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Hello Yngvadottir,
Hope you are doing well. It has been a really long time since we've interacted. I've had a great learning experience from you and several other people who I'm thankful for. I look forward to working with you again in the future. Best. TheGeneralUser ( talk) 04:58, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you! And to you :-) I hope the year surprises us all in a good way. Yngvadottir ( talk) 22:24, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir,
I see that others have already bestowed lovely templated messages on this occasion, so I thought I'd skip that and spend the time otherwise spent hunting for a nice-looking non-repetitive template on writing a personal message. I really just wanted to say thanks for your many years of service to this great project. Perhaps this time of year is even better used looking forward, so here's a toast to your health and many years of contributions yet to come.
Best regards,
Samsara 05:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions to this article. Instead of trying to delete the article, I wish folks would collaborate and get the article promoted to Good status! :) --- Another Believer ( Talk) 17:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Good evening. I nominated a short article about a new case from the ECHR for DYK, and was told by the nominator that it needed clean-up for language (which I can understand). So, I wondered if you would be interested in giving a helping hand and getting a DYK credit. The case was covered in multiple newspaper articles, so there is some general interest for it. The underlying law isn't really difficult, and you don't have to look into it, but just ask me if there is something in the article that needs clarifying. And of course, feel free to say no to this. Iselilja ( talk) 23:40, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, re your recent moves of articles about Dutch windmills; in Dutch, the mills do take the definite article as part of their name (De Kat, Het Pink etc). This is shown by their listing on such sites as the Molendatabase. Also over at WP:MILLS, we generally house article as title in the style (mill name, location) for named mills, or (location windmill) for unnamed mills. Mjroots ( talk) 06:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Do you do photo requests in the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, I have some ideas WhisperToMe ( talk) 00:18, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok! I have photo requests in San Francisco and Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.
If you specify which cities/areas are most convenient to you I can add more photo requests which may involve city halls/government buildings, post offices, fire stations, and/or school district buildings and schools. WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:16, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Per your request, I've started up Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology and it's now live in a serviceable-but-much-to-add state. You're invited to help, of course. Methinks we should better integrate all of these Germanic 'holy site' articles to work together, as complex as the situation is. :bloodofox: ( talk) 03:06, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Well you seem to have tidied up this article in some ways, but have also thrown away a lot of detail, including:
I was going to create a section listing all the men and material needed to complete the repairs.
How can one revert such details, without throwing away your changes?
It would have been better for you to have commented out things that you did not like, rather than just throwing them away. Tabletop ( talk) 03:54, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
A Google search for the Nzi Bridge collapse displays the following:
Nzi River Bridge collapse - Wikipedia
/info/en/?search=Nzi_River_Bridge_collapse
On 6 September 2016, the railway bridge over the Nzi River collapsed, cutting the rail link between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Partial services on the line ...
Google only seems to display about 140 characters thus "On 6 Sep . . . . on the line". If 140, this may match the 140 limit of Texting.
IMHO, it is useful to arrange/contrive to display the date that services resume, which is about 15 days after the collapse.
To do this, a few words need to be deleted so that the words, say, "15 days later" fall within the 140 limit. I would also add a date "As At 08 Feb 2017" to make it clear when the text was last updated.
Wikipedia does not seem to have a function that counts the number of (visible) characters on that line, not counting brackets and hidden comments.
It is also rather difficult to count 40 by hand.
Hence the hidden "ruler" "=====-----1====-----2====" etc.
This is not rocket science. Rulers are, by the way, invention that go back thousands of year.
Without the counting of these 140 characters, Google Search looks an untidy mess.
By the way, most of the other related items found by Google seem to be stuck on 7 Sep 2015, with no obvious updates.
Is there anything on Wikipedia that discusses this issue of Google Search 140 Character Ruler. ? Cannot say that I have ever heard of it :-(
Which came first: Google's 140 display limit, or Texting's 140 display limit? :-) Tabletop ( talk) 08:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Just noticed your addition at the mirror list; that "organization" is much more problematic that you may think. They actually have about 100 domains - I've tried to list them here (big red section in the middle of the page) and periodically hunt them down. Would love to blacklist them, but I really hate to subvert the intent of that tool. Kuru (talk) 23:08, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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Good grief, really? Thank you, Gerda :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 13:36, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Stefanie Rabatsch, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Chris Troutman ( talk) 01:22, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir,
My 1st response was lost when saving so I'll try this again.
First, thanks for your suggestions. I see and agree with your points that the initial contributions were too complimentary; I'll try and keep future contributions more fact based.
I had worked in the industry analyst world for a long time so I have familiarity with Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IPMV, Forrester, Yankey Group, Ovium, E&Y and other such analyst/consulting firms, which is why I chose to start here.
I still feel uncomfortable with the reference to IPMV because when you look at their website, they seem to 'trash talk' many competitors with many accusations but no evidence to prove their claims (see https://ipvm.com/section/Awards). In looking at credible, 3rd party sources (I.E. Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, Fast Company, Venturebeat, etc.) I can find no bases for any of these claims against any of the companies mentioned in the IPMV website. Ultimately leading me to believe it is just 'trash talking'.
I will remove the reference altogether and we can leave it at that for now. I will continue to scour 3rd party sources and look for evidence of these claims or supporting facts and can update the entry if and when such information comes to light.
Thanks and happy editing! Utexx Utexx ( talk) 21:04, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, earlier today you used http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2571447/Anca-Verma-Arms-dealers-wife-claims-beaten-Tihar-Jail.html to support a statement that prison officers were dismissed after being found to have extorted & harrassed Verma. The DM article does NOT support this info (and the DM should not be used anymore), did you even bother to check? 79.71.15.114 ( talk) 23:43, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to thank you, for the cooperation and contributions to article, 2017 Verona bus crash. Best Wishes. Junosoon ( talk) 15:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
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Well done and thanks for your great editing work improving the Murder of Leanne Sarah Holland article. Govindaharihari ( talk) 04:48, 30 March 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 04:52, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for doing the hard work on Murder of Leanne Sarah Holland. I firmly believe that article improvement lessens disruption, esp. when paired with helpful talk page communication. So you should get two barnstars for your efforts, but it's late and I only have one laying around. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 05:33, 30 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Thanks so much for re-doing the article! I was worried it was going to be "speedily deleted" and printed it (just now) for my file.
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It's kinda already been better covered. Aren't we striking for "not a translation problem"?
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Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
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Sorry about that! My touchpad on my laptop is very sensitive. I find myself correcting it all the time, when I am editing. scope_creep ( talk) 15:51, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Recently I started a handy template (that needs more expansion). It reminded me that we could use a Reincarnation in Norse mythology article. Are you interested? :bloodofox: ( talk) 01:25, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for chiming in on that discussion. Your post begs the question, though, why did you leave? You seem to believe, as do I, that DYK generally has value but needs some cleanup. But at the moment, any such reform effort is going to get stuck between a few folks wedded to the status quo, and others who want to scrap the entire thing and so cannot be bothered with incremental improvements. The project could really use more editors with a nuanced approach to the subject. Regards, Vanamonde ( talk) 04:34, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your observation about my editing. I will do well to equip myself better. Thank you. MirabelIkwuebe ( talk) 04:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your kind words on
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I had no idea she had been nominated before and that is only usual because she is quite notable here in Nigeria. I thought it would be great if we acknowledged as much young female writers as we could lay our hands on as the culture is fast going into extinction in Nigeria MirabelIkwuebe ( talk) 00:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC) |
→ Stani Stani 06:42, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello Yngvadottir,
Just wanted to say hello, and to thank you for your contributions at WP:CXT/PTR. And also to let you know that I admire your contributions to various discussions on the philosophy and practice of translation in general, as well as the role and appropriateness (or lack thereof) of MT at Wikipedia whether related to a specific tool, or more generally. From what I've seen, our conceptions about all this are quite similar, but even if they weren't, it's more your reasoning and argumentation that I admire and respect, and even if I found myself on the opposite end from you on some topic or other, I would pay very careful attention to what you were saying regardless, and I just wanted to tell you that.
Seems like it's been a while since I've seen you at CXT/PTR or on translation forums (not that I see every one) and I miss seeing your comments and thoughts. As for myself, I've been playing multiple roles at CXT/PTR. On the list page itself (of numbered articles), a dual role: firstly, going through batches of items, and just tagging the cxt original language (and any others), and a brief comment about what the article is about, so that the appropriate speakers can quickly target articles in their skill set and skip the rest; secondly, making keep/kill decisions on the ones in my own skill set. Outside the list itself, I've been involved in Rfcs, figuring out deadlines (now June 6), and trying to raise various issues that I think might be important. My latest, is worrying about cxt clobbers of previous good articles that could get nuked if we don't find them first and save them. That would be very problematic.
There may be more articles tagged with lang codes (or names) in your skill set since you've last looked, and it would be great to have you review some of them if you could. Strikeout type still means "keep" (i.e., inoculation against nuking) but there's maybe one new procedural thing since you left, which is that User:Tazerdadog invited reviewers to add the token "kill" somewhere on the comment line to indicate that an article should be nuked. This doesn't actually have any effect on nuke-day since failure to strike would indicate the same thing, but it does have the positive effect of letting other reviewers know that someone has already evaluated the article, so they needn't waste time looking at it again. If you're willing to also keep an eye out for cxt clobbers (by which I mean, a edit summary with the cxt tag in any position other than the oldest one, which overwrote a previous stub or article that was worth keeping) that would be excellent, and that doesn't have to be a language in your skill set, either.
If you're busy with other things, burnt out, or just don't feel like it, then just carry on doing whatever you're doing. You're an asset to the encyclopedia, I hope you stick around a long time, and I look forward to interacting with you, or just watching your contributions. I don't do "barnstars" and such, but please consider me a fan. Happy editing! Mathglot ( talk) 08:02, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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for your recent edits to the Troll doll article. 🐦Do☭torWho42 ( ⭐) 00:31, 14 June 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:43, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
As creator of this dab you might like to have a look at various Þorsteinn Þorsteinssons - I was alerted by this posting by @ In ictu oculi:, since self-reverted. For some reason I followed it up and found ....
At this point my head starts to spin. If it interests you, see what you can do with that lot. Good luck! Pam D 15:28, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your work on the Joakim Brodén page. Metalhead102 ( talk) 14:48, 26 June 2017 (UTC) |
No greater love hath a volcano than to lay down her life for her wiki? Anmccaff ( talk) 17:55, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
While I do understand the style of my edits might not have been completely to your tastes, I do think there are some areas in need of change. This is either due to an interruption in the flow of reading or a loss of understanding. I will discuss them in order as to make it easier to find where my points of contention are:
I. It is rather ugly to start an article with two very short sentences combined with an and. The best way to solve this is to expand either sentence. I do not know enough about Barbara Weldens to increase thei lenght so I tried to elimenate the and as a stop gap procedure.
II. The structure of the Jaques Brel sentence leaves it up to interpretation. At the moment I can read three different meanings from this sentece. →She won because she was inspired by Jaques Brel →She entered because she was inspired by Jaques Brel →Because she always was inspired by Jaques Brel, she was a natural fit for the contest. →She won because her songs were basically Jaques Brel song.
As you can see the meaning is not clear and it would help if you could correct this to something better if my interpretation was wrong.
Apart from this the unfortunate combination of being inspired by Jaques Brel and winning an award at a festival named after Jaques Brel makes it quite a repetitive sentence and creating space between the two instances of the name Jaques Brel would make it easier to read.
III. It is more common to say that a singer performed in a style or tradition than to say a singer is in a tradition. Eugénie Buffet. This turn of phrase is common in french though.
IV. As far as I know it is either well received or it received great reviews. Well reviewed is quite uncommon but technically correct.
V. The sentence about her death is too long and way too bogged down in the exact location of the event (also common in french). My solution was to cut most of it out, as the reference to Gourdon already encompasses its location in France and the fact that it is a town. Even after editing there is still a problem that the sentence contains two distinct parts that do not combine well. On the one hand the locatison of her death and on the other hand a time of death with a "cause of death" (if it is still up to debate this sentence does not make that clear). The fact that the electrocution is put into a seperate sentance distances this information from the actual death while I would think that is rather important.
VI. Either there was a storm in the area or you should clarify about the fact that during the day/evening/night etc. there were multiple storms in the area. At the moment this sentence does not make a lot of sence.
VII Lastly it is weird to end an article with her age like that. It is more something a newscaster would say.
Sorry for the enormous list of explenations but especially II and V made it difficult to understand the article. My corrections were made somewhat quickly and might have been too brute but I do not have the time at the moment to do any further research or check back in quite some time. I hope these notes will make it clear why I made these changes and I hope you will keep it in the back of your mind while editing further Dondville ( talk) 20:40, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Cancún Underwater Museum—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Etoile ✩ ( talk) 19:21, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
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It was very nice of you to work on and save the Li Chevalier article, since the major contributor with additions had a close connection / COI issue. Nice job! – CaroleHenson ( talk) 18:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) When I found at least some information was available in reliable sources, I thought it was only fair to her. Luckily I didn't need to be able to read Chinese '-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 18:42, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Just a word: I have no problem with you making that edit. The only issue with the IP was that they are a banned user. Best, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:15, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Which college? May I say that I think the way your sysop rights were withdrawn was out of process. When Jimbo decided he would appoint an Arbitration Committee each year he sensibly reserved to himself the power to deal with any overreaching of their authority. In this particular instance, he has maintained his talkpage as a "fire free zone" so the Committee had no jurisdiction to sanction Eric Corbett for posting on it. As there was no AE breach his resulting block was not an AE infringement and your very sensible unblock was not an act which could lead to de - sysop without a full case. Courcelles acknowledged this on Christmas Day - he said "one may use his talk page to make an appeal to Jimbo". So far, so festive, but then he took on the role of Scrooge - "this does not apply to appeals against blocks and bans." Says who? GorillaWarfare was the only Arbitrator who emerged from the case with credit.
On behalf of the Committee at ANI Opabinia has confirmed that there is no objection to Best Known For's statement being retained. So why yesterday did JJMC89 remove it in defiance of the ruling that only Arbitrators and their clerks may do this? He is not even an administrator, although there is a doctored userbox on his user page which makes it look as if he is.
In that ANI discussion Vanamonde claimed that Best Known For was wrong about the content issue. Having investigated the matter yesterday I am confident he is wrong. This is what I found:
<Commented out irrelevant reproduction of Arbcom submission on another case>
As an independent observer who has just become acquainted with this issue (but not the case) in the last couple of minutes I see that Best Known For removed sourced information from Contemporary Latin with the unhelpful edit summary "removed nonsense" then embarked on an edit war without any attempt to discuss on the talk page. The consensus is that the material should stay out. The editor who first added it, Michel Berger, appears to be a SPA registered with the sole purpose of promoting the theories of Gerard Bodifee - it might be useful to scrutinise his edits for possible WP:COI issues. He added similar material to List of galaxies on 26 February 2012 and was reverted the same day. The same sequence of events happened at List of nearest galaxies. Best Known For did sterling work in tracking down and removing good faith edits elsewhere based on the same material.
Ivanvector's description of Best Known For as a "vandal" is provocative and wide of the mark in my opinion. The word "vandalism" implies an intention to degrade the encyclopaedia. It is irrelevant to edit summaries and talk pages, and the word is not mentioned at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Best known for IP.<Removed personal attack> 86.159.235.15 ( talk) 09:45, 4 September 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a00:23c0:7f02:c01:880d:de75:eccd:13c7 ( talk)
I gave up editing in Wikipedia ages ago, as you can tell from the fact that I have just now seen your cheery comment (from seven years ago) on my homemade language userbox, "Bha Gàidhlig aig seaneairean agus seanmhairean agam." To save you re-researching, it's "my grandfathers and grandmothers spoke Gaelic," which is true. I apologize for seeming indifferent to a friendly remark from a true polyglot.
To make amends, let me suggest this lovely rendition of Runrig's "Cum Ùr N'Aire"; here's a translation. (Apparently I still have email turned on, which given my visits seems a more useful channel.) OtherDave ( talk) 04:33, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir. I just wanted to send you a personal message to apologise if my actions and comments regarding the Norse religion article have at any point become too personal and have ratcheted up the tensions between us (and others). As you can probably tell, the whole situation has frustrated me; it's almost certainly frustrated you too. That frustration has got the better of me in places. I've always tried to keep things civil but there are points where I should have done more to keep my cool. For that I am sorry.
It's really great to have someone with your expertise working on the article and I appreciate that you have made an effort to keep my prose and the citations that I originally added. Although I disagree with some of your prose alterations, others are really good. The main issue of difficulty for me has been your change in the citation style and (as PBS's recent appearance and comments show) I am not the only one. I appreciate that you find the harv citation style complicated but really, when you get used to it then it becomes very easy to use (I found it difficult to start with too). I would be grateful if, wherever possible, you did not change the citation style of pre-existing text. Or at least, when you do change it for your own working convenience, you do not revert me when I then restore it after you have finished making your prose edits. Even if a collective Talk Page decision is made to shift the citation style to something else in future, it is important that at present we do not get things too tangled and confused (as we have with Andren/Abram and with those scholars who have published various works at different dates etc). It is also important that everything is properly referenced and that there are not any sentences without citations (even if they do seem common sense or obvious).
I also think that it would be best if we do discuss things at the Talk Page first before making significant alterations to the article. I certainly won't object to prose alterations or additions being made, but in the spirit of collaboration I think it best if neither of us do anything too radical without just bringing up the issue at the Talk Page first. I have a few proposed additions that I would like to make but I will start Talk Page sections so that you and others can have your input first before I add to the article itself. At the end of the day, we both want the same thing for this article.
Again, sorry for those moments when frustration has got the better of me. I hope that your flu clears up soon. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 16:28, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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I now have an hour or two on my hands so I returned to this article to improve it after contesting deletion earlier, but I see that you have already done a much better job than I could have done. Great work!. 86.17.222.157 ( talk) 20:19, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
FYI: WP:ANI#Clear legal threat Jim1138 ( talk) 05:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
here he removed the interference section and replaced it with election info and left a misleading ES. Will the saga continue? Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 06:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
I've been pondering what to do with this--it is a very useful term to know, but its meaning is presumed known in all the sources I've looked at, meaning Wiktionary may be the best option. What do you think? Ealdgyth, do you have an opinion? Drmies ( talk) 16:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
I felt that this revert was actively harmful in that I took raw "cite web" pastes of Google book links and ran them through the Wikipedia citation tool to properly cite them. Why would you revert this as well as the other edits? If there's something about your motivation regarding this I'm missing, please clarify. Ogress 06:47, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
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I have expanded the article about Rikard Wolff. A very well known Swedish singer who sadly died today. Could you please take a look at that article. Any help is appreciated. Cheers. BabbaQ ( talk) 14:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I mentioned you in passing here, in the course of answering a question about bad arbcom decisions. Hopefully I'll make it up to you by actually writing that Miamiensis avidus article you requested, which I've had open in a tab for a week now but haven't gotten around to yet. Opabinia regalis ( talk) 05:02, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you! (more likely to be cat videos). Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:29, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:53, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
I have improved the article about Johannes Brost. Take a look. :)-- BabbaQ ( talk) 19:57, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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I see no reason to delete it. If he wants it hidden, he can complain (clearly) to WP:UTRS.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:58, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there again, from Portugal,
don't know if you remember, you picked up from where Drmies left off on some occasions and helped me out in the translation of Dutch sources. Yes, times two: 1 - "yes" i meant exactly that source you refer to; 2 - "yes" your explanation was perfect. I'll now retrieve that to the piece, thank you very much.
Keep up the good work and enjoy that weekend (and by the way, that's a great cat above! RIP) -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:08, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Yngvadottir, there is a repeat of the AfD for Jesse Waugh. I’m just wondering if you’d be willing to take a look at it and chime in if possible. Thanks 81.44.32.50 ( talk) 02:43, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
I have created an article about Fallet Kevin. I am planning to nominate it for DYK in a few days time. Any help is appreciated. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
Would you be interested in putting together an article for the matronae Austriahenae? We could really use one, and I think you'd be the ideal person for the job. :bloodofox: ( talk) 18:27, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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Since you edit in related areas, I figured you'd be interested in the fact that Wikipedia now has a WikiProject dedicated to the topic of improving our coverage of folklore and folklore studies: WP:Folklore! :bloodofox: ( talk) 21:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Yngvadottir,
This is the subject of the page Majid Rafizadeh. I am not sure how and who to reach to the appropriate person for my serious concern. Based on the following from Wikipedia site, I have read that "Biographies of living persons, where the subject is of marginal notability, may be deleted by any administrator if the subject of the biography requests deletion" and "Where the subject of a BLP has requested deletion, the deletion policy says: "Discussions concerning biographical articles of relatively unknown, non-public figures, where the subject has requested deletion and there is no rough consensus, may be closed as delete." The page is also subjected to excessive socket puppetry. As a result, I am writing to request the deletion of the page if possible please. If you'd like to confirm if I am who I am please feel free to call me or email me. http://iaccouncil.org/contact/ Mr198013 ( talk) 01:02, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
Independent Music; being signed to a “label” does not make you notable in the industry. Variations of media coverage make one notable. Please refrain from subjective ideology. Dafteire ( talk) 22:13, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
I understand that you are not convinced by the criteria of an article; however, it appears that you have been working in concert with other editors to damage the reputation of a legitimate article. Please review the criteria necessary for having an article on a musical group. I would also ask you to understand that you may live in a different area of the world where certain media outlets might night be considered 'notable.' Please take some time to enlighten yourself to the media outlets that you are degrading before discrediting them.
Cute dog by the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonchild101 ( talk • contribs)
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Just thought I'd drop you a message for your work on Nathan Larson (political candidate) - a true masterclass in NPOV on a terrible person.
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Hi, I translated the article into German. The zoo has signalized to send a photo :) -- Nicola ( talk) 12:34, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hello. I guess the material you just removed from the talk page explains why user Tannehilltop, the SPA (only editing articles related to Nathan Larson) who started the move proposal suddenly went off the air, globally blocked as a sock of a "globally banned user". Cheers - Tom | Thomas.W talk 12:37, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your kind welcome. I just posted a comment on the AfD page (re: deleting "Alan Sabrosky") - I would appreciate it if you would read it and perhaps join in. Basic issue is that as long as one uses "Alan Sabrosky" most of my work does not appear, but when one uses my full name (Alan Ned Sabrosky) a lot of military, government and academic work comes up. I'd be flattered to have an article in Wikipedia, but nothing is better than what is there now, and I simply do not know how to get that across more than I have done so far. But I appreciate your courtesy and your advice. Thanks, Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 14:22, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
All things considered, if you or someone else with your attitude did the editing/revising, I would -prefer that something be kept, if only to offset some of the negativity the original piece (plus the vandalism) has generated. I did mention there (and am sort of repeating it FYI) that I can send copies of my military DD214 (which will list service time, rank, service in Vietnam and medals) and 3 items from the US Army War College: my appointment to the General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research, my diploma from the College (I was the first civilian faculty member to get that) and my Superior Civilian Service Award (given at the end of my time there) - all official government publications, easily verified, and I expect the bio of me the Army War College used would also be available.
I should mention one thing, given the way in which Google & mainstream sources are used - none really look kindly on people who publish criticism of Israel, even people such as myself with some Jewish heritage. For instance (and since I do not bother looking myself up, both examples come from friends) shortly after I published a sequel to the "Treason, Betrayal and Deceit" article called "Demystifying 9/11" in Veterans Today (July 2011), one friend noted over 330,000 hits in Google - and a week later under 30,000, since back up a bit. And a YouTube video of a Press TV interview was seen by another friend going past one million views, but when she went back to the exact same video (having copied its address) the following day, it was under 10,000 views. So stuff happens, and you can share that info or discard it as you choose - and again my thanks to you for your input. Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 11:54, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Not sure how to respond to a remark that Wikipedia does not care much for primary sources....That certainly sets it apart from any and all printed encyclopedias in 4 languages with which I am familiar. I will try and find faculty pages from the various places I have taught, but you do know that in almost all US colleges, universities and research institutes, people write their own descriptions and the institution simply edits them down so most are more or less the same length? I find it odd that a write-up by me on myself at (e.g.) Georgetown would be acceptable to Wikipedia, but a write-up by me on myself directly would be verboten. Whatever, I will look for it this evening - and thank you for the ping to Drmies, I'll keep tracking this thread. -Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 17:41, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
I wish I had been pinged about this one. Drmies ( talk) 02:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Please refrain advocating the sourcing of a WP:BLP to WP:FRINGE publicaitons, as you are doing at Talk:Alan Sabrosky, Here: [2], and in your proposed rewriire of the Alan Sabrosky, here: [3]. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 13:28, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, understand that you previously made edits to the history section of the SK-II page. There's actually a couple of points that require correction to make it more accurate. Would like to discuss the following points with you
1) SK-II as a brand was not developed in the 1970s, it was launched in Dec 1980. so it might be more accurate say their “story" began in the 1970s. Reference: http://news.pg.com/blog/birth-icon-skii and http://news.pg.com/sites/pg.newshq.businesswire.com/files/blog/additional/PG_BB_Sheets_SKII_Final.pdf)
2) It was not a monk that made the observation but scientists, according to numerous sources as well as the source on P&G's website. Ref: Reference: http://news.pg.com/blog/birth-icon-sk-ii
3) Would be good if there was an additional line to expound on "Pitera". Proposed Line: "Pitera is a bio-ingredient that contains the same similar composition of vitamins, amino acids and organic acids as the skin’s Natural Moisturizing Factors." (Reference: https://www.futurederm.com/sk-ii-is-it-worth-all-the-hype-and/)
4) To make the sentence more complete, can there be a mention to talk about SK-II being sold in 13 different markets (Ref: http://news.pg.com/sites/pg.newshq.businesswire.com/files/blog/additional/PG_BB_Sheets_SKII_Final.pdf) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvgho81 ( talk • contribs) 05:35, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
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There is an ongoing move discussion inspired by the idea that North Germanic peoples and inhabitants of Scandinavia are equivalent. Some members of WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies have already expressed their opinion, but including more members like yourself would certainly be of benefit to the discussion. Krakkos ( talk) 21:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I really appreciate your committment in writing the voice. Thank you!-- SimonBaraldi24 ( talk) 22:31, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
You really saved the day on the Advanced Idea Mechanics AFD - do you have anything that would help out with Supreme Intelligence? BOZ ( talk) 04:43, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir. I'm sorry I've upset you. Yes, I did attempt to get you to address my concerns in more detail, and I was very concerned about BLP being overlooked. BLP alone sets very high standards, and I tend toward following those standards strictly, especially when there's a history of likely undeclared paid editors involved with the article. That said, yes, I should have worked to deescalate the situation when you clearly weren't backing down from the inclusionism/deletionism mindset. If you want to discuss the matter further, let me know. Sorry I didn't handle the situation better. -- Ronz ( talk) 21:56, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bother you again, but I don't know any other admins and I have a question that I'm not sure where to ask. While researching to try to fix dead links on Yoweri Museveni, I found this book, which is for sale on Amazon. It seems to contain passages that are either ripped directly from WP or WP is copied from it; I suspect the former. That's a violation of WP's copyright or something, right? I just have no idea who to ask about this. Thanks. Runawayangel ( talk) 21:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Since you were editing Alexander Ananchenko, I was wondering if you might be able to help me out here. Sergey Morozov (politican) still has a lot of similar errors to what the other one had, but I don't know how to go about fixing it, especially since I can't read Russian. I was wondering if you had any idea where to start. Thanks. Runawayangel ( talk) 22:24, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help in correcting the problem I was having with signatures. With your assistance, I have been able to correct the matter. Ouranista 04:21, 9 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ouranista ( talk • contribs)
Thanks so much for expanding it and your kind words Yngie!! Hope you're well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:30, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you! And in advance, a Good Yule. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you! And thank you for yours, too :-) Good Yule to you and yours. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
YngvadottirA favor please. If I may impose. I have a draft article at
draft:oldperson/sandbox5 I am somewhat satisfied with it. Looking for one or two more references. Two problems. There are six references. When Iview them in Visual Mode all six show up, when I publish only three show up. The three that don't show up are Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page).: 9
Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page).
Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page).: 151 .
and they don't show up on your page either, only in Source mode. Any ideas. They show just fine, the way they show up on Show Preview is perfect, but when I publish they disappear. Also I would like to add the Submit your Draft for Review template, but either one has to be an admin or have privileges.
Can you help? Thanks Oldperson ( talk) 19:32, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
There is one last reference driving me nuts. Reference [5]"Social life in Seventeenth Century Virginia" I've done everything I can think of and it is still invisible. I"ve retyped it on the page, over and still invisible. Is it me or is it the program? I even tried using the cite button and it just garbled the ref name and still invisible Oldperson ( talk) 21:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir Thank you. I see you fixed it. What I do wrong. I don't want to make the same mistake in the future. Iused the cite function on my test Sandbox2 and it worked, this time. So much to learn. Oldperson ( talk) 22:21, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you SO much for your help with the article I was trying to submit. I have resubmitted and hopefully your assistance will help to have it published. We do believe that Ms Mizutori's notability is sufficient (she is a UN Assistant-Secretary-General, just 2 steps below the Secretary-General) and we are also striving for gender-parity. Your help is very much appreciated! Elsworthj ( talk) 09:03, 24 January 2019 (UTC) |
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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by
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Ceranthor,
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So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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Thank you for your wise words :) Contaldo80 ( talk) 02:34, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for your edits Gina and I appreciate the assistance. However, we would like to know what you suggest with respect to citations that are acceptable? Unfortunately, Wikipedia seems to take issue with tabloid citations and the vast majority of Gina's are from such sources. Furthermore, the latest image that I uploaded was deleted...again. With the incorrect reason that it was a copyright violation and was taken from Instagram, neither of which is true. How do I convince you that the image is both authorized content and an unpublished original image created by me? Also, I am very curious why her official Instagram account link is allowed, but the links I put in for her official Facebook page and official Twitter were deleted? Angusrobbie ( talk) 16:35, 10 June 2019 (UTC)Angus Robbie
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Sometimes better than words. skål! FeydHuxtable ( talk) 19:24, 15 June 2019 (UTC) |
I saw you cleaned up Seruga Titus and added a source, thanks. There's an ongoing discussion on RSN to establish whether sources discussing Titus are reliable, any comments would be appreciated. signed, Rosguill talk 22:05, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
For speaking up. I've been following your comments, nodding my head at each one I read. You feel the way I do, and I've meant to stop by for a few days but I've been so upset it's difficult to articulate anything. Your recent comment, "this is harassment" is spot on. That's exactly how I feel! Victoria ( tk) 00:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
As I said before, I think that you might find my next AFC submission quite interesting. I am working on another of the sections.
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The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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This discussion over at Black Sun (symbol) may interest you. :bloodofox: ( talk) 20:06, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
You might be interested to see
this thread ....
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.. the "e" kind. And dogs are NOT second class citizens to cats ... looks like a beauty though. :-) — Ched ( talk) 14:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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Good daughter of Yngvi... Have you given any thought to committing the supreme foolishness of running for Arbcom? The current shitshow has made it clear that there needs to be a new crew rolling in and an old crew rolling out into well-deserved retirement. Count me as a big YES if you do run. Please give it some thought. best, —tim /// Carrite ( talk) 04:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
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Pretty decently you elucidated everthin' to me.Thanks for kind advice SHISHIR DUA ( talk) 16:48, 17 September 2019 (UTC) |
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This typo looks like I was in "Quick, fix up the article before another admin speedy deletes it!" mode. Cheers for spotting it. Also, what's all this "Edit is not an endorsement of the WMF" about? I mean, I'm not exactly jumping up and down and saying the WMF is brilliant and T&S is the best thing to happen to the encyclopedia (and who can blame me), yet somehow I manage to ignore it and work on content anyway. (Email me if it's easier) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:41, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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Appreciate the useful copyedit on Poplar, London, but your edit summary comment about the WMF made me wonder what the WMF was in Poplar and prompted me double-check what sounded like a careful edit about a controversial subject, perhaps a political party or an infamous Poplar-based company where you were clarifying their activities but uncomfortable that people thought you might be endorsing their position.
But I see now you were just making a general statement about the Wikimedia Foundation while performing uncontroversial copyediting. WP:SUMMARYNO discourages this kind of discursive edit summary, I guess for reasons like that. Perhaps put a statement on your user page instead? -- Lord Belbury ( talk) 09:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you today for your share for Bramshill House, "one of the most important Jacobean country houses in England. The current house was built in the early 17th century by Baron Edward la Zouche of Harringworth, but was partly destroyed by fire a few years later and subsequently redeveloped. The Italian Renaissance, which became popular in England during the late 16th century, is evident in its design. Some of the interior tapestries are quite remarkable pieces. It became a Grade I listed building in 1952, after which it became a police college."! - I am happy to share the page with a modest DYK about a singer who impressed me. In celebratary mood today -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:40, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:42, 20 December 2019 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you :-) And good Yule! Yngvadottir ( talk) 13:42, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 04:51, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Yngvadottir,
Hope you are doing well. It has been a really long time since we've interacted. I've had a great learning experience from you and several other people who I'm thankful for. I look forward to working with you again in the future. Best. TheGeneralUser ( talk) 04:58, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you! And to you :-) I hope the year surprises us all in a good way. Yngvadottir ( talk) 22:24, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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I see that others have already bestowed lovely templated messages on this occasion, so I thought I'd skip that and spend the time otherwise spent hunting for a nice-looking non-repetitive template on writing a personal message. I really just wanted to say thanks for your many years of service to this great project. Perhaps this time of year is even better used looking forward, so here's a toast to your health and many years of contributions yet to come.
Best regards,
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Thanks for your contributions to this article. Instead of trying to delete the article, I wish folks would collaborate and get the article promoted to Good status! :) --- Another Believer ( Talk) 17:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Good evening. I nominated a short article about a new case from the ECHR for DYK, and was told by the nominator that it needed clean-up for language (which I can understand). So, I wondered if you would be interested in giving a helping hand and getting a DYK credit. The case was covered in multiple newspaper articles, so there is some general interest for it. The underlying law isn't really difficult, and you don't have to look into it, but just ask me if there is something in the article that needs clarifying. And of course, feel free to say no to this. Iselilja ( talk) 23:40, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, re your recent moves of articles about Dutch windmills; in Dutch, the mills do take the definite article as part of their name (De Kat, Het Pink etc). This is shown by their listing on such sites as the Molendatabase. Also over at WP:MILLS, we generally house article as title in the style (mill name, location) for named mills, or (location windmill) for unnamed mills. Mjroots ( talk) 06:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Do you do photo requests in the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, I have some ideas WhisperToMe ( talk) 00:18, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok! I have photo requests in San Francisco and Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.
If you specify which cities/areas are most convenient to you I can add more photo requests which may involve city halls/government buildings, post offices, fire stations, and/or school district buildings and schools. WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:16, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Per your request, I've started up Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology and it's now live in a serviceable-but-much-to-add state. You're invited to help, of course. Methinks we should better integrate all of these Germanic 'holy site' articles to work together, as complex as the situation is. :bloodofox: ( talk) 03:06, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Well you seem to have tidied up this article in some ways, but have also thrown away a lot of detail, including:
I was going to create a section listing all the men and material needed to complete the repairs.
How can one revert such details, without throwing away your changes?
It would have been better for you to have commented out things that you did not like, rather than just throwing them away. Tabletop ( talk) 03:54, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
A Google search for the Nzi Bridge collapse displays the following:
Nzi River Bridge collapse - Wikipedia
/info/en/?search=Nzi_River_Bridge_collapse
On 6 September 2016, the railway bridge over the Nzi River collapsed, cutting the rail link between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Partial services on the line ...
Google only seems to display about 140 characters thus "On 6 Sep . . . . on the line". If 140, this may match the 140 limit of Texting.
IMHO, it is useful to arrange/contrive to display the date that services resume, which is about 15 days after the collapse.
To do this, a few words need to be deleted so that the words, say, "15 days later" fall within the 140 limit. I would also add a date "As At 08 Feb 2017" to make it clear when the text was last updated.
Wikipedia does not seem to have a function that counts the number of (visible) characters on that line, not counting brackets and hidden comments.
It is also rather difficult to count 40 by hand.
Hence the hidden "ruler" "=====-----1====-----2====" etc.
This is not rocket science. Rulers are, by the way, invention that go back thousands of year.
Without the counting of these 140 characters, Google Search looks an untidy mess.
By the way, most of the other related items found by Google seem to be stuck on 7 Sep 2015, with no obvious updates.
Is there anything on Wikipedia that discusses this issue of Google Search 140 Character Ruler. ? Cannot say that I have ever heard of it :-(
Which came first: Google's 140 display limit, or Texting's 140 display limit? :-) Tabletop ( talk) 08:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Just noticed your addition at the mirror list; that "organization" is much more problematic that you may think. They actually have about 100 domains - I've tried to list them here (big red section in the middle of the page) and periodically hunt them down. Would love to blacklist them, but I really hate to subvert the intent of that tool. Kuru (talk) 23:08, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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Good grief, really? Thank you, Gerda :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 13:36, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Yngvadottir,
My 1st response was lost when saving so I'll try this again.
First, thanks for your suggestions. I see and agree with your points that the initial contributions were too complimentary; I'll try and keep future contributions more fact based.
I had worked in the industry analyst world for a long time so I have familiarity with Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IPMV, Forrester, Yankey Group, Ovium, E&Y and other such analyst/consulting firms, which is why I chose to start here.
I still feel uncomfortable with the reference to IPMV because when you look at their website, they seem to 'trash talk' many competitors with many accusations but no evidence to prove their claims (see https://ipvm.com/section/Awards). In looking at credible, 3rd party sources (I.E. Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, Fast Company, Venturebeat, etc.) I can find no bases for any of these claims against any of the companies mentioned in the IPMV website. Ultimately leading me to believe it is just 'trash talking'.
I will remove the reference altogether and we can leave it at that for now. I will continue to scour 3rd party sources and look for evidence of these claims or supporting facts and can update the entry if and when such information comes to light.
Thanks and happy editing! Utexx Utexx ( talk) 21:04, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, earlier today you used http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2571447/Anca-Verma-Arms-dealers-wife-claims-beaten-Tihar-Jail.html to support a statement that prison officers were dismissed after being found to have extorted & harrassed Verma. The DM article does NOT support this info (and the DM should not be used anymore), did you even bother to check? 79.71.15.114 ( talk) 23:43, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to thank you, for the cooperation and contributions to article, 2017 Verona bus crash. Best Wishes. Junosoon ( talk) 15:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
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Well done and thanks for your great editing work improving the Murder of Leanne Sarah Holland article. Govindaharihari ( talk) 04:48, 30 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Thank you for doing the hard work on Murder of Leanne Sarah Holland. I firmly believe that article improvement lessens disruption, esp. when paired with helpful talk page communication. So you should get two barnstars for your efforts, but it's late and I only have one laying around. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 05:33, 30 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Thanks so much for re-doing the article! I was worried it was going to be "speedily deleted" and printed it (just now) for my file.
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It's kinda already been better covered. Aren't we striking for "not a translation problem"?
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Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
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Sorry about that! My touchpad on my laptop is very sensitive. I find myself correcting it all the time, when I am editing. scope_creep ( talk) 15:51, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Recently I started a handy template (that needs more expansion). It reminded me that we could use a Reincarnation in Norse mythology article. Are you interested? :bloodofox: ( talk) 01:25, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your observation about my editing. I will do well to equip myself better. Thank you. MirabelIkwuebe ( talk) 04:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your kind words on
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I had no idea she had been nominated before and that is only usual because she is quite notable here in Nigeria. I thought it would be great if we acknowledged as much young female writers as we could lay our hands on as the culture is fast going into extinction in Nigeria MirabelIkwuebe ( talk) 00:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC) |
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Hello Yngvadottir,
Just wanted to say hello, and to thank you for your contributions at WP:CXT/PTR. And also to let you know that I admire your contributions to various discussions on the philosophy and practice of translation in general, as well as the role and appropriateness (or lack thereof) of MT at Wikipedia whether related to a specific tool, or more generally. From what I've seen, our conceptions about all this are quite similar, but even if they weren't, it's more your reasoning and argumentation that I admire and respect, and even if I found myself on the opposite end from you on some topic or other, I would pay very careful attention to what you were saying regardless, and I just wanted to tell you that.
Seems like it's been a while since I've seen you at CXT/PTR or on translation forums (not that I see every one) and I miss seeing your comments and thoughts. As for myself, I've been playing multiple roles at CXT/PTR. On the list page itself (of numbered articles), a dual role: firstly, going through batches of items, and just tagging the cxt original language (and any others), and a brief comment about what the article is about, so that the appropriate speakers can quickly target articles in their skill set and skip the rest; secondly, making keep/kill decisions on the ones in my own skill set. Outside the list itself, I've been involved in Rfcs, figuring out deadlines (now June 6), and trying to raise various issues that I think might be important. My latest, is worrying about cxt clobbers of previous good articles that could get nuked if we don't find them first and save them. That would be very problematic.
There may be more articles tagged with lang codes (or names) in your skill set since you've last looked, and it would be great to have you review some of them if you could. Strikeout type still means "keep" (i.e., inoculation against nuking) but there's maybe one new procedural thing since you left, which is that User:Tazerdadog invited reviewers to add the token "kill" somewhere on the comment line to indicate that an article should be nuked. This doesn't actually have any effect on nuke-day since failure to strike would indicate the same thing, but it does have the positive effect of letting other reviewers know that someone has already evaluated the article, so they needn't waste time looking at it again. If you're willing to also keep an eye out for cxt clobbers (by which I mean, a edit summary with the cxt tag in any position other than the oldest one, which overwrote a previous stub or article that was worth keeping) that would be excellent, and that doesn't have to be a language in your skill set, either.
If you're busy with other things, burnt out, or just don't feel like it, then just carry on doing whatever you're doing. You're an asset to the encyclopedia, I hope you stick around a long time, and I look forward to interacting with you, or just watching your contributions. I don't do "barnstars" and such, but please consider me a fan. Happy editing! Mathglot ( talk) 08:02, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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for your recent edits to the Troll doll article. 🐦Do☭torWho42 ( ⭐) 00:31, 14 June 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:43, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
As creator of this dab you might like to have a look at various Þorsteinn Þorsteinssons - I was alerted by this posting by @ In ictu oculi:, since self-reverted. For some reason I followed it up and found ....
At this point my head starts to spin. If it interests you, see what you can do with that lot. Good luck! Pam D 15:28, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your work on the Joakim Brodén page. Metalhead102 ( talk) 14:48, 26 June 2017 (UTC) |
No greater love hath a volcano than to lay down her life for her wiki? Anmccaff ( talk) 17:55, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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While I do understand the style of my edits might not have been completely to your tastes, I do think there are some areas in need of change. This is either due to an interruption in the flow of reading or a loss of understanding. I will discuss them in order as to make it easier to find where my points of contention are:
I. It is rather ugly to start an article with two very short sentences combined with an and. The best way to solve this is to expand either sentence. I do not know enough about Barbara Weldens to increase thei lenght so I tried to elimenate the and as a stop gap procedure.
II. The structure of the Jaques Brel sentence leaves it up to interpretation. At the moment I can read three different meanings from this sentece. →She won because she was inspired by Jaques Brel →She entered because she was inspired by Jaques Brel →Because she always was inspired by Jaques Brel, she was a natural fit for the contest. →She won because her songs were basically Jaques Brel song.
As you can see the meaning is not clear and it would help if you could correct this to something better if my interpretation was wrong.
Apart from this the unfortunate combination of being inspired by Jaques Brel and winning an award at a festival named after Jaques Brel makes it quite a repetitive sentence and creating space between the two instances of the name Jaques Brel would make it easier to read.
III. It is more common to say that a singer performed in a style or tradition than to say a singer is in a tradition. Eugénie Buffet. This turn of phrase is common in french though.
IV. As far as I know it is either well received or it received great reviews. Well reviewed is quite uncommon but technically correct.
V. The sentence about her death is too long and way too bogged down in the exact location of the event (also common in french). My solution was to cut most of it out, as the reference to Gourdon already encompasses its location in France and the fact that it is a town. Even after editing there is still a problem that the sentence contains two distinct parts that do not combine well. On the one hand the locatison of her death and on the other hand a time of death with a "cause of death" (if it is still up to debate this sentence does not make that clear). The fact that the electrocution is put into a seperate sentance distances this information from the actual death while I would think that is rather important.
VI. Either there was a storm in the area or you should clarify about the fact that during the day/evening/night etc. there were multiple storms in the area. At the moment this sentence does not make a lot of sence.
VII Lastly it is weird to end an article with her age like that. It is more something a newscaster would say.
Sorry for the enormous list of explenations but especially II and V made it difficult to understand the article. My corrections were made somewhat quickly and might have been too brute but I do not have the time at the moment to do any further research or check back in quite some time. I hope these notes will make it clear why I made these changes and I hope you will keep it in the back of your mind while editing further Dondville ( talk) 20:40, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Cancún Underwater Museum—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Etoile ✩ ( talk) 19:21, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
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It was very nice of you to work on and save the Li Chevalier article, since the major contributor with additions had a close connection / COI issue. Nice job! – CaroleHenson ( talk) 18:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) When I found at least some information was available in reliable sources, I thought it was only fair to her. Luckily I didn't need to be able to read Chinese '-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 18:42, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Just a word: I have no problem with you making that edit. The only issue with the IP was that they are a banned user. Best, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:15, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Which college? May I say that I think the way your sysop rights were withdrawn was out of process. When Jimbo decided he would appoint an Arbitration Committee each year he sensibly reserved to himself the power to deal with any overreaching of their authority. In this particular instance, he has maintained his talkpage as a "fire free zone" so the Committee had no jurisdiction to sanction Eric Corbett for posting on it. As there was no AE breach his resulting block was not an AE infringement and your very sensible unblock was not an act which could lead to de - sysop without a full case. Courcelles acknowledged this on Christmas Day - he said "one may use his talk page to make an appeal to Jimbo". So far, so festive, but then he took on the role of Scrooge - "this does not apply to appeals against blocks and bans." Says who? GorillaWarfare was the only Arbitrator who emerged from the case with credit.
On behalf of the Committee at ANI Opabinia has confirmed that there is no objection to Best Known For's statement being retained. So why yesterday did JJMC89 remove it in defiance of the ruling that only Arbitrators and their clerks may do this? He is not even an administrator, although there is a doctored userbox on his user page which makes it look as if he is.
In that ANI discussion Vanamonde claimed that Best Known For was wrong about the content issue. Having investigated the matter yesterday I am confident he is wrong. This is what I found:
<Commented out irrelevant reproduction of Arbcom submission on another case>
As an independent observer who has just become acquainted with this issue (but not the case) in the last couple of minutes I see that Best Known For removed sourced information from Contemporary Latin with the unhelpful edit summary "removed nonsense" then embarked on an edit war without any attempt to discuss on the talk page. The consensus is that the material should stay out. The editor who first added it, Michel Berger, appears to be a SPA registered with the sole purpose of promoting the theories of Gerard Bodifee - it might be useful to scrutinise his edits for possible WP:COI issues. He added similar material to List of galaxies on 26 February 2012 and was reverted the same day. The same sequence of events happened at List of nearest galaxies. Best Known For did sterling work in tracking down and removing good faith edits elsewhere based on the same material.
Ivanvector's description of Best Known For as a "vandal" is provocative and wide of the mark in my opinion. The word "vandalism" implies an intention to degrade the encyclopaedia. It is irrelevant to edit summaries and talk pages, and the word is not mentioned at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Best known for IP.<Removed personal attack> 86.159.235.15 ( talk) 09:45, 4 September 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a00:23c0:7f02:c01:880d:de75:eccd:13c7 ( talk)
I gave up editing in Wikipedia ages ago, as you can tell from the fact that I have just now seen your cheery comment (from seven years ago) on my homemade language userbox, "Bha Gàidhlig aig seaneairean agus seanmhairean agam." To save you re-researching, it's "my grandfathers and grandmothers spoke Gaelic," which is true. I apologize for seeming indifferent to a friendly remark from a true polyglot.
To make amends, let me suggest this lovely rendition of Runrig's "Cum Ùr N'Aire"; here's a translation. (Apparently I still have email turned on, which given my visits seems a more useful channel.) OtherDave ( talk) 04:33, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir. I just wanted to send you a personal message to apologise if my actions and comments regarding the Norse religion article have at any point become too personal and have ratcheted up the tensions between us (and others). As you can probably tell, the whole situation has frustrated me; it's almost certainly frustrated you too. That frustration has got the better of me in places. I've always tried to keep things civil but there are points where I should have done more to keep my cool. For that I am sorry.
It's really great to have someone with your expertise working on the article and I appreciate that you have made an effort to keep my prose and the citations that I originally added. Although I disagree with some of your prose alterations, others are really good. The main issue of difficulty for me has been your change in the citation style and (as PBS's recent appearance and comments show) I am not the only one. I appreciate that you find the harv citation style complicated but really, when you get used to it then it becomes very easy to use (I found it difficult to start with too). I would be grateful if, wherever possible, you did not change the citation style of pre-existing text. Or at least, when you do change it for your own working convenience, you do not revert me when I then restore it after you have finished making your prose edits. Even if a collective Talk Page decision is made to shift the citation style to something else in future, it is important that at present we do not get things too tangled and confused (as we have with Andren/Abram and with those scholars who have published various works at different dates etc). It is also important that everything is properly referenced and that there are not any sentences without citations (even if they do seem common sense or obvious).
I also think that it would be best if we do discuss things at the Talk Page first before making significant alterations to the article. I certainly won't object to prose alterations or additions being made, but in the spirit of collaboration I think it best if neither of us do anything too radical without just bringing up the issue at the Talk Page first. I have a few proposed additions that I would like to make but I will start Talk Page sections so that you and others can have your input first before I add to the article itself. At the end of the day, we both want the same thing for this article.
Again, sorry for those moments when frustration has got the better of me. I hope that your flu clears up soon. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 16:28, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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I now have an hour or two on my hands so I returned to this article to improve it after contesting deletion earlier, but I see that you have already done a much better job than I could have done. Great work!. 86.17.222.157 ( talk) 20:19, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
FYI: WP:ANI#Clear legal threat Jim1138 ( talk) 05:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
here he removed the interference section and replaced it with election info and left a misleading ES. Will the saga continue? Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 06:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
I've been pondering what to do with this--it is a very useful term to know, but its meaning is presumed known in all the sources I've looked at, meaning Wiktionary may be the best option. What do you think? Ealdgyth, do you have an opinion? Drmies ( talk) 16:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
I felt that this revert was actively harmful in that I took raw "cite web" pastes of Google book links and ran them through the Wikipedia citation tool to properly cite them. Why would you revert this as well as the other edits? If there's something about your motivation regarding this I'm missing, please clarify. Ogress 06:47, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.
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So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I have expanded the article about Rikard Wolff. A very well known Swedish singer who sadly died today. Could you please take a look at that article. Any help is appreciated. Cheers. BabbaQ ( talk) 14:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I mentioned you in passing here, in the course of answering a question about bad arbcom decisions. Hopefully I'll make it up to you by actually writing that Miamiensis avidus article you requested, which I've had open in a tab for a week now but haven't gotten around to yet. Opabinia regalis ( talk) 05:02, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Wow, thank you :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:28, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you! (more likely to be cat videos). Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:29, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:53, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
I have improved the article about Johannes Brost. Take a look. :)-- BabbaQ ( talk) 19:57, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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I see no reason to delete it. If he wants it hidden, he can complain (clearly) to WP:UTRS.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:58, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there again, from Portugal,
don't know if you remember, you picked up from where Drmies left off on some occasions and helped me out in the translation of Dutch sources. Yes, times two: 1 - "yes" i meant exactly that source you refer to; 2 - "yes" your explanation was perfect. I'll now retrieve that to the piece, thank you very much.
Keep up the good work and enjoy that weekend (and by the way, that's a great cat above! RIP) -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:08, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Yngvadottir, there is a repeat of the AfD for Jesse Waugh. I’m just wondering if you’d be willing to take a look at it and chime in if possible. Thanks 81.44.32.50 ( talk) 02:43, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
I have created an article about Fallet Kevin. I am planning to nominate it for DYK in a few days time. Any help is appreciated. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
Would you be interested in putting together an article for the matronae Austriahenae? We could really use one, and I think you'd be the ideal person for the job. :bloodofox: ( talk) 18:27, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.
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Since you edit in related areas, I figured you'd be interested in the fact that Wikipedia now has a WikiProject dedicated to the topic of improving our coverage of folklore and folklore studies: WP:Folklore! :bloodofox: ( talk) 21:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Yngvadottir,
This is the subject of the page Majid Rafizadeh. I am not sure how and who to reach to the appropriate person for my serious concern. Based on the following from Wikipedia site, I have read that "Biographies of living persons, where the subject is of marginal notability, may be deleted by any administrator if the subject of the biography requests deletion" and "Where the subject of a BLP has requested deletion, the deletion policy says: "Discussions concerning biographical articles of relatively unknown, non-public figures, where the subject has requested deletion and there is no rough consensus, may be closed as delete." The page is also subjected to excessive socket puppetry. As a result, I am writing to request the deletion of the page if possible please. If you'd like to confirm if I am who I am please feel free to call me or email me. http://iaccouncil.org/contact/ Mr198013 ( talk) 01:02, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
Independent Music; being signed to a “label” does not make you notable in the industry. Variations of media coverage make one notable. Please refrain from subjective ideology. Dafteire ( talk) 22:13, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
I understand that you are not convinced by the criteria of an article; however, it appears that you have been working in concert with other editors to damage the reputation of a legitimate article. Please review the criteria necessary for having an article on a musical group. I would also ask you to understand that you may live in a different area of the world where certain media outlets might night be considered 'notable.' Please take some time to enlighten yourself to the media outlets that you are degrading before discrediting them.
Cute dog by the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonchild101 ( talk • contribs)
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Just thought I'd drop you a message for your work on Nathan Larson (political candidate) - a true masterclass in NPOV on a terrible person.
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Hi, I translated the article into German. The zoo has signalized to send a photo :) -- Nicola ( talk) 12:34, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
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The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
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Hello. I guess the material you just removed from the talk page explains why user Tannehilltop, the SPA (only editing articles related to Nathan Larson) who started the move proposal suddenly went off the air, globally blocked as a sock of a "globally banned user". Cheers - Tom | Thomas.W talk 12:37, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your kind welcome. I just posted a comment on the AfD page (re: deleting "Alan Sabrosky") - I would appreciate it if you would read it and perhaps join in. Basic issue is that as long as one uses "Alan Sabrosky" most of my work does not appear, but when one uses my full name (Alan Ned Sabrosky) a lot of military, government and academic work comes up. I'd be flattered to have an article in Wikipedia, but nothing is better than what is there now, and I simply do not know how to get that across more than I have done so far. But I appreciate your courtesy and your advice. Thanks, Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 14:22, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
All things considered, if you or someone else with your attitude did the editing/revising, I would -prefer that something be kept, if only to offset some of the negativity the original piece (plus the vandalism) has generated. I did mention there (and am sort of repeating it FYI) that I can send copies of my military DD214 (which will list service time, rank, service in Vietnam and medals) and 3 items from the US Army War College: my appointment to the General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research, my diploma from the College (I was the first civilian faculty member to get that) and my Superior Civilian Service Award (given at the end of my time there) - all official government publications, easily verified, and I expect the bio of me the Army War College used would also be available.
I should mention one thing, given the way in which Google & mainstream sources are used - none really look kindly on people who publish criticism of Israel, even people such as myself with some Jewish heritage. For instance (and since I do not bother looking myself up, both examples come from friends) shortly after I published a sequel to the "Treason, Betrayal and Deceit" article called "Demystifying 9/11" in Veterans Today (July 2011), one friend noted over 330,000 hits in Google - and a week later under 30,000, since back up a bit. And a YouTube video of a Press TV interview was seen by another friend going past one million views, but when she went back to the exact same video (having copied its address) the following day, it was under 10,000 views. So stuff happens, and you can share that info or discard it as you choose - and again my thanks to you for your input. Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 11:54, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Not sure how to respond to a remark that Wikipedia does not care much for primary sources....That certainly sets it apart from any and all printed encyclopedias in 4 languages with which I am familiar. I will try and find faculty pages from the various places I have taught, but you do know that in almost all US colleges, universities and research institutes, people write their own descriptions and the institution simply edits them down so most are more or less the same length? I find it odd that a write-up by me on myself at (e.g.) Georgetown would be acceptable to Wikipedia, but a write-up by me on myself directly would be verboten. Whatever, I will look for it this evening - and thank you for the ping to Drmies, I'll keep tracking this thread. -Alan Docbrosk1941 ( talk) 17:41, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
I wish I had been pinged about this one. Drmies ( talk) 02:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Please refrain advocating the sourcing of a WP:BLP to WP:FRINGE publicaitons, as you are doing at Talk:Alan Sabrosky, Here: [2], and in your proposed rewriire of the Alan Sabrosky, here: [3]. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 13:28, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, understand that you previously made edits to the history section of the SK-II page. There's actually a couple of points that require correction to make it more accurate. Would like to discuss the following points with you
1) SK-II as a brand was not developed in the 1970s, it was launched in Dec 1980. so it might be more accurate say their “story" began in the 1970s. Reference: http://news.pg.com/blog/birth-icon-skii and http://news.pg.com/sites/pg.newshq.businesswire.com/files/blog/additional/PG_BB_Sheets_SKII_Final.pdf)
2) It was not a monk that made the observation but scientists, according to numerous sources as well as the source on P&G's website. Ref: Reference: http://news.pg.com/blog/birth-icon-sk-ii
3) Would be good if there was an additional line to expound on "Pitera". Proposed Line: "Pitera is a bio-ingredient that contains the same similar composition of vitamins, amino acids and organic acids as the skin’s Natural Moisturizing Factors." (Reference: https://www.futurederm.com/sk-ii-is-it-worth-all-the-hype-and/)
4) To make the sentence more complete, can there be a mention to talk about SK-II being sold in 13 different markets (Ref: http://news.pg.com/sites/pg.newshq.businesswire.com/files/blog/additional/PG_BB_Sheets_SKII_Final.pdf) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvgho81 ( talk • contribs) 05:35, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
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There is an ongoing move discussion inspired by the idea that North Germanic peoples and inhabitants of Scandinavia are equivalent. Some members of WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies have already expressed their opinion, but including more members like yourself would certainly be of benefit to the discussion. Krakkos ( talk) 21:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi! I really appreciate your committment in writing the voice. Thank you!-- SimonBaraldi24 ( talk) 22:31, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
You really saved the day on the Advanced Idea Mechanics AFD - do you have anything that would help out with Supreme Intelligence? BOZ ( talk) 04:43, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Yngvadottir. I'm sorry I've upset you. Yes, I did attempt to get you to address my concerns in more detail, and I was very concerned about BLP being overlooked. BLP alone sets very high standards, and I tend toward following those standards strictly, especially when there's a history of likely undeclared paid editors involved with the article. That said, yes, I should have worked to deescalate the situation when you clearly weren't backing down from the inclusionism/deletionism mindset. If you want to discuss the matter further, let me know. Sorry I didn't handle the situation better. -- Ronz ( talk) 21:56, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bother you again, but I don't know any other admins and I have a question that I'm not sure where to ask. While researching to try to fix dead links on Yoweri Museveni, I found this book, which is for sale on Amazon. It seems to contain passages that are either ripped directly from WP or WP is copied from it; I suspect the former. That's a violation of WP's copyright or something, right? I just have no idea who to ask about this. Thanks. Runawayangel ( talk) 21:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Since you were editing Alexander Ananchenko, I was wondering if you might be able to help me out here. Sergey Morozov (politican) still has a lot of similar errors to what the other one had, but I don't know how to go about fixing it, especially since I can't read Russian. I was wondering if you had any idea where to start. Thanks. Runawayangel ( talk) 22:24, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help in correcting the problem I was having with signatures. With your assistance, I have been able to correct the matter. Ouranista 04:21, 9 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ouranista ( talk • contribs)
Thanks so much for expanding it and your kind words Yngie!! Hope you're well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:30, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you! And in advance, a Good Yule. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you! And thank you for yours, too :-) Good Yule to you and yours. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
YngvadottirA favor please. If I may impose. I have a draft article at
draft:oldperson/sandbox5 I am somewhat satisfied with it. Looking for one or two more references. Two problems. There are six references. When Iview them in Visual Mode all six show up, when I publish only three show up. The three that don't show up are Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page).: 9
Cite error: The <ref>
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and they don't show up on your page either, only in Source mode. Any ideas. They show just fine, the way they show up on Show Preview is perfect, but when I publish they disappear. Also I would like to add the Submit your Draft for Review template, but either one has to be an admin or have privileges.
Can you help? Thanks Oldperson ( talk) 19:32, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
There is one last reference driving me nuts. Reference [5]"Social life in Seventeenth Century Virginia" I've done everything I can think of and it is still invisible. I"ve retyped it on the page, over and still invisible. Is it me or is it the program? I even tried using the cite button and it just garbled the ref name and still invisible Oldperson ( talk) 21:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir Thank you. I see you fixed it. What I do wrong. I don't want to make the same mistake in the future. Iused the cite function on my test Sandbox2 and it worked, this time. So much to learn. Oldperson ( talk) 22:21, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you SO much for your help with the article I was trying to submit. I have resubmitted and hopefully your assistance will help to have it published. We do believe that Ms Mizutori's notability is sufficient (she is a UN Assistant-Secretary-General, just 2 steps below the Secretary-General) and we are also striving for gender-parity. Your help is very much appreciated! Elsworthj ( talk) 09:03, 24 January 2019 (UTC) |
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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk).
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The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by
Barkeep49 with six GAs,
Ceranthor,
Lee Vilenski, and
Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and
MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your wise words :) Contaldo80 ( talk) 02:34, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
A discussion has started about wrapper templates of {{ Link language}}. You may be interested in participating because you participated in a related previous discussion. E^pi*i batch ( talk) 03:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC) ( Retro is my main account.)
Thank you for your edits Gina and I appreciate the assistance. However, we would like to know what you suggest with respect to citations that are acceptable? Unfortunately, Wikipedia seems to take issue with tabloid citations and the vast majority of Gina's are from such sources. Furthermore, the latest image that I uploaded was deleted...again. With the incorrect reason that it was a copyright violation and was taken from Instagram, neither of which is true. How do I convince you that the image is both authorized content and an unpublished original image created by me? Also, I am very curious why her official Instagram account link is allowed, but the links I put in for her official Facebook page and official Twitter were deleted? Angusrobbie ( talk) 16:35, 10 June 2019 (UTC)Angus Robbie
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Sometimes better than words. skål! FeydHuxtable ( talk) 19:24, 15 June 2019 (UTC) |
I saw you cleaned up Seruga Titus and added a source, thanks. There's an ongoing discussion on RSN to establish whether sources discussing Titus are reliable, any comments would be appreciated. signed, Rosguill talk 22:05, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
For speaking up. I've been following your comments, nodding my head at each one I read. You feel the way I do, and I've meant to stop by for a few days but I've been so upset it's difficult to articulate anything. Your recent comment, "this is harassment" is spot on. That's exactly how I feel! Victoria ( tk) 00:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
As I said before, I think that you might find my next AFC submission quite interesting. I am working on another of the sections.
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The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 20:13, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
This discussion over at Black Sun (symbol) may interest you. :bloodofox: ( talk) 20:06, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
You might be interested to see
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.. the "e" kind. And dogs are NOT second class citizens to cats ... looks like a beauty though. :-) — Ched ( talk) 14:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Good daughter of Yngvi... Have you given any thought to committing the supreme foolishness of running for Arbcom? The current shitshow has made it clear that there needs to be a new crew rolling in and an old crew rolling out into well-deserved retirement. Count me as a big YES if you do run. Please give it some thought. best, —tim /// Carrite ( talk) 04:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
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Pretty decently you elucidated everthin' to me.Thanks for kind advice SHISHIR DUA ( talk) 16:48, 17 September 2019 (UTC) |
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This typo looks like I was in "Quick, fix up the article before another admin speedy deletes it!" mode. Cheers for spotting it. Also, what's all this "Edit is not an endorsement of the WMF" about? I mean, I'm not exactly jumping up and down and saying the WMF is brilliant and T&S is the best thing to happen to the encyclopedia (and who can blame me), yet somehow I manage to ignore it and work on content anyway. (Email me if it's easier) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:41, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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... for comments towards article improvement in Ritchie's case, - nice to be not alone. I typed a lot on my talk this morning, ending on "should be unblocked", - and then found out he was ;) - "don't believe in miracles, rely on them" ( Mascha Kaléko). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:34, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is
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submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Appreciate the useful copyedit on Poplar, London, but your edit summary comment about the WMF made me wonder what the WMF was in Poplar and prompted me double-check what sounded like a careful edit about a controversial subject, perhaps a political party or an infamous Poplar-based company where you were clarifying their activities but uncomfortable that people thought you might be endorsing their position.
But I see now you were just making a general statement about the Wikimedia Foundation while performing uncontroversial copyediting. WP:SUMMARYNO discourages this kind of discursive edit summary, I guess for reasons like that. Perhaps put a statement on your user page instead? -- Lord Belbury ( talk) 09:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
I used to hold your participation on Wikipedia in such high regard. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 15:16, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you today for your share for Bramshill House, "one of the most important Jacobean country houses in England. The current house was built in the early 17th century by Baron Edward la Zouche of Harringworth, but was partly destroyed by fire a few years later and subsequently redeveloped. The Italian Renaissance, which became popular in England during the late 16th century, is evident in its design. Some of the interior tapestries are quite remarkable pieces. It became a Grade I listed building in 1952, after which it became a police college."! - I am happy to share the page with a modest DYK about a singer who impressed me. In celebratary mood today -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:40, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:42, 20 December 2019 (UTC) |
Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas Yngvadottir |
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Thank you :-) And good Yule! Yngvadottir ( talk) 13:42, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
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Thank you :-) And good Yule to you! Yngvadottir ( talk) 04:51, 25 December 2019 (UTC)