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The Signpost: 24 January 2011
- News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more
- Technology report: File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news
AfD notice
As a member or supporter of the Percy Jackson task force, you are asked to participate in this AfD. Thank you. --Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 16:18, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Another AfD for the article Thalia Grace has been opened. --Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 16:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011
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WP Children's/YA lit newsletter?
I've been missing the newsletter!! What happened? I'll be willing to help. I've been working on the unassesed article backlog. Glimmer721 talk
- Yeah, sorry about that. I got stuck half way through the December edition and then real life became slightly hectic, so I didn't have a concrete amount of time that I could spend on the newsletter. If you wanted to do it, I'd be willing to help you. The template for the newsletter is available on previous issues so you can just copy and paste that onto a new issue and then add the content you want. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 16:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2011
- The Science Hall of Fame: Building a pantheon of scientists from Wikipedia and Google Books
- WikiProject report: WikiWarriors
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Evidence in Shakespeare case moves to a close; Longevity case awaits proposed decision; AUSC RfC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Great Backlog Drive
G'day
how can I help?
I'm skeptical that renaming the category to "...2011" is the right course. It seems to me that putting a date on the category was a mistake.
Where to from here? Andrewa (talk) 01:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
- I guess just renaming it to Category:Great Backlog Drive will be fine. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 08:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
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WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February
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The Signpost: 7 February 2011
- News and notes: New General Counsel hired; reuse of Google Art Project debated; GLAM newsletter started; news in brief
- WikiProject report: Stargazing aboard WikiProject Spaceflight
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Open cases: Shakespeare authorship – Longevity; Motions on Date delinking, Eastern European mailing list
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Mentorship
Hi Rock_drum! You helped me a lot last semester with my article last semester (I wrote about Women's literary salons and societies in the Arab world), and I was wondering if you'd be my mentor again for my next project at Georgetown? I am supposed to write an article related to refugees in the Middle East and North Africa. No worries if you don't have the time or energy, but if you are willing then I'd appreciate your guidance. Thanks. Act25 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC).
- Hi Act25, I'd love to be your mentor this time around. :-) I'm both here and often on IRC if you have any questions or whatever. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 20:00, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011
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The Signpost: 14 February 2011
- News and notes: Foundation report; gender statistics; DMCA takedowns; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia wrongly blamed for Super Bowl gaffe; "digital natives" naive about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Articles for Creation
- Features and admins: RFAs and active admins—concerns expressed over the continuing drought
- Arbitration report: Proposed decisions in Shakespeare and Longevity; two new cases; motions passed, and more
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The Signpost: 21 February 2011
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The Signpost: 28 February 2011
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Online Ambassador Program
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
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Artwork 4 derby
One of the prizes we have suggested for the challenge is in addition to a book voucher was to give the winners a commemorative book. There is a nice book published called "Goodey's Derby" which shows art work from the collection. The idea is to get it signed by Jimmy Wales and either the mayor of the head of Derby Museums to thank the winners. What I need is a bookplate that I can send to these people and get them to print is off, sigm and mail back. Any idea who might do that? By the way ... I assume you are comming?Victuallers (talk)
- Your best bet for making a fancy bookplate-y thing is probably Mono (talk · contribs), if he's still active here (even if he isn't you can still email him). Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 18:34, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2011
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The Signpost: 7 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
- Deletion controversy: Deletion of article about website angers gaming community
- WikiProject report: Talking with WikiProject Feminism
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- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Derby - Sign Up
Thanks for your help. I have ticked the big message as I managed to get the Museum's agreement to the provisional schedule and changed the pages so that they all link together from the message. If you can find time to check or improve the sign up process then now would be great. Do complain if you see a problem. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 20:54, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikiproject Geocaching
Hi there Rock drum. I have been away from Wikipedia for about a year now but have returned for the foreseeable future. I see that you have done a lot to help the project while I've been gone and I'd like to thank you. If you need any help, just drop me a line. Thanks! MobileSnail 16:39, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports editor trends, technology plans and communication changes; brief news
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case on AE sanction handling; AUSC candidates; proposed decision in Kehrli 2 and Monty Hall problem
- Technology report: Left-aligned edit links and bugfixes abound; brief news
Marking articles students are working on
Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students and make sure these things are taken care of (especially for classes that aren't working with mentors):
- Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
- If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
- Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:30, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Barnstar
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| For being a brave test subject for a trial IRC training session, I award Rock drum the Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar. Thanks! Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC) |
- Thanks! I was glad to be able to take part in the program. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 19:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011
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The Signpost: 21 March 2011
- WikiProject report: Medicpedia — WikiProject Medicine
- Features and admins: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: One closed case, one suspended case, and two other cases
- Technology report: What is: localisation?; the proposed "personal image filter" explained; and more in brief
Mentor request
- Please note that the following discussion is part of my Online Ambassador training. Please don't join in the discussion, although you should feel free to add to the "Feedback" section beneath it. Thanks, Rock drum
Hi. Can you be my mentor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PolicyRocker15 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- Hi there, I'd be more than happy to be your mentor. If there's anything you specifically need help with, please just ask me here or join #wikipedia-en-classroom connect and ask someone there. Best regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 16:41, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- Cool thanks. I'm supposed to write a Wikipedia page for my class. Can you help me find what to write about? I was thinking about working on Computers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PolicyRocker15 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- Ok. If you weren't writing about a specific topic for your class and want to do computing, there's two places to go. If you want to expand an existing but small article, check out any of the articles listed here. If you want to create a new article, you must first check if the topic is already covered, do that by searching in the bar in the top right hand corner of your screen. If it doesn't already exist, then you're ready to go. the most important thing to remember when creating an article is sources. If you don't cite any sources, then we won't know if the topic is notable or not and it may be deleted. In fact, sources are The answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Best regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 17:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC) - PS Please sign your comments on talk pages with four tildes as thus: ~~~~. This will produce your signature. --Rock drum (talk · contribs) 17:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to write about the Eee Pad Transformer. It's a really cool computer that I'm thinking about getting. PolicyRocker15 (talk) 18:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Cool! The first thing you need to do is make sure that it is notable enough to merit inclusion in Wikipedia. To do this make sure it is covered in a number of reliable sources. As I said yesterday, if you don't cite your sources, it might be deleted. If you can do this, then I would advise you to create it in your sandbox, where you can work on it until it's ready to move to mainspace. Best regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 18:32, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- I've just done a quick search for the Eee pad, and it seems to be notable enough. There appear to be plenty sources out there, I've found some on Google News. You just have to add them to the article. To do that, I would advise using RefTools. For information on using it, see the screencast embedded on the right. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 19:26, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help so far. I decided to work on a different article instead: University of Warwick Boat Club. I spent a while adding a bunch of sources, but now I'm wondering where to go from here. Does it look okay? What else should I do on it? --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:26, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
- Wow, that looks really good so far; well done on getting the sources although I would advise you to try to find some third party sources ie not on the club's own website. Other than that, some photos would be good and perhaps some more information on the club itself would enhance the article. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 15:42, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help so far. I decided to work on a different article instead: University of Warwick Boat Club. I spent a while adding a bunch of sources, but now I'm wondering where to go from here. Does it look okay? What else should I do on it? --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:26, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Feedback
You've replied on your own talk page. This new user doesn't know to check back here for a reply, so they won't know you've responded. Especially for newcomers, it's critical to leave messages on their userpage. You can use a talkback template or note about the reply here, or just reply there (as you prefer), but if you don't do either, they may not get the message at all.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- If this were a real user, I would have left a {{talkback}} notice. I prefer to keep messages together, you see. I know I'm ment to prent it's a real user. Sorry. Thanks, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 17:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- Nice job with the advice for finding an article to write about. You also dealt well with the signature thing... like it's no big deal, just an extra bit of info for them. The wrong way would be getting hung up on minor details that derail them from getting the help they actually are asking for.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
- Your response to the proposed article is good; it's a bit generic, but it probably wouldn't turn anyone off or leard them astray. One way you could be more helpful to someone at the stage PolicyRocker15 is at right now would be to dig a bit into whether the topic actually is notable and feasible, and share that. If you notice that there are a lot of reliable sources out there, let them know that and point them in the right direction. If a quick search doesn't turn up much, or turns up a lot of inappropriate sources that might trip them up, emphasize the kind of sources that are reliable that might exist for the topic and the kinds of things that are out there that won't work. Try amending your response to give a specific idea of whether or not the chosen topic is viable.
- Also, you didn't leave a talkback. Usually, anyone but an experienced Wikipedian (and even then, often not) will notice a reply on someone else's userpage, unless you notify them.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:45, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Doh! *facepalms* I wasn't sure if the product was real or not (I thought it was fake micky take of the iPad - cue another facepalm), so I didn't search for it. --Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 18:51, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Nice work. For the next phase, we're going to shift around a bit... the next post from PolicyRocker15 will be pretending that he/she is working on a different, existing article and asking for guidance on how to improve it.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:21, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
- Not bad. This would be a good place to do a little example copy-edit of the article... fixing the reference formatting to be more than just plain links, adding a few wikilinks if necessary, and also encouraging the author to figure out whether and from where to link to the article, to keep it from being an orphan. A key ambassador skill is being able to give concrete advice on the article at hand, so for the next step I'm going to ask you to actually make suggestions on the talk page of one of the articles that a student is working on.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Nice work. For the next phase, we're going to shift around a bit... the next post from PolicyRocker15 will be pretending that he/she is working on a different, existing article and asking for guidance on how to improve it.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:21, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
- Doh! *facepalms* I wasn't sure if the product was real or not (I thought it was fake micky take of the iPad - cue another facepalm), so I didn't search for it. --Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 18:51, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, this will be the one: Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association v. FCC. Your next assignment is to leave suggestions and feedback on that article on its talk page. (It's being written by a group mentored by User:Guerillero.) --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Done Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash 18:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
- Cool. You left some helpful advice, focused on style and formatting. Feedback is a complex thing, and something everyone can always get better, so I'll just offer a few suggestions for how to approach articles if you want to give more substantive feedback. The first thing is to step back and read through the article and try to follow its logical structure. Watch out for things that don't make sense to you, things you as a reader would want to know more about, and places that seem to jump suddenly from one aspect of the topic to another. Pointing out places like that can help the author(s) improve the flow and make their writing more clear. Its basically one step up from formatting and basic sentence-level style advice, and it's the kind of thing that is often most needed once an article has a fair bit of content.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:32, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 March 2011
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A friendly reminder
Hey, just so you know, you counted words in this review instead of characters. I went ahead and approved it but just remember that there is a big difference between the two. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:12, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. Somebody told me I'd made the error just after I did the review but I had to log off suddenly. Thanks, Rock drumALT 12:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks ...
... for the nice Barnstar :o) I've copied it across to my WP User Page as I never look at the other one - and what's the use of a decoration if you can't gloat over it from time to time, lol! Pesky (talk) 18:29, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
By the way, I absolutely love your user page :o) Pesky (talk) 21:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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Ping
What was with your reversion of Strikerforce? Ironholds (talk) 08:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
- Indeed. StrikerforceTalk Review me! 09:17, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm on holiday at the moment and my internet connection is only through a phone (although I've managed to get onto a computer to write this). Please accept my apologies; the reversion was a mistake on my part as I didn't mean to undo the edit; my finger must have slipped. Sorry about the untimely reply, as well. Regards, Rock drumALT 19:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- No worries! Have a good holiday! (Send me a souvenir shot glass? LOL) StrikerforceTalk Review me! 21:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm on holiday at the moment and my internet connection is only through a phone (although I've managed to get onto a computer to write this). Please accept my apologies; the reversion was a mistake on my part as I didn't mean to undo the edit; my finger must have slipped. Sorry about the untimely reply, as well. Regards, Rock drumALT 19:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011
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ThatPeskyCommoner asked me to notify you about this deletion request. The image is a screen shot of a copyrighted non free program. MorganKevinJ(talk) 14:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2011
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Victuallers is starting to organize an event in York based around the National Railway Museum hopefully for mid June. Would you be interested in starting the collaboration page as a place to link to for new volunteers to sign up and know what the plan is? Drop a note on Victualler's page if you kick something off. Cheers Fæ (talk) 07:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: April 2011
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GOCE drive newsletter
 The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 08:01, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Wright challenge barnstar
I thought I'd mention to you that I'm away for the next ten days -- and that some of those challengers are already claiming their promised "official barnstars". They have moved fast! I know you've designed other stuff for the collaboration and I wonder if you'd care to do this? I'll tell Victuallers that I'm asking you (but I guess he may have contacted you already?) It needs a design that could be pasted on to a userpage on any Wikipedia, so not depending on templates. Any help gratefully received. Andrew Dalby 18:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
- I can't really make any images, I'm afraid but I can create the templates to go round them... Fæ might be able to make you some special "Wright Challenge" barnstars. Do you want to leave him a message on his talk page asking about that? Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash 18:17, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
DYK for The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
 | On 10 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
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