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I found this following edit summary for Signals, Crane and Subway, Charters Towers railway station
Editor's summary: Task 15: Lowercase per RfC
Charters Towers is in Australia, not China. Just thought I'd mention it in case the bot has escaped its geographic confines. Kerry ( talk) 06:14, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
The decision is that Chinese stations and others should conform to the convention used elsewhere(emphasis added). The list of stations on which the bot is operating is linked from the BRFA. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:33, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
And very happy holidays. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 03:57, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for editing the page I created. I'm new to Wikipedia so would love some help. What is Linkrot? I read the page on Wiki about it and all the references I used are active and independent. Is there anyway I can improve the page? Appreciate your help. Wikilover2604 ( talk) 04:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
You used your bot account to make a substantive edit here, Please be careful to avoid it. Furthermore the edit was advertising, and has been removed. The rules about promotionalism apply everywhere in WP, not just to article pages. DGG ( talk ) 22:30, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Backlog update:
Outreach and Invitations:
{{subst:NPR invite}}
. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.New Year New Page Review Drive
General project update:
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Please move Draft:Gabjil ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Gabjil. I am the instructor in this course, I think the article is fine for namespace, and I do not find the draft system useful in education (reviews take too long). We requested that the article is moved to mainspace, not to draft space. Thank you, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:35, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
I wonder if you would be willing to run your bot (task 7) through the articles listed under "Ω" at Category:Pages using infobox settlement with unknown parameters. There are thousands of pages (I estimate about 48,000 articles) to be cleaned up with edits like this and this. Thanks for considering it. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 05:40, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
Please note the message I have left for this user who you were involved with. Home Lander ( talk) 03:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, I am new to the Wikipedia space. I noticed that you have blanked my page. I had used the same user name as the article that I had created. I have now requested a change in the username. Due to lack of understanding on my part, I may be projected some potential violations but they were not intentional. Is there a way out to publish this page again? I request you to help me and guide me through this. I am currently confused. Vasantrao Madhavrao Ghatge ( talk) 10:26, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Your bot made edits that I corrected here and here as the bot edits broke what was already working: A link to a redirect that pointed to a section of a page. Please be more careful to avoid this kind of editing in the future. Thank-you. — Prhart com♥ 12:59, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
|
The Cleanup Barnstar | |
With much gratitude. Very best wishes, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 22:54, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
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Happy Holidays |
From Stave one of Dickens
A Christmas Carol
So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD| Talk 23:12, 23 December 2017 (UTC) |
Merry Christmas JJMC89!!
Hi JJMC89, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia!
,
–
Davey2010
Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 21:39, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello JJMC89: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — MRD2014 Merry Christmas! 02:03, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
Yeah... I kind of do mind. It would have been better form for you to post onto my user talkpage and tell me what was wrong with my "Holiday greeting-card" and to give me a chance to fix it myself first, than for you to go ahead and alter the coding yourself.
See, this is the deal from my point of view...I edit. I know how to edit. I am world-class at research. And I am a pretty ok writer. But I am not a coder. Oh, I've taken some programming classes years ago but neither computer programming nor Wiki-coding are in my areas of expertise. So. I worked very hard to make my "Holiday Card". I found something I kind of liked but then wanted to change it all around - I changed the spacing, I put in different pictures, I altered the writing and the font, I fooled around with the images and searched through Commons to find the right ones, the images that I thought were perfect, I spent time...but, anyway, so I made this thing, I made it and it wasn't easy and it wasn't perfect but I did it and I was proud that I made it, I was happy I made it. And I was happy that I could share it with some of the editors around here whose work I admire or who have encouraged me in some small way.
So, maybe next time...next time you think about altering something like this, maybe ask the other editor first if they could change or correct it themselves - and give them your reasoning...maybe their content breaks up in the mobile view or perhaps it won't render in certain browsers or whatever the issue is.
If you have a good Wiki-reason for me to retain your version, please respond here - I would prefer to keep any discussions in one place.
Shearonink (
talk) 07:13, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
<center>...</center>
),
misnested HTML tags (<center><big>...</center>...</big>
), and a
missing end tag (</center>
). (Before you
corrected it, I saw the broken categories on someone's talk page, which drew me to the page.) While these don't impact the display currently,
they will in the future. —
JJMC89 21:53, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
Shearonink ( talk)
Looks like you're still here, so I'll try. Please edit any one of the cases at WP:SPI, and you'll see "Indicators and other notes" (in green). It's supposed to come up collapsed with a Show link if you want to take a look at it. I don't even know what the damned thing is called to see why it suddenly changed. Can you help? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:52, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, I have never did this before so no worry that I have to list any other pages. I will read more about wiki rules. Merry Christmas! DalidaFan ( talk) 19:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Can I get some clarification on the scope of the new railway conventions for metro stations please? I see you renamed Hongqiao railway station (metro). I read the RFC. The lowercase use of "railway" and "railway station" makes sense for cases where the words are describing what the thing is, i.e. Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway, no argument about that. But, here, isn't it part of the proper name? I would argue because the metro station is technically the Hongqiao Railway Station station, (i.e. the metro station named for the railway station), the railway station part should remain capitalized. Also, official signage on the Shanghai Metro has it capitalized. Here we have a case (not common for conventional Chinese railways, but more common for Chinese metro systems) where there is an official English translation provided by the operating authority.
In addition, if we want consistency, there's also South Shanghai Railway Station (Metro) and Shanghai Railway Station (Metro). If we were to use the Shanghai Metro's official English name for the former it should actually be Shanghai South Railway Station, not South Shanghai, but that's another matter. Thanks. Heights (Want to talk?) 03:15, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
I think we generally got this right but, with the hindsight provided by Hongqiao, I found three other cases that may be worth reconsidering:
I don't think any of these are obvious enough for me to go and revert them now, but I've no objection if anyone else wants to move them back. Certes ( talk) 20:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!
The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.
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NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.
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I found this following edit summary for Signals, Crane and Subway, Charters Towers railway station
Editor's summary: Task 15: Lowercase per RfC
Charters Towers is in Australia, not China. Just thought I'd mention it in case the bot has escaped its geographic confines. Kerry ( talk) 06:14, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
The decision is that Chinese stations and others should conform to the convention used elsewhere(emphasis added). The list of stations on which the bot is operating is linked from the BRFA. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:33, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
And very happy holidays. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 03:57, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for editing the page I created. I'm new to Wikipedia so would love some help. What is Linkrot? I read the page on Wiki about it and all the references I used are active and independent. Is there anyway I can improve the page? Appreciate your help. Wikilover2604 ( talk) 04:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
You used your bot account to make a substantive edit here, Please be careful to avoid it. Furthermore the edit was advertising, and has been removed. The rules about promotionalism apply everywhere in WP, not just to article pages. DGG ( talk ) 22:30, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Backlog update:
Outreach and Invitations:
{{subst:NPR invite}}
. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.New Year New Page Review Drive
General project update:
If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. — TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:27, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Please move Draft:Gabjil ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Gabjil. I am the instructor in this course, I think the article is fine for namespace, and I do not find the draft system useful in education (reviews take too long). We requested that the article is moved to mainspace, not to draft space. Thank you, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:35, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
I wonder if you would be willing to run your bot (task 7) through the articles listed under "Ω" at Category:Pages using infobox settlement with unknown parameters. There are thousands of pages (I estimate about 48,000 articles) to be cleaned up with edits like this and this. Thanks for considering it. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 05:40, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
Please note the message I have left for this user who you were involved with. Home Lander ( talk) 03:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, I am new to the Wikipedia space. I noticed that you have blanked my page. I had used the same user name as the article that I had created. I have now requested a change in the username. Due to lack of understanding on my part, I may be projected some potential violations but they were not intentional. Is there a way out to publish this page again? I request you to help me and guide me through this. I am currently confused. Vasantrao Madhavrao Ghatge ( talk) 10:26, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Your bot made edits that I corrected here and here as the bot edits broke what was already working: A link to a redirect that pointed to a section of a page. Please be more careful to avoid this kind of editing in the future. Thank-you. — Prhart com♥ 12:59, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
|
The Cleanup Barnstar | |
With much gratitude. Very best wishes, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 22:54, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
![]() |
Happy Holidays |
From Stave one of Dickens
A Christmas Carol
So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD| Talk 23:12, 23 December 2017 (UTC) |
Merry Christmas JJMC89!!
Hi JJMC89, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia!
,
–
Davey2010
Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 21:39, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello JJMC89: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — MRD2014 Merry Christmas! 02:03, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
Yeah... I kind of do mind. It would have been better form for you to post onto my user talkpage and tell me what was wrong with my "Holiday greeting-card" and to give me a chance to fix it myself first, than for you to go ahead and alter the coding yourself.
See, this is the deal from my point of view...I edit. I know how to edit. I am world-class at research. And I am a pretty ok writer. But I am not a coder. Oh, I've taken some programming classes years ago but neither computer programming nor Wiki-coding are in my areas of expertise. So. I worked very hard to make my "Holiday Card". I found something I kind of liked but then wanted to change it all around - I changed the spacing, I put in different pictures, I altered the writing and the font, I fooled around with the images and searched through Commons to find the right ones, the images that I thought were perfect, I spent time...but, anyway, so I made this thing, I made it and it wasn't easy and it wasn't perfect but I did it and I was proud that I made it, I was happy I made it. And I was happy that I could share it with some of the editors around here whose work I admire or who have encouraged me in some small way.
So, maybe next time...next time you think about altering something like this, maybe ask the other editor first if they could change or correct it themselves - and give them your reasoning...maybe their content breaks up in the mobile view or perhaps it won't render in certain browsers or whatever the issue is.
If you have a good Wiki-reason for me to retain your version, please respond here - I would prefer to keep any discussions in one place.
Shearonink (
talk) 07:13, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
<center>...</center>
),
misnested HTML tags (<center><big>...</center>...</big>
), and a
missing end tag (</center>
). (Before you
corrected it, I saw the broken categories on someone's talk page, which drew me to the page.) While these don't impact the display currently,
they will in the future. —
JJMC89 21:53, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
Shearonink ( talk)
Looks like you're still here, so I'll try. Please edit any one of the cases at WP:SPI, and you'll see "Indicators and other notes" (in green). It's supposed to come up collapsed with a Show link if you want to take a look at it. I don't even know what the damned thing is called to see why it suddenly changed. Can you help? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:52, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, I have never did this before so no worry that I have to list any other pages. I will read more about wiki rules. Merry Christmas! DalidaFan ( talk) 19:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Can I get some clarification on the scope of the new railway conventions for metro stations please? I see you renamed Hongqiao railway station (metro). I read the RFC. The lowercase use of "railway" and "railway station" makes sense for cases where the words are describing what the thing is, i.e. Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway, no argument about that. But, here, isn't it part of the proper name? I would argue because the metro station is technically the Hongqiao Railway Station station, (i.e. the metro station named for the railway station), the railway station part should remain capitalized. Also, official signage on the Shanghai Metro has it capitalized. Here we have a case (not common for conventional Chinese railways, but more common for Chinese metro systems) where there is an official English translation provided by the operating authority.
In addition, if we want consistency, there's also South Shanghai Railway Station (Metro) and Shanghai Railway Station (Metro). If we were to use the Shanghai Metro's official English name for the former it should actually be Shanghai South Railway Station, not South Shanghai, but that's another matter. Thanks. Heights (Want to talk?) 03:15, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
I think we generally got this right but, with the hindsight provided by Hongqiao, I found three other cases that may be worth reconsidering:
I don't think any of these are obvious enough for me to go and revert them now, but I've no objection if anyone else wants to move them back. Certes ( talk) 20:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!
The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.
Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:
NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.
If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. — TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:24, 30 December 2017 (UTC)