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Christmas theme for DYK article

I started a Signpost article about DYK's upcoming Christmas theme at Wikipedia:FCDW/December (as you suggested). Any thoughts on more content that could/should be added? I left a message in the DYK discussion area asking other DYK regulars to contribute to the article. By the way, there continues to be DYK/FA/FP discussion for April Fool's 2009, so a Signpost article definitely needs to be planned before and/or after April 1st. Royalbroil 05:57, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw your start ... perhaps you can add more wording to encourage editors to contribute, explaining how to contribute, deadlines and such ... assume the reader has never heard of DYK and doesn't even know where to start. You can pull some of it from the earlier DYK Dispatch. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Has there been any discussion about the possible bias of featuring Christmas on this day? Awadewit (talk) 23:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

I was a little surprised at that myself :-) If there hasn't been, there will be if the Dispatch goes out with no attempt to balance coverage. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK has a purposeful bias and always will (it even notes that a large portion should be American based, for example, because of its user base). Ottava Rima (talk) 00:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm also surprised that there's a push to have a Christmas theme, just like I was surprised that there was a Halloween theme, because both are based on religious holidays. Some Christians are very opposed to Halloween because they feel it glorifies the occult. I never would have pushed for a theme on either topic. Royalbroil 13:50, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Many other websites have a themed front page on holidays. We can't please everyone. By having a "theme" to work on, it perhaps encourages more people to start writing and expanding new articles that they otherwise wouldn't have. For example, I worked on Halloween Pennant, something I'd never even heard of before it was suggested as a possible article to use. I think it's a good idea (well I did suggest it, at least the Christmas one). I don't think people are going to get that upset because it's "biased". We have articles for events on other days, why can't we for Christmas?

Ottava, the note on the next update page is disputed by me and at least another editor. – How do you turn this on (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

You can dispute anything you want, but it all boils down to the idea that en Wikipedia caters to its audience, which always puts a primary emphasis on the US. In such an idea, it would be wrong not to mention Christmas. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

FAR and away

Hi Sandy. As we've discussed, I will not be able to daily monitor Wikipedia and the Featured article review. Happily, the workload there has been shrinking because so many of the older FAs have already been processed. It really isn't a lot of work at the moment. User:Joelr31 isn't especially active either, but he can probably handle closures. I will ping him to offer an opinion here. And I will, hopefully, stop by from time to time to make closures myself.

There are only two issues. One is segmenting the reviews (Review commentary/FARC commentary) and moving to FARC. This is really a janitorial thing that can be assigned to anybody. The only real question at FAR, as you know: are people working? If people are working, no need to move to FARC. If people are working, no need to make a final closure. Three weeks, three months, whatever. In the interests of content improvement, hard deadlines have disappeared at the review.

The other issue is pointy, flame war reviews, where an article is nominated and the conversation gets nasty in the first 48 hours. Best to simply close these, although it's a case-by-case decision. Joel and I may not notice such instances given infrequent editing, so I think you or Raul might stop by the page once a day or two to check for this.

A great number of excellent editors have made saves over the years. This year, Ceoil and DrKiernan have probably been the two most important assets, so you might want to keep them in the loop on any changes to the review structure, if you or Raul feel changes need to be made.

Peace be with you Sandy, Marskell (talk) 15:38, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Raul is away at a conference and may be very busy catching up once he gets back at the end of this week. I see you closed and segmented several, so nothing at FAR is urgent right now; I'll continue to watch for flare-ups and put heads together with Joelito, Ceoil and DrKiernan once Raul is home and settled. Godspeed, my friend; I am honored and priviledged to have been in the presence of your work and friendship on Wiki, and will look forward to seeing you, however infrequently, whenever you pop back in. Be well, always, never too far away, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:49, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: Comment

My apologies, but this comment got lost in all of the commotion and I just noticed it. Thanks for the note, I appreciate it. One thing I've always done since I've been an administrator is listen to the community. Of course I have my personal opinions on every issue, as does everybody else, but I am more than comfortable with listening to the community and using their input to make what are typically better decisions for the community as a whole. I thought this was evident with my unblock, but some seem to think otherwise. Regards, Rjd0060 (talk) 16:33, 19 November 2008 (UTC)