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Hi, for info only, no action proposed. I haven't really looked deeply at this because I don't know either editor or background in the Kingdom of Hungary article where it apparently started, but after noting [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:John&diff=prev&oldid=595288381 this to admin John], I now passed via the other user's Talk page and saw [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ANorden1990&diff=595180866&oldid=595178994 your comment here]. You're right, the Hungarian editor didn't start it, but he was the first to tip over 3RR in restoring things. Good call. But what I notice above is that deliberately or coincidentally the Hungarian editor has identified [[:Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Iaaasi]], all coincidentally based in the same location in Romania as the new IP which has suddenly appeared to support the Slovak editor. No idea what should be done with that info, if anything. All the best. [[User:In ictu oculi|In ictu oculi]] ([[User talk:In ictu oculi|talk]]) 14:41, 13 February 2014 (UTC) |
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I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling like the community runs on high-octane rage and like every policy or content discussion is all that stands between us and the end of the world. I'm sick of seeing people talk to each other as if they're not speaking to another human being, because typing words on a page makes it so much easier to say things you wouldn't say to someone's face. I'm exhausted from trying, in a tiny way in a few tiny corners, to make things suck here a smidgen less, and mostly feeling like I've failed, when I can muster the energy to try at all.
This isn't a retirement message. I'm still here, and I'm still editing in my usual sporadic fashion. But I'm tired of the bad, and I want to hear the good. I would so, so appreciate it if anyone who stumbles across this message could leave me a note telling me what you love about Wikipedia. What you do or the community does that doesn't feel draining. What's gone right lately, for you and your work here, or for the project(s) themselves. Tell me something good that came out of your time here. Remind me why we put our energy into this thing in the first place. Show me somewhere on-wiki where people completely failed to be terrible to each other even though the chance was there. Show me editors being valued without being showered in the shiny baubles that make this feel a game of trinket collection instead of a collaboration.
Remind me of the good, guys. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:24, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone who's offered me their happy thoughts so far. Collapsing to keep the page from getting out of hand. Please feel free to continue to offer me your thoughts if you want! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 23:42, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
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Who I am trying to kid? For me in the last couple of months, I have been accused of gaming the system by none-other than my mentor, I have been subject to retaliation, I have not been able to write single GA untill now, I edit bollywood articles [Indian films] which though get million views a year will turn wikipedia slowly but surely into a bollywood-info-paedia 10-15 years later. Look at me Fluffernut, not for inspiration but for the fact even after being buried under several layers of glum each and every day I rise, draw a smile on my face and keep on editing with a hope even though there is none. Where does that hope comes from? My imagination. I suggest you use yours too you'll feel a lot better. Sohambanerjee1998 10:25, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
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FYI
A proposal has been made to create a Live Feed to enhance the processing of Articles for Creation and Drafts. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to create a 'Special:NewDraftsFeed' system. Your comments are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:16, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
recall
I am contacting you today as one of the users listed at User:Secret/recall. In case you were not aware, Secret has once again resigned his admin status and is once again about to ask for it back. I am concerned that this behavior constitutes the sort of erratic behavior that this recall mechanism was designed to deal with and am asking all other users listed there to add their opinion at the talk page of the recall subpage. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:11, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Courtesy note
I have replied to your question at my RfA. Thank you for taking the time to ask it and feel free to ask me to clarify anything or just enquirer further. I appreciate questions - I am with Sagan on this one. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 23:35, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 13 (calendar).
- The Vector search box was changed to fix old display and accessibility issues; for example, you can now use full-text search even if you have disabled JavaScript. Please report any problems you see. The option to disable the "simplified search bar" on Vector will also be removed. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- You are now notified when someone adds a link to your user page on wikis where it didn't work before (wikis with dates in the year-month-day order, including Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and some variants of Chinese). [6]
VisualEditor news
- You can now set media items' alt text and position, and directly set their size, in the media tool. [7] [8]
- The gallery tool was improved and several issues were fixed. [9] [10] [11]
Problems
- On February 3, all wikis were broken for about an hour due to a traffic balancing issue. [12]
- On February 6, some wikis were broken for about half an hour in total due to a problem with the Math extension.
Future software changes
- Some methods from Scribunto's mw.message library will be removed after February 18. If you use them in your templates or modules, please check to make sure that things will not break. [13] [14]
- You will soon be able to use GettingStarted on 23 new Wikipedias. It helps new users by listing possible tasks and giving help. The new version was also added to the English Wikipedia on February 7th. [15]
- You will soon see results from other wikis when you use the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [16] [17]
- The WikiLove tool was redesigned and should also load faster. [18]
- Edits made with WikiLove or after a GettingStarted suggestion will be tagged. [19] [20]
- It will soon no longer be possible to hide section editing links in your preferences. [21]
- You will soon be able to use the revision deletion feature via the API. [22]
- You will soon be able to choose mobile view on non-mobile devices using a Beta Feature option. [23] [24]
- If you have questions about Universal Language Selector, you can join an IRC meeting on February 12 at 17:00 UTC, in the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode. [25]
- Developers are preparing for Google Summer of Code 2014. You can propose ideas. [26]
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org will be updated this week. You won't be able to access it from 22:00 UTC on February 12 until 01:00 UTC on February 13 at the latest. [27]
- The
<poem>
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. The old tag will still work. [28]
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09:30, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
COI
Hello, if you are editing any articles related to your employment or professional life, could you please add the "connected contributor" box to the talk page of those articles? Thank you. Cla68 (talk) 23:35, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Cla. When I edit articles I have a COI for any reason on, I'm careful to leave explicit, durable notes that my edits should be reviewed for COI-related neutrality issues. I see from your contributions that you're caught up on the Watson article in particular; as per the diff above, my involvement in that topic was explicitly noted at the time I was editing the article, and I'll add that the article was written, expanded, and GA'd (whoa, when did that happen?) by people unrelated to me. The bulk of my edits to the article involve vandalism reversion and early sourcing issues; I made two content additions one day in 2011 using an edit summary that specified "Please not [sic] that I have a COI on this topic and welcome all extra eyes to ensure neutrality". Other than that, I haven't touched the article since, let's see...2012. Given that I'm not a current editor of the article (and haven't been for nearly two years), that my COI was declared both on the article and on its talk page at the time, and that I was never a main contributor to the article's content in the first place, it seems both overkill and extremely pointed to, at this late date, dramatically add a template attempting to connect me to the article's content. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 00:07, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Istanbul New Airport
Would you pls explain why you've removed a sentence cited with reliable source in Istanbul New Airport? 18:51, 11 February 2014 (UTC)~
- @CeeGee: Gah. That was the exact opposite of what I was intending to do there, I must have fat-fingered a button or diff somewhere. I've undone my edit, thanks for letting me know! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:57, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
- OK! No problem. 18:59, 11 February 2014 (UTC)~
Some baklava for you!
I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. Constructive criticism is always appreciated. What doesn't kill us... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:42, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
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Noticed in passing
Hi, for info only, no action proposed. I haven't really looked deeply at this because I don't know either editor or background in the Kingdom of Hungary article where it apparently started, but after noting this to admin John, I now passed via the other user's Talk page and saw your comment here. You're right, the Hungarian editor didn't start it, but he was the first to tip over 3RR in restoring things. Good call. But what I notice above is that deliberately or coincidentally the Hungarian editor has identified Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Iaaasi, all coincidentally based in the same location in Romania as the new IP which has suddenly appeared to support the Slovak editor. No idea what should be done with that info, if anything. All the best. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:41, 13 February 2014 (UTC)