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Hello how are you? I've been struggling on how to create a article so can you please explain how to make a article. FYI:I am on Ipad -- Ultradiamiondchicken ( talk) 22:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Greetings, CaptainEek. First of all, my apologies for bothering you but I seem to have found myself in a situation where I need some advice, and possibly some help.
Recently, after the Portuguese elections, I noticed that some of the Portuguese parties here on Wikipedia had their political "position" either incorrect or unnecessarily vague (from x to y, for example). Since it was a small quick fix, I edited the aforementioned information and left at that. Full disclosure, I'm aware I should've sourced the information, but what was there before was also unsourced. I admit my fault on that point, in fact, I reverted the edit myself on this page:
For further context, I've been registered on Wikipedia since August of 2010 and never had a fight with anyone. There were some content disputes, but it was all resolved in Talk pages prior to any action being used or needed, and that's always my expectation when I make a new edit.
However, out of the blue, a user called Vif12vf (and, apparently, from Norway) reverted my edit without any attempt to talk to me before, and the proceeded to go to my Talk page to accuse me of Disruption, and warn me of potential banning.
I took this personally, as I didn't act in bad faith, but was treated as I did.
In fact, all throughout Wikipedia there are warnings of "assuming good faith" before starting a fight, but this user didn't seem to care.
My second mistake here was that I reverted the reversion (essentially starting the revert war), and typed some comments that, in hindsight, I shouldn't have (implying that, because he's from Norway not Portugal, he'd have less knowledge on the topic - which may be true, but in hindsight, irrelevant), which became obvious as the user in question reverted my reversion of his reversion. In anger, I reverted it one more time.
About one hour later, I realized this wasn't going to end well, so I reverted the whole thing back to what it was before I made the original edit, and started to look at formal ways to deal with this.
I noticed that the user's reverts had a Twinkle tag, and after reading its page, it seemed to me that the user was guilty of "Abuse" as described on Twinkle page. So I dug deeper and, after confronting the user on his Talk page, I noticed that other users were also complaining of these spontaneous reverts without any type of prior communication.
Since then, I tried to ask for advice on the Administrators' noticeboard, but someone called Nate decided to change my request for information/advice into a full-fledged report.
Unfortunately, this whole situation is tiring, and I just want it to be over. So here is where I need your help understanding how to move on from this:
1 - my comments, which I regret, are still visible in the View History page. Is this a case where Oversight can be used to remove what I said (as it can be perceived as an attack on the other user)?
2 - is Vif12vf use of Twinkle in the way he's doing (or his reverts in general) acceptable or is it abuse?
3 - finally, what would you advise me to do at this point?
Sorry for the length of this question/request. Thank you in advance for your input. Raven-14 ( talk) 05:51, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Do I get paid for editing -- Victor2903hw ( talk) 19:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
is like your instinct. -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 17:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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You are telling me that I am a bad fit for the project. This is actually a very serious accusation almost pretty much like wanting me out of the project. As such, I don't thjnk it is anywhere near fair or objective or appropriate for an arbitrator to base such accusation in one diff of my dispute with an admin without even conducting an objective analysis of my overall editing history, which would show many instances where I am receptive and even seek out objective criticism. Sincerely, Thinker78 (talk) 00:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hey there! I love your user page. I want to make wikipedia even better than it already is. I was wondering if the small edits I've made so far have been good (not sure if wikipedia logs what exactly what user contributed what though)
Thanks for your work here again. Megaman2003 ( talk) 14:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
CaptainEek, your statement that We desyssoped Fram in part for harassment
is factually incorrect. Fram was desysopped by the WMF Office at the behest of Trust and Safety. Only Arbcom was given access to the (partially redacted) evidence against them, so I am not privy to the specific charges, but harassment features in the ensuing Arbcom case. Arbcom decided to vacate Fram's ban from English Wikipedia but to
"[take] over the decision to remove Fram's administrator tools". There was an extensive negative response in the community to this latter decision, which despite Fram's withdrawal from
their second RfA, leads me to consider your statement enough of a misstatement to request you modify it.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 23:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I was asked to join Wikipedia to create a page for Norwegian artist Samael. So far I have only played around in the sandbox using Banksy as a template. It is much harder to create a good article than I envisioned. Seems I am unable to upload any files/artwork yet also. Any tips on how to create a good page for the digital (visual) artist called Samael? (I know there is a band with the same name, that can cause possible problems?) Are there people who could work with me on creating this page? I have the information and pictures needed, but not the know-how on how to do it properly. -- SamaelFineArts ( talk) 21:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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We are the creators of the P.J. Whelihans Pub + Restaurant Logo and the logo/page image that is on their page now is very old. I have an updated logo. How do i update the page image on that page? -- Jesspisme ( talk) 17:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hello how are you? I've been struggling on how to create a article so can you please explain how to make a article. FYI:I am on Ipad -- Ultradiamiondchicken ( talk) 22:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Greetings, CaptainEek. First of all, my apologies for bothering you but I seem to have found myself in a situation where I need some advice, and possibly some help.
Recently, after the Portuguese elections, I noticed that some of the Portuguese parties here on Wikipedia had their political "position" either incorrect or unnecessarily vague (from x to y, for example). Since it was a small quick fix, I edited the aforementioned information and left at that. Full disclosure, I'm aware I should've sourced the information, but what was there before was also unsourced. I admit my fault on that point, in fact, I reverted the edit myself on this page:
For further context, I've been registered on Wikipedia since August of 2010 and never had a fight with anyone. There were some content disputes, but it was all resolved in Talk pages prior to any action being used or needed, and that's always my expectation when I make a new edit.
However, out of the blue, a user called Vif12vf (and, apparently, from Norway) reverted my edit without any attempt to talk to me before, and the proceeded to go to my Talk page to accuse me of Disruption, and warn me of potential banning.
I took this personally, as I didn't act in bad faith, but was treated as I did.
In fact, all throughout Wikipedia there are warnings of "assuming good faith" before starting a fight, but this user didn't seem to care.
My second mistake here was that I reverted the reversion (essentially starting the revert war), and typed some comments that, in hindsight, I shouldn't have (implying that, because he's from Norway not Portugal, he'd have less knowledge on the topic - which may be true, but in hindsight, irrelevant), which became obvious as the user in question reverted my reversion of his reversion. In anger, I reverted it one more time.
About one hour later, I realized this wasn't going to end well, so I reverted the whole thing back to what it was before I made the original edit, and started to look at formal ways to deal with this.
I noticed that the user's reverts had a Twinkle tag, and after reading its page, it seemed to me that the user was guilty of "Abuse" as described on Twinkle page. So I dug deeper and, after confronting the user on his Talk page, I noticed that other users were also complaining of these spontaneous reverts without any type of prior communication.
Since then, I tried to ask for advice on the Administrators' noticeboard, but someone called Nate decided to change my request for information/advice into a full-fledged report.
Unfortunately, this whole situation is tiring, and I just want it to be over. So here is where I need your help understanding how to move on from this:
1 - my comments, which I regret, are still visible in the View History page. Is this a case where Oversight can be used to remove what I said (as it can be perceived as an attack on the other user)?
2 - is Vif12vf use of Twinkle in the way he's doing (or his reverts in general) acceptable or is it abuse?
3 - finally, what would you advise me to do at this point?
Sorry for the length of this question/request. Thank you in advance for your input. Raven-14 ( talk) 05:51, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Do I get paid for editing -- Victor2903hw ( talk) 19:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
is like your instinct. -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 17:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Women in Red | April 2024, Volume 10, Issue 4, Numbers 293, 294, 302, 303, 304
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Tip of the month:
Other ways to participate:
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-- Lajmmoore ( talk 19:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging
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You are telling me that I am a bad fit for the project. This is actually a very serious accusation almost pretty much like wanting me out of the project. As such, I don't thjnk it is anywhere near fair or objective or appropriate for an arbitrator to base such accusation in one diff of my dispute with an admin without even conducting an objective analysis of my overall editing history, which would show many instances where I am receptive and even seek out objective criticism. Sincerely, Thinker78 (talk) 00:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello CaptainEek,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
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Hey there! I love your user page. I want to make wikipedia even better than it already is. I was wondering if the small edits I've made so far have been good (not sure if wikipedia logs what exactly what user contributed what though)
Thanks for your work here again. Megaman2003 ( talk) 14:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
CaptainEek, your statement that We desyssoped Fram in part for harassment
is factually incorrect. Fram was desysopped by the WMF Office at the behest of Trust and Safety. Only Arbcom was given access to the (partially redacted) evidence against them, so I am not privy to the specific charges, but harassment features in the ensuing Arbcom case. Arbcom decided to vacate Fram's ban from English Wikipedia but to
"[take] over the decision to remove Fram's administrator tools". There was an extensive negative response in the community to this latter decision, which despite Fram's withdrawal from
their second RfA, leads me to consider your statement enough of a misstatement to request you modify it.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 23:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I was asked to join Wikipedia to create a page for Norwegian artist Samael. So far I have only played around in the sandbox using Banksy as a template. It is much harder to create a good article than I envisioned. Seems I am unable to upload any files/artwork yet also. Any tips on how to create a good page for the digital (visual) artist called Samael? (I know there is a band with the same name, that can cause possible problems?) Are there people who could work with me on creating this page? I have the information and pictures needed, but not the know-how on how to do it properly. -- SamaelFineArts ( talk) 21:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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We are the creators of the P.J. Whelihans Pub + Restaurant Logo and the logo/page image that is on their page now is very old. I have an updated logo. How do i update the page image on that page? -- Jesspisme ( talk) 17:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Would you please delete my account. I recently signed up but I think it’s no longer necessary.
Thanks -- Completefacts333 ( talk) 18:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm immenul, can i add any information in the wikipedia according to my level of knowledge? -- Immaneul ( talk) 09:42, 24 April 2024 (UTC)