User talk:Peppy Paneer

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Parag Desai

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Hi, if somebody can look at the Parag Desai 3rd paragraph - "His work in the field of public relations resulted in winning the Best Communications and PR of the Year Award at the Indian Telly Awards in 2003.^{[citation needed]}" I checked the same with this source. It contain neither the company nor the person. Should the statement be removed ? Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 14:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If the statement is not supported by a reliable source then it can/should be removed under our policy regarding biographies of living people. Mkdw ^talk 15:10, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)

Done Yes, I agree, and I've removed it. --Nick⁠—⁠^Contact/_Contribs 15:13, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Mkdw & Nick Peppy Paneer (talk) 05:45, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A belated welcome!

Hi again Peppy Paneer, I noticed now that nobody have been given you a proper welcome (our bad!) so here it is. It is good to have you onboard, w.carter-Talk 11:52, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi w.carter, few years earlier I used to edit sometimes on Wikipedia without being a registered user. I am glad to be back here with a user account. Thank you for the welcome! Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:18, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! That explains why you seem more experienced than other newcomers. :) Small tip though: When you "mention/ping" another user, don't use their individual signature. That signature is only supposed to come alive when the user is signing something. Otherwise it might be regarded as if you are trying to impersonate another editor. So for example, for notifying me you write W.carter or @W.carter: (look at the code). If there is anything you need to ask about, please don't hesitate to call on me at my talk page. I'm one of the editors who help "newbies" around here. Cheers, w.carter-Talk 13:09, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@W.carter:, Hi coming after a long time (around 3 years). Yes I will take care of the same from now onwards.

And for now see if you can help with this, I am searching two things : 1st - template for a tea house talk back notifications on the talk page (it will save time) 2nd - the userbox templates of This user always uses edit summary

And Thank you again for such a warm welcome. Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:28, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well the first one is easy. The code is

{{Wikipedia:Teahouse/Teahouse talkback|WP:Teahouse/Questions|WP:Teahouse/Questions|ts=~~~~}}

The second one is one of those irritating things that you have seen an hundred times and still can't remember where. :-/ The closest I can find is this

{{User:SteveStrummer/Template:EditSummary}}

Resulting in

This user believes that edits need
useful summaries.

There are a whole bunch at Wikipedia:Userboxes. Or you can ask at the Teahouse where someone may have a better memory than me. Best, w.carter-Talk 14:01, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@W.carter: Hi, yes the second one is a bit tedious to find :P ... anyways Thank you for the time. Peppy Paneer (talk) 08:04, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Query

@W.carter: Hi, long time...hope you are doing good:)...I found that a speedy deletion tag(put by user:Qwertyus) was removed from this recently created articlePEARL Institute of Management and Information Technology by a user:Khilji74(its being user's first edit) without any discussion. I have already placed a message on this user for not to remove the tag in future. What is the procedure to be followed in this case ? Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:01, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! You did the right thing in warning the user about removing the speedy deletion tag. If it had been the last edit, you could simply have reverted their edit, but now there has been several new edits made, that have not improved the article as far as I can see, so the tag should probably be replaced. I'm not a reviewer so I'm pinging the editor, Qwertyus who placed tag in the first place to tag it again. Another new editor has also appeared on the article, and it seems like they have a similar promotional interest in the company. They have also been warned. Further, I think that the pic is a copyright violation and that it will soon be removed from the Commons and the article. w.carter-Talk 12:30, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok!

Thank you @W.carter:. Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:38, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone is free to remove CSD tags on articles that they did not create; the new editor might be a sockpuppet but since Velella removed the worst advertising, I didn't feel like pursuing this much further. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 13:30, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, noted. I always thought such removals should be discussed first. Cheers, w.carter-Talk 13:37, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Qwertyus: for clarifying. Got it! Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:48, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Some baklava for you!

i am still working on Barharia be patient Monu4u1987 (talk) 06:53, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Monu4u1987: Yes, sure! Thank you for Baklava...Well in that case, it is more useful to use either Draft or Sandbox for initial work on the article. Also, please check the messages by User:Mike Rosoft. They are useful. Feel free to ask for any help. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:05, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank You..I think i need to develop my page more. SantoshiWiki (talk) 11:23, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SantoshiWiki: Thank you Peppy Paneer (talk) 11:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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thanks but the correct name is George Amparis

Hi actually i try again to correct it! I put some other information too but who are you and where did you know that person?

Zoe diam (talk) 12:20, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zoe diam:, Hi I don't know Georgios Abaris. I am an editor on Wikipedia and I found the changes in "Recent change log". And saw a major typo, so went for correction. Anyways, the source 1 says its "Georgios Abaris". Why do you believe that its incorrect ? Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:35, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zoe diam: Hi, I did some more research and found that Georgios Ambaris too links to Georgios Abaris. And I found the source 1 and also a wikipedia article in other language Georgios Ambaris. But I can not find any sources that suggests it to be "George Amparis" as claimed by you. If you could find some source...go ahead and change by citing the sources too. Cheers! (PS- @Materialscientist: fyi and for inputs if any ? ...since you redirected the article 2 Thanks! ) Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

sorry

Dear Peppy sorry but i have no idea how to correct the article! I am her wife and i was trying to make a wiki for him! I just found that article and i thought it will be easy to correct it!!! I am curious about who has wrote it! I will appreciate if you help me! His name is George Amparis (english) Γιώργος Αμπάρης (greek) Zoe diam (talk) 14:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zoe diam:, Hi :) first of all its Ok..go through Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors...its useful. And Is Georgios Abaris your husband or you are confused with the same name. Please read the article Georgios Abaris first to find out. If he is your husband then the article is right here on Wikipedia. While if your husband is George Amparis and Georgios Abaris & George Amparis are two different people. Then, "Please don't edit the existing article", first go through WP:Notability and WP:BLP to see if "George Amparis" qualifies the criteria for an article on Wikipedia. If yes, please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest as you clearly have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article, so it is suggested that you use Wikipedia:Requested articles. Some other editor will create it. Cheers!

You may want to go through Wikipedia to know more. And about your curiosity for the creator of any page, you can always check by clicking at the "View history" of any article and then clicking last. Well I have made it easier for you...Georgios Abaris was created by User:Jogurney on 23 Dec'08. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 20:28, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you Peppy ! Georgios Abaris (as has written) is my husband and the right spelling for English is George Amparis as i already told you! It's not someone else! I have no idea why i can not change it or to put photos or add some more articles like interviews or videos! I have read before the wiki "instructions" but i thought it will be easier!!! Thanks a lot ! I will try again when i have my computer back! Zoe diam (talk) 08:43, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zoe diam:, Ok cool. And by the way "it's not wiki"...it is Wikipedia. Please do follow Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:01, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Valueguyz

Apologies - I didn't see you'd already CSD'd Valueguyz as it had been reverted by the editor. Samuel Tarling (talk) 12:32, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Samtar: No issues :) , the article has been deleted. Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 2015

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on User talk:84.90.219.128. Do not template the regulars! That may look to you like 'just' an IP; it is an experienced editor, who, whilst not being perfect, will not be aided by your templating. Try a conversation! Ciao! _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 19:41, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Oh! my bad :/ ... Well I certainly did thought for a moment that template message is "not" apt in this case (but the edit resulted into the removal of a table from the article). So I put it, but suddenly seemed that the user is an experienced editor. Anyways, I didn't close the tab. I have removed it with an apology in the edit summary.

Thank you for bringing it up! And Yes, I do assume good faith towards other editors. You are welcome to see it in the contributions. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 20:07, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your edit on the IP's page Peppy. Cheers! _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 20:10, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Carvalho

Hi there PP, from Portugal,

I know that your intentions were the best, but I reverted the other user because they: 1 - inserted a source to their chart addition from a user-generated website, poses no problems as a mere link (especially for Portuguese footballers, as it's Portuguese itself) but it's not reliable/acceptable as a ref; 2 - added wrong info therein. I have been here for almost nine years, only wanting to help out :)

On a related note, I have already: 1 - duly relocated chart in order of contents; 2 - replaced source; 3 - corrected wrong info. Keep up the good work, sorry for any inconvenience --84.90.219.128 (talk) 20:35, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@84.90.219.128: Hi yes I viewed it. You may check a dummy edit by me on William Carvalho :). And 9 years..."Cheers for your contributions". By the way, I appreciate your reply here.

Thank you Peppy Paneer (talk) 21:13, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

Hi Peppy Paneer. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

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Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 16:24, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Beeblebrox: Hi,

Thank you for granting Rollback feature. It will be useful and sure will be in touch in case of any confusion/trouble. Cheers! Peppy Paneer (talk) 18:41, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:Abhi Champanera

Please stop him.Xx236 (talk) 10:59, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Xx236: Hi, I have put a request again at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Although I have explained the reason for block, still you may wish to add your comments if I have misssed any. Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 11:14, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mumia Abu-Jamal Edit

The edit wasn't a mistake. An en dash was being used when an em dash should have been used. –2602:304:28AA:D5F0:64D0:527D:38B6:CFF (talk) 06:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@2602:304:28AA:D5F0:64D0:527D:38B6:CFF: Hi, when you tried to correct the dash, the edit resulted into a typo. You may see in the differences. Anyways, I have put a comma in place. You may check. Happpy editing Peppy Paneer (talk) 07:10, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My edit at Kashmiri muslim tribes from hindu lineage

Hi. You just revered my edit. I have infact given a clear edit summary. That page deals with Kashmiris and the tribe Sudhan is not Kashmiri tribe and so i removed it. Kmrhistory (talk) 08:14, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Kmrhistory: Hi...its a clear copy paste move from article Sudhan done by an IP address, I have placed a message on its talk page.User:Wasimulhaq removed the vandalism and it was reverted by a bot (considering possible blanking as vandalism). So, that's how it got its place in the article. And when you removed, it showed content removal without any reason, while I can see now the edit summary is clearly stated in the history. I don't know how. So, it seemed as if you undid the edit by bot removing vandalism. Anyways, Sorry for the trouble and

Thank you for bringing it up. Cheers :)

But I feel that we can just add the name of Sudhan as a tribe in Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Hindu lineage. I have added it. If you still feel that it should not be in the article. Ping me and lets discuss the same on talk page of the article. Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 11:20, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually Sudhans are a community in Azad Kashmir and are not ethnic Kashmiris which is why this tribe name does not belong to that page. It is good to have some pre-hand knowledge of these matters before editing these pages. Thanks.Kmrhistory (talk) 08:50, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse Question

Hi there - just a heads up that I have moved your recent question at the Teahouse from the bottom of the page to the top. Most talk pages require that new discussions be placed at the bottom of the page. At the Teahouse, however, new questions are placed at the top to maximize visibility. Thanks! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:09, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SuperHamster: Yes, I am aware of this concept. I don't know how it got there :/ ... Anyways,

Thank you for the kindness. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 17:14, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, interesting...did you use the "Ask a Question" button? I did see someone mention once that their question ended up at the bottom when they used that button. Curious if it's still a problem. Thanks, and sorry for the unnecessary note :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again @SuperHamster:, yes I did use the "Ask a Question" button. And I actually saw the question at the end of the page, thought of some error and when refreshed the page it was at the top. Didn't know it was your effort until you post it here

Thank you. And never mind for the note. I know your intentions were best. By the way, question has been answered. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 20:45, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your edit to Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

You reverted an edit claiming it was nonconstructive, when in fact the edit you reverted was done to undo vandalism. I have reverted the article to a version prior to any vandalism taking place. — Jkudlick ^tc_s 08:40, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jkudlick: Hi yes i saw it, it happened by mistake.

Thank you for correcting the same. Peppy Paneer (talk) 17:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle not loading

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Hi, the Huggle is not loading since yesterday. Is any technical error going on ? I doubt. As I saw few of the editors using it while Special:RecentChanges patrolling. Should I uninstall and install again or what ? Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:37, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know there is no broad technical problem going on. Uninstalling and reinstalling sounds like a good place to start. If that doesn't help, try posting on Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback where those with more Huggle-specific technical knowledge can assist you. Cheers, Nick⁠—⁠^Contact/_Contribs 16:20, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@NickW557: Hi again. I reinstalled again. Its not working :( Ok, I will put it at Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback.

Thank you Peppy Paneer (talk) 18:38, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Rasool shahsevani

Hey there. I saw you originally listed this page under WP:PROD. I thought you may want to know that I've opened a formal nomination for deletion. Cheers! Mww113 (talk) 09:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mww113: Hi and

Thank you for informing the same. I was on a "Wikibreak" in the first 2 weeks of September. So, missed it. Now, I am back. Anyways, I have participated in the discussion. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 10:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse reply

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Hi again. I'm not sure how you did it, but with this edit you created a duplicate of the "Discount coupon for Wikipedia T-shirt" section and deleted another editor's question and the responses in the section "Khushbu Thakkar". I've fixed everything, but you might just want to take extra care when editing discussion pages in future. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cordless Larry: First of all Many Thanks for correction :)...it was done by mistake. And actually I typed the response almost 3 hours before and submitted but the internet connection went down. And when I refreshed the page latter, it opened the editing version, so clicked the "Save page" button. And moved ahead. Unfortunately things got messed up. Apologies to Sdhakray too for messing up the question.

And yes I do understand the importance of discussion page like Wikipedia:Tea house, I always give a visit now and then irrespective of the fact I have asked anything or not. Thanks once again and sorry for unnecessary trouble. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:41, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No need to apologise, Peppy Paneer. You are always welcome at the Teahouse and your continued interest in goings-on there is appreciated. When I've had similar problems to your loss of internet connection while editing, I've found it best to copy the text you've written out of the edit window, refresh the browser and then start the edit again by pasting the text back in. Those situations can be tricky though. If you hit "save page" at the wrong time when the connection is lost, it can result in loss of the text entirely, which is even more annoying! Cordless Larry (talk) 15:22, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cordless Larry: haha...yes it is annoying. And that's the best to do while internet connection loss in mid way. I will use it

Thank you. Anyways, I feel there is no harm in apologizing for any trouble even though if done unknowingly and with best intentions. Happy Editing :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 17:06, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good policy, and one I try to follow myself. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:13, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pending changes reviewer granted

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Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:37, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@MusikAnimal: Hi

Thank you for granting "pending changes reviewer" userright. I will use it with good judgement in accordance to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Peppy Paneer (talk) 11:55, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New page patrolling

Hi Peppy Paneer! I wonder if you could give me some tips about new page patrolling, as I have recently stumbled across Special:NewPages and marked off a few pages that were not patent nonsense. I started to feel like I could use some guidance about best practices, though, and as I know you are a new pages patroller, I thought of asking you directly.

(Unrelatedly, I wonder from your username if you are from India? Mmm, paneer. I'm from the U.S. but lived in Europe for a couple of years a long time ago also.) —GrammarFascist _contribs ^talk 23:54, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GrammarFascist, first of all I would appreciate your work at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions, I see it frequently. I visit Teahouse (a great place to hang out and learn at Wikipedia) often. And yes I will be more than happy to assist you in patrolling New pages. Do you have Wikipedia:Twinkle gadget installed ?

And as far WP:G1 is concerned one thing which I always check before tagging with WP:G1 is "If we can understand the article, then WP:G1 does not apply" (the last line at WP:G1). You may find the detailed information at Wikipedia:Patent nonsense. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:12, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am from India. Peppy Paneer (talk) 12:13, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the appreciation, Peppy Paneer. You do fine work at the Teahouse as well.

I don't yet have Twinkle installed; I only just installed my first script and am still getting the hang of it, so I don't want to overwhelm myself all at once. I was thinking about going in baby steps as far as new pages patrolling, and just marking pages as patrolled that seem to have no issues, rather than trying to mark the pages that do have issues and doing it wrong — so pages I was unsure about I would just leave alone. I thought that would help at least somewhat with the volume of unpatrolled new pages.

So I guessed right! One of the things I enjoy about Wikipedia is meeting editors from all over the world. —GrammarFascist _contribs ^talk 14:54, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@GrammarFascist: Hi, been busy these days in making presentations...so a delay in reply. Well how I started patrolling new pages is on the opposite side. Initially I started tagging the articles which were strictly according to CSD criteria and keeping a bit distance from other ones. While you are patrolling the articles which are in compliance to the policies. Anyways, it's a nice approach. I would suggest installing Twinkle when you feel like doing the patrolling too often. It is very handy tool and saves time. Feel free to ping for anything. And yes I do appreciate this too that editors from different parts of the world working constantly for Wikipedia. Happy Editing Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:18, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Metolite

Sir I know you r faster than me ! So pls allowed me to create this really needed for Public Education,...... Er. Hrithik Vardhan (talk) 08:59, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Er. Hrithik Vardhan Hi, check the message I have left on your talk page. The current article is not in accordance to the basic Wikipedia guidelines and could have been deleted anytime. So, based on the edit summary which you provided. I have alredy moved it to draft space where you can continue to work and improve upon the article, it's at Draft:Metolite. Please do go through Wikipedia:Notability (web) and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest too, it will help. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:03, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And Er. Hrithik Vardhan, you need not use salutation Sir. I am a Wikipedia editor like everyone else here including you. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:06, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the coffee -- I try to stay ahead of the vandals. :) Cheers, GAB^Hello! 20:38, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

is the article ok now

Just did a couple changes and plan on doing more every blue moon. Thank you for your understanding and help. Kingsamhippy (talk) 18:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Kingsamhippy: No, instances like " we hear", "overrated with negativity and nonsense" and even the tone of the article is unencyclopaedic. Please click on Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and read, it's very helpful. One more very basic lag is that the article does not cite any third party reliable sources. Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 19:57, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK thank you for your help and that line "overrated with negativity and nonsense" I kinda figure I need to delete that. I am going to read Wikipedia:Neutral point of view so I can get a better understanding on what I need to do. Thank you very much again.

@Kingsamhippy: You are welcome. I am here to help. And after reading Wikipedia:Neutral point of view & WP:SOURCE. You may go through WP:BLP, it will state exactly what you need to do. Let me know if you face difficulty with any of these policies although they are interesting :). And please remember to "Sign your posts on talk pages" using four tildes like this ~~~~. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 22:00, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peppy Paneer OMG this is so complicated but, I'm learning little by little and thank for your help again. OK I will do some research on Wikipedia:Neutral point of view & WP:SOURCE and WP:BLP let me see if I did this talk sign right. Kingsamhippy (talk) 22:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC)(talk[reply]

@Kingsamhippy: Yes, it's a bit complicated but once you start too follow the terms it's interesting. And yes you signed your post write this time. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 06:19, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peppy Paneer Great! Yes it is very interesting but kinda fun at the same time. its a saying "gaining some kind of knowledge is a blessing" and gaining knowledg here is a blessing. I wrote another article that is in draft now I was wondering if you can check it out and if it need to be fixed can you PLEASE fix it so I can publish it? The world need to know about us. If u need more info of Outreach Music Group you can check us out @ www.Facebook.com/myoutreachmusic again thank you for your help. Kingsamhippy (talk) 12:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Possible namespace issues with https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vfrickey/Archive_5 you tagged for speedy deletion

You just now blanked and tagged https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vfrickey/Archive_5 - which is an archive of my user talk page, because it appeared in wikipedia's main space.

Tracking back over how I created that archive, I clicked a red-linked "Archive 5" from the archive box on my user talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vfrickey, assuming that it was in archive space, seeing as the bot running that archive box had the file there.

Clicking back over it I do see now that the URL for that page is different from other archives in my list (I neglected to have Clue Bot III create an archive index in my user talk page space this morning, getting to it now).

I withdraw my objection to speedy deletion of the page in question. Thanks for the good catch! loupgarous (talk) 17:52, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vfrickey: Hi...look at the irony...today in the morning, I was reading Help:Archiving a talk page to know about how to archive the talk page discussions. Actually it was getting a bit longer to scroll down when I viewed it through mobile. And as I visited your talk page, came to know know that your intentions are best and it is an innocent mistake. So, went ahead and did the needful. Cheers to your more than a decade editing on Wikipedia :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 19:35, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for catching me early on a boneheaded inadvertent page creation! Dunno if you like cats, I do - so it's well-meant.

loupgarous (talk) 17:55, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Vfrickey and yes, I do like Cats :)...I have one...his name is Butter. Happy Editing! Peppy Paneer (talk) 19:40, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you so much Peppy. I am new at Wiki; people like you make this world better place to learn & live. Sunovikas (talk) 14:26, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sunovikas: Hi

Thank you for the Barnstar. And I like contributing to Wikipedia. If you need any assistance regarding editing, feel free to ping. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 16:52, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Sorry for creating an attack page that i never wished to do it on the first place. We have a beer together. Angry Bald English Villian Man Chat 20:48, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Spam

I deleted User:Microzite Pty Ltd. If you find a promotional page with no non-promotional history, you may tag it for deletion using {{db-spam}}. Thanks, BethNaught (talk) 14:32, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BethNaught: Hi...Yes that's what I always do. This time I thought of blanking the page and putting a message and letting them aware of the guidelines and wanted them to start contributing productively. Anyways, promotional history was there...so, it does qualify for deletion tag. Thanks for correction & Happy Editing Peppy Paneer (talk) 14:58, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.

To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:39, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey 7&6=thirteen

Thank you for the Wikilove and I will spread it too :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:07, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Dobos torte for you!

Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 16:15, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Rubbish computer:

Thank you for the Wikilove and I will spread it too :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:07, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year Peppy Paneer!

Happy New Year!

Peppy Paneer,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 13:27, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to user talk pages.

.

Thank you @Poepkop: And I wish the same for you too :) :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:49, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Peppy Paneer!

Happy New Year!

Peppy Paneer,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 23:46, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Thank you @Rubbish computer: and I wish the happiness & prosperity in this year for you too :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:48, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Peppy Paneer: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:29, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message

Thanks @Northamerica1000: and A very happy new year to you too :) Peppy Paneer (talk) 13:47, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 00:34:54, 9 January 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Wcf1975

Wcf1975 (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Covepoint Capital Advisors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Peppy Paneer,

You recently declined my article submission citing the notability criteria. I believe the subject fairly notable to which I have provided links to major news sources (Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, Institutional Investor and Business Insider). Please let me know what else you are looking in term of notability or how can I improve it to be accepted by wiki. Thanks for your help and time.

Warm Regards.

Wcf1975 (talk) 00:34, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Wcf1975: Hey, the article has 7 references, out of which 1st is from the organization itself. 2nd is a good source at an introductory part of the article. Sources 2,3,4 covers the same event. 5th is a very good coverage (mix of industry & about the company) but it also looks like an interview of the promoter & about them. 6th is a good source when used for the promoter of the company. 5th & 6th are good coverage but not alone sufficient to establish the notability. 7th is a mere passing by. There are other recent sources too which I found on the internet. You may use them and to establish notability, you may want to read WP:CORPDEPTH. Thanks Peppy Paneer (talk) 09:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, Thanks for replying for my request. I indeed have link for Business Insider article which is very recent but if you believe other recent sources can improve the notability can you please direct me to the sources so that I can improve the article by including the recent links. I appreciate your time and help in this regard. Thank you.

Wcf1975 (talk) 10:23, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, did you get a chance to review my last reply? Can you please direct me to the sources you think are to establish notability, thanks for you time and help. I appreciate. Thanks in advance.

Wcf1975 (talk)Wcf1975

@Wcf1975: Hi, please use the link "Find sources" in the bottom of the "declined submission notice" on the Draft : Draft:Covepoint Capital Advisors. Let me know if any problem. And Sorry for the delayed response. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 08:39, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, thanks for your valuable suggestions, I searched through the links you provided and found below relevant articles which can prove subject notability. Can you please take a look at the articles below and guide me? I appreciate your time and efforts on this article. Thanks in advance.

One particular lady blew away her hedge fund peers in 2015 working with her personal funds

Sarkozy Takes Over G-20 Aiming to ‘Update’ Monetary System

These charts say most of Wall Street is underestimating the S&P for next year

Test Your Smarts on Dow, Junk, Robo Advice

--02:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC)Wcf1975 (talk)

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, did you get a chance to review the links I provided for notability? Thanks for you time and help. I appreciate. Thanks in advance. --Wcf1975 (talk) 11:26, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, still waiting for your comments, please let me know. --Wcf1975 (talk) 02:43, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, still waiting for your comments, please let me know. --Wcf1975 (talk) 10:31, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Wcf1975: Hey, apologies...I am continuously travelling from last week so, didn't get time to go through. I will check these by tomorrow. Cheers Peppy Paneer (talk) 16:29, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hi Peppy Paneer, Please let me know once you go through the additional links I provided. Thanks. --Wcf1975 (talk) 10:51, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Just wondering did you get a chance to review the links I sent on 19 Jan, 2016. Thanks. --Wcf1975 (talk) 10:16, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: @Peppy Paneer: Hey there, just checking last time would you be able to review the content? . Thanks. --Wcf1975 (talk) 01:20, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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13:56:07, 20 April 2016 review of submission by DjTopy

DjTopy (talk · contribs)
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Re: Draft:Veronica Gonzalez Peña

Hi Peppy Unfortunately my draft has been declined a couple of times now. And I am not sure if I make the references in a technical wrong way or if it is the references themselves that are wrong. You wrote on Jan 23rd: Need few more coverage like the one published in NY Times & LA Times to establish the notability and @bradv asked me to get rid of all external links. I deleted all external links and added more references like Pen America, The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Telegraph UK, Publishers Weekly. But still got rejected again. Can I ask you for advice on how to proceed ? Femme Nuit (talk) 16:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Invitation from Wikipedia Asian Month 2016

Wikipedia Asian Month

Thanks for partipating Wikipedia Asian Month last year, and I hope you enjoy it. Last year, more than 7,000 articles contribute to Wikipedia in 43 languages in Wikipedia Asian Month, making us one of the largest event on Wikipedia. We will organize this event again in upcoming November, and would like to invite you join us again.

This year, we are lowering down the standards that you only need to create 4 (Four) articles to receive a postcard (new design), and articles only need to be more than 3,000 bytes and 300 words. We are also improving our postcard sending process, e.g. making the postcards right now, and collecting the address after the event ends without waiting other languges.

Wikipedians who create the most articles on each Wikipedia will be honored as "Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors". We will send you both digital copy, and a paper copy of the Ambassador certificate.

Sign up now

Thank you for considering! --AddisWang (talk)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:46, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month!

Hi there! Wikipedia Asian Month is about to start. Here is some information about participating in the event:

Please submit your articles via this tool. Click 'log in' at the top-right and OAuth will take care the rest. You can also change the interface language at the top-right.
Once you submit an article, the tool will add a template to the article and mark it as needing review by an organizer. You can check your progress using the tool, which includes how many accepted articles you have.
Participants who achieve 4 accepted articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard. You will receive another special postcard if you achieve 15 accepted articles. The Wikipedian with the highest number of accepted articles on the English Wikipedia will be honored as a "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador", and will receive a signed certificate and additional postcard.
If you have any problems accessing or using the tool, you can submit your articles at this page next to your username.
If you have any question, you can take a look at our Q&A or post on the WAM talk page.

Best Wishes, Addis Wang
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Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content

Featured content: Cream of the crop

Traffic report: Un-presidential politics

Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities

Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia

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New deal for page patrollers

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence

In the media: Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more

Blog: The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth

Gallery: Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016

Featured content: Featured mix

Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog

Op-ed: Fundraising data should be more transparent

Traffic report: President-elect Trump

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The Signpost: 22 December 2016

Year in review: Looking back on 2016

News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results

Special report: German ArbCom implodes

In focus: Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment

Op-ed: Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia

In the media: In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more

Featured content: The Christmas edition

Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results

Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues

Blog: Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced

Recent research: One study and several abstracts

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The Signpost: 17 January 2017

From the editor: Next steps for the Signpost

News and notes: Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?

Interview: What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?

In the media: Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more

Featured content: One year ends, and another begins

Arbitration report: Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases

Traffic report: Out with the old, in with the new

Technology report: Tech present, past, and future

Recent research: Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 6 February 2017

Arbitration report: WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy

Special report: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

News and notes: Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds

In focus: WMF strategy consultant brings background in crisis reputation management; Team behind popular WMF software put "on pause"

WikiProject report: For the birds!

Op-ed: How to make editing workshops useful, even if participants don't stick around

In the media: Presidential politics, periodic table, and our periodic roundup of updates

Technology report: Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes

Traffic report: Cool It Now

Featured content: Three weeks dominated by articles

Forum: Productive collaboration around coordinated protest marches; Media and political personalities comment on Wikipedia at its 16th birthday celebration

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The Signpost: 27 February 2017

From the editors: Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed

Recent research: Special issue: Wikipedia in education

Technology report: Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app

In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia

Gallery: A Met montage

Special report: Peer review – a history and call for reviewers

Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer

Featured content: The dominance of articles continues

Traffic report: Love, football, and politics

Blog: WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward

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The Signpost: 9 June 2017

From the editors: Signpost status: On reserve power, help wanted!

News and notes: Global Elections

Arbitration report: Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis

Op-ed: Wikipedia's lead sentence problem

Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured

In the media: Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?

Recent research: Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press

Technology report: Tech news catch-up

Traffic report: Film on Top: Sampling the weekly top 10

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The Signpost: 23 June 2017

News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)

In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill

Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take

Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues

Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth

Recent research: Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?

Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more

In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce

Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers

Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017

Gallery: A mix of patterns

Humour: The Infobox Game

Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday

Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

News and notes: Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!

Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality

WikiProject report: Comic relief

In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity

Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

Special report: Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic

Featured content: Everywhere in the lead

Technology report: Introducing TechCom

Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia

In the media: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?

WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube

Technology report: Latest tech news

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up

Humour: Bots

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The Signpost: 25 September 2017

News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

In the media: Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues

Humour: Chickenz

Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe

Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

Gallery: Chicken mania

Special report: Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative

Traffic report: Fights and frights

Featured content: Flying high

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The Signpost: 23 October 2017

News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!

Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables

Humour: Guys named Ralph

In focus: Offline Wikipedia developed at OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon

Blog: The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example

In the media: Facebook and poetry

Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK

Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment

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Wikipedia Asian Month 2017: Invitation to Participate

Hello! Last year, you signed up to participate in Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) 2016 on the English Wikipedia. The event was an international success, with hundreds of editors creating thousands of articles on Asian topics across dozens of different language versions of Wikipedia.

I'd like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia Asian Month 2017, which once again lasts through the month of November. The goal is for users to create new articles on Asian-related content, each at least 3,000 bytes and 300 words in length. Editors who create at least four articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard!

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

News and notes: Cons, cons, cons

Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely

Technology report: Searching and surveying

Interview: A featured article centurion

WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects

In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution

Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate

Featured content: We will remember them

Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text

Humour: Good faith (but still incomprehensible)

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The Signpost: 18 December 2017

Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up

Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind

Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017

In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more

Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors

Gallery: Wiki loving

Interview: Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures

Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"

Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech

Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys

Humour: On their way to the WMF Incubator

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The Signpost: 16 January 2018

News and notes: Communication is key

In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media

Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics

Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count

Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers

Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?

Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018

Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018

Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?

Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible

Recent research: Automated Q&A from Wikipedia articles; Who succeeds in talk page discussions?

Blog: New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes

Interview: Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists

Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles

Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative

Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues

In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations

Humour: You really are in Wonderland

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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators

Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back

Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases

Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain

Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history

Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks

Humour: Impossible and unexplained traffic report

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.

Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.

In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good

Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers

Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs

Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.

Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.

Humour: WikiWorld Reruns

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again

Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost

News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.

In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop

In focus: Admin reports board under criticism

Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide

Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised

Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia

Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias

Discussion report: The future of portals

Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct

WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History

Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia

Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff

Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March

Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues

Humour: Play with your food

Gallery: Wine not?

From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

Op-ed: What do admins do?

Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania

In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress

Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page

Featured content: New promotions

Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed

Traffic report: Endgame

Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements

Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa

Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry

Humour: Television plot lines

Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors

From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

From the editor: If only if

Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise

Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR

In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set

Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose

Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes

Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else

Technology report: New bots, new prefs

Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July

Blog: Motivation of two editors

Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons

Humour: It's all the same

Essay: Wikipedia does not need you

From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend

In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles

Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Special report: Wikimania 2018

Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits

Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work

Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat

Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies

Humour: Signpost editor censors herself

Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

In the media: Knowledge under fire

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom

Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low

Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile

Gallery: A pat on the back

Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains

Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?

Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle

Essay: Expressing thanks

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring

Technology report: Bots galore!

Special report: NPP needs you

Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

In focus: Alexa

Gallery: Out of this world!

Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

Humour: Talk page humour

Opinion: Strickland incident

From the archives: The Gardner Interview

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

Special report: The Christmas wishlist

Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit

Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars

Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

Arbitration report: A long break ends

Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

Gallery: Intersections

Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize

Essay: No one cares about your garage band

Humour: The dark side of our favorite root vegetable

From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?

News and notes: Some wishes do come true

In the media: Political hijinks

Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

Blog: News from the WMF

Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

Essay: Requests for medication

From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Op-Ed: Random Rewards Rejected

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther

Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

News from the WMF: News from WMF

Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?

Essay: How

Humour: Village pump

From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Binge-watching

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

Gallery: Signed with pride

Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

Humour: Pesky Pronouns

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editors: Getting serious about humor
News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
In the media: Women's history month
Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
Featured content: Out of this world
Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention
From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37
Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?
In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch
Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride
Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings

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The Signpost: 30 April 2019

News and notes: An Action Packed April

In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?

Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages

Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art

Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde

Technology report: A new special page, and other news

Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns

News from the WMF: Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?

Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy

From the archives: Portals revisited

Humour: Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...

Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps

Interview: Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director

Community view: 2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy

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The Signpost: 31 May 2019

From the editors: Picture that

News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections

In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball

Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia

Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead

Traffic report: Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!

Technology report: Lots of Bots

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey

Recent research: Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?

Essay: Paid editing

From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?

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The June 2019 Signpost is out!

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Hello, Peppy Paneer. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Nick Moyes (talk) 22:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

Edit-a-thon Suggestions

Wikipedia: Edit-a-thon

I thought it might help if I copied my Teahouse reply to you directly onto your Talk Page. You don't seem very active at present, and posts there get archived after a few days, and might then be hard for you to find. . .

Hi Peppy Paneer Welcome to the Teahouse, and thank you for your really great question. Running a successful editathon can be really rewarding. We have a few general resources available that might help you plan an event, and I might be able to add a few suggestions of my own. Firstly, we have a basic introduction at Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon, and we even have a training programme you can work through on this topic at https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/editathons. I have a few personal notes and planning list available for my own use at User:Nick Moyes/editathon, too. As for policies, guidelines and help - do keep these to a minimum (maybe just mention WP:N, WP:V and WP:RS) I did a printed handout (see User:Nick Moyes/editathon/handout1 which contains shortcuts they can use in order to find some of the really useful pages.

I'll spend a few moments putting a some extra ideas for you to consider, but I thought I'd just post this partial reply first. Would I be right in assuming you're a teacher and this is a school class, or is it an extra-curricular activity for people who might not know one another, or is there a shared interest? How much time will you be making available for the event? i.e. might it be a half-day drop-in, or a 45 minute classroom session? Knowing a little more about your intentions might assist me to offer you suggestions. Please ensure you ping me correctly, by signing your post with four keyboard tildes (like this: ~~~~), and including my username in your reply. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:46, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppy Paneer: Right, back again. Here are a few random things for you to consider:

INITIAL THINGS/PRE-PLANNING

What is the groups' current experience of Wikipedia? What do you want to achieve? (e.g. will you focus on using Wikipedia, or actually editing Wikipedia? How much time will they have? What key things do you want them to take away from the event?
Getting attendees to create a free account each prior to the event is highly advisable. (Lots of time gets wasted trying to create accounts on the day.
Suggest they try The Wikipedia Adventure beforehand. (Make sure you have actually done it and got all 15 badges, too!)
Ensure you have enough equipment/wi-fi coverage/helpers on the day
Might you need to get yourself 'event coordinator' rights so you can create more than the normal limit of six new user accounts per IP address, per day? See WP:EVC.
Depending on your focus, do you need to prepare example text for students to work with? If so, you could copy a small part an existing article they are likely to be familiar with, and change it off-wiki so that it contains false information, typos, poor formatting and unsubstantiated facts that they need to find and fix. They should never work on real articles until ready - use the user sandboxes!
Decide whether you're going to introduce them to editing via the normal editing tool, or with Visual Editor. Stick to one, though do mention that the other exists.

ON THE DAY

Get students to bring their own devices for editing, but provide as many laptops as you can if unknown numbers might attend. (Make the wifi password clearly visible to everyone. Tell all mobile phone users to work in 'desktop' view, not mobile view, or there will be problems in understanding any instructions given.
Ensure you record the usernames of everyone attending (signing-in book/blackboard?)- this helps you provide support, both during and especially after the event. You or one of your helpers could even post a welcome message to every attendee during the event, or perhaps afterwards.
If there's not a fixed start time, and students can drop in at any point, consider running a short introductory talk at set times during the event.
Sound travels - intro talks and individual working areas need to be some distance away from each other to avoid noise disturbance.
Introduce what Wikipedia is and what Wikipedia is not. Find out who has used it, and for what purpose. Explain the principle of [[WP:V|Verifiability], and how it is essential only to add factual statements if other people can check these Reliable sources for themselves. Ask the group if anyone has anyone has ever edited Wikipedia themselves. (It's OK for them to admit they only did so out of mischief)
Explain how valuable Wikipedia is to student and schoolchildren around the world, especially in places where books are scarce. Explain how unhelpful it is if articles get damaged through mischief, vandalism, or if wrong 'facts' are included. Explain how they can help to improve content and how cool it is to help others in that way.
Tell them they can get help/support whilst editing by going to the Teahouse and asking us for assistance. And always listen to advice if another editor posts on their talk page.

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

If you have the resources, project a live webpage of Wikipedia on a screen and guide them through the basic layout. (Powerpoint screenshots are the next best thing)
Show them how to log-in (or sign up, if they haven't already), then to add a few lines about their interests. But, ensure they never reveal personal information about themselves or their family - see WP:YOUNG. Demonstrate how to go to their personal sandbox where they can experiment with editing in relative safely.
Get each student to work through The Wikipedia Adventure (but be aware of the limitations on both browser type, and especially of it not working well on mobile devices - see front page of WP:TWA for details), or:
Guide them through working through and fixing mistakes in your previously created dummy article. (Get them to add one reference, if at all possible)
If they're advanced enough by this stage, encourage students to look for articles about their local area/favourite subject and identify things that could be improved. Maybe discuss each suggestion as a group before taking action?

ENDING

Make sure you reprise your key message(s) of the day
Can you provide each person with a takeaway handout summarising what they should have covered, and what they can do next
Do they know how to contact you as event coordinator, or to seek help from us here at the Teahouse.
Ensure you reiterate the importance of not revealing personal details, or treating Wikipedia like social media.
Will they leave your Editathon, appreciating that they themselves can now go on to actually contribute to the world's greatest free online encyclopaedia, and perhaps help someone on the other side of the world who needs information? Will they be empowered and have a sense of responsibility in what they can now do? If 'Yes', then you've done a great job!
Follow up with each user a week or so later. Thank them for coming, ask if they need any assistance from you, and encourage them to continue. A second follow-up can be done a month later to see if they've continued editing.

I hope a few of these rough thoughts might be of some use. (I've had to guess at the type of audience you're aiming at) Feel free to follow up if you have any further specific questions. I did note that you haven't edited here for a couple of years, so it might be sensible to refresh your own editing practice before you dive in at the deep end. Very best of luck, and drop by my talk page with an update if you wish. Nick Moyes (talk) 00:21, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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