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Hi, Natalie -- At your suggestion, I've been reading the Michael Laucke article again. You'll see that I've made a few minor copy-edits to improve the sentences. Hope you approve. There are a few things I wanted to ask you about regarding the first two sentences in Michael Laucke#Early career:
1) Just from a stylistic point of view, I'd like to avoid the repetition of "Laucke" so close in proximity (so near each other). I'm going to work on that, but before I do, I want to ask you something about the second sentence:
This sounds like he performed his first concert of atonal music in 1965, and there were many other performances of atonal music following it. It even sounds as if atonal music is what he is known for. I'm not sure that's what you meant. If this was indeed his first performance playing the guitar, and it just happened to be a concert of atonal music, then the sentence needs to be worded differently, something like this:
Was Frank Angelo Michael Laucke's manager when he performed in Montreal in 1965? If so, perhaps:
or:
Either way, you avoid using "Laucke" twice. – Corinne ( talk) 00:59, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
La deuxième phrase, du lead, est parfaite, mais il y a des problèmes avec la première phrase. Il paraît que les mots "thus further broadening" s'appliquent à l'action de faire partie de la liste (par SOCAN), pas au travaille de Laucke. Je pense ce que l'on veut içi c'est de clarifier que c'est le travaille de Laucke qui a étendu la le repertoire de la guitare. Je suggère:
(Je ne comprends pas pour quoi vous avez "further", en "further broadening". Sauf dans le lead, est-ce que vous l'avez mentionné?). That's enough French. Just wanted to try writing something in French, the first time in many years. It's probably full of mistakes. – Corinne ( talk) 01:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
I'd better ask this question in English: Was it the listing by SOCAN that broadened the guitar repertoire, or was it Michael Laucke's transcription work that broadened the guitar repertoire? If the former, then the sentence is all right. If the latter, perhaps something like the version I suggested just above. – Corinne ( talk) 01:45, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Natalie -- At Checkingfax's suggestion, I am going through the article once more in an attempt to improve the wording and organization. By now you will have seen that I've made some bold edits. If you have any questions about them, I'm happy to discuss and/or explain them. I'm not finished yet, not even with the beginning of the article. I want to ask you about the sentence near the beginning:
I'm not happy with the placement of "in 1982", so am still thinking of what to do. I had moved it to the middle of the sentence to avoid having two years so close to each other. But now, upon thinking about it, I think the year he performed for the PBS network at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is more important than the year he was selected for it. I don't know if the year is the same or different. If it is different, and if you agree with me, can you tell me the year he performed at the Met? If it is the same, then I will have the option of moving "in 1982" to a different place in the sentence. Please let me know. – Corinne ( talk) 00:23, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
In the section Michael Laucke#Paco de Lucia you have Villa-Lobos linked with a pipe so that it appears as Villa-lobos, but in Michael Laucke#Transcriptions you have it as simply Villa-Lobos. Shouldn't these be consistent?
I notice toward the beginning of the article after the lead, you mention his age several times, sometimes as "thirteen" and sometimes as "13". These should be consistent, too. Which do you prefer? – Corinne ( talk) 01:21, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Natalie, I'd just like to offer my opinion regarding two places in the article. It's just an opinion, so you can disregard it. I think the part about Chenier going to Europe and not recognizing Laucke upon his return is clever, but not appropriate here. It has little to do with Laucke's career as a guitarist, composer, and music businessman, and I think it is an unnecessary distraction. I also think the part about Paco de Lucia practicing in the bathroom because he liked the sound of the music reflecting off the tiles is unnecessary. I know you mention the tiles a little later, but you can express Laucke's reaction to the sound of de Lucia's music without mentioning the bathroom tiles. I think it is just a little too much information that is not necessary, and not really encyclopedic in tone. Finally, in the first sentence of the article, you mention that he is a "music industry businessman". Maybe I've missed it, but I don't see any direct mention of him as a "music industry businessman". Can you point me to any discussion of him as a businessman? If you mean that he is a businessman just by virtue of having made many recordings, or being a performer, then I think you've got to define "businessman". To me, he seems to be more of a "music professional". Correct me if I'm wrong. – Corinne ( talk) 01:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
In the Michael Laucke#Articles section is the following sentence:
This is perhaps nitpicking a little, but I paused upon reading "the growth of the guitar". A guitar cannot grow. Interest in the guitar can grow. The guitar can grow in popularity. Interest in guitar studies can grow. Guitar sales can grow. But a guitar cannot grow. I know there is a (probably translated) title with the same phrase below this, but that does not mean that the wording of this sentence cannot be improved.
Natalie, you had "Flamenco Road" in italics before, and now it is in Roman (regular) font. Did you want it to be in italics? – User:Corinne ( talk) 19:22, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
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Natalie.Desautels: Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well and I am aware you are very busy; so, I will aim to be brief and to the point.
As you requested, I have now looked at the subject article again and, instead of interfering with the current editorial activity, I have decided simply to offer suggestions for your consideration. These are changes I would apply to the article myself if it had been included in the regular crop of articles put forward for copy editing by Suggestbot. However, since there are already quite a few editors participating in this GA review and also editing in situ, I will offer my editorial suggestions from the sidelines and will leave it entirely up to you to decide for or against them, and to apply them yourself if you decide they have merit. I hope to be helpful to you with this approach, while also staying out of the way of the 'lead' reviewers, so that we don't end up in the proverbial "too many chefs in the kitchen" situation.
I have therefore created a new section for you in one of my
drafting sandboxes. (Please ignore the other sections in there.)
The format I've adopted for this specific process is a bulleted list—with a bullet for each of the article's sections—showing selected (and numbered) sentences as they are currently worded in the article, along with editorial amendments such as words stricken through, or alternative wording offered for your consideration. Where appropriate, I have also given you a rationale for the proposed alterations, but might not always do so. Finally, I have only reviewed the lead section so far, to give you an opportunity to comment on whether or not you find this approach useful. I would obviously remain sensitive to your preferences and will aim to adjust my contributions accordingly. I will then proceed sequentially and review all sections from top to bottom, while also keeping abreast of comments and edits made by the other reviewers; my intent is to help and support rather than hinder and obstruct.
I am very pleased for you that the GA review is now well under way and I wish you good luck for a successful outcome.
With kindest regards for now;
Patrick. ツ
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Too little an appreciation for your large heart and impeccable politeness! It beats me how you have not got a dozen of these yet. You are one of the kindest and cheerful I have met here! Sainsf <^> Feel at home 13:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC) |
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Echoing Sainsf, Natalie, you are a breath of cheerfulness on WP. With your sweet, kind, polite, appreciative nature, and your delightful sense of humor, you make Wikipedia a better place in which to volunteer. – Corinne ( talk) 14:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC) |
Wow. ...All I can say is a B.I.G. ... ... .
Seriousness aside (as Groucho Marx used to say), this is very heartwarming ...and meaningful to me. Thank you. -- Natalie.Desautels ( talk) 14:43, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
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Dear Natalie,
I am over the Moon for you, now that your very first brand new article has successfully reached the hallowed heights of GA status! This is a considerable achievement and you should feel very proud of your success with it, as much as we—your Wiki-friends—feel so very proud of you! Throughout this effort, and with wonderful assistance from our friends @ Checkingfax: and @ Corinne:, you have shown great skill and determination in learning many aspects of developing an article for our encyclopedia, thus becoming very rapidly acquainted with the myriad of editorial guidelines and facilities that constitute this special Wiki-universe we inhabit, as its editors. For all this, very well done for your focus in becoming familiar, so quickly and expertly, with this new environment. In addition, and on a more personal level, you have impressed me (and several other editors, evidently) with your diligence, politeness, kindness, good humour and wit. In fact, so much so that I consider you simply as a lovely, trusted friend and I would feel honoured to work with you again, any time, and on any future project. For all these reasons, dear Natalie, I send you my warmest congratulations on this important milestone in your life as a Wikipedian editor! Long may you continue to excel here!! With much love and kindest regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk)( guestbook) 16:06, 9 April 2016 (UTC) P.S. Of course, I will continue to expect great things from your future contributions! |
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21:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)I think I read somewhere above that you love falafel... I felt sure you would have missed it a lot when you were devoting all your time to this superb article! Take this as a treat from my side! Sainsf <^> Feel at home 02:45, 10 April 2016 (UTC) |
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Hello, Natalie.Desautels. Michael Laucke, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know . You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot ( talk!) 21:20, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
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I saw on your user page that you are interested in flamenco and thought you might be interested. Erick ( talk) 16:00, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
If you could help put that draft into more comprehensible English it would be much appreciated. Feel free to edit it whenever you have time. Then I could think more about rewriting it and adding sources.
For biographies of living people, the most important thing is almost always finding sources discussing them. Although as I showed on the talk page, there are exceptions. Doug Weller talk 18:01, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
On 7 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Laucke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael Laucke's snooker winnings allowed him to finance 110 trips from Montreal to New York City to study the classical guitar with Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdès–Blain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Laucke. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Michael Laucke), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hello:
The copy edit Checkingfax requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of your article Michael Laucke has been completed. (I've let them know.)
You'll notice that I moved information on his MAC activities from the "Highlights and Awards" section that was not in the "Personal Life" section to it, and deleted it from the former. I did not check the other "Highlights/Awards" to make sure that the information is also included in the appropriate section of the main body of the article; if it isn't, it should be. Having said that, I'm not sure whether a "Highlights and Awards" section is then necessary - it certainly does no harm. I checked the Segovia article and it doesn't have one.
When you have time, it would be a good idea to archive any URLs you used in your citations to avoid the future possibility of "dead" links.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Kind regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 14:24, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Alternative text for images. The alt text you added to the Michael Laucke article may not be helpful for the function it's designed for. For example, instead of "Laucke playing his classical guitar, smiling" in the infobox I would suggest "photograph of Laucke, seated in half profile, playing his guitar and smiling while looking away from the camera". Also, I'm not sure what "Laucke" will sound like in a screen reader, but https://translate.google.ca/#en/fr/Laucke might give you an idea. Of course any alt text is better than none. Thanks for improving the article. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 06:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Hi Natalie.Desautels (cc @ Checkingfax:) Here's something interesting for you, after your edits on the Sorcha Faal reports article the viewership number skyrocketed (at least in the terms for this article). How many followers do you have? Thanks. Picomtn ( talk) 09:52, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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Picomtn. You can see page spikes
here when Natalie was first editing the
Michael Laucke article, during later edits, and on its May 7, 2016 DYK (1003 page views). Natalie has some magic hands. For instance, some of the page views are her edits, but she never made 576 edits in one day like it shows on
November 12. I am sure Google did not crawl the page 576 times in one day. Cheers! {{u|
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@ Checkingfax, Lingzhi, Corinne, Twofingered Typist, and Jerome Kohl: Kindly help us make a small decision regarding whether we might use 'Three Gymnopedies' or 'Trois Gymnopédies' in the Michael Laucke article. It presently says "Three Gymnopédies". My preference is for a completely English version. I considered that many sheet music publications use the English spelling, the French translation of Michael Laucke uses only the French spelling, and the Satie guitar transcription by Laucke is a bilingual French/English edition which spells Gymnopedies in English. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 05:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
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@ Checkingfax: Hi Twofingered_Typist and Corinne,
This concerns the section on the Flamenco Road album in the Michael Laucke article. I reworked what was a very long sentence, split it in three, and feel it is much better. It flows better now and is certainly less jumbled. Is it as clear as it can be? ...to wit:
Many thanks. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 18:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Ten works were recorded at five different studios in Montreal, each chosen for its unique acoustics. The instrumentation for the recording's title track, "Flamenco Road", required the use of 24 tracks. It comprises a combination of five guitars—flamenco, Spanish, classical and electric—and all natural acoustic guitars are played the Spanish way, using all the fingers of the right hand without a pick. The rhythm section includes bongos, four congas and a rock drum set blended with other percussion instruments such as claves, maracas and castanets. It further incorporates three dancers performing typical "palmas" (hand-clapping) in synchronization, as well as three trumpets, three pianos and a "country-style" violinist.[49]
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Dear Natalie,
With reference to
this intervention and its resulting
action, it occurs to me that if another editor found something objectionable about it (s/he didn't say what), then you might too. Therefore, I would like to offer you my apologies if anything in that edit offended you in any way. In case it did and you don't wish to discuss it any further, then I will respect your silence; I just hope you will consider the possibility that it was never my intent to offend.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ
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(or maybe I should wait a little longer: until you've finished munching your way down the mountain of cookies/bagels/pancakes to celebrate said FA achievement! )
@ Checkingfax, Twofingered Typist, Corinne, Lingzhi, and Sainsf: @ Jerome Kohl and Pdebee:
Greetings to all, Thanks to everyone for your wonderful help. I am excited about the progress this article is making as I give a good workout to my very fine tooth comb. Meanwhile, I would like to gather some opinions on whether the original language should be included in a Citation when using the '|Quotes=' parameter for a translated quotation. For example, [7], [25], [43], and a few others. I worked hard on typing up all the quotes but I dont mind eliminating the source language if need be, as it takes up twice the space or more at times. Nevertheless, The original language does add color, as languages are wont to do. Perhaps I slipped into this usage because it is in harmony with my multilingual upbringing, but it may be at odds with en-Wikipedia. Many thanks for your feedback. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 07:18, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, I came here to tell you I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Flamenco Road but also I noticed you'd picked up the userbox with my (sadly late) cat playing my Nord Electro. I converted it into a template this morning, and have popped that version on your userpage. It has a programmable gender so it displays "he" / "she" properly, and if there is demand I may do a "gender neutral" version as well. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:29, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, Natalie. I hereby accept your co-nom of me for a Wikipedia adminship and I have published the nom page
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Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well? All is well here and I am still on my Wikibreak, even though I login most days, mainly to check messages, tidy up my user page, and help a little bit where I can (like welcoming new editors). I have a lot of hand-written prose for several articles (current and new), but I prefer to carry out such marathons of massive updates when I'm sure I'll be able to devote several hours per edit session, which I can't at the moment.
I was sorry to see that the effort to bring the Laucke article to FA status has been
suspended, but I am sure ce n'est que partie remise.
I browsed it again today, after staying away for a while, and found a few sentences that I felt I could improve further. I have not gone through the whole article, but please feel free to revert any of these few copy edit changes if you end up concluding they don't add much value.
If you intend to work on something else and would wish for my participation, I'd be glad to consider joining you in another effort. For example, I noticed recently that the article on
Quebec French does not have a section on archaïsmes, unlike the
corresponding French article. This is a topic that fascinates me, as you know, and I'd love to work with someone like you on this, as a means to learn more about it. Another (cosmetic) aspect about that network of articles, is that some of the tables could have their entries sorted in alphabetical order, which I'd be happy to do, given my Wikignome-ish tendencies.
In any case, I trust the weather is warm now, where you live, and that you are in good health and happy.
Have a great weekend, Natalie.
With kindest regards, as ever;
Patrick. ツ
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Hello, Natalie.Desautels.
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Dear Natalie,
Have a good one, and don't work too hard! ... And no scoffing too many croissants when Canadian athletes win medals...
Looking forward to your return.
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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Dear Natalie,
I know you're still away and busy with Rio2016, but wanted to send you my warmest congratulations for turning into a:
This editor is a Grognard Mirabilaire and is entitled to display this 1937 Wikipedia First Edition. |
I hope you won't be grogner too fiercely, though...
Speak again when you're back, later this month or so. Until then, please keep well and don't work too hard!
Bien cordialement,
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well and not too busy? All is well here...
I would feel honoured if you would permit me to add the following userbox on my user page:
This user is a WikiFriend with User:Natalie.Desautels. |
However, please don't hesitate to decline, and I will readily accept—and fully respect—your decision, with good grace.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, as always;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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Hello, Natalie! I guess you are back home now and settling into your fall schedule. Welcome back to Wikipedia! It's nice to see you editing again. I'm just now finishing a copy-edit of Operation Dragoon. In that article there is a photo of a procession after the liberation of Marseilles in 1944. I see in the file description that the only description of the photo is in French. Since the officer Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is a key figure in the article, and there are a number of people in the photo, I think it would be nice to have the description also in English so that readers who do not know French can read it and see which one is de Tassigny. I wonder if you feel like translating the description and adding it (if that is permitted). I understand most of it but would not be able to do as good a job as you could. Here is the image:
– Corinne ( talk) 18:51, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
André Diethelm [Identifié par ressemblance avec le portrait disponible sur senat.fr] passe en revue des troupes dans Marseille libérée en août 1944. On reconnaît, derrière Diethelm, le général de Lattre de Tassigny (en pantalon et chemise d'uniforme, sans veste, regardant sur sa droite les soldats) et Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, à droite de la photo. Entre les deux précédents, derrière Diethelm, en képi à feuilles de chêne, le général de Monsabert. Photographie prise sur le quai de Rive-Neuve à l'angle avec le cours Jean-Ballard<ref>Localisation faite en reconnaissant les traits des bâtiments, qui n'ont guère changé depuis.
André Diethelm [identified by resemblance with the portrait available at senat.fr] reviewing troops in Marseille, liberated in August 1944. Behind Diethelm are: general de Lattre de Tassigny (in uniform trousers and shirt, without jacket, looking at soldiers to his right) and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, far right in the photo. Between the latter two and behind Diethelm, is général de Monsabert (in kepi with oak leaf). Photo shot (by an unknown author) on the quay de Rive-Neuve at the angle with Cours Jean-Ballard. Location identified through recognition of local buildings, which have not changed much since then.
André Diethelm reviewing troops in Marseille, liberated in August 1944. Behind Diethelm are: general de Lattre de Tassigny (in uniform trousers and shirt, without jacket, looking at soldiers to his right) and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, far right in the photo. Between the latter two and behind Diethelm, is général de Monsabert (in kepi with oak leaf).
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I just noticed (was alerted via username link) some activity on Laucke. It seems to be a disagreement with User:Corinne and another editor, so I'll let it run its course, but... lately I have been feeling pangs of guilt for being a little too brusque with my closing comment on the FAC. I sincerely hope you will accept my apology... mea culpa. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 06:11, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, Natalie -- At your suggestion, I've been reading the Michael Laucke article again. You'll see that I've made a few minor copy-edits to improve the sentences. Hope you approve. There are a few things I wanted to ask you about regarding the first two sentences in Michael Laucke#Early career:
1) Just from a stylistic point of view, I'd like to avoid the repetition of "Laucke" so close in proximity (so near each other). I'm going to work on that, but before I do, I want to ask you something about the second sentence:
This sounds like he performed his first concert of atonal music in 1965, and there were many other performances of atonal music following it. It even sounds as if atonal music is what he is known for. I'm not sure that's what you meant. If this was indeed his first performance playing the guitar, and it just happened to be a concert of atonal music, then the sentence needs to be worded differently, something like this:
Was Frank Angelo Michael Laucke's manager when he performed in Montreal in 1965? If so, perhaps:
or:
Either way, you avoid using "Laucke" twice. – Corinne ( talk) 00:59, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
La deuxième phrase, du lead, est parfaite, mais il y a des problèmes avec la première phrase. Il paraît que les mots "thus further broadening" s'appliquent à l'action de faire partie de la liste (par SOCAN), pas au travaille de Laucke. Je pense ce que l'on veut içi c'est de clarifier que c'est le travaille de Laucke qui a étendu la le repertoire de la guitare. Je suggère:
(Je ne comprends pas pour quoi vous avez "further", en "further broadening". Sauf dans le lead, est-ce que vous l'avez mentionné?). That's enough French. Just wanted to try writing something in French, the first time in many years. It's probably full of mistakes. – Corinne ( talk) 01:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
I'd better ask this question in English: Was it the listing by SOCAN that broadened the guitar repertoire, or was it Michael Laucke's transcription work that broadened the guitar repertoire? If the former, then the sentence is all right. If the latter, perhaps something like the version I suggested just above. – Corinne ( talk) 01:45, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Natalie -- At Checkingfax's suggestion, I am going through the article once more in an attempt to improve the wording and organization. By now you will have seen that I've made some bold edits. If you have any questions about them, I'm happy to discuss and/or explain them. I'm not finished yet, not even with the beginning of the article. I want to ask you about the sentence near the beginning:
I'm not happy with the placement of "in 1982", so am still thinking of what to do. I had moved it to the middle of the sentence to avoid having two years so close to each other. But now, upon thinking about it, I think the year he performed for the PBS network at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is more important than the year he was selected for it. I don't know if the year is the same or different. If it is different, and if you agree with me, can you tell me the year he performed at the Met? If it is the same, then I will have the option of moving "in 1982" to a different place in the sentence. Please let me know. – Corinne ( talk) 00:23, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
In the section Michael Laucke#Paco de Lucia you have Villa-Lobos linked with a pipe so that it appears as Villa-lobos, but in Michael Laucke#Transcriptions you have it as simply Villa-Lobos. Shouldn't these be consistent?
I notice toward the beginning of the article after the lead, you mention his age several times, sometimes as "thirteen" and sometimes as "13". These should be consistent, too. Which do you prefer? – Corinne ( talk) 01:21, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Natalie, I'd just like to offer my opinion regarding two places in the article. It's just an opinion, so you can disregard it. I think the part about Chenier going to Europe and not recognizing Laucke upon his return is clever, but not appropriate here. It has little to do with Laucke's career as a guitarist, composer, and music businessman, and I think it is an unnecessary distraction. I also think the part about Paco de Lucia practicing in the bathroom because he liked the sound of the music reflecting off the tiles is unnecessary. I know you mention the tiles a little later, but you can express Laucke's reaction to the sound of de Lucia's music without mentioning the bathroom tiles. I think it is just a little too much information that is not necessary, and not really encyclopedic in tone. Finally, in the first sentence of the article, you mention that he is a "music industry businessman". Maybe I've missed it, but I don't see any direct mention of him as a "music industry businessman". Can you point me to any discussion of him as a businessman? If you mean that he is a businessman just by virtue of having made many recordings, or being a performer, then I think you've got to define "businessman". To me, he seems to be more of a "music professional". Correct me if I'm wrong. – Corinne ( talk) 01:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
In the Michael Laucke#Articles section is the following sentence:
This is perhaps nitpicking a little, but I paused upon reading "the growth of the guitar". A guitar cannot grow. Interest in the guitar can grow. The guitar can grow in popularity. Interest in guitar studies can grow. Guitar sales can grow. But a guitar cannot grow. I know there is a (probably translated) title with the same phrase below this, but that does not mean that the wording of this sentence cannot be improved.
Natalie, you had "Flamenco Road" in italics before, and now it is in Roman (regular) font. Did you want it to be in italics? – User:Corinne ( talk) 19:22, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
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Natalie.Desautels: Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well and I am aware you are very busy; so, I will aim to be brief and to the point.
As you requested, I have now looked at the subject article again and, instead of interfering with the current editorial activity, I have decided simply to offer suggestions for your consideration. These are changes I would apply to the article myself if it had been included in the regular crop of articles put forward for copy editing by Suggestbot. However, since there are already quite a few editors participating in this GA review and also editing in situ, I will offer my editorial suggestions from the sidelines and will leave it entirely up to you to decide for or against them, and to apply them yourself if you decide they have merit. I hope to be helpful to you with this approach, while also staying out of the way of the 'lead' reviewers, so that we don't end up in the proverbial "too many chefs in the kitchen" situation.
I have therefore created a new section for you in one of my
drafting sandboxes. (Please ignore the other sections in there.)
The format I've adopted for this specific process is a bulleted list—with a bullet for each of the article's sections—showing selected (and numbered) sentences as they are currently worded in the article, along with editorial amendments such as words stricken through, or alternative wording offered for your consideration. Where appropriate, I have also given you a rationale for the proposed alterations, but might not always do so. Finally, I have only reviewed the lead section so far, to give you an opportunity to comment on whether or not you find this approach useful. I would obviously remain sensitive to your preferences and will aim to adjust my contributions accordingly. I will then proceed sequentially and review all sections from top to bottom, while also keeping abreast of comments and edits made by the other reviewers; my intent is to help and support rather than hinder and obstruct.
I am very pleased for you that the GA review is now well under way and I wish you good luck for a successful outcome.
With kindest regards for now;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Too little an appreciation for your large heart and impeccable politeness! It beats me how you have not got a dozen of these yet. You are one of the kindest and cheerful I have met here! Sainsf <^> Feel at home 13:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC) |
The Cheerfulness Award | |
Echoing Sainsf, Natalie, you are a breath of cheerfulness on WP. With your sweet, kind, polite, appreciative nature, and your delightful sense of humor, you make Wikipedia a better place in which to volunteer. – Corinne ( talk) 14:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC) |
Wow. ...All I can say is a B.I.G. ... ... .
Seriousness aside (as Groucho Marx used to say), this is very heartwarming ...and meaningful to me. Thank you. -- Natalie.Desautels ( talk) 14:43, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar A new editor on the right path | ||
Dear Natalie,
I am over the Moon for you, now that your very first brand new article has successfully reached the hallowed heights of GA status! This is a considerable achievement and you should feel very proud of your success with it, as much as we—your Wiki-friends—feel so very proud of you! Throughout this effort, and with wonderful assistance from our friends @ Checkingfax: and @ Corinne:, you have shown great skill and determination in learning many aspects of developing an article for our encyclopedia, thus becoming very rapidly acquainted with the myriad of editorial guidelines and facilities that constitute this special Wiki-universe we inhabit, as its editors. For all this, very well done for your focus in becoming familiar, so quickly and expertly, with this new environment. In addition, and on a more personal level, you have impressed me (and several other editors, evidently) with your diligence, politeness, kindness, good humour and wit. In fact, so much so that I consider you simply as a lovely, trusted friend and I would feel honoured to work with you again, any time, and on any future project. For all these reasons, dear Natalie, I send you my warmest congratulations on this important milestone in your life as a Wikipedian editor! Long may you continue to excel here!! With much love and kindest regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk)( guestbook) 16:06, 9 April 2016 (UTC) P.S. Of course, I will continue to expect great things from your future contributions! |
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21:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)I think I read somewhere above that you love falafel... I felt sure you would have missed it a lot when you were devoting all your time to this superb article! Take this as a treat from my side! Sainsf <^> Feel at home 02:45, 10 April 2016 (UTC) |
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Whatamidoing (WMF) 19:22, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Natalie.Desautels. Michael Laucke, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know . You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot ( talk!) 21:20, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, Natalie. I would encourage you to take a look at
this important IEG proposal. If you like it, please add your support and rationale. Cheers! {{u|
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I saw on your user page that you are interested in flamenco and thought you might be interested. Erick ( talk) 16:00, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
If you could help put that draft into more comprehensible English it would be much appreciated. Feel free to edit it whenever you have time. Then I could think more about rewriting it and adding sources.
For biographies of living people, the most important thing is almost always finding sources discussing them. Although as I showed on the talk page, there are exceptions. Doug Weller talk 18:01, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
On 7 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Laucke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael Laucke's snooker winnings allowed him to finance 110 trips from Montreal to New York City to study the classical guitar with Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdès–Blain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Laucke. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Michael Laucke), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit Checkingfax requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of your article Michael Laucke has been completed. (I've let them know.)
You'll notice that I moved information on his MAC activities from the "Highlights and Awards" section that was not in the "Personal Life" section to it, and deleted it from the former. I did not check the other "Highlights/Awards" to make sure that the information is also included in the appropriate section of the main body of the article; if it isn't, it should be. Having said that, I'm not sure whether a "Highlights and Awards" section is then necessary - it certainly does no harm. I checked the Segovia article and it doesn't have one.
When you have time, it would be a good idea to archive any URLs you used in your citations to avoid the future possibility of "dead" links.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Kind regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 14:24, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Alternative text for images. The alt text you added to the Michael Laucke article may not be helpful for the function it's designed for. For example, instead of "Laucke playing his classical guitar, smiling" in the infobox I would suggest "photograph of Laucke, seated in half profile, playing his guitar and smiling while looking away from the camera". Also, I'm not sure what "Laucke" will sound like in a screen reader, but https://translate.google.ca/#en/fr/Laucke might give you an idea. Of course any alt text is better than none. Thanks for improving the article. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 06:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Hi Natalie.Desautels (cc @ Checkingfax:) Here's something interesting for you, after your edits on the Sorcha Faal reports article the viewership number skyrocketed (at least in the terms for this article). How many followers do you have? Thanks. Picomtn ( talk) 09:52, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
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Picomtn. You can see page spikes
here when Natalie was first editing the
Michael Laucke article, during later edits, and on its May 7, 2016 DYK (1003 page views). Natalie has some magic hands. For instance, some of the page views are her edits, but she never made 576 edits in one day like it shows on
November 12. I am sure Google did not crawl the page 576 times in one day. Cheers! {{u|
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Ozone-oxygen cycle in the ozone layer.
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@ Checkingfax, Lingzhi, Corinne, Twofingered Typist, and Jerome Kohl: Kindly help us make a small decision regarding whether we might use 'Three Gymnopedies' or 'Trois Gymnopédies' in the Michael Laucke article. It presently says "Three Gymnopédies". My preference is for a completely English version. I considered that many sheet music publications use the English spelling, the French translation of Michael Laucke uses only the French spelling, and the Satie guitar transcription by Laucke is a bilingual French/English edition which spells Gymnopedies in English. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 05:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
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whirlpool in a pond
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@ Checkingfax: Hi Twofingered_Typist and Corinne,
This concerns the section on the Flamenco Road album in the Michael Laucke article. I reworked what was a very long sentence, split it in three, and feel it is much better. It flows better now and is certainly less jumbled. Is it as clear as it can be? ...to wit:
Many thanks. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 18:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Ten works were recorded at five different studios in Montreal, each chosen for its unique acoustics. The instrumentation for the recording's title track, "Flamenco Road", required the use of 24 tracks. It comprises a combination of five guitars—flamenco, Spanish, classical and electric—and all natural acoustic guitars are played the Spanish way, using all the fingers of the right hand without a pick. The rhythm section includes bongos, four congas and a rock drum set blended with other percussion instruments such as claves, maracas and castanets. It further incorporates three dancers performing typical "palmas" (hand-clapping) in synchronization, as well as three trumpets, three pianos and a "country-style" violinist.[49]
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The
Hilton Athens is part of the
Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel chain.
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Dear Natalie,
With reference to
this intervention and its resulting
action, it occurs to me that if another editor found something objectionable about it (s/he didn't say what), then you might too. Therefore, I would like to offer you my apologies if anything in that edit offended you in any way. In case it did and you don't wish to discuss it any further, then I will respect your silence; I just hope you will consider the possibility that it was never my intent to offend.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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guestbook) 13:53, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
(or maybe I should wait a little longer: until you've finished munching your way down the mountain of cookies/bagels/pancakes to celebrate said FA achievement! )
@ Checkingfax, Twofingered Typist, Corinne, Lingzhi, and Sainsf: @ Jerome Kohl and Pdebee:
Greetings to all, Thanks to everyone for your wonderful help. I am excited about the progress this article is making as I give a good workout to my very fine tooth comb. Meanwhile, I would like to gather some opinions on whether the original language should be included in a Citation when using the '|Quotes=' parameter for a translated quotation. For example, [7], [25], [43], and a few others. I worked hard on typing up all the quotes but I dont mind eliminating the source language if need be, as it takes up twice the space or more at times. Nevertheless, The original language does add color, as languages are wont to do. Perhaps I slipped into this usage because it is in harmony with my multilingual upbringing, but it may be at odds with en-Wikipedia. Many thanks for your feedback. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 07:18, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
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The
aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
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Hi, I came here to tell you I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Flamenco Road but also I noticed you'd picked up the userbox with my (sadly late) cat playing my Nord Electro. I converted it into a template this morning, and have popped that version on your userpage. It has a programmable gender so it displays "he" / "she" properly, and if there is demand I may do a "gender neutral" version as well. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:29, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.
The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.
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The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. ( T138966)
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Hi, Natalie. I hereby accept your co-nom of me for a Wikipedia adminship and I have published the nom page
here. I am humbled by your faith and trust in me. Cheers! {{u|
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Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well? All is well here and I am still on my Wikibreak, even though I login most days, mainly to check messages, tidy up my user page, and help a little bit where I can (like welcoming new editors). I have a lot of hand-written prose for several articles (current and new), but I prefer to carry out such marathons of massive updates when I'm sure I'll be able to devote several hours per edit session, which I can't at the moment.
I was sorry to see that the effort to bring the Laucke article to FA status has been
suspended, but I am sure ce n'est que partie remise.
I browsed it again today, after staying away for a while, and found a few sentences that I felt I could improve further. I have not gone through the whole article, but please feel free to revert any of these few copy edit changes if you end up concluding they don't add much value.
If you intend to work on something else and would wish for my participation, I'd be glad to consider joining you in another effort. For example, I noticed recently that the article on
Quebec French does not have a section on archaïsmes, unlike the
corresponding French article. This is a topic that fascinates me, as you know, and I'd love to work with someone like you on this, as a means to learn more about it. Another (cosmetic) aspect about that network of articles, is that some of the tables could have their entries sorted in alphabetical order, which I'd be happy to do, given my Wikignome-ish tendencies.
In any case, I trust the weather is warm now, where you live, and that you are in good health and happy.
Have a great weekend, Natalie.
With kindest regards, as ever;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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Hello, Natalie.Desautels.
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Hello! Your submission of Flamenco Road at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset ( talk) 00:43, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Dear Natalie,
Have a good one, and don't work too hard! ... And no scoffing too many croissants when Canadian athletes win medals...
Looking forward to your return.
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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Dear Natalie,
I know you're still away and busy with Rio2016, but wanted to send you my warmest congratulations for turning into a:
This editor is a Grognard Mirabilaire and is entitled to display this 1937 Wikipedia First Edition. |
I hope you won't be grogner too fiercely, though...
Speak again when you're back, later this month or so. Until then, please keep well and don't work too hard!
Bien cordialement,
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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guestbook) 14:13, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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Dear Natalie,
I hope you are keeping well and not too busy? All is well here...
I would feel honoured if you would permit me to add the following userbox on my user page:
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However, please don't hesitate to decline, and I will readily accept—and fully respect—your decision, with good grace.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, as always;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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guestbook) 21:29, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Natalie! I guess you are back home now and settling into your fall schedule. Welcome back to Wikipedia! It's nice to see you editing again. I'm just now finishing a copy-edit of Operation Dragoon. In that article there is a photo of a procession after the liberation of Marseilles in 1944. I see in the file description that the only description of the photo is in French. Since the officer Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is a key figure in the article, and there are a number of people in the photo, I think it would be nice to have the description also in English so that readers who do not know French can read it and see which one is de Tassigny. I wonder if you feel like translating the description and adding it (if that is permitted). I understand most of it but would not be able to do as good a job as you could. Here is the image:
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André Diethelm [Identifié par ressemblance avec le portrait disponible sur senat.fr] passe en revue des troupes dans Marseille libérée en août 1944. On reconnaît, derrière Diethelm, le général de Lattre de Tassigny (en pantalon et chemise d'uniforme, sans veste, regardant sur sa droite les soldats) et Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, à droite de la photo. Entre les deux précédents, derrière Diethelm, en képi à feuilles de chêne, le général de Monsabert. Photographie prise sur le quai de Rive-Neuve à l'angle avec le cours Jean-Ballard<ref>Localisation faite en reconnaissant les traits des bâtiments, qui n'ont guère changé depuis.
André Diethelm [identified by resemblance with the portrait available at senat.fr] reviewing troops in Marseille, liberated in August 1944. Behind Diethelm are: general de Lattre de Tassigny (in uniform trousers and shirt, without jacket, looking at soldiers to his right) and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, far right in the photo. Between the latter two and behind Diethelm, is général de Monsabert (in kepi with oak leaf). Photo shot (by an unknown author) on the quay de Rive-Neuve at the angle with Cours Jean-Ballard. Location identified through recognition of local buildings, which have not changed much since then.
André Diethelm reviewing troops in Marseille, liberated in August 1944. Behind Diethelm are: general de Lattre de Tassigny (in uniform trousers and shirt, without jacket, looking at soldiers to his right) and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, far right in the photo. Between the latter two and behind Diethelm, is général de Monsabert (in kepi with oak leaf).
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I just noticed (was alerted via username link) some activity on Laucke. It seems to be a disagreement with User:Corinne and another editor, so I'll let it run its course, but... lately I have been feeling pangs of guilt for being a little too brusque with my closing comment on the FAC. I sincerely hope you will accept my apology... mea culpa. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 06:11, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
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A new visual diff tool is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. [12]
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Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.
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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.
What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!
Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.
The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.
The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.
The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.
– PPelberg (WMF) ( talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 16:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.
The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.
To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.
– PPelberg (WMF) ( talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 15:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
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This edition of the Editing newsletter includes information the Wikipedia:Talk pages project, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. The central project page is on MediaWiki.org.
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Beta Cluster. Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.– Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 18:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Seven years ago this week, the Editing team made the visual editor available by default to all logged-in editors using the desktop site at the English Wikipedia. Here's what happened since its introduction:
Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 02:06, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
It looks like you haven't edited for a long time, so I'm taking your name off of Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter. If I've guessed wrong, or you come back to Wikipedia in the future, then please feel free to re-add your name, or to put your name on the global list at m:Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Newsletter.
Thanks for your interest in editing.
Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 02:56, 19 August 2020 (UTC)