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:Wikipedia has a long-term need of editors like you. I'm not saying it's urgent; that would be overstating a currently non-existent problem. However, this may well change in the future: [[Wikipedia#English Wikipedia editor decline]] |
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Thanks, I'll keep it in mind :)[[User:Tplanter|Tplanter]] ([[User talk:Tplanter|talk]]) 14:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC) |
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Grammar
Note: This is not a recent discussion; the last message was written 6 years ago. However, I will keep it at the top of the talk page because I hope that 75.110.241.177 might come back and see it one day. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:56, 16 July 2018 & 22:44, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Previous discussion; already read by 75.110.241.177
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Main discussionThis section has been moved to the bottom of the talk page and merged with an update created under a new heading. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC) ...Yes, the reason I edited the page was to "change the meaning of the words." I effectively did just that. Grammarians do not talk about modifying sentences, which you said I should have been doing. It is always words which are modified. Despite this, you found my edit wanting in some mysterious fashion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 (talk) 14:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Bad tasteNote by ToBeFree, 14:59, 1 May 2018 (UTC): This seems to be about User talk:ToBeFree#Grammar and User talk:75.110.241.177 I find it in bad taste for you to dredge up discussion that I've had with other people, and then make remarks about them on my talk page. Clearly this is something you're set on doing. When you remark that I said a user should stop editing, you are wrong. I said this user should stop editing for grammar. You PROBABLY should know better than this, but English may be a barrier here, because you admit on your page that you speak only "advanced" English, and not near-perfect or professional (the other categories). In any case, if you think that you have the right to correct me in the fashion that you have, then you are mistaken. You are not a moderator here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 (talk) 14:55, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Main discussion, continued
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Apology to 75.110.241.177: Please read this if you ever come back
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Looking at this one month laterI'm sorry for my initial hostile reaction. I have been clearly uncivil here, and I should not have let this incident stress me out. I had originally quoted a personal attack towards you, which is definitely not okay, and I had even originally marked it in bold to emphasize which part of the quoted discussion I considered to be "relevant". Before you had read the text (I hope), I quickly removed the bold text from the quote and reworded it to be less aggressive. I have also added an explanation of my edit on this occassion -- something I should have done as the very first thing, and in a much more polite way. About two weeks later, I decided to remove the insulting quote from my talk page. Especially as I had complained about personal attacks between you and Khajidha in the discussion, my quote casted an embarrassingly bad light on the otherwise very friendly atmosphere I'm trying to establish here. That was a good first step, I think, but I feel that it has not been enough. I have noticed that you have not edited since this discussion, and that your last edit has been made one month ago to my talk page. This is worrying me, because I might have discouraged a well-intending user from editing, something which I had ironically been complaining about to you above. I hope that the sudden stop of editing from your IP address, 75.110.241.177, has only been caused by a change of IP address, or by registration of a username. Today, I would like to invite you to give Wikipedia, a huge project that can only continue to exist because of contributions like yours, a second chance. Specifically, I sincerly hope that you would like to give me, personally, a second chance as well. I'm sorry for having been rude in our discussion, and I will honestly do my best to prevent something like this from happening ever again. If you would like to come back, please take one of these cookies: They're still warm while you're reading this. No matter when you're reading this. They'll be waiting here, they will not be archived, and it would make me happy to hear from you again whenever you see this message. I sadly can't reach you via e-mail by leaving a message on your talk page, but maybe you're still reading Wikipedia as 75.110.241.177, and maybe you'll be looking at my talk page one day again. When you do, please let me know, even if you choose to refuse my apology. I know that I have messed up. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:56, 1 June 2018 (UTC) |
Criminal Party page
I used the same translation for MTV and wikipedia both. I sent them the current translation before. But I created the biography, not them. What do I have to do ? Thanks for helping me. --Fab1966 (talk) 10:29, 3 May 2019 (UTC) Fabio 3/5/19
- Hi Fab1966, have you given any "exclusive" rights to the website? Please carefully check your contract. Afterwards, if you did not give "exclusive" rights to anyone, wrote the text entirely yourself in your own words and would like to publish it on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Thanks
~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:41, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I wrote again the buography. What do you think about it ? Thanks --Fab1966 (talk) 16:56, 6 May 2019 (UTC) Fabio 6/5/19
- Hi Fab1966, thank you for the notification. Is there any update about the copyright? Have you sent an e-mail, for example? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:16, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
I could do it, but I didn't because I wrote it again. please, could you check it ? Thanks --Fab1966 (talk) 15:34, 7 May 2019 (UTC) Fabio 7/5/19
- Hmm. Fab1966, I am unsure about this. The changes can be found at Special:Diff/895808513. If you wrote the original text, we can ignore all "close paraphrasing" issues if you take a moment to send the e-mail.
If you really would like to submit the article for review without releasing any rights to the original text, you may use the blue "Submit your draft for review!" button. This way, another reviewer can have a look too. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Ok, I'll send the e mail. But in the declaration they need to mention a link. Which one need I to include, the MTV one ? Thanks --Fab1966 (talk) 15:46, 7 May 2019 (UTC) 7/5/19 Fabio
- Thank you, that solves the whole problem.
Fab1966, for the text at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries, the "URL of the content" is the website that you have submitted your text to. If you wrote your text for MTV, it is the MTV page, for example https://mtvrock.com/2016/12/30/criminal-party/ . The "Exact URL of the page or file on Wikipedia" is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fab1966/sandbox&oldid=893329948 . ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:33, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I just the sent the declaration of the owner of the biography. What need I to publish it ? Thanks --Fab1966 (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2019 (UTC)Fabio 8/5/19
- Fab1966: Sorry, I am not sure if I understand your message correctly. Have you sent the e-mail to permissions-en
wikimedia.org? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:23, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Yes --Fab1966 (talk) 19:25, 8 May 2019 (UTC) Fabio 8/7/19
- Perfect, Fab1966, thank you very much for taking the time to do this. We need to wait for an answer now. This can take about 50 days. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:04, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Bumping thread for 60 days. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:04, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Fab1966: If you would like me to submit the draft for review as soon as the e-mail has been read, please tell me "I would like to submit the draft for review as soon as possible" below. I will then wait and later do this for you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:06, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Of course yes, I would like to submit the draft for review as soon as possible Thanks --Fab1966 (talk) 14:45, 9 May 2019 (UTC) Fabio 9/5/19
Bumping thread for 1000 days. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:11, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
- Note to self: Do this when the OTRS ticket is resolved: Special:Diff/896292830 ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:14, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I sent the permission as you suggested. They asked for common license, that of course I sent, but the they answered in the following way: Dear Fabio Rapisarda, CC BY-SA 4.0 is not compatible with Wikipedia's license (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Compatible_license). Additionally, I am still not able to verify that you are the copyright holder. (See directions in my previous message.)
Yours sincerely, [...] Of couse, now i don't know how to solve the problem. Please could you help me ? Thanks
fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 23:39, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
- OTRS member's signature removed ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:58, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Fab1966, that's unfortunate.
- Per our legal disclaimer, I can't say "this is okay". I can only point out possible issues, like close paraphrasing, but I can not say "this is fine".
- Special:Diff/895808513 seems to indicate that the new text is still based on the MTVROCK article, with the wording changed but the structure unchanged. This is not necessarily a problem, but also probably not ideal. If you hadn't written the MTVROCK article, I would probably suggest deleting the whole text, and writing it from scratch in your own words. As these are your own words, I am unsure how to continue. Is there really no way for you to ask the MTVROCK website owner to verify your authorship? Maybe the MTVROCK website owner can send a similar e-mail to Wikipedia? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:25, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
I wrote the biography with own words. I changed something. If you read the MTV biography and the wikipedia one, they are not the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, I do believe you.
However, the OTRS volunteer has expressed doubt. Can you ask the administrator of MTVROCK to add a sentence to the MTVROCK page? "This article has been written by Wikipedia user Fab1966 and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license", or something similar? If I understand correctly, you have also received an e-mail with more detailled instructions. There does not seem to be anything I personally can do here at the moment. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:50, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
- Pinging JJMC89 per Special:Diff/897865501, maybe he can confirm my interpretation. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
- ticket:2019050810007489 does not contain an adequate statement of permission. The specified license is not compatible, and there is no evidence that the person who signed the statement is the copyright holder. Given that, I did not compare the source text vs Wikipedia. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:16, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, if you read the new version of the biography, it's not same of the one published by MTV rock. I don't understand because I need a license. https://mtvrock.com/criminal-party/ Thanks
Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, my original concern was close paraphrasing. When I expressed this concern, I did not know that you have written the MTVROCK article yourself.
- If I understand correctly, Wikipedia has still not received verification for your authorship. For this reason, the original Wikipedia article text may be deleted as a suspected copyright violation.
- In Special:Diff/895808513, you have modified the closely paraphrased text. It is now less closely paraphrased.
- I do not know if this is sufficient. I would prefer clarity about this copyright issue.
- I can not give legal advice. I can only point out potential problems. This may be a problem. I do not know. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:46, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
I sent them the Creatice Common license 4.0 (as they suggested), but they wrote me it wasn't fine. Now I don't really know what to do. I don't understand what they need. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, there are multiple different "Creative Commons" licenses. Please compare these four licenses:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- You have likely been asked to use one of the green licenses (
), not the red one (
).
- If you have questions about an e-mail sent to you, please respond to the e-mail to ask your questions. Please respond via e-mail that you do not understand what to do next. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:15, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I attached the Creative common 4.0 link in the Criminal Party's page. Please, could you check if it's correct and maybe send it for the approval ? Thanks Fabio
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 08:57, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Fab1966, that's sadly not what I meant. You do not need to add this text to the Wikipedia article. Wikipedia articles are automatically published under a free license.
- I meant: Could you add the text "This article has been written by Wikipedia user Fab1966 and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license"
- to the following page? https://mtvrock.com/criminal-party/
- Thank you very much in advance. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:46, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
I could try. It doesn't depends on me. Can you suggest an alternative ? Thanks Fabio
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 09:47, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, I sadly can't think of a good alternative. Please do try. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:09, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
I contacted them, but the biography I wrote on wikipedia EN it's not completely the same. I mean, I don't understand because I need a copyright now I made changes to the one published on MTV !!! Thanks
Fabio
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 09:12, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, merely "making changes" to a potential copyright violation does not necessarily solve the problem. For example, the old version is still accessible in the revision history of the page. Normally, copyright violations are deleted from the history, but this is not a clear case. For the same reason, I am unsure how to continue here.
- Thank you for contacting the website administrator. If they add the requested text to the website, we probably do not need to worry about copyright anymore. This is why I have asked you to solve the problem this way.
- Let's wait for the website administrator's response. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:20, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I've inserted a new biography version. Please, could you check it ?
Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Fab1966, thank you very much for rewriting the article. I have submitted it for review. This may take about 2 months, since there are 3776 other submissions also waiting for review. However, your submission will be reviewed. You will receive a message on your talk page as soon as a reviewer had a look at it.
- It may take multiple reviews until the article meets the English Wikipedia's standards. Please don't let this discourage you. Thank you very much for taking the time to write this article, and to deal with the complicated copyright concerns. If you'd like to continue contributing to Wikipedia, you may like to have a look at The Wikipedia Adventure and our community portal.
~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:52, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
As I wrote you in the other page too, I really don't undestand what I need do now. Are they asking me to resubmit the biography ? Why ?
Thanks
Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab1966 (talk • contribs) 01:13, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- Fab1966, this is unrelated to copyright.
- The reviewer seems to have the following concern: WP:42
- A good next step could be adding links to independent, reliable newspapers or books that detailledly describe the band. Please ask Bkissin if something is unclear about his concerns. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:23, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Cloudification
Hello,
my first submission was rejected. Can you help me what need to be changed pls?
Thx
Bedrich — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vavrena (talk • contribs) 13:20, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Vavrena, thank you for your submission. Where did you get the information for the article from? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:30, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
Message by Amrohs
Hi ToBeFree, thank you for your feedback on my first wikipedia page about EQS Group. I worked on the draft based on your recommendations. Would you mind checking the page again? Draft:EQS Group
Thank you Alexander
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Amrohs (talk • contribs) 12:28, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Amrohs, to ensure a fair review, I usually do not review drafts that I have reviewed in the past. This allows you to get a third opinion easily by resubmitting and letting another reviewer have a look.
- One of the sources is German, but I do not have access to it. This one here appears to be an online version, but it is located behind a paywall:
- https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/whistleblower-sollen-per-eu-gesetz-geschuetzt-werden-16022468.html
- Also, as there are 3746 pending submissions waiting for review, I do not want to encourage queue-jumping.
~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:09, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Annabelle Chvostek page edit _ Copyright issue
Hi, thanks for all the work you do. I just edited Annabelle Chvostek's page and you just flagged it for copyright infringement. I work with Annabelle and wrote the bio myself. I'm just updating her very outdated page. How can I prove this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter (talk • contribs) 01:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Tplanter, thank you for the clarification.
- Please have at least a short look at our conflict of interest guideline and disclose your conflict of interest at User:Tplanter.
- Please see WP:DONATETEXT for instructions how to update the website to contain the necessary license information for reuse on Wikipedia.
- Please propose changes on the talk page of the article, Talk:Annabelle Chvostek, instead of making them directly. There seem to be glaring neutrality issues with the proposed text, so please do not re-introduce promotional language into the article again. Removing incorrect information is likely fine, but new sentences should better be proposed on the talk page of the article. See Template:Request_edit for a convenient way of notifying neutral reviewers of your proposed addition. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:13, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for clarifying. Makes sense what you say about the promotional language and conflict of interest. I'm new to this and hadn't even thought about it. I'm not getting paid, but I am helping Annabelle out with admin stuff. Should I declare that on my page? I'll work on some updates and run them by you first. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter (talk • contribs) 02:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Tplanter, while only "compensated" editors are forced by the Terms of Use to do so, you are nevertheless strongly encouraged to disclose such a close connection on your user page. There is no need for a specific template or text; feel free to write any text that you personally consider to be a good explanation of your connection to the article subject.
- Regarding the updates, thank you for the offer – but this is not specifically about me; I am not in an authoritative position to decide alone. It would probably be a good idea to get a second reviewer's opinion by using the {{Request edit}} template at Talk:Annabelle Chvostek, instead of asking for a personal review, when you'd like to request changes. I will happily help with any technical issues that occur though, and I can answer questions about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:49, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi again, I tried to revert the page to what it was before my edits and it does not appear. Also, there's the copyright notice at the top of the page now too! Can the old version be restored? Can I not remove inaccurate info and add new, updated info to the existing text (new albums, new website,etc)? Am I banned from updating because I'm a family member? She is not a hugely popular musician and the page hadn't been updated in years.... Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter (talk • contribs) 16:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Tplanter, removing incorrect information is fine, but that's not what happened in Special:Diff/899444097. Instead, new text was added without a reliable source that directly supports the addition. The text was not neutral, either. Therefore, I have undone this edit.
- As advised in my message above, please use the talk page of the article, Talk:Annabelle Chvostek, to request changes ({{Request edit}}), instead of making them directly to the article.
- You are not "banned" from modifying the page, but our conflict of interest guideline strongly discourages you from doing so.
- The website at annabellemusic.com/bio does still not seem to contain the requested license text. Please see WP:DONATETEXT, which contains example text that you can add to the website to solve the copyright problem. Please do not, however, remove the copyright warning yourself, even if you have provided the requested text. An administrator needs to have a look at this.
- Thank you very much in advance. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:26, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Understood. Thank you. I sent the message yesterday via email to donate the text and have not heard back but, from what I understand, you're requesting me to make the text copyleft on the webpage itself, right? Thanks for your patience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter (talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Tplanter, no problem, thank you very much. A message on the website is probably much faster and a more reliable way of proving the free license status of the website text. An e-mail reply may take about 60 days. If anyhow possible, you can greatly help us by adding the text to the website. If this happens before an administrator has a look at the copyright notice, it also prevents unnecessary work.
~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I just added the CC license to the page. From what I understand, I can't use it anyways, right? I'm just adding it tor prove I didn't steal it. Is that correct? Tplanter (talk) 18:53, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, Tplanter.
- No edit on Wikipedia is gone forever; your reverted addition is still available in the revision history of the page. For this reason, it was important to prove that the old revision is not a copyright violation. This seems to have been done nicely. When you receive a ticket number in response to your email request, you may like to respond saying that you have added the license notice to the website and that the ticket can likely be closed.
- We may even be able to build upon the biography, especially if this is intended to update an outdated article. However, we'll need to ensure that the text is neutral, and we'll need to provide independent, reliable citations for most statements. An official biography page can be a reliable source, but only for a very limited kind of information. See WP:BLPSELFPUB for an explanation.
- Again, thank you very much for helping the community to quickly resolve this situation. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:06, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you again, ToBeFree. I see you've approved the copyright infringement removal and the new text I edited. How long does it take to go live? Why do I still see the old text and the copyright violation notice? Thank you! Tplanter (talk) 20:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Tplanter, you're welcome. The text that I had reverted will likely not be added to the article in unmodified form, because it does not appear to be neutral, and because it may lack necessary reliable citations. However, the copyright problem seems to have been solved. An administrator will remove the notice soon; I would have done so myself, because I have added it in the first place, but I think that I can't really do so after having asked you not to do so. Let's just wait for an administrator to remove it.
- Let's also wait for a reviewer to respond to your request at Talk:Annabelle Chvostek. I think the reviewer may have the same concerns as I do, so let's wait for their third opinion. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:44, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, ToBeFree. I do not understand how my new text on Talk:Annabelle Chvostek is not neutral. It simply states facts (albums, awards, and collaborations) and has sources. I can wait for someone else to look at it, but I don't understand how her wikipedia page can say she was a child musical prodigy (which Annabelle herself says is false and somewhat embarrassing), but it is questionably neutral to say how many albums she's released, who she's worked with, and which awards she's won. May I ask what does not come across as neutral? Thank you for your help and your time.Tplanter (talk) 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you Tplanter, especially for taking neutrality into account. However, I am unable to find the text "prodigy" on the page. I have removed it from the page, twice, at Special:Diff/899436473 and Special:Diff/899441402. The first removal was part of my big revert. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You're right. I just visited the page again and the prodigy bit was (thankfully) gone. Thanks for helping me understand all this so patiently, and for all the work you do on the site.Tplanter (talk) 21:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Tplanter, it is a pleasure to discuss with you. From the first sentence to this one – someone reverts a huge contribution and the reaction is gratefulness and factual questions. This is a rare, valuable attitude that matches the fundamental values (WP:5P) of this encyclopedia. This whole project exists because people like you decide to invest their free time into it.
- I'll avoid explaining potential issues with the requested edit at the moment, because the reviewer may agree with you. If they don't, they will likely provide an explanation that would have matched mine. I can still provide additional explanation if I consider the reviewer's message to be too complicated or not detailled enough. Having a third opinion may be useful.
- In the worst case future scenario that I can think of, you may be requesting many edits with all of them being declined. This can be very a discouraging experience. I'm not really assuming the worst, but I'd like to point out that this can happen. In the unlikely case that it does, please think of my words: Your approach to editing is extremely valuable, and shared only by what I personally believe to be a minority of Wikipedia's millions of editors. Some of those who do share your attitude become regular members of the community. When looking at Special:Statistics, you'll notice that only 45,781 accounts are "extended confirmed", meaning that they have made over 500 contributions to the project. Everything counts as a contribution, every typo fix, every talk page message, every revert, even on deleted pages. "Five hundred" may seem to be a lot, but is in practice reached relatively quickly by those who find an enjoyable Wikipedia activity to do in their free time.
- For this reason, I'd like to point to two pages that may make you enjoy starting to become a regular contributor, completely independent of the article that you have originally started with. This is a long-term suggestion. If your time is currently occupied by family and job, you may like to come back to this advice as a pensioner/retiree. Please think of this as an open door, not a request. The relevant policy section is called WP:CHOICE. Also related are WP:IAR and WP:BOLD.
- Wikipedia has a long-term need of editors like you. I'm not saying it's urgent; that would be overstating a currently non-existent problem. However, this may well change in the future: Wikipedia#English Wikipedia editor decline
~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:50, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind :)Tplanter (talk) 14:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)