User talk:FacetsOfNonStickPans

Please see about 12,000 pageviews in December

[1]. I was just checking out why so many pageviews for that article. I'm guessing that there was an article in Croatia that referred to The Signpost article, or that there was a final resolution. I might as well ping @GregorB: here to see if he knows. We should definitely find out if there was a final resolution. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:13, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Smallbones, I remember an article Bri had written (Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee) which got quite a lot of media coverage, but didn't cross 6000 views. Of course, in Bri's case they took the story, with only two or three of the media outlets actually mentioning Signpost or Bri. I wonder what the difference between the type of media coverage would be. I had actually sent a mail yesterday about the same to GregorB. Please do reply here. It's easier to co-ordinate I guess if this topic happens here rather than at different places.

As for this article and what happened in December, narrowing it down, what happened on 8 Dec 2019 (or a day before) - 8379 views peak, with the coming days showing the falloff to 3898 to 378 and then normalcy rather quickly. A quick google search does throw up some basic answers.

A comprehensive article was published on 8 Dec in Index.hr - (transl.) "Croatian Wikipedia is such a garbage that its owners even raised their hands" which also has a clear and direct link to the Signpost article. "(transl.) We are not honored by the article The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia , which was published in the official WMF online newsletter by GregorB". This was coupled with links on one or two discussion boards off-wiki.

But yes @GregorB: would be most apt to answer this in a better way. DTM (talk) 10:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at this. First I should correct you about "Wikipedia not Trumped ..." The author is actually me, Smallbones, not Bri. The total pageviews on that look like 5,344 [2]. Not bad IMHO, for being published on Christmas Eve. Probably the big difference between the WSJ which mention our article and the index.hr article is the actual link in the index.hr article. So not much for a direct comparison there. It might have more of a direct comparison with my article and the User:David Gerard article from this January. But David, besides being a long-term Wikipedian, is also something of a professional journalist specializing in the Crypto field. He's got a tremendous following among crypto-skeptics so high pageviews is something I expected when I invited/arm-twisted his contribution to The Signpost. This isn't an argument to ignore the "extra pageviews" but it should probably be pointed out as a special case. Now, compare that to my following among readers outside of Wikipedia ... well, possibly it's 1 (my wife), but probably lower. Not much higher in any case. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:39, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

I concur, Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-12-24/Op-ed, "Wikipedia not trumped..." was by Smallbones with just some copyedit contribution by me. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:14, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Oppps. I concur too. DTM (talk) 09:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@DTM: Indeed, the Index.hr article you mention is obviously the culprit. (For the record, I was actually not involved at all with it.) While Index.hr is a popular news portal in Croatia, it is nevertheless surprising to me how many people actually clicked that link.

Another factor that may have somewhat contributed is, of course, the still ongoing Meta-Wiki RfC that also links back to the Signpost article. GregorB (talk) 22:44, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes the RfC indeed!! That alone has over 75,000 views. DTM (talk) 09:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Reporter interested in speaking to DiplomatTesterMan

Hello,

My name is Karishma Mehrotra. I am a reporter at the Indian Express. Please email me at karishmaindianexpress@gmail.com. I'm interested in speaking to you about your work on Wikipedia!

Karishma Mehrotra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missmishma (talk • contribs) 07:50, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

G'day, hope you are well. Please could you give a bit of a larger hint as to what this is about over here. I really don't like doing Wikipedia stuff off Wikipedia unless reaaaallllyyyy neeeeeeeded. :) DTM (talk) 13:10, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Sure, of course! I saw all the work you have done on Wikipedia and was thinking of doing a feature about you. Wanted to learn a little bit more about your background to see if it would work. I largely cover technology and society at the paper. This would make for an interesting, off-beat profile of you and a larger look into Wikipedia's landscape in India. You can look up my name online to see my work so far. Let me know if we can chat! Apologies for any mistakes -- am new to Wikipedia editing. Karishma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missmishma (talk • contribs) 13:38, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for replying over here. I’m really curious as to how you did end up finding my profile, not that it is difficult but that you then went ahead with asking about writing an off-beat profile. You're the first reporter who has gone ahead about a profile as well as the first reporter to ask me about Wikipedia in any way; so that is something really special in itself. I looked up your name shortly after first message was received, an impressive profile and quality articles. No doubts there. It would have been such an exciting opportunity to take this forward.

However, I will let this pass. (Why, simple reasons like nervousness and fatigue)

There are some really wonderful Indian editors on Wikipedia (both anonymous ones and non-anonymous ones) and from other countries of course who contribute to the Indian part of the English Wikipedia. I am sure you must have come across other suitable Indian profiles other than mine, but in case you need any names, I guess I could suggest a few users. And no worries about the mistakes, I could only spot 2. I've been corrected so many times over here, all for the better. Maybe I am making another one here. Oh well. Thanks again. DTM (talk) 11:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I understand. Let me know if you change your mind. I came across your profile because I was seeing the detailed edits made to the Shaheen Bagh protests page -- and saw that you had made it. By the way, what were my mistakes?