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Hi Kaldari! I just wanted to let you know that I dropped by Alissahart's talk page an awarded her the Mind the Gap award for a job well done on the Women in Chile article. Thanks for providing your input to Alissa as well, regarding the article. I just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to drop by and show some wikilove (or a +1 to the award!). Tata Sarah ( talk) 21:40, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari. Thanks for your suggestions regarding my women in engineering page. I'll be sure to take them into account as I finish my article in the next couple of weeks. How should incorporate information regarding "women in engineering" outside the U.S? Should I include a section in the article, or should I go throughout the entire page and insert information? I know the second option may seem preferable, but that would be a pretty extensive task and I feel that would have to necessitate me altering much of my existing page as well. Would the first option be acceptable? Could I simply include a section called "women in engineering outside the United States", or something of the like, and proceed from there?
J hernan26 ( talk) 22:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC)J hernan26
Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Kaldari. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click
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Hi Kaldari - The Roe v. Wade FAR has been ongoing for a while and has been moved to the FARC section. It could use some comments on whether the article should be kept or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 14:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
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Hey, since you were involved in this decision and made the change to the template, the welcome template change has been reverted: Template_talk:Welcome#Linking_to_the_Teahouse_on_the_welcome_template. Just wanted to let you know. Sarah ( talk) 19:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This might be a fun project sometime: Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell. Stumbled across it while assessing WP Feminism articles! Sarah ( talk) 05:11, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
The Teahouse Barnstar | |
For your social and technical support around the Teahouse these last couple days! You helped keep all us hotheads cool, and then went and implemented an even cooler solution (I hope) to our problem. Thank you! |
Hi, I'll be just about ready to submit my "women in engineering in the United States" page for a class grade in a couple of days, but I had one very important request. I do not have an original copy of the page from before I started editing it on March 9th. My initial contribution is the earliest thing I have, but I need something from just a few days earlier. Would you happen to have this?
J hernan26 ( talk) 21:14, 13 April 2012 (UTC)J hernan26
But you'll have to wait until they pickle.. | |
:) Sarah ( talk) 03:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC) |
The Technical Barnstar | |
Hey Ryan! Just this weekend I realized that if, after filling in the ISBN field in the book citation tool, I click the magnifying glass to its right........ it will auto-populate the rest of the fields for me! I am very sad that it took me so long to realize this, but I am thrilled nonetheless that I finally did. Thank you for working on it, with Mr.Z-man :-) Sue Gardner ( talk) 05:05, 17 April 2012 (UTC) |
How did you happen to be in Pinson? -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC) (a Deanburg boy by heritage, but born in Jackson)
Sure, I'd be happy to do that. I thought that the template did link to the image page, and that that provided attribution. Does the template somehow circumvent the link to the image description page? In any case, how exactly should I re-license the image? -- Renesis ( talk) 21:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Textsizebug.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда. 21:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd prefer if this edit were reverted. The lack of delay was deliberate, and I don't think a random user is at all likely to just sit with their mouse over a reference link for 500 milliseconds, so the delay makes the tool mostly useless. So long as there hasn't been a community discussion supporting the change, I'd rather the old version be used. Thank you. -- Yair rand ( talk) 08:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Since you've participated in the discussion about WP:PORNBIO, I am notifying you of my proposal tightening the criteria that you may wish to weigh in on at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Arbitrary_break:_discussing_Morbidthought.27s_draft. Morbidthoughts ( talk) 07:51, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X ( submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber ( submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu ( submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.
65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards ( submissions) and Grandiose ( submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth ( submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer ( submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone ( submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 ( submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.
An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, " Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 ( submissions) and Stone ( submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari, thanks so much for the welcome to Wikipedia, but also, a big thanks for creating WikiProject Feminism! Such a thing definitely needs to exist. I'm a proud trans/queer feminist and looking forward to editing articles related to feminism and watching others for gender bias. Avory ( talk) 13:19, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Referencing Here and Also here. All I need are Search Keywords for Tedder to set up this bot. I think the Women's History project is missing a valuable tool without it. I keep getting referred around, but no one seems to know how to come up with the search keywords for this. Are you able to assist? Maile66 ( talk) 12:10, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari, I need your comment on Gender. User:Flyer22 and I came to a conclusion but user:Bonze blayk reverts my edits without taking part in discussion ( Wikipedia:Edit warring). I'm tired of editing this article for now. Thanks. -- Taranet ( talk) 14:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
We arranged Wiki takes Norrköping today, and it was a great success! Thank you! It's just one problem. Anyone can upload photos except for me. I can register my team, select the image and upload it. But every time I press the "sort my photos" disappears all my pictures. Im using Mac OS X version 10.6.8 I have tried with both Safari and Firefox (and even the non-flash upload). Is this a known problem and is there any solution?-- ArildV ( talk) 20:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, some time ago I installed RefToolbar as a gadget in el.wikipedia.
Since a couple of months (I guess when it was moved from gadget to default common.js in en.wikipedia) it stopped working.
I tried following the instructions to reinstall it again as a gadget but failed. Please have a look at it, this happened just in the time that we were thinking to make it a default gadget for everyone.
The pages I copied/modified are:
Thanks in advance. -- geraki T L 09:47, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Please see: WP:VPT#Edit toolbar not painting completely. The "Cite" button on the RefTool bar isn't showing up unless I manually put the code on my .js page. Your input is appreciated! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 00:59, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fanny Imlay is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanny Imlay until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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 template from the top of the article. -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 14:45, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
I wasn't sure if the tag could be used in multiple ways or not. I don't mind if you remove it. -- Thebirdlover ( talk) 22:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited! | |
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You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. We're still looking for input on planning activities, and thematic overtones. List your add yourself to the attendees list, and edit the picnic as you like. — Max Klein { chat} 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC) | ||
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-Scottywong | confer _ 16:05, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
In retrospect, I think WP:Terminal should be made a real policy. SYSS Mouse ( talk) 15:41, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the fine work on the poster article, especially adding this non-free image. Cheers! Binksternet ( talk) 19:51, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
"And for the record, we try really hard to get community feedback before changes are deployed" - of course I would miss it since I'm an intermittent visitor there, but how about running proposed changes past WP:VP(T)? It's not, I think, reasonable to expect the average editor, even technically minded, to visit Bugzilla.
Rich
Farmbrough,
05:13, 27 May 2012 (UTC).
We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X ( submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa ( submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber ( submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.
This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu ( submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well it's coming up to 6 months (8 Jan 2012) since I first raised the issues with the rape culture entries and the WP:NPOV - Systemic Bias issues that have still not been resolved.
Now I see that someone has set up Mizbot to archive entries and concerns raised on the talk page. I do hope it's not a deliberate act to try and just make the issues vanish. They won't. P^)
You did make clear that you welcomed expansion of the page and even globalisation as far back as January, and I have sought so many sources that meet the views laid down - sources must use the term "rape culture" - there must be no WP:OR - and still no matter how far I go in meeting other's demands in the spirit of consensus, there is just no progress. What is the point of supplying so many sources that meet other's demands if they just get left on the talk page and the actual issues just don't get addressed?
I remain concerned that sources identifying whole countries, and providing a global perspective, on the subject of rape culture have simply been missed - Meitse 1996 -1998 (South Africa) - Baxi 2002 (India) - Michael Parenti - The Global Rape Culture (2005) - and there has been WP:UNDUE on references only to the USA. The global sources are of course sourced via Goggle.
It was almost comical when the section on South Africa was added, once I raised the issue of bias - and I have recently expanded that to place the subject in both an historical and culturally sensitive framework. You should also be aware that I am doing the same Ref India - Sandbox. - It was even stated In January that sources relating to other countries would be integrated once they were made known - and that simply has not happened.
I have sourced material on a global basis - even down to Pitcairne Island - met all demands put forward by other editors - and no matter what the page just does not progress.
I have even had to cite sources that give an Historical perspective to rape culture, such as the history of slavery and Droit du seigneur which does have quite a significance in the US. It would seem that racial bias applies even when a US centric focus is maintained. That has been a concern from the start with the discovery of the film " Rape Culture", and the involvement of the men of Lorton Prison (Prisoners Against Rape Inc) who were all African Americans had simply been brushed under the carpet - and It was most interesting to read the views and experiences of Loretta Ross who was instrumental in working with these men.
But through out - it all has to be about Recent Events - Slutwalk - Dickwolves Controversy - Facebook pages - and the actual subject and global perspective of rape culture just gets minimised. I have even had to point out that claims that face book was only about the USA and UK were - well ..... Systemic Bias.
It's even been argued that as the USA is supposedly the primary source of Entertainment material on the planet the bias is unavoidable.
I have even had to ask how far people in certain parts of the world would need to go "Hold a Slut walk in a mine-filed and notify CNN/Fox news in advance"? (15 January 2012) & (2 May 2012).
I have recently made clear that I believe that the whole page needs a complete redraft - even the heading " Prominent incidents and allegations of rape culture" is nonsensical and creates a false hierarchy around the subject - and I still wonder how one alleges a rape culture. Alleged is of course a word that should be avoided WP:ALLEGED.
So unless there is constructive motion forward to produce quality content by consensus, I will have to start concluding that some editors are deliberately not engaging so as to not reach any form of consensus - and by not engaging also acting to prevent access to dispute resolution and even a Third Opinion. I have made it clear for some time that I would welcome external and independent oversight of matters.
I have been stating that for many months. (15 January 2012 Onwards).
I have also made it clear that I am concerned about " Advocacy Editing" due to the apparent determination to make the page only about the USA and ignore the Global perspective and billions of other people. That is of course against WP:NPOV and even promotes Systemic Bias.
What do you suggest as a way forward on how to improve the page - remove systemic bias and meet WP:NPOV?
It does seem that it's overdue.
Media-Hound 'D 3rd P^) ( talk) 19:32, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Here's a new project for you ;) The German Mary Wollstonecraft anyone? Amalia Holst!! :) Trying to fill in some gaps on the red links of the Dinner Party list!! Sarah ( talk) 02:39, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for making it so easy to spread WikiLove! Rivalnator ( talk) 19:03, 5 June 2012 (UTC) |
I saw your note at Thine Antique Pen's talk page. You might want to drop the same information at User talk:Deathlaser; he's also been working off that page to create beetle stubs. Ladyof Shalott 20:58, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Kaldari, I was just wondering why you took the Providism article to AfD, instead of leaving the PROD. No big deal, of course, just wondering. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 21:05, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
What happened to User:HotArticlesBot? No updates for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Turtles/Hot_articles in ages. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 11:58, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm willing to put the suggestion of a collaboration in Phil's honor in the Signpost, but I need an page to send interested people to. I don't remember if I had much interaction with him, but I remember seeing him around often when I was active at GAN. It's a sad day for the Wiki. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
How about being part of the solution instead of part of the problem? How about IMPROVING the article instead of deleting? Did you look into the band at all?? Geĸrίtzl ( talk) 18:53, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
That's two, and I need not go any further. Please help build WP rather than tear it down. Geĸrίtzl ( talk) 15:49, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I have a question related to the skill set you possess which developed and moved the WikiLove extension. There is an essay, WP:ADMAN, where you must copy paste the template code manually to a users talk page. I am interested to implement an ability to discharge the accolade directly from the essay using whatever appropriate means might exist. If your time permits and you are willing, I would sincerely appreciate any manner of assistance afforded this goal. Thank you - My76Strat ( talk) 05:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!
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Why a block? (no rationale seen)-- Jasper Deng (talk) 05:29, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
On 14 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Alley, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Alley piano bar has walls papered with thousands of business cards, including ones from Jerry Brown and Gregg Allman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Alley. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Greetings, WikiProject US National Archives member!
We are seeking a coordinator to help reboot the project and work on new initiatives! The role is modeled after other Wikiproject coordinators, like the WikiProject Military History coordinators. The coordinator will work with the Wikipedian in Residence to organize and increase participation in the WikiProject, with the goal that the WikiProject is an active space for collaboration maintained by and for the Wikipedia editors, rather than the National Archives.
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Hi, Kaldari. Re this revert, there are quite a few similar edits. Since there also appear to be several constructive edits, I've tried to open a dialog on the user's talk page. No reply so far, and unfortunately I will be offline for several hours. Rivertorch ( talk) 19:37, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I am not challenging your edit. This is just a random query. I noticed that you are from US. So, is Shulasmith not accepted as a sociologist in the US. (Not having a degree in sociology is irrelevant as most other sociologists too do not have one) She is acceptable as a sociologist in Britain (including in books published by oxford university press). Another source which I found is this .-- nids (♂) 02:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, do you think it deserves more at ITN? I emailed the named author about the same issue. Tony (talk) 10:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Let me know if there are any other examples I have missed out and failed to correct. Thanks for letting me know about this. Oddbodz ( talk) 15:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
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Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga ( submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X ( submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu ( submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.
A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 10:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Author/Kaldari
My name is Nuša Farič and I am a Health Psychology MSc student at University College London (UCL). I am currently running a quantitative study entitled Who edits health-related Wikipedia pages and why? I am interested in the editorial experience of people who edit health-related Wikipedia pages. I am interested to learn more about the authors of health-related pages on Wikipedia and what motivations they have for doing so. I am currently contacting the authors of randomly selected articles and I noticed that someone at this address recently edited an article on Endometriosis. I would like to ask you a few questions about you and your experience of editing the above mentioned article and or other health-related articles. If you would like more information about the project, please visit my user page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hydra_Rain) and if interested, please reply via my talk page or e-mail me on nusa.faric.11@ucl.ac.uk. Also, others interested in the study may contact me! If I do not hear back from you I will not contact this account again. Thank you very much in advance. Hydra Rain ( talk) 12:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, someone has suggested that this change may be the cause of an edit box problem detailed at village pump. Can you comment on if this is the cause of the problems? Keith D ( talk) 23:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I am not sure what the issue is, but I have reset my preferences two or three times now, and I still have the Vector edit box. At this point, I have run out of ideas for fixing this. Can you give me any advice? --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 19:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Glad I could help. Here's a little something to spice up your talk page. See you around! Braincricket ( talk) 22:06, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
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Hello Kaldari, Just a friendly message but I wanted to point out you accidentally deleted a post I made to the Mars Space Laboratory talk page, or if it wasn't accidental please let me know at my talk page. Thanks.
user:Agradman editing for the moment as 67.182.25.41 ( talk) 07:25, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
They are a really fun and clever idea, but I felt like they increased the likelihood of unneeded edits, low-quality editing, and vandalism to a number of high-profile BLPs. I apologize for not contacting you beforehand, but I felt that it was more important to remove that line of thought from the articles quickly—particularly given their greater attention following the Colbert vandalism. If you would like to restore them, please raise the issue on one of the noticeboards first. I would be glad to have my decision to remove the counters reviewed.
Like I said, very cool idea under other circumstances, and I have lots of respect for your contributions on here. This just seemed to me like a bad idea at the moment. Best, IronGargoyle ( talk) 06:40, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
What's up with that? Tom Reedy ( talk) 02:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I requested a non-free content review in connection with an image you uploaded. See the discussion at Wikipedia:Non-free_content_review#Images_of_Andrew_Wyeth_Paintings -- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Kaldari. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, PageTriageProdTest, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
{{proposed deletion/dated...}}
Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Kaldari ( talk) 19:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 10 | Archive 11 | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | → | Archive 20 |
Hi Kaldari! I just wanted to let you know that I dropped by Alissahart's talk page an awarded her the Mind the Gap award for a job well done on the Women in Chile article. Thanks for providing your input to Alissa as well, regarding the article. I just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to drop by and show some wikilove (or a +1 to the award!). Tata Sarah ( talk) 21:40, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari. Thanks for your suggestions regarding my women in engineering page. I'll be sure to take them into account as I finish my article in the next couple of weeks. How should incorporate information regarding "women in engineering" outside the U.S? Should I include a section in the article, or should I go throughout the entire page and insert information? I know the second option may seem preferable, but that would be a pretty extensive task and I feel that would have to necessitate me altering much of my existing page as well. Would the first option be acceptable? Could I simply include a section called "women in engineering outside the United States", or something of the like, and proceed from there?
J hernan26 ( talk) 22:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC)J hernan26
Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Kaldari. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click
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Hi Kaldari - The Roe v. Wade FAR has been ongoing for a while and has been moved to the FARC section. It could use some comments on whether the article should be kept or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 14:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
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Hey, since you were involved in this decision and made the change to the template, the welcome template change has been reverted: Template_talk:Welcome#Linking_to_the_Teahouse_on_the_welcome_template. Just wanted to let you know. Sarah ( talk) 19:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This might be a fun project sometime: Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell. Stumbled across it while assessing WP Feminism articles! Sarah ( talk) 05:11, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
The Teahouse Barnstar | |
For your social and technical support around the Teahouse these last couple days! You helped keep all us hotheads cool, and then went and implemented an even cooler solution (I hope) to our problem. Thank you! |
Hi, I'll be just about ready to submit my "women in engineering in the United States" page for a class grade in a couple of days, but I had one very important request. I do not have an original copy of the page from before I started editing it on March 9th. My initial contribution is the earliest thing I have, but I need something from just a few days earlier. Would you happen to have this?
J hernan26 ( talk) 21:14, 13 April 2012 (UTC)J hernan26
But you'll have to wait until they pickle.. | |
:) Sarah ( talk) 03:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC) |
The Technical Barnstar | |
Hey Ryan! Just this weekend I realized that if, after filling in the ISBN field in the book citation tool, I click the magnifying glass to its right........ it will auto-populate the rest of the fields for me! I am very sad that it took me so long to realize this, but I am thrilled nonetheless that I finally did. Thank you for working on it, with Mr.Z-man :-) Sue Gardner ( talk) 05:05, 17 April 2012 (UTC) |
How did you happen to be in Pinson? -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC) (a Deanburg boy by heritage, but born in Jackson)
Sure, I'd be happy to do that. I thought that the template did link to the image page, and that that provided attribution. Does the template somehow circumvent the link to the image description page? In any case, how exactly should I re-license the image? -- Renesis ( talk) 21:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Textsizebug.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда. 21:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd prefer if this edit were reverted. The lack of delay was deliberate, and I don't think a random user is at all likely to just sit with their mouse over a reference link for 500 milliseconds, so the delay makes the tool mostly useless. So long as there hasn't been a community discussion supporting the change, I'd rather the old version be used. Thank you. -- Yair rand ( talk) 08:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Since you've participated in the discussion about WP:PORNBIO, I am notifying you of my proposal tightening the criteria that you may wish to weigh in on at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Arbitrary_break:_discussing_Morbidthought.27s_draft. Morbidthoughts ( talk) 07:51, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X ( submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber ( submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu ( submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.
65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards ( submissions) and Grandiose ( submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth ( submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer ( submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone ( submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 ( submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.
An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, " Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 ( submissions) and Stone ( submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari, thanks so much for the welcome to Wikipedia, but also, a big thanks for creating WikiProject Feminism! Such a thing definitely needs to exist. I'm a proud trans/queer feminist and looking forward to editing articles related to feminism and watching others for gender bias. Avory ( talk) 13:19, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Referencing Here and Also here. All I need are Search Keywords for Tedder to set up this bot. I think the Women's History project is missing a valuable tool without it. I keep getting referred around, but no one seems to know how to come up with the search keywords for this. Are you able to assist? Maile66 ( talk) 12:10, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari, I need your comment on Gender. User:Flyer22 and I came to a conclusion but user:Bonze blayk reverts my edits without taking part in discussion ( Wikipedia:Edit warring). I'm tired of editing this article for now. Thanks. -- Taranet ( talk) 14:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
We arranged Wiki takes Norrköping today, and it was a great success! Thank you! It's just one problem. Anyone can upload photos except for me. I can register my team, select the image and upload it. But every time I press the "sort my photos" disappears all my pictures. Im using Mac OS X version 10.6.8 I have tried with both Safari and Firefox (and even the non-flash upload). Is this a known problem and is there any solution?-- ArildV ( talk) 20:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, some time ago I installed RefToolbar as a gadget in el.wikipedia.
Since a couple of months (I guess when it was moved from gadget to default common.js in en.wikipedia) it stopped working.
I tried following the instructions to reinstall it again as a gadget but failed. Please have a look at it, this happened just in the time that we were thinking to make it a default gadget for everyone.
The pages I copied/modified are:
Thanks in advance. -- geraki T L 09:47, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Please see: WP:VPT#Edit toolbar not painting completely. The "Cite" button on the RefTool bar isn't showing up unless I manually put the code on my .js page. Your input is appreciated! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 00:59, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fanny Imlay is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanny Imlay until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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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I wasn't sure if the tag could be used in multiple ways or not. I don't mind if you remove it. -- Thebirdlover ( talk) 22:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited! | |
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-Scottywong | confer _ 16:05, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
In retrospect, I think WP:Terminal should be made a real policy. SYSS Mouse ( talk) 15:41, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the fine work on the poster article, especially adding this non-free image. Cheers! Binksternet ( talk) 19:51, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
"And for the record, we try really hard to get community feedback before changes are deployed" - of course I would miss it since I'm an intermittent visitor there, but how about running proposed changes past WP:VP(T)? It's not, I think, reasonable to expect the average editor, even technically minded, to visit Bugzilla.
Rich
Farmbrough,
05:13, 27 May 2012 (UTC).
We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X ( submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa ( submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber ( submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.
This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu ( submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well it's coming up to 6 months (8 Jan 2012) since I first raised the issues with the rape culture entries and the WP:NPOV - Systemic Bias issues that have still not been resolved.
Now I see that someone has set up Mizbot to archive entries and concerns raised on the talk page. I do hope it's not a deliberate act to try and just make the issues vanish. They won't. P^)
You did make clear that you welcomed expansion of the page and even globalisation as far back as January, and I have sought so many sources that meet the views laid down - sources must use the term "rape culture" - there must be no WP:OR - and still no matter how far I go in meeting other's demands in the spirit of consensus, there is just no progress. What is the point of supplying so many sources that meet other's demands if they just get left on the talk page and the actual issues just don't get addressed?
I remain concerned that sources identifying whole countries, and providing a global perspective, on the subject of rape culture have simply been missed - Meitse 1996 -1998 (South Africa) - Baxi 2002 (India) - Michael Parenti - The Global Rape Culture (2005) - and there has been WP:UNDUE on references only to the USA. The global sources are of course sourced via Goggle.
It was almost comical when the section on South Africa was added, once I raised the issue of bias - and I have recently expanded that to place the subject in both an historical and culturally sensitive framework. You should also be aware that I am doing the same Ref India - Sandbox. - It was even stated In January that sources relating to other countries would be integrated once they were made known - and that simply has not happened.
I have sourced material on a global basis - even down to Pitcairne Island - met all demands put forward by other editors - and no matter what the page just does not progress.
I have even had to cite sources that give an Historical perspective to rape culture, such as the history of slavery and Droit du seigneur which does have quite a significance in the US. It would seem that racial bias applies even when a US centric focus is maintained. That has been a concern from the start with the discovery of the film " Rape Culture", and the involvement of the men of Lorton Prison (Prisoners Against Rape Inc) who were all African Americans had simply been brushed under the carpet - and It was most interesting to read the views and experiences of Loretta Ross who was instrumental in working with these men.
But through out - it all has to be about Recent Events - Slutwalk - Dickwolves Controversy - Facebook pages - and the actual subject and global perspective of rape culture just gets minimised. I have even had to point out that claims that face book was only about the USA and UK were - well ..... Systemic Bias.
It's even been argued that as the USA is supposedly the primary source of Entertainment material on the planet the bias is unavoidable.
I have even had to ask how far people in certain parts of the world would need to go "Hold a Slut walk in a mine-filed and notify CNN/Fox news in advance"? (15 January 2012) & (2 May 2012).
I have recently made clear that I believe that the whole page needs a complete redraft - even the heading " Prominent incidents and allegations of rape culture" is nonsensical and creates a false hierarchy around the subject - and I still wonder how one alleges a rape culture. Alleged is of course a word that should be avoided WP:ALLEGED.
So unless there is constructive motion forward to produce quality content by consensus, I will have to start concluding that some editors are deliberately not engaging so as to not reach any form of consensus - and by not engaging also acting to prevent access to dispute resolution and even a Third Opinion. I have made it clear for some time that I would welcome external and independent oversight of matters.
I have been stating that for many months. (15 January 2012 Onwards).
I have also made it clear that I am concerned about " Advocacy Editing" due to the apparent determination to make the page only about the USA and ignore the Global perspective and billions of other people. That is of course against WP:NPOV and even promotes Systemic Bias.
What do you suggest as a way forward on how to improve the page - remove systemic bias and meet WP:NPOV?
It does seem that it's overdue.
Media-Hound 'D 3rd P^) ( talk) 19:32, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Here's a new project for you ;) The German Mary Wollstonecraft anyone? Amalia Holst!! :) Trying to fill in some gaps on the red links of the Dinner Party list!! Sarah ( talk) 02:39, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for making it so easy to spread WikiLove! Rivalnator ( talk) 19:03, 5 June 2012 (UTC) |
I saw your note at Thine Antique Pen's talk page. You might want to drop the same information at User talk:Deathlaser; he's also been working off that page to create beetle stubs. Ladyof Shalott 20:58, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Kaldari, I was just wondering why you took the Providism article to AfD, instead of leaving the PROD. No big deal, of course, just wondering. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 21:05, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
What happened to User:HotArticlesBot? No updates for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Turtles/Hot_articles in ages. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 11:58, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm willing to put the suggestion of a collaboration in Phil's honor in the Signpost, but I need an page to send interested people to. I don't remember if I had much interaction with him, but I remember seeing him around often when I was active at GAN. It's a sad day for the Wiki. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
How about being part of the solution instead of part of the problem? How about IMPROVING the article instead of deleting? Did you look into the band at all?? Geĸrίtzl ( talk) 18:53, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
That's two, and I need not go any further. Please help build WP rather than tear it down. Geĸrίtzl ( talk) 15:49, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I have a question related to the skill set you possess which developed and moved the WikiLove extension. There is an essay, WP:ADMAN, where you must copy paste the template code manually to a users talk page. I am interested to implement an ability to discharge the accolade directly from the essay using whatever appropriate means might exist. If your time permits and you are willing, I would sincerely appreciate any manner of assistance afforded this goal. Thank you - My76Strat ( talk) 05:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!
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On 14 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Alley, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Alley piano bar has walls papered with thousands of business cards, including ones from Jerry Brown and Gregg Allman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Alley. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Greetings, WikiProject US National Archives member!
We are seeking a coordinator to help reboot the project and work on new initiatives! The role is modeled after other Wikiproject coordinators, like the WikiProject Military History coordinators. The coordinator will work with the Wikipedian in Residence to organize and increase participation in the WikiProject, with the goal that the WikiProject is an active space for collaboration maintained by and for the Wikipedia editors, rather than the National Archives.
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Hi, Kaldari. Re this revert, there are quite a few similar edits. Since there also appear to be several constructive edits, I've tried to open a dialog on the user's talk page. No reply so far, and unfortunately I will be offline for several hours. Rivertorch ( talk) 19:37, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I am not challenging your edit. This is just a random query. I noticed that you are from US. So, is Shulasmith not accepted as a sociologist in the US. (Not having a degree in sociology is irrelevant as most other sociologists too do not have one) She is acceptable as a sociologist in Britain (including in books published by oxford university press). Another source which I found is this .-- nids (♂) 02:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, do you think it deserves more at ITN? I emailed the named author about the same issue. Tony (talk) 10:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Let me know if there are any other examples I have missed out and failed to correct. Thanks for letting me know about this. Oddbodz ( talk) 15:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
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Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga ( submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X ( submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu ( submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.
A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 10:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Author/Kaldari
My name is Nuša Farič and I am a Health Psychology MSc student at University College London (UCL). I am currently running a quantitative study entitled Who edits health-related Wikipedia pages and why? I am interested in the editorial experience of people who edit health-related Wikipedia pages. I am interested to learn more about the authors of health-related pages on Wikipedia and what motivations they have for doing so. I am currently contacting the authors of randomly selected articles and I noticed that someone at this address recently edited an article on Endometriosis. I would like to ask you a few questions about you and your experience of editing the above mentioned article and or other health-related articles. If you would like more information about the project, please visit my user page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hydra_Rain) and if interested, please reply via my talk page or e-mail me on nusa.faric.11@ucl.ac.uk. Also, others interested in the study may contact me! If I do not hear back from you I will not contact this account again. Thank you very much in advance. Hydra Rain ( talk) 12:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, someone has suggested that this change may be the cause of an edit box problem detailed at village pump. Can you comment on if this is the cause of the problems? Keith D ( talk) 23:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I am not sure what the issue is, but I have reset my preferences two or three times now, and I still have the Vector edit box. At this point, I have run out of ideas for fixing this. Can you give me any advice? --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 19:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Glad I could help. Here's a little something to spice up your talk page. See you around! Braincricket ( talk) 22:06, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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. 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. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Kaldari, Just a friendly message but I wanted to point out you accidentally deleted a post I made to the Mars Space Laboratory talk page, or if it wasn't accidental please let me know at my talk page. Thanks.
user:Agradman editing for the moment as 67.182.25.41 ( talk) 07:25, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
They are a really fun and clever idea, but I felt like they increased the likelihood of unneeded edits, low-quality editing, and vandalism to a number of high-profile BLPs. I apologize for not contacting you beforehand, but I felt that it was more important to remove that line of thought from the articles quickly—particularly given their greater attention following the Colbert vandalism. If you would like to restore them, please raise the issue on one of the noticeboards first. I would be glad to have my decision to remove the counters reviewed.
Like I said, very cool idea under other circumstances, and I have lots of respect for your contributions on here. This just seemed to me like a bad idea at the moment. Best, IronGargoyle ( talk) 06:40, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
What's up with that? Tom Reedy ( talk) 02:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I requested a non-free content review in connection with an image you uploaded. See the discussion at Wikipedia:Non-free_content_review#Images_of_Andrew_Wyeth_Paintings -- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Kaldari. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, PageTriageProdTest, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
{{proposed deletion/dated...}}
Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Kaldari ( talk) 19:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)