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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy
- Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude
- Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014
- Traffic report: Oddly familiar
- Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [1]
- You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [2] [3] [4]
- All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [5]
- You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [6]
- VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [7]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
- VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [8]
- You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [9]
- You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [10]
- You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [11]
- VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Meetings
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [16]
- You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:19, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost, 1 April 2015
- In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism
- Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.
- Traffic report: All over the place
- Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015
The Signpost: 01 April 2015
- In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism
- Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.
- Traffic report: All over the place
- Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [17]
- You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [18] [19]
- The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [20]
- You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [21]
Problems
- The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [22]
- Labs was broken several times this week. [23] [24] [25] [26]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
- You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [27]
- Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [28] [29]
- You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [30]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
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15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
ANTM Cycle 21
It was not vandalization. Someone posted spoiler information on the page prior to it being released and that information turned out to be false as the actual winner was Keith Carlos and Not Lenox Tilman as the spoiler claimed I would like to repeal the claim.Tiaannlenae (talk) 16:06, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 08 April 2015
- Traffic report: Resurrection week
- Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity
- Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader, aka the BTK killer is a fan of weird twitter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.64.57.10 (talk) 18:35, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can read the latest news about VisualEditor.
- You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page. [32]
- The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [33] [34]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
- Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [37] [38]
- All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [39]
Meetings
- You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:41, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
20:31:54, 14 April 2015 review of submission by Jmorange
Hello Winner 42,
I really do need your help and I would really appreciate any and all guidance, advice, and editing you can help me with! Thank you! I feel like I have been working on this for a while, and I have edited and followed three different editors suggestions to get this passed. The article has been significantly changed numerous times since my first submission of the article. I was wondering what it would take to get this article passed. I don't feel like I can be too far away from the article being okay. I have followed every editor's suggestion to me so far, and every time a new editor has a new problem with the article. Should I take out the community initiatives section completely? Or is it just how the section is written? I have seen various other banks on Wikipedia pages with similar sections on their page. For example [National Bank in Eastern Kentucky] has a donations section. Albeit, much smaller than my article. Should I make the section smaller? I wanted to include more than just the history of the bank, and I thought the connection with 9/11 shows the bank's significance. I am open to any suggestion you have. I would really like to get this passed, especially because it takes so long to review the article after I have submitted it. I have been working on this for months now, and I would really like for my next submission to pass. If you could please help edit it and suggest changes for me to make so that there is no doubt the next time I submit, it will be approved. Thank you for your help! Jmorange (talk) 20:31, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Jmorange (talk) 20:31, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, for not getting back to you sooner. Your article was a very solid basis for a full article, and thankfully User:CookieMonster755 has done a commendable job cleaning up the article and your work together has produced a good quality article. I have gone ahead and reviewed the revision by CookieMonster and approved the article. You can now find it here. I applaud your efforts to stick with the AfC process, despite the current backlog and somewhat impersonal responses you sometimes get from editors such as myself. To give some context as to why business articles have come under lots of scrutiny lately, Wikipedia has been encountering a problem with artspam recently and the standards may have become too high at the AfC process as a reaction to organizations seeking to self promote. (Not excusing you of this, I don't think you are, but it is a wide trend on Wikipedia). The place of where to draw the line when an article has a mild promotion tone has moved around a lot recently. Enough of my rambling, I hope you choose to continue to contribute to Wikipedia, and I'd be happy to work with you in the future if you are interested in writing more articles. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 03:31, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
- Congratulations Jmorange, as an AfC member, I am VERY proud of you for sticking with our crazy AfC process! I am glad I got to work with you. You created a great article, and I hope I can see YOU create more good quality Wikipedia articles! I look forward to talking with you in the future! Cheers!! CookieMonster755 (talk) 03:34, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello Winner 42 and CookieMonster755,
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is such a relief. I cannot tell you how excited I am, and I wish I could thank both of you in person for your help. I have to admit the process was a little exhausting, but it was well worth it with your help. With all the effort I put into this, I cannot explain how amazing it feels to get my first article published on Wikipedia! I hope to work with both of you in the future, and thank you again for your help! Thank you for your patience, as I know the article was rough, and your time and devotion to helping me! Pax Jmorange (talk) 13:38, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Re: April 2015
Hello, the page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir-Abbas_Fakhravar" needs to be marked for consideration as a Libel Wikipedia page as it is not neutral. Although the Persian page follows a more neutral perspective.
- Can you explain why you feel that the content of those sections is libelous? Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:17, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Re: Sandoval Page
In regards to Sandoval's Page, the description is inaccurate. Currently there is a 3% cap on the number of participants who can participate in the solar program. The Governor must wait for the legislature to change the law prior to performing any action. Governor Sandoval can not unilaterally make the change as this article suggests he has the power to do. Thank You.
- Ok, I will remove the section, thank you for your input. Winner 42 Talk to me! 21:10, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thank you for answering my question so quickly! I'm new to Wikipedia but love it already. Hope you like kittens.
Tendingmagictrees (talk) 22:56, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Thank you for the cat, Happy Editing! :) Winner 42 Talk to me! 23:11, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Huggle revert
Hi, your Huggle revert didn't look like reverting vandalism to me. Did you have a particular reason for using rollback here, when it is only applicable in a few situations? Conifer (talk) 00:41, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Deliberately inserting false information into an article is considered vandalism by most standards. You can tell it is deliberate by examining the editor's overall vandalism and personal attacking (including telling one editor "You fucking suck you shitty Jew." In addition to the fact that the information is false. Huggle actually has a preset warning for factual errors, I believe there may have been an edit conflict with leaving a warning on the talk page though, not sure why one isn't there. Hope that answers your question. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:51, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I'd say that whether to list American Airlines or US Airways in infoboxes (now that they've got a single operating certificate) isn't clear-cut enough to be obviously false one way or the other. The IP certainly has some nasty vandalism, but we have to judge each edit on its merits. Conifer (talk) 00:57, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough, it seemed like deliberately adding false information at the time, in the two quick searches for information on the subject. Upon further investigation (And learning that US Airways and American Airlines merged, where have I been?), I would not have used rollback in that case. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Winner 42 Talk to me! 01:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'll watchlist that IP's talk page to check if they make any further nasty edits in the future. Conifer (talk) 03:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- It has been restored. Since the flights are now technically operated by American Airlines but the flights are still branded as US Airways. US Airways will remain a brand for now until the last bits of the integration has been completed (i.e. reservation systems, websites, passenger services, etc.). Citydude1017 (talk) 07:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough, it seemed like deliberately adding false information at the time, in the two quick searches for information on the subject. Upon further investigation (And learning that US Airways and American Airlines merged, where have I been?), I would not have used rollback in that case. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Winner 42 Talk to me! 01:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I'd say that whether to list American Airlines or US Airways in infoboxes (now that they've got a single operating certificate) isn't clear-cut enough to be obviously false one way or the other. The IP certainly has some nasty vandalism, but we have to judge each edit on its merits. Conifer (talk) 00:57, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Allan Pettersson
Hi Winner 42, I've removed some content from Allan Pettersson. I've added a "Infobox person", but I realized, that for composers this is controversial (see Discussion: George Frideric Handel). So I decided to remove my own contribution. In future, I will use edit summary. Why did you undo the Persondata edit? Something wrong with this? 176.199.38.10 (talk) 12:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- My bad, I didn't intend to remove the persondata, and I have since reverted my revert. I believe was intending to revert your removal of the infobox, but I failed to see that you had edited it in. Thanks for catching this.
- On a somewhat unrelated note, do you know why the consensus on classical composers is to not include infoboxes? It seems rather strange that this one wikiproject has a different approach to almost all other wikiprojects. I've read through their guidelines which seem rather neutral on the topic and the debate over at Beethoven seemed fairly mixed. Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:16, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
AfC
This IP is going around submitting other people's drafts, is that allowed? — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 14:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- I saw that, it is very strange. I have not seen this behavior before, I'm going to make a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents in a few minutes about it. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:25, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
(edit conflict) (By the way) The creator of Draft:Esproenko International was working on the draft using material from another article, and some of that old material was still in the draft when you reviewed it. The creator was not done with the draft and he did not submit it, that IP^ did. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 14:26, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I think I'm just going to leave the decline there anyway, no harm done. If you think it should be removed, you can go ahead as I did not notice that a random IP had submitted the draft at the time of review. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:30, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 April 2015
- Traffic report: Furious domination
I think this person is important about Macedonian History. He was a hero from 2001. I don't see why people from Macedonian descent are not interested (according to Wikipedia) to have an article here. On the other hand people from Albanian descent from the same armed conflict are interested for Wikipedia and have articles such as Ismet Jashari and others. Are Macedonian lives and sacrifices less valuable to Wikipedia then the Albanian?
Vey Respectafully,
- User:Perdika
- Wikipedia treats people from all nationalities neutrally. If this man is a hero, you need more reliable sources identifying him as such. From the article right now it only appears to be a common soldier who died in conflict and there are millions of those. The article should describe why this particular soldier is important. Hope this helps. Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your replay.
Yes that is thru and I understand that there can not be an article for every soldier that was killed in every war that we know of... but if that is the case for Macedonian soldiers that should be the case for Albanian soldiers from 2001 (terrorist as we call them here). I'll try to improve the articles about fallen Macedonian soldiers from 2001 but it will take time for researching.
The same soldiers that I'm trying to create page for on English Wikipedia have or are on a list of people that are important for Macedonian WikipediaСписок на загинати бранители на Македонија. How are rules for English from Macedonian Wikipedia different? Aren't bought operated by the same company?
- User:Perdika
- The different language wikis often have different rules despite being all operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. In this case, I'm not sure that article is up to the standards of the Macedonian Wikipedia either, but I don't understand the language so I'll leave it for editors over there to sort out. In the interest of fairness, I have also nominated the article on Ismet Jashari which also does not pass the english wikipedia's policies on people. Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:39, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks you again, here is some more Albanian people pages that are connected with the same war and are used in English Wikipedia pages regarding the war: Fadil Nimani, Tahir Sinani, Rahim Beqiri Kindly,
- User:Perdika
- Thanks for the links, it seems that all those people played important parts in the conflict, so I will not be nominating them for deletion, if you disagree, feel free to nominated them yourself over here. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:44, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Polvorín Workshop
Hi there, thanks for your kind words about Polvorín Workshop - they're very much appreciated. Since I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, I wanted to ask you about the patrolling process (which you seem to be a part of). There have been a couple of articles (Grupo Emepa and Trams in Buenos Aires) I have created which were never patrolled, is this an oversight or was I simply never notified? I had always assumed all new pages are patrolled. SegataSanshiro1 (talk) 19:34, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- There is currently a severe backlog of 5135 unreviewed pages despite nearly 2000 being reviewed each week. Those pages you made were just never looked at by a new pages patroller. The reality is that lots of articles are going unreviewed. The articles for creation process is doing slightly better with only a moderate backlog of ~700 pages to review, but neither situation is ideal. I have gone ahead and reviewed those other high-quality articles you wrote now that you've brought them to my attention. Looking forward to reading more from you in the future! Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:01, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
- I had no idea there was that kind of backlog! Well I guess when I'm more experienced with Wikipedia, I might help out with that. Thanks again for looking over those. SegataSanshiro1 (talk) 20:40, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Efrem Smith Article
Winner 42
Do you mind telling me what is promotional about the wikipedia page about Efrem Smith?
- Hello, Articles that have a very positive or promotional tone are eligible for deletion under WP:G11, but I cannot tell you what specifically what was promotional about that article as it has since been deleted. If you'd like to work on your article with other editors in a space where it won't be deleted, I recommend Articles for Creation a friendly space for new editors to create articles. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:58, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Whales
Thanks for the tip on that list box (like the one on the Tiger article). I've done the same for the Whale Article. If you have any comments or suggestions on it, please comment on my talk page. Thank you! Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 00:49, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you very much for patrolling my new article Mycoplasma adleri. I also review new articles and know that, depending upon the article, it can be time consuming and tedious. I appreciate the time you put into patrolling new pages. Best Regards,
- Bfpage |leave a message 10:55, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind words and for creating good quality articles because I enjoy patrolling those the most. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 15:33, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi Winner 42, thanks for marking my newly created articles, Fred Bryan and Mike Spanier, as reviewed. I appreciate it. Happy editing! Fresh Sullivan (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for patrolling my new article, The Charlotte Greenwood Show. I have now added links from several pages. I appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 21:15, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Winner 42, can I remove the tag you placed on Terrence Miles for being an orphan? I went to other articles and added links to Terrence Miles so it's no longer an orphan. Thanks and happy editing! Fresh Sullivan (talk) 23:17, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
- Hello, you certainly can. Feel free to remove a tag from any page if it is no longer relevant and/or accurate. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 23:19, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
The double stub.
Sorry about that. I didnt see it. You are right im new to this and I want to make a difference. Thanks for letting me know however! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlockyMan1 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Talkback
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 3
Greetings! For this month's issue...
We have demos!
After a lengthy research and design process, we decided for WikiProject X to focus on two things:
- A WikiProject workflow that focuses on action items: discussions you can participate in and tasks you can perform to improve the encyclopedia; and
- An automatically updating WikiProject directory that gives you lists of users participating in the WikiProject and editing in that subject area.
We have a live demonstration of the new WikiProject workflow at WikiProject Women in Technology, a brand new WikiProject that was set up as an adjunct to a related edit-a-thon in Washington, DC. The goal is to surface action items for editors, and we intend on doing that through automatically updated working lists. We are looking into using SuggestBot to generate lists of outstanding tasks, and we are looking into additional options for automatic worklist generation. This takes the burden off of WikiProject editors to generate these worklists, though there is also a "requests" section for Wikipedians to make individual requests. (As of writing, these automated lists are not yet live, so you will see a blank space under "edit articles" on the demo WikiProject. Sorry about that!) I invite you to check out the WikiProject and leave feedback on WikiProject X's talk page.
Once the demo is sufficiently developed, we will be working on a limited deployment on our pilot WikiProjects. We have selected five for the first round of testing based on the highest potential for impact and will scale up from there.
While a re-designed WikiProject experience is much needed, that alone isn't enough. A WikiProject isn't any good if people have no way of discovering it. This is why we are also developing an automatically updated WikiProject directory. This directory will surface project-related metrics, including a count of active WikiProject participants and of active editors in that project's subject area. The purpose of these metrics is to highlight how active the WikiProject is at the given point of time, but also to highlight that project's potential for success. The directory is not yet live but there is a demonstration featuring a sampling of WikiProjects.
Each directory entry will link to a WikiProject description page which automatically list the active WikiProject participants and subject-area article editors. This allows Wikipedians to find each other based on the areas they are interested in, and this information can be used to revive a WikiProject, start a new one, or even for some other purpose. These description pages are not online yet, but they will use this template, if you want to get a feel of what they will look like.
We need volunteers!
WikiProject X is a huge undertaking, and we need volunteers to support our efforts, including testers and coders. Check out our volunteer portal and see what you can do to help us!
As an aside...
Wouldn't it be cool if lists of requested articles could not only be integrated directly with WikiProjects, but also shared between WikiProjects? Well, we got the crazy idea of having experimental software feature Flow deployed (on a totally experimental basis) on the new Article Request Workshop, which seeks to be a place where editors can "workshop" article ideas before they get created. It uses Flow because Flow allows, essentially, section-level categorization, and in the future will allow "sections" (known as "topics" within Flow) to be included across different pages. What this means is that you have a recommendation for a new article tagged by multiple WikiProjects, allowing for the recommendation to appear on lists for each WikiProject. This will facilitate inter-WikiProject collaboration and will help to reduce duplicated work. The Article Request Workshop is not entirely ready yet due to some bugs with Flow, but we hope to integrate it into our pilot WikiProjects at some point.
Harej (talk) 00:57, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for patrolling the article I created Madagascar national beach soccer team. I added the categories to it you told me about and also added another section about the teams achievements over the years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Drewster (talk • contribs) 02:32, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- You're very welcome! Thank you for continuing to improve wikipedia, but I must ask, is this international thank-a-new pages-patroller day? I've gotten tons of nice messages from people like you! As always, happy editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 02:35, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
40K really?
How did you get that info? I never took count lol. Well thanks! Wgolf (talk) 02:41, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- Just stalking X's tools, looks like you hit 40k today. Congrats! Winner 42 Talk to me! 02:43, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Corpus manager
Hello, I added link to wikipages: - British National Corpus - Concordance (publishing) - Corpus linguistics - EXMARaLDA - Sketch Engine - Text mining - WordSmith
Is it OK now? Thanks Epheson (talk) 12:16, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- Nice! I've gone ahead and removed the tag. In the future feel free to remove tags when you have corrected the issue with them. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:28, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Max Headroom (character) page edits
Hi, Winner 42. I am a little confused by your changes to my edits on this page as "failing to maintain a neutral point of view." The only change was to update the URL of the Max Headroom archival site I maintain, from a long-obsolete TikiWiki-based version to a fully updated MediaWiki version. I don't see any value in maintaining a link that will send users to a dead end.
If your objection is in any part due to describing www.MaxHeadroom.com as "the most comprehensive" such site on the web, I suppose I can leave out that modifier, but as the lineal curator of the oldest and by far largest Max Headroom related site to exist at any time, which has recently been vastly expanded to include the first correct and comprehensive listing of MH shows, guests and topics, as well as obscurities like the era of "German Max," the adjective is absolutely accurate. The site contains far more than all the Wikipedia and IMDb entries put together - and a future task is to backfeed the vast trove of newly-collated information into these primary sites.
I will wait for your reply, but someone really should update the URL, at least - "non-neutral" descriptors optional. 71.235.251.78 (talk) 19:22, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- My main objection to that edit was in fact your referring to it as "the most comprehensive" which, while it may be true, comes across as very promotional of that site. Leaving the line saying that it is comprehensive should be sufficient. Feel free to go back and correct the link/statement, but do it in a way that isn't designed to promote the site. Winner 42 Talk to me! 02:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, I guess. The reference has been to the "comprehensive" site for several years, it's now much more comprehensive, it's basically the only Max Headroom site on the web (that's more than a few recycled pages), and it's entirely noncommercial. But I'll leave off "most" this time. 71.235.251.78 (talk) 20:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Kodjo Adabra
I am new here, thanks for looking at the page I am trying to establish. I'm sorry if I bumble around a lot while I shed my ignorance about making Wiki work. Any specificity you can provide would be appreciatedNolanpowers (talk) 01:52, 20 April 2015 (UTC) Nolanpowers (talk) 01:50, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- Welcome! Everyone was new once, so don't be afraid to go out and be bold! In regards to your article, it likely won't be deleted so feel free to continue improving it. If you have any questions feel free to ask! Happy editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 01:56, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Today's articles for improvement
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Ohio high school athletic conferences split pages
Just to give you a heads-up, there are going to be four more pages that are going to split the info from the original page into regional pages, like the OHSAA East/Southeast Regions athletic conferences page has already been. The plan is to turn the main page now into just a list of the conferences in each region, and the Region pages to have the main bulk of the info (there will be Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest Region pages in the works). Just wanted to let you know so we can avoid any problems with the info coming up on mirror pages. While there is an eventual plan to do this for the Defunct Ohio high school athletic conferences page eventually, this is going to take some time, since many of the schools in those old conferences no longer exist. Again, thanks for taking care of that and hope this makes things a little easier. Mtndrums (talk) 11:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for the info. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:52, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Jose Luis Gonzalez stub page is not the same as the page about him that was at AFD
Hello Winner_42, Respectfully speaking, I think you have me confused with some different editor. I never submitted an article about Jose Luis Gonzalez to AFD. There was a lengthy article about the same subject submitted at one time by some other editor. I did try to assist that editor with some editing, but there has been no further communication between us. I created a stub article also about Jose Luis Gonzalez. The stub article I created has never been at AFC. It has never been at AFD. The article should not be speedily deleted because the rationale stated for speedy deletion was "because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate" does not apply in this particular case. While the article subject did have a lengthy barely referenced article which did have a deletion discussion, it was moved to draft space at the end of discussion. Furthermore, the stub article I created is substantially different. It is a stub article at this time, and is currently being expanded. It includes specific examples of the notoriety of the artist, and is well referenced. I do have the intention of expanding the article further. I would ask that you withdraw your speedy delete nomination. Thank you. WordSeventeen (talk) 15:27, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
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15:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Not nonsense
You tagged Janina lokākāŝa a guide and treasury for modern cosmology as "patent nonsense" (WP:CSD#G1). This is clearly incorrect. "Patent nonsense" is defined as text that has no meaning. Examples include:
- ddidk kedi elkdj eied a;l1ad a;le3ewa 6^e;d;ad;lfj
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- The dog flew bluely through the left plaid.
The first example is pure gibberish, while the second is just a string of random words conveying no meaning. The article in question falls into neither of these categories: it is a coherent and understandable exposition on the nature of cosmology under the Jain religion, and thus cannot be considered patent nonsense. (In fact, it is rather insulting to the millions of Jains in the world to label this article as patent nonsense.)
I have retagged the article because it largely duplicates the material of Jain cosmology. Please be careful with WP:CSD#G1 nominations. This is really a very narrow criterion. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:43, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- How you were able to determine that this article is about Jainism is beyond me. The article is almost made up entirely of incomprehensible sentence fragments and phrases that make no sense outside of the context of Jainism. Without looking closely at it, it appeared that the article fell into the second category. Either way, this essay has no place in wikipedia and I will be more careful when using G1 in the future. Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:57, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Boyz n the Hood edits
What didn't you find constructive about my edits on Boyz n the Hood? I honestly don't feel I did anything unconstructive. 71.197.233.106 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:50, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- Oops! Sorry about that, looking more closely at your edits in the context of the article, they were constructive and I apologize for saying that they were not. I've gone ahead and reinstated your edits on the article. Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:03, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| For your diligence in protecting the wiki from vandalism. You're keeping me busy at WP:AIV :) — MusikAnimal talk 19:59, 20 April 2015 (UTC) |
- Thanks, I do try my best to keep you admins on your toes! Happy Editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:03, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
| Thanks for all your hard work this afternoon! GorillaWarfare (talk) 20:55, 20 April 2015 (UTC) |
You're very welcome, you've been doing some excellent anti-vandal work as well! Happy editing and thanks for the barnstar! Winner 42 Talk to me! 21:09, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Ninth Amendment
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