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You asked on helpdesk, "how to preserve the best parts".
The best parts are the referenced facts. Anything else is useless; if the reader cannot verify it (by checking the refs), then it's meaningless.
If you want to grab an article by the horns to 'fix it', step 1 is removing everything that has no reference.
In many cases, that means there is not much left, but such is life.
Then you can find all information about that topic that is verifiable in appropriate reliable sources, and add it.
I guess this will sound a bit idealist, but it is policy. I guess you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Look at any featured article WP:FA, and every single fact should be verifiable. Sure, not everything needs to be a 'featured article', but it's a marker to head towards.
A short, well-referenced article is far better than a long unreferenced one. Anything not referenced can be removed by anyone at any time... it's all about the refs.
And welcome. 86.20.193.222 ( talk) 06:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
I saw your comment at ANI and your retraction of it. Honestly, I don't think you needed to retract it at all; even the anecdote you told wasn't over the top. The only thing that you could have been called out on was that the anecdote gave the impression that you supported a sanction in order to punish them, and an old bit of Wikipedia policy is that sanctions aren't supposed to be punishments, but serve to protect the encyclopedia and editing community from disruption (see WP:NOTPUNISHMENT). That said, the term "protective" as applied to sanctions has almost become a term of art on Wikipedia, and you could argue for quite a long time about whether something is punitive, protective, neither, or both.
I know wandering into unfamiliar territory in some of Wikipedia's administrative apparatus is intimidating. I just want to say that you were pretty much dead on in your assessment, that their activities aren't benefiting the encyclopedia. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being inexperienced and commenting at ANI or other noticeboards, and I encourage you to continue participating if you find it interesting. As I said, I actually disagree with the other person's assessment that your comment was insulting or unhelpful, though now that you've struck it I'd leave it stricken rather than make a big deal out of it (it looks like the block proposal is going to fail anyway).
Seriously, though, you absolutely do belong at ANI if you are interested and willing to contribute analysis to a situation. Just know you absolutely aren't going to get blocked or in any other kind of trouble even if you do break some rule (provided it's not a thread you started or a thread targeting you, obviously). We all make mistakes, and though there are some hotheads that will come along and jump down your throat for saying the wrong thing, the actual regulars there are a lot nicer to newbies than you'd think. —/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 07:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your Wiki help! So excited to edit and use all of these fantastic features. Dawn.bittner17 ( talk) 16:00, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Donald Trump is under consensus required before restoration, meaning you should self-revert
[1]. Also this was discussed before with I believe generally against having the archives. Also, As such, these principles mainly cover site-wide performance, where the purpose of the servers is to support the wiki contents, not the other way around. The purpose of the wiki content is to serve the reader; and performance considerations can certainly play a part in that process. Using thumbnails with a large size in bytes instead of a smaller size in bytes (e.g., using a high-fidelity 50 kB PNG instead of an uglier 20 kB JPEG) can definitely slow down the loading of pages; but whether that's acceptable is an editorial choice, not something the developers or sysadmins will either prevent or encourage.
and Worry about performance if you can tell the difference yourself.
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pingó mió) 06:34, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Violates the consensus clause which states: "You must not reinstate any challenged (via reversion) edits without obtaining consensus on the talk page of this article." It's right at the edit-notice. Dr. K. 06:38, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
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Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you that sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.Hi. Re this question: try Preferences - Gadgets - Appearance - Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page. -- Begoon 00:29, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
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You asked on helpdesk, "how to preserve the best parts".
The best parts are the referenced facts. Anything else is useless; if the reader cannot verify it (by checking the refs), then it's meaningless.
If you want to grab an article by the horns to 'fix it', step 1 is removing everything that has no reference.
In many cases, that means there is not much left, but such is life.
Then you can find all information about that topic that is verifiable in appropriate reliable sources, and add it.
I guess this will sound a bit idealist, but it is policy. I guess you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Look at any featured article WP:FA, and every single fact should be verifiable. Sure, not everything needs to be a 'featured article', but it's a marker to head towards.
A short, well-referenced article is far better than a long unreferenced one. Anything not referenced can be removed by anyone at any time... it's all about the refs.
And welcome. 86.20.193.222 ( talk) 06:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
I saw your comment at ANI and your retraction of it. Honestly, I don't think you needed to retract it at all; even the anecdote you told wasn't over the top. The only thing that you could have been called out on was that the anecdote gave the impression that you supported a sanction in order to punish them, and an old bit of Wikipedia policy is that sanctions aren't supposed to be punishments, but serve to protect the encyclopedia and editing community from disruption (see WP:NOTPUNISHMENT). That said, the term "protective" as applied to sanctions has almost become a term of art on Wikipedia, and you could argue for quite a long time about whether something is punitive, protective, neither, or both.
I know wandering into unfamiliar territory in some of Wikipedia's administrative apparatus is intimidating. I just want to say that you were pretty much dead on in your assessment, that their activities aren't benefiting the encyclopedia. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being inexperienced and commenting at ANI or other noticeboards, and I encourage you to continue participating if you find it interesting. As I said, I actually disagree with the other person's assessment that your comment was insulting or unhelpful, though now that you've struck it I'd leave it stricken rather than make a big deal out of it (it looks like the block proposal is going to fail anyway).
Seriously, though, you absolutely do belong at ANI if you are interested and willing to contribute analysis to a situation. Just know you absolutely aren't going to get blocked or in any other kind of trouble even if you do break some rule (provided it's not a thread you started or a thread targeting you, obviously). We all make mistakes, and though there are some hotheads that will come along and jump down your throat for saying the wrong thing, the actual regulars there are a lot nicer to newbies than you'd think. —/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 07:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your Wiki help! So excited to edit and use all of these fantastic features. Dawn.bittner17 ( talk) 16:00, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Donald Trump is under consensus required before restoration, meaning you should self-revert
[1]. Also this was discussed before with I believe generally against having the archives. Also, As such, these principles mainly cover site-wide performance, where the purpose of the servers is to support the wiki contents, not the other way around. The purpose of the wiki content is to serve the reader; and performance considerations can certainly play a part in that process. Using thumbnails with a large size in bytes instead of a smaller size in bytes (e.g., using a high-fidelity 50 kB PNG instead of an uglier 20 kB JPEG) can definitely slow down the loading of pages; but whether that's acceptable is an editorial choice, not something the developers or sysadmins will either prevent or encourage.
and Worry about performance if you can tell the difference yourself.
Galobtter (
pingó mió) 06:34, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Violates the consensus clause which states: "You must not reinstate any challenged (via reversion) edits without obtaining consensus on the talk page of this article." It's right at the edit-notice. Dr. K. 06:38, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Please carefully read this information:
The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.
Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you that sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.Hi. Re this question: try Preferences - Gadgets - Appearance - Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page. -- Begoon 00:29, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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