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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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-- Cirt ( talk) 06:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, you've reviewed my DYK nomination - thanks for that. As requested, I've added to 3rd New Zealand Parliament. I'm just bringing to your attention that it should now be good to go. Schwede 66 05:30, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks, if I haven't already, for the support. Your review was brutal, but in a good way. :) Let me know if you have a GAN or FAC in the future and I'd be happy to help. Juliancolton ( talk) 17:15, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 06:03, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your stamp of approval on Distributed element filter. The sister article Mechanical filter will be going to FAC soon. If you are intending to do the same kind of line-by-line review on this one as well it would be better if you did it first before it gets anywhere near FAC. SpinningSpark 09:08, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
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-- Cirt ( talk) 06:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello there:
Between myself and Andrew Dalby, I believe we have addressed all of your outstanding comments on the Rosetta Stone article (though I realize there is likely more to come). Just letting you know so that you can close or comment on what we have done.
Cheers! Captmondo ( talk) 00:21, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic C62 I updated the Elements report with the data from April and June 2010. Please have a look! I was not able to calculate two percentage from a table, it would be good if you can have a look. -- Stone ( talk) 18:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, yes, please do continue :) And rew D alby 16:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks (also) for your input! — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 23:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey there! Thought you might like to take a critical look at my latest FA-to-be-... It's up for a peer review at WPMILHIST right now, but your input would be especially appreciated. -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 14:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Iron had undergone a large amount of work, such as reorganizing and addition of citations, back in the end of May. Can you change it on your files so it is not a "blemish" article any more? Thank you. PS. I have your page watchlisted for now. -- Chemicalinterest ( talk) 19:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Are you still reviewing Mechanical filter? It has been a few days since you last commented and the review has been in progress for two months. I am now itching to put this forward to FAC and the prospect of that is restraining me from moving on to new projects. SpinningSpark 10:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
What do you think about me nominating Battle of Alton for GA review while the peer review is still going? Would that be a problem/faux pas? Also take a look at my newest article Protein C. I've been living in front of the computer for three days straight... -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 20:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. The FA review of my Air well (condenser) article has been dumped into an archive. I am still working on it. What am I supposed to do now? Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 22:54, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on October 25, 2010. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 25, 2010. If you think that it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch Talk C. 19:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
GRB 970228 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected on February 28, 1997 at 02:58 UTC. A gamma-ray burst is a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Since 1993, physicists had predicted these bursts to be followed by a longer-lived afterglow at longer wavelengths, such as radio waves, x-rays, and even visible light. Until this event, GRBs had only been observed at gamma wavelengths. This was the first burst for which an afterglow was observed. [1] The burst had multiple peaks in its light curve and lasted approximately 80 seconds. Peculiarities in the light curve of GRB 970228 suggested that a supernova may have occurred as well. The position of the burst coincided with a galaxy at a redshift of z = 0.695, providing early evidence that GRBs occur well beyond the Milky Way. ( more...)
Hi Cryptic C62/Archive 2,
We're starting to get into the busy part of the semester for Online Ambassadors, and we want to check in and see how you're doing, what your opinions about where we are now, and any feedback you may have.
Please answer these questions either on my talk page or send them to me by email.
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Thanks for your feedback! -- Ldavis (Public Policy) ( talk) 19:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ambassador, I need help with fixing and adding more stuff in "Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" article. Thanks, Fadi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fadman0 ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Niqāb in Egypt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Arctic Night 11:35, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
On 8 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mudawana, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Mudawana is the only section of Moroccan law that relies primarily on Islamic sources rather than Spanish or French civil codes? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 12:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
On 9 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Niqāb in Egypt, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in response to the banning of the niqāb in Egypt, students protested by wearing protective face masks? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Isla Blair at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Orlady ( talk) 20:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I am happy to read that you enjoyed the article while it was still developing. Just for your information, it is almost twice as long now. KimChee ( talk) 04:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
On 14 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Isla Blair, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Paul McCartney offered Isla Blair a ride home, his fans attacked her? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 06:08, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please share you views on the current version of the proposed Online Ambassador selection process, which the steering committee has recommended for adoption by the ambassadors program. Once we settle on a selection process, we can start recruiting more Online Ambassadors for next term (in which we will have more students, and the students will be more involved with mentors from early on).-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 15:28, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic C62. I made a lot of changes for my Article "Niqab in Egypt". Please take a look at the changes. do you think it is ready for Good Article nomination? Thanks for you help Noosaelgamoosa ( talk) 21:07, 23 November 2010 (UTC)noosaelgamoosa Noosaelgamoosa ( talk) 21:07, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello, you recently peer reviews this article and offered to give more specific feedback. Is that deal still on the table? Thanks! Peter.C • talk 16:03, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ryan, I am currently assigning mentees from the Indiana University class. Would you mind mentoring Nocturnaleagle ( talk · contribs), L5Sewell ( talk · contribs), Sima1808 ( talk · contribs), and Lolita2010 ( talk · contribs)?
They are currently semi-active although they had experimented in their sandboxes. They might be getting active over the next few weeks due to their assignment datelines.
If you are able to mentor them, can you please leave a mentorship-offer message on their talk pages? Please indicate in your message that you have been assigned to them.
Once you've done that, please update Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors with a list of your mentees.
If you are not able to mentor them or can only mentor a certain number, please let me know.
Thanks, Bejinhan talks 13:45, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
On 4 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iron Fist Campaign, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that more than 9,000 women were sterilized during the Iron Fist Campaign? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey, your mentees working on Negawatt power have made some major editing there, could you help with feedback/questions? Thanks, Sadads ( talk) 16:49, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
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For excellent work advising students on how to improve their articles, and for thoughtful participation on the ambassadors mailing list, I award Cryptic C62 the Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar.-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 19:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC) |
I think that the query you posed at a recent AfD was spot on -- "Can we reasonably expect our readers to search for this person?" To that end, I wonder whether we should not at AfDs start looking at the number of hits an article is getting, as partial answer to that question.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 22:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces ( https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton ( talk) 17:34, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
On 13 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helena Bliss, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Helena Bliss married her co-star from the original Broadway production of Gypsy Lady? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 06:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
I noticed your extensive revisions to the CSI Effect article. Thank you for your attention to it! I wanted to throw in my two cents about one of your recent edits -- in the section about "jurors," you focus mostly on one particular test of the CSI effect. The earlier version of the page (prior to your edits) mentioned several different empirical studies that looked at the CSI effect in different ways. Predating the Shelton article, Podlas looked at what evidence CSI viewers used in a mock trial, and Schweitzer looked at how CSI viewing specifically influenced perceptions of forensic science. Also, right around that time, Cole looked at how jury decisions changed during the rise of the CSI shows. Each of those articles paints a somewhat different picture of the CSI effect, and I think that it would be good to include those different takes on it. I'd be happy to contribute some of this myself, but I wanted to wait and see where you were headed with the article. - Nick talk 05:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I am now working on fluorine, but I am not sure I can do it great. Are you interested to help me with fluorine? That Top-importance article deserves more than C-class it is now. I am sure you can do many useful things for me with that, even if these are just reviews - that'd also be very useful. Here's what I have with it now (for comparison, true fluorine). If it doesn't bother you, please, reply on my talk page, but I'll check your page periodically.-- R8R Gtrs ( talk) 11:34, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
On 31 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hannibal (swan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hannibal killed 15 swans? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from the DYK project Victuallers ( talk) 02:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to make more work for ya, but have you seen this page? There's a lot of sweet links in there ... Sasata ( talk) 06:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
On 6 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Perry Mason syndrome, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the United States some defendants chose to appear pro se because of the Perry Mason syndrome? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for your help Victuallers ( talk) 10:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia:Triple_Crown/Nominations#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Elements. Nergaal ( talk) 06:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am ThePerseid_SCD and this semester, my class is part of the Wikipedia US Public Policy Initiative. I was wondering if you would be my mentor. Thanks! ThePerseid SCD ( talk) 21:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for all your hard work. May you wear the crowns well, and may the platinum crown motivate you to contribute more outstanding articles. – SMasters ( talk) 10:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the time. i'll probably start working tomorrow evening. LittleJerry ( talk) 02:33, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Of course! Any extra eye (or eyes) is helpful. I would be very glad if could review it. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 04:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, sorry your nomination didn't succeed, even though I didn't support it. Good that someone's doing work outside their "comfort zone". Interesting article all the same, and thanks for working on it. WP is better for it. Tony (talk) 09:38, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, My name is Laura, and I'm a grad student at Indiana University. I'm doing a project for an econ class in which I will be creating a page about pesticide regulations in the US. I was hoping you would agree to be my mentor during the project. Thanks!! ( Lauschro ( talk) 03:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC))
Hey Ryan! This is just a quick reminder: please be sure to add {{ WAP student}} (for an example, see User:Sfofana) the user pages of your mentees. And once they are working on articles, be sure to tag the talk pages with {{ WAP assignment}}. Cheers-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I have now modified my Air well (condenser) article along the lines you suggested some time ago. Please take a look at it and feel free to offer further observations at Talk:Air well (condenser). Thanks again for your help thus far. Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 18:19, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
There is an updated message for you at Talk:Air well (condenser). Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 08:33, 4 February 2011 (UTC) Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 19:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I am happy to hear that you are feeling better. Can you find time to take another look at the Air Well article? Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 20:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
See Sicilian Defence for a fruit of our collaboration. That particular image could do with some better editing (e.g. I made the black pieces look rather underexposed), so if you know anyone with 1337 photo editing skillz (and who isn't colourblind), you could ask him to do it right. I have the RAW data for that photo and for a bunch of other pictures which I haven't attempted to edit, (and which I think have potential,) including some depictions of a simple 1.e4 .... -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 19:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.
Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!
If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 20:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for peer reviewing Gery Chico! I've addressed your concerns, and hopefully in a few days the article will be ready for another go at GA! Cheers, Geread ( talk) 22:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
Many thanks for your kind review of the Rwanda article yesterday. I've addressed some of your points and will look at the others in the next couple of days. And I'm glad to hear you may make the article a pet project... aside from the usual bouts of vandalism it's been quite a one man show for me recently (the previous major contributor is now largely inactive on WP)! I look forward to hearing any further feedback that you have on the article. Cheers — Amakuru ( talk) 23:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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-- Guerillero | My Talk 00:31, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
I've worked on this to get it ready for DYK. Can you take a look? Best. 4meter4 ( talk) 12:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
On 2 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oprahization, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that politicians discuss the ways in which they and their families have suffered because of Oprahization? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 18:02, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care... Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:29, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for asking me - I can't do it tonight, but could at least take a look at it in the next 24 hours - would that work? ALso just to be clear, do you want me just to review it (or copyedit it too)? I will not read the FAC page until I have already carefully read the article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the note on my page. My comments at the Signpost were an attempt to express a number of thoughts & feelings I've had about paid editting, which I'll admit that some are contradictory, but basically arise from an opinion I've had for a few years now, which can be expressed, in brief, "If a Wikipedian makes contributions, which conform to all of the expectations & guidelines concerning Wikipedia, what is wrong if she/he is paid to do so?"
I agree with you that a permanent & full-time job contributing to Wikipedia might quickly become an unpleasant experience. (If I found my job required me to mediate yet another ethnic/nationalist/religious edit war, my first response would be to start looking for a new job.) I, too, like the idea that I can edit Wikipedia when I want & write (for the most part) what I want. But the odd thing is that I've talked to a number of Wikipedians who like the idea of making a living contributing, at least in theory. And to be honest, if someone contacted you & said, in essence, "I like what you did on this article. here's $50. Keep on doing what you've been doing" -- would you honestly turn down the money? (And to make my point obvious, this person is not trying to subtly influence you to push a POV; she/he just wanted to reward you for a job well done.)
But many people write for money, & in many cases the fact they are paid either does not seriously influence their objectivity about the subject matter (e.g., many journalists, academics), or express their honest opinion about the subject (e.g., novelists & other professional writers). While in no way I believe everyone contributing to Wikipedia should be paid -- especially if they don't want to deal with the possible complications being paid to edit brings, either actually or possibly -- I believe that paid editting could play a role on Wikipedia, especially when it comes to less familiar topics -- which is becoming more the case now that all of the low-hanging fruit has been picked. Some topics require devoted research & careful writing, which contributing the odd hour here & there can't effectively address. (Or maybe they can, & people who achieve this have learned how to not "bopping around the encyclopedia aimlessly" -- like me & you.
I'll close by explaining at length the main reason I responded so forcefully to Sue Gardiner's comment. I wasn't at her office hour -- although I'm an old Internet hand, I don't do IRC for various reasons -- but the message I heard in the article (which was a paraphrase) was, "I don't care whether Wikipedians might need money. Giving it to them is a bad thing -- even if the Foundation could reward specific individuals for their contributions. And even if I am making a living from Wikipedia's success." Had she responded that the Foundation won't reward in any monetary way individuals who contribute content because it might be understood that the Foundation supports a specific opinion about a matter, I could live with that. In fact, until I read that, I assumed that was why the Foundation had never made grants to those who create content. -- llywrch ( talk) 20:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for the peer review of Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez. Much appreciated - I am getting right to work :)
Best regards, Lord Roem ( talk) 04:48, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Did you get them? -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 18:47, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your comments. I have replied on the FAC page. -- Reckless182 ( talk) 10:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{ The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Thanks! -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Nice trick, playing on my devotion to a cause to get me to review an article. ;-) Anyway, I did review the article. I need to warn you that when I provide a peer review of an article I don't go over the article with a fine-tooth comb & pick over its language (from the unsuccessful FAC, this is what some suggested it needed); my intent is to look at the article & see just how well it explains the subject to someone who is not a specialist in the field -- who knows little or nothing about it to begin with. (This is the kind of person I believe we should be writing for.)
I have a question which i'd appreciate if you would answer. Please read my most recent comment. Here is the link. Thanks. Joyson Noel Holla at me! 04:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Going to find some food, then I might get a chance to review CSI effect again. Cheers, Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:09, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for helping to review Netball. I've never been through the FAC process and I found your edits and comments regarding what needed fixing to be extremely helpful. While the article may have failed, the feedback was insightful, on point and offers a clear route to addressing issues in the article. Speaking for myself and other regular contributors, we'll definetely be addressing the problems raised so that at some point in the future we can renominate it and get it passed. Thanks again for the assistance! -- LauraHale ( talk) 00:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know I responded to your comments on the FAC for La Stazione. -- Gyrobo ( talk) 23:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic! I'm trying to find mentors for each of the groups in the Energy Economics and Policy course. Would you be willing to mentor this group? If so, please sign up on the course page and introduce yourself to the students in the group. If not, let me know so I can find someone else. Thanks!-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 14:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Could you make a link to your comments mentioned on the Featured Article candidiate page for the Shakespeare authorship question? I confess that I cannot find them. Fotoguzzi ( talk) 15:43, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, and thank you for taking the time to review the SAQ article for FAC.
I believe the nominators have addressed (i.e. answered or fixed, depending) all the points you brought up in your review. If you could take a look and strike those that you feel have been adequately addressed and perhaps provide further guidance on those you feel are still insufficient, that would be very helpful. You also ended your review with the comment “more to come”, so it would be good if you were to indicate whether you still intend to provide further comments. Finally, I believe you have not yet indicated whether you Support or Oppose the article's promotion, which sort of leaves the default as “neutral”. If you believe the article does not fulfill the FA criteria based on the concerns you have noted you should probably explicitly note your Oppose; and, of course, similarly for Support if you believe your concerns have been adequately addressed, or fulfills the FA criteria despite any remaining concerns. Thanks. -- Xover ( talk) 21:53, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
We need to get this wrapped up; what is your timing? Thanks for the considerable review! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:45, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
You appear to have wiped out my edit in an edit conflict. In case you disd not see it, here it is, re the word "sugred": I think this is a question of spelling. "sugred" means nothing in modern English. The word is "sugared". I think we should use modern spelling in instances like this to avoid confusion. After all "Much Ado About Nothing" is not referred to as "Much Adoe About Nothing". Paul B ( talk) 16:32, 3 April 2011 (UTC). If we are writing for people who people don't know the meaning of the word "sugared" we may as well just give up! Paul B ( talk) 16:49, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. The article was not promoted after 8 days on the FA list. Not sure why the quick trigger; the students were in the process of addressing the issues. Rather than resubmit; I request that you allow us to address your concerns "off the record" and please inform when it meets your satisfaction. At such time the students will resubmit for FA. -- JimmyButler ( talk) 02:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads ( talk) 11:18, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Could you explain the rationale for this edit? Probably that should be explained on the article talk page. Michael Hardy ( talk) 04:07, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I am sorry that your completely ill informed about reality and you watch entirely too much television but as a criminology major and someone who works with people that our actually in the field i would say that your totally off base with your information. The sad thing is people like you are the reason many people are ill informed about actual crimes. Wikipedia is a unreliable and filled with incorrect assumptions seen as facts because of unintelligent people as yourself. I honestly don't want to argue with you because you seem like the type of person who believes this and probably wont be jaded and change your view points. Id like to see the sources and people you got this misinformed information from.
The mistress11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by The mistress11 ( talk • contribs) 21:43, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
... for something long, long ago. A few weeks ago, when we were having yet another discussion over at WT:RFA, I suddenly realized that I and a lot of other folks at RFA have been very wrong about something for a long time ... in the real world, you don't jump all over someone while they're in the process of trying to pass an examination, you let them do their thing first and then you look and ask questions. We really need to fix that at RFA ... several of us are insisting on it. A long time ago during your RFA, I was busy sticking up for the folks who were being critical of you because I thought that's the way things were supposed to be done ... I realize belatedly that I was dead wrong on that, and I'm sorry. - Dank ( push to talk) 20:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic
I see the peer review has been "closed and archived" but obviously I hope we can continue through to the end in the slow meandering fashion we have been :) and presumably there's no reason not to continue working on the archived page.
Unfortunately I've been a bit sick recently as well as unusually busy at work, but I will get back to address your latest points on the Economy section as soon as I can.
Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 12:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Just saw that CSI effect is now a FA and wanted to congratlate you. Nice job! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:40, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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I enjoyed your CSI effect article. I was wondering if there is a CSI effect where police officers are able to bluff criminals into confessions because they believe that the police officers can prove certain things.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:46, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks much for taking the time on your review and helping to improve the article. Carmarg4 ( talk) 02:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic. I have addressed and responded to your comments at the FAC for Trade dollar (United States coin). Thanks for taking the time to comment!- RHM22 ( talk) 21:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Cool beans, I appreciate the heads-up! -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 21:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
You didn't tell me that you got the article to FA. Congratulations. -- llywrch ( talk) 15:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm very grateful for your thoughtful comments on the article. Could you please restored the your comments, so anyone who happens to pass by will be able to see your comments without going through its history? Also, are you gearing up for a review of the article's body? If not, according to your stance Lead is solid, I'm taking that you're willing to support it? Anyway, thanks a million :) Sp33dyphil Ready • to • Rumble 02:29, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You left some comments for the FAC above. It's getting near the bottom of the list, so I was wondering if there were any other matters that needed addressing. -- DavidCane ( talk) 19:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I've rewritten the central portion of the lede, and added a few more of the main points on the siege. Could you please re-review it? Thank you. Constantine ✍ 14:07, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Ah yes, thank you for the heads-up. I will have a second look approximately 8 hours from now. Cheers! -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 15:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, you commented on the first FAC for James E. Boyd (scientist). Figured I'd let you know that I started a second one. — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 03:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on May 17, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 17, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 18:34, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
The CSI effect is any of several ways in which the exaggerated portrayal of forensic science on crime shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation influences its public perception. The term most often refers to the belief that jurors have come to demand more forensic evidence in criminal trials, thereby raising the standard of proof for prosecutors. Although this belief is widely held among American legal professionals, several studies have shown that crime shows are unlikely to cause such an effect. There are several other manifestations of the CSI effect. Greater public awareness of forensic science has increased the demand for forensic evidence in police investigations, which in turn has significantly increased workloads for crime laboratories. The number and popularity of forensic science programs at the university level have greatly increased worldwide, though some new programs have been criticized for inadequately preparing their students for real forensic work. It is possible that forensic science shows teach criminals how to conceal evidence of their crimes, thereby making it more difficult for investigators to solve cases. ( more...)
I believe the nominator has answered your last remaining question. FWIW, Sandy will probably be looking at this one tomorrow night. - Dank ( push to talk) 21:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You once predicted that we would have 1 GA per month. [1] And now our announcements page is getting bloated with GA announcements! :-O Lanthanum-138 ( talk) 08:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, thanks for your comments on the rhabdomyolysis FAC. I have addressed your comments. Are you planning to offer further comments on the remainder of the article? JFW | T@lk 10:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Elements for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 17:14, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Rwanda article over the past couple of months. And here's a bagel for your troubles as well! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 20:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC) |
Well I've got the ball rolling: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rwanda/archive1. Let's see what the community thinks! — Amakuru ( talk) 12:35, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on June 18, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 18, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article directors Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! ۞ Tbhotch ™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 04:07, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are flashes of gamma rays associated with extremely energetic explosions in distant galaxies. GRBs are the most luminous electromagnetic events known to occur in the universe. A typical burst lasts 20–40 seconds, but can last from ten milliseconds to several minutes. The initial burst is usually followed by a longer-lived "afterglow" emitted at longer wavelengths. Most observed GRBs are believed to be a narrow beam of intense radiation released during a supernova event, as a rapidly rotating, high-mass star collapses to form a neutron star or black hole. The sources of most GRBs are billions of light years from Earth, implying that the explosions are both extremely energetic and extremely rare. GRBs were first detected in 1967 by the Vela satellites, but it was not until 1997 that they were better understood, with the use of optical spectroscopy 1997 to detect the first X-ray and optical afterglows and to directly measure their redshifts. ( more...)
Hi Cryptic C62, are you still interested in developing this FAC piece into a Signpost story? If so, here were a few comments to consider. Regards, HaeB ( talk) 08:29, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
As you may have noticed, two of the reviewers commented that the lead was too long. I have therefore proposed a shortened version at Featured article candidates/Rwanda/archive1/Proposed lead and invited others to comment on this (under TCO's comments on the FAC page). Obviously my big worry with this is that shortening the lead may upset the flow or omit vital facts. Also it may undo some of the work we did together during the peer review phase, so I'd particularly appreciate it if you could have a look and let me know your comments. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:13, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic C62. I noticed at Gumbo's FAN, you mentioned a couple of suggestions that every Food and Drink article should have. I was considering bringing one (or more) of my Food and Drink GAs ( Clotted Cream, Stargazy Pie, Squab pie, Pasty, Bacon ice cream, BLT) up to FA, but am not certain about the best way to go about it (never run for an FA before, they're still quite intimidating!) Do you have any suggestions as to which you think might be closest to stand a chance and any suggestions for what might need doing? No rush, I know it's a lot to ask! WormTT · ( talk) 07:58, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
At Talk:Eugenics in Singapore#POV, confusing. FuFoFuEd ( talk) 06:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, this image has been vectorized, but I think it urgently need information (against personal interpretation). Can you please control the SVG!? What is the significance of the dotted line, is this unchanged on the small star? Where is the article? In your first version there is also another phase, can this be supplied? Thanks in advance.-- πϵρήλιο ℗ 12:47, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Crypic, we happened to be online at roughly the same time today so managed to get your changes suggestions done pretty early on. If you are still online feel free to throw some more at me and we might be able to do some real-time stuff... :) Failedwizard ( talk) 15:31, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic C62, I see you were a reviewer at one of Sevastopol's many reviews. As it's last FAC was closed due to low participation, I"d like you to come and review it for it's current FAC, in order to get a better picture of its current situation. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ryan, How ya been keeping? Do you have any interest or inclination in doing a prose review of a psychedelic drug? I've been meaning to take this article to FAC for some time... Alice says its time now. I've opened up a peer review here and would be grateful for any assistance you could give me in making the FAC smoother. If not, that's fine too, I'll bug you again for something else in the future :) Cheers, Sasata ( talk) 17:33, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Would you be able to peer review the giraffe article? Thank you. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I was told punctuation in the giraffe article would be a problem with a FA status. Are you going to include punctuation probelm in your review or correct them yourself? LittleJerry ( talk) 00:44, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
I hover-stalked your contribs and saw your note about File:Clusterhead.jpg. Do you think it would offend reader's sensibilities if it appeared in the psilocybin article? To me, it just seems to fit perfectly... Sasata ( talk) 05:32, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for peer reviewing the giraffe article. Stfg has copyedited it so I feel it is not ready for an FA nomination. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:22, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
So the AAC article didn't make the criteria in time, which is a bit sad, but I really wanted to thank you for the time you spent reviewing the article - it was really helpful to have a fresh pair of eyes go over it. I certainly know that if you wanted to continue your comments over on the article talk page, that would be really welcomed by all of us - we're keen on improving the article regardless the outcome. Thanks again. Failedwizard ( talk) 18:23, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again. For keeping going and for making it your focus. It's massively appreciated. We definitely owe you big.
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19:20, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Cryptic C62. You did me a big favor once when you took time to review Empire of Brazil and give your support for its promotion to FA. It was a little rough, but it was necessary. Since I have a deep respect for you as a reviewer I came here to ask you (if you have the time to and is interested, of course) to take a look on my latest FA candidate: Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias. Since it's a heavily related subject to Empire of Brazil, you'll be on an easier ground here. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 00:27, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I changed the section from "Between family and loyalty to the crown" to "Wars and military crises" Is it better? -- Lecen ( talk) 19:34, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for excellent comments in the peer review of the Genome-wide association study article! I'll look it through during the week -- LasseFolkersen ( talk) 10:29, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic,
It's been a really long time but I finally may be able to devote a little more time to Wikipedia again with no. 1 priority obviously being to give a final push to the unfinished FAC for Rwanda. Unfortunately it looks like you've not been around for a couple of months so I'm probably too late to get your input for the moment. But as and when you do have a spare moment please let me know as I'd really appreciate your input.
I have been working, over at User:Amakuru/Draft 1, on what I think was the biggest problem at FAC, the length of the history section. I have put the current paragraphs in, alongside reduced versions. If you have time please could you see if the reductions make sense, or if I've cut too much / the wrong bits. Thanks! — Amakuru ( talk) 13:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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CRYPTIC!! Thank you so much for coming to GLAMcamp and bringing your great smile and willingness to help. I can't wait to see what comes out of it - both on your end, our end, everyone's end..ok...this is getting silly. You know what I mean. :) See you I hope sooner than later!! SarahStierch ( talk) 01:54, 14 February 2012 (UTC) |
Hello Cryptic,
I'm not sure I'm on the right userpage, but are you the owner of this shirt ? Beacause I really like it, I'd like to have one and maybe create a couple for French-Canadian ambassadors. The only problem is that I can't find it on Cafe Press. So if you're the owner of the sweater, please let me now where I can find it. Thanks in advance, Benoit Rochon ( talk) 17:50, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, just to let you know I have now put Rwanda back up for FAC so we'll see how it goes. If you have any last minute thoughts or the time to look at it, please let me know! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 10:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
So some time ago you gave an FAC review to Augmentative_and_alternative_communication in our hour of need. I've gone back to FAC with another article, stephen_hawking, and it's kind of suffering from lack of reviews. Would it be possible at all for you to review it? I'm aware I'm racking up the favours here...
Fayedizard ( talk) 08:01, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Ryan! On Tuesday of next week, we'll be holding an editathon at Simmons College for Women's History Month. The event is being advertised to library science grad students as a workshop for new editors. While this will mostly be newbies from the Simmons GSLIS community, I am hoping some local Wikipedians will come join in as well, and I'll be begin to spread the word and put an announcement in the geonotice soon. This is all going to be very informal, but, in particular, I would appreciate if you could be there to help me assist the new editors.
Please let me know if you can can make it. Thanks! Dominic· t 22:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi again Cryptic
Hope everything's going well. I notice you are a little bit more on-wiki this week so just wondered if you would have time to give Rwanda a look over and comment on the ongoing FAC. After a shaky start, it seems to be looking a bit more promising this time, if I can get the remaining issues ironed out before someone closes the FAC (the biggest task seems to be putting in a paragraph about foreign relations/military which I will hopefully be able to cover soon). So if you have any time to provide commentary on the updates, or to support/oppose the FAC then that'd be good.
PS - Just been listening to some of your guitar music on YouTube. Good stuff! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 17:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
So once again you come in my hour of need and once again I don't quite make it over the line - thank you so much for your help, really - that article is so much better as a result of the process and as a result of your review. It's just a shame that it couldn't be done. At some point I'll have to buy you a beer in person - and also thanks for starting the PR on SGD - I should now have a spare moment to respond :) I owe you dude. Much love. Fayedizard ( talk) 21:49, 28 March 2012 (UTC) |
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Hi Cryptic
So we finally made it to FAC with Rwanda... feels like it was an epic journey. Thanks again for all your assistance with it over the past year and a bit.
I think I'll have a breather for a couple of months after this, maybe use my limited spare time for some off-Wiki projects, but I'm also mulling over which article to tackle next. Probably something far less ambitious than a country-level article! Anyway, all the best and I hope to cross Wiki-paths with you again in the future. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your review! I believe to have addressed your comments. Cheers MisterBee1966 ( talk) 09:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Finished the last two requests. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:18, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your comments. Can you take a look and see if I've addressed them properly? Palm_Dogg ( talk) 12:42, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Continuous flash suppression at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Yoninah ( talk) 20:07, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Would you mind taking a look at the FAC of Ra.One? Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 12:05, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have messages on the FAC board. Please check. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 11:08, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Here: [2] About peer reviews being ignored/required. Biosthmors ( talk) 02:12, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, I just completed your very picky peer review of this article. Which I appreciated! I thought you'd like to know so you can look at some of my questions that came up while addressing your feedback. Again, thanks for the PR. Christine (Figureskatingfan) ( talk) 20:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir ( talk) 16:03, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Prepatellar bursitis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Secretlondon ( talk) 19:41, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
I am fully aware of my mistakes, as well as that my particular response was... unhelpful. I simply had a bad moment when I was reviewing the article (I just shouldn't do reviews when I should rather go get some sleep). I can't undo it, which is why I hesitated so far from providing a further review. Nowhere do I think that any of the editors or you are idiots, and I appreciate that Tourbillon nonetheless did take it up to consider my comments. Hope this clarifies my viewpoint. Cheers, Nageh ( talk) 19:53, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. Yes please, I would really appreciate that. Though I was thinking of opening up a peer review, so it would be more convenient. I'll start it today, and you can detail all the problems you find over there. Many thanks for taking the time to help improve the article :). Cheers. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 04:12, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The peer review has been opened; you can go to it here. Thanks again. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 07:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Do you intend to continue the peer review of this article? I can understand if you are busy, but if you are unable to continue, please say so. Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 08:07, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62. Thank for your discerning and thought provoking review. Will you be providing any more comments? Sandbh ( talk) 12:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Have sent you an email. -- Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 20:55, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I found that you are doing some awesome work in film articles. Keep up the good efforts. Thanks. Secret of success ( talk) 14:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey man,
A little while ago we started working though the peer review of Speech_generating_device - is it possible we might restart that work? I'm gearing back in the direction of wikipedia quickly… Fayedizard ( talk) 23:19, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, would you be able to review the tammar wallaby article and check if it is comprehensive enough and if the MOS is right? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:18, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
The article is much improved since it's previous FAC, and your input would be appreciated at the current McCartney FAC. ~ GabeMc (talk) 22:32, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
There is currently a straw poll taking place here. Your input would be appreciated. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 02:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Are you interested in looking at your 3 periodic tables for WP:ELEM 2 years after you last updated them? The page views and article value tables have stagnated until I updated them today. The quality table has been continually updated by Stone and me most of the time. Double sharp ( talk) 16:35, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Gilderien Chat| List of good deeds 20:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
I don't mind having to do more work and more research, but bringing up AFD, hey man, that's just not cool :'(. You should check back (presumably you're the tag-along reviewer in this case?) Res Mar 01:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, would you be able to peer review the anteater article? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:36, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, thought you might be interested, since you peer reviewed Maya Angelou: it and List of Maya Angelou works are up for FAC and FLC currently. I inform you because both haven't received the reviews they need as of yet. Could you go to both-- Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Maya Angelou works/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Maya Angelou/archive1--and do what you can? It would be muchly appreciated. Christine (Figureskatingfan) ( talk) 21:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
The peer review has been archived. I put the article up for FAC. You can continue there. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:06, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
I think I have addressed all of your concerns. If you would be so kind as to take a look at it, I would appreciate it. GregJackP Boomer! 22:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
I think I've got it this time. :) GregJackP Boomer! 12:51, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
The article has been improved since you !voted for a "Delist" in the FAR. Mind giving it a second look? Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 19:19, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic - your feedback is excellent. Tearing into some of my most recent edits - obvious mistakes I see now. Working overtime and making mistakes. Thanks for the help - looking forward to seeing the rest of your comments. Thompsma ( talk) 03:58, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I've addressed your last comments, could you take a look? Thanks. GregJackP Boomer! 21:34, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Not completely done, but made some significant progress. I would appreciate it if you could take a look at your convenience. Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 19:20, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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If you could take another look, I would appreciate it. GregJackP Boomer! 11:40, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
It looks like the FAC was archived, which wasn't terribly surprising. Did you have any other advice on the article? I particularly valued your suggestions. Disavian ( talk) 00:39, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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The main issue that I had with your review was that it forced some odd things onto the article. I agree with the general sentiment that both subject experts and laypeople should be reviewing articles at FAC. However, what particularly annoys me is when laypeople force their own requirements on the article, that are unfounded. For example, it's a particularly bad idea to say that there's thousands of cars each day in the lead of the article, because you could copy and paste that into the lead of most California road articles. Not a great idea for a summary of the route; it would be like saying that the road is black, and paved, and has signs, and that cars drive on it, all in the lead. A lot of my fellow road editors would have put something like that in the lead to pacify the reviewer, and then would have taken it right out the moment the FAC archiving bot runs. That's not how I like to do things, and thus I objected very strongly to that suggestion, and some of the others that you made. -- Rs chen 7754 20:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Cryptic C62, I just noticed you thank us for addressing the concerns & issue you raised re this FAC. Does this mean you now support? best, Mick gold ( talk) 08:29, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I appreciated the feedback you provided concerning this FA-nomination, and I responded tonight (though I have not had any opportunity to yet edit the article). I'm committed to the article on-going and would like to see it through to FA-status. Thanks. joepa T 23:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Worked on the Setting section. -- JDC808 ♫ 23:33, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
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Cryptic, you saucy devil: I am stuck. Badly stuck. Woe is me. I cannot figure out how to do a thing. Can you help me do this thing? Cryptic C62 · Talk 21:41, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hallo Cryptic, thank you very much (first of all) for your detailed and perceptive comments on Camouflage, and let me also at once apologize for taking up your time. I think you've probably noticed that I've been struggling a bit on my first FAC, with the rather constrained dialogue that's possible on the FAC page. However the article is already in better shape. I've actioned (I hope satisfactorily) all the items bar one, which needs some thought: the structure (organisation) of the article. You've correctly pointed out that military gets extended coverage both in its own section and throughout the principles parts of the article (crypsis, mimesis, etc). Hope it's OK to discuss this here (I'm unsure of the rules around all this)? Obviously we don't want repetition beyond the normal lead/body (and perhaps overview) arrangement. I'm not at all sure how a separate 'principles' section would work if it wasn't to use either animal or military examples; on the other hand, having the principles in an 'animal' (biology, nature) section and referring to that from the military doesn't seem ideal either. I have time and energy for a reorg if needed, but was wondering what you felt might be the neatest solution? It does seem on reflection to be a good thing to have some kind of comparison of animal and military solutions: we could for instance have a table with a row for mimesis (animal and mil. examples), a row for concealment of shadow, etc. The pre-FAC article attempted this informally with image galleries; a table or some more formal structure could be an answer. In which case we'd have "In animals", "Military", table of comparisons, then the civilian sections. --- thanks, Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:39, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hallo again, I see you've struck several of your original comments but I'm not sure of the status of the others. Are you now reasonably happy with the article, or are there further actions required? I believe all your concerns have been addressed. With many thanks for your time - Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:58, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
I believe I have resolved all issues. Thank you. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 19:24, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hey mate, I'm glad to see that someone else has taken an interest in the Ibrahim rape controversy. I'm a bit concerned about the Task force section that you recently added. Unless I am mistaken, the source does not mention the detention or imprisonment of Ibrahim. Without a firm connection, the Task force section would constitute synthesis and should be removed from the article. But perhaps I simply missed something; could you point out where the sources indicate that the task force is related to the Ibrahim controversy? -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 20:09, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
For silently correcting my typo here. I was hoping for a new keyboard from Santa but sadly it didn't happen. Perhaps next year... -- John ( talk) 19:18, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on the lead section. I have change the lead based on your comments and I think it improved the article. If you have the time, see what you think. Casprings ( talk) 02:26, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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Just writing to see how you're doing and to reply to your message up above. The Paul Kagame article is coming along quite nicely; it's up at WP:GAN at the moment, and I'm almost there with the points that User:Lemurbaby, a user living in Rwanda the moment, came up with so hopefully that will get the nod soon. Moving on from there Lemurbaby thinks it's already not that far off FA status so if at some point you have the time to get some eyes on the article and come up with some of your superb bagel-themed comments as you did with Rwanda then that would be great. Let me know if you'd like to do it through the peer review process, or as part of a formal FA candidature, or just ad hoc, just let me know. If you're too busy then that's no problem either, of course!
Interesting that you're doing the "Scope and Dynamics of Conflict in Africa" course. How is that going? I'd be happy to help out with your Somalia work if there's anything I can do. I'll have a look through those sources and see what it's all about, when I have a spare moment. Thanks and all the best! — Amakuru ( talk) 09:32, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
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Both VisualEditor and MediaWiki were upgraded recently. For VisualEditor, this is the long-awaited post- Wikimania update with many bug fixes and enhancements. Work also continues on speed at opening and during use, as well as on the bugs reported here and at other Wikipedias. The full report is at Mediawiki.
References are displaying properly, even when nested ( T52749) or in image captions ( T2000. Reference lists are now always fully populated with references ( bug 50094). Firefox users can insert an existing reference in the first paragraph ( T54159). Opera users no longer see corruption of categories when a reference was added ( bug 50385).
Stray spaces are being stripped from the start of paragraphs to end one of the common <nowiki> problems ( T53462). We also fixed a round-tripping bug that caused desirable whitespace in templates (used to make templates more legible, e.g., by putting each parameter in an infobox on a separate line) to get corrupted ( bug 51150).
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A handful of fixes to the user interface were made. The toolbar doesn't float over personal tools after opening a dialog or the inspector ( T54441). Toolbars were also re-written to be collapsible/expandable, with room for more icons. Buttons in dialogs can now be activated using the Tab ↹ and ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ key commands ( bug 50047). This saves time for editors, because you don't need to take your hands off the keyboard to click a button. We fixed a handful of bugs that affected only certain articles or certain browsers, including toolbar buttons in Firefox ( bug 51986) and dialog panels that didn't always scroll correctly ( bug 51739). Bugs with undo/redo getting confused have been fixed ( T54113).
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More edit notices, warnings, and metadata like information about Pending Changes on an article now appear as appropriate ( bug 49699). When new articles are created, users are now shown the <newarticletext> message ( bug 51459). VisualEditor now handles templates that set "meta" items (like a category) and nothing else better ( bug 51322). If the database is locked when a user tries to save with VisualEditor, they now get a message telling them as such and an opportunity to try again, rather than a silent failure ( bug 51636).
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This Thursday's VisualEditor update was mostly about stability and performance improvements, and some preparatory work for major planned improvements, along with bug fixes for non-English language support and right-to-left text. Everything that the English Wikipedia received today has been running on Mediawiki for a week already.
Officially, the problem with the link inspector not linking to a specific section on a page ( bug 53219) was fixed in this release, although that critical patch actually appeared here earlier.
A number of bugs related to copy-and-paste functionality were fixed ( 48604, bug 50043, bug 53362, bug 51538, among others). Full rich copy-and-paste from external sources into VisualEditor is expected "soon".
In other fixes, you can no longer add empty ref tags (<ref/>
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bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (
bug 53507).
Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
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Thanks so much for your thorough GA review!
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23:10, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor has been updated twice in the last two weeks. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week.
As announced, the toolbar was redesigned to be simpler, shorter, and to have the ability to have drop-down groups with descriptions. What you see now is the initial configuration and is expected to change in response to feedback from the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias. The controls to add <u>
(underline), <sub>
(subscript), and <sup>
(superscript), <s>
(strikethrough) and <code>
(computer code/monospace font) annotations to text are available to all users in the drop-down menu. At the moment, all but the most basic tools have been moved into a single drop-down menu, including the tools for inserting media, references, reference lists, and templates. The current location of all of the items in the toolbar is temporary, and your opinions about the best order are needed! Please offer suggestions at
Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback/Toolbar.
In an eagerly anticipated upgrade to the reference dialog, newly added references or reference groups no longer need the page to be saved before they can be re-used (bugs 51689 and 52000). The 'Use existing reference' button is now disabled on pages which don't yet have any references ( bug 51848). The template parameter filter in the transclusion dialog now searches both parameter name and label ( bug 51670).
In response to several requests, there are some new keyboard shortcuts. You can now set the block/paragraph formatting from the keyboard: Ctrl+0 sets a block as a regular paragraph; Ctrl+1 up to Ctrl+6 sets it as a Heading 1 ("Page title") to Heading 6 ("Sub-heading 4"); Ctrl+7 sets it as pre-formatted ( bug 33512). Ctrl+2, which creates level 2 section headings, may be the most useful.
Some improvements were made to capitalization for links, so typing in "iPhone" will offer a link to "iPhone" as well as "IPhone" ( bug 50452).
Copying and pasting within the same document should work better as of today's update, as should copying from VisualEditor into a third-party application ( bug 53364, bug 52271, bug 52460). Work on copying and pasting between VisualEditor instances (for example, between two articles) and retaining formatting when copying from an external source into VisualEditor is progressing.
Major improvements to editing with input method editors (IMEs; mostly used for Indic and East Asian languages) are being deployed today. This is a complex change, so it may produce unexpected errors. On a related point, the names of languages listed in the "languages" (langlinks) panel in the Page settings dialog now display as RTL when appropriate ( bug 53503).
Looking ahead: The help/'beta' menu will soon expose the build number next to the "Leave feedback" link, so users can give more specific reports about issues they encounter ( bug 53050). This change will make it easier for developers to identify any cacheing issues, once it starts reporting the build number (currently, it says "Version false"). Also, inserting a link, reference or media file will put the cursor after the new content again ( bug 53560). Next week’s update will likely improve how dropdowns and other selection menus behave when they do not fit on the screen, with things scrolling so the selected item is always in view.
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being finalized. About two dozen Wikipedias are on the list for Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only, and on Monday, September 30 for unregistered editors. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing. We've finished as the task. Please return. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor is still being updated every Thursday. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at
Mediawiki during the previous week. If you haven't done so already, you can turn on VisualEditor by going to
your preferences and choosing the item, "
MediaWiki:Visualeditor-preference-enable
".
The reference dialog for all Wikipedias, especially the way it handles citation templates, is being redesigned. Please offer suggestions and opinions at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. (Use your Wikipedia username/password to login there.) You can also drag and drop references (select the reference, then hover over the selected item until your cursor turns into the drag-and-drop tool). This also works for some templates, images, and other page elements (but not yet for text or floated items). References are now editable when they appear inside a media item's caption ( bug 50459).
There were a number of miscellaneous fixes made: Firstly, there was a bug that meant that it was impossible to move the cursor using the keyboard away from a selected node (like a reference or template) once it had been selected ( bug 54443). Several improvements have been made to scrollable windows, panels, and menus when they don't fit on the screen or when the selected item moves off-screen. Editing in the "slug" at the start of a page no longer shows up a chess pawn character ("♙") in some circumstances ( bug 54791). Another bug meant that links with a final punctuation character in them broke extending them in some circumstances ( bug 54332). The "page settings" dialog once again allows you to remove categories ( bug 54727). There have been some problems with deployment scripts, including one that resulted in VisualEditor being broken for an hour or two at all Wikipedias ( bug 54935). Finally, snowmen characters ("☃") no longer appear near newly added references, templates and other nodes ( bug 54712).
Looking ahead: Development work right now is on rich copy-and-paste abilities, quicker addition of citation templates in references, setting media items' options (such as being able to put images on the left), switching into wikitext mode, and simplifying the toolbar. A significant amount of work is being done on other languages during this month. If you speak a language other than English, you can help with translating the documentation.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:39, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. -- The Interior 20:46, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some feature changes, major infrastructure improvements to make the system more stable, dependable and extensible, some minor toolbar improvements, and fixing bugs.
A new form parsing library for language characters in Parsoid caused the corruption of pages containing diacritics for about an hour two weeks ago. Relatively few pages at the English Wikipedia were affected, but this created immediate problems at some other Wikipedias, sometimes affecting several dozen pages. The development teams for Parsoid and VisualEditor apologize for the serious disruption and thank the people who reported this emergency at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and on the public IRC channel, #mediawiki-visualeditor.
There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:
/wiki/Foobar?veaction=edit
and /?title=Foobar&veaction=edit
both now have text links that work if triggered (
bug 48915).$wgVisualEditorParsoidForwardCookies
set to true) (
bug 44483). (Most private wikis will also need to install Parsoid and node.js, as VisualEditor requires them.)Looking ahead:
If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 22:04, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 15:15, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some toolbar improvements, fixing bugs, and improving support for Indic languages as well as other languages with complex characters. The current focus is on improving the reference dialog and expanding the new character inserter tool.
There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:
?veaction=edit
to the end of the page name. For example, change
/info/en/?search=Special:Random
to
/info/en/?search=Special:Random?veaction=edit
to open a random page in VisualEditor. This is intended to support bug testing across multiple browsers, without requiring editors to login repeatedly.Looking ahead: The transclusion dialog will see further changes in the coming weeks, with a simple mode for single templates and an advanced mode for more complex transclusions. The new character formatting menu on the toolbar will get an arrow to show that it is a drop-down menu. The reference dialog will be improved, and the Reference item will become a button in the main toolbar, rather than an item in the Insert menu.
If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 20:37, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked mostly minor features and fixing bugs. A few significant bugs include working around a bug in CSSJanus that was wrongly flipping images used in some templates in right-to-left (RTL) environments ( bug 50910) a major bug that meant inserting any template or other transclusion failed ( bug 59002), a major but quickly resolved problem due to an unannounced change in MediaWiki core, which caused VisualEditor to crash on trying to save ( bug 59867). This last bugs did not appear on any Wikipedia. Additionally, significant work has been done in the background to make VisualEditor work as an independent editing system.
As of today, VisualEditor is now available as an opt-out feature to all users at 149 active Wikipedias.
__NOTOC__
and __FORCETOC__
as selection (forced on, forced off, or default setting; bugs
56866 and
56867) and __NOEDITSECTION__
as a checkbox (
bug 57166).Looking ahead: The character formatting menu on the toolbar will get a drop-down indicator next Thursday. The reference and media items will be the first two listed in the Insert menu. The help menu will get a page listing the keyboard shortcuts. Looking further out, image handling will be improved, including support for alignment (left, right, and center) and better control over image size (including default and upright sizes). The developers are also working on support for editing redirects and image galleries.
Subscriptions to this newsletter are managed at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter. Please add or remove your name to change your subscription settings. If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 20:02, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
On June 9, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter Bennett (actor), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
On June 19, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article GRB 030329, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
-- Cirt ( talk) 06:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, you've reviewed my DYK nomination - thanks for that. As requested, I've added to 3rd New Zealand Parliament. I'm just bringing to your attention that it should now be good to go. Schwede 66 05:30, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
On June 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tidal tail, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks, if I haven't already, for the support. Your review was brutal, but in a good way. :) Let me know if you have a GAN or FAC in the future and I'd be happy to help. Juliancolton ( talk) 17:15, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
On July 12, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Melvin Bernhardt, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
On July 17, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article GRB 980425, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 06:03, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your stamp of approval on Distributed element filter. The sister article Mechanical filter will be going to FAC soon. If you are intending to do the same kind of line-by-line review on this one as well it would be better if you did it first before it gets anywhere near FAC. SpinningSpark 09:08, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
On 11 August, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article GRB 070714B, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
-- Cirt ( talk) 06:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello there:
Between myself and Andrew Dalby, I believe we have addressed all of your outstanding comments on the Rosetta Stone article (though I realize there is likely more to come). Just letting you know so that you can close or comment on what we have done.
Cheers! Captmondo ( talk) 00:21, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
On 23 August 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eric Berry (actor), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic C62 I updated the Elements report with the data from April and June 2010. Please have a look! I was not able to calculate two percentage from a table, it would be good if you can have a look. -- Stone ( talk) 18:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, yes, please do continue :) And rew D alby 16:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks (also) for your input! — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 23:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey there! Thought you might like to take a critical look at my latest FA-to-be-... It's up for a peer review at WPMILHIST right now, but your input would be especially appreciated. -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 14:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Iron had undergone a large amount of work, such as reorganizing and addition of citations, back in the end of May. Can you change it on your files so it is not a "blemish" article any more? Thank you. PS. I have your page watchlisted for now. -- Chemicalinterest ( talk) 19:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
On 10 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valerie Bettis, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Are you still reviewing Mechanical filter? It has been a few days since you last commented and the review has been in progress for two months. I am now itching to put this forward to FAC and the prospect of that is restraining me from moving on to new projects. SpinningSpark 10:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
What do you think about me nominating Battle of Alton for GA review while the peer review is still going? Would that be a problem/faux pas? Also take a look at my newest article Protein C. I've been living in front of the computer for three days straight... -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 20:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. The FA review of my Air well (condenser) article has been dumped into an archive. I am still working on it. What am I supposed to do now? Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 22:54, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
The Chemistry Bond Star | ||
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I realized you never got a well-deserved recognition for your original idea. For two years it has definitely helped wp:ELEM to much better coordinate collaborations towards the highest-impact articles. Enjoy! Nergaal ( talk) 07:02, 1 October 2010 (UTC) |
Military history reviewers' award | ||
By order of the
Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's
Peer and
A-Class reviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I hereby award you this
Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award.
Roger Davies
talk
08:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on October 25, 2010. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 25, 2010. If you think that it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch Talk C. 19:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
GRB 970228 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected on February 28, 1997 at 02:58 UTC. A gamma-ray burst is a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Since 1993, physicists had predicted these bursts to be followed by a longer-lived afterglow at longer wavelengths, such as radio waves, x-rays, and even visible light. Until this event, GRBs had only been observed at gamma wavelengths. This was the first burst for which an afterglow was observed. [1] The burst had multiple peaks in its light curve and lasted approximately 80 seconds. Peculiarities in the light curve of GRB 970228 suggested that a supernova may have occurred as well. The position of the burst coincided with a galaxy at a redshift of z = 0.695, providing early evidence that GRBs occur well beyond the Milky Way. ( more...)
Hi Cryptic C62/Archive 2,
We're starting to get into the busy part of the semester for Online Ambassadors, and we want to check in and see how you're doing, what your opinions about where we are now, and any feedback you may have.
Please answer these questions either on my talk page or send them to me by email.
1. How many mentees are you currently working with?
2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?
3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?
4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?
5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?
6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?
7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?
8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?
Thanks for your feedback! -- Ldavis (Public Policy) ( talk) 19:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ambassador, I need help with fixing and adding more stuff in "Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" article. Thanks, Fadi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fadman0 ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Niqāb in Egypt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Arctic Night 11:35, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
On 8 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mudawana, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Mudawana is the only section of Moroccan law that relies primarily on Islamic sources rather than Spanish or French civil codes? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 12:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
On 9 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Niqāb in Egypt, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in response to the banning of the niqāb in Egypt, students protested by wearing protective face masks? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Isla Blair at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Orlady ( talk) 20:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I am happy to read that you enjoyed the article while it was still developing. Just for your information, it is almost twice as long now. KimChee ( talk) 04:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
On 14 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Isla Blair, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Paul McCartney offered Isla Blair a ride home, his fans attacked her? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 06:08, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please share you views on the current version of the proposed Online Ambassador selection process, which the steering committee has recommended for adoption by the ambassadors program. Once we settle on a selection process, we can start recruiting more Online Ambassadors for next term (in which we will have more students, and the students will be more involved with mentors from early on).-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 15:28, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic C62. I made a lot of changes for my Article "Niqab in Egypt". Please take a look at the changes. do you think it is ready for Good Article nomination? Thanks for you help Noosaelgamoosa ( talk) 21:07, 23 November 2010 (UTC)noosaelgamoosa Noosaelgamoosa ( talk) 21:07, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello, you recently peer reviews this article and offered to give more specific feedback. Is that deal still on the table? Thanks! Peter.C • talk 16:03, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ryan, I am currently assigning mentees from the Indiana University class. Would you mind mentoring Nocturnaleagle ( talk · contribs), L5Sewell ( talk · contribs), Sima1808 ( talk · contribs), and Lolita2010 ( talk · contribs)?
They are currently semi-active although they had experimented in their sandboxes. They might be getting active over the next few weeks due to their assignment datelines.
If you are able to mentor them, can you please leave a mentorship-offer message on their talk pages? Please indicate in your message that you have been assigned to them.
Once you've done that, please update Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors with a list of your mentees.
If you are not able to mentor them or can only mentor a certain number, please let me know.
Thanks, Bejinhan talks 13:45, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
On 4 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iron Fist Campaign, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that more than 9,000 women were sterilized during the Iron Fist Campaign? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey, your mentees working on Negawatt power have made some major editing there, could you help with feedback/questions? Thanks, Sadads ( talk) 16:49, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar | ||
For excellent work advising students on how to improve their articles, and for thoughtful participation on the ambassadors mailing list, I award Cryptic C62 the Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar.-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 19:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC) |
I think that the query you posed at a recent AfD was spot on -- "Can we reasonably expect our readers to search for this person?" To that end, I wonder whether we should not at AfDs start looking at the number of hits an article is getting, as partial answer to that question.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 22:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces ( https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton ( talk) 17:34, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
On 13 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helena Bliss, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Helena Bliss married her co-star from the original Broadway production of Gypsy Lady? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 06:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
I noticed your extensive revisions to the CSI Effect article. Thank you for your attention to it! I wanted to throw in my two cents about one of your recent edits -- in the section about "jurors," you focus mostly on one particular test of the CSI effect. The earlier version of the page (prior to your edits) mentioned several different empirical studies that looked at the CSI effect in different ways. Predating the Shelton article, Podlas looked at what evidence CSI viewers used in a mock trial, and Schweitzer looked at how CSI viewing specifically influenced perceptions of forensic science. Also, right around that time, Cole looked at how jury decisions changed during the rise of the CSI shows. Each of those articles paints a somewhat different picture of the CSI effect, and I think that it would be good to include those different takes on it. I'd be happy to contribute some of this myself, but I wanted to wait and see where you were headed with the article. - Nick talk 05:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I am now working on fluorine, but I am not sure I can do it great. Are you interested to help me with fluorine? That Top-importance article deserves more than C-class it is now. I am sure you can do many useful things for me with that, even if these are just reviews - that'd also be very useful. Here's what I have with it now (for comparison, true fluorine). If it doesn't bother you, please, reply on my talk page, but I'll check your page periodically.-- R8R Gtrs ( talk) 11:34, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
On 31 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hannibal (swan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hannibal killed 15 swans? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from the DYK project Victuallers ( talk) 02:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to make more work for ya, but have you seen this page? There's a lot of sweet links in there ... Sasata ( talk) 06:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
On 6 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Perry Mason syndrome, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the United States some defendants chose to appear pro se because of the Perry Mason syndrome? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for your help Victuallers ( talk) 10:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia:Triple_Crown/Nominations#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Elements. Nergaal ( talk) 06:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am ThePerseid_SCD and this semester, my class is part of the Wikipedia US Public Policy Initiative. I was wondering if you would be my mentor. Thanks! ThePerseid SCD ( talk) 21:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for all your hard work. May you wear the crowns well, and may the platinum crown motivate you to contribute more outstanding articles. – SMasters ( talk) 10:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the time. i'll probably start working tomorrow evening. LittleJerry ( talk) 02:33, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Of course! Any extra eye (or eyes) is helpful. I would be very glad if could review it. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 04:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, sorry your nomination didn't succeed, even though I didn't support it. Good that someone's doing work outside their "comfort zone". Interesting article all the same, and thanks for working on it. WP is better for it. Tony (talk) 09:38, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, My name is Laura, and I'm a grad student at Indiana University. I'm doing a project for an econ class in which I will be creating a page about pesticide regulations in the US. I was hoping you would agree to be my mentor during the project. Thanks!! ( Lauschro ( talk) 03:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC))
Hey Ryan! This is just a quick reminder: please be sure to add {{ WAP student}} (for an example, see User:Sfofana) the user pages of your mentees. And once they are working on articles, be sure to tag the talk pages with {{ WAP assignment}}. Cheers-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I have now modified my Air well (condenser) article along the lines you suggested some time ago. Please take a look at it and feel free to offer further observations at Talk:Air well (condenser). Thanks again for your help thus far. Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 18:19, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
There is an updated message for you at Talk:Air well (condenser). Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 08:33, 4 February 2011 (UTC) Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 19:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I am happy to hear that you are feeling better. Can you find time to take another look at the Air Well article? Gaius Cornelius ( talk) 20:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
See Sicilian Defence for a fruit of our collaboration. That particular image could do with some better editing (e.g. I made the black pieces look rather underexposed), so if you know anyone with 1337 photo editing skillz (and who isn't colourblind), you could ask him to do it right. I have the RAW data for that photo and for a bunch of other pictures which I haven't attempted to edit, (and which I think have potential,) including some depictions of a simple 1.e4 .... -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 19:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for peer reviewing Gery Chico! I've addressed your concerns, and hopefully in a few days the article will be ready for another go at GA! Cheers, Geread ( talk) 22:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
Many thanks for your kind review of the Rwanda article yesterday. I've addressed some of your points and will look at the others in the next couple of days. And I'm glad to hear you may make the article a pet project... aside from the usual bouts of vandalism it's been quite a one man show for me recently (the previous major contributor is now largely inactive on WP)! I look forward to hearing any further feedback that you have on the article. Cheers — Amakuru ( talk) 23:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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I've worked on this to get it ready for DYK. Can you take a look? Best. 4meter4 ( talk) 12:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
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Gatoclass ( talk) 18:02, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care... Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:29, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for asking me - I can't do it tonight, but could at least take a look at it in the next 24 hours - would that work? ALso just to be clear, do you want me just to review it (or copyedit it too)? I will not read the FAC page until I have already carefully read the article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the note on my page. My comments at the Signpost were an attempt to express a number of thoughts & feelings I've had about paid editting, which I'll admit that some are contradictory, but basically arise from an opinion I've had for a few years now, which can be expressed, in brief, "If a Wikipedian makes contributions, which conform to all of the expectations & guidelines concerning Wikipedia, what is wrong if she/he is paid to do so?"
I agree with you that a permanent & full-time job contributing to Wikipedia might quickly become an unpleasant experience. (If I found my job required me to mediate yet another ethnic/nationalist/religious edit war, my first response would be to start looking for a new job.) I, too, like the idea that I can edit Wikipedia when I want & write (for the most part) what I want. But the odd thing is that I've talked to a number of Wikipedians who like the idea of making a living contributing, at least in theory. And to be honest, if someone contacted you & said, in essence, "I like what you did on this article. here's $50. Keep on doing what you've been doing" -- would you honestly turn down the money? (And to make my point obvious, this person is not trying to subtly influence you to push a POV; she/he just wanted to reward you for a job well done.)
But many people write for money, & in many cases the fact they are paid either does not seriously influence their objectivity about the subject matter (e.g., many journalists, academics), or express their honest opinion about the subject (e.g., novelists & other professional writers). While in no way I believe everyone contributing to Wikipedia should be paid -- especially if they don't want to deal with the possible complications being paid to edit brings, either actually or possibly -- I believe that paid editting could play a role on Wikipedia, especially when it comes to less familiar topics -- which is becoming more the case now that all of the low-hanging fruit has been picked. Some topics require devoted research & careful writing, which contributing the odd hour here & there can't effectively address. (Or maybe they can, & people who achieve this have learned how to not "bopping around the encyclopedia aimlessly" -- like me & you.
I'll close by explaining at length the main reason I responded so forcefully to Sue Gardiner's comment. I wasn't at her office hour -- although I'm an old Internet hand, I don't do IRC for various reasons -- but the message I heard in the article (which was a paraphrase) was, "I don't care whether Wikipedians might need money. Giving it to them is a bad thing -- even if the Foundation could reward specific individuals for their contributions. And even if I am making a living from Wikipedia's success." Had she responded that the Foundation won't reward in any monetary way individuals who contribute content because it might be understood that the Foundation supports a specific opinion about a matter, I could live with that. In fact, until I read that, I assumed that was why the Foundation had never made grants to those who create content. -- llywrch ( talk) 20:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for the peer review of Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez. Much appreciated - I am getting right to work :)
Best regards, Lord Roem ( talk) 04:48, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Did you get them? -- Rmrfstar ( talk) 18:47, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your comments. I have replied on the FAC page. -- Reckless182 ( talk) 10:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{ The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Thanks! -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Nice trick, playing on my devotion to a cause to get me to review an article. ;-) Anyway, I did review the article. I need to warn you that when I provide a peer review of an article I don't go over the article with a fine-tooth comb & pick over its language (from the unsuccessful FAC, this is what some suggested it needed); my intent is to look at the article & see just how well it explains the subject to someone who is not a specialist in the field -- who knows little or nothing about it to begin with. (This is the kind of person I believe we should be writing for.)
I have a question which i'd appreciate if you would answer. Please read my most recent comment. Here is the link. Thanks. Joyson Noel Holla at me! 04:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Going to find some food, then I might get a chance to review CSI effect again. Cheers, Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:09, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for helping to review Netball. I've never been through the FAC process and I found your edits and comments regarding what needed fixing to be extremely helpful. While the article may have failed, the feedback was insightful, on point and offers a clear route to addressing issues in the article. Speaking for myself and other regular contributors, we'll definetely be addressing the problems raised so that at some point in the future we can renominate it and get it passed. Thanks again for the assistance! -- LauraHale ( talk) 00:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know I responded to your comments on the FAC for La Stazione. -- Gyrobo ( talk) 23:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic! I'm trying to find mentors for each of the groups in the Energy Economics and Policy course. Would you be willing to mentor this group? If so, please sign up on the course page and introduce yourself to the students in the group. If not, let me know so I can find someone else. Thanks!-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 14:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Could you make a link to your comments mentioned on the Featured Article candidiate page for the Shakespeare authorship question? I confess that I cannot find them. Fotoguzzi ( talk) 15:43, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, and thank you for taking the time to review the SAQ article for FAC.
I believe the nominators have addressed (i.e. answered or fixed, depending) all the points you brought up in your review. If you could take a look and strike those that you feel have been adequately addressed and perhaps provide further guidance on those you feel are still insufficient, that would be very helpful. You also ended your review with the comment “more to come”, so it would be good if you were to indicate whether you still intend to provide further comments. Finally, I believe you have not yet indicated whether you Support or Oppose the article's promotion, which sort of leaves the default as “neutral”. If you believe the article does not fulfill the FA criteria based on the concerns you have noted you should probably explicitly note your Oppose; and, of course, similarly for Support if you believe your concerns have been adequately addressed, or fulfills the FA criteria despite any remaining concerns. Thanks. -- Xover ( talk) 21:53, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
We need to get this wrapped up; what is your timing? Thanks for the considerable review! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:45, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
You appear to have wiped out my edit in an edit conflict. In case you disd not see it, here it is, re the word "sugred": I think this is a question of spelling. "sugred" means nothing in modern English. The word is "sugared". I think we should use modern spelling in instances like this to avoid confusion. After all "Much Ado About Nothing" is not referred to as "Much Adoe About Nothing". Paul B ( talk) 16:32, 3 April 2011 (UTC). If we are writing for people who people don't know the meaning of the word "sugared" we may as well just give up! Paul B ( talk) 16:49, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. The article was not promoted after 8 days on the FA list. Not sure why the quick trigger; the students were in the process of addressing the issues. Rather than resubmit; I request that you allow us to address your concerns "off the record" and please inform when it meets your satisfaction. At such time the students will resubmit for FA. -- JimmyButler ( talk) 02:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads ( talk) 11:18, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Could you explain the rationale for this edit? Probably that should be explained on the article talk page. Michael Hardy ( talk) 04:07, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I am sorry that your completely ill informed about reality and you watch entirely too much television but as a criminology major and someone who works with people that our actually in the field i would say that your totally off base with your information. The sad thing is people like you are the reason many people are ill informed about actual crimes. Wikipedia is a unreliable and filled with incorrect assumptions seen as facts because of unintelligent people as yourself. I honestly don't want to argue with you because you seem like the type of person who believes this and probably wont be jaded and change your view points. Id like to see the sources and people you got this misinformed information from.
The mistress11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by The mistress11 ( talk • contribs) 21:43, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
... for something long, long ago. A few weeks ago, when we were having yet another discussion over at WT:RFA, I suddenly realized that I and a lot of other folks at RFA have been very wrong about something for a long time ... in the real world, you don't jump all over someone while they're in the process of trying to pass an examination, you let them do their thing first and then you look and ask questions. We really need to fix that at RFA ... several of us are insisting on it. A long time ago during your RFA, I was busy sticking up for the folks who were being critical of you because I thought that's the way things were supposed to be done ... I realize belatedly that I was dead wrong on that, and I'm sorry. - Dank ( push to talk) 20:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic
I see the peer review has been "closed and archived" but obviously I hope we can continue through to the end in the slow meandering fashion we have been :) and presumably there's no reason not to continue working on the archived page.
Unfortunately I've been a bit sick recently as well as unusually busy at work, but I will get back to address your latest points on the Economy section as soon as I can.
Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 12:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Just saw that CSI effect is now a FA and wanted to congratlate you. Nice job! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:40, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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I enjoyed your CSI effect article. I was wondering if there is a CSI effect where police officers are able to bluff criminals into confessions because they believe that the police officers can prove certain things.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:46, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks much for taking the time on your review and helping to improve the article. Carmarg4 ( talk) 02:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic. I have addressed and responded to your comments at the FAC for Trade dollar (United States coin). Thanks for taking the time to comment!- RHM22 ( talk) 21:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Cool beans, I appreciate the heads-up! -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 21:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
You didn't tell me that you got the article to FA. Congratulations. -- llywrch ( talk) 15:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm very grateful for your thoughtful comments on the article. Could you please restored the your comments, so anyone who happens to pass by will be able to see your comments without going through its history? Also, are you gearing up for a review of the article's body? If not, according to your stance Lead is solid, I'm taking that you're willing to support it? Anyway, thanks a million :) Sp33dyphil Ready • to • Rumble 02:29, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You left some comments for the FAC above. It's getting near the bottom of the list, so I was wondering if there were any other matters that needed addressing. -- DavidCane ( talk) 19:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I've rewritten the central portion of the lede, and added a few more of the main points on the siege. Could you please re-review it? Thank you. Constantine ✍ 14:07, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Ah yes, thank you for the heads-up. I will have a second look approximately 8 hours from now. Cheers! -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 15:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, you commented on the first FAC for James E. Boyd (scientist). Figured I'd let you know that I started a second one. — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 03:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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The CSI effect is any of several ways in which the exaggerated portrayal of forensic science on crime shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation influences its public perception. The term most often refers to the belief that jurors have come to demand more forensic evidence in criminal trials, thereby raising the standard of proof for prosecutors. Although this belief is widely held among American legal professionals, several studies have shown that crime shows are unlikely to cause such an effect. There are several other manifestations of the CSI effect. Greater public awareness of forensic science has increased the demand for forensic evidence in police investigations, which in turn has significantly increased workloads for crime laboratories. The number and popularity of forensic science programs at the university level have greatly increased worldwide, though some new programs have been criticized for inadequately preparing their students for real forensic work. It is possible that forensic science shows teach criminals how to conceal evidence of their crimes, thereby making it more difficult for investigators to solve cases. ( more...)
I believe the nominator has answered your last remaining question. FWIW, Sandy will probably be looking at this one tomorrow night. - Dank ( push to talk) 21:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You once predicted that we would have 1 GA per month. [1] And now our announcements page is getting bloated with GA announcements! :-O Lanthanum-138 ( talk) 08:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, thanks for your comments on the rhabdomyolysis FAC. I have addressed your comments. Are you planning to offer further comments on the remainder of the article? JFW | T@lk 10:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Elements for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 17:14, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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For all your work peer reviewing the
Rwanda article over the past couple of months. And here's a bagel for your troubles as well! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 20:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC) |
Well I've got the ball rolling: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rwanda/archive1. Let's see what the community thinks! — Amakuru ( talk) 12:35, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are flashes of gamma rays associated with extremely energetic explosions in distant galaxies. GRBs are the most luminous electromagnetic events known to occur in the universe. A typical burst lasts 20–40 seconds, but can last from ten milliseconds to several minutes. The initial burst is usually followed by a longer-lived "afterglow" emitted at longer wavelengths. Most observed GRBs are believed to be a narrow beam of intense radiation released during a supernova event, as a rapidly rotating, high-mass star collapses to form a neutron star or black hole. The sources of most GRBs are billions of light years from Earth, implying that the explosions are both extremely energetic and extremely rare. GRBs were first detected in 1967 by the Vela satellites, but it was not until 1997 that they were better understood, with the use of optical spectroscopy 1997 to detect the first X-ray and optical afterglows and to directly measure their redshifts. ( more...)
Hi Cryptic C62, are you still interested in developing this FAC piece into a Signpost story? If so, here were a few comments to consider. Regards, HaeB ( talk) 08:29, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
As you may have noticed, two of the reviewers commented that the lead was too long. I have therefore proposed a shortened version at Featured article candidates/Rwanda/archive1/Proposed lead and invited others to comment on this (under TCO's comments on the FAC page). Obviously my big worry with this is that shortening the lead may upset the flow or omit vital facts. Also it may undo some of the work we did together during the peer review phase, so I'd particularly appreciate it if you could have a look and let me know your comments. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:13, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic C62. I noticed at Gumbo's FAN, you mentioned a couple of suggestions that every Food and Drink article should have. I was considering bringing one (or more) of my Food and Drink GAs ( Clotted Cream, Stargazy Pie, Squab pie, Pasty, Bacon ice cream, BLT) up to FA, but am not certain about the best way to go about it (never run for an FA before, they're still quite intimidating!) Do you have any suggestions as to which you think might be closest to stand a chance and any suggestions for what might need doing? No rush, I know it's a lot to ask! WormTT · ( talk) 07:58, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
At Talk:Eugenics in Singapore#POV, confusing. FuFoFuEd ( talk) 06:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic C62, this image has been vectorized, but I think it urgently need information (against personal interpretation). Can you please control the SVG!? What is the significance of the dotted line, is this unchanged on the small star? Where is the article? In your first version there is also another phase, can this be supplied? Thanks in advance.-- πϵρήλιο ℗ 12:47, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Crypic, we happened to be online at roughly the same time today so managed to get your changes suggestions done pretty early on. If you are still online feel free to throw some more at me and we might be able to do some real-time stuff... :) Failedwizard ( talk) 15:31, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic C62, I see you were a reviewer at one of Sevastopol's many reviews. As it's last FAC was closed due to low participation, I"d like you to come and review it for it's current FAC, in order to get a better picture of its current situation. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ryan, How ya been keeping? Do you have any interest or inclination in doing a prose review of a psychedelic drug? I've been meaning to take this article to FAC for some time... Alice says its time now. I've opened up a peer review here and would be grateful for any assistance you could give me in making the FAC smoother. If not, that's fine too, I'll bug you again for something else in the future :) Cheers, Sasata ( talk) 17:33, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Would you be able to peer review the giraffe article? Thank you. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I was told punctuation in the giraffe article would be a problem with a FA status. Are you going to include punctuation probelm in your review or correct them yourself? LittleJerry ( talk) 00:44, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
I hover-stalked your contribs and saw your note about File:Clusterhead.jpg. Do you think it would offend reader's sensibilities if it appeared in the psilocybin article? To me, it just seems to fit perfectly... Sasata ( talk) 05:32, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for peer reviewing the giraffe article. Stfg has copyedited it so I feel it is not ready for an FA nomination. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:22, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
So the AAC article didn't make the criteria in time, which is a bit sad, but I really wanted to thank you for the time you spent reviewing the article - it was really helpful to have a fresh pair of eyes go over it. I certainly know that if you wanted to continue your comments over on the article talk page, that would be really welcomed by all of us - we're keen on improving the article regardless the outcome. Thanks again. Failedwizard ( talk) 18:23, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again. For keeping going and for making it your focus. It's massively appreciated. We definitely owe you big.
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19:20, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Cryptic C62. You did me a big favor once when you took time to review Empire of Brazil and give your support for its promotion to FA. It was a little rough, but it was necessary. Since I have a deep respect for you as a reviewer I came here to ask you (if you have the time to and is interested, of course) to take a look on my latest FA candidate: Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias. Since it's a heavily related subject to Empire of Brazil, you'll be on an easier ground here. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 00:27, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I changed the section from "Between family and loyalty to the crown" to "Wars and military crises" Is it better? -- Lecen ( talk) 19:34, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for excellent comments in the peer review of the Genome-wide association study article! I'll look it through during the week -- LasseFolkersen ( talk) 10:29, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cryptic,
It's been a really long time but I finally may be able to devote a little more time to Wikipedia again with no. 1 priority obviously being to give a final push to the unfinished FAC for Rwanda. Unfortunately it looks like you've not been around for a couple of months so I'm probably too late to get your input for the moment. But as and when you do have a spare moment please let me know as I'd really appreciate your input.
I have been working, over at User:Amakuru/Draft 1, on what I think was the biggest problem at FAC, the length of the history section. I have put the current paragraphs in, alongside reduced versions. If you have time please could you see if the reductions make sense, or if I've cut too much / the wrong bits. Thanks! — Amakuru ( talk) 13:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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CRYPTIC!! Thank you so much for coming to GLAMcamp and bringing your great smile and willingness to help. I can't wait to see what comes out of it - both on your end, our end, everyone's end..ok...this is getting silly. You know what I mean. :) See you I hope sooner than later!! SarahStierch ( talk) 01:54, 14 February 2012 (UTC) |
Hello Cryptic,
I'm not sure I'm on the right userpage, but are you the owner of this shirt ? Beacause I really like it, I'd like to have one and maybe create a couple for French-Canadian ambassadors. The only problem is that I can't find it on Cafe Press. So if you're the owner of the sweater, please let me now where I can find it. Thanks in advance, Benoit Rochon ( talk) 17:50, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, just to let you know I have now put Rwanda back up for FAC so we'll see how it goes. If you have any last minute thoughts or the time to look at it, please let me know! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 10:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
So some time ago you gave an FAC review to Augmentative_and_alternative_communication in our hour of need. I've gone back to FAC with another article, stephen_hawking, and it's kind of suffering from lack of reviews. Would it be possible at all for you to review it? I'm aware I'm racking up the favours here...
Fayedizard ( talk) 08:01, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Ryan! On Tuesday of next week, we'll be holding an editathon at Simmons College for Women's History Month. The event is being advertised to library science grad students as a workshop for new editors. While this will mostly be newbies from the Simmons GSLIS community, I am hoping some local Wikipedians will come join in as well, and I'll be begin to spread the word and put an announcement in the geonotice soon. This is all going to be very informal, but, in particular, I would appreciate if you could be there to help me assist the new editors.
Please let me know if you can can make it. Thanks! Dominic· t 22:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi again Cryptic
Hope everything's going well. I notice you are a little bit more on-wiki this week so just wondered if you would have time to give Rwanda a look over and comment on the ongoing FAC. After a shaky start, it seems to be looking a bit more promising this time, if I can get the remaining issues ironed out before someone closes the FAC (the biggest task seems to be putting in a paragraph about foreign relations/military which I will hopefully be able to cover soon). So if you have any time to provide commentary on the updates, or to support/oppose the FAC then that'd be good.
PS - Just been listening to some of your guitar music on YouTube. Good stuff! Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 17:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
So once again you come in my hour of need and once again I don't quite make it over the line - thank you so much for your help, really - that article is so much better as a result of the process and as a result of your review. It's just a shame that it couldn't be done. At some point I'll have to buy you a beer in person - and also thanks for starting the PR on SGD - I should now have a spare moment to respond :) I owe you dude. Much love. Fayedizard ( talk) 21:49, 28 March 2012 (UTC) |
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Hi Cryptic
So we finally made it to FAC with Rwanda... feels like it was an epic journey. Thanks again for all your assistance with it over the past year and a bit.
I think I'll have a breather for a couple of months after this, maybe use my limited spare time for some off-Wiki projects, but I'm also mulling over which article to tackle next. Probably something far less ambitious than a country-level article! Anyway, all the best and I hope to cross Wiki-paths with you again in the future. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your review! I believe to have addressed your comments. Cheers MisterBee1966 ( talk) 09:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Finished the last two requests. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:18, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your comments. Can you take a look and see if I've addressed them properly? Palm_Dogg ( talk) 12:42, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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Here: [2] About peer reviews being ignored/required. Biosthmors ( talk) 02:12, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, I just completed your very picky peer review of this article. Which I appreciated! I thought you'd like to know so you can look at some of my questions that came up while addressing your feedback. Again, thanks for the PR. Christine (Figureskatingfan) ( talk) 20:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
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I am fully aware of my mistakes, as well as that my particular response was... unhelpful. I simply had a bad moment when I was reviewing the article (I just shouldn't do reviews when I should rather go get some sleep). I can't undo it, which is why I hesitated so far from providing a further review. Nowhere do I think that any of the editors or you are idiots, and I appreciate that Tourbillon nonetheless did take it up to consider my comments. Hope this clarifies my viewpoint. Cheers, Nageh ( talk) 19:53, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. Yes please, I would really appreciate that. Though I was thinking of opening up a peer review, so it would be more convenient. I'll start it today, and you can detail all the problems you find over there. Many thanks for taking the time to help improve the article :). Cheers. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 04:12, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The peer review has been opened; you can go to it here. Thanks again. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 07:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Cryptic C62. Thank for your discerning and thought provoking review. Will you be providing any more comments? Sandbh ( talk) 12:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Have sent you an email. -- Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 20:55, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hey, I found that you are doing some awesome work in film articles. Keep up the good efforts. Thanks. Secret of success ( talk) 14:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
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A little while ago we started working though the peer review of Speech_generating_device - is it possible we might restart that work? I'm gearing back in the direction of wikipedia quickly… Fayedizard ( talk) 23:19, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, would you be able to review the tammar wallaby article and check if it is comprehensive enough and if the MOS is right? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:18, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
The article is much improved since it's previous FAC, and your input would be appreciated at the current McCartney FAC. ~ GabeMc (talk) 22:32, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
There is currently a straw poll taking place here. Your input would be appreciated. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 02:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
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I don't mind having to do more work and more research, but bringing up AFD, hey man, that's just not cool :'(. You should check back (presumably you're the tag-along reviewer in this case?) Res Mar 01:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, would you be able to peer review the anteater article? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:36, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, thought you might be interested, since you peer reviewed Maya Angelou: it and List of Maya Angelou works are up for FAC and FLC currently. I inform you because both haven't received the reviews they need as of yet. Could you go to both-- Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Maya Angelou works/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Maya Angelou/archive1--and do what you can? It would be muchly appreciated. Christine (Figureskatingfan) ( talk) 21:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
The peer review has been archived. I put the article up for FAC. You can continue there. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:06, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
I think I have addressed all of your concerns. If you would be so kind as to take a look at it, I would appreciate it. GregJackP Boomer! 22:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
I think I've got it this time. :) GregJackP Boomer! 12:51, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
The article has been improved since you !voted for a "Delist" in the FAR. Mind giving it a second look? Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 19:19, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic - your feedback is excellent. Tearing into some of my most recent edits - obvious mistakes I see now. Working overtime and making mistakes. Thanks for the help - looking forward to seeing the rest of your comments. Thompsma ( talk) 03:58, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I've addressed your last comments, could you take a look? Thanks. GregJackP Boomer! 21:34, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Not completely done, but made some significant progress. I would appreciate it if you could take a look at your convenience. Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 19:20, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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If you could take another look, I would appreciate it. GregJackP Boomer! 11:40, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
It looks like the FAC was archived, which wasn't terribly surprising. Did you have any other advice on the article? I particularly valued your suggestions. Disavian ( talk) 00:39, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Cryptic C62, I just noticed you thank us for addressing the concerns & issue you raised re this FAC. Does this mean you now support? best, Mick gold ( talk) 08:29, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I appreciated the feedback you provided concerning this FA-nomination, and I responded tonight (though I have not had any opportunity to yet edit the article). I'm committed to the article on-going and would like to see it through to FA-status. Thanks. joepa T 23:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
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Cryptic, you saucy devil: I am stuck. Badly stuck. Woe is me. I cannot figure out how to do a thing. Can you help me do this thing? Cryptic C62 · Talk 21:41, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hallo Cryptic, thank you very much (first of all) for your detailed and perceptive comments on Camouflage, and let me also at once apologize for taking up your time. I think you've probably noticed that I've been struggling a bit on my first FAC, with the rather constrained dialogue that's possible on the FAC page. However the article is already in better shape. I've actioned (I hope satisfactorily) all the items bar one, which needs some thought: the structure (organisation) of the article. You've correctly pointed out that military gets extended coverage both in its own section and throughout the principles parts of the article (crypsis, mimesis, etc). Hope it's OK to discuss this here (I'm unsure of the rules around all this)? Obviously we don't want repetition beyond the normal lead/body (and perhaps overview) arrangement. I'm not at all sure how a separate 'principles' section would work if it wasn't to use either animal or military examples; on the other hand, having the principles in an 'animal' (biology, nature) section and referring to that from the military doesn't seem ideal either. I have time and energy for a reorg if needed, but was wondering what you felt might be the neatest solution? It does seem on reflection to be a good thing to have some kind of comparison of animal and military solutions: we could for instance have a table with a row for mimesis (animal and mil. examples), a row for concealment of shadow, etc. The pre-FAC article attempted this informally with image galleries; a table or some more formal structure could be an answer. In which case we'd have "In animals", "Military", table of comparisons, then the civilian sections. --- thanks, Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:39, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hallo again, I see you've struck several of your original comments but I'm not sure of the status of the others. Are you now reasonably happy with the article, or are there further actions required? I believe all your concerns have been addressed. With many thanks for your time - Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:58, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
I believe I have resolved all issues. Thank you. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 19:24, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hey mate, I'm glad to see that someone else has taken an interest in the Ibrahim rape controversy. I'm a bit concerned about the Task force section that you recently added. Unless I am mistaken, the source does not mention the detention or imprisonment of Ibrahim. Without a firm connection, the Task force section would constitute synthesis and should be removed from the article. But perhaps I simply missed something; could you point out where the sources indicate that the task force is related to the Ibrahim controversy? -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 20:09, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
For silently correcting my typo here. I was hoping for a new keyboard from Santa but sadly it didn't happen. Perhaps next year... -- John ( talk) 19:18, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on the lead section. I have change the lead based on your comments and I think it improved the article. If you have the time, see what you think. Casprings ( talk) 02:26, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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Just writing to see how you're doing and to reply to your message up above. The Paul Kagame article is coming along quite nicely; it's up at WP:GAN at the moment, and I'm almost there with the points that User:Lemurbaby, a user living in Rwanda the moment, came up with so hopefully that will get the nod soon. Moving on from there Lemurbaby thinks it's already not that far off FA status so if at some point you have the time to get some eyes on the article and come up with some of your superb bagel-themed comments as you did with Rwanda then that would be great. Let me know if you'd like to do it through the peer review process, or as part of a formal FA candidature, or just ad hoc, just let me know. If you're too busy then that's no problem either, of course!
Interesting that you're doing the "Scope and Dynamics of Conflict in Africa" course. How is that going? I'd be happy to help out with your Somalia work if there's anything I can do. I'll have a look through those sources and see what it's all about, when I have a spare moment. Thanks and all the best! — Amakuru ( talk) 09:32, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
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The article Bouldering 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Bouldering for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of Wadewitz -- Wadewitz ( talk) 18:46, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I'm AmericanLemming. You recently began a GA review of International emergency medicine, and I have addressed, or rather attempted to address, all of your concerns so far. You probably weren't expecting me to make the changes as quickly as I did! Anyway, I'm afraid that I will need more feedback from you in order to make any further improvements to the article. Thus, when you get a chance, please take a look at both the article and the review page. Thanks! AmericanLemming ( talk) 17:27, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Could you please continue your work on the review soon? AmericanLemming ( talk) 17:21, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
You said in the edit summary of the last edit you made to the review page that you would "give a think to the remaining issues." Has that happened yet? If so, I would greatly appreciate it if you could inform me of what those thoughts are. Thanks! AmericanLemming ( talk) 23:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
It's been almost two weeks since the last newsletter, and a lot of improvements have been made during that time. The main things that people have noticed are significant improvements to speed for typing into long pages ( T54012), scrolling ( T54014) and deleting ( T54013) on large pages. There have also been improvements to references, with the latest being support for list-defined references, which are <ref>s defined inside a <references> block ( T53741). Users of Opera 12 and higher have had their web browser removed from the browser black-list, mostly as a result of work by a volunteer developer ( T38000). Opera has not been fully white-listed yet, so these users will get an additional warning and request to report problems.
Significant changes were made to the user interface to de-emphasize VisualEditor. This has cut the use of VisualEditor by approximately one-third. You can read about these at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Updates/August 1, 2013, but they include:
There have also been many smaller fixes, including these:
Most of the Wikimedia Foundation staff is traveling this week and next, so no updates are expected until at least August 15th. If you're going to be in Hong Kong for Wikimania 2013, say hello to James Forrester, Philippe Beaudette, and the other members of the VisualEditor team.
As always, if you have questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 23:18, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
In your contribution to the most recent reevaluation of WP:LQ you say that American-style punctuation is "demonstrably inferior" to British-style punctuation. This information would be very relevant to the discussion itself. So far, no one has reported even one case of either style outperforming the other under non-hypothetical conditions, so if you've witnessed something, you could make a real contribution by describing it. Darkfrog24 ( talk) 05:47, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Your right. I got to get back on it. Casprings ( talk) 01:47, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
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A demo of the edit visualization tool I'm building. You could add your feedback or feature requests here-- jeph ( talk) 02:35, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
The article Bouldering you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bouldering for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of Wadewitz -- Wadewitz ( talk) 19:07, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:20, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Both VisualEditor and MediaWiki were upgraded recently. For VisualEditor, this is the long-awaited post- Wikimania update with many bug fixes and enhancements. Work also continues on speed at opening and during use, as well as on the bugs reported here and at other Wikipedias. The full report is at Mediawiki.
References are displaying properly, even when nested ( T52749) or in image captions ( T2000. Reference lists are now always fully populated with references ( bug 50094). Firefox users can insert an existing reference in the first paragraph ( T54159). Opera users no longer see corruption of categories when a reference was added ( bug 50385).
Stray spaces are being stripped from the start of paragraphs to end one of the common <nowiki> problems ( T53462). We also fixed a round-tripping bug that caused desirable whitespace in templates (used to make templates more legible, e.g., by putting each parameter in an infobox on a separate line) to get corrupted ( bug 51150).
Wikilink handling was improved. Users are not allowed to create internal links to invalid titles (titles that are actually impossible due to limits on acceptable character combinations in titles, not redlinks) ( T35094). You can extend wikilinks, but it won't do so over a wordbreak (like a space) (bugs 49931 and 51463).
A handful of fixes to the user interface were made. The toolbar doesn't float over personal tools after opening a dialog or the inspector ( T54441). Toolbars were also re-written to be collapsible/expandable, with room for more icons. Buttons in dialogs can now be activated using the Tab ↹ and ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ key commands ( bug 50047). This saves time for editors, because you don't need to take your hands off the keyboard to click a button. We fixed a handful of bugs that affected only certain articles or certain browsers, including toolbar buttons in Firefox ( bug 51986) and dialog panels that didn't always scroll correctly ( bug 51739). Bugs with undo/redo getting confused have been fixed ( T54113).
Images, in addition to getting references displaying correctly, also saw improvements with a set-empty |link=
parameter no longer corrupted (51963). We corrected thumbnail images' display so that they look don't wrong in some contexts (
bug 51995). Inserted images no longer explicitly set their alignment, but instead inherit the default position in compliance with the Manual of Style (
bug 51851).
More edit notices, warnings, and metadata like information about Pending Changes on an article now appear as appropriate ( bug 49699). When new articles are created, users are now shown the <newarticletext> message ( bug 51459). VisualEditor now handles templates that set "meta" items (like a category) and nothing else better ( bug 51322). If the database is locked when a user tries to save with VisualEditor, they now get a message telling them as such and an opportunity to try again, rather than a silent failure ( bug 51636).
When you save the page, having the default preference set to "mark all my edits as minor by default" no longer overrides the setting in the save dialog ( bug 51515). If you open VisualEditor from a section edit link, the section's title will be pre-filled in in the edit summary box when you go to save it ( bug 50872). The size of the save dialog box in the Monobook skin has been fixed ( bug 50058). Also, wikipage content handlers like sortable tables are re-run automatically after saving ( T53565).
A very early version of the mathematics equation editor is now available for testing on mw:Mediawiki. If you would like to help improve the user interface for math editor, please test out the extension at mw:Mediawiki:Sandbox and leave your comments directly at the discussion page for the Math Node User Interface at Mediawiki. You should be able to use your regular username and password should to login to Mediawiki.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 17:34, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
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This Thursday's VisualEditor update was mostly about stability and performance improvements, and some preparatory work for major planned improvements, along with bug fixes for non-English language support and right-to-left text. Everything that the English Wikipedia received today has been running on Mediawiki for a week already.
Officially, the problem with the link inspector not linking to a specific section on a page ( bug 53219) was fixed in this release, although that critical patch actually appeared here earlier.
A number of bugs related to copy-and-paste functionality were fixed ( 48604, bug 50043, bug 53362, bug 51538, among others). Full rich copy-and-paste from external sources into VisualEditor is expected "soon".
In other fixes, you can no longer add empty ref tags (<ref/>
) (
bug 53345). Selecting both an image and some text, and then trying to add a link, previously deleted the selected image and the text. This was fixed in
bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (
bug 53507).
Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your thorough GA review!
Keilana|
Parlez ici
23:10, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor has been updated twice in the last two weeks. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week.
As announced, the toolbar was redesigned to be simpler, shorter, and to have the ability to have drop-down groups with descriptions. What you see now is the initial configuration and is expected to change in response to feedback from the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias. The controls to add <u>
(underline), <sub>
(subscript), and <sup>
(superscript), <s>
(strikethrough) and <code>
(computer code/monospace font) annotations to text are available to all users in the drop-down menu. At the moment, all but the most basic tools have been moved into a single drop-down menu, including the tools for inserting media, references, reference lists, and templates. The current location of all of the items in the toolbar is temporary, and your opinions about the best order are needed! Please offer suggestions at
Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback/Toolbar.
In an eagerly anticipated upgrade to the reference dialog, newly added references or reference groups no longer need the page to be saved before they can be re-used (bugs 51689 and 52000). The 'Use existing reference' button is now disabled on pages which don't yet have any references ( bug 51848). The template parameter filter in the transclusion dialog now searches both parameter name and label ( bug 51670).
In response to several requests, there are some new keyboard shortcuts. You can now set the block/paragraph formatting from the keyboard: Ctrl+0 sets a block as a regular paragraph; Ctrl+1 up to Ctrl+6 sets it as a Heading 1 ("Page title") to Heading 6 ("Sub-heading 4"); Ctrl+7 sets it as pre-formatted ( bug 33512). Ctrl+2, which creates level 2 section headings, may be the most useful.
Some improvements were made to capitalization for links, so typing in "iPhone" will offer a link to "iPhone" as well as "IPhone" ( bug 50452).
Copying and pasting within the same document should work better as of today's update, as should copying from VisualEditor into a third-party application ( bug 53364, bug 52271, bug 52460). Work on copying and pasting between VisualEditor instances (for example, between two articles) and retaining formatting when copying from an external source into VisualEditor is progressing.
Major improvements to editing with input method editors (IMEs; mostly used for Indic and East Asian languages) are being deployed today. This is a complex change, so it may produce unexpected errors. On a related point, the names of languages listed in the "languages" (langlinks) panel in the Page settings dialog now display as RTL when appropriate ( bug 53503).
Looking ahead: The help/'beta' menu will soon expose the build number next to the "Leave feedback" link, so users can give more specific reports about issues they encounter ( bug 53050). This change will make it easier for developers to identify any cacheing issues, once it starts reporting the build number (currently, it says "Version false"). Also, inserting a link, reference or media file will put the cursor after the new content again ( bug 53560). Next week’s update will likely improve how dropdowns and other selection menus behave when they do not fit on the screen, with things scrolling so the selected item is always in view.
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being finalized. About two dozen Wikipedias are on the list for Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only, and on Monday, September 30 for unregistered editors. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing. We've finished as the task. Please return. LittleJerry ( talk) 03:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor is still being updated every Thursday. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at
Mediawiki during the previous week. If you haven't done so already, you can turn on VisualEditor by going to
your preferences and choosing the item, "
MediaWiki:Visualeditor-preference-enable
".
The reference dialog for all Wikipedias, especially the way it handles citation templates, is being redesigned. Please offer suggestions and opinions at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. (Use your Wikipedia username/password to login there.) You can also drag and drop references (select the reference, then hover over the selected item until your cursor turns into the drag-and-drop tool). This also works for some templates, images, and other page elements (but not yet for text or floated items). References are now editable when they appear inside a media item's caption ( bug 50459).
There were a number of miscellaneous fixes made: Firstly, there was a bug that meant that it was impossible to move the cursor using the keyboard away from a selected node (like a reference or template) once it had been selected ( bug 54443). Several improvements have been made to scrollable windows, panels, and menus when they don't fit on the screen or when the selected item moves off-screen. Editing in the "slug" at the start of a page no longer shows up a chess pawn character ("♙") in some circumstances ( bug 54791). Another bug meant that links with a final punctuation character in them broke extending them in some circumstances ( bug 54332). The "page settings" dialog once again allows you to remove categories ( bug 54727). There have been some problems with deployment scripts, including one that resulted in VisualEditor being broken for an hour or two at all Wikipedias ( bug 54935). Finally, snowmen characters ("☃") no longer appear near newly added references, templates and other nodes ( bug 54712).
Looking ahead: Development work right now is on rich copy-and-paste abilities, quicker addition of citation templates in references, setting media items' options (such as being able to put images on the left), switching into wikitext mode, and simplifying the toolbar. A significant amount of work is being done on other languages during this month. If you speak a language other than English, you can help with translating the documentation.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:39, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. -- The Interior 20:46, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some feature changes, major infrastructure improvements to make the system more stable, dependable and extensible, some minor toolbar improvements, and fixing bugs.
A new form parsing library for language characters in Parsoid caused the corruption of pages containing diacritics for about an hour two weeks ago. Relatively few pages at the English Wikipedia were affected, but this created immediate problems at some other Wikipedias, sometimes affecting several dozen pages. The development teams for Parsoid and VisualEditor apologize for the serious disruption and thank the people who reported this emergency at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and on the public IRC channel, #mediawiki-visualeditor.
There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:
/wiki/Foobar?veaction=edit
and /?title=Foobar&veaction=edit
both now have text links that work if triggered (
bug 48915).$wgVisualEditorParsoidForwardCookies
set to true) (
bug 44483). (Most private wikis will also need to install Parsoid and node.js, as VisualEditor requires them.)Looking ahead:
If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 22:04, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 15:15, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some toolbar improvements, fixing bugs, and improving support for Indic languages as well as other languages with complex characters. The current focus is on improving the reference dialog and expanding the new character inserter tool.
There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:
?veaction=edit
to the end of the page name. For example, change
/info/en/?search=Special:Random
to
/info/en/?search=Special:Random?veaction=edit
to open a random page in VisualEditor. This is intended to support bug testing across multiple browsers, without requiring editors to login repeatedly.Looking ahead: The transclusion dialog will see further changes in the coming weeks, with a simple mode for single templates and an advanced mode for more complex transclusions. The new character formatting menu on the toolbar will get an arrow to show that it is a drop-down menu. The reference dialog will be improved, and the Reference item will become a button in the main toolbar, rather than an item in the Insert menu.
If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 20:37, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked mostly minor features and fixing bugs. A few significant bugs include working around a bug in CSSJanus that was wrongly flipping images used in some templates in right-to-left (RTL) environments ( bug 50910) a major bug that meant inserting any template or other transclusion failed ( bug 59002), a major but quickly resolved problem due to an unannounced change in MediaWiki core, which caused VisualEditor to crash on trying to save ( bug 59867). This last bugs did not appear on any Wikipedia. Additionally, significant work has been done in the background to make VisualEditor work as an independent editing system.
As of today, VisualEditor is now available as an opt-out feature to all users at 149 active Wikipedias.
__NOTOC__
and __FORCETOC__
as selection (forced on, forced off, or default setting; bugs
56866 and
56867) and __NOEDITSECTION__
as a checkbox (
bug 57166).Looking ahead: The character formatting menu on the toolbar will get a drop-down indicator next Thursday. The reference and media items will be the first two listed in the Insert menu. The help menu will get a page listing the keyboard shortcuts. Looking further out, image handling will be improved, including support for alignment (left, right, and center) and better control over image size (including default and upright sizes). The developers are also working on support for editing redirects and image galleries.
Subscriptions to this newsletter are managed at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter. Please add or remove your name to change your subscription settings. If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 20:02, 17 January 2014 (UTC)