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1. Once I have introduced myself in the tea house what is the next step? 2. Am I allowed to use direct quotes if I source them? An example of a quote I wanted to use was from http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/shell-county.htm - Texas historical commission. I wanted to quote the text from a historical marker when I created a page. Thepoodlechef ( talk) 20:25, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
3. Ok I figured out in supposed to ask a question. So I did but it doesn't show up! I have submitted it twice! Thepoodlechef ( talk) 02:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
-- Netha Hussain ( talk) 05:19, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, you told in 20th tryer's talk page that I and he are the same person right?You are wrong. I live in India. I am not his nationality(I think so)I never post about admins not only at teahouse but anywhere else.But I am the same person as User:Kelphin! I made a new account because Kelphin was inacessable. I choose to remain Monareal as long as I am on wikipedia.-- Monareal ( talk) 11:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)Not signed by kelphin because it is inacsessible.
KaseyVincent ( talk) 20:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I agree that Princeton of Mindless Behavior doesn't look promising, but it's not meaningless and you tagged it WP:CSD#A1 only two minutes after it was entered. Newbies often put in a few words and then press "Save page" to see how it looks: it is discouraging and WP:BITEy if a speedy tag immediately pops up, and that is one of the reasons why WP has a bad name as unfriendly to newcomers. You should generally wait at least 10-15 minutes before tagging A1 or A3. See also {{ uw-hasty}}.
Keep NPP-ing, though - a tedious but absolytely vital activity. There is good advice from an experienced admin at WP:10CSD and WP:A7M. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 21:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you added Category:Smithsonian Institution Archives related to the David Fairchild article. Can you tell me what prompted this? Thanks, GroveGuy ( talk) 15:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Sarah! Sorry for the slightly belated posting, as I was busy earlier today. It was a good time at edit-a-thon, and I had a good chat at an eatery (though I would suggest we pick another eatery next time; I may help you with that! ;-)). Anyway, if you get a chance (no rush, no pressure), can you review this article at User:TheBlueWizard/Florence Meier Chase? I know it needs inline citations and some other secret sauces that would ward off the RfD and other boogeymen :-). Once that becomes good enough, I could move it to a proper place in WP. Um, I guess that's all for now. Thanks! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 00:23, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I think once the citations and the publications section is worked on then it can be moved to the main space =) Keep me posted! Sarah ( talk) 22:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sarah...that Wiki-brownie was so yummy! Thank you a lot. So far so good as a Wikipedian...just being cautious about what I edit and what new Wiki pages I create. Thank you so much for your support!
Atizinha (
talk) 04:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah: Thank You so much for the barnstar. Could you possibly lead me to a template for a userpage so i might properly display it? Gtwfan52 ( talk) 05:10, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
If you were interested in Helen M. Duncan, maybe you'd be interested in doing up an article on Helen Niña Tappan Loeblich (1917–2004), American microfossil paleontologist? -- Bejnar ( talk) 17:17, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I enjoyed it. Also I have some questions about my Article for Creation. HTcreager ( talk) 18:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the brownie. I can honestly say that the wikipedia experience is going well, and everyone I've encountered so far has been really helpful. It's nice knowing wikipedians aren't as scary as I had believed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pistachio13 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Great if you could upload a copyright free picture of Valerie Aurora for her article. -- Esemono ( talk) 08:59, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, could you please add your source for the death date you included here? I've already reverted an IP adding the info as I couldn't find verification of it, and any such material needs a source as the recently deceased are still covered under BLP policy. Thank you, Jezebel'sPonyo bons mots 21:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jackson Miles Abbott, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that birdwatcher Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Miles Abbott bird ringed 1,400 birds in seven months? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jackson Miles Abbott.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. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, thank you for the teahouse invite and the advice! Though my main interest is in reptiles and amphibians, I am also a birder. I initially was just interested in correcting some misinformation on the Crawfish Frog page, but I think I may work on improving some of the other pages (especially for North American amphibians). I am totally new to all this so the teahouse looks like it will be a great resource. Indianaherp ( talk) 17:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello SarahStierch, thank you so much for awarding me with a Science Fiction Barnstar, It actually means a lot! I was never expecting to receive anything for my contributions, but it is definitely very nice of you, thank you again! MunkkyNotTrukk ( talk) 19:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the Barnstar! It was fun and thanks for saving Ms. Duncan's legacy. Undead q talk Undead q 23:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Keep up the good work. Don't get stressed out by the deletionists! Pmsyyz ( talk) 07:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah,
Here you have some numbers:
4 of the 5 women already had a registered user but are newbies (less than 100 edits each. Non usual Wikipedians)
Feel free to include this info where you need to.
NOTE: In Catalan wiki we are really interested in making our Women community of editors grow. We have improved our readers community of Women from 15% to 20% during last year but we also only have an 8% of Women editors. see the report in Catalan, we are now translating it ;)-- Kippelboy ( talk) 09:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah. Unfortunately, though we had resources about Women at Princeton, no one wrote any articles or improved any articles about women at Princeton during the Mudd Library edit-a-thon. Next time! The outcomes for the event are all on the meetup page. Undead q 13:39, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, i just read your note at WP:Punk. The article
Bikini Kill was chosen in February to be
WikiProject Punk music Collaboration of the Month; and other articles such as
Delta 5,
The Slits,
The Innocents and
The Go-Go's were proposed on the project talk page. Sadly, nothing came of it :S. Facepalm ~ i'll concede we failed miserably, but then again the project isn't very active and the last COTM was in… *drumroll* 2009! Cheers for what you and evryone else did though. I'll drop a note if there are further developments :-)
benzband (
talk) 15:01, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
This is my second visit. The first time I was too shy to say anything. I have two questions, please might you tell me where I should direct them, as I am new-ish? One: Where do I report pornographic content (and also probably a copyright violation), that I stumble upon in the course of editing on Wikipedia? I found some in January, and had no clue (it was removed, but just in case it happens again). Two: What do I do about people who keep reverting edits? I can't find any evidence that a certain financial services company lists a certain financial instrument as part of its services, so I deleted the information. It keeps on getting added back, but there isn't ever a source cited. I've spent tons of my time trying to verify it (even though I shouldn't, as it probably isn't that important, other than the fact that I see the Wikipedia entry propagated all over the web in search engine results, because other websites plagiarize Wikipedia, even though they shouldn't, including the unverified information, which is troubling, because people might be vulnerable to fraud as a result). But I can't find any citation, and the people who keep re-editing the page are very persistent, and I don't know what to do. They don't have user pages, just an IP address and contribution history, and their talk pages just have auto-posted warnings and such, although they go back for 5+ years, so I don't feel too inclined to take things up with them directly, if you know what I mean. Well, one of them has this photo of a man with a shaved head who says he likes anarchy and lives in Australia, and he has been on Wikipedia for awhile, and I don't want to lock horns with him, so to speak.
Can you tell me who I might speak to about these two matters? The first, the pornography, was a one time occurrence and vanished within 24 hours, though I floundered about and would have liked to be more discreet about notifying someone in a position of authority here to review it. (They were HUGE graphic images of naked people have sex, which I found amusing, but it was highly inappropriate content for Wikipedia, especially for minors including children under age 13). The other matter is much more of a concern to me.
Sorry for the long note, and don't worry if you don't have time to respond for awhile. Please don't be angry at me because you think I'm venting, because I'm not. I just saw that you were female, and I am too, and I felt more inclined to ask you than others. You can feel free to delete all of this if you like, or move it elsewhere, as it clutters up your talk page, and is more of a publicly visible plea than I would like. But of course it is your talk page, so I'm not trying to tell you what to do either. Oh dear, I'm talking myself into a corner now. I'm sorry. Thank you for your time. -- FeralOink ( talk) 12:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Take a look ... Lucile Petry Leone ... (out of time, handing this back to you!) Djembayz ( talk) 03:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't I exist anymore :-( NtheP ( talk) 21:51, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
You might be interested in doing an interview with the Signpost wikiproject section, discussion's at my talk page. Rcsprinter (articulate) 14:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valerie Aurora, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Ada Initiative co-founder Valerie Aurora (pictured) chose Anita as her middle name, after the computer scientist Anita Borg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valerie Aurora. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 17:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I hope that the Teahouse discourages this kind of thing. A bad GA review resulted from a Teahouse request. Hopefully this will be the only one - at least the only one I find out about! It was for a student in the Canada Education Program. This was the complete review (a couple of sentences): Talk:Joint attention/GA1 Thanks, MathewTownsend ( talk) 00:40, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. I'd take this up between the reviewer, not me. It appears to me that the students did not get the feedback they needed else where so they came to the Teahouse looking for said help. The Wikipedians who participated in the review (Canoe and it also appears CyberCobra) aren't "official" Teahouse hosts (you can find that information here). And while we have no set rules against GA/FA reviews, it's not something that we have asked hosts to actively be involved in. I'm not responsible for peoples actions, just like I'm not responsible for a non-Teahouse hosts coming in and answering questions. So, as I said, I think it's best you take it up with those involved in the actual review. I also don't appreciate your patronizing and seemingly threatening tone ("at least the only one I find out about!!" - why, what are you going to do to me and those involved, send out the hounds?). It's disconcerting, makes me uncomfortable, and appears to be a parent calling their child out for poor behavior, and I surely, let alone anyone else involved, has done nothing to deserve that tone. Thanks, Sarah ( talk) 13:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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The (very first) Teahouse Barnstar |
For all your work on the
Teahouse! And your tireless efforts to support new editors. Thank you!
heather walls ( talk) 03:13, 10 April 2012 (UTC) |
....as if that isn't the prettiest barnstar I've seen :) Lately I feel like I don't deserve it, so I'm taken aback. Thank you Heather!!! Sarah ( talk) 03:14, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
If you read a post, and you think someone is angry, ask them. They may not be. A study has shown that when reading emails, which is text communications like posts here, 90% of the time people reading the emails were certain they understood the meaning, as well as the intent, of the writer. They were wrong IIRC about 50% of the time. (let me know if you want a link to that and I'll try to find it.) Secondly, if you object to something someone wrote, it is far more helpful to say something like "you state 'Yadda yadda.' Did you mean Blah Blah? Because that's how it reads to me" rather than charging in and telling them how they feel - that's amazingly presumptuous, and in at least one case of which I am aware could not possibly have been more wrong. Not only am I not "very angry" I'm not even annoyed, although I am concerned. Thirdly, I am sorry you are taking the objections to adding a link to the Tea Room to the welcome template as though it were criticisms or even an attack on the project itself. I wish the project well and hope for its glowing and amazing and astounding success, I truly do. Finally, if you think a discussion thread is going in the "wrong direction" and becoming uncollegiate, then I suggest that throwing gasoline on the fire by attacking one of the contributors - not with specific objections to phrasing your find objectionable but rather with a huge lecture, bordering on personal attack, including your presumptions about their state of mind, and their "attitude" (I know of few things more contemptuous and insulting than telling someone "I don't like your attitude") is probably not going to help. I think perhaps you are too close to this project to see that what are valid concerns, civilly phrased, are not hostile attacks on the project, you, or even the idea of the link. They are just concerns. KillerChihuahua ?!? 15:45, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Being new, I'm not sure what that means, but at least I get one without adding calories! Thank you so much and I look forward to many years of contributions and working with everyone! So much more fun than my day job and everyone has been amazing to work with. Best, Kristi Schneider ( talk) 23:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
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I received a Barnstar as an IP user--apparently an unusual event (it was for re-alphabetizing pages of plant genera). Thank you very much for my first Barnstar as a Registered User. Now, I'm trying to remember what edits I ever made having to do with NYC. Uporządnicki ( talk) 01:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, seems the reason you comment on my talk page was small was because there was an unclosed <small in the second tea leaf. Can a bot, or someone with AWB fix this on other talk pages?
Thanks for the endorsement of Oliver's barnstar.
And I loved the llama, by the way. Maybe I'll adopt one. Chico Venancio ( talk) 02:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much. I have formerly written on wiki as an anonymous IP, but I appreciate your kindness. Sincerely, -- LagunareG ( talk) 03:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Debastein ( talk) 19:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, SarahStierch, how are you? I can not see any link of Teahouse in User_talk:BrahmanAdvaita#Welcome_to_Wikipedia.21_Need_a_hand.3F? I feel the message and sign is breaking the link!-- Tito Dutta (Message) 19:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I heard you on Q this morning, and you talked about how the article on Clara H. Hasse was nominated for deletion within less than an hour of having been created, despite her important work in discovering the cause of citrus canker.
Have you looked at that article as it was in the very beginning?
It said "she was an assistant horticulturist and botanist in the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., and later worked at the Florida Experiment Station"... and that's it.
It did not say anything about why she was important. It provided no clue whatsoever about why anyone should care about Clara C. Hasse. It did not assert notability. Consider if the article on Barack Obama said "he is a lawyer from Chicago", and nothing else.
The reason that the article on Dr Hasse was nominated for deletion was that it did not assert notability. Once notability was asserted, by explaining her significant contribution viz. citrus canker, then it became obvious that we should keep the article.
Your discussion with Jian gave completely the wrong impression. If you are instructing people in how to edit Wikipedia, and they create articles which are that lacking in basic content, then you are instructing them wrong. You need to instruct them better. If the article does not explain why people should care from the very first edit, then it will get nominated for deletion. Make sure they understand that. (Feel free to use the "Obama is a lawyer" example for illustrative purposes.) DS ( talk) 14:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
sure Paansing ( talk) 14:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Teahouse Barnstar |
Thanks for working so hard on the Teahouse- it's so helpful for all the new users to have you around! Rosalina2427 ( talk) 01:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah. I'll take the hint that after the second 'where have you been' message, that it's not working. I'm pretty packed trying to stay on top of several projects that are all coming together in the next few weeks. It also seems like the Q&A board is quite well staffed, and to be honest, I miss the spontaneity of live chat that I found in irc-en-help. So, you can take me off the host list. I do value what the Teahouse is doing and wish you the best. Good luck! I'm sure I'll see you around. Ocaasi t | c 14:14, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello SarahStierch, hope you are doing good :). I need to ask about a frank view/opinion on my contributions so far from all experienced users (all other users are also most welcome to comment). As i want to improve more and more day by day and help the project become more successful which i am proudly a part of. I am always truthful, i also intend to become an administrator in the future to help and serve the project better than ever and for that i need more help and support from all other users on every aspect. I had started my Wikipedia editor review Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser almost a month ago, but only one user till now have given me feedback about my contributions. Looking forward to hearing for suggestions from you and all members of the community :). Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser ( talk) 18:53, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Good news! You now have access to 80 million articles in 6500 publications through HighBeam Research. Here's what you need to know:
Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 21:00, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, SarahStierch, how are you? I can not see any link of Teahouse in User_talk:BrahmanAdvaita#Welcome_to_Wikipedia.21_Need_a_hand.3F? I feel the message and sign is breaking the link!-- Tito Dutta (Message) 19:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lucile Petry Leone, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lucile Petry Leone's successful establishment of the Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943 made it unnecessary to draft US nurses for WWII? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lucile Petry Leone.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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 01:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I have posted an answer to your question here: Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Alphabetising_category. -- Tito Dutta Message Contribution Email 02:06, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, thanks for the work you do for the OTRS team. :) I do have a concern though about how tickets in the permission queues are being handled, a specific example being Ticket:2012022210000342. I remember you sent a query to the mailing list looking for an admin to deal with a backlog of tickets, and I may have been harsh in my reply then. My apologies if it came across that way. But the tickets that I saw then, and now do not contain sufficient permission to be uploaded to Wikipedia or it's sisters. (A good reason for this specific ticket is mentioned in the private notes, which may of been what confused you) As far as I know there is a specific requirement for a license to be stated by the uploader and for it to be valid for us to accept it. Please understand that I'm not doing this to try and criticize your work, but I'm coming to you as a fellow OTRS member :) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Missvain, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying and rescuing articles and content that have been nominated for deletion. Every day hundreds of articles are deleted, many rightfully so. But many concern notable subjects and are poorly written, ergo fixable, and should not be deleted. We try to help these articles and content to quickly improve and address the concerns of why they are proposed for deletion. This covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. And once again — Welcome! Northamerica1000 (talk) 11:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
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Archive 10 | ← | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 |
1. Once I have introduced myself in the tea house what is the next step? 2. Am I allowed to use direct quotes if I source them? An example of a quote I wanted to use was from http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/shell-county.htm - Texas historical commission. I wanted to quote the text from a historical marker when I created a page. Thepoodlechef ( talk) 20:25, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
3. Ok I figured out in supposed to ask a question. So I did but it doesn't show up! I have submitted it twice! Thepoodlechef ( talk) 02:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
-- Netha Hussain ( talk) 05:19, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, you told in 20th tryer's talk page that I and he are the same person right?You are wrong. I live in India. I am not his nationality(I think so)I never post about admins not only at teahouse but anywhere else.But I am the same person as User:Kelphin! I made a new account because Kelphin was inacessable. I choose to remain Monareal as long as I am on wikipedia.-- Monareal ( talk) 11:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)Not signed by kelphin because it is inacsessible.
KaseyVincent ( talk) 20:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I agree that Princeton of Mindless Behavior doesn't look promising, but it's not meaningless and you tagged it WP:CSD#A1 only two minutes after it was entered. Newbies often put in a few words and then press "Save page" to see how it looks: it is discouraging and WP:BITEy if a speedy tag immediately pops up, and that is one of the reasons why WP has a bad name as unfriendly to newcomers. You should generally wait at least 10-15 minutes before tagging A1 or A3. See also {{ uw-hasty}}.
Keep NPP-ing, though - a tedious but absolytely vital activity. There is good advice from an experienced admin at WP:10CSD and WP:A7M. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 21:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you added Category:Smithsonian Institution Archives related to the David Fairchild article. Can you tell me what prompted this? Thanks, GroveGuy ( talk) 15:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Valerie Aurora at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
SusanLesch (
talk) 16:28, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Valerie Aurora at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
SusanLesch (
talk) 17:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! Sorry for the slightly belated posting, as I was busy earlier today. It was a good time at edit-a-thon, and I had a good chat at an eatery (though I would suggest we pick another eatery next time; I may help you with that! ;-)). Anyway, if you get a chance (no rush, no pressure), can you review this article at User:TheBlueWizard/Florence Meier Chase? I know it needs inline citations and some other secret sauces that would ward off the RfD and other boogeymen :-). Once that becomes good enough, I could move it to a proper place in WP. Um, I guess that's all for now. Thanks! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 00:23, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I think once the citations and the publications section is worked on then it can be moved to the main space =) Keep me posted! Sarah ( talk) 22:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sarah...that Wiki-brownie was so yummy! Thank you a lot. So far so good as a Wikipedian...just being cautious about what I edit and what new Wiki pages I create. Thank you so much for your support!
Atizinha (
talk) 04:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah: Thank You so much for the barnstar. Could you possibly lead me to a template for a userpage so i might properly display it? Gtwfan52 ( talk) 05:10, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
If you were interested in Helen M. Duncan, maybe you'd be interested in doing up an article on Helen Niña Tappan Loeblich (1917–2004), American microfossil paleontologist? -- Bejnar ( talk) 17:17, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I enjoyed it. Also I have some questions about my Article for Creation. HTcreager ( talk) 18:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the brownie. I can honestly say that the wikipedia experience is going well, and everyone I've encountered so far has been really helpful. It's nice knowing wikipedians aren't as scary as I had believed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pistachio13 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Great if you could upload a copyright free picture of Valerie Aurora for her article. -- Esemono ( talk) 08:59, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, could you please add your source for the death date you included here? I've already reverted an IP adding the info as I couldn't find verification of it, and any such material needs a source as the recently deceased are still covered under BLP policy. Thank you, Jezebel'sPonyo bons mots 21:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jackson Miles Abbott, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that birdwatcher Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Miles Abbott bird ringed 1,400 birds in seven months? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jackson Miles Abbott.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. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, thank you for the teahouse invite and the advice! Though my main interest is in reptiles and amphibians, I am also a birder. I initially was just interested in correcting some misinformation on the Crawfish Frog page, but I think I may work on improving some of the other pages (especially for North American amphibians). I am totally new to all this so the teahouse looks like it will be a great resource. Indianaherp ( talk) 17:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello SarahStierch, thank you so much for awarding me with a Science Fiction Barnstar, It actually means a lot! I was never expecting to receive anything for my contributions, but it is definitely very nice of you, thank you again! MunkkyNotTrukk ( talk) 19:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the Barnstar! It was fun and thanks for saving Ms. Duncan's legacy. Undead q talk Undead q 23:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Keep up the good work. Don't get stressed out by the deletionists! Pmsyyz ( talk) 07:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah,
Here you have some numbers:
4 of the 5 women already had a registered user but are newbies (less than 100 edits each. Non usual Wikipedians)
Feel free to include this info where you need to.
NOTE: In Catalan wiki we are really interested in making our Women community of editors grow. We have improved our readers community of Women from 15% to 20% during last year but we also only have an 8% of Women editors. see the report in Catalan, we are now translating it ;)-- Kippelboy ( talk) 09:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah. Unfortunately, though we had resources about Women at Princeton, no one wrote any articles or improved any articles about women at Princeton during the Mudd Library edit-a-thon. Next time! The outcomes for the event are all on the meetup page. Undead q 13:39, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, i just read your note at WP:Punk. The article
Bikini Kill was chosen in February to be
WikiProject Punk music Collaboration of the Month; and other articles such as
Delta 5,
The Slits,
The Innocents and
The Go-Go's were proposed on the project talk page. Sadly, nothing came of it :S. Facepalm ~ i'll concede we failed miserably, but then again the project isn't very active and the last COTM was in… *drumroll* 2009! Cheers for what you and evryone else did though. I'll drop a note if there are further developments :-)
benzband (
talk) 15:01, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
This is my second visit. The first time I was too shy to say anything. I have two questions, please might you tell me where I should direct them, as I am new-ish? One: Where do I report pornographic content (and also probably a copyright violation), that I stumble upon in the course of editing on Wikipedia? I found some in January, and had no clue (it was removed, but just in case it happens again). Two: What do I do about people who keep reverting edits? I can't find any evidence that a certain financial services company lists a certain financial instrument as part of its services, so I deleted the information. It keeps on getting added back, but there isn't ever a source cited. I've spent tons of my time trying to verify it (even though I shouldn't, as it probably isn't that important, other than the fact that I see the Wikipedia entry propagated all over the web in search engine results, because other websites plagiarize Wikipedia, even though they shouldn't, including the unverified information, which is troubling, because people might be vulnerable to fraud as a result). But I can't find any citation, and the people who keep re-editing the page are very persistent, and I don't know what to do. They don't have user pages, just an IP address and contribution history, and their talk pages just have auto-posted warnings and such, although they go back for 5+ years, so I don't feel too inclined to take things up with them directly, if you know what I mean. Well, one of them has this photo of a man with a shaved head who says he likes anarchy and lives in Australia, and he has been on Wikipedia for awhile, and I don't want to lock horns with him, so to speak.
Can you tell me who I might speak to about these two matters? The first, the pornography, was a one time occurrence and vanished within 24 hours, though I floundered about and would have liked to be more discreet about notifying someone in a position of authority here to review it. (They were HUGE graphic images of naked people have sex, which I found amusing, but it was highly inappropriate content for Wikipedia, especially for minors including children under age 13). The other matter is much more of a concern to me.
Sorry for the long note, and don't worry if you don't have time to respond for awhile. Please don't be angry at me because you think I'm venting, because I'm not. I just saw that you were female, and I am too, and I felt more inclined to ask you than others. You can feel free to delete all of this if you like, or move it elsewhere, as it clutters up your talk page, and is more of a publicly visible plea than I would like. But of course it is your talk page, so I'm not trying to tell you what to do either. Oh dear, I'm talking myself into a corner now. I'm sorry. Thank you for your time. -- FeralOink ( talk) 12:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Take a look ... Lucile Petry Leone ... (out of time, handing this back to you!) Djembayz ( talk) 03:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't I exist anymore :-( NtheP ( talk) 21:51, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
You might be interested in doing an interview with the Signpost wikiproject section, discussion's at my talk page. Rcsprinter (articulate) 14:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 17:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I hope that the Teahouse discourages this kind of thing. A bad GA review resulted from a Teahouse request. Hopefully this will be the only one - at least the only one I find out about! It was for a student in the Canada Education Program. This was the complete review (a couple of sentences): Talk:Joint attention/GA1 Thanks, MathewTownsend ( talk) 00:40, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. I'd take this up between the reviewer, not me. It appears to me that the students did not get the feedback they needed else where so they came to the Teahouse looking for said help. The Wikipedians who participated in the review (Canoe and it also appears CyberCobra) aren't "official" Teahouse hosts (you can find that information here). And while we have no set rules against GA/FA reviews, it's not something that we have asked hosts to actively be involved in. I'm not responsible for peoples actions, just like I'm not responsible for a non-Teahouse hosts coming in and answering questions. So, as I said, I think it's best you take it up with those involved in the actual review. I also don't appreciate your patronizing and seemingly threatening tone ("at least the only one I find out about!!" - why, what are you going to do to me and those involved, send out the hounds?). It's disconcerting, makes me uncomfortable, and appears to be a parent calling their child out for poor behavior, and I surely, let alone anyone else involved, has done nothing to deserve that tone. Thanks, Sarah ( talk) 13:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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The (very first) Teahouse Barnstar |
For all your work on the
Teahouse! And your tireless efforts to support new editors. Thank you!
heather walls ( talk) 03:13, 10 April 2012 (UTC) |
....as if that isn't the prettiest barnstar I've seen :) Lately I feel like I don't deserve it, so I'm taken aback. Thank you Heather!!! Sarah ( talk) 03:14, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
If you read a post, and you think someone is angry, ask them. They may not be. A study has shown that when reading emails, which is text communications like posts here, 90% of the time people reading the emails were certain they understood the meaning, as well as the intent, of the writer. They were wrong IIRC about 50% of the time. (let me know if you want a link to that and I'll try to find it.) Secondly, if you object to something someone wrote, it is far more helpful to say something like "you state 'Yadda yadda.' Did you mean Blah Blah? Because that's how it reads to me" rather than charging in and telling them how they feel - that's amazingly presumptuous, and in at least one case of which I am aware could not possibly have been more wrong. Not only am I not "very angry" I'm not even annoyed, although I am concerned. Thirdly, I am sorry you are taking the objections to adding a link to the Tea Room to the welcome template as though it were criticisms or even an attack on the project itself. I wish the project well and hope for its glowing and amazing and astounding success, I truly do. Finally, if you think a discussion thread is going in the "wrong direction" and becoming uncollegiate, then I suggest that throwing gasoline on the fire by attacking one of the contributors - not with specific objections to phrasing your find objectionable but rather with a huge lecture, bordering on personal attack, including your presumptions about their state of mind, and their "attitude" (I know of few things more contemptuous and insulting than telling someone "I don't like your attitude") is probably not going to help. I think perhaps you are too close to this project to see that what are valid concerns, civilly phrased, are not hostile attacks on the project, you, or even the idea of the link. They are just concerns. KillerChihuahua ?!? 15:45, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Being new, I'm not sure what that means, but at least I get one without adding calories! Thank you so much and I look forward to many years of contributions and working with everyone! So much more fun than my day job and everyone has been amazing to work with. Best, Kristi Schneider ( talk) 23:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
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I received a Barnstar as an IP user--apparently an unusual event (it was for re-alphabetizing pages of plant genera). Thank you very much for my first Barnstar as a Registered User. Now, I'm trying to remember what edits I ever made having to do with NYC. Uporządnicki ( talk) 01:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, seems the reason you comment on my talk page was small was because there was an unclosed <small in the second tea leaf. Can a bot, or someone with AWB fix this on other talk pages?
Thanks for the endorsement of Oliver's barnstar.
And I loved the llama, by the way. Maybe I'll adopt one. Chico Venancio ( talk) 02:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much. I have formerly written on wiki as an anonymous IP, but I appreciate your kindness. Sincerely, -- LagunareG ( talk) 03:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Debastein ( talk) 19:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, SarahStierch, how are you? I can not see any link of Teahouse in User_talk:BrahmanAdvaita#Welcome_to_Wikipedia.21_Need_a_hand.3F? I feel the message and sign is breaking the link!-- Tito Dutta (Message) 19:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I heard you on Q this morning, and you talked about how the article on Clara H. Hasse was nominated for deletion within less than an hour of having been created, despite her important work in discovering the cause of citrus canker.
Have you looked at that article as it was in the very beginning?
It said "she was an assistant horticulturist and botanist in the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., and later worked at the Florida Experiment Station"... and that's it.
It did not say anything about why she was important. It provided no clue whatsoever about why anyone should care about Clara C. Hasse. It did not assert notability. Consider if the article on Barack Obama said "he is a lawyer from Chicago", and nothing else.
The reason that the article on Dr Hasse was nominated for deletion was that it did not assert notability. Once notability was asserted, by explaining her significant contribution viz. citrus canker, then it became obvious that we should keep the article.
Your discussion with Jian gave completely the wrong impression. If you are instructing people in how to edit Wikipedia, and they create articles which are that lacking in basic content, then you are instructing them wrong. You need to instruct them better. If the article does not explain why people should care from the very first edit, then it will get nominated for deletion. Make sure they understand that. (Feel free to use the "Obama is a lawyer" example for illustrative purposes.) DS ( talk) 14:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
sure Paansing ( talk) 14:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for working so hard on the Teahouse- it's so helpful for all the new users to have you around! Rosalina2427 ( talk) 01:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah. I'll take the hint that after the second 'where have you been' message, that it's not working. I'm pretty packed trying to stay on top of several projects that are all coming together in the next few weeks. It also seems like the Q&A board is quite well staffed, and to be honest, I miss the spontaneity of live chat that I found in irc-en-help. So, you can take me off the host list. I do value what the Teahouse is doing and wish you the best. Good luck! I'm sure I'll see you around. Ocaasi t | c 14:14, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello SarahStierch, hope you are doing good :). I need to ask about a frank view/opinion on my contributions so far from all experienced users (all other users are also most welcome to comment). As i want to improve more and more day by day and help the project become more successful which i am proudly a part of. I am always truthful, i also intend to become an administrator in the future to help and serve the project better than ever and for that i need more help and support from all other users on every aspect. I had started my Wikipedia editor review Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser almost a month ago, but only one user till now have given me feedback about my contributions. Looking forward to hearing for suggestions from you and all members of the community :). Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser ( talk) 18:53, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, SarahStierch, how are you? I can not see any link of Teahouse in User_talk:BrahmanAdvaita#Welcome_to_Wikipedia.21_Need_a_hand.3F? I feel the message and sign is breaking the link!-- Tito Dutta (Message) 19:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 01:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I have posted an answer to your question here: Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Alphabetising_category. -- Tito Dutta Message Contribution Email 02:06, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, thanks for the work you do for the OTRS team. :) I do have a concern though about how tickets in the permission queues are being handled, a specific example being Ticket:2012022210000342. I remember you sent a query to the mailing list looking for an admin to deal with a backlog of tickets, and I may have been harsh in my reply then. My apologies if it came across that way. But the tickets that I saw then, and now do not contain sufficient permission to be uploaded to Wikipedia or it's sisters. (A good reason for this specific ticket is mentioned in the private notes, which may of been what confused you) As far as I know there is a specific requirement for a license to be stated by the uploader and for it to be valid for us to accept it. Please understand that I'm not doing this to try and criticize your work, but I'm coming to you as a fellow OTRS member :) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Missvain, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying and rescuing articles and content that have been nominated for deletion. Every day hundreds of articles are deleted, many rightfully so. But many concern notable subjects and are poorly written, ergo fixable, and should not be deleted. We try to help these articles and content to quickly improve and address the concerns of why they are proposed for deletion. This covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. And once again — Welcome! Northamerica1000 (talk) 11:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
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