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:Hi, I don't think I want to get involved with that. I would encourage you to read [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]]. [[User:William Avery|William Avery]] ([[User talk:William Avery#top|talk]]) 07:59, 13 December 2023 (UTC) |
:Hi, I don't think I want to get involved with that. I would encourage you to read [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]]. [[User:William Avery|William Avery]] ([[User talk:William Avery#top|talk]]) 07:59, 13 December 2023 (UTC) |
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::Thank you, William. [[User:Kevin Manley|Kevin Manley]] ([[User talk:Kevin Manley|talk]]) 13:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
::Thank you, William. [[User:Kevin Manley|Kevin Manley]] ([[User talk:Kevin Manley|talk]]) 13:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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== Article improvement help == |
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Hello Mr. Avery, Brendan Conway, Senior Wikipedia Administrator, recommended that I contact you regarding my Wikipedia article. It was nominated for deletion on December 10th, so I only have four days to respond. |
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The page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_W._Lopez. As you will see, we have been responding to editorial requests for several months. Mr. Conway stated that it was his opinion that my work was worthy of a Wikipedia article, so I am reaching out to you for help. I was informed that your fee will be $1499. How do I pay you? Shall we communicate via email, telephone, what works for you? |
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Thanks for you help, |
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Gary [[User:GW Lopez|GW Lopez]] ([[User talk:GW Lopez|talk]]) 18:48, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
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Rejected draft reports no longer updating?
Hello William Avery,
The rejected draft reports you created doesn't seem to be updating anymore. The last information is from 10th of September: https://heber.toolforge.org/drafts/filter/20220910. All the following days show an empty report. MKFI (talk) 11:24, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. I'll take a look later. William Avery (talk) 12:32, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- It should be updating as usual now. I am subscribed to the appropriate mailing list, but missed this. 🤭 William Avery (talk) 15:46, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you! MKFI (talk) 06:19, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Rejected drafts report stopped updating
Hello William Avery,
The rejected drafts report has stopped updating, the last information is from 6th of April: https://heber.toolforge.org/drafts/filter/20230406. All the following days show an empty report. Could you please check it? MKFI (talk) 08:22, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
- Fixed. The MariaDB software used by ToolForge was changed from version 10.1.44 to version 10.4.28 by this, and that broke it. William Avery (talk) 10:37, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick fix! MKFI (talk) 10:44, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks for helping new drafts I created (like Madeira parakeet and Providence blue pigeon). I know it was a while ago but I truly appreciate it! Underscore1234 (talk) 17:45, 18 April 2023 (UTC) |
- Much appreciated.😎 Glad to know I was a help and not an annoyance!
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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 21
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MOS:RANGE edits
As in this edit, you mention MOS:RANGE as the reason for your edit, but the text you cite does not prohibit the use of en dashes as a separator for a date range. In fact, in the examples listed "For ranges between numbers, dates, or times, use an en dash: pp. 7–19; 64–75%; Henry VIII reigned 1509–1547" the en dash is specifically listed for a range of dates. Why bother "fixing" a non-problem that is specifically permitted by the guideline you point to as justification for your edit? Alansohn (talk) 14:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
- And if you read the guideline a little further it advises, "Do not mix en dashes with between or from", giving the specific example "from 1961 to 1964, not from 1961–1964". Is that not clear? William Avery (talk) 15:25, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 22
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The first edition of our new monthly contest had perhaps a little less participation than I hoped for, but it still resulted in a huge amount of content work, mainly focussed on de-stubbing articles on little-known species, although we did also see two GAs for Holozoa and Hypericum perforatum. Overall, over 60 articles were improved, with most going from stubs or redlinks to fully fleshed out articles. The winner this month was Simongraham, who improved 21 articles about spiders, mainly to B and C class, and racked up 70 points, over twice the next highest. Hopefully, we'll continue to see such great work next month, with even more participants and even more articles improved.
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The second edition of our monthly contest was even better than the last month, with 80 articles improved spanning the entire tree of life. The winner this month was Quetzal1964, who contributed to 47 articles, mainly relating to marine fish, and racked up 81 points in the process. In second place was simongraham, who got 60 points from 14 articles on various species of jumping spiders. simongraham is still at the top of our overall standings, with 130 points, and Quetzal1964's close behind on 108. The November edition of the contest is now open: feel free to drop by and participate if you work on any TOL-related articles this month. |
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Page edit help
Greetings William, I was giving your name from Senior Wikipedia Administrator, Brendan Conway. A friend of mine has a Wiki page nominated for deletion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boulton
David is ill with COVID and asked me to assist him. I don't have enough experience to update his page to meet the objections to his page. David would like to keep his page. He has a list of more resources that would be helpful to document his case for keeping the page. He asked me to contact you on his behalf, my name is Kevin Manley. Are you available to help with any edits to comply with wiki standards? Kevin Manley (talk) 16:23, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, I don't think I want to get involved with that. I would encourage you to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. William Avery (talk) 07:59, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, William. Kevin Manley (talk) 13:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Article improvement help
Hello Mr. Avery, Brendan Conway, Senior Wikipedia Administrator, recommended that I contact you regarding my Wikipedia article. It was nominated for deletion on December 10th, so I only have four days to respond.
The page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_W._Lopez. As you will see, we have been responding to editorial requests for several months. Mr. Conway stated that it was his opinion that my work was worthy of a Wikipedia article, so I am reaching out to you for help. I was informed that your fee will be $1499. How do I pay you? Shall we communicate via email, telephone, what works for you?
Thanks for you help,