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Hi, Is it possible to restore /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rahul_Verma_(social_activist)
New York times recently did a front page story on him, in this article it is clearly visible that he remain media shy for so many years.
http://www.nytimes.com/images/2017/12/29/nytfrontpage/INYT_frontpage_global.20171229.pdf
One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India ( online addition)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/health/india-diabetes-junk-food.html
Here is video featured about his work by CNBC TV 18
Arjunuday, The Force Behind Uday Foundation
Thanks HelloDolly89 ( talk) 11:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton, I was recently looking to create Chris Andrews (wrestler), and I understand that there was a previous version of the article that was deleted on PROD by yourself, due to not meeting WP:GNG. Is there a way I can see the previous version of the article, and see if there is a starting of an article, as I believe there are new sources made for him, see below:
Ringside World Basingstoke Gazette Wrestling Fever (German) Octagon Theatre (Yeovil) Kayfabe today Devon Live Magazine Total Wrestling Magazine
Additional info sources: British Wrestling revival Interview Wrestling Blog with information Cagematch Profile
If I could see the original, I would be able to assess if an article is feasable.
Thank you for your time. Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Is it possible to restore /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rahul_Verma_(social_activist) New York times recently did a front page story on him, in this article it is clearly visible that he remain media shy for so many years. http://www.nytimes.com/images/2017/12/29/nytfrontpage/INYT_frontpage_global.20171229.pdf
One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India ( online addition) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/health/india-diabetes-junk-food.html Same article was featured as a two page article in printed addition of Gulf times http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/a-father-sues-to-curb-junk-food-as-diabetes-spreads-1.2150937 Here is video featured about his work by CNBC TV 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYVav8_r2o HelloDolly89 ( talk) 09:42, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Tropical Depression Ten (2005) has been scheduled as today's featured article for 10 February 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 10, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I have created Rahul Verma (social activist) after Allow creation decision in deletion review/Log/2018 February 9 [1]). Please have a look. Sorry if I troubled you too much Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 07:17, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News
![]() Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).
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that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.
Our top scorers in round 1 were:
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) and Vanamonde ( talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
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Please go to Talk:Mesovortices if you have an opinion on the subject. Pierre cb ( talk) 12:45, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.
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A proposal has been made to delete Portal:New York Roads, which you have made significant contributions to, as well as all other portals on English Wikipedia. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion if you'd like, which is located at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Ending the system of portals. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America 1000 11:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear Juliancolton:
I have just completed the merging of Minor characters of Xanth into List of Xanth characters. Your name was on the top of the Talk Page of the former article as per the discussion about such a merge/deletion. It seems this merge had been sitting on the shelf since 2009.
Since it was your decision per the discussion to merge said articles, I wanted to let you know that this is the very first article merger I have performed, and I was wondering if I could bother you to check things over to make sure I did it right.
I had initially intended to use a {{Merge}} request, but then I realized how bold and easy it should be to perform. I've made note on the two Talk pages, as suggested by the Wikipedia:Merging#Full-content paste merger page/section. How did I do for my first time? There is another pair of articles I've previously suggested merging, but I haven't completed because I was unsure about the process. I want to make sure I did everything right here before attempting a Selective Paste Merger there.
Christopher, Sheridan, OR ( talk) 06:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Can you please takeout few minutes to comment on this. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shehzad_Poonawalla Regards Sonia89f ( talk) 12:10, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.This is to let you know that Hurricane Carmen has been scheduled as today's featured article for 3 May 2018. Please check that the article needs no polishing or corrections. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 3, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, and all who helped, for the "relatively destructive 1970s tropical cyclone whose most significant effect was the destruction of sugar crops in the United States. Despite sparing two major population centers and causing less damage than initially feared, the hurricane's severity justified the retirement of its name the following year"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:39, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Julian, I sent you links for the article that has been deleted i.e Webkul. Please check and let me know if those link can work as reliable sources and the page can be recovered.
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Hello,
As the Webkul article has been deleted, and as per reason there is no reliable resource to prove that. Now I have with me reliable sources to satisfy the company information. Can you restore that article so I can make suggested changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saurav.webkul ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Even if you can verify the information about the company, that still doesn't necessarily mean the business is notable. To establish notability for Wikipedia standards, you need many independent, reliable sources that discuss the company in great detail. Is this the case? If so, could you please provide a sample of the sources you've found? Thank you, –
Juliancolton | Talk 14:52, 2 May 2018 (UTC)Hello, I am sending you the link to reliable sources, please find below
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Hello,
I am sending you the link to reliable sources for Webkul, please find below
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Hello! I was browsing around and found that Jodi Sweetin has been indef semi'd since 2009. Perhaps it's time to give it a shot at unprotection? That said, I have no experience with the article other than coming across it today and recognize the BLP concerns. Reaching out only based on the long period of protection and per last bullet point on the rough guide. Thanks for your time.-- Policy Reformer (c) 04:00, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).
Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News
![]() Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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This is to let you know that the Hurricane Daniel (2006) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 16, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 16, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.
Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!
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I appreciate the time you spent looking things over at the North Cascades National Park FAC. [2] It definitely helped me make the article much better.-- MONGO 21:15, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I saw your name on the list of GA mentors, and I would be very grateful if you were willing to have a check over my first GA review at Talk:Diddle Diddle Dumpling (Inside No. 9)/GA1 before I close the review. My opinion is that the nomination needs to be put on hold. Many thanks, -- Jonie148 ( talk) 14:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks to editors like you who are willing to review articles such as North Cascades National Park and offer excellent suggestions, it is now a Featured Article!-- MONGO ( talk) 16:22, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
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Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.
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The page Khmer Wikipedia has been deleted and redirected to another one. I totally disagree with that. By deleting this page you erase all information that can be useful about the history and evolution of this wiki. We must help Khmer wikipedia; many people there don't speak English. -- Io Herodotus ( talk) 05:53, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. ![]() Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here. The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in ( here), I'll talk about this below - but first:
The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:
{{PRV|JohnSmith|History of engineering|contact=monthly}}
- if placed in the "History" section, JohnSmith will receive an automatic update every month about unanswered peer reviews relating to history.{{PRV|JaneSmith|Mesopotamian geography, Norwegian fjords|contact=annually}}
- if placed in the "Geography" section, JaneSmith will receive an automatic update every yearly about unanswered peer reviews in the geography area.We can at this stage only use the broad peer review section titles to guide what reviews you'd like, but that's better than nothing! You can also set an interest in multiple separate subject areas that will be updated at different times.
I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.
So, I've decided to create " WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.
We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!
And... that's it!
I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) ( talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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How about Murad Ahmad and Wan Mohamad Nazarie Wan Mahmood? Both articles were created by User:Wanfahmi57. Panji Keramat ( talk) 09:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
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Part of the problem with the persistent vandalism of the 2006 Florence page is probably that while the 2018 page has a link to the disambiguous page, the 2006 doesn't--so when you Google it, the 2006 page comes up as the primary search result, and there is no way to find the page you're looking for (obviously 2018). Chelsea99 ( talk) 15:18, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
The opening comment at Talk:Typhoon_Mangkhut#Is_this_chart_unnecessary? appears to simply be a spam comment being used as a piggyback to the discussion on Florence's talkpage. I removed a similar comment on another page that had no replies. What should be done about something like this as it does have replies? Figfires Send me a message! 02:44, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
never ever are cleverly co-ordinated - there is a real disconnect - Queensland Museum had been editing for a whole year untouched - it is almost as if better to avoid process, in the face of trying to reach editors from institutions - before they get blocked. JarrahTree 05:10, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Julian, you recently closed the AFD on Pizza Haven as Keep. The Keep !voters were very early in the process but none of them provided any rationale using policy/guidelines. Further, none provided any rebuttal to by Delete !vote and pointing out the salient parts of NCORP - especially the part in ORGIND in relation to "Intellectually Independent" content. There was also a Merge !vote and some comments with sources, which I also responded to. Based on this, can you provide a rationale as to why you believe the consensus was Keep? There's little point in reading references and providing policy/guideline-based arguments if it really comes down to counting !votes at the end of the day (not saying that was your reasoning, but I cannot see another). HighKing ++ 14:58, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
At the risk of digressing, one of the biggest problems is that Wikipedia's definition of "consensus" is wonky and often self-contradictory. The very second sentence of WP:Consensus, an official policy, says consensus is not a vote, yet we spent months and thousands of posts in 2015 tweaking the required support percentage to pass RfA, whose own instructions remind us multiple times that it's Not A Vote.™ Consensus here is just a poorly developed concept, which is surprising given how long the project's been around, and how long we've paraded "consensus" as the great equalizer. WP:XFD says the closer's job is "consideration, dissection and eventual synthesis of different perspectives," which is about as noncommittal and weaselly as it gets. (Would it injure my credibility if I told you that I can't even parse "eventual synthesis of different perspectives"?) WP:ROUGHCONSENSUS is quite a bit more fleshed-out but hardly more useful. It variously submits that we have the authority to discount comments made in bad-faith; that merely having flawed logic in the eye of the closer is enough to get a !vote tossed; and the happy middle-ground that we should just ensure everyone minds the core content policies. I like to think that I've kept my finger on the pulse of AfD culture over the years. To the best of my knowledge, none of my ~8,500 AfD closes have been overturned at DRV, meaning it is possible to generally suss out how far the closer can, and should, go in weighing comments – or eventually synthesizing different perspectives, if you like – but it would certainly be nice to have it documented somewhere. – Juliancolton | Talk 22:26, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I don't have a problem per se with this being recorded as a no consensus result, but I have a very big problem with the attempt of this user at trying to have their vote treated as, essentially, a supervote. This AfD concerned a very major, multinational chain with operations going back well beyond regularly-available internet sourcing, and an article which everyone agreed needed substantial work. An assessment of the sources in the article, therefore, doesn't actually contribute very much to the discussion in any sense.
Now, in this sort of situation, people might take it upon themselves to try to fix the article then and there - but it very much depends on the behaviour of participants in the AfD. If I feel like someone is genuinely interested in assessing sourcing, I might make the effort even if it means going really out of my way; if I feel like someone has made up their mind and doesn't actually care about the sourcing provided, I'm reasonably going to assume that doing so would be a waste of my time.
The company guidelines around intellectual independence of sources are vague and necessarily require editors being reasonable about how they interpret them. The list of examples of acceptable sources was specifically included as a counterweight to the potential for absurdly wide interpretation: if one takes the stance that any source that at some stage engages with a company source is not intellectually independent, you can quite literally take out any useful, reliable source on a company - even up to including, for example, Amazon and Google. So, these discussions come down to application: and if someone has decided that, because they think an article should be deleted (even if they don't know very much about the subject), they're going to apply that approach to all sources try to effect that deletion, they're just not particularly worth engaging with. And I absolutely resent the implication that that contribution is either more helpful or more grounded in policy than any of the others. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 00:14, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
I find all the recent edits here by Pk to be pointless. I think he must be doing it increase his edit count. I also asked him about it but there is no reply. Please revert the changes. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 04:18, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Then what should I do but beg to others. You rejected me; so please help me.
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Please reply with yes or no so that I ask someone else.
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On 14 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bontecou Lake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bontecou Lake, near Millbrook, New York, is divided between two drainage basins, making it a bifurcation lake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bontecou Lake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Bontecou Lake), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hey Julian check this page. /info/en/?search=User:Rymich13/Mentor -- rymich13 ( talk) 01:26, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Juliancolton Do you have a separate chat service you use like WhatsApp or discord? If so what’s your name I’ll add you. -- rymich13 ( talk) 03:52, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Please note that set index articles are list articles, not non-article disambiguation pages. I've undone the changes to the tropical storms SIA page's categorization as dabs rather than lists. -- JHunterJ ( talk) 16:21, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Mr. Colton,
I'm Keven McDonald. Below is a message I just left on the talk page of SVTCobra:
Hello,
I'm Keven McDonald (yes, it's actually me). I want to thank you for the positive feedback you gave me on my talk page. A few days ago I set about correcting and updating a wiki page about me that was created by someone else. My goal was to tighten up some of the slightly inaccurate historical information, make some updates to the information box and most importantly fix some of the poor grammar, syntax and sentence structure. Finally, I wanted to add my photo to breathe some life into the page. What an adventure!
With respect to the picture, that issue is being resolved. Penn is claiming copyright and I've sent the form given to me by JGHowes along to the Athletic Department for their review. One of your colleagues called my reaction to the photo issue as "belligerent". To that I will admit to being annoyed at not being able to put my picture on a page about me. I've since come to better understand Wiki's position relative to copyright and, as mentioned, it's being resolved.
As for the other editions, even though everything I updated about myself is completely factually correct I've received feedback from some of your colleagues saying the editions were "unconstructive", "self interested" and "self promotional". In the information box I updated my education level and included some athletic awards omitted on the original page. In the body of the page I also included an update to my education (law school) and the fact that I currently operate my own business. With respect to my own business, I have seen inumerable wiki pages where the subject's business or current place of work was included so I didn't think this was an issue. I find it ironic that if an anonymous writer includes these things it's fine but if the subject includes accurate occupational information it's "self interested". One thing should be mentioned here, in one of my edits I did link back to my website. That was wrong. I should have taken a deeper dive into Wiki's rules before doing that. The link was removed.
Anyway, I want to thank you again for the positive and constructive feedback. Please pass this along to any of your colleagues who you feel should read what I've said here.
Kmacjdwiki (talk) 17:31, 18 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmacjdwiki ( talk • contribs)
There are, of course, exceptions, but you'll find that most long-term Wikipedia editors are only interested in ensuring adherence to our central content policies. That said, there's absolutely room to improve the manner in which we as experienced users approach overwhelmed novices who may be inadvertently infringing upon those aforementioned rules. That last point is part of the reason why I opened a discussion at the conflict of interest noticeboard regarding your article; with the promise of uninvolved editors stepping in to offer their guidance, you'd be much less likely to unwittingly cross the three-revert threshold, for instance, and find yourself blocked. For my part, I'd been away from Wikipedia for some time until just this week, and am in the process of reacquainting myself with changes to policy and protocol in my absence. This being the case, it seemed more appropriate to hand the issue off and avoid the risk of giving you outdated or simply bad advice. What has always been true, though, is that contributors are allowed and even encouraged to preserve their anonymity. It may be your impression that pseudonyms are damaging to accountability, and you may be right, but you must assume until proven otherwise that all parties are acting in good faith, regardless of how the letters in their username are arranged. Some of the most divisive figures in this website's history have been very open with their real-world identities, while only two of the top-10 most prolific "featured article" authors edit under their (apparent!) real names. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Keven McDonald here. I've recently received yet another notice. I've been instructed by "SportGuy789" to refrain from further editing the site about me until I join the Conflict of Interest discussion. Although I did leave a brief comment on what appears to be the COI board, "SportsGuy" indicated the conversation was better held here.
Honestly, I don't know what's left to discuss. I made a few simple edits to a site about me. The updates to the information box were few and factual including only a few athletic awards omitted by the author. The corrections to the spelling, grammar, syntax and poorly constructed sentences have made the page more readable without interfering with the intent of the original author. The updates to the text of the page included only two things; the fact that I've earned a JD and that I now operate my own business. NONE of this should be a problem. Even the photo issue is now being handled in the manner prescribed by JGHowes. So, again, please tell me what's left to discuss?
What would be helpful to me is if, in addition to the notices, warnings, rules, admonitions and red flags I've received would be if someone would tell me PRECISELY what has to take place in order that my editions and updates be allowed. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL HERE!!
What I don't need is more of Mr. Troutman's obnoxious, condescending and thoroughly insulting comments about how "dis-empowered" I and other "self interested drive by editors" are. What I need now is to be told how and when my edits will be added to the page.
Thank you. I hope this adds to the discussion.
Kmacjdwiki ( talk) 22:32, 18 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald
Keven McDonald here. Can someone help me understand what "plethora of things" SportsGuy789 is referring to? Here is the "plethora" he refers to:
1. In the information box I updated the fact I went to law school and some athletic awards, broken down by school or organization, not mentioned by the original author.
2. In the body of the text I also included law school and the fact I now operate my own business. I included the name of my business which I've seen done on any number of Wiki pages. It's come to my attention that the fact that the business name is in all caps could be a red flag. I don't quite get why the size of the letters is relevant but I did it to be consistent with the way the business name appears on my business cards, stationery and website. Again, I find it hard to believe a business name in all caps is a problem or makes me a "self interested drive by editor".
3. Corrected some inaccuracies about my career. The original author made a reference to the fact that I never played a game in the NBA. That is not true. Although my NBA career was brief I did play in several games before being released. I should also note here that several years ago when this page was first brought to my attention I noticed the author incorrectly had my place of birth listed as South Orange, New Jersey. In fact I was born in Newark, New Jersey. I corrected that a long time ago.
4. Fixed some bad spelling, syntax, grammar and poorly written sentences. The page reads much better and none of the author's intent was altered.
5. Attempted to upload a photo. That situation is being handled the way I was told to handle it by one of your colleagues.
So, what "plethora" is he talking about?
Also, Troutman makes the suggestion above that I go out and find a complete stranger, offer them a reward (bribe), perhaps even a free reward (although I'm not familiar with the concept of a "free reward") to make the same edits that I've already made and this would make everything ok. Perhaps that makes sense in a far away universe of which I am unfamiliar but it makes absolutely no sense to me standing here on planet earth. If I, the subject of the page, is considered suspect for making harmless corrections about my own accomplishments how do the edits become more legitimate when made by a complete stranger? The fact that I was born in Newark, not South Orange would remain the same. The fact that I earned a JD would remain the same. The fact that I received the additional athletic awards would remain the same. The fact that I now operate my own business would remain the same. The fact that many of the sentences now make sense would remain the same. The fact that I played in a few NBA games would remain the same. Besides, how would Mr. Troutman be able to distinguish an "un-involved third-party editor" (his words) from a "dis-empowered" "drive by editor" (also his words).
Or perhaps I'm overreacting. Maybe Mr. Troutman was making an attempt at humor that I failed to appreciate. If so, it wasn't funny.
I hope this adds to the discussion.
Kmacjdwiki ( talk) 00:59, 19 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald
I do intend to take you up on your offer with Rosa. I want to address the issues you have presented before looking at any other issues. I was planning to do that tonight, but I am experiencing an outage (2 inches of rain last night and more now). I will try and get that done tomorrow morning. Noah Talk 02:32, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello? Is everything okay? It has been 10 days. Noah Talk 20:58, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
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Based on the last point of WP:CLOSEAFD, I wanted to bring up one that you closed last month as 'no consensus/npasr' for two reasons. First, the one regular 'keep' on the AfD has subsequently been blocked as a 'spammer' (although he appears to be functioning with another username) and second, the page's creator appears to have an undisclosed COI (page subject is apparently employer) — these two items don't mix well. WP:COICOIN advises to not 'out' anyone so I am not specifying the page here and now, but I'm wondering if you might have some insight as to address this? I'm not sure how to balance AfD and COI without confusing things. Thanks, ogenstein ( talk) 12:54, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey Julian,
How's life treating you? Good to see you around a bit. Are you still getting in a fair amount of photography work? Well, just wanted to say hey. — Ched : ? — 10:19, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Capital District is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 38 - here's the link to the latest newsletter! ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 17:50, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton, an article that I have mainly written has been nominated for Good Article by Suavemarimagno in march 2019. Would you mind to review it? or to give an advice for having it reviewed? Best, -- Philippe49730 ( talk) 11:54, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your answer Juliancolton. All my very best, -- Philippe49730 ( talk) 12:03, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello Julian,
First off, thank you so much for your comments on the RfA. Your consideration means a lot in these stressful and anxious times. My goal is to always make the encyclopedia better. Reading your oppose really touched me. I never saw my comments in that intention and I want to apologize if it made me seem like someone who is demanding or rushing. At the FAC, I take every comment very seriously and use them to learn. I would never try to push back or deny someones comments unless I felt there was some criticism needed. I again really apologize if you felt I was being a bit demanding in the FA. I have learned from those comments and promise to do better. That avengers analogy was a light hearted comment that came from my mind (I literally rewatched Endgame the night before). I hope we can have a good wiki-relationship and work together. As for the RfA, I am keeping it open in order to answer and review all questions and concerns. I really do not want to disappoint NorthAmerica or the people who took time to comment.
Thank you again for your RfA comment. Best, AmericanAir88( talk) 01:54, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Julian! Since you've kindly volunteered to mentor good article reviewers, could I ask you to take a look at Tiberius (son of Heraclius)? I've recently started reviewing GA nominations and having lots of fun with it. But with the Tiberius case, I've now edited the article very extensively myself so I'm wondering what the right process is at this point. Could I still pass it myself or should we request a new reviewer? Haukur ( talk) 16:53, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I've decided that I'm going to write a new article for flusha. The previous article was deleted and turned into a redirect 2 years ago, so I'm just letting you know about what I plan to do, as advised by the Teahouse. Unless if you have any objections, I will expand the redirect as per WP:RTOA. Lxxl ( talk) 03:26, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
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Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
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focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.
(Non-administrator comment)I like that very much and I respect you for having it. I will not be signing it, not for a one off tiff at RfA. Hell, having that page balances my opinion back to where it was before your comment at RfA -- neither positive nor negative. Everyone has lapses, one should always judge and expect to be judged by others on how one recovers from, and does not repeat the lapses one inevitably makes. Jbh Talk 05:46, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Re the Kees RfA, I owe you an apology for responding impulsively on being called out. I maintain that such a sharp reprimand was not necessary at first encounter, but that's your call, not mine; my job as an admin is to receive criticism in good faith and respond substantively. In this case I did not rise to those expectations. I'm not as active in community affairs as I once was, so I'm not sure when our paths will next cross, but I hope that our future interactions will not be negatively swayed by my behavior this week. Regards, – Juliancolton | Talk 17:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
As to the introduction to your recall, I do not think it really needs one although linking to it from your user or talk page, or some other way of making it more visible might be good. In that case maybe put something in about stating a reason along with a signature would help keep down bad faith signatures that the increased exposure could bring.
One of the issues here re voluntary recall is that there is no mechanism, beyond the individual admin's honor, to enforce it. This means that, in practice, the only admins who have and would follow a voluntary recall are not the ones who are problematic. I have been thinking about a way to make a 'voluntary' recall have enough teeth that they can be used by, for instance, marginal RfA candidates to remove the 'admin for life' concerns that can result in opposes. I wrote an essay last year, Binding community recall, to get my initial thoughts down. The core is based on the idea of logged voluntary editing restrictions, which were clarified at this RfC on enforcability of logged voluntary editing restrictions. The strength, in my opinion, is there should be no need for policy changes or overhaul of the admin system since it is an individual agreement between a given admin and the community
If you have any ideas or comments, positive or negative, on the idea or how it could be implemented I would be very interested. I think WP needs to realize that, with the current size and importance of enwp, being an admin is a big deal, that admins in general have a large effect on the editing environment and are now more than simple janitors. WP:FRAM is/was, whatever else, an outgrowth of this change.
Cheers. Jbh Talk 14:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
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I noticed that, about a decade ago, Air Bud: Aussie Rules was nominated for deletion, and that the final consensus was to have the article redirected to Air Bud. Given that no reliable sources have even alluded to the film being considered by the scriptwriters at all, it probably is best to have Air Bud: Aussie Rules listed at Redirects for Discussion. 76.126.49.152 ( talk) 21:38, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
There are now 803 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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I have a question. If my sandbox is MY sandbox, and I'm allowed to experiment on it, how is it using Wikipedia as a web host? It is MY sandbox, and I can do whatever I want on it. Why are you deleting my work that was merely for fun? Sandboxes are supposed to be used for experimenting on Wikipedia, and that's what you did. Please restore my sandbox. This is seriously annoying if I can't just use a sandbox for what it is and not do what I want in it without it being deleted every 5 hours. Hurricaneboy23 00:18, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for the article "about a natural disaster that can be considered a precursor to the subject of my most recent FAC, Cyclone Althea. Taking place one year earlier and a little to the south, Ada destroyed just about every resort in the booming Whitsunday Islands, ruining lots of holidays/vacations. Though all traces of the cyclone are long gone, it still periodically breaches the surface of the public consciousness when politicians talk about how nice it would be to erect a memorial somewhere, or belatedly honor particularly brave helpers in the storm's aftermath."! Happy 2020! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:29, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
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Saw your edits.around, just wanted to say: Thank you!
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Hi. Thanks for your edits to the Orange County, NY locations. Can you figure out what this editor is trying to do? He/she seems to be deleting significant material from hundreds of towns and cities, including well-referenced information about them. Are even the "technical" edits that they are making correct? -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:57, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
TheTexasNationalist99, what you need to do is to explain, step-by-step, what changes you think ought to be made to each article on that article's Talk page. Then, if other editors agree with one or more of those changes, they can be made. I agree with Juliancolton's comments elsewhere that many of your edits appear to be poor stylistically or grammatically, and contain WP:MOS errors, in addition to simply deleting obviously relevant helpful information. So, please slow down and maybe we can help you to edit articles in a more constructive way. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 02:31, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask you to reconsider my request for rollback permissions. I get that Rollback is not meant to give anyone a competitive edge over other RC patrollers. My point was that I saw using Huggle is faster , speed isn't everything and it still has to be done accurately, constantly clicking links is annoying though when it can be done using a tool like Huggle, it seems to be more convenient than using the RC page and Twinkle, although it does the job.
If my request will not be reconsidered I would like to know in how many days I can re-request for the permission. (I couldn't find an answer to that) Thanks in advance, -- TruthToBeSpoken (talk) 18:06, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you both for your help. I do have a question. To avoid any misunderstanding in the future, would it be a good idea to change my username? Trodwixi ( talk) 14:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, saw your comments. Have you not heard the Chris Benoit story? His name was actually Christopher Benoit, he killed his wife, kid and then himself. Keep an eye on that account, you may be right and I wrong but it's worth watching. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 17:52, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, am F5pillar sorry i didn't notice that Fastily already reply's my message first, thats why I requested it in the request page. Please don't be offended as you can see I request there first before replying his message. ( Say something ( talk) 17:19, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
You Know I was waiting for the notification in my alert box, but seems he didn't tag my name which will make me see a alert in my notification box. So that's why I firstly request it in request page, and letter I went to view his talk page. You can see the time sent and the reply time. And on the signature, I will change it, its seems confuse to some replying my message. Thanks ( Say something ( talk) 09:24, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Julian,
Yesterday my rollback rights automatically expired after one month ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Juliancolton&oldid=939809680#Requests%20for%20permissions/Rollback), I would like to request them permanently now or extend the permission for one month should you believe I do not yet have sufficient history after this month to grant the right permanently. Last 2 weeks I haven't been active fighting vandalism due to vacation. Thank you in advance, -- TruthToBeSpoken (talk) 12:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I had requested for
Rollback rights a few days back. As you suggested I have tried to do rollbacks manually through the Recent Changes page. However, I am successful very fewer times because before I reach and do it somebody else would have done it already. That makes me wonder, is it means we have enough Rollbackers already or am I doing it too slow! I have tried to use Huggle but we need Rollbackers rights to use it.
I would like to ask is there any other way we can do it more efficiently and fastly? Is there any chance you can give me the rights for a specific time period and then do the assessment? Thank you.
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Respected sir, I applied for Roll backer. I have been in wikipedia since December 2018. I kindly request you to go through my application and promote me to Roll backer if I'm eligible. If I'm not eligible, please mention me reasons so that I can improve my self. Thanking you. Your's obediently. Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 11:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, I don't want to use it for power or misuse my power. I just want to revert vandalistic edits. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 11:53, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir I didn't ask admin to resign Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, what can I do to become a roll backer? Am I supposed to apply again or not needed? If I apply again, I won't do as I did now. I didn't know whether it was right or wrong. I was curious to know whether I was eligible or not. Other than that I didn't mean anything sir. Please forgive me sir. I promise you that I never repeat this again. Thanking you. Your's obediently. Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:45, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, I didn't ask to resign. It was another user. I'm extremely sorry sir. But please excuse me sir. I didn't ask any admin to resign. I think it was user "Vivek ji 123". I didn't remember. I just wanted to know whether I was eligible or not. Sir please forgive me if I did mistake. Even now I want to know where I went wrong. I convey my sincere apologies to all admins. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, please tell me what can I do to become roll backer. I want to become Roll backer and suppress vandalism. Please give me guidance sir Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, My main intention is to make it clear that I didn't ask admin sir to resign. It was another user named "Vivek ji 123" who asked it. Not me sir. I didn't do mistake but admin sirs are mis-understanding me. I applied for different posts in order to suppress vandalism not for any other reasons. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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I would request you kindly provide/approve rollback rights. I intend to use this tool to stop vandalism. I have gone through WP:VANDAL and WP:ROLLBACK and have reverted few times vandalism and helped in increasing the page protection on the basis of attacks. I have also made a Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback. Thank you. Amkgp ( talk) 17:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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It was a combination of finally receiving a crat inactivity notice, a couple of recent life changes, and stay-at-home orders. I've always wanted to spend more time on wiki, but it took a perfect storm to get me going. I see you're still at it with the hurricanes. Still got your own IRC channel? bibliomaniac 1 5 06:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
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So, I'm reviewing Stratopedarches for GA, and I'm having trouble with the template. I'm pretty sure the article passed for everything, so it shouldn't be that difficult, except for the fact that I'm awful with wiki markup even though I use it so much. You think you could help, since you are good at GA stuff? I told the nom I'd have the review done yesterday. Ghinga7 ( talk) 19:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, this is my first GA review and so I wanted to check with one of the GA mentors to make sure everything was done correctly. The page I have basically finished reviewing is here Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8/GA1, I am waiting on fixes for mostly minor grammar issues. Thanks for your time and help! Footlessmouse ( talk) 02:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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Would you be available to look at the review? Let me know! Horsesizedduck ( talk) 18:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 [a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. [b]
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After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
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Thank you today for Tropical Storm Carrie (1972), introduced in a personal way in 2011: "Call me Julian. Some days ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no activity in my contribution history, and nothing particular to interest me on FAC, I thought I would browse about a little and see the watery part of the project. It is a way I have of driving off the boredom, and regulating the keyboard. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the fingers; whenever it is a blank, empty page on my computer screen; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before articles for deletion, and bringing up the rear of every stub-class article I meet; and especially whenever my typos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately misspelling words, and methodically opposing people's nominations—then, I account it high time to expand an article as soon as I can."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:42, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, I believe you are aware that I've been addressing the tracked syntax error on Wikipedia called the
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User talk:Osarius/Archive 1 (2009) and
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There is currently a draft at Draft:Luan Muça that would be approved, but the base title in main space is salted by you. Could you unprotect the title? Toadette ( Merry Christmas, and a happy new year) 20:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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Portal:Battleships, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tropical Storm Jerry (2001) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Hey JC, I wanted to help with the GA reassessment drive, and started with 1949 Texas hurricane. No hard feelings, it pales compared to some of your other work. I'm not even sure if you're editing these days, but thought I'd let you know. Here is the link to the reassessment. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:50, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
Tropical Storm Jerry (2001) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ''Flux55'' ( talk) 05:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing—
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An article that you have been involved in editing—
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Noah, AA Talk 23:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
1949 Texas hurricane has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 23:13, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hurricane Cosme (2007) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 16:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hurricane Isaac (2006) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 14:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Hurricane Lili (1990) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 14:14, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, Is it possible to restore /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rahul_Verma_(social_activist)
New York times recently did a front page story on him, in this article it is clearly visible that he remain media shy for so many years.
http://www.nytimes.com/images/2017/12/29/nytfrontpage/INYT_frontpage_global.20171229.pdf
One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India ( online addition)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/health/india-diabetes-junk-food.html
Here is video featured about his work by CNBC TV 18
Arjunuday, The Force Behind Uday Foundation
Thanks HelloDolly89 ( talk) 11:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton, I was recently looking to create Chris Andrews (wrestler), and I understand that there was a previous version of the article that was deleted on PROD by yourself, due to not meeting WP:GNG. Is there a way I can see the previous version of the article, and see if there is a starting of an article, as I believe there are new sources made for him, see below:
Ringside World Basingstoke Gazette Wrestling Fever (German) Octagon Theatre (Yeovil) Kayfabe today Devon Live Magazine Total Wrestling Magazine
Additional info sources: British Wrestling revival Interview Wrestling Blog with information Cagematch Profile
If I could see the original, I would be able to assess if an article is feasable.
Thank you for your time. Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Is it possible to restore /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rahul_Verma_(social_activist) New York times recently did a front page story on him, in this article it is clearly visible that he remain media shy for so many years. http://www.nytimes.com/images/2017/12/29/nytfrontpage/INYT_frontpage_global.20171229.pdf
One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India ( online addition) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/health/india-diabetes-junk-food.html Same article was featured as a two page article in printed addition of Gulf times http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/a-father-sues-to-curb-junk-food-as-diabetes-spreads-1.2150937 Here is video featured about his work by CNBC TV 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYVav8_r2o HelloDolly89 ( talk) 09:42, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Tropical Depression Ten (2005) has been scheduled as today's featured article for 10 February 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 10, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, not for depression but Depression ;) ---- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:52, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I have created Rahul Verma (social activist) after Allow creation decision in deletion review/Log/2018 February 9 [1]). Please have a look. Sorry if I troubled you too much Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 07:17, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
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![]() Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.
Our top scorers in round 1 were:
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) and Vanamonde ( talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
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Please go to Talk:Mesovortices if you have an opinion on the subject. Pierre cb ( talk) 12:45, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.
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A proposal has been made to delete Portal:New York Roads, which you have made significant contributions to, as well as all other portals on English Wikipedia. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion if you'd like, which is located at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Ending the system of portals. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America 1000 11:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear Juliancolton:
I have just completed the merging of Minor characters of Xanth into List of Xanth characters. Your name was on the top of the Talk Page of the former article as per the discussion about such a merge/deletion. It seems this merge had been sitting on the shelf since 2009.
Since it was your decision per the discussion to merge said articles, I wanted to let you know that this is the very first article merger I have performed, and I was wondering if I could bother you to check things over to make sure I did it right.
I had initially intended to use a {{Merge}} request, but then I realized how bold and easy it should be to perform. I've made note on the two Talk pages, as suggested by the Wikipedia:Merging#Full-content paste merger page/section. How did I do for my first time? There is another pair of articles I've previously suggested merging, but I haven't completed because I was unsure about the process. I want to make sure I did everything right here before attempting a Selective Paste Merger there.
Christopher, Sheridan, OR ( talk) 06:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Can you please takeout few minutes to comment on this. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shehzad_Poonawalla Regards Sonia89f ( talk) 12:10, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.This is to let you know that Hurricane Carmen has been scheduled as today's featured article for 3 May 2018. Please check that the article needs no polishing or corrections. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 3, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, and all who helped, for the "relatively destructive 1970s tropical cyclone whose most significant effect was the destruction of sugar crops in the United States. Despite sparing two major population centers and causing less damage than initially feared, the hurricane's severity justified the retirement of its name the following year"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:39, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Julian, I sent you links for the article that has been deleted i.e Webkul. Please check and let me know if those link can work as reliable sources and the page can be recovered.
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Hello,
As the Webkul article has been deleted, and as per reason there is no reliable resource to prove that. Now I have with me reliable sources to satisfy the company information. Can you restore that article so I can make suggested changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saurav.webkul ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Even if you can verify the information about the company, that still doesn't necessarily mean the business is notable. To establish notability for Wikipedia standards, you need many independent, reliable sources that discuss the company in great detail. Is this the case? If so, could you please provide a sample of the sources you've found? Thank you, –
Juliancolton | Talk 14:52, 2 May 2018 (UTC)Hello, I am sending you the link to reliable sources, please find below
Saurav.webkul ( talk) 05:45, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I am sending you the link to reliable sources for Webkul, please find below
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Hello! I was browsing around and found that Jodi Sweetin has been indef semi'd since 2009. Perhaps it's time to give it a shot at unprotection? That said, I have no experience with the article other than coming across it today and recognize the BLP concerns. Reaching out only based on the long period of protection and per last bullet point on the rough guide. Thanks for your time.-- Policy Reformer (c) 04:00, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News
![]() Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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This is to let you know that the Hurricane Daniel (2006) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 16, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 16, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.
Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!
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I appreciate the time you spent looking things over at the North Cascades National Park FAC. [2] It definitely helped me make the article much better.-- MONGO 21:15, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I saw your name on the list of GA mentors, and I would be very grateful if you were willing to have a check over my first GA review at Talk:Diddle Diddle Dumpling (Inside No. 9)/GA1 before I close the review. My opinion is that the nomination needs to be put on hold. Many thanks, -- Jonie148 ( talk) 14:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
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Thanks to editors like you who are willing to review articles such as North Cascades National Park and offer excellent suggestions, it is now a Featured Article!-- MONGO ( talk) 16:22, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
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Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.
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The page Khmer Wikipedia has been deleted and redirected to another one. I totally disagree with that. By deleting this page you erase all information that can be useful about the history and evolution of this wiki. We must help Khmer wikipedia; many people there don't speak English. -- Io Herodotus ( talk) 05:53, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. ![]() Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here. The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in ( here), I'll talk about this below - but first:
The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:
{{PRV|JohnSmith|History of engineering|contact=monthly}}
- if placed in the "History" section, JohnSmith will receive an automatic update every month about unanswered peer reviews relating to history.{{PRV|JaneSmith|Mesopotamian geography, Norwegian fjords|contact=annually}}
- if placed in the "Geography" section, JaneSmith will receive an automatic update every yearly about unanswered peer reviews in the geography area.We can at this stage only use the broad peer review section titles to guide what reviews you'd like, but that's better than nothing! You can also set an interest in multiple separate subject areas that will be updated at different times.
I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.
So, I've decided to create " WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.
We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!
And... that's it!
I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) ( talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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Part of the problem with the persistent vandalism of the 2006 Florence page is probably that while the 2018 page has a link to the disambiguous page, the 2006 doesn't--so when you Google it, the 2006 page comes up as the primary search result, and there is no way to find the page you're looking for (obviously 2018). Chelsea99 ( talk) 15:18, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
The opening comment at Talk:Typhoon_Mangkhut#Is_this_chart_unnecessary? appears to simply be a spam comment being used as a piggyback to the discussion on Florence's talkpage. I removed a similar comment on another page that had no replies. What should be done about something like this as it does have replies? Figfires Send me a message! 02:44, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
never ever are cleverly co-ordinated - there is a real disconnect - Queensland Museum had been editing for a whole year untouched - it is almost as if better to avoid process, in the face of trying to reach editors from institutions - before they get blocked. JarrahTree 05:10, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Julian, you recently closed the AFD on Pizza Haven as Keep. The Keep !voters were very early in the process but none of them provided any rationale using policy/guidelines. Further, none provided any rebuttal to by Delete !vote and pointing out the salient parts of NCORP - especially the part in ORGIND in relation to "Intellectually Independent" content. There was also a Merge !vote and some comments with sources, which I also responded to. Based on this, can you provide a rationale as to why you believe the consensus was Keep? There's little point in reading references and providing policy/guideline-based arguments if it really comes down to counting !votes at the end of the day (not saying that was your reasoning, but I cannot see another). HighKing ++ 14:58, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
At the risk of digressing, one of the biggest problems is that Wikipedia's definition of "consensus" is wonky and often self-contradictory. The very second sentence of WP:Consensus, an official policy, says consensus is not a vote, yet we spent months and thousands of posts in 2015 tweaking the required support percentage to pass RfA, whose own instructions remind us multiple times that it's Not A Vote.™ Consensus here is just a poorly developed concept, which is surprising given how long the project's been around, and how long we've paraded "consensus" as the great equalizer. WP:XFD says the closer's job is "consideration, dissection and eventual synthesis of different perspectives," which is about as noncommittal and weaselly as it gets. (Would it injure my credibility if I told you that I can't even parse "eventual synthesis of different perspectives"?) WP:ROUGHCONSENSUS is quite a bit more fleshed-out but hardly more useful. It variously submits that we have the authority to discount comments made in bad-faith; that merely having flawed logic in the eye of the closer is enough to get a !vote tossed; and the happy middle-ground that we should just ensure everyone minds the core content policies. I like to think that I've kept my finger on the pulse of AfD culture over the years. To the best of my knowledge, none of my ~8,500 AfD closes have been overturned at DRV, meaning it is possible to generally suss out how far the closer can, and should, go in weighing comments – or eventually synthesizing different perspectives, if you like – but it would certainly be nice to have it documented somewhere. – Juliancolton | Talk 22:26, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I don't have a problem per se with this being recorded as a no consensus result, but I have a very big problem with the attempt of this user at trying to have their vote treated as, essentially, a supervote. This AfD concerned a very major, multinational chain with operations going back well beyond regularly-available internet sourcing, and an article which everyone agreed needed substantial work. An assessment of the sources in the article, therefore, doesn't actually contribute very much to the discussion in any sense.
Now, in this sort of situation, people might take it upon themselves to try to fix the article then and there - but it very much depends on the behaviour of participants in the AfD. If I feel like someone is genuinely interested in assessing sourcing, I might make the effort even if it means going really out of my way; if I feel like someone has made up their mind and doesn't actually care about the sourcing provided, I'm reasonably going to assume that doing so would be a waste of my time.
The company guidelines around intellectual independence of sources are vague and necessarily require editors being reasonable about how they interpret them. The list of examples of acceptable sources was specifically included as a counterweight to the potential for absurdly wide interpretation: if one takes the stance that any source that at some stage engages with a company source is not intellectually independent, you can quite literally take out any useful, reliable source on a company - even up to including, for example, Amazon and Google. So, these discussions come down to application: and if someone has decided that, because they think an article should be deleted (even if they don't know very much about the subject), they're going to apply that approach to all sources try to effect that deletion, they're just not particularly worth engaging with. And I absolutely resent the implication that that contribution is either more helpful or more grounded in policy than any of the others. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 00:14, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
I find all the recent edits here by Pk to be pointless. I think he must be doing it increase his edit count. I also asked him about it but there is no reply. Please revert the changes. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 04:18, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Then what should I do but beg to others. You rejected me; so please help me.
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Please reply with yes or no so that I ask someone else.
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On 14 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bontecou Lake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bontecou Lake, near Millbrook, New York, is divided between two drainage basins, making it a bifurcation lake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bontecou Lake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Bontecou Lake), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Thank you today for Cyclone Althea, "one of the most destructive cyclones ever to strike the state of Queensland in the modern era. A lot of the meteorological background and damage statistics are relatively straightforward, but this disaster is arguably most notable for having kickstarted Australia's initiative toward cyclone-resistant building codes. Although Althea was overshadowed by the infamous Cyclone Tracy just a few years later, its legacy can still be seen in the way homes are built in Queensland and across the country."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:19, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Julian check this page. /info/en/?search=User:Rymich13/Mentor -- rymich13 ( talk) 01:26, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Juliancolton Do you have a separate chat service you use like WhatsApp or discord? If so what’s your name I’ll add you. -- rymich13 ( talk) 03:52, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Please note that set index articles are list articles, not non-article disambiguation pages. I've undone the changes to the tropical storms SIA page's categorization as dabs rather than lists. -- JHunterJ ( talk) 16:21, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Mr. Colton,
I'm Keven McDonald. Below is a message I just left on the talk page of SVTCobra:
Hello,
I'm Keven McDonald (yes, it's actually me). I want to thank you for the positive feedback you gave me on my talk page. A few days ago I set about correcting and updating a wiki page about me that was created by someone else. My goal was to tighten up some of the slightly inaccurate historical information, make some updates to the information box and most importantly fix some of the poor grammar, syntax and sentence structure. Finally, I wanted to add my photo to breathe some life into the page. What an adventure!
With respect to the picture, that issue is being resolved. Penn is claiming copyright and I've sent the form given to me by JGHowes along to the Athletic Department for their review. One of your colleagues called my reaction to the photo issue as "belligerent". To that I will admit to being annoyed at not being able to put my picture on a page about me. I've since come to better understand Wiki's position relative to copyright and, as mentioned, it's being resolved.
As for the other editions, even though everything I updated about myself is completely factually correct I've received feedback from some of your colleagues saying the editions were "unconstructive", "self interested" and "self promotional". In the information box I updated my education level and included some athletic awards omitted on the original page. In the body of the page I also included an update to my education (law school) and the fact that I currently operate my own business. With respect to my own business, I have seen inumerable wiki pages where the subject's business or current place of work was included so I didn't think this was an issue. I find it ironic that if an anonymous writer includes these things it's fine but if the subject includes accurate occupational information it's "self interested". One thing should be mentioned here, in one of my edits I did link back to my website. That was wrong. I should have taken a deeper dive into Wiki's rules before doing that. The link was removed.
Anyway, I want to thank you again for the positive and constructive feedback. Please pass this along to any of your colleagues who you feel should read what I've said here.
Kmacjdwiki (talk) 17:31, 18 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmacjdwiki ( talk • contribs)
There are, of course, exceptions, but you'll find that most long-term Wikipedia editors are only interested in ensuring adherence to our central content policies. That said, there's absolutely room to improve the manner in which we as experienced users approach overwhelmed novices who may be inadvertently infringing upon those aforementioned rules. That last point is part of the reason why I opened a discussion at the conflict of interest noticeboard regarding your article; with the promise of uninvolved editors stepping in to offer their guidance, you'd be much less likely to unwittingly cross the three-revert threshold, for instance, and find yourself blocked. For my part, I'd been away from Wikipedia for some time until just this week, and am in the process of reacquainting myself with changes to policy and protocol in my absence. This being the case, it seemed more appropriate to hand the issue off and avoid the risk of giving you outdated or simply bad advice. What has always been true, though, is that contributors are allowed and even encouraged to preserve their anonymity. It may be your impression that pseudonyms are damaging to accountability, and you may be right, but you must assume until proven otherwise that all parties are acting in good faith, regardless of how the letters in their username are arranged. Some of the most divisive figures in this website's history have been very open with their real-world identities, while only two of the top-10 most prolific "featured article" authors edit under their (apparent!) real names. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Keven McDonald here. I've recently received yet another notice. I've been instructed by "SportGuy789" to refrain from further editing the site about me until I join the Conflict of Interest discussion. Although I did leave a brief comment on what appears to be the COI board, "SportsGuy" indicated the conversation was better held here.
Honestly, I don't know what's left to discuss. I made a few simple edits to a site about me. The updates to the information box were few and factual including only a few athletic awards omitted by the author. The corrections to the spelling, grammar, syntax and poorly constructed sentences have made the page more readable without interfering with the intent of the original author. The updates to the text of the page included only two things; the fact that I've earned a JD and that I now operate my own business. NONE of this should be a problem. Even the photo issue is now being handled in the manner prescribed by JGHowes. So, again, please tell me what's left to discuss?
What would be helpful to me is if, in addition to the notices, warnings, rules, admonitions and red flags I've received would be if someone would tell me PRECISELY what has to take place in order that my editions and updates be allowed. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL HERE!!
What I don't need is more of Mr. Troutman's obnoxious, condescending and thoroughly insulting comments about how "dis-empowered" I and other "self interested drive by editors" are. What I need now is to be told how and when my edits will be added to the page.
Thank you. I hope this adds to the discussion.
Kmacjdwiki ( talk) 22:32, 18 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald
Keven McDonald here. Can someone help me understand what "plethora of things" SportsGuy789 is referring to? Here is the "plethora" he refers to:
1. In the information box I updated the fact I went to law school and some athletic awards, broken down by school or organization, not mentioned by the original author.
2. In the body of the text I also included law school and the fact I now operate my own business. I included the name of my business which I've seen done on any number of Wiki pages. It's come to my attention that the fact that the business name is in all caps could be a red flag. I don't quite get why the size of the letters is relevant but I did it to be consistent with the way the business name appears on my business cards, stationery and website. Again, I find it hard to believe a business name in all caps is a problem or makes me a "self interested drive by editor".
3. Corrected some inaccuracies about my career. The original author made a reference to the fact that I never played a game in the NBA. That is not true. Although my NBA career was brief I did play in several games before being released. I should also note here that several years ago when this page was first brought to my attention I noticed the author incorrectly had my place of birth listed as South Orange, New Jersey. In fact I was born in Newark, New Jersey. I corrected that a long time ago.
4. Fixed some bad spelling, syntax, grammar and poorly written sentences. The page reads much better and none of the author's intent was altered.
5. Attempted to upload a photo. That situation is being handled the way I was told to handle it by one of your colleagues.
So, what "plethora" is he talking about?
Also, Troutman makes the suggestion above that I go out and find a complete stranger, offer them a reward (bribe), perhaps even a free reward (although I'm not familiar with the concept of a "free reward") to make the same edits that I've already made and this would make everything ok. Perhaps that makes sense in a far away universe of which I am unfamiliar but it makes absolutely no sense to me standing here on planet earth. If I, the subject of the page, is considered suspect for making harmless corrections about my own accomplishments how do the edits become more legitimate when made by a complete stranger? The fact that I was born in Newark, not South Orange would remain the same. The fact that I earned a JD would remain the same. The fact that I received the additional athletic awards would remain the same. The fact that I now operate my own business would remain the same. The fact that many of the sentences now make sense would remain the same. The fact that I played in a few NBA games would remain the same. Besides, how would Mr. Troutman be able to distinguish an "un-involved third-party editor" (his words) from a "dis-empowered" "drive by editor" (also his words).
Or perhaps I'm overreacting. Maybe Mr. Troutman was making an attempt at humor that I failed to appreciate. If so, it wasn't funny.
I hope this adds to the discussion.
Kmacjdwiki ( talk) 00:59, 19 June 2019 (UTC)Keven McDonald
I do intend to take you up on your offer with Rosa. I want to address the issues you have presented before looking at any other issues. I was planning to do that tonight, but I am experiencing an outage (2 inches of rain last night and more now). I will try and get that done tomorrow morning. Noah Talk 02:32, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello? Is everything okay? It has been 10 days. Noah Talk 20:58, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
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Based on the last point of WP:CLOSEAFD, I wanted to bring up one that you closed last month as 'no consensus/npasr' for two reasons. First, the one regular 'keep' on the AfD has subsequently been blocked as a 'spammer' (although he appears to be functioning with another username) and second, the page's creator appears to have an undisclosed COI (page subject is apparently employer) — these two items don't mix well. WP:COICOIN advises to not 'out' anyone so I am not specifying the page here and now, but I'm wondering if you might have some insight as to address this? I'm not sure how to balance AfD and COI without confusing things. Thanks, ogenstein ( talk) 12:54, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
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How's life treating you? Good to see you around a bit. Are you still getting in a fair amount of photography work? Well, just wanted to say hey. — Ched : ? — 10:19, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton, an article that I have mainly written has been nominated for Good Article by Suavemarimagno in march 2019. Would you mind to review it? or to give an advice for having it reviewed? Best, -- Philippe49730 ( talk) 11:54, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your answer Juliancolton. All my very best, -- Philippe49730 ( talk) 12:03, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello Julian,
First off, thank you so much for your comments on the RfA. Your consideration means a lot in these stressful and anxious times. My goal is to always make the encyclopedia better. Reading your oppose really touched me. I never saw my comments in that intention and I want to apologize if it made me seem like someone who is demanding or rushing. At the FAC, I take every comment very seriously and use them to learn. I would never try to push back or deny someones comments unless I felt there was some criticism needed. I again really apologize if you felt I was being a bit demanding in the FA. I have learned from those comments and promise to do better. That avengers analogy was a light hearted comment that came from my mind (I literally rewatched Endgame the night before). I hope we can have a good wiki-relationship and work together. As for the RfA, I am keeping it open in order to answer and review all questions and concerns. I really do not want to disappoint NorthAmerica or the people who took time to comment.
Thank you again for your RfA comment. Best, AmericanAir88( talk) 01:54, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Julian! Since you've kindly volunteered to mentor good article reviewers, could I ask you to take a look at Tiberius (son of Heraclius)? I've recently started reviewing GA nominations and having lots of fun with it. But with the Tiberius case, I've now edited the article very extensively myself so I'm wondering what the right process is at this point. Could I still pass it myself or should we request a new reviewer? Haukur ( talk) 16:53, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I've decided that I'm going to write a new article for flusha. The previous article was deleted and turned into a redirect 2 years ago, so I'm just letting you know about what I plan to do, as advised by the Teahouse. Unless if you have any objections, I will expand the redirect as per WP:RTOA. Lxxl ( talk) 03:26, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
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A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
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(Non-administrator comment)I like that very much and I respect you for having it. I will not be signing it, not for a one off tiff at RfA. Hell, having that page balances my opinion back to where it was before your comment at RfA -- neither positive nor negative. Everyone has lapses, one should always judge and expect to be judged by others on how one recovers from, and does not repeat the lapses one inevitably makes. Jbh Talk 05:46, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Re the Kees RfA, I owe you an apology for responding impulsively on being called out. I maintain that such a sharp reprimand was not necessary at first encounter, but that's your call, not mine; my job as an admin is to receive criticism in good faith and respond substantively. In this case I did not rise to those expectations. I'm not as active in community affairs as I once was, so I'm not sure when our paths will next cross, but I hope that our future interactions will not be negatively swayed by my behavior this week. Regards, – Juliancolton | Talk 17:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
As to the introduction to your recall, I do not think it really needs one although linking to it from your user or talk page, or some other way of making it more visible might be good. In that case maybe put something in about stating a reason along with a signature would help keep down bad faith signatures that the increased exposure could bring.
One of the issues here re voluntary recall is that there is no mechanism, beyond the individual admin's honor, to enforce it. This means that, in practice, the only admins who have and would follow a voluntary recall are not the ones who are problematic. I have been thinking about a way to make a 'voluntary' recall have enough teeth that they can be used by, for instance, marginal RfA candidates to remove the 'admin for life' concerns that can result in opposes. I wrote an essay last year, Binding community recall, to get my initial thoughts down. The core is based on the idea of logged voluntary editing restrictions, which were clarified at this RfC on enforcability of logged voluntary editing restrictions. The strength, in my opinion, is there should be no need for policy changes or overhaul of the admin system since it is an individual agreement between a given admin and the community
If you have any ideas or comments, positive or negative, on the idea or how it could be implemented I would be very interested. I think WP needs to realize that, with the current size and importance of enwp, being an admin is a big deal, that admins in general have a large effect on the editing environment and are now more than simple janitors. WP:FRAM is/was, whatever else, an outgrowth of this change.
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I noticed that, about a decade ago, Air Bud: Aussie Rules was nominated for deletion, and that the final consensus was to have the article redirected to Air Bud. Given that no reliable sources have even alluded to the film being considered by the scriptwriters at all, it probably is best to have Air Bud: Aussie Rules listed at Redirects for Discussion. 76.126.49.152 ( talk) 21:38, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
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This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
There are now 803 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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Hi. Thanks for your edits to the Orange County, NY locations. Can you figure out what this editor is trying to do? He/she seems to be deleting significant material from hundreds of towns and cities, including well-referenced information about them. Are even the "technical" edits that they are making correct? -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:57, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
TheTexasNationalist99, what you need to do is to explain, step-by-step, what changes you think ought to be made to each article on that article's Talk page. Then, if other editors agree with one or more of those changes, they can be made. I agree with Juliancolton's comments elsewhere that many of your edits appear to be poor stylistically or grammatically, and contain WP:MOS errors, in addition to simply deleting obviously relevant helpful information. So, please slow down and maybe we can help you to edit articles in a more constructive way. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 02:31, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask you to reconsider my request for rollback permissions. I get that Rollback is not meant to give anyone a competitive edge over other RC patrollers. My point was that I saw using Huggle is faster , speed isn't everything and it still has to be done accurately, constantly clicking links is annoying though when it can be done using a tool like Huggle, it seems to be more convenient than using the RC page and Twinkle, although it does the job.
If my request will not be reconsidered I would like to know in how many days I can re-request for the permission. (I couldn't find an answer to that) Thanks in advance, -- TruthToBeSpoken (talk) 18:06, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you both for your help. I do have a question. To avoid any misunderstanding in the future, would it be a good idea to change my username? Trodwixi ( talk) 14:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, saw your comments. Have you not heard the Chris Benoit story? His name was actually Christopher Benoit, he killed his wife, kid and then himself. Keep an eye on that account, you may be right and I wrong but it's worth watching. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 17:52, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, am F5pillar sorry i didn't notice that Fastily already reply's my message first, thats why I requested it in the request page. Please don't be offended as you can see I request there first before replying his message. ( Say something ( talk) 17:19, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
You Know I was waiting for the notification in my alert box, but seems he didn't tag my name which will make me see a alert in my notification box. So that's why I firstly request it in request page, and letter I went to view his talk page. You can see the time sent and the reply time. And on the signature, I will change it, its seems confuse to some replying my message. Thanks ( Say something ( talk) 09:24, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Julian,
Yesterday my rollback rights automatically expired after one month ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Juliancolton&oldid=939809680#Requests%20for%20permissions/Rollback), I would like to request them permanently now or extend the permission for one month should you believe I do not yet have sufficient history after this month to grant the right permanently. Last 2 weeks I haven't been active fighting vandalism due to vacation. Thank you in advance, -- TruthToBeSpoken (talk) 12:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I had requested for
Rollback rights a few days back. As you suggested I have tried to do rollbacks manually through the Recent Changes page. However, I am successful very fewer times because before I reach and do it somebody else would have done it already. That makes me wonder, is it means we have enough Rollbackers already or am I doing it too slow! I have tried to use Huggle but we need Rollbackers rights to use it.
I would like to ask is there any other way we can do it more efficiently and fastly? Is there any chance you can give me the rights for a specific time period and then do the assessment? Thank you.
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Respected sir, I applied for Roll backer. I have been in wikipedia since December 2018. I kindly request you to go through my application and promote me to Roll backer if I'm eligible. If I'm not eligible, please mention me reasons so that I can improve my self. Thanking you. Your's obediently. Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 11:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, I don't want to use it for power or misuse my power. I just want to revert vandalistic edits. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 11:53, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir I didn't ask admin to resign Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, what can I do to become a roll backer? Am I supposed to apply again or not needed? If I apply again, I won't do as I did now. I didn't know whether it was right or wrong. I was curious to know whether I was eligible or not. Other than that I didn't mean anything sir. Please forgive me sir. I promise you that I never repeat this again. Thanking you. Your's obediently. Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:45, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, I didn't ask to resign. It was another user. I'm extremely sorry sir. But please excuse me sir. I didn't ask any admin to resign. I think it was user "Vivek ji 123". I didn't remember. I just wanted to know whether I was eligible or not. Sir please forgive me if I did mistake. Even now I want to know where I went wrong. I convey my sincere apologies to all admins. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, please tell me what can I do to become roll backer. I want to become Roll backer and suppress vandalism. Please give me guidance sir Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Sir, My main intention is to make it clear that I didn't ask admin sir to resign. It was another user named "Vivek ji 123" who asked it. Not me sir. I didn't do mistake but admin sirs are mis-understanding me. I applied for different posts in order to suppress vandalism not for any other reasons. Thanking you Sri Harsha 191817 ( talk) 18:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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I would request you kindly provide/approve rollback rights. I intend to use this tool to stop vandalism. I have gone through WP:VANDAL and WP:ROLLBACK and have reverted few times vandalism and helped in increasing the page protection on the basis of attacks. I have also made a Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback. Thank you. Amkgp ( talk) 17:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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It was a combination of finally receiving a crat inactivity notice, a couple of recent life changes, and stay-at-home orders. I've always wanted to spend more time on wiki, but it took a perfect storm to get me going. I see you're still at it with the hurricanes. Still got your own IRC channel? bibliomaniac 1 5 06:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
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Would you be willing to do a pre-FAC review of Hurricane Willa? Noah Talk 23:23, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
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So, I'm reviewing Stratopedarches for GA, and I'm having trouble with the template. I'm pretty sure the article passed for everything, so it shouldn't be that difficult, except for the fact that I'm awful with wiki markup even though I use it so much. You think you could help, since you are good at GA stuff? I told the nom I'd have the review done yesterday. Ghinga7 ( talk) 19:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, this is my first GA review and so I wanted to check with one of the GA mentors to make sure everything was done correctly. The page I have basically finished reviewing is here Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8/GA1, I am waiting on fixes for mostly minor grammar issues. Thanks for your time and help! Footlessmouse ( talk) 02:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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Would you be available to look at the review? Let me know! Horsesizedduck ( talk) 18:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
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Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
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Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 [a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. [b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
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Hello Juliancolton,
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
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Hello, I believe you are aware that I've been addressing the tracked syntax error on Wikipedia called the
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User talk:Osarius/Archive 1 (2009) and
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There is currently a draft at Draft:Luan Muça that would be approved, but the base title in main space is salted by you. Could you unprotect the title? Toadette ( Merry Christmas, and a happy new year) 20:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tropical Storm Jerry (2001) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.''Flux55'' ( talk) 15:35, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey JC, I wanted to help with the GA reassessment drive, and started with 1949 Texas hurricane. No hard feelings, it pales compared to some of your other work. I'm not even sure if you're editing these days, but thought I'd let you know. Here is the link to the reassessment. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:50, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
Tropical Storm Jerry (2001) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ''Flux55'' ( talk) 05:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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23:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Noah, AA Talk 23:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
1949 Texas hurricane has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 23:13, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hurricane Cosme (2007) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 16:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hurricane Isaac (2006) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Noah, AA Talk 14:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
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