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Hi, I'm Boleyn. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Ntombi Lentheng Mekgwe, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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We now have 52 members, and more are joining daily.
Attention portal maintainers!
There's a new template to improve existing and new portals, called {{ Transclude lead excerpt}}.
It is a lot easier to use than copying and pasting text from articles, as it displays the paragraphs you specify automatically for you.
It makes excerpts so that they are always current and never go stale or fork.
It is more powerful than it looks, because it has the Lua Module:Excerpt supporting it.
Be careful, as it is alpha software. Please notify the WikiProject talkpage of any problems you come across.
To give you a sense of the reaction this template is generating, here is an excerpt of a discussion thread from the WikiProject's talk page:
I wrote a comment in the the April 26 section of the RfC explaining what we are up to. I liked the excerpt above so much, that I went back to my RfC posting, and inserted it.
What's this? An old oil lamp. It's so dirty, I think I'll polish it...
*poof*
Whoa! Are you a WikiGenie? In that case, I get 3 wishes!
I wish...
Please make my wishes come true. See you around the portals! — The Transhumanist 08:02, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
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I opened a discussion about Thierry Deuve's notability in Talk:Thierry Deuve. I would be happy to get your input. DGtal ( talk) 06:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Nick, forgot to ping you on your excellent ideas (and my response) at Talk: Teahouse -- Paulscrawl ( talk) 03:16, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi Nick, Nice to meet you... Yes I'd be interested in pursuing the idea of using a Did You Know...? spot for the page I created for William Eyton-Jones. Although you may need to walk me through it a little I'm afraid! Dan Petley ( talk) 21:24, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
This is great, I'm well up for this... Thanks! Dan Petley ( talk) 11:42, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for being a member of the Portals WikiProject, and thank you for all the work you have all been doing on the portal namespace. To see the activity, check out the watchlist.
This is our 3rd issue, see previous issues at the Newsletter archive.
The top, and one of the most visible parts, of the portal system is Portal:Contents/Portals, which is intended to list all (completed) portals on Wikipedia.
About half of the missing existing portals have been added since this WikiProject's reboot (April 17th). Thank you to RockMagnetist, TriNitrobrick, Polyamorph, PratyushSinha101, Ganesha811, Bermicourt, Javert2113, Noyster, Ɱ, Lepricavark, XOR'easter, and Emir of Wikipedia, for working on this.
We are half-way to completion with this. We need everyone to chip in until it is done. Instructions, and the list of missing entries are at Portal talk:Contents/Portals#These are not listed yet.
I hope you'll join me there. ("Many hands make light work").
Thank you.
We're at 66 members, with more joining daily. We even have 6 WikiGnomes!
I have awarded Certes with a portals barnstar on his talk page for his work on the new excerpt templates that are revolutionizing the portal system ( Template:Transclude lead excerpt & Template:Transclude random excerpt). If you'd like to show your appreciation, please feel free to stop by his talk page and add your signature to the barnstar itself.
Thank you Certes. You are enabling this WikiProject to get the right things done, fast.
By the way, the templates have already gone international. After being told about the templates, Mossab wrote:
Thanks You very much!. Those are fantastic and great templates! I transferred them to Arabic Wikipedia and they do a magic great job. I worked to improve portal anatomy here and i do every thing i can to improve it and i am very sad for the nomination for deletion of portals :(. I am glad to be member on WikiProject Portals and i added my name with pleasure. Kind regards
As you know, the (April 8th) proposal to delete all portals and the portal namespace inspired the reboot of this WikiProject. RfCs typically run for 30 days, which means there are 5 days left including today, before the RfC will be closed. The !votes are predominantly "oppose", but many editors have shared their disappointment with the portal system. We have our work cut out for us in correcting the problems of the portals to address their concerns. Complaints ranged from being out of date and lacking maintenance, to taking up the time of editors that they felt (due to low traffic) would be better spent improving articles.
This past week has been somewhat stressful for me, with more than a little conflict...
It culminated with my being reported at the Administrator's Noticeboard "for spamming and canvassing". This is the second time I've been reported there during the RfC; the first one was for posting notices of the deletion discussion (the RfC) at the top of all portal pages.
The accusations were 1) Posting notices of the deletion discussion (the RfC) at the top of all portal pages, 2) Adding an Article alerts section to the Portals WikiProject page, and 3) posting notices (invitations) about this WikiProject on user talk and portal talk pages.
None of which fall under the Wikipedia definitions of spamming or canvassing.
Thank you, Lionelt and Lepricavark, for coming to my rescue. I don't know how the discussion would have turned out if you had not spoken up.
The discussion was closed as "no action necessary".
After that, the person responsible posted their thoughts to my talk page. Here they are, with my response:
Congratulations, it appears your relentless targeted advertising of the RFC, your beating the RFC Supporters with a stick by posting countless times there, your dishonest insistence that Current Events was on the chopping block, and your obstruction of clean up efforts at MfD are paying dividends. Have fun playing with Portal space where no one will read your work. I'm sure someone will eventually clean up the mess when your interest wanes. Cheers. Legacypac
The main advancement we've made so far is applying selective transclusion Transclusion is template technology, showing a page on another page. Selective transclusion shows only part of that page. We use it to show excerpts that always match the source. The two templates we have so far, are Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.
Excerpts are migrating toward the base page of each portal, and where this is done, a subpage is no longer needed.
Template:Transclude lead excerpt will be able to be used to put the intro excerpt directly on the portal page, rather than on an intro subpage, once we adapt a portal design to accommodate this.
Template:Transclude random excerpt is currently being used on 1st-level subpages, and eliminates the need for 2nd-level subpages. (Many portals have 2 levels of subpages).
There are about 1500 portals, but there are around 148,000 subpages in portal space. Further discussions are needed to develop designs and components that do not require them.
It is my hope that the portal of the future will be a single page, or close to it, pulling in excerpts from specified dynamic sources (like category pages), filtered by ratings. This would obviate the need for subpages at all (except for maybe the header and footer subpages, which store a portal's settings). A more likely near-term solution would be subpages with a list maintained by a bot, or editors using semi-automatic tools.
Since the reboot, a new portal has been created:
Some central pages in the portal system. The more eyes on them, the better.
There's more in the works, like a rating system, further redesigns, etc. Keep an eye on the discussions on the project's talk page. They should start showing up there soon.
Hope to see you there. Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 06:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Ohh thank you for telling me I'm glad, I understand your opinion about the article, of Kristel de Catalina "eat for known" it's really well somethings come to my attention I feel like in Wikipedia by other editor insulting and target me, yes I made my mistakes that I have do I regret it no, I really don't no, it's seems like i vandal those adding my contributions article but didn't, I didn't my intention to other editor, it's embarrassing to me. Example I add the filmographies, revert revert repeatedly, that all know because Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia social media. So annoying, well thanks for that, Sincerely Jhoven Sulla ( talk) 02:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
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On 7 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a newly discovered plankton species, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series The Blue Planet, and its presenter, Sir David Attenborough? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Syracosphaera azureaplaneta. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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16:28, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Nick Moyes, thank You for the review. The technical solution i described on the page "Smart drum trigger" is different than the re-directed thing. It is not the same. The Smart drum trigger is an original solution confirmed by local and international patent grants. Please consider the following documents: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017200427A1 https://patents.google.com/patent/RU2616911C1 Best Wishes! ILYA Mudrenov — Preceding unsigned comment added by MudrenovILYA ( talk • contribs) 05:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Concerning the deletion discussion notices, I tracked down all other portals using the following methods:
Many of them are incomplete portals that never got listed or linked to. They might be watchlisted by their creators, and so the notices could get noticed.
By the way, I noticed you receive the tech newsletter. I happen to have a little tech of my own to report...
I've been learning JavaScript because I want to help automate things on Wikipedia. I'd like to fully automate page construction, but that is a ways down the road.
In the meantime, while I'm learning, I've been building semi-automated (interactive) software tools for Wikipedia.
One that I've recently created is SearchSuite.
It enhances search results and makes copying/pasting results to lists (including outlines) very easy.
It's also good as a general navigation aid, as it can reformat search results to 1 item per line, stripping out all details. Great for browsing lots of topics fast.
It can also sort.
Each feature is presented as a menu item to turn it on and off. And the script remembers the switch positions between pages.
I hope you find it useful. All feedback is welcome. — The Transhumanist 06:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
@ The Transhumanist: Thanks for getting in touch. I hope my comment on missed Portals didnt sound like a criticism - I'm glad someone took the initiative! I was appalled that at least two respected editors felt that not informing all 1515 Portals that their demise was being discussed was an acceptable way for us to go about things. I do use AWB myself, but so far only for basic tasks like spelling/grammar checking.. I'd love to have more techie abilities for developing scripts. I can just about tweak a simple script to meet my needs (like Lupin's spellcheck tool) - but only the simple things around the edges. I monitor the Tech News because of my work as a Teahouse host. I thought it helpful to keep one eye on future changes that might impact on new user questions. I love the idea if your Search Tool enhancement. I'll definitely give that a go sometime, and let you know if I encounter any issues. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for joining the Portals WikiProject.
Here's our first project-wide update. I hope you enjoy it...
The WikiProject reboot has been a success: the new re-envisioned project is up and running, with new members, ongoing discussions about automation, design, and upkeep; maintained task queques; and updates to members, like this, the very first one!
As you know, there's a proposal to delete all portals. It started out looking pretty dismal for portals, with primarily posts supporting their demise. It turned out that the proposer didn't post a deletion notice on the very pages being nominated for deletion (a requirement for all deletion discussions). Once that was done, a flood of opposition came in and has apparently turned the tide.
RfCs generally run for 30 days. It started April 8th, and so it has about 14 more days to run its course.
The more work we can do during that time on the portals, the stronger the reasons for keeping them will be. And the more prepared we will be for any MfDs that follow the closing of the RfC.
You may be wondering why we asked for AWB experience in the member-sign-up list.
We are gearing up to do maintenance runs on the entire set of portals, and the more people we have who can use AWB, the better.
But we're not quite ready to start this yet.
To be able to use AWB on the portals, we first need to know what the end result needs to be. Like on the news sections, do we comment out the out-of-date ones, or do we place the code to activate the newsbot on those pages? That would require an assessment of WikiNews and its news generating performance (areas covered, volume in each area), etc.
You can help us figure this out at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Discussions about news sections.
Another area we're gearing up for, to do passes with AWB, are upgrades to the intro sections of portals. Many of these have static (copied/pasted) excerpts that go stale over time.
We're trying to figure out how to make self-updating excerpts to replace the existing static excerpts that are on many portals, and once this is done, AWB will be used to place the new code. See the discussion on this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Discussions about selective transclusion in intros.
There are 3 major areas of activity right now:
There are a few hundred existing portals that are missing from this list.
The list of missing entries, and instructions on what to do, can be found at Portal talk:Contents/Portals#These are not listed yet.
We need everybody's help on this. It's a big chore for one persons. But, many hands make light work. Please help chip away at this chore as much as you can. A little each day, form all of us, will get this done pretty quick.
In addition to browsing the portals in the 2 lists mentioned in the section above, you should take a look at the portal name space itself and what is in it.
That can be done at Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Watchlist.
There are discussions on many aspects of the WikiProject's operations, with more to come.
Such as about the purposes and functions of portals, design discussions, and so on.
There's even a automated design discussion over at Village Pump Technical, on selective transclusion.
I hope to see you on the talk page.
In addition to the automation efforts mentioned above, we will be looking into how to automate the selection and display of alternating excerpts, and alternating pictures, for the various portal sections.
Watch for these discussions on the Wikiproject's talk page.
Get ready, get set, go! — The Transhumanist 22:54, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
P.S.: The main example given at the RfC of the problems of portals was Portal:Cricket. Therefore, it's the top priority portal to update. Please lend a hand. - TT
We've grown to 73 members, and morale is high. Thank you for joining. Here is some news, and some tasks...
2018-05-11: preparations are being made to close the RfC. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure#Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals.
When there, be sure to notice the consultation link.
We're trying to get a prototypical single-page portal developed in time to show the RfC closers before they make their final decision. You can help. It's Portal:Humanism. So far, we've applied selective transclusion (automation) to excerpts, and have made the following sections without subpages: intro, selected article, selected biography, categories, related portals, wikiprojects, things to do, and wikimedia. Eight down, 4 to go, plus 2 formatting subpages (not sure we can migrate those). Automating every section, would also be nice.
Our main objectives currently, are:
The intro section of many portals transcludes an "Intro" subpage that has an excerpt in it.
We're replacing that with a selective transclusion directly in the intro section, bypassing the subpage. Though, there's a little more to it...
For instructions, see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Transclude intro excerpt directly on the portal base page.
Please skip Portal:American Civil War, as that is specifically being maintained by hand.
One of the sections on many portals links to sister projects on the subject. This needlessly takes a subpage. The subpage can be made obsolete by using the template {{ Wikimedia for portals}} directly on the portal base page.
This has been done for several hundred portals so far.
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Obsolete a Wikimedia subpage for instructions.
Certes figured out how...
{{subst:Text|<category|tree>}}{{subst:PAGENAME}}{{subst:Text|</categorytree>}}
For more information, see the thread Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Rendering PAGENAME inside categorytree tag doesn't work (it does now).
In the meantime, see ya around the portals! — The Transhumanist 15:51, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the links Nick! While finding where to type this, I read everything on here and I think I became inspired... Anyway, I have looked at some of them and they really helped. Again, thanks! Searcher of useful facts01 ( talk) 05:49, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Nick, regarding your notability post for Isola (comics), I've updated the page now that the issue is out with a "Reception" section that hopefully fulfils your criteria. — Hellboybookeeper ( talk) 15:20, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
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22:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
We are at 74 members. If you know anyone who might find this WikiProject interesting, please invite them.
The RfC was closed May 11th, and a closing statement was posted May 12th which says "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time."
Some major activities that we are in the middle of include:
During his work on portals, Broter found a quote randomizer. It is {{ Random quotation}}.
Broter has transformed the Portal:Community of Christ so it is comprised of only 3 pages in portal space: the base page, its box-header subpage, and its box-footer subpage. Its other other subpages are now obsolete and are waiting for deletion. Nice job, Broter!
Well, that's all for now. See ya around the portals. — The Transhumanist 06:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
I wish to start a portal about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but I am not very good with the coding, so please can I have some help? Here is the page: Portal:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I would also like the background to be carmine colour (##960018), and the text to be gold colour (#FFD700). Thank you! -- Mozart834428196 ( talk) 17:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing the article. I'll go in an make those fixes thanks. When I am tired sometimes the temptation to use a bare link gets the better of me... Million_Moments ( talk)
Hello Nick. I've resumed editing today after a sustained absence (and after tonight, I will be absent again but only for a week or two). I've just been reading the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting article and in its history I spotted this revert of yours [16], and subsequent examination led me to a conversation between you and the editor who was blocked as a sockpuppet (I make no comment on the accuracy but have no affiliation to any other accounts myself), and here I noticed this comment you made [17].
In the months before I briefly left the project, I was involved in edit disputes and talk page debate over a similarly related binary matter at White Helmets (Syrian Civil War). If your above comment and the reverts of User:Fake News Extinguisher are correct, would you not say that the second paragraph of White Helmets is a clear breach of NPOV procedure? It brazenly asserts in the Wikipedia voice that all exposure of the Helmets as terrorists is a "conspiracy theory", is "disinformation", and the sources in question "falsely promote" certain things.
These claims carry the burden of proof, and it simply isn't adequate to argue that "ABC sources claim this is so and they are classed as reliable" while "XYZ sources say the opposite and they are unreliable" because in this scenario, it is a deadlock. To that end, continuously haemorrhaging "RS" actually begs the question rather than provides sound reasoning for the claims.
The impasse is by all accounts divided down the usual partisan lines, but I am more inclined to go along with the quality of one's arguments rather than "who" said it. That means I would rather rewrite the entire article and present the Helmets for what they are, associates of Al-Qaeda. However, I also know the purpose of Wikipedia and do not wish to do this. I simply believe that a more neutral passage needs to be written that gives parity to the rival narratives. A point to note is that when I last looked at the article in 2018, only three groupings were "spreading disinformation": Russian sources, Iranian sources, and Syrian government sources.
At some point in the last 18 months, somebody added a Chinese source to the "disinformation" bundle. The band of editors hell-bent on presenting the Helmets as the cuddly band of non-dangerous fanatics have also objected in the most withering terms to add other writers/commentators from outside of the Russian/Iranian/Syrian/Chinese circle being adduced as sources. I refer to persons such as George Galloway, Eva Bartlett and former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters, a man whose notability stretches to political activism (thereby deeming irrelevant his status as a musician). Can you see where this is going? I personally know of two more national news sources that expose the Helmets as terrorist-affiliated, and I am sure there is much much more, but in the current paradigm those sources would just be added to the "disinformation" bundle for no other reason than that is the side they are on, and all just to accommodate the other side's WP:TRUTH.
Could I ask you, if you haven't been involved in the past, to provide your own input on the article and/or the talk? I'd appreciate that a lot. -- Coldtrack ( talk) 21:16, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Range is back at 2A00:23C5:6289:C000:8C4B:65AE:5AF3:D4AB ( talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) with personal attacks to the same edits. Nate • ( chatter) 00:23, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir, thank you for your guidance and help in editing the page, I tried my level best to follow your guidance. I need your help in creating wekimedia categories and sub categories. Already You have created Category: Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam in wikimedia commons. How to create sub categories like Butterflies of Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam, Cacti and Succulents, Birds, aquatic plants, orchids, medicinal plants like that sir. Sorry I am troubling you a lot in asking such things..I am unable to follow clearly... Sir Please help me sir if time permits, regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 02:02, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear sir In my opinion the following categories looks good in wikimedia under Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam; Butterflies, Birds, Cacti & Succulents, Aquatic plants, Orchids, Plants general, medicinal plants, Education and Awareness activities etc. Otherwise you help me to how to go for subcategories please One more advise I seek; regarding The page 'Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam already reviseed by I would like to insert one gallery with just 12 pictures representing the most important plants and flowers or butterflies of different zones, Just 10 or 12 please permit or else give me your suggestion please. regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 22:16, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
. Pasdecomplot ( talk) 11:48, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Nick. This is Jumpycamel. I am honored to get to meet you! Really, I am new to Wikipedia and my account is about 2 days old. From now on I am using you, out of all Wikipedia members, for advice.
Happy Wiki-ing! Jumpycamel
(P. S. Is there any Wikipedia page that hasn’t been made yet that I can make?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jumpycamel ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
"Is there any Wikipedia page that hasn’t been made yet that I can make?", and the answer is 'yes' there are thousands! But, honestly, please don't come to Wikipedia with the idea of creating a new page, as it would be like me walking into a TV studio with no understanding of how programmes are made asking if I can create a new show for kids! Creating a new article, and following all our guidelines as ytou do it, is one of the hardest tasks any editor can perform here. So, take your time; edit slowly and gradually. In due course, you'll gravitate towards making bigger and better edits, and eventually find something that does meet our notabilty criteria. You might even go in search of pages where suggestions few new articles are collected together, like this one for notable women.
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Thank you, Nick, for your service to Wikipedia. Therefore, I think you deserve a cupcake - or three hundred! Jumpycamel ( talk) 20:05, 5 June 2020 (UTC) |
Dear Sir, Thank you very much for editing this article, sparing more time and giving suggestions. In fact I am new to this, and this is my first article. As you guessed, your are right sir. I am the founder member of Dolphin Nature Conservation Society and Biodiversity Park which started in the year 2001 with a aim to inculcate the knowledge of nature conservation and environmental protection in the young minds. The main motto of the society is nature conservation,environmental protection, education and awareness. Ours is a student teacher based voluntary organization (NGO). I am a retired Professor from Andhra University affiliated college, A doctorate degree holder from Marine Biology. Zoologist and teacher by profession and a botanist by passion and above all a naturalist and nature lover. The crown project of ours is development and maintenance of this Biodiversity Park in Visakhapatnam. In a Govt. Hospital land in 3 acres we started this in 2002 and maintained with our own funds (my own funds and meagre donations from students) upto 2013. Now with the help of government agencies and with my own funds and through meager donations from student volunteers we have been maintaining it. In fact it is a living laboratory for students of all walks of life. In fact ours is the only biodiversity park in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh. Thank you very much for all your suggestions. I am much more thankful to you for the creation of Biodiversity park, visakhapatnam in Wikimedia. I am entirely new to this terminology and language of wikipedia but slowly learning . I earnestly request you to edit this article and give suggestions and advise...and make it in more presentation and pleasant form..for the wiki readers. Already you helped me a lot. Pl. extend some more help by sparing your highly valuable time in making this article a perfect page for all readers. Thank you..Thank you very much.. regards.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 00:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
{{UserboxCOI|1=Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam}}
and on your userpage it should appear like this:
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"I am a retired Professor from Andhra University affiliated college, A doctorate degree holder from Marine Biology. Zoologist and teacher by profession and a botanist by passion and above all a naturalist and nature lover."
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Talk_page_messages_skewed_to_the_right .
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Or do you want donuts? 🍩 Ha ha! Jumpycamel ( talk) 03:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Nick,
Thanks for your lovely message about my Jane Inglis Clark article! I am so glad to hear that my first article has gone down well. Jane Inglis Clark was a really interesting person to research and put together into a biography as part of the Edinburgh Women in Red project.
It would be great if you could do a page on the CIC Hut. For now I will focus my attention on Women in Red, in particular adding articles on the missing female climbers/travellers/mountaineers. If you have any tips or suggestions on that topic please send them my way! Best wishes, -- 12banana21 ( talk) 08:53, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Blast from the recent past: new account User:Shadowblade08.2 looks a lot like User:Shadowblade08. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 23:44, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Nick Moyes:, when I search "WP:TH" or Wikipedia:Teahouse, in the wikipedia search bar nothing shows up. I just go to my sandbox/talk page/typed " WP:TH, Instead. I think this is a bug. Always, - Hamuyi ( talk) 11:40, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I do. I am still learning.
Everyone is. I am going to go to the task center and try to help.
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Hi, I'm Boleyn. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Ntombi Lentheng Mekgwe, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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We now have 52 members, and more are joining daily.
Attention portal maintainers!
There's a new template to improve existing and new portals, called {{ Transclude lead excerpt}}.
It is a lot easier to use than copying and pasting text from articles, as it displays the paragraphs you specify automatically for you.
It makes excerpts so that they are always current and never go stale or fork.
It is more powerful than it looks, because it has the Lua Module:Excerpt supporting it.
Be careful, as it is alpha software. Please notify the WikiProject talkpage of any problems you come across.
To give you a sense of the reaction this template is generating, here is an excerpt of a discussion thread from the WikiProject's talk page:
I wrote a comment in the the April 26 section of the RfC explaining what we are up to. I liked the excerpt above so much, that I went back to my RfC posting, and inserted it.
What's this? An old oil lamp. It's so dirty, I think I'll polish it...
*poof*
Whoa! Are you a WikiGenie? In that case, I get 3 wishes!
I wish...
Please make my wishes come true. See you around the portals! — The Transhumanist 08:02, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
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I opened a discussion about Thierry Deuve's notability in Talk:Thierry Deuve. I would be happy to get your input. DGtal ( talk) 06:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Nick, forgot to ping you on your excellent ideas (and my response) at Talk: Teahouse -- Paulscrawl ( talk) 03:16, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi Nick, Nice to meet you... Yes I'd be interested in pursuing the idea of using a Did You Know...? spot for the page I created for William Eyton-Jones. Although you may need to walk me through it a little I'm afraid! Dan Petley ( talk) 21:24, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
This is great, I'm well up for this... Thanks! Dan Petley ( talk) 11:42, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for being a member of the Portals WikiProject, and thank you for all the work you have all been doing on the portal namespace. To see the activity, check out the watchlist.
This is our 3rd issue, see previous issues at the Newsletter archive.
The top, and one of the most visible parts, of the portal system is Portal:Contents/Portals, which is intended to list all (completed) portals on Wikipedia.
About half of the missing existing portals have been added since this WikiProject's reboot (April 17th). Thank you to RockMagnetist, TriNitrobrick, Polyamorph, PratyushSinha101, Ganesha811, Bermicourt, Javert2113, Noyster, Ɱ, Lepricavark, XOR'easter, and Emir of Wikipedia, for working on this.
We are half-way to completion with this. We need everyone to chip in until it is done. Instructions, and the list of missing entries are at Portal talk:Contents/Portals#These are not listed yet.
I hope you'll join me there. ("Many hands make light work").
Thank you.
We're at 66 members, with more joining daily. We even have 6 WikiGnomes!
I have awarded Certes with a portals barnstar on his talk page for his work on the new excerpt templates that are revolutionizing the portal system ( Template:Transclude lead excerpt & Template:Transclude random excerpt). If you'd like to show your appreciation, please feel free to stop by his talk page and add your signature to the barnstar itself.
Thank you Certes. You are enabling this WikiProject to get the right things done, fast.
By the way, the templates have already gone international. After being told about the templates, Mossab wrote:
Thanks You very much!. Those are fantastic and great templates! I transferred them to Arabic Wikipedia and they do a magic great job. I worked to improve portal anatomy here and i do every thing i can to improve it and i am very sad for the nomination for deletion of portals :(. I am glad to be member on WikiProject Portals and i added my name with pleasure. Kind regards
As you know, the (April 8th) proposal to delete all portals and the portal namespace inspired the reboot of this WikiProject. RfCs typically run for 30 days, which means there are 5 days left including today, before the RfC will be closed. The !votes are predominantly "oppose", but many editors have shared their disappointment with the portal system. We have our work cut out for us in correcting the problems of the portals to address their concerns. Complaints ranged from being out of date and lacking maintenance, to taking up the time of editors that they felt (due to low traffic) would be better spent improving articles.
This past week has been somewhat stressful for me, with more than a little conflict...
It culminated with my being reported at the Administrator's Noticeboard "for spamming and canvassing". This is the second time I've been reported there during the RfC; the first one was for posting notices of the deletion discussion (the RfC) at the top of all portal pages.
The accusations were 1) Posting notices of the deletion discussion (the RfC) at the top of all portal pages, 2) Adding an Article alerts section to the Portals WikiProject page, and 3) posting notices (invitations) about this WikiProject on user talk and portal talk pages.
None of which fall under the Wikipedia definitions of spamming or canvassing.
Thank you, Lionelt and Lepricavark, for coming to my rescue. I don't know how the discussion would have turned out if you had not spoken up.
The discussion was closed as "no action necessary".
After that, the person responsible posted their thoughts to my talk page. Here they are, with my response:
Congratulations, it appears your relentless targeted advertising of the RFC, your beating the RFC Supporters with a stick by posting countless times there, your dishonest insistence that Current Events was on the chopping block, and your obstruction of clean up efforts at MfD are paying dividends. Have fun playing with Portal space where no one will read your work. I'm sure someone will eventually clean up the mess when your interest wanes. Cheers. Legacypac
The main advancement we've made so far is applying selective transclusion Transclusion is template technology, showing a page on another page. Selective transclusion shows only part of that page. We use it to show excerpts that always match the source. The two templates we have so far, are Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.
Excerpts are migrating toward the base page of each portal, and where this is done, a subpage is no longer needed.
Template:Transclude lead excerpt will be able to be used to put the intro excerpt directly on the portal page, rather than on an intro subpage, once we adapt a portal design to accommodate this.
Template:Transclude random excerpt is currently being used on 1st-level subpages, and eliminates the need for 2nd-level subpages. (Many portals have 2 levels of subpages).
There are about 1500 portals, but there are around 148,000 subpages in portal space. Further discussions are needed to develop designs and components that do not require them.
It is my hope that the portal of the future will be a single page, or close to it, pulling in excerpts from specified dynamic sources (like category pages), filtered by ratings. This would obviate the need for subpages at all (except for maybe the header and footer subpages, which store a portal's settings). A more likely near-term solution would be subpages with a list maintained by a bot, or editors using semi-automatic tools.
Since the reboot, a new portal has been created:
Some central pages in the portal system. The more eyes on them, the better.
There's more in the works, like a rating system, further redesigns, etc. Keep an eye on the discussions on the project's talk page. They should start showing up there soon.
Hope to see you there. Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 06:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Ohh thank you for telling me I'm glad, I understand your opinion about the article, of Kristel de Catalina "eat for known" it's really well somethings come to my attention I feel like in Wikipedia by other editor insulting and target me, yes I made my mistakes that I have do I regret it no, I really don't no, it's seems like i vandal those adding my contributions article but didn't, I didn't my intention to other editor, it's embarrassing to me. Example I add the filmographies, revert revert repeatedly, that all know because Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia social media. So annoying, well thanks for that, Sincerely Jhoven Sulla ( talk) 02:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
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On 7 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a newly discovered plankton species, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series The Blue Planet, and its presenter, Sir David Attenborough? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Syracosphaera azureaplaneta. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hello Nick Moyes, thank You for the review. The technical solution i described on the page "Smart drum trigger" is different than the re-directed thing. It is not the same. The Smart drum trigger is an original solution confirmed by local and international patent grants. Please consider the following documents: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017200427A1 https://patents.google.com/patent/RU2616911C1 Best Wishes! ILYA Mudrenov — Preceding unsigned comment added by MudrenovILYA ( talk • contribs) 05:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Concerning the deletion discussion notices, I tracked down all other portals using the following methods:
Many of them are incomplete portals that never got listed or linked to. They might be watchlisted by their creators, and so the notices could get noticed.
By the way, I noticed you receive the tech newsletter. I happen to have a little tech of my own to report...
I've been learning JavaScript because I want to help automate things on Wikipedia. I'd like to fully automate page construction, but that is a ways down the road.
In the meantime, while I'm learning, I've been building semi-automated (interactive) software tools for Wikipedia.
One that I've recently created is SearchSuite.
It enhances search results and makes copying/pasting results to lists (including outlines) very easy.
It's also good as a general navigation aid, as it can reformat search results to 1 item per line, stripping out all details. Great for browsing lots of topics fast.
It can also sort.
Each feature is presented as a menu item to turn it on and off. And the script remembers the switch positions between pages.
I hope you find it useful. All feedback is welcome. — The Transhumanist 06:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
@ The Transhumanist: Thanks for getting in touch. I hope my comment on missed Portals didnt sound like a criticism - I'm glad someone took the initiative! I was appalled that at least two respected editors felt that not informing all 1515 Portals that their demise was being discussed was an acceptable way for us to go about things. I do use AWB myself, but so far only for basic tasks like spelling/grammar checking.. I'd love to have more techie abilities for developing scripts. I can just about tweak a simple script to meet my needs (like Lupin's spellcheck tool) - but only the simple things around the edges. I monitor the Tech News because of my work as a Teahouse host. I thought it helpful to keep one eye on future changes that might impact on new user questions. I love the idea if your Search Tool enhancement. I'll definitely give that a go sometime, and let you know if I encounter any issues. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for joining the Portals WikiProject.
Here's our first project-wide update. I hope you enjoy it...
The WikiProject reboot has been a success: the new re-envisioned project is up and running, with new members, ongoing discussions about automation, design, and upkeep; maintained task queques; and updates to members, like this, the very first one!
As you know, there's a proposal to delete all portals. It started out looking pretty dismal for portals, with primarily posts supporting their demise. It turned out that the proposer didn't post a deletion notice on the very pages being nominated for deletion (a requirement for all deletion discussions). Once that was done, a flood of opposition came in and has apparently turned the tide.
RfCs generally run for 30 days. It started April 8th, and so it has about 14 more days to run its course.
The more work we can do during that time on the portals, the stronger the reasons for keeping them will be. And the more prepared we will be for any MfDs that follow the closing of the RfC.
You may be wondering why we asked for AWB experience in the member-sign-up list.
We are gearing up to do maintenance runs on the entire set of portals, and the more people we have who can use AWB, the better.
But we're not quite ready to start this yet.
To be able to use AWB on the portals, we first need to know what the end result needs to be. Like on the news sections, do we comment out the out-of-date ones, or do we place the code to activate the newsbot on those pages? That would require an assessment of WikiNews and its news generating performance (areas covered, volume in each area), etc.
You can help us figure this out at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Discussions about news sections.
Another area we're gearing up for, to do passes with AWB, are upgrades to the intro sections of portals. Many of these have static (copied/pasted) excerpts that go stale over time.
We're trying to figure out how to make self-updating excerpts to replace the existing static excerpts that are on many portals, and once this is done, AWB will be used to place the new code. See the discussion on this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Discussions about selective transclusion in intros.
There are 3 major areas of activity right now:
There are a few hundred existing portals that are missing from this list.
The list of missing entries, and instructions on what to do, can be found at Portal talk:Contents/Portals#These are not listed yet.
We need everybody's help on this. It's a big chore for one persons. But, many hands make light work. Please help chip away at this chore as much as you can. A little each day, form all of us, will get this done pretty quick.
In addition to browsing the portals in the 2 lists mentioned in the section above, you should take a look at the portal name space itself and what is in it.
That can be done at Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Watchlist.
There are discussions on many aspects of the WikiProject's operations, with more to come.
Such as about the purposes and functions of portals, design discussions, and so on.
There's even a automated design discussion over at Village Pump Technical, on selective transclusion.
I hope to see you on the talk page.
In addition to the automation efforts mentioned above, we will be looking into how to automate the selection and display of alternating excerpts, and alternating pictures, for the various portal sections.
Watch for these discussions on the Wikiproject's talk page.
Get ready, get set, go! — The Transhumanist 22:54, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
P.S.: The main example given at the RfC of the problems of portals was Portal:Cricket. Therefore, it's the top priority portal to update. Please lend a hand. - TT
We've grown to 73 members, and morale is high. Thank you for joining. Here is some news, and some tasks...
2018-05-11: preparations are being made to close the RfC. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure#Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals.
When there, be sure to notice the consultation link.
We're trying to get a prototypical single-page portal developed in time to show the RfC closers before they make their final decision. You can help. It's Portal:Humanism. So far, we've applied selective transclusion (automation) to excerpts, and have made the following sections without subpages: intro, selected article, selected biography, categories, related portals, wikiprojects, things to do, and wikimedia. Eight down, 4 to go, plus 2 formatting subpages (not sure we can migrate those). Automating every section, would also be nice.
Our main objectives currently, are:
The intro section of many portals transcludes an "Intro" subpage that has an excerpt in it.
We're replacing that with a selective transclusion directly in the intro section, bypassing the subpage. Though, there's a little more to it...
For instructions, see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Transclude intro excerpt directly on the portal base page.
Please skip Portal:American Civil War, as that is specifically being maintained by hand.
One of the sections on many portals links to sister projects on the subject. This needlessly takes a subpage. The subpage can be made obsolete by using the template {{ Wikimedia for portals}} directly on the portal base page.
This has been done for several hundred portals so far.
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Obsolete a Wikimedia subpage for instructions.
Certes figured out how...
{{subst:Text|<category|tree>}}{{subst:PAGENAME}}{{subst:Text|</categorytree>}}
For more information, see the thread Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Rendering PAGENAME inside categorytree tag doesn't work (it does now).
In the meantime, see ya around the portals! — The Transhumanist 15:51, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the links Nick! While finding where to type this, I read everything on here and I think I became inspired... Anyway, I have looked at some of them and they really helped. Again, thanks! Searcher of useful facts01 ( talk) 05:49, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Nick, regarding your notability post for Isola (comics), I've updated the page now that the issue is out with a "Reception" section that hopefully fulfils your criteria. — Hellboybookeeper ( talk) 15:20, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
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22:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
We are at 74 members. If you know anyone who might find this WikiProject interesting, please invite them.
The RfC was closed May 11th, and a closing statement was posted May 12th which says "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time."
Some major activities that we are in the middle of include:
During his work on portals, Broter found a quote randomizer. It is {{ Random quotation}}.
Broter has transformed the Portal:Community of Christ so it is comprised of only 3 pages in portal space: the base page, its box-header subpage, and its box-footer subpage. Its other other subpages are now obsolete and are waiting for deletion. Nice job, Broter!
Well, that's all for now. See ya around the portals. — The Transhumanist 06:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
I wish to start a portal about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but I am not very good with the coding, so please can I have some help? Here is the page: Portal:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I would also like the background to be carmine colour (##960018), and the text to be gold colour (#FFD700). Thank you! -- Mozart834428196 ( talk) 17:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing the article. I'll go in an make those fixes thanks. When I am tired sometimes the temptation to use a bare link gets the better of me... Million_Moments ( talk)
Hello Nick. I've resumed editing today after a sustained absence (and after tonight, I will be absent again but only for a week or two). I've just been reading the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting article and in its history I spotted this revert of yours [16], and subsequent examination led me to a conversation between you and the editor who was blocked as a sockpuppet (I make no comment on the accuracy but have no affiliation to any other accounts myself), and here I noticed this comment you made [17].
In the months before I briefly left the project, I was involved in edit disputes and talk page debate over a similarly related binary matter at White Helmets (Syrian Civil War). If your above comment and the reverts of User:Fake News Extinguisher are correct, would you not say that the second paragraph of White Helmets is a clear breach of NPOV procedure? It brazenly asserts in the Wikipedia voice that all exposure of the Helmets as terrorists is a "conspiracy theory", is "disinformation", and the sources in question "falsely promote" certain things.
These claims carry the burden of proof, and it simply isn't adequate to argue that "ABC sources claim this is so and they are classed as reliable" while "XYZ sources say the opposite and they are unreliable" because in this scenario, it is a deadlock. To that end, continuously haemorrhaging "RS" actually begs the question rather than provides sound reasoning for the claims.
The impasse is by all accounts divided down the usual partisan lines, but I am more inclined to go along with the quality of one's arguments rather than "who" said it. That means I would rather rewrite the entire article and present the Helmets for what they are, associates of Al-Qaeda. However, I also know the purpose of Wikipedia and do not wish to do this. I simply believe that a more neutral passage needs to be written that gives parity to the rival narratives. A point to note is that when I last looked at the article in 2018, only three groupings were "spreading disinformation": Russian sources, Iranian sources, and Syrian government sources.
At some point in the last 18 months, somebody added a Chinese source to the "disinformation" bundle. The band of editors hell-bent on presenting the Helmets as the cuddly band of non-dangerous fanatics have also objected in the most withering terms to add other writers/commentators from outside of the Russian/Iranian/Syrian/Chinese circle being adduced as sources. I refer to persons such as George Galloway, Eva Bartlett and former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters, a man whose notability stretches to political activism (thereby deeming irrelevant his status as a musician). Can you see where this is going? I personally know of two more national news sources that expose the Helmets as terrorist-affiliated, and I am sure there is much much more, but in the current paradigm those sources would just be added to the "disinformation" bundle for no other reason than that is the side they are on, and all just to accommodate the other side's WP:TRUTH.
Could I ask you, if you haven't been involved in the past, to provide your own input on the article and/or the talk? I'd appreciate that a lot. -- Coldtrack ( talk) 21:16, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Range is back at 2A00:23C5:6289:C000:8C4B:65AE:5AF3:D4AB ( talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) with personal attacks to the same edits. Nate • ( chatter) 00:23, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir, thank you for your guidance and help in editing the page, I tried my level best to follow your guidance. I need your help in creating wekimedia categories and sub categories. Already You have created Category: Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam in wikimedia commons. How to create sub categories like Butterflies of Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam, Cacti and Succulents, Birds, aquatic plants, orchids, medicinal plants like that sir. Sorry I am troubling you a lot in asking such things..I am unable to follow clearly... Sir Please help me sir if time permits, regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 02:02, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear sir In my opinion the following categories looks good in wikimedia under Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam; Butterflies, Birds, Cacti & Succulents, Aquatic plants, Orchids, Plants general, medicinal plants, Education and Awareness activities etc. Otherwise you help me to how to go for subcategories please One more advise I seek; regarding The page 'Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam already reviseed by I would like to insert one gallery with just 12 pictures representing the most important plants and flowers or butterflies of different zones, Just 10 or 12 please permit or else give me your suggestion please. regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 22:16, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Nick. This is Jumpycamel. I am honored to get to meet you! Really, I am new to Wikipedia and my account is about 2 days old. From now on I am using you, out of all Wikipedia members, for advice.
Happy Wiki-ing! Jumpycamel
(P. S. Is there any Wikipedia page that hasn’t been made yet that I can make?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jumpycamel ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
"Is there any Wikipedia page that hasn’t been made yet that I can make?", and the answer is 'yes' there are thousands! But, honestly, please don't come to Wikipedia with the idea of creating a new page, as it would be like me walking into a TV studio with no understanding of how programmes are made asking if I can create a new show for kids! Creating a new article, and following all our guidelines as ytou do it, is one of the hardest tasks any editor can perform here. So, take your time; edit slowly and gradually. In due course, you'll gravitate towards making bigger and better edits, and eventually find something that does meet our notabilty criteria. You might even go in search of pages where suggestions few new articles are collected together, like this one for notable women.
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Thank you, Nick, for your service to Wikipedia. Therefore, I think you deserve a cupcake - or three hundred! Jumpycamel ( talk) 20:05, 5 June 2020 (UTC) |
Dear Sir, Thank you very much for editing this article, sparing more time and giving suggestions. In fact I am new to this, and this is my first article. As you guessed, your are right sir. I am the founder member of Dolphin Nature Conservation Society and Biodiversity Park which started in the year 2001 with a aim to inculcate the knowledge of nature conservation and environmental protection in the young minds. The main motto of the society is nature conservation,environmental protection, education and awareness. Ours is a student teacher based voluntary organization (NGO). I am a retired Professor from Andhra University affiliated college, A doctorate degree holder from Marine Biology. Zoologist and teacher by profession and a botanist by passion and above all a naturalist and nature lover. The crown project of ours is development and maintenance of this Biodiversity Park in Visakhapatnam. In a Govt. Hospital land in 3 acres we started this in 2002 and maintained with our own funds (my own funds and meagre donations from students) upto 2013. Now with the help of government agencies and with my own funds and through meager donations from student volunteers we have been maintaining it. In fact it is a living laboratory for students of all walks of life. In fact ours is the only biodiversity park in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh. Thank you very much for all your suggestions. I am much more thankful to you for the creation of Biodiversity park, visakhapatnam in Wikimedia. I am entirely new to this terminology and language of wikipedia but slowly learning . I earnestly request you to edit this article and give suggestions and advise...and make it in more presentation and pleasant form..for the wiki readers. Already you helped me a lot. Pl. extend some more help by sparing your highly valuable time in making this article a perfect page for all readers. Thank you..Thank you very much.. regards.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmantha ( talk • contribs) 00:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
{{UserboxCOI|1=Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam}}
and on your userpage it should appear like this:
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"I am a retired Professor from Andhra University affiliated college, A doctorate degree holder from Marine Biology. Zoologist and teacher by profession and a botanist by passion and above all a naturalist and nature lover."
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Talk_page_messages_skewed_to_the_right .
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Or do you want donuts? 🍩 Ha ha! Jumpycamel ( talk) 03:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Nick,
Thanks for your lovely message about my Jane Inglis Clark article! I am so glad to hear that my first article has gone down well. Jane Inglis Clark was a really interesting person to research and put together into a biography as part of the Edinburgh Women in Red project.
It would be great if you could do a page on the CIC Hut. For now I will focus my attention on Women in Red, in particular adding articles on the missing female climbers/travellers/mountaineers. If you have any tips or suggestions on that topic please send them my way! Best wishes, -- 12banana21 ( talk) 08:53, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Blast from the recent past: new account User:Shadowblade08.2 looks a lot like User:Shadowblade08. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 23:44, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Nick Moyes:, when I search "WP:TH" or Wikipedia:Teahouse, in the wikipedia search bar nothing shows up. I just go to my sandbox/talk page/typed " WP:TH, Instead. I think this is a bug. Always, - Hamuyi ( talk) 11:40, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I do. I am still learning.
Everyone is. I am going to go to the task center and try to help.
Always -
Hamuyi (
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