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You are clearly editing in response to Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender_Gap_Task_Force. Please follow Wikipedia's guidelines and rules, specifically regarding WP:RS. You do not seem to be adhering to a neutral point of view. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 22:25, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
@ User:EvergreenFir There are no reliable sources in Mansplaining supporting your claim that it's an academic concept. No reason for your revert. EChastain ( talk) 22:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
@ User:EvergreenFir, I read WP:LEAD, and Mansplaining doesn't follow it. It doesn't have a lead that can stand alone and sums up the article:
"The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects.
The lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview. It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies. [1] The notability of the article's subject is usually established in the first few sentences. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources. Apart from trivial basic facts, significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article."
EChastain ( talk) 23:38, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Mansplaining shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 22:39, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
@ EvergreenFir: you should know better than to revert three minutes after my revert (which I had justified on talk) without engaging on the talk page or even reading it. You had not responded to the link I gave to the scholarly article you used for the citation, proving that it didn't say what you claimed it did. I have posted quite a bit on talk, while you have posted nothing of relevance, except to claim that you have no time to look into the problems and asking others to do it. Really? What made it so important that you must revert without knowing anything at all about why? Please, be a more professional academic if you're going to claim you're one, or you'll make us all look bad! EChastain ( talk) 23:57, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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Go read WP:REFACTOR. I'm perfectly allowed to improve the format of the page. I did not edit your comment. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 01:56, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
User:EvergreenFir, you're not the hall monitor. Stop acting like one. Go read WP:REFACTOR. Your refactoring was not for any of the right reasons. Stop following me around on arbcom. I don't think very many other editors find your comments useful. EChastain ( talk) 02:02, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
p.s. User:EvergreenFir, you don't know what you're talking about on Mansplaining, but it's not worth my time dealing with you. I would expect a better understanding of what reliable sourcing is from a teacher or an "academic" which you claim to be. The uninformed statement that people such as you decide what a social phenomenon is versus a slur is pompous silliness. EChastain ( talk) 02:13, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
Hey I don't know if you found this yet but we have Userboxes here on Wikipedia. =) I cant make you place userboxes on your main page but its always nice to find out more about a person. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:42, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
All you need to do is copy/paste the template {{User:Feureau/UserBox/ProudWikipedian}} for example onto your Userpage. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:45, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
Have fun with your infoboxes =) - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:53, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
This GGTF arbcom is out of control, and I think the final decision is likely to do harm to en:wiki and decrease the retention of editors that I admire. The lecturing know-it-all comments by EvergreenFir, and her agenda-driven take on mansplaining, for example, gives me the idea that en:wiki is being taken over by a new type of editor, far different from the many learned, well-educated and creative editors whose writing I've admired and respected from the early days. The way I feel now, I think I'll probably edit very little here in the future. EChastain ( talk) 01:55, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
(edid conflict) Yeah, en:wiki has been diminishing since 2006 or so in my eyes. In fact, I've not edited for a very long time but I find the atmosphere is so changed now that I've little appetite. Maybe a few edits here and there, but certainly I'll never put the energy into writing, editing, adding reliable sources that I did in the past. No point when these new editors don't even seem to understand reliable sourcing. EChastain ( talk) 02:19, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
(edit conflict) It's not any particular article, as I've wide ranging interests. it's the new mentality exemplified by EvergreenFir's revert of a comment by Giano on Jimbo's talk page, calling him a troll. EvergeenFir is a symptom of the future here. EChastain ( talk) 02:11, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Victoriaearle, apologies for misrepresenting your comments to Knowledgekid87. I agree with you that the arbitration proceedings are patronising (I hope my long comments there didn't contribute to that). I think your words above are spot on: it would be better for the community to work out notions of civility, etc., rather than have the mostly-male arbitration committee choose bannings "because of the women". I also had trouble articulating my thoughts, and wasn't able to come up with a concise summary. There were so many things that bothered me about the whole thing. EChastain ( talk) 18:52, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Please read WP:FORUM. If someone complains about an article but makes it 90% about their beliefs and does not address the article in any substantive way, that's WP:FORUM. I know you have your POV on that article, as do I, and I know you dislike me but step back and look at the comment itself. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 08:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
@ EChastain: Regarding this post, [1] would you mind rewording it? It could suggest that I am "massively disruptive" or incompetent.
Thank you. Lightbreather ( talk) 18:20, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I used "good person" in the sense of "well-meaning" and intended to say that even well-meaning editors can still make unsupported statements, take the remarks of others too personally, push a POV etc., resulting in disruption to wikipedia.
If someone made the comment that I (specifically naming me) was "massively disruptive" or that I don't "have the competence required", with diffs offering evidence of my behavior, the factually accuracy of those statements about me would be for others to decide. I just gave my general opinion under "Final comments". Surely expressing my general view is ok, don't you think? It's just a drop in the ocean of that whole arbcom, and no one has said that you (Lightbreather) is "massively disruptive". EChastain ( talk) 00:11, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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You have a fan club it seems. do so hope they are wrong but I wqanted you to be aware the plot was a foot. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 20:09, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sue Rangell.--v/r - T P 20:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please consider it isn't being used against you. I think that we have an editor upset they were caught and they are trying to sling mud everywhere. I have put evidence up on your behalf on the SPI. I'd just ignore this user and focus your claims on the investigation because it doesnt matter what they say. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 00:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
(crossposted to EvergreenFir's talk)
If you are editing (and reverting) an article, you are also required to discuss the changes on talk.
I had this problem with you on mansplaining. On my talk you repeatedly lectured me [2], [3] reverted my edits within minutes without any discussion on talk, templated my talk page, threating my with being blocked. [4]. Then said "You didn't even give me 3 minutes to post on the talk page before reverting." [5] You had already reverted my without any discussion on talk, as I explained to you. [6] Then you refactored my post at arbcom, justing that with another lecture. [7]Please follow what Volunteer Mark is saying you are required to do.
I'm crossposting this to my own talkpage. EChastain ( talk) 15:33, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
@ EvergreenFir: - you've made 11 posts on my talkpage including a template threatening me with a block for a revert (reverting without talkpage discussion being one of the subjects on your page made by another user, including your lack of discussion on article's talk, regarding your behavior in the Crimea content dispute) plus you refactored my comments on the arbcase, plus you reverted me twice without any corresponding explanation on the article's talk page, or discussing or even reading the article's talk. Who's "dipping" toes into WP:HOUNDING?
Here are your comments on this page, in chronological order:
EvergreenFir, so who's WP:HOUNDING who?
EChastain ( talk) 20:50, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Does that fit what I did, per your accusation above? Or do you once again not really understand the policies/guidelines, essays that you tell me to read?
Please stop posting here. Stay away from my talk. EChastain ( talk) 21:22, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
I admire the tenactiy of your defense and I find a lot of your answers reasonable. I would suggest on stop trying to convince both Lightbreather and Tparis, they have a singular vision which as they have stated has not altered. You can see yourself how weak some of the evidence is and it isn't even really connected. I'd be surprised if they find that you were Sue Rangell and if you are congrats on a great job thus far, you sure fooled me. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 01:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
I do not think you are Sue Rangell as there would be nothing to gain from it. Are you editing in areas that Sue was banned from? No, Sue's account is not even banned so why the need to sock? It bothers me I guess that you feel the need to hide information about yourself out of fear of others as you should feel free to express and be proud of yourself. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 03:58, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
My advice would be to ignore the comments made towards you as you are just going to get more of the same thing back, go edit someplace and enjoy Wikipedia rather than being involved in something you know isn't true. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 04:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Well I am heading off to bed, I see that HIAB up above has been giving you the same advice to ignore things but for some reason you aren't listening to advice of editors who are only trying to help you here. I hope things turn out for the better, Wikipedia is a big place with thousands of articles to edit and tons of wiki-projects to invest your time in. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 04:21, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Full disclosure, I think you're a returning editor using a new account. Thing is, I don't care and nobody else is going to care so long as you stay out of trouble. I don't see LB's SPI going anywhere but you're doing yourself no favors by fighting it so vehemently. You've already sufficiently cast doubt on it. Also, tone down the language a bit against LB like saying she doesn't know what she's doing, etc. And don't try to wikilawyer about whether she should even be able to be doing what she's doing while blocked. Around here the person carrying the stick is usually the one to get whacked with it. You're already in a bit of conflict with Evergreen above as well. They're a good editor and reasonable from what I've seen. She even came to your aid in the SPI. Edit somewhere you're not in a conflict for bit. Relax. I think you'll find it will all blow over. Capeo ( talk) 15:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
@ Capeo: and @ Hell in a Bucket: Thanks so much for giving me some emotional support. I've looked through Lightbreater's talk archives and it's obvious she has a disruptive history over some gun control articles primarily, and has caused several editors grief. Though she thanks StarryGrandma, she consistently failed to follow her mentor's advice. Agree that Sue Rangell is the target, not me. EChastain ( talk) 01:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
If one is innocent of socking, then one has nothing to fear & so wouldn't/shouldn't be complaining about any SPIs. GoodDay ( talk) 15:45, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Capeo, I'm not after Lightbreather. I don't care what happens to her, or to me for that matter. I've withdrawn my request at ANI. Mostly I'm just appalled at how things are handled here. Lightbreather's situation merely illustrates the regular wiki "goings on". The lack of transparency makes it very difficult to figure out what's going on and makes me question whether the effort of creating and writing content is worth it any more. I've never been in an arbcom case. or commented on one, but have followed some closely.
I admitted I had a strong reaction over the spamming of Hell in a Bucket's post, which led my to look into things. I haven't had an account for at least five years, editing as an IP. But with a change in personal circumstances, I remembered the pleasure of creating and writing articles in collaboration with others here. But this place has changed, or maybe I'm just seeing a different side. I suppose I can't go back to the IP again because I would be a sockpuppet then. All this talk about identifying the "Sock master" when it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that there isn't one in my case. But undoubtedly, if I edit more articles, there'll be continuing attempts to connect me to a Sock master, per Flyer22 who says her talents include "sniffing" out socks. Regrettably, EChastain ( talk) 16:13, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
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"Welcome" to Wikipedia. What they don't tell you is that although Wikipedia-the-encyclopedia is awesome, Wikipedia:: the namespace often sucks. I, too, don't believe you're a new editor, based on this. (Brilliant, aren't I?) Anyway, I've left some comments on the ANI thread, which likely will be effective as sticking a finger in a dike. At this point, there's really nothing you can do except ignore it; stay off of TParis's talk page and disengage from the GGTF fiasco. Thanks for all your past contributions and hopefully things will blow over such that you can continue helping write the encyclopedia in the future. NE Ent 10:16, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Id take a look here [ [8]]. I'd also suggest taking off that retired template on your user page if you are going to edit content, your choice if you keep it though.. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 07:14, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
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It has been pointed out to me that you seconded my nomination for "Editor of the Week", that was very kind of you. Thanks, I remain astonished. J3Mrs ( talk) 15:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
For letting me know that I was mentioned in the ArbCom or whatever that process is called. Regards, -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 11:05, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
You seem to have had trouble finding links to the three recent AE proceeedings re the other EC. Here they are:
To find them, I went to WP:AE, scrolled down to "Arbitration enforcement archives" box, typed in his name, and clicked on "Search archives." The last one, as of today, has not yet been moved into an archive file.
I am perturbed you told Roger Davies that TParis, Rationalobserver, and Gamaliel are my proxies. [9] In the future, if you're going to make such allegations, I suggest you bring it up at the appropriate place and ping those whom you mention.
-- Lightbreather ( talk) 17:22, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Can you please link me to what you are referring to, because I have absolutely no idea what this is about. Rationalobserver ( talk) 23:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
If you are going to make on-wiki accusations about me, I think it's highly inappropriate to refuse to link me to the supposed evidence of my off-wiki activities. Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
Are there any specific reasons why you refuse to provide me a link? Do you think it's appropriate to make accusations without evidence? Per WP:WIAPA: "There is no rule that is objective and not open to interpretation on what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion, but some types of comments are never acceptable, [including:] Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence." You've made this personal attack at least twice, so please don't repeat it, unless you are willing to provide evidence per policy. Rationalobserver ( talk) 18:35, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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I like mantras. I think they work. I especially like this one; Calm your mind in order to restore equilibrium and normalcy. . Buster Seven Talk 15:45, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
I couldn't help but notice that you stated at my talk page: "Long ago I remember Victoriaearle being harassed by sockpuppets so I overreacted this time in trying to find evidence." However, your account only dates back to October 2014, so did you have a previous account? Rationalobserver ( talk) 15:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi EChastain, I noticed your edits on some toilet-related pages and saw your note on the talk page of Doc_James. Always great to find people who are interested in toilets! How about joining our WikiProject Sanitation? About the photos on Commons that came from the SuSanA Flickr Account, yes, that's my baby (i.e. I am the one who organised this huge flickr photo collection of 10,000+ photos which were last year transferred to Wikimedia Commons). If you are wondering about categorisation, take a look at how we have done it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/collections/ . This might give some inspiration? EvM-Susana ( talk) 07:34, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I contacted Doc James when I realised that he's involved in an effort on en:wiki to increase awareness on sanitation, especially as it relates to health. (I'm very interested in the subject.) I'm going to join WikiProject Sanitation. I would appreciate your view, and those of other project members, on how these images can best be categorised there. I looked at the flicker collections briefly, but they're so small on my screen that I can't make sense of them right now but will work on it. Thanks for contacting me! And for the opportunity to meet you in person, so to speak. EChastain ( talk) 14:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
What is en:wiki? Latrine (instead of toilet) is really quite an outdated term, that's why the English page on latrines is kept really short - main terms nowadays are toilets (and underneath that: pit latrine as one type of toilet; yes, slightly inconsistent that we prefer "pit latrine" to "pit toilet" but that's how it is). Why would someone want to delete the category "toilets"? The photos would not be deleted, right, just the category? EvM-Susana ( talk) 22:32, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I can get some pics taken in Africa of pit latrines. Might take a little while though and I might have to secure permission from the copyright holder or have them released as PD. But they're good pics. Pinged. Victoria ( tk) 21:10, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I'll answer here: I don't mind, I haven't edited there in years. Nishidani did much of the heavy lifting some years ago. If it goes to review he should get some credit, but other than that, like all of our articles (or most of them) anyone can edit, I suppose. Victoria ( tk) 21:28, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
The last of your diffs at AN/I, the one about another AN/I section, is by an IP, not by RO. Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:43, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Yngvadottir, thanks for catching that. It was a mistake on my part, and I've struck the link. EChastain ( talk) 21:17, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. At this point there are a lot of eyes watching Rationalobserver for any sort of inappropriate behavior. Given that this user has plenty of supervision and has also expressed a desire not to be monitored by you perhaps you could agree to find other areas of Wikipedia to take care of and leave Rationalobserver for others to watch? Chillum 23:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. I appreciate that. Chillum 23:51, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
( edit conflict)@ Coffee:, Why as an admin did you let that go on without comment on your talk page? You don't think that a whole discussion trying to prove I'm a sockpuppet isn't a personal attack? Really? When SPI filed in December, and illegally reopened a week or so later, was closed for lack of evidence? You don't see that as a persoal attack? It's being brought up repeatedly and that's ok? EChastain ( talk) 00:06, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I do see some suspicions being voiced against you without evidence and it was certainly not my intention to suggest that is okay. I guess I am just asking you to be the bigger person in the hopes of deescalation. If this display of maturity on your part does alleviate these suspicions then please let me know and I will explain the requirement of evidence. Chillum 00:05, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I am not defending anyone and I don't have a side in this little scuffle. It is a mistake to see this as an adversarial situation. I am not demanding you stay away from this user, I am asking you do it voluntarily. If you decide to step away then that will be seen to your credit, if the community ends up deciding you should stay away then you will not get any such credit. Chillum 00:21, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your edits on the page on UDDTs, much appreciated. Just one thing: you added as a source a dicussion thread on the SuSanA discussion forum: /info/en/?search=Urine-diverting_dry_toilet#Sitting_or_squatting Whilst I love this forum (I moderate it), and would be tempted to do that myself, I don't think we are technically "allowed" to cite a forum post. That's why I would prefer the "citation needed" tag. I am pretty sure it would not too hard to find a reference to cite in that thread, but linking to the thread itself is probably not good practice. So I would say we should go back to "citation needed" or do a quick Google search to find a good citation. Or perhaps link to the website of that Squatty Potty, perhaps that is better. EvM-Susana ( talk) 10:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've just been going through Category:Articles with missing files and I keep running it your work! Your breaking images all over the place! Such as 4 I fixed on Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 on Bhikkhu. However after a 11 hour day it too late to find and fix the rest and some are still flagged on Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Mediterranean Sea. Please be careful. Cheers KylieTastic ( talk) 21:39, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi E, thank you for pinging me about the mention on LB's Talk page. I already feel like I have a "virtual stink" attached to me amongst the WP community because of my interaction with LB, so I'm just observing. Thanks for the heads up. -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:04, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
In addition to the ping you'll receive, I just made this edit [12] on the Evidence Talk page. It was clear from things already posted that Karanacs Talk page is being monitored by LB. -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 17:35, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
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There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.
The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.
Until next time,
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.
During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.
We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.
This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.
Until next time,
This month:
Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.
In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?
Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.
The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
This month:
In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.
Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)
With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: {{
Wikipedia Requests}}. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying article=
, category=
, or wikiproject=
, and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do {{
Wikipedia Requests|category=Living people}}
. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!
The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.
If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Requests#Transition project and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.
WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.
And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.
Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name s52475__wpx_p
. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called projectindex
. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!
Harej ( talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:
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You are clearly editing in response to Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender_Gap_Task_Force. Please follow Wikipedia's guidelines and rules, specifically regarding WP:RS. You do not seem to be adhering to a neutral point of view. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 22:25, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
@ User:EvergreenFir There are no reliable sources in Mansplaining supporting your claim that it's an academic concept. No reason for your revert. EChastain ( talk) 22:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
@ User:EvergreenFir, I read WP:LEAD, and Mansplaining doesn't follow it. It doesn't have a lead that can stand alone and sums up the article:
"The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects.
The lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview. It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies. [1] The notability of the article's subject is usually established in the first few sentences. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources. Apart from trivial basic facts, significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article."
EChastain ( talk) 23:38, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Mansplaining shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 22:39, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
@ EvergreenFir: you should know better than to revert three minutes after my revert (which I had justified on talk) without engaging on the talk page or even reading it. You had not responded to the link I gave to the scholarly article you used for the citation, proving that it didn't say what you claimed it did. I have posted quite a bit on talk, while you have posted nothing of relevance, except to claim that you have no time to look into the problems and asking others to do it. Really? What made it so important that you must revert without knowing anything at all about why? Please, be a more professional academic if you're going to claim you're one, or you'll make us all look bad! EChastain ( talk) 23:57, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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Go read WP:REFACTOR. I'm perfectly allowed to improve the format of the page. I did not edit your comment. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 01:56, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
User:EvergreenFir, you're not the hall monitor. Stop acting like one. Go read WP:REFACTOR. Your refactoring was not for any of the right reasons. Stop following me around on arbcom. I don't think very many other editors find your comments useful. EChastain ( talk) 02:02, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
p.s. User:EvergreenFir, you don't know what you're talking about on Mansplaining, but it's not worth my time dealing with you. I would expect a better understanding of what reliable sourcing is from a teacher or an "academic" which you claim to be. The uninformed statement that people such as you decide what a social phenomenon is versus a slur is pompous silliness. EChastain ( talk) 02:13, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
Hey I don't know if you found this yet but we have Userboxes here on Wikipedia. =) I cant make you place userboxes on your main page but its always nice to find out more about a person. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:42, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
All you need to do is copy/paste the template {{User:Feureau/UserBox/ProudWikipedian}} for example onto your Userpage. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:45, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
Have fun with your infoboxes =) - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 17:53, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
This GGTF arbcom is out of control, and I think the final decision is likely to do harm to en:wiki and decrease the retention of editors that I admire. The lecturing know-it-all comments by EvergreenFir, and her agenda-driven take on mansplaining, for example, gives me the idea that en:wiki is being taken over by a new type of editor, far different from the many learned, well-educated and creative editors whose writing I've admired and respected from the early days. The way I feel now, I think I'll probably edit very little here in the future. EChastain ( talk) 01:55, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
(edid conflict) Yeah, en:wiki has been diminishing since 2006 or so in my eyes. In fact, I've not edited for a very long time but I find the atmosphere is so changed now that I've little appetite. Maybe a few edits here and there, but certainly I'll never put the energy into writing, editing, adding reliable sources that I did in the past. No point when these new editors don't even seem to understand reliable sourcing. EChastain ( talk) 02:19, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
(edit conflict) It's not any particular article, as I've wide ranging interests. it's the new mentality exemplified by EvergreenFir's revert of a comment by Giano on Jimbo's talk page, calling him a troll. EvergeenFir is a symptom of the future here. EChastain ( talk) 02:11, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Victoriaearle, apologies for misrepresenting your comments to Knowledgekid87. I agree with you that the arbitration proceedings are patronising (I hope my long comments there didn't contribute to that). I think your words above are spot on: it would be better for the community to work out notions of civility, etc., rather than have the mostly-male arbitration committee choose bannings "because of the women". I also had trouble articulating my thoughts, and wasn't able to come up with a concise summary. There were so many things that bothered me about the whole thing. EChastain ( talk) 18:52, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Please read WP:FORUM. If someone complains about an article but makes it 90% about their beliefs and does not address the article in any substantive way, that's WP:FORUM. I know you have your POV on that article, as do I, and I know you dislike me but step back and look at the comment itself. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 08:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
@ EChastain: Regarding this post, [1] would you mind rewording it? It could suggest that I am "massively disruptive" or incompetent.
Thank you. Lightbreather ( talk) 18:20, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I used "good person" in the sense of "well-meaning" and intended to say that even well-meaning editors can still make unsupported statements, take the remarks of others too personally, push a POV etc., resulting in disruption to wikipedia.
If someone made the comment that I (specifically naming me) was "massively disruptive" or that I don't "have the competence required", with diffs offering evidence of my behavior, the factually accuracy of those statements about me would be for others to decide. I just gave my general opinion under "Final comments". Surely expressing my general view is ok, don't you think? It's just a drop in the ocean of that whole arbcom, and no one has said that you (Lightbreather) is "massively disruptive". EChastain ( talk) 00:11, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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You have a fan club it seems. do so hope they are wrong but I wqanted you to be aware the plot was a foot. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 20:09, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sue Rangell.--v/r - T P 20:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please consider it isn't being used against you. I think that we have an editor upset they were caught and they are trying to sling mud everywhere. I have put evidence up on your behalf on the SPI. I'd just ignore this user and focus your claims on the investigation because it doesnt matter what they say. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 00:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
(crossposted to EvergreenFir's talk)
If you are editing (and reverting) an article, you are also required to discuss the changes on talk.
I had this problem with you on mansplaining. On my talk you repeatedly lectured me [2], [3] reverted my edits within minutes without any discussion on talk, templated my talk page, threating my with being blocked. [4]. Then said "You didn't even give me 3 minutes to post on the talk page before reverting." [5] You had already reverted my without any discussion on talk, as I explained to you. [6] Then you refactored my post at arbcom, justing that with another lecture. [7]Please follow what Volunteer Mark is saying you are required to do.
I'm crossposting this to my own talkpage. EChastain ( talk) 15:33, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
@ EvergreenFir: - you've made 11 posts on my talkpage including a template threatening me with a block for a revert (reverting without talkpage discussion being one of the subjects on your page made by another user, including your lack of discussion on article's talk, regarding your behavior in the Crimea content dispute) plus you refactored my comments on the arbcase, plus you reverted me twice without any corresponding explanation on the article's talk page, or discussing or even reading the article's talk. Who's "dipping" toes into WP:HOUNDING?
Here are your comments on this page, in chronological order:
EvergreenFir, so who's WP:HOUNDING who?
EChastain ( talk) 20:50, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Does that fit what I did, per your accusation above? Or do you once again not really understand the policies/guidelines, essays that you tell me to read?
Please stop posting here. Stay away from my talk. EChastain ( talk) 21:22, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
I admire the tenactiy of your defense and I find a lot of your answers reasonable. I would suggest on stop trying to convince both Lightbreather and Tparis, they have a singular vision which as they have stated has not altered. You can see yourself how weak some of the evidence is and it isn't even really connected. I'd be surprised if they find that you were Sue Rangell and if you are congrats on a great job thus far, you sure fooled me. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 01:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
I do not think you are Sue Rangell as there would be nothing to gain from it. Are you editing in areas that Sue was banned from? No, Sue's account is not even banned so why the need to sock? It bothers me I guess that you feel the need to hide information about yourself out of fear of others as you should feel free to express and be proud of yourself. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 03:58, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
My advice would be to ignore the comments made towards you as you are just going to get more of the same thing back, go edit someplace and enjoy Wikipedia rather than being involved in something you know isn't true. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 04:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Well I am heading off to bed, I see that HIAB up above has been giving you the same advice to ignore things but for some reason you aren't listening to advice of editors who are only trying to help you here. I hope things turn out for the better, Wikipedia is a big place with thousands of articles to edit and tons of wiki-projects to invest your time in. - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 04:21, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Full disclosure, I think you're a returning editor using a new account. Thing is, I don't care and nobody else is going to care so long as you stay out of trouble. I don't see LB's SPI going anywhere but you're doing yourself no favors by fighting it so vehemently. You've already sufficiently cast doubt on it. Also, tone down the language a bit against LB like saying she doesn't know what she's doing, etc. And don't try to wikilawyer about whether she should even be able to be doing what she's doing while blocked. Around here the person carrying the stick is usually the one to get whacked with it. You're already in a bit of conflict with Evergreen above as well. They're a good editor and reasonable from what I've seen. She even came to your aid in the SPI. Edit somewhere you're not in a conflict for bit. Relax. I think you'll find it will all blow over. Capeo ( talk) 15:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
@ Capeo: and @ Hell in a Bucket: Thanks so much for giving me some emotional support. I've looked through Lightbreater's talk archives and it's obvious she has a disruptive history over some gun control articles primarily, and has caused several editors grief. Though she thanks StarryGrandma, she consistently failed to follow her mentor's advice. Agree that Sue Rangell is the target, not me. EChastain ( talk) 01:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
If one is innocent of socking, then one has nothing to fear & so wouldn't/shouldn't be complaining about any SPIs. GoodDay ( talk) 15:45, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Capeo, I'm not after Lightbreather. I don't care what happens to her, or to me for that matter. I've withdrawn my request at ANI. Mostly I'm just appalled at how things are handled here. Lightbreather's situation merely illustrates the regular wiki "goings on". The lack of transparency makes it very difficult to figure out what's going on and makes me question whether the effort of creating and writing content is worth it any more. I've never been in an arbcom case. or commented on one, but have followed some closely.
I admitted I had a strong reaction over the spamming of Hell in a Bucket's post, which led my to look into things. I haven't had an account for at least five years, editing as an IP. But with a change in personal circumstances, I remembered the pleasure of creating and writing articles in collaboration with others here. But this place has changed, or maybe I'm just seeing a different side. I suppose I can't go back to the IP again because I would be a sockpuppet then. All this talk about identifying the "Sock master" when it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that there isn't one in my case. But undoubtedly, if I edit more articles, there'll be continuing attempts to connect me to a Sock master, per Flyer22 who says her talents include "sniffing" out socks. Regrettably, EChastain ( talk) 16:13, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
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EChastain SPI and ad hominems. Thank you. v/r -
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P 01:22, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
"Welcome" to Wikipedia. What they don't tell you is that although Wikipedia-the-encyclopedia is awesome, Wikipedia:: the namespace often sucks. I, too, don't believe you're a new editor, based on this. (Brilliant, aren't I?) Anyway, I've left some comments on the ANI thread, which likely will be effective as sticking a finger in a dike. At this point, there's really nothing you can do except ignore it; stay off of TParis's talk page and disengage from the GGTF fiasco. Thanks for all your past contributions and hopefully things will blow over such that you can continue helping write the encyclopedia in the future. NE Ent 10:16, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Id take a look here [ [8]]. I'd also suggest taking off that retired template on your user page if you are going to edit content, your choice if you keep it though.. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 07:14, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
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It has been pointed out to me that you seconded my nomination for "Editor of the Week", that was very kind of you. Thanks, I remain astonished. J3Mrs ( talk) 15:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
For letting me know that I was mentioned in the ArbCom or whatever that process is called. Regards, -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 11:05, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
You seem to have had trouble finding links to the three recent AE proceeedings re the other EC. Here they are:
To find them, I went to WP:AE, scrolled down to "Arbitration enforcement archives" box, typed in his name, and clicked on "Search archives." The last one, as of today, has not yet been moved into an archive file.
I am perturbed you told Roger Davies that TParis, Rationalobserver, and Gamaliel are my proxies. [9] In the future, if you're going to make such allegations, I suggest you bring it up at the appropriate place and ping those whom you mention.
-- Lightbreather ( talk) 17:22, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Can you please link me to what you are referring to, because I have absolutely no idea what this is about. Rationalobserver ( talk) 23:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
If you are going to make on-wiki accusations about me, I think it's highly inappropriate to refuse to link me to the supposed evidence of my off-wiki activities. Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
Are there any specific reasons why you refuse to provide me a link? Do you think it's appropriate to make accusations without evidence? Per WP:WIAPA: "There is no rule that is objective and not open to interpretation on what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion, but some types of comments are never acceptable, [including:] Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence." You've made this personal attack at least twice, so please don't repeat it, unless you are willing to provide evidence per policy. Rationalobserver ( talk) 18:35, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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I like mantras. I think they work. I especially like this one; Calm your mind in order to restore equilibrium and normalcy. . Buster Seven Talk 15:45, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
I couldn't help but notice that you stated at my talk page: "Long ago I remember Victoriaearle being harassed by sockpuppets so I overreacted this time in trying to find evidence." However, your account only dates back to October 2014, so did you have a previous account? Rationalobserver ( talk) 15:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi EChastain, I noticed your edits on some toilet-related pages and saw your note on the talk page of Doc_James. Always great to find people who are interested in toilets! How about joining our WikiProject Sanitation? About the photos on Commons that came from the SuSanA Flickr Account, yes, that's my baby (i.e. I am the one who organised this huge flickr photo collection of 10,000+ photos which were last year transferred to Wikimedia Commons). If you are wondering about categorisation, take a look at how we have done it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/collections/ . This might give some inspiration? EvM-Susana ( talk) 07:34, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I contacted Doc James when I realised that he's involved in an effort on en:wiki to increase awareness on sanitation, especially as it relates to health. (I'm very interested in the subject.) I'm going to join WikiProject Sanitation. I would appreciate your view, and those of other project members, on how these images can best be categorised there. I looked at the flicker collections briefly, but they're so small on my screen that I can't make sense of them right now but will work on it. Thanks for contacting me! And for the opportunity to meet you in person, so to speak. EChastain ( talk) 14:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
What is en:wiki? Latrine (instead of toilet) is really quite an outdated term, that's why the English page on latrines is kept really short - main terms nowadays are toilets (and underneath that: pit latrine as one type of toilet; yes, slightly inconsistent that we prefer "pit latrine" to "pit toilet" but that's how it is). Why would someone want to delete the category "toilets"? The photos would not be deleted, right, just the category? EvM-Susana ( talk) 22:32, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I can get some pics taken in Africa of pit latrines. Might take a little while though and I might have to secure permission from the copyright holder or have them released as PD. But they're good pics. Pinged. Victoria ( tk) 21:10, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I'll answer here: I don't mind, I haven't edited there in years. Nishidani did much of the heavy lifting some years ago. If it goes to review he should get some credit, but other than that, like all of our articles (or most of them) anyone can edit, I suppose. Victoria ( tk) 21:28, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
The last of your diffs at AN/I, the one about another AN/I section, is by an IP, not by RO. Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:43, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Yngvadottir, thanks for catching that. It was a mistake on my part, and I've struck the link. EChastain ( talk) 21:17, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. At this point there are a lot of eyes watching Rationalobserver for any sort of inappropriate behavior. Given that this user has plenty of supervision and has also expressed a desire not to be monitored by you perhaps you could agree to find other areas of Wikipedia to take care of and leave Rationalobserver for others to watch? Chillum 23:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. I appreciate that. Chillum 23:51, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
( edit conflict)@ Coffee:, Why as an admin did you let that go on without comment on your talk page? You don't think that a whole discussion trying to prove I'm a sockpuppet isn't a personal attack? Really? When SPI filed in December, and illegally reopened a week or so later, was closed for lack of evidence? You don't see that as a persoal attack? It's being brought up repeatedly and that's ok? EChastain ( talk) 00:06, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I do see some suspicions being voiced against you without evidence and it was certainly not my intention to suggest that is okay. I guess I am just asking you to be the bigger person in the hopes of deescalation. If this display of maturity on your part does alleviate these suspicions then please let me know and I will explain the requirement of evidence. Chillum 00:05, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I am not defending anyone and I don't have a side in this little scuffle. It is a mistake to see this as an adversarial situation. I am not demanding you stay away from this user, I am asking you do it voluntarily. If you decide to step away then that will be seen to your credit, if the community ends up deciding you should stay away then you will not get any such credit. Chillum 00:21, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your edits on the page on UDDTs, much appreciated. Just one thing: you added as a source a dicussion thread on the SuSanA discussion forum: /info/en/?search=Urine-diverting_dry_toilet#Sitting_or_squatting Whilst I love this forum (I moderate it), and would be tempted to do that myself, I don't think we are technically "allowed" to cite a forum post. That's why I would prefer the "citation needed" tag. I am pretty sure it would not too hard to find a reference to cite in that thread, but linking to the thread itself is probably not good practice. So I would say we should go back to "citation needed" or do a quick Google search to find a good citation. Or perhaps link to the website of that Squatty Potty, perhaps that is better. EvM-Susana ( talk) 10:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've just been going through Category:Articles with missing files and I keep running it your work! Your breaking images all over the place! Such as 4 I fixed on Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 on Bhikkhu. However after a 11 hour day it too late to find and fix the rest and some are still flagged on Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Mediterranean Sea. Please be careful. Cheers KylieTastic ( talk) 21:39, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi E, thank you for pinging me about the mention on LB's Talk page. I already feel like I have a "virtual stink" attached to me amongst the WP community because of my interaction with LB, so I'm just observing. Thanks for the heads up. -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:04, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello friends! We have been hard at work these past two months. For this report:
For the first time, we are happy to bring you an exhaustive, comprehensive WikiProject Directory. This directory endeavors to list every single WikiProject on the English Wikipedia, including those that don't participate in article assessment. In constructing the broadest possible definition, we have come up with a list of approximately 2,600 WikiProjects. The directory tracks activity statistics on the WikiProject's pages, and, for where it's available, statistics on the number of articles tracked by the WikiProject and the number of editors active on those articles. Complementing the directory are description pages for each project, listing usernames of people active on the WikiProject pages and the articles in the WikiProject's scope. This will help Wikipedians interested in a subject find each other, whether to seek feedback on an article or to revive an old project. (There is an opt-out option.) We have also come up with listings of related WikiProjects, listing the ten most relevant WikiProjects based on what articles they have in common. We would like to promote WikiProjects as interconnected systems, rather than isolated silos.
A tremendous amount of work went into preparing this directory. WikiProjects do not consistently categorize their pages, meaning we had to develop our own index to match WikiProjects with the articles in their scope. We also had to make some adjustments to how WikiProjects were categorized; indeed, I personally have racked up a few hundred edits re-categorizing WikiProjects. There remains more work to be done to make the WikiProject directory truly useful. In the meantime, take a look and feel free to leave feedback at the WikiProject X talk page.
What have we been working on?
Want us to work on any other tools? Interested in volunteering? Leave a note on our talk page.
The database report which lists WikiProjects according to the number of watchers (i.e., people that have the project on their watchlist), is back! The report stopped being updated a year ago, following the deactivation of the Toolserver, but a replacement report has been generated.
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.
Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.
Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.
There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.
The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.
Until next time,
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.
During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.
We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.
This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.
Until next time,
This month:
Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.
In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?
Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.
The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
This month:
In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.
Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)
With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: {{
Wikipedia Requests}}. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying article=
, category=
, or wikiproject=
, and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do {{
Wikipedia Requests|category=Living people}}
. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!
The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.
If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Requests#Transition project and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.
WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.
And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.
Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name s52475__wpx_p
. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called projectindex
. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!
Harej ( talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:
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