michael Blassie? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ted Sampley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Ted Sampley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
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I appreciate you fixing the COI template on my talk page. I thought a bot did it, until I checked the edit history. I wasn't aware I could use that syntax. Much appreciated, -- Naadobea1776 ( talk) 20:51, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, as you had feedback on the draft regarding primary sources, which now has been replaced by a secondary source, I thought you might be interested in reviewing the page. I've flagged it for AFC today here: Draft:Chris_J._Young Thanks. Naadobea1776 ( talk) 15:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: Meh, "orthogonal" as you noted my use of it has been in the Jargon File since 1990 [2] ... Wikipedia is not where I started picking up the lingo. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:00, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Updates: I've been focusing largely on the development side of things, so we are a lot closer now to being ready to actually start discussing deploying it and testing it out here.
There's just a few things left that need to be resolved:
Some other stuff that's happened in the meantime:
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There's also TheDJ which has given up a bunch of rights / deleted their user page. This one, I believe, in protest the community, rather than the WMF's response. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 19:48, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
See admin MikeLynch ( talk · contribs) contributions - seems fairly clear they have retired due to this. - Sitush ( talk) 05:33, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
I think the farewell note from WJBScribe is eloquent and really encapsulates what a lot of us feel are the problems here. Might it be worth citing in the upcoming report? Haukur ( talk) 12:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Do you happen to know of the ultimate fate of the once weekly 'Office Hours' on IRC that was begun in 2009 as a regular WMF/Comunity online meetup? I can't seem to find any mentions of it since 2015. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:26, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
I'd like to take the opportunity to commend your team, and you in particular for your excellent work in updating the Wikipedia community. Best wishes Nishidani ( talk) 18:50, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
The article constitutional crisis - very well done. Better than some of the so-called "professional" articles I've read lately. TY - I appreciate the time and effort you put into that. — Ched : ? — 00:46, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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Happy to have help or start fresh and merge in what I started. Cheers. FloridaArmy ( talk) 23:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bri,
I'm new to Wikipedia. Trying to do stuff and not break it. I'm really impressed by your consistent contributions to the project... just looking at your history.
Keep it up, but enjoy your WikiBreak first.
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Hello Bri!
If you feel like it, I wonder if you'd like to comment on this: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#CEOWORLD_Magazine. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 12:59, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
I read this comment with interest. In the British Army and similar armies which use regimental system, regiments are rotated not individuals; and most officers and other ranks remain in the same regiment for their whole enlistment. In British regiments soldiers learn the history of their regiment and its traditions. This has both good and bad affects: inter-regimental rivalries can last for centuries. In the Indian Army individual regimental histories and traditions for seniour regiments go back to the old British Indian Army (as do their older battle honours) -- this in itself is a tradition taken from the British Army who's regiments trace their anticedence back to regiments that existed before the British Army came into existence (in 1707). I wonder if there will be Wikipedia editors around 350 years from now, still in the deletest and inclusionist regiments with their battle honours on their dusty old colours lodged in the Cathedral and the Bazaar. -- PBS ( talk) 22:18, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Bri, would you please have a look at Draft:Sanjiv Puri? One editor, Meeanaya (over 500 edits), has accused Piboc (about 20 edits) of paid editing. It is hard for me to believe that someone would pay such an inexperienced editor as alleged, but I know that you have worked to expose undisclosed paid editing & thought that you would have a better eye for this. Peaceray ( talk) 23:14, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Since this one is basically yours, you may want to look at what I've written on the talk page. David B. Williams seems to have a very different set of facts than what you got. - Jmabel | Talk 06:34, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
By the way, ping me if you answer: I don't keep a watchlist on en-wiki these days. - Jmabel | Talk 15:37, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) Wikipedia:2015_administrator_election_reform/Phase_II/Clerking_RfC#Basic_proposal Leaky caldron ( talk) 14:10, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
...against having to specially qualify a subsection of editors for just this one task, they were opposing the need for a special group of users to be designated for the task, and Joy:
Many opposing !votes are worried about excess bureaucracy, yet we're already indulging in an unnecessarily bureaucratic approach that gets more convoluted with every iteration..
... proper indenting and moving long threads to the talk page are uncontroversial, but the other RfA reforms promise to introduce changes that might be too controversial for just any user to deal with (removing excess questions, keeping !votes and questions civil, etc...pretty much sums up my opinion.
If this proposal does not pass, the consensus would seem to be that all clerking should be informal, not that there should not be any cleanup/civility enforcement/question management/etc. If so, I find that acceptable.
As most of you know (and I'm counting at least 4 ways that voters here could or should have known), in the first RfC in this series, a "clear consensus" (probably a superconsensus) was found that something needs to be done about hostility toward candidates during RfAs. (Of course, RfA can be even more hostile to voters than to candidates sometimes, but that's not the question of the moment.) Maybe I'm missing something, but can anyone here point to any comment made in any of these RfCs that suggests an approach to the hostility problem that might be relevant to this RfC, other than what some are calling "clerking"? (Part of the problem, of course, is that the term hasn't been defined, and it's clear that different people mean different things by it.)
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Thanks for creating a real article to fill this gap. I think that we should be using numerals for numbered streets to match the majority of modern street signs and avoid conflicts when articles are created for higher-numbered streets (if they are notable). Sounder Bruce 22:39, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bri,
Not sure if I'm using this page correctly. I went onto Wiki to correct the page that is about me, which is full of errors.
The one I made is correct, but now it's gone and the old one is up again. I'd be happy to provide you with correct information if you'd like to fix it.
Miles Okazaki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.243.191 ( talk) 17:16, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I made an error. It happens. 331dot ( talk) 20:19, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
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Hi,
I'm the author and main developer of Castle Game Engine (I mean I'm the author of the software, not of the original wiki page). I noticed that the article was proposed for deletion by you.
I have edited the article to hopefully address it. I mentioned the features, applications and scientific papers relevant to the subject. Most of these can be also be found from the main engine website, https://castle-engine.io/ .
Being the author of the engine, I am certainly not objective, so I of course respect if your decision remains to delete the article. However, if there's any information I could provide to prevent this, I would be happy to do so, please let me know. The engine is used in "production", and in published scientific papers, also by independent developers. I am actively working, and encouraging others to work together, to make the engine as notable as possible :)
Note that I am a completely "newbie" Wikipedia author, so please excuse any errors I made when editing the article.
Regards, MichalisKamburelis ( talk) 08:37, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
FYI, a new user, supposedly the product developer, added material to Castle Game Engine with a few cites to their own site and then removed the PROD template. —[ AlanM1( talk)]— 12:53, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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Just a heads-up -- I noticed that a lot of description of the 3270 is labeled "historical note" and surrounded by "blockquote" tags, however, no source is identified. I removed the tags and left this material as normal text. If it is indeed a quote, possibly you can identify a source. Peter Flass ( talk) 15:48, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Good afternoon, and I'm sorry about the poor quality of the machine translation.
Protecting the health of workers with respirators in the RF is very bad. So I created the initial versions of several articles on this topic in Russian Wikipedia (to warn people); and then the articles were improved by different authors. Several articles were translated into Ukrainian, Bulgarian and English (these translations are not always very good from a literary point of view, unfortunately: Respirator fit test, Cartridge (respirator), Respirator assigned protection factors and Workplace respirator testing). Please, explain - what I have to do now. AlexChirkin ( talk) 18:18, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
I did not acknowledge the nominee can be "arrogant, obnoxious, and unwilling to admit any alternative explanation for a given event than his preferred theory"
, I explicitly said that Fram had on occasion acted that way in the past and that "Fram was warned about his conduct in 2018, and since then the issues that caused concern have been virtually non-existent". Given that a reasonably significant aspect of the Fram case has been about Signpost writers being caught red-handed making demonstrably false allegations (I think the previous attempts to cover the Fram case may have been the only occasion in Wikipedia's history where a Signpost report has proven so problematic it's needed to be deleted altogether as a BLP violation), you really shouldn't be making statements that can be proven false simply by reading the page on which you're reporting. ‑
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Hi, Bri. We've butted heads a couple of times and I know I can be a grumpy reader. But I just wanted to say that I think the Signpost is important and I know you've put a lot of selfless effort into it. Even if we see some things differently I really do appreciate your work and dedication. Haukur ( talk) 21:01, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello, Bri.
I'm asking for assistance for you to look into the edits and reverts by User:Seandotng on pages:
1. Kevin Liliana 2. Vanessa Ponce 3. Jolene Marie Rotinsulu 4. Jesica Fitriana
for the following reasons:
1. I have updated information on these pages wholly sourced and referenced (provided articles from legitimate news/media outlets/outfits for each update), but this contributor keeps on reverting these edits to the previous ones that are un-sourced and un-clarified
2. He has erased a paragraph of wholly sourced information on the Kevin Liliana page without valid reason, only stating that "It is not needed for the bio" when it is factual.
3. This is just an observation but I think he is leaning on editing bias, as I have observed that he only edits mostly Indonesian beauty titleholders. I am not going ahead of myself here and I am still not wholly particular with editing biases within Wikipedia, but I think I've read that anyone related to the organization or the person in question (subject of the page/article) should be looked into as they might be biased in editing. Again, I am not concluding that he is, but his actions can only be interpreted as leaning on bias.
4. His reverts are mostly, if not all, invalid, reverting updates/edits that are aptly sourced and referenced and preferring instead the old edits without ANY sources or references.
I am still learning my way here on Wikipedia, but I hope to contribute and contribute well. I am trying to edit with only facts, and with factual neutrality. But I will not stand for contributors who are editing only with biases.
Thanks. I hope to hear you soon on this. Migsmigss ( talk) 15:17, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
I saw something that said that you needed a summary however I did not need one such as your talk page -- Personisgaming ( talk) 02:39, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Bri ( talk), I have created a draft page. Can you help me improve the draft Draft:AvantStay? -- PicasaPicaso ( talk) 09:40, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
In the section "'Potential misuse' of oversight precedes resignation", you write that "Just prior to the resignation, a
self-requested oversight audit was completed by the Arbitration Committee with the comments A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed
and We thank [DeltaQuad] for her diligence in self-reporting the potential misuse ...
". This heavily implies that the Committee itself reached a consensus that "that the suppression should be reversed". However, this is not the case. The
Committee's announcement states: We note that after the suppression in question was queried, DeltaQuad initiated a discussion on the oversight mailing list. A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed, to which DeltaQuad agreed.
In other words, the participants at the oversight mailing list reached a consensus that suppression should have been reversed, not the Committee itself.
Also, I hope that you will note that this is a fairly normal occurrence. The
oversight policy states that Suppression is a tool of first resort in removing [non-public] information
(emphasis added). Revisions can be easily unsuppressed on review, but oversighters cannot by pressing buttons force other users to un-see suppressable non-public information. When an oversighter suppresses revisions where reasonable people could disagree, therefore, and that suppression is later reversed, it does not generally constitute an abuse of the tools unless it was unreasonable to begin with. In this case, the Committee evidently agreed that DeltaQuad's actions did not approach anything close to misuse or abuse of the tool, explicitly writing that The committee is satisfied that this resolved the matter and that DeltaQuad acted in good faith in accordance with the oversight policy.
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I feel comfortable making the connection especially since DQ already gave a timeline on her talkpage pointing to the inciting incident. It's obvious there weren't any other controversial events at the same time.
Also, would folks mind commenting on Signpost content at the appropriate venue? User:Smallbones please tell us where this should be conducted. The column talkpage? ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:07, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
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Stanley-Becker, Isaac. The Washington Post (Online), Washington, D.C. Oct 22, 2018.). Can't give you a link because it's through my library proxy, but would you like me to email you the article as pdf? Schazjmd (talk) 18:05, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Military stress card article should be deleted; it is based on misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the TIME source. It contains the sentences: "The military stress card, a wallet-size card incorporating a liquid crystal thermometer, is the subject of debate whether or not its use by recruits is an urban legend. According to Snopes.com and Stars and Stripes, stress cards can not be used by recruits in boot camp to halt training.[1][2] But according to Time magazine, it was issued for this purpose by the Navy for recruits heading to boot camp at RTC Great Lakes." However, the TIME source does not mention anything about a card that incorporates a liquid crystal thermometer. The TIME source talks about the same card that was mentioned in the snopes (which is blue and does not contain a thermometer). TIME does not say it can be used to halt training. It says: "The card instructs a recruit to hand it over to a Navy trainer if he or she feels blue." and if we look at the image on snopes we see the card contains the sentence: "present this card to your RDC". The image used in the article is misleading; that is not the real card. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 06:23, 6 November 2019 (UTC) If you are not intentionally misrepresenting the source to add a hoax to Wikipedia then you should get that article deleted. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138095,00.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stress-cards/ /info/en/?search=Military_stress_card — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 05:52, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Can you create the deletion page please? You created the hoax article; you might as well help get it deleted. 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 16:44, 6 November 2019 (UTC) I am curious why you created the article. It looks like you intentionally misrepresented the TIME source to create a false balance where none existed. Is there a better explanation that shows it is actually just a mistake? 188.72.102.7 ( talk) 16:45, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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You're one of the few other editors active on Miss Universe 2019 that I trust to be entirely good faith, so I'm confiding this in you. Disruptive editors are once again tampering with the article, and are now supporting each other's disruptive editing on the talk page. I reverted the most disruptive of their edits, but I just know this is going to result in them attempting to edit war with me again and I just don't have the patience for when this inevitably happens. So just letting you know maybe keep an eye on the article. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 17:42, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Since Jjj1238 has already posted this here, I have opened a discussion on the Miss Universe 2019 talk page asking Jjj1238 about a particular deletion/edit they have recently made here:
I asked:
"Hi, Jjj1238. In your edit here, you described it as "notes section was removed through consensus", which consensus is this? Was this discussed here, on the Miss Universe 2019 talk page? If not, please direct me to the said discussion and eventual establishment of consensus. I seem to be unable to locate such discussion and consensus, and the page it's on. Thanks."
To clarify, I have not made any edits on the Notes part of the Miss Universe 2019 article, but since I've been part of the editors who have been contributing to the overall content of the article, I have a responsibility to ask for clarification from Jjj1238, especially on their basis/reason why they deleted almost the entirety of the Notes subsection on the Miss Universe 2019 article, with the reason that a consensus has been established for said deletion. I have yet to read/see said resolution/consensus.
I hope this matter gets clarified soon.
Thanks, Bri.
Migsmigss ( talk) 18:31, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for your message on my talk page. I'm new to this and trying to educate myself, but a little confused by your message. I work for New England Law | Boston; once the COI issues were brought to my attention, I stopped editing the school's page and undid some edits. I am happy to note them as my employer on my page.
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Hi, Bri, I need your assistance. I seem to be unable to see the latest messages published on my Talk page, I don't know why. I could only see them by inspecting the Edit history log, but not the actual published message on my Talk page. I'm not sure what's wrong, but I know there's something wrong. I hope you could assist me on this. Thanks.
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Migsmigss ( talk) 01:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Bri. I've just nominated the article for deletion here. Is this the right avenue now? I'm sorry it's my first time initiating this process, and I'm still uncertain if this is the right step in initiating said process? Hope you could enlighten me a bit. Thanks.
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