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Hi. We appreciate your enthusiasm, but it might be an idea to wait a while before getting involved in parts of Wikipedia that you may still not fully understand for another year or two. In the meantime, here is something for you to read: [[Wikipedia:Advice for RfA voters]], and although written several years ago [[user:Kudpung/RfA criteria|this set of criteria]] for admin candidates has become a work of reference. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing! --[[User:Kudpung|Kudpung กุดผึ้ง]] ([[User talk:Kudpung|talk]]) 1:59 pm, Today (UTC+7)
Hi. We appreciate your enthusiasm, but it might be an idea to wait a while before getting involved in parts of Wikipedia that you may still not fully understand for another year or two. In the meantime, here is something for you to read: [[Wikipedia:Advice for RfA voters]], and although written several years ago [[user:Kudpung/RfA criteria|this set of criteria]] for admin candidates has become a work of reference. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing! --[[User:Kudpung|Kudpung กุดผึ้ง]] ([[User talk:Kudpung|talk]]) 1:59 pm, Today (UTC+7)

== Request for Adminship discussion ==

I've stopped by shortly to try and explain a couple of things, you've been around on Wikipedia for something over a year and based on your edits I gather you have somewhat of a feel for how Wikipedia works. From your edits, I think that you've only commented on a single RfA - the currently active one for RickinBaltimore. It's your vote and subsequent comment that I want to quickly discuss. These; {{tq|you have not created enough articles}} and {{tq|I would say that twenty‐five is enough.}} I'm guessing that these two comments are based on the expectation that administrators will have a good feel for article writing with conflict resolution experience on tendentious articles - a must in some editors' eyes.

I'll start by pointing out an obvious flaw in your expectation that an admin will create at least 25 articles. It's not a difficult task to create 25 stub-class articles as these require little effort to research, by comparison creating even a single FA article is (or can be) extremely difficult. Using your expectation, a new editor who has created a set of short two sentence articles could meet your prerequisites, yet a veteran who has never created an article but has diligently worked to bring tens of articles to GA, A and FA status, who has had to resolve many disputes by carefully analyzing sources, and who has significant experience in other facets of Wikipedia (for example, vandalism fighting, new pages patrol, and article reviewing) would not meet your expectations. Admins are expected to bring a balance of many skills; article writing and reviewing is one that many find to be a necessity, another is competence in vandal fighting and conflict resolution, a third is a thorough understanding of policy and guidelines, and there are many more. One for me personally is temperament, I've voted twice and opposed twice because I believed the nominated candidates were not suited for the position behaviourally - being either power hungry or having poor decision making skills.

Your vote touched slightly on a skill - article creation - but it strikes as being arbitrary and insufficiently thought out. Answer these questions for yourself; 1. why 25? 2. Are 25 stub-class articles better than 3 or 4 featured articles (or even a single featured article)? 3. What skill has actually been gained by creating an article? consider an article that will receive little or no attention, that won't become the subject of a content dispute, or that doesn't require strong research skills (such as a table of match results). 4. Is this the only thing holding you back from voting support? if so, why? - are the candidate's other skills and work on the encyclopaedia not sufficient.

I've left this message for two reasons; 1. Your still quite young and definitely younger than the average Wikipedian - some things do only come with experience and 2. There is a bit of flak being levied at you that I don't think is entirely correct. Namely {{tq|You're having a giraffe, aren't you? ...}}. I get the feeling you weren't making a joke, but, had a sincere vote. Your oppose isn't alone in the thinking that Rickin doesn't have enough non-automated article experience. That's not the issue, it's the arbitrary ruling and unwavering rigidity where is falls apart. Article writing experience is one thing that can be gained many different ways; creating articles, expanding articles and having them peer, GA, A and FA reviewed for quality, reviewing articles for those same features, discussion on article talk pages for content dispute resolution, and much much more. To single out article creation neglects everything else that goes into building an encyclopaedia. This is why your vote received a negative response, it showed a fundamental misunderstanding of an article's life cycle. Not to mention that people always receive flak for voting oppose on the grounds of inexperience in article writing which some editors view as being unnecessary for administrative duties. [[User:Mr rnddude|Mr rnddude]] ([[User talk:Mr rnddude|talk]]) 07:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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Artist impression images in exoplanet articles Comment

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Change to List of cities proper by population

Hi, just saw you made a change in a population in the List of cities proper by population without citing a source, and also deleting the old source. If you are going to change the population figure it's very important to cite the source of your new number, ideally from official sources. Thanks! Mattximus (talk) 01:06, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Gliese 581 d

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Your GA nomination of Gliese 581 c

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Proposed merge

Why have you removed merge banners from Outline of trigonometry and List of trigonometry topics? ~Kvng (talk) 14:30, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There was no discussion on the merge. MartinZ02 (talk) 19:21, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I will start a discussion. ~Kvng (talk) 22:19, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Explaining edits

Please include an edit summary with each of your edits. Thank you. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 22:23, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Asteroid

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Your GA nomination of Asteroid

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Your GA nomination of Life

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Regarding Life

Hello Martin, regarding Life I decided to undo your removal of 'Phanerozoic Eon' section as I found the removal was unexplained and rather huge. If there has bee nan disussion regarding removal of that section I've not found such. AzaToth 11:58, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It was decided at the the review page that the Phanerozoic Eon section should be deleted.
I see; sorry for the inconvenience. AzaToth 12:32, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Life

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Edit war

Hi, I'm pleased to have the opportunity to engage with you. We are in danger of edit warring at Life. Please read the comment I have made on the Talk Page. Your lack of edit summaries and discussion give the impression of ownership. Graham Beards (talk) 00:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Tagging

Hi Martin,

I have reverted the tags that you added to some of our Featured Articles. If the Leads were too long, this would have been discussed at WP:FAC. I suggest that you discuss any changes, including tagging, to articles on the Talk Pages first. Graham Beards (talk) 05:55, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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What part of the statement does it not confirm?

Are you referring to the comparison with the Earth? The average surface temperature of the Earth is 15 C; the average temperature in that simulation is 15 C. Serendipodous 21:18, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Artists impression of Juno orbiting around Jupiter.

The project at a glance

As of Q3 2016 the project has reached:

  • Increase 115 Featured articles
  • Steady 14 Featured lists
  • Steady 6 Featured miscellaneous
  • Increase 177 Good Articles
  • Increase 46,996 total articles
  • Negative increase 3,462 (or 8%) are marked for cleanup
  • Negative increase 5,081 issues in total.

News by month

July 2016

On July 1st, The Man in the Moone was the featured article on English Wikipedia (see blurb). On July 26th, Pavo was the featured article on the English Wikipedia (see blurb).

On July 4, the Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter. On July 18th, NASA announced over 100 new exoplanets discovered by the K2 Mission including the K2-72 system which features a sub-Earth sized exoplanet in its circumstellar habitable zone.

In July the following articles were also created: XX Persei, CK Carinae, Friedrich Hayn, Andrew King (astrophysicist), Elizabeth Lada, Stefi Baum, Yellow giant, RT-64, HD 131399 Ab, HIP 41378, Fiske Planetarium, 2015 RR245, HIP 2, Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat, V883 Orionis, Takeshi Oka, NGC 143, Kepler-1229, KELT-11b, HD 164595, Titan Winged Aerobot, List of minor planet discoverers, Polaris flare, C Ursa Majoris, K2-72, K2-72e, Outline of the Solar System, NGC 6412, 2014 LM28, NGC 144, Frank Muller (astronomer), 2014 EZ51, Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory Pathfinder, Meanings of minor planet names: 451001–452000, Meanings of minor planet names: 452001–453000, Meanings of minor planet names: 453001–454000, Meanings of minor planet names: 454001–455000, Meanings of minor planet names: 455001–456000, Meanings of minor planet names: 456001–457000, Meanings of minor planet names: 457001–458000, Meanings of minor planet names: 458001–459000, Meanings of minor planet names: 459001–460000, Meanings of minor planet names: 460001–461000, Meanings of minor planet names: 461001–462000, Meanings of minor planet names: 462001–463000, Meanings of minor planet names: 463001–464000, Meanings of minor planet names: 464001–465000, Meanings of minor planet names: 465001–466000, Meanings of minor planet names: 466001–467000, Meanings of minor planet names: 467001–468000, Meanings of minor planet names: 468001–469000, Meanings of minor planet names: 469001–470000, Anna Estelle Glancy, 2014 OE394, Kepler-84, LEDA 89996, NGC 1901, NGC 2164, NGC 1854, NGC 1763, 15 Leonis Minoris, HIP 57274 d, Slater (crater), Exoplanet naming convention, NGC 1755, List of star systems within 30–35 light-years, NGC 1820, HD 189245, NGC 2197, Doris Vickers, James William Grant (astronomer), HD 240237 b, Kepler-442.

August 2016

Artists impression of Proxima Centauri b as a terrestrial exoplanet.
Artists impression of the surface of Proxima Centauri b as a terrestrial exoplanet.

On August 3rd, The 2014 edition of the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (See image) was the featured image on the English Wikipedia. On August 24th Proxima Centauri b was discovered using Doppler spectroscopy on ESO and other telescopes. On August 29th, speculations about the Radio signal from HD 164595 caused by an isotropic beacon from a Type II civilization began circulating in the media, even though the signal only scored a 1-2 on the Rio Scale.

Other articles created in August 2016 include: 2014 FE72, Radio signal from HD 164595, CL J1001+0220, Super-Neptune, Kepler-20g, Mikko Tuomi, Dragonfly 44, Proxima Centauri b, List of minor planets: 472001–473000, List of minor planets: 471001–472000, List of minor planets: 470001–471000, Usuda star dome, NGC 162, WD 1145+017 b, NGC 161, NGC 160, NGC 159, Gliese 3293, 2016 PQ, (471325) 2011 KT19, NGC 158, NGC 156, NGC 155, IAU Working Group on Star Names, NGC 5053, LkCa 15, NGC 154, NGC 153, NGC 150, NGC 149, NGC 148, Kepler-419b, Kepler-419, IC 5332, WASP-82, V4024 Sagittarii, U Lacertae, Kepler-418 b, HD 169142, Kepler-1520b, NGC 146, NGC 7582, AR Scorpii, CX CMa.

September 2016

September 2016 mostly focused on expanding Wikipedia's coverage on astronomical objects such as NGC objects, Asteroids, Star system lists, and constellation stars. New articles were also made for exoplanets and other topics.

Examples of articles created in September 2016 include: NGC 163, NGC 164, NGC 165, NGC 166, NGC 167, NGC 168, NGC 169, Robyn Millan, (50719) 2000 EG140, NGC 170, NGC 171, NGC 172, NGC 173, NGC 174, NGC 175, NGC 176, NGC 177, NGC 178, NGC 179, NGC 180, NGC 181, NGC 182, NGC 183, NGC 184, NGC 185, NGC 186, NGC 187, NGC 188, NGC 189, NGC 190, NGC 191, NGC 192, NGC 193, NGC 194, EPIC 204278916, K2-33, Q Cygni, Psi Leonis, List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2009, Pi Geminorum, Tau2 Gruis, Iota2 Normae, NGC 195, NGC 196, Iota Normae, Rho1 Eridani, Rho2 Eridani, Rho3 Eridani, Rho Eridani, Gamma Normae, Eastern Anatolia Observatory, NGC 197, NGC 198, NGC 199, NGC 200, HD 164922 c, NGC 202, NGC 203, NGC 204, NGC 207, Ward doubles, Earth Proxima, NGC 208, NGC 209, (75482) 1999 XC173, (39546) 1992 DT5, (219774) 2001 YY145, List of slow rotators (minor planets), Anders Planman, NGC 212, NGC 213, NGC 214, Swedish Astronomical Society, NGC 215, NGC 216, NGC 217, NGC 218, NGC 219, NGC 220, NGC 221, NGC 222, NGC 223, NGC 224, NGC 225, NGC 226, NGC 227, HR 6594, Kepler-1606b, N6946-BH1, NGC 228, NGC 229, NGC 230, NGC 231, NGC 232, NGC 233, NGC 234, Failed supernova, BINGO (telescope), HD 30963, 38 Virginis b, NGC 236, NGC 237, List of fast rotators (minor planets), 38 Virginis, O'Connell effect, Sevenfold sun miracle, Judith Gamora Cohen, NGC 238, NGC 239, OGLE-2007-BLG-349(AB)b, List of star systems within 35–40 light-years, NGC 240, NGC 241, NGC 242, NGC 243, NGC 244, NGC 245, Argonium, List of star systems within 40–45 light-years, Outline of Earth, Jansha (impact crater), NGC 256, NGC 257, NGC 258, NGC 259, HD 150248, HD 117939, HD 71334, HD 118598, NGC 260, NGC 261, Cosmic wind, Galactic Tick Day, Emily Lakdawalla, List of star systems within 45–50 light-years, HR 4887, DS Crucis, BU Crucis.

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RfA

Hi. We appreciate your enthusiasm, but it might be an idea to wait a while before getting involved in parts of Wikipedia that you may still not fully understand for another year or two. In the meantime, here is something for you to read: Wikipedia:Advice for RfA voters, and although written several years ago this set of criteria for admin candidates has become a work of reference. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 1:59 pm, Today (UTC+7)

Request for Adminship discussion

I've stopped by shortly to try and explain a couple of things, you've been around on Wikipedia for something over a year and based on your edits I gather you have somewhat of a feel for how Wikipedia works. From your edits, I think that you've only commented on a single RfA - the currently active one for RickinBaltimore. It's your vote and subsequent comment that I want to quickly discuss. These; you have not created enough articles and I would say that twenty‐five is enough. I'm guessing that these two comments are based on the expectation that administrators will have a good feel for article writing with conflict resolution experience on tendentious articles - a must in some editors' eyes.

I'll start by pointing out an obvious flaw in your expectation that an admin will create at least 25 articles. It's not a difficult task to create 25 stub-class articles as these require little effort to research, by comparison creating even a single FA article is (or can be) extremely difficult. Using your expectation, a new editor who has created a set of short two sentence articles could meet your prerequisites, yet a veteran who has never created an article but has diligently worked to bring tens of articles to GA, A and FA status, who has had to resolve many disputes by carefully analyzing sources, and who has significant experience in other facets of Wikipedia (for example, vandalism fighting, new pages patrol, and article reviewing) would not meet your expectations. Admins are expected to bring a balance of many skills; article writing and reviewing is one that many find to be a necessity, another is competence in vandal fighting and conflict resolution, a third is a thorough understanding of policy and guidelines, and there are many more. One for me personally is temperament, I've voted twice and opposed twice because I believed the nominated candidates were not suited for the position behaviourally - being either power hungry or having poor decision making skills.

Your vote touched slightly on a skill - article creation - but it strikes as being arbitrary and insufficiently thought out. Answer these questions for yourself; 1. why 25? 2. Are 25 stub-class articles better than 3 or 4 featured articles (or even a single featured article)? 3. What skill has actually been gained by creating an article? consider an article that will receive little or no attention, that won't become the subject of a content dispute, or that doesn't require strong research skills (such as a table of match results). 4. Is this the only thing holding you back from voting support? if so, why? - are the candidate's other skills and work on the encyclopaedia not sufficient.

I've left this message for two reasons; 1. Your still quite young and definitely younger than the average Wikipedian - some things do only come with experience and 2. There is a bit of flak being levied at you that I don't think is entirely correct. Namely You're having a giraffe, aren't you? .... I get the feeling you weren't making a joke, but, had a sincere vote. Your oppose isn't alone in the thinking that Rickin doesn't have enough non-automated article experience. That's not the issue, it's the arbitrary ruling and unwavering rigidity where is falls apart. Article writing experience is one thing that can be gained many different ways; creating articles, expanding articles and having them peer, GA, A and FA reviewed for quality, reviewing articles for those same features, discussion on article talk pages for content dispute resolution, and much much more. To single out article creation neglects everything else that goes into building an encyclopaedia. This is why your vote received a negative response, it showed a fundamental misunderstanding of an article's life cycle. Not to mention that people always receive flak for voting oppose on the grounds of inexperience in article writing which some editors view as being unnecessary for administrative duties. Mr rnddude (talk) 07:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]